them right soore euen as though they were myne enemies Trye me O God and seke the grounde of myne heart proue me and examine my thoughtes Looke well if there be any way of wickednes in me and leade me in the waye euerlastyng Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnyng c. PRayse the Lord O my soule while I lyue will I prayse the Lorde yea as long as I haue any beeing I will sing prayses vnto my God O put not your trust in princes nor in any childe of man for there is no helpe in them For when the breath of man goeth furth he shall turne agayne to his earth and then all his thoughtes perishe Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for his helpe and whose hope is in the Lorde his God Whiche made heauen and earth the sea and al that therin is whiche kepeth his promyse for euer Whiche helpeth them to ryght that suffer wrong whiche feedeth the hungry The Lorde looceth men out of prison the Lorde geueth sight to the blynde The Lorde helpeth them vp that are fallen the Lorde careth for the righteous The Lorde careth for the straungers he defendeth the fatherlesse and widdowe as for the waye of the vngodly he turneth it vpsyde downe The Lorde thy God O Sion shal be king for euermore and throughout all generacions Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginnyng c. Then shall folowe this lesson taken out of the .xv. Chapter to the Corinthians the first Epistle CHriste is risen from the dead and become the firste fruites of them that slepte For by a manne came death and by a manne came the resurreccion of the dead For as by Adam all dye euen so by Christe shall all be made alyue but euery manne in his owne ordre The firste is Christe then they that are Christes at his commyng Then commeth the ende when he hath delyuered vp the kyngdome to God the father when he hath put downe all rule and all authoritie and power For he must reygne till he haue putte all his enemyes vnder his feete The laste enemy that shall be destroyed is death For he hath put all thinges vnder his feete But when he sayeth all thinges are put vnder him it is manifest that he is excepted whiche did put all thinges vnder hym When all thynges are subdued vnto hym then shall the sonne also hymselfe be subiecte vnto hym that put all thynges vnder him that God may be all in all Els what doe they which are baptized ouer the dead if the dead ryse not at all Why are they then baptized ouer them Yea and why stand we alwaye then in ieoperdie By our reioysing which I haue in Christ Iesu our Lord I dye dayly That I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men what auauntageth it me if the dead ryse not againe Let vs eate and drynke for to morowe we shall dye Be not ye deceyued euill wordes corrupt good maners Awake truely out of slepe and sinne not For some haue not the knowledge of God I speake this to youre shame But some manne will say howe aryse the dead with what body shall they come Thou foole that whiche thou sowest is not quickened excepte it dye And what sowest thou Thou sowest not that body that shal be but bare corne as of weate or of some other but God geueth it a body at his pleasure to euery seede his owne body All fleshe is not one maner of fleshe but there is one maner of fleshe of mē an other maner of fleshe of beastes an other of fishes and an other of birdes There are also celestiall bodyes and there are bodyes terrestriall But the glory of the celestiall is one and the glory of the terrestrial is an other There is one maner glory of the sunne and an other glory of the moone and an other glory of the starres For one starre differeth from an other in glory So is the resurreccion of the deade It is sowen in corrupcion it riseth agayne in incorrupcion It is sowen in dishonoure it ryseth agayne in honoure It is sowen in weakenes it riseth againe in power It is sowen a naturall body it ryseth agayne a spirituall bodie There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body as it is also written the first man Adam was made a lyuing soule and the last Adam was made a quicknyng spirite Howebeit that is not fyrst which is spirituall but that whiche is naturall and then that which is spirituall The first man is of the earth earthy The seconde manne is the Lorde from heauen heauenly As is the earthy suche are they that are earthy And as is the heauenly such are they that are heauenly And as we haue borne the image of the earthy so shal we beare the ymage of the heauenly This saie I brethren that fleshe and bloud can not enherite the kingdome of God Neither doth corrupcion inherite vncorrupcion Beholde I shewe you a mistery We shal not al slepe but we shall al be chaunged and that in a momente in the twynkelyng of an iye by the laste trumpe For the trumpe shal blowe the dead shal rise incorruptible and we shal be chaunged For this corruptible must put on incorrupcion this mortal must put on immortalitie When this corruptible hath put on incorrupcion this mortal hath put on immortalitie then shal be brought to passe the saying that is writtē Death is swalowed vp in victory Death where is thy sting Hell where is thy victory The sting of death is synne the strēgth of sinne is the law But thākes be vnto God which hath geuen vs victory through our lord Iesus Christ Therfore my deare brethrē be ye