of the fouler the snare is broken and we are escaped Our helpe cometh thrugh the name of the lorde which hathe made the Heuens and Earthe Glory be to c. ¶ Qui confidunt They that stycke to the lord shal neuer stacker but shall stande faste for euer lyke the mounte of Syon And lyke as Ierusalem is gyrte aboue with hylles eueÌ„ so closeth the lorde his people frome this tyme vnto euerlastynge He wyl not suffer the power of the vngodly to oppresse the lande of the ryghtwise leste the ryghtwyse purforthe theyr handes to ony wyckednes Deale thou gently with good men and with men ryghte in theyr hertes Theym that swarue from the ryght waye vnto shrewdnes the lorde mought lede a way with men geuen vnto wyckednes Glory be to the. c. ¶ The anthem Esaye lvij THe vngodlye men are lyke a fearse swellynge see whiche can not reste but the waues of it rebouÌ„de with violence castyng out stynke filthynes the deuelish vngodly shall haue no reste sayth the lorde but here they shall be euer vexyng the rightwyse and after this they shall haue a perpetuall gnawynge in theyr conseyence The versicle Lorde here our prayer ¶ Thanswere And make vs to aske in faythe OUr mercyfull lorde whiche shalt saye at the dredfull hour of thy last iudgemente to these wycked vngodlye go your wayes out of my syght ye workers of wickednes we beseche the for thy paynfull passyon that thou sufferdest in thy pure innocent soule for our redemption let vs heare this ioyfull voyce of thy mouth in that tyme of our redemption and glorye sayenge coÌ„me vnto me ye blyssed chyldren of your father and receyue the kyndome of heuen prepared for you frome the begynnynge thrugh your sauyor Iesus Chryste Amen ¶ The nyenthe hour O God bende thy selfe in to my helpe O Lorde haste the to helpe me Glorye be to the father to the sone and to the holye ghoste As it was in the begynnyng as it is now euer shal be ameÌ„ Prayse ye the lorde ¶ The hympne PRayse ye our father louyngly which gentlye hathe vs preserued when we forsoke hym wretchedlye and by synne had death deserued His mercy was so bouÌ„tuous that although we thus fel. frely in Christ he pardoned vs. and by his deathe redemed from hell Glory be to the Trinite the father sonne spirite lyuynge whiche are one god and parsons thre to whom be prayse withoute endynge Amen WHen the lorde shall brynge agayne vs of Syon froÌ„ captiuite we shall be lyke men dreamyng for ioye Then shall oure mouthes be fylled with laughter and our tongues with triuÌ„phe then shal it be sayde amonge the gentyles that the lorde hathe wroughte myghtely with these men The lorde shall worke myghtely with vs we shal be refreshed with greate gladnes Brynge vs agayne from captiuite o lorde for so shalt thou fyl vs with ioye as if thou sholdeste gyue plentyouse floudes to the dwellers in that thyrsty southe deserte They that sowe with teares shall reape with gladnes When they wente forth to sowe they went wepynge takyng with them theyr seade koddes But when they shall come agayne they shall come with great ioye bryngyng their handes full of corne Glory be to c. Nifi dommus psal C.xxvij EXcepte the lorde buylde the house the buylders therof labour but in vayne Excepte the lorde keape the cytye the keapers therof watche but in vayne It is all in vayne that ye haste your selues to ryse so early and agayne to dyffer your downe syttynge to eate your carefull breade excepte god gyue it all For it is he that thus shall gyue vnto his welbeloued quyete sleape and plentyous reieccyon with good foode Lo chyldren ar the heritage which the lorde gyueth the frute of the wombe is his gyfe As arrowes are in the handes of the mighty man euen so shal be the chyldren of thy yought Blessed is that man whiche hath his quiuer fylled with these arrows for they shall not be shamed wheÌ„ they shal haue to do with theyr enemies iÌ„ iudgemeÌ„t Glory be to the father c. ¶ Beati omnes BLessed is he who so euer worshypeth the lorde whiche also walketh in his wayes For thou shalt eate the labours of thyne owne handes and shalte haue prosperous encrease Thy wyfe shall be frutefull as the vyne tree within the walles of thy house thy chyldren shall stande rouÌ„de aboute thy table lyke the plantes of Olyue trees Lo thus shall that man be blessed which worshypeth the lorde The lorde shall do the good from Syonâ— and thou shalt delyght beholdyng the prosperite of Ierusalem all dayes of thy lyfe And thou shalte se thy chylders chyldren and the felycite of Ierusalem Glory c. ¶ The Antheme Math. the .vj. GReate is the prouysyon of god for vs which biddeth vs fyrst seke his kyngdome by feare fayth and trust in hym and then all thynges necessarye for our bodyes shall be caste vnto vs but so the we laboure in that whiche good is ¶ The versicle Lorde heare our prayer Thanswere And geue vs grace to aske in fayth ameÌ„ the prayer O Our mercyfull father whiche in teachyng vs to praye by thy sone christ haste coÌ„maunded vs to call the father and to beleue that we are thy welbeloued chyldrene whiche styreste vp none of thyne to praye but to thentente that thou woldest heare them gyuynge vs also all thynges more effectuoslye and plentuosly then we can eyther aske or thynke we beseche the for thy soÌ„nes sake geue vs grace to beleue and to knowe stedfastlye that thy soÌ„ne our sauyour Chryste is geuen of the vnto vs to be our sauyour our ryghtwysenes our wysedome our holynes our redemtion â—ur satisfaction and suffer not vs to truste in ony other saluacion but in the sonne by thy sonne onely our sauyour Amen ¶ Here begynneth the Euensonge in Englysshe O God bende thy selfe iÌ„ to my helpe O lorde haste the to helpe me Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy ghost As it was in the beginnynge as it is nowe and euer shall be Amen Prayse ye the lorde ¶ Beatus vir psalmus j. BLessed is that man whiche walketh not in the councell of the vngodlye and stondeth not in the way of synners and sytteth not in the seate of the pestylent scorners But hathe all his pleasure in the lawe of the lorde and vpon it his mynde is occupyed bothe daye and nyghte Suche a man shall be lyke a tree planted by the ryuer syde whiche wyll gyue forthe hir frutes in due tyme and hir leaues shall not wither for what so euer he shall do shall prospere But so shall not the vngodly for they shall be lyke duste which is dispersed with the wynde Wherfore these vngodly shall not stonde in the iudgement neyther these synners may abyde in the companye of the ryghtwyse For the lorde approueth the waye of the ryghtwyse but the waye of synners shall
