passeouer must be offred And he sent Peter and Iohn saying Goe prepare vs the passeouer that we may eate They sayde vnto hym where wilt thou that we prepare And he said vnto them behold when ye enter into the citie there shal a mā mete you bearing a pitcher of water him folow into thesame house that he entreth in and ye shal say vnto the good man of the house the maister sayeth vnto thee where is the geaft chaumber where I shall eate the Passeouer with my disciples And he shal shewe you a great parlour paued there make ready And they went and found as he had sayd vnto them and they made readye the passeouer And when the houre was come he sate down the .xii. Apostles with him And he sayd vnto them I haue inwardly desyred to eate this passeouer with youu before the I suffer For I say vnto you hēcefurth wil I not eate of it any more vntil it be fulfilled in the kingdome of god And he toke the cup and gaue thankes and sayd Take thys deuide it among you For I say vnto you I will not drinke of the fruite of this vine vntil the kyngdome of God come And he toke bread when he had geuē thankes he brake it and gaue vnto them saying This is my body whiche is geuen for you This doe in the remembraunce of me Lykewyse also when he hadde supped he tooke the cuppe saying Thys cuppe is the newe testamente in my bloude whych is shedde for you Yet beholde the hande of hym that betrayeth me is with me on the table And truely the sonne of manne goeth as it is appoynted but woe vnto that manne by whom he is betrayed And they beganne to enquyre among themselues whyche of them it was that shoulde doe it And there was a stryfe among them whych of them should seme to be the greatest And he sayd vnto them the kynges of nacions reygne ouer them and they that haue auctorytie vpon them are called gracyous but ye shall not so bee But he that is greatest among you shall bee as the yonger and he that is chyefe shall bee as he that dooeth minyster For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is it not he that sitteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth Ye are they whyche haue bydden with me in my temptacyons And I appoynte vnto you a kyngdome as my father hath appoynted to me that ye may eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome and sitte on seates iudgyng the twelue trybes of Israel And the Lorde sayde Simon Simon beholde Sathan hathe desyred to syfte you as it were wheate But I haue prayed for thee that thy fayth fayle not And when thou arte conuerted strength thy brethren And he sayde vnto hym LORDE I am ready to goe with thee into priesō and to death And he said I tell thee Peter the cocke shall not crowe thys daye tyll thou haue denied me thryse that thou knowest me And he sayde vnto them when I sente you withoute wallet and scrip and shoes lacked ye any thyng And they said no. Thē said he vnto thē but now he that hath a wallet let him take it vp and lykewise his scrip And he that hathe no sweorde let hym sel hys coate and bye one For I saye vnto you that yet thesame whiche is written muste be perfourmed in me euen among the wycked was he reputed For those thinges whyche are written of me haue an ende And they sayde Lorde beholde here are two sweordes and he sayde vnto them it is enoughe And he came out and went as he was wonte to mounte Oliuete And the disciples folowed hym And when he came to the place he sayd vnto them pray lest ye fall into temptacion And he gat himselfe from thē about a stones cast and kneled downe and prayed saying Father yf thou wilte remoue this cup from me Neuerthelesse not my wyl but thyne be fulfilled And there appeared an Aūgel vnto him from heauen comfortyng hym And he was in an agonye and prayed the longer and hys sweate was lyke droppes of bloud trickling downe to the ground And when be arose from praier and was come to his disciples he foūd them sleping for heauines and he sayd vnto them why slepe ye Ryse and pray leste ye fall into temptacyon While he yet spake behold there came a cōpanye and he that was called Iudas one of the twelue went before them and preaced nye to Iesus to kysse hym But Iesus sayde vnto him Iudas betrayest thou the sonne of manne with a kysse When they whiche were about him sawe what would folow they sayde vnto hym Lord shal we smyte with the sweord And one of them smote a seruaunte of the hie priestes and stroke of his ryght eare Iesus answered and sayd suffre ye thus farre foorthe And when he touched his eare he healed hym Then Iesus sayde vnto the hye pryestes and rulers of the temple and the elders whyche were come to hym Ye bee come out as vnto a thefe with sweordes and staues When I was dayly with in the Temple ye stretched foorthe no handes againste me but this is euen your verye houre the power of darkenes Then toke they hym and ledde him and brought him to the hie priestes house But Peter folowed afarre of And when they had kindled a fyre in the middes of the palace and were sette downe together Peter also satte downe among them But when one of the wenches beheld him as he sat by fyre and loked vpon him she said this same felow was also with him And he denied him saying woman I know hym not And after a litle whyle another sawe hym and sayd thou art also of them And Peter sayde man I am not And aboute the space of an houre after another affyrmed saying verely thys felowe was with him also for he is of Galile And Peter sayed man I wote not what thou sayest And immediately while he yet spake the Cocke krewe And the lord turned backe and loked vpon Peter And Peter remembred the woorde of the Lord how he had sayd vnto hym before the Cocke krowe thou shalt denie me thrise and Peter went out wept bitterly And the men that tooke Iesus mocked him smote him and when they had blindfolded him thei stroke him on the face and asked him saying Areade who is he the smote thee And many other thinges despitefully said they against hym And as soone as it was day the Elders of the people and the hie Priestes and Scribes came together and led hym into theyr counsel saying Art thou very Christ tel vs. And he said vnto them If I tell you ye wil not beleue me if I aske you you will not aunswere nor let me goe hereafter shall the sonne of man sit on the right hand of the power of God Then sayed they all Art thou then the sonne of God he sayd Ye saye
when thou comest into thy kingdome And Iesus sayd vnto hym verely I say vnto the to day shalt thou be with me in paradyse And it was aboute the sixth houre and there was a darkenesse ouer all the earth vntill the ninth houre and the Sunne was darkened and the vayle of the Temple did rente euen throughe the middes And when Iesus had cryed with a loude voyce he sayd Father into thy handes I commend my spirite And when he thus had said he gaue vp the goste When the Centurion sawe what had hapned he glorified God saying verely this was a righteous man And al the people that came together to se that sight and saw the thynges which had hapned smote theyr brestes returned And al his acquaintaunce the women that folowed hym from Galile stoode afarre of beholdyng these thinges And behold there was a mā named Ioseph a counsaylor and he was a good man a iust thesame had not consented to the counsail and dede of thē which was of Aramathia a citie of the Iewes which same also wayteth for the kingdom of God he went vnto Pilate begged the body of Iesus and toke it down and wrapped it in a linnē cloth and layed it in a sepulchre that was hewen in stone wherein neuer man beefore had been layd And that daye was the preparing of the Sabboth and the Sabboth drewe on The women that folowed after which had come wyth him from Galile beheld the sepulchre and howe hys bodye was layd And they returned and prepared swete Odours and ointmentes but rested on the Sabboth day according to the commmaundement ¶ On good Fridaye ¶ The Collectes ALmightie god we beseche thee graciously to beholde thys thy famely for the which our Lord Iesus Christ was contented to bee betrayed and geuen vp into the handes of wicked men and to suffre death vpon the crosse who lyueth and reygneth c. ALmightie and euerlasting god by whose spirite the whole body of the Church is gouerned and sanctified receiue our supplicaciōs praiers which we offre before thee for al estates of men in thy holy congregaciō that euery membre of thesame in his vocaciō ministerie maye truely godly serue thee through our Lord Iesus Christ MErcifull God who haste made all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made nor wouldst the death of a synner but rather that he shoulde be conuerted and lyue haue mercy vpon all Iewes Turkes Infidels and Heretykes and take from them all ignoraunce hardnesse of hearte and contempte of thy woorde And so fetche them home blessed Lord to thy flocke that they may be saued among the remnaunte of the true Israelites and bee made one folde vnder one shepehearde Iesus Christe oure Lord who lyueth and reygneth c. ¶ The Epistle Hebre. x. THe law which hath but a shadow of good thīges to come and not the very fashion of thinges them selues can neuer with those sacrifices which thei offre yeare by yeare continuallye make the commers thereunto perfit For would not then those sacrifices haue ceased to haue been offred because that the offerers once purged should haue had no more conscience of synnes Neuerthelesse in those sacrifices is there mencion made of synnes euery yeare For the bloud of Oxen Goates can not take away synnes Wherfore when he cometh into the world he sayth Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeyned me Burnt offeringes also for synne hast thou not allowed Then sayed I loe I am here In the beginning of the boke it is written of me that I should doe thy wil O God Aboue when he saieth Sacrifice and offeryng and burnt sacrifices and synne offeringes thou wouldeste not haue neyther haste thou allowed them which yet are offered by the lawe then said he loe I am here to doe thy wyll O God he taketh away the fyrste to establishe the latter by the whiche wyll we are made holy euen by the offeryng of the body of Iesu Christ once for al. And euery Priest is ready daily ministring and offeryng often tymes one maner of oblacyon whiche can neuer take awaye synnes But thys man after he hath offered one sacrifice for synnes is sette downe for euer on the ryghte hande of God and from henceforth tarieth tyl his foes be made his footestole For with one offeryng hath he made perfecte for euer them that are sanctified The holye goste hymselfe also beareth vs recorde euen when he tolde before This is the Testament that I wyl make vnto thē After those dayes sayeth the Lorde I wyll put my lawes in their heartes and in their myndes will I wryte them and their sinnes and iniquities will I remember no more And where remission of these thynges is there is no more offering for sinnes Seeing therefore brethren that by the meanes of the bloud of Iesu we haue libertie to entre into the holy place by the newe and liuing way whiche he hath prepared for vs through the vayle that is to saye by hys fleshe And seing also that we haue an hye prieste which is ruler ouer the house of God let vs drawe nye with a true heart in a sure fayth sprynkled in our heartes from an euil conscience wasshed in our bodies with pure water lette vs kepe the profession of our hope withoute wauering for he is faythfull that promised and let vs considre one another to the intent that we maye prouoke vnto loue and to good workes not forsaking the felowshyp that we haue among our selues as the maner of some is but let vs exhort one another and that so much the more because ye see that the day draweth nye ¶ The Gospell Ioh. xviii WHen Iesus had spoken these woordes he went forth with his disciples ouer the broke Cedron where was a garden into the which he thē entred with hys disciples Iudas which also beetrayed him knewe the place for Iesus oftimes resorted thither with hys Disciples Iudas then after he had receiued a bond of men ministers of the hye Priestes and Phariseis came thither with lanternes firebrandes and weapons And Iesus knowing al thinges that should come on him went furth sayd vnto them whom seke ye They aunswered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus sayd vnto them I am he Iudas also whiche betrayed him stoode with thē Assone then as he had sayde vnto them I am he they went backward and fell to the grounde Then asked he them agayne whō seke ye They sayde Iesus of Nazareth Iesus aunswered I haue tolde you that I am he If ye seke me therfore let these goe their way that the saying myght be fulfylled whiche he spake Of them whiche thou gauest me haue I not lost one Thē Simon Peter hauing a sweord drew it and smote the hye Priestes seruaunte cut of his right eare The seruaūtes name was Malchus Therfore sayth Iesus vnto Peter put vp thy sweord into the sheath shal I not drinke of the
deuoure my soule lyke a Lion and teare it in pieces whyle there is none to helpe Oh Lorde my God yf I haue done any suche thyng or yf there be any wickednes in my handes Yf I haue rewarded euyll vnto hym that dealte frendlye with me yea I haue delyuered hym that withoute anye cause is myne enemye Then let myne enemie persecute my soule and take me yea let hym treade my lyfe downe vpon the earthe and laye myne honour in the duste Stande vp O Lorde in thy wrath and lyfte vp thy selfe because of the indignacions of myne enemies aryse vp for me in the iudgement that thou hast commaunded And so shall the congregacion of the people come aboute thee for theyr sakes therefore lyft vp thy selfe agayne The Lord shall iudge the people geue sentence with me O Lord accordyng to my righteousnesse and accordyng to the innocencie that is in me Oh let the wickednesse of the vngodly come to an ende but guyde thou the iuste For the righteous god trieth the very heartes and reines My helpe cometh of God which preserueth them that are true of heart God is a righteous iudge strong and paciente and God is prouoked euery daye Yf a man will not turne he will wheat his sweorde he hath bent hys bowe and made it ready He hath prepared for him the instrumentes of deathe he ordeyneth his arrowes agaynst the persecutours Beholde he trauayleth with mischiefe he hathe conceyued sorow and brought foorth vngodlynes He hath grauen and digged vp a pytte and is fallen hym selfe into the destruccion that he made for other For hys trauayle shall come vpon hys owne head and hys wickednesse shall fall vpon his owne pate I wyll geue thankes vnto the Lorde accordyng to hys ryghteousnesse and wyll prayse the name of the Lorde the moste hyghest Domine dominus noster Psalm viii O Lorde oure gouernour how excellent is thy name in all the worlde thou that haste sette thy glorye aboue the heauens Oute of the mouth of very babes and suckelynges haste thou ordeyned strength because of thyne enemyes that thou mightest styll the enemie and the auenger For I wyll consydre thy heauens euen the worke of thy fyngers the Moone and the sterres whyche thou hast ordeyned What is man that thou arte mindefull of hym and the sonne of man that thou vysitest hym Thou madest hym lower then the Aungels to crowne hym with glory and worship Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the woorkes of thy handes and thou hast put all thinges in subieccyon vnder hys feete All shepe and oxen yea and the beastes of the fielde The foules of the ayre and the fishe of the sea and whatsoeuer walketh thorow the pathes of the seas O Lorde oure gouernour howe excellent is thy name in all the worlde Confitebor tibi Psalm ix Morning prayer I Wyll geue thankes vnto thee O LORD with my whole hearte I wyll speake of all thy marueylous woorkes I wyll be gladde and reioyce in thee yea my songes wil I make of thy name O thou most hyest Whyle myne enemies are drieuen backe they shall fall and peryshe at thy presence For thou haste mainteyned my right and my cause thou arte sette in the throne that iudgest ryghte Thou haste rebuked the Heathen and destroyed the vngodly thou haste put out theyr name for euer and euer O thou enemye destruccions are come to a perpetuall ende euen as the cyties whiche thou haste destroyed theyr memoriall is perished with them But the Lorde shall endure for euer he hathe also prepared hys seate for iudgement For he shall iudge the worlde in righteousnesse and minister true iudgement vnto the people The Lorde also wyll bee a defence for the oppressed euen a refuge in due tyme of trouble And they that knowe thy name wyll putte theyr truste in thee for thou Lorde haste neuer fayled them that seeke thee O prayse the Lorde whyche dwelleth in Sion shewe the people of his doynges For when he maketh inquisicion for bloud he remembreth them and forgeatteth not the complaynt of the poore Haue mercye vpon me O Lorde consydre the trouble whiche I suffre of them that hate me thou that lyftest me vp from the gates of death That I maye shewe all thy prayses within the portes of the daughter of Syon I wyll reioyce in thy saluacyon The Heathen are sunken downe in the pytte that they made in the same nette whiche they hydde priuely