Drink ye all of thys for this is my bloud of the newe Testamente which is shed for you and for many for remissyon of sinnes doe thys as oft as ye shall drinke it in remembraunce of me Then shall the Minister first receyue the Communion in bothe kyndes himselfe and nexte delyuer it to other Ministers yf anye be there presēt that they may helpe the chiefe Minister and after to the people in theyr handes kneelyng And when he delyuereth the bread he shall saye Take and eate thys in remembraunce that Christe dyed for thee and fede on him in thy heart by fayth with thankes geuyng And the minister that deliuereth the cup shall saye Drinke this in remembraunce that Christes bloud was shed for thee and be thankefull Then shal the Priest saye the Lordes prayer the people repeating after hym euery peticyon After shal be sayde as foloweth O Lorde and heauenlye father we thy humble seruauntes entierly desyre thy fatherly goodnesse mercyfullye to accepte thys oure Sacrifyce of prayse and thankes geuyng moste besechyng thee to graunte that by the merites and death of thy sonne Iesus Christe and throughe faith in hys bloud we and all thy whole churche may obtayne remissiō of our sinnes and al other benefites of his Passiō And here we offer and prsēt vnto thee O lord our selues our soules and bodies to bee a reasonable holye and lyuely Sacrifice vnto thee humblye besechyng thee that all we whyche bee partakers of thys holye Communion maye bee fulfylled with thy grace and heauenlye benediccion And althoughe we bee vnworthy throughe oure manyfolde synnes to offre vnto thee any sacrifyce yet we beseche thee to accepte thys our bounden duetie and seruice not weyghing our merites but pardonyng oure offences throughe Iesus Christe oure Lord by whom and with whom in the vnitie of the holye ghost all honour and glory bee vnto thee O father almyghtie worlde without ende Amen Or this ALmightie and euerliuing god we most hartely thanke thee for that thou doest vouchesafe to fede vs whyche haue duely receyued these holy misteries with the spirituall foode of the moste precyous body and bloud of thy sonne our Sauyour Iesus Christe and doest assure vs thereby of thy fauoure and goodnesse towarde vs and that we bee verye membres incorporate in thy mistycall bodye whyche is the blessed companye of all faythfull people and bee also heyres through hope of thy euerlastyng kyngdome by the merites of the most precyous deathe and Passyon of thy deare sonne we nowe moste humblye beseche thee heauenlye father so to assiste vs with thy grace that we may continue in that holy felowship and doe all suche good workes as thou hast prepared for vs to walke in throughe Iesus Christe oure Lorde to whom with thee and the holy ghost be all honour and glory worlde without ende Amen Then shal be sayd or song GLorye bee to GOD on hyghe And in earthe peace good wyll towardes menne We prayse thee we blesse thee we woorshyp thee we gloryfy thee we geue thankes to thee for thy great glorye O Lorde GOD heauenly kyng God the father almyghtye O Lorde the only begotten sonne Iusu Chrysse O Lorde God Lame of God sonne of the father that takeste awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercye vpon vs Thou that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercye vpon vs. Thou that takeste awaye the sinnes of the worlde receyue our prayer Thou that fittest at the righte hand of God the father haue mercye vpon vs For thou onely arte holy Thou onely are the Lorde Thou onely O Christe with the holy ghost art most highe in the glory of God the father Amen Then the Priest or the Bishop yf he be present shal let them departe with this blessing THe peace of God whiche passeth all vnderstānding kepe your heartes and myndes in the knowledge and loue of God and of his sonne Iesu Christ our Lorde and the blessing of God almightie the father the sonne and the holy ghost bee amongest you and remayne with you alwayes Amen Collectes to be sayd after the Offertorie when there is no Cōmunion euery such daye one And the same maye be sayde also as often as occasion shall serue after the Collectes eyther of Morning and Euening prayer Communion or Letany by the discrecion of the Minister ASsist vs mercifully O Lorde in these our supplicacions and prayers and dispose the waye of thy seruauntes towarde the attaynemente of euerlastyng saluacyon that among all the chaunges and chaunces of this mortall lyfe they maye euer be defended by thy moste gracyous and ready helpe throughe Christe oure Lorde Amen O Almightie Lorde and euerliuyng God vouchsafe we beeseche thee to directe sanctifye and gouerne bothe oure heartes and bodies in the wayes of thy lawes and in the workes of thy commaundemētes that through thy most mightie proteccyon both here and euer we maye be preserued in body and soule through our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christe Amen GRaunt we beseche thee almightie god that the wordes whiche we haue hearde this daye with oure outwarde eares may throughe thy grace bee so grafted inwardlye in oure heartes that they may bryng for the in vs the fruite of good lyuing to the honour and prayse of thy name throughe Iesus Christe oure Lorde Amen PReuent vs O Lorde in all our doinges with thy moste gracyous fauoure and further vs with thy contynuall helpe that in all oure workes begon continued and ended in thee we maye glorifye thy holy name and fynally by thy mercye obtayne euerlastyng lyfe throughe Iesus Chryste oure Lorde Amen ALmightye God the fountayne of all wysdome whyche knowest our necessities before we aske and oure ignoraunce in asking we beseche thee to haue compassyon vpon our infirmities and those thinges whiche for our vnworthinesse we dare not and for oure blindnes we cannot aske vouchesafe to geue vs for the worthynesse of thy sonne Iesus Christe oure Lourde Amen ALmightie God whiche haste promised to heare the peticyons of them that aske in thy sonnes name we beeseche thee mercifully to enclyne thyne eares to vs that haue made nowe oure prayers and supplycacyons vnto thee and graunte that those thynges whiche we faithfully asked accordyng to the wyll may effectually bee obteyned to the reliefe of oure necessitie and to the settyng foorth of thy glorye through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen Vpon the holy dayes yf there be no Communion shal be sayde al that is appoynted at the Communiō vntill the ende of the Homelye concludyng with the generall prayer for the whole state of Christes church militant here in earth one or moe of these Collectes beefore rehearsed as occasion shall serue And there shal be no celebracion of the Lordes supper except there bee a good noumbre to commnunicate with the priest according to his discrecyon And yf there bee not aboue twentye persons in the Parishe of discrecion to receiue Communion yet there shal be no Communiō except foure or three at the
the lorde and so thou forgauest the wyckednes of my sinne For this shall euery one that is godlye make hys prayer vnto thee in a tyme when thou mayest be founde but in the great water fluddes they shall not come nighe hym Thou arte a place to hyde me in thou shalte preserue me from trouble thou shalte compasse me rounde aboute with songes of delyueraunce I wyll enforme thee and teache thee in the way wherein thou shalt goe and I wyll guyde thee with myne eye Be ye not lyke horse and mule whyche haue no vnderstaning whose mouthes must be holden with bitte and bridle lest they fall vpon thee Great plagues remaine for the vngodly but whoso putteth his trust in the lord mercy embraceth him on euery syde Be glad O ye righteous and reioyce in the Lord and bee ioyfull all ye that are true of hearte Exultate iusti in domino Psalm xxxiii REioice in the lord O ye righteous for it becommeth well the iust to be thankefull Prayse the lorde with harpe syng Psalmes vnto hym with the lute and instrument of ten strynges Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song syng prayses iustlye vnto hym with a good corage For the worde of the Lord is true and al his workes are faithfull He loueth righteousnes and iudgemente the earthe is full of the goodnes of the lorde By the worde of the Lord were the heauens made and al the hostes of them by the breath of hys mouth He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpō an heape and layeth vp the depe as in a treasure house Let all the earth feare the lorde stand in awe of him al ye that dwell in the worlde For he spake and it was done he commaunded and it stode faste The lord bryngeth the counsell of the heathen to naught and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effect and casteth out the counsailes of princes The counsayll of the Lorde shall indure for euer and the thoughtes of hys hearte from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people whose god is the Lord Iehouah blessed are the folke that haue chosen hym to bee theyr inheritaunce The lorde loked downe from heauen and behelde all the children of men from the habitacion of his dwellyng he cōsidereth all them that dwell in the earth He fashioned all the heartes of them and vnderstandeth all theyr workes There is no king that can be saued by the multitude of an host neither is any mightie man deliuered by much strēgth A horse is coumpted but a vayne thyng to saue a man neither shall he deliuer any man by hys 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 delyuer theyr soules from death and to feede them in tyme of dearth Our soule hath paciently taried for the lord for he is oure helpe and our shielde For our heart shall reioyce in him because we haue hoped in hys holy name Let thy mercifull kyndnesse O lorde be vpon vs like as we haue put our trust in thee Benedicam dominum Psalm xxxiiii I Wyll alwaye geue thankes vnto the Lord his praise shall euer be in my mouth My soule shal make her bost in the lord the humble shal heare therof and be glad O prayse the Lorde with me and let vs magnifye hys name together I sought the Lorde and he hearde me yea he deliuered me out of all my feare They had an eye vnto hym and were lightened and their faces were not ashamed Loe the poore cryeth and the Lord heareth hym yea and saueth hym out of all his troubles The Aungel of the Lord tarieth round aboute them that feare hym and deliuereth them O taste and see howe gracious the Lorde is blessed is the man that trusteth in hym O feare the Lord ye that be hys sainctes for they that feare hym lacke nothing The lyons doe lacke and suffre hunger but they whyche s eke the Lorde s hall want no maner of thyng that is good Come ye children and hearken vnto me I wyll teache you the feare of the Lord. What man is he that lusteth to lyue and woulde fayne see good dayes kepe thy tongue from euill and thy lippes that they speake no guyle Eschewe euyll and doe good seke peace and ensue it The eyes of the Lorde are ouer the righteous and hys eares are open vnto theyr prayers The countenaunce of the Lord is againste them that doe euil to roote out the remēbraunce of them frō of the earthe The righteous crye and the Lord heareth them and deliuereth them out of all theyr troubles The lorde is nygh vnto them that are of a contrite heart and wyll saue suche as be of an humble spirite Great are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord deliuereth hym out of all He kepeth all hys bones so that not one of them is broken But misfortune shal staye the vngodly and they that hate the righteous shal be desolate The Lorde deliuereth the soules of hys seruauntes and all they that put theyr truste in hym shall not bee destitute Iudica domine nocentes Psalm xxxv Mornīg prayer PLeade thou my cause O Lorde with them that striue with me and fight thou againste them that fighte agaynst me Lay hand vpon the shielde and buckeler and stand vp to helpe me Bring furth the speare and stoppe the way against them that persecute me saye vnto my soule I am thy saluacion Let them be confounded and put to shame that seke after my soule let them be turned backe and brought to confusiō that ymagine mischiefe for me Let them be as the dust before the wynde and the aungel of the Lorde scattering them Let their way be darke and slippery and let the Aungell of the Lorde persecute them For they haue prieuely layde theyr nette to destroye me without a cause yea euen without a cause haue they made a pytte for my soule Let a sodaine destruccion come vpon him vnawares and hys net that he hath layde priuely catch himself that he may fall into hys owne mischiefe And my soule be ioyfull in the Lord it shall reioyce in his saluacyon And my bones shall saye Lorde who is lyke vnto thee whiche deliuerest the poore from hym the is to strong for hym yea the pore him the is in misery from him the spoyleth hym False witnes did rise vp they laid to my charge thynges that I knowe not They rewarded me euill for good to the great discoumforte of my soule Neuerthelesse when they wer sicke I put on sackeclothe and humbled my soule with fasting my prayer shall turne into myne owne bosome I behaued my self as though it had been my frend or my brother I went heuely as one the mourneth for his mother But in myne aduersitie they reioysed gathered them together yea the verye abiectes came together agaynste me vnawares makyng mowes at me and ceassed not With the flatterers
Syon for it is tyme that thou haue mercy vpon her yea the time is come And why thy seruauntes thynke vpon her siones and it pietieth them to see her in the dust The Heathen shall feare thy name O Lorde and all the Kynges of the earth thy Maiestie When the Lorde shall build vp Syon and when his glory shall appeare When he turneth hym vnto the prayer of the poore destytute and despyseth not theyr desyre This shal be written for those that come after and the people whiche shal be borne shall prayse the Lorde For he hathe loked downe from his sanctuary out of the heauen did the lord bebold the earth That he mighte heare the mourninges of suche as bee in captiuitie and delyuer the children appoynted vnto deathe That they maye declare the name of the Lorde in Syon and hys woorship at Ierusalem When the people are gathered together and the kyngedomes also to serue the Lorde He brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortned my dayes But I sayd O my God take me not awaye in the middest of mine age as for thy yeares they endure througeout all generacions Thou Lorde in the beginning hast layd the foundacions of the earth and the heauens are the worke of thy handes They shall perishe but thou shalte endure they all shall waxe olde as doeth a garment And as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them and they shal bee chaunged but thou art thesame and thy yeres shall not fayle The children of the seruauntes shall continue and theyr seede shall stand fast in thy sight Benedic anima mea psalm ciii PRayse the Lord O my soule and all that is within me prayse his holy name Prayse the Lorde O my soule and forgeat not al his benefites Whiche forgeueth all thy synne and healeth all thyne infirmities Whyche saueth thy lyfe from destruccyon and crouneth thee with mercy and louing kindnes Whiche satisfyed thy mouth with good thyges makyng thee young and lusty as an Eagle The Lorde executeth rygteousnes and iudgemente for all them that are oppressed with wrong He shewed his wayes vnto Moyses his woorkes vnto the children of Israel The lorde is full of compassion and mercy long suffryng and of great goodnes He will not alway bee chyding neither kepet he his angre for euer He hathe not dealt with vs after our sinnes nor rewarded vs according to our wickednesses For loke how hie the heauen is in comparisō of the earth so great is hys mercy also toward them that feare hym Loke howe wyde also the East is from the West so farre hath he set our snnes from vs. Yea lyke as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the Lord mercyfull vnto them that feare hym For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but duste The dayes of man are but as grasse for he florisheth as a floure of the fielde For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it it is gone and the place therof shall know it nomore But the mercyfull goodnes of the Lorde endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare him and his righteousnesse vpon chylders children Euen vpon suche as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to doe them The Lorde hathe prepared his seate in heauen and hys kyngdom ruleth ouer all O prayse the Lorde ye Aungels of hys ye that excell in strength ye that fulfyll his commaundement and hearken vnto the voyce of hys wordes O prayse the Lord all ye his hostes ye seruauntes of his that doe his pleasure O speake good of the Lord all ye workes of his in al places of his dominion prayse thou the Lord O my soule Benedic anima mea psalm ciiii Euening prayer PRaise the Lord O my soule O Lord my God thou art become exceding glorious thou art clothed with maiestie and honour Thou deckest thy selfe with lighte as it were with a garment and spredest out the heauens lyke a curtaine Whych layeth the beames of his chambers in the waters and maketh the cloudes his charet and walketh vpon the wynges of the wynde He maketh hys Aungelles spirites and his ministers a flamyng fyre He laied the foundacions of the earth that it neuer should moue at any tyme. Thou coueredst it with the depe lyke as with a garment the waters stande in the hilles At thy rebuke they stye at the voyce of thy thunder they are afrayde They goe vp as hye as the hylles and downe in the valleyes benethe euen vnto the place whiche thou hast appointed for them Thou hast sette them theyr bondes whiche they shall not passe neyther turne agayne to couer the earth He sendeth the sprynges into the ryuers whiche runne among the hylles Al beastes of the fielde drinke thereof and the wild Asses quenche theyr thirst Beside them shall the foules of the ayre haue theyr habitacyon and syng among the braunches He watereth the hylles from aboue the earthe is fylled with the fruite of thy workes He bringeth foorth grasse for the cattell and greene herbe for the seruice of menne That he maye bring fode out of the earth and wyne that maketh glad the hearte of man oyle to make him a cherefull countenaunce and bread to strength mans hearte The trees of the Lord also are full of sappe euen the Ceders of Libanus whiche he hath planted Wherin the birdes make theyr nestes and the firre trees are a dwellyng for the Storke The hye hylles are a refuge for the wylde goates and so are the stony rockes for the Conies He appoynted the Moone for certayne seasons and the Sunne knoweth his goyng downe Thou makest darkenes that it may bee night wherin all the beastes of the forest doe moue The Lyons roaryng after theyr praye dooe seeke theyr meate at God The Sunne ariseth and they geat them away together and laye them downe in theyr dennes Man goeth forthe to his worke and to his labour vntyll the euenyng O Lorde how manifold are thy workes in wysdom hast thou made them all the earth is full of thy ryches So is the great and wide sea also wherein are thynges crepyng innumerable both small and great beastes There goe the shippes and there is that Leuiathan whō thou hast made to take his pastyme therein These wayte all vpon thee that thou mayste geue them meate in due season When thou geuest it them they gather it and when thou openest thy hand they are fylled with good When thou hidest thy face they are troubled when thou takest awaye theyr breath they dye and are turned agayne to theyr duste When thou lettest thy breath goe forth they shal be made and thou shalt renew the face of the earth The glorious maiestie of the Lorde shall endure for euer the Lord shall reioyce in his workes The earthe shall tremble at the loke of him yf he doe but touche the hilles they shall smoke I wyll syng vnto the Lorde as long as I lyue I wyll prayse my God whyle I haue my beyng And
