c. ¶ Then a Lesson of the new Testament And after that Nunc dimittis in Englishe as foloweth LOrde nowe lettest thou thy seruaunte departe in peace according to thy worde For myne eyes haue seene thy saluacyon Whyche thou hast prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lyghten the Gentyles and to be the glory of thy people Israel Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy ghoste As it was in the beginnyng is nowe c. Amen ¶ Or els this Psalme Deus misereatur psal lxvii GOd be mercyfull vnto vs and blesse vs and shew vs the lyght of hys countenaunce and bee mercyfull vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon earth thy sauyng health among all nacions Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nacyons reioyce and bee gladde for thou shalte iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacyons vpon earth Lette the people prayse thee O God lette all the people prayse thee Then shall the earth bryng foorth her increase and God euen our owne God shall geue vs hys blessyng God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare hym Glory bee to the father to the sonne to the holy ghost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe c Then shall folowe the Crede with other prayers as is before appointed at Morning prayer after Benedictus And with three Collectes Fyrst of the daye the second of peace thyrde for ayde agaynste all perilles as hereafter foloweth Whiche two last Collectes shal be dayly sayde at Euenyng prayer withoute alteracion The seconde Collect at Euening prayer O God from whom all holy desyres all good counsayles and all iuste workes dooe procede geue vnto thy seruauntes that peace which the world cannot geue that bothe our heartes may be sette to obeye thy commaundementes and also that by thee we beyng defended from the feare of oure enemyes maye passe oure tyme in reste and quyetnes through the merites of Iesus Christ our Sauiour Amen The thyrd Collecte for ayde agaynst all perilles LIghten our darkenes we beseche thee O Lord by thy great mercy defend vs from al perilles and daungers of this nighte for the loue of thy onelye sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen In the feastes of Christmas the Epiphanie saincte Mathie Easter Thassencion Pentecost Sainct Iohn Baptist Sainct Iames Sainct Bartholomew Sainct Mathew Saincte Simon and Iude Sainct Andrew and Trinitie Sundaye shal be songe or sayde immediatly after Benedictus this confession of oure Christen fayth Quicūque vult WHosoeuer wil be saued before al thinges it is necessarye that he holde the catholyke fayth Which fayth except euery one do kepe holy and vndefyled withoute doubte he shall perishe euerlastinglye And the catholike fayth is this that wee worshippe one God in Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie Neyther confoundinge the persons nor deuydinge the substaunce For there is one person of the father another of the sōne and another of the holy ghoste But the Godhead of the father of the sonne and of the holy ghost is al one the glori equal the maiestie coeternal Suche as the father is such is the sonne and such is the holy ghoste The father vncreate the sonne vncreate and the holye ghost vncreate The father incomprehensible the sonne incomprehensible and the holy ghost incomprehensible The father eternall the sonne eternal and the holy goste eternall And yet they are not three eternalles but one eternall As also there be not three incomprehensibles nor three vncreated but one vncreated and one incomprehensible So lykewise the father is almighty the sonne almightie and the holy ghost almightie And yet they are not thre almighties but one almightie So the father is God the sonne is God and the holye ghoste is God And yet are they not three Goddes but one God So lykewyse the father is Lorde the sonne Lorde and the holy ghoste Lorde And yet not three Lordes but one Lorde For lyke as we be compelled by the Christian veritie to acknowledge euery person by himself to be god and Lord. So are we forbidden by the catholike religion to saye thers be three Goddes or three Lordes The father is made of none neither created nor begottē The sonne is of the father alone not made nor created but begotten The holy ghost is of the father and of the sonne neyther made nor created nor begotten but procedinge So there is one father not three fathers one sonne not three sonnes one holy ghost not three holy ghostes And in this Trinitie none is afore or after other none is greater nor lesse then another But the whole three persons be coeternal together and coequall So that in all thynges as is aforesayde the vnitie in Trinitie and the Trinitie in vnitie is to be worshipped He therefore that wyll be saued muste thus thinke of the Trinitie Furthermore it is necessarye to euerlastinge saluacion that he also beleue rightely in the incarnacion of our Lord Iesu Christe For the righte fayth is that we beleue and confesse that our Lord Iesus Christ the sonne of God is god and man God of the substaunce of the father begotten before the worldes and man of the substaunce of his mother borne in the worlde Perfecte God and perfecte man of a reasonable soule and humayne fleshe subsistinge Equall to the father as touching his Godhead and inferioure to the father touching his manhode Who although he be God and man yet he is not two but one christ One not by conuersion of the godhead into flesshe but by taking of the manhode into God One altogether not by confusion of substaunce but by vnitie of person For as the reasonable soule and flesshe is one man so God and man is one christ Who suffered for oure saluacion descended into hell role agayn the thyrd daye from the dead He ascended into heauen he sitteth on the ryght hande of the father God almyghtie from whence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead At whose comming all men shall ryse agayne with their bodyes and shal geue accoumpt for theyr owne workes And they that haue done good shall goe into life euerlasting and they that haue done euill into euerlasting fyre This is the Catholike faith which except a man beleue faythfully he can not be saued Glory bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall bee world without ende Amen ¶ Thus endeth the ordre of Morning and Euening prayer through the whole yeare ¶ Here foloweth the Letany to be vsed vpon Sundaies Wednesdaies and Frydayes and at other tymes when it shal be commaunded by the Ordenarye O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners
O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners Remember not lord our offences nor the offences of our forefather neither take thou vengeaunce of our synnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed with thy most precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From al euil and mischiefe from synne from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnacion Good Lorde delyuer vs. From all blindnes of heart from pryde vayne glory and hipocrisy from enuy hatered and malice and al vncharitablenes Good lorde delyuer vs. From fornicacion and al other deadly synne and from al the deceites of the worlde the flesh and the deuil Good Lord delyuer vs. From lightninges tempestes from plage pestilence famine from battayle murther and from sodayne death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedicion and priuie conspiracie from the tiranny of the Bishop of Rome all his detestable enormities from all false doctrine and heresy from hardnes of hearte and contempt of thy woord and commaundement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnacion by thy holy Natiuitie and Cyrcumcision by thy Baptysme fastyng and temptacion Good Lord deliuer vs. By thyne agony and bloudy sweat by thy crosse passion by thy precious death buriall by thy glorious resurreccion and ascencion and by the coming of the holy ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulacion in al time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day of iudgement Good lord deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseche thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it way please thee to rule and gouerne thy holye churche vniuersally in the right way We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to kepe Edwarde the sixth thy seruaunt our kyng and gouernour We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his hearte in thy fayth feare and loue that he maye always haue affyaunce in thee and euer seke thy honour and glory We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be hys defender and keper geuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseche thee to heare vs good lord That it may please thee to illuminate all Bisshops Pastours Ministers of the Church with true knowledge vnderstanding of thy word that both by theyr preachyng and liuing they may set it furth and shewe it accordyngly We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to endue the Lordes of the counsayle and all the nobilitie with grace wysdome and vnderstanding We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and kepe the Magistrates geuing them grace to execute iustice and to mayntayn trueth We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and kepe all thy people We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue to all nacions vnitie peace and concord We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue vs an hearte to loue and dreade thee and diligently to liue after thy commaundementes We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue all thy people encrease of grace to heare mekely thy woord and to receiue it with pure affeccion and to bring furth the fruites of the spirite We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to bring in to the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthē such as do stand to comfort and helpe the weake harted to rayse them vp that fall finally to beate down Satan vnder out fete We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour helpe and comforte all that be in daunger necessitie and tribulacion We beseche thee to heare vs good lord That it may please thee to preserue all that trauayle by land or by water all weomen labouryng of child all sicke persons and yong children and to shewe thy pietie vpon all priesoners and captiues We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to defende and prouyde for the fatherles children and widdowes and all that be desolate and oppresed We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all menne We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgeue our enemies persecutours and slaunderers and to turne their heartes We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to geue and preserue to our vse the kindly fruites of the earth so as in due tyme we maye enioye them We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue vs true repentaunce to forgeue vs all our synnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amend our lyues according to the holy worde We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. O lambe of God that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde Graunt vs thy peace O lambe of God that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion But delyuer vs from euill The versicle O Lorde deale not with vs after our synnes The aunswere Neyther rewarde vs after our iniquities ¶ Let vs praye O God merciful father that despysest not the sighing of a contrite hearte nor the desyre of such as be sorowful mercifully assist oure prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersyties whensoeuer they oppresse vs. And graciously heare vs that those euils whiche the craft and subtiltie of the deuil or man worketh against vs be brought to naught and by the prouidence of thi goodnes they may be dispersed the we thy seruauntes beyng hurt by no persecucions may euermore geue thankes vnto thee in thy holy churche through Iesu Christ our Lorde O Lord aryse helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy names sake O