is theyr owne foote taken The Lorde is knowen to execute iudgement the vngodly is trapped in the woorke of hys owne handes The wicked shal be turned vnto hell and all the people that forgeat God For the poore shall not bee alwaye forgotten the pacyent abiding of the meke shall not perishe for euer Vp Lorde and let not man haue the vpper hand let the Heathen be iudged in thy syghte Putte them in feare O Lorde that the Heathen maye knowe them selues to bee but men Vt quid domine psalm x. WHy standest thou so farre of O Lorde and hydest thy face in the nedefull tyme of trouble The vngodly for his owne luste doeth persecute the poore let them be taken in the craftye wilines that they haue ymagined For the vngodly hathe made boaste of his owne heartes desyre and speaketh good of the couetouse whom God abhorreth The vngodlye is so proude that he careth not for God neyther is God in all hys thoughtes Hys wayes are alwaye greuouse thy iudgementes are farre aboue oute of hys syghte and therefore defyeth he all hys enemyes For he hath sayd in his heart tushe I shall neuer be cast downe there shall no harme happen vnto me His mouthe is full of cursyng and disceyte and fraude vnder his tongue is vngodlines and vanitie He sitteth lurkyng in the theuishe corners of the stretes and priuely in his lurkyng dennes dothe he murther the innocent hys eyes are sette agaynst the poore For he lyeth wayting secretelye euen as a Lion lurketh he in hys denne that he maye rauishe the poore He doeth rauishe the poore when he geatteth him into his nette He falleth downe and humbleth hym selfe that the congregcyon of the poore maye fall into the hande of hys captaynes He hathe sayde in his hearte tushe God hathe forgotten he hydeth awaye his face and he wyll neuer see it Aryse O Lord God and lyft vp thyne hand forgeat not the poore Wherefore shoulde the wicked blaspheme God whyle he doeth say in hys hearte tushe thou God carest not for it Surely thou haste seen it for thou beholdeste vngodlynesse and wrong That thou mayest take the matter into thy hande the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee for thou arte the helper of the frendlesse Breake thou the power of the vngodlye and malicyous take awaye his vngodlynes and thou shalt fynde none The Lorde is kyng for euer and euer and the Heathen are perished out of the lande Lord thou haste hearde the desyre of the poore thou preparest theyr heart and thyne eare harkened
the lorde and so thou forgauest the wyckednes of my sinne For this shall euery one that is godlye make hys prayer vnto thee in a tyme when thou mayest be founde but in the great water fluddes they shall not come nighe hym Thou arte a place to hyde me in thou shalte preserue me from trouble thou shalte compasse me rounde aboute with songes of delyueraunce I wyll enforme thee and teache thee in the way wherein thou shalt goe and I wyll guyde thee with myne eye Be ye not lyke horse and mule whyche haue no vnderstaning whose mouthes must be holden with bitte and bridle lest they fall vpon thee Great plagues remaine for the vngodly but whoso putteth his trust in the lord mercy embraceth him on euery syde Be glad O ye righteous and reioyce in the Lord and bee ioyfull all ye that are true of hearte Exultate iusti in domino Psalm xxxiii REioice in the lord O ye righteous for it becommeth well the iust to be thankefull Prayse the lorde with harpe syng Psalmes vnto hym with the lute and instrument of ten strynges Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song syng prayses iustlye vnto hym with a good corage For the worde of the Lord is true and al his workes are faithfull He loueth righteousnes and iudgemente the earthe is full of the goodnes of the lorde By the worde of the Lord were the heauens made and al the hostes of them by the breath of hys mouth He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpō an heape and layeth vp the depe as in a treasure house Let all the earth feare the lorde stand in awe of him al ye that dwell in the worlde For he spake and it was done he commaunded and it stode faste The lord bryngeth the counsell of the heathen to naught and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effect and casteth out the counsailes of princes The counsayll of the Lorde shall indure for euer and the thoughtes of hys hearte from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people whose god is the Lord Iehouah blessed are the folke that haue chosen hym to bee theyr inheritaunce The lorde loked downe from heauen and behelde all the children of men from the habitacion of his dwellyng he cōsidereth all them that dwell in the earth He fashioned all the heartes of them and vnderstandeth all theyr workes There is no king that can be saued by the multitude of an host neither is any mightie man deliuered by much strēgth A horse is coumpted but a vayne thyng to saue a man neither shall he deliuer any man by hys great strength Beholde the iye of the lorde is vpon them that feare him and vpon them that put theyr trust in his mercy To delyuer theyr soules from death and to feede them in tyme of dearth Our soule hath paciently taried for the lord for he is oure helpe and our shielde For our heart shall reioyce in him because we haue hoped in hys holy name Let thy mercifull kyndnesse O lorde be vpon vs like as we haue put our trust in thee Benedicam dominum Psalm xxxiiii I Wyll alwaye geue thankes vnto the Lord his praise shall euer be in my mouth My soule shal make her bost in the lord the humble shal heare therof and be glad O prayse the Lorde with me and let vs magnifye hys name together I sought the Lorde and he hearde me yea he deliuered me out of all my feare They had an eye vnto hym and were lightened and their faces were not ashamed Loe the poore cryeth and the Lord heareth hym yea and saueth hym out of all his troubles The Aungel of the Lord tarieth round aboute them that feare hym and deliuereth them O taste and see howe gracious the Lorde is blessed is the man that trusteth in hym O feare the Lord ye that be hys sainctes for they that feare hym lacke nothing The lyons doe lacke and suffre hunger but they whyche s eke the Lorde s hall want no maner of thyng that is good Come ye children and hearken vnto me I wyll teache you the feare of the Lord. What man is he that lusteth to lyue and woulde fayne see good dayes kepe thy tongue from euill and thy lippes that they speake no guyle Eschewe euyll and doe good seke peace and ensue it The eyes of the Lorde are ouer the righteous and hys eares are open vnto theyr prayers The countenaunce of the Lord is againste them that doe euil to roote out the remēbraunce of them frō of the earthe The righteous crye and the Lord heareth them and deliuereth them out of all theyr troubles The lorde is nygh vnto them that are of a contrite heart and wyll saue suche as be of an humble spirite Great are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord deliuereth hym out of all He kepeth all hys bones so that not one of them is broken But misfortune shal staye the vngodly and they that hate the righteous shal be desolate The Lorde deliuereth the soules of hys seruauntes and all they that put theyr truste in hym shall not bee destitute Iudica domine nocentes Psalm xxxv Mornīg prayer PLeade thou my cause O Lorde with them that striue with me and fight thou againste them that fighte agaynst me Lay hand vpon the shielde and buckeler and stand vp to helpe me Bring furth the speare and stoppe the way against them that persecute me saye vnto my soule I am thy saluacion Let them be confounded and put to shame that seke after my soule let them be turned backe and brought to confusiō that ymagine mischiefe for me Let them be as the dust before the wynde and the aungel of the Lorde scattering them Let their way be darke and slippery and let the Aungell of the Lorde persecute them For they haue prieuely layde theyr nette to destroye me without a cause yea euen without a cause haue they made a pytte for my soule Let a sodaine destruccion come vpon him vnawares and hys net that he hath layde priuely catch himself that he may fall into hys owne mischiefe And my soule be ioyfull in the Lord it shall reioyce in his saluacyon And my bones shall saye Lorde who is lyke vnto thee whiche deliuerest the poore from hym the is to strong for hym yea the pore him the is in misery from him the spoyleth hym False witnes did rise vp they laid to my charge thynges that I knowe not They rewarded me euill for good to the great discoumforte of my soule Neuerthelesse when they wer sicke I put on sackeclothe and humbled my soule with fasting my prayer shall turne into myne owne bosome I behaued my self as though it had been my frend or my brother I went heuely as one the mourneth for his mother But in myne aduersitie they reioysed gathered them together yea the verye abiectes came together agaynste me vnawares makyng mowes at me and ceassed not With the flatterers