shall folowe certayne Psalmes in ordre as they be appoynted in a Table made for that purpose except there be proper psalmes appoynted for that daye And at th end of euery Psalme throughoute the yeare and likewise in th end of Benedictus Benedicite Magnificat and Nunc dimittis shal be repeated Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. Then shal be read two Lessons distinctly with a loude voyce that the people may heare The first of the olde Testamente the second of the new Lyke as they be appoynted by the Kalender except there be proper Lessons assigned for that daye the Minister that readeth the Lesson standing and turning him so as he may best be hard of al such as be present And before euery Lesson the Minister shall saye thus The firste seconde thyrd or fourth Chapiter of Genesis or Exodus Mathew Marke or other like as is appointed in the Kalender And in the ende of euery Chapiter he shall saye ¶ Here endeth suche a Chapiter of suche a Booke And to th end the people may the better heare in such places where they doe syng there shall the Lessons be song in a playne tune after the maner of distinct reading and lykewyse the Epistle and Gospel After the fyrst Lesson shal folowe Te deum laudamus in English dayly through the whole yeare Te deū laudamus WE praise thee O God we knowledge thee to be the Lorde All the earth doeth worship thee the father euerlasting To thee all Angels crye aloude the heauens and al the powers therein To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually doe crye Holy holy holy Lorde God of Sabaoth Heauen and earth are full of the Maiestie of thy glorye The glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee The goodly felowship of the Prophetes prayse thee The noble army of Martyrs prayse thee The holy Churche throughout al the word doth knowledge thee The father of an infinite Maiestie Thy honourable true and onely sonne Also the holy gost the comforter Thou art the king of glory O Christ Thou art the euerlastyng sonne of the father When thou tokest vpon thee to delyuer man thou diddest not abhorre the vyrgins wombe When thou hadst ouercomed the sharpenes of death thou didst open the kingdom of heauen to al beleuers Thou syttest on the ryghte hande 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 hast redemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be numbred with thy Sainctes in glorye euerlastyng O Lorde saue thy people and blesse thine heritage Gouerne them and lift them vp for euer Daye by daye we magnifie thee And we worship thy name euer world withoute ende Vouchsafe O Lord to kepe vs this daye without sinne O Lord haue mercy vpon vs haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpon vs as our trust is in thee O lord in thee haue I trusted let me neuer be confounded Or this canticle Benedicite omnia opera domini domino Benedicite O All ye workes of the Lorde blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O ye Aungels of the Lord blesse ye the Lorde prayse ye hym and magnifie him for euer O ye heauens blesse ye the Lorde praise him and magnifie hym for euer O ye waters that bee aboue the fyrmament blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O all ye powers of the Lorde blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O ye Sunne and moone blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O ye starres of heauen blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye showres and dewe blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye wyndes of God blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O ye fyre and heate blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O ye wynter and summer blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye dewes and frostes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye froste and colde blesse ye the lord prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye Ise and snowe blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye nyghtes and dayes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye lyght and darkenes blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O ye lightninges and cloudes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O let the earth blesse the lorde yea let it prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye Mountaynes and hilles blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O all ye grene thynges vpon the earth blesse ye the lord prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye welles blesse ye the lord praise him and magnifie hym for euer O ye Seas and floudes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O ye whales and all that moue in the waters blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O all ye foules of the ayre blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O all ye beastes and cattell blesse ye the lord prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O ye children of men blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnify hym for euer O let Israel blesse the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye Priestes of the Lorde blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O ye seruauntes of the Lorde blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye spirites and soules of the righteous blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye holy and humble men of heart blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O Ananias Azarias and Misael blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the. c. As it was in the beginning is now and euer c. And after the second Lesson shal be vsed and sayd Benedictus in Englishe as foloweth Benedictus BLessed bee the Lorde God of Israel for he hath visited and redemed hys people And hath raysed vp a mightie saluacion for vs in the house of hys seruaunt Dauid As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which haue been sence the worlde began That we should bee saued from oure enemies and from the handes of all that hate vs. To perfourme the mercy promised to oure forefathers and to remember his holy couenaunt To perfourme the oth which he sware to oure forefather Abraham that he would geue vs. That we beyng deliuered oute of the handes of our enemies myght serue hym without feare In holynes and righteousnes before him al the dayes of our lyfe And thou childe shalte be called the
Prophete of the highest for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare hys wayes To geue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remission of theyr synnes Through the tender mercy of our God wherby the daye spryng from an high hath visited vs. To geue light to them that sit in darkenes and in the shadowe of death and to guide our fete into the way of peace Glorye bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. Or els thys Psalme Iubilate deo psa c O Be ioyfull in the lord al ye landes serue the lord with gladnes and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the lord he is god it is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are his people and the shepe of his pasture O goe youre waye into hys gates with thankesgeuing and into his courtes with prayse be thankefull vnto hym and speake good of hys name For the Lord is gracious his mercy is euerlasting and hys trueth endureth from generacion to generacion Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the. c. As it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be world without ende Amen Then shal be sayd the Crede by the Minister and the people standing I Beleue in god the father almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Chryste hys onely sonne our Lorde Which was conceiued by the holy goste borne of the virgin Marye Suffred vnder Ponce Pilate was crucified dead and buryed he descended into hell The thyrd daye he rose agayn from the dead He ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hande of God the father almightye From thence shall he come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleue in the holye goste The holye Catholyke Churche The communyon of Saynctes The forgeuenesse of synnes The resurreccyon of the body And the lyfe euerlastyng Amen ¶ And after that these prayers folowyng aswel at Euenyng prayer as at Morning prayer all deuoutely knelyng The Minister first pronouncyng with a loude voyce The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite The Minister ¶ Let vs pray Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Then the Minister Clerkes and people shall saye the Lordes prayer in Englishe with a loude voyce ¶ Our father which art in heauen c. Then the Minister standing vp shal saye O lorde shewe thy mercy vpon vs. Aunswere And graunt vs thy saluacion ¶ Priest O Lorde saue the kyng Aunswere And mercifully heare vs when we call vpon thee ¶ Priest Indue thy ministers with righteousnes Aunswere And make thy chosen people ioyfull Priest O lord saue thy people Aunswere And blesse thyne enheritaunce Priest Geue peace in our tyme O Lorde Aunswere Because there is none other that fighteth for vs but onely thou O God Priest O God make cleane our heartes within vs. Aunswere And take not thyne holy spirite from vs. Then shall folowe three Collectes The first of the day which shal be the same that is appointed at the Communion The second for peace The third for grace to liue wel And the two last Collectes shal neuer alter but dayly be said at Morning prayer throughout all the yeare as foloweth The second Collecte for Peace O God whiche arte aucthour of peace and louer of concorde in knowledge of whom standeth oure eternall lyfe whose seruice is perfecte freedome defende vs thy humble seruauntes in al assaultes of our enemies that we surely trustyng in thy defence may not feare the power of any aduersaryes through the might of of Iesu Christ our lord Amen The thyrd Collect for grace O Lord our heauenly father almightie and euerlasting god which hast safely brought vs in the beginning of thys daye defende vs the same with thy mightie power and graunte that this day we fall into no synne neither runne into any kinde of daunger but that all our doynges maye be ordered by thy gouernaunce to doe alwayes that is righteous in thy syghte throughe Iesus Chryste oure Lorde Amen ¶ An ordre for Euening prayer throughout the yeare The Priest shall saye ¶ Our father which art c Then lykewyse he shall saye O Lorde open thou our lyppes Aunswere And our mouth shall shewe foorth thy prayse Priest O God make spede to saue vs. Aunswere Lord make hast to helpe vs. Priest Glory bee to the father to the sonne to the holy goste As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be world without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lorde Then Psalmes in ordre as they be appoynted in the Table for Psalmes excepte there be proper Psalmes appoynted for that daye Then a Lesson of the olde Testamente as is appoynted lykewyse in the Kalender except there be proper Lessons appoynted for that day After that Magnificat in Englishe as foloweth Magnificat MY soule doeth magnifie the Lorde and my spirite hath reioysed in God my Sauioure For he hath regarded the lowelines of his handmayden For behold from henceforth al generacions shal cal me blessed For he that is mightie hath magnified me and holy is hys name And hys mercy is on them that feare hym throughout al generacions He hath shewed strēgth with hys arme he hath scattered the proude in the ymaginacyon of theyr heartes He hath put down the mightie from their seate and hath exalted the humble and meke He hath fylled the hungrye with good thynges and the riche he hath sente emptye awaye He remembryng his mercy hathe holpen hys seruaunte Israel as he promised to our forefathers Abraham and hys seede for euer Glory bee to the father and to the sonne to the holy ghost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen ¶ Or els this Psalme Cantate domino psa xcviii O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song for he hathe done merueylous thynges With his owne ryght hand and with hys holye arme hath he gotten hymselfe the victory The Lorde declared hys saluacyon hys ryghteouseness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hathe remembred hys mercye and trueth towarde the house of Israel and all the endes of the world haue seen the saluacyon of oure God Shew youre selues ioyfull vnto the Lorde all ye landes sing reioyce and geue thankes Prayse the Lorde vpon the harpe syng to the harpe with a Psalme of thankesgeuyng With trompettes also shawmes O shewe youre selues ioyfull before the Lorde the kyng Let the sea make a noyse and all that therein is the round worlde and they that dwell therein Let the floudes clappe theyr handes and let the hylles be ioyfull together before the Lorde for he is come to iudge the earthe With righteousnes shall he iudge the world and the people with equitie Glory be to the father c. As it was in the
O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners Remember not lord our offences nor the offences of our forefather neither take thou vengeaunce of our synnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed with thy most precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From al euil and mischiefe from synne from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnacion Good Lorde delyuer vs. From all blindnes of heart from pryde vayne glory and hipocrisy from enuy hatered and malice and al vncharitablenes Good lorde delyuer vs. From fornicacion and al other deadly synne and from al the deceites of the worlde the flesh and the deuil Good Lord delyuer vs. From lightninges tempestes from plage pestilence famine from battayle murther and from sodayne death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedicion and priuie conspiracie from the tiranny of the Bishop of Rome all his detestable enormities from all false doctrine and heresy from hardnes of hearte and contempt of thy woord and commaundement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnacion by thy holy Natiuitie and Cyrcumcision by thy Baptysme fastyng and temptacion Good Lord deliuer vs. By thyne agony and bloudy sweat by thy crosse passion by thy precious death buriall by thy glorious resurreccion and ascencion and by the coming of the holy ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulacion in al time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day of iudgement Good lord deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseche thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it way please thee to rule and gouerne thy holye churche vniuersally in the right way We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to kepe Edwarde the sixth thy seruaunt our kyng and gouernour We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his hearte in thy fayth feare and loue that he maye always haue affyaunce in thee and euer seke thy honour and glory We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be hys defender and keper geuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseche thee to heare vs good lord That it may please thee to illuminate all Bisshops Pastours Ministers of the Church with true knowledge vnderstanding of thy word that both by theyr preachyng and liuing they may set it furth and shewe it accordyngly We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to endue the Lordes of the counsayle and all the nobilitie with grace wysdome and vnderstanding We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and kepe the Magistrates geuing them grace to execute iustice and to mayntayn trueth We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and kepe all thy people We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue to all nacions vnitie peace and concord We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue vs an hearte to loue and dreade thee and diligently to liue after thy commaundementes We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue all thy people encrease of grace to heare mekely thy woord and to receiue it with pure affeccion and to bring furth the fruites of the spirite We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to bring in to the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthē such as do stand to comfort and helpe the weake harted to rayse them vp that fall finally to beate down Satan vnder out fete We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour helpe and comforte all that be in daunger necessitie and tribulacion We beseche thee to heare vs good lord That it may please thee to preserue all that trauayle by land or by water all weomen labouryng of child all sicke persons and yong children and to shewe thy pietie vpon all priesoners and captiues We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to defende and prouyde for the fatherles children and widdowes and all that be desolate and oppresed We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all menne We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgeue our enemies persecutours and slaunderers and to turne their heartes We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to geue and preserue to our vse the kindly fruites of the earth so as in due tyme we maye enioye them We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue vs true repentaunce to forgeue vs all our synnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amend our lyues according to the holy worde We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. O lambe of God that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde Graunt vs thy peace O lambe of God that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion But delyuer vs from euill The versicle O Lorde deale not with vs after our synnes The aunswere Neyther rewarde vs after our iniquities ¶ Let vs praye O God merciful father that despysest not the sighing of a contrite hearte nor the desyre of such as be sorowful mercifully assist oure prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersyties whensoeuer they oppresse vs. And graciously heare vs that those euils whiche the craft and subtiltie of the deuil or man worketh against vs be brought to naught and by the prouidence of thi goodnes they may be dispersed the we thy seruauntes beyng hurt by no persecucions may euermore geue thankes vnto thee in thy holy churche through Iesu Christ our Lorde O Lord aryse helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy names sake O