or hys deputie shall appoynt the place the chauncels shall remayne as they haue done in tymes past And here is to be noted that the Minister at the tyme of the communion and at all other tymes in hys ministracion shall vse neyther Albe Vestment nor Cope but beeyng Archebisshop or Bisshop he shall haue and weare a rochet and being a Priest or Deacon he shal haue and weare a surples onelye ¶ An ordre for Morning prayer daylye throughoute the yeare At the beginning both of Morning praier lykewise of Euening prayer the Minister shal reade with a loude voyce some one of these sentences of the scriptures that folowe And then he shall saye that whiche is wrytten after the sayde sentences Ezechiel xviii AT what tyme soeuer a sinner dooeth repente hym of his synne frō the bottome of his heart I wyll putte all hys wickednes out of my remembraunce sayeth the Lorde Psal li. I doe knowe myne owne wickednes and my synne is alwaye agaynst me Psal li. Turne thy face awaye from oure synnes O Lorde and blot out all oure offences Psalm li A sorowfull spirite is a sacrifice to God despyse not O Lorde humble and contryte heartes Ioel. ii Rente youre heartes and not your garmentes and turne to the Lord youre God because he is gentle and merciful he is paciente and of muche mercy and suche a one that is sory for youre affliccyons Dani. ix To thee O Lorde God belongeth mercy and forgeuenes for we haue gone awaye from thee and haue not harkened to thy voyce wherby we might walke in thy lawes whyche thou hast appoynted for vs. Ierem. ii Correct vs O Lord and yet in thy iudgement not in thy furye leste we shoulde be consumed and brought to nothing Math. iii Amend your lyues for the kyngdome of God is at hand Luke xv I wyll goe to my father and saye to him father I haue synned agaynste heauen and agaynste thee I am no more worthy to bee called thy sonne Psa cxlii Entre not into iudgement with thy seruauntes O lorde for no fleshe is righteous in thy sighte i. Iohn i. Yf we saye that we haue no synne we deceyue our selues and there is no trueth in vs. DEarely beloued brethren the scripture moueth vs in sondrye places to acknowledge and confesse our manifold sinnes and wickednes that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of almyghtie God oure heauenly father but confesse them with an humble lowely penitent and obedient heart to th ende that we may obtayne forgeuenes of the same by his infinite goodnes and mercy And although we oughte at all times humbly to knowledge our sinnes before God yet ought we most chiefly so to do whē we assemble and mete together to rendre thankes for the greate benefites that we baue receyued at his handes to set foorth his moste worthy prayse to heare his most holy worde and to aske those thinges whych be requisite and necessarie aswell for the body as the soule Wherfore I praye and beseche you as many as be here present to accompanie me with a pure heart and humble voyce vnto the throne of the heauenly grace saying after me ¶ A generall confession to bee sayde of the whole congregacion after the Minister kneelyng ALmighty and most merciful father we haue erred straied from thy waies lyke lost shepe We haue folowed to much the deuises desires of our own heartes We haue offended against thy holy lawes We haue lefte vndone those thynges whiche we oughte to haue done and we haue done those thynges whyche we oughte not to haue done and there is no healthe in vs but thou O Lorde haue mercy vpon vs myserable offendours Spare thou them O God which confesse theyr faultes Restore thou them that be penitent accordyng to thy promyses declared vnto mankynde in Christe Iesu oure Lorde And graunt O most mercyfull father for hys sake that we may hereafter lyue a godly ryghteous and sobre lyfe to the glory of thy holy name Amen ¶ The absolucion to be pronounced by the Minister alone ALmightye God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ whiche desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turne from hys wyckednes liue and hath geuen power and commaundement to hys ministers to declare pronounce to hys people being penitent the absolucion and remission of theyr synnes he pardoneth and absolueth all them whyche truely repent vnfaynedly beleue hys holy ghospell Wherfore we beseche him to graunte vs true repentaunce and hys holy spirite that those thynges maye please hym whiche we doe at thys presente and that the rest of our lyfe hereafter may bee pure and holy so that at the last we may come to his eternall ioye through Iesus Christe oure Lorde ¶ The people shall aunswere Amen Then shall the Minister begyn the Lordes prayer with a loude voyce OVre father which arte in heauen halowed bee thy name Thy kingdome come Thy wyll bee done in earth as it is in heauen Geue vs thys day our dayly bread And forgeue vs oure trespasses as we forgeue them that trespasse agaynste vs. And leade vs not into temptacion But delyuer vs from euell Amen ¶ Then lykewyse he shall saye O Lorde open thou oure lippes Aunswer And our mouth shall shewe foorth thy prayse ¶ Priest O God make spede to saue vs. ¶ Aunswer O Lorde make hast to helpe vs. ¶ Priest Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy ghoste As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shall bee worlde without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lorde ¶ Then shal be sayd or song this Psalme folowyng O Come let vs syng vnto the Lord let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of oure saluacyon Let vs come before hys presence with thankesgeuyng and shewe oure selfe glad in hym with Psalmes For the Lorde is a great God and a great kyng aboue al Goddes In hys hand are all the corners of the earthe and the strength of the hylles is hys also The sea is hys and he made it and his handes prepared the drye lande O come let vs worship and fall downe and knele before the Lorde oure maker For he is the Lorde oure God and wee are the people of his pasture and the shepe of hys handes To daye yf ye wyll heare hys voyce harden not youre heartes as in the prouocacion and as in the day of temptacyon in the wyldernes When your fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes Fortie yeares long was I grieued with this generacion and sayde it is a people that doe erre in theyr heartes for they haue not knowen my wayes Vnto whom I sware in my wrathe that they shoulde not entre into my reste Glory be to the father and to the sōne to the holy ghost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be worlde wythout ende Amen Then
