depe of the earth agayne Thou haste broughte me to great honoure and comforted me on euery syed Therefore wyll I prayse thee and thy faythfulnesse O God playing vpon an instrument of musike vnto thee wyll I syng vpon the harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lippes will bee fayne when I sing vnto thee and so wyll my soule whom thou hast delyuered My tong also shall talke of thy righteousnes all the daye longe for they are confounded and broughte vnto shame that seke to doe me euyll Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the. c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall bee world without ende Amen ¶ Adding this O Sauiour of the world saue vs which by thy crosse and precyous bloud hast redemed vs helpe vs we beseche thee O God Then shall the Minister saye THe almightie Lord which is a most strong tower to all them that put theyr truste in hym to whom all thynges in heauen in earth and vnder earthe doe bowe and obeye be now and euermore thy defence and make thee know and fele that there is no other name vnder heauen geuen to man in whom and throughe whom thou mayst receyue health and saluacyon but onely the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe Amen ¶ The Communion of the Sicke FOrasmuche as all mortall men be subiect to many sodayne perilles diseases and sickenesses euer vncertayne what time they shall depart out of this lyfe Therfore to thintent they may bee alwayes in a redinesse to dye whēsoeuer it shal please almightye God to call them the Curates shall diligenly from time to time but specially in the plague time exhorte their parishioners to the ofte receyuyng in the Church of the holy Cōmunion of the body and bloud of our sauioure Christ Whiche yf they doe they shall haue no cause in theyr sodayne visitaciō to be vnquieted for lacke of thesame but yf the sicke person bee not hable to come to the Church and yet is desirous to receiue the Communion in his house then he muste geue knowlegde ouernight or els early in the mornyng to the Curate signifying also how many be appoynted to Communicate with him And hauing a conuenient place in the sicke mans house where the Curate maye reuerently minister a good numbre to receyue the Communion with the sicke person with all thynges necessary for the same he shal there minister the holy Cōmuniō The Collect. ALmightie euerliuing God maker of mankynde which doest correct those whom thou doest loue and chastisest euery one whom thou doest rcceyue we beseche to haue mercy vpon thys thy seruaunt visited with thy hand and to graunt that he may take his sickenes paciently and recouer his bodely health yf it be thy gracious wil and whensoeuer his soule shall departe from the bodye it maye bee withoute spot presēted vnto thee through Iesus Christ our lord Amē The Epistle Hebr. xii MI sonne despise not the correccion of the Lord neither faint whē thou art rebuked of him For whō the Lord loueth hym he correcteth yea he scourgeth euery sonne whom be receyueth The Gospell Iohn v. VErely verely I saie vnto you he that heareth my worde and beleueth on hym that sent me hath euerlastyng life and shal not come vnto damnacion but he passeth from death vnto lyfe At the tyme of the distribucion of the holy Sacramente the Priest shall first receyue the Communion hymselfe and after minister vnto them that be appoynted to Communicate with the sicke But yf any man ether by reason of extremitie of syckenes or for lacke of warnyng in due tyme to the Curate or for lacke of companye to receyue with hym or by any other iuste impedimente doe not receyue the Sacramente of Christes body and bloud then the Curate shall instructe him that yf he doe truly repente hym of hys synnes and stedfastlye beeleue that Iesus Christ hath suffered death vpon the crosse for him and shed his bloud for hys redempcion earnestlye remembryng the benefytes he hath therby and geuyng hym harty thankes therfore he doth eate and drynke the bodye and bloud of oure Sauioure Christe profitablye to hys soules health although he doe not receyue the Sacramente with his mouth When the sicke person is visited and receyueth the holye Communion all at one tyme then the Priest for more expedycion shall cut of the fourme of the visitacion at the Psalme In thee O Lorde haue I put my truste and goe streyghte to the Communion In the tyme of plague Swette or such other lyke contagyous tymes of sickenesses or diseases when none of the paryshe or neyghbours can be gotten to Communnicate with the sycke in theyr houses for feare of the infeccion vpon specyall request of the diseased the minister may alonly Communicate with him ¶ The order for the Buriall of the dead The Priest metyng the corps at the Churche stile shall saye Or els the Priestes and clerkes shall syng and so go eyther vnto the Churche or towardes the graue Iohn xi I Am the resurreccyon and the life sayth the Lord he the beleueth in me yea though he were dead yet shall lyue And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth in me shall not dye for euer Iob. xix I Knowe that my redemer lyueth and that I shall rise oute of the earth in the last daie and shal be couered agayne with my skinne and shall see god in my flesh yea and I my selfe shall beholde him not with other but with the same eyes i. Tim. vi WE brought nothing into this worlde neither maye we cary any thyng out of thys world The Lorde geueth and the lord taketh away Iob. i. Euen as it hath pleased the lord so commeth thinges to passe blessed be the name of the Lorde When they come at the graue whiles the corps is made ready to be laid into the earth the Priest shal say or the Priest and clerkes shall syng Iob. ix MAn that is borne of a woman hathe but a shorte time to liue and is ful of misery he cometh vp and is cutte downe lyke a floure he flieth as it were a shadow and neuer continueth in one staye In the middes of lyfe we be in death of whom may we seke for succour but of thee O Lorde which for our synnes iustly arte displeased yet O lord god moste holy O lord most mightye O holy and most mercyfull sauiour delyuer vs not into the bytter paynes of eternall death Thou knowest Lord the secretes of our heartes shutte not vp thy mercifull eyes to our prayers But spare vs lorde most holy O god most mightie O holy and mercifull sauiour thou most worthy iudge eternall suffre vs not at our laste houre for any paines of death to fall from thee Then while the earth shal be cast vpon the body by some standing by the Priest shall saye FOrasmuch as it hath pleased almighty god of his great mercy to take vnto himselfe the
whole study care in keping of thy holy lawe And that we may laboure and trauaile for oure necessities in this lyfe like the birdes of the ayre and the lilies of the fielde without care For thou hast promised to bee carefull for vs and hast commaunded that vpō thee we should cast all our care which liuest and reignest world without end Amen A prayer necessarye for all persones O Mercifull God I a wretched bed sinner reknowledge my selfe bounde to kepe thy holy commaundementes but yet vnable to perfourme them and to bee accepted for iuste without the righteousnes of Iesu Christe thy onely sonne who hath perfectly fulfilled thy lawe to iustify al men that beleue and trust in him Therefore graunt me grace I beseche thee to bee occupyed in dooynge of good woorkes whyche thou commaundeste in holye Scrypture all the dayes of my lyfe to thy glorye and yet to truste onelye in thy mercy in Christes merites to be pourged from my sinnes and not in my good workes be they neuer so many Geue grace to loue thy holy word feruently to searche the Scritptures diligentlye to reade them humblye to vnderstand them truely to liue after them effectually Order my life to O Lorde that it be alway acceptable vnto thee Geue me grace not to reioyce in any thing that displeaseth thee but euermore to delyte in those thynges that please thee be they neuer so contrarye to my desyres Teache me so to praye that my peticions may be graciously hearde of thee Kepe me vpryghte among diuersitie of opinions and iudgementes in the worlde that I neuer swarue from thy trueth taught in holye scripture In prosperitie O Lorde saue me that I waxe not proude In aduersitie helpe me that I neither dispayre nor blaspheme thy holye name but taking it pacientlye to geue thee thankes and trust to be deliuered after thy pleasure When I happen to fall into synne thorowe frayltie I beseche thee to woorke true repentaunce in my hearte that I may be sorye withoute desperacion trust in thy mercye without pres umpcion that I maye amende my lyfe and become truely religious without hipocrisie lowlye in hearte without faynyng faythfull and trustie withoute deceitpte merye withoute lightnesse sad without mistrust sober without slouthfulnes content with mine owne without couetousnes To tell my neighbour his faultes charitably without dissimulacion To instructe my housholde in thy lawes truelye To obeye oure Kyng and all gouernours vnder him vnfaynedlye To receiue all lawes and cōmon ordinaunces which disagreeth not from thy holy woord obediently To paye euerye man that which I owe vnto him truely To backebyte no man nor slaunder my neyghboure secretlye and to abhorre all vyce louing all goodnes earnestlye O Lorde graunte me thus to doe for the glory of thy holy name Amen ¶ A prayer necessary to be sayd at all tymes O Bountiful Iesu O swete sauiour O Christ the sonne of God haue pietie vpon me mercifully heare me and despyse not my prayers Thou hast created me of nothing thou hast redemed me frō the bondage of synne death and hell neither with golde nor siluer but with thy most precious body once offered vpō the crosse thine own blud shed once for al for my raūsome therfore cast me not away whō thou by thy great wisdom hast made despise me not whom thou hast redemed with such a precious treasure Nor let my wickednes destroy that which thy goodnes hath builded Now whiles I liue O Iesu haue mercye on me for if I dye out of thy fauour it