thursday before he suffred spoke a verye longe swete sermon vnto theym no lesse frutfull then full of godlye affectes so that no tongue is able to expresse the goodnes and the affectes of it spoken so lytell before his deathe which heuenlye wordes onely saynte IohnÌ„ dyd wryte shewynge that he dyd not slepe and laye his heade vpon his mayster Chrystes breste in vayne This sermon begynneth at the .xiiij. chapytre of IohnÌ„ contynueth vnto the .xviij. chapytre where begynâ—eâ—â— the hystorye of his passyon which here 〈◊〉 orderly as he suffred euery 〈◊〉 name set vnto theyr owne sayengê ¶ The fyrste parte of the passyon of our sauyour Chryste contaynynge the coÌ„munycacyon of Chryste with his dsicyples nowe goynge forth to the Mounte Olyuete WHen Iesus hadde made an ende of his sermon he went forth with his disciplê ouer a broke called CedroÌ„ IohnÌ„ into the mounte Olyuete vnto the wich place he was wont oft before to go to praye but nowe his passion drawinge nyghe he wente to praye more feruently more effectuously that in the nyght Mathew Marke Luke And as he was goynge for that his disciples had herde theyr master oft before sayenge that he sholde departe froÌ„ them they began to dyspute amonge them selfe whiche of them sholde be hygheste to succede theyr mayster in lyke authorite for as yet they knewe not to what office they were called And whan theyr ambicion begaÌ„ to breke forth in to suche maner of contencyouse reasonynge theyr master Christe as he dyd sumtymes before coÌ„maunded them to silence sayeng The heatheÌ„ kyngê beare a rule and playe the lordes amonge them selues and such as so rule are called great men of authorite and powre but ye shall not be so for he that is greatest amonge you shall be as the loweste and he that is chefe shal be as a seruant for whether is he greater that sitteth downe to be serued or he that seruyth hym is not he that sytteth I my selfe am here amonge you as one that mynystreth ye are they which haue abydeÌ„ by me in my temptacions And I laye out for you the same kyngdome whiche my father layed out for me that ye shulde eate drynke at my table in my kyngdome syt in iugdment iugdynge the twelfe tribes of Israell for ye are those chyldren of whom it is prophecied in the .xlv. psalme to come in the steade of the fathers to teache the people whom they shall take as princes in all the Erthe but not with stondyng I haue thus promoted you to suche an hyghe dygnyte of the whiche I haue soo ofte spoken vnto you yet this same nyghte shall ye all be sore offended and hurte by me of the whiche hurte I haue so ofte warned you before for verelye ye shall fle awaye from me as thoughe ye had neuer sene any touche or token of God in me but thus pleaseth it my father to handle you thus shall ye haue experieÌ„ce how litel power ye haue to goodnes except ye haue it of me also it behoueth me to suffre such afflyction of all maner of men euen of me fryndes and famylyare which haue apoynted my selfe to be offred in sacrifice vnto my father for the helth of as many as shal be saued This is the same thyng that the prophete zacharie prophesied on me sayng The hearde man shall be smyten and the shepe asktered abrode but yet for this your fall se that ye shrynke not away nor dispayre for I wyll lyft you vp agayne And when I shall be vp rysen I shall gather you agayne togyder in Galilie and I shal go before you as it becommeth the hearde man to go before his shepe offerynge my selfe agayne vnto you as a guyde a leader defender Math. Marke Luke ¶ But in the meane tyme satan our aduersary shall trye you sore and excercyse your fayth he shall teÌ„pte you strongly but Simon Simon take heede for verelye Satan hathe desyred you to syfte you as one shulde syfte whete But I my selfe haue prayede for you all as ye well knowe but especyallye for the Simon whiche shalte fall more perelously and more greuouslye then other lest thy fayth faille which thou ons coÌ„fessested for all thy felaws wherfore thou tonuerted and brought agayne in to the ryghte waye conforte stablysshe thy bretherne considerynge thyn owne fall Unto whiche thynges Peter answered I am redy sayed he maister to go in to prisone with the ye to go in to deth with the. Luke wherfore yf all other beynge hurte by the reason of thy perell fayle the yet shal I abyde styl by the here he felte how ernestly he shulde haue loued his maister but he knew it not to be the gyfte of the father so to loue him not to coÌ„me of flesshe and blode which thyng his master on s testefied vnto hym after his soleÌ„pne heuenly coÌ„fession vpon this his mayster sayde especially vnto hym that he shulde denye hym thryse saynge Peter verely I saye vnto the this same nyght euen thou shalt denye me thryse before the kocke shall haue crowen twyse and Peter then trustynge ouer moche to hym selfe spoke with a bolder affirmation saing yf I shulde dye with the yet shal I not denye the which thyng also sayed the other