steadfast vnmouable alwaies riche in the worke of the lord forasmuch as ye know how that your labour is not in vaine in the lord The lesson ended then shal the priest saye Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Oure father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But delyuer vs from euil Amen Priest Entre not O Lorde into iudgement with thy seruaunt Aunswere For in thy sight no lyuing creature shal be iustifyed Priest From the gates of hell Aunswere Delyuer theyr soules O Lorde Priest I beleue to see the goodnes of the Lorde Aunswere In the lande of the lyuing Priest O Lorde graciously heare my prayer Aunswere And let my crye come vnto thee Let vs praye O Lorde with whome do liue the spirites of them that be dead and in whome the soules of them that be elected after they be delyuered from the burden of the fleshe be in ioy and felicitie Graunte vnto this thy seruaunt that the sinnes which he committed in this world be not imputed vnto him but that he escaping the gates of hell paynes of eternal darckenes may euer dwel in the
propre Psalmes appointed for that daye Then a lesson of the olde testamente as it is appoynted lykewise in the kalender excepte there be proper lessons appointed for that daye After that Magnificat anima mea dominum in Englishe as foloweth My soule doeth magnifie the Lorde And my spirite hath reioysed in God my sauiour For he hath regarded the lowelynesse of his hādmaiden For beholde from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed For he that is myghtie hath magnifyed me and holy is his name And his mercy is on them that feare him throughout all generations He hath shewed strength with his arme he hath scatered the proude in the imaginacion of their heartes He hath put downe the mightie from their seate and hath exalted the humble and meke He hath filled the hungry with good thynges and the ryche he hath sent emptie awaye He remembring his mercye hath holpen his seruaunte Israel as he promysed to oure fathers Abraham and his sede for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. Then a lesson of the newe testamente And after that Nune dimittis seruum tuum in Englishe as foloweth LOrde nowe lettest thou thy seruaunte departe in peace accordyng to thy worde For myne iyes haue seen thy saluacion Whiche thou haste prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lighten the Gentiles and to be the glorye of thy people Israel Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen Then the suffrages before assigned at Mattyns the clerkes knelyng lykewyse with three Collectes Fyrste of the day Second of peace Thirde for ayde against all perilles as here foloweth Whiche .ii. laste Collectes shall be dayly sayed at Euensong without alteracion The second Collect at Euensong O God from whome all holy desyres all good counsayles and all iust workes doe procede Geue vnto thy seruauntes that peace whiche the worlde cannot geue that both our heartes maye be sette to obey thy commaundementes and also that by thee we beyng defended from the feare of our enemyes may passe oure tyme in rest and quietnesse through the merites of Iesu Christe our sauiour Amen The thirde Collect for ayde against all perils LYghten our darkenesse we beseche thee O Lord and by thy great mercy defend vs from all perils and daungers of this night for the loue of thy onely sonne our sauiour Iesu Christe Amen ¶ In the feastes of Christmas Thepiphanie Easter Thascencion Penticost and vpon Trinitie Sonday shall be song or sayed immediately after Benedictus this confession of our christian fayth WHosoeuer will be saued before all thynges it is necessary that he holde the Catholyke fayth Whiche fayth excepte euery one doe kepe holy and vndefiled without doubte he shall peryshe euerlastyngly And the Catholike fayth is this that we wurshippe one God in Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie Neyther confoundyng the persones nor deuydyng the substaunce For there is one person of the father another of the sonne and an other of the holy gost But the Godhead of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost is all one the glory equall the maiestie coeternal Suche as the father is suche is the sonne and suche is the holy gost The father vncreate the sonne vncreate and the holy gost vncreate The father incomprehensible the sonne incomprehensible and the holy gost incomprehensible The father eternall the sonne eternall and the holy gost 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 lykewyse the father is almightie the sonne almightie and the holy gost almightie And yet are they not three almighties but one almighty So the father is God the sonne God and the holy gost God And yet are they not three Gods but one God So lykewyse the father is Lorde the sonne Lorde and the holy gost Lord. And yet not three Lordes but one Lorde For like as we be compelled by the christian veritie to acknowledge euery person by himselfe to be God and Lorde So are we forbidden by the Catholike religion to saye there be three Gods or thee 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 gost is of the father and of the sonne neyther made nor created nor begotten but proceding So there is one father not three fathers one sonne not three sonnes one holy gost not three holy gostes