Syon for it is tyme that thou haue mercy vpon her yea the time is come And why thy seruauntes thynke vpon her siones and it pietieth them to see her in the dust The Heathen shall feare thy name O Lorde and all the Kynges of the earth thy Maiestie When the Lorde shall build vp Syon and when his glory shall appeare When he turneth hym vnto the prayer of the poore destytute and despyseth not theyr desyre This shal be written for those that come after and the people whiche shal be borne shall prayse the Lorde For he hathe loked downe from his sanctuary out of the heauen did the lord bebold the earth That he mighte heare the mourninges of suche as bee in captiuitie and delyuer the children appoynted vnto deathe That they maye declare the name of the Lorde in Syon and hys woorship at Ierusalem When the people are gathered together and the kyngedomes also to serue the Lorde He brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortned my dayes But I sayd O my God take me not awaye in the middest of mine age as for thy yeares they endure througeout all generacions Thou Lorde in the beginning hast layd the foundacions of the earth and the heauens are the worke of thy handes They shall perishe but thou shalte endure they all shall waxe olde as doeth a garment And as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them and they shal bee chaunged but thou art thesame and thy yeres shall not fayle The children of the seruauntes shall continue and theyr seede shall stand fast in thy sight Benedic anima mea psalm ciii PRayse the Lord O my soule and all that is within me prayse his holy name Prayse the Lorde O my soule and forgeat not al his benefites Whiche forgeueth all thy synne and healeth all thyne infirmities Whyche saueth thy lyfe from destruccyon and crouneth thee with mercy and louing kindnes Whiche satisfyed thy mouth with good thyges makyng thee young and lusty as an Eagle The Lorde executeth rygteousnes and iudgemente for all them that are oppressed with wrong He shewed his wayes vnto Moyses his woorkes vnto the children of Israel The lorde is full of compassion and mercy long suffryng and of great goodnes He will not alway bee chyding neither kepet he his angre for euer He hathe not dealt with vs after our sinnes nor rewarded vs according to our wickednesses For loke how hie the heauen is in comparisō of the earth so great is hys mercy also toward them that feare hym Loke howe wyde also the East is from the West so farre hath he set our snnes from vs. Yea lyke as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the Lord mercyfull vnto them that feare hym For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but duste The dayes of man are but as grasse for he florisheth as a floure of the fielde For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it it is gone and the place therof shall know it nomore But the mercyfull goodnes of the Lorde endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare him and his righteousnesse vpon chylders children Euen vpon suche as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to doe them The Lorde hathe prepared his seate in heauen and hys kyngdom ruleth ouer all O prayse the Lorde ye Aungels of hys ye that excell in strength ye that fulfyll his commaundement and hearken vnto the voyce of hys wordes O prayse the Lord all ye his hostes ye seruauntes of his that doe his pleasure O speake good of the Lord all ye workes of his in al places of his dominion prayse thou the Lord O my soule Benedic anima mea psalm ciiii Euening prayer PRaise the Lord O my soule O Lord my God thou art become exceding glorious thou art clothed with maiestie and honour Thou deckest thy selfe with lighte as it were with a garment and spredest out the heauens lyke a curtaine Whych layeth the beames of his chambers in the waters and maketh the cloudes his charet and walketh vpon the wynges of the wynde He maketh hys Aungelles spirites and his ministers a flamyng fyre He laied the foundacions of the earth that it neuer should moue at any tyme. Thou coueredst it with the depe lyke as with a garment the waters stande in the hilles At thy rebuke they stye at the voyce of thy thunder they are afrayde They goe vp as hye as the hylles and downe in the valleyes benethe euen vnto the place whiche thou hast appointed for them Thou hast sette them theyr bondes whiche they shall not passe neyther turne agayne to couer the earth He sendeth the sprynges into the ryuers whiche runne among the hylles Al beastes of the fielde drinke thereof and the wild Asses quenche theyr thirst Beside them shall the foules of the ayre haue theyr habitacyon and syng among the braunches He watereth the hylles from aboue the earthe is fylled with the fruite of thy workes He bringeth foorth grasse for the cattell and greene herbe for the seruice of menne That he maye bring fode out of the earth and wyne that maketh glad the hearte of man oyle to make him a cherefull countenaunce and bread to strength mans hearte The trees of the Lord also are full of sappe euen the Ceders of Libanus whiche he hath planted Wherin the birdes make theyr nestes and the firre trees are a dwellyng for the Storke The hye hylles are a refuge for the wylde goates and so are the stony rockes for the Conies He appoynted the Moone for certayne seasons and the Sunne knoweth his goyng downe Thou makest darkenes that it may bee night wherin all the beastes of the forest doe moue The Lyons roaryng after theyr praye dooe seeke theyr meate at God The Sunne ariseth and they geat them away together and laye them downe in theyr dennes Man goeth forthe to his worke and to his labour vntyll the euenyng O Lorde how manifold are thy workes in wysdom hast thou made them all the earth is full of thy ryches So is the great and wide sea also wherein are thynges crepyng innumerable both small and great beastes There goe the shippes and there is that Leuiathan whō thou hast made to take his pastyme therein These wayte all vpon thee that thou mayste geue them meate in due season When thou geuest it them they gather it and when thou openest thy hand they are fylled with good When thou hidest thy face they are troubled when thou takest awaye theyr breath they dye and are turned agayne to theyr duste When thou lettest thy breath goe forth they shal be made and thou shalt renew the face of the earth The glorious maiestie of the Lorde shall endure for euer the Lord shall reioyce in his workes The earthe shall tremble at the loke of him yf he doe but touche the hilles they shall smoke I wyll syng vnto the Lorde as long as I lyue I wyll prayse my God whyle I haue my beyng And
vnperfectly but then shall I know euen as I am knowen Now abideth faith hope and loue euen these three but the chiefe of these is loue ¶ The Gospell Luk. xviii IEsus toke vnto hym the .xii. and sayde vnto them beholde we goe vp to Ierusalem and all shall bee fulfylled that are wrytten by the Prophetes of the sonne of manne For he shall bee delyuered vnto the Gentiles and shal bee mocked and despitefully intreated and spitted on And whē they haue scourged hym they wyll putte hym to deathe and the third day he shal ryse agayne And they vnderstode none of these thynges And thys saying was hyd from them so that they perceyued not the thynges whiche were spoken And it came to passe that as he was come nyghe to Hieritho a certayne blynd manne satte by the hye waye syde beggyng And when he heard the people passe by he asked what it mente And they sayde vnto hym that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And be cryed saying Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And they whyche wente before rebuked hym that he shoulde bolde hys peace But he cryed so muche the more thou sonne of Dauid haue mercye on me And Iesus stode styll and commaunded hym to bee broughte vnto hym And when he was come nere he asked hym saying what wylte thou that I doe vnto thee and he sayde Lorde that I myghte receyue my syghte And Iesus sayde vnto hym receyue thy syghte thy faythe hathe saued thee And immediately he receyued hys syght and folowed hym praysyng God And all the people when then saw it gaue prayse vnto God ¶ The