he found any of this way whether they were men or wemeÌ„ he might bryng theÌ„ bouÌ„d vnto IerusaleÌ„ As he weÌ„t on his iornei it fortuned that he drewnie to DamascoÌ„ sodaynly theyr shyned rouÌ„d about him a lyght froÌ„ heuen he fell to the earth herde a voyce sayeng to hym Saul Saul Why persecutest thou me And he sayd what arte thou lorde The lorde sayd I am Iesus whoÌ„ thou persecutest it shal be harde for the to kycke agaynst the prycke he both treÌ„blynge astonied sayd lorde what wylt thou haue me to do And the lorde sayde vnto him aryse go into the cytye and it shall be tolde the what thou shalt do The men which coÌ„panyed with him on his way stode amased for they herde a voyce but sawe no maÌ„ Saul arose froÌ„ the earth and when he had opened his eyes he sawe no maÌ„ Then led they hyÌ„ by the hand brought hyÌ„ into DamascoÌ„ he was thre dayes wtout sight neyther eate nor dranke There was a certayne discyple at DamascoÌ„ named Ananias to him spake the lorde in a vision Ananias And he sayd beholde I am here lorde And the lord sayd vnto him aryse go into the strete which is called strayte seke in the house of Iudas after one saule of the cytye of Tharsê° for beholde he prayeth hath sene in a visyon a man named Ananias coÌ„myng in vnto hym puttynge his haÌ„des on him that he myght receyue his sygh e. Ananias answered / lord I haue herd by many of this maÌ„ how much hurt he hath done to the sayntes at IerusaleÌ„ in this place he hath auctoryte of the hye prestes to bynde al that cal on thy name The lorde sayd vnto him Go thy wayes for he is a chosen vessel vnto me to bery my name before the geÌ„tyls kynges chyldreÌ„ of Israel for I wyl shewe him how great thynges he must suffre for me names sake Ananias weÌ„t his way entred into the house put his haÌ„des on hym sayd brother Saul the lord that appered vnto the in the way as thou camest sente me vnto the that the myghtest receyue thy syght be fylled with the holy ghost And immediatly there fell froÌ„ his eyes as it had bene scales he receyued his syght arose was baptysed receyued meat and was coÌ„forted Then was Saul certayn dayes with the disciples which were at DamascoÌ„ strayt way he preached Christ in the synagoges how that he was the soÌ„ne of god Al that herde him were amased said is not this he that spoyled theÌ„ which called on this name in IerusaleÌ„ came hyther for the enteÌ„t that he shuld bring theÌ„ bouÌ„d vnto the hye prestes Saul encreased in streÌ„gth coÌ„fouÌ„ded the Iewes which dwelled at Damascon affyrmynge that this was very Christ ¶ The gospel on the CoÌ„uersioÌ„ of s Paul the .xix. cha of Mat. D PEter sayd vnto Iesus Beholde we haue forsaken all haue folowed the what shal we haue therfore Iesus sayd vnto theÌ„ verely I saye vnto you that ye which haue folowed me in the seconde generacyon when the sonne of man shall sit in the seate of his maiesty shal syt also vpon .xij. seate iudge the .xij. trybes of Israell whosoeuer forsaketh house or brethren or systers or father or mother or chyldreÌ„ or lyuelode for my names sake the same shal receyue an hundreth folde shall inheryte euerlastynge lyfe ¶ The Pystle on Candelmas daye Malachie .iij. BEholde I sende my messenger which shal prepare the way before me sodaynly shall the lorde whoÌ„ ye seke come vnto his temple the messenger of the couenaunt whoÌ„ ye desyre Beholde he commeth sayeth the lorde Sabothe Who shal eÌ„dure in the daye of his coÌ„mynge or who shal stande to beholde him for he is as tryenge fyre the herbe that fullers score wtal he shal syt tryenge purgyng syluer shall puryfye the soÌ„nes of Leuy shall fyne theÌ„ as golde syluer they shall brynge offerynge vnto the lorde of ryghteousnes the sacryfyce of Iuda of IerusaleÌ„ shal be delycyous vnto the lorde as in the old tymes in the yeres that were at the