myne enemies Slaye them not lest my people forget it but scatter them abrode amonge thy people and put them downe O Lorde our defence For the sinne of theyr mouth and for the wordes of theyr lippes they shal be taken in their pryde and why theyr preachinge is of cursynge and lyes Consume them in thy wrath consume them that they maye peryshe and knowe that it is God whych ruleth in Iacob and vnto the endes of the worlde Sela. And in the euenyng they wyl returne grenne like a dogge and wil go aboute the cytie They will runne here and there for meate and grudge yf they be not satisfyed As for me I wyll singe of thy power and wyll prayse thy mercy be times in the morning for thou haste bene my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble Vnto the O my strength wyl I syng for thou O God art my refuge and my mercyfull god The second Exau di deus depreca Psal lxi HEare my crying o god geue eare vnto my prayer From the endes of the earth wil I cal vnto the when my hert is in heuines Oh sette me vp vpon the rocke that is hygher then I. For thou hast bene my hope and a stronge tower for me agaynste the enemye I will dwell in thy tabernacle for euer my trust shal be vnder the coueryng of thy wynges Sela. For thou O Lord hast heard my desires hast geuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy name Thou shalt graunt the king a long lyfe that hys yeares may endure thoroweout al generacions He shall dwell before God for euer O prepare thy louing mercy faythfulnes that they may preserue him So wil I alway sing prayse to thy name that I maye dayly perfourme my vowes The third Nonne deo subiecta psal lxii MY soule trulye wayteth stil vpō God for of him cometh my saluacion He verely is my strēgth my saluacion He is my defence so that I shal not greatly fal Howe long will ye ymagin mischife agaynst euerye man ye shal be slayne all the sorte of you yea as a totteryng wall shal ye be and lyke a broken hedge Theyr deuice is only howe to put hym out whom God will exalte their delyght is in lyes they geue good woordes wyth they re mouthe but curse with theyr hert Sela. Neuertheles my soule wayt thou styll vpon god for my hope is in hym He truely is my strength my saluacion he is my defence so that I shall not fall In god is my helth and my glorye the rocke of my might and in God is my trust O put your trust in him alway ye people poure out youre hertes before hym for God is our hope Sela. As for the chyldren of men they are but vayne the children of men are disceatful vpon the wayghtes they ar altogether lyghter thē vanitie it selfe O trust not in wronge and robberye geue not youre selues vnto vanitie yf ryches increase set not your hert vpon them God spake once and twyse I-haue also heard the same that power belongeth vnto god And that thou Lorde art mercyfull for thou rewardeste euery man accordinge to hys worke ¶ The fourth Deus misereatur nostri psal lxvii GOd be merciful vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lyght of of hys countenaunce and be mercifull vnto vs Sela. That thy waye maye be knowen vpon earth thy sauing helthe amonge all nacions Let the people prayse the O god yea let all the people prayse the O let the nacyons reioyce and be glad For thou shalt iudge the folke righteously gouerne the nacions vpon earth Sela. Let the people prayse the O god let all thy people prayse the. Then shal the earth bring forthe her encrease God euen our owne God shall geue vs his blessynge God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the world shal feare hym ¶ Let vs pray O Almightie god whiche hast prepared euerlastyng lyfe to all those that be thy faythful seruauntes graunt vnto vs Lorde sure hope of the life euerlasting that we beyng in this miserable worlde may haue some taste and feling of it in our hartes and that not by our deseruing but by the merites and deseruing of our sauiour and Lord◠Iesu Christ Amen ¶ The Letany c. As afore On satterday at after noone The fyrst Voce mea ad dominum psal lxxvii I Wyll crye vnto God wyth my voyce euen vnto God will I crye with my voyce and he shall herken vnto me In the tyme of my trouble I I sought the Lord my sore ranne and ceassed not in the nyght season my soule refused comforte When I am in heuinesse I wil thynke vpon God when my herte is vexed and wil complayne Sela Thou holdest mine eies waking I am so feble that I cannot speake I haue considered the dayes of olde and the yeares that are past I call to remembraunce my songe and in the nyght I commune with myne owne harte and searche out my spirites Wyll the lorde absent him selfe for euer And wil he be no more intreated Is hys mercy cleane gone for euer and is his promise come vtterly to an