wil be to late afterwarde to call for thy mercy whiles I haue time to repent loke vpon me with thy merciful eyes as thou didst vouchsafe to loke vpon Peter thyne Apostle that I maye bewayle my sinfull life and obtein thy fauour and dye therin I reknowoledge that if thou shouldest deale with me according to verye iustice I haue deserued euerlasting deathe Therefore I appeale to thy high throne of mercy trusting to obteyn Gods fauoure not for my merites but for thy merites O Iesu who hast geuen thy selfe an acceptable sacrifice to thy father to appease his wrath and to bring all sinners truely repenting and amending theyr euil life into hys fauour agayn Accept me O lorde among the number of them that shal be saued forgeue me my sinnes geue me grace to leade a godly innocēt life graūt me thy heauēly wisdō inspire my heart with fayth hope charitie geue me grace to bee hūble in prosperitie paciēt in aduersitie obedient to my rulers faithful vnto thē that trust me dealing truely with al men to liue chastly in wedlocke abhorre adulterye fornicacion al vnclēnes to do good after my power vnto al mē to hurt no man the thy name may be glorified in me during this presēt life that I afterward may obtein euerlasting life thorow thi merci the merites of thi passiō amē ¶ Certayne prayers taken oute of the seruice dayly vsed in the Quenes house Mondai ALmighty god the father of mercy god of al comfort the which onely forgeuest sinne forgeue vnto vs our synnes good Lorde forgeue vnto vs our sinnes that by the multitude of thy mercies they maye be couered not imputed vnto vs by the operacion of the holy ghoste we maye haue power and strength herafter to resist synne by our sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen Tuesday O Lord God which despysest not a contrite heart forgeattest the sinnes and wickednes of a sinner in what houre soeuer he doth mourne lament his olde maner of liuing Graunt vnto vs O lord true contricion of heart that we may vehemently despyse our synneful life past and wholely be conuerted vnto thee by our Sauiour and Lord Iesus Christ Amen Wednesdaye O Mercifull father by whole power strength we may ouercome our enemies both bodely gostly graunte vnto vs O Lorde that accordyng to oure promyse made in baptisme we may ouercome the chief enemies of our soule that is the desires of the world the pleasures of the flesh the suggestions of the wicked spirit so after leade our liues in holines righteousnes the we may serue thee in spirit in trueth that by our sauiour lord Iesus Christ Amen Thursdaye O Almightie euerlasting god which not onelye geuest euerye good and perfite gifte but also encreasest those giftes the thou hast geuē we most humbly beseche thee mercifull God to encreafse in vs the gifte of faith that we maye truly beleue in thee in thy promises made vnto vs that neither by our negligence nor infirmitie of the fleshe nor by greuousnes of temptacion nether by the subtil craftes assaultes of the deuil we be drieuen from fayth in the bloud of our sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen Fryday GRaunt vnto vs O mercifull God we most hartely beseche thee knowledge and true vnderstandyng of thy word that all ignoraūce expelled we may knowe what thy wil pleasure is
bee called but the faulte is muche greater when menne stande by and yet wyll neyther eate nor drynke thys holye Communyon with other I praye you what can thys bee elles but euen to haue the misteryes of Chryste in derysyon It is sayde vnto all Take ye and eate Take and drinke ye all of this do this in remembraunce of me With what face then or with what countenaunce shall ye heare thes e woordes What wyll thys bee elles but a neglecting a des pys ing and mockyng of the Tes tament of Chris te Wherfore rather then you should s o doe departe you hence and geue place to them that bee Godlye dys pos ed. But when you departe I bees eche you pondre with youre selues from whom you departe ye departe from the Lordes table ye departe from youre brethren and from the banquete of most heauenlye foode These thynges yf ye earnestlye considre ye shall by Gods grace returne a better mind for the obteining wherof we shall make our humble peticions whyle me shall receyue the holy communion ¶ And some tyme shal be sayd thys also at the discrecyon of the Curate DEarely beloued forasmuche as our duetie is to render to almyghtye God oure heauenlye father moste hearty thankes for that he hath geuen hys sonne our sauiour Iesus Christe not onelye to dye for vs but also to bee oure spirituall foode and sustenaunce as it is declared vnto vs aswell by Gods woorde as by the holy sacramentes of his blessed body and bloud the whyche beyng so coumfortable a thyng to them whiche receue it worthelye and so daungerous to them that wyll presume to receyue it vnwoorthelye My duetye is to exhort you to consydre the bignitie of the holye misterye and the greate peryll of the vnmorthye receiuyng therof and so to searche and examyne youre owne consciences as you should