begynnynge ¶ The gospel on CaÌ„delmas day The second Cha. of Luke D WHen the tyme of Puryfication after the lawe of Moises was come they brought Iesus to Ierusalem to present him to the lorde as it is written in the lawe of the lorde euery maÌ„ chylde the fyrst openeth the matryx shal be called holy to the lorde to offce as it is sayde in the lawe of the lorde a payre of turtle doues or .ij. yonge Pygyons and beholde there was a man in IerusaleÌ„ whose name was Simeon and the same man was iuste and feared god and longed for the consolacion of Iraell and the holy ghost was in hym and an answere was gyuen hym of the holy ghoste that he shuld not se death before he had sene the Lorde Christe And he came by inspiracion into the temple And when the father the mother brought in the childe Iesus to do for him after the custome of the lawe Then toke he him vp in his armes sayd lorde lettest thou thy seruaunte departe in peace acordynge to thy promyse for myne eyes haue sene the sauiour sent froÌ„ the which thou hast prepared before the face of al the people A light to lyghteÌ„ the geÌ„tils the glory of thy people Israel ¶ The Pystle on S. Mathias the Apostle day the .j. chapyter of the Actes of the Apostle C PEter stode vp in the myddes of the disciples sayd the noÌ„bre of the names were about an hondreth and twenty ye meÌ„ and brethreÌ„ this scripture must nedes be fulfilled which the holy ghost thorowe the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was guyde to them that toke Iesus for he was noÌ„bred with vs obtayned felowshyp in this ministracion he hath now possessed a plat of grounde with the rewarde of iniquite / and wheÌ„ he was hanged braste a sonder in the middes all his bowels gusshed out / as it is knowen vnto all the inhabyters of IerusaleÌ„ In so muche that that felde is called in theyr mother toÌ„ge Acheldema that is to say the bloudy felde It is writeÌ„ in the boke of Psalmes his habytacyon be voyde no man be dwellynge therin his bysshopryke let another take Wherfore of the meÌ„ which haue companyed with vs all the tyme that the lorde Iesus weÌ„t in and out amonge vs begynnynge at the baptysme of IohnÌ„ vnto the same daye that he was taken vp froÌ„ vs must one be ordened to be a witnes with vs of his resurreccion And they apoynted Ioseph called Barsabas whose surname was Iustus Mathias they prayed sayenge Thou Lorde which knowest the hertes of all men shewe whether thou hast chosen of these two that the one maye take the roume of this ministracyon
on his brest at supper sayd Lorde which is he that shall betray the wheÌ„ Peter sawe hym he sayd to Iesus Lorde what shal he here do Iesus sayd vnto him If I wyl haue hym to tary styl tyl I come what is that to the folow thou me Then went this sayeng abrode amonge the brethren that the dysciple shulde not dye And Iesus sayde not to hyÌ„ he shall not dye but yf I wyll that he tary tyll I come what is that to the the same disciple is he which testifyeth of these thynges we knowe that his testymony is true ¶ The Pystle on Chyldermas daye The .xiiij. Chapiter of the Reuelacyon of S. IohnÌ„ ANd I loked and lo a lambe stode on the mounte Syon and with hym a C. xliiij M. hauynge hys fathers name writeÌ„ in theyr forhedes I herde a voyce froÌ„ heueÌ„ as the sounde of many waters as the voyce of a great thonder I herde the voyce of harpers harpynge with theyr harpes and they songe as it were a newe songe before the seate before the .iiij. beastes the elders no man coulde lerne that songe but the C. xliiij M. which were redemed froÌ„ the erth These are the which were not defyled with wemen for they are virgyns These folow the lambe whyther soeuer he goeth these were redemed froÌ„ men beynge the fyrste fruytes vnto God and to the lambe in theyr mouthes was fouÌ„de no gyle for they are