doubtyng loke for remissioÌ of all our synnes at thy heauenly fathers hande accordynge to thy mooste gentle promyses yea and that not for our good dedes and merites Titu iii which in this behalf are none but for the worthynes of thy blessed passion for the dignity of thy precious bloude and for that only and alone sacrifice of thy holye body For that O Lord is the salue the healeth our souls That is the medecine that comforteth our weake and troubled conscieÌces Iohn vi That is the liuinge breade whosoeuer eateth of the bread shal neuer honger but lyue for euer That is the Iewel of ioy that maketh our sorowfull hertes mery That is the mighty bulwark the stronge defeÌce the sure fortres the preserueth and kepeth vs harmlesse against SataÌ synne death hel desperacion and al the infernal power To come to the table to be preseÌt at the supper â to here and se what is there don yea to receiue the holy mistiries of thy body bloud ther setforth vnto vs profiteth vs nothyng at all ⪠if we faithfully beleue not that thy bodi was brokeÌ thy bloud shed for our sinnes and that by the alone oblacion therof done once for al our syns are forgeuen vs Hebru vii ⪠ix.x. thy heuenly father is recoÌciled vnto vs his wrath stored vp thorow sin against vs is pacified quietnes of conscieÌce and euerlasting lyfe is geuen vs but rather turneth vnto our daÌpnacion because we eat of thys breade and drinck of this cuppe vnworthely and shal with that Hipocrite whyche presumed to come vnto the mariage not hauing the wedding garmeÌt be bouÌd haÌd and fote âath xxii and caste into vtter darcknes wher weping and gnashiÌg of teeth shal be Therfor we most huÌbly besech the to geue vs grace according to thy holy Apostles councel diligently to proue try examin our selfes whether such repentance such faith such loue i. Cori. âi suche disposition toward al godlines be fouÌd in vs or not as thou dost require in them whych come worthely with frute vnto thy table And forasmuch as it is thy gift to repeÌt hertely to beleue truly to loue vnfaynedly to be disposed earnestly to eÌbrace true godlynes and to go forward in the same from vertueto vertue vnto the end graunt we most entirely pray the Math. iii. we may so repent that the frutes of repentaÌce may be fouÌd in vs so beleue that we may knoledge yâ our alone sauiour so loue that al oure affeccion may be set on the alone and so embrace true godlynes that our hâle lyfe may be a cleare Myrrour of vertue goodnesse So shall we thorowe thi merci be fouÌd worthi gests of this thy table Phil lp ii receiue these holy misteries vnto the saluacyon of our soules yea so shal we be wel assured of the remission and forgeuenes of all our synnes by the breaking of thy blessed body and the sheding of thi precious bloud our consciences shal be quiet our hertes shal be filled wyth all true and spirituall ioye wee shall tryumph ouer Satan sinne death hell and desperacyon we shal be partakers of all the fruites and merytes of thy blessed passyon and bee made one boâye wyth the and fellowe heyres of euerlastynge glorye O Lord God lette it so come to passe for the honour of thy name Amen A thankesgeuinge after the receiuynge of the Communion IE thanck the O heaueÌly father for the blessed passion and gloryous death of thy derelye beloued sonne our Lorde and sauiour Iesu Christ Ephe. ii âolloss ii by whoÌ by whose holy wouÌdes we faythfully beleue and are assuredly perswaded that thy wrathe is not onlye pacified toward vs but that thou also art now becoÌe oure moost mercyful father and haste frelye forgeuen vs all oure synnes restored vs to thy heueÌly grace and made vs sonnes heiers of thyne eternall glorye And because we shuld not dout of thi fatherly goodnes toward vs set forthe in the deathe of thi sonne the same thy sonne Christ Iesu our Lorde hathe leafte vnto vs not onlye his holy word Maâ xâvi Mat. xiiii Luke xxii â Cor. xi but also a blessed memoryal of hys death and passyon set forth in the holy breade and holy wine whych we at this preseÌt haue receiued both for a remembrauÌce of the brekyng of hys blessed body and the shedding of his most precious bloud and also for the quietnes of oure conscience and for the assurance of the remission of our syns thorow fayth We besech the O heaueÌli father that we be neuer vnmyndeful of this thy exceadinge greate kindenes nor vnthanckful for thy manyfold vnspekeable mercys declared vnto vs in the gloryous death of thy welbeloued soÌne but so worcke yâ in vs thorowe thy holy spirite that we maybe made worthye members of that bodye whereof thy soÌne and oure sauyoure Christe Iesu is the heade Eph. i. iiii Colloss i. and that we may so faythfullye beleue in the and so feruentlye loue one another alwaye liuinge in thy feare and in the obedieÌce of thy holy law and blessed wyl that we being fruteful in al godly and chrystân workes may traine our life accordig to thy good pleasure in this transitory world and after this fraile and shorte lyfe obtaine that true and immortall lyfe wher thou with thy derely beloued soÌne our lord and sauiour Iesu Christ and the holy gost that most sweete coÌfortour liuest and reignest one true God in all honor glory worldes without ende Amen ¶ A shorte prayer to bee sayed at the receiuynge of the mysterye of Chrystes body in the holy Communion O Heauenly and blessed father I render vnto thee mooste heartie thanckes for al thy benefytes whiche thou hast shewed vnto me most wretâhed synner but speciallye for that moost swete smelling sacrifyce whyche thy onely begotten soÌne offred vnto the on that aulter of the crosse Ephe. v. by giuiÌg his most pure vndefyled body vnto the death for the redempcion of maÌkind Philip. ii ⪠in remembrauÌce wherof according to thy welbeloued soÌns ordinaÌce I nowe receyue this holy breade moost entirely beseching that I may both be partaker of the merites of thi dere soÌnes bodi brekiÌg and also lead a lyfe worthy of so greate a benefite vnto the glory of thy name Amen A prayer to be sayed at the receiuynge of the misteryes of Christes bloude in the holy Communion O Blessed mercifull father thy loue towarde me sinneful creature is so exceadyng greate and vnspeakable Roma v. that I can not but geue vnto the moost humble thanckes Ephe ⪠ii namely for the shedding of the moost precious bloud of thy deare sonne Iesu Christe by the vertue where of thy wrath styrred vp againste me wretched synner is pacyfyed my raunsoÌe is payed the law is fulfylled my enemyes are ouercome and put to flyghte In remembraunce of this so noble a victorye and
me from these mine ennemies Heale thou me O Lord I shal be heled Saue thou me and I shal be saued Iere. xvii Ah good Iesu my sins are great and infinite I confes but thy mercys ar much greater and more infinit Mi wounds are many and greuous Psal. ii but thou art that most louing Samaritan full of pytye and compassyon whiche by pourynge wine and oile into my wounds are suffycyentelye able to heale them Luke x. although they were tenne M. mo I am asinner but thou art a sauiour Math. i. I am sycke but thou arte a Phisycyon I am blynde Math. iâ but thou arte the lyghte of the worlde I am Satans prisonner but thou art a redemer Ioh i. viii I am dead in sinne but thou art the resurreccion and lyfe Gala. iii. I am hongry but thou arte the lyuynge breade Ihon. xi I am thyrstye but thou arte the well of lyfe I am poore Iohn vi Ioân vii Esaâ âv Rom. x. Psa. xxiiii Iohn xv Iohn x. but thou art the lord of al wealthe I am a barren tree but thou art that true and frutfull vine I am the looste shepe but thou art that good sheperd I am that ryotous soÌne but thou art that âentle father Luke xv Eyhe âi Math. xvi i. Pet. ii i. Timo ii i. Iohn ii Roma vi Roma vii Ose xiii and .xiii. i. Pet. âi I am by nature the childe of wrathe but thou arte by nature the sonne of the lyuyng God I am by nature sinful man but thou arte by nature man rightuous innoceÌt I am a daili offeÌder but thou art a coÌtinual mediator I am a breker of the lawe but thou arte a fulfiller of the same I haue lost the heaueÌly enheritauÌce thorow sin but thou haste recouered it bi âhi death I haue wrought mine own disâruccion but thou bi thy precyous bloud haste wrought vnto me saluacion Thus all be it O most merciful sauiour I find in my self nothinge but sin ⪠death and damnacion yet in the finde I grace merci fauour reconciliacioÌ forgiuenes of synnes and euerlasting life Take awai therfore that is mine which is al noughte gyue me that is thine which is all good Thou art called Christ annoynte me therefore wyth thy holye spyryte Thou art called a Phisicion Luke ii accordynge therefore to thy name heale me Mat. ix Thou art called the son of the liuing God Math. xvi accordyng therfore to thy power deliuer me from the deuil the world and the fleshe Thou art called the resurreccion Iohn xi lift me vp therfore from the damnable state wherin I most miserablye lye Thou art called the lyfe quicken