shall folowe certayne Psalmes in ordre as they be appoynted in a Table made for that purpose except there be proper psalmes appoynted for that daye And at th end of euery Psalme throughoute the yeare and likewise in th end of Benedictus Benedicite Magnificat and Nunc dimittis shal be repeated Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. Then shal be read two Lessons distinctly with a loude voyce that the people may heare The first of the olde Testamente the second of the new Lyke as they be appoynted by the Kalender except there be proper Lessons assigned for that daye the Minister that readeth the Lesson standing and turning him so as he may best be hard of al such as be present And before euery Lesson the Minister shall saye thus The firste seconde thyrd or fourth Chapiter of Genesis or Exodus Mathew Marke or other like as is appointed in the Kalender And in the ende of euery Chapiter he shall saye ¶ Here endeth suche a Chapiter of suche a Booke And to th end the people may the better heare in such places where they doe syng there shall the Lessons be song in a playne tune after the maner of distinct reading and lykewyse the Epistle and Gospel After the fyrst Lesson shal folowe Te deum laudamus in English dayly through the whole yeare Te deū laudamus WE praise thee O God we knowledge thee to be the Lorde All the earth doeth worship thee the father euerlasting To thee all Angels crye aloude the heauens and al the powers therein To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually doe crye Holy holy holy Lorde God of Sabaoth Heauen and earth are full of the Maiestie of thy glorye The glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee The goodly felowship of the Prophetes prayse thee The noble army of Martyrs prayse thee The holy Churche throughout al the word doth knowledge thee The father of an infinite Maiestie Thy honourable true and onely sonne Also the holy gost the comforter Thou art the king of glory O Christ Thou art the euerlastyng sonne of the father When thou tokest vpon thee to delyuer man thou diddest not abhorre the vyrgins wombe When thou hadst ouercomed the sharpenes of death thou didst open the kingdom of heauen to al beleuers Thou syttest on the ryghte hande of God in the glory of the father We beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruauntes whom thou hast redemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be numbred with thy Sainctes in glorye euerlastyng O Lorde saue thy people and blesse thine heritage Gouerne them and lift them vp for euer Daye by daye we magnifie thee And we worship thy name euer world withoute ende Vouchsafe O Lord to kepe vs this daye without sinne O Lord haue mercy vpon vs haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpon vs as our trust is in thee O lord in thee haue I trusted let me neuer be confounded Or this canticle Benedicite omnia opera domini domino Benedicite O All ye workes of the Lorde blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O ye Aungels of the Lord blesse ye the Lorde prayse ye hym and magnifie him for euer O ye heauens blesse ye the Lorde praise him and magnifie hym for euer O ye waters that bee aboue the fyrmament blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O all ye powers of the Lorde blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O ye Sunne and moone blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O ye starres of heauen blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye showres and dewe blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye wyndes of God blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O ye fyre and heate blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O ye wynter and summer blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye dewes and frostes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye froste and colde blesse ye the lord prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye Ise and snowe blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye nyghtes and dayes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye lyght and darkenes blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O ye lightninges and cloudes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O let the earth blesse the lorde yea let it prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye Mountaynes and hilles blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O all ye grene thynges vpon the earth blesse ye the lord prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye welles blesse ye the lord praise him and magnifie hym for euer O ye Seas and floudes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O ye whales and all that moue in the waters blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O all ye foules of the ayre blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O all ye beastes and cattell blesse ye the lord prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O ye children of men blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnify hym for euer O let Israel blesse the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye Priestes of the Lorde blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O ye seruauntes of the Lorde blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye spirites and soules of the righteous blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye holy and humble men of heart blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O Ananias Azarias and Misael blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the. c. As it was in the beginning is now and euer c. And after the second Lesson shal be vsed and sayd Benedictus in Englishe as foloweth Benedictus BLessed bee the Lorde God of Israel for he hath visited and redemed hys people And hath raysed vp a mightie saluacion for vs in the house of hys seruaunt Dauid As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which haue been sence the worlde began That we should bee saued from oure enemies and from the handes of all that hate vs. To perfourme the mercy promised to oure forefathers and to remember his holy couenaunt To perfourme the oth which he sware to oure forefather Abraham that he would geue vs. That we beyng deliuered oute of the handes of our enemies myght serue hym without feare In holynes and righteousnes before him al the dayes of our lyfe And thou childe shalte be called the