without spotte before the trone of god ¶ The Gospel on Chyldermas daye The .ii. cha of Math. C THe angel of the lorde appered to Ioseph in a dreame sayeng Aryse and take the chylde and his mother and flye into Egypte abyde there tyll I brynge the worde for herode wyll seke the chylde to destroye hym Then he arose and toke the chylde and his mother by nyght departed into Egypt was there vnto the death of Herode to fulfyl that whiche was spoken of the lorde by the propher whiche sayth out of Egypt haue I called my sonne Then Herode perceyuing that he was mocked of the wyse men was exceadynge wrothe and sente forthe and slewe all the chyldren that were in Bethleem in all the Costes therof as many as were two yeare olde and vnder accordynge the tyme which he had dyligently serched out of the wyse men Then was fulfylled the which was spoken by the prophet Ieremy sayenge On the hylles was a voyce herde mournyng wepynge and great lamentacion Rachell wepynge for her chyldren and wolde not be conforted bycause they were not ¶ The Pystle on the Sondaye after Chrystmas day The iiij Chapyter to the Galathyans A. BRethren I say that the heyre as longe as he is a chylde dyâ—fereth not from a seruaunt though he be lorde of all buâ— is vnder tutours gouerners vntyll the tyme apoynted of thâ— father Euen so we as longe as we were chyldren were in bondage vnder the ordynacions of the worlde but when the tyme was ful come god sent his sonne borne of a woman and madâ— bonde vnto the lawe to redeme them which were vnder the lawe that we thorowe election myght receyue the inheritauÌ„ce that beloÌ„geth vnto the naturall sonnes bycause ye are sonnes God hath sente the spyryt of hys sonne into our hertes which cryeth Abba father wherfore nowe arte thou not a seruaunt but a sonne yf thou be the sonne thou arte also the Heyre of god through Christ ¶ The Gospell on the sondaye after Christmas daye the ij Chapiter of Luke E. IOseph and Mary the mother of Iesus maruayled those thynges whiche were spoken of him / and Symeon blessed them / sayde vnto Mary hys mother beholde thys chylde shal be the fall resurreccyoÌ„ of many in Israell sygne whiche shal be spoken agaynst / more ouer the swerde shall pearce thy soule that the thoughtes of many hertes maye be opened there was Anna a prophetesse the doughter of Phannel of the Trybe of Aser she was of a great age / had lyued with an husbande vij yere from her vyrginite she had ben a wydowe about .iiij. score foure yeres which went neuer out of the TeÌ„ple but serued there with fastynge prayer nyght day and she came forth the same houre / praysed God spake of hym to all the loked for redempcyon in Ierusalem And as sone as they perfourmed al thynges accordynge to the lawe of the Lorde they returned in to Galyle into theyr owne cytye Nazareth the chylde grewe and wexed stronge in spyryte and was full of wysdome and the grace of God was with hym ¶ The Pystle on new yeres daye The .ij. chap. vnto Tytus C MOste dere beloued Tytus The grace of god that bryngeth saluacion vnto all men hath appered teacheth vs that we shulde denye vngodlynes worldly lustes and that we shuld lyue sober mynded ryghtuously godly in this present worlde lokynge for the blessed hope gloryous apperynge of the myghty god and our sauyour Iesu Christ which gaue hym selfe for vs to redeme vs from all vnryghtwysenes and to pourge vs peculyer people vnto hym selfe feruentlye gyuen vnto good workes These thynge speake and exorte ¶ The Gospel on newe yeres day The .j. Chapiter of Luke C ANd wheÌ„ the eyght day was come that the chylde shuld be cyrcuÌ„cysed hys name was called Iesus whiche was named of the angel before he was coÌ„ceyued in his mothers woÌ„be ¶ The Pystle on twelfe day Esaye .lx. VP and receyue lyght Ierusalem for thy lyght is come the glory of the Lorde is vp ouer the for beholde darknes shall couer the erth and a thycke myste the nacyons / but the lord shall ryse as the sonne ouer the and hys glorye shall be sene vpon the / and the hethen shall walke in thy lyght / and the kynges in the bryghtnes that is rysen ouer the / lyft vp thyne eyes rounde about and se all these are gathered together are come from farre / thy doughter shall be euer by the syde / then thou shalt se and shalte haue plenty / thy herte shall wonder / breke oute in ioye / when the multytude of the see are turned to the the aâ—mes of the hethen are come vnto the. The abundaunce of Camelles shall couer the / and the Dormadoryes of Madian Epha shall come all of them froÌ„ Saba brynge golde / fraÌ„kensence / and shall preache the prayse of the lorde ¶ The Gospell on the twelfe daye The .ij. cha of Mathewe A WHen Iesus was borne in BethleeÌ„ in iury / in the tyme of kynge Herode beholde there came wyse men from the east to Ierusalem sayeng where is he that is borne kynge of the Iewes / we haue sene his starre in the East and are come to worshyp hym Herode the kynge / after he had herde this was troubled and all Ierusalem with hym / and he gathered all the chefe preestes and scrybes
agayne in the same house â—ary styll eatynge drynkynge such as they haue for the labourer is worthy of his rewarde ¶ The Pystle on the .xj. thousand Vyrgyns day O How fayre is a chast generacyon with charite the memory of it is immortal for it is knoweÌ„ to god man when it is present they folow it desire it wheÌ„ it ledeth theÌ„ it triuÌ„pheth crowned euerlastyngly ouer coÌ„mynge of batayles vndefyled a great multitude of wycked meÌ„ shall not be ê“fytable euyl plaÌ„tes shal not bringe forth hye trees neyther shal set a sure grouÌ„d yf they spryng in tyme in bowes they shal be vnsure put they shal be moued with the wynde shal be plucked vp with vehemency of the wynde the vnperfyte bowes shal be brokeÌ„ the fruyt of theÌ„ shal be vnprofytable bytter to eate profytable to nothynge and al the chyldreÌ„ which shal be borne to wycked men / are witnes of wyckednes agaynst theyr pareÌ„tes in theyr interrogacyoÌ„ the iust man shal be in rest yf he be occupyed with death ¶ The gospel on the .xi. M. vyrgyns day the .xxv. cha of Mat. A IEsus sayd vnto his discyples The kyngdome of heueÌ„ is lykened to .x vyrgiÌ„s which toke their laÌ„pes weÌ„t to mete the brydegrome fyne of them were folyshe fyue were wyse The foles toke they laÌ„pes but toke none oyle with theÌ„ but the wise toke oyle wâ—th theÌ„ in theyr vessels with their laÌ„pes Whyle the brydgrome taryed al sloÌ„bred slept eueÌ„ at my dayght there was a criÌ„e made / behold the brydgâ—om coÌ„meth Go mete him Then al those vyrgyns arose pÌ„pared theyr laÌ„pes And the folyssh sayd vnto the wyse gyue vs of youre oyle for our laÌ„pes go out but the wyse answered sayenge not so lest there be not ynough for vs you but rather go to theÌ„ that sel bye for your selues in coÌ„clusyoÌ„ whyle they weÌ„t to bye the brydgrome came they that were redy weÌ„t in with him to the wedding the gate was shut vp Afterwardes came also the other vyrgyns sayeng Mayster mayster opeÌ„ to vs / but he answered sayd Verely I say vnto you I know you not loke that you watche therfore for ye knowe neyther the daye nor yet the houre when the sonne of man shall come ¶ The Pystle on Symon and Iudas daye The .viij. chapyter to the Romaynes E BRethren we knowe wel that all thynges workes for the best vnto theÌ„ the louethe God which also are called of purpose for those which he knewe before he also ordayned before the they shuld be like fassioned vnto the shape of his soÌ„ne that he might be the fyrste begoteÌ„ soÌ„ne amonge many brethreÌ„ More ouer which he apoynted before theÌ„ also he called which he â—alâ—â—d theÌ„ also he iustified which he iustifyed / theÌ„ he also glorified What shal we then saye vnto these thynges if God be on our side who caÌ„ be a gaynst vs which spared not his owne soÌ„ne but gaue him for vs al how shal he not with him gyue vs al thynges also Who shal say any thing to the charge of godâ—es choseÌ„ it is god that iustifieth who then shall coÌ„deÌ„pne It is christe which is deed ye tather which is rysen agayn which is also on the ryght hande of god maketh intercessyon for vs. Who shal seperate vs froÌ„ goddes lone Shal trybuiacyon or anguyshe or persecucion eyther hoÌ„ger eyther nakednes eyther parel eyther swerde as it is wrytten for thy sake are we killed al day long are couÌ„red as shepe apointed to be slayne Neuertheles in al these thyÌ„ges we euer come strongely thorowe his helpe the loued vs. Ye I am sure the neyther deth neyther lyfe nor Angel nor rule nether power neither thynges present nor thynges to come / neyther heeth neyther loweth neyther ani other creature shal be able to departe vs froÌ„ goddes loue which is in Christ Iesê° our Lorde ¶ The Gospel on Symon Iudes day the .xv. cha of IohnÌ„ C. IEsus sayed vnto his disciples This I ceÌ„maunde you that ye loue togyther if the world hate you ye know that it hated me / before it hated you if ye were of the worlde the worlde wolde loue you / hys owne because ye are not of the worlde but I haue thosen you out of the world therfore hateth you the woild RemeÌ„bre my sayeng that I sayed vnto you the seruauÌ„t is not greater theÌ„ his lorde if they haue persecuted me so wylthey persecute you if they haue kepte my sayeÌ„ge so wyl they kepe yours / but all these thynges wyl they do vnto you for my names sake because thy haue not knowen him that sent me Yf I had not com spoken vnto them / they shulde haue had sinne / but nowe haue they nothinge to cloke theyr sinne with al. He the hateth me hateth my Father yf I had not done workes among theÌ„ which none other maÌ„ dyd they had not sene but nowe haue they sene yet haue hated bothe me my father euen that the sayenge myght be fulfylled that is writeÌ„ in their lawe They hated me wtout a cause ¶ The Pystle on the al Halowes daye The .viij. cha of the Reuelacyon of saynt IohnÌ„ A. IOhan sawe an angel ascendyng froÌ„ the rysynge of the sonne which had the seale of the lyuynge god he cryed with a loude voyce to the .iiij. angels to whoÌ„ power was gyuen to hurt the erth the see sayeng hurt not the earth neither the see neither the trees tyl we haue sealed the seruauÌ„tes of our god in theyr forehedes I herde the noÌ„bre of theÌ„ which were sealed there were sealed C. .xliiij. M. of al the trybes of the childreÌ„ of Israell Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed .xij. M. of the tribe of RubeÌ„ were sealed .xij. M. of the trybe of Gad were sealed .xij. M. of the trybe of Asser were sealed .xij. M. of the trybe of NeptaliÌ„ were sealed .xij. M. of the tribe Manasses were sealed .xij. M. of the tribe of SymeoÌ„ were sealed .xij. M of the tribe of Leuy were sealed .xij. M. of the trybe of Isacar were sealed .xij. M. of the trybe of zabuloÌ„ were sealed .xij. M. of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed .xij. M. of the trybe of Beniamyn were sealed .xij. M. After this I behelde lo a great multitude which no maÌ„ coulde noÌ„bre of al nacioÌ„s people tonges stode before the seate before the laÌ„be clothed with longe whyte garmeÌ„tes / Palmes in theyr haÌ„des cryed with a loude voyce sayeng saluacioÌ„ be ascribed to hym that sytteth vpoÌ„ the seate of our god vnto the lambe all the angels stode in the coÌ„ place of the seate of the Elders of the foure beastes fell before the seate on theyr faces worshypped god sayenge Amen Blessynge and glory wysedome and thankes and honour and power and myght be vnto our god