ende for euermore Hath God forgotten to be gracious And will he shut vp hys louing kindnesse in displeasure Sela And I sayd it is mine owne infyrmitie But I wil remembre the yeres of the right hand of the most hyest I will remembre the workes of the Lorde and call to minde thy wonders of olde tyme. I will thinke also of all thy workes and my talking shal be of thy doynges Thy waye O God is holie who is so great a God as oure God Thou art the god that doth wondres and hast declared thy power among people Thou hast mightely delyuered thy people euē the sonnes of Iacob and Ioseph Sela. The waters sawe the O god the waters sawe the and were afrayed the depthes also were troubled The cloudes powred out water the ayre thundred and thine arowes went abrode The voyce of thy thundre was herd round about the lighteninges shone vpon the grounde the earth was moued and shoke withall Thy waye is in the sea and thy pathes in the great waters thy footesteppes are not knowen Thou lededst thy people lyke sheepe by the hand of Moses and Aaron The second Deus venerunt gentes psal lxxix O God the Heathen are come into thy enheritaunce thy holy temple haue they defiled and made Ierusalē an hepe of stones The dead bodies of thy seruaūtes haue they gyuen to be meate vnto the foules of the ayre and the fleshe of thy saynctes vnto the beastes of the lande Their bloud haue they shed like water on euery side of Ierusalem ther was no man to bury them We are become an open shame vnto our enemies a very scorne derision vnto them that are round about vs. Lorde howe longe wilt thou be angrye shall thy gelousye burne lyke fyre for euer Poure out thyne indignacion vpon the Heathen that haue not knowen
seruauntes thy worke theyr children thy glorie And the glorious maiestie of the lorde our god be vpon vs prosper thou the worke of our handes vpon vs o prosper thou our handy worke The second Venite exultemus psal xcv O Come let vs synge vnto the Lorde let vs hertely reioyce in the strength of oure saluacion let vs come before his presence with thankes geuing and shewe our selfe glad in him with psalmes For the Lorde is a great kinge aboue all goddes In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hylles is hys also The sea is hys and he made it and his handes prepared the drye lande O come let vs worshyppe and falle downe before the Lorde our maker For he is the Lorde our God and we are the people of hys pasture and the shepe of his handes To day if ye wil heare his voyce harden not your hartes as in the prouocacion and as in the daye of tentacion in the wildernes when youre fathers tempted me proued me sawe my workes Fourtie yeares long was I greued with the generacion sayde it is a people that do erre in theyr hertes for they haue not knowen my wayes Vnto whom I sware in my wrath that they shoulde not enter into my rest ¶ The third Iubilate deo psal C. O Be ioyfull in the Lorde all ye landes serue the Lorde with gladnesse come before hys presence with a song Be ye sure that the Lorde he is God It is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are hys people the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye into his gates with thankesgeuing and into his courtes wyth prayse be thankeful vnto hym and speake good of hys name For the Lord is gracious hys mercy is euerlastyng his truthe endureth from generacion to generacion The fowerth Benedic anima mea psal ciii PRayse the lorde O my soule al that is within me prayse hys holy name Prayse the Lorde O my soule and forget not all hys benefytes Whiche forgeueth al thy sinne and healeth all thyne infyrmyties Whyche saueth thy lyfe from destrucciō and crowneth the with mercye and louynge kyndnesse Whiche satisfyeth thy mouth with good thynges makyng the yonge and lustye as an Aegle The lorde executeth ryghteousnesse and iudgement for all them that are oppressed with wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses hys workes vnto the chyldren of Israel The lorde is full of compassion and mercy long suffring and of great goodnes He wil not alway be chiding neyther kepeth he his anger for euer He hath not dealt wyth vs after our synnes nor rewarded vs accordyng to our wickednesses For loke howe hye the heauen is in comparison of the earth so greate is hys mercy also towarde them that feare him Loke howe wyde also the East is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yea lyke as a father pytieth hys owne children euen so is the lorde merciful vnto thē that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust The dayes of man are but as grasse for he florisheth as a floure of the fielde For as sone as the winde goth ouer it it is gone and the place therof shall