Prophete of the highest for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare hys wayes To geue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remission of theyr synnes Through the tender mercy of our God wherby the daye spryng from an high hath visited vs. To geue light to them that sit in darkenes and in the shadowe of death and to guide our fete into the way of peace Glorye bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. Or els thys Psalme Iubilate deo psa c O Be ioyfull in the lord al ye landes serue the lord with gladnes and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the lord he is god it is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are his people and the shepe of his pasture O goe youre waye into hys gates with thankesgeuing and into his courtes with prayse be thankefull vnto hym and speake good of hys name For the Lord is gracious his mercy is euerlasting and hys trueth endureth from generacion to generacion Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the. c. As it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be world without ende Amen Then shal be sayd the Crede by the Minister and the people standing I Beleue in god the father almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Chryste hys onely sonne our Lorde Which was conceiued by the holy goste borne of the virgin Marye Suffred vnder Ponce Pilate was crucified dead and buryed he descended into hell The thyrd daye he rose agayn from the dead He ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hande of God the father almightye From thence shall he come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleue in the holye goste The holye Catholyke Churche The communyon of Saynctes The forgeuenesse of synnes The resurreccyon of the body And the lyfe euerlastyng Amen ¶ And after that these prayers folowyng aswel at Euenyng prayer as at Morning prayer all deuoutely knelyng The Minister first pronouncyng with a loude voyce The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite The Minister ¶ Let vs pray Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Then the Minister Clerkes and people shall saye the Lordes prayer in Englishe with a loude voyce ¶ Our father which art in heauen c. Then the Minister standing vp shal saye O lorde shewe thy mercy vpon vs. Aunswere And graunt vs thy saluacion ¶ Priest O Lorde saue the kyng Aunswere And mercifully heare vs when we call vpon thee ¶ Priest Indue thy ministers with righteousnes Aunswere And make thy chosen people ioyfull Priest O lord saue thy people Aunswere And blesse thyne enheritaunce Priest Geue peace in our tyme O Lorde Aunswere Because there is none other that fighteth for vs but onely thou O God Priest O God make cleane our heartes within vs. Aunswere And take not thyne holy spirite from vs. Then shall folowe three Collectes The first of the day which shal be the same that is appointed at the Communion The second for peace The third for grace to liue wel And the two last Collectes shal neuer alter but dayly be said at Morning prayer throughout all the yeare as foloweth The second Collecte for Peace O God whiche arte aucthour of peace and louer of concorde in knowledge of whom standeth oure eternall lyfe whose seruice is perfecte freedome defende vs thy humble seruauntes in al assaultes of our enemies that we surely trustyng in thy defence may not feare the power of any aduersaryes through the might of of Iesu Christ our lord Amen The thyrd Collect for grace O Lord our heauenly father almightie and euerlasting god which hast safely brought vs in the beginning of thys daye defende vs the same with thy mightie power and graunte that this day we fall into no synne neither runne into any kinde of daunger but that all our doynges maye be ordered by thy gouernaunce to doe alwayes that is righteous in thy syghte throughe Iesus Chryste oure Lorde Amen ¶ An ordre for Euening prayer throughout the yeare The Priest shall saye ¶ Our father which art c Then lykewyse he shall saye O Lorde open thou our lyppes Aunswere And our mouth shall shewe foorth thy prayse Priest O God make spede to saue vs. Aunswere Lord make hast to helpe vs. Priest Glory bee to the father to the sonne to the holy goste As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be world without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lorde Then Psalmes in ordre as they be appoynted in the Table for Psalmes excepte there be proper Psalmes appoynted for that daye Then a Lesson of the olde Testamente as is appoynted lykewyse in the Kalender except there be proper Lessons appoynted for that day After that Magnificat in Englishe as foloweth Magnificat MY soule doeth magnifie the Lorde and my spirite hath reioysed in God my Sauioure For he hath regarded the lowelines of his handmayden For behold from henceforth al generacions shal cal me blessed For he that is mightie hath magnified me and holy is hys name And hys mercy is on them that feare hym throughout al generacions He hath shewed strēgth with hys arme he hath scattered the proude in the ymaginacyon of theyr heartes He hath put down the mightie from their seate and hath exalted the humble and meke He hath fylled the hungrye with good thynges and the riche he hath sente emptye awaye He remembryng his mercy hathe holpen hys seruaunte Israel as he promised to our forefathers Abraham and hys seede for euer Glory bee to the father and to the sonne to the holy ghost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen ¶ Or els this Psalme Cantate domino psa xcviii O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song for he hathe done merueylous thynges With his owne ryght hand and with hys holye arme hath he gotten hymselfe the victory The Lorde declared hys saluacyon hys ryghteouseness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hathe remembred hys mercye and trueth towarde the house of Israel and all the endes of the world haue seen the saluacyon of oure God Shew youre selues ioyfull vnto the Lorde all ye landes sing reioyce and geue thankes Prayse the Lorde vpon the harpe syng to the harpe with a Psalme of thankesgeuyng With trompettes also shawmes O shewe youre selues ioyfull before the Lorde the kyng Let the sea make a noyse and all that therein is the round worlde and they that dwell therein Let the floudes clappe theyr handes and let the hylles be ioyfull together before the Lorde for he is come to iudge the earthe With righteousnes shall he iudge the world and the people with equitie Glory be to the father c. As it was in the
we wryte vnto you that ye may reioyce and that your ioye may bee full And this is the tidinges which we haue heard of him and declare vnto you that God is light and in him is no darkenes at al. If we say we haue felowship with him and walke in darkenes we lie and doe not the trueth But and if we walke in lyght euen as he is in lighte then haue we felowship with him and the bloud of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from al synne If we saye we haue no sinne we deceiue our selues and the truth is not in vs. If we knowledge oure sines he is faithfull and iuste to forgeue vs our sinnes and to clense vs fom al vnrighteousnes If we say we haue not sinned we make him a lyer and hys worde is not in vs. ¶ The Gospell Iohn xxi IEsus sayd vnto Peter folow thou me Peter turned about and saw the disciple whom Iesus loued folowing which also leaned on his breast at supper sayed lord which is he that betrayeth thee when Peter therfore saw him he sayd to Iesus Lord what shall he here doe Iesus sayd vnto hym if I wil haue him to tary till I come what is that to thee Folowe thou me Thē went this saying abroad among the brethrē that that disciple should not die Yet Iesus sayd not to him he shall not die but if I will that he tarye till I come what is that to thee The same disciple is he which testifieth of these thinges and wrote these thinges we knowe that his testimony is true There are also manye other thynges which Iesus did the whiche if they shoulde bee written euery one I suppose the world coulde not conteine the bokes that should be written ¶ Thinnocentes day ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God whose praise this day the yong Innocentes thy witnesses haue confessed and shewed forth not in speakyng but in dying mortify and kil all vices in vs that in our conuersacion oure life maye expresse thy faythe whyche with oure tonges we due confesse throughe Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Apo. xiiii I Loked and loe a lambe stode on the mount Sion and with him an hundred and .xliiii. thousand hauing his name his fathers name written in their foreheades And I heard a voyce from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voice of a great thūder And I heard the voyce of harpers harpyng with theyr harpes And they song as it were a new song before the seate and before the .iiii. beastes and the elders and no man could learne the song but the hundred fourtye and .iiii. thousande whiche were redemed from the earth These are they whiche were not defiled with women for they are virgins These folow the lambe whersouer he goeth These were redemed from menne beyng the firste fruites vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes was founde no gyle for they are without spot before the throne of God ¶ The Gospell Math. ii THe Angel of the lord appeared to Ioseph in a slepe saying arise take the child and his mother flee into Egipt be thou there til I bring thee worde For it will come to passe the Herode shall seke the childe to destroye him So when he awoke he toke the childe and his mother by night and departed into Egipt and was there vnto the death of Herod that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lorde by the Prophet saying oute of Egipt haue I called my sonne Then Herod when he saw that he was mocked of the wise menne he was exceading wroth and sent forth menne of warre and slewe al the children that were in Bethleem and in all the coastes as many as were two yeares olde or vnder according to the time which he had diligently knowen out of the wisemen Then was fulylled the which was spokē by the Prophet Ieremy wheras he sayd In Rama was there a voyce heard lamentacyon weping and great mourning Rachel wepyng for her children and woulde not bee comforted because they were not The Sunday after Christmas daye ¶ The Collecte Almightye God whiche hast geuen vs. c. As vpon Christmas daye ¶ The Epistle Gala. iiii ANd I say that the heire as long as he is a childe differeth not from a seruaunt though he bee Lord of all but is vnder tutours and gouernours vntyll the tyme that the father hath appointed Euen so we also when we were children were in bondage vnder the ordeinaunces of the worlde But when the time was full come God sent his sonne made of a woman and made bond vnto the lawe to redeme them whyche were bonde vnto the lawe that we throughe eleccion myghte receyue the inherytaunce that belongeth vnto the naturall sonnes Because ye are sonnes God hath sente the spirite of hys sonne into oure heartes whyche cryeth Abba father Wherefore nowe thou art not a seruaunte but a sonne If thou be a sonne thou art also an heyre of God through Christe The Gospell Math. i THis is the boke of the generacion of Iesus Christe the sonne of Dauid the sonne of Abraham Abraham begat Isaac Isaac begat Iacob Iacob beegat Iudas and hys brethren Iudas begat Phares and Zaram of Thamar Phares begat Esrom Esrom begat Aram Aram begat Aminadab Aminadab begat Naasson Naasson begat Salmon Salmon begat Boos of Rahab Boos begat Obed of Ruth Obed begat Iesse Iesse begat Dauid the kyng Dauid the king begat Salomon of her that was the wife of Vrie Salomon begat Roboam Roboam begat Abia Abia begat Asa Asa begat Iosaphat Iosaphat begat Ioram Ioram begat Osias Osais begat Ioatham Ioatham begat Achas Achas begat Ezechias Ezechias begat Manasses Manasses begat Amon Amō begat Iosias Iosias begat Iechonias and his brethren about the tyme that they were caried away to Babilon And after they were broughte to Babilon Iechonias begat Salathiel Salathiel begat zorobabel zorobabel begat Abiud Abiud begat Eliachim Eliachim begat Azor Azor begat Sadoc Sadoc begat Achin Achin begat Eliud Eliud begat Eleasar Eleasar begat Matthan Matthan begat Iacob Iacob begat Ioseph the husband of Mary of whom was borne Iesus euen he that is called Christ And so all the generacions frō Abraham to Dauid are .xiiii. generaciōs And from Dauid vnto the captiuitie of Babilon are .xiiii. generacions And frō the captiuite of Babilō vnto Christ are .xiiii. generaciōs The byrth of Iesus Christ was on this wise When hys mother Mary was maried to Ioseph beefore they came to dwell together she was founde with childe by the holye gost Then Ioseph her husband because he was a ryghteous man and would not putte her to shame was mynded priuely to departe from her But whyle he thus thoughte beholde the Aungell of the Lorde appeared vnto hym in slepe saying Ioseph thou sōne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Marye thy wyfe for that whiche is conceiued in her cometh of the holy gost She shal bring
it Whē Iesus hearde these woordes he merueiled sayde to them that folowed him verely I say vnto you I haue not foūd so great fayth in Israel I say vnto you that many shal come frō the East Weste and shall reste with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the kyngdome of heauen but the children of the Kingdome shabe caste oute into vtter darkenes there shall bee wepyng and gnashyng of teeth And Iesus said vnto the Centurion Goe thy waye and as thou beleuest so bee it vnto thee and hys seruaunte was healed in the selfe same houre The fourth Sunday after Christmas ¶ The Collecte GOd whiche knowest vs to bee sette in the middest of so many and great daungers that for mans fraylnesse we cannot always stande vprightly Graunte to vs the health of body and soule that all those thinges whiche we suffre for sinne by thy helpe we may wel passe and ouercome through Christe oure Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ro. xiii LEt euery soule submitte hymselfe vnto the auctoritie of the higher powers for there is no power but of God The powers that be are ordained of God whosoeuer therefore resisteth power resisteth the ordinaunce of god But they that resiste shal receiue to themselues damnacyon For rulers are not fearefull to them that doe good but to them that doe euill Wilt thou be withoute feare of the power doe well then and so shalte thou bee praysed of the same for he is the minister of God for thy wealth But and if thou doe that whiche is euil then feare for he beareth not the sweorde for nought for he is the minister of God to take vengeaunce on them that do euyll Wherefore ye muste nedes obey not onely for feare of vengeaunce but also because of conscyence and euen for this cause pay ye tribute For they are Goddes ministers seruing for that purpose Geue to euery man therefore hys duetye tribute to whom tribute belongeth custome to whom custome is due feare to whom feare belongeth honour to whō honour pertayneth ¶ The Gospell Mat. viii ANd when he entered into a shippe his disciples folowed hym And behold there arose a great tempeste in the sea insomuche as the shyppe was couered with waues but he was aslepe And hys disciples came to hym and awoke hym saying Master saue vs we peryshe And he sayde vnto them why are ye fearefull O ye of lytle faythe Then he arose and rebuked the wyndes and the sea and there folowed a greate calme But the men meruayled saying what maner of man is thys that bothe wyndes and sea obeye hym And when he was come to the other syde into the countrey of the Gergesites there met with hym two possessed of deuils which came oute of the graues and were oute of measure fierce so that no manne myghte goe by that waye And behold they cried out saying O Iesu thou sonne of God what haue we to doe with thee Arte thou come hither to tormente vs beefore the tyme And there was a good waye of from them a heerde of Swyne fedyng So the deuils besought him saying If thou cast vs oute suffre vs to goe into the heerd of Swyne And he sayde vnto them goe youre wayes Then wente they oute and departed into the heerd of Swyne And beholde the whole heerd of Swyne was caryed headlong into the sea and peryshed in the waters Then they that kepte them fled and went theyr wayes into the cytie and tolde euery thyng and what had happened vnto the possessed of the deuils And beholde the whole citye came oute to mete Iesus and when they sawe hym they besought hym that he woulde departe out of theyr coastes ¶ The fifth Sundaye after the Epiphanie ¶ The Collecte LOrde we beseche thee to kepe thy Churche and householde continually in thy true relygion that they whyche doe leane onely vpon hope of thy heauenly grace maye euermore bee defended by thy myghtye power Through Christe oure Lorde ¶ The Epistle Collo iii. PVt vpon you as the electe of God tendre mercy kindnes humblenes of mynde mekenesse long suffryng forbearyng one another and forgeuing one another yf any man haue a quarell agaynste another as Christe forgaue you euen so doe ye Aboue all these thinges put on loue which is the bonde of perfectnes And the peace of God rule your heartes to the which peace yeare called in one bodye And see that ye be thankefull Let the word of Christe dwell in you plenteously with all wisedome Teache and exhort your owne selues in Psalmes and Hymnes and spirituall songes singing with grace in youre heartes to the Lorde And whatsoeuer ye doe in woorde or dede doe all in the name of the Lord Iesu geuyng thankes to God the father by hym ¶ The Gospell Mat. xiii THe kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a manne whiche sowed good seede in his fielde but while men slepte his enemie came and sowed tares among the wheate and wente his waye But when the blade was sprong vp had brought furth fruite then appeared the tares also So the seruaūtes of the housholder came and sayde vnto hym Sir didst not thou sowe good seede in thy fielde from whence then hathe it tares He sayde vnto them the enuyous man hathe doone this The seruauntes sayde vnto him wilte thou then that we goe and wede them vp But he sayd naye leaste while ye gather vp the tares ye plucke vp also the wheate with them let bothe growe together vntill the haruest and in the tyme of haruest I wyll saye to the reapers gather ye fyrste the tares and bynde them together in sheaues to bee brente but gather the wheate into my barne The sixth Sunday if there be so many shal haue thesame Collect Episstle and Gospell that was vpon the fifth Sundaye ¶ The Sunday called Septuagesima ¶ The Collecte O Lord we beseche thee fauourably to heare the praiers of thy people that we which are iustli punished for our offences maie be mercifullye delyuered by thy goodnesse for the glori of thy name through Iesu Christ our sauiour who liueth and reygneth worlde withoute ende ¶ The Epistle i. Cor. ix PErceiue ye not howe that they whiche runne in a course runne all but one receiueth the rewarde So runne that ye maye obtayne Euery man that proueth masteries abstaineth from all thynges And they doe it to obtayne a crowne that shall peryshe but we to obteine an euerlastyng crowne I therfore so runne not as at an vncertayne thyng So fight I not as one that beateth the ayre but I tame my bodye and bryng it into subieccion lest by any meanes it come to passe that when I haue preached to other I my selfe shoulde be a castawaye ¶ The Gospell Mat. xx THe kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a manne that is an housholder whiche wente oute early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyarde And when the agremente was made with the labourers for a peny a daye he