me vp therefore oute of thys deathe Iohn xv wherewyth thorowe synne I am most greuouslye detayned Thou arte called the day lede me therfore from the vanites of this world ⪠and from the filthye pleasures of the flesh vnto heaueÌlye and spirituall thynges Thou art called the truth suffer me not therefore to walcke in the waye of erroure Iohn i. but to treade the pathe of truth in al my doynges Thou art called the lyght ⪠put awaye therefore from me the workes of darknes âphe v. that I may walk as the child of light in al goodnes ryghteousnes and truth Thou art called a Sauiour saue me therfore from my sinnes according to thy name Thou art Called Alpha Math. i. and Omega that is both the beginninge ende of al goodnes âpoc xxii beginne thou therfore a good life in me finish the same vnto the glory of thi blessed name So shall I receyuyng these benfits at thy merciful hand prayse the and magnify thy blessed name For euermore Amen A Confession of oure sinnes vnto the holye ghooste O Moost blessed And holye spirite Equall God wyth God the Father Iohn xiiii xv â xvi i. Iohn v and God the Sonne I myserable sinner coÌfouÌded in my conscieÌce almost fallen thorow the multytude of my synnes into the hellike pit of desperacyon am come at thys preasente before thy deuyne maiestye moste humbly to confesse and from the botoâe of my hearte to lamente all those my sinnes and wickednesses whiche from my youthe hytherto I haue vniustly coÌmitted in word deade or thoughte against thy goodnes most entirely besechynge the mercyefullye to forgeue me all those myne offences Psal. ii and abhominacions and to make in me a cleane hearte endued wyth a newe and ryghte spirite whiche maye from hencefourth thorowe thy godlye gouernaunce so derecte me in all my doynges that I may onlye atteÌpt such enterprises as be agreable to thy blessed wyll profytable to my neyghboure ii Cor. iii. and pleasaunt to my soule O lord my God wher thou art there is lybertye But I thorow the craftes of Satan the lustes of the flesh and the plesures of the world am in most miserable captiuity slauery bondage and thraldome wherby I euidently perceiue that thou dwellest not in me neyther the I am thy temple nor yet haue that ghostlye fredome wherwyth all be endued that haue the dwellyng in them O Lorde haue mercye on me and take awaye from me that heauye bondage of the flesh wherwith I am most gre uously encloâed geue me that swete free liberty of the spirite which bithe is wrought in the hartes of the faithfull that I being deliuered from the power of mine enemies mai serue the in holines and righteousnes al the dais of my life Luke i. again that thou makiÌg me a new creature by mortifying old Adam in me and by geuiÌg me a good spirite mayeste delyght in me as a father in hys sonne and continually dwell in me as in thy holy temple O blessed spirite forgiue me my synnes puryfye my mynde wyth thy holy inspiracion comfort my weake hert with thy ioiful presence make mery my troubled coÌcience with true spiritual myrth lede me Iohn xvi which haue so loÌg erred into all godlye truthe geue me the knowledge of al heauenly and spiritual things eueÌ so much as is necessary for my saluacyon put on me the shield of faithe Ephe. vi that I maye be able to quenche the fyrye dartes of the deuyl kyndle my hart with the fire of ChristeÌ loue make me a frutful oliue tre in the congregacioÌ of the my Lord God geue me pacience in trybulation Psal. iii. take away from me vayne glorye in prosperytie engraf in my heart continual humilitie make be bold to confesse the truthe of thy Gospell before the tyrauntes of thys worlde and gyue me grace to perseuer in the same vnto the end Replenysh my brest with thy heauenlye gyfts and spirituall treasures that the deuyll the worlde the flesh wyth al their worckes pompes and vanities from me vtterli secluded and put a part thou maiest continuallye dwelle in me by thy godlye inspiracio ns and I in the thorowe true and
preacheth Christâ worketh myracles Christe sendeth hys Disâipleâ and Apostles abrode to preache Christe turneth euery stone as they saye to wynne the Iewes vnto true godlynesse to brynge them vnto repenâaunce vnto faythe and vnto amendemente of lyfe But how is Christe and hys doctryne receyued Fewe godly persons excepted the residue mocke scorne Christ. They cal hym a teaâher of newe learnynge ⪠âne possessed wyth a Diuel a deceââeâ of the âeople a mad man a glotten a wâne byâber a frende-of synneâs ând whores a Samaritan and al that âought is To be short they neuer put âf theyr fâry vntyl they brâught Christ vnto deathe eâeÌ vnâo the deathe of the crosse Math. xxvii This rewarde hadde good Christe of the churlyshe Iewes for hys vnresâfull paynes takynge Notwythstanâynge Chriââ sheweth hym selfe ââyll a louynge Sauioââe euen to hys very enemies Wat. xxviii War xvi Luke xxiiii Acts v. vii Acâes âii For after his gloryous resurreccion he sent forth his Apostles to preach and to worcke myracles amonge them to proue if they âoulde yet conuerte and aâende But what became of them Some they prisoâed some they whipped some they stoned ⪠some they slew with swerde all euen so manye as they couâde get they most cruelâye ânââeated ⪠so nothynge were they moued vnto repentaunce eyther by the doctrine or miracles of the Apostles After they had slayne Christe God gaue theym .xl. yeares respyte to repente alwayes sendynge them preachers âo exhorte theim vnto repentaunce and to a fore warne them of the plages to come excepte they repente and amend They would not heare but tyrant like handled the faithful preachers of Chrisâ yea the godly âpostâe Seynt Iames whiche in there chiefe cytye Ierusalem was Byshop and Preacher among them thyrâye yeares after Christes ascencyon ⪠neuer cââssyââe neyther daye nor nyghte to exhorâe them vnto ârue godlinesse and to praye vnto God to be merciful vnto theym and to forgeue thâÌ theyr synnes ⪠they mooââe cruelly entreatâd and vniustly put him to deathe What folowed God whyche wyll not alwayes wyncke at the wyckednes of man styrred vppe the Romaynes agaynste theym which besieged them so longe ⪠that the Iewes were compelled for veryâ hânger O horrible act dredeful dede to âate their owne children yea to creepe into the priâeies O mooste lothesome thynge and to sâratte oute the mooste fylââye and styncâynge dounâeÌ whyche eyes abhor to se and nose to smell and for very famyne to âare it Whose hearte trembleâh not to heare these thynges One slewe a nother for meaâe One plucked anothers meate ouâe of hys mouthe Some died for honger Some slewe theym selues The houses were full of deade womenne and chyldren The wâyes laye full of deade carcasses of olde people The yonge folke went vp and downe in the cytye famished for honger and as the verye shadowes of deathe readye at euerye steppe to fal downe In the cytye was nothynge but lamentacion syghânge ceyinge Wepynge sorowe Plage Pestilence Murther Famine feare tearynge of heare wryngynge of handes cursinge the tyme of theyr byrthe desperacyon callynge for deathe lookynge for presente deâtruccyon and what so euer ãâã vnpleasaunte and deadely The death in the City thorow the plages and famine was so great that besides houses ââetes and great diches ful of innumerabâe dead carcasses ther wer cast oute of the gates of the citye sixe hundred thousand deade bodyes of menne women and chyldren O moost lamentaâle châuÌce They that were slain were a leaueÌ hondred M. They that were led prysonners awaye of the ennemies were in nomber fowrescore and xvii thousande They that died for hunger in pryson were xâi thousande The famous temple the princelye palaces the hyghe towers the stronge Castles the gorgyous buyldynge the pleasaunte houses the thycke walles the myghty Fortresses and all that euer there was they threwe downe and brente All thynges lost theyr old beautye A dystructyon and verye desolacyon of al thinges was made what so euer was wythin the cytye it wente to hauocke psal cxxvii There were two thousande of them that fled out of the ciâyâ whyche had theyr belies âypte and opened in one nyghte to see if they had swalowed manye goulde into theyr bodyes or not Ther wâs nothing sâe ââoÌ the ennemy O truly it is sayde of the Psalmographe ⪠excepâe the Lorde keepeth the cytye he watcheth in âaine that keepeth it If the Lorde fyghteth who can resiste his power If the Lorde wyll destroye who can saâe If the Lord wyl cast downe ⪠wân is able to helpe vp prouerb xxâ There is no wisedome no forââaââe no Councell that ca nââ preuayle agaynââe the Lorde All the towers Castles Fortresses bulwaâckes and âlocke houses all armoures Gunnes and aâtillaââe ⪠all stâengthe valeaunce and pollicye can preuayle no thynge if the Lorde bee agaynste vs whiche is almightye as he sayeth by the Prophet ther is none that can take away any thyng out of my hande and what I wil do can no man put away nor chaunge From that distruccyon of Hierusalem vnto thys