mediatour and redemer Amen ¶ The thankes geuing of weomen after childe birth commonly called the Churching of women The woman shall come into the churche and there shall knele down in some conuenient place nigh vnto the place where the Table standeth and the Priest standing by her shall saye these wordes or such like as the case shall require FOrasmuch as it hath pleased almighty god of his goodnes to geue you safe deliueraunce and hath preserued you in the great daunger of childbirth ye shall therfore geue hearty thankes vnto God and praye ¶ Then shall the Priest say this Psalme I Haue lyfted vp myne eyes vnto the hylles from whence cometh my helpe My helpe cometh euen from the Lord whiche hath made heauen and earth He will not suffre thy foote to be moued and he that kepeth thee will not slepe Behold he that kepeth Israel shall neither flumber nor slepe The lord himself is thy keper the lorde is thy defence vpon thy right hande So that the Sunne shal not burne thee by daye neither the Moone by night The Lord shall preserue thee from al euill yea it is euen he that shal kepe thy soule The Lorde shall preserue thy going out and thy coming in from this time furth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c As it was in the beginning is nowe c. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Priest O Lord saue this woman thy seruaunt Aunswere Which putteth her trust in thee Priest Be thou to her a strong tower Aunswere From the face of her enemy Priest Lord heare our prayer Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee Priest ¶ Let vs pray O Almighty god which hast deliuered this woman thy seruaunt from the great payn peril of childe byrth Graunt we beseche thee most merciful father that she through thy helpe maye both faithfully liue walke in her vocacion according to thy will in this life present And also maye be partaker of euerlasting glori in the life to come through Iesus Christ our lord Amē ¶ The woman that cometh to geue her thankes must offre accustomed offeringes and if there be a Communion it is conuenient that she receiue the holy Communion ¶ A Comminacion against synners with certayne prayers to be vsed dyuerse tymes in the yere ¶ After Morning prayer the people beyng called together by the rynging of a bell and assembled in the Churche the Englishe Letany shal be sayde after the accustomed maner whiche ended the Priest shall goe into the pulpitte and saye thus BRethren in the primatiue Churche there was a godly discipline that at the begynning of Lent suche persones as were notorious sinners were put to open penaunce punished in thys world that their soules myght bee saued in the daye of the Lord. And that others admonished by their exaumple might be more afrayd to offēd In the stede whereof vntyll the sayd discipline may be restored agayn whiche thyng is much to be wisshed it is thought good that at thys tyme in your presence should be read the generall sentences of God cursyng against impenitent sinners gathered out of the .xxvii. Chapter of Deuteronomie and other places of scripture And that ye shoulde aunswere to euery sentence Amen To thintēt that you being admonished of the great indignacion of god against sinners may the rather be called to earnest and true repentaunce and may walke more warely in these daungerous daies fleing from such vices for the which ye affirme with your own mouthes the curse of God to be due Cursed is the man that maketh any carued or molten ymage an abhominacion to the Lorde the woorke of the handes of the craftes man and putteth it in a secrete place to worship it And the people shall aunswere and saye Amen Ministre Cursed is he that curseth his father and mother Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that remoueth awaye the marke of hys neighbours land Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that maketh the blynde to goe out of hys waye Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that letteth in iudgement the right of the straunger of them that be fatherles and of wiedowes Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour secretely Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that lyeth with his neighbours wife Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that taketh reward to slay the soule of innocent bloud Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man and taketh manne for hys defence and in hys hearte goeth from the Lorde Aunswere Amen Ministre Cursed are the vnmercifull the fornicatours and adulterers and the couetous persones the woorshippers of ymages slaunderers drunkardes and extorcioners Aunswere Amen The Minister NOw seeyng that all they be accursed as the Prophete Dauid beareth witnes psa cxviii which doe erre go a stray from the commaundementes of god let vs remembryng the dreadfull iudgement hangyng ouer oure heades and beeyng alwayes at hande returne vnto oure Lorde God with all contricion and mekenesse of heart bewayling and lamentyng our sinful lyfe knowledgeing and confessing our offences and seking to bryng furth worthy fruites of penaunce Math. iii For nowe is the Axe put vnto the roote of the trees so that euery tree which bryngeth not furth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fyre