and not compared with other workes but estemed aboue them all ¶ Some are workes of mennes tradicion yet agreable and cōsonant to goddes worde and these ought to be obserued but not had in lyke reuerence with the workes commaunded of God ¶ Some workes are tradicions of men not agreable to goddes worde but repugnaunt which nother ought to be regarded nor obserued ¶ Of these brefly shal be somwhat sayde but for as much as the workes commaunded of God are to be reputed as the chefeste they shal be recyted in the fyrst place ¶ The commaundementes of God geuen by Moyses and expounded by Christ sentencially takē and here with theyr whole sentences set forth as they haue spoken them very necessary and expedient for youth to learne and for all estates to know and obserue the same ¶ The fyrst table I Am the LORDE thy god which haue brought the out of the lande of Egypt and out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other goddes but me Thou shalte not make to thy selfe any grauen ymage nor any likenes of onythyng that is in heauen aboue or in earth beneth nor in the water vnderneth the earth thou shalte not bowe downe to them nor worshyppe them For I the LORDE thy god am a gelouse god and visyte the synne of the fathers vpon the chyldren vnto the thyrde and fourth generacion of them that hate me and yet shewe mercye vnto thousandes amonge them that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Christ Heare Israel our LORDE God is one Lorde and thou shalt loue thy Lord god with al thy herte with all thy soule with all thy mynd with all thy strength Thou shalt worshyp thy Lorde god him only shalt thou serue Thou shalt not take the name of thy Lorde god in vayne For the Lorde wyll not hold hym gyltles that taketh the name of the Lorde his God in vayne Christ Ye haue herd howe it was sayd to them of olde tyme Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe but shalt perfourme thyne othes to the Lorde But I saye vnto you sweare not at all neyther by heauen for it is goddes fete nor yeat by the earth for it is his forestole neyther by Ierusalem for it is the cyty of the great kyng Neyther shalt thou sweare by thy head because thou canst not make one whyte heare or a blacke But let your communicacion be yee yee and nay nay for whatsoeuer is more than that cometh of euell Remembre that thou kepe holy the sabboth daye Syxe dayes mayst thou laboure and do al that thou hast to do but the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the Lorde thy God in it thou shalte do no maner worke neyther thou nor thy sonne nor thy doughter neyther thy man seruaunt nor thy mayde seruaunt neyther thy cattell neyther yet the straunger that is within thy gates For in syxe dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth and the see and all that in them is and rested the seuenth daye Wherfore the Lorde blessed the seuenth daye and halowed it Christ It is lefull to do a good dede on the Sabboth daye For the sonne of man is Lorde euen of the sabboth daye The Lorde sayeth by his prophete Esaye that his sabboth is halowed kepte when we rest and cease to do our owne wyll to folowe our owne wayes to speake our owne wordes when we in worde thought and dede fulfyll his wyll and not ours and we suffre him to do his workes in vs that at the last we maye come to the Sabboth true rest euen eternall lyfe whiche Christ the Lorde of the Sabboth hath obtayned for vs by his bloude ¶ The seconde table ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother That thy dayes maye be longe in the lande whiche the LORDE thy god geueth the. Christe Honour thy father and thy mother Paule Honour thy father mother this is the fyrste commaundement that hath any promes that thou mayst be in good estate lyue longe on the earth By this commaundement Christ teacheth vs not only to haue our father and mother in reuerence and to obey them as he himselfe was subiecte vnto his mother the virgyne Mary but also to ministre vnto there necessityes ¶ Thou shalt do no murther Christ Ye haue herde howe it was sayde vnto them of the olde tyme Thou shalt not kyll Whosoeuer kylleth shal be in daunger of iudgement But I saye to you Whosoeuer is angry with his brother shal be in daunger of iudgement Whosoeuer sayeth to his brother Racha shal be in daunger of a councell But whosoeuer sayeth thou foule shal be in daunger of hell fyre Itē ye haue herde howe it is sayde Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour and hate thyne enemy But I saye to you loue your enemyes blesse them that curse you do good to them that hate you that ye maye be the chyldren of your father which is in heauen For he maketh the sonne to aryse on the euyll and on the good and sendeth his rayne on the iust and on the vniust ¶ Thou shalt not commyt adultery Christ Ye haue herde howe it was sayde to them of old tyme thou shalt not commyt adultery But I saye to you that whosoeuer loketh on a woman lustyng after her hath commytted adultery with her already in his harte Let wedlocke be had in all pryce in all poyntes and let the chambre be vndefyled for horekepers and aduouterers God wyll iudge ¶ Thou shalt not steale Christe Steale not defraud no man yf any man wyll sue the at the law and take thy cote from the let him haue thy cloke also geue to him that asketh and from him that wolde borowe turne not awaye Paule Nowe is there vtterly a faute amonge you because ye go to lawe one with another Why rather suffre ye not wrong Why rather suffre ye not your selfe to be robbed ye euen your selfe do wronge and robbe and that the brethren Let him that dyd steale steale no more but let hym rather labour with his handes some good thynge that he maye haue to geue vnto him that nedeth ¶ Thou shalt beare no false wytnesse agaynst thy neyghbour Christ Beare no false wytnesse I saye vnto you that of euery ydle worde which men shall haue spoken they shal geue accōpt at the daye of iudgement Paule Wherfore put awaye lyenge and speake euery man truth to his neyghbour for as muche as we are members one of another Let no fylthy commuicacion procede out of your mouthes But that which is good to edyfye withal whan nede is that it may haue fauour with the hearers Let all bytternes fearcenes and wrath roaryng and cursed speakyng be put awaye from you Let no fylthynes folyssh talkynge nor testynge which are not comly be ones named amonge you but rather geuyng of thankes ¶ Thou shalt not coueyt thy neyghbours house neyther shalte thou coueyt thy neyghbours wyfe his man seruaunt his mayde his oxe his asse or ought that is his Christ What