daye Esay xiiii the Iewes haue euerlyued like moste vileâaâgaboundes and abhominable abiectes hauyng no certayne country no common weale no kingdome no priesthode Verely no man eâcepte he be flynte hearted ⪠can rede the historye of the destruccyon of Hierusalem as Iosephus do the dyscribe it wythoute moste large teares Woulde God it were translated into our Englyshe tonge that all men myght rede it and learne to feare God For it God spared not the natural olyue tree for theyr vnfaythfulnes disobedyence Rom. xi I in caâe the Iewes ⪠neyther wil he spare the wilde oliue tree I meane vs that are gentiles if we commit the like offences If god wolde not spare them to whome pertaineth the adoption and the glorye and couenauntes and the lawe that was geuen and the seruyce of God and the promyses whose also are the fathers ⪠and they of whome as concernynge the fleshe Chrisâe came whyche is God ouer al thinges blessed for euer is it too bee thought that he wil spare vs whych were heathen in tyme past without Christe reputed aâiauntes from the common wealth of Israel and straungers from the testaments of the promes ⪠Ephe. ii had no hope wer without God in this world if we be fouÌd vnfaythful dysobedyent ii Pete ii If God spaâed not the aungels that synned but cast them downe into hel deliuered them into chaines of darcknes to be kept vnto the iudgement let vs not thincke that he wyl spare vs mortal miserable wretches if we without repâtance go forth to offend his diuine maiesty hebru x. He that despiseth Moses lawe dieth without merci vnder two or three wytnesses of howe muche more greuous punyshemente suppose ye shall he bee counted worthye whych treadeth vnder foote the sonne of God and counteth the bloude of the Testamente as an vngodlye thinge wherewith he was sanctified and
âoth dishonoure to the spirite of grace Oh it is a fearful thynge to âall into the handes oâ the lyuynge God Psalme ââ ⪠For vpon the vngodlye wyl he raine snares fyre brymstone and tempest thys rewarde shall the wycked haue to dryncke God haue mercye on vs gyue vs al grace to âeare hym a ryght to repente and amende âure lyfe to embrace hys blessed gospel and to âryng forthe the frutes thereof What shall I speake of the myghtye Monarchies or Empyres of the Assyryans and Greekes The Assiriâ and Grekeâ whiche florished not only with al kinde of temporall ryâches but also wyth moste excellent and learned wyttes Lyue they not nowe in most myserable captiuity vnder that cruell tiraunt the great Turke that mortall ennemye of Christes religion Howe came it to passe Verelye they were disobediente to Gods word vnthanckefull one to another and led a lyfe more lasciuious and waÌton than that effeminate king Sardanapalus God stirred vp preachers to exhorte them vnto repentaunce They laughed theym to scorne It came to pas that God for theiâ engratytude and churlyshnes gaue them into suche an ennemies hande as none could be founde more hateful neyther concerning Christ nor Christes religion whych at that tyme bothe kylled soulde an infynyte number and euen at this presente oppresseth them wyth most miserable seruitude and houldeth them down in most vile slauery vnto the great decaye of the christen faythe vnto the vnspeakeable sorow of al godly people Howe came it to passe that the Rhodes euen in our tyme is subdued also of that most cruell Tyraunte the Emperoure of Turckye The ãâã tourned frome Christ vnto Mahomet from the christen religioÌ vnto the Turkish profession Was not superstycyon Iâolotry fayned holynes colored chastitye that is to say fylthy whoredom stinking fornication dyssoluteliuing vsury such lyke abhomânable vyces causes hereof God hold his holye haÌd ouer vs. To speâe much of Germany sometime a deare mother â louynge Nurse and frendelye Patronesse of all learnynge and a sure Sanctuarye for godlye learnned men to âlee vnto from Antichristes tirannye Germânye a couÌtry sometime rychely endued wyth all spiritual bleâsynges of god ârom whome also braueâ out the comfortable lyghte of Chriââes Gospell that nowe shineth here among vs in thys reaâme veây sorowe wiâl not ãâã me O nowe ãâã a thynge is it so noble fre and famous a contâye to be brought into âlauery yea and that worâe is godly and Christeâ preacheâs to âe banisheâ and wicked papiâtes to enter in the preachynge of Christes Gospell âoo be dryuen out oâ the churches and the popyâhe seruice âo be vsed the supper of the Lord to be taken a way and that moost Idolatrous ââynckyng and abhominable masking Masse to be receiued as a God What christen hearte lâmenteth not too consyder theâse thynges Of the plage that is nowe fallen among them ⪠the men of God I meane the preaâhers told them ful oâr to fore and exhorted them vnto repentaunce But all in vayne For reâayâe godlye Magisârates and learened men excepted wyth a few other the greater parte of Germanye euen as in the Popes kyngedome walcked styll in the woordes of darkenes They talked muche of Chriââes Gospell but lyued no parte thereof They abused the spyrytualâ lyberâye of the Gospell and tourned it to Carnall ââedome makynge the Gospell a clooke of theyr wyckednesse Theese abhoâynacyons âoulde noâ God suâfer seynge that before all otheâ nacyons he had âeuen them the knoweledge of hys holye word Notwithstanding I doubt not but that God for hys mercyes sake and for the loue of hys electe whome that countrye nourysheth Psal. lxxxx wyl shortlye tourne away hys anger from theym ⪠and lyghten hys chereful and louynge countenaunce agaiâe vpon them ⪠as he sayth by the Psalmographe If they breake my ordynaunces kepe not my commaundements I wyll âiser theyr oâfences âiâh the rod and theyr sins wyth scourges Neuertheles my louinge kindnes wil I not vtterly take from him nor suffer my truthe to fâil The Lord is full of compassion and meâcye ⪠longe suââerynge and of great e goodnes ⪠âe wyl not âeâle wyth is after our sins Psalm ciii nor âewarde âs aâcorâyng to oure wyckednes For looke howe hye the heaâen is in comparyâon oâ the earthe so greate is his meâcye also to waââe theym that feare hym Loke howe wyâe the ãâã is from the weât so far wyâ he sette ouâ syânes ârom vs. yea like as father pââteth his owne children euen âo is the Lord mercyful to them that fear him For he knoweth wherof we be made ⪠he remembreth that we are but âust ⪠that a man in hys tyme is out as grasse ⪠and florysheth as a ââoure oâ the feylâe For as sone as the wynde goeth ouer it ⪠it is gonne and the place therof knoweth it no more But the merciful goodnes of the Lorde endureth âor euer and euer vppon them that feaâe him and his ryghteousnesse vppon theyr children suche as kepe his couenaunte and thinke vpon the commaunâements to do them Moreouer as I maye let passe dyuers other hystoryes whycâe be leafte heâe amonge vs as monumentes of Goddes vengaunce agaynste the churlish ând vnthanckeful and as they say come nere home Rede we not that god stirred vp Gildas to prech vnto the olde Britannes aâd too exhorte theym vnto repentaunce and amendemente oâ lyfe Bryttayne and afore waâne theym of the plages to come ⪠if they repente not Whaâ ãâã it Gildas was laughed to scorne and taken for a false Prophete and a malycyous Preacher The Bretannes wyth lustye courages whorishe faces and vnrepentaunte heaâtes wente forth to synne and to offende the Lorde theyr God What folowed God sente in theyr ennemyes vpon them on euery syde and dystroyed them and gaue the lande vnto other nacions And sente that ryme God hathe âlaged thys realâe full ofte for they re synne and dysâbedyence Not manye yeares past God seinge Idolatry supeâstâcion Hipocrisye and wycked lâuynge vsed in thys realme raysed vp that godlye leaâened manne Ihon Wyclyfe to preache vnto oure fathers repântaunce and too exhârte them to amende theyr lyues to forsake theyr Papistrye and Idolatâye Wicleffe with his bokes condempned brent for an heretike afâer his deth theyr Hyprocrisye supersticion and to walke in the feare of God Hys eâhortacions were not regarded He with his sermons was âespysed Hys bookes and he him self alâo after hys deathe were breâte What folowed They slewe theyr ryghte kynge and sette vppe .iii. wrong Kynges arowe vnder whome all the noble bloude was slayne vppe and halfe the commones therto what in Fâaunce and what with theyr owne âwerd ân fyghtynge amonge them selues for the crowne and the cytyes and towâes decayed and the Landâ broughte halâe to a wildernes in respecte oâ that it was before O extreame plages of gods vengauÌce Sence that time euen of late yeres God once again hauynge pytye on