And in this trinitie none is afore nor after other none is greater nor lesse then other But the whole three persons be coeternall together and coequall So that in all thinges as it is afore sayed the vnitie in trinitie and the trinitie in vnitie is to be wurshipped He therfore that will be saued must thus thinke of the trinitie Furthermore it is necessarye to euerlastyng saluacion that he also beleue rightly in the incarnacion of our Lorde Iesu Christe For the right fayth is that we beleue confesse that our Lorde Iesus Christe the sonne of God is God and manne God of the substaunce of the father begotten before the worldes and manne of the substaunce of his mother borne in the worlde Perfecte God and perfecte manne of a reasonable soule and humayne fleshe subsisting Equall to the father as touchyng his Godhead and inferior to the father touchyng his manhode Who although he be God and manne yet he is not two but one Christe One not by conuersion of the Godhead into fleshe but by takyng of the manhode into God One altogether not by confusion of substaunce but by vnitie of person For as the resonable soule and fleshe is one manne So God and man is one Christe Who suffered for our saluacion descended into hell rose agayne the thirde daye from the dead He ascended into heauen he sitteth on the righthande of the father God almightie from whence he shall come to iudge the quicke and dead At whose comming all men shall ryse againe with theyr bodyes and shall geue accompte of theyr owne workes And they that haue done good shall goe into lyfe euerlasting and they that haue done euill into euerlasting fyre This is the Catholyke fayth whiche excepte a manne beleue faythfully he cannot be saued Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen ⧠⧠THVS ENdeth the ordre of Mattyns and Euensong through the whole yere ⸫ ⧠⧠⧠⧠THE INTROITES ⧠Collectes Epistles and Gospels to be vsed at the celebracion of the Lordes supper and holye Communion throughe the yeare with proper Psalmes and lessons for diuers feastes and dayes ¶ The first Sonday in Aduente BLessed is that manne that
Psal xlv Psal lxxxv The first lesson Esai ix vnto the ende The seconde lesson Mat. i. vnto the ende ¶ At the fyrst Communion O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song for he hath done meruaylous thynges With his owne right hand with his holy arme hath he gotten hymselfe the victorie The lord declared his saluacion his righteousnes hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hath remembred his mercie and trueth towarde the house of Israell and all the endes of the worlde haue seene the saluacion of our God Shewe your selues ioyfull vnto the Lorde all ye landes syng reioyce and geue thankes Prayse the lorde vpon the Harpe sing to the Harpe with a Psalme of thankesgeuing With trumpettes also and shawmes O shewe your selues ioyfull before the Lorde the kyng Lette the sea make a noyse and all that therein is the rounde worlde and they that dwell therein Let the fluddes clap theyr handes and let the hilles bee ioyfull together before the Lorde for he is come to iudge the earth With righteousnes shal he iudge the world and the people with equitie Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. GOd which makeste vs gladde with the yerely remembraunce of the birth of thy onelye sonne Iesus Christe graunt that as we ioyfully receiue him for our redemer so we may with sure confidence beholde hym when he shall come to be our iudge who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle THe grace of God that bringeth saluacion vnto all menne hath appeared and teacheth vs that we should denie vngodlines and worldly lustes and that we should liue soberly and righteousely and godly in this present world looking for that blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and of our sauiour Iesu Christ whiche gaue himselfe for vs to redeme vs from all vnrighteousnes and to pourge vs a peculiare people vnto hymselfe feruently geuen vnto good woorkes These thynges speake and exhorte and rebuke with all feruentnes of commaundyng See that no manne despise thee The Gospell ANd it chaunsed in those dayes that there went out a commaundemēt from Augustus the Emperour that all the worlde shoulde be taxed And this taxing was the firste and executed when Sirenius was lieutenaunt in Siria And euery man went vnto his owne citie to be taxed And Ioseph also ascended from Galile out of a citie called Nazareth into Iewry vnto the citie of Dauid which is called Bethleem because he was of the house and linage of Dauid to bee taxed with Mary his spoused wife whiche was with chylde And it fortuned that while they were there her tyme was come that she shoulde be deliuered And she brought furth her first begotten sonne and wrapped him in swadling clothes layed him in a Maunger because there was no roume for them in the Inne And there were in the same region shepeheardes watching and keping theyr flocke by night And loe the Angel of the lord stoode harde by them and the brightnesse of the lorde shone rounde about them and they were sore afrayed And the Angel saied vnto them Be not afrayde for behold I bring you tydinges of great ioy that shall come to all people for vnto you is borne this daye in the citie of Dauid a sauiour whiche is Christ the lord And take this for a sygne ye shal fynde the childe wrapped in swadlyng clothes and layde in a maūger And straight way there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenly souldiers praysyng god and saying Glory to god on hye and peace on the earth and vnto men a good will ¶ At the seconde Communion O Lord our gouernour how excellent is thy name in all the worlde thou that haste set thy glory aboue the heauens Out of the mouth of very babes and suckelynges hast thou ordayned strength because of thyne enemies that thou mightest still the enemye and the auenger For I will considre thy heauens euen the woorkes of thy fyngers the Moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned What is man that thou art so myndefull of hym and the sonne of man that thou visitest him Thou madest him lower then the Angels to croune him with glorye and worship Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the workes of thy handes and thou haste put all thynges in subieccion vnder his feete All shepe and oxen yea and the beastes of the fielde The foules of the ayre and the fishes of the sea and whatsoeuer walketh thorowe the pathes of the seas O Lorde our gouernoure howe excellent is thy name in all the worlde Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmyghtie God which haste geuen vs thy only begotten sonne to take our nature vpon hym and this daye to be borne of a pure virgin Graunt that we being regenerate and made thy children by adoption and grace maye dayly be renued by thy holy spirite throughe the same our Lorde Iesus Christe who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle GOD in tymes paste dyuerslye and manye wayes spake vnto the fathers by Prophetes but in these last dayes he hath spoken to vs by his owne sōne whom he hath made heyre of all thinges by whom also he made the worlde Whiche sonne being the brightnesse of his glory and the very image of his substaunce rulyng all thynges with the worde of his power hath by hys owne person pourged our synnes and sytteth on the ryght hand of the maiestie on hygh being so muche more excellent then the Angels as he hath by inheritaunce obtayned a more excellente name then they For vnto whiche of the Angels sayed he at any time Thou art my sonne thys daye haue I begotten thee And agayne I wyll be his father and he shall bee my sonne And agayne when he bryngeth in the firste begotten sonne into the worlde he sayeth and let all the Angels of God wurship hym And vnto the Angels he sayethe He maketh his Angels spirites and hys ministers a flame of fyre But vnto the sonne he sayethe thy seate O God shal be for euer and euer The scepter of thy kingdome is a right scepter Thou hast loued righteousnes and hated iniquitie wherfore God euen thy God hath anointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy felowes And thou Lorde in the beginning haste layed the foundacion of the earthe the heauens are the workes of thy handes They shal perish but thou endurest But they all shall waxe olde as doeth a garmente and as a vesture shalte thou chaunge them and they shal be chaunged But thou art euen the same and thy yeares shall not fayle The Gospell IN the beginning was the worde and the worde was with God and God was the worde Thesame was in the beginning with God All thinges were made by it without it was
the heauens Glory and wurship are before hym power and honour are in his sanctuary Ascribe vnto the Lorde O ye kynreds of the people ascribe vnto the Lorde worship and power Ascribe vnto the Lorde the honour due vnto his name bryng presentes and come into his courtes O woorshyp the Lorde in the beautie of holynes let the whole earth stande in awe of hym Tell it out among the Heathen that the lorde is kyng and that it is he whiche hathe made the rounde worlde so fast that it cannot be moued and howe that he shall iudge the people righteously Let the heauens reioyce and let the yearth be glad let the sea make a noyse and all that therein is Let the fielde bee ioyfull and all that is in it then shall all the trees of the wood reioyce before the Lorde For he cummeth for he cummeth to iudge the yearth and with righteousnes to iudge the worlde and the people with his trueth Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. O God whiche by the leadyng of a starre diddest manyfeste thy onelye begotten sonne to the Gentiles Mercifully graunt that we which know thee now by faythe maye after thys lyfe haue the fruicion of thy glorious Godhead through Christ our Lorde The Epistle FOr thys cause I Paule am a pryesoner of Iesus Christe for you heathen if ye haue hearde of the ministracion of the grace of god which is geuen me to you warde For by reuelacyon shewed he the misterye vnto me as I wrote afore in few wordes wherby whē ye reade ye maye vnderstande my knoweledge in the mysterye of Christe whiche mysterye in tymes passed was not opened vnto the sonnes of menne as it is nowe declared vnto hys holy Apostles and Prophetes by the spirite that the Gentiles should be inheritours also and of the same bodye and partakers of hys promyse in Christe by the meanes of the Gospell whereof I am made a minister accordyng to the gifte of the grace of God which is geuen vnto me after the woorkyng of hys power Vnto me the leaste of all sainctes