God we haue heard with our eares and oure fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble woorkes that thou dydst in theyr dayes and in the olde tyme before them O Lord aryse helpe vs and delyuer vs for thyne honor Glory bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holye gost as it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be worlde without ende Amen ¶ From our enemyes defende vs O Christ Graciously loke vpon our affliccions Pietifully beholde the sorowes of our heart Mercifully forgeue the sinnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers O sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Chryst Graciously heare vs O Christ graciously heare vs O lord Christ ¶ The versicle O Lorde let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. ¶ The aunswere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humblye beseche thee O father mercifullye to looke vpon oure infirmities and for the glorye of thy names sake turne from vs al those euils that we moste righteously haue deserued and graunte that in all our troubles we may put our whole truste and confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue thee in holines and purenes of liuing to thy honour and glory Throughe oure onely mediatour and aduocate Iesus Christ our lord Amen For rayne if the tyme require O God heauenly father which by thy sonne Iesu Christ hast promised to all thē that seke thy kyngdome and the ryghteousnesse thereof all thinges necessary to their bodyly suffenaunce sende vs we beseche thee in this our necessitie such moderate raine and showres that we may receyue the fruytes of the earth to oure comfort and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen For fayre weather O Lorde god whiche for the synne of man didst once drown all the world except eight persōs and afterward of thy great mercy didst promise neuer to destroye it so agayne we humbly beseche thee that although we for our iniquities haue wortheli deserued this plague of raine and waters yet vpō our true repentaunce thou wilt sende vs suche weather whereby we may receiue the fruites of the earth in due seasō and learne both by thy punishment to amende our lyues and for thy clemencye to geue thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen In the tyme of dearth and famyne O God heauenly father whose gift it is that the rain doeth fall the earth is fruitefull beastes increases and fishes doe multiply beholde we beseche thee thaffticcions of thy people and graunte that the scarcitie and dearthe whiche we dooe nowe moste iustelye suffer for our iniquitie may through thy goodnesse be mercifullye turned into cheapenes and plentie for the loue of Iesu Christ our Lorde to whome with thee and the holye ghoste c. Or thus O God mercifull father whiche in the time of Heliseus the Prophete didst sodaynly turne in Samaria great scarcitie and dearth into plentie and cheapenes and extreme famine into abundaunce of victuall haue pitie vpon vs that nowe bee punisshed for our synnes with lyke aduersitie encrease the fruites of the earth by thy heauenly benediccion And graunte that we receyuing thy bountifull liberalitie may vse thesame to thy glory our comforte and reliefe of oure nedye neyghbours through Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen In the tyme of Warre O Almightie god king of al kinges and gouernour of all thinges whose power no creature is hable to resist to whom it belongeth iustely to punyshe synners and to be mercyfull to them that truely repent saue and delyuer vs we humbly beseche thee from the handes of our enemyes abate their pride asswage their malice and confounde their deuises that we beeyng armed with thy defence may be preserued euermore from al perils to gloryfye thee whiche art the onely geuer of all victorye throughe the merites of thy onely sonne Iesu Chryste oure Lorde In the tyme of any common plague or sickenesse O Almightie God whiche in thy wrath in the tyme of king Dauid didst slea with the plague of pestilence .ix. and ten thousande and yet remembryng thy mercy didst saue the reste haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners that now are visited with great sickenes and mortalitie that like as thou didst then commaunde thy Aungell to ceasse from punishing So it maye nowe please thee to withdraw from vs this plague and greuouse sickenes through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ And the Letany shall euer ende with thys Collecte folowyng ALmightie God whiche haste geuen vs grace at thys tyme with one accorde to make oure common supplicacions vnto thee and dooest promise that when two or three be gathered in thi name thou wilt graunte their requestes fulfyll nowe O Lorde the desyres and petycyons of thy seruauntes as maye be moste expedyente for them grauntyng vs in thys worlde knowledge of thy trueth and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen The Collectes Epistles and Gospelles to be vsed at the celebracyon of the Lordes supper and holy Communion through the yeare The first Sundaye of Aduente ¶ The Collecte ALmightie god geue vs grace that we may cast away the workes of darkenes and put vpon vs the armour of lyght now in the tyme of thys mortall life in the whiche thy sōne Iesus Christ came to visite vs in great humilitie that in the last day when he shal come agayne in hys glorious maiestie to iudge bothe the quicke and the dead we maye ryse to the lyfe immortall throughe hym who lyueth and reygneth with thee and the holy gost nowe and euer Amen ¶ The Epistle Rom. xiii OWe nothyng to any man but this that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfylleth the lawe For these commaundementes Tou shalte not commytte adulterye Thou shalte not kyll Thou shalte not steale Thou shalt beare no false witnes Thou shalte not luste and so foorth yf there be any other commaundemente it is all comprehended in thys saying namely loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Loue hurteth not his neighbour therfore is loue the fulfilling of the law Thys also we knowe the season howe that it is tyme that we should nowe awake out of slepe for nowe is our saluacion nerer then when we beleued The nyghte is passed the daye is come nie let vs therefore caste awaye the dedes of darkenesse and let vs put on the armour of lyght Let vs walke honestly as it were in the daye lighte not in eatyng and drinkyng neyther in chaumbouring and wantonnes neither in strife and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christe and make not prouision for the fleshe to fulfyll the lustes of it ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxi ANd when they drew nigh to Ierusalem and were come to Bethphage vnto Mounte Oliuete then sente Iesus two of hys disciples saying vnto them goe into the towne that lieth ouer agaynste you and anone you shal fynde an Asse bound and a colte with her looce thē and bryng them vnto me And if
vesture For she sayed within her selfe If I maye touche but euen his vesture onelye I shal be safe But Iesus turned him about and whē he saw her he sayed daughter be of good comfort thy fayth hath made thee safe And the woman was made whole euen the same time And whē Iesus came into the rulers house and saw the mynstrelles and people makyng a noyse he sayed vnto them geat you hence for the mayde is not dead but slepeth And they laughed him to scorne But when the people were put forth he went in and toke her by the hande and sayed damosell arise And the damosel arose And this noyse was abrode in all that lande ¶ The .xxv. Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. STiere vp we beseche thee O lord the willes of thy faithfull people that thei plenteously bringing forth the fruite of good woorkes maye of thee bee plenteouslye rewarded through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ier. xxiii BEholde the tyme commeth sayeth the Lord that I wil rayse vp the righteous braunche of Dauid whiche king shall beare rule and he shall prosper with wisedome and shall sette vp equitie and ryghteousnesse agayne in earth In his tune shall Iuda be saued and Israell shall dwell withoute feare And thys is the name that they shall call hym euen the LORDE oure ryghteousnesse and therefore behold the time commeth sayeth the Lorde that it shall bee no more sayede the Lorde lyueth whiche broughte the children of Israel oute of the lande of Egipte But the Lorde lyueth whiche broughte forth and lead the seede of the house of Israel oute of the North land and from al contreyes where I haue scattered them and thye shall dwell in theyr owne lande agayne ¶ The Gospell Iohn vi WHen Iesus lift vp his eyes and saw a great company come vnto him he saith vnto Philip whēce shall we bye bread that these maye eate This he sayd to proue him for he himselfe knewe what he woulde dooe Philip aunswered hym two hundreth penyworth of bread are not sufficient for them that euerye man may take a little One of his disciples Andrew Sunō Peters brother sayed vnto hym There is a lad here whiche hath fiue barley loaues and two fishes but what are they among so many And Iesus said make the people sit downe There was much grasse in the place So the men sate down in numbre about fiue thousand And Iesus toke the bread and when he had geuen thankes he gaue to the disciples the disciples to them that were set downe And likewyse of the fisshes as much as they would When they had eaten ynoughe he sayeth vnto hys disciples Gather vp the broken meate which remayneth that nothing be lost And they gathered it together and filled twelue baskets with the broken meate of the fiue barley loaued whiche broken meate remayned vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seen the miracle that Iesus did sayd this is of a trueth thesame prophete that should come into the worlde Yf there be any moe Sundaies beefore Aduente Sunday to supply thesame shal be taken the seruice of some of those Sundaies that were omitted betwene the Epiphanie and Septuagesima ¶ Sainct Andrewes daye ¶ The Collect. ALmightie god which didst geue suche grace vnto thy holy Apostle Sainct Andrewe that he redely obeyed the calling of thy sonne Iesus Christe folowed him without delaye Graunte vnto vs al that we being called by thy holy word may furth with geue ouer our selues obedyently to folowe thy holy commaundementes throughe the same Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Roma x. IF thou knowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the lord and belieue in thy heart that god raised him vp from death thou shalte be safe For to belieue with the hearte iustifieth and to knoweledge with the mouth maketh a man safe For the scripture faieth whosoeuer belieueth on him shal not be confounded There is no difference betwene the Iewe and the Gentile For one is Lord of all which is riche vnto al that cal vpon hym For whosoeuer doeth call on the name of the Lorde shal be safe How then shall they call on him on whom they haue not beleued How shal they belieue on him on whom they haue not heard How shall they heare without a preacher And howe sall they preache without they be sent As it is written howe beautifull are the fete of them whiche bring tidinges of peace and bryng tydinges of good thynges But the haue not all obeyed to the gospell For Esay sayth Lord who hath belieued our sayinges so then fayth cometh by hearyng and hearyng commeth by the worde of God But I aske haue they not heard no doubt their sound went out into all landes and their wordes into the endes of worlde But I demaund whether Israel did knowe or not Fyrst Moses saieth I will prouoke you to enuy by them that are no people by a foolishe nacion I wyll anger you Esay after that is bolde and sayeth I am founde of them that soughte me not I am many feste vnto them that asked not after me But agaynste Israel he sayeth All day long haue I stretched forth my handes vnto a people that belieueth not but speaketh agaynste me ¶ The Gospell Mat. iiii AS Iesus walked by the Sea of Galile he sawe two brethren Simon whiche was called Peter and Andrew his brother castyng a nette into the Sea for they were fisshers and he sayeth vnto them folowe me and I wil make you to become fisshers of men And they streight waye left their nettes and folowed him And when he was gone furth from thence he sawe other two brethen Iames the sonne of zebede and Iohn hys brother in the ship with zebede their father mendyng their nettes and he called them And they immediatly lefte the ship and their father and folowed him Sainct Thomas the Apostle ¶ The Collecte ALmighty euerliuing god which for the more confirmacion of the faith didst suffre thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy sonnes resurreccion graunt vs so perfectly and without all doubt to beleue in thy sonne Iesus Christ that our fayth in thy syght neuer be reproued heare vs O lord through the same Iesus Christ to whom wyth thee and the holy gost be all honour c. ¶ The Epistle Ephe. ii NOwe are ye not straungers nor foreyners but citezens with the sainctes and of the housholde of God and are built vpon the foundacion of the Apostles and Prophetes Iesus Chrst himself being the head corner stone in whom what building soeuer is coupled together it groweth vnto an holy temple of the Lord in whom also ye are built together to be an habitacion of God through the holy gost ¶ The Gospell Iohn xx THomas one of the twelue which is called Didimus was not with them when Iesus came The other disciples therefore sayd vnto him we haue seen the Lord. But he sayd vnto
then shall it bee to late to knocke when the dore shal be shut and to late to crye for mercye when it is the tyme of iustice O terrible voyce of moste iuste iudgemente whyche shal be pronounced vpon them when it shal be sayde vnto them goe ye cursed into the fyre euerlastyng whiche is prepared for the deuill and hys Aungels Mat. xxv therefore brethren take we hede betime while the day of saluacion lasteth ii Cor. vi for the night cometh when none can woorke Ioh. ix but let vs whyle we haue the lyght beleue in the lyghte and walke as the chyldren of the lyght that we bee not cast into the vtter darknes where is weping and gnashyng of teeth Mat. xxv Let vs not abuse the goodnes of God whyche calleth vs mercyfully to amendmente and of hys endlesse pietie promiseth vs forgeuenesse of that which is past yf with a whole minde and true heart we returne vnto hym for though our sinnes bee redde as scarlet they shal be as whyte as Snowe Esai i. Ezechiel xxviii and thoughe they be lyke purple yet shall they be as whyte as wolle Turne you clene sayth the Lorde from all your wickednesse and your sinne shall not bee your destruccion Cast awaye from you al your vngodlines that ye haue done make you new heartes and a newe spirite wherefore wyll ye dye O ye house of Israel Seeing that I haue no pleasure in the death of him that dieth saith the lord god i. Iohn ii Turne you then you shall liue Althoughe we haue sinned yet haue we an aduocate with the father Iesus Christe the righteous Esai liii and he it is that obteyneth grace for oure sinnes for he was wounded for oure offences and smitten for oure wyckednes Let vs therfore returne vnto hym who is the mercifull receiuer of al true penitent sinners assuryng our selfe that he is readye to receue vs and moste willing to pardon vs if we come to hym with faytfull repentaunce If we wyll submyt oure selues vnto him from hencefurth walke in his waies If we wil take his easy yoke light burden vpon vs to folow hym in lowlines pacience and charitie Math. xi be ordred by the gouernaunce of his holy spirite seking alwayes his glory scruyng him duelye in our vocacion with thankes geuyng This yf we doe Christe will deliuer vs from the curse of the lawe and from the extreme malediccion whiche shall light vpon them that shal be sette on the left hand Mat. xxv and he wyll sette vs on his ryghte hand and geue vs the blessed benediccyon of hys father cōmaunding vs to take possession of his glorious kingdome vnto the whiche he vouchsafe to bryng vs all for hys infinite mercy Amen Then shal they al knele vpon theyr knees the Priestes and Clerkes knelyng where they are accustomed to saye the Letany shall saye thys Psalme Miserere mei deus Psalm li HAue mercye vpon me O God after thy great goodnesse according to the multitude of thy mercyes doe away myne offences Washe me throughly fro my wickednes and clense me from me synne For I knowledge my faultes and my synne is euer beefore me Agaynst thee only haue I sinned and done this euil in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying and cleare when thou art iudged Beholde I was shapen in wickednes and in sinne hathe my mother conceyued me But loe thou requirest trueth in inwarde parties shalt make me to vnderstande wisedome secretly Thou shalte purge me with Isope and I shal be cleane thou shalt washe me and I shal be whyter then Snowe Thou shalte make me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones whiche thou hast broken may reioyce Turne thy face from my sinnes and putte oute al my misdedes Make me a cleane hearte O God and renewe a righte spirite within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirite from me O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne and stablishe me with thy free spirite Then shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloudguiltinesse O God thou that art the God of my health and my tongue shall syng of thy righteousnesse Thou shalte open my lippes O Lorde my mouthe shall shewe thy prayse For thou desirest no sacrifice els woulde I geue it thee but thou delitest not in burnt offerynges The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirite a broken and a contrite hearte O God shalt thou nor despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the walles of Hierusalem Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of rightousnes with the burnt offerings and oblacions then shal they offer yong bullockes vpon thyne altare Glory be to the father and to the sonne and. c. As it was in the beginnyng and is now c Amen Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which art in heauen c And leade vs not into temptacyon Aunswere But delyuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruauntes Aunswere Which put theyr truste in thee Minister Sende vnto them helpe from aboue Aunswere And euermore mightely defende them Minister Helpe vs O God our sauiour Aunswere And for the glory of thy names sake delyuer vs be merciful vnto vs sinners for thy names sake Minister O Lorde heare our prayers Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee ¶ Let vs praye O Lord we beseche thee mercifully heare oure praiers and spare all those which confesse theyr sinnes to thee that they whose consciences by sinne are accused by thy mercifull pardon may be absolued Throughe Chryste oure Lorde Amen O Most mightie god and merciful father which hast compassiō of al men and hatest nothing that thou hast made whiche wouldest not the death of a sinner but that he should rather turne from sinne be saued mercyfully forgeue vs our trespasses receyue and comfort vs which bee greued and weryed which the burthen of our sinne Thy propertie is to haue mercy to thee onely it apperteineth to forgeue sinnes spare vs therfore good lord spare thy people whom thou haste redemed Entre not into iudgement with thy seruauntes whiche bee vyle earth and miserable sinners but so turne thy yre frō vs which mekely knowledge our vilenes truly repent vs of our faultes so make haste to helpe vs in this worlde that we may euer lyue with thee in the worlde to come through Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen Then shall the people saye thys that foloweth after the Minister TVrne thou vs O good Lorde and so shall we bee turned be fauourable O lorde bee fauourable to thy people which turne to thee in weping fastyng and praying for thou arte a mercifull God full of compassion long sufferyng and of a great pietie Thou sparest when we deserue punishment and in thy