firste daye of Lent ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and euerlastyng God whiche hatest nothing that thou hast made and doest forgeue the synnes of al them that bee penitente Create and make in vs newe and contrite heartes that we worthelye lamentyng oure sinnes and knowledging oure wretchednes may obtayne of thee the God of all mercye perfecte remission and forgeuenesse throughe Iesus Christe ¶ The Epistle Ioel. ii TVrne you vnto me with al your heartes with fastyng weping and mourning rente your heartes and not your clothes Turne you vnto the Lorde youre God for he is gracious and merciful long suffering and of great compasson and ready to pardō wickednes Then no doubt he also shal turne and forgeue and after his chastening he shall let youre encrease remayne for meate and drinke offeringes vnto the lord your god Blow out with the trompet in Sion proclaime a fastyng call the congregacion and gather the people together warne the congregacyon gather the elders bryng the chyldren and suckelynges together Let the bridegrome goe forth of hys chambre and the bride oute of her closet Let Priestes serue the Lorde betwene the Porche and the alter weping and saying bee fauourable O Lorde bee fauourable vnto thy people let not thyne heritage be brought to such confusion lest the Heathen be Lordes thereof Wherefore shoulde they say among the Heathen where is nowe theyr God ¶ The Gospell Math. vi WHen ye faste bee not sad as the Hipocrites are for they diffigure their faces that it maye appeare vnto men how that they fast Verely I saye vnto you they haue their rewarde But thou when thou fastest annoynt thyne head washe thy face that it appeare not vnto men howe thou fastest but vnto thy father which is in secret thy father which seeth in secret shal reward thee openly Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth where the rust and moth both corrutp and where theues breake through and steale But lay vp for you treasures in heauen where neither ruste nor moth doeth corrupt and where theues doe not breake throughe nor steale For where youre treasure is there wyll your heartes be also ¶ The first Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collect. O Lord which for our sake didst fast fortye dayes and fortie nightes Geue vs grace to vse such abstinence that our fleshe being subdued to the spirite we maye euer obey thy Godly mocions in righteousnes and true holines to thy honour and glory which liuest and reygnest c. ¶ The Epistle ii Cor. vi WE as helpers exhorte you that ye receyue not the grace of God in vayne For he saith I haue heard thee in a time accepted and in the dai of saluacion haue I succoured thee Beholde nowe is that accepted tyme beholde now is that day of saluacion Let vs geue none occasion of euill that in our office be founde no faulte but in all thynges let vs behaue our selues as the ministers of God In muche pacience in affliccions in necessities in anguishes in stripes in prisonmentes in stryfes in labours in watchinges in fastinges in purenes in knowledge in long sufferyng in kyndnes in the holy gost in loue vnfayned in the worde of trueth in the power of God by the armoure of ryghteousnes of the righte hande and of the left by honour and dishonour by euill report and good reporte as deceyuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and beholde we lyue as chastened and not kylled as sorowing and yet alway mery as poore and yet make mani riche as hauing nothing and yet possessing all thynges ¶ The Gospell Mat. iiii THen was Iesus led away of the spirite vnto wildernesse to be tempted of the deuill And when he had fasted fortie dayes and forty nightes he was at the last an hungred And when the tempter came to hym he sayed yf thou bee the sonne of God commaunde that these stones bee made bread But he aunswered sayed it is written man shall not liue by bread onely but by euery woorde that procedeth oute of the mouth of god Then the deuil taketh hym vp into the holy citie and setteth hym on a pinacle of the temple and saith vnto hym yf thou be the sonne of God cast thy selfe down headlong For it is written he shall geue hys Aungelles charge ouer thee and with their handes they shal holde thee by leste at any tyme thou dashe thy foote against a stone And Iesus sayd vnto hym it is written agayne Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God Agayne the deuil taketh him vp into an exceading highe mountayne and shewed hym all the kingdomes of the world and the glory of them and sayeth vnto him all these will I geue thee yf thou wilt fal downe and worship me Then sayeth Iesus vnto him Auoyde Sathā for it is written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy god and him only shalt thou serue Then the deuil leaueth hym and beholde the Angels came and ministred vnto hym The second Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collecte ALmightie god which doest see that we haue no power of oure selues to helpe oure selues kepe thou vs both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our soules that we maye be defended from al aduersities which may happen to the body and from al euil thoughtes whiche maye assaulte and hurte the soule hrough Iesus Chryste
there was one that was named Barrabas whyche laye bounde with them that made insurreccyon he had commytted murther And the people called vnto hym and beganne to desyre hym that he woulde doe accordyng as he had euer done vnto them Pilate aunswered them saying wyl ye that I lette looce vnto you the Kyng of the Iewes for he knewe that the hye Priestes had delyuered hym of enuy But the hye priestes moued the people that he shoulde rather delyuer Barrabas vnto them Pilate aunswered agayne and sayd vnto them what wil ye the I then doe vnto him whō ye call the kyng of the Iewes And they cryed againe crucify him Pilate sayd vnto them what euill hath he done And they cryed the more feruently crucifie him And so Pilate willyng to content the people let looce Barrabas vnto them and deliuered vp Iesus when he had scourged hym for to bee crucyfyed And the souldyours ledde hym awaye into the common halle and called together the whole multytude and they clothed hym with purple and they platted a crowne of thornes and crowned hym withall and began to salute hym Hayle kyng of the Iewes And they smote hym on the head with a reede and dyd spytte vpon hym and bowed their knees and worshypped him And when they had mocked him they toke the purple of him and put his owne clothes on him and led him out to crucyfye hym And they compelled one that passed by called Simon of Syrene the father of Alexander and Rufus which came out of the field to beare his crosse And they brought hym to a place named Golgotha whiche yf a man interprete is the place of dead mens sculles and they gaue hym to drynke wyne mingled with mirrhe but he receyued it not And whē they had crucified him they parted his garmentes casting lottes vpon thē what euery mā should take And it was about the thyrd houre and they crucifyed him And the tytle of hys cause was wrytten The Kyng of the Iewes And they crucifyed with hym two theues the one on his ryght hand the other on his lefte And the scripture was fulfilled whiche saith he was counted among the wicked And they that wente by rayled on hym wagging theyr heades and saying A wretche thou that destroyest the temple and buldest it againe in three dayes saue thy selfe and come downe from the crosse Likewise also mocked him the hye Priestes among themselues with the Scribes and sayd he saued other men himselfe he cannot saue Let Chryst the Kyng of Israell descende nowe from the crosse that we may see and beleue And they that were crucyfyed with him checked him also And whē the sixth houre was come darknes arose ouer all the earthe vntyll the ninth houre And at the ninthe houre Iesus cryed with a loude voyce saying Eloy Eloy lamazabathany whiche is if one interprete it my God my God why hast thou forsaken me And some of them that stode by when they hearde that sayd beholde he calleth for Helyas And one ranne and fylled a sponge full of vinegre and putte it on a reede and gaue hym to drynke saying let hym alone let vs see whether Helias wyll come and take hym downe But Iesus cried with a loude voyce and gaue vp the goste And vayle of the temple rente in two pieces from the top to the bottome And when the Centurion whiche stode before him sawe that he so cryed and gaue vp the gost he sayd truely this man was the sonne of God There were also weomen a good waye of beholdyng him among whom was Mari