knowe it no more But the mercifull goodnesse of the lorde endureth for euer and euer vpō them that feare hym and hys ryghteousnes vpon childres children Euen vpon suche as kepe hys couenaunt and thinke vpon hys commaundementes to do them The lorde hath prepared hys seate in heauen and his kyngdom ruleth ouer all O prayse the lorde ye Angels of hys ye that excell in strength ye that fulfill hys commaundement and herken vnto the voyce of hys wordes O prayse the Lord al ye his hostes ye seruauntes of hys that do hys pleasure O speake good of the lorde all ye workes of hys in all places of hys dominyon prayse thou the lorde O my soule Let vs pray O Almyghtie mercifull lorde whiche geuest vnto thy elect people the holy gooste as a sure pledge of thy heauenly kyngdom Graunte vnto vs o lorde this holy spirite that he may beare witnes with our spirite that we be thy children and heyres of thy kyngdom and that by the operacion of this spirite we may kyl all carnall lustes vnlawfull pleasures concupiscence euell affeccions contrary vnto thy wil by our sauioure and lorde Iesu Christ Amen The Letany O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the father of heauen haue mercye vpon vs myserable synners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs myserable sinners O God the holy gost procedyng from the father the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost procedyng from the father and the sonne haue mercie 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 thre persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners Holy virgin Mary mother of God our sauiour Iesu Christ Pray for vs. All holy Angels and Archangelles and all holy orders of blessed spirites Pray for vs. All holy Patriarkes Prophetes Apostles and Martyrs Confessours and Virgins and all the blessed company of heauē Pray for vs. Remembre not Lorde oure offences nor the offences of oure forefathers neyther take thou vengeaunce of our sinnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed with thy moste precious bloude and be not angrye with vs for euer Spare vs good lorde From all euel and mischiefe from synne from the craftes assautes of the deuyl frō thy wrath and from euerlasting damnacion Good lorde deliuer vs. From blindnesse of heart from pryde vayneglory and hipocrisy from enuy hatred and malyce and all vncharitablenesse Good lorde deliuer vs. From fornicacion and all deadly synne and from all the deceiptes of the worlde the flesshe and the deuyll Good lorde delyuer vs. From lightening and tempest from plage pestilence and famine from battayle and murder from sodeyne death Good lorde delyuer vs. From all sedicion and pryuye conspiracy from the tyranny of the byshop of Rome and all hys detestable enormities frō all false doctrine and heresy from al hardnes of heart and contempt of thy worde and commaundement Good lorde delyuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnacion by thy holy Natiuitie circumcision by thy baptisme fastyng and temptacion Good lorde delyuer vs By thyne agony and bluddy sweat by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and buryall by thy glorious resurrection and ascencion by the cummyng of the holy gost Good lorde delyuer vs. In al tyme of our tribulacion to all tyme of our welth in the houre of death in the day of iudgement Good lorde delyuer vs. We synners do beseche the to heare
them the continuall dewe of thy blessing Graunt this o lorde for the honour of our aduocate mediatour Iesu Christ Amen WE beseche the O Lorde to shewe vpon vs thyne exceding great mercye whiche no tonge can worthely expresse and that it may please the to delyuer vs from all oure synnes and also from the paynes that we haue for them deserued Graunte this O lord through our mediatour and aduocate Iesu Christ Amen GRaunt we beseche the O almighty God that we in our trouble put our whole confidence vpon thy mercy that we agaynst all aduersitie be defended vnder thy protection Graunte this O lorde God for our mediatour and aduocate Iesu Christes sake Amen ALmighty God whiche hast geuen vs grace at thys tyme with one accord to make our commune supplicacions vnto the and doest promyse that whē two or .iii. be gathered in thy name thou wilt graunt their requestes fulfil now O lorde the desires and peticions of thy seruauntes as may be best expedient for them grauntyng vs in thys worlde knowledge of thy truthe and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen The prayer of our Lord. OVr father whiche arte in heauen halowed be thy name Thy kyngdome come Thy wil be done in yearth as it is in heauen Geue vs this day our daily bread And forgeue vs our trespaces as we forgeue them that trespasse agaynst