also himselfe bee subject vnto him that put all things vnder him that God may be all in all Else what doe they which are baptized ouer the dead if the dead rise not at all Why are they then baptized ouer them yea and why stand we alway then in ieopardie By our reioycing which I haue in Christ Iesu our Lord I die dayly That I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men what aduantageth it mee if the dead rise not againe Let vs eate and drinke for tomorow wee shall die Bee not yee deceiued euill words corrupt good maners Awake truely out of sleepe and sinne not For some haue not the knowledge of God I speake this to your shame But some man will say How arise the dead With what body shall they come Thou foole that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die And what sowest thou Thou sowest not that body that shall bee but bare corne as of wheat or some other but God giueth it a body at his pleasure to euery seed his owne body All flesh is not one maner of flesh but there is one maner of flesh of men another maner of flesh of beastes another of fishes another of birdes There are also celestiall bodies and there are bodies terrestriall But the glorie of the celestiall is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another There is one maner glorie of the Sunne and another glorie of the Moone and another glorie of the Starres For one Starre differeth from another in glorie So is the resurrection of the dead It is sowen in corruption it riseth againe in incorruption It is sowen in dishonour it riseth againe in honour It is sowen in weaknesse it riseth againe in power It is sowen a naturall bodie it riseth againe a spirituall body There is a naturall bodie and there is a spirituall bodie As it is also written The first man Adam was made a liuing soule and the last Adam was made a quickening spirite Howbeit that is not first which is spirituall but that which is naturall and then that which is spirituall The first man is of the earth earthie The second man is the Lord from heauen heauenly As is the earthie such are they that be earthy And as is the heauenly such are they that are heauenly And as wee haue borne the image of the earthie so shall wee beare the image of the heauenly This say I brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherite the kingdome of God neither doeth corruption inherite incorruption Behold I shew you a mystery we shal not all sleepe but we shall all be changed and that in a moment in the twinckling of an eye by the last trumpe For the trumpe shall blow and the dead shall rife incorruptible and we shall bee changed For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortall must put on immortality When this corruptible hath put on incorruption and this mortall hath put on immortalitie then shall be brougt to passe the saying that is written Death is swallowed vp into victory Death where is thy sting Hell where is thy victorie The sting of death is sinne and the strength of sinne is the law But thankes be vnto God which hath giuen vs victorie through our Lorde Iesus Christ Therefore my deare brethren bee yee stedfast and vnmooueable alwayes rich in the worke of the Lorde forasmuch as yee know how that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord. The Lesson ended the priest shall say Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from evil Amen The Priest ALmightie God with whom doe liue the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lorde and in whom the soules of them that be elected after they bee deliuered from the burden of the flesh be in ioy felicitie wee giue thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliuer this N. our brother out of the miseris of this sinfull world beseeching thee that it may please thee of thy gracious goodnesse shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect and to hasten thy kingdome that we with this our brother all other departed in the true faith of thy holy Name may haue our perfect consummation and blisse both in body and soule in thy eternall and euerlasting glorie Amen The Collect. O Mercifull God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ who is the resurrection and the life in whom whosoeuer beleeueth shall liue though hee die and whosoeuer liueth and beleeueth in him shall not die eternally who also taught vs by his holy Apostle Paul not to be sorie as men without hope for them that sleepe in him we meekely beseech thee O Father to raise vs from the death of sinne vnto the life of righteousnesse that when we shall depart this life wee may rest in him as our hope is this our brother doeth and that at the generall resurrection in the last day wee may bee found acceptable in thy sight and receiue that blessing which thy welbeloued sonne shall then pronouce to all that loue and feare thee saying Come