Math. Mar. Luke For as yet they were without any perell ¶ Wherefore theyr mayster not with stondynge he had tolde theÌ„ this thinges so oft before yet he made mention therof nowe agoyne sayeng when I sent you without walet â–ª scryp shoes wanted ye any thynege they answered we wanted nothynge at all than sayed he now shall it be otherwhyse with you for nowe not I my selfe shal be sure whiche then mynystred vnto you all thynges and put you out of peryll for ye shal se the vngodly so furiously take on with me that then a swerde shall seme vnto you so necessary that yf any of you hath walet and scrippe he shall thynke it more expedient to caste them awaye as vnfeare for our cause rather to by hym a swerde ther is verely suche a violente storme now at hande that ye shall thynke it nedefull not only to chaung purse and mony scrip and liuyng therin for a swerde but cote also ye and that your neithermoste cootes whiche ye can not well wante for verelye these thyngê which are writen of me must be fulfylled at the laste This is it writen Esaye the .liij. chapytre I shall be reputed amonge the wycked shall be haryed and tugged to death lyke an aduersary to god But at last this busynes for the which the father hath apoynted me to dye iÌ„ so poore a carefull and shamfull state shall haue an ende but his dyscyples as yet nothynge mystrustyng theyr owne strenghtes suposyng to haue auoyded the perel by swerde spoke both loude and boldely Syr lo here are two swerdes thynke ye not these two be sufficient for this seyrme ye sayde theyr mayster scornynge them they are inoughe thinkyng it no
at al. Also there hadde spied hym agayne a nother mayden whiche sayde vnto hym amonge them all And this man was with Iesus of Nazareth he denyed it againe ye and that wich an oâ—he Mathew Marke So feere was his hert gone that was so redy to die with his mayster for so must men slyde and fail that truste more to theyr owne strenghte and powre then to Christes wordes and yet was he bolder then any of the other In the meane season the bisshoppe asked Iesus of his Disciples and of his docâ—rine and wherfore he was so bolde to gather Disciples to hym what newe doctrine he taughte theym and what thynge he went aboute to whom Christe answered I haue spoken openly to the worlde tho thynges whiche I taughte in the synagoges I taughte in the temple wher al the Iewes came to gyder wherfore as for the docâ—rine ye may it well knowe not to be â—edâ—â—ouse nor derogatyue goddes law as ye couer it to be founde call hyther any wytnes not one or other but as many as herde me and aske them whiche herde me what I spoke to them lo they know what I both â—ayde and taught for I know well ye wolde not beleue me yf I shulde testifye of my selfe when Christe hadde spoken these wordes with so sofre sobernes and greate grauyte notwithstondynge yet one of the bisshops seruantes thynkynge to do his mayster a pleasure gaue Ihesus a blowe of theare sayeng thus answerest thou my lorde the Bysshop whom Christe answered agayn meakly yf I haue spoken any hurte by hym testify therof and yf I speke well wherfore do ye smyte me IohnÌ„ But now because thoure was come wherin Christe sholde sanctify his chosen by his passion with payns vnspecable neither the sayng of the trouth nor his innoceÌ„ce nor yet his meke modesty were it neuer so great could helpe hym For sathan his aduersary had so set them a fyer and in suche a furye that euen lyke wod dogges they ranne al vpon hym and the more cruelly and shamfullye that any man coulde tormente hym spitfully entrete hym the better he was there allowed and coÌ„mended of the bysshoppe and for that he behaued hym selfe so meakly so modestly and so geÌ„tly the more they scorned hym spyttyng in his amyable face and buffetynge hym some of them in the necke and some on his cheakes ¶ Then muffeled they hym bobbed hym in the face askynge hym who smote the laste who shall smyte the nexte For thou makest thy selfe a prophet with other greuous and ignomynious blasphemies they assayled hym then was he verely amonge the very madde dogges and amonge the boystors bulles of bashan then was he amonge the rorynge Lunatyke lyons vnmercyful vnycorns of whome it is writen in the .xxij. psalme Then herde he the reuylyngê rebukes of many men as syngeth Dauid in the .xxxi. Psalme Then felre he his enemyes excedynge in nombre the heares of his heade as syngeth the .lxix. psalme But Peter whan he was gone forth in to thentre after his fyrste denyeng and there in thentre had denyed hym agayne nothiÌ„ge remembringe the crowynge of the kocke coÌ„meth me backe agayne vnto the fyer there he stode warmynge hym with other men which sayde vnto hym Art thou not one of his disciples and one of them sayde styfly vnto hym euen thou art one of them and Peter denyed it sayng I tel the man I am not Luke Iohan. And within an hour after they that stode by hym came nere sayeng surely thou arte one of them euen thy very tongue bewreyth the for thou arte a Galilen And one of the Bisshops seruantê kynsman vnto hym whose ryght eare he smote of sayde vnto hym dyd not I se the in the gardyn with hym than began he to banne to wary and to forswere hym selfe styfly that he neuer knew the man and by and by whiles he was speakynge the kocke crewe the secunde tyme Mathew Marke Luke Iohan. And his mayster whiche then was holden of the vilens and vexed with contynuall rebukes and scourgyngê turned hym and behelde Peter Luke Upon this he remeÌ„bred his maysters wordes tellyng hym before yâ— before the kocke shal crow twyse thou shalt deny me thryse wherfore as he myghte welbe he beynge sore ashamed of hym selfe and smyteÌ„ with repentauÌ„ce vnable to be expressyd that he had nowe so ofte denyed his mayster and sauyour he both hearynge