Hebre. x. It is a fearefull thyng to fal into the handes of the liuyng god Psalm x he shall powre downe rayn vpon the sinners snares fyre brimstone storme and tempest thys shal be theyr porcion to drynke Esa xxvi For loe the lord is comen out of hys place to visyte the wickednes of suche as dwell vpon the earthe Mala. iii But who may abide the day of his comyng who shal be able to endure when he appeareth Hys fanne is in his hand and he wyll pourge hys floore and gather hys wheate into the barne Math. iii but he wyll burne the chaffe with vnquencheable fyre The day of the lord cometh as a these vpon the night and when men shall saye peace and all thynges are safe i. Tess v. then shall sodeynlye destruccion come vpon them as sorowe cometh vpon a woman trauayling with childe Roma ii and they shall not escape then shall appeare the wrath of God in the day of vēgeaunce whiche obstinate sinners through the stubbernes of theyr heart haue heaped vnto themselfe whiche despysed the goodnesse pacience and long sufferaunce of God Prouer. i when he called them continually to repentaunce Then shall they call vpon me sayth the lord but I wyll not heare they shall seke me early but they shal not fynde me that because they hated knowledge and receyued not the feare of the Lord but abhorred my counsayle and despysed my correccyon
ryghteousenesse and am of power to helpe Wherfore then is thy clothyng redde and thy rayment like his that treadeth in the wyne presse I haue troden the presse my selfe alone and of all people there is not one with me Thus will I treade down myne enemies in my wrath and set my feete vpon them in myne indignacion And theyr bloud shall bespryng my clothes and so will I stayne all my rayment For the day of vengeaunce is assigned in my heart and the yeare whē my people shal be delyuered is come I loked aboute me and there was no man to shewe me any helpe I merueiled that no man helde me vp Then I helde me by myne owne arme and my feruentnes sustayned me And thus will I treade downe the people in my wrathe and bathe them in my displeasure and vpon the earth will I lay theyr strength I will declare the goodnes of the Lord yea and the prayse of the Lorde for all that he hath geuen vs for the greate good that he hath done for Israel whyche he hathe geuen them of hys owne fauor and accordyng to the multitude of hys louing kindnes For he sayd these no doubt are my people and no shrinking children and so he was theyr sauiour In their troubles he was also troubled with them the Aungel that went furth from his presence deliuered them Of very loue and kindnes that he had vnto them he redemed them He hath borne them and caryed them vp euer sence the worlde began But after they prouoked him to wrath and vexed hys holy mynde he was theyr enemy and fought agaynst them himselfe Yet rememberd Israel the olde time of Moyses and his people saying where is he that broughte them from the water of the sea with them that fede hys shepe where is he that hath geuen hys holye spiryte among them he ledde them by the ryghte hād of Moses with his glorious arme deuiding the water before them wherby he gat himselfe an euerlastyng name he led them in the depe as an horse is led in the playne that they should not stumble as a tame beaste goeth in the fielde the breath geuen of God geueth hym reste Thus O god haste thou led thy people to make thy selfe a glorious name withall Loke downe then from heauen behold the dwellyng place of thy sāctuary and thy glory How is it that thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercyes and thy louyng kindnes will not be entreated of vs yet art thou our father For Abrahā knoweth vs not neither is Israel acquaynted with vs. But thou lord art our father redemer and thy name is euerlastyng O lord wherfore hast thou led vs out of thy way wherfore hast thou hardned our heartes that we feare thee not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake and for the generacion of thyne heritage Thy people haue had but a lytle of thy Sanctuary in possessiō for our enemies haue trodē downe the holy place And we were thyne from the beginning when thou wast not theyr Lorde for they haue not called vpon thy name ¶ The Gospell mar xiiii AFter two dayes was Easter and the dayes of swete bread And the hie priestes the Scribes sought how they might take hym by craft and put hym to death But they said not in the feast day lest any busines aryse among the people And when he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper euen as he sat at meate there came a woman hauing an Albaster boxe of oyntment called Narde that was pure and costly she brake the boxe and powred it vpon his head And ther were some that were not contente within themselues and said what neded this waste of oyntmente for it might haue been solde for more then three hundreth pence and haue been geuen vnto the poore And they grudged agaynst her And Iesus sayde lette her alone why trouble ye her She hath done a good woorke on me for ye haue poore with you alwayes and whensoeuer ye wyll ye may doe them good but me haue ye not alwayes She hath done that she coulde she came aforehande to annoynte my body to the burying Verely I saye vnto you wheresoeuer