so euer ye wolde that men shulde do to you euen so do you to them To loue a mannes neyghbour as him selfe is a greater thynge than all burnt offrynges and sacrifices Be not ouercome with lustes for the care of this world and the deceytfulnesse of ryches choke the worde Paule Let your conuersacion be without couetousnes and be cōtent with that ye haue already Godlynes is ryches yf a man be content with that he hath For we brought nothynge into the world and it is a playne case that we cary nothyng out Whan we haue fode and rayment let vs therwith be cōtent They that wyl be rych fal into temptacion and snares and into many folyssh and noysome lustes which droune men in perdicion and destruccion For couetousnes is the rote of all euyll whiche whyle some lusted after they erred from the fayth and tangled themselues with many sorowes ¶ The .x. commaundementes compendiously extracted and brefely set forth accordyng to the forme of the last settynge forth i. Thou shalt haue none other goddes but me ii Thou shalt not take the name of the lorde god in vayne iii. Remembre that thou kepe holy the Sabboth daye iiii Honour thy father and mother v. Thou shalt do no murther vi Thou shalt not commit aduoutry vii Thou shalt not steale viii Thou shalt beare no false wytnes agaynst thy neyghbour ix Thou shalt not desyre thy neyghbours c. x. Thou shalt not desyre thy neyghbours wyfe nor his seruaunt nor his mayde c. THese are the wordes whiche euery christian ought both to knowe and to do and about this shuld a deuout mynd be busied and ocupied and not about vayne workes of our owne heades for the knowlege of the which we haue bē ryght ernestly intent and geuen diligence in these commaundementes of God neglected which wolde of vs not to be forgoten but alwayes had in harte as these sentences folowyng doth testyfy These wordes which I commaund the this daye shal be in thyne herte and thou shalt were them on thy chyldrē and shalt talke of them whā thou arte at home in thyn house and as thou walkest by the waye and when thou lyest downe and when thou rysest vp and thou shalt bynde them for a sygne vpon thy hande And they shal be papers of remembraunce betwene thyne eyes and thou shalt wryte thē vpon the postes of thy house and vpon the gates Take hede and heare all these wordes which I cōmaund the that it maye go well with the and with thy chyldren after the for euer whan thou doest that which is good and right in the syght of the LORDE thy God ¶ Se thou do that which is right in the syght of the Lorde that thou mayst prospere Deut. vi ¶ Ye shall do after nothyng that ye do here this daye euery mā what semeth him good in his owne eyes But what so euer I cōmaunde you take hede ye do and put nothynge therto nor take ought therfrom Deut. xii ¶ Cursed be he that continueth not in al the wordes of this lawe to do them Deut. xxviii Christ yf ye loue me kepe my commaundementes Ioh. xiiii Christ Happy are they that heare the word of god and kepe it Whosoeuer kepeth the whole lawe and yet fayle in one poynte he is gylty in all For he that sayde Thou shalt not commyt aduoutry sayd also Thou shalt not kyll They that feare the Lord kepe his commaundement Eccle. ii THe second state of workes is of mans tradicion which be with goddes wordes or at the lest not repugnaunt to goddes worde they are to be receyued as the prescription of certayne dayes to be kepte holy or to be fasted the lemytacion of certayne houres to be appoynted in the church for the people to praye certayne of ceremonies about the ministracions of the sacrament with suche other for the receyuynge of the which and suche other lyke S. Peter geueth vs counsell sayeng ▪ Submyt your selfe vnto all maner of ordinaunce of men for the Lordes sake for the ordinaunces of men accordyng to the cōdicion of men and the tyme are very expedient Wherfore Paule among the corinthians made many ordinaunces as that a mā shuld not praye or prophecy hauyng ony thyng vpon his heade and that no woman shuld praye or prophecy with an vncouered head That they shuld come to the suppers of the lorde in an ordre and that in the congregacion they shuld not all prophecye at ones but that one shuld prophecy after another that wyues shuld kepe sylence in the congregacion for it becometh not women to speake in the congregacion And for a conclusion he sayeth let all thynges be done honestly and in ordre yf then Paule made such tradicions among the Corinthians such maye be made amonge vs and as he made them to be obserued so ought this lawful ordinaunces to be obserued But as Paule dyd not commaunde thē to be obserued as workes of righteousnes but as comly ordinaūces as concernyng a poletyke ordre so ought the tradicions nowe receyued in the church to be obserued as cyuyle pollyces and not as workes of righteousnes Wherfore the supersticious holynes of many maye here well be noted which alwayes thought them selues very holy yf they obserued suche cyuyle ordinaunces the commaundementes of God neglected Was that not counted holynes euery sondaye to receyue holy breade fastyng was not he counted holy that wold fast euery sayntes euen and kepe the daye holy as they call it that is to put on the best garmentes be ydle al the daye or els geue themselfe to abhominacion Were not these more regarded or maye I saye be they not nowe better estemed then the commaundementes of God The fastynge dayes and holydayes be they not euery sondaye in the churche proclamed the commaundementes of god tyll these latter dayes not one daye spoken of for holydayes and fastyng dayes the people diligently enquired of theyr curates bycause they haue a fere of the breakyng of them but of the commaundementes of God they nothynge requyre because they regard not the transgression of them There is a great nombre that maketh great daunger to eate whyte meate in lente yet they make smale daunger to transgresse gods commaundement These thynges are not rehersed gentle reader to the intent that such tradicions shulde be vtterly contemned but to shewe the abuse how they are more estemed then the true holynes of an christen mans lyfe whyche is to be collocate in the fayth of Christ and the commaundementes of God but these were preferred before gods commaundementes in mās estimation yet playnly they are but trefels to thē in reputacion for as God is aboue man so is his cōmaundementes aboue the cōmaundemētes of men Regarde Gods commaundementes aboue all mans tradicions yet receaue and obserue mens tradycions that be lawfull but much more receaue and obserue fyrste Goddes commaundementes and then the lawfull tradycyons of the heades For Christe rebuked not the Pharyses because they dyd obserue
¶ The salutacion of the aungell called the Aue maria HAyle Marye full of grace the Lorde is wyth the. Blessed arte thou amonge women And blessed is the fruyte of thy wombe Amen ¶ A prayer to be sayde in the mornynge when you aryse I Thanke the my heauenly father by thy dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christe that this nyghte thou hast gyueÌ„ my slepe and rest preseruyng me from al hurte peryls I besech the to kepe me lykewyse thys daye from synne and all euyls se that all my dedes ye all my lyfe myght please the I commyt myselfe both body and soule and al the thynges that I go about into thy handes Thy holy angell be wyth me lest the deuell my aduersary haue ony power ouer me Amen ¶ The grace to be sayde afore dynner THe eyes of all thynges loke vp and wayte vpon the O Lorde and thou geuest them meate in due tyme. When thou geuest it to them then they gather it when thou openest thy hande then are they well satisfyed Thou openest thy haÌ„de and replenysshest al thynges lyuynge wyth thy blessynge ¶ Our father O Lorde God our heuenly father blesse thou vs and these thy gyftes whych we here receaue of thy blessynge and bountuous goodnesse thorowe thy sonne Iesu Christe Amen ¶ Grace after dynner WE thanke the o Lorde our father by thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde for all thy benefytes which lyuest raygnest from age to age