and seyng hym with whom he promysed so manfully and swore so deuoutlye to go euen into dethe went forthe wepte full bytterly Math. Marke Luke Then knew he how folysshe hardelye and with howe crased a confidence he promysed hym so arrogantly to do that that his mayster denyed hym to do Of this his owne fall without doubte he had a greate experience of hym selfe euer after to knowe hym selfe more modestly soberly and to bare his brothers slydynges tender theyr falles more mercyfully ¶ In this fyfte parte are contayned what were concluded in the councell of the Iewes and the wretched ende of Iudas THe daye nowe sproâ—ge there came to gyder the 〈…〉 â—he folke the chyeâ—e â—restê and the scribes into the Bisshops 〈◊〉 and broughte Chrâ—ste into â—monge them This ouermoste of the 〈◊〉 with the elders and hoole coâ—nceâ—â— sought for some false testimony wytnes agaynst Iesus that they myght put hym to deathe but they coulde not fynde anye thynge amysse done or sayde of hym his doctrine was so treue and his lyfe so pure At laste after muche inquisition there stepte forâ—h two false witnesses affyrmynge that they herde hym saye these wordes I maye destroye the temple of god and in thre dayes buylde it vp agayne And when these testymonyes lyke as of other thynges could not be founde lawful to put hym to death yf case bene he had so sayde then stert vp in the myddes of theym one of the chyefe prestes couetynge to haue trapped hym in his owne answere saieng Answerest thou nothyng vnto thy accusation and thynges layed to thy charge thynkest thou these wytnesses to be layed agaynst the in vayne Iesus then helde his peace for what shulde he haue sayde to suche testimonyes which euen his enemies coulde not receiue as lawfully wherefore the Bisshop then began to speke to hym thus I adiure the by the lyuynge god that thou tellest vs whether thou be that holy anointed the sonne of the praysed god Then Christe lest it shulde be sene hym selfe to beare but small reuerence to his father in whose name he was thus streatly coÌ„iured or to feare them so that now bounde he durste not confesse that thynge whiche before he beynge at lyberte professed and knowledged so openly and so ofte answered them Math. Marke Luke yf I shulde tell you the truthe yet shall ye not beleue me I shulde aske you any thynge yet wyll ye not answere me ryghtly nor yet let me go Luke Wherfore I thinke it best to holde my tongue as I haue begone to do but because
also the soldyers mocked hym Luke Besydes al this one of the theues that hanged by hym casted these opprobries blasphemyes in to his tethe sayeng yf thou be Christ saue thy selfe and vs also for so behoued it him to be blasphemed of all maner of folke but the other thefe answered and blamed his felowe sayenge fearest thou not god beynge in lyke damnacion with other as for vs we suffre worthely for we haue deserued this death but as for this man is an innocent then he sayde vnto Iesus Lorde remembre me whan thou shalt come in to thy kyngdom And Iesus answered hym verely verely I saye vnto the this daye shalt thou be with me in paradise partaker of my glory whiles all these thynges were a doynge the syxte houre which is the thyrde porcion of the daye conteinyng these our thre houres i. ij.iij drewe fast to an ende and great darkenes was rysen ouer al therthe vntyl the nynthe houre that is the laste parte of the daye whiche contaynethe these thre of our houres foure fyue syxe Iesus cried with a lowde and stronge voyce sayenge Ely Ely Lama Sabathtany whiche is as moche to saye as My god My god wherfore hast thou forsaken me And then some of the standers by hearynge this sayde This man calleth Helias and some sayde holde your peace let vs se whether Helias shall come delyuer hym Math. Marke After this Iesus knowynge that all thynges sholde be now ended and that the scripture sholde be fulfylled in all thynges as concernynge the prophesyenges of his passyon sayde I am a thyrste then was there a vessell brought hym full of vinaigre Iohan And they fylled a sponge with this vinaigre and hisope and put it vpon a reede and lyfted it vp to his mouthe Mathew Marke Iohan. when Iesus then hadde taken the vinaigre he sayde It is done For nowe had he broughte all thynges to an ende which were ê“phecied of his death Iohan. And when Iesus hadde cried with so myghty a lowde voice he sayde father I coÌ„myt my sprite into thy handes Luke And when he had sayde these wordes he smyte downe his heade let go his breath And lo the veile of the temple was cut in two partes from the rofe to the grounde Mathew Marke Luke And therthe quaked The stones were cut and broke in sundre graues were layed wyde open many faythful mennes bodyes which had slepte dyd vprise whiche goynge forthe of theyr graues after his resurrection cam in to the cite and appered to many men Mathew ¶ Then when a certeyne petye captayne whiche stode ouer agaynste hym and they that were with hym keapynge Iesus se that he with so loude so stronge a voyce leate go his breathe beholdynge also the meruelous Erthe quake with the other wonderful tokens that there now chaunced were meruelouslye affrayed glorified god sayenge This man was the very sonne of god Math. Marke Luke And all the comen poore symple people that thether came to se consyderynge these vnwonte and wonderfull thynges that thus happened in tyme of his deth knocked theyr selues vpoÌ„ theyr brostes with greate feare reuerâ—ce Luke Then stode al they that knew hym a farre and the women of Galile that folowed hym ministring vnto hym emong whom there was Marie Magdalene and Marie the mother of Iames the lesse the mother of one called Iose a nother woman called Salome the mother of the sonnes of zebedei with other manye whiche came with