thys Gospell shal be preached throughout the whole world this also that she hath done shal be rehearsed in remēbraūce of her And Iudas Iscarioth one of the twelue went a way vnto the hie Priestes to betraye hym vnto them When they hearde that they were glad and promised that they woulde geue hym money And he sought how he might conueniently betray hym And the fyrst day of swete bread when they offered the Passeouer his disciples said vnto hym where with thou that we goe and prepare that thou mayst eate the Passeouer And he sente furth two of his disciples and sayde vnto them goe ye vnto the citie and there shall mete you a manne bearyng a pitcher of water folow hym And whithersoeuer he goeth in say ye vnto the good mā of the house the master saith where is the geast chaūber where I shall eate the Passeouer with my disciples And he will shewe you a great parlor paued and prepared there make ready for vs. And hys disciples went furth and came into the citie and found as he had sayd vnto thē and they made ready the Passeouer And when it was now euentide he came with the twelue And as they sate at borde and did eate Iesus sayd vereley I saye vnto you one of you that eateth with me shall betraye me And they beganne to be sory and to saye to hym one by one is it I and an other sayd is it I he aunswered and sayd vnto them it is one of the .xii. euen he that dippeth with me in the platter The sonne of man truly goeth as it is writtē of him but woe to that man by whom the sonne of man is betrayed good were it for that manne yf he had neuer been borne And as they did eate Iesus tooke bread and when he had geuē thankes he brake it and gaue to them and said Take eate this is my body And he toke the cup and when he had geuen thankes he toke it to them they al dranke of it And he sayd vnto them This is my bloud of the new testament which is shed for many Verely I say vnto you I wil drink no more of the fruite of the vine vntil that day that I drinke it newe in the kyngdome of God And when they had sayde grace they went out to the mount Oliuete And Iesus saith vnto them all ye shal be offended becausse of me this nyghte For it is wrytten I wyll smyte the shepeheard the shepe shal be scattered but after that I am rysen agayne I wyll goe into Galile before you Peter said vnto hym and though all men bee offended yet wyll not I. And Iesus sayeth vnto hym verely I say vnto thee that this day euē in this night before the
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
shal begin the Communion and after the Gospel shal be said a sermon wherein ordinarely so oft as there is any mariage thoffice of a man wyfe shal be declared according to holy scripture or yf there be no sermon the Minister shall reade thys that foloweth Al ye which be maryed or which entende to take the holy estate of matrimonie vpon you heare what holy scripture doeth say as touching the duetie of husbandes toward their wiues and wiues toward their husbandes Saincte Paul in his Epistle to the Ephesians the fifth Chapiter doeth geue thys commaundemente to all maryed men Ye husbandes loue your wiues euen as Christe loued the church hath geuen himselfe for it to sanctifie it pourging it in the fountayne of water throughe thy worde that he might make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion not hauing spotte or wrinkel or any suche thyng but that it should be holy blameles So men are bound to loue their owne wyues as theyr own bodyes He that loueth his own wyfe loueth himfelse For neuer dyd any man hate his own fleshe but nourisheth and cherisheth it euen as the lord doth the congregacion for we are membres of his bodye of hys fleshe and of hys bones For thys cause shal a man leaue father and mother and shall bee ioyned vnto hys wife and they two shall bee one fleshe This misterie is great but I speake of Chryste and of the congregaciō Neuertheles let euery one of you so loue hys own wyfe euen as hymselfe Lykewyse thesame sainct Paul writing to the Colossians speaketh thus to al men that be maried Colo. iiii Ye men loue your wyues and be not bitter vnto them Heare also what Sainct Peter the Apostle of Chryste which was himselfe a maried man sayeth vnto al mē that are maryed i. pete iii Ye husbandes dwel with your wyues according to knowledge Geuing honoure vnto the wife as vnto the weaker vessell and as heyres together of the grace of lyfe so that your prayers be not hyndered Hertherto ye haue heard the duetie of the husband toward the wife Now lykewyse ye wiues heare learne your duetie towardes your husbandes euen as it is playnely set forth in holy scripture SAincte Paule in the forenamed Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth you thus Ephesi v Ye women submit youre selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the lord for the husbande is the wyues head euē as Christ is the head of the Church And he is also the sauioure of the whole bodye Therefore as the church or congregacion is subiect vnto Christe so likewise let the wiues also be in subiecciō vnto their own husbandes in all thinges And agayne he saieth Let the wife reuerence her husband And in his Epistle to the Collossians Sayncte Paul geueth you this short Lesson Colos iii Ye wiues submit youre