their flock abide amoÌg theÌ teach them thy blessed word feede theÌ with hospitality lead a godli life bring vp their youth vertuously and be at all tymes readye if thy glori the health of their parishioners requireth to bestowe their life Take away from vs al those curates ãâã ⪠lvi whyche are blynde with out knowledge dumme dogges not able to barke which haue plesure to behold vain thiÌgs loue to ly snortyng dreaming Most vnshamefaced dogges are they they haue neuer inough althoughe they heape benefice vpon benefice prebende vpon prebende deanerye vpon deanery neuer so muche Iereây vi ⪠For al are wholy bent vnto couetousnesse euen frome the hyghest vnto the lowest and the thinges that they get spend they in banketting and in vaine plesures Take away from vs those false prophetes Math. viâ which come vnto vs in shepes clothes but inwardly are rauening wolues Take a way those false anoynted fals preachers whyche by theyr subtile doctrin go about to bring vs into errour Mat. xxiii and teache vs not to seke the with true faith in heaueÌ where thou sytteste on the ryght hande of God thy father but in the cloister andin the pixe Mark xvi Luk xxiiii Actes i Hebâu i. Take away froÌ vs those greuous wolues whyche are entred in amoÌg vs spare not the flock but speke peruerse thynges that they may leade awaye the faythefull after them âctes ⪠xx Take away froÌ vs al those men pleasers which by their fair speche and flatterynge wordes deceyue the hertes of the symple Româ xvi by this meanes seruing their bellye and not the O Lorde Iesu Christe ââla v. Take away froÌ vs those iusticiaries whych teach that we are iustified by the workes of the lawe and not by faythe alone in our Lord God Ah Lorde if oure iustifiâacion commeth of works then diddest thou dye in vayne But whosoeuer seketh to be iustified by works is vtterly falleÌ froÌ the grace and fauour of god For we know that a maÌ is not iustified by the works of the lawe but by the fayth of the oure lord Iesu Christ Gâlâ ii we haue beleued in the o Lord that we mighte be iustified bi the faith that we haue in the not by the workes of thâ law because no maÌ shal be instified by yâ workes of the lawe Philip. iii. Take away from vs those dogges those euil workemenne those shauelings whiche teache Hebru ix â yâ thou by the one onlye oblacion of thy bodye haste not made perfect for euer them yâ are sanctified Enemies are they of the crosse of Christ Phili. iii. whose end is destruccyon whose God theyr belly is Take away froÌ vs these fals doctors which priuely bring in damnable sectes and deny the the Lorde ii Peter ii whiche hathe bought them thorowe whome the waye of truthe is euell spoken of thorow couetousnes with their disceit full woordes make marchandise of vs whose iudgemente is not far of and whose dampnacioÌ slepeth not Take awai froÌ vs those false prophets and spirits of Antichrist i. Ihon. iiii which teache that thou the Lord Iesu Christ tokest no flesh of that blessed and vndefyled virgyn Marye thy mother Take awaye from vs the proud whore of Babylon âpoc xvii that great and blasphemous baude of al the whordoms and abhominacions of the earth with whom euen the very kings of the earth haue plaid the whore mongers and they that dwelt on the earth wer made dâoÌckeÌ wyth the wine of her whoredoÌ Down o Lorde with that purpled rose coloured whore decked with golde pearle precious stones hauyng a goldeÌ cuppe in her hand ful of the abhomynacions fylthynes of her wantonnes Down o lord wyth that gorgyous stroÌpet whiche is dronke wyth the bloude of saynctes and with the bloude of thy Martirs O Iesu. Let that whore behated of al menne lette her be desolate Apo. xviii comfortlesse and naked yea let the verye fleshe of her be gnawen of she coÌsumed wyth fyre Let that greate Babilon be made a dwellynge place of deuils and an hold of al vnclene spirites and a cage of all fylthye and hatefull byrdes For of the wine of her pestilent whordome haue al nacions dronken yea the very kings of the earth haue committed whoredom wyth her and the Marchauntes of the earthe haue waxen ryche thorowe her wantonne pleasures O Lorde take awai from vs these Marchaunts that geue attendauÌce vpon that filthy whore deceyue the whole world wyth theyr peltyng pedlary thieuyshe trashe and masking marchaundyse Lette they re wares bee soulde no more but boothe they and theyr bloudy whoryshe Mastresse taken away from vs so that we be no more deceiued by them nor the truthe of thi glorious gospel condeÌpned for heresy nor yet the bloude of the saynctes anye more shedde O Lord take away from vs al these aforesayed monstures eueÌ so many as deface thi glory corrupt thy blessed woorde despyse thy flock and takyng vp on them to be feders fede theÌ selues and not thy shepe ãâã xxxiii in theyr steade place good Byshops learned prechers christen ministers faythful teachers true spirituall fathers euen such as bren wyth a ferueÌt vnfayned zele toward the setting forth of thy glory and the healthe of thy people Indue them wyth thy holye spirite that they maye be faythfull and wyse seruaunts geuing thy houshold meate in due season Mat. xxiii Luke ⪠xii Geue them that thy wysdom which no man is able to resyst wherwyth also they maye be able both to exhort with wholsome doctrine Luâe xxi also to conuince and ouercome theÌ that speake agaynst it Let repeÌtance and remissioÌ of sins be preached of theÌ in thy name among al nacioÌs Luke xxii Geue theÌ grace to perseuer in thy truth vnto the end Mat. x. ãâã xxiiii GrauÌt also O Lord that they may truly and reuerently minister vnto vs thy blessed misteries baptisme thy holye supper that oure faythe maybe confirmed stablyshed Math. xvii strengthened by the worthy receiuyng of theÌ and we wel comforted made stroÌg agaynst the gates of hel the deuil the world the flesh the curse of the law Eccles. iiii sin death desperacion and al that is enemi vnto vs. Let not their haÌd be stretched out to receiue slow to geue but graue in theÌ O blessed sauiour a minde conteÌt with that is inough one shepherde to haue one fâock and what so euer they receiue of theyr parishners wyllyngelye to spend it amonge them in maintening hoâpitality for the relief of the pore Hospitaliââ that they may be found feders of the fâock both in word and dede Mala. iii. For thou O Lord commaundest by the prophet in the olde law that al tythe shuld be brought into thy barne that there might be meate in thy house Thou callest the preachers barne âª
day night blesse theyr Christen brethreÌ speke wel of all meÌ yea of theyr very ennemies that so many of vs as profes thi holi name Roma xv may with one mind with one mouth glorify the our heueÌly father thorow Iesu christ our Lord. Amen A generall prayer for the auoidinge of all kynde of synne AH lord that most puisaÌt god we in baptisme geuing ouer our selfs vnto the and vnto thy holi religion protested openly in the face of thy holy congregacion to forsake Satan with al his pompes and worckes to renouÌce the world and all the vayne pleasures therof to mortyfy the flesh and al the lustes of it Roma vi and frome heÌsforth to dye vnto sinne to liue vnto righteousnes Gala. iii. and to lead a new lyfe Thys our couenaunt bargayne made with the O Lord god we keepe not but to muche wretchedly we breke it traÌsgres thy holye commaundemente In stead of our seruyce due vnto the we serue Satan Leuing the fulfyllyng of thi commaundements we obey our own wil. The world and the flesh so rage and raignin vs that we can scarcely breath toward any godlynes Titus i. By mouthe we profes the but with our deds we denithe We promyse to work in thy vyneyarde but we loytour and worke not Mathe. xxâ In name we are Christians but in dede we are satans bondmeÌ the worlds slaues and the fleshes most vile seruaÌts and drudges Ah Lorde to muche wretched is our state and excepte thou shortlye helpest we are lyke vtterly to perysh so greatly haue the ragyng floudes of al kinde of synne brast in preuayled almost ouerwhelmed vs o most geÌtle sauior we haue a wil such as it is Romââ viâ to do good but we find no power no streÌgth in our selfs to perform it That good thiÌg which we wolde we do not but the euil do we which we wold not for we know that in vs that is Rome vii in our flesh dwelleth no god thiÌg No maruel For we ar bi nature the childreÌ of wrath Ephesia ii we are begotteÌ coÌceiued borne in siÌ Our seÌces Psalm ii wits deuises ar euil eueÌ froÌ our yong age vpwarde Oure hert is vnclene Gene. viii wicked froward lewd vnserchable We ar not able to thiÌk a good thought of our selfs Prou. xxii we ar vnprofitable seruantes Iere. xvii âi Cor. iiii hipocrites flesh al the nought is yea we ar the very boÌd slaues of sin Luke âvii Esayâ âx For euery one the coÌmitteth sin is the seruauÌt of syn O most swete sauâor ⪠help vs for the glori of thy name Ioh. iii vii Luke xix Thou caÌmest doun froÌ the righthaÌd of thi father into thys vale of misery to saue that which was lost Saue vs therfore good lord which wander abroade lyke shepe destitute of a shepherd Mathe. ix psalm cxix suffer not thi blessed bodi to be brokeÌ thy precious blud to be shed for vs in vain Hebrus ii i. Cori. xv Thou bi thi deth most valeaÌtly conquerest him that had power of death Ose. xiii Deliuer vs therfore froÌ his raging