worlde wythout ende Amen ¶ The grace before supper CHriste whych at the last supper gaue hym selfe vnto vs promysynge hys body to be crucifyed hys bloude to be shed for oure synnes blesse vs and oure supper Amen ¶ Grace after supper HOnoure and prayse be to God the kynge euerlastynge immortall inuisible wyse onely for euer and euer Amen God almyghty father of all mercy and God of all consolacion gyue vs grace to consent together in the knowledge of thy truth thorow Iesu Christe that we maye wyth one mynde and one mouthe glorify God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ Amen ¶ Whan thou shalt go to bedde saye thys I laye me downe to rest In the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy goost Amen I Thanke the my heauenly father by thy dere beloued sonne Iesus Christ that this daye of thy pleÌ„teousrych mercy thou hast thus preserued me I praye the forgeue me all my synnes whyche I haue thys daye vnryghteously commytted in dede worde and in thoughte And that thou woldest vouchsafe of thy gracious goodnes to kepe me this nyght for I commyte myselfe both body and soule and all myne into thy haÌ„des Thy holy aungel be wyth me leste my deadly aduersary haue intresse into me Amen ¶ The abrogacion of the holy dayes FYrste that the feaste of Dedicacion of the church shall in al places through out this realme be celebrated and kepte on the fyrste sondaye of the moneth of October for euer and vpon none other daye ¶ Item that the feaste of the patron of euery church wythin thys realme called commonly the Church holydaye shall not from hensforth be kepte or obserued as a holydaye as heretofore hath ben vsed but that it shal be lawfull to all and syngular personnes resydent or dwellynge within this realme to go to theyr worke occupacion or mysterye and the same truely to exercyse and occupye vpon the sayde feast as vpon any other worke daye excepte the sayde feaste of Church holydaye such as muste be elles vniuersally obserued as a holy daye by this ordinaunce followynge ¶ Also that all those feastes or holydayes whych shall happeÌ„ to occurre eyther in the heruest tyme which is to be coÌ„pted from the fyrste daye of Iuly vnto the .xxix. daye of Septembre or els in the terme tyme at Westmynster shall not be kepte or obserued from hensforth as holydayes but that it may be lawfull for euery man to go to hys worke or occupacion vpon the same as vpon any other worke daye except alwayes the feastes of the Apostles of our blessed lady and of Saynte George and the .iiii. Euangelistes Mary Magdalene And also suche feastes as wherin the kynges Iudges at Westmynster hall do not vse to syt in iudgemente all which shal be kepte holy and solempne of euery man as in tyme past hath ben accustomed ¶ Prouided alwayes that it maye be lawfull vnto all prestes and clarkes as well secular as regular in the forsayde holydayes nowe abrogate to synge or say theyr accustomed seruyce for those holydayes in theyr churches so that they do not the same solemply nor do rynge to the same after the maner vsed in hygh holydayes nor do commauÌ„de or indycte the same to be kepte or obserued as holy dayes ¶ Fynally the feast of the natiuite of our Lorde of Easter of the natiuite of S. Ihon Baptist and of S. Mychaell archangell shall be froÌ„ hensforth accompted accepted and taken for the .iiii. general offrynge dayes ¶ And for further declaracion of the premysses be it knowen that Easter terme begynneth al wayes the .xviii. daye after Easter rekenynge Easter daye for one and endeth the mondaye nexte after the Ascencion daye ¶ Trinite terme begynneth alwayes the wednisdaye next after the octaues of Trinite sondaye endeth the .xi. or xii daye of Iuly ¶ Myghelmas terme begynneth the .ix. or .x. day of October and endeth the .xxviii. or .xxix. daye of Nouembre ¶ Hyllary terme begynneth the .xxiii. or .xxiiij. daye of Ianuary and endeth the .xij. or .xiij. daye of February ¶ In Easter terme vpon the Ascencion daye ¶ In trinite terme vpon the natiuite of saynte Ihon Baptyst ¶ In Myghelmas terme vpon Alhallowen day ¶ In Hyllary terme vpon Candelmasie daye The Kynges iudges at Westmynster do not vse to sytte in iudgemente nor vpon any sondaye GOD SAVE THE KYNGE Matyns ¶ A Preface to the Matyns and the other houres declaryng the 〈◊〉 institution of them and for what cause they be receaued and accustomed to be sayd in the church and amonge other Christians OF longe tyme Christen reader thath ben vsed in the church of God certayne houres to be appoynted to the seruice of God and to proper in the whiche amonge 〈◊〉 besyâ—es man shulde of his LORDE God haue a herty and feruent meditacioÌ„ and contemplacioÌ„ and a remembraunce of the manifolde benefites bountifull goodnes of god shewed to hym The fyrst limitacion or appoyntment of houres was not by maÌ„s inuencioÌ„ or deuyse but as I read was of God In the seconde boke of Moses I fynde that almyghty God commaunded that twyse to the daye they shulde do sacrifice sayenge Euery daye thou shalt offer two lammes one in the mornynge and another at tiyght Of the which one was called the mornyng sacrifâ—â—â— the other the euenynge sacrifice As we now call the mornynge prayers Matens and the euenynge prayers Euensonge But that now our prayers be distincted in seueÌ„ houres I thynke it taken of Dauid which seuen tymes in the
of thy blessynge ¶ The answere ¶ The grace of the holy spirite Pourge and illumyne our harte and wyt ¶ The .iii. lesson Deut. v. THese are the commaundementes ordynaunces and lawes whych the Lorde our God hath commaunded that ye shuld learne thē and do them in the lande whyther ye go to possesse it that thou mayest feare the Lorde thy God kepe all his ordynaunces and commaundementes which I commaunde the thou thy chyldren thy chyldrens chyldren all the dayes of your lyfe that you maye lyue longe Heare thou o Israell and take hede that thou do thereafter that it may go well with the and the thou mayest multyply greatly as the Lorde God of the fathers hath promysed the a lande that floweth with mylke and hony Heare O Israell the Lorde our God is one God onely and thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God wyth all thy harte with all thy soule with al thy myght And those wordes whych I commaunde the thys daye shalt thou take into thy harte And shalt reherse them vnto thy chyldren and shalte talke of them when thou syttest in thy house whan thou walkest by the waye whan thou lyest downe and whan thou rysest vp thou shalt bynde them for a sygne vpon thyne hande they shall be a token of remembraunce before thyne eyes and thou shalte wryte thē vpon the postes of thy house and vpon thy gates Thou Lorde haue mercy on vs. Prayse we God ¶ The responce ¶ Heare o thou Israel the preceptes of thy Lord God and in thy hart wryte thē as in a boke and I wyll gyue to the a lande flowynge mylke hony ¶ The verie ¶ Take hede therfore and heare my voyce and I wyl be an enemy to thyne enemyes ¶ The repeticion ¶ And I wyll gyue the a lande flowynge mylke and hony Glory be to the father and to c. And I wyl geue c. ¶ The songe of Augustyn and Ambrose The deum laudamus WE prayse the O God we knowlege the to be the Lorde All the earth do worshyp the which arte the father euerlastynge To the crye forthe all angels the heauens and al the powers therin To the thus cryeth Cherubyn and Seraphyn contynually Holy art thou Holy art thou Holy art thou Thou art the Lorde God of hoostes Heauen and earth are fulfylled wyth the glory of thy maiestye The glorious company of the Apostles prayse ye. The goodly fellowshyppe of the prophetes worshyppe the. The fellowshyppe of the martyrs prayse the. The holy congregacion of the faythfull throughout all the worlde magnifye the. They knowledge the to be the father of an infinite maiestye They knowlege thy honourable and onely sonne They knowlege the holy goost to be a comforter Thou arte the kynge of glory O Christ Thou arte the euerlastynge sonne of the father Thou whan thou shuldest take vpon the oure nature to delyuer man dyddest not abhorre the vyrgyns wombe Vvhan thou haddest ouercome the sharpnes of death thou opendest the kyndome of heauens to them that beleued in the. Thou syttest on the ryght hande of God in the glory of the father We beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge Wherfore we praye the helpe thy seruauntes whō thou hast redemed with thy precyous bloude Make thē to be nombred with thy sayntes in ioye euerlastynge O Lorde saue thy people blesse thyne heritage Gouerne also lyft thē vp into blysse euerlasting We prayse the euery daye and we worshyppe thy name euer worlde wythout ende O Lorde let it be thy pleasure to kepe vs thys daye wythout synne O Lorde haue mercye vpon vs haue mercye vppon vs. O Lorde let thy mercy lyghten vpon vs euen as we truste in the. O Lorde I trust in the let me neuer be confoūded ¶ Betwene Septuagesima Easter this psalme followynge is sayde in the stede of Te deum ¶ The .li. psalme Haue mercye vpon me c. Seke it in the seuen psalmes it is in the fourthe psalme ¶ Thys worde laudes is as much to saye as prayse And the seruyce followynge is called so because it contayneth onely the mere laudes and prayse of Christ and the vyrgyn his mother ¶ The versycle ¶ Holy mother of God make thy petycion ¶ The answere ¶ That we maye deserue Christes promyssion The laudes O God bende thyselfe in to my helpe Lorde hast the to helpe me Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is now and euer shal be So be it ¶ The Ciij Psalme Benedic anima mea PRayse the Lorde O my soule and al that is wythin me prayse his holy name Prayse the Lorde o my soule and forget not all hys benefytes Whiche forgeueth all thy synnes and healeth all thyne infyrmytes Which saueth thy lyfe from destruction crowneth the with mercy and longe kyndnesse Which satisfyeth thy desyre wyth good thynges makynge the yonge and lusty as an egle The Lorde executeth ryghteousnesse iudgemēt for all them that suffre wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses hys workes vnto the chyldren of Israell The Lorde is full of compassion and mercy long suffrynge and of great goodnesse He wyll not alwaye be chydynge nother wyll he kepe his angre for euer He hathe not delte wyth vs after our synnes nor rewarded vs accordynge to our wyckednesse For loke how hygh heauen is in comparyson of the earth so greate is his mercy also toward them that feare hym Loke howe wyde the east is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yee loke as a father pytyeth his owne chyldrē euē so the Lorde is mercyfull vnto thē that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust That a man in his tyme is but as grasse flouryssheth as a floure in the felde For as sone as the wynd goeth ouer it it is gone and the place therof knoweth it nomore But the mercyfull goodnesse of the Lorde endureth for euer euer vpon thē that feare hym and his ryghteousnesse vpon theyr chyldrens chyldrē Such as kepe his couenaunt and thynke vpō his commaundementes to do them The Lorde hath prepared his seate in heauē and hys kyngdome ruleth ouer all O prayse the Lorde ye angels of hys ye that be myghty in strength fulfyllynge hys commaundemētes that mē may heare the voyce of his wordes O prayse the Lorde all ye his hostes ye seruaūtes of his that do hys pleasure O speake good of the Lorde al ye workes of his in euery place of hys dominion O my soule prayse thou the Lorde Glory be to the father and to the sōne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it ¶ The songe of thre chyldren PRayse ye the Lorde al his workes paryse and extoll hym for euer Ye angelles of his prayse the Lorde ye heauens prayse the Lorde
and kynges for to serue the Lorde I answered hym in the waye of his vertue shewe vnto me the shortenesse of my dayes Call me not backe in the myddes of my dayes into the euerlastynges of thy yeare From the begynnynge thou Lorde haste layd the foundacion of the earthe and the workes of thyne handes are the heauens They shall peryshe but thou abydest and all shall waxe olde as a garmente And as a couerynge thou shalt chaunge thē and they shal be chaunged but thou art one the same and thy yeares shall neuer peryshe The sonnes of thy seruaūtes shall dwel togyther and theyr sede shal be directed for euer Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnynge c. The C.xxix Psalme Deprofundis clamaui FRom the depe places haue I called vnto the O Lorde Lorde heare me Let thyne eares be intentyue to the voyce of my prayer Yf thou Lorde wylt loke so straytly vpō synners O Lorde who shall abyde it But there is mercye with the and because of thy lawe haue I abyden the O Lorde My soule hath abydē in his worde my soule hathe trusted in the Lorde From the mornynge watche vnto nyght let Israell trust in the Lorde For with the Lorde there is mercye and hys redemption is plenteous And he shall redeme Israell from all the iniquytyes of it Glory be the father and to c. As it was in the begynnynge c. The C.xlij. Psalme Domine exaudi orationem LOrde hare my prayer with thyne eares perceaue my desyre for thy truthe sake heare me for thy ryghteousnesse And entre not into iudgemente wyth thy seruaunt for euery person lyuynge shall not be iustifyed in thy syght For the enemy hathe persued my soule hathe brought lowe my lyfe in earth He hath sette me in darkenesse as the dead men of the worlde my sprete was vexed my herte was troubled within me I haue ben myndefull of olde dayes I haue studyed vpon all thy workes and in the dedes of thy handes I mused I haue stretched forthe my handes vnto the my soule vnto the as earth without water Hastely heare me O Lorde my sprete hath fayled me Turne not thy face from me lest I be lyke to men descendynge into a pytte Cause thy mercye to be herde of me betymes for in the haue I trusted Shewe me the waye where I maye walke for vnto the haue I lyfte vp my mynde Delyuer me from myne enemyes Lorde vnto the haue I fled teache me to do thy wyll for thou arte my God Thy good sprete shall conduce me into the lande of ryghtfulnesse for thy names sake Lorde thou shalte reuyue me through thyne equyty Thou shalte brynge my soule from trouble and through thy mercy destroy all myne enemyes And thou shalt destroye all that molest my soule for I am thy seruaunt Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnynge c. ¶ The antheme ¶ Remembre not O Lorde the faultes eyther of vs or of our parentes nether take thou vengeaūce on our synnes Spare O Lorde spare thy people which thou hast redemed with thy precious bloud Be neuer more angry with vs. ¶ Here after followeth the xv Psalmes The C.xij Psalme Ad dominum cum tribularer I Cryed to the Lorde when I was in trouble and he hearde me O Lorde delyuer my soule from lyenge lyppes from a disceytful tonge What maye be geuen the or what maye be layde agaynste the thou disceytful tonge The sharpe arowes of the myghtye with whote sparkelynge coles Wo is me for my restynge place is prolonged I haue dwelled wyth the inhabyters of Cedar my soule was longe in exyle I was peasably with them that hated peace whē I spake vnto them they assaulted me causelesse Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnynge c. The C.xx Psalme Leuaui oculos meos I Lyfte vp myne eyes into the hylles from whence helpe shall come vnto me My helpe commeth from the Lorde that made heauen and earth He shall not suffre thy fote to slype neyther shall he that kepeth the fall into a slombre Lo he shall neyther fall a slepe nor slombre whiche kepeth Israel The Lorde kepeth the the Lorde is thy defence more then the ryght hande The Sonne shall not burne the by the daye nor the Moone by nyght The Lorde kepeth the from all euell the Lorde kepeth euen thy soule The Lorde kepe thy goynge in and goynge oute from thys tyme forth and euermore Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnynge The C.xxi. Psalme Letatus sum I Reioysed in those thynges that were sayd vnto me we shall go into the lordes house Oure fete were standynge in thy gates Ierusalem Ierusalem whiche is buylded lyke a cytie whose particypacions is within it selfe For there ascended the trybes euen the trybes of the Lorde the testimony of Israell to acknowlege the Lordes name For there sate the sytters in iudgement euen the seate of the house of Dauid Praye ye for the peace of Ierusalem and abundaūce is to them that loue the. Let peace be made throughe thy vertue and plentuousnesse in thy houses For my brothers and kynreddes sakes I prayed peace for the. For the house of our Lorde god I besought good thynges for the. Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnynge c. The C.xxij. Psalme Ad te Ieuaui oculos meos VNto the haue I lyfte vp myne eyes which inhabytest the heauen Euen lyke as the eyes of seruaūtes wayt at the handes of theyr maysters As the eyes of an handmayde be at the handes of her maystres euen so be our eyes vpon the Lorde our God vntyll he haue mercy on vs. Haue mercy on vs O lorde haue mercy on vs for we are fulfylled with much vylynesse For our soule is fylled very much beyng scorned of the rych and despysed of the proude Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to c. As it was in the begynnynge and as it is c. The .xxiij. Psalme Nisi quia dominus EXcepte the Lorde had ben amonge vs let Israell now speake except the Lorde had bene amonge vs. When men rose agaynste vs peraduenture they myght haue swallowed vs vp quycke When theyr fury was greate agaynst vs peraduenture the water myght haue souped vs vp Oure soule hathe passed ouer a ryuer oure soule peraduenture myght haue passed ouer a water in tollerable Blessed be the Lorde whiche hath not suffered vs to be caught with theyr teth Our soule hath bene deliuered euen as a sparowe from the foulers snare The snare is worne out and we are delyuered Oure helpe consysteth in the name of the Lorde which made heauen and earth Glorye be to the father to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnyng and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The C.xxiiij Psalme Qui confidunt in domino THey that truste
fallynge I wyll walke before the Lorde in the lande of the lyuynge ¶ The antheme I shall please the lorde in the region of the lyuynge ¶ The antheme Vo is me The C.xix Psalme Addominum cum WHan I am in trouble I cal vpon the Lorde and he hath herde me Delyuer my soule O Lorde from lyenge lyppes and from a deceytfull tonge What rewarde shal be geuen or done to the thou false tonge Euen myghty and sharpe arrowes with hote burnynge coles Wo is me that my banyshment endureth so lōge I dwell in the tabernacles of the sorowfull My soule hath longe dwelled amonge them that be enemyes vnto peace I laboured for peace but when I spake therof they prepared them to battayle ¶ The antheme Wo is me for that my banyshment is prologed The C.xx Psalme Leuaui oculos meos I Lyfte vp myne eyes vnto the hylles from whence commeth my helpe My helpe commeth from the lorde which made heauen and earthe He shall not suffre thy fote to slyppe neyther shall he that kepeth the fall into a slomber To he shall neyther fall a slepe nor slomber which kepeth Israell The Lorde kepeth the the Lorde is thy defence more then the ryght hande The Sonne shall not burne the by daye nor the Moone by nyght The Lorde kepeth the from all euel the Lorde kepeth euen thy soule The Lorde kepe thy goynge in and goynge oute from thys tyme forth and euermore ¶ The antheme The Lorde kepeth the from all euell he kepeth euē thy soule ¶ The antheme Yf thou The C.xxix Psalme De profundis OVte of the depe called I vnto the O Lorde Lorde heare my voyce O let thyne eares consyder well the voyce of my complaynte Yf thou Lorde wylt be extreme to marke ouriui quities O Lorde who maye abyde it But there is mercy wyth the and because of thy lawe haue I abyden the O Lorde My soule hath abyden in his word my soule hath trusted in the Lorde From the mornynge watche vntyll nyght let Israell trust in the Lorde For which the Lorde ther is mercye and hys redemption is plenteous And he shall redeme Israell frō al his iniquities ¶ The antheme Yf thou lorde imputest mens synnes vnto them Lorde who shall abyde it ¶ The antheme The workes The C.xxxvii Psalme Confitebor tibi domine I Wyll geue thankes vnto the o lorde with my whole herte for thou hast hearde the wordes of my mouth euen before the goddes wyll I synge prayses vnto the. I wyll worshyppe towarde thy holy temple and prayse thy name because of thy louynge kyndnes and truth for thou hast magnifyed thy worde accordynge vnto thy great name When I call vpon the heare thou me and endue my soule with much strength All the kynges of the earth shal prayse the o lorde whan they heare the wordes of thy mouth Yee they shal synge in the wayes of the lorde that greate is the glory of the Lorde For though the Lorde be hyghe yet hathe he respecte to the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth hym afarre of Though I walke in the myddeste of trouble yet shalte thou refreshe me thou shalte stretche forthe thyne hande vpon the furiousnes of myne enemyes and thy ryght hande shall saue me The Lorde shall make good for me yee thy mercy o Lorde endureth for euer despyse not then the worke of thyne owne handes ¶ The Antheme Lorde despyce not the workes of thyne handes ¶ The versycle From the gates of hell ¶ The answere Lorde delyuer theyr soules ¶ The antheme I hearde a. ¶ The songe of blessed Mary Magnificat anima mea dominum MY soule magnifyeth the Lorde And my sprete hath reioyced in God my sauyoure For he hath loked on the lowe degre of hys hande mayden beholde now from hense forth shall all generacions call me blessed For he that is myghtye hathe done to me greate thynges and blessed is his name And his mercy is alwayes on thē that feare hym through out all generacions He hath shewed strength with his arme he hathe scattered them that are proude in the imagynaciō of theyr hartes He hath put downe the myghty frō theyr seates and hath exalted them of lowe degre He hath fylled the hungrye wyth good thynges and hath sent awaye the rych emptye He hath remembred mercy and hathe holpen hys seruaunt Israell Euen as he promysed to our fathers Abraham to hys sede for euer ¶ The antheme ¶ I haue herde a voyce from heauen sayenge blessed be the deade whiche dye in the Lorde Lorde haue mercye on vs Christe haue mercye on vs Lorde haue mercye on vs. Our father The C.xlv Psalme Lauda anima PRayse the Lorde O my soule whyle I lyue wyll I prayse the lorde I wyl prayse the Lorde as longe as I shall remayne O put not your truste in princes nor in the chyldren of men for there is no helpe in them For when the breth of man goeth forthe he shall turne agayne to hys earth and so all his thoughtes peryshe Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for hys helpe and whose hope is in the Lorde hys God whych made heauen and earth the see and al that there in is Whiche kepeth his promyse for euer whyche helpeth them to ryght that suffre wrōge whych fedeth thy hongry The lorde louseth men out of preson the lorde geueth syght to the blynde The lorde helpeth them vp that are fallen the lord loueth the ryghteous The lorde careth for the straungers he defendeth the fatherles and wedowe as for the waye of the vngodly he turneth it vpsyde downe The Lorde thy God O Syon is kynge for euermore and thorowe out all generacyons ¶ The versycle From the gates of hell ¶ The Answere Lorde delyuer theyr soules ¶ The versicle I trust to se the goodes of the lorde ¶ The answere In the lande of lyfe ¶ The versicle Lorde God heare my prayer ¶ The answere And geue hearynge to my clamour ¶ Let vs praye GOd to whom it is approbried to be mercyful euer and to spare be mercyfull to the soules of thy seruauntes of eche kynde and forgeue them all theyr synnes that they beynge lowsed frō the bondes of death maye ascende vnto lyfe O God the Lorde of pardon Graunte vnto the soule of N. thy seruaunte the yeares mynde of whose deathe we haue in remēbraunce a place of reste the blessed ful quyete and clerenesse of the lyghte O God whyche haste caused thy seruauntes in pontificall dignitie to be accompted amonge the prestes apostolyke Graunt we beseche the that they maye enioye in heauen the contynuall company of them whose office they dyd beare sometyme heare in earth O God the graunter of pardon and the louer of mans saluacion we besech thy mercy that thou wylt suffre the congregacion of our brothers and systers beynge departed oute of thys worlde through the intercession of blessed Mary the vyrgyn and S. Michel tharchangell and all holy sayntes to come to the congregacion of euerlastynge
¶ The Manuall of prayers or the prymer in Englyshe set out at lengthe whose contentes the reader by the prologe next after the Kalender shal sone perceaue and there in shall se brefly the order of the whole boke ¶ Set forth by Ihon late bysshoppe of Rochester at the cōmaundement of the ryght honorable Lorde Thomas Crūwel Lorde Priuie seale Vicegerent to the Kynges hyghnes ☞ The prayer of a ryghteous man c. Iacob 1. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum ¶ Iohn late Bysshop of Rochester vnto the right honorable Thomas LOERE Crumwell Lorde Pryuye seale viceregent to the kynges hyghnes wyssheth and desyreth graet peace and helth in God the father by the holy Ghoste thorowe our LORDE Iesus Christ ALthough that the sōdry diners sortes of prymers my special good Lord singular frend here before set forth as wel in many thinges supersticions as derogatyue vnto the true honour of god might haue enforced and dyd in dede me to haue desyred a syncere correccion herein yet the feruent desyre that I perceyue in your lordeshyp to the true honour of God the vnite weale of the Christian cominalte hath much more as the prourrbe sayeth set the spurre vnto the hasty runner in maner compelled me to shewe som token of my dewe seruyce toward gods honour and towarde your fauourable goodnes in settynge forth this rude and symple worke as vnto whom your much and manyfolde fauour hath constrayned bound me next vnto almyghty god my souerayne Lorde the kyng to your prest assidious seruyce al my lyfe dayes And for as much as we haue of tyme in experience that a worke taketh no smale estimacion with the commen people both of the aucthor and specially of him vnto whom it is dedicated For this cause haue I this my rude and grosse enterpryse dedicated vnto your lordeshyppes name nod because I thought it to be so exquisite and of so exacte a iudgement as the learned wold desyre worthy of so wyse learned a patrone but rather commyttyng it to the most wysest iudgemēt of the kynges most sapient councell wherof ye are that yf so be it sholde seme vnto the same a thynge worthy or mete to be had in common vsage then by the iudgement of the same approued it myght the rather and with the more auidite be receyued of the peple yf not yet to be a tokē of my poore good wyl and desyre that I bare vnto such a thyng to be done of som other that are of more perfect iudgement and lyterature and also to be a token of the of fyce and seruyce that I owe vnto goddes syncere honour and to your lordeshyppes sauourable goodnes The prologe to the kalender THe straungenes of this Kalender gentle reader shall not moue the to meruayll very muche the cause ones knowen for the newe fashion her of hath a double commodite The one is brefnes for where the other kalender had a great nombre of sayntes without profyte to the vnlearned this hath but only such feastes which are kepte holy day and the Epistle and Gospell that are red in the Church on such holy dayes set forth in the kalender The second is that where the nōbre of sayntes were set there haue we appoynted wekely certayne places of the scripture which the churche doth vse to read at Matens that the reader maye know what scripture the Church doth vse thorow out the year and to study and vse the same This thē is the order of the kalender the dayes of the moneth are set in the myddes of the syde of the lefe and on the right hande are the sayntes dayes and directly on the other syde of the letter wheron the feastes fall are set the epistle and gospel of the feaste and so of all feastes of Sayntes As for example new yeares daye falleth on A the fyrst daye of the moneth on the one syde of A. is the name of the feast and of the other syde the Epistle and Gospell of the daye We haue also appoynted the Epistle and Gospell for euery sondaye but because that the sondaye falleth not vpon one letter alwaye we haue set in the voyde places of the kalender the names of the sondayes with theyr epistle and Gospell so that the reader maye knowe fyrste the name of the sondaye and seke in the kalender and then shal he fynd there the epistle Gospell ¶ An Almanacke for .xvij. yeares The date of the yeares Easter day Golden nombre Dominicall letter Lepe yeare M.D.xxxix vi Apryll i E  M.D.xl xviii Marche ii C D M.D.xii xvii Apryll iii B  M.D.xlii ix Apryll iiii A  M.D.xliii xxv Marche v G  M.D.xliiii xiii Apryll vi E F M.D.xlv v. Apryll vii D  M.D.xlvi xxv Apryl viii C  M.D.xlvii xviii Apryl ix B  M.D.xlviii viii Apryll x G A M.D.xlix xxi Apryll xi F  M.D.l vi Apryll xii E  M.D.li xxix Marche xiii D  M.D.lii xvii Apryll xiiii B C M.D.liii ii Apryll xv A  M.D.liiii xxiiii March