hym vnto Ierusalem stode also a farre ¶ This is the tenthe and laste parte of the passion conteynynge the buryenge of our sauyour Christe THen the Iewes because it was the greate Saboth eauen in the whiche saboth daye they shulde keape holye theyr passe ouer thynkynge it vnworthy and vnsemely the bodyes of suche hanged men so vncomly to remayne vpon the crosses especially in so solempne a Saboth daye desired Pylate that theyr thyghes broken they myght be taken awaye wherfore the souldyers went and broke the thyghes of bothe the thuees but when they came to Iesus he was deade wherfore they broke not his thyghes but one of the soldyers pearsed his syde with a spere and euen by and by there gusshed forthe bloude water whiâ—he thynge Iohan testifieth hym selfe to haue hadde sene affirmynge it to be true that we also shulde belyue it forther more he saythe these thynges to haue ben done that the scripture shulde be fuâ—filled sayenge ye shall noâ— brecke any of â—is bones and agayne a nother scripture They shall se whom they pearsed ¶ After this he eueanynge vpon whiche begynneth wiâ—h them at syxe of the cloke at nyghte for it be as nowe theyr nyenth houre the laste porsion of the daye there came a certeyn riche man and an honest senatour called Ioseph a very good man a iuste whiche coÌ„sented neither to the couÌ„cell nor to the deade of the Iewes borne in Arimathea a city of Iury whiche abode and loked for the kyngdom of god he was one of Christes disciples but preuelye yet for feare of the Iewes This man now toke herte vnto hym and wente boldely to Pilate asked the body of Iesus Christe our sauyour Mathew Marke Luke Iohan And Pilate doubtynge whether that he shulde be now deade so sone called vnto hym the petye captayne askyng hym whether he was yet dede assone as he knew it he gaue Ioseph his body And then cam Nicodemus which fyrste came vnto Iesus our sauiour be nyght bringynge a contection made with myrthe and aloes about an houndred pounde wayghte and then toke they the body of Iesus and wounde it in a fyne cleane lynen sheâ—e with this swere and precyouse contection well pouldred as was the maner of the Iewes so to burye then was there a gardeyn in the place where he was crucified and in the same gardeyn a new tombe or sepulcre which tombe Ioseph had caused to be hewen oute of stone for hym selfe in the whiche as yet was there no man layed And there because of the Iewes Saboth euen and for the graue was very nyghe they layed in Iesus and lated a stone vpon the mouth of the graue Mathew Marke Luke Iohan. And thus was he buryed gloriously which was put to dethe so shamfully for now began he to be glorified And now was it theyr saboth euen in the whiche daye they prepared agaynste the feaste daye that was at hande euen on the morow and this nynthe hour that is the last portion of the daye was at an ende so that it was now aboute syxe of the cloke at nyghte ¶ Then folowed them these women that came with hym from Galile and they se the graue and howe his bodye was layed there in Mathew Marke Luke Then after this returnyd they agayne to theyr harboure and prepared swete confections and oyntmentes And on the Saboth day folowynge they rested as it was coÌ„maunded by the law of Moyses Luke But on the morowe after this frydaye
suffered on the crosse But surely it is a miserable and pytuous thyng to begynne then to feale theym when we are in the extremyte and poynte of death Therfore let euery man praye vnto god that he wolde vouchsaffe to gyue vs his spyrite and grace whiche may mollyfie our indurate hertes that we maye with some fruet call vnto remembraunce the passyon of Christ. For I thynke no man is so mad to suppose that we of our owne power with out the spirite of god can do other this or ony other thynge acceptable to god for all goodnesse is of god and not of vs. ¶ Neyther do we teache the this or ony other thynge to th entent that thou sholdest thynke that thou were able to accoÌ„plysh it of thyne owne power but only to monysh the oft by duety that when thou fealest thyne owne imbeâ—yllyte thou mayste desyre this grace of god and thrugh his helpe fulfâ—ll that whiche is required of the. For the cause why those men afore sayde dyd vnprofytably handle this passion was this they stucke hoolly vnto theyr owne power and naturall imagynacyons nether ones desyred the grace of god and so coude they attayn to no profyte But he that remembreth the passioÌ„ of Christ on this maner as we haue shewed all thoughe it be but one houres space may well haue the sayenge of Albarte verefyed vpon hym that he hath bene better occupyed then yf he hadde fasted euery daye a hole yere to gether or els hadde red ouer the hole psalter of Dauid yea and I dare boldly adde that he hath better bestowed his tyme then yf he had herde a hundreth masses For this goodly remeÌ„brauÌ„ce dothe euen renue a man and doth testefye vnto his conscience that he is regenerate and borne agayne euen in a maner as wel as baptysme So that this is the pure and naturall worke of Christes passion to mortefye the olde man of synne that rayneth in our membres to caste out all hope conforte that we haue in creatures so depe to brynge a man in to the knowlege of his synne that he shall come euen to the bryncke of desperation and thynke that he is forsaken of god yet it leaueth hym not there but it bryngeth hym agayne with all consolation and conforte and sheweth hym that all his outragious enormityes ar crucified with Christe and through his deth put out of the way that they can neuer accuse hym more and that the fathers wrath is pacefyed by his sonnes deathe and we all as many as beleue that Christes death haâ—he payd the raunsome of our synne are set at one with god and are become his chylder