tirranye and make vs thy faythfull obedyent seruantes Iohn ii Suffer vs not to loue the world nether the things that ar in the world seing that al that is in the worlde as the lust of the flesh the lust of the eies the pryde of life is not of the o father but of the world And the world vanisheth away and the lust thereof but he that fulfilleth the wil of god aby-death for euer Suffer vs not to be ouercome wyth the boylynge concupisceÌcis of the flesh whych euer lusteth agaynst the spirite Rom. viii is not obedient to the law of god nether can be but geue vs grace to crucifye and to kyll the fleshe wyth the appetites lustes therof Galath v. that we may lyue and walk in the spirite and become new creatures Let not sinne reign in our mortal bodies that we shuld ther vnto obey in the lusts of it Neither suffer thou vs to geue oure members as instruments of vnrighteousnes vnto syn Roma vi but to gyue our selues vnto God as thei that are a liue from death and to giue our meÌbers as instruments of ryghteousnes vnto god And as heretofore we gaue oure meÌbers seruaunts to vnclennes and to iniquyti from iniquiti to iniquiti so let vs now from hensforth gyue our meÌbers seruauÌts vnto righteousnes that we may be saÌtyfyed Kil in vs the deds of the fleshe whyche are these Gala. v. aduoutrye fornicacion vncleannes waÌtonnes Idolatrye wytchcrafte hatred varyaunce âele wrathe stryfe sesedicion sects enuying murther dronkennesse glottoÌny and such lyke and plante in vs the fruites of the spirit loue ioy peace longe sufferinge gentlenes goodnesse faythfulnes mekenesse temperaÌcye Ephe. iiii As concerning the conuersacyon in times past geue vs grace to laye awaye from vs that olde man which is corrupt thorow the deceiuable lustes and to be renued in the spirit of our mynds and to put on that new man whyche after the image of god is shapen in ryghteousnes true holynes Suffer vs not to lye but speake euery man truth vnto his neighbour for asmuch as we are members one of another Suffer vs not so to be angry that we sinne Let not yâ sun go doune vpoÌ oure wrathe neyther let vs giue place vnto the backbiter Graunte that he which afore hath stollen maye from henceforth steale no more but rather labour with his hands some good thiÌg that he mai haue to geue vnto hiÌ that nedeth Let no fylthy coÌmunycacyon procede out of our mouths but that whyche is good to edifye withal wheÌ nede is that it may haue fauoure with the hearers Let all bytternes fearsnes and wrath roryng and cursed speking be put awaye from vs wyth al maliciousnesse Make vs courteous one to another and merciful forgeuing one another euen as god for thy sake forgaue vs. Ephesi v. As for fornicacioÌ al vncleÌnes or couetusnes let it not be once named amoÌg vs as it be coÌmeth saints nether filthi thiÌgs neither folish talking nether iesting which are not comly but rather geuing of thaÌkes Put vpon vs tender mercy kindnes humblenes of mynd mekenes longe sufferiÌg for bearing one another forgeuing one another Collos. iii. But aboue al these things put vpoÌ vs loue which is the bond of perfeccion grauÌt that the peace of god may euer more rule in our herts that we be thaÌkful for al thy benefits Finalli whatsoeuer thiÌgs are true whatsoeuer thinges are honeste whatsoeuer thinges are iust whatsoeuer things are pure whatsoeuer thynges pertayne to loue whatsoeuer thinges are of honest reporte if ther be any vertuous thing Ppâil iiii if ther be any laudable thing graÌt that we may haue those same in our mind and practise theÌ in
Esaye liii ⪠that when he had made hys soule an offering for synne he myghte se longe lasting seede For he is that thy righteous seruaÌt which with his wisdome doth iustify and deliuer the multytude for he hathe born awai our sins In his name in none other vnder he aueÌ doth our saluacion consist Aâtâs iiii By him are we at peace with the our Lord God Romay v. Bi him haue we redempcâon thorow hys bloud euen remission of our sinnes Ephe. i. By him are we deliuered froÌ the power of darkenâs and translated into thy heauenlye kingdome Collosso i. By hym hast thou recoÌciled all things vnto thi self By hym haste thou sette at peace thorowe the bloude of hys crosse both thyngs in heauen and thinges on earthe By him haste thou quickned vs and forgenen vs al oure trespasses He hath put oute the hande wryghtyng that was agaynste vs contayned in the law written Ephe. ii Yea he heath taken that hande wryghtyng out of the way and hath fastened it to hys crosse and hath spoyled rule and power and hath made a shewe of them openlye Collos. â and hath triumphed ouer theym in his owne parson Gene. iii. He is that seede of the woman that tredeth downe Satans head Gene. He is that seede in whom al nacions of the world shal be blessed Esayâ He is that Lorde whiche alone hath troden doun the wynepresse nether was ther any at al that helped him Mathe. â He is that sauiour which saueth his people from theyr sins Mat ⪠xvii He is that they welbeloued soÌne for whose sake thou art well pleased with man He is that breade of lyfe whyche came down froÌ heueÌ Iohn vi If any eate of that bread he shall lyue for euer He is that good shepherd which gaue his life for his shepe Iohn x. He is the resurrection life Who so beleueth on hym Iohn xi althoughe he were dead shal liue euery one that liueth beleueth in hym shall neuer die Iohn xvi He is that mighty Prince that hath ouercome the world He is the perfect fulfillinge of the law to iustify all that beleue Romay x. Gala. iii. He hathe deliuered vs froÌ the cursse of the lawe wheÌ he was made accursed for vs. He in his own person hath purged oure synnes Hebrues ii He thorowe death hath putte down hym that had rule ouer death that is to sai the deuyll and hath made vs free from the daunger of bondage He with one offering of his blessed bodye hath made perfecte for euer them that are sanctified Hebruâs x. He now in the end of the world hath appâared once for all to put synne to flyghte by the offerynge vp of hym selfe He hath loued vs and washed vs from our syns in hys owne bloud Apoca. i. and made vs kyngs and priestes vnto the God his father Inestimable ar the tresurs infinite are the pleasures whych we receiue of the thorow this thy sonne Iesu Christ our Lord and sauyoure Rom. viii And thys thy welbeloued onli begotten son with al hys hast thou geuen vnto vs so that booth he and all that he hathe is oures and we maye thorowe thy gyft iustly chalenge it to be oure owne For thys thy fatherlie loue and vnspekable kyndenes in geuynge thy sonne vnto the deathe for oure sake and for al thy other benefits which we haue receued at thy merciful hand thorow him we geue the most herty thankes desyryng the that we neuer commit any thinge in thought word or dede that maye offende thy deuyne Maiestie but callyng to remembrance that we are not redemed with corruptyble syluer and golde from our vayne conuersacion i. Peter i. but with the precyous bloud of Christ as of a lambe vndefiled and wythoute spot we may lyue worthi of this thy kidnes shew oure selfs obedyente chyldrân to the oure heauenly father not fashyonynge oure selfes any more after this vnto our olde lustes of ignorancye but as thou whyche hast called vs arte holye euen so in lyke manner we maye be holie in all oure conuersacyon and lyuyng vnto the glori of thy blessed name Amen ¶ A thankesgeuynge vnto God that he hathe brought vs out of the darkenesse of mens tradicions ⪠into the gloryous lyghte of his holy gospell O Lorde GOD and oure heauenlie father Esaye v. thou by thy holye Prophete declareste that thy people were ledde captyue because thei had no knowledge nor vnderstandynge in thy blessed word No maruel for as thy dearly beloued sonne sayethe he that walketh in the darcknes Ihon. xii knoweth not whither he goeth Yea Sapi. xiii vaine ar al they in whom the knowlege of that oure lord god is not Iohn xvii For this is euerlasting life euen to knowe the to be the true God and whoÌ thou hast sent Iesu Christ. Prou. xxix WheÌ yâ preaching of thy word faileth the people perysh and go to hauocke For man liueth not with bread alone Math. iiii but wyth euerye worde that commeth out of thy mouth Proue xix wher no knowlege of the of thi blessed worde is there is no goodnes for the soule Yea there doth the soule pine awaye as the body for waÌte of corporall foode Hebru xiii and is moued and led away wyth euerye winde of doctrine be it true or false Math. vii ⪠xvii Nether is it to be woÌdred at For the ignoraunt and vntaughte bylde not theyr faythe vppon the rocke that is vpon thy soÌne Christ and vpon hys holye Gospel agaynste the whych the verye gates of hell canne not preuail Math. vii nether can the raging flouds Luke vi nor the boistrous windes moue them that so bilde but vppon the sands therfore are they throwne downe wyth euery blast and myserably ledde whych waye their teachers luste Thys was euidently perceiued in vs o blessed father whyche so manye yeares for want of knowledge of thi blessed word wer to much wrechedlyled captyue of Satan and of his ministers whiche chauÌged them selfes into angels of lyght when in dede they wer the bond slaues of Antichriste beleued did whatsoeuer thei commanded vs to beleue or to do â Cori. xi The man of synne that son of perdicion so sat in our consciences that we fered him more then the our Lord god His trifling tradicioÌs his croked coÌstitucions diuelishe decrees ii ãâ¦ã wer more earnestli regarded beleued obeyed theÌ thy blessed word wherof we wer altogether ignoraÌt His ceremonies we thought to be thi seruice His dreames we estemed true godlines We worshypped the not after thy worde but after Antichristes tradycioÌs As for thy holy Gospell we knew no parte of it a ryghte Yea Antichrist and hys impes condemned thy holy Byble for heresy brent it as most abhomynable doctrine vnto the greate grife of al godly personnes
