any man haue a querell agaynst another as Christ forgaue you euen so do ye Aboue al these thinges put on loue which is the bond of perfectnes And the peace of God rule in your heartes to the whiche peace ye are called in one bodye And see that ye bee thankefull Let the woorde of Christe dwell in you plenteouslye with all wysedome Teache and exhorte youre owne selues in Psalmes and Himnes and spirituall songes syngyng with grace in your heartes to the Lord. And whatsoeuer ye doe in woord or dede doe all in the name of the Lorde Iesu geuing thankes to God the father by hym The Gospell THe kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a manne whiche sowed good seede in hys fielde but whyle menne slepte hys enemy came and sowed tares amonge the wheat and wente his waye But when the blade was sprong vp and had broughte furthe fruite then appeared the tares also So the seruauntes of the housholder came and sayd vnto hym Sir dydst not thou sowe good seede in thy fielde from whence then hathe it tares he sayde vnto them the enuyous manne hath doone thys The seruauntes said vnto him wilte thou then that we goe and wede them vp But he sayde naye leste whyle ye gather vp the tares ye plucke vp also the wheate with them lette bothe growe together vntill the haruest and in tyme of harueste I will say to the reapers gather ye firste the tares and bynde them together in sheaues to be brente but gather the wheate into my barne The .vi. sonday if there bee so many shall haue the same Psalme Collect Epistle and Gospell that was vpon the .v. ¶ The Sonday called Septuagesima THe Lorde is my shepehearde therefore can I lacke nothing He shall feede me in a greene pasture and leade me furth besyde the waters of coumforte He shall conuerte my soule and bryng me foorthe in the pathes of righteousnes for his names sake Yea though I walke through the valley of the shadowe of death I will feare no euil for thou art with me thy rodde and thy staffe coumfort me Thou shalt prepare a table before me agaynst them that trouble me thou haste annoynted my head with oyle and my cup shal be full But thy louyng kyndenes and mercye shall folowe me all the dayes of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lorde for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be world without ende Amen The Collect. O Lord we beseche thee fauourably to heare the prayers of thy people that we whiche are iustlye punyshed for our offences may be mercyfully deliuered by thy goodnes for the glory of thy name through Iesu Christ our sauiour who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle PErceyue ye not howe that they whiche runne in a course runne all but one receyueth the rewarde So runne that ye may obtayne Euerye man that proueth masteryes abstayneth from all thynges And they doe it to obtayn a crowne that shall perishe but we to obtaine an euerlasting crowne I therefore so runne not as at an vncertayne thyng So fight I not as one that beateth the ayre but I tame my body and bryng it into subieccion leste by any meanes it come to passe that when I haue preached to other I my selfe should be a castawaye The Gospell THe kingdome of heauen is lyke vnto a manne that is an housholder which went out early in the morning to hyre labourers into his vineyard And whē the agremente was made with the labourers for a peny a daye he sent them into his vineyarde And he wente out about the thirde houre and sawe other standyng idle in the markette place and sayed vnto them Goe ye also into the vineyarde and whatsoeuer is ryght I wyll geue you And they went theyr waye Againe he went out about the vi ix houre and dyd lykewyse And about the .xi. houre he went out and founde other standing idle and sayd vnto them why stand ye here all the daye idle They sayde vnto hym because no man hath hyred vs. He sayeth vnto them Goe ye also into the vineyarde and whatsoeuer is ryght that shall ye receyue So when euen was come the Lorde of the vineyarde sayde vnto his stewarde call the laborers and geue them theyr hyre begynning at the last vntill the first And whē they did come that came about the xi houre they receiued euery man a peny But when the firste came also they supposed that they should haue receyued more they lykewyse receiued euery man a peny And when they had receiued it they murmured againste the goodman of the house saying these last haue wrought but one houre thou haste made them equall with vs whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day But he aunswered vnto one of them and sayd Frende I do thee no wrong diddest thou not agree with me for a peny Take that thyne is and go thy waye I will geue vnto this last euen as vnto thee Is it not lawful for me to do as me lusteth with mine owne goodes Is thine eye euil because I am good So the last shal be first and the first shal be last For many be called but fewe be chosen ¶ The sonday called Sexagesima The Sonday called Sexagesima ¶ At the Communion THe earth is the Lordes and all that therin is the compasse of the worlde and they that dwell therin For he hath founded it vpon the seas and prepared it vpon the fluddes Who shall ascende into the hyll of the Lorde or who shal ryse vp in his holy place