come holy and cleane to a moste godly and heauenlye feaste so that in no wyse you come but in the maryage garmente required of God in holy scripture and so come and bee receiued as woorthye partakers of suche a heauenly table The way and meanes therto is Fyrste to examine your lyues and conuersacion by the rule of Goddes commaundementes and wherin soeuer ye shall perceyue youre selues to haue offended eyther by wyll woorde or dede there bewayle your owne sinfullines confesse your selues to almightie god with ful purpose of amendement of lyfe And if ye shall perceiue youre offences to be such as be not onely againste God but also agaynste youre neighbours then ye shall reconcile your selues vnto them ready to make restitucion and satisfaccion according to the vttermost of your powers for al iniuries wronges done by you to any other and like wise being ready to forgeue other that haue offended you as you would haue forgeuenes of your offences at gods hande for otherwyse the receiuing of the holy CoÌ„munion doeth noting els but encrease your damnacion And because it is requisite that no man should come to the holy Communion but with a full trust in Gods mercy with a quiet conscience therefore yf there be any of you whiche by the meanes aforesaid cannot quiet his own conscyence but requireth further comfort or counsel then let him come to me or some other discrete and learned minister of gods word and open his griefe that he maye receiue suche gostly counsayl aduise and comfort as his conscience may be relieued and that by the ministery of Gods word he may receiue comfort and the benefite of absolucion to the quieting of his conscience and auoiding of al Scruple and doubtfulnes Then shal the priest say thys exhortacion DErely beloued in the Lorde ye that minde to come to the holy CommunioÌ„ of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christe must consyder what S. Paul wryteth to the Corinthians how he exhorteth al persons diligently to try and examyne theÌ„selues before they presume to eate of that bread and drynke of that cuppe for as the benefite is great if with a truly penitente hearte and lyuely fayth we receiue that holy Sacramente for then we spirituallye eate the fleshe of Chryste and drynke hys bloude then we dwell in Chryste and Chryste in vs â—…e bee one with Chryste and Chryste wyth vs so is the daunger greate if we receyue the same vnworthely For then we be giltie of the bodye and bloud of Christ our Sauiour We eate and drynke our own damnacion not considering the lordes body We kyndle Gods wrath agaynst vs we prouoke hym to plage vs with diuerse diseases and sondrye kindes of death Therefore if anye of you be a blasphemer of God an hinderer or slaunderer of his to word an adulterer or be in malice or enuie or in any other grieuous cryme bewayle your sinnes and come not to this holye Table lest after the takyng of that holy Sacrament the Deuill entre into you as he entred into Iudas and fill you ful of al iniquities and bring you to destruccion both of body and soule Iudge therefore your selues brethren that ye bee not iudged of the Lorde Repent you truely for your sinnes past haue a liuelye and stedfast fayth in Christ our Sauiour Amende your lyues and be in perfect charitie with all men so shall ye bee mete partakers of those holy misteries And aboue all thinges ye must geue most humble and heartie thankes to God the father the sonne and the holy ghost for the redempcion of the world by the death and passion of our Sauiour Christ bothe God and man who did humble himselfe euen to the death vpon the Crosse for vs miserable sinners which lay in darkenes and shadowe of death that he myght make vs the children of God and exalte vs to euerlastyng lyfe And to th ende that we shoulde alwaye remembre the exceding great loue of our Master and onely Sauiour Iesu Christ thus dying for vs and the innumerable benefites whiche by his precious bloudshedding he hath obtayned to vs he hath instituted and ordeyned holy misteries as pledges of his loue and continual remembraunce of his death so our great and endlesse comfort To hym therefore with the father and the holy ghost let vs geue as we are most bounden continuall thankes submittyng our slues wholye to his holye will and pleasure and studying to setue hym in true holinesse and ryghteousnes all the dayes of our lyfe Amen ¶ Then shall the priest saye to them that come to receiue the holy Communion YOu that doe truely earnestly repente you of your sinnes be in loue charitie with your neighbours entend to leade a newe lyfe folowyng the commaundementes of God and walking from hencefurh in hys holy mayes Draw nere take this holy Sacramente to your comfort make your huÌ„ble coufession to almighty God beefore thys congregacion here gathered together in hys holy name mekely kneling vpon your knees Then shall this generall confession be made in the name of all those that are minded to receiue the holye
Communion eyther by one of them or els by one of the Minissters or by the Prieste hym selfe all kneling humbly vpon their knees ALmightie god father of our lord Iesus Christ maker of al thinges iudge of al men we knowledge bewayle our manifold sinnes and wickednesse whiche we from tyme to tyme moste greuously haue committed by thought worde and dede agaynste thy deuyne Maiestie prouokyng moste iustly thy wrath and indignacion agaynst vs we doe earnestly repent be heartelry sory for these our misdoynges the remembraunce of them is grieuous vnto vs the burthe of them is intollerable haue mercye vpon vs haue mercye vpon vs moste mercifull father for thy sonne oure Lorde Iesus Chriestes sake forgeue vs all that is past graunt that we may euer hereafter serue and please thee in newnesse of lyfe to the honor and glorye of thy name Through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shal the Priest or the Bishop being present stand vp and turning himselfe to the people says thus ALmightie God our heauenly father who of hys great mercy hath promised forgeuenes of sinnes to al them whiche with hartie repentaunce and true fayth turne vnto him haue mercye vpon you pardon deliuer you frō all your sinnnes confirme and strength you in all goodnes and bryng you to euerlastyng lyfe through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ¶ Then shall the priest also saye Heare what comfortable wordes our sauiour Christ saith to all that truely turne to hym Come vnto me all that trauayle and be heauy laden and I shal refreshe you So God loued the world that he gaue his onely begotten sonne to th end that al that beleue in him should not peryshe but haue lyfe euerlastyng ¶ Heare also what Sainct Paul sayeth This is a true saying a worthy of al men to be receyued that Iesus Christ came into the world to saue synners ¶ Heare also what Sainct Iohn sayeth Yf anye man synne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ righteous and he the propiciacyon for our synnes After the which the priest shall procede saying Lyft vp your heartes Aunswere We lyfte them vp vnto the Lorde Prieste Let vs geue thankes vnto our Lorde God Aunswere It is mete and right so to doe Prieste It is very mete righte and oure bounden duetie that we should at al times and in al places geue thankes vnto thee O Lorde holy father almightie euerlasting god ¶ Here shall folowe the proper Preface accordyng to the tyme if there be any specially appointed or els immediatly shall folowe Therefore with Aungels c. ¶ Propre Prefaces Vpon Christmas daye and seuen dayes after BEcause thou diddest geue Iesus Christe thine onely sonne to bee borne as thys daye for vs who by the operacion of the holy ghoste was made very man of the substaunce of the Vyrgyn Marye his mother and that without spot of sinne to make vs cleane from all sinne Therfore c. ¶ Vpon Easter day and seuen dayes after BVt chieflye are we bounde to prayse thee for the glorious resurreccion of thy sonne Iesus Christe our Lord for he is the very Paschal lābe which was offered for vs hath taken awaye the sinne of the worlde who by hys death hath destroyed death and by hys risyng to lyfe agayne hathe restored to vs euerlastyng lyfe Therfore c. ¶ Vpon the Ascencion daye and seuen dayes after THroughe thy moste deare beloued sonne Iesus Christ our Lord who after his most glorious resurrecciō manifestly appeared to al his apostles and in their sight ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thether might we also ascend and reigne with him in glory Therfore with c. ¶ Vpon whitsonday and sixe dayes after THrough Iesus Christe our Lorde accordyng to whose most true promise the holye ghoste came downe this daye frō heauen with a sodain great sound as it had been a mightie wind in the likenes of fiery tonges lightyng vpon the Apostles to teache them and to leade them to all trueth geuyng them bothe the gyft of diuerse languages and also boldenes with feruent zeale constantly to preache the Gospell vnto all nacions whereby we are brought out of darkenes and errour into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee and of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therfore with c. ¶ Vpon the feast of Trinitie onely IT is verye mete righte and our bounden duetie that me should at all tunes and in all places geue thankes to thee O Lorde almightie and euerlasting God which art one God one lord not one onely person but three persones in one substaunce for that which we beleue of the glory of the father the same we beleue of the sonne and of the holy ghost without anye difference or inequalitie Therfore with c. ¶ After which Preface shall folowe immediately ¶ Therfore with Angelles and Archangelles and with all the company of heauen we laude and magnifie thy glorious name euermore praysing thee and saying Holy holy holy Lorde God of hostes heauen and earth are full of thy glory glory be to thee O Lord most high Then shall the Priest kneeling downe at Gods borde saye in the name of all them that shall receiue the Communion thys prayer folowing WE doe not