is thys grace geuen that I shoulde preache amonge the Gentiles the vnsearcheable ryches of Christe and to make all men see what the felowshyppe of the misterie is whiche from the beginning of the worlde hath bene hydde in God whiche made all thinges through Iesus Christe to the entente that nowe vnto the rulers and powers in heauenly thinges might be knowen by the congregacyon the manifolde wisedome of God according to the eternal purpose whiche he wrought in Christ Iesu our lorde by whome we haue boldenes and entraunce with the confidence whiche is by the fayth of him The Gospell WHen Iesus was borne in Bethleē a citie of Iury in the tyme of Herode the kyng Beholde there came wise men from the East to Ierusalē saying where is he that is borne kyng of Iewes For we haue seene hys starre in the East and are come to wurship hym When Herode the kyng had hearde these thynges he was troubled and all the citie of Ierusalem with hym And when he had gathered al the chiefe priestes and scribes of the people together he demaunded of them where Christe shoulde bee borne And they sayd vnto hym at Bethleem in Iurie For thus it is written by the Prophete And thou Bethleem in the land of Iury art not the leaste among the prynces of Iuda for out of thee there shall come vnto me the capitaine that shal gouerne my people Israell Then Herode when he had prieuelye called the wise men he inquired of them diligentlye what tyme the starre appeared and he bad them goe to Bethleem and said goe your way thither and searche dilygentlye for the chylde And when ye haue found him bryng me woorde agayne that I may come and woorship him also whē they had hearde the kyng they departed and loe the starre whiche they sawe in the Easte wente beefore them tyll it came and stoode ouer the place wherein the chylde was When they sawe the starre they were exceading glad and wente into the house and founde the childe with Mary hys mother and fell downe flat and wurshypped hym and opened theyr treasures and offered vnto hym giftes Golde Frankincense and Mirre And after they were warned of God in slepe that they should not goe agayne to Herode they returned into theyr owne countrey another way At Euensong The first lesson Esai xlix vnto the ende The seconde lesson Iohn .ii. After this he went downe to Capernaum vnto the ende The firste Sonday after the Epiphanie HOwe long wilt thou forget me O Lorde for euer howe long wilt thou hyde thy face from me Howe long shall I seke counsell in my soule and be so vexed in my heart howe long shall myne enemye triumphe ouer me Consider and heare me O lorde my God lyghten myne eyes that I slepe not in death Leste myne enemye saye I haue prenayled agaynste him for if I be cast downe they that trouble me will reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercye and my hearte is ioyfull in thy saluacion I wil sing of the lorde because he hath dealt so louyngly with me yea I will prayse the name of the Lorde the moste highest Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee mercifullye to receyue the praiers of thy people whiche call vpon thee and graunt that they maye both perceyue and knowe what thynges they ought to do and also haue grace and power faithully to fullfyll the same The Epistle I Besech you therefore brethren by the mercifulnes of God that ye make youre bodies a quicke sacrifice holy and acceptable vnto God whiche is your resonable seruyng of god and fashion not your selfes like vnto this world but be ye chaunged in your shape by the renuing of youre minde that ye maie proue what thing that good and acceptable and perfect will of god is For I saye throughe the grace that vnto me geuen is to euery man amonge you that no man stand hygh in his owne conceite more then it becommeth hym to esteme of hymselfe but so iudge of himselfe that he be gentle and sobre according as God hath dealt to euery man the measure of faith for as we haue many membres in one body and all membres haue not one office so we being many are one body in Christ and euery man amōg our selues one anothers members The Gospell THe father and mother of Iesus wente to Hierusalem after the custome of the feast day And when they had fulfilled the dayes as they returned home the child Iesus abode stil in Ierusalem and his father and mother knewe not of it but they supposing hym to haue beene in the cumpanye came a dayes iourney and sought hym amōg their kinsfolke and acquaintaunce And when they found hym not they went backe again to Ierusalem