Euen he that hath cleane handes and a pure heart and that hath not lifte vp his mynde vnto vanitie nor sworne to deceiue his neighbour He shall receiue the blessyng from the Lorde and righteousnes from the God of his saluacion This is the generacion of them that seke him euen of them that seke thy face O Iacob Lifte vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lifte vp ye euerlastyng doores and the kyng of glory shall come in Who is this king of glory it is the Lorde strong and mightie euen the Lorde mightie in battayll Lifte vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lifte vp ye euerlasting doores and the king of glory shall come in Who is this kyng of glory euen the Lorde of hostes he is the kyng of glory Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe c. The Collect. LOrde God whiche seest that we put not our trust in anye thyng that we do mercifully graunte that by thy power we may be defended against all aduersitie through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle YE suffre fooles gladly seeyng ye youre selues are wyse For ye suffre if a man bryng you into bondage if a man deuour if a man take if a man exalt himselfe
worlde seeth hym not neyther knoweth hym But ye knowe hym for he dwelleth with you and shal be in you I will not leaue you comfortles but wyll come to you Yet a lytle whyle and the worlde seeth me no more but ye see me For I lyue and ye shall lyue That daye shall ye knowe that I am in my father and you in me and I in you He that hathe my commaundementes and kepeth them thesame is he that loueth me And he that loueth me shal be loued of my father and I will loue him and will shewe myne owne selfe vnto hym ¶ Proper Psalmes and Lessons at Euensong Psalm Ciiii. The .ii. Lesson Actes .xix. It fortuned when Apollo wente to Corinthum vnto After these thinges Psalm Cxlv. The .ii. Lesson Actes .xix. It fortuned when Apollo wente to Corinthum vnto After these thinges ¶ Monday in Whitson weke O Be ioyfull in the Lorde all ye landes serue the Lorde with gladnesse and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the Lorde he is God it is he that hath made vs and not we oure selfes we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture O Goe your waye into his gates with thankesgeuyng and into his courtes with prayse be thankefull vnto hym and speake good of his name For the Lorde is gracious his mercy is euerlastyng and his trueth endureth from generacion to generacion Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ¶ God whiche c. As vpon Whitsondaye The Epistle THen Peter opened his mouth and sayd of a trueth I perceyue that there is no respecte of persones with God but in all people he that feareth hym and worketh righteousnes is accepted with him Ye know the preaching that God sente vnto the children of Israel preaching peace by Iesu Christe whiche is Lorde ouer all thynges whiche preaching was published throughout all Iewry and beganne in Galile after the baptisme whiche Iohn preached howe God annointed Iesus of Nazareth with the holy goste and with power Whiche Iesus wente about doyng good and healyng all that were oppressed of the deuill For God was with him And we are witnesses of all thinges whiche he did in the lande of the Iewes and at Ierusalem whome they slewe and hanged on tree Hym God raysed vp the thirde day and shewed him openly not to all the people but vnto vs witnesses chosen before of God for thesame entente which did eate and drinke with hym after he arose from death And he commaunded vs to preache vnto the people and to testifie that it is he whiche was ordayned of God to be the iudge of quicke and dead To hym geue all the Prophetes witnesse that through his name whosoeuer beleueth in hym shal receiue remission of synnes Whyle Peter yet spake these wordes the holy gost fell on all them whiche heard the preaching And they of the circumcisiō which beleued were astonied as many as came with Peter because that on the gentiles also was shedde out the gifte of the holy gost For they heard them speake with tongues magnifye God Then aunswered Peter can any man forbid water that these should not be baptised whiche haue receyued the holy gost as well as we And he commaunded them to be baptised in the name of the Lorde Then prayed they hym to tarye a fewe dayes The Gospell SO God loued the worlde that he gaue his only begotten sōne that whosoeuer beleueth in him should not perishe but haue euerlasting lyfe For God sent not his sonne into the worlde to condemne the worlde but that the worlde through him myght be saued He that beleueth on hym is not condēned But he that beleueth not is condemned already because he hath not beleued in the name of the onely begotten sonne of God And this is the condemnacion that lyght is come into the worlde and men loued darkenes more then lyght because theyr dedes were euill For euery one that euill doeth hateth the light neyther cummeth to the light leste his dedes should be reproued But he that doeth trueth cummeth to the light that his dedes may be knowen howe that they are wrought in God ¶ Tuesday ¶ At the communion MY song shall be of mercye and iudgemente vnto thee O Lorde will I syng O let me haue vnderstandyng in the way of Godlynes When wilt thou come vnto me I wyll walke in my house with a perfect heart I will take no wicked thing in hande I hate the sinnes of vnfaythfulnes there shall no suche cleaue vnto me A frowarde heart shall departe from me I wyll not knowe a wicked person Whoso prieuely slaundreth his neyghbour hym wyll I destroy Whoso hath also a proude looke and an hie stomake I will not suffre him Myne iyes looke vnto suche as be faythfull in the lande that they may dwell with me Whoso leadeth a godly lyfe he shal be my seruaunt There shall no deceitfull person dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shall not tarye in my syght I shal soone destroy al the vngodly that are in the lande that I may roote out all wicked doers from the citie of the Lorde Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginnyng c. The Collect. God whiche c. As vpon whitsonday The Epistle WHen the Apostles whiche were at Ierusalem hearde saye that Samaria had receyued the word of God they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn Which when they were come downe praied for thē that they myght receyue the holy gost For as yet he was come on none of them but they were baptised onely in the name of Christ Iesu Thē layde they theyr handes on them they receyued the holy goste The Gospell VErely verely I say vnto you he that entreth not in by the doore into the shepefold but climeth vp some other waye thesame is a thefe and a murtherer But he that entreth in by the doore is the shepheard of the shepe To him the porter openeth and the shepe heare his voyce and he calleth his owne shepe by name and leadeth them out And when he hath sent furthe his owne shepe he goeth before them and the shepe folow him for they knowe his voyce A straunger will they not folowe but will flye from him for they knowe not the voyce of straungers This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto them but they vnderstoode not what thynges they were whiche he spake vnto them Then sayed Iesus vnto them agayne verely verely I saye vnto you I am the doore of the shepe All euē as many as came before me are theues and murtherers but the shepe dyd not heare them I am the doore by me yf any enter in he shal be safe and shal goe in and out and fynde pasture A thefe cummeth not but for to steale kill and destroy I am come that they myght haue lyfe that they myght haue it more
so late take reste and eate the bread of carefulnes for so he geueth hys beloued slepe Lo children and the fruite of the wombe are an herytage and gifte that commeth of the Lorde Lyke as the arrowes in the hande of the gyaunt euen so are the yong children Happy is the manne that hath his quyuer full of them they shall not be ashamed when they speake with theyr enemies in the gate Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the begynning is nowe c. The Collect. STiere vp we beseche thee O lord the willes of thy faithful people that they plenteously bringing furth the fruit of good workes maye of thee be plenteously rewarded through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle BEholde the tyme cometh sayeth the Lorde that I wil raise vp the righteous braūch of Dauid which kyng shal beare rule and he shal prosper with wisdome and shall set vp equitie and righteousnes agayne in the earth In his tyme shal Iuda be saued and Israel shal dwell without feare And this is the name that they shall call hym euen the Lorde our righteousnesse and therfore beholde the tyme cummeth sayeth the Lorde that it shall no more be sayed the Lorde lyueth which brought the children of Israel out of the lande of Egipt But the Lorde liueth which brought furth and lead the seede of the house of Israel out of the north lande and from al countryes where I had scatered them and they shal dwel in their owne land agayne The Gospell WHen Iesus lift vp his iyes sawe a great company come vnto him he sayeth vnto Philip whence shal we bye bread that these may eate This he sayd to proue him for he himselfe knewe what he woulde doe Philip aunswered hym two hundreth peniworthe of bread are not sufficient for them that euery man may take a litle One of his disciples Andrewe Simon Peters brother sayd vnto him There is a lad here whiche hath fyue barley loues and two fyshes but what are they among so many And Iesus sayd make the people sit downe There was muche grasse in the place So the men sate downe in noumber about fiue thousande And Iesus toke the bread and when he had geuen thankes he gaue to the disciples and the disciples to thē that were set downe And likewise of the fishes as much as they would When they had eaten inough he sayeth vnto his disciples Gather vp the broken meate which remayneth that nothing be lost And they gathered it together and filled twelue baskettes with the broken meate of the fyue barley loaues whiche broken meate remayned vnto them that had eaten Then those menne when they had seen the miracle that Iesus dyd sayd this is of a trueth the same Prophete that should come into the worlde ⧠⧠SAINCT ANdrewes daye At the Communion MAny tymes haue they fought against me from my youth vp may Israel nowe saye Yea many a tyme haue they vexed me from my youth vp but they haue not preuailed against me The plowers plowed vpon my backe and made long forowes But the righteous Lorde hath hewen the snares of the vngodly in pieces Let them be counfounded and turned backward as many as haue euill will at Sion Let them be euen as the grasse growyng vpon the house toppes whiche withereth afore it be pluckt vp Wherof the mower filleth not his hande neyther he that bindeth vp the sheues his bosome So that they whiche goe by saye not so muche as the Lorde prosper you we wishe you good lucke in the name of the Lorde Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightie God whiche haste geuen suche grace to thy Apostle saincte Andrewe that he counted the sharpe and painful death of the crosse to be an high honour and a great glory Graunt vs to take esteme al troubles and aduersities whiche shall come vnto vs for thy sake as thinges profitable for vs toward the obtayning of euerlasting lyfe through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle YF thou knowledge with thy mouthe that Iesus is the Lorde and beleue in thy heart that God raised hym vp from death thou shalt bee safe For to beleue with the heart iustifieth and to knowledge with the mouth maketh a manne safe For the scripture sayeth whosoeuer beleueth on him shal not be confounded There is no dyfference betwene the Iewe and the Gentile For one is Lord of al which is riche vnto al that cal vpō him For whosoeuer doeth call on the name of the Lorde shall be safe How then shal they cal on him on whom they haue not beleued How shall they beleue on hym of whom they haue not heard How shall they heare without a preacher And how shall they preache excepte they be sent As it is written how beautifull are the feete of them which bryng tidinges of peace and bring tidinges of good thinges But they haue not al obeyed to the gospel for Esay saith Lord who hath beleued our sayinges So thē faith cummeth by hearing and hearing cummeth by the worde of God But I aske haue they not heard no doubte their sounde wente out into all landes and their wordes into the endes of the world But I demaund whether Israel did knowe or not first Moses sayeth I will prouoke you to enuye by them that are no people by a folishe nacion I wyll angre you Esay after that is bolde and sayeth I am found of them that sought me not I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me But against Israel he sayeth all daye long haue I stretched furth my handes vnto a people that beleueth not but speaketh against me The Gospell AS Iesus walked by the sea of Galile he sawe two brethren Simon whiche was called Peter Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fyshers and he sayeth vnto them folowe me and I will make you to become fishers of men And they streight way left their nettes and folowed him And when he was gone furth from thence he sawe other two brethrē Iames the sonne of Zebede and Ihon his brother in the ship with Zebede theyr father mendyng theyr nettes and he called them And they immediately lefte the shippe and theyr father and folowed hym Saincte Thomas the Apostle ¶ At the Communion BLessed are all they that feare the Lorde and walke in his wayes For thou shalt eate the labors of thine handes O well is thee and happy shalt thou be Thy wyfe shall be as the fruitfull vine vpon the walles of thyne house Thy children lyke the Oliue braunches round about thy table Loe thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lorde from out of Sion shall so blesse thee that thou shalt see Ierusalem in prosperitie all thy lyfe long Yea that thou shalt see thy
THrough thy moste dere beloued sonne Iesus Christe our Lord who after his moste glorious resurrecciō manifestly appered to all his disciples and in theyr sighte ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thither mighte we also ascende and reigne with him in glory Therefore c. ¶ Vpon Whitsondaye THroughe Iesus Christe our Lorde accordynge to whose moste true promyse the holy Ghoste came doune this daye from heauen with a sodaine great sounde as it had been a mightie wynde in the lykenes of fiery toungues lightynge vpon the Apostles to teache them and to leade them to all truethe geuyng them bothe the gifte of diuerse languages and also boldnes with feruente zeale constantly to preache the Ghospell vnto all nacions whereby we are brought out of darkenes and error into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee and of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therfore c. ¶ Vpon the feast of the Trinitie IT is very meete righte and our bounden duetie that we should at all tymes and in all places geue thankes to thee O Lorde almightie euerlastinge God which arte one God one Lorde not one onely person but three persones in one substaunce For that whiche we beleue of the glory of the father thesame we beleue of the sonne and of the holy ghoste without any difference or inequalitie whom the Angels c. After whiche preface shall folowe immediatly Therfore with Angels and Archangels and with al the holy companie of heauen we lande and magnifye thy glorious name euermore praysyng thee and sayinge ¶ Holy holy holy Lorde God of Hostes heauen and earth are full of thy glory Osanna in the higheste Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde Glory to thee O lorde in the highest This the Clearkes shall also syng ¶ When the Clearkes haue doen syngyng then shall the Priest or Deacon turne hym to the people and saye Let vs praye for the whole state of Christes churche ¶ Then the Priest turning hym to the Altar shall saye or syng plainly and distinctly this prayer folowyng ALmightie and euerlyuyng God whiche by thy holy Apostle haste taught vs to make prayers and supplicacions and to geue thankes for all menne We humbly beseche thee moste mercyfully to receyue these our prayers whiche we offre vnto thy diuine Maiestie besechyng thee to inspire continually the vniuersall churche with the spirite of truethe vnitie and concorde And graunt that all they that doe confesse thy holye name maye agre in the trueth of thy holye worde and liue in vnitie and godly loue Speciallye wee beseche thee to saue and defende thy seruaunte Edwarde our Kynge that vnder him we maye be Godly and quietely gouerned And graunte vnto his whole coūsaile and to all that bée put in authoritie vnder hym that they maye truely and indifferently minister iustice to the punishment of wickednesse and vice to the maintenaunce of Goddes true religion and vertue Geue grace O heauenly father to all Bishoppes Pastors and Curates that they maie bothe by their life and doctrine set furthe thy true liuely worde and rightely and duely administer thy holye Sacramentes And to all thy people geue thy heauenly grace that with meke hearte and due reuerence they maye heare and receiue thy holy worde truely seruynge thee in holynes and righteousnes all the dayes of their lyfe And wee moste humbly beseche thee of thy goodnes O Lorde to coumforte and succoure all thē whych in this transitory lyfe bee in trouble sorowe nede sycknes or any other aduersitie And especially we commend vnto thy mercifull goodnes thys congregacion whyche is here assembled in thy name to celebrate the commemoracion of the moste glorious deathe of thy sonne And here wee doe geue vnto thee moste high praise heartie thankes for the wonderfull grace and vertue declared in all thy sainctes from the begynninge of the worlde And chiefly in the glorious and most blessed virgin Mary mother of thy sonne Iesu Christ our Lord and God in the holy Patriarches Prophetes Apostles and Martirs whose examples O Lorde and stedfastnes in thy faythe and keping thy holye commaundementes graunte vs to folowe We commende vnto thy mercye O Lord all other thy seruauntes whiche are departed hence from vs with the signe of fayth and nowe do reste in the slepe of peace Graunte vnto them we beseche thee thy mercy and euerlastyng peace and that at the daie of the generall resurreccion we and all they whyche bee of the misticall body of thy sonne maye altogether bee set on his right hand and heare that his most ioyful voice Come vnto me O ye that be blessed of my father and possesse the kingdome whiche is prepared for you from the begynning of the worlde Graunte this O father for Iesus Christes sake our onely mediatour and aduocate O God heauenly father whiche of thy tender mercie diddeste geue thine only sonne Iesu Christ to suffer deathe vpon the crosse for our redempcion who made there by his one oblacion once offered a full perfect and sufficiente sacrifyce oblacion and satisfaccion for the sinnes of the whole worlde and did institute and in his holy Ghospell commaunde vs to celebrate a perpetuall memorye of that his precious deathe vntyll his comming againe Heare vs o mercifull father we beseche thee and with thy holy spirite and worde vouchsafe to bl ✚ esse and sanc ✚ tifie these thy gyftes and creatures of breade and wyne that they maye be vnto vs the bodye and bloud of thy moste derely beloued sonne Iesus Christe Who in the same nyghte that he was betrayed tooke breade and when he had blessed and geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to hys disciples saiynge Take eate this is my bodye whiche is geuen for you do this in remembraunce of me Likewyse after supper he toke the cuppe and whē he had geuen thankes he gaue it to them saiyng drynke ye all of this for this is my bloude of the newe Testament whyche is shed for you and for many for remission of sinnes do this as oft as you shall drinke it in remembraunce of me These wordes before rehersed are to be saied turning still to the Altar without any eleuacion or shewing the Sacrament to the people WHerefore O Lorde and heauenly father accordyng to the Instytucyon of thy derely beloued sonne our sauioure Iesu Christe we thy humble seruauntes doe celebrate and make here before thy diuine Maiestie with these thy holy giftes the memory all whyche thy sonne hath willed vs to make hauing in remembraunce his blessed passion mightie resurreccion and glorious ascencion renderynge vnto thee moste heartye thankes for the innumerable benefytes procured vnto vs by thesame entyerely desyrynge thy fatherly goodnes mercifully to accepte thys our Sacrifice of praise and thankes geuinge moste humblye besechinge thee to graunte that by the merites and deathe of thy sonne Iesus Christ and through faith in his bloud wee and all thy whole church may