presume to come to this thy Table O mercifull Lord trusting in our owne righteousnes but in thy manifolde great mercies we be not worthy so much as to gather vp the crūmes vnder thy table but thou arte the same Lorde whose propertie is alwayes to haue mercy graunt vs therfore gracious Lorde so to eate the fleshe of thy dere sonne Iesus Christ and to drinke his bloud that our sinfull bodies may be made cleane by his body our soules wasshed through his most precious bloud and that we may euermore dwel in him and he in vs. Amen ¶ Then the Priest standing vp shal say as foloweth ALmightie God our heauenly father which of thy tender mercy diddest geue thyne onely sonne Iesus Christ to suffre death vpon the crosse for our redempcion who made there by his one oblacion of himselfe once offered a full perfecte and sufficient sacrifice oblacion and satisfaccyon for the synnes of the whole world and did institute and in his holy Gospel commaund vs to continue a perpetuall memorye of that hys precious death vntyll hys comyng agayne Heare vs O mercifull father we beseche thee graunte that we receiuing these thy creatures of bread wine according to thy sonne our Sauiour Iesu Christes holy institucion in remembraūce of his death and passion may be partakers of his most blessed body and bloud who in the same nyght that he was betrayed tooke bread and when he hadde geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to hys Disciples saying Take eate this is my body which is geuen for you Doe this in remēbraunce of me Lykewyse after supper he tooke the cup and when he had geuen thankes he gaue it to thē saying
is the sea of Ciberias and a greate multitude folowed hym because they sawe his miracles which he dyd on them that were diseased And Iesus went vp into a mountayne and there he sate with his disciples And Easter a feast of the Iewes was nie Whē Iesus then lift vp hys eyes and sawe a greate company come vnto him he saied vnto Philip whence shall we bye bread that these may eate This he said to proue him for he hymselfe knew what he would doe Philip aunswered him two hundreth peniworth of bread are not sufficient for thē that euery mā may take a litle One of his disciples Andrewe Simon Peters brother sayth vnto hym There is a ladde which hath fiue barley loaues two fisshes but what are they among so many And Iesus sayd make the people sit down There was much grasse in the place so the men sate downe in numbre aboute fyue thousande And Iesus toke the bread and when he had geuen thankes he gaue to the disciples and the disciples to them that were sette down and likewise of the fisshes as muche as they woulde When they had eaten ynough he sayed vnto his disciples gather vp the broken meate whiche remayneth that nothyng bee lost And they gathered it together and filled .xii. baskets with the broken meate of the fiue barley loaues which broken meate remayned vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seen the miracle that Iesus dyd sayd this is of a trueth thesame Prophete that should come into the worlde The fifth Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collecte WE beseche thee almightie God mercifully to looke vpon thy people that by thy great goodnes they may bee gouerned and preserued euermore both in boby soule through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Hebre. ix CHriste beeyng an hye Priest of good thynges to come came by a greater a more perfecte tabernacle not made with handes that is to saye not of this building neither by the bloud of Goates and Calues but by his owne bloud he entred in once into the holy place and founde eternall redempcion For yf the bloud of Oxen of Goates and the asshes of a yong kowe when it was sprinkled purifieth the vncleane as touchyng the purifying of the fleshe howe muche more shall the bloud of Christ which through the eternal spirite offred him selfe withoute spotte to God purge youre conscyence from dead workes for to serue the liuing god And for this cause he is the mediatoure of the new Testament that through death which chaunsed for the redempcyon of those transgressions that were vnder the fyrste Testamente they whych are called myghte receyue the promesse of eternall inheritaunce ¶ The Gospell Iob. viii WHich of you can rebuke me of sinne Yf I saye the trueth why doe ye not beleue me He that is of God heareth goddes wordes Ye therfore heare thē not because ye are not of god Then aunswered the Iewes and sayd vnto hym say we not wel that thou art a Samaritane and hast the deuill Iesus aunswered I haue not the deuil but I honor my father and ye haue dishonoured me I seeke not myne owne prayse there is one that seketh iudgeth Verely verely I say vnto you if a man kepe my saying he shal neuer see death Then sayd the Iewes vnto him nowe know we that thou hast the deuil Abrahā is dead and the Prophetes thou sayest if a man kepe my saying he shall neuer tast of death Art thou greater then our father Abraham whiche is dead And the Prophetes are dead whom makest