region of light with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the place where is no wepyng sorowe nor heauynes and when that dredful day of the generall resurreccion shall come make hym to ryse also with the iust and righteous and receiue thys body againe to glory then made pure and incorruptible set him on the righte hande of thy sonne Iesus Christ among thy holy and elect that then he maye heare with them these most swete and coumfortable wordes Come to me ye blessed of my father possesse the kyngdōe which hath bene prepared for you from the begynning of the world Graunte this we beseche thee o mercyfull father through Iesus Christ our mediatour and redemer Amen ⧠THE CELEBRACION ⧠of the holy Communion when there is a Burial of the dead LYke as the hart desireth the water brookes so longeth my soule after thee O God My soule is a thirst for god yea euen for the liuing god when shall I come to appeare before the presence of God My teares haue beene my meate day and nighte whyle they dayly say vnto me where is nowe thy god Nowe when I thinke thereupon I powre out my heart by my selfe for I went with the multitude and brought them furth vnto the house of God in the voyce of praise and thankesgeuing emong suche as kepe holy day Why art thou so full of heauines O my soule and why art thou so vnquiete within me Put thy trust in god for I wil yet geue him thankes for the helpe of his countenaunce My God my soule is vexed within me therefore will I remember thee concerning the land of Iordane and the litle hill of Hermonim One deepe calleth an other because of the noyse of thy water pypes al thy waues and stormes are gone ouer me The lorde hath graunted his louing kyndenesse on the daye tyme and in the nighte season dyd I syng of hym and made my prayer vnto the god of my lyfe I will say vnto the God of my strength why haste thou forgotten me why goe I thus heauelye whyle the enemye oppresseth me My bones are smitten a soonder whyle myne enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth namely while they say dayly vnto me where is nowe thy God Why art thou so vexed O my soule and why arte thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in god for I will yet thanke hym whiche is the helpe of my countenaunce and my God Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be worlde without ende Amen Collette O Mercifull god the father of oure lord Iesu Christ who is the resurreccion and the life In whome whosoeuer beleueth shall liue thoughe he dye And whosoeuer liueth and beleueth in hym shall not dye eternally who also hath taught vs by his holye Apostle Paule not to bee sorye as men without hope for them that slepe in him We mekelye beseche thee o father to raise vs from the death of sin vnto the life of righteousnes that when we shall departe this lyfe we maye slepe in him as our hope is this our brother doeth and at the general resurreccion in the laste daie both we and this oure brother departed receiuyng agayne our bodies and risinge againe in thy moste gracious fauoure maye with all thine elect Saynctes obteine eternall ioye Graunt this O Lord god by the meanes of our aduocate Iesus Christ whiche with thee and the holy ghoste liueth and reigneth one God for euer Amen The Epistle I Would not brethren that ye shoulde bee ignoraunt concernyng them whiche are fallen a slepe that ye sorowe not as other doe which haue no hope For if wee beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne euen so them also whiche slepe by Iesus wyll God brynge againe with him For this saie we vnto you in the woorde of the Lord that we whiche shall lyue and shall remaine in the cummynge of the Lorde shall not come ere they whiche slepe For the Lorde himselfe shall descende from heauen with a shoute and the voice of the Archangell and troump of God And the deade in Christ shall arise firste then wee whiche shall lyue euen wee whiche shall remayne shall bee caughte vp wyth them also in the cloudes to meete the Lorde in the ayre And so shall wee euer bee wyth the Lorde Wherefore coumforte youre selues one an other wyth these woordes ¶ The gospell IEsus sayed to his disciples and to the Iewes All that the father geueth me shall come to me and he that commeth to me I cast not away For I came down from heauen not to doe that I will but that he will whiche hath sent me And this is the fathers will whiche hath sente me that of all whiche he hath geuen me I shall lose nothing but raise them vp again at the last day And this is the wyll of hym that sent me that euery one which seeth the sonne and beleueth on him haue euerlasting lyfe And I wil raise hym vp at the laste daye ⧠THE ORDRE OF THE ⧠Purification of weomen The woman shall come into the churche and there shall kneele downe in some conueniente place nygh vnto the quier doore and the prieste standyng by her shall saye these woordes or suche lyke as the case shall require FOr asmuche as it hath pleased almightie god of his goodnes to geue you safe deliueraunce and your childe baptisme and hath preserued you in the greate daunger of childebirth ye shal therefore geue heartie thākes vnto god and pray Then shall the prieste say this psalme I Haue lifted vp mine iyes vnto the hilles from whence cummeth my helpe My help cummeth euen from the lord whiche hath made heauen and earth He will not suffer thy foote to be moued and he that kepeth thee will not slepe Beholde he that kepeth Israell shall neyther slumber nor slepe The lorde himselfe is thy keper the lorde is thy defence vpon thy right hande So that the sunne shall not burne thee by daye neyther the moone by nyght The lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall kepe thy soule The lord shall preserue thy going out and thy cummyng in from this tyme furth for euermore Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche 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 enemie Priest Lorde heare oure praier Aunswere And let oure crye come to thee Priest ¶ Let vs praye O Almyghtye God which hast delyuered thys woman thy seruaunt from the great payne and perill of