Many other notable workes also coÌpiled by thy faythfull seruauntes for the auauncement of thy glorye and for bryngyng of the simple people vnto the knowledge of thy truth they cruâllye burnte and destroyed after the exaÌples of the wycked kyngs Ioachim and Antiochus ãâã xxxvi And as for the authors of theÌ some those bloudy Edomits brent i. âath i. some thei murthered preuely some thei emprisoned flocked cheyned putte to shame al euen so mani as thei could get they cruelly and moost tirantlike entreated after the exaÌple of their predecessors the high priests of Iewry ãâã âxvii which sought al meanes possible both wyth tyrany and brybes to kepe downe thy sonne Christe and hys gloryous gospel that thei alone might reygn O most geÌtle god wheÌ these bellyâd hipocrites chaplens of Baal had brent thy holye Bible so that we the simple people might not read the word of oure soule healthe in our owne mother tonge agayne wheÌ these false annointed shauelinges had killed put to flyghte thy true ministers and godly prechers mat xxiiii theÌ made they vs to beleue as they woulde to walke to do to speke as they lusted to honoure worshippe the Math. xv not after thy holye law but after the tradycions and doctrins of men to do works not commaunded of the but suche as their idle braines faÌsied wythout authority of thy worde O Lorde thou longe sufferynge God with how greate blyndenesse were we ouerwhelmed of these antichristian monstures when they taught to run a Pilgrimage to thys and that Idol to paynt thys tabernacle and to gyld that Maumet to pray to this he Saint and to that she Sainte to bie other mennes merites and to seke saluacion in them to put our truste in water salte breade palmes ashes wax oile creme bels pardons rotten reliques such other peltiÌg pedlarye to beleue that our souls after this present life shuld be boiled perboiled in antichristes fornace ther to lie piteously yelliÌg puling crying til they were redemed with Diriges Masses treÌtals ladyes Psalters ⪠c. to beleue that our sins could not be forgeuen tyl we had whyspered oure synnes into the Priests eare and to receiue absolucion at his hand to beleue that after the wordes of coÌsecracion as they cal them ther remain no more breade nor nomore wine in the sacrament of Christes bodye and bloude but that the breade is changed into the natural flesh of thy deare sonne Christ Iesu and the wyne into his moste precious bloude â that was shedde for oure sins vpon the aulter of the crosse when notwithstandinge the Papistes them selfs do many tymes keepe the breade so longe that it both mouldeth stynketh and bredeth ful of worms and afterward they burne it accordynge to theyr owne law Ah Lord thus wer we to much wretchedly mocked and led captiue of antichriste and hys disciples The darknesses wherin we walked wer so gret that they mighte be felte i. Petâr i But thanckes be vnto the o most merciful father which haste called vs oute of the darcknes of mennes tradycyons into the glorious light of thy gospell We haue nowe learned that Antichriste and his meÌbers haue longe deceyued vs taughte vs theyr owne drowesye dreames in stede of thi blessed word We now know that thou requireste not of vs that we shuld runne gadding to stocks and stones Math. xxâ but that we shuld visit suche as are sicke and in prysonne and comfort theÌ We nowe knowe that thy wyll is not that we shuld paynt tabernacles and gyld ymages but rather that we shuld cloth the pore and helpe the nedi ãâã lviii We now know that it is vaine to pray to this or to the saynt seyng they nether here vs nor yet canne helpe vs. We haue lerned of thy blessed word ãâã âiii ãâã vii that Christ the son is our alone intercessour mediatour and aduocate We nowe knowe ãâã ii that no saluacion is to be loked for in any ceremonys but only in thy great mercies set forthe frely to al penitente sinners thorow faith in Christs bloude We now know that Christes bloude is the alone Purgatorye of oure soules â Iohn i. whiche purgeth maketh vs clene from all sinne We now know that wheÌ soeuer we repent confesse our sinnes vnto the and beleue to haue remission of al our synnes Iohn i. Ephe i. Collos. i. thorow Christes bloude we shall surely be forgeuen Yet despise we not but rather hertely deâyre the counsell of godlye and learned preachers â whiche with the comfortable words of the gospel may raise vp strengthen and confirme our weke coÌscience against Satan sinne death hel and desperacion We now knowe that the Masse mongers haue without al shame lyed vnto vs when they taught vs to beleue that the Mas which they mumbled was a propiciatorye sacrifice of as greate vertue strengthe power as the gloryous passion of our sauioure Iesu Christe and that it was necessarye bothe for the quycke and dead Ad salutem We nowe knowe also that the sacrament of Christs bodye and bloude is not the very selfe real and naturall bodye and bloude of Christe but an holye signe Note figure and tokeÌ of his blessed bodye and precyouse bloude For thys worde sacramente is as muche to say as a signe of an holye thynge Nowe that whyche is the signe of a thyng caÌnot be the thynge it selfe And thoughe thy sonne called the bread hys bodie and the wine his bloude because the disciples should the better remeÌber the breaking of hys bodye and the sheddynge of hys bloude as he likewise called him selfe a vine a dore Iohn xv a rock wheÌ not with standing he was nether naturall vine Iohn â Math. vii ând .xvii. material dore or stony rock but onlye lykened vnto them for certain properties which he hath with the vine dore ⪠and rocke yet is neyther the bread hys naturall bodye nor the wyne hys naturall bloud as diuers of the aunciente Doctours doe declare and proue but onelye a fygure of hys bodye and bloude â The breade is called Christes body because it visiblyâ preacheth bryngeth to oure remeÌbrance the brekiÌg of Christes bodye The wyne also is called Christes bloud because it putteth vs in remeÌbrance of the sheddiÌg of Christes bloude Of such phrases and manners of speakynge thy holye scriptures are full But as in many other thyngs so lykewise iÌ this blessed sacrameÌt haue the Papistes for the mayntenaÌce of their Idle and beastli life most foulye deceyued vs makynge vs to worshyppe a wafer cake and a sponeful of wyne myngled wyth water in stead of our sauiour Iesu Christe God and manne And thys Idolatrus erroure is yet so rustered and caÌkered in the hertes of many bothe learned vnlearned whose myndes ii Cor. iâii iudgements senses and wyts the God of thys world eueÌ the deuil hath blinded that the light
of the glorius gospell of christ shuld not shine vnto theÌ that they cast away thys doctryne as heresye go forth stil of an obstynate and froward minde to worshyp the bread wine as god condeÌne al other for heretikes whyche hold the contrarie O lord these bread christians may wel be reseÌbled to the men of BabiloÌ which would not be perswaded by anye meanes but that Bell the great Dragon whoÌ they dayly worshipped and offred vnto Dan. xâiii were liuyng godds and therefore sought they al meanes possible to destroy both Daniel and the king because thei taughte the contrarye and braste thoâe Idols geuing commandement that the liuyng God alone which thou art shuld be honored worshipped of al nacions in the worlde But we O Lord to whoÌ thou haste reueled the misteris of thy godlye truthe and delyuered out of the kyngedome of darckenesse confes our selfs to be great lye bounden vnto the for thy mercyful benefyte We therefore beseche the to gyue vs grace so to walk in this glorious light of thy holye Gospel as it becommeth the chyldren of light in al goodnesse Ephe. v. ryghteousnesse and truth Thou haste deliuered vs from stinking Sodome suffer vs no more to loke backe toward it Gene. xi Thou hast brought vs home againe froÌ BabyloÌ yâ land of bondage vnto the newe IerusaleÌ Grant that we beiÌg delyuered oute of the handes of our enemis may serue the in holines righteousnes al the