vs. And let vs not be led into temptacion But delyuer vs from euill Amen ¶ The Crede or .xii. articles of the Christen fayth I Beleue in God the father almyghty maker of heauen and yearth And in Iesu Christ hys only sonne our Lorde Whyche was conceyued of the holye gost borne of the virgin Mry Suffered vnder Ponce Pylate was crucified dead buryed and descended in to hell And the thirde day he rose agayne from death He ascended into heauen and sytteth on the righte hande of god the father almightie From thence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead I Beleue in the holye goste The holy Catholycke churche The Communion of saynctes the forgeuenes of synnes The resurreccion of the body And the life euerlastyng Amen ¶ The .x. commaundementes of almighty God THou shalte haue none other goddes in my syghte Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage neyther any similitude that is in Heauē aboue eyther in the earth beneth or in the waters vnder the earthe Thou shalte not worshippe them neyther serue them for I the Lord thy god am a gelouse God vysitte the synne of the fathers vpon the childrē vnto the thyrd fourth generacion of theym that hate me and shewe mercy vnto thousandes in them that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy god in vayne Remember the Sabboth daye that thou sanctifie it Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes maye be long in the lande whiche the Lorde thy god geueth the. Thou shalte not kyll Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalte not steale Thou shalt not beare false wytnesse agaynste thy neyghboure Thou shalte not couet thy neyghboures house neyther shalt thou couet thy neyghbours wife or hys manne seruaunte or hys mayde or his Oxe or his asse or what soeuer thy neyghbour hath The places of baptysme Go ye therefore Math. xxviii and teache all nacions baptisynge them in the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy gooste Teaching them to obserue al thinges whatsoeuer I haue commaunded you Go ye in to al the world preach the gospel to all creatures Marke xv he that beleueth is baptised shal be saued But he that beleueth not shal be dampned Knowe ye not that al we which are baptysed into Iesu Christ Roma vi are baptised to dye with hym For ye are al children of god because ye beleue in Christ Iesu Gal. iii. For all ye that are baptysed haue put on Christ For the supper of the lord Math. xxvi When they were eatynge Iesus toke breade and whan he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to the dysciples sayde Take eate this is my body And he toke the cuppe and thanked and gaue it them saying Drinke ye all of this for this is my bloude whiche is of the newe testamente that is shed for many for the remission of synnes Marke xiiii And as they did eate Iesus toke breade and whan he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue to them and sayd Take eate thys is my bodie And he toke the cup and whē he had geuen thankes he toke it to them and they all dranke of it and he sayde vnto them Thys is my bloud of the newe testament whiche is shed for many And he toke breade and when he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue vnto them saying Luke xxii Thys is my body whiche is geuen for you This do in the remembraunce of me Lykewise also when he had supped he toke the cuppe saying This cup is the newe testament in my bloud whiche is shed for you That which I delyuered vnto you I receyued of the lorde i. Cor. xi For the Lord Iesu the same night in whiche he was betrayed toke breade and when he had geuen thankes he brake it and sayde Take ye and eate this is my bodye whiche is broken for you This do ye in the remembraunce of me After the same maner also he toke the cup when supper was doen saying this cup is the newe Testament in my bloud Thys dooe as oft as ye drinke it in remembraunce of me For as often as ye shall eate this bread and drinke of this cup ye shall shewe the Lordes deathe tyll he come Wherfore whosoeuer shall eate of thys breade or drynke of the cuppe of the Lord vnworthelye shal be gyltie of the body and blood of the Lorde But let a man examin hymselfe and so let hym eate of the bread drinke of the cup. For he that eateth and drinketh vnworthely eateth drinketh hys owne dānacion because he maketh no difference of the Lordes body For this cause many are weake sicke amonge you manye slepe For yf we had iudged ourselues ▪ we shoulde not haue ben iudged Finis ¶ Imprinted at London in Flete strete at the signe of the Sunne ouer agaynste the Conduyte by Edwarde Whit-churche the .v. daye of Nouember in the yeare of oure Lord. 1547. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum