the seate were foure beastes full of eyes before and behynde And the firste beaste was lyke a Lion and the second beaste like a Calfe and the third beast had a face as a man and the fourth beaste was lyke a flying Egle. And the foure beastes had eche of them syxe wynges about hym and they were full of eyes within And they did not rest day neyther night saying Holy holy holy Lorde God almightye whiche was and is and is to come And when those beastes gaue glori and honor and thankes to hym that sat on the seate whiche liueth for euer and euer the .xxiiii. elders fell down before him that sat on the throne and worshypped hym that lyueth for euer and caste theyr crownes before the throne saying thou art worthy O lorde our god to receyue glory and honoure and power for thou hast created al thinges and for thy willes sake they are and were created ¶ The Gospell Iohn iii. THere was a mā of the Phariseis named Nichodemus a ruler of the Iewes The same came to Iesus by nighte and sayd vnto him Rabbi we know that thou art a teacher come from god for no man coulde doe suche miracles as thou doest excepte God were wyth hym Iesus aunswered and sayed vnto him Verelye verely I saye vnto thee excepte a man be borne from aboue he cannot see the kyngdome of God Nichodemus sayd vnto hym howe can a man bee borne when he is older can he entre into hys mothers wombe and bee borne agayne Iesus aunswered verely verely I saye vnto thee excepte a mā be borne of water and of the spirite he cannot entre into the kyngdome to God That whiche is borne of the flesh is fleshe And that whiche is borne of the spirite is spirite Meruaile not thou that I sayed to thee ye muste bee borne from aboue The wynd bloweth where it lusteth and thou hearest the sounde thereof but thou canst not tell whence it cometh nor whether he goeth So is euery one the is borne of the spirite Nichodemus aunswered and said vnto him how can these thynges be Iesus aunswered and said vnto hym arte thou a maister in Israel and knowest not these thynges Verely verely I say vnto thee we speake that we knowe and testifye that we haue seene and ye receyue not our witnesse Yf I haue tolde you earthly thynges and ye beleue not howe shall ye beleue if I tell you of heauenlye thynges And no man ascendeth vp to heauen but he that came downe from heauen euen the sonne of man whiche is in heauen And as Moyses lyfte vp the serpent in the wyldernesse euen so muste the sonne of man bee lyfte vp that whosoeuer beleueth in hym peryshe not but haue euerlastyng lyfe ¶ The first Sunday after Trinitie Sundaye ¶ The Collecte GOd the strength of al thē that trust in thee mercyfully accept our prayers And because the weakenes of our mortall nature can doe no good thing without thee graunt vs the helpe of thy grace that in keping of thy commaundementes we may please the both in wil and dede through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle i. Ioh. iiii DEarely beloued let vs loue one another for loue cometh of god And eueri one that loueth is borne of god and knoweth god He that loueth not knoweth not God for god is loue In this appeareth loue of God to vs warde because that God sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde that we myghte lyue through hym Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sente hys sonne to be the agremente for oure synnes Dearely beloued if God so loued vs we ought also one to loue another No man hath seen God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect in vs. Nereby know we that we dwel in him and he in vs because he hath geuen vs of hys spirite And we haue seen and doe testifie that the father sente the sonne to be the Sauiour of the world whosoeuer cōfesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God And we haue knowen and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in hym Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we should trust in the day of Iudgement For as he is euē so are we in thys worlde There is no feare in loue but perfecte loue casteth out feare for feare hath painfulnes He that feareth is not perfect in loue We loue him for he loued vs first If a man say I loue god and yet hate his brother he is a lyer For how can he that loueth not hys brother whom he hath seen loue God whom he hath not seen And thys commaundemente haue we of hym that be which loueth God should loue hys brother also ¶ The Gospell Luke xv THere was a certayne riche manne whiche was clothed in purple and fyne whyte and fared deliciouslye euerye daye And there was a certayne begger named Lazarus which laye at hys gate full of sores desyryng to bee refresshed with the crumines which fell from the ryche mans boarde and no man gaue vnto hym The dogges came also and lycked hys sores And it fortuned that the begger dyed and was caried by the Aungels into Abrahams bosome The ryche man also dyed and was buried And beeing in hell in tormentes he lyfte vp his eyes and sawe Abraham afarre of and Lazarus in hys bosome and he cryed and sayde Father Abraham haue mercye on me and sende Lazarus that he maye dyppe the typpe of hys fynger in water and cole my tong for I am tormented in thys flame But Abraham sayde Sonne remembre that thou in thy life tyme receiuedst thy pleasure and contrariwyse Lazarus receyued payne But nowe he is coumforted and thou art punyshed Beyonde all thys betwene vs and you there is a greate space sette so that they whyche woulde goe from hence to you cannot neither maye come from thence to vs. Then he sayed I praye thee therefore father sende hym to my fathers house for I haue fiue brethrē for to warne them left they come also into this place of tormente Abraham sayde vnto hym they haue Moyses and the Prophetes let them heare thē And he sayde naye father Abraham but if one come vnto them from the dead they will repent He sayde vnto hym Yf they heare not Moyses and the Prophetes neither wil they belieue though one rose from death agayne The second Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. LOrde make vs to haue a perpetuall feare and loue of thy holye name for thou neuer faylest to helpe and gouerne them whome thou dooest bryng vp in thy stedfast loue Graunt this c. ¶ The Epistle i. Ioh. iii. MErueyle not my brethren though the world hate you We know that we are translated from death vnto lyfe because we loue the brethren He that loueth
then art thou Helias he saieth I am not Art thou the Prophet he aunswered no. Then sayd they vnto him what art thou that we may geue an aunswere vnto thē that sent vs what sayest thou of thy selfe he saide I am the voyce of a cryer in the wildernes make straight the way of the lord as said the prophet Esay And they which were sente were of the Phariseis and they asked hym and sayde vnto hym Why baptisest thou then if thou bee not Christ nor Helias nether that Prophet Iohn aunswered them saying I baptise with water but there stādeth one among you whom ye know not he it is whiche though he came after me was before me whose shoe latchet I am not worthy to vnlooce These thynges were done at Bethabara beyond Iordan where Iohn did Baptise ¶ Christmas daye ¶ The Collecte ALmightie God which hast geuē vs thy onely begottē sonne to take our nature vpon him and this day to bee borne of a pure virgin Graunt that we being regenerate and made thy childrē by adopcion and grace may dayly be renued by thy holy spirite through thesame oure Lord Iesus Christ who lyueth and reygneth with c. Amen ¶ The Epistle Hebre. i. GOd in times past diuersly and many wayes spake vnto the fathers by Prophetes but in these laste daies he hath spoken to vs by his owne sōne whō he hath made heyre of al thinges by whom also he made the world Whiche sonne beyng the bryghtnes of hys glory and the veri ymage of his substaūce ruling al thinges with the worde of his power hath by his owne person purged our sinnes and sitteth on the right hand of the maiestye on high being so much more excellent then the Aungels as he hathe by inheritaunce obteyned a more excellent name then they For vnto whiche of the Aungels saide he at any tyme Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten thee And agayn I wil be his father and he shal be my sōne And again when he bringeth in the first begotten sonne into the worlde he sayth and let al the Aūgels of God worship him And vnto the Aungels he sayth He maketh his Aungels spirites his ministers a flame of fire But vnto the sonne he sayeth thy seate O god shal be for euer and euer The scepter of thy kingdom is ryght scepter Thou hast loued righteousnes and hated iniquitie wherfore God euen thy God hath annoynted thee with oyle of gladnes aboue thy felowes And thou Lorde in the beginning hast layd the foundacyon of the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy handes They shall peryshe but thou endurest But they all shall waxe olde as dooeth a garmente and as a vesture shalte thou chaunge them and thei shal be chaunged But thou art euen thesame and thy yeares shall not fayle The Gospell Iohn i. IN the beginnyng was the word and the word was with God and God was the word The same was in the beginnyng with God All thynges were made by it and without it was made nothyng that was made In it was lyfe and the life was the light of men and the light shineth in the darkenes and the darkenes cōprehended it not There was sent frō God a mā whose name was Iohn Thesame came as a witnesse to beare witnesse of the lyghte that all men throughe him mighte belieue He was not that lyghte but was sent to beare witnesse of the lyghte That lyghte was the true lyght whyche lyghteth euery man that cometh into the worlde He was in the world and the worlde was made by him and the worlde knewe him not He came among hys owne and his owne receyued him not But as many as receyued him to thē gaue he power to be made sōnes of God euen them that beleued on hys name whych were borne not of bloude nor of the wyll of the fleshe nor yet of the wyll of man but of God And the same word became fleshe dwelt among vs and we saw the glory of it as the glory of the only begotten sonne of the father full of grace and trueth ¶ Sainct Stephens daye ¶ The Collecte GRaunt vs O Lorde to learne to loue oure enemies by the example of thy martyr Sainct Stephē who prayed for hys persecutours to thee whiche lyuest c. Then shall folow a Collecte of the Natiuitie whiche shal be sayde continually vnto Neweyeares daye ¶ The Epistle Actes vii ANd Stephen being full of the holy ghost loked vp stedfastly with his eyes into heauen and saw the glory of God Iesus standyng on the ryght hand of God said behold I seethe heauens opē the sonne of man standing on the right hand of God Then they gaue a shoute with a loude voyce stopped their eares ranne vpon him all at once and cast him out of the citie and stoned hym And the witnesses layd downe theyr clothes at a yong mans feete whose name was Saule And they stoned Stephen callyng on and saying Lord Iesu receyue my spirite And he kneled downe and cryed with a loude voyce Lord laye not thys synne to theyr charge And when he had thus spoken he fell a slepe ¶ The Gospell Mathew xxiii BEholde I sende vnto you Prophetes and wyse menne and Scribes and some of them ye shall kil and crucifye and some of them shall ye scourge in youre Sinagogues and persecute them from citie to citie that vpon you maye come all the ryghteous bloude whiche hathe been shed vpon the earthe from the bloud of ryghteous Abel vnto the bloud of Zacharias the sonne of Barachias whom ye shew betwene the temple and the aultare Verely I say vnto you all these thynges shall come vpon thys generacyon O Ierusalem thou that killest the Prophetes and stonest them whiche are sent vnto thee howe often woulde I haue gathered thy children together euen as the henne gathereth her chickens vnder her winges ye would not Behold your house is left vnto you desolate For I say vnto you ye shall not see me henceforth til that ye say Blessed is he the cometh in the name of the lord Sainct Iohn Euangelistes day ¶ The Collecte MErciful lord we beseche thee to cast thy bright beames of lighte vpon thy Churche that it beyng lightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Euangeliste Iohn maye attayne to thy euerlastyng giftes Throughe Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ¶ The Epistle i. Iohn i. THat whiche was from the begynnyng whyche we haue hearde whyche we haue seene with oure eyes whiche we haue loked vpon and our handes haue handled of the worde of life And the life appeared and we haue seen and beare witnes and shew vnto you that eternall lyfe whiche was with the father and appeared vnto vs. That whiche we haue seene and hearde declare we vnto you that ye also maye haue felowship with vs and that oure felowship may bee with the father and his sonne Iesus Chiste And this
not his brother abideth in death Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a manslear And ye know that no manslear hath eternall life abiding in him Herby perceiue we loue because he gaue hys lyfe for vs and we oughte to geue our liues for the brethrē But whoso hath this worldes good and seeth his brother haue nede and shutteth vp his compassion from hym howe dwelleth the loue of God in him My babes let vs not loue in word neither in tongue but in dede and in veritie Herby we knowe that we are of the veritie and can quiete our heartes beefore hym For yf our hearte condemne vs God is greater then our hearte knoweth all thinges Dearelye beloued if our hearte condemne vs not then haue we trust to Godward whatsoeuer we aske we receiue of him because we kepe his commaundementes and doe those thinges which are pleasant in his sight And this is his commaundement that we belieue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christe and loue one another as he gaue commaundement And he that kepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in hym and he in hym herby we knowe that he abideth in vs euen by the spirite whiche he hath geuen vs. ¶ The Gospell Luk. xiiii A Certayne man ordeined a greate supper and bade many and sēt his seruaūt at supper time to saye to them that were bydden come for all thinges are nowe readye And they all at once beganne to make excuse The fyrst sayde vnto him I haue bought a farme and I must nedes goe and see it I pray thee haue me excused And another sayd I haue bought fiue yoke of Oxen and I goe to proue thē I pray thee haue me excused And another sayde I haue maryed a wife and therfore I cannot come And the seruaunt returned and brought his master word agayn therof Then was the good man of the house displeased and sayed to his seruaunt goe out quickely into the stretes and quarters of the citie and bryng in hither the poore and feble and the halte and blind And the seruaunt sayd Lord it is done as thou haste commaunded and yet there is roume And the Lord sayd vnto the seruaunt goe oute vnto the hie wayes and hedges and compell thē to come in that my house may be fylled For I say vnto you that none of these men which were bidden shall tast of my supper The third Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee mercifully to heare vs and vnto whom thou haste geuen an heartye desyre to praye graunt the by thy mightie ayde we may be defended through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle i. Petr. v. SVbmitte your selues euery man one to another knit your selues together in lowelynes of minde For god resisteth the proude and geueth grace to the humble Submit your selues therefore vnder the mightie hande of god that he maye exalt you when the tyme is come Cast al your care vpon him for he careth for you Be sobre watche for youre aduersarye the deuyll as a roaryng Lion walketh about sekyng whom he may deuoure whom resist stedfast in the fayth knowing that the same affliccions are appointed vnto your brethrē that are in the world But the god of all grace which hath called vs vnto hys eternal glory by Christ Iesu shall his owne selfe after that ye haue suffred a little afflyccion make you perfecte settle strength and stablishe you To him be glory and dominion for euer and euer Amen ¶ The Gospell Luke xv THen resorted vnto him al the Publicans and sinners for to heare him And the Phariseis and Scribes murmured saying He receyueth synners and eateth wyth them But he putte foorth this parable vnto them laying What man among you hauing an hundreth shepe yf he lose one of them dooeth not of leaue ninetie and nine in the wildernes goeth after that which is lost vntil he find it And when he hath founde it he layeth it on his shoulders with ioye And assoone as he cometh home he calleth together hys louers neyghbors saying vnto them Reioyce with me for I haue founde my shepe whiche was lost I saye vnto you that lykewise ioye shal be in heauen ouer one synner that repenteth more then ouer nintie nine iust persons which nede no repentaunce Eyther what woman hauing ten grotes if she loose one doth not light a candle swepe the house seke diligentlye tyl she find it And when she hath founde it she calleth her louers and her neighbours together saying Reioyce with me for I haue founde the grote which I lost Likewise I saye vnto you shal there be ioye in the presence of the Aungels of god ouer one synner that repenteth The fourth Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. GOd the protector of al that trust in thee without whō nothing is strong nothing is holye encrease and multiplie vpon vs thy mercye that thou beeing oure ruler and gyde we may so passe through thinges temporall that we fynally lose not the thynges eternall graunt this heauenly father for Iesu Christes sake our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ro. viii I Suppose that the afflictions of this life are not worthy of the glory whiche shall bee shewed vpon vs. For the feruente desyre of the creature abydeth lookyng when the sonnes of God shall appeare beecause the creature is subdued to vanitie agaynste the wyll therof but for hys wyll whyche hath subdued the same in hope For the same creature shal be delyuered from the bondage of corrupcion into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of God For we knowe that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauayleth in payne euē vnto thys tyme not onely it but we also which haue the fyrst fruites of the spirite mourne in our selues also waite for the adopcion of the children of God euē the deliueraunce of our bodies ¶ The Gospell Luke vi BE ye merciful as your father also is merciful Iudge not ye shal not be iudged condemne not and ye shall not bee condemned For geue and ye shal be forgeuē Geue and it shal be geuen vnto you good measure pressed down and shaken together and runnyng ouer shall men geue into youre bosomes For with thesame measure that ye mete withall shall other men mete to you agayne And he putte forth a similitude vnto them Can the blynde leade the blynde doe they not both fall into the ditche The disciple is not aboue his maister Euery mā shal be perfecte euen as his maister is Why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye but consydereste not the beame that is in thyne owne eye Eyther how canst thou saye to thy brother Brother lette me pull oute the mote that is in thyne eye when thou seeste not the beame that is in thyne owne eye fyrste thou ypocrite cast out the beame out of thine owne eye thē shalt thou see perfectely to pull oute the mote that is in thy brothers eye ¶ The fifth Sunday after
Iesus Christe whiche is father of all that called father in heauen and in earth that he woulde graunte you accordyng to the riches of hys glory that ye maye bee strengthed with myghte by hys spirite in the inner man that Chryste may dwell in your heartes by faythe that ye being rooted and grounded in loue might be hable to comprehend with all Sainctes what is the bredthe lengthe depthe and height and to know the excellent loue of the knowledge of Christe that ye might be fulfilled with all fulnesse whyche cometh of God Vnto hym that is hable to doe excedyng aboundauntly aboue all that wee aske or thinke according to the power that worketh in vs be prayse in the congregacion by Chryst Iesus throughout all generacyons from time to tyme. Amen ¶ The Gospell Luke vii ANd it fortuned that Iesus wente into a cytie called Naim and many of hys disciples wente with hym and muche people When he came nye to the gate of the citye beholde there was a dead man caryed oute whyche was the onely sonne of his mother and she was widowe and muche people of the cytye was with her And when the Lord saw her had compassion on her and sayde vnto her wepe not And he came nye and touched the coffen and they that bare hym stode styll And he sayde yong man I saye vnto thee aryse And he that was dead sat vp and beegan to speake And he delyuered hym to hys mother And there came a feare on them all And they gaue the glory vnto God saying A great Prophet is risen vp among vs and God hathe visited hys people And thys rumoure of hym went forthe throughout all Iewry and throughout all the regions whyche lye rounde aboute ¶ The .xvii. sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte LOrd we pray thee that thy grace may alwayes preuent and folow vs and make vs continually to be geuē to all good workes throughe Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephe. iiii I Whiche am a priesoner of the Lordes exhort you that ye walke worthy of the vocacyon wherwith ye are called with all lowlines mekenes with humblenes of mynde forbearyng one another through loue and be diligēt to kepe the vnitie of the spirite throughe the bonde of peace beeyng one body and one spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of youre callyng Let there be but one Lorde one faythe one baptisme one God and father of all whiche is aboue all and througbe all and in you all ¶ The Gospell Luke xiii IT chaunced that Iesus wente into the house of one of the chiefe Phariseis to eate bread on the Sabboth day and they watched him And beholde there was a certayne man before him which had the dropsye And Iesus answered and spake vnto the Lawiers and Phariseis saying Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabboth daye And they helde their peace And he toke hym and healed hym and let hym goe and aunswered them saying which of you shal haue an Asse or an Oxe fallen into a pitte and wil not strayght way pull hym out on the Sabboth day And they coulde not aunswer hym agayn to these thynges He put foorth also a similitude to the geastes whē he marked how they preaced to be in the highest roumes and sayd vnto them when thou art bidden to a wedding of any man syt not downe in the hiest roume lest a more honorable man then thou be biddē of hym and he that bad him and thee come and say to thee geue this man roume and thou begin with shame to take the lowest roume But rather when thou arte bidden goe and sit in the lowest roume that when he that bad thee cometh he may saye vnto thee frend sit vp hyer Then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe shall bee broughte lowe and he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted ¶ The .xviii. Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. LOrd we beseche thee graunte thy people grace to auoid the infeccions of the deuil and with pure hearte mind to folow thee the onely god through Iesus Christ our lord ¶ The Epistle i. Corin. i I Thanke my god alwayes on your behalfe for the grace of god which is geuē you by Iesus Christ that in all thynges yeare made ryche by him in al vtteraunce and in all knowledge by the whyche thynges the testimonye of Iesus Christe was confyrmed in you so that ye are behynde in no gyfte waytyng for the appearyng of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste whyche shall also strength you to the ende that you maye bee blameies in the day of the comyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxii WHen the Phariseis had heard that Iesus dyd put the Saduceis to silence they came together and one of them whiche was a doctor of law asked him a question tempting him and saying Maister whiche is the greatest commaundemente in the lawe Iesus sayde vnto him Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule and with all thy mynde This is the first and greatest commaundemente And the second is lyke vnto it Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy self In these two commaundementes hang all the lawe and the Prophetes Whyle the Phariseis were gathered together Iesus asked them saying what thinke ye of Christ whose sonne is he They sayde vnto him the sonne of Dauid He sayde vnto them how then doeth Dauid in spirite cal him Lord saying The Lorde sayd vnto my Lorde sit thou on my righte hand tyll I make thine enemies thy fotestole If Dauid then call hym Lord how is he then his sonne And no man was hable to aunswer him any thing neither durst any man from that daye foorth aske hym any moe questions ¶ The .xix. Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. O God forasmuch as withoute thee we are not hable to please thee Graūt that the working of thy mercy may in all thynges direct and rule out heartes Throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Eph. iiii THis I saye and testifie throughe the Lord that ye hencefoorthe walke not as other Gentyles walke in vanitye of theyr mynde whyle they are blynded in theyr vnderstanding beeyng farre from a Godly lyfe by the meanes of the ignoraunce that is in them and because of the blyndnesse of theyr heartes whiche beeyng past repentaunce haue geuen themselues ouer vnto wantonnes to woorke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredines But ye haue not so learned Christe If so bee that ye haue hearde of hym and haue been taught in him as the trueth is in Iesu as concerning the conuersacion in times past to lay from you the olde man whiche is corrupt according to the deceiuable lustes To be renued also in the spirite of your mind and to put on that new man whiche after God is shapen in righteousnes and true holynes Wherfore put a way lying and
heauen whatsoeuer thou loocest in earth shal be looced in heauen ¶ Sainct Iames the Apostle ¶ The Collect. Graunt O merciful god that as thy holy Apostle sainct Iames leauing his father and al that he had without delaye was obedyente vnto the callyng of thy sonne Iesus Christ and folowed him So we forsaking al worldly and carnall affeccyons maye bee euermore ready to folowe thy commaundementes through Iesu Christe our Lord. ¶ The Epistle Actes xi IN those dayes came Prophetes frō the citie of Ierusalem vnto Antioche And there stode vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirite that there should be great dearth throughout al the world which came to passe in the Emperour Claudiug dayes Then the disciples euery man according to his habilitie purposed to send succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewry which thing they also did and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saule At thesame tyme Herode the kyng stretched forth his handes to vexe certayne of the congregacion And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn wyth the sweord And because he saw it pleased the Iewes he proceded farther and toke Peter also ¶ The Gospell Math. xx THen came to him the mother of zebedes chyldren with her sonnes worshipping him and desiryng a certayne thyng of hym And he sayed vnto her what wylte thou She sayed vnto hym Graunte that these my two sōnes may sit the one on thy right hand and the other on thy left in thy kingdom But Iesus answered saied ye wote not what ye aske Are ye hable to drinke of the cup that I shall drinke of and to be baptysed with the baptisme that I am baptised with They said vnto him we are He said vnto them ye shal drinke in dede of my cup and be baptised with the baptisme that I am baptised with but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to geue but it shall chaunce vnto them that it is prepared for of my father And when the ten heard thys they disdained at the two brethren But Iesus called them vnto him and said ye know that the princes of the nacions haue dominiō ouer thē and they that are great mē exercise auctoritie vpon thē It shal not be so among you But whosoeuer will be greate among you let him be your minister and whosoeuer wyll be chiefe among you lette him be your seruaunt Euen as the sonne of mā came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geue hys lyfe a redempcion for many ¶ Sainct Bartholomewe ¶ The Collect. O Almightie and euerlasting god which hast geuē grace to thy Apostle Bartholomewe truly to beleue and to preache thy word graunt we beseche thee vnto thy churche both to loue that he beleued and to preache that he taughte through Christ our Lord. ¶ The Epistle Actes v. BY the handes of the Apostles were many signes And wonders shewed among the people And they were al together with one accorde in Salomons porche And of other durst no mā ioyne hymself to them neuertheles the people magnified thē The number of them the beleued in the lorde both of men and women grewe more and more insomuch that they brought the sicke into the stretes and laid them on beddes couches that at the leastway the shadowe of Peter when he came by might shadow some of them There came also a multitude out of the cities rounde aboute vnto Ierusalem bringing sicke folkes and them whiche were vexed with vncleane spirites And they were healed euery one ¶ The Gospell Luke xxii ANd there was a strife among them whiche of thē should seme to be the greatest And he said vnto them the kinges of nacions reygne ouer them and they that haue autoritie vpon thē are called gracious lordes But ye shall not so be But he that is greatest amōg you shal be as the yonger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doeth minister For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is not he that sitteh at meate But I am amōg you as he that ministreth Ye are they which haue bidden with me in my tēptacions And I appoynt vnto you a kingdom as my father hath appoynted vnto me that ye maye eate drynke at my table in my kyngdome and sytte on seates iudgeing the twelue tribes of Israel Sainct Mathewe ¶ The Collect. ALmightie God which by thy blessed sonne diddest call Mathew from the receipt of custome to be an Apostle and Euangelist Graunt vs grace to forsake all couetous desyres and inordinate loue of riches and to folowe thy sayd sonne Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth c. ¶ The Epistle ii cor iiii SEeing that we haue such an office euē as god hath had mercy on vs we goe not out of kind but haue cast frō vs the clokes of vnhonestie and walke not in craftines neither handle we the woorde of God deceiptfullye but open the trueth and report our selues to euerye mans conscience in the sight of God If our gospel bee yet hydde it is hydde among them that are lost in whom the God of thys worlde hath blinded the mindes of them which belieue not lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ which is the ymage of God shoulde shyne vnto them For we preache not our selues but Christe Iesus to bee the Lorde and our selues your seruantes for Iesus sake For it is god that cōmaūdeth the light to shine out of darkenes which hath shined in our heartes for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ ¶ The Gospell Math. ix ANd as Iesus passed forth from thence he saw a man named Mathew sitting at the receipt of custome and he sayde vnto hym folowe me And he arose and folowed him And it came to passe as Iesus sate at meate in his house beeholde manye publicanes also and sinners that came sate down with Iesus his disciples And when the Phariseis saw it they said vnto his disciples why eateth your master with Publicanes sinners But when Iesus heard that he said vnto them They the be strong nede not the Phisiciō but they that are sicke Go ye rather and learne what that meaneth I wil haue mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentaunce ¶ Sainct Michael and all Aungels ¶ The Collect. Euerlasting God which hast ordeyned and constituted the seruices of al Aungles and men in a wonderful ordre mercifully graunt that they which alway doe thee seruice in heauen may by thy appoyntmēt succour and defend vs in earth through Iesus Christ our Lorde c. ¶ The Epistle Apoca. xii THere was a great battail in heauē Michael and hys Angles fought with the dragon the dragon fought with his Angels and preuayled not neither was their place foūd any more in heauen
Drink ye all of thys for this is my bloud of the newe Testamente which is shed for you and for many for remissyon of sinnes doe thys as oft as ye shall drinke it in remembraunce of me Then shall the Minister first receyue the Communion in bothe kyndes himselfe and nexte delyuer it to other Ministers yf anye be there presēt that they may helpe the chiefe Minister and after to the people in theyr handes kneelyng And when he delyuereth the bread he shall saye Take and eate thys in remembraunce that Christe dyed for thee and fede on him in thy heart by fayth with thankes geuyng And the minister that deliuereth the cup shall saye Drinke this in remembraunce that Christes bloud was shed for thee and be thankefull Then shal the Priest saye the Lordes prayer the people repeating after hym euery peticyon After shal be sayde as foloweth O Lorde and heauenlye father we thy humble seruauntes entierly desyre thy fatherly goodnesse mercyfullye to accepte thys oure Sacrifyce of prayse and thankes geuyng moste besechyng thee to graunte that by the merites and death of thy sonne Iesus Christe and throughe faith in hys bloud we and all thy whole churche may obtayne remissiō of our sinnes and al other benefites of his Passiō And here we offer and prsēt vnto thee O lord our selues our soules and bodies to bee a reasonable holye and lyuely Sacrifice vnto thee humblye besechyng thee that all we whyche bee partakers of thys holye Communion maye bee fulfylled with thy grace and heauenlye benediccion And althoughe we bee vnworthy throughe oure manyfolde synnes to offre vnto thee any sacrifyce yet we beseche thee to accepte thys our bounden duetie and seruice not weyghing our merites but pardonyng oure offences throughe Iesus Christe oure Lord by whom and with whom in the vnitie of the holye ghost all honour and glory bee vnto thee O father almyghtie worlde without ende Amen Or this ALmightie and euerliuing god we most hartely thanke thee for that thou doest vouchesafe to fede vs whyche haue duely receyued these holy misteries with the spirituall foode of the moste precyous body and bloud of thy sonne our Sauyour Iesus Christe and doest assure vs thereby of thy fauoure and goodnesse towarde vs and that we bee verye membres incorporate in thy mistycall bodye whyche is the blessed companye of all faythfull people and bee also heyres through hope of thy euerlastyng kyngdome by the merites of the most precyous deathe and Passyon of thy deare sonne we nowe moste humblye beseche thee heauenlye father so to assiste vs with thy grace that we may continue in that holy felowship and doe all suche good workes as thou hast prepared for vs to walke in throughe Iesus Christe oure Lorde to whom with thee and the holy ghost be all honour and glory worlde without ende Amen Then shal be sayd or song GLorye bee to GOD on hyghe And in earthe peace good wyll towardes menne We prayse thee we blesse thee we woorshyp thee we gloryfy thee we geue thankes to thee for thy great glorye O Lorde GOD heauenly kyng God the father almyghtye O Lorde the only begotten sonne Iusu Chrysse O Lorde God Lame of God sonne of the father that takeste awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercye vpon vs Thou that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercye vpon vs. Thou that takeste awaye the sinnes of the worlde receyue our prayer Thou that fittest at the righte hand of God the father haue mercye vpon vs For thou onely arte holy Thou onely are the Lorde Thou onely O Christe with the holy ghost art most highe in the glory of God the father Amen Then the Priest or the Bishop yf he be present shal let them departe with this blessing THe peace of God whiche passeth all vnderstānding kepe your heartes and myndes in the knowledge and loue of God and of his sonne Iesu Christ our Lorde and the blessing of God almightie the father the sonne and the holy ghost bee amongest you and remayne with you alwayes Amen Collectes to be sayd after the Offertorie when there is no Cōmunion euery such daye one And the same maye be sayde also as often as occasion shall serue after the Collectes eyther of Morning and Euening prayer Communion or Letany by the discrecion of the Minister ASsist vs mercifully O Lorde in these our supplicacions and prayers and dispose the waye of thy seruauntes towarde the attaynemente of euerlastyng saluacyon that among all the chaunges and chaunces of this mortall lyfe they maye euer be defended by thy moste gracyous and ready helpe throughe Christe oure Lorde Amen O Almightie Lorde and euerliuyng God vouchsafe we beeseche thee to directe sanctifye and gouerne bothe oure heartes and bodies in the wayes of thy lawes and in the workes of thy commaundemētes that through thy most mightie proteccyon both here and euer we maye be preserued in body and soule through our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christe Amen GRaunt we beseche thee almightie god that the wordes whiche we haue hearde this daye with oure outwarde eares may throughe thy grace bee so grafted inwardlye in oure heartes that they may bryng for the in vs the fruite of good lyuing to the honour and prayse of thy name throughe Iesus Christe oure Lorde Amen PReuent vs O Lorde in all our doinges with thy moste gracyous fauoure and further vs with thy contynuall helpe that in all oure workes begon continued and ended in thee we maye glorifye thy holy name and fynally by thy mercye obtayne euerlastyng lyfe throughe Iesus Chryste oure Lorde Amen ALmightye God the fountayne of all wysdome whyche knowest our necessities before we aske and oure ignoraunce in asking we beseche thee to haue compassyon vpon our infirmities and those thinges whiche for our vnworthinesse we dare not and for oure blindnes we cannot aske vouchesafe to geue vs for the worthynesse of thy sonne Iesus Christe oure Lourde Amen ALmightie God whiche haste promised to heare the peticyons of them that aske in thy sonnes name we beeseche thee mercifully to enclyne thyne eares to vs that haue made nowe oure prayers and supplycacyons vnto thee and graunte that those thynges whiche we faithfully asked accordyng to the wyll may effectually bee obteyned to the reliefe of oure necessitie and to the settyng foorth of thy glorye through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen Vpon the holy dayes yf there be no Communion shal be sayde al that is appoynted at the Communiō vntill the ende of the Homelye concludyng with the generall prayer for the whole state of Christes church militant here in earth one or moe of these Collectes beefore rehearsed as occasion shall serue And there shal be no celebracion of the Lordes supper except there bee a good noumbre to commnunicate with the priest according to his discrecyon And yf there bee not aboue twentye persons in the Parishe of discrecion to receiue Communion yet there shal be no Communiō except foure or three at the
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
whole study care in keping of thy holy lawe And that we may laboure and trauaile for oure necessities in this lyfe like the birdes of the ayre and the lilies of the fielde without care For thou hast promised to bee carefull for vs and hast commaunded that vpō thee we should cast all our care which liuest and reignest world without end Amen A prayer necessarye for all persones O Mercifull God I a wretched bed sinner reknowledge my selfe bounde to kepe thy holy commaundementes but yet vnable to perfourme them and to bee accepted for iuste without the righteousnes of Iesu Christe thy onely sonne who hath perfectly fulfilled thy lawe to iustify al men that beleue and trust in him Therefore graunt me grace I beseche thee to bee occupyed in dooynge of good woorkes whyche thou commaundeste in holye Scrypture all the dayes of my lyfe to thy glorye and yet to truste onelye in thy mercy in Christes merites to be pourged from my sinnes and not in my good workes be they neuer so many Geue grace to loue thy holy word feruently to searche the Scritptures diligentlye to reade them humblye to vnderstand them truely to liue after them effectually Order my life to O Lorde that it be alway acceptable vnto thee Geue me grace not to reioyce in any thing that displeaseth thee but euermore to delyte in those thynges that please thee be they neuer so contrarye to my desyres Teache me so to praye that my peticions may be graciously hearde of thee Kepe me vpryghte among diuersitie of opinions and iudgementes in the worlde that I neuer swarue from thy trueth taught in holye scripture In prosperitie O Lorde saue me that I waxe not proude In aduersitie helpe me that I neither dispayre nor blaspheme thy holye name but taking it pacientlye to geue thee thankes and trust to be deliuered after thy pleasure When I happen to fall into synne thorowe frayltie I beseche thee to woorke true repentaunce in my hearte that I may be sorye withoute desperacion trust in thy mercye without pres umpcion that I maye amende my lyfe and become truely religious without hipocrisie lowlye in hearte without faynyng faythfull and trustie withoute deceitpte merye withoute lightnesse sad without mistrust sober without slouthfulnes content with mine owne without couetousnes To tell my neighbour his faultes charitably without dissimulacion To instructe my housholde in thy lawes truelye To obeye oure Kyng and all gouernours vnder him vnfaynedlye To receiue all lawes and cōmon ordinaunces which disagreeth not from thy holy woord obediently To paye euerye man that which I owe vnto him truely To backebyte no man nor slaunder my neyghboure secretlye and to abhorre all vyce louing all goodnes earnestlye O Lorde graunte me thus to doe for the glory of thy holy name Amen ¶ A prayer necessary to be sayd at all tymes O Bountiful Iesu O swete sauiour O Christ the sonne of God haue pietie vpon me mercifully heare me and despyse not my prayers Thou hast created me of nothing thou hast redemed me frō the bondage of synne death and hell neither with golde nor siluer but with thy most precious body once offered vpō the crosse thine own blud shed once for al for my raūsome therfore cast me not away whō thou by thy great wisdom hast made despise me not whom thou hast redemed with such a precious treasure Nor let my wickednes destroy that which thy goodnes hath builded Now whiles I liue O Iesu haue mercye on me for if I dye out of thy fauour it wil be to late afterwarde to call for thy mercy whiles I haue time to repent loke vpon me with thy merciful eyes as thou didst vouchsafe to loke vpon Peter thyne Apostle that I maye bewayle my sinfull life and obtein thy fauour and dye therin I reknowoledge that if thou shouldest deale with me according to verye iustice I haue deserued euerlasting deathe Therefore I appeale to thy high throne of mercy trusting to obteyn Gods fauoure not for my merites but for thy merites O Iesu who hast geuen thy selfe an acceptable sacrifice to thy father to appease his wrath and to bring all sinners truely repenting and amending theyr euil life into hys fauour agayn Accept me O lorde among the number of them that shal be saued forgeue me my sinnes geue me grace to leade a godly innocēt life graūt me thy heauēly wisdō inspire my heart with fayth hope charitie geue me grace to bee hūble in prosperitie paciēt in aduersitie obedient to my rulers faithful vnto thē that trust me dealing truely with al men to liue chastly in wedlocke abhorre adulterye fornicacion al vnclēnes to do good after my power vnto al mē to hurt no man the thy name may be glorified in me during this presēt life that I afterward may obtein euerlasting life thorow thi merci the merites of thi passiō amē ¶ Certayne prayers taken oute of the seruice dayly vsed in the Quenes house Mondai ALmighty god the father of mercy god of al comfort the which onely forgeuest sinne forgeue vnto vs our synnes good Lorde forgeue vnto vs our sinnes that by the multitude of thy mercies they maye be couered not imputed vnto vs by the operacion of the holy ghoste we maye haue power and strength herafter to resist synne by our sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen Tuesday O Lord God which despysest not a contrite heart forgeattest the sinnes and wickednes of a sinner in what houre soeuer he doth mourne lament his olde maner of liuing Graunt vnto vs O lord true contricion of heart that we may vehemently despyse our synneful life past and wholely be conuerted vnto thee by our Sauiour and Lord Iesus Christ Amen Wednesdaye O Mercifull father by whole power strength we may ouercome our enemies both bodely gostly graunte vnto vs O Lorde that accordyng to oure promyse made in baptisme we may ouercome the chief enemies of our soule that is the desires of the world the pleasures of the flesh the suggestions of the wicked spirit so after leade our liues in holines righteousnes the we may serue thee in spirit in trueth that by our sauiour lord Iesus Christ Amen Thursdaye O Almightie euerlasting god which not onelye geuest euerye good and perfite gifte but also encreasest those giftes the thou hast geuē we most humbly beseche thee mercifull God to encreafse in vs the gifte of faith that we maye truly beleue in thee in thy promises made vnto vs that neither by our negligence nor infirmitie of the fleshe nor by greuousnes of temptacion nether by the subtil craftes assaultes of the deuil we be drieuen from fayth in the bloud of our sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen Fryday GRaunt vnto vs O mercifull God we most hartely beseche thee knowledge and true vnderstandyng of thy word that all ignoraūce expelled we may knowe what thy wil pleasure is
to doe and also haue grace and power faythfully to fulfyl the same through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Rom. xii I Beseche you therfore brethren by the mercyfulnesse of God that ye make your bodyes a quicke sacrifice holy and acceptable vnto god which is your reasonable seruing of god and fashion not your selues like vnto this worlde but bee ye chaunged in your shape by the renuing of your minde the ye may proue what thing that good acceptable and perfect wil of God is For I say through the grace that vnto me geuen is to euery man among you that no man stande high in his own conceite more then it becommeth hym to esteme of hymselfe but so iudge of himselfe that he bee gentle and sobre accordyng as God hath dealte to euery man the measure of fayth for as we haue many membres in one body and all membres haue not one office s o we beyng many are one body in Christ and euery man among our selues one anothers membres ¶ The Gospell Luke ii THe father and mother of Iesus went to Ierusalem after the custome of the feast day And when they had fulfylled the dayes as they returned home the chylde Iesus abode styl in Ierusalem and hys father and mother knewe not of it but they supposyng hym to haue been in the cumpanye came a dayes iourneye and soughte hym amonges theyr kynsfolke and acquayntaunce And when they founde hym not they went backe agayne to Ierusalem and sought him And it fortuned that after three dayes they found him in the temple sitting in the middest of the doctours hearing thē and posing them And all that heard hym were astonied at hys vnderstanding and aunsweres And when they sawe hym they meruayled and hys mother said vnto hym sonne why hast thou thus dealt with vs Behold thy father I haue sought thee sorowyng And he said vnto them how hapned that ye sought me wist ye not that I must goe aboute my fathers busines And they vnderstode not that saying whiche he spake vnto them And he wente downe with them and came to Nazareth and was obedyente vnto them but hys mother kepte all these sayinges together in her heart And Iesus prospered in wisedome and age and in fauoure with God and men ¶ The second Sunday after the Epiphanie ¶ The Collecte ALmightie and euerlasting god which doest gouerne al thynges in heauen and earth mercifully heare the supplicacions of thy people and graunte vs thy peace all the dayes of our lyfe ¶ The Epistle Rom. xii SEeing that we haue diuerse giftes accordyng to the grace that is geuen vnto vs if a man haue the gift of prophecie let him haue it that it be agreeing to the faith Let him that hath an office waite on his office Let him that teacheth take hede to his doctrine Let him that exhorteth geue attendaunce to hys exhortacyon If any man geue let hym doe it with synglenesse Lette hym that ruleth dooe it with diligence If any manne shewe mercye let hym dooe it with cherefulnesse Lette loue be withoute dissimulacion Hate that whiche is euill and cleaue to that whyche is good Be kynd one to another with brotherly loue In geuing honour goe one before another Be not slothfull in the busines which you haue in hand Be feruent in spirite Applye your selues to the tyme. Reioyce in hope Be paciente in tribulacion Continue in prayer Distribute vnto the necessitie of the sainctes Be ready to harboure Blesse them which persecute you blesse I say and curse not Be merye with them that are merye wepe with them that wepe be of like affecciō one towardes another Be not hye minded but make your selues equall to them of the lower sorte ¶ The Gospell Iohn ii ANd the thyrde daye was there a mariage in Cana a citie of Galile and the mother of Iesus was there And Iesus was called and hys Disciples vnto the mariage and when the wyne fayled the mother of Iesus sayde vnto him they haue no wine Iesus sayde vnto her woman what haue I to do with thee Myne houre is not yet come His mother said vnto the ministers whatsoeuer he sayth vnto you doe it And there were standyng there .vi. waterpottes of stone after the maner of purifying of the Iewes conteynyng two or three fyrkyns a piece Iesus sayde vnto them fyll the waterpottes with water And they fylled them vp to the brymme And he sayde vnto them drawe out nowe and beare vnto the gouernoure of the feaste And they bare it When the ruler of the feaste had tasted the water turned into wyne and knewe not whence it was but the ministers which drewe the water knewe he called the bridegrome and saide vnto hym euery man at the beginning doeth sette furth good wyne and when men be dronke then that which is woorse but thou hast kept the good wyne vntill nowe This begynnyng of myracles dyd Iesus in Cana of Galile and shewed his glorye and his disciples belieued on hym ¶ The third Sunday after thepiphanie ¶ The Collect. ALmightie euerlasting god mercifully loke vpon our infirmities and in all our daungers and necessities stretche foorth thy ryghte hande to helpe and defende vs through Christ our Lord. ¶ The Epistle Rom. xii BE not wise in your owne opinions Recōpence to no man euil for euil Prouyde aforehand thinges honest not onely before God but also in the sight of all men If it be possible as much as is in you liue peaceably with all men Dearely beloued auenge not your selues but rather geue place vnto wrath For it is written vengeaunce is mine I will reward saith the lord Therfore if thine enemy hunger fede him if he thyrst geue him drinke For in so doing thou shalt heape coales of fyre on hys head Be not ouercome of euill but ouercome euyll with goodnes ¶ The Gospell mat viii WHen he was come down frō the mountayn much people folowed hym And beholde there came a Leper worshipped him saying Master if thou wilt thou canst make me cleane And Iesus put forth his hand touched him saying I wil be thou clene immediatly his leprosy was clensed And Iesus said vnto him tell no man but goe shew thy self to the Priest offer the gift that Moses commaūded to be offred for a witnes vnto thē And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum there came vnto hym a Centurion besoughte hym saying Maister my seruaunte lyeth at home sycke of the paulsey is grieuously payned And Iesus sayde when I come vnto him I will heale him The Centurion aunswered sayde Syr I am not worthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe but speake the woord onely my seruaūt shal be healed For I also am a man subiect to the auctoritie of an other haue souldiers vnder me I say to thys man goe he goeth to another man come he cometh to my seruaunt doe thys he doth
c. ¶ The Epistle i. thes iii WE beeseche you brethren and exhorte you by the lord Iesus that ye encrease more more euē as ye haue receyued of vs how ye ought to walke and to please God For ye know what cōmaundementes we gaue you by our Lorde Iesus Chryste For thys is the wyl of God euen your holynes that ye should absteyne from fornicacion and that euery one of you should knowe howe to kepe his vessel in holynes and honour and not in the lust of concupisence as doe the Heathen whiche knowe not God that no man oppresse and defraude hys brother in bargayninq beecause that the Lorde is the auenger of all suche thinges as we tolde you before and testified For god hath not called vs vnto vnclennes but vnto holynesse He therfore that despiseth despiseth not man but God whiche hath sent hys holy spirite among you ¶ The Gospell Math. xv IEsus went thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre Sidō and behold a woman of Canaā whiche came oute of thesame coastes cryed vnto hym saying haue mercye on me O Lorde thou sonne of Dauid My doughter is piteously vexed with a deuyll But he aunswered her nothyng at all And his disciples came and besougt hym saying send her awaye for she cryeth after vs. But he aunswered and sayd I am not sent but to the lost shepe of the house of Israel Then came the and worshipped him saying Lorde helpe me He aunswered said it is not mete to take the childrens bread and cast it to dogges She aunswered and said trueth lord for the dogges eate of the crummes which fal from their maysters table Then Iesus aunswered and said vnto her O Womā great is thy fayth be it vnto thee euē as thou wilte And her doughter was made whole euen thesame tyme. ¶ The thyrd Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collect. We beseche thee almightie god loke vpon the heartye desyres of thy humble seruauntes and stretche forth the right hande of thy maiestie to be our defence agaynst al our enemies through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephesi v BE you the folowers of God as dere children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue hymself for vs an offering a sacrifice of a swete sauour to God As for fornicacion and al vnclennesse or couetousnes let it not be once named among you as it becommeth Sainctes or filthinesse or foolyshe talking or iesting whiche are not comely but rather geuing of thankes For thys ye knowe that no whoremonger eyther vncleane person or couetous person whiche is a worshypper of ymages hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christe and of God Lette no man deceyue you with vayne wordes For because of suche thynges cometh the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience Be not ye therfore companions of them Ye mere sumtimes darkenes but now are ye light in the Lord walke as children of lighte for the fruite of the spirite consisteth in all goodnes righteousnes trueth Accept that which is pleasing vnto the Lord haue no felowship with the vufruitful workes of darkenes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those thynges which are done of them in secrete but all thinges when they are brought forth by the lyghte are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifest thesame is light wherfore he sayeth a wake thou that slepest and stande vp from death and Christ geue thee lyght ¶ The Gospell Luke xi IEsus was casting of a Deuill that was dumme And when he had cast oute the deuill the dumme spake and the people wondered But some of them sayed he casteth out deuils throughe Beelzebub the chiefe of the deuils And other tempted hym and required of him signe from heauen But he knowing their thoughtes sasyd vnto them Euery kingdome deuyded agaynst it selfe is desolate and one house doeth fall vpon another If Sathan also be deuided agaynst hymselfe howe shal hys kyngdome endure Because ye say I cast out deuils through Beelzebub If I by the helpe of Beelzebub cast out deuils by whose helpe do your children cast them out Therefore shall they bee youre iudges But if I with the finger of God cast out deuils no doubt the kingdom of God is come vpon you Whē a strong man armed watcheth hys house the thinges that he possesseth are in peace But when a stronger then he cometh vpō hym and ouercometh hym he taketh from hym al his harnesse wherin he trusted deuideth his goodes He that is not with me is agaynste me And he that gathereth not with me scatereth abroade When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man he walketh through drye places seking reste And when he findeth none he sayeth I wil returne agayn into my house whence I came oute And when he cometh he findeth it swepte garnished Then goeth he and taketh to hym seuen other spirites worse then himself and they entre in and dwel there And the ende of that mā is worse thē the beginning And it fortuned the as he spake these thinges a certayne woman of the companye lyfte vp her voyce and sayed vnto hym happy is the wombe that bare thee and the pappes whiche gaue thee sucke But he sayd yea happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it The fourth Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collecte GRaunte we beseche thee almightie god that we which for our euil dedes are worthely punisshed by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieued throughe oure Lorde Iesus Chryst ¶ The Epistle Gala. iiii TEll me ye that desyre to bee vnder the lawe doe ye not heare of the lawe for it is wrytten that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bondmayde the other by a free woman Yea and he whiche was borne of the bondwoman was borne after the fleshe but he whiche was borne of the freewoman was borne by promes which thinges are spoken by an allegory For these are two Testamentes the one from the mounte Sina whiche gendreth vnto bondage whiche is Agar For mount Sina is Agar in Arabia and bordreth vpō the citie which is now called Ierusalem and is in bondage with her children But Ierusalem whyche is aboue is fre which is the mother of vs al. For it is written Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children breake foorth and crye thou that trauaylest not For the desolate hath many moe chyldren then she whiche hath an husband Brethren we are after Isaac the chyldren of promesse But as then he that was borne after the flesshe persecuted hym that was borne after the spirite Euen so is it nowe Neuerthelesse what sayeth the scrypture putte awaye the bondwoman and her sonne For the sonne of the bondwoman shall not bee heyre with the sonne of the free woman So then brethren we are not children of the bond womā but of the free woman ¶ The Gospell Iohn vi IEsus departed ouer the sea of Galile whiche
and he aunswered sayd Loue the lord thy god with al thy heart and with al thy soule with all thy strength and with al thi mind and thy neighboure as thy selfe And he said vnto him Thou hast aūswered right This doe and thou shall liue But he willing to iustitie himself said vnto Ielus And who is my neyghbour Iesus aunswered and sayd A certayn man descended frō Ierusalem to Hiericho and fell among theues which robbed hym of his raiment wounded hym and departed leauing him halfe dead And it chaunced the there came down a certayne Priest thatsame way when he sam him he passed by And likewyse a Leuite when he went nie to the place came and loked on hym and passed by But a certain Samaritaine as he iourneied came vnto him and when he saw him he had compassion on him and went to and bound vp his woundes and powred in oile and wine and set him on his own beast broughte hym to a common Inne and made prouision for him And on the morow whē he departed he toke out two pence and gaue thē to the host and said vnto hym Take cure of hym and whatsoeuer thou spendest more when I come againe I wil recompence thee Which now of these three thynkeste thou was neighboure vnto him that fel among the theues And he said vnto hym he that shewed mercy on hym Then sayd Iesus to him goe and doe thou lykewyse The .xiiii. Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. ALmightie euerlasting god geue vnto vs the increase of faith hope and charitie and that we may obtayne that whiche thou dooeste promyse make vs to loue that which thou doest commaunde through Iesus Christe oure Lorde ¶ The Epistle Gala. v. I Saye walke in the spirite and fulfill not the lust of the fleshe For the fleshe lusteth cōtrary to the spirite and the spirite contrary to the flesh these are contrary one to the other so the ye can not doe whatsoeuer ye would But and yf ye be ledde of the spirite then are ye not vnder the lawe The dedes of the flesh are manifest whiche are these adulterye fornicaciō vnclennes wantonnes worshipping of ymages witchecraft hatred variaunce zele wrath stryfe sediciōs sectes enuying murder dronkennes gluttonye and suche lyke Of the which I tel you before as I haue tolde you in tymes past that they whiche committe suche thynges shall not be inheritours of the kyngdom of God Contrarily the fruite of the spirite is loue ioie peace long suffering gentilnes goodnes faithfullnes mekenes temperaunce Against suche there is no lawe They truely that are Christes haue crucified the fleshe with the affeccions and lustes ¶ The Gospell Luke xvii ANd it chaunced as Iesus went to Ierusalē that he passed throughe Samaria Galile And as he entred into a certaine towne there met him ten mē that wer lepers whiche stode afarre of and put forth theyr voyces and said Iesus Maister haue mercy vpō vs. When he saw them he said vnto them goe shew your selues vnto the Priestes And it came to passe that as they went they were clensed And one of them when he saw that he was clensed turned backe agayne and with a loude voice praised God and fel down on his face at his fete and gaue him thankes And thesame was a Samaritain And Iesus aunswered sayd Are there not ten clensed but where are those nine There are not founde that returned agayne to geue God prayse saue onely thys straunger And be sayed vnto hym Aryse goe thy waye thy fayth hath made thee whole The .xv. Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. KEpe we beseche thee O Lorde thy Churche wyth thy perpetual mercy and because the frailtie of man without thee cannot but fal kepe vs euer by thy helpe leade vs to al thinges profitable to our saluaciō through Iesus Christ out Lorde Amen ¶ The Epistle Gala. vi YE see howe large a letter I haue written to you with myne own hande As many as desyre with outwarde apperaunce to please carnally thesame constrayne you to be circumcysed onely lest they should suffre persecucion for the crosse of Christe For they themselues whiche are circumcised kepe not the lawe but desyre to haue you circumcised the they might reioice in your fleshe God forbid that I should reioyce but in the crosse of our Lord Iesu Christ whereby the worlde is crucifyed vnto me and I vnto the world For in Christ Iesu neither circumcision auaileth any thyng at al nor vncircumcision but a new creature And as many as walke accordīg vnto this rule peace be on thē and mercy and vpon Israel that pertaineth to God From henceforth let no man put me to busines for I beare in my body the markes of the lord Iesu Brethren the grace of our Lord Iesu Christ be with youre spirite Amen ¶ The Gospell Mat. vi NO man can serue two Maisters for either he shall hate the one and loue the other or elles leane to the one and despise the other ye cannot serue god and Mammō Therefore I say vnto you be not careful for your lyfe what ye shall eate or drinke nor yet for youre body what raymente you shall putte on Is not the lyfe more worth them meate and the body more of value then raymente Beholde the foules of the ayre for they sowe not neither doe thei reape nor cary into the barnes and your heauenly father fedeth them Are ye not much better then they Which of you by takyng carefull thoughte can adde one cubyte vnto hys stature And why care ye for raymente Considre the lilies of the fielde how they growe They laboure not neither doe they spinne And yet I saye vnto you that euen Salomon in al his royaltie was not clothed lyke one of these Wherefore yf God so clothe the grasse of the field which though it stande to daye is to morowe cast into the fornace shall he not muche more doe the same for you O ye of litle faythe Therefore take no thought saying what shal we eate or what shal we drinke or wherwith shall we be clothed after all these thynges doe the Gentiles seke For your heauēly father knoweth that ye haue nede of all these thynges But rather seeke ye fyrste the kingdom of God and the ryghteousnesse therof and al these thynges shall bee ministred vnto you Care not then for the morowe for to morow day shall care for it selfe sufficyente vnto the daye is the trauaile therof The .xvi. Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte LOrd we beseche thee lette thy continuall pitie clense and defende thy congregacion and because it cannot contynue in safetie withoute thy succoure preserue it euermore by thy helpe and goodnes through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephe. iii. I Desire that you faint not because of my tribulacions that I suffre for your sakes which is your praise For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure Lorde
that is taughte in the worde ministre vnto hym that teacheth in all good thynges Be not deceiued God is not mocked for whatsoeuer a manne soweth that shall he reape Gala. vi Whyle we haue tyme lette vs doe good vnto all menne and specyallye vnto them whyche are of the householde of faythe i. Tim. vi Godlines is great riches if a man be contented with that he hath for we brought nothing into the world neither may we cary any thyng oute i. Tim. vi Charge them which are riche in this worlde that they be ready to geue and glad to distribute laying vp in store for themselues a good foundacyon agaynste the tyme to come that they may attayne eternall lyfe Heb. vi God is not vnrighteous that he wil forgeat your workes labour that procedeth of loue whiche loue ye haue shewed for his names sake whiche haue ministred vnto sainctes yet doe ministre Heb. xiii To doe good and to distribute forgeat not for with suche sacrfices God is pleased i Ioh. iii. Whoso hathe this worldes good and seeth hys brother haue nede and shutteth vp his compassion from hym howe dwelleth the loue of God in him Tob. iiii Geue almose of thy goodes and turne neuer thy face from any poore man and then the face of the Lord shal not be turned awaye from thee Tob. iiii Be mercifull after thy power If thou haste muche geue plenteouslye If thou haste litle doe thy diligence gladlye to geue of that little for so gatherest thou thy selfe a good rewarde in the day of necessitie Prou. xix He that hath pitie vpon the poore lendeth vnto the Lorde and loke what he layeth out it shal be payed hym agayne Psal lxi Blessed be the man that prouideth for the sycke and nedy the Lord shall deliuer hym in the tyme of trouble Then shall the church wardens or some other by them appoynted gather the deuocion of the people and put the same into the poore mens bore and vpō the offring daies appoynted euery man and woman shall pay to the curate the due and accustomed offringes after whiche done the priest shall saye Let vs praye for the whole state of Christes Churche militante here in earth ALmightie and euerliuing God whiche by thy holy Apostle haste taught vs to make prayers and supplicacyons and to geue thankes for all menne we humbly beseche thee moste mercifullye to accepte our almose If there bee none almose geuē vnto the pore then shal the wordes of acceptyng our almes be lefte oute vnsayde and to receyue these oure prayers which we offer vnto wordes thy deuine maiestye besechyng thee to inspire contynually the vniuersall churche with the spirite of trueth vnitie and our concorde and graunte that all they that doe confesse thy holye name maye agree in the trueth of thy holy woord and lyue in vnitye and godlye loue We beeseche thee also to saue and defende all chrystian Kynges Prynces and gouernours and specially thy seruaunt Edward oure Kyng that vnder hym we maye bee godly and quietly gouerned and graunte vnto hys whole counsayle and to all that bee put in auctoritie vnder hym that they may truelye and indifferentlye minister iustice to the punyshmente of wyckednes and vice and to the maintenaunce of Goddes true religion and vertue Geue grace O heauenlye father to all Bisshoppes Pastours and Curates that they may bothe by theyr lyfe and doctryne sette foorthe thy true and lyuelye woord and rightly and duely administer thy holy Sacramentes and to all thy people geue thy heauenly grace and especiallye to thys congregacion here presente that with meke heart and due reuerence they maye heare and receyue thy holy woorde truely seruing thee in holynes and ryghteousnes all the dayes of theyr lyfe And we moste humbly beseche thee of thy goodnes O Lorde to comfort and succour all them whiche in this transitory life be in trouble sorowe nede syckenes or anye other aduersitie Graunte this O father for Iesus Christes sake oure only mcdiatour and aduocate Amen Then shall folow this exhortacion at certayne tymes when the Curate shall see the people negligent to come to the holy Communion WE be come together at this time dereli beloued brethren to fede at the Lordes supper vnto the whiche in Gods behalfe I did you all that bee here present and beseche you for the Lorde Iesus Christes sake the ye wyll not refuse to come therto being so louinglye called and bidden of God himself Ye knowe howe grieuouse and vnkynde a thyng it is when a man hathe prepared a ryche feaste decked his table with all kynde of prouisyon so that there lacketh nothyng but the geastes to sitte downe and yet they whyche bee called withoute any cause moste vnthankefullye refuse to come Whyche of you in suche a case woulde not bee moued Who moulde not thynke a greate iniurye and wrong doone vnto hym Wherfore moste dearelye beloued in Chryste take ye good hede leste ye with drawing youre selues from thys holye supper prouoke Goddes indygnacyon agaynste you It is an easye matter for a man to saye I wyll not communicate because I am otherwyse letted with worldlye busines but suche excuses bee not so easelye accepted and allowed before God If anye man saye I am a grieuouse sinner and therefore am afrayde to come wherefore then doe you not repent and amend When God calleth you bee you not ashamed to saye you wyll not come when you should returne to God wyll you excuse youreselfe and saye that you bee not readye Consydre earnestlye with youre selues howe lyttle suche fayned excuse shall auayle beefore God They that refused the feaste in the Gospell beecause they hadde boughte a farme or woulde trye theyr yokes of oxen or beecause they were maryed were not so excused but counted vnwoorthy of the heauenlye feaste I for my parte am here presente and accordyng vnto myne offyce I bydde you in the name of GOD I call you in Chrystes behalfe I exhorte you as you loue youre owne saluacyon that ye wyll bee partakers of thys holye Communyon And as the sonne of God dyd vouchesafe to yelde vp hys soule by deathe vpon the Crosse for youre healthe euen so it is youre duetye to receyue the Communyon together in the remembraunce of hys deathe as he hymselfe commaunded Nowe yf you wyll in nowyse thus dooe considre with youre selues howe greate iniurye you dooe vnto GOD and howe sore punyshemente hangeth ouer youre heades for the same And whereas you offend GOD so fore in refusyng thys holye Banquete I admonyshe exhorte and beeseche you that vnto thys vnkyndenesse ye wyll not adde any more Whyche thyng ye shall dooe yf ye stande by as gasers and lookers on them that dooe communycate and bee no partakers of the same youre selues For what thyng can this bee accoumpted els then a further contempt and vnkindenes vnto God Truely it is a great vnthankefulnes to say nay when ye
tyme they broughte children vnto Christ that he shoulde touche them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them But whē Iesus sawe it he was displeased and sayde vnto them suffre litle children to come vnto me and forbid them not for to suche belongeth the kingdome of god Verelye I saye vnto you whosoeuer doeth not receyue the kingdome of God as a litle childe he shall not entre therein And when he had taken them vp in his armes he putte hys handes vpon them and blessed them After the Gospell is readde the Minister shall make thys briefe exhortacion vpon the wordes of the Gospell FRendes you heare in this Gospel the wordes of oure Sauioure Christe that he commaunded the children to bee brought vnto him Now he blamed those that woulde haue kepte them from hym Nowe he exhorted all men to folowe theyr innocencie You perceiue how by his outwarde gesture and dede he declared hys good wyll toward them For he embraced thē in his armes he layd his handes vpon them and blessed them doubt not ye therfore but earnestlye belieue that he wyll likewyse fauourablye receyue these presente infantes that he wyll embrace them with the armes of hys mercye that he wyll geue vnto them the blessyng of eternal lyfe and make thē partakers of his euerlastyng kyngdome Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good wil of our heauenly father towarde these infantes declared by his sonne Iesus Christe nothing doubting but that he fauourably alloweth this charitable worke of ours in bringing these childrē to his holy Baptisme let vs faithfully and deuoutlye geue thankes vnto him and say ALmightie euerlasting god heauenly father we geue thee humble thankes that thou haste vouchsafed to call vs to the knowledge of thy grace and fayth in thee encrease thys knowledge and confirme this fayth in vs euermore Geue thy holy spirite to thse infantes that they may be borne again and be made heyres of euerlasting saluacion through our Lord Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy spirite now for euer Amen ¶ Then the Priest shall speake vnto the Godfathers and Godmothers on thys wyse WElbeloued frendes ye haue brought these childrē here to be Baptised ye haue praied that our Lord Iesus Christ would vouchsafe to receiue them to laye his handes vpon thē to blesse thē to release them of their sinnes to geue them the kyngdome of heauen and euerlastyng lyfe Ye haue heard also that our lord Iesus Christ hath promised in his gospel to graūt al these thinges that ye haue praied for which promyse he for his parte wyl moste surely kepe and perfourme Wherefore after thys promyse made by Chryste these infantes must also faythfully for their part promyse by you that be their suerties that they wil forsake the deuil and al his workes and constantly beleue gods holy word and obediently kepe his commaundementes Then shall the Priest demaunde of the Godfathers and Godmothers these questions folowyng Doest thou forsake the deuil and al his workes the vaine pompe and glory of the world with al couetouse desyres of the same the carnall desyres of the fleshe so that thou wylte not folowe nor be led by them Aunswere I forsake them all Minister Doest thou beleue in god the father almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely begotten sonne our lord and that he was conceiued by the holy gost borne of the virgin Mary that he suffered vnder Poncyus Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went down into hell and also did rise agayne the thyrd daye that he ascended into heauen and litteth at the right hande of god the father almightie and from thence shal come again at the end of the world to iudge the quicke and the dead And doest thou beleue in the holy gost the holy Catholique Churche the cōmunion of sainctes the remiss ion of synnes the resurrecciō of the fleshe and euerlasting life after death Aunswere All this I stedfastly beleue Minister Wylt thou be Baptysed in thys fayth Aunswere That is my desyre Then shall the Priest saye O Merciful god graunt that the olde Adam in these children may be so buried that the new man may be raysed vp in them Amen Graunte that all carnall affecions may dye in them and that all thynges belongyng to the spyryte maye lyue and growe in them Amen Graunt that they may haue power and strength to haue victory and to triumphe against the deuill the world and the fleshe Amen Graunt that whosoeuer is here dedicated to thee by oure office and ministery may also be endued with heauenly vertues euerlastynglye rewarded through thy mercy O blessed lord God who doest liue and gouerne all thinges world without ende Amen ALmightie euerliuing God whose moste dearelye beloued sōne Iesus Christ for the forgeuenes of our sinnes did shead out of his most precious side bothe water bloud and gaue commaundement to hys disciples that they should goe teache all nacyons and baptise them in the name of the father the sonne and of the holy ghost Regarde we beseche thee the supplicacions of thy congregacion and graunt that all thy seruauntes whyche shall bee baptised in thys water may receyue the fulnes of thy grace and euer remaine in the noumbre of thy faithfull and elect children throughe Iesus Chryst our Lorde Then the Priest shal take the childe in his handes and aske the name and naming the childe shall dippe it in the water so it be discretely and warely done saying N I Baptise thee in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy goste Amen And yf the child bee weake it shall suffise to powre water vpon it saying the foresayd wordes N I Baptise thee in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen Then the Priest shall make a crosse vpon the childes forehead saying WE receyue thys childe into the congregacion of Christes stocke and doe sygne hym with the sygne of the crosse in tokē that hereafter he shall not bee ashamed to confesse the fayth of Chryste crucified and manfully to fight vnder his banner agaynst sinne the worlde and the deuill and to continue Christes faythfull souldioure and seruaunt vnto hys lyues ende Amen Then shall the Priest saye SEyng now derely beloued brethren that these children be regenerate and grafted into the body of Christes congregacyon let vs geue thankes vnto God for these benefites with one accorde make oure prayers vnto almyghtye God that they maye leade the rest of theyr lyfe accordyng to this begynnyng Then shal be sayde Our father whiche arte in heauen c. Then shall the Priest saye WE yelde thee hearty thankes most merciful father that it hath pleased thee to regenerate thys infant with thy holy sprite to receyue hym for thy owne child by adopcion and to incorporate hym into thy holy congregacion And humblye we beseche thee to graunte that he being dead vnto
furth a sonne and thou shalt call hys name Iesus for he shall saue hys people from their sinnes Al this was done that it might be fulfilled whiche was spoken of the Lorde by the Prophete saying Beholde a mayde shall be with childe and shasll bryng foorth a sonne and they shall call hys name Emanuell whiche if a man interprete is asmuche to saye as God with vs. And Ioseph assone as he a woke out of slepe did as the Aungell of the Lord had bidden him and he toke his wyfe vnto hym and knew her not til she had brought forth her fyrst begotten sonne and called his name Iesus ¶ The Cyrcumcision of Christ ¶ The Collect. ALmightie God whiche madest thy blessed sonne to be circumcised and obedient to the law for man graunte vs the circumcision of the spirite that our heartes and all our membres being mortifyed from all worldlye and carnal lustes may in al thynges obey thy blessed wil through thesame thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Rom. iiii BLessed is that man to whom the Lorde will not impute sinne Came this blessednes then vpon the vncyrcumcision or vpon the cyrcumcision also for we say that fayth was rekoned to Abraham for righteousnes How was it then rekoned when he was in the cyrcumcision or when he was in the vncircumcisiō not in tyme of cyrcumcision but when he was yet vncyrcumcised And he receiued the sygne of cyrcumcision as a seale of the righteousnes of fayth which he had yet beeyng vncyrcumcised that he should be the father of al them that belieue though they be not cyrcumcised that righteousnes might bee imputed to them also and that he might bee the father of cyrcumcision not vnto them onely which came of the cyrcumcised but vnto thē also that walke in the steppes of the faythe that was in oure father Abraham beefore the tyme of cyrcumcision For the promyse that he shoulde be heyre of the worlde happened not to Abraham or to hys sede through the lawe but through the ryghteousnesse of fayth For if they whiche are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayn and the promise of none effecte ¶ The Gospell Luke ii ANd it fortuned assone as the Angels wer gone away from the shepeheardes into heauen they saide one to another let vs goe now euen vnto Bethleem and see this thing that we heare saye is happened whiche the Lorde hath shewed vnto vs. And they came with hast and found Mary and Ioseph and the babe layde in a maunger And when they had seene it they published abroade the saying that was tolde them of that chylde And all they that heard it wondred at those thinges which were tolde them of the shepeheardes But Mary kept all those sayinges and pondred them in her hearte And the shepeheardes returned praysyng and laudyng God for all the thynges that they had hearde and seene euen as it was tolde vnto them And when the eyght daye was come that the chylde should bee circumcised hys name was called Iesus whyche was named of the Aungell before he was conceyued in the wombe Yf there bee a Sundaye betwene the Epiphanye and the Circumcision then shal be vsed the same Collecte Epistle Gospell at the communion whiche was vsed vpon the daye of Circumcision ¶ The Epiphanie ¶ The Collecte O God whiche by the leadyng of a starre diddest manyfeste thy onely begotten sonne to the Gentyles Mercifullye graunte that we whiche knowe thee nowe by fayth maye after thys lyfe haue the fruicion of thy glorious Godhead throughe Chryste oure Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephe. iii. FOr thys cause I Paule am a prysoner of Iesus Chryst for you Heathen yf ye haue heard of the ministracion of the grace of God whiche is geuen me to you warde For by reuelacion shewed he the misterye vnto me as I wrote afore in fewe wordes whereby when ye reade ye maye vnderstande my knowledge in the misterie of Christe whiche mistery in tymes paste was not opened vnto the sonnes of men as it is nowe declared vnto his holye Apostles and Prophetes by the spirite that the Gentiles should be inheritours also and of the same body partakers of hys promyse of Christe by the meanes of the gospell whereof I am made a minister accordyng to the gyfte of the grace of God whyche is geuen vnto me after the woorkyng of hys power Vnto me the leaste of all saynctes is thys grace geuen that I shoulde preache among the Gentyles the vnsearcheable ryches of Chryste and to make all menne see what the felowship of the mistery is whyche from the beginning of the worlde hathe been hid in God whiche made all thynges throughe Iesus Christe to the entent that nowe vnto the rulers and powers in heauenly thynges myght be knowen by the congregacyon the manifolde wysedome of God according to the eternall purpose which he wroughte in Christe Iesu our Lorde by whō we haue boldenes and entraunce with the cōfidence whiche is by the fayth of hym ¶ The Gospell Mat. ii WHen Iesus was borne in Bethleem a cytie of Iury in the tyme of Herod the kyng Beholde there came wise menne from the Easte to Ierusalem saying where is he that is borne kyng of the Iewes For we haue seen hys starre in the Easte and are come to wurshippe hym When Herod the kyng had hearde these thynges he was troubled and all the citie of Ierusalē with hym And when he had gathered all the chiefe priestes and Scribes of the people together he demaunded of them where Chirste shoulde bee borne And they sayde vnto him at Bethleem in Iury. For thus it is wrytten by the Prophete And thou Bethleem in the lande of Iury arte not the leaste among the Princes of Iuda for oute of thee there shal come vnto me the capitayne that shall gouerne my people Israel Then Herode when he had priuely called the wyse menne he enquired of them dylygently what tyme the starre appeared and he bad them goe to Bethleem and sayde goe youre waye thether and searche diligently for the chylde And when ye haue founde hym bryng me woorde agayne that I maye come and wurshyp hym also When they had hearde the kyng they departed and loe the starre whyche they sawe in the Easte wente before them tyll it came and stoode ouer the place wherein the childe was When they sawe the starre they were exceadyng glad and wente into the house and founde the chylde with Marye hys mother and fell downe flat and wurshipped him and opened theyr treasures and offered vnto hym gyftes Golde Frankyncense and Mirre And after they were warned of God in slepe that they should not goe again to Herode they returned into their own countrey another way ¶ The first Sunday after the Epiphanie ¶ The Collecte LOrde we beseche thee mercifully to receiue the praiers of thy people which cal vpon thee and graunt that thei may both perceiue and know what thynges they oughte