thou thy selfe Iesus aunswered Yf I honoure my selfe mine honor is nothing it is my father that honoureth me whiche you saye is youre God and yet ye haue not knowen hym but I know hym if I say I know him not I shal be a lier like vnto you But I know him and kepe his saying Your father Abraham was glad to see my daye he saw it and reioysed Then sayd the Iewes vnto him Thou art not yet fifty yeare olde haste thou seene Abraham Iesus sayd vnto them Verely verely I say vnto you ere Abraham was borne I am Then toke they vp stones to cast at hym but Iesus hidde himselfe and went out of the temple ¶ The Sunday next before Easter ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and euerlastyng God whiche of thy tender loue towardes man hast sēt our sauiour Iesus Christ to take vpon hym oure fleshe and to suffre deathe vpon the crosse that all mankynde shoulde folow the example of hys greate humilitie mercifully graunte that we both folowe the example of his pacience and be made partakers of hys resurreccion thorow thesame Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Philip. ii LEt thesame mynde bee in you that was also in Christ Iesu whiche when he was in the shape of God thought it no robbery to be equal with God neuerthelesse he made him selfe of no reputacion taking on him the shape of a seruaunt and became lyke vnto man and was found in his apparel as a man He humbled himselfe and became obedient to the death euen the death of the crosse Wherfore God hathe also exalted him on highe geuen hym a name whiche is aboue all names that in the name of Iesus euery knee shoulde bowe bothe of thynges in heauen and thinges in earth and thynges vnder the earth and that all tongues shoulde confesse that Iesus Christe is Lord vnto the prayse of God the father ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxvi ANd it came to passe when Iesus had finished all these sayinges he sayde vnto hys disciples ye know that after two dayes shal be Easter and the sonne of manne shal be delyuered ouer to bee crucifyed Then assembled together the chiefe Priestes and the Scribes and the elders of the people vnto the palace of he hygh Priest which was called Caiphas and held a coūsel that they might take Iesus by subteltie and kil him But they sayde not on the holy daye leste there bee an vproare among the people Whē Iesus was in Bethanie in the house of Simon the Leper there came vnto him a woman hauing an Alabaster boxe of precious ointmēt and powred it on his head as he satte at the boarde But when his disciples sawe it they had indignacion saying wherto serueth this waste This oyntment migtht haue been well solde and geuen to the poore When Iesus vnderstode that he sayd vnto them why trouble ye the woman for she hath wrought a good worke vpon me For ye haue the poore alwayes with you but me ye shall not haue alwayes And in that she hathe caste thys oyntmente on my body she did it to bury me Verely I saye vnto you wheresoeuer thys Gospell shal be preached in all the worlde there shall also this be tolde that she hathe done for a memoriall of her Then one of the twelue which was called Iudas Iscarioth went vnto the chiefe Priestes and sayd vnto them what will ye
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
And the great dragon the old Serpent called the deuil Sathanas was cast out which deceueth all the world And he was cast into the earth and his Angels wer cast out also with him And I heard a loud voyce saying heauē is now made saluacion and strength and the kyngdome of our God and the power of his Christ For the accuser of our brethren is caste down which accused them before god day and night And they ouercame him by the bloud of the lambe by the word of their testimony and they loued not theyr liues vnto the death Therfore reioyce heauens and ye that dwel in them Woe vnto the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea for the deuil is come down vnto you which hath great wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a shorte tyme. ¶ The Gospell Mat. xviii AT the same time came the disciples vnto Iesus saying who is the greatest in the kingdom of heauen Iesus called a child vnto hym and set him in the middest of thē and said Verely I say vnto you excepte ye turne and become as children ye shall not entre into the kingdome of heauen Whosoeuer therfore humbleth himselfe as thys chyld thatsame is the greatest in the kingdom of heauen And whosoeuer receiueth suche a chylde in my name receyueth me But whoso doeth offende one of these litle ones whiche beeleue in me it were better for him that a milstone were hanged about his necke and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Woe vnto the world because of offences necessary it is the offences come But woe vnto the man by whō the offence cometh Wherfore yf thy hande or thy fote hinder thee cut hym of and caste it from the. It is better for thee to entre into life halt or maimed rather then thou shoudest hauing two handes or two feete be caste into euerlasting fyre And if thine eie offende thee plucke it out and cast it from thee It is better for the to entre into life with one eie rather then hauing two eies to be caft into hel fyre Take hede that ye despise not one of these litle ones For I say vnto you that in heauē theyr Angels doe alwayes beholde the face of my father whyche is in heauen ¶ Sainct Luke the Euangelist ¶ The Collect. ALmightie god which calledst Luke the phisiciō whose prayse is in the gospel to be a phisiciō of the soule it may please thee by the holsome medicines of his holy doctrine to heale al the diseases of our soules throughe thy sonne Iesu Chryst our Lorde ¶ The Epistle i. tim iiii WAtche thou in al thinges suffre afflicciōs doe the worke throughly of an Euangelist fulfil thyne office vnto the vttermost be sobre For I am now ready to be offered and the tyme of my departyng is at hande I haue foughte a good fyghte I haue fulfylled my course I haue kept the faith From henceforth there is layd vp for me a crown of righteousnes which the lorde that is a righteous iudge shal geue me at that daye not to me onely but to all them the loue his cōming Doe thy diligence that thou maiest come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsakē me and loueth this present world and is departed vnto The ssalonica Crescens is gone to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia only Lukas is with me Take Marke and bryng hym with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministracion And Tichicus haue I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I lefte at Croada with Carpus when thou comest bryng with thee and the bokes but specially the parchement Alexander the copersmith dyd me much euil the Lord rewarde hym accordyng to hys dedes of whom be thou ware also for he hath greatly withstande our wordes ¶ The Gospell Luke x. THe Lorde appoynted other seuentie and two also and sente them two and two before hym into euery citie and plate whether he himselfe would come Therfore he sayd vnto thē the haruest is great but the labourers are fewe Praye ye therfore the Lord of the haruest to sende forth labourers into the haruest Goe your waies beholde I send you forth as lambes among wolues Beare no wallet neither scrip nor shoes salute no man by the way into whatsoeuer house ye entre fyrst say peace be to this house And if the sonne of peace be there your peace shal rest vpon him if not it shal returne to you again And in the same house tary styll eating and drinking such as they geue For the labourer is worthy of hys rewarde ¶ Simon and Iude Apostles ¶ The Collect. Almightie God which hast builded thy congregacyon vpon the foundacion of the Apostles and Prophetes Iesu Christ himselfe beeing the head corner stone graunte vs so to be ioyned together in vnitie of spirite by their doctryne that we maye be made an holy temple acceptable to thee through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Iudi. i. IVdas the seruaunt of Iesu Christ the brother of Iames to them which are called and sanctified in god the father and preserued in Iesu Christ Mercye vnto you and peace and loue be multiplited Beloued when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the cōmon saluaciō it was nedeful for me to write vnto you to exhorte you the ye should continually laboure in the fayth which was once geuen vnto the sainctes For there are certayne vngodly men craftely crept in of which it was written afore time vnto such iudgement They turne the grace of our god vnto wantonnes and deny God which is the onely lord and our lord Iesu Christ My mynde is therefore to put you in remembraunce forasmuche as ye once knowe thys how that the lord after that he had deliuered the people out of Egipt destroyed thē which after beleued not The Aungels also whiche kepte not their first state but left their owne habitacion he hath reserued in euerlastyng chaynes vnder darkenesse vnto the iudgement of the great day euen as Sodom and Gomor and the cities about them which in lyke maner defyled themselues with fornicacion and folowed straunge flesh are set forth for an example and suffre the payne of eternall fyre like wife these beeing deceiued by dreames defile the fleshe despise rulers and speake euill of them that are in auctoritie ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv THis cōmaunde I you that ye loue together Yf the world hate you ye know it hated me before it hated you Yf ye were of the worlde the world would loue his owne howbeit because ye are not of the world but I haue chosen you out of the world therfore the worlde hateth you Remembre the worde that I saye vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then the Lord. Yf thei haue persecuted me they wil also persecute you Yf thei haue kept my saying they wil kepe yours also But al these thinges wil they doe vnto you for my names sake beecause they haue not knowen hym that
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
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