aboundauntly ¶ Trinitie Sonday ¶ At Matyns The first lesson Gene. xviii vnto the ende The seonde lesson Math. iii. vnto the ende ¶ At the communion GOd be mercifull vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lyght of his countenaunce and be mercifull vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon earth thy sauing health among all nacions Let the people prayse the O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let nacions reioyce be glad for thou shalt iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacions vpō earth Let the people prayse thee O God let all the people prayse thee Then shall the earth bryng forth her increase and God euen our owne God shall geue vs his blessyng God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the world shall feare hym Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynning c. The Collect. ALmighty and euerlastyng god which haste geuen vnto vs thy seruauntes grace by the confession of a true fayth to acknowlege the glory of the eternal trinitie and in the power of the diuyne maiestie to wurship the vnitie we beseche thee that through the stedfastnes of this fayth we may euermore be defended from all aduersitie whiche liuest and reignest one God worlde with out ende The Epistle AFter this I looked and behold a doore was open in heauen the firste voice which I heard was as it were of a trōpet talking with me which sayd come vp hither and I wyll shewe thee thinges which must be fulfilled hereafter And immediatly I was in the spirite And behold a seate was sette in heauen and one sate on the seate And he that sate was to looke vpon lyke vnto a Iasper stone and a Sardyne stone And there was a rayne bowe about the seate in sight lyke vnto an Emeraulde And aboute the seate were .xxiiii. seates And vpon the seates .xxiiii. Elders sitting clothed in white rayment and had on their heades crownes of golde And out of the seate proceded lyghtnynges and thunderynges and voyces there were vii lampes of fyre burnyng before the seate whiche are the .vii. spirites of God And before the seate there was a sea of glasse lyke vnto Christall and in the myddes of the seate and rounde about the seate were .iiii. beastes full of iyes before and behynde And the fyrste beaste was lyke a Lyon and the second beast lyke a calfe and the third beast had a face as a man and the fourth beast was lyke a flying Egle. And the .iiii. beastes had eche one of them syxe wynges about him and they were ful of iyes within And they had no rest day neyther night saying Holy holy holy Lord God almighty which was and is and is to come And when those beastes gaue glorye and honour and thankes to hym that sate on the seate whiche lyueth for euer and euer the .xxiiii. elders fell downe before hym that sate on the throne and worshypped hym that lyueth for euer and cast their crounes before the throne saying thou art worthy O Lord our God to receiue glory and honor and power for thou haste created all thinges and for thy willes sake they are and were created The Gospell THere was a manne of the Phariseis named Nicodemus a ruler of the Iewes Thesame came to Iesus by nyght sayd vnto him Rabby we know that thou art a teacher come from God for no mā could doe suche miracles as thou doest excepte God were with him Iesus answered and sayd vnto him Verely verely I saye vnto thee except a man be borne from aboue he cannot see the kingdome of God Nicodemus sayed vnto him howe can a man be borne when he is olde can he enter into his mothers wombe and bee borne agayne Iesus answered verely verely I say vnto thee except a man be borne of water and of the spirite he cannot entre into the kyngdome of God That whiche is borne of the fleshe is fleshe and that whiche is borne of the spirite is spirite Maruayle not thou that I sayed to thee ye must bee borne from aboue The wynde bloweth where it lusteth thou hearest the sounde therof but canst not tell whence it commeth and whither it goeth So is euery one that is borne of the spirite Nicodemus answered and sayed vnto hym howe can these thinges be Iesus answered and sayd vnto him art thou a maister in Israel and knowest not these thinges Verely verely I say vnto thee we speake that we do knowe and testifie that we haue seen and ye receyue not our witnes If I haue told you yearthly thinges and ye beleue not howe shall ye beleue yf I tell you of heauenly thynges And no manne ascendeth vp to heauen but he that came downe from heauen euen the sonne of manne whiche is in heauen And as Moses lift vp the serpent in the wildernes euen so muste the Sonne of man be lift vp that whosoeuer beleueth in hym perishe not but haue euerlasting lyfe ¶ The first Sonday after Trinitie Sonday BLessed are those that be vndefiled in the way and walke in the lawe of the Lorde Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies and seke him with theyr whole heart For they which do no wickednes walke in his wayes Thou haste charged that we shall diligentlye kepe thy commaundementes O that my wayes were made so direct that I myght kepe thy statutes So shall I not be confounded while I haue respect vnto all thy commaundementes I will thanke thee with an vnfayned heart when I shall haue learned the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnes I will kepe thy ceremonies O forsake me not vtterly Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GOd the strength of all them that truste in thee mercyfully accepte our prayers And because the weakenes of our mortall nature can do no good thing without thee graunte vs the helpe of thy grace that in kepyng of thy commaundementes we may please thee bothe in will and dede through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle DEarely beloued let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God And euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth God He that loueth not knoweth not God for God is loue In this appeared the loue of God to vs ward because that God sent his onlye begotten sonne into the worlde that we myght lyue through him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs sent his sonne to be the agremēt for our synnes Dearely beloued if God so loued vs we ought also to loue one another No mā hath seen God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfecte in vs. Hereby knowe we that we dwell in hym and he in vs because he hathe geuen vs of his spirite And we haue seen and do testifie that the father sent the sonne to be the sauiour of the worlde whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus
charges as the persons to be maried doe susteyne to proue his allegacion then the Solemnizacion must be differed vnto suche time as the trueth be tryed Yf no impediment be alleged then shall the curate saye vnto the man N. Wilt thou haue this woman to thy wedded wyfe to lyue together after Gods ordeynaunce in the holy estate of matrimonie wilt thou loue her coumforte her honor and kepe her in sickenesse and in health And forsaking all other kepe thee onely to her so long as you both shall lyue The man shall aunswere I will Then shall the priest saye to the woman N. Wilt thou haue this man to thy wedded houseband to lyue together after Gods ordeinaunce in the holy estate of matrimony wilt thou obey him and serue him loue honor kepe him in sicknes in health And forsaking al other kepe thee only to him so long as you both shall lyue The woman shall aunswere I will Then shall the minister saye Who geueth this woman to be maried to this man And the minister receiuyng the woman at her father or frendes handes shall cause the man to take the woman by the righthande and so eyther to geue theyr trouth to other The man first saying I N. take thee N. to my wedded wife to haue and to hold from this day forward for better for wurse for richer for poorer in syckenesse and in health to loue and to cherishe till death vs depart accordyng to Gods holy ordeinaunce And therto I plight thee my trouth Then shall they looce theyr handes and the woman taking agayn the man by the right hande shall say I N. take thee N. to my wedded husbande to haue and to holde from this day forwarde for better for wurse for richer for poorer in sickenes and in health to loue cherishe and to obey til death vs depart according to Goddes holy ordeinaunce And therto I geue thee my trouth Then shall they agayne looce theyr handes and the man shall geue vnto the woman a ryng and other tokens of spousage as golde or syluer laying the same vpon the booke And the priest taking the ring shal delyuer it vnto the man to put it vpon the fowerth finger of the womans lefte hande And the man taughte by the priest shal say ¶ With this ring I thee wed This golde and siluer I thee geue with my body I thee wurship and with al my worldly goodes I thee endow In the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen Then the man leauyng the ryng vpon the fowerth fynger of the womans left hande the minister shall say ¶ Let vs pray O Eternal god creator and preseruer of al mankind geuer of al spirituall grace the author of euerlasting life sende thy blessing vpon these thy seruauntes this man and this woman whome we blesse in thy name that as Isaac and Rebecca after bracellets Iewels of golde geuen of th one to thother for tokens of their matrimonye liued faithfully together So these persons may surely performe and kepe the vowe and couenaunt betwixt them made wherof this ring geuen and receiued is a token and pledge And may euer remayne in perfite loue and peace together And lyue according to thy lawes through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen Then shall the Prieste ioyne theyr ryghtehandes together and say ¶ Those whome god hath ioyned together let no man put a sunder Then shall the minister speake vnto the people FOr asmuche as N. and N. haue consented together in holy wedlocke and haue witnessed the same here before God and this cumpany And therto haue geuen and pledged their trouth either to other and haue declared the same by geuing and receiuing golde and siluer and by ioyning of handes I pronounce that they be man and wyfe together In the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And the minister shall adde this blessing ¶ God the father blesse you ✚ God the sōne kepe you god the holy gost lighten your vnderstandyng The lorde mercifully with his fauor loke vpon you and so fill you with al spirituall benediccion and grace that you may haue remission of your sinnes in this life and in the world to come life euerlasting Amen Then shall they goe into the quier and the ministers or clearkes shall say or sing this Psalme folowing BLessed are all they that feare the lorde and walke in his wayes For thou shalt eate the labour of thy handes O well is thee and happie shalt thou be Thy wife shal be as the fruitful vine vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the olife braūches round about thy table Loe thus shal the man be blessed that feareth the lorde The lorde from out of Sion shal so blesse thee that thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all thy lyfe long Yea that thou shalte see thy childers children and peace vpon Israel Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. Or els this psalme folowyng GOd be mercifull vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lighte of his countenaunce and bee merciful vnto vs. That thy waye may bee knowen vpon yearth thy sauing health emong all nacions Leate the people prayse thee O God yea leat all people prayse thee O leate the nacions reioyce and bee glad for thou shalte iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacions vpon yearth Leat the people prayse thee O God leat all people prayse thee Then shall the yearth bring foorthe her increase and God euen our owne God shall geue vs his blessinge God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare him Glorye be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The psalme ended and the manne and woman knelyng afore the aulter the prieste standyng at the aulter and turning his face towarde them shall saye Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. Aunswere Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Minister Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euyll Amen Minister O lorde saue thy seruaunt and thy handmaide Aunswere whiche put their truste in thee Minister O lorde sende them helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore defende them Minister Bee vnto them a tower of strength Aunswere From the face of their enemye Minister O lorde heare my prayer Aunswere And leat my crie come vnto thee The Minister Let vs praye O God of Abrahā God of Isaac God of Iacob blesse these thy seruauntes sowe the seede of eternal life in their mindes that whatsoeuer in thy holy worde they shal profitably learne they may in dede fulfil the same Looke O lord mercifully vpon them from heauen blesse them And as thou didest sende thy Aungell Raphaell to Thobie and Sara the daughter of Raguel to their great comfort so vouchsafe to sende thy blessinge vpon these thy seruauntes that they
inheritaunce that belongeth vnto the naturall sonnes Because ye are sonnes God hath sent the spirite of hys sonne into oure heartes whiche cryeth Abba father Wherfore now thou arte not a seruaunte but a sonne If thou bee a sonne thou art also an heyre of GOD through Christ The Gospell THis is the boke of the generaciō of Iesus Christ the sonne of Dauid the sonne of Abrahā Abraham begat Isaac Isaac begat Iacob Iacob begat Iudas his brethren Iudas begat Phares Zaram of Thamar Phares begat Esrō Esrom begat Aram Arā begat Aminadab Aminadab begat Naasson Naasson begat Salmō Salmō begat Boos of Rahab Boos begat Obed of Ruth Obed begat Iesse Iesse begat Dauid y e king Dauid the king begat Salomō of her that was the wife of Vrie Salamō begat Roboam Roboam begat Abia Abia begat Asa Asa begat Iosaphat Iosaphat begat Ioram Ioram begat Osias Osias begat Ioatham Ioatham begat Achas Achas begat Ezechias Ezechias begat Manasses Manasses begat Amon Amon begat Iosias Iosias begat Ieconias and his brethren about the tyme that they were caryed awaye to Babilon And after they were brought to Babilon Ieconias begat Salathiell Salathiell begate Zorobabel Zorobabel begat Abiud Abiud begate Eliachim Eliachim begat Azor Azor begat Sadoc Sadoc begat Achin Achin begat Eliud Eliud begat Eleasar Eleasar begat Matthan Matthan begat Iacob Iacob begat Ioseph the husbande of Marie of whome was borne Iesus euen he that is called Christe And so all the generacyons from Abrahā to Dauid are .xiiii. generacions And from Dauid vnto the captiuitie of Babilon axe .xiiii. generacions And from the captiuitie of Babilon vnto Christe are .xiiii. generacions The birth of Iesus Christe was on thys wyse When hys mother Mary was maryed to Ioseph beefore they came to dwell together she was founde with childe by the holy goste Then Ioseph her husbande because he was a righteous manne and woulde not put her to shame was minded prieuely to departe from her But whyle he thus thought behold the Angel of the lord appeared vnto hym in slepe saying Ioseph thou sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Mary thy wyfe for that which is conceiued in her cummeth of the holye goste She shall bring furth a sonne and thou shalt call hys name Iesus for he shall saue his people from theyr sinnes All thys was doone that it mighte be fulfilled whiche was spoken of the lorde by the Prophete saying Beholde a mayde shall bee with chylde and shall brynge foorthe a sonne and they shall call hys name Emanuell whiche if a manne interprete is asmuche to say as God with vs. And Ioseph assone as he awoke out of slepe did as the Angel of the lorde had bidden him and he toke hys wyfe vnto hym and knew her not til she had brought furth her first begotten sonne and called his name Iesus ¶ The Circumcision of Christ At Mattins The first lesson Gene. xvii vnto the ende The seconde lesson Rom. ii vnto the ende At the Communion I Was glad when they sayde vnto me we wil goe into the house of the Lorde Our feete shall stande in thy gates O Ierusalem Ierusalem is buylded as a citie that is at vnytye in it selfe For thither the Tribes goe vp euen the Tribes of the Lorde to testifye vnto Israell to geue thankes vnto the name of the Lorde For there is the seate of iudgemente euen the seate of the house of Dauid O pray for the peace of Ierusalem they shall prosper that loue thee Peace be within thy walles and plenteousnes within thy palaces For my brethren and companions sakes I will wishe thee prosperitie Yea because of the house of the Lorde our God I wil seke to doe thee good Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie God which madest thy blessed sonne to be circumcised and obedyente to the lawe for manne graunte vs the true circumcision of thy spirite that our heartes and all our members being mortifyed from all worldly and carnall lustes may in all thinges obey thy blessed wil through the same thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle BLessed is that man to whome the Lord wil not impute sinne Came this blessednes then vpō the vncircūcisiō or vpō the circūcisiō also for we say that fayth was rekoned to Abrahā for righteousnes How was it then rekoned when he was in the circumcision or when he was in the vncircumcisyon not in the tyme of circumcision but when he was yet vncircumcised And he receyued the sygne of circumcision as a seale of the righteousnesse of faith which he had yet being vncircumcised that he should bee the father of all them that beleue though they bee not circumcised that righteousnes myght be imputed to them also and that he myghte bee the father of circumcision not vnto them onely whiche came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision For the promyse that he shoulde bee the heyre of the worlde happened not to Abraham or to his seede through the law but through the righteousnes of faythe For if they whiche are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayne and the promise of none effect The Gospell ANd it fortuned assoone as the Angels were gone awaye from the shepeheardes into heauen they sayde one to another let vs goe nowe euen vnto Bethleem and see thys thyng that wee heare say is happened which the lord hath shewed vnto vs. And they came with haste and founde Marye and Ioseph and the Babe laide in a maunger And when they had sene it they published abroade the saying whiche was tolde them of that childe And all they that heard it wondered at those thinges whiche were tolde them of the shepeheardes But Mary kepte all those sayinges and pondered them in her heart And the shepheardes returned praising and lauding God for all the thynges that they had hearde and seene euen as it was tolde vnto them And when the eyght daye was come that the childe shoulde be circumcised hys name was called Iesus whiche was named of the Angell before he was conceiued in the woumbe ¶ At Euensong The first lesson Deute x. And now Israel vnto the ende The seconde Lesson Coloss ii vnto the ende ¶ The Epiphanie At Mattins The first Lesson Esai .lx. vnto the ende The seconde lesson Luke .iii. And it fortuned vnto the ende At the Communion O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song syng vnto the Lorde all the whole yearth Syng vnto the Lorde and prayse hys name be telling of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare hys honour vnto the Heathen and hys woonders vnto all people For the lorde is great and cannot woorthely be praysed he is more to be feared then all Goddes As for all the Goddes of the Heathen they bee but ydolles but it is the Lorde that made
strength He hath made the rounde worlde so sure that it cannot be moued Euer sence the worlde beganne hath thy seate been prepared thou art from euerlasting The fluddes are risen O Lorde the fluddes haue lyfte vp theyr noyse the fluddes lyft vp theyr waues The waues of the sea are mightie and rage horribly but yet the Lorde that dwelleth on hygh is mightier Thy testimonies O Lorde are very sure holynesse becommeth thine house for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. O God the king of glory whiche haste exalted thine only sonne Iesus Christe with great triumphe vnto thy kingdom in heauen we beseche thee leaue vs not comfortles but sende to vs thine holy gost to comforte vs and exalte vs vnto thesame place whither our sauiour Christe is gone before who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle THe ende of all thinges is at hande be ye therfore sobre and watche vnto praier But aboue all thinges haue feruent loue among your selues for loue shall couer the multitude of synnes Be ye herberous one to another without grudgeing As euery man hath receiued the gift euen so minister thesame one to another as good ministers of the manifold grace of God If any man speake let hym talke as the wordes of God If any manne minister let him do it as of the habilitie whiche God ministreth vnto hym that God in all thinges may be gloryfied through Iesus Christe to whome be prayse and dominion for euer and euer Amen The Gospell WHen the comforter is come whom I will sende vnto you from the father euen the spirite of trueth whiche procedeth of the father he shall testifye of me And ye shall beare witnes also because ye haue been with me from the beginning These thinges haue I sayd vnto you because ye should not bee offended They shall excommunicate you yea the time shal come that whosoeuer killeth you wil thinke that he doeth God seruice And suche thinges will they do vnto you because they haue not knowen the father neither yet me But these thinges haue I told you that whan the tyme is come ye maye remembre then that I tolde you These thinges sayde I not vnto you at the beginning because I was present with you ¶ Whitsonday ¶ Proper psalmes and lessons at Mattyns Psalm xlviii The seconde lesson Act. x. Then Peter opened his mouth vnto the ende Psalm lxvii The seconde lesson Act. x. Then Peter opened his mouth vnto the ende Psalm cxlv The seconde lesson Act. x. Then Peter opened his mouth vnto the ende ¶ At the Communion REioyce in the Lorde O ye righteous for it becommeth well the iust to be thankfull Prayse the Lorde with harpe syng psalmes vnto hym with the lute and instrument of tenne stringes Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song sing prayses lustely vnto hym with a good courage For the worde of the Lorde is true and all his workes are faythfull He loueth righteousnes and iudgement the earth is