selues vnto your own husbandes as it is conuenient in the Lorde SAinct Peter also doeth instructe you very godly thus saying i. pete iii. Let wiues bee subiecte to their owne husbandes so that yf any obey not the worde they may be wonne without the worde by the conuersacion of the wiues while they behold your chast conuersacion coupled with feare wbose apparell lette it not bee outward with broided heere and trimming about with golde either in putting on of gorgeous apparel but let the hid mā whiche is in the heart be without al corrupcyon so that the spirite be milde and quiet which is a precious thing in the sight of god For after this maner in the olde time dyd the holy womē which trusted in god apparel themselues being subiect to their own husbandes as Sara obeyed Ibraham calling hym Lorde whose daughters ye are made doyng well and being not dismaide with any feare ¶ The new maried persons thesame day of their mariage must receiue the holy Communion ¶ The ordre for the visitacion of the sicke The Priest entering into the sicke persons house shall saye Peace be in this house and to all that dwell in it When he commeth into the sicke mans presence he shall saye knelyng downe REmembre not lord our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers Spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed with thy moste precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. 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 seruaunte Aunswere Whiche putteth his trust in thee Minister Sende hym helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore mightely defende hym Minister Let the enemy haue none aduauntage of hym Aunswere Nor the wicked approche to hurt hym Minister Be vnto hym O Lorde a strong towre Aunswere From the face of his enemie Minister Lorde heare our prayers Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee The Minister O Lord loke downe from heauen behold visite and releue this thy seruaunt Loke vpon him with the eyes of thy mercy geue him comfort and sure confydence in thee Defende him from the daunger of the enemy and kepe hym in perpetuall peace and safetye through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen HEare vs almightie and most merciful god and sauioure Extende thy accustomed goodnes to thys thy seruaunt which is grieued with sickenes Visite hym O Lorde as thou diddest visite Peters wiues mother and the Captaines seruaunt So visite and restore vnto this sicke person his former health yf it be thy wyl or els geue him grace so to take thy visitacion that after this painful life ended he may dwel with thee in lyfe euerlasting Amen Then shall the Minister exhorte the sicke person after thys fourme or other lyke DErely beloued know thys that almightie God is the Lord of life and death and ouer all thinges to them perteining as youth strength health age weakenes and sickenesse Wherefore whatsoeuer your sickenes is know you certainly that it is gods visitacyon And for what cause soeuer thys syckenes is sente vnto you whether it bee to trie youre pacience for the example of other and that your fayth maye be founde in the daye of the Lorde laudable glorious honourable to the encrease of glorye endles felicitie Or els it be sente vnto you to correcte and amend in you whatsoeuer doeth offend the eies of our heauenly father know you certaynly that yf you truely repente you of your sinnes and beare your sickenesse paciently trustyng in Goddes mercy for his dere sonne Iesus Christes sake and rendre vnto him humble thākes for his fatherly visitaciō submitting your selfe wholy to his will it shall turne to your profite and helpe you foreward in the right way that leadeth vnto euerlasting life ¶ If the person visited be very sicke then the Curate may ende his exhortacion in this place ¶ Take therefore in good woorth the chastement of the Lorde For whom the Lorde loueth
God and woulde not walke in his lawe But forgat what he had done and the wonderful workes that he had shewed for them Marueilous thinges did he in the sight of our fathers in the lande of Egipt euen in the fielde of zoan He deuided the sea and let them goe through he made the waters to stande on a heape In the daye tyme also he led them with a cloude and all the nyght through with a light of fier He claue the hard rockes in the wildernes and gaue them drynke therof as it had been out of the great depth He brought waters out of the stony rocke so that it gushed out lyke the ryuers Yet for all thys they sinned more against him and prouoked the most highest in the wildernes They tempted God in theyr heartes and required meate for theyr lust They spake agaynst God also saying shall god prepare a table in the wildernes He smote the stony rocke in dede that the water gushed out and the streames flowed withall but can he geue bread also or prouide fleshe for hys people When the Lord hearde this he was wroth so the fier was kindled in Iacob there came vp heauy displeasure against Israel Because they beleued not in God and put not theyr truste in hys helpe So he commaunded the cloudes aboue and opened the dores of heauen He rayned down Manna also vpon them for to eate and gaue them fode from heauen So man did eate Angels fode for he sente