dais of our lyfe Luke i. Mathe. ii We haue sene Christ thy sonne and oure kynge suffer vs no more to returne vnto wycked Kyng Herode Luke ix We haue put oure hande to the ploughe grante that we neuer loke backe agayne but perseuer contynew go forward vnto the end Let it be neuer sayed to vs as thy sonne sayde vnto the Iewes Math. xxi the kyngdom of God shal be taken froÌ you shal be geuen to a people which shal bringe forthe the fruites of it Make vs fruteful fig trees Giue vs grace to be ryche and plenteouse in all good workes As we confesse the with oure words so let vs expres the with our workes As we fauour and loue thy Gospell so lette vs folowe and loue thy gospel For that seruant whiche knoweeth hys masters wyll and doeth it not shal be beateÌ with mani stripes If after we haue escaped froÌ the filthynesse of the worlde thorowe the knowledge of the Luke xii and of our sauiour Iesu Christ we are tangled again therin and ouercome âii ãâã ii then is the latter ende worse with vs then the beginning For it had ben better for vs not to haue knowen the wai of righteousnes theÌ after we haue knoweÌ it to turne from the holy coÌmaundement geueÌ vnto vs. So might it be sayde of vs accordynge to the true prouerbe Pro. xxvi The dog is turned to hys âomit agayne Prâ âxvi and the sowe that was washed to her walowiÌg in the myre Graunte therfore we moste humbly pray the that accordynge to oure knowledge we may leade an honest conuersacioÌ among all menne i. Peter ii that they which backbyte vs as euyll doers maye see oure good worckes and glorifie the our heauenly father in the day of visitacion Amen A thankesgeuinge vnto God for al his benefites VE mooste heartelye thancke the O LORDE God oure heauenly father for thy mamanyfolde and inestimable benefites whiche thou haste geuen vnto vs bothe for oure body and soule yea and freely eueÌ of thine owne goodnesse wythoute oure desearte We thancke the that it hathe pleased thee of thy greate mercie fyrste to create make vs accordynge to thyne own image and lykenes Gene. i. to place vs in ioyful paradyse Sapi ii wher we shuld continually haue remained in a blessed quiet state if thorow the subtil and deceitefull suggestions of of Satan our old enemy Gene. iii. we had not transgressed thy holy coÌmandement We thancke the also O most gentle father for thy louing kindnes whiche thou shewedst vnto vs when we all were perished lost thorow the sinne of oure firste father Adam For wheÌ thou mightest iustly haue condemned vs and cast vs into perpetuall daÌnacioÌ thou like a father of singuler great loue haddest pity on vs and sauedst vs by the deathe and passyon of thy welbeloued sonne our Lord sauiour Iesu Christe ii Tim. ii which gaue him self a raunsome for all oure synnes and payed a sufficiente price by hys precious bloud for all the wyckednes that we at anye tyme heretofore haue commytted i. Iohn i. Hebru ⪠xâ or hereafter shall coÌmit thorow our frailtye weakenesse so that we repente beleue amende Neither wast thou thus contented that he only shuld dye for our sinnes but thou also didst raise him vp again for our iustificacion Roma iiii and to make vs ryghtous in thy sight Moreouer after that he had shewed him self vnfained lye alyue to hys Apostles by manifest and euident tokeÌs certain dayes after his resurreccion Mat. xxviiâ thorow the power of his godhead he ascended vp into heaueÌ perfecte God and perfecte man Luk. xxiiii where he nowe sitteth on the ryghte hande and maketh intercessioÌ for vs Actes i. being our alone mediatour and aduocate i. Timo. ii From theÌce we looke for hym to come again at the daie of iudgement Iohn ii Aâtâs i. not as a cruell iudge to condemne and caste vs away but as a moste louinge Lord and gentle sauioure Math. xxv to cary vs wyth hym vnto euerlastyng glory i. Tes. iiii ther worlde 's without end to remaine in such ioyes as eie haue not sene nor eare hathe hearde Esay liiii i. Cor. iii. nor yet is any hert able to thinke For those thy moost bounteous gyftes and for al other thy benefites whiche thou dayly geuest vnto vs of thy great mercy both for oure bodye and soule we most huÌbly thanke the mooste gentle and mercyfull father besechynge the that thou wilt giue vs grace thorow thi holie spyrit not to be vnthaÌkful but to walke worthy of this thi kindnes and so to behaue ourselfs all our life time in this wretched worlde according to thy holye wyll that at the last day we may be fouÌd in the number of them to whoÌ thy only begotten sonne shal say Mat. xxvi come ye blessed of my father poâses the kyngdome whiche was prepared for you from the beginninge of the world Lord let it so come to passe ¶ A prayer for the sycke to be sayde of the congregacyon ⪠O Iesu the alone sauyoure of the world and the onely true Phisicion bothe of body and soul we ar come together at this presente before the thorne of thy godly Maiestie to offer our humble prayers vnto the for our sicke and weake brother whome thou haste visited wyth thy louing rod of correccioÌ wherby
thou offerest thyself vnto hym as a most geÌtle father to his deare sonne and by temporall punyshment âuttest away eternall paynes whych both he and all we thorow our synfull liuing haue most ryghtouslye deserued and by makyng the outeward man weke thou comfortest and makest stroÌg the inward maÌ which is made like to thi glorious image We most entirely besech the mercifully to behold this our weke brother and as that piteful Samaritane to poure wine and oyle into his woundes to bynde them vp that is to relieue hym to coÌfort hym and to cherysh him wyth thy holy spirit to make him stronge in his inwarde man that in the middes of his syckenes he may not only âere the crosse that thou haste layed on hym pacyently and so shewe hym self conformable to thy blessed wyll but also thanckfully praise thy holy name for thy fatherly correccion with vnfayned and stronge fayth say The lord gaue me my health the Lord hath taken it away agayne As it hath pleased the lord so it is come to passe now blessed be the the name of the Lord. Oh it is for my great profyt that the lord hath thus visited me euen that I shulde learne to forsake myne own wyl and to walcke in hys holye ordynaunces I am his creature a shepe of his pasture let him deale wyth me as semeth good in hys godly syghte For whyther I liue or dye I am the Lordes Hys wil therfore be done and not myne Gyue hym grace O swete Iesu thus to be perswaded of thy good wyll towarde hym euen in the myddes of hys moost bytter agonyes that he faynt not vnder the crosse but paciently and thanckefully abyde thy good plesure and wyth earnest fayth cal on thy blessed name which is a strong tower for all them that fle vnto it Moreouer forasmuch O Lord as it is not thy property alway to chyde alway to be angry alwaye to punyshe neither to deale wyth vs accordyng to oure sinnes nor yet to reward vs after our iniquities but as thou takest awaye so geuest thou againe as thou bryngest downe to the graue so liftest thou vp agayne as thou makest weake so makest thou stronge agayne We most humbly beseche the if it be thy godly pleasure the rather at the conteÌplacioÌ of these oure prayers to restore vnto oure weake brother after this his long sicknes the confortable benefyte of ioyfull healthe And as thou haste broughte him low wyth laâing thy heauye crosse on hym so we moste hartely beseche the if it be thy godly wyll rayse hym vp agayne by restoryng vnto hym his former healthe that he may lyue and contynue here among vs vnto the glorye of thy name and the comfort of vs hys neyghbours But if thy godly pleasure haue otherwyse determyned that by thys hys sycknes thou wylte call hym from this vale of miseri and place hym in thy gloryous kyngdome which alone is the true ioyful and greatly longed for contre of al thy chosen and faythful people we most entierly pray the in the meane whyle to geue hym grace paciently and thankfully to beare hys crosse diligently to cal on thy holy name valeauntly to fight agaynst al the tentacions of the deuyll the flesh and the worlde and faithfullye to beleue that the merits of thi blessed passioÌ precious bloud are the full satisfaccion for all hys synnes and haue made a perfect atonement and frendlye reconciliacioÌ betwene god the father and hym Graunt O mooste merciful sauioure that his whole hart and mynde may so be set vpon the that at what soeuer houre thou callest hym out of this wretched world he mai be willing and glad to depart from it and to coÌe vnto the. O let the remembrauÌce of the ioyes of heauen bee so feruent in hys brest that all wordlye thynges may waxe vyle in hym and a perfect desyre found in him to be losoned out of this bodi and to be with yâ in glory And when the time commeth that he shall gyue ouer to nature and depart out of thys miserable world though the paynes of deathe take awaye the vse of hys tonge and speache yet grauÌt that his heart may cry vnto the and saye