Magdalene and Mary the mother of Iames the litle and of Ioses and Mary Salome which also when he was in Galile had folowed hym and ministred vnto him and many other weomen whyche came vp with hym to Ierusalem And nowe when the euen was come because it was the daye of preparyng that goeth before the Sabboth Ioseph of the citye of Aramathya a noble counsayloure whyche also loked for the kyngdome of God came and went in boldelye vnto Pylate and begged of hym the bodye of Iesu And Pilate meruayled that he was already dead and called vnto him the Centurion asked of him whether he had been anye whyle dead And when he knew the trueth of the Centurion he gaue the bodye to Ioseph he bought a lynnen cloth and tooke hym down wrapped him in the linnen cloth and layed him in a sepulchre that was hewen oute of a rocke and rolled a stone before the dore of the sepulchre And Mary Magdalene and Mary Ioses beheld where he was layd ¶ Wednesday before Easter ¶ The Epistle Hebre. ix WHereas is a testament there must also of necessitie be the deathe of hym that maketh the testament For the testament taketh autoritie when men are dead for it is yet of no value as long as he that maketh the testament is alyue for whiche cause also neither the fyrst testament was ordeyned withoute bloud For when Moses had declared all the commaundement to all the people accordying to the lawe he tooke the bloude of calues and of Goates with water and purple wolle and ysope and sprinkled both the booke and all the people saying this is the bloude of the testament whiche God hath appoynted vnto you Moreouer he sprinkled the tabernacle with bloud also and all the ministryng vessels And almost al thinges are by the law purged with bloud and without shedding of bloude is no remission It is nede then that the similitudes of heauenlye thinges be purifyed with suche thynges but that the heauenlye thinges themselues be purifyed with better sacrifices thē are those For Christe is not entred into the holye places that are made with handes whiche are similitudes of true thynges but is entred into very heauen for to appeare now in the sight of God for vs not to offer himselfe often as the hye Priest entreth into the holy place euery yere with strange bloud for then must he haue often suffred sence the worlde began But now in the ende of the world hath he appeared once to put synne to flyght by the offeryng vp of hymselfe And as it is appointed vnto al mē the thei shal once die thē cometh the iudgement Euen so Christ was once offered to take away the sinnes of many vnto them that loke for him shal he appeare agayn without sinne vnto saluacion ¶ The Gospell Luk. xxii THe feast of swete bread drew nye 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 syrname was Iscarioth which was of the nūber of the .xii. he went his way and commoned with the hie Priestes and officers how he might betray him vnto thē And they wer glad and promised to geue hym money And he consented and sought oportunitie to betray him vnto them when the people wer away Then came the day of swete bread whē of necessitie the
that I am And they sayd what nede we of any further witnesse For we oure selues haue heard of his own mouth ¶ Thursday before Easter ¶ The Epistle i. Cor. xl THis I warne you of commend not the ye come not together after a better maner but after a worse For first of all when ye come together in the congregacion I heare that there is discencyon among you and I partlye beeleue it For there muste bee sectes among you that thei which are perfecte among you may be knowen When ye come together therefore into one place the Lordes supper cannot bee eaten for euerye manne beginneth afore to eate his owne supper And one is hungrye and another is dronken Haue ye not houses to eate and drinke in despise ye the congregacyon of God and shame them that haue not what shall I say vnto you shall I prayse you In thys I prayse you not That whyche I deliuered vnto you I receiued of the lord For the lord Iesus thesame night in which he was betrayed tooke bread and when he had geuen thankes he brake it and said Take ye and eate this is my body which is broken for you This doe ye in the remembraunce of me After thesame maner also he tooke the cuppe when supper was done saying this cuppe is the new Testament in my bloud This doe as oft as ye drinke it in remembraunce of me For as often as ye shall eate this bread drinke of this cup ye shal shewe the Lordes death til he come Wherefore whosoeuer shal eate of this bread and drinke of this cup of the lorde vnworthely shal be giltie of the body and bloud of the lord But let a man examine himselfe so let hym eate of the bread and drinke of the cuppe For he that eateth and drinketh vnworthely eateth and drinketh his own damnacion because he maketh no difference of the Lordes bodye For this cause many are weake and sicke among you and many slepe For if we had iudged our selues we shoulde not haue been iudged But when we are iudged of the Lorde we are chastened that we should not bee damned with the worlde Wherefore my brethren when ye come together to eate tary one for another If any man hungre let him eate at home that ye come not together vnto condemnacyon Other thynges wyl I set ordre when I come ¶ The Gospell Luk. xxiii THe whole multitude of them arose and lead hym vnto Pilate And they began to accuse hym saying we founde this felowe peruerting the people and forbidding to pay tribute to Cesar saying that he is Christ a kyng And Pylate apposed hym saying arte thou the king of the Iewes he aunswered hym and sayed thou sayest it Then said Pilate to the hie priestes to the people I find no fault in thys man And they were the more fierce saying he moueth the people teaching throughoute al Iury began at Galile euen to this place Whē Pilate heard mencion of Galile he asked whether the man were of Galile And assone as he knewe that he belonged vnto Herodes iurisdiccion he sent him to Herode whiche was also at Ierusalem at that tyme. And when Herode saw Iesus he was excedyng glad for he was desyrous to see hym of a long season because he had heard many thinges of him and he trusted to haue seen some miracles done by him Then he questioned with hym many woordes But he aunswered hym nothyng The hie Priestes and Scribes stoode furth and accused him strayghtly And Herode with the men of warre despised hym And when he had mocked hym he arayed him in white clothing and sent him again to Pilate And thesame daye Pilate and Herode were made frendes together For before they were at variaunce And Pilate called together the hie priestes the rulers the people and said vnto thē ye haue brought this mā vnto me as one that peruerteth the people and behold I examine him before you and find no fault in this man of those thynges whereof ye accuse him no nor yet Herode For I sent you vnto him and loe nothyng worthy of death is doone vnto him I wyl therfore chasten him let him loce For of necessitie he must haue let one loce to them at the feaste And al the people cryed at once saying away with him deliuer vs Barrabas whiche for a certaine insurrecion made in the citie and for a murther was cast into prieson Pilate spake agayne vnto them willing to lette Iesus looce But they cryed saying Crucifie hym Crucifie hym He sayed vnto them the third tyme what euill hath he done I fynde no cause of death in hym I wyll therefore chasten hym and lette hym goe And they cryed with loude voyces requiring that he myghte be Crucified And the voyces of them and of the hye pryestes preuayled And Pilate gaue sentence that it shoulde be as they required he let looce vnto them him that for insurreccion and murther was cast into prieson whom they had desired he deliuered to them Iesus to doe with him what they would And as they led hym awaye they caught one Simon of Cyrene coming out of the field and on hym layed they the crosse that he mighte beare it after Iesus And there folowed him a great company of people of women whiche bewayled and lamented hym But Iesus turned backe vnto thē and said ye daughters of Ierusalem wepe not for me but wepe for your selues and for youre children For behold the daies wil come in the whiche they shal say Happy are the baren and the wombes that neuer bare and the pappes which neuer gaue sucke Then shall they begyn to say to the mountaines fal on vs to the hilles couer vs. For if they doe this in a greene tree what shall be doone in the drye And there were two euil doers led with him to be slayn And after that they were come to the place which is called Caluarie there they crucified him the euil dooers one on the ryght hand and the other on the left Then sayd Iesus father forgeue thē for they wote not what they doe And they parted hys rayment and cast lottes And the people stode and beheld And the rulers mocked hym with thē saying he saued other men let him saue hymselfe if he bee very Chryst the chosen of God The souldiers also mocked hym and came and offred him vineger and said if thou be the king of Iewes saue thy selfe And a superscripcion was written ouer him with letters of Greke and Latin Hebrue This is the king of the Iewes And one of the euill doers which were hanged rayled on him saying If thou be Christ saue thy selfe vs. But the other aunswered and rebuked hym saying fearest thou not god seing thou art in thesame damnacyon we are righteously punyshed for we receue according to our dedes but this man hath done nothing amisse And he said vnto Iesus Lord remembre me
them except I see in hys handes the prynte of the nayles and put my fynger into the printe of the nayles and thruste my hande into hys syde I will not beleue And after eight dayes agayne hys disciples were within and Thomas with thē Then came Iesus when the doores were shut and stode in the middes and sayed Peace bee vnto you And after that he sayed to Thomas bryng the fynger hyther and see my handes and reache hyther thy hande and thrust it into my syde and bee not faythlesse but beleuyng Thomas aunswered and sayd vnto him my lord and my god Iesus said vnto hym Thomas because thou hast seē me thou hast beleued blessed are they that haue not seen and yet haue beeleued And many other signes truly did Iesus in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this boke These are written that ye might beleue that Iesus Chryste is the sonne of God and that in beleuing ye might haue lyfe through his name The conuersion of Sainct Paule ¶ The Collect. GOd whiche hast taught al the world throughe that preaching of thy blessed Apostle Saincte Paul Graūt we beseche thee that we which haue his wonderful conuertion in remembraunce may folowe and fulfyll thy holy doctryne that he taught through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Actes ix ANd Saule yet breathyng oute threatninges and slaughter against the disciples of the lorde wente vnto the hie priest desired of him letters to carye to Damasco to the Sinagoges that yf he founde any of this way were they men or women he myght bring them bound to Ierusalem And when he iourneyed it fortuned that as he was come nigh to Damasco sodeynly there shined round aboute him a light from heauē he fel to the earth and heard a voyce saying to hym Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And he sayed what art thou lord And the Lorde sayd I am Iesus whom thou persecutest It is hard for thee to kicke against the pricke And he both trembling and astonied sayd Lord what wilt thou haue me to doe And the Lorde sayed vnto him aryse and goe into the citie and it shal be tolde thee what thou must doe The men which iourneyed with him stode amased hearing a voyce but seeying no man And Saule arose from the earth and when he opened his eyes he sawe no manne But they lead hym by the hande and broughte him into Damasco And he was three dayes wythoute syghte and neyther dyd eate nor drynke And there was a certayne Disciple at Damasco named Ananias and to him said the Lord in a vision Ananias and he sayd beholde I am here Lord. And the lord said vnto him arise and goe into the strete which is called streight and seke in the house of Iudas after one called Saule of Tharsus For behold he praieth and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias comming in to him and puttyng his handes on him that he might receiue his sight Then Ananias aunswered Lord I haue heard by many of this man how much euil he hath done to thy sainctes at Ierusalem here he hathe auctority of the hie priestes to binde all that call on thy name The Lorde saide vnto him go thy way for he is a chosen vessell vnto me to beare my name before the Gentiles and kinges and the childrē of Israel For I will shew him how great thynges he muste suffre for my names sake And Ananias went his way entred into the house and put his handes on him and sayd brother Saule the lord that appeared vnto thee in the waie as thou camest hath sent me that thou mightest receiue thy sight and be filled with the holy goste And immediatly there fell from hys eyes as it had been scales and he receyued sight and arose was baptised and receyued meate and was comforted Thē was Saule a certayne dayes with the Disciples whyche were at Damasco And streight way he preached Chrste in the Sinagogues how that he was the sonne of God But al that heard him were amased and sayd is not this he that spoyled them whiche called on this name in Ierusalem and came hither for that intent that he might bring them bound vnto thehye Priestes But Saule encreased the more in strengthe and confounded the Iewes which dwelt at Damasco affirming that this was very Christ ¶ The Gospell Mat. xix PEter aunswered and said vnto Iesus behold we haue forsaken all and folowed thee what shall we haue therfore Iesus sayd vnto them Verely I say vnto you that when the sonne of man shal sit in the seat of his Maiestie ye that haue folowed me in the regeneracion shall syt also vpon .xii seates iudge the twelue tribes of Israel And euerye one that forsaketh house or brethrē or sisters or father or mother or wyfe or children or landes for my names sake shall receyue an hundreth folde shall inherite euerlastyng lyfe But many that are fyrste shal be last the last shal be fyrste ¶ The purificacion of Sainct Mary the virgin ¶ The Colleste ALmightie and euerlastyng God we humblye beeseche thy Maiestie that as thy onelye begotten sonne was this day presented in the Temple in substaunce of our flesh so graunt that we may be presented vnto thee with pure and cleare mindes By Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle ¶ The same that is appoynted for the Sundaye ¶ The Gospel Luke ii WHen the tyme of theyr Purificacion after the law of Moses was come they brought him to Ierusalem to present him to the Lorde as it is written in the lawe of the Lord euery man child that firste openeth the matrix shal be called holy to the Lorde and to offre as it is sayde in the law of the Lorde a payre of turtle Dooues or two yong Pigeons And behold there was a man in Hierusalem whose name was Simeon And the same man was iust and godly and loked for the consolacyon of Israel and the holi gost was in him And an aunswer had he receiued of the holy gost that he should not see death except he fyrst saw the Lorde Christ And he came by inspiracyon into the temple ¶ Sainct Mathies daye ¶ The Collecte ALmightye God whiche in the place of the traitor Iudas dydst chose thy faythfull seruaunte Mathie to be of the numbre of thy twelue Apostles Graunt that thy church beyng alway preserued from false Apostles maye bee ordered and guyded by faythful and true pastors throughe Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Actes i. IN those dayes Peter stode vp in the middes of the disciples and said the numbre of names that were together were about an hundred and .xx. Ye men brethren this scripture must nedes haue been fulfilled whiche the holy ghost throughe the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas whiche was guide to them that toke Iesus For he was noumbred with vs and had obteined felowship in this ministracion And the