yee blessed children of my Father receiue the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world Graunt this we beseech thee O mercifull Father through Iesus Christ our Mediatour and Redeemer Amen The thankesgiuing of women after childbirth commonly called the Churching of women The woman shall come into the Church and there shall kneele downe in some conuenient place nigh vnto the place where the Table standeth and the Priest standing by her shal say these words or such like as the case shall require FOrasmuch as it hath pleased Almightie God of his goodnesse to giue you safe deliuerance and hath preserued you in the great danger of childe-birth ye shall therefore giue heartie thanks vnto God and pray Then shall the Priest say this Psalme I Haue lifted vp mine eyes vnto the hils from whence commeth my helpe Psal 121. My helpe commeth euen from the Lord which hath made heauen and earth Hee will not suffer thy foote to bee mooued and he that keepeth thee will not sleepe Behold hee that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleepe The Lord himselfe is thy keeper the Lord is thy defence vpon thy right hand So that the Sunne shall not burne thee by day nor the Moone by night The Lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall keepe thy soule The Lord shall preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time forth for euermore Glorie be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercye vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Priest O
the iudgement hall least they should bee defiled but that they might eate the Passeouer Pilate then went out to them and sayde What accusation bring you against this man They answered and sayd vnto him If he were not an euill doer we would not haue deliuered him vnto thee Then sayde Pilate vnto them Take yee him and iudge him after your owne lawe The Iewes therefore sayd vnto him It is not lawfull for vs to put any man to death that the wordes of Iesus might bee fulfilled which he spake signifying what death hee should die Then Pilate entred into the iudgement hall againe and called Iesus and sayde vnto him Art thou the King of the Iewes Iesus answered Sayest thou that of thy selfe or did other tell it thee of me Pilate answered Am I a Iewe Thine owne nation and high Priestes haue deliuered thee vnto me what hast thou done Iesus answered My kingdome is not of this world If my kingdome were of this world then would my ministers surely fight that I should not bee deliuered to the Iewes but now is my kingdome not from hence Pilate therefore sayde vnto him Art thou a king then Iesus answered Thou sayest that I am a king For this cause was I borne and for this cause came I into the world that I should be are witnesse vnto the trueth And all that are of the trueth heare my voyce Pilate sayd vnto him What thing is trueth And when hee had sayde this hee went out againe vnto the Iewes and sayde vnto them I find in him no cause at all Yee haue a custome that I should deliuer you one loose at Easter will ye that I loose vnto you the king of the Iewes Then cried they all againe saying Not him but Barabbas The same Barabbas was a murderer Then Pilate tooke Iesus therefore and scourged him and the souldiers wound a crowne of thornes and put it on his head And they did on him a purple garment and came vnto him and sayde Haile King of the Iewes and they smote him on the face Pilate went foorth againe and sayde vnto them Behold I bring him foorth to you that ye may know that I find no fault in him Then came Iesus forth wearing a crowne of thorne and a robe of purple And he sayth vnto them Behold the man When the high Priests therefore and the ministers sawe him they cryed Crucifie him crucifie him Pilate sayeth vnto them Take yee him and crucifie him for I finde no cause in him The Iewes answered him Wee haue a lawe and by our law he ought to die because hee made himselfe the Sonne of God When Pilate heard that saying hee was the more afrayd and went againe into the Iudgement hall and sayd vnto Iesus Whence art thou But Iesus gaue him none answere Then sayd Pilate vnto him Speakest thou not vnto mee Knowest thou not that I haue power to crucifie thee and haue power to loose thee Iesus answered Thou couldest haue no power at all against me except it were giuen thee from aboue Therefore he that deliuered me vnto thee hath the more sinne And from thencefoorth sought Pilate meanes to loose him But the Iewes cried saying If thou let him goe thou art not Cesars friend for whosoeuer maketh himselfe a King is against Cesar When Pilate heard that saying hee brought Iesus foorth and sate downe to giue sentence in a place that is called the pauement but in the Hebrewe tongue Gabbatha It was the preparing day of Easter about the sixt houre And hee sayeth vnto the Iewes Beholde your King They cryed