so that he is no more our iudge whiche sholde punyshe vs for our iniquityes but wyll be called our mercyfull father whiche forgeueth his chyldrens transgressyons ¶ Nowe syth we can not thus fruetfullye remembre Christes passyon excepte we be enspyred with grace frome aboue for our iÌ„poteÌ„t viciat nature can do no good with out the spryte of god the next remedye to obtayne this fruetfull gyfte is to praye desyre it of god our father and albeit he geue it vs not in the same tyme moment that we wolde haue it yet let vs not despayre cease frome prayer Paraduenture he holdeth it frome the to make the more desyrous of it and to sette the more by it whan it cometh and that thou mayst knowe that it is not in thy power and wyll to haue it at thy pleasure but this is a cleare case that he wyll surely geue it the when it shall be moost expedient for his glory thy welth whiche tyme no man knoweth but he alone Therfore let vs prescribe hym no tyme but euer submyt our willes to his and praye that his wyll be fulfylled And contrary wise sumtyme he geueth vs this gift before we pray or axe it neyther geueth he vs at all tymes the spryte to praye but distributeth that gifte also euen at his owne godly pleasure neyther wyll he that it be bounde other to tyme place or ony ê‘sone when he hathe ones receyued the spyryte whiche mollefyeth the herte and bryngeth hym in to the remeÌ„braunce of the passyon by and by his herte trembleth he lotheth hym selfe and knowlegeth his infyrmyte so that the effecte of the passyoÌ„ is fulfylled in hym in a maner before he be aware But they that fall to theyr medytacyons beholde this passyon beynge voyd of this spryte which openeth the herte take great laboures are dylygentlie occupied but al about nought for they can nother repent nor yet ê‘ceiue theyr own infyrmyte which is the very ende effecte of Christes passioÌ„ So mayst thou se that the fyrste without laboure atteyne the fruete and profyte of Chrystes passyon although it appeare not outwardlye And the other for all theyr dilygente study haue nothynge profyted although they seme outwardly to haue god by the fote And thus doeth god turne topse turuea that they whiche ar all daye occupyed in hearynge masses in remeÌ„brâ—nge Christes passion get none aduantage And the other which seame to do none of bothe do both in deade obtayne the hole profyte ¶ Hetherto haue we entreated the crosse and passion of Christe by the remeÌ„braunce wherof we knowe our infirmityes abhorre our vices are clene ouerthrowne ready to fal in to the pytte of desperacyon and now wyll we touche how our consciences thus wounded and caste downe muste be lyfte vp agayne ¶ When a man begynneth on this maner to knowe and feale his synnes and trembleth at the hydeous syght of them let hym take good hede that those tremblynge mocions stycke not to longe in his conscyence for so sholde he fall in to vtter desperacyon But euen as that feare and knowlege of synne dyd sprynge out of Christes passion so muste our conscyence vnlade her selfe agayne and laye all on Christes backe But beware that thou do not as the vnfaithful do for they when they feale theyr synne that their conscience biteth them they runne to theyr owne good workes to satysfactions pilgrimages and pardons so vexe they meruelously theyr vnquiet myndes to ryd them from theyr burden but theyr laboure is in vayne And yet hathe that false confideÌ„ce trust in satisfactions so spred it selfe that it hath founded many religious cloysters in ChristendoÌ„ to the vtter destruction of all Christianite for yf I can make satysfactioÌ„ for my synnes theÌ„ is Christes bloude shed in vayne Therefore on this maner shalt thou vnlade thy mynde and cast thy synnes on Christe Fyrste thou must faythfully beleue that Christe suffered for they sake euen to redeme thy synnes and that he toke them on his owne backe and made full satysfaction for them vnto his father as Esa. sayeth .liij. The lorde layed on hym all our iniquities .i. Pet. ij He bare our synnes in his owne body vpon the crosse And Paule .ij. Corin. v. God made hym the knew no synne synne for vs that is
moueth vs to pray hath alredy graunted vs our as kynge yf we aske in faythe whiche sayeth all thynges what so euer ye shall aske my Father in your prayer with belefe ye shall receyue ¶ The versycle Father heare our prayer Thaunswere And make vs to aske of the in fayth AmeÌ„ The coler O God almyghty our mercyfull father whiche haste so excedyngly loued vs thy chosen chyldren that thou woldest vousaue to gyue vs thy onely and welbeloued sonne Iesu Chryste our sauyour to suffre dethe for our synnes so that all that thus beleue in hym myght not peryshe but haue lyfe euerlastyng we beseche the for thy aboundaunt mercye and for that mesâ—ima loue which thou barest to thy sonne chryst our sauyour gyue vs of thy grace poure thy fauour in to our hertes that we maye beleue feale knowe perfectlye that thou onely arte our god our father and to vs an almyghty helper delyuerer a sauyor frome synne from all the deuelyshe pours of hel of this worlde and from deathe that by thy sone our Lorde Iesu christ Amen ¶ A prayer to the holy Ghoste Come holy spirite replenyshe the hertes of the faythefull and kyndle in them thy benynge loue ¶ The versicle Sende forthe thy spirite and men shall be created a newe Thanswere For so renuest thou the soule of man ¶ The prayer O God whiche hast instructed the hertes of the faythfull men with the lyghtnynge of the holy ghost grauÌ„t vs to sauor a ryght in the same spryte and to reioyse euermore of his consolation Which lyuest and reignest in the same spryte euer Amen ¶ A prayer to the Triniâ—e Delyuer vs saue vs and iustifie vs o blissed Trinite ¶ The versycle The name of god be blyssed ThauÌ„swer From age to age euerlastynge Amen ¶ The pâ—ayer O Almyghty euerlastynge god whiche hast gyuen vs thy seruantes to knowlege the glorye of theuerlastynge Trinite with a faythful knowlege and to worship the one god in thy almyghty maiesty we beseche the that through the stedfastnes of this fayth we moughte be defended from all aduersyties whiche lyuest and raignest one god in the Triniâ—e of persons worlde withoute ende Amen ¶ The prime and hours O God bende thy selfe to my helpe Lorde haste the to helpe me Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy Ghoste As it was at the begynnyng as it is now and euer shall be AmeÌ„ Prayse ye the lorde ¶ The hympne CUme holy spyryte to the we call to stablish our infyrmyte gyue vs true faythe and hoope withall Inflame our hertes with charyte Our nature is sore vytiate and neadeth regeneratioÌ„ lyghten our myndes execate O lorde our consolation Glorye be to the trynyte the father sone spryte lyuyng which are one god ê‘sons thre to whom be prayse without endyng Deus in nomine tuo O God saue me for thy names sake delyuer me by thy power O my god here my praier lysten to the wordes of my mouthe For straunge men are rysen agaynst me and stronge tyrauntes persue my lyfe they haue not god before theyr yeis Selah But lo god helpeth me the lorde is present with them that susteyne my lyfe He shall acquyte euyll to my awayte layers for thy trouthes sake thou shalte trede them downe I shall with good wyll make a sacryfyce to the I shal magnyfye thy name O lorde for thou arte full gentell For thou wylte delyuer me from all trouble and my eyies shall se my pleasure vpoÌ„ myne enemyes Glory be to the father to the Sonne and to the holy ghost As it was in c. PRayse ye the lorde all gentylles magnyfye hym all nations For his mery is spred ouer vs the faithfulnes of the lorde stondeth for euer Glorye be to the father to the sonne and to the holy ghost As it was in the begynnyng as it is now euer shall be ameÌ„ Confytemini dnÌ„o MAgnyfye ye the lorde for he is gratious his mercy endureth for euer Let Israell now magnyfye hym for his mercy endureth for euer Let the house of Aharon magnyfye hymâ— for his mercy endureth for euer Let as many as feare the lorde magnyfye hym for his mercy endureth for euer Whan I was in a greuous straynte I called vpon the lorde and he graunted to set me at large The lorde stondeth on my syde I shall not feare what so euer maÌ„ may do vnto me The lorde stondeth on my syde with my helpers and I shal se my desyre vpon them that hate me It is better for one to coÌ„myt hym selfe to the tuicion and defence of the lorde then to mannes defence It is better to put our confydence in the lorde then in men be they neuer so greate WheÌ„ all the gentyles beseged me on euery syde well sayde I in the name of the lorde for I shall cut them awaye They compassed me in ye they be set me rounde aboute well sayde I in the name of the lorde for I shall cut them awaye They swarmed aboute me lyke bees and inuaded me as fearsly as fyer the drye thornes but they were sone quenched for I sayde well in the name of the lorde shall I cut them awaye I was caste with greate vyolence redye to haue fallen but the lorde sustayned and helpte me The lorde is my strenghte and the veray same whome I prayse it is he that is my sauyng helth The voyce of tryuÌ„phe and of men ioyfully publysshyng theyr sauyng helpe now brought vnto them is in the tabernacles of the ryghtwyse for the ryghte hande of the lorde hathe broughte it so myghtely to passe The ryght hande of the lorde is excellente hyghe the ryght hande of the lorde hathâ— broughte it so myghtely ta passe I shall not dye but lyue and shall publesh the workes of the lorde He chastised me with greuous and ernest chastmeÌ„t but yet he betoke me not to deth Open me the gates of ryghtwise men I shal entre in at them magnifie the lorde This is the gate of the lorde the ryghtewyse shall entre in therat I shall magnyfye the for thou hast graunted me hast brought me a sauynge helpe The stone whiche the buylders opprobryouslye casted awaye is made an heade corner stone Of the lorde this is done this same thing is a myracle in our minde This is that same daye whiche the lorde hath made let vs be glad reioyse therin I beseche the lorde nowe helpe vs I beseche the lorde make vs now to prospere Well happen it to that man which is commen in the name of the lorde we shal pray for your welthe to well happen vnto you from the house of the lorde The lorde is stronge and he wyll make lyghte to shyne vpon vs taye your sacrifices to be offred euen to the alters endes with cordes It is thou that art my god and I shall magnifie the thou art my god and I shall exalte the. Magnifie ye the lorde for he is gracyous
loude syghes that my bones cleued to my skynne I am lyke an destrege of the wyldernes made lyke an owle in an olde forlaten house I lye wakynge am left alone lyke the sparowe in the thacke Myne enemyes reuyled me all daye they that chide me vsed my name opprobriously I eate erthe in stede of brede lycken my teares in stede of drynke And all is for thy indignation and thy wrathe for when I was a lofte thou thruest me downe My dayes are vanysshed awaye lyke a shadowe I my selfe am whytherd lyke hay But thou Lorde syttest styll for euer thy memoriall endureth from age to age Thou shalt ryse and haue pyty on Syon for it is tyme for the to fauour it thy daye apoynted is now come For the stones of it please thy seruantes verely and they fauour her soyle Euen the hethen also shal worshyp the name of the lorde and all the kynges of therthe shall knowlege thy gloryous beauty The lorde verely shal buylde spoÌ„ he shall be sene in his beautiful glory And he shall haue respect vnto the prayer of the poore forsaken his praier shall he not despyse This thyng shall be wryten for the worlde to come and for this cause the people whiche are yet vnmade shall praise the lorde For he shall loke forthe of his hyghe holye place the lorde shall beholde therthe euen from heuen To heare the syghes of them that are in bondes and to lose the chyldren iudged to death That they myghte preache the name of the lorde in Syon and his prayse in Ierusalem When the people and the kyngdomes shall be gathered together to worshyp the lorde He abated my courage in my iourney and hathe cut of my dayes I saye my god take me not away in the miooê of my dayes for thy yeres endure throughout all ages In the begynnyng thou layedste the foundacyon of therthe and the heuens are thy handy worke They shal perysshe when thou shalt staude faste and all thyngê shal wax olde lyke a garment thou shalt dresse them agayne lyke a garment they shall be chauÌ„ged But thou art euen thy very selfe and thy yeares shall neuer be ended The chyldren of thy seruantes shal dwell styll and theyr posterite shall lyue prosperously and blessedly in thy presence FRo my moste depest paynfull troubles called I vpon the lorde Lorde heare thou me and let thy cares be attente vnto my deape desyre If thou sholdest loke narowly vpon our wyckednesses o lorde lorde who might abyde the But there is mercy with the and therfore art thou worshypped I abyde the lorde my soule abydeth hym I tary lokyng vp alway for thy ê“myses My soule wayteth for the lorde as desyrously as do the watche men desyre the daye sprynge Let Israell wayte for the lorde for with the lorde is there mercy and plentuous redemption It is he that shall redeme Israell from all theyr wyckednesses Domine exau the .ij. psal C.xliij O Lorde heare my prayer lysten vnto my ferueÌ„t besechyng for thy trouthes sake graunt me for thy ryghtwysenes Haue thou not to do with thy seruant in iudgement for in thy presence no man lyuynge is reputed ryghtwyse A cruell enemy verely persecuted my soule he hath caste downe my lyfe in to therthe he hath set me in darknes lyke as men iudged to dethe My spirite is sore troubled within me and my herte wexeth colde in my brest But at last I remembred the dayes paste I consydered all thy workes and pondred in mynde the dedes of thy handes I stretched forth my handes vnto the my soule desyrously panted and breathed for the I gaped for the lyke thyrsty earthe Haste the to graunt me o lorde for my spirite faynteth hyde not thy face fro me on lesse I be lyke meÌ„ goyng downe in to theyr grakes Make me shortly to heare of thy mercyable goodnes for in the do I truste shewe me the way wherin I maye go for vnto the haue I lyfted vp my soule Delyuer me fro myne enemyes o lorde my god for vnder the do I hyde my selfe Teache me to do thy pleasures for thou art my god thy good spirite moughte lede me in to the ryght way For thy names sake lorde restore me for thy ryghtwysnes leade my soule out of this strayte anguyshe Ye and for thy mercyes sake all to destroye my enemyes and shake away all that trouble my soule for I am thy seruaÌ„t Glorye be to the Father to the sonne and to the holye Ghoste As it was in the beginnyng as it is now and euer shall be AMEN ¶ The commendacyons The argumente in to the C.xix psalme ¶ This psalme declareth in howe greate pryce and reuerence the sayntes or holye men haue the lawes of god how ernestly they are occupyed in them howe they sorowe to se them broken and sayde agaynst of the vngodly how they pray to be taught them of god and to be acqueynted and accustomed with them and to be short how they desyre those meÌ„ to be destroyed what so euer they be whiche breake and saye agaynste them ¶ Beati immaculati BLessed are they which lyue pure innocently eueÌ„ them I meane which lyue after the lawe of the lorde Blessed are they whiche obserue his testimonies and serche theym with all theyr herte For they shal do no wyckednes that thus trede his wayes Thou hast coÌ„maunded that thy coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes sholde be kepte with earnest diligeÌ„ce wolde god that my lyfe were so instructe that I might obserue thy ordinaunces Then sholde I not be disapoynted when I shall haue all thy coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes before myne eyes I shall magnifie the with a pure herte when I shall learne thy ryghtwise iudgemeÌ„tes I shal obserue thy ordinauÌ„ces forsake me not at ony time How shold the yong maÌ„ ameÌ„de his liuyng he shal wel amende it in obseruyng thy pleasures with all my herte haue I sought the suffre me not to swarue froÌ„ thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes In my herte haue I hyd thy wordes to th enteÌ„t I wolde not offend ye. Lord thou art praise worthy teache me thy ordinauÌ„cê with my lyppes shal I shewe forth all the pleasures of thy mouthe I shall reioyse of the way whiche thy testimonies teache as vpon al maner of rychesse Upon thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes shal I set al my mynde shall set thy pathes before my eyes In thy ordinauÌ„ces shal I delight I shal not forget thy wordes Rewarde thy seruaÌ„t that I maye lyue obserue thy pleasures Uncouer my eyes that I maye perfitly se the meruelous thynges in thy lawe I am but a stranger in the earthe yet hyde not thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes fro me My soule is broken with desyre to know at all tymes thy pleasures Thou shalt sharply rebuke the vngodly cursed are they the erre from thy coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes Take away fro me obprobry ignominy for I shal obsue thy testimonies Euen the chyef rulers sit speake against me but yet thy seruant is occupied euer in thy ordinauÌ„ces Also