in al thinges how to doe our dueties truely to walke in our vocacion and that also we maye expresse in our liuing those thinges that we do know that we be not only knowers of thy worde good Lorde but also bee workers of the same by our sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen Saterdaye O Alimightie god which hast prepared euerlasting life to all those that be thy faythfull seruauntes graunt vnto vs lord sure hope of the life euerlasting that we beeyng in thys miserable worlde may haue some tast and felyng of it in our heartes and that not by our deseruing but by the merites deseruing of our sauiour and lord Iesu Christ Amē O Mercifull god our only aide succour strength at al tymes graunt vnto vs O lord the in the tyme of prosperitie we be not proude and so forgeat thee but that with our whole power and strength we waye cleane vnto thee and in the time of aduersitie that we fal not to infidelitie and desperacion but that alwaies with a constant faith we may cal for helpe vnto the graunt this O lord for our aduocate sake and sauioure Iesu Christ Amen Sunday O Almightie and mercyful lorde which geuest vnto thy elect people the holy gost as a sure pledge of thy heauenly kingdom Graunt vnto vs O Lord this holy spirite that he may beare witnes with our spirite that we bee thy children and heyres of thy kyngdom and that by the operacion of thys spirite we way kyl all carnall lustes vnlawfull pleasures concupiscence euill affeccions contrary vnto thy wil by our Sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen ¶ A prayer for trust in God THe beginning of the fal of man was trust in himselfe The beginning of the restoring of mā was distruste in him selfe trust in god O most gracious most wise guide our sauiour Christ which doest leade them the right way to immortal blessednes which truely and vnfainedly trusting in thee committe them selfe to thee Graunt vs that like as we bee blynde and feeble in deede so we maye take and repute oure selues that wee presume not of oure selues to see to oure selues but so farre to see that alwaye we maye haue thee before our eyes to folowe thee beeyng our guide to be ready at thy call most obediently and to commit our selues wholy vnto thee that thou which onely knowest the way mayest leade vs thesame waye vnto our heauenly desyres To thee with the father and the holy goste be glory for euer Amen ¶ A prayer for the concorde of Christes Churche ARise lorde let thyne enemyes be scattered thy haters put to flight the righteous and Christes disciples make pleasaunt and mery let thē sing prayses pleasaunte songes vnto thee let them blowe abrode thy magnificence let them most highly auaunce thy maiestie let thi glory grow let the kingdom of Christ from heauen among the chosen be enlarged be thou the father of the fatherles the iudge of the widdowes and the protectour of thē namely whom the world forsaketh whose conscyences be troubled whom the worlde pursueth for Christes sake which be nedy and wrapped ful of mysery In thy house O Lorde let vs dwell in peace and concord geue vs all one heart one mynd one true interpretacion vpō thy word Plucke of the bandes aswel from the consciences as from the bodyes of the miserable captiues of thē also which as yet be hedged in within the listes of death and vnaduisedly striue agaynst grace How drye Lorde is the flocke of thine heritage I pray thee powre down largely the showres of thi graces let a more plenteous fruitefulnes chaunce let thy people be strengthened with thy spirite Graunt vs lord thy worde aboundauntly so that there may be many preachers of thy Gospell which may within them selues holily conspire and agree Let the Churche the spouse of Chryste deale large spoyles of the conquered Sathan All that beeleue in thee by Chryste O Lorde GOD of health moughte lifte thee vp with prayses myghte renoume thee and extoll thee We be entered into the voyage of saluacyon Conducte vs luckelye vnto the porte that beyng deliuered by thee from the very death we may escape and come to the very lyfe Fynyshe the thyng that thou hast begonne in vs make vs to increase from fayth to fayth leaue vs not to oure owne will and choise for it is slippery redy to fall To the thunderboltes of thy word put violence that we may geue the glory to thee alonely Geue to thy people courage and power to withstand sinne and to obey thy woorde in all thinges O Lorde God most glorious and excellent ouer all ¶ A Prayer against the enemies of Christes trueth DElyuer me O lorde from the vngodly and stiffe necked persons for thou seest how in theyr heartes they ymagine mischiefe and haue great pleasure to picke quarelles theyr tongues bee more sharpe than any adders sting and vnder theyr lyppes lurketh poison of adders But O merciful Lord let me not fal into theyr handes that they handle not me after theyr owne lustes Thou onely arte my God thou muste heare my pieteous plaint Lord that rulest all together that art the strength and power of my defence bee thou as a sallet on my head whensoeuer the vngodlye shall assault me neyter suffer thou not the wicked thus to prosper in their matters Suffer not their croked and malicious stomackes to encrease and spitefullye reuyle thee Looke vpon thy poore wretches cause and ridde me oute of these dayly greuaunces then shall I with a ryght vp hearte and pleasaunt countenaunce extoll and magnifie thy holye name Amen ¶ A Prayer for pacience in trouble NOwe haste thou O Lorde humbled and plucked me downe I dare now vnnethes make my prayers vnto thee for thou art angry with me but not without my deseruing Certaynly I haue sinned Lord I confesse it I will not denye it But Oh my god pardon my trespasses release my dettes render nowe thy grace agayne vnto me stop my woundes for I am al to plaged and beatē yet lord this notwithstanding I abide paciently and geue mine attēdaunce on thee cōtinually wayting for reliefe at thy hand and that not withoute skyll for I haue receyued a token of thy fauoure and grace towardes me I meane thy worde of promyse concernyng Christ who for me was offered on the crosse for a raunsome a sacrifice and pryce for my synnes wherfore accordyng to that thy promyse defende me Lorde by thy right hād and geue a gracious eare to my requestes for all mans stayes are but vayne Beate downe therefore myne enemyes thyne owne selfe with thy power whyche arte myne onely ayder and protectour O Lord god almightye Amen ¶ A Prayer to be sayde at nyghte goyng to bed O Mercifull Lorde God heauenly father whether we slepe or wake liue or die we are alwaies thine Wherfore I beseche thee heartely that thou wilt vouchsafe to take care and charge of me and not to suffre me to perishe in the woorkes of darkenesse but to kindle the lyghte of thy countenaunce in my hearte that thy godly knowledge may dayly increase in me thorow a ryght and pure faithe that I may alwayes be founde to walke and lyue after thy will and pleasure thorowe Iesus Christ oure Lorde and Sauioure Amen ¶ A Prayer to be sayde at the houre of death O Lorde Iesu whiche arte the only health of all men liuyng and the euerlastyng lyfe of them whiche dye in faith I wretched sinner geue submitte my self wholy vnto thy most blessed wil. And I being sure that the thing cannot perish which is committed vnto thy mercy willingly now I leaue this frayle and wicked fleshe in hope of the resurrection whyche in better wise shall restore it to me agayne I beseche thee most merciful lord Iesus Christ that thou wilt by thy grace make strong my soule against al tēptacions and that thou wilt couer defēd me with the buckler of thy mercye against all the assaultes of the deuil I see and knowledge that there is in my selfe no helpe of saluacyon but all my confidence hope trust is in thy most mercyfull goodnes I haue no merites nor good workes which I may allege before thee Of sinnes and euil workes alas I see a great heape but through thy mercy I trust to be in the numbre of thē to whom thou wilt not impute theyr synnes but take and accept me for righteous and iust to be the inheritour of euerlastyng lyfe Thou mercifull Lorde werte borne for my sake thou didst suffre both hunger thirste for my sake thou didst preache teache thou didst pray and fast for my sake thou didst all good workes dedes for my sake thou sufferedst moste greuous paines and tormentes for my sake And finally thou gauest thy most precious body to die and thy bloud to be shed on the crosse for my sake Now most mercifull sauiour lette all these thinges profite me whyche thou freely haste geuen me that hast geuen thy selfe for me Let thy bloud clēse and wash away the spottes foulenesse of my sinnes Let thy righteousnes hyde and couer my vnrighteousnes Let the merites of thy passion bloud be the satisfaccion for my sinnes Geue me lorde thy grace that my fayth saluacion in thy bloud wauer not in me but euer bee firme and constant that the hope of thy mercy life euerlasting neuer decaie in me that charitie waxe not colde in me finallye that the weakenesse of my fleshe bee not ouercome with the feare of death Graunt me mercyfull sauiour that when death hathe shut vp the eyes of my bodye yet that the eyes of my soule may still behold loke vpon thee that whē deathe hath taken away the vse of my tongue speache yet that my heart may cry and say vnto thee In manus tuas domine commendo spiritum meum that is to saie O lorde into thy handes I geue and committte my soule Dommine Iesu accipe spiritum meum Lorde Iesu receyue my soule vnto thee Amen ¶ Imprinted at London in Fletestrete at the signe of the Sunne ouer agaynste the Conduyte by Edward Whytchurche