saying Away with him away with him crucifie him Pilate sayeth vnto them Shall I crucifie your king The high Priestes answered We haue no king but Ceasar Then deliuered he him to them to bee crucified And they tooke Iesus and led him away And he bare his crosse and went forth into a place which is called the place of dead mens skuls but in Hebrewe Golgotha where they crucified him and two other with him on either side one and Iesus in the middest And Pilate wrote a title and put it vpon the crosse The writing was Iesus of Nazareth King of the Iewes This title read many of the Iewes for the place where Iesus was crucified was neere to the citie And it was written in Hebrew Greeke and Latin Then said the high priestes of the Iewes to Pilate Write not King of the Iewes but that he said I am king of the Iewes Pilate answered What I haue written that I haue written Then the souldiers when they had crucified Iesus tooke his garments and made foure partes to euery souldiers a part and also his coate The coate was without seame wrought vpon throughout They sayd therefore among themselues Let vs not diuide it but cast lots for it who shall haue it that the Scripture might bee fulfilled saying They haue parted my rayment among them and for my coate did they cast lots And the souldiers did such things in deede There stoode by the crosse of Iesus his mother and his mothers sister Marie the wife of Cleophas and Marie Magdalene When Iesus therefore saw his mother and the disciple whome he loued standing hee saieth vnto his mother Woman behold thy sonne Then sayd he to the disciple Bhold mother And from that houre the disciple tooke her for his owne After these things Iesus knowing that all things were nowe performed that the Scripture might bee fulfilled he sayeth I thirst So there stood a vessell by full of vineger therefore they filled a spunge with vineger and wound it about with hysope and put it to his mouth Assoone as Iesus then receiued the vineger hee sayde It is finished and bowed his head and gaue vp the ghost The Iewes therefore because it was the preparing of the Sabboth that the bodies should not remaine vpon the crosse on the Sabboth day for that Sabbath day was an high day besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken downe Then came the souldiers and brake the legs of the first and of the other which was crucified with him But when they came to Iesus and sawe that hee was dead alreadie they brake not his legs but one of the souldiers with a speare thrust him into the side and foorthwith there came out blood and water And he that saw it bare record and his record is true And he knoweth that he sayeth true that ye might beleeue also For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled Ye shall not breake a bone of him And againe another Scripture saieth They shall looke vpon him whom they haue pearced After this Ioseph of Arumathea which was a Disciple of Iesus but secretly for feare of the Iewes besought Pilate that he might take downe the body of Iesus And Pilate gaue him licence He came therefore and tooke the bodie of Iesus And there came also Nicodemus which at the beginning came to Iesus by night brought of
dead To him giue al the Prophets witnesss that through his Name whosoeuer beleeueth in him shal receiue remission of sinnes The Gospel BEholde Luk. 24.13 two of his Disciples went that same day to a towne called Emmaus which was from Hierusalem about threescore furlongs and they talked together of all the things that had happened And it chanced while they communed together and reasoned Iesus himselfe drew neere went with them but their eies were holden that they should not know him And he said vnto them What maner of communications are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke are sad And one of them whose name was Cleophas answered said vnto him Art thou only a stranger in Hierusalem hast not knowen the things which haue chanted there in these daies He said vnto them What things and they sayde vnto him of Iesus Of Nazareth which was a Prophet mightie in deed and word before God all the people and how the high Priestes and our rulers deliuered him to be condemned to death and haue crucified him But we trusted that it had bene hee which should haue redeemed Israel And as touching all these things to day is euen the third day that they were done Yea certaine women also of our companie made vs astonied which came earely vnto the sepulchre and found not his body and came saying that they had seene a vision of Angels which sayd that hee was aliue And certaine of them which were with vs went to the sepulchre found it euen so as the women had sayd but him they saw not And he sayd vnto them O fooles slow of heart to beleeue all that the Prophets haue spoken Ought not Christ to haue suffered these things and to enter