O Lorde I commende my soule into thy haÌdes Lorde Iesu take my spirite vnto thee Graunt also most louyng Lord that when death hath shut vp the eyes of his bodye he maye wyth the eyes of hys soule beholde and looke vpon thy gloryous maiestye in thy heauenlye kyngdome where thou wyth the father and the holy Ghoste lyuest and reignest one true and euerlasting God in al honour and glory worldes wythout ende Amen A prayer to be sayed for all suche as lye at the poynt of deathe O Moste louynge Sauioure and gentle redemer whyche cammest into this world to call synners vnto repentance to seke vp that was loste thou seest in what case thys oure brother lyeth here visited with thy mercyful hand al weake feble sick and ready to yeld vp his soule into thi holi hands O loke vpoÌ him most gentle sauiour with thy merciful eie pitie him and be fauorable vnto him He is thy workmanshippe despise not therefore the work of thine owne handes Thou sufferedst thy blessed body thy precyous bloud to be shed for his sins and to bring hym vnto the glory of thy heauenlye father let it not therefore come to passe that thou shuldest suffer so great pains for him in vaine He was baptised in thi name and gaue himself wholy to be thy seruaunt forsakynge the deuyl the world and the flesh confesse hym therefore before thy heauenlye father and hys blessed aungels to be thy seruaunt Prou. xvi Hys synnes we confesse ar great for who is able to sai mi hert is clene and I am fre from synne but thy mercyes o Lord are much greater Maâh ix And thou caÌmest not to cal yâ ryghteous but synners vnto repentance Mâthâ xi To them that are disesed and ouerladen wyth the burdeÌ of sin doste thou promyse ease Thou art that god Ezec. xviii which willest not the death of a synner but rather that he shoulde turne lyue Thou art the sauioure which wishest all men to be saued i. Timo. ii and to come to the knoledge of thy truth Withdraw not therfore thy merci froÌ him because of his sins but rather lay vpon hym thy sauynge health that thou maist shewe thy self toward hym to be a sauioure What greter praise caÌ ther be to a phisicioÌ theÌ to he le the sick Nether caÌ thâr be a grâter glori to the being a âauiour then to saue siners saue hiÌ therfore o lord for thi naÌe sake AgaiÌ let the law bââo âorsiffe to his conscieÌce but rather giue hiÌ grace euen in this extreme agoni coÌflict of deth to be fully persuaded that thou by thy death hast takeÌ away al his siÌs Roââ ⪠i. fulfilled the law for him bi this means deliuered
hym from the cursse of the lawe Galath iii and paied his ransome that he thus being fully perswaded may haue a quiet herte a fre conscience a glad wil to forsake this wretched world and to go vnto the his lorde god Moreouer thou hast conquered him that hadde rule of death eueÌ sataÌ Hebru ii suffer him not therfore to exercise hys tirranny vpoÌ this our sycke brother nor to disquiet his coÌscieÌce with the errours of sin and pains of hell Gseâ xiii i. Cori. xv Lette not Satan nor his infernall army tempt him further theÌ he is able to bear but euermore gyue hym grace euen vnto his last breath valeantly to fight against the deuil witha a stronge fayeth in thy precyouse bloud that he may fyght a good fight and finish his course with ioy vn the to glorye of thi name and the health of his soul. O lord so work in him by thy holy spirite that he wyth al his hert may contempne dispise al worldly thyngâs and set his minde whoâly vpon heaueÌly thynges hopyng for theÌ with a strong vndouted fayth Agayn let it not greue him o swet sauior to be loâoned froÌ this vile wretched carcase which is now so full of sorowe trouble anguysh sickenes and paine but rather let hâm haue abent and readye wyll thorowe thy goodnesse to putte it of yea and that wyth this faith ⪠that he at the last daye shall receyue it agayn in a much better state then it is now or euer was froÌ the daie of hys byrthe Phil. iii. euen a bodye vncorruptible immortal and like to thy glorious body Let hys whol hert and mynde be set only vppon the· Let the remeÌbraunce of the ioies of heaueÌ be so feruent in his brest that he may bothe pacientlye and thanckfully take his deathe ii Cori. xv and euer wish to be with the in glory And when the time coÌmeth that he shall gyue ouer to nature and depart from this miserable world vouchesafe we most humblye beseche the O Lorde Iesu to take his soule into thy handes and to place it among the glorious company of thy holy angels and blessed Saynctes and to kepe it vnto that mooste ioyfull daye of the general resurreccioÌ that both his bodye and soule thorow thyne almyghty power being knit againe togither at that daye he maye for euer and euer enioy thy glorious kindom and sing perpetuall praises to thy blessed name Amen â A thankesgeuynge vnto God for the departure of the faythful out of thys world O How can we most louing father render vnto the sufficient thanks for thine in estimable goodnes toward thi faithful seruauntes whome thou calling out of this wretched worlde vouchestsafe to place in thy heauenly kingdoÌ amonge the gloryous company of thy holy auÌgels and blessed saintes Psal. cxv O full precyous is the death of the faithful in thy sighte Blessed are the deade that dye in the O Lord Apoc. xiiii For they are at reast froÌ their paynful trauails and labours The souls of the righteous are in thy hand Sapi. iii. O God and the payne of death shall not touch them In the syghte of the vnwise thei appere to die but they are in peace They shine as the sparckes that runne thorowe the reed bushe Danie xii They glyster as the shining of heauen Thei are as the stars world wythout ende They ar as the angels of God Math. xxâi Apoc. iiii They are clad with white garmentes haue goldeÌ crownes vpon their heads They do seruice day nyght before the glorious throne of thi diuine Maiesty Apoca vii They nether honger nor thirst anye more neyther doth the sun or any heat fal vpon them for the lambe which is in the mids of the thron gouerneth theÌ and ledeth them vnto the lyuing fouÌtains of waters They folow the laÌbe whithersoeuer he goeth They haue such ioies ⪠Eâay lxiii i. âor iii. as eie hath not sene nor eare hath herd neyther is thâr any hert able to thiÌck them Infinite and vnspeakable are the tresures O Lord whych thou haste layed vp for them that depart in thy fayth For these thy fatherly benefyts toward the souls of the fayethful for that it hath pleased the to cal our ChristeÌ brethren and sisterne from this vale of misery vnto thy heuenly kingdome we geue vnto the most herty thanks humbly beseching the that thou wylte take lyke care for vs and so gouern vs wyth thy holye spirite both in sycknes and in health that we maye lyue a good and godlye lyfe in thys preasânte world and whensoeuer it shal be thy good plesure to call vs hence we may with strong faith in the and in thy soÌne Christe Iesu our Lord commeÌd both our bodies soules into thy mercifull handes and thorowe thy goodnes be placed in thy gloryous kyngdome among thy faythfull choseÌ people and so for euer and euer praise magnify the our heauenli father to whome with thi derely beloued son Iesu Christ our Lord and sauior and the holy gost that moste swete comfortour be al glory and honor worlds without end AmeÌ Finis ⧠The Letanye and Suffraââs O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinnârs O God the Sonne redemer of the world haue mercye vpon vs miserable synners O god the holy âost proceding from the father the soÌne haue mercy vpon vs miserable siÌners O holy blessed glorious tryniti thre persons one god haue merci vpon vs miserable siÌners Remember not Lord our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neyther take thou vengaÌce of our synnes spare vs good lord spare thy people whom thou hast redemed with thi most precious bloud and be not angri with vs for eâer Spare vs good Loâdâ From al euil and mischiffe froÌ sin froÌ the crafts and assaults of the deuil from thy wrath from euerlastyng damnacion Good lorde deliuer vs. ⧠From blindnes of hert from pride vainglory hypocrisy from enuye hatred and malice and all vncharitablenes Good lord delyuer vs. ⧠FroÌ fornicacion and all other dâadly sin ⪠from all the deceites of the world the fleshe the deuyl Good loâde delâuâr vs. â FroÌlightning tempest from plage pestileÌce fameÌ froÌ battel murther from sodaine death Good lorde delyuer vs. FroÌ al sedicion and pryuy conspiraci froÌ the tiranni of the Bishop of Rome al his detestable enormities from al false doctrin heresy froÌ hardnes of hert coÌteÌpt of thy word commandemente Good lorde delyuer vs. ⧠By the misterye of thy holy incarnacion by thy holy natiuity cyrcumcysyon by thy Baptysme fasting and temptacyon Good lorde delyuer vs. By thine agonye and bloudye sweat bi thi crosse and passion bi thy precious death and buriall bi thy glorious resurreccioÌ âª asceÌcion by the coÌming of the holi gost Good lorde delyuer vs. In al time