xvi G  M.D.lv xiiii Apryll xvii F  KL Ianuary hath .xxxi. dayes The mone hath .xxx. dayes Newe yeares daye A For the Tit. ij And whan Luc. ij b On the sondaye within .viij. daye of Christmasse whan euer it fall Read the epistle to tit .ii. to Tim. c d And I saye Gala. iiij And hys Lu. ij e For the. Tit. ij When herode Mat. ij The epyphany f Esa lx When Iesus was bor Mat. ij g On the sondaye nexte after .xij. daye Rede the epistle to the Romaynes A Ryse vp Esa lx The next daye Io. i b On the seconde sondaye after .xij. daye I beseche Ro. xij And when he Lu. ij c Rede the epistle to the Corinthiās d On the .iij. sondaye yf ther fall so many Seynge we haue Rom. xij e f And the thyrde Ioh. ij Rede the .ij to the Cor. g On the .iiij. sonday yf ther fall so many betwene .xij. day goynge out of ma. A Reade this weke to the Ga. the .i to Timo. b Be not wyse in your Rom. xiiij c When Iesus was Mat. viij d On the .v. sonday yf ther be so many betwene Septuagesima and .xij. daye e Rede the ephe Phi. f Owe nothynge Rom. xv g And he entred Mar. iiij Rede to the Thessalo to the Col A On the .vi. sondaye yf ther be so many betwene twelfe tyde septuagesima b c Now therfore as electe i. Col. iij On thys sōdaye the churche begynneth to red the scriptur in order d The kyngdom of heauen is Mat. xiij e  f On the sondaye when maryage goeth out g A Perceaue ye not how that i. Cor. ix b For the kyngdome of heauen Mat. xx  c  KL February hath .xxviii. dayes The Mone hath .xxix. dayes On Candelmasse daye d Fast Malachy the thyrde chapter e Cādelmasse daye And when the tyme of theyr Luc. ij f On the
he sayd vnto his mother Woman behold thy sonne ThaÌ„ said he to the disciple Beholde thy mother And from the houre the disciple toke her for his owne After that whaÌ„ Iesus perceyued that al thynges were performed that the scriptur myght be fulfylled he sayd I thyrst There stode a vessell full of vynegre by And they fylled a sponge wyth vynegre wouÌ„de it about with ysope put it to his mouth Assone as Iesus had receyued of the vynegre he said It is fynyshed And bowed his head gaue vp the goost The Iewes thaÌ„ because it was the Sabboth euen the the body shuld not remayne vpoÌ„ the crosse on the Sabboth daye for that Sabboth day was an hyghe day besought Pylate that theyr legges myght be broken that they myght be takeÌ„ downe ThaÌ„ came the souldyers brake the legges of the fyrste and of the other which was crucifyed wyth Iesus But whan they came to Iesus saw that he was dead already they brake not his legges but one of the souldyers with a speare thruste hym into the syde and forthwyth came out bloud water And he that sawe it bare recorde his recorde is true And he knoweth that he sayth true that ye myght beleue also These thynges were done that the scripture myght be fulfylled ye shall not breake a bone of hym And agayne an other scripture sayeth They shall loke on hym whom they pearsed After that Ioseph of Aramathia which was a disciple of Iesus but secretly for feare of the Iewes besought Pylate that he myght take downe the body of Iesus And Pilate gaue hym lycence And ther came also Nicodemus whiche at the begynnynge came to Iesus by nyght and brought of myrre aloes myngled together aboute an hundred pounde wayght ThaÌ„ toke they the body of Iesu wouÌ„de it in lynnen clothes wyth the odoures as the maner of the Iewes is to bury And in the place wher Iesus was crucyfyed was a garden and in the garden a new sepulchre wherin was neuer maÌ„ layde There layde they Iesus because of the Iewes Saboth euen for the sepulchre was nyghe at hande ¶ The versycle ¶ Thou that suffredest for vs. ¶ The answere ¶ Lorde haue mercye on vs. ¶ A prayer O Lorde whyche hast displayed thyne handes and fete and all thy body on a crosse for oure synnes suffredest the Iewes to set a crowne of thorne on thy heade in despyte of thy moost holy name And for vs synners dyddeste sufire fyue greuous wouÌ„des gyue vs this daye and euer the vse of lyght sence and vnderstandyng of penauÌ„ce abstinence paciens humilite and chastite and a pure conscience euermore By the Iesu Christ sauyoure of the worlde whyche lyuest and reygnest wyth the father and the holy goost God Worlde wythout ende O Lorde for thy greate mercy and grace Helpe thy people that so fayne wolde haue Thy holy Gospell preached in euery place And that thou thy flocke maye saue From the daunger of eternall fyre For whyche all Christen people praye and desyre So be it ¶ A lesson of the Gospell of Saynte Luke mencionynge the resurrection of Christ Luc. â—â—iiiâ— BVt vpon one of the Sabbothes very early in the mornynge they came vnto the Sepulchre and brought the spices which they had prepared and certayne women with theÌ„ Neuerthelesse they founde the stone rolled awaye frome the sepulchre and wente in and fouÌ„de not the body of the Lorde Iesu And it happened as they were amased therat beholde there stode by them two men in shynynge garmentes And they were afrayed and caste downe theyr faces to the earth Then sayde they vnto theÌ„ What seke ye the lyuynge amonge the deade he is not here he is rysen vp Remembre how that he told you when he was yet in Galyle and sayde The sonne of man must be delyuered into the handes of synners and be crucyfyed and the thyrde daye ryse agayne And they remembred his wordes wente from the sepulchre and tolde all thys vnto the eleuen and to all the other It was Mary Magdalene and Iohanna and Mary Iames the other wyth them that tolde this vnto the Apostles And theyr wordes semed vnto theÌ„ as though they had bene but fables and they beleued them not But Peter arose and ranne to the sepulchre stouped in and sawe the lynnen clothes layd by theÌ„ selues and departed And he wondred wythin hymselfe at that which had happened ¶ Thankes be to God ¶ A lesson of the Gospell of Saynt Marke mencyonynge the ascenscion of Christ Mar. xvi AT the last as the eleueÌ„ sat at the table he shewed hymselfe vnto them and rebuked theyr vnbelefe the hardnes of their hert because they beleued not them whych had sene hym rysen And he sayd vnto theÌ„ Go ye your waye into all the worlde and preache the Gospell vnto all creatures Who so beleueth and is baptysed shall be saued But who so beleueth not shal be damned As for the tokens whiche shall follow theÌ„ that beleue these are they In my name shall they cast out deuels Speake with new tonges dryue awaye serpentes And yf they drynke any deadlye thynge it shal not hurte theÌ„ They shal laye theyr handes vpon the sycke and they shal recouer And the Lorde after that he had spoken vnto theÌ„ was taken vp into heauen and sytteth at the ryghte hande of God And they wente out and preached euery where And the Lorde wrought wyth theÌ„ confyrmed the worde with tokens followynge ¶ The secoÌ„de parte of thys Manuall called prayer ¶ An order and forme of byddynge of the bedes by the kynges commaundement YE shall praye for the whole Congregacion of Christes Church and specyally for this church of Englande wherin fyrste I commende to your deuout prayers the kynges moost excellent maiestye supreme heade immediatly vnder God of the spiritualty and temporaltie of the same churche and for the prosperite of the noble Prince Edwarde hys sonne ¶ Secondely ye shall praye for the clergye the Lordes temporall and commons of this realme be sechynge almyghty God to gyue euery one of theÌ„ in hys degre grace to vse themselues in such wyse as maye be to hys contentation the kynges honoure and the weale of the realme ¶ Thyrdly ye shall praye for the soules that be departed abydynge the mercy of almyghty god that it maye please hym rather at the contemplacion of our prayers to graunte them the fruycion of hys presence ¶ The seuen peticions of the Pater noster ¶ The fyrst peticion OVre father whych arte in heauen hallowed be thy name ¶ The seconde peticion Thy kyngdome come ¶ The thyrde peticion Thy wyll be done in earth as it is in heauen ¶ The fourth peticion Gyue vs thys daye oure dayly breade ¶ The fyfte peticion And forgyue vs our trespasses as we forgyue theÌ„ that trespace agaynst vs. ¶ The syxte peticion And let vs not be led into temptacion ¶ The seuenth peticion But delyuer vs from euyll Amen
shall ryse vp no more Yee euen myne owne familier frende whoÌ„ I trusted whiche dyd eate my breade hath lyfte vp hys hele agaynst me But be thou mercyfull vnto me O Lorde rayse thou me vp and I shall rewarde them By thys I knowe thou fauourest me that myne enemye shall not tryumphe ouer me Thou hast holden me because of myne innocency and set me before thy face for euer O blessed be the Lorde God of Israell from hence forth and for euermore So be it So be it ¶ The antheme ¶ Heale my soule Lorde for I haue synned agaynste the. ¶ The antheme My soule The .xli. Psalme Quemadmodum desiderat ceruus LYke as the herte desyreth the waterbrokes so longeth my soule after the O God My soule is thursty for God yee euen for the lyuynge when shall I come and beholde the face of God My teares are my meate daye and nyght whyle it is dayly sayde vnto me where is now thy god Nowe when I thynke ther vpon I poure out my herte by myselfe for I wolde fayne go hence wyth the multitude and passe out wyth them vnto the house of God in the voyce of prayse and thankes geuynge amonge such as kepe holy daye Why arte thou so full of heuynesse O my soule and why art thou so vnquyet within me O put thy trust in God for I wyll yet geue hym thankes for the helpe of his countenaunce My God my soule is vexed within me therfore I remembre the lande of Iordane and the lytle hyll of Hermony One depe calleth another with the voyce of thy wystles all the waues and waterfloodes are gone ouer me The Lorde hath promysed his louynge kyndnesse dayly therfore wyll I prayse hym in the nyghte season and make my prayer vnto the God of my lyfe I wyll saye vnto God my stony rocke why haste thou forgotten me why go I thus heuely whyle the enemy oppresseth me Whyle my bones are brokeÌ„ and whyle myne one myes caste me in the teth daylye sayenge vnto me where is now thy God Why art thou so heuy o my soule and why arte thou so disquyeted within me O put thy trust in God for I wyll yet thaÌ„ke hym for the helpe of his countenaunce and because he is my God ¶ The antheme My soule thrusted for god the lyuynge fouÌ„tayne whan shall I ones come and appeare before the face of God ¶ The versycle Geue not the soules vnto beastes that prayse the. ¶ The answere And neuer forget the soules of thy poore Our father which art in c. The .vii. lesson .i. Cor. xv BEholde I saye vnto you a mystery we shal not al slepe but we shall all be chaunged and that sodenly and in the twynklynge of an eye at the tyme of the last trompe For the trompe shall blowe and the deade shall ryse vncorruptible and we shal be chauÌ„ged For thys corruptible must put on vncorruption and thys mortall must put on immortalite But whan thys corruptible shall put on incorrupcion this mortal shall put on immortalite then shall the worde be fulfylled Deathe is swalowed vp in victory ¶ The responce We shall all be brought before the iudgement seat of Christ where euery on of vs shall geue accomptes for hymselfe vnto God ¶ The versicle And he shall rewarde euery man accordynge to hys dedes The repeticion Where euery man shall geue accompt c. ¶ The .viii. lesson .i. Tessa .iiii. WE wolde not brethren that ye shulde be ignoraunt concernynge them that are falleÌ„ aslepe that ye sorow not as other do which haue no hope for yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne Euen so then also whych slepe by Iesus shall God brynge wyth hym for thys we saye vnto you in the word of the Lorde that we which lyue and are remaynynge in the commynge of the Lorde shall not come yer they whiche slepe for the Lorde hymselfe shal come downe from heaueÌ„ with a shoute and voyce of the archangell and with the trompe of God and the deade in Christ shall aryse fyrste than shall we whyche lyue and remayne be caughte vp wyth them also in the cloudes to mete the Lorde in the ayer and so shall we euer be wyth the Lorde Wherfore coÌ„forte yourselfe one another wyth these wordes ¶ The Responce .i. Cor. xv Now is Christ rysen from the deade and is become the fyrste frutes of theÌ„ that slepe for by one man commeth death and by one man the resurreccion of the deade for as they all dye in Adam so shall they all be made alyue in Christe but euery one in his order ¶ The versycle The fyrst is Christ then they that belongeth vnto Christ when he commeth ¶ The repeticion Euery one in hys order ¶ The .ix. lesson Ioh. v. VErely verely I saye vnto you who so heareth my worde and beleuethe hym that sent me hath euerlastynge lyfe and commeth not into dampnacion but is passed thorowe from deathe vnto lyfe Verely verely I saye vnto you the houre commeth and is nowe already that the deade shall heare the voyce of the sonne of god and they that heare it shall lyue for as the father hath lyfe in hymselfe so lykewyse hathe he geuen vnto the sonne to haue lyfe in hym selfe and hath geuen hym power also to execute iudgement because he is the sonne of man Maruayle not ye at this for the tyme commeth in the whiche all that are in the graues shall heare his voyce and shall go forth they that haue done good vnto the resurreccion of lyfe but they that haue done euell vnto the resurreccion of dampnacion ¶ The Responce O Lorde delyuer me from euerlastynge death at the dredfull daye whan heauen and earth shall be altered whyles thou shalt come to iudge the worlde by fyre ¶ The versycle Now Christ Iesus we moost humbly besech the to haue mercy on vs and that thou which arte come to redeme wretches from synne thraldome wylt not cast awaye them whom thou hast so derely redemed ¶ The responce O Lorde delyuer me from euerlastyng death at the dredful daye whan heauen earth shal be altered whyles thou shalte come to iudge the world by fyre ¶ The antheme My brused The .li. Psalme Myserere mei deus HAue mercy vpon me Oh God accordyng to thy great mercy â—nd accordynge to the multitude of thy compassion wype awaye myne iniquitie Washe me more from myne iniquitie and clense me from my synne For I knowledge myne iniquitie and my synne is euer before myne eyes Agaynst the only haue I synned and haue done euell in thy syght that thou mayest be iustifyed in thy wordes and vanquyshe whaÌ„ thou art iudged Lo I was begotten in wyckednesse and my mother conceyued me in synne Lo thou hast loued truth the vnknowen secret thynges of thy wysedome hast that vttered vnto me Sprynkle me Lorde wyth ysope and so shall I be clene thou shalt washe me and theÌ„ shall I be whyter then snowe Vnto my hearynge shalt thou