into his glory And he began at Moses and all the Prophets interpreted vnto them in al Scriptures which were written of him And they drew nigh vnto the towne which they went vnto he made as though he would haue gone further and they constrained him saying Abide with vs for it draweth towards night the day is farre passed And he went in to tary with them And it came to passe as he fate at meat with them he tooke bread and blessed it and brake gaue to them And their â—ies were opened they knew him and he vanished out of their sight And they said between themselues Did not our hearts burn within vs while he talked with vs by the way and opened to vs the Scriptures And they rose vp the same houre and returned to Hierusalem and found the eleuen gathered together and them that were with them saying The Lord is risen in deed and hath appeared vnto Simon And they told what things were done in the way and how they knew him in breaking of bread Tuesday in Easter weeke The Collect. ALmightie Father which hast giuen thine onely Sonne to die for our sinnes and to rise againe for our iustification graunt vs so to put away the leauen of malice and wickednesse that wee may alway serue thee in purenesse of liuing and trueth through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle YE men and brethren Act. 13.26 children of the generation of Abraham and whosoeuer among you feareth God to you is this word of saluation sent For the inhabiters of Hierusalem and their rulers because they knew him not nor yet the voyces of the Prophets which are read euery Sabboth day they haue fulfilled them in condemning him And when they found no cause of death in him yet desired they Pilat to kill him And when they had fulfilled all that were written of him they tooke him downe from the tree and put him in a sepulchre But God raised him againe from death the third day and he was seene many dayes of them which went with him from Galilee to Hierusalem which are witnesses vnto the people And wee declare vnto you how that the promise which was made vnto the Fathers God hath fulfilled vnto their children euen vnto vs in that he raised vp Iesus againe euen as it is written in the second Psalme Thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee As concerning that he raised him vp from death now no more to returne to corruption hee sayd on this wife The holy promises made to Dauid will I giue faithfully vnto you Wherefore hee sayeth also in another place Thou shall not suffer thine holy One to see corruption For Dauid after that he had in his time fulfilled the will of God fell on sleepe and was laid vnto his fathers and saw corruption But hee whom God raised againe saw no corruption Be it knowen vnto you therefore yee men and brethren that through this man is preached vnto you forgiuenesse of sinnes and that by him all that beleeue are iustified from all things from which ye could not be iustified by the law of Moses Beware therefore lest that fall on you which is spoken of in the Prophets Behold yee despisers and wonder and perish ye For I doe a worke in your dayes which yee shall not beleeue though a man declare it vnto you The Gospel IEsus stood in the mids of his Disciples Luke 24.36 and said vnto them Peace be vnto you It is I feare not But they were abashed afraid and supposed that they had seene a Spirit And hee said vnto them Why are yee troubled and why doe thoughts arise in your hearts Behold my hands my feete that it is euen I my selfe handle me and see for a spirit hath no flesh and bones as ye se me haue And when hee had thus spoken he shewed them his hands and his feete And while they yet beleeued not for ioy and wondred he said vnto them Haue yee here any meate And they offered him a piece of a broyled fish and of an hony combe And hee tooke it and did eat before them And he said vnto them These are the words which I spake vnto you while I was yet with you that all must bee fulfilled which were written of mee in the Lawe of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalmes Then opened hee their wits that they might vnderstand the Scriptures and said vnto them Thus it is written and thus it behoued Christ to suffer and to rise againe from death the third day and that repentance and remission of sinnes should bee preached in his Name among all nations and must begin at Hierusalem And ye are witnesses of these things The first Sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmightie God which c. As at the Communion on Easter day The Epistle ALl that is borne of God 1. Ioh. 5.4 ouercommeth the world And this is the victory that ouercommeth the world euen our faith Who is hee that ouercommeth the world but hee that beleeueth that Iesus is the Sonne of God This Iesus Christ is he that came by water and blood not by water only but by water and blood And it is the