full of the goodnes of the Lorde By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made and all the hostes of them by the breath of his mouth He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpon a heap and layeth vp the depe as it were in a treasure house Let all the earth feare the Lorde stande in awe of hym all ye that dwell in the worlde For he spake and it was done he commaunded and it stoode faste The Lorde bringeth the counsayll of the heathen to nought and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effect and casteth out the counsayles of princes The counsaill of the Lorde shall endure for euer and the thoughtes of his heart from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people whose God is the Lorde Iehouah and blessed are the folke that haue chosen hym to bee theyr inheritaunce The Lorde loked downe from heauen and beheld all the children of menne from the habitacion of his dwellyng he considereth all them that dwell in the earth He fashioneth all the heartes of them and vnderstandeth all theyr workes There is no king that can be saued by the multitude of an hoste neyther is any myghtie man delyuered by muche strength A horse is counted but a vayne thing to saue a man neither shall he deliuer any man by his great strength Beholde the iye of the Lorde is vpon them that feare him and vpon them that put theyr trust in his mercy To deliuer theyr soules from death and to feade them in the tyme of derth Our soule hath paciently taryed for the Lorde for he is our helpe and our shielde For our heart shal reioyce in him because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercifull kyndenes O Lord be vpon vs lyke as we haue put our trust in thee Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. GOd which as vpon this daye haste taught the heartes of thy faithfull people by the sending to them the light of thy holy spirite Graunt vs by thesame spirite to haue a ryght iudgement in all thynges and euermore to reioyce in his holy coumforte through the merites of Christe Iesus our sauiour who liueth and reigneth with thee in the vnitie of thesame spirite one God worlde without ende The Epistle WHen the fiftie dayes were come to an ende they were all with one accorde together in one place And sodenly there came a sounde from heauen as it had been the comming of a mighty winde and it filled all the house where they sate And there appered vnto thē clouen tonges lyke as they had been of fyre and it sate vpon eche one of them and they were al filled with the holy gost and began to speake with other tonges euen as thesame spirite gaue them vtteraunce There were dwellyng at Ierusalem Iewes deuoute men out of euery nacion of them that are vnder heauen When this was noised about the multitude came together and were astonied because that euery man heard thē speake with his owne language They wondred all merueiled saying among themselfes beholde are not all these whiche speake of Galile And howe heare we euery man his owne tong wherin we were borne Parthians and Medes and Elamites and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia and of Iewry of Capadocia of Pontus and Asia Phrigia and Pamphilia of Egipte and of the parties of Libia whiche is besyde Siren and straungers of Rome Iewes and Proselites Grekes and Arrabians we haue heard them speake in our owne tongues the great workes of God The Gospell IEsus sayde vnto his disciples If ye loue me kepe my commaundementes and I wil pray the father he shall geue you an other comforter that he maye abyde with you for euer euen the spirite of trueth whome the worlde canne not receyue because the
her hande to the poore yea she stretcheth furth her handes to suche as haue nede She feareth not that the colde of winter shall hurt her house for all her houshold folkes are clothed with skarlet She maketh her selfe fayre ornamentes her clothing is white silke and purple Her husband is much set by in the gates whē he sitteth among the rewlers of the lande She maketh cloth of silke and selleth it and deliuereth girdles vnto the marchaunt Strength honour is her clothing in the latter day she shall reioyce She openeth her mouth with wisdome and in her tongue is the lawe of grace She looketh wel to the wayes of her housholde and eateth not her breade with ydlenes Her children shall arise and call her blessed and her husbande shal make muche of her Many doughters there be that gather ryches together but thou goest aboue them al. As for fauour it is deceitpfull beutie is a vaine thing but a woman that feareth the Lorde she is woorthy to be praysed Geue her of the fruite of her handes and lette her owne workes prayse her in the gates The Gospell ANd one of the Phariseis desired Iesus that he woulde eate with him And he went into the Phariseis house and sate downe to meate And behold a woman in that citie whyche was a synner assone as she knewe that Iesus sate at meate in the Phariseis house she brought an Alabaster boxe of oyntemente and stode at his feete behind him weping and began to washe his feete with teares and dyd wype them with the heares of her head and kyssed his feete and anoynted them with the oyntment When the Pharisee which had bidden him saw that he spake within himselfe saying if this mā were a prophete he would surely knowe who and what maner of woman this is that touched him for she is a sinner Iesus aunswered and sayed vnto him Simon I haue somewhat to say vnto thee And he said Maister say on There was a certayne lender whiche had two debters the one ought him fiue hundreth pence and the other fiftie When they had nothing to pay he forgaue them bothe Tell me therfore whiche of them will loue him most Simon aunswered and sayd I suppose that he to whome he forgaue moste And he sayd vnto him thou hast truely iudged And he turned to the woman and sayde vnto Simon Seeste thou this woman I entred into thy house thou gauest me no water for my feete but she hath washed my feete with teares and wiped them with the heares of her head Thou gaueste me no kysse but she sence the tyme I came in hath not ceassed to kysse my feete My head with oyle thou didst not anoint but she hath anointed my feete with ointment Wherfore I say vnto thee many sinnes are forgiuē her for she loued much To whome lesse is forgeuē the same doeth lesse loue And he said vnto her thy sinnes are forgeuē thee And they that sate at meate with him began to say within themselues Who is this which forgeueth sinnes also And he sayd to the woman Thy fayth hath saued thee go in peace ¶ Sainct Iames the Apostle O Prayse the Lorde of heauen prayse him in the height Prayse him all ye angels of his prayse him all his hoste Praise him Sunne and Moone praise ye him all ye starres and lyght Prayse him all ye heauens and ye waters that be aboue the heauens Let them prayse the name of the Lorde for he spake the woorde and they were made he commaunded and they were created He hath made them fast for euer and euer he hath geuen them a lawe whiche shall not be broken Prayse the lord vpō the earth ye dragons and al depes Fyre and hayle snowe and vapours wynd and storme fulfillyng hys worde Montaynes and all hilles fruitful trees and al Ceders Beastes and all cattell wormes and fethered foules Kinges of the earth and all people princes and all the Iudges of the worlde Youngmen and maydens olde men and children prayse the name of the lorde for his name onely is excellente and his prayse aboue heauen and earth He shal exalt the horne of his people al his sainctes shal prayse him euen the children of Israel euen the people that serueth him Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GRaunt O merciful God that as thyne holye Apostle Iames leauing his father and al that he had without delay was obediente vnto the calling of thy sonne Iesus Christ and folowed him So we forsaking al worldly and carnal affeccions may be euermore ready to folow thy cōmaundementes through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle IN those dayes came prophetes from the citie of Ierusalem vnto Antioche And there stode vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirite that there shoulde bee greate derthe throughout al the worlde which came to passe in the Emperour Claudius dayes Then the disciples euery man according to his habilitie purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren whiche dwelt in Iewry whiche thing they also did and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul At the same time Herod the kinge stretched furthe his handes to vexe certaine of the congregaciō And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sweord And because he sawe that it pleased the Iewes he proceded farther and toke Peter also The Gospell THen came to hym the mother of zebedes children with her sonnes wurshipping him and desiring a certayne thing of him And he saied vnto her what wilt thou She said vnto him Graunt that these my two sonnes may sit the one on thy right hand the other on thy left in thy kyngdome But Iesus answered and sayd ye wot not what ye aske Are ye able to drinke of the cup that I shall drinke of and to be baptised with the baptisme that I am baptised with They sayd vnto him we are He sayd vnto them ye shal drinke in dede of my cup be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptised with but to sit on my right hāde and on my lefte is not myne to geue but it shall chaunce vnto thē that it is prepared for of my father And when the ten heard this they dysdayned at the two brethren But Iesus called them vnto him said ye knowe that the princes of the nacions haue dominion ouer thē and they that are greate men exercise authoritie vpon them It shall not be so among you But whosoeuer wil be great among you let him be your minister whosoeuer will be chiefe among you lette him be your seruaunt Euen as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to ministre and to geue his lyfe a redempcion for many Sainct Bartholomewe NOt vnto vs O Lord not vnto vs but vnto thy name geue the praise for thy louing mercy and for thy truethes sake Wherfore shall the heathen say where