Kynges daughters were among thy honorable wemen vpō thy right hand did stand the Quene in a vesture of golde wrought about with dyuerse colors Herken O daughter and consydre enclyne thyne eare forgeat also thyne owne people and thy fathers house So shall the kyng haue pleasure in thy bewtie for he is thy Lorde God and worshyp thou hym And the daughter of Tire shall be there with gyft lyke as the ryche also among the people shall make theyr supplycacion before thee The Kynges daughter is al glorious within her clothing is of wrought golde She shal be broughte vnto the kyng in rayment of nedle worke the vyrgins that be her felowes shal beare her company and shal be brought vnto thee With ioye and gladnesse shall they be brought and shall entre into the Kynges palace In steade of thy fathers thou shalt haue chyldren whom thou mayst make Princes in all landes I wyll remembre thy name from one generacyon vnto another therefore shall the people geue thankes vnto thee worlde without ende Deus noster refugium Psalm xlvi GOd is oure hope and strength a very presente helpe in trouble Therfore wyl not we feare though the earth be moued though the hilles be caried into the middest of the sea Though the waters therof rage and swell and thoughe the mountaynes shake at the tempest of the same The riuers of the fludde therof shall make glad the cytye of God the holy place of the tabernacle of the most hyest God is in the middest of her therfore shall she not bee remoued God shall helpe her and that righte early The Heathen make muche a doe and the kingdomes are moued but God hathe shewed hys voyce and the earth shal melte awaye The Lorde of hostes is with vs the god of Iacob is oure refuge O come hyther and behold the workes of the Lord what destruccion he hath brought vpon the earth He maketh warres to cease in all the world he breaketh the bowe and knappeth the speare in sunder and burneth the chariotes in the fyre Be styll then and knowe that I am God I wil be exalted among the Heathen and I wil be exalted in the earthe The Lord of hostes is with vs the God of Iacob is our defence Omnes gentes plaudite Psalm xlvii Euening prayer Clap youre handes together all ye people O syng vnto God with the voyce of melodye For the Lorde is hye and to bee feared he is the great kyng vpon all the earth He shall subdue the people vnder vs and the nacions vnder oure feete He shall chose out an heritage for vs euen the worshyp of Iacob whom he loued God is gone vp with a mery noyse and the Lord with the sounde of the trompe O syng prayses syng praises vnto our God O sing prayses syng prayses vnto our Kyng For God is the Kyng of al the earth sing ye prayses with vnderstandyng God reygneth ouer the Heathen God sytteth vpon hys holy seate The Princes of the people are ioyned vnto the people of the God of Abraham for God whiche is very hye exalted doeth defend the earth as it were with a shielde Magnus dominus Psalm xlviii GReat is the Lorde and highely to bee praysed in the cytie of our God euen vpon his holy hyll The hyll of Sion is a fayre place and the ioye of the whole earth vpon the Northsyde lyeth the cytie of the great Kyng God is well knowen in her palaces as a sure refuge For loe the kynges of the earthe are gathered and gone by together They marueyled to see suche thynges they were astonied and sodeynly cast downe Feare came there vpon thē and sorow as vpon a woman in her trauaile Thou shalt breake the shippes of the sea through the East wynde Like as we haue heard so haue we sene in the citie of the lord of hostes in the citie of our god god vpholdeth thesame for euer We waite for thy louing kindnes O god in the middes of thy temple O god according vnto thy name so is thy praise vnto the worldes ende thy right hand is ful of righteousnes Let the mount Sion reioice and the doughters of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgementes Walke about Sion and goe rounde about her and tel the towers therof Marke wel her bulwarkes set vp her houses that ye may tel them that come after For this God is our God for euer and euer he shal be oure guide vnto death Audite hee gentes psal xlix O Heare ye this al ye people pōder it with your eares all ye that dwell in the worlde High and lowe riche and poore one with another My mouth shall speake of wysdome and my heart shall muse of vnderstanding I wil encline mine eare to the parable and shew my darke speache vpon the harpe Wherfore should I feare in the dayes of wickednesse and when the wyckednesse of my heles compasseth me rounde aboute There be some that putte their trust in their goodes and boast themselues in the multitude of their richesse But no man may delyuer his brother nor make agrement vnto god for hym For it cost more to redeme their soules so that he must let that alone for euer Yea though he lyue long and see not the graue For he seeth that wisemen also die and perishe together as wel as the ignoraunt and foolishe and leaue their riches for other And yet they thynke that their houses shall continue for euer and that their dwelling places shal endure from one generacion to another and call the landes after their owne names Neuertheles man wil not abide in honor seeyng he may be compared vnto the beastes that perishe this is the way of them This is their foolishnes and their posteritie prayse theyr saying They lye in the hell like shepe death gnaweth vpon them and the righteous shall haue dominaciō of them in the morning their beautie shal consume in the sepulchre out of their dwellyng But god shal delyuer my soule from the place of hel for he shall receyue me Be not thou afraid though one be made riche or if the glory of hys house be encreased For he shal cary nothyng away with him when he dyeth neyther shal hys pompe folowe hym For whyle he lyued he counted hymselfe an happy man and so long as thou doest wel vnto thy selfe men wyl speake good of thee He shall folowe the generacions of his fathers and shall neuer see lyght Man beyng in honor hath no vnderstanding but is compared vnto the beastes that peryshe Deus deorum dominus psal l. Mornīg prayer THe lord euen the most mightie god hath spoken and called the world from the rising vp of the sunne vnto the goyng down therof Out of Sion hath god appeared in perfecte beautie Oure god shall come and shall not kepe silence there shall goe before him a consuming fier and a mightie tempest that be styred vp rounde about hym He shall call the heauen from aboue and
me O god my god haste thee to helpe me Let them be confounded and perishe that are against my soule let them be couered with shame and dishonoure that seke to doe me euill As for me I wil paciently abyde alwaye and wil prayse thee more and more My mouth shal daily speake of thy righteousnes and saluacion for I knowe no ende therof I wil goe furth in the strength of the Lord god and will make mencion of thy ryghteousnes onely Thou O god haste taughte me from my youth vp vntyll now therfore will I tell of thy wonderous workes Forsake me not O God in myne olde age when I am graye headed vntil I haue shewed thy strength vnto thys generacyoÌ„ and thy power to al theÌ„ that are yet for to come Thy righteousnes O god is very high greate thinges are they that thou haste done O god who is like vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities hast thou shewed me and yet dyddeste thou turne and refreshe me yea and broughtest me from the depe of the earth agayne Thou hast brought me to great honor and comforted me on euery syde Therfore wyl I prayse thee and thy faythfulnes O god playing vpon an instrument of musike vnto thee wil I sing vpon the harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lyppes wyll be fayne when I syng vnto thee and so wyll my soule whom thou hast delyuered My tong also shall talke of thy righteousnes all the daye long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seke to doe me euill Deus iudicium psal lxxii GEue the king thy iudgementes O god and thy righteousnes vnto the kinges sonne Then shal be iudge the people according vnto right and defende the poore The mountaynes also shall bryng peace and the little hilles righteousnes vnto the people He shall kepe the simple folke by their right defende the children of the poore and punishe the wrong doer They shall feare thee as long as the Sunne and Mone endureth from one generacion to another He shall come down like the rayne into a fleece of wolle euen as the droppes that water the earth In hys tyme shall the righteous florishe yea and aboundance of peace so long as the Mone endureth His dominioÌ„ shal be also from the one sea to the other and from the stoud vnto the worldes ende They that dwel in the wildernes shal knele beefore hym hys enemyes shall licke the dust The kynges of Tharsis and of the Isles shall geue presentes the kinges of Araby and Saba shall bryng gyftes All kynges shal fal down before hym al nacions shal doe hym seruice For he shall deliuer the poore when he cryeth the nedy also and hym that hath no helper He shal be fauourable vnto the simple and nedy and shal preserue the soules of the poore He shal deliuer their soules from falshed and wrong and deare shal their bloud be in hys syghte He shal liue and vnto hym shall be geuen of the golde of Arabia prayer shal be made euer vnto hym and dayly shal he be praysed There shal be an heape of corne in the earth hye vpon the hylles his fruit shall shake lyke Libanus and shal be grene in the citie lyke grasse vpon the earth Hys name shal endure for euer his name shall remayne vnder the sunne emong the posterities which shal be blessed thorowe hym and all the heathen shall prayse hym Blessed be the lord god euen the god of Israel which only doth wonderous thynges And blessed be the name of his maiestie for euer and al the earth shal be filled with his maiestie Amen Amen Quam bonus Israel psal lxxiii Euening prayer TRuly God is louing vnto Israel euen vnto suche as are of a cleane heart Neuertheles my feete were almoste gone my treadynges bad welnigh slipt And why I was greued at the wicked I doe also see the vngodly in suche prosperitie For they are in no peril of death but are lusty and strong They come in no misfortune like other folke nether are they plaged lyke other men And this is the cause that they be so holden with pryde and ouerwhelmed with crueltie Their eyes swel for fatnes they doe euen what they lust They corrupte other and speake of wicked blasphemye their talkyng is agaynst the most highest For they stretche furth their mouth vnto the heauen and their tongue goeth through the world Therfore fall the people vnto them and there oute sucke they no small aduauntage Tushe saye they howe shoulde God perceiue â—…is there knowledge in the most highest Loe these are the vngodly these prospere in the worlde and these haue riches in possession and I said then haue I clensed my heart in vayne and washed my handes in innocencye Al the day long haue I been punished and chastened euery morning Yea and I had almoste sayed euen as they but loe then should I haue condemned the generacion of thy children Then thought I to vnderstande this but it was to hard for me Vntill I wente into the Sanctuary of God then vnderstode I the ende of these men Namely howe thou doest set them in slippery places and castest them down and destroyest them O howe sodaynly doe they consume perishe and come to a fearefull ende Yea euen lyke as a dreame when one awaketh so shalte thou make their ymage to vanishe out of the citie Thus my hearte was grieued and it went euen throughe my reynes So foolysh was I and ignoraunt eueÌ„ as it were a beast before thee Neuertheles I am alwaye by thee for thou hast holden me by my ryght hande Thou shalte gide me with thy counsell and afterward receiue me with glory Whom haue I in heauen but thee and there is none vpon earth that I desyre in comparyson of thee My fleshe and my hearte fayleth but god is the strenthe of my hearte and my porcyon for euer For loe they that forsake thee shal peryshe thou hast destroyed al them that committe fornycacyon agaynste thee But it is good for me to hold me fast by god to put my trust in the lord god and to speake of all thy workes in the gates of the daughters of Syon Vt quid deus repulisti psal lxxiiii O God wherfore art thou absent from vs so long why in thy wrath so hoate agaynste the Shepe of thy pasture O Thinke vpon thy congregacion whom thou hast purchased and redemed of olde Thinke vpon the tribe of thine enheritaunce and mounte Syon wherin thou hast dwelt Lifte vp thy 〈◊〉 that thou mayest vtterly destroye euerye enemy which hath done euil in thy Sanctuary Thine aduersaries roare in the middes of thy congregacions and set vp their banners for tokens He that hewed timber afore oute of the thicke trees was knowen to bryng it to an excellente worke But now the breake down al the carued worke therof with axes and hammers They haue set fyre vpon thy holy places and haue defiled the dwelling place of thy name
the arrowe that flieth by daye For the pestilence that walketh in the darkenes nor for the sickenes that destroyeth in the noone daye A thousande shall fall besyde thee and ten thousande at thy ryght hand but it shall not come nigh thee Yea with thyne eies shalte thou beeholde and see the rewarde of the vngodly For thou lorde arte my hope thou hast set thyne house of defence very hye There shall no euyll happen vnto thee neyther shall anye plague come nie thy dwellyng For he shall geue his Aungels charge ouer thee to kepe thee in all thy wayes They shall beare thee in theyr handes that thou hurt not thy fote agaynst the stone Thou shalte goe vpon the Lion and adder the yong Lyon and the dragon shalt thou treade vnder thy feete Because he hath set his loue vpon me therefore shall I delyuer hym I shall set hym vp because he hath knowen my name He shall call vpon me and I wyll heare hym yea I am with hym in trouble I will deliuer hym and bryng hym to honour With long life wil I satisfye him shew him my saluaciō Bonum est confitere Psalm xcii IT is a good thyng to geue thankes vnto the lorde to syng prayses vnto thy name O most high To tel of thy louyng kindnes early in the morning and of thy truth in the night season Vpon an instrument of ten stringes and vpō the lute vpon a loude instrument and vpon the harpe For thou Lorde hast made me glad through thy workes and I wil reioyce in geuing praise for the operacions of thy handes O lord how glorious are thy workes and thy thoughtes are very depe An vnwise man dooeth not well consider this and a foole doth not vnderstande it When the vngodlye are grene as the grasse and when all the workes of wickednes doe storyshe then shall they be destroyed for euer but thou lord art the most high for euermore For loe thyne enemies O Lord lo thyne enemies shal perishe and all the workers of wickednes shal be destroyed But my horne shal be exalted like the horne of an vnicorne for I am anoynted with freshe oyle Myne eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies and mine eare shall heare his desire of the wicked that rise vp against me The righteous shall florishe lyke a Palme tree and shall spreade abrode lyke a Cedre in Libanus Suche as be planted in the house of the lorde shall florish in the courtes of the house of our God They shall also bryng forth more fruite in theyr age and shal be fat and well lykyng That they may shewe how true the Lord my strength is and that there is none vnrighteousnes in hym Dominus regnauit Psalm xciii Euening prayer THe Lord is kyng hath put on glorious apparell the lorde hath put on his apparel and girded him selfe with strength He hathe made the rounde worlde so sure that it cannot be moued Euer sence the world began hath thy seate been prepared thou art from euerlastyng The floudes are rysen O Lorde the floudes haue lift vp theyr noyce the floudes lift vp their waues The waues of the sea are mightie and rage horribly but yet the Lorde that dwelleth on hie is mightier Thy testimonies O Lorde are very sure holynes becommeth thyne house for euer Deus vltionum Psal xciiii O Lord god to whom vengeaunce belongeth thou god to whom vengeaunce belongeth shewe thy selfe Arise thou iudge of the worlde and rewarde the proude after their deseruing Lorde how long shall the vngodly how long shall the vngodly triumphe How long shall wycked doers speake so disdaynefully and make suche proude boastyng They smite down thy people O Lord and trouble thine heritage They murther the widdowe and the straunger and put the fatherles to death And yet they say tushe the Lord shal not see neyther shall the god of Iacob regarde it Take hede ye vnwise among the people O ye fooles when wyll ye vnderstande He that planted the eare shal he not heare or he that made the eye shall he not see Or he that nurtereth the Heathen it is he that teacheth man knowledge shal he not punishe The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man that they are but vayne Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O lorde and teachest in thy lawe That thou mayest geue hym pacyence in tyme of aduersitie vntil the pyt be digged vp for the vngodly For the Lord wyl not fayle his people neyther wyl he forsake his enheritaunce Vntil righteousnes turne agayn vnto iudgement all such as be true of heart shall folowe it Who wyl ryse vp with me against the wicked or who wyl take my parte against the euyll doers Yf the Lorde had not helped me it had not failed but my soule had been put to silence But when I saied my foote hath slipped thy mercye O lord helped me vp In the multitude of the sorowes that I had in my heart thy comfortes haue refreshed my soule Wilt thou haue any thyng to doe with the stole of wickednes which ymagineth mischiefe as a lawe They gather them together against the soule of the righteous and condemne the innocent bloud But the lord is my refuge and my god is the strength of my confydence He shall recompence them their wickednes and destroye them in their own malice yea Lorde oure God shal destroye them Venite exultemus psal xcv Mornīg Prayer O Come let vs sing 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 selues glad in hym with Psalmes For the Lord is a great God and a great kyng aboue all Goddes In his hand are al the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is hys also The sea is hys and he made it and hys handes prepared the drye lande O come let vs worship and fall downe and knele before the Lord our maker For he is the Lord our god and we are the people of his pasture and the shepe of hys handes To day if ye wil heare his voice hardē not your heartes as in the prouocacion and as in the day of temptacion in the wyldernesse When your fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes Fortye yeres lang was I greued with that generacion and sayde it is a people that door erre in their heartes for they haue not knowen my wayes Vnto whom I sware in my wrath that they shoulde not entre into my rest Cantate domino canticum psal xcvi O Sing vnto the lord a new song syng vnto the lord all the whole earth Sing vnto the Lord and prayse hys name be telling of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare his honour vnto the Heathen and hys wonders vnto all people For the lord is great and cannot worthely be praised he is more to be feared then all goddes As for all the gods of the Heathen they be but Idols but it is the
so shall my woordes please hym my ioye shal be in the Lorde As for sinners they shal be consumed oute of the earthe and the vngodly shall come to an ende prayse thou the lord O my soule prayse the Lorde Confitemini domino psalm cv Mornīg prayer O Geue thankes vnto the Lord and cal vpon his name tell the people what thinges he hath done O let youre songes be of him and prayse hym and let youre talkyng be of all his wonderous workes Reioyce in his holy name let the hearte of them reioyce that seeke the Lorde Seke the Lorde and his strength seke his face euermore Remembre the meruaylous workes that he hathe doone his wonders and the iudgementes of his mouth O ye seede of Abraham his seruaunt ye children of Iacob his chosen He is the Lorde oure God his iudgementes are in all the worlde He hathe been alway mindfull of his couenaunt and promyse that he made to a thousand generacyons Euen the couenaunte that he made with Abraham and the othe that he swore vnto Isaac And appoynted thesame vnto Iacob for a lawe and to Israel for an euerlastyng Testament Saying vnto thee wyll I geue the land of Canaan the lot of your enheritaunce When there was yet but a few of them and they straungers in the lande What tyme as they wente from one nacyon to another from one kingdom to another people He suffred no man to doe them wrong but reproued euen kinges for theyr sakes Touche not myne annoynted and doe my Prophetes no harme Moreouer he called for a dearth vpon the land and destroyed all the prouision of bread But he had sent a man before them euen Ioseph whyche was solde to be a bond seruaunt Whose feete they hurte in the stockes the yron entred into his soule Vntyll the tyme came that hys cause was knowen the worde of the Lord tryed hym The king sent and delyuered hym the Prince of the people let him goe free He made him Lorde also of his house and ruler of all hys substaunce That he myght enfourme his Princes after hys wyll and teache his Senatours wysedome Israel also came into Egipt and Iacob was a straunger in the lande of Ham. And he encreased hys people excedyngly and made them stronger then their enemyes Whose heart turned so that they hated his people and dealt vntruely with hys seruauntes Then sent he Moses his seruaunt and Aaron whom he had chosen And these shewed his tokens among them and wonders in the lande of Ham. He sente darkenes and it was darke and they were not obedyent vnto hys worde He turned their waters into bloud and slew their fishe Their land brought forth frogges yea euē in their kinges chambres He spake the word and there came all maner of flies and lyce in all theyr quarters He gaue them hayle stones for rayne and slambes of fyre in theyr lande He smote their vines also and fig trees and destroied the trees that were in their coastes He spake the woorde and the greshoppers came Caterpillers innumerable did eate vp all the grasse in theyr lande and deuoured the fruite of their grounde He smote al the fyrst borne in their lande euen the chief of all their strength He broughte them forth also with siluer and golde there was not one feble person among their tribes Egipt was glad at their departyng for they were afrayd of them He spred oute a cloude to bee a coueryng and fier to geue light in the night season At theyr desyre he broughte quayles and he fylled them with the bread of heauen He opened the rocke of stone and the waters flowed out so that ryuers ran in the drye places For why he remembreth hys holy promyse and Abraham his seruaunt And he brought forth his people with ioye and hys chosen with gladnes And gaue them the landes of the Heathen and they toke the labours of the people in possession That they might kepe hys statutes obserue hys lawes Confitemini domino psal cvi Euening prayer O Geue thankes vnto the lord for he is gracious and hys mercy endureth for euer Who can expresse the noble actes of the lord or shew forth all hys prayse B1essed are they that alwaye kepe iudgemente and dooe righteousnes Remembre O lorde accordyng to thy fauoure that thou bearest vnto thy people O visite me with thy saluacion That I may see the felicitie of thy chosen and reioyce in the gladnes of thy people and geue thankes with thine enheritaunce We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done amysse and dealt wickedly Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egipt neyther kepte they thy greate goodnes in remembraunce but were disobedient at the sea euen at the redde sea Neuertheles he helped them for his names sake that he might make his power to be knowen He rebuked the red sea and it was dried vp so he led them through the depe as through a wildernes And he saued them from the aduersaries hand and deliuered them from the hande of the enemye As for those that troubled them the waters ouerwhelmed them there was not one of them lefte Then beleued they his wordes and sang praise vnto him But within a whyle they forgatte his workes and would not abyde hys counsayle But lust came vpon them in the wildernes and they tempted god in the deserte And he gaue them their desire and sent leanesse wythall into their soule They angred Moses also in the tentes and Aaron the sainct of the Lorde So the earth opened and swalowed vp Dathan and couered the congregacion of Abiram And the fier was kiendled in their companye the flame brent vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molten ymage Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a calf that eateth haye And they forgat god their Sauioure whiche had done so great thynges in Egipt Wonderous woorkes in the lande of Ham and fearefull thynges by the red sea So he said he would haue destroied them had not Moyses his chosē stand before him in the gappe to turne away hys wrathfull indignacion leste he shoulde destroye them Yea they thought scorne of that pleasaunt land and gaue no credence vnto hys worde But murmured in their tentes and harkened not vnto the voyce of the Lorde Then lift he vp his hand against them to ouerthrow them in the wildernes To cast out their sede among the nacions and to scatter them in the landes They ioyned themselues vnto Baal Peor and eate the offerynges of the dead Thus they prouoked hym vnto anger with their own inuencions and the plague was great among them Then stode vp Phinees prayed so the plague ceased And that was coumpted vnto him forrighteousnes amōg all posterities for euermore They angred hym also at the waters of stryfe so that he punished Moses for theyr sakes Because they prouoked hys spirite so that he spake vnaduisedly wyth hys lyppes Neyther destroyed they the Heathen as
tonges they compassed me about also with wordes of hatred fought against me without a cause For the loue that I had vnto them lo they take now the contrary part but I geue my selfe vnto prayer Thus haue they rewarded me euill for good and hatred for my good will Set thou an vngodly man to be ruler ouer hym and let Sathan stand at his right hand When sentence is geuen vpon him let him be condemned and let his prayer be turned into sinne Let his dayes be fewe and let an other take hys office Let his children be fatherles and his wife a wiedowe Let his children be vagabondes and begge their bread let them seke it also out of desolate places Let the extorcioner consume all that he hath and let the straungers spoyle his labour Let there be no man to pietie hym nor to haue compassion vpon his fatherless children Let his posteritie be destroyed and in the next generacion let his name be cleane put out Let the wickednes of hys fathers be had in remēbrance in the sight of the Lord and let not the sinne of his mother be done away Let them alwaye be before the lorde that he may roote but the memoriall of them from of the earth And that because his mind was not to doe good but persecuted the poore helpeles man that he might slay him that was vexed at the heart His delight was in cursing and it shal happen vnto him he loued not blessyng therefore shall it be farre from hym He clothed himselfe with curssing like as with a rayment and it shall come into his bowelles like water and like oile into hys bones Let it be vnto hym as a cloke that he hath vpon hym and as the gyrdel that he is alwaye girded withall Let it thus happen from the Lord vnto myne enemies and to those that speake euill agaynst my soule But deale thou with me O lord god accordyng vnto thy name for swete is my mercy O deliuer me for I am helples and poore and my heart is wounded within me I goe hence lyke the shadow that departeth and am dryuen awaye as the Grashopper My knees are weake through fasting my flesh is dried vp for want of fatnes I became also a rebuke vnto them they that loked vpon me shaked their heades Helpe me O Lorde my God Oh saue me accordyng to thy mercy And they shall know how that this is thy hande and that thou Lorde hast done it Though they cursse yet blesse thou and let them be confounded that rise vp agaynst me but let thy seruaunt reioice Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame and let them couer themselues with theyr owne confusyon as wyth a cloke As for me I wyll geue great thankes vnto the lord with my mouth and prayse hym emong the multitude For he shall stande at the right hande of the poore to saue hys soule from vnryghteous iudges Dixit dominus domino meo Psal cx Mornīg prayer THe lord sayd vnto my lord syt thou on my right hand vntyll I make thyne enemyes thy fotestole The lord shal send the rod of thy power out of Sion be thou ruler euen in the middest emong thyne enemies In the day of thy power shal the people offer the free wyl offeringes with an holy worship the dewe of thy birth is of the wombe of the morning The lord sware and wil not repent thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech The lorde vpon the righte hande shall wounde euen kinges in the daye of hys wrath He shall bee iudge emong the heathen be shall fyll the places with dead bodyes and smite in sunder the heades ouer dyuerse couutreies He shall drinke in the broke of the way therfore shall he lyft vp hys head Confitebor tibi domine psal cxi I Wil geue thākes vnto the lord with my whole hearte secretly emong the faithfull and in the congregaciō The workes of the lord are great sougt out of all them that haue pleasure therein His worke is worthy to be praysed and had in honoure and his righteousnes endureth for euer The merciful and gracious lord hath so done his merueylous workes that they ought to be had in remembraunce He hath geuen meate vnto them that feare hym he shall euer be myndfull of hys couenaunt He hath shewed his people the power of his workes that he may geue them the heritage of the heathen The workes of his handes are veritie and iudgement al hys commaundementes are true They stande fast for euer and euer and are doen in trueth and equitie He sent redempcion vnto hys people he hath commaunded hys couenaunt for euer holy and reuerent is hys name The feare of the lord is the beginning of wisedome a good vnderstanding haue al they that doe thereafter the praise of it endureth for euer Beatus vir psal cxii BLessed is the man that feareth the lord he hath great delight in hys commaundementes His sede shal be mightie vpon earth the generacion of the faythfull shal be blessed Riches and plenteousnes shal be in his house and his rightteousnes endureth for euer Vnto the godly there aryseth vp light in the darknes he is mercifull louing and ryghteous A good man is mercyfull and lendeth and wil guyde hys wordes with discrecion For he shal neuer be moued and the righteous shal be had in an euerlastyng remembraunce He wil not be afrayd for any euil tidinges for his hearte standeth fast and beleueth in the Lorde His heart is stablished and wil not shrinke vntil he see his desyre vpon hys enemyes He hath dispersed abroade and geuen to the poore and his righteousnes remayneth for euer hys horne shal be exalted with honoure The vngodly shall see it and it shall greue hym he shall gnashe with hys teeth and consume awaye the desire of the vngodly shall peryshe Laudate pueri psal cxiii PRaise the lord ye seruauntes O praise the name of the lorde Blessed be the name of the Lord from thys tyme furth for euermore The lordes name is praised frō the rising vp of the Sunne vnto the goyng downe of thesame The lord is high aboue al heathē and his glory aboue the heauens Who is lyke vnto the lord our god that hath his dwelling so high and yet humbleth hymselfe to beholde the thynges that are in heauen and earth He taketh vp the simple out of the dust and lifteth the pore out of the myer That he may set him with the princes euen with the princes of hys people He maketh the barren woman to kepe house and to bee a ioyfull mother of chyldren In exitu Israel Psal cxiiii Euenīg prayer WHen Israel came oute of Egipte and the house of Iacob from emong the straunge people Iuda was hys sanctuarye and Israel hys domynyon the sea saw that and fled Iordan was driuen backe The mountaines skipped like Rammes and the litle hilles lyke yong shepe What ayleth thee O thou sea that thou steddest and
thou Iordan that thou wart dryuen backe Ye moūtaines that ye skipped like Rammes and ye little hilles lyke yong shepe Tremble thou earth at the presence of the lord at the presence of the god of Iacob which turned the harde rocke into a standing water and the flinte stone into a springing well Non nobis domine Psal cxv NOt vnto vs O Lorde not vnto vs but vnto thy name geue the prayse for thy louing mercy and for thy truethes sake Wherfore shal the heathen say where is now their God as for our god he is in heauen he hath done whatsoeuer pleased hym Their Idols are syluer and gold euen the worke of mens handes They haue mouth and speake not eyes haue they and see not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they and smel not They haue handes and handell not fete haue they and walke not neyther speake they through their throte They that make them are lyke vnto them and so are all such as put their trust in them But thou house of Israel truste thou in the Lorde he is their succour and defence Ye house of Aaron put your trust in the lorde he is theyr helper and defender Ye that feare the Lorde trust ye in the Lorde he is theyr helper and defender The Lorde hath been myndfull of vs and he shall blesse vs euen he shall blesse the house of Israel he shal blesse the house of Aaron He shall blesse them that feare the Lorde both small and greate The Lorde shall encrease you more and more you and your chyldren Ye are the blessed of the Lorde whiche made heauen and earth All the whole heauens are the Lordes the earth hath he geuen to the chyldren of men The dead prayse not thee O Lorde neither al they that goe down into the sylence But we wyll prayse the Lord from thys tyme furth for euermore Dilexi quoniam Psal cxvi Mornīg prayer I Am well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voyce of my prayer That the hath enclyned hys care vnto me therfore wyll I call vpon hym as long as I lyue The snares of death compassed me rounde about and the paynes of hell gate holde vpon me I shall fynde trouble and heauines and I shall call vpon the name of the lorde O lorde I beseche thee delyuer my soule Gracyous is the lord and righteous yea out god is mercyfull The lord preserueth the simple I was in misery and he helped me Turne agayne then vnto thy rest O my soule for the lord hath rewarded thee And why thou hast deliuered my soule from death myne eyes from teares and my fete from fallyng I wil walke before the lord in the land of the lyuing I beleued and therefore wyll I speake but I was sore troubled I sayd in my hast all men are lyers What rewarde shall I geue vnto the Lord for al the benefytes that he hath done vnto me I wil receiue the cup of saluacion and cal vpon the name of the lorde I wyl paye my vowes now in the presence of all his people right deare in the sight of the Lorde is the death of hys saynctes Behold O lord how that I am thy seruaunte I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handmayd thou hast broken my bones in sunder I wil offer to thee the sacrifice of thankesgeuing and wyl call vpon the name of the Lorde I will pay my vowes vnto the Lord in the sight of al his people in the courtes of the Lordes house euen in the middest of thee O Ierusalem Prayse the Lorde Laudate dominum psal cxvii O Prayse the Lorde all ye heathen prayse hym all ye nacions For his mercifull kindnes is euer more and more towarde vs and the trueth of the Lorde endureth for euer Prayse the Lorde Consitemini domino psal cxviii O Geue thankes vnto the Lord for he is gracious because hys mercy endurerth for euer Let Israel nowe confesse that he is gracyous and that hys merry endureth for euer Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercy endureth for euer Yea let them nowe that feare the Lorde confesse that his mercy endureth for euer I called vpon the Lord in trouble and the lorde heard me at large The lord is on my syde I wil not feare what man dooeth vnto me The lord taketh my part with them that helpe me therfore shall I see my desyre vpon myne enemyes It is better to trust in the lord then to put any confidence in man It is better to trust in the lord then to put any confidence in Princes All nacions compassed me rounde about but in the name of the lorde wyll I destroye them They kept me in on euery syde they kept me in I say on euery syde but in the name of the lord I wyll destroy them They came about me lyke Bees and are extinct euen as the fyre emong the thornes for in the name of the lord I wil destroye them Thou hast thrust sore at me that I myghte fall but the lorde was my helpe The lord is my strength and my song and is become my saluacion The voice of ioye and health is in the dwellynges of the ryghteous the ryght hande of the lord bringeth myghty thynges to passe The right hand of the lord hath the preheminence the right hand of the lord bringeth mightie thinges to passe I wil not die but liue and declare the workes of the lord The lorde hath chastned and corrected me but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death Open me the gates of righteousnes that I may goe into them and geue thankes vnto the lord Thys is the gate of the lord the righteous shall enter into it I wil thanke thee for thou hast heard me and art become my saluacion Thesame stone which the builders refused is become the head stone in the corner Thys is the lordes doing it is marueilous in our eyes This was the day which the lord hath made we will reioyce and be glad in it Helpe me now O lord O lord sende vs now prosperitie B1essed be he that cometh in the name of the lord we haue wisshed you good lucke ye that be of the house of the lorde God is the lorde which hath shewed vs light binde the sacrifice with coardes yea euen vnto the hornes of the altare Thou art my god and I wyll thanke thee thou arte my God and I wil prayse thee O geue thankes vnto the lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Beati immaculati psal cxix Euenīg prayer BLessed are those that bee vndefyied in the waye and walke in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies and seeke hym wih theyr whole heart for they which doe no wickednes walke in hys wayes Thou hast charged that we shal diligently kepe thy commaundementes O that my waies were made so directe that I might kepe thy statutes So shal I not be confounded whyle I haue respecte vnto
as the lord prosper you we wyshe you good lucke in the name of the Lorde Deprofundis clamaui psal cxxx OVt of the depe haue I called vnto thee O lord lord heare my voyce Oh let thyne eares consider well the voyce of my complaynt If thou lord will be extreme to marke what is done amisse O lord who may abyde it For there is mercy with thee therefore shalt thou be feared I loke for the lord my soule doeth wayte for him in his woord is my trust My soule flyeth vnto the lord before the morning watch I say before the morning watche O Israel trust in the Lord for with the Lorde there is mercy and with hym is plenteous redempcion And he shal redeme Israel from at his sinnes Domine non est exaltatum psal cxxxi LOrd I am not hye minded I haue no proude lokes I doe not exercise my self in great matters which are to hye for me But I refrayn my soule and kepe it lowe like as a childe that is wayned from his mother yea my soule is euen as a wayned childe O Israel trust in the lord from thys time furth for euermore Memento domine Dauid psal cxxxii Mornīg prayer LOrde remember Dauid and all his trouble Howe he sware vnto the lorde and vowed a vowe vnto the almightie God of Iacob I will not come within the tabernacle of my house nor climbe vp into my bed I will not suffre my eyes to slepe nor my eye liddes to slumbre neythter the temples of my head to take anye reste Vntill I fynde out a place for the temple of the Lord an habitacion for the mighty God of Iacob Loe we hearde of the same at Ephrata and found it in the wood We will goe into hys Tabernacle and fall lowe on oure knees before his fotestoole Aryse O lorde into thy restyng place thou and the Arke of thy strength Let thy Priestes bee clothed with righteousnes and let thy sainctes sing with ioyfulnes For the seruaunt Dauids sake turne not awaye the presence of thyne annoynted The Lord hath made a faithfull othe vnto Dauid and he shall not shrinke from it Of the fruite of thy body shall I set vpon thy seate If thy chyldren wyll kepe my couenaunte and my testymonies that I shall learne them theyr chyldren also shall sitte vpon thy seate for euermore For the Lorde hath chosen Syon to be an habitacion for himselfe he hath longed for her Thys shal be my reste for euer here wyll I dwell for I haue a delight therein I will blesse her vitailes with encrease and will satisfye her poore with bread I will decke her Priestes with health and her saynctes shall reioyce and syng There shall I make the horne of Dauid to florish I haue ordeyned a lanterne for mine annoynted As for hys enemies I shall clothe them with shame but vpon himselfe shall his crowne florishe Ecce quam bonum psal cxxxiii BEholde howe good and ioyfull a thyng it is brethren to dwell together in vnitie It is like the precious oyntment vpon the head that ranne downe vnto the hearde euen vnto Aarons bearde and went downe to the skyrtes of his clothyng Like as the dewe of Hermon whiche fell vpon the hill of Syon For there the Lorde promised his blessyng and lyfe for euermore Ecce nunc benedicite dominum Psalm cxxxiiii BEholde now praise the Lorde all ye the seruauntes of the Lorde Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lorde euen in the courtes of the house of our God Lift vp your handes in the sanctuary and praise the lord The lord that made heauen and earth geue thee blessyng out of Syon Laudate dominum psalme cxxxv O Prayse the Lorde laud ye the name of the Lord praise it O ye seruauntes of the Lorde Ye that stand in the house of the lord in the courtes of the house of our God O prayse the lord for the lorde is gracious O syng prayses vnto his name for it is louely For why the lorde hath chosen Iacob vnto hymselfe and Israel for hys own possession For I know that the Lorde is great and that our Lord is aboue all Goddes Whatsoeuer the Lorde pleased that did he in heauen and in earth and in the Sea and to all depe places He bringeth foorth the cloudes from the endes of the world and sendeth foorthe lightninges with the rayne bryngyng the wyndes out of his treasures He smote the first borne of Egipt both of man of beast He hath sent tokens and wonders into the middest of thee O thou lande of Egipte vpon Pharao and all hys seruauntes He smote dyuerse nacions and slewe myghty kynges Sehon kyng of the Amorites and Og the kyng of Basā and all the kingdomes of Canaan And gaue theyr lande to be an heritage euen an herytage vnto Israel hys people Thy name O lord endureth for euer so doeth thy memoriall O Lorde from one generacion to another For the Lord wil auenge his people and be gracious vnto his seruauntes As for the images of the heathen they are but siluer and golde the worke of mennes handes They haue mouthes and speake not iyes haue they but they see not They haue eares and yet they heare not neyther is there any breath in theyr mouthes They that make them are lyke vnto them and so are all they that put theyr trust in them Praise the lord ye house of Israel praise the lord ye house of Aaron Praise the Lorde ye house of Leui ye that feare the lord praise the Lorde Praysed bee the Lorde oute of Sion whiche dwelle that Ierusalem Confitemini domino Psalm cxxxvi Euening prayer O Geue thankes vnto the Lorde for he is gracious and his mercy endureth foreuer O geue thankes vnto the God of all gods for hys mercy endureth for euer O thanke the Lord of all Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer Whiche only doth great wonders for his mercy endureth for euer Whiche by his excellente wisedome made the heauens for hys mercy endureth for euer Which laid out the earth aboue the waters for hys mercy endureth for euer Whiche hath made greate lightes for his mercy endureth for euer The Sunne to rule the daye for his mercye endureth for euer The Mone and the starres to gouerne the night for hys mercy endureth for euer Whyche smote Egipt with theyr first borne for hys mercy endureth for euer And brought out Israel from among them for hys mercy endureth for euer With a mighty hand and stretched out arme for his mercy endureth for euer Whyche deuided the redde Sea in two partes for hys mercy endureth for euer And made Israel to goe thorow the middes of it for hys mercy endureth for euer But as for Pharao and his hoaste he ouerthrewe them in the redde sea for his mercy endureth for euer Whiche led his people through the wildernes for his mercy endureth for euer Which smote great kinges for his merci endureth for euer Yea and
slew myghtie kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Sehon kyng of the Ammorites for hys mercy endureth for euer And Og the kyng of Basan for hys mercye endureth for euer And gaue awaye theyr land for an heritage for his mercy endureth for euer Euen for an heritage vnto Israell hys seruaunte for hys mercy endureth for euer Whych remembred vs when we were in trouble for hys mercy endureth for euer And hathe delyuered vs from our enemies for hys mercy endureth for euer Whyche geueth foode to all fleshe for hys mercy endureth for euer O geue thankes vnto the god of heauen for hys mercy endureth for euer O geue thankes to the Lorde of Lordes for hys mercye endureth for euer Super flumina psalm cxxxvii BY the waters of Babilon we satte downe and wept when we remembred thee O Syon As for oure harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therein For they that ledde vs away captiue required of vs then a long and melody in our heauines syng vs one of the sōges of Syon How shall me syng the Lordes song in a straunge lande If I forgeat thee O Hierusalem let my ryght hand forgeat her connyng If I doe not remembre thee let me tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouthe yea yf I preferre not Hierusalem in my mirth Remember the children of Edom O Lorde in the daye of Hierusalem how they said downe with it downe with it euen to the grounde O daughter of Babilon wasted with miserye yea happie shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou haft serued vs. Blessed that he be that taketh thy children and throweth them agaynst the stones Confitebor tibi domine psalm cxxxviii I Wil geue thankes vnto thee O lord with my whole hearte euen before the gods will I syng prayse vnto thee I wyll worship towarde thy holy temple and praise thy name because of thy louing kindnes and truth for thou hast 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 syng in the wayes of the Lord that greate is the glory of the Lorde For though the Lord be high yet hath he respect vnto the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth them afarre of Thoughe I walke in the middeste of trouble yet shalte thou refreshe me thou shalt stretche furth thyne hande vpon the furiousnes of mine enemies and thy ryghte hand shall saue me The Lorde shall make good his louing kindenes towarde me yea thy mercy O lord endureth for euer despise not thē the workes of thyne owne handes Domine probasti me Psalm cxxxix Mornīg prayer O Lord thou hast searched me oute and knowen me thou knowest my downe sittyng and myne vprysing thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before Thou arte about my path and about my bedde and spiest out all my wayes For loe there is not a worde in my tong but thou O lord knowest it altogether Thou hast fashioned me behind and before and laid thine hand vpon me Suche knowledge is to wonderful and excellent for me I cannot attayne vnto it Whether that I goe then frō thy spirite Or whether shal I goe then from thy presence If I climbe vp into heauen thou art there if I goe downe to hell thou arte there also If I take the winges of the morning and remayne in the vttermost partes of the sea Even there also shall thy hand leade me thy right hand shall holde me If I saye peraduenture the darkenes shall couer me thē shall my night be turned to day Yea the darkenes is no darkenes with thee but the night is as cleare as the day the darkenes and lighte to thee are both alike For my reines are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I will geue thankes vnto thee for I am fearefullye and wonderouslye made marueilous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth ryght well My bones are not hid from thee thoughe I bee made secretly and fashioned beneath in the earth Thine eies did see my substaunce yet being vnperfecte and in thy boke were al my members wrytten Which day by day were fashioned when as yet there was none of them How deare are thy counsailes vnto me O gods how great is the summe of them If I tell them they are moe in number then the sande whē I wake vp I am present with thee Wilte thou not sley the wicked O god depart from me ye bloud thyrsty men For they speake vnrighteously against thee and thine enemyes take thy name in vayne Doe not I hate them O lorde that hate thee and am not I grieued with those that ryse vp agaynst thee Yea I hate them righte sore euen as thoughe they were mine enemyes Trye me O god and seke the ground of mine heart proue me and examyne my thoughtes Loke well if there be any waye of wickednes in me and leade me in the way euerlastyng Eripe me domine psal cxl DEliuer me O lord from the euil men and preserue me from the wicked men Whiche imagine mischiefe in their heartes and stire vp strife al the day long They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent adders poyson is vnder theyr lyppes Kepe me O lord from the handes of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrow my goynges The proud haue laid a snare for me and spred a net abrode with cordes yea and set trappes in my waye I said vnto the lorde thou art my god heare the voyce of my prayers O Lorde O lord god thou strength of my health thou hast couered my head in the daye of battayle Let not the vngodly haue his desyre O Lorde let not hys mischeuous imaginacion prospere lest they be to proude Let the mischiefe of their own lippes fal vpon the head of them that compasse me about Let hote burnyng coales fall vpon them let them be caste into the fier and into the pit that they neuer rise vp agayne A man ful of wordes shal not prospere vpon the earth euil shal hunt the wicked person to ouerthrow hym Sure I am that the lord wil auenge the poore and maintayn the cause of the helpeles The righteous also shal geue thankes vnto thy name and the iust shall continue in thy syght Domine clamaui psal cxli. LOrd I cal vpon thee hast thee vnto me and consider my voyce when I crye vnto thee Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incence and let the lifting vp of my handes be an euening sacrifice Set a watch O Lord before my mouth and kepe the dore of my lyppes O let not myne heart be enclined to any euil thyng let me not be occupied in vngodly workes with the men that worke wyckednes lest I eate of suche thynges as please them Let the righteous rather smite me
earth and then all hys thoughtes peryshe Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for hys helpe and whole hope is in the Lord hys god Which made heauen and earth the Sea and al that therin is which kepeth hys promyse for euer Which helpeth them to ryght that suffre wrong whiche fedeth the houngry The lord loseth men out of prieson the lord geueth syght to the blynde The lord helpeth them that are fallen the Lord careth for the ryghteous The lord careth for the straūgers he defendeth the fatherlesse and widdowe as for the waye of the vngodly he turneth it vpsyde downe The lorde thy god O Sion shall be kyng for euermore and thorowout all generacions Laudate dominum psal cxlvii Euenīg prayer O Prayse the lorde for it is a good thyng to syng prayses vnto our God yea a ioyfull and pleasaunt thyng is it to be thankefull The lord doth build vp Hierusalem and gather together the outcastes of Israel He healeth those that are broken in heart and geueth medecine to heale their sickenes He telleth the number of the starres and calleth them al by their names Great is our lord and great is his power yea his wisdom is infinite The lorde setteth vp the meke and bringeth the vngodly down to the grounde O sing vnto the lord with thankesgeuing sing praise vpon the harpe vnto our god Whiche couereth the heauen with cloudes and prepareth raine for the earth and maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaynes and hearbe for the vse of men Which geueth fodder vnto the cattell and fedeth the young rauens that call vpon hym He hath not pleasure in the strength of an horse neither delighteth he in any mans legges But the lordes delight is in them that feare hym and put theyr trust in hys mercy Prayse the Lorde O Ierusalem prayse thy God O Syon For he hath made faste the barres of thy gates and hath blessed thy children within thee He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth the with floure and wheate He sendeth furth his commaundement vpon earth and his word runneth very swiftly He geueth snowe lyke wolle and scattereth the hoare frost lyke asshes He casteth foorth hys yse lyke morselles who is hable to abide his frost He sendeth out his worde and melteth them he bloweth with his winde and the waters slowe He sheweth his woorde vnto Iacob hys statutes and ordinaunces vnto Israel He hath not dealte so with any nacion neyther haue the Heathen knowledge of hys lawes Laudate dominum de celis psalm cxlviii O Prayse the lorde of heauen praise him in the heigth Praise him al ye Aungels of his praise him al his host Prayse him sunne and Mone praise him al ye starres and lyght Prayse him al ye heauens and ye waters that be aboue the heauens Let them prayse the name of the Lorde for he spake the worde and they were made he cōmaunded 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 Lorde vpon earth ye dragons all diepes Fier and haile snow and vapors winde and storme fulfilling his worde Mountaynes and al hils fruitefull trees and al Cedres Beastes and all cattel wormes and fethered foules Kinges of the earth and all people princes and al iudges of the worlde Young men and maidens olde men and children praise the name of the Lorde for his name onely is excellent and hys prayse aboue heauen and earth He shall exalte the horne of his people al his saintes shal praise him euen the children of Israel euen the people that serueth hym Cantate domino psalm cxlix O Sing vnto the Lorde a newe song let the congregacion of sainctes prayse him Let Israel reioyce in him that made him and lette the children of Syon be ioyefull in theyr Kyng Let them prayse hys name in the daunce let them syng prayses vnto him with tabret and harpe For the Lorde hathe pleasure in his people and helpeth the meke hearted Let the sainctes be ioyefull with glory let them reioyce in theyr beddes Let the praises of God be in their mouth and a two edged sweorde in theyr handes To bee auenged of the Heathen and to rebuke the people To bynde theyr kinges in chaynes and theyr nobles with linkes of yron That they may be auenged of them as it is written such honour haue all his sainctes Laudate dominum psalm cl O Prayse God in his holines praise hym in the firmament of his power Prayse hym in hys noble actes prayse hym according to his excellent greatnesse Prayse hym in the sound of the trumpet prayse hym vpon the lute and harpe Prayse him in the cimbals and daunces prayse hym vpon the stringes and pype Prayse hym vpon the well tuned cimbals prayse hym vpon the loud cimbals Let euery thyng that hath breath prayse the Lorde ¶ The ende of thys Booke ¶ Certain godly prayers to be vsed for sondrye purposes ¶ A generall confession of sinnes to be sayd euery mornyng O Almightye God oure heauenly father I confesse and knowledge that I am a miserable a wretched synner and haue manyfolde wayes moste grieuously transgressed thy most godli commaundementes thorowe wicked thoughtes vngodly lustes synfull woordes and dedes and in my whole lyfe In synne am I borne and conceued and there is no goodnes in me inasmuch as if thou shouldest entre into thy narrow iudgemente with me iudgeyng me accordyng vnto thesame I were neuer able to suffre or abide it but must nedes perishe and bee damned for euer So little helpe coumforte or succour is there eyther in me or in anye other creature Onely this is my coumfort O heauenly father that thou didst not spare thy onely deare beloued sonne but diddest geue him vp vnto the most bitter and moste vile and slaunderous death of the crosse for me that he mighte so paye the raunsome for my sinnes satisfie thy iudgement stil and pacifie thy wrath reconcile me againe vnto thee and purchase me thy grace fauour and euerlastyng lyfe Wherfore thorow the merite of his most bitter death and passion and thorow his innocēt bloudsheding I beseche thee O heauenly father that thou wilt vouchsafe to be gracious and merciful vnto me to forgeue and to pardon me all my sinnes to lighten my hearte with thy holye spirite to renue confirme and strengthen me with a ryght and a perfect fayth and to enflame me in loue toward thee and my neighboure that I maye hencefoorthe with a willyng and a gladde hearte walke as it becometh me in thy most godly commaundementes and so gloryfye prayse thee euerlastyngly And also that I maye with a free concyence and quiete hearte in all maner of temptacyons afflyccyons or necessyties euen in the verye pangues of deathe crye boldelye and merelye vnto thee and saye I beeleue in God the father almyghtye maker of heauen and earthe And in Iesus Christ c. But O lord God
c. ¶ Then a Lesson of the new Testament And after that Nunc dimittis in Englishe as foloweth LOrde nowe lettest thou thy seruaunte departe in peace according to thy worde For myne eyes haue seene thy saluacyon Whyche thou hast prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lyghten the Gentyles and to be the glory of thy people Israel Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy ghoste As it was in the beginnyng is nowe c. Amen ¶ Or els this Psalme Deus misereatur psal lxvii GOd be mercyfull vnto vs and blesse vs and shew vs the lyght of hys countenaunce and bee mercyfull vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon earth thy sauyng health among all nacions Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nacyons reioyce and bee gladde for thou shalte iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacyons vpon earth Lette the people prayse thee O God lette all the people prayse thee Then shall the earth bryng foorth her increase and God euen our owne God shall geue vs hys blessyng God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare hym Glory bee to the father to the sonne to the holy ghost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe c Then shall folowe the Crede with other prayers as is before appointed at Morning prayer after Benedictus And with three Collectes Fyrst of the daye the second of peace thyrde for ayde agaynste all perilles as hereafter foloweth Whiche two last Collectes shal be dayly sayde at Euenyng prayer withoute alteracion The seconde Collect at Euening prayer O God from whom all holy desyres all good counsayles and all iuste workes dooe procede geue vnto thy seruauntes that peace which the world cannot geue that bothe our heartes may be sette to obeye thy commaundementes and also that by thee we beyng defended from the feare of oure enemyes maye passe oure tyme in reste and quyetnes through the merites of Iesus Christ our Sauiour Amen The thyrd Collecte for ayde agaynst all perilles LIghten our darkenes we beseche thee O Lord by thy great mercy defend vs from al perilles and daungers of this nighte for the loue of thy onelye sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen In the feastes of Christmas the Epiphanie saincte Mathie Easter Thassencion Pentecost Sainct Iohn Baptist Sainct Iames Sainct Bartholomew Sainct Mathew Saincte Simon and Iude Sainct Andrew and Trinitie Sundaye shal be songe or sayde immediatly after Benedictus this confession of oure Christen fayth Quicūque vult WHosoeuer wil be saued before al thinges it is necessarye that he holde the catholyke fayth Which fayth except euery one do kepe holy and vndefyled withoute doubte he shall perishe euerlastinglye And the catholike fayth is this that wee worshippe one God in Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie Neyther confoundinge the persons nor deuydinge the substaunce For there is one person of the father another of the sōne and another of the holy ghoste But the Godhead of the father of the sonne and of the holy ghost is al one the glori equal the maiestie coeternal Suche as the father is such is the sonne and such is the holy ghoste The father vncreate the sonne vncreate and the holye ghost vncreate The father incomprehensible the sonne incomprehensible and the holy ghost incomprehensible The father eternall the sonne eternal and the holy goste eternall And yet they are not three eternalles but one eternall As also there be not three incomprehensibles nor three vncreated but one vncreated and one incomprehensible So lykewise the father is almighty the sonne almightie and the holy ghost almightie And yet they are not thre almighties but one almightie So the father is God the sonne is God and the holye ghoste is God And yet are they not three Goddes but one God So lykewyse the father is Lorde the sonne Lorde and the holy ghoste Lorde And yet not three Lordes but one Lorde For lyke as we be compelled by the Christian veritie to acknowledge euery person by himself to be god and Lord. So are we forbidden by the catholike religion to saye thers be three Goddes or three Lordes The father is made of none neither created nor begottē The sonne is of the father alone not made nor created but begotten The holy ghost is of the father and of the sonne neyther made nor created nor begotten but procedinge So there is one father not three fathers one sonne not three sonnes one holy ghost not three holy ghostes And in this Trinitie none is afore or after other none is greater nor lesse then another But the whole three persons be coeternal together and coequall So that in all thynges as is aforesayde the vnitie in Trinitie and the Trinitie in vnitie is to be worshipped He therefore that wyll be saued muste thus thinke of the Trinitie Furthermore it is necessarye to euerlastinge saluacion that he also beleue rightely in the incarnacion of our Lord Iesu Christe For the righte fayth is that we beleue and confesse that our Lord Iesus Christ the sonne of God is god and man God of the substaunce of the father begotten before the worldes and man of the substaunce of his mother borne in the worlde Perfecte God and perfecte man of a reasonable soule and humayne fleshe subsistinge Equall to the father as touching his Godhead and inferioure to the father touching his manhode Who although he be God and man yet he is not two but one christ One not by conuersion of the godhead into flesshe but by taking of the manhode into God One altogether not by confusion of substaunce but by vnitie of person For as the reasonable soule and flesshe is one man so God and man is one christ Who suffered for oure saluacion descended into hell role agayn the thyrd daye from the dead He ascended into heauen he sitteth on the ryght hande of the father God almyghtie from whence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead At whose comming all men shall ryse agayne with their bodyes and shal geue accoumpt for theyr owne workes And they that haue done good shall goe into life euerlasting and they that haue done euill into euerlasting fyre This is the Catholike faith which except a man beleue faythfully he can not be saued Glory bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall bee world without ende Amen ¶ Thus endeth the ordre of Morning and Euening prayer through the whole yeare ¶ Here foloweth the Letany to be vsed vpon Sundaies Wednesdaies and Frydayes and at other tymes when it shal be commaunded by the Ordenarye O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners
vs and encline our heartes to kepe thys lawe Minister Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy god in vayne for the lord wil not hold him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Remembre that thou kepe holy the Sabboth daye Syre dayes shalt thou laboure and doe all that thou haste to doe but the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the LORDE thy God In it thou shalt doe no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy doughter thy manseruaunt and thy mayde seruaunte thy Catell and the straunger that is within thy gates for in vi daies the lorde made heauen and earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth daye Wherfore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and halowed it People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Honoure thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long in the lande whiche the Lorde thy god geueth thee People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt doe no murther People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not commit adultery People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not steale People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neyghbour People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our heartes to kepe this lawe Minister Thou shalte not couete thy neighbours house Thou shalte not couet thy neighbours wyfe nor his seruaunte nor hys mayde nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thyng that is hys People Lorde haue mercye vpon vs and write all these thy lawes in our heartes we beseche thee ¶ Then shall folowe the Collect of the day with one of these two Collectes folowing for the Kyng the Prieste standing vp and saying Priest ¶ Let vs praye ALmightie God whose kyngdome is euerlasting power infinite haue mercye vpon the whole congregacion and so rule the heart of thy chosen seruaunte Edwarde the sixth our king gouernour that he knowyng whose minister he is may aboue all things seke thy honour and glory that we his subiectes duly considering whose autoritie he hath may faythfully serue honor humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed woord ordinaunce Through Iesus Christe our Lorde who with thee and the holy gost liueth and reygneth euer one God world without end Amen ALmightie and euerlasting god we be taughte by thy holy woord that the heartes of kinges are in thy rule and gouernaunce that thou doest dispose and turne them as it semeth best to thy godly wisdom we humbly beseche thee so to dispose gouerne the hearte of Edward the sixth thy seruaunt our king and gouernour that in al his thoughtes wordes and workes he may euer seke thy honor and glory and study to preserue thy people committed to hys charge in wealth peace and godlines Graunte thys O mercyfull father for thy deare sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Immediately after the Collectes the Priest shall reade the Epistle beginning thus ¶ The Epistle written in the. 〈◊〉 Chapter of 〈◊〉 ¶ And the Epistle ended he shall saye the Ghospell begynnyng thus ¶ The Ghospell written in the. 〈◊〉 Chapter of 〈◊〉 ¶ And the Epistle and Ghospel beeing ended shal be sayde the Crede I Beleue in one god the father almightie maker of heauē and earth and of al thinges visible and inuisible And in one lord Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of god begotten of his father before al worldes God of God light of light very god of very god begotten not made being of one substaunce with the father by whom all thinges were made who for vs men and for our saluacion came down from heauen and was incarnate by the holy gost of the virgin Mary and was made man was crucified also for vs vnder Pōcius Pilate He suffred and was buried and the third day he arose again according to the scripture and ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of the father And he shall come againe with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead Whose kyngdome shall haue none ende And I beleue in the holy gost the lord and geuer of life who procedeth from the father the sonne who with the father and the sōne together is worshipped glorified who spake by the Prophetes And I beleue one Catholyke and Apostolike churche I acknowledge one Baptisme for the remissiō of synnes And I loke for the resurreccion of the dead and the lyfe of the worlde to come Amen After the Crede yf there bee no sermon shall folowe one of the homelies already set forth or hereafter to be sette forth by common auctortie After such sermon homely or exhortaciō the Curate shal declare vnto the people whether there bee any holy dayes or fasting daies the weke folowing and earnestlye exhorte them to remember the poore saying one or moe of these sentēces folowing as he thinketh most conuenient by his discrerion Math. v. Lette youre lighte so shine beefore menne that they maye see youre good workes and glorifie youre father whyche is in heauen Math. vi Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpō the earth where the rust and moth doeth corrupte and where theues breake through and steale But lay vp for your selues treasures in heauen where neither ruste nor mothe doeth corrupte and where theues doe not breake throughe and steale Mat. vii Whatsoeuer you woulde that men shoulde doe vnto you euen so doe vnto them for thys is the law the Prophetes Mat. vii Not euerye one that sayeth vnto me Lorde Lorde shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that doeth the wil of my father which is in heauen Luke xix Zache stode forth and said vnto the Lord behold lord the halfe of my goodes I geue to the poore and if I haue done any wrong to any man I restore foure folde i. Cor. ix Who goeth a warfare at any tyme of his owne cost who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruite thereof Or who fedeth a flocke and eateth not of the milke of the flocke i. Cor. ix If we haue sowē vnto you spirituall thinges is it a great matter yf we shall reape your worldly thynges i. Cor. ix Doe ye not knowe that they which minister aboute holy thynges lyue of the sacrifice They whiche waite of the altare are partakers with the altare Euen so hath the lorde also ordayned that they whyche preache the gospell should lyue of the gospell ii Cor. ix He whiche soweth litle shall reape little and he that soweth plenteouslye shall reape plenteouslye Let euery man doe according as he is disposed in his heart not grudgeing or of necessitie for God loueth a cherefull geuer Gala. vi Let hym
ordinaunce And thereto I geue thee my trouth Then shal they agayne loose their handes and the man shal geue vnto the woman a ring laying thesame vpon the boke with the accustomed duety to the Priest Clerke And the Priest taking the ring shal delyuer it vnto the man to putte it vpon the fourth fynger of the womans left hand And the man taught by the Priest shall saye With this ring I thee wed wyth my body I thee worshyp with al my worldly goodes I thee endow In the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen Then the man leauing the ryng vpon the fourth fynger of the womans left hande the Minister shall saye ¶ Let vs praye O Eternall god creatour and preseruer of al mankynde geuer of all spirituall grace the auctour of euerlasting lyfe Sende thy blessing vpon these thy seruauntes this mā and this woman whō we blesse in thy name that as Isaac and Rebecca liued faithfully together so these persons may surely perfourme and kepe the vow and couenaunt betwixt them made whereof this ring geuen and receiued is a tokē and pledge and may euer remaine in perfect loue and peace together and lyue accordyng vnto thy lawes through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen Then shall the Priest ioyne their right handes together and say Those whom God hath ioined together lette no man put asunder Then shall the Minister speake vnto the people FOrasmuche as N. and N. haue consented together in holy wedlocke and haue witnessed thesame before god and this company and therto haue geuen and pledged their trouth eyther to other and haue declared thesame by geuing and receiuing of a ring and by ioyning of handes I pronounce that they be man and wife together In the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And the Minister shal adde thys blessing God the father god the sonne god the holy gost blesse preserue and kepe you the Lord mercifully with his fauoure loke vpon you and so fil you with al spiritual benediccyon and grace that you maye so liue together in thys life that in the world to come you may haue life euerlasting Amen Then the Minister or Clerkes going to the Lordes table shall saye or syng thys psalme folowyng Beati omnes ps cxxviii BLessed are al they that feare the lorde and walke in thys wayes For thou shalt eate the labour of thy handes O well is thee and happy shalt thou be Thy wife shal be as the fruitefull vine vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the Oliue braunches rounde aboute thy table Loe thus shal the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lorde from oute of Sion shall blesse thee that thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all thy lyfe long Yea that thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace vpon Israel Glory be to the father c. As it was in the. c. Or els thys psalme folowyng Deus misereatur psal lxvii GOd be merciful vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the light of his countenaunce and be merciful vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon the earth thy sauyng health among all nacions Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nacions reioyce and be glad for thou shalt iudge the stocke righteouslye and gouerne the nacions vpon the earth Let the people praise thee O god let all the people prayse thee Then shal the earth bryng forth her encrease and god euēour God shall geue vs hys blessyng God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare hym Glory be to the father c. As it was in the. c. The Psalme ended and the man and the woman knelyng afore the Lordes table the Priest standing at the table and turning his face towarde them shall saye Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Aunswere Christe haue merry vpon vs. Minister Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which art in heauen c And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruaunt and thy handmayde Aunswere Which put their trust in thee Minister O Lorde sende them helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore defende them Minister Be vnto them a towre of strength Aunswere From the face of theyr enemye Minister O Lorde heare our prayer Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee The Minister O God of Abraham God of Isaac God of Iacob blesse these thy seruauntes and so we the sede of eternall lyfe in their mindes that whatsoeuer in thy holy worde they shall profitably learne they maye in dede fulfil thesame Loke O Lord mercifully vpon thē from heauen and blesse them And as thou diddest sende thy blessing vpon Abraham and Sara to their great comfort so vouchsafe to sende thy blessing vpō these thy seruauntes that they obeying thy wil and alway beeing in safetie vnder thy proteccion may abide thy loue vnto their liues ende through Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen Thys prayer next folowyng shal be omitted where the women is paste chylde byrth O Merciful lord heauenly father by whose gracious gift mankind is encreased we beseche thee assyste with thy blessyng these two persons that they may both be fruiteful in procreacion of childrē and also liue together so long in godly loue and honestie that they may see their childrens children vnto the thyrde fourth generacyon vnto thy prayse and honoure throughe Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whiche by thy mightie power hast made all thinges of naughte which also after other thinges set in ordre didst appointe that out of mā created after thyne owne ymage and similitude woman should take her beginning and knitting thē together dydst teache that it should neuer be lawful to put a sunder those whom thou by matrimonie hadst made one O God whych hast consecrated the state of matrimonie to such an excellent misterie that in it is signified and represented the spiritual mariage vnitie betwixt Christ his church Loke mercyfully vpon these thy seruauntes that both this mā may loue his wyfe accordyng to thy worde as Chryste did loue hys spouse the church who gaue him selfe for it louing cherysshyng it euen as his own flesh And also the this womā may be louing amiable to her husband as Rachel wife as Rebecca faithfull obedient as Sara and in all quietnes sobrietie peace be a folower of holy and godly matrones O Lord blesse them both graunt them to inherite thy euerlasting kingdom through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest saye ALmightie God which at the beginning did create our first parentes Adam and Eue and did sanctifie ioine them together in mariage powre vpō you the riches of hys grace sanctifie and blesse you that ye may please hym both in body and soule and lyue together in holy loue vnto your lyues ende Amen Then
depe of the earth agayne Thou haste broughte me to great honoure and comforted me on euery syed Therefore wyll I prayse thee and thy faythfulnesse O God playing vpon an instrument of musike vnto thee wyll I syng vpon the harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lippes will bee fayne when I sing vnto thee and so wyll my soule whom thou hast delyuered My tong also shall talke of thy righteousnes all the daye longe for they are confounded and broughte vnto shame that seke to doe me euyll Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the. c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall bee world without ende Amen ¶ Adding this O Sauiour of the world saue vs which by thy crosse and precyous bloud hast redemed vs helpe vs we beseche thee O God Then shall the Minister saye THe almightie Lord which is a most strong tower to all them that put theyr truste in hym to whom all thynges in heauen in earth and vnder earthe doe bowe and obeye be now and euermore thy defence and make thee know and fele that there is no other name vnder heauen geuen to man in whom and throughe whom thou mayst receyue health and saluacyon but onely the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe Amen ¶ The Communion of the Sicke FOrasmuche as all mortall men be subiect to many sodayne perilles diseases and sickenesses euer vncertayne what time they shall depart out of this lyfe Therfore to thintent they may bee alwayes in a redinesse to dye whēsoeuer it shal please almightye God to call them the Curates shall diligenly from time to time but specially in the plague time exhorte their parishioners to the ofte receyuyng in the Church of the holy Cōmunion of the body and bloud of our sauioure Christ Whiche yf they doe they shall haue no cause in theyr sodayne visitaciō to be vnquieted for lacke of thesame but yf the sicke person bee not hable to come to the Church and yet is desirous to receiue the Communion in his house then he muste geue knowlegde ouernight or els early in the mornyng to the Curate signifying also how many be appoynted to Communicate with him And hauing a conuenient place in the sicke mans house where the Curate maye reuerently minister a good numbre to receyue the Communion with the sicke person with all thynges necessary for the same he shal there minister the holy Cōmuniō The Collect. ALmightie euerliuing God maker of mankynde which doest correct those whom thou doest loue and chastisest euery one whom thou doest rcceyue we beseche to haue mercy vpon thys thy seruaunt visited with thy hand and to graunt that he may take his sickenes paciently and recouer his bodely health yf it be thy gracious wil and whensoeuer his soule shall departe from the bodye it maye bee withoute spot presēted vnto thee through Iesus Christ our lord Amē The Epistle Hebr. xii MI sonne despise not the correccion of the Lord neither faint whē thou art rebuked of him For whō the Lord loueth hym he correcteth yea he scourgeth euery sonne whom be receyueth The Gospell Iohn v. VErely verely I saie vnto you he that heareth my worde and beleueth on hym that sent me hath euerlastyng life and shal not come vnto damnacion but he passeth from death vnto lyfe At the tyme of the distribucion of the holy Sacramente the Priest shall first receyue the Communion hymselfe and after minister vnto them that be appoynted to Communicate with the sicke But yf any man ether by reason of extremitie of syckenes or for lacke of warnyng in due tyme to the Curate or for lacke of companye to receyue with hym or by any other iuste impedimente doe not receyue the Sacramente of Christes body and bloud then the Curate shall instructe him that yf he doe truly repente hym of hys synnes and stedfastlye beeleue that Iesus Christ hath suffered death vpon the crosse for him and shed his bloud for hys redempcion earnestlye remembryng the benefytes he hath therby and geuyng hym harty thankes therfore he doth eate and drynke the bodye and bloud of oure Sauioure Christe profitablye to hys soules health although he doe not receyue the Sacramente with his mouth When the sicke person is visited and receyueth the holye Communion all at one tyme then the Priest for more expedycion shall cut of the fourme of the visitacion at the Psalme In thee O Lorde haue I put my truste and goe streyghte to the Communion In the tyme of plague Swette or such other lyke contagyous tymes of sickenesses or diseases when none of the paryshe or neyghbours can be gotten to Communnicate with the sycke in theyr houses for feare of the infeccion vpon specyall request of the diseased the minister may alonly Communicate with him ¶ The order for the Buriall of the dead The Priest metyng the corps at the Churche stile shall saye Or els the Priestes and clerkes shall syng and so go eyther vnto the Churche or towardes the graue Iohn xi I Am the resurreccyon and the life sayth the Lord he the beleueth in me yea though he were dead yet shall lyue And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth in me shall not dye for euer Iob. xix I Knowe that my redemer lyueth and that I shall rise oute of the earth in the last daie and shal be couered agayne with my skinne and shall see god in my flesh yea and I my selfe shall beholde him not with other but with the same eyes i. Tim. vi WE brought nothing into this worlde neither maye we cary any thyng out of thys world The Lorde geueth and the lord taketh away Iob. i. Euen as it hath pleased the lord so commeth thinges to passe blessed be the name of the Lorde When they come at the graue whiles the corps is made ready to be laid into the earth the Priest shal say or the Priest and clerkes shall syng Iob. ix MAn that is borne of a woman hathe but a shorte time to liue and is ful of misery he cometh vp and is cutte downe lyke a floure he flieth as it were a shadow and neuer continueth in one staye In the middes of lyfe we be in death of whom may we seke for succour but of thee O Lorde which for our synnes iustly arte displeased yet O lord god moste holy O lord most mightye O holy and most mercyfull sauiour delyuer vs not into the bytter paynes of eternall death Thou knowest Lord the secretes of our heartes shutte not vp thy mercifull eyes to our prayers But spare vs lorde most holy O god most mightie O holy and mercifull sauiour thou most worthy iudge eternall suffre vs not at our laste houre for any paines of death to fall from thee Then while the earth shal be cast vpon the body by some standing by the Priest shall saye FOrasmuch as it hath pleased almighty god of his great mercy to take vnto himselfe the