them meate enoughe He caused the East wind to blowe vnder the heauen and through hys power he brought in the Southweste wynde He rayned flesh vpon them as thicke as dust and fethered foules lyke as the sande of the sea He let it fall emong their tentes euen rounde about their habitacion So they did eate and were well filled for he gaue them theyr owne desire they were not disappoynted of theyr lust But while the meate was yet in their mouthes the heauie wrath of god came vpon them and slew the welthiest of thē yea and smote downe the chosen men that were in Israel But for al thys they sinned yet more and beleued not his wonderous workes Therfore their daies did he consume in vanitie and their yeares in trouble When he slewe them they sought hym and turned them earely and enquired after God And they remembred that God was theyr strength and that the high god was theyr redemer Neuertheles they did but flatter him with theyr mouthes and dissembled with hym in theyr tongues For theyr heart was not whole with hym neyther contynued they stedfast in his couenaunt But he was so mercifull that he forgaue theyr misdedes and destroyed them not Yea many a tyme turned he his wrath away and would not suffer his whole displeasure to aryse For he considered that they were but fleshe and that they were euen a wynde that passeth awaye and cometh not agayne Many a time did they prouoke hym in the wildernes and greued hym in the desert They turned backe and tempted god and moued the holy one in Israel They thought not of hys hande and of the daye when he delyuered them from the hand of the enemie Howe he had wrought his miracles in Egipte and hys wonders in the field of Zoan He turned theyr waters into bloud so that they mighte not drynke of the ryuers He sent lice emong them and deuoured them vp frogges to destroye them He gaue theyr fruites vnto the caterpiller and their labor vnto the grashopper He destroied theyr vines with haile stones and their mulbery trees with the frost He smote theyr cattel also with haile stones their flockes with hote thunderboltes He cast vpon them the furiousnes of hys wrath angre displeasure and trouble and sent euil Aungels among them He made a waye to his indignacion and spared not theyr soule from death but gaue theyr lyfe ouer to the Pestilence And smote all the first borne in Egipt the most principal and mightiest in the dwellynges of Ham. But as for his owne people he led thē furth lyke shepe caryed them in the wildernes lyke a flocke He brought them out safely that they should not feare ouerwhelmed theyr enemies with the sea And brought them in the borders of hys sanctuarye euen in his mountayne which he purchased with his right hand He cast out the heathen also before them caused their land to bee deuided emong them for an heritage and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in theyr tentes So they tempted and displeased the most high god kept not his testimonies But turned theyr backes and fel awaye like their forefathers startyng asyde like a broken bowe For they greued him with theyr hill altars and prouoked hym to displeasure with theyr ymages When God heard this he was wroth and toke sore dyspleasure at Israel So that he forsoke the tabernacle in Silo euen the tente that he had pitched emong them He deliuered theyr power into captiuitie and their beautie into the enemies hand He gaue his people ouer also into the sweord and was wroth with his inheritaunce The fier confumed the yong men and theyr maidens wer geuen to mariage Theyr Priestes were slayne with the sweord and there were no widdowes to make lamentacion So the Lord awaked as one out of stepe like a Giaunt refreshed with wyne He smote his enemyes in the hindre partes and put them to a perpetuall shame He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim But chose the tribe of Iuda euen the hyll of Sion which he loued And there he builded his temple on hie and laid the foundacion of it like the ground which he hath made continually He chose Dauid also his seruaunte and toke hym awaye from the shepe foldes As he was folowing the ewes greate with yong ones he toke him that he might fede Iacob his people Israel hys enheritaunce So he fed them with a faithfull and true heart and ruled them prudently with all hys power Deus venerunt psalm lxxix Mornīg prayer O God the Heathē are come into thy enheritaunce thy holy temple haue they defyled and made Ierusalem an heape of stones The dead bodies of thy seruauntes haue they geuen to be meate vnto foules of the ayre and the fleshe of thy sainctes vnto the beastes of the lande Theyr bloud haue they shed like water on euery side of Ierusalem and there was no man to bury them We are become an open shame to oure enemyes a verye scorne and derision vnto them that are rounde about vs. Lord how long wilt thou be angrie shal thy gelousy burne like fier for euer Power out thyne indignacion vpon the Heathē that haue not knowen thee and vpon the kyngdomes that haue not called vpon thy name For they haue deuoured Iacob laid wast his dwelling place O remember not oure olde synnes but haue mercie vpon vs and that soone for we are come to great misery Helpe vs
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