is now their God As for our God he is in heauen he hath done whatsoeuer pleased hym Their Idoles are siluer and golde euen the woorke of mens handes They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue they and see not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they and smell not They haue handes and handle not feete haue they and walke not neyther speake they through their throte They that make them are lyke vnto them and so are all suche as put their trust in them But the house of Israell trust thou in the Lorde he is their succour and defence Ye house of Aaron put your trust in the Lord he is their helper and defender Ye that feare the Lorde trust ye in the Lord he is their helper and defender The Lorde hath bene myndfull of vs and he shall blesse vs euen he shall blesse the house of Israell he shall blesse the house of Aaron He shall blesse thē that feare the Lorde both small and greate The Lorde shall encreace you more and more you and your children Ye are the blessed of the Lord whiche made heauen and yearth All the whole heauens are the Lordes the yearth hath He geuen vnto the children of men The dead prayse not thee O Lord neither al they that goe downe into the silence But we wyll prayse the Lorde from this time foorth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. Amen The Collect. O Almyghtie and euerlasting God whiche hast geuen grace to thy apostle Bartholomewe truelye to beleue and to preache thy worde graūt we beseche thee vnto thy churche both to loue that he beleued to preache that he taught through Christe our Lorde The Epistle BY the handes of the Apostles were manye sygnes and wonders shewed among the people And they were all together with one accorde in Salomons porche And of other durst no man ioine hymselfe to them neuertheles the people magnified them The noumber of thē that beleued in the Lord both of men weomē grewe more more in so muche that they brought the sicke into the stretes and laied them on beddes and couches that at the least way the shadow of Peter whē he came by myght shadow some of them and that they might al be deliuered from their infirmites There came also a multitude out of the cities rounde about vnto Ierusalem bringyng sicke folkes and them which were vexed with vncleane spirites And they were healed euery one The Gospell ANd there was a stryfe amonge them which of them shoulde seme to be the greateste And he sayd vnto them the kynges of nacions reigne ouer them and they that haue authoritie vpon them are called gracious Lordes But ye shal not be so But he that is greatest among you shal be as the younger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doeth minister For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is not he that sitteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth Ye are they which haue bidden with me in my temptacions And I appointe vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appoynted to me that ye may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome sit on seates iudgeing the twelue Tribes of Israell ¶ Sainct Mathewe O Prayse the lorde all ye heathen prayse him al ye nacions For his mercifull kindnes is euer more and more to warde vs and the trueth of the Lorde endureth for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightie God whiche by thy blessed sonne diddest call Mathewe from the receipte of custome to be an Apostle and Euāgelist Graunt vs grace to forsake all couetous desyres and inordinate loue of riches and to folowe thy sayed sonne Iesus Christ who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle SEyng that we haue suche an office euen as God hath had mercye on vs we go not out of kynde but haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye and walke not in craftines neyther handle we the worde of God deceiptfully but open the trueth reporte our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God If our gospell be yet hid it is hid among them that are lost in whom the God of this worlde hath blinded the mindes of them whiche beleue not leste the light of the gospell of the glory of Christe whiche is the image of God should shyne vnto them For we preache not our selues but Christe Iesus to be the Lorde and oure selues youre seruauntes for Iesus sake For it is God that commaunded the light to shyne out of darkenes whiche hath shyned in our heartes for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christe The Gospell ANd as Iesus passed forth from thence he sawe a man named Mathewe sitting at the receipt of custome and hesaid vnto him folow me And he arose and folowed him And it came to passe as Iesus sate at meate in his house beholde many Publicans also and sinners that came sate downe with Iesus and his disciples And when the Phariseis sawe it they said vnto his disciples why eateth your Maister with Publicanes and sinners But when Iesus heard that he saied vnto them They that be strong nede not the phisicion but they that are sicke Goe ye rather and learne what that meaneth I wil haue mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but synners to repentaunce Sainct Michael and all Angels ¶ At the communion PRayse the Lorde ye seruauntes O prayse the name of the Lorde Blessed be the name of the Lorde from this tyme furth for euermore The Lordes name is praysed from the rysyng vp of the Sunne vnto the goyng downe of the same The Lorde is hye aboue all heathen and his glory aboue the heauens Who is lyke vnto the Lorde our God that hath his dwellyng so hye and yet humbleth hymselfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and earth He taketh vp the symple out of the dust and lifteth the poore out of the myre That he may set hym with the princes euen with the princes of his people He maketh the baren woman to kepe house and to be a ioyfull mother of children Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. EVerlasting God whiche haste ordained and constituted the seruices of all Angels and men in a wonderfull ordre mercifully graunt that they whiche alwaye doe thee seruice in heauen may by thy appointment succour and defende vs in earth through Iesus Christe our Lorde c. The Epistle THere was a great battaile in heauen Michael and his Angels fought with the Dragō and the Dragon fought
xvi  xvi xxxviii xvi xxxix iiii A xvi kl xvii  xvii xl xvii xli v b xv kl xviii  xviii xlii xviii xliii ii Peter i c xiiii kl xix  xix xliiii xix xlv ii d xiii kl xx  xx xlvi xx xlvii iii e xii kl xxi Tho. Apost xxi xlviii xxi xlix i. Iohn i f xi kl xxii  xxii l xxii li ii g x. kl xxiii  xxiii lii xxiii liii iii A ix kl xxiiii  xxiiii liiii xxiiii lv iiii b viii kl xxv Nati dn̄i xxv Esay ix Math. i Esay vii Tit. iii c vii kl xxvi Stephan xxvi lvi act vi vii lvii Actes vii d vi kl xxvii Iohn Euan xxvii lviii Apoc. i lix Apo. xxii e v. kl xxviii Innocen xxviii Ier. xxxi Acte xxv Esay lx i. Iohn v f iiii kl xxix  xxix Esay lxi xxvi lxii ii Iohn i g iii kl xxx  xxx lxiii xxvii lxiiii iii. Ihō i. A Prid. kl xxxi  xxx lxv xxviii lxvi Iude. i ⧠AN ORDRE ⧠for Mattins dayly through the yere The priest beyng in the quier shall begynne with a loude voyce the Lordes prayer called the pater noster OVRE father whiche arte in heauen hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Geue vs this daye our dayly breade And forgeue vs our trespasses as we forgeue them that trespasse agaynst vs. And leade vs not into temptacion But deliuer vs from euil Amen Then lykewyse he shall saye O Lorde open thou my lyppes Aunswere And my mouth shall shewe forth thy prayse Priest O God make spede to saue me Aunswere O Lorde make haste to helpe me Priest Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall bee worlde without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lorde And from Easter to Trinitie Sonday Alleluya Then shal be sayed or song without any Inuitatory this Psalme Venite exultemas c in Englishe as foloweth O Come let vs syng vnto the Lorde let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our saluacion Let vs come before his presence with thankes geuing and shewe our selfe glad in hym with Psalmes For the Lorde is a great God and a great kyng about all goddes In his hande are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is his also The sea is his and he made it and his handes prepared the drye lande O come let vs worship and fall downe and knele before the Lorde our maker For he is the Lorde oure God and we are the people of his pasture and the shepe of his handes To day yf ye wyll heare his voyce harden not youre heartes as in the prouocacion and as in the daye of temptacion in the wildernes When your fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes Fortye yeares longe was I greued with this generacion and sayed it is a people that do erre in their heartes for they haue not knowne my wayes Vnto whome I sware in my wrath that they shoulde not enter into my rest Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen Then shall folowe certaine Psalmes in ordre as they been appointed in a table made for that purpose excepte there be proper Psalmes appointed for that day And at the ende of euery Psalme throughout the yeare and likewise in the ende of Benedictus Benedicite Magnificat and Nunc dimittis shal be reapeted Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. Thē shal be read .ii. lessons distinctely with a loude voice that the people maye heare The first of the old testament the seconde of the newe Like as they be appoynted by the kalender excepte there be proper lessons assigned for that day The minister that readeth the lesson standyng turning him so as he may best he heard of all suche as be present And before euery lesson the minister shall saye thus The first seconde .iii. or .iiii. Chapter of Genisis or Exodus Matthewe Marke or other lyke as is appoynted in the Kalender And in the ende of euery Chapter he shall saye ¶ Here endeth suche a Chapter of suche a booke And to the ende the people maye the better heare in suche places where they doe syng there shall the lessons be song in a playne tune after the maner of distinct readyng and lykewyse the Epistle and Gospell ¶ After the fyrste lesson shal folowe Te deum laudamus in Englyshe dayly throughout the yeare excepte in Lent all the which time in the place of Te deum shal be vsed Benedicite omnia opera Domini domino in Englyshe as foloweth Te deum laudamus WE prayse thee O God we knowlage thee to be the Lorde All the yearthe doeth worship thee the father euerlastyng To thee all Angels cry aloude the heauens and all the powers therin To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually doe crye Holy holy holy Lorde God of Sabaoth Heauen and earth are replenished with the maiestie of of thy glory The glorious coumpany of the Apostles prayse thee The goodly felowship of the Prophetes prayse thee The noble armie of Martyrs prayse thee The holy churche throughout all the woorlde doeth knowlage thee The father of an infinite maiestie Thy honourable true and onely sonne The holy gost also beyng the coumforter Thou art the kyng of Glory O Christe Thou art the euerlastyng sonne of the father Whan thou tookest vpon thee to delyuer manne thou dyddest not abhorre the virgins wombe Whan thou haddest ouercomed the sharpenes of death thou diddest open the kyngdom of heauen to all beleuers Thou sittest on the ryghthande of God in the glory of the father We beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruauntes whom thou haste redemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be noumbred with thy sainctes in glory euerlastyng O Lorde saue thy people and blesse thyne heritage Gouerne them and lift them vp for euer Daye by daye we magnifie thee And we wurship thy name euer worlde without ende Vouchsafe O Lorde to kepe vs this daye without sinne O Lorde haue mercy vpon vs haue mercy vpon vs. O Lorde let thy mercy lyghten vpon vs as our truste is in thee O lorde in thee haue I trusted let me neuer bee confounded Benedicite omnia opera domini domino O All ye workes of the Lord speake good of the Lord prayse him set him vp for euer O ye Angels of the Lord speake good of the Lord prayse him set him vp for euer O ye heauens speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set hym vp for euer O ye waters that be aboue the fyrmament speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set hym vp for euer O all ye powers of the Lorde speake good of the Lord prayse
him and set him vp for euer O ye Sunne and Moone speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer O ye starres of heauen speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye showers and dewe speake good of the lord praise him and set him vp for euer O ye windes of God speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye fyre and heate prayse ye the Lord praise him and set him vp for euer O ye winter and summer speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye dewes and frostes speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye frost and colde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye yse and snowe speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye nyghtes and dayes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye lyght and darkenes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye lightenynges and cloudes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O let the earth speake good of the Lorde yea let it prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye mountaynes and hilles speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye grene thinges vpon the earth speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye welles speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye seas and floudes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye whales and all that moue in the waters speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye foules of the ayre speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye beastes and cattell speake ye good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye children of menne speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O let Israel speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set him vp for euer O ye priestes of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye seruauntes of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye spirites and soules of the righteous speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye holy and humble men of heart speake ye good of the Lorde prayse ye him and set him vp for euer O Ananias Asarias and Misael speake ye good of the Lorde prayse ye him and set him vp for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe c. And after the second lesson throughout the whole yere shall be vsed Benedictus dominus deus Israel c. in Englishe as foloweth BLessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redemed his people And hath lyfted vp an horne of saluacion to vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which hath been sence the worlde began That we should be saued from oure enemyes and from the handes of all that hate vs. To performe the mercy promised to our fathers and to remembre his holy couenaunt To perfourme the othe whiche he sware to our father Abraham that he would geue vs. That we being deliuered out of the handes of oure enemies might serue him without feare In holynesse and righteousnes before him all the dayes of our lyfe And thou child shalt be called the Prophete of the highest for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes To geue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remission of their sinnes Through the tendre mercy of our God whereby the daye spring from an high hath visited vs. To geue light to them that sit in darkenes in the shadowe of death and to guide our fete into the way of peace Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. Then shall be sayed dayly through the yere the prayers folowyng aswell at Euensong as at Mattyns all deuoutly knelyng Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Then the minister shall say the Crede and the Lordes prayer in Englishe with a loude voyce c. Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Priest O Lorde shewe thy mercy vpon vs. Aunswere And graunte vs thy saluacion Priest O Lorde saue the kyng Aunswere And mercifully heare vs when we call vpon thee Priest Indue thy ministers with ryghteousnes Aunswere And make thy chosen people ioyfull Priest O Lorde saue thy people Aunswere And blesse thyne inheritaunce Priest Geue peace in our time O Lorde Aunswere Because there is none other that fyghteth for vs but only thou O God Priest O God make clene our heartes within vs. Aunswere And take not thyne holy spirite from vs. Priest The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ¶ Then shall dayly folowe three Collectes The firste of the daye which shal be the same that is appoynted at the Cōmunion The second for peace The third for grace to lyue well And the two laste Collectes shall neuer alter but dayly be sayed at Mattyns throughout all the yere as foloweth The priest standing vp and saying Let vs pray ¶ Then the Collect of the daye ¶ The second Collect for peace O God which art author of peace louer of concorde in knowledge of whom standeth our eternall lyfe whose seruice is perfecte fredome defende vs thy humble seruaūtes in all assaultes of our enemies that we surely trustyng in thy defence may not feare the power of any aduersaries through the might of Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ The thyrd Collect for grace O Lord our heauenly father almighty and euerlyuyng God whiche haste safely brought vs to the beginning of this day Defend vs in the same with thy mighty power graunt that this day we fall into no sinne neither runne into any kinde of daunger but that all our doinges may be ordred by thy gouernaunce to doe alwayes that is ryghteous in thy sight through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ⧠AN ORDRE ⧠For Euensong throughout the yere ¶ The priest shall saye ⧠OVRE FATHER c Then lykewyse he shall saye O God make spede to saue me Aunswere O Lorde make haste to helpe me Priest Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lorde And from Easter to Trinitie Sonday Alleluya As before is appoynted at Mattyns Then Psalmes in ordre as they be appoynted in the Table for Psalmes except there be
commaundementes His seede shal be mightie vpon yearthe the generacion of the faythefull shal be blessed Riches and plenteousnes shal be in his house and hys righteousnes endureth for euer Vnto the Godly there ariseth vp lyght in the darkenes he is mercifull louing and righteous A good man is mercifull and lendeth and wyll guyde his wordes with discrecion For he shall neuer be moued and the righteous shal be had in euerlasting remembraunce He will not bee afrayed for any euyl tydynges for hys hearte standeth fast and beleueth in the Lorde His hearte is stablyshed and will not shrynke vntill he see his desire vpon his enemyes He hath sparsed abroade and geuē to the poore and hys righteousnes remaineth for euer his horne shal bee exalted with honor The vngodlye shall se it and it shall greue him he shall gnashe with his teeth and consume awaye the desyre of the vngodly shall perishe Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now and euer c. The Collect. Almightie father c. As at the second Communion on Easter day The Epistle ALl that is borne of GOD ouercommeth the world And this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde euen our faith Who is it that ouercommeth the worlde but he whiche beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This Iesus Christe is he that came by water and bloude not by water onely but by water and bloud And it is the spirite that beareth witnesse because the spirite is truethe For there are three whiche beare recorde in heauen the father the woorde and the holy ghoste and these three are one And there are three whiche beare recorde in yearth the spirite and water and bloude and these three are one If wee receyue the witnes of menne the witnes of God is greater For this is the witnes of God that is greater whiche he testified of his sonne He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the witnes in hymselfe He that beleueth not God hath made hym a lyer because he beleueth not the recorde that God gaue of his sonne And this is the record how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall life and this lyfe is in his sonne He that hath the sonne hath lyfe and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not lyfe The Gospell IHesame daye at nyghte whiche was the first day of the Sabbothes whē the dores were shut where the disciples were assembled together for feare of the Iewes came Iesus and stode in the middes and sayd vnto them Peace be vnto you And when he had so sayde he shewed vnto them his handes and his syde Then were the disciples glad when they sawe the Lorde Then sayde Iesus to them againe Peace be vnto you As my father sent me euen so sende I you also And when he had saide those wordes he breathed on them and saide vnto them receyue ye the holy gost Whosoeuers synnes ye remytte they are remytted vnto them And whosoeuers synnes ye retaine they are retained ¶ The second Sondaye after Easter HAste thee O God to deliuer me Make haste to helpe me O Lorde Let them bee ashamed and confounded that seke after my soule lette them be turned backeward and put to confusion that wishe me euill Let them for their reward be soone brought to shame that crye ouer me there there But let all those that seke thee be ioyfull and gladde in thee and let al suche as delight in thy saluacion say alway the Lorde be praysed As for me I am poore and in misery Haste thee vnto me O God Thou art my helpe and my redemer O Lorde make no long tarying Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche haste geuen thy holy sonne to be vnto vs both a sacrifice for synne and also an example of Godly lyfe Geue vs the grace that we may alwayes moste thankfully receiue that his inestimable benefite and also dayly indeuour our selfes to folowe the blessed steppes of his moste holy lyfe The Epistle THis is thanke worthy yf a manne for conscience toward God indure griefe and suffre wrong vndeserued For what prayse is it yf when ye bee buffeted for your fautes ye take it paciently But and if when ye doe well ye suffre wrong and take it paciently then is there thāke with God For hereunto verely were ye called For Christe also suffered for vs leauyng vs an ensample that ye shoulde folowe his steppes whiche dyd no synne neyther was there guyle found in his mouth which when he was reuiled reuiled not againe when he suffered he threatned not but committed the vengeaunce to hym that iudgeth righteously which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree that we being deliuered from sinne should lyue vnto righteousnes By whose stripes ye were healed For ye were as shepe goyng a stray But are nowe turned vnto the shepheard and bishop of your soules The Gospell CHriste sayed to his disciples I am the good shepheard a good shepheard geueth his lyfe for the shepe An hired seruaunte he whiche is not the shepheard neyther the shepe are his owne seeth the wolfe commyng and leaueth the shepe and flieth and the wolfe catcheth and skattreth the shepe The hired seruaunt flyeth because he is an hired seruaunte and careth not for the shepe I am the good shepheard and knowe my shepe and am knowen of myne As my Father knoweth me euen so knowe I also my Father And I geue my lyfe for the shepe and other shepe I haue whiche are not of this folde Them also must I bryng and they shall heare my voyce and there shal be one folde and one shepheard ¶ The .iii. Sonday VNto thee O God doe we geue thankes yea vnto thee doe we geue thankes Thy name also is so nye and that doe thy wonderous workes declare When I receiue the congregacion I shal iudge accordyng vnto right The earth is weake and all the inhabitours therof I beare vp the pillers of it I sayed vnto the fooles deale not so madly and to the vngodly set not vp your horne Sette not vp youre horne on hye and speake not with a stiffe necke For promocion commeth neither from the East nor from the West nor yet from the Southe And why GOD is the iudge he putteth downe one and setteth vp an other For in the hande of the Lorde there is a cup and the wine is red it is full mixte and he poureth out of thesame As for the dregges therof all the vngodly of the yearth shall drinke them and sucke them out But I will talke of the God of Iacob and prayse hym for euer All the hornes of the vngodly also will I breake and the hornes of the righteous shal be exalted Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the
childers children and peace vpon Israel Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightie euerliuing God whiche for the more confirmacion of the fayth didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtfull in thy sonnes resurreccion graunt vs so perfectly and without al doubt to beleue in thy sōne Iesus Christe that our fayth in thy sight neuer be reproued heare vs O Lorde through the same Iesus Christe to whom with thee and the holy gost be all honour c. The Epistle HOw ye are not straungers nor foreiners but citezens with the sainctes and of the householde of God and are builte vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophetes Iesus Christe himselfe beeing the head corner stone in whom what building soeuer is coupled together it groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde in whom ye also are built together to be an habitacion of God through the holy gost The Gospell THomas one of the twelue whiche is called Didimus was not with them when Iesus came The other disciples therfore sayde vnto hym we haue seen the Lord. But he sayd vnto them except I see in his handes the printe of the nayles and put my finger into the printe of the nayles and thrust my hande into his syde I will not beleue And after eight dayes againe his disciples were within and Thomas with them Then came Iesus when the doores were shut and stode in the middes and saied peace be vnto you And after that he sayed to Thomas bryng thy finger hither and see my handes and reache hither thy hande and thrust it into my syde and be not faythlesse but beleuyng Thomas aunswered and sayed vnto hym my Lorde and my God Iesus sayed vnto hym Thomas because thou haste seen me thou haste beleued blessed are they that haue not seen yet haue beleued And many other sygnes truely dyd Iesus in the presence of his disciples whiche are not written in this booke These are written that ye myght beleue that Iesus is Christ the sonne of God and that in beleuyng ye myght haue lyfe through his name ¶ The conuersion of Saincte Paule At Mattyns The .ii. Lesson Act .xxii. vnto they heard hym I Will geue thankes vnto thee O Lorde with my whole hearte euen before the Gods wyll I syng prayse vnto thee I will wurshippe towarde thy holy temple and prayse thy name because of thy louing kindnes and trueth for thou haste magnified thy name and thy worde aboue all thynges When I called vpon thee thou heardest me and enduedst my soule with muche strength All the kinges of the earth shall prayse thee O Lorde for they haue heard the wordes of thy mouth Yea they shall sing in the wayes of the Lorde that great is the glory of the Lorde For though the Lorde be hye yet hath he respecte vnto the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth them a farre of Though I walke in the middest of trouble yet shalt thou refreshe me thou shalt stretche forth thine hande vpon the furiousnesse of myne enemies and thy ryght hande shall saue me The Lorde shall make good his louing kindnes toward me yea thy mercy O Lorde endureth for euer despyse not then the workes of thyne owne handes Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. GOD whiche haste taught all the worlde through the preaching of thy blessed Apostle Sainct Paule graunt we beseche thee that we whiche haue his woonderfull conuersion in remembraunce may folowe and fulfill the holy doctrine that he taught through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle ANd Saul yet breathyng out threatnynges and slaughter againste the Disciples of the Lorde wente vnto the hye priest and desired of hym letters to carye to Damasco to the Sinagoges that if he founde any of this way whether they were menne or women he might bring them bound vnto Ierusalem And whē he iourneyed it fortuned that as he was come nigh to Damasco sodenly there shyned rounde aboute hym a light from heauen and he fel to the earth heard a voice saying to him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And he said what art thou Lorde And the Lorde sayde I am Iesus whom thou persecutest It is hard for thee to kicke against the pricke And he both trēbling and astonied sayed Lord what wilt thou haue me to doe And the Lord sayed vnto him arise and goe into the citie it shal be tolde thee what thou must doe The men whiche iourneied with him stode amased hearing a voyce but seeing no man And Saul arose from the earth and when he opened his iyes he sawe no man But they led hym by the hande and brought hym into Damasco And he was three daies without sight and neither did eate nor drinke And there was a certaine disciple at Damasco named Ananias to him sayed the Lord in a vision Ananias and he sayd behold I am here Lord. And the Lord sayde vnto him arise and goe into the strete whiche is called streight and seke in the house of Iudas after one called Saul of Tharsus For beholde he prayeth and hath seen in a vision a manne named Ananias cumming in to him putting his handes on him that he might receiue his sight Then Ananias aunswered Lord I haue heard by many of this man how muche euill he hath done to thy sainctes at Ierusalem here he hath aucthoritie of the hye priestes to bind al that call on thy name The Lord sayd vnto him go thy way for he is a chosē vessel vnto me to beare my name before the Gentiles and kinges and the childrē of Israel For I wil shewe him how great thinges he must suffer for my names sake And Ananias went his way and entred into the house and put his hādes on him and sayd brother Saul the Lord that appeared vnto thee in the way as thou camest hath sēt me that thou mightest receiue thy sight be filled with the holy gost And immediately there fel frō his iyes as it had been scales he receiued sight and arose and was baptised and receiued meate and was coumforted Then was Saul a certayne dayes with the disciples whiche were at Damasco And straight way he preached Christe in the Sinagogues howe that he was the sonne of God But all that hearde him were amased and sayde is not this he that spoyled them whiche called on this name in Ierusalem and came hither for that intent that he might bring them bound vnto the hie priestes But Saul encreased the more in strength and confounded the Iewes whiche dwelt at Damasco affirming that this was very Christe The Gospell PEter aunswered and sayd vnto Iesus behold we haue forsaken all and folowed thee what shal we haue
awaye lyke a shadowe Bowe thy heauens O Lorde and come downe touche the mountaynes and they shall smoke Caste furthe the lyghtnynge and teare them shote out thyne arrowes and consume them Sende downe thyne hand from aboue delyuer me and take me out of the great waters frō the hande of straunge children Whose mouth talketh of vanitie and their right hande is a right hande of wickednes I wyll syng a newe songe vnto thee O God and syng prayses vnto thee vpon a ten stringed Lute Thou that geueste victorye vnto kynges and haste delyuered Dauid thy seruaunt from the peryll of the sworde Saue me and delyuer me from the hande of straunge children whose mouth talketh of vanitie and their right hande is a right hand of iniquitie That our sonnes maye growe vp as the yong plantes and that our doughters maye be as the pollyshed corners of the temple That our garners may be full and plenteous with all maner of store that our shepe may bring furth thousandes and ten thousandes in our stretes That our Oxen maye be strong to labor that there bee no decay no leading into captiuitie and no complainyng in our stretes Happy are the people that bee in suche a case yea blessed are the people whiche haue the Lorde for their God Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche by thy sonne Iesus Christ hast geuen to thy Apostle sayncte Peter many excellente giftes and commaundedst him earnestly to fede thy flocke make we beseche thee all byshops and pastors diligently to preache thy holy worde and the people obedientlye to folowe the same that they may receyue the croune of euerlasting Glorye through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle AT the same tyme Herode the kynge stretched furthe his handes to vexe certayne of the congregacion And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde And because he saw that it pleased the Iewes he proceded farther and tooke Peter also Then were the dayes of swete breade And when he had caught him he put him in prison also delyuered him to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kept entending after Easter to bryng him furthe to the people And Peter was kept in prison but prayer was made with out ceassing of the congregacyon vnto God for him And when Herode would haue brought him out vnto the people the same night slept Peter betwene two souldiers bounde with two chaynes And the kepers before the dore kept the prison And beholde the angell of the Lorde was there present and a lyght shyned in the habitacion And he smote Peter on the side and stiered him vp saying aryse vp quickely And his chaines fel of from his handes And the angell sayd vnto him gyrde thy selfe and bind on thy sandales And so he dyd And he sayeth vnto him cast thy garment aboute thee and folowe me And he came out and folowed him and wyst not that it was trueth whiche was done by the angell but thought he had seen a vision When they were past the first and the second watche they came vnto the yron gate that leadeth vnto the citie which opened to them by the owne accorde And they went out and passed thorowe one strete and furthwith the angel departed from hym And when Peter was come to himselfe he sayd now I know of a suertie that the Lord hath sente hys angell and hathe delyuered me out of the hande of Herode and from all the waytyng for of the people of the Iewes The Gospell WHen Iesus came into the coastes of the citie which is called Cesaria Philippi he asked his disciples sayinge whome do men saye that I the sonne of man am They sayed some saye that thou art Iohn Baptiste some Helias some Ieremias or one of the noumbre of the prophetes He sayeth vnto them but whome say ye that I am Simon Peter aunswered and sayed Thou art Christ the sonne of the lyuing God And Iesus answered and said vnto hym Happy art thou Simon the sonne of Ionas for fleshe and bloude hath not opened that vnto thee but my father which is in heauen And I say also vnto thee that thou art Peter and vpon this rocke I wyl buylde my congregacion And the gates of hel shall not preuail agaynst it And I wil geue vnto thee the keyes of the kingdome of heauen And whatsoeuer thou byndest in earth shal be bounde in heauen and whatsoeuer thou locest in earth shal be loced in heauen At Euensong The seconde lesson Act. iiii Vnto the ende ¶ Sainct Marye Magdalene PRayse the Lorde O my soule whyle I lyue wil I prayse the Lord yea as long as I haue any being I wyll syng prayses vnto my God O put not your trust in princes nor in any childe of man for there is no helpe in them For when the breath of man goeth furth he shall turne agayne to his yearth and then all his thoughtes peryshe Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for his helpe and whose hope is in the Lorde his God Whiche made heauen and yearth the sea and all that therin is whiche kepeth his promise for euer Whiche helpeth them to right that suffre wrong which fedeth the hungry The Lorde loceth menne out of pryson the Lorde geueth sight to the blinde The Lorde helpeth them vp that are fallen the Lorde careth for the righteous The Lorde careth for the straungers he defendeth the fatherles and wydowe as for the waye of the vngodlye he turneth it vp side downe The Lorde thy God O Sion shal be king for euermore and throughout all generacions Glory be to the father c. As it was in the. c. Amen The Collect. MErcifull father geue vs grace that we neuer presume to sinne through the example of anye creature but if it shall chaunce vs at any tyme to offende thy dyuine maiestie that then we maye truly repent and lament the same after the example of Mary Magdalene and by lyuelye faythe obtayne remission of all oure sinnes throughe the onely merites of thy sonne oure sauiour Christ The Epistle WHosoeuer findeth an honest faithful womā she is muche more worth then pearles The heart of her husbande maie safely trust in her so that he shall fall in no pouertie She wil doe him good and not euil all the dayes of her lyfe She occupieth woll and flaxe and laboureth gladlye with her handes She is lyke a marchauntes ship that bryngeth her vitayles frō a farre She is vp in the night season to prouide meat for her houshold and foode for her maydens She considereth lande and byeth it with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vineyarde She girdeth her loynes with strengthe and courageth her armes And yf she perceyue that her huswifery doeth good her candle goeth not out by night She layeth her fingers to the spindle and her hand taketh hold of the distaffe She openeth
the beginning of Matins or immediatly after And if any of those be an open and notorious euill liuer so that the congregacion by hym is offended or haue doen any wrong to his neighbours by worde or dede The Curate shall cal hym aduertise hym in any wise not to presume to the lordes table vntill he haue openly declared hymselfe to haue truly repented and amended his former naughtie life that the congregacion maie thereby be satisfied whiche afore were offended and that he haue recompensed the parties whom he hath dooen wrong vnto or at the least bee in full purpose so to doe as sone as he conueniently maie ⧠The same ordre shal the Curate vse with those betwixt whom he perceiueth malice and hatred to reigne not suffering them to bee partakers of the Lordes table vntill he knowe them to bee reconciled And yf one of the parties so at variaunce be content to forgeue from the botome of his hearte all that the other hath trespaced against him and to make amendes for that he hymselfe hath offended and the other partie will not bee perswaded to a godly vnitie but remayne still in his frowardnes and malice The Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent persone to the holy Communion and not hym that is obstinate ⧠Vpon the daie and at the time appointed for the ministracion of the holy Communion the Priest that shall execute the holy ministery shall put vpon hym the vesture appoincted for that ministracion that is to saye a white Albe plain with a vestement or Cope And where there be many Priestes or Deacons there so many shal be ready to helpe the Priest in the ministracion as shal bee requisite And shall haue vpon them lykewyse the vestures appointed for their ministery that is to saye Albes with tunacles Then shall the Clearkes syng in Englishe for the office or Introite as they call it a Psalme appointed for that daye The priest standyng humbly afore the middes of the Altar shall saie the Lordes prayer with this Collect. ALmightie GOD vnto whom all heartes bee open and all desyres knowen and from whom no secretes are hid clense the thoughtes of our heartes by the inspiracion of thy holy spirite that we may perfectly loue thee and worthely magnifie thy holy name Through Christ our Lord. Amē Then shall he saye a Psalme appointed for the introite whiche Psalme ended the Priest shall saye or els the Clearkes shall syng iij. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. iij. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. iij. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. Then the Prieste standyng at Goddes borde shall begin Glory be to God on high The Clearkes And in yearth peace good will towardes men We praise thee we blesse thee we worship thee we glorifie thee we geue thankes to thee for thy greate glory O Lorde GOD heauenly kyng God the father almightie O Lorde the only begotten sonne Iesu Christ O Lorde GOD Lambe of GOD sonne of the father that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercie vpon vs thou that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde receyue our prayer Thou that sittest at the righte hande of God the father haue mercie vpon vs For thou onely art holy thou onelye art the Lorde Thou onelye O Christe with the holye Ghoste arte moste highe in the glory of God the father Amen Then the priest shall turne hym to the people and saye The Lorde be with you The Aunswere And with thy spirite The Priest Let vs praye Then shall folowe the Collect of the daye with one of these two Collectes folowing for the Kyng ALmightie God whose kyngdom is euerlasting and power infinite haue mercie vpon the whole congregaciō and so rule the heart of thy chosen seruaūt Edward the sixt our kyng and gouernour that he knowyng whose minister he is maye aboue all thinges seke thy honour glory and that we his subiectes duely consydering whose auctoritie he hath maye faithfully serue honour humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed word and ordinaunce Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde who with thee and the holy ghost liueth and reigneth euer one God worlde without ende Amen ALmightie and euerlasting GOD wee bee taught by thy holy worde that the heartes of Kynges are in thy rule and gouernaunce and that thou doest dispose and turne them as it semeth best to thy godly wisedom We humbly beseche thee so to dispose and gouerne the heart of Edward the sixt thy seruaunt our Kyng and gouernour that in all his thoughtes wordes and workes he maye euer seke thy honour and glory and study to preserue thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and Godlynes Graunt this O merciful father for thy dere sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen The Collectes ended the priest or he that is appointed shall reade the Epistle in a place assigned for the purpose saying The Epistle of sainct Paule written in the Chapiter of to the The Minister then shall reade thepistle Immediatly after the Epistle ended the priest or one appointed to reade the Gospell shall saye The holy Gospell written in the Chapiter of The Clearkes and people shal aunswere Glory be to thee O Lorde The Priest or deacon then shall reade the Gospell After the Gospell ended the priest shall begin I beleue in one God The Clearkes shall syng the rest The father almightie maker of heauen and yearth and of all thinges visible and inuisible And in one Lorde Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of God begotten of his father before all worldes God of GOD light of light very God of very God begotten not made beeyng of one substaunce with the father by whom all thinges were made who for vs men and for our saluacion came downe from heauen and was incarnate by the holy Ghoste of the Virgin Mary and was made manne and was Crucified also for vs vnder Poncius Pilate he suffered and was buried and the thirde daie he arose again according to the scriptures and ascended into heauē and sitteth at the right hande of the father And he shall come again with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead And I beleue in the holy ghost the Lorde and geuer of life who procedeth frō the father and the sonne who with the father and the sonne together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophetes And I beleue one Catholike and Apostolike Churche I acknowlege one Baptisme for the remission of synnes And I loke for the resurreccion of the deade and the lyfe of the worlde to come Amen ¶ After the Crede ended shall folowe the Sermon or Homely or some porcion of one of the Homelies as they shal be hereafter deuided wherin if the people bee not exhorted to the worthy receyuing of the holy Sacrament of the bodye and bloude of our sauiour Christ then shall the Curate geue this exhortacion to those that be minded to receiue the same DErely beloued in the Lord ye that minde
thee that although we for oure iniquities haue woorthelye deserued this plague of rayne and waters yet vpon our true repentaunce thou wilt sende vs suche wether wher by we maye receiue the fruites of the earthe in due season and learne bothe by thy punishment to amende our liues and by the grauntinge of our peticion to geue thee prayse and glorye Through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ Vpon wednesdaies frydaies the Englishe Letanie shal be saied or song in all places after suche forme as is appoynted by the kynges maiesties Iniunccions Or as is or shall be otherwise appoynted by his highnes And thoughe there be none to cōmunicate wyth the Prieste yet these dayes after the Letany ended the Prieste shall put vpon him a plain Albe or surplesse with a cope and saie all thinges at the Altare appoynted to bee sayde at the celebracion of the lordes supper vntill after the offertory And then shall adde one or two of the Collectes afore written as occasion shall serue by hys discrecion And then turning him to the people shall let them departe with the accustomed blessing And the same order shal be vsed all other daies whensoeuer the people be customably assembled to praye in the church and none disposed to communicate with the Prieste Lykewyse in Chappelles annexed and all other places there shal be no celebracion of the Lordes supper excepte there be some to communicate with the priest And in suche Chappelles annexed where the people hath not been accustomed to pay any holy bread there they must either make some charitable prouision for the beryng of the charges of the Communion or els for receyuyng of thesame resorte to their parishe Churche For auoydyng of all matters and occasion of discencion it is mere that the bread prepared for the Cōmunion be made through all this realme after one sorte and fashion that is to say vnleauened and rounde as it was afore but without all maner of printe and some thing more larger and thicker then it was so that it may be aptly deuided in diuers pieces and euery one shal be deuided in two pieces at the leaste or more by the discrecion of the minister and so distributed And men must not thinke lesse to be receiued in parte then in the whole but in eche of them the whole body of our sauioure Iesu Christe And forsomuche as the Pastours Curates within this realme shall continually fynde at their costes and charges in their cures sufficient bread and wine for the holy Communion as oft as their Parishioners shal be disposed for their spirituall comforte to receiue the same it is therfore ordred that in recompēce of such costes and charges the Parishioners of euery Parishe shall offre euery Sonday at the tyme of the Offertory the iust valour and pryce of the holy lofe with all suche money and other thynges as were wont to be offered with the same to the vse of their Pastours and Curates and that in suche ordre and course as they were wonte to fynde and pay the sayed holy lofe Also that the receyuing of the Sacramente of the blessed body and bloud of Christ may be moste agreable to the institucion therof and to the vsage of the primatiue Churche In all Cathedrall and Collegiate churches there shall alwayes some Communicate with the priest that ministreth And that thesame may be also obserued euery where abrode in the countrey Some one at the least of that house in euery paryshe to whom by course after the ordynaunce herein made it apperteyneth to offer for the charges of the Communion or some other whom they shall prouyde to offre for them shal receiue the holy Communion with the priest the which maye bee the better done for that they knowe before when theyr course commeth and may therfore dispose themselfes to the worthy receyuing of the Sacramente And with him or them who doeth so offre the charges of the Communion all other who be then Godly disposed therunto shall lykewise receiue the Communion And by this meanes the Minister hauyng alwayes some to communicate with him may accordingly solempnise so high and holy misteries with al the suffrages due ordre appointed for the same And the priest on the weke day shal forbeare to celebrate the Comnion excepte he haue some that will communicate with him Furthermore euery man and woman to be bound to heare and be at the diuine seruice in the Parishe churche where they be resident and there with deuout prayer or Godlye silence and meditacion to occupy themselues There to pay their dueties to communicate once in the yeare at the least and there to receyue and take all other Sacramentes and rites in this booke appoynted And whosoeuer willingly vpon no iust cause doeth absent themselfes or doeth vngodly in the Parishe churche occupy thēselues vpon proffe therof by the Ecclesiasticall lawes of the Realme to bee excōmunicate or suffre other punishement as shal to the Ecclesiastical iudge accordyng to his discrecion seme conuenient And although it bee read in aunciente writers that the people many yeares past receiued at the priestes handes the Sacramēt of the body of Christ in theyr owne handes no commaundement of Christ to the contrary Yet forasmuche as they many tymes conueyghed thesame secretelye awaye kept it with them and diuersly abused it to supersticion and wickednes lest any suche thing hereafter should be attempted and that an vniformitie might be vsed throughout the whole Realment is thought cōuenient the people commonly receiue the Sacrament of Christes body in their mouthes at the Priestes hande ⧠The Letany and Suffrages O GOD the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost procedyng from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and gloryous Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and gloryous Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners Remembre not Lorde our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeaunce of our sinnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou haste redemed with thy moste precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From all euill and mischiefe from synne from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrathe and from euerlastyng damnacion Good Lorde deliuer vs. From blindnes of heart from pryde vainglory Hypocrisy from enuy hatred and malice and all vncharitablenes Good Lorde deliuer vs. From fornicacion and all other deadly synne and from al the deceytes of the worlde the fleshe and the deuill Good
which confession the priest shall absolue hym after this forme and the same forme of absolucion shall be vsed in all pryuate confessions OVre Lorde Iesus Christe who hath lefte power to his Churche to absolue all sinners whiche truely repente and beleue in hym of his great mercye forgeue thee thyne offences and by his autoritie committed to me I absolue thee from all thy sinnes in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And then the priest shall saye the Collecte folowyng Let vs praye O Moste mercifull God whiche accordyng to the multitude of thy mercies doest so put awaye the sinnes of those which truely repent that thou remēbrest thē nomore open thy iye of mercy vpon this thy seruaunt who moste earnestly desireth pardon and forgeuenesse Renue in him moste louing father whatsoeuer hath been decayed by the fraude and malice of the deuill or by his owne carnal wil and frailnes preserue and continue this sicke membre in the vnitie of thy Churche consider his contricion accept his teares aswage his payne as shal be seen to thee moste expediente for hym And forasmuche as he putteth hys full trust only in thy mercy Impute not vnto hym his former sinnes but take him vnto thy fauour through the merites of thy most derely beloued sōne Iesus Christ Amen Then the minister shall saye this Psalme IN thee O Lorde haue I put my trust lette me neuer be put to confusion but ridde me and deliuer me in thy righteousnes enclyne thyne eare vnto me and saue me Be thou my strong holde wherunto I may alwaye resorte thou haste promysed to helpe me for thou art my house of defence and my castell Deliuer me O my God out of the hande of the vngodly out of the hande of the vnrighteous and cruell manne For thou O Lorde God art the thyng that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Through thee haue I been holden vp euer since I was borne thou arte he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe my prayse shal be alwaye of thee I am become as it were a monster vnto many but my sure trust is in thee Oh let my mouth be filled with thy prayse that I maye syng of thy glory and honour all the daye long Cast me not awaye in the tyme of age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me For myne enemies speake against me and they that lay waite for my soule take their counsayle together saying God hath forsaken hym persecute hym and take him for there is none to deliuer him Goe not ferre from me O God my God haste thee to helpe me Let them be confounded and perishe that are agaynste my soule let them be couered with shame and dishonoure that seke to doe me euill As for me I wyll paciently abyde alwaye and wyll prayse thee more and more My mouth shall dayly speake of thy righteousnesse and saluacion for I knowe no ende therof I will goe forth in the strength of the Lorde God and will make mencion of thy righteousnesse onely Thou O God haste taught me from my youth vp vntill nowe therfore will I tell of thy wondreous workes Forsake me not O God in myne olde age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generacion thy power to all thē that are yet for to come Thy righteousnesse O God is very high and greate thynges are they that thou haste done O God who is lyke vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities haste thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refreshe me yea and broughtest me from the depe of the earth agayne Thou haste brought me to great honour and comforted me on euery syde Therfore will I praise thee thy faythfulnes O God playing vpon an instrument of musicke vnto thee wyll I syng vpon the harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lippes will be fayne when I syng vnto thee and so will my soule whom thou haste deliuered My tounge also shall talke of thy ryghteousnesse all the daye long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seke to doe me euill Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnyng c. Addyng this antheme O Saueour of the worlde saue vs whiche by thy crosse and precious bloud haste redemed vs helpe vs we beseche thee O God Then shall the minister saye THe almyghty Lord whiche is a moste strong tower to all thē that put their trust in hym to whom al thinges in heauen in earth and vnder earth doe bowe and obey be nowe euermore thy defence and make thee know and fele that there is no other name vnder heauen geuen to man in whome and through whome thou mayest receyue helth and saluation but onely the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe Amen ¶ If the sicke person desyre to be annoynted then shall the priest annoynte hym vpon the forehead or breast onely makyng the signe of the crosse saying thus AS with this visible oyle thy body outwardelye is annoynted so our heauenly father almightie god graunt of his infinite goodnes that thy soule inwardly may be annointed with the holy gost who is the spirite of al strength comfort reliefe and gladnes And vouchesafe for his great mercy if it be his blessed will to restore vnto thee thy bodely health and strength to serue hym and sende thee release of all thy paynes troubles and diseases both in bodye and mynde And howsoeuer his goodnes by his diuine and vnsearcheable prouidence shal dispose of thee we his vnworthy ministers and seruauntes humbly beseche the eternall maiestie to doe with thee accordyng to the multitude of his innumerable mercies and to pardone thee all thy synnes and offences committed by all thy bodely sences passions and carnall affeccions who also vouchesafe mercifullye to graunt vnto thee gostly strēgth by his holy spirite to withstand ouercome al tēptacions assaultes of thine aduersary that in no wise he preuaile againste thee but that thou maist haue perfect victory triumph against the deuil sine deth through Christ our lord Who by his deth hath ouercomed the prince of death with the father the holy gost euermore liueth reigneth god world without end Amen HOw long wilt thou forget me O Lord for euer how long wilt thou hyde thy face from me How long shal I seke counsel in my soule be so vexed in myne heart how long shal myne enemie tryūphe ouer me Consider and heare me O Lord my God lighten myne eyes that I slepe not in death Lest myne enemy say I haue preuayled agaynste hym for if I be cast down they that trouble me will reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercy and my hearte is ioyful in thy saluacion I will sing of the lorde because he hath delte so louyngly with me Yea I wil prayse the name of the lord the most higheste Glory be to the father