he thou mercyfull vnto our synnes Blessed is the man whom thou chosest and receauest vnto thee he shall dwell in thy court and shal be satisfyed with the pleasures of thy house euen of thy holy temple Thou shalt shew vs wonderful thinges in thy righteousnes O god of our saluacion thou that art the hope of al the endes of the earth and of them that remayne in the broade sea Which in his stength setteth fast the mountaynes and is gyrded about with power Whiche stilleth the ragyng of the sea and the noyse of hys waues and the madnes of his people They also that dwel in the vttermost partes of the earth shal be afraid at thy tokens thou that makest the outgoinges of the morning and euening to prayse thee Thou visitest the earth and blessest it thou makest it very plenteous The ryuer of God is full of water thou preparest theyr corne for so thou prouidest for the earth Thou watrest her forowes thou sendest raine into the litle valleys therof thou makest it softe with the droppes of rayne and blessest the increase of it Thou crownest the yeare with thy goodnesse and thy cloudes droppe fatnes They shal drop vpon the dwellinges of the wildernes and the litle hylles shall reioyce on euery syde The foldes shal be ful of shepe the valleys also shall stand so thicke with corne that they shall laugh and syng Iubilate deo psal lxvi O Be ioyefull in god all ye landes syng prayses vnto the honer of his name make his praise to be glorious Say vnto god O howe wonderfull art thou in thy workes thorowe the greatnes of thy power shal thine enemyes be founde lyers vnto thee For al the world shal Worship thee syng of thee and praise thy name O come hither and beholde the woorkes of God howe wonderfull he is in his doing towarde the children of men He turned the sea into drye lande so that they went thorowe the water on foote there did we reioyce therof He ruleth with his power for euer hys eyes beholde the people and such as wil not beleue shal not be able to exalte themselues O prayse oure God ye people and make the voice of hys prayse to be heard Which holdeth our soule in lyfe and suffereth not our fete to slyp For thou O god hast proued vs thou also hast tryed vs lyke as siluer is tryed Thou broughtest vs into the snare and layd trouble vpon our loynes Thou sufferedst men to ryde ouer our heades we wente thorow fyre and water and thou broughtest vs oute into a welthy place I will goe into thy house with burnt offerynges and wil pay thee my vowes which I promysed with my lippes and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I will offre vnto thee fat burnte sacrifices with the insence of rammes I wil offre bullockes and goates O come hither and harken al ye that feare god and I wil tell you what he hath done for my soule I called vnto him with my mouth and gaue him praises with my tongue If I encline vnto wickednes with my heart the lord will not heare me But god hath heard me and consydered the voyce of my prayer Praised be god which hath not cast out my praier nor turned hys mercy fro me Deus miscreatur nostri Psal lxvii GOd be mercifull vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lyghte of hys countenaunce and be mercifull vnto vs. That thy waye maye be knowen vpon earth thy sauyng health among al nacions Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nacions reioice and be glad for thou shalt iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacions vpon earth Let the people prayse thee O god let al the people prayse thee Then shal the earth bryng furthher increase and God euen our own god shall geue vs hys blessing God shal blesse vs and al the endes of the world shal feare hym Exurgat deus Psalm lxviii Mornīg prayer LEt God aryse and let hys enemyes be scatered lette them also that hate hym flye before hym Lyke as the smoke vanisheth so shalt thou dryue them awaye and lyke as waxe melteth at the fier so let the vngodly peryshe at the presence of god But let the righteous be glad and reioice before God let them also be mery and ioyfull O sing vnto god and syng prayses vnto hys name magnifie him that rideth vpon the heauens as it were vpon an horse prayse him in his name yea and reioice before hym He is a father of the fatherles and defendeth the cause of widowes euen god in his holy habitacion He is the god that maketh men to be of one mynde in an house bringeth the priesoners out of captiuitie but letteth the runneagates continue in scarcenes O god when thou wentest furth before the people when thou wentest through the wildernes The earth shoke and the heauens dropped at the presence of Ood euen as Sinay also was moued at the presence of god which is the god of Israel Thou O god sendest a gracious rayne vpon thine enheritaunce and refreshedst it when it was wery Thy congregacions shall dwell therein for thou O God hast of thy goodnes prepared for the poore The Lord gaue the worde greate was the companye of the preachers Kinges with their armies did flie and were discomfited and they of the housholde deuyded the spoile Though ye haue lyen among the pottes yet shall ye be as the winges of a doue that is couered wyth syluer wynges and her fethers lyke golde When the almightie scattered kynges for theyr sake then were they as white as snowe in Salmon As the hill of Basan so is gods hill euen an highe hill as the hyll of Basan Why hop ye so ye high hilles this is gods hil in the which it pleaseth hym to dwell yea the Lorde wyll abide in it for euer The charettes of god are .xx. M. euen thousandes of Angels and the Lorde is emong them as in the holy place of Sinay Thou art gone vp on high thou hast led captiuitie captiue and receiued giftes for men yea euē for thine enemies that the Lorde God might dwell among them Praised be the lord daily euen the god which helpeth vs and powred his benefites vpon vs. He is our god euen the god of whom commeth saluaciō god is the lord by whom we escape death God shal wounde the head of hys enemyes and the heary scalpe of such a one as goeth on styll in his wyckednes The Lord hath sayd I wil bring my people again as I did from Basan myne own wyll I bryng agayne as I did some tyme from the depe of the sea That thy fote may be dipped in the bloud of thine enemiesand that the tongue of thy dogges maye be redde throughe thesame It is wel seen O god how thou goest how thou my god and kyng goest in the sanctuary The fingers goe before the minstrels folowe after in the
middest are the damosels playing with the timbrelles Geue thankes O Israel vnto god the lord in the congregacions from the grounde of the heart There is little Beniamin their ruler and the princes of Iuda theyr counsel the princes of zabulon and the princes of Nephtali Thy God hath sent furth strength for thee stablishe the thing O God that thou hast wrought in vs. For thy temples sake at Ierusalem so shal kinges bring presentes vnto thee When the companye of the speare men and multitude of the mightie are scattered abrode emong the beastes of the people so that they humbly bring pieces of siluer when he hath scattered the people that delight in warre Then shal the Princes come out of Egipt the Morians land shal sone stretche out her handes vnto God Sing vnto God O ye kyngdomes of the earth O syng prayses vnto the Lorde Which sitteth in the heauens ouer all frō the beginning lo he doth send out his voyce yea and that a mighty voice Ascribe ye the power to God ouer Israel hys worshyp and strength is in the cloudes O God wonderful art thou in thy holy places euen the God of Israel he will geue strength and power vnto hys people blessed be God Saluum me fac deus Psal lxix Euening prayer SAue me O God for the waters are come in euen vnto my soule I sticke fast in the depe myre where no ground is I am come into depe waters so that the floudes runne ouer me I am wery of crying my throte is drye my sight fayleth me for wayting so long vpon my god They that hate me withoute a cause are moe then the heere 's of my head they that are mine enemies and would destroy me gyltles are mighty I payed them the thinges that I neuer tooke God thou knowest my simplenes my faultes are not hid from thee Let not them that trust in thee O lord God of hostes be ashamed for my cause let not those that seeke thee be confounded through me O Lord God of Israel And why for thy sake haue I suffred reprofe shame hath couered my face I am become a straunger vnto my brethren euen an aleant vnto my mothers children For the zeale of thyne house hath euen eaten me and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee are fallen vpon me I wept and chastned my self with fasting and that was turned to my reprofe I put on a sackecloth also and they iested vpon me They that sytte in the gate speake agaynst me and the drunkardes make songes vpon me But Lorde I make my prayer vnto thee in an acceptable tyme. Heare me O God in the multitude of thy mercy euen in the trueth of thy saluacion Take me out of the myre that I sinke not Oh let me be deliuered from them that hate me and out of the depe waters Let not the water floud drowne me neither let the depe swalow me vp and let not the pit shut her mouth vpon me Heare me O lord for thy louing kindnes is cōfortable turne the vnto me according to the multitude of thy mercies And hyde not thy face from thy seruaunte for I am in trouble Oh hast thee and heare me Draw nigh vnto my soule and saue it Oh deliuer me because of mine enemies Thou hast knowen my reprofe my shame and my dishonour mine aduersaries are all in thy sight Thy rebuke hath broken my hert I am ful of heauines I looked for some to haue pietie on me but there was no man neither found I any to comfort me They gaue me gall to eate and when I was thyrstie they gaue me vinegre to drinke Let theyr table be made a snare to take thēselues withall and let the thynges that shoulde haue been for theyr wealth be vnto them an occasion of falling Let their eies be blinded that they see not and euer bowe thou down their backes Powre oute thyne indignacyon vpon them and lette thy wrathfull displeasure take holde of them Let their habitacion be voide and no man to dwel in their tentes For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten and they talke how they may vexe them whom thou hast wounded Let them fall from one wyckednesse to another and not come into thy ryghteousnesse Let them be wiped out of the boke of the liuing and not to be written among the righteous As for me when I am poore and in heauinesse thy helpe O God shal lyft me vp I wil prayse the name of god with a song and magnifye it with thankes geuing This also shal please the Lord better then a bullocke that hath hornes and hoofes The humble shal considre this and be glad seeke ye after god and your soule shall lyue For the lord heareth the poore and despiseth not hys prysoners Let heauen and earth praise him the sea and al that moueth therin For god wil saue Siō and builde the cities of Iuda that men may dwel there and haue it in possession The posteritie also of hys seruauntes shall enherite it and they that loue hys name shall dwell therin Deus in adiutorium psal lxx HAst the O god to deliuer me make hast to helpe me O Lorde Let them be ashamed and confounded that seke after my soule let them be turned backward and put to confusyon that wyshe me euill Let them for their rewarde bee sone broughte to shame that crye ouer me there there But let al those that seke thee be ioyful and glad in thee and let all suche as dilighte in thy saluacion say alwaye the lorde be praysed As for me I am poore and in miserie haste thee vnto me O god Thou art my helper and my redemer O Lorde make no long tarying In te domine speraui psal lxxi Mornīg prayer IN thee O lord haue I put my trust let me neuer be put to confusyon but ridde me and deliuer me in thy righteousnes enclyne thyne eare vnto me saue me Be thou my strong holde whereunto I may alwaye resort thou hast 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 cruel man For thou O lorde god art the thing that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Throughe thee haue I been holden vp euer sence I was borne thou art he that toke me out of my mothers wombe my prayse shal be alwaye of thee I am become as it wer a monstre 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 honor al the day long Cast me not away in the time of age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me For myne enemyes speake agaynst me and they that laye wayte for my soule take their counsayll together saying God hath forsaken hym persecute hym and take hym for there is none to deliuer hym Goe not farre fro
euen vnto the grounde Yea they said in their heartes let vs make hauocke of them altogether thus haue they brent vp all the houses of god in the lande We see not oure tokens there is not one Prophete more no not one is there among vs that vnderstandeth any more O god how long shal the aduersary doe this dishonor how long shal the enemy blaspheme thy name for euer Why withdrawest thou thy hande why pluckest thou not thy right hand out of thy bosome to consume the enemy For God is my king of olde the helpe that is done vpon earth he doeth it hymselfe Thou dyddest deuyde the Sea throughe thy power thou brakest the heades of the dragons in the waters Thou smotest the heades of Leuiathan in pieces and gauest hym to be meate for the people in the wildernesse Thou broughtest out fountaynes and waters out of the hard Rockes thou driuedst vp mightie waters The day is thyne and the nyght is thine thou hast prepared the light and the sunne Thou hast set al the borders of the earth thou hast made somer and wynter Remember this O lord how the enemy hath rebuked and how the foolish people hath blasphemed thy name O deliuer not the soule of the Turtle Doue vnto the multitude of the enemyes and forgeat not the congregacyon of the poore for euer Loke vpon the couenaunt for al the earth is ful of darkenes and cruel habitacions O let not the simple goe away ashamed but let the poore and nedy geue prayse vnto thy name Arise O god maintaine thine own cause remembre howe the foolysh man blasphemeth thee dayly Forgeat not the voice of thyne enemies the presumpcion of them that hate thee encreaseth euer more and more Confirebimur tibi psal lxxv Mornīg prayer INto thee O god doe we geue thankes vnto thee doe we geue thankes Thy name also is nyghe and that doe thy wonderous workes declare When I receiue the congregacion I shal iudge according vnto ryghte The earth is weake and all the inhabitours thereof I beare vp the pillers of it I sayd vnto the fooles deale not so madly and to the vngodly set not vp your horne Set not vp your horne on high and speake not with a stiffe necke For promocion cometh neither from the East nor from the West nor yet from the South And why god is the iudge he putteth down one and setteth vp another For in the hande of the lord there is a cup and the wine is red it is full mixte and he powreth out of thesame As for the dregges therof al the vngodly of the earth shall drinke them and sucke them out But I wil talke of the god of Iacob praise him for euer All the hornes of the vngodly also wil I breake and the hornes of the righteous shal be exalted Notus in Iudea Psal lxxvi IN Iewry is god knowen his name is greate in Israel At Salem is hys tabernacle and hys dwellyng in Sion There brake he the arowes of the bowe the shielde the sweord and the battayle Thou art of more honour and might then the hilles of the robbers The proude are robbed they haue slepte their stepe and al the men whose handes were mightie haue found nothing At thy rebuke O god of Iacob both the charret and horse is fallen Thou euen thou art to be feared and who may stande in thy sight when thou art angry Thou didst cause thy iudgement to be heard from heauē the earth trembled and was styll When god arose to indgemente and to helpe al the meke vpon earth The fearcenes of man shal turne to thy prayse and the fearcenes of other shalt thou restrayne Promise vnto the lorde your god and kepe it al ye that be rounde about hun bring presentes vnto hun that ought to be feared He shal restrayne the spirite of Princes and is wonderfull emong the kinges of the earth Voce mea ad dominum Psal lxxvii I Will crye vnto God with my voyce euen vnto God wil I crye with my voice he shal hearkē vnto me In the time of my trouble I sought the lord my sore ran and ceassed not in the nyght season my soule refused comfort When I am in heauines I will thynke vpon god when my heart is vexed and wil complayne Thou holdest mine eyes wakyng I am so feble that I cannot speake I haue considered the dayes of olde and the yeres that are past I cal to remembraunce my song and in the night I common with mine own heart and searche out my spirites Will the Lorde absent himselfe for euer and wil he be no more entreated Is his mercye cleane gone for euer and is hys promise come vtterlye to an ende for euermore Hath God forgotten to be gracious and wil he shut vp his louing kindnes in displeasure And I said it is mine own infirmitie but I wil remember the yeres of the right hand of the most hyghest I wil remember the workes of the Lord and call to mind thy wonders of olde tyme. I wil thinke also of al thy workes and my talking shal be of thy doinges Thy way O God is holy who is so great a god as our God Thou art the God that doth woonders and hast declared thy power emong people Thou hast myghtelye deliuered thy people euen the sonnes of Iacob and Ioseph The waters saw thee O God the waters saw thee and were afrayd the depthes also wer troubled The cloudes powred out water the ayre thundred thine arowes went abrode The voyce of the thunder was heard rounde about the lightninges shone vpon the ground the earth was moued and shoke withall Thy way is in the sea and thy pathes in the great waters and thy foote steppes are not knowen Thou leddest thy people like shepe by the hande of Moses and Aaron Attendite popule psal lxxviii Euenīg prayer HEare my law O my people encline your eares vnto the woordes of my mouth I will open my mouth in a parable I will declare hard sentences of olde Which we haue heard and knowen and suche as our fathers tolde vs. That we should not hide thē from the children of the generacions to come but to shewe the honor of the lorde his mighty and wonderful workes that he hath done He made a couenant with Iacob and gaue Israel a law which he cōmaūded our forefathers to teache their childrē That theyr posteritie myght knowe it and the children which were yet vnborne To the intent that when they came vp they might shew theyr children thesame That they might put theyr trust in God and not to forgeat the workers of god but to kepe his commaundemētes And not to be as theyr forefathers a faithles and stubburne generacion a generacion that set not their hearte aright and whose spirite cleaueth not stedfastly vnto God Like as the children of Ephraim which being harnessed and carying bowes turned themselues backe in the day of battayle They kepte not the couenante of