vnperfectly but then shall I know euen as I am knowen Now abideth faith hope and loue euen these three but the chiefe of these is loue ¶ The Gospell Luk. xviii IEsus toke vnto hym the .xii. and sayde vnto them beholde we goe vp to Ierusalem and all shall bee fulfylled that are wrytten by the Prophetes of the sonne of manne For he shall bee delyuered vnto the Gentiles and shal bee mocked and despitefully intreated and spitted on And whē they haue scourged hym they wyll putte hym to deathe and the third day he shal ryse agayne And they vnderstode none of these thynges And thys saying was hyd from them so that they perceyued not the thynges whiche were spoken And it came to passe that as he was come nyghe to Hieritho a certayne blynd manne satte by the hye waye syde beggyng And when he heard the people passe by he asked what it mente And they sayde vnto hym that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And be cryed saying Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And they whyche wente before rebuked hym that he shoulde bolde hys peace But he cryed so muche the more thou sonne of Dauid haue mercye on me And Iesus stode styll and commaunded hym to bee broughte vnto hym And when he was come nere he asked hym saying what wylte thou that I doe vnto thee and he sayde Lorde that I myghte receyue my syghte And Iesus sayde vnto hym receyue thy syghte thy faythe hathe saued thee And immediately he receyued hys syght and folowed hym praysyng God And all the people when then saw it gaue prayse vnto God ¶ The firste daye of Lent ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and euerlastyng God whiche hatest nothing that thou hast made and doest forgeue the synnes of al them that bee penitente Create and make in vs newe and contrite heartes that we worthelye lamentyng oure sinnes and knowledging oure wretchednes may obtayne of thee the God of all mercye perfecte remission and forgeuenesse throughe Iesus Christe ¶ The Epistle Ioel. ii TVrne you vnto me with al your heartes with fastyng weping and mourning rente your heartes and not your clothes Turne you vnto the Lorde youre God for he is gracious and merciful long suffering and of great compasson and ready to pardō wickednes Then no doubt he also shal turne and forgeue and after his chastening he shall let youre encrease remayne for meate and drinke offeringes vnto the lord your god Blow out with the trompet in Sion proclaime a fastyng call the congregacion and gather the people together warne the congregacyon gather the elders bryng the chyldren and suckelynges together Let the bridegrome goe forth of hys chambre and the bride oute of her closet Let Priestes serue the Lorde betwene the Porche and the alter weping and saying bee fauourable O Lorde bee fauourable vnto thy people let not thyne heritage be brought to such confusion lest the Heathen be Lordes thereof Wherefore shoulde they say among the Heathen where is nowe theyr God ¶ The Gospell Math. vi WHen ye faste bee not sad as the Hipocrites are for they diffigure their faces that it maye appeare vnto men how that they fast Verely I saye vnto you they haue their rewarde But thou when thou fastest annoynt thyne head washe thy face that it appeare not vnto men howe thou fastest but vnto thy father which is in secret thy father which seeth in secret shal reward thee openly Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth where the rust and moth both corrutp and where theues breake through and steale But lay vp for you treasures in heauen where neither ruste nor moth doeth corrupt and where theues doe not breake throughe nor steale For where youre treasure is there wyll your heartes be also ¶ The first Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collect. O Lord which for our sake didst fast fortye dayes and fortie nightes Geue vs grace to vse such abstinence that our fleshe being subdued to the spirite we maye euer obey thy Godly mocions in righteousnes and true holines to thy honour and glory which liuest and reygnest c. ¶ The Epistle ii Cor. vi WE as helpers exhorte you that ye receyue not the grace of God in vayne For he saith I haue heard thee in a time accepted and in the dai of saluacion haue I succoured thee Beholde nowe is that accepted tyme beholde now is that day of saluacion Let vs geue none occasion of euill that in our office be founde no faulte but in all thynges let vs behaue our selues as the ministers of God In muche pacience in affliccions in necessities in anguishes in stripes in prisonmentes in stryfes in labours in watchinges in fastinges in purenes in knowledge in long sufferyng in kyndnes in the holy gost in loue vnfayned in the worde of trueth in the power of God by the armoure of ryghteousnes of the righte hande and of the left by honour and dishonour by euill report and good reporte as deceyuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and beholde we lyue as chastened and not kylled as sorowing and yet alway mery as poore and yet make mani riche as hauing nothing and yet possessing all thynges ¶ The Gospell Mat. iiii THen was Iesus led away of the spirite vnto wildernesse to be tempted of the deuill And when he had fasted fortie dayes and forty nightes he was at the last an hungred And when the tempter came to hym he sayed yf thou bee the sonne of God commaunde that these stones bee made bread But he aunswered sayed it is written man shall not liue by bread onely but by euery woorde that procedeth oute of the mouth of god Then the deuil taketh hym vp into the holy citie and setteth hym on a pinacle of the temple and saith vnto hym yf thou be the sonne of God cast thy selfe down headlong For it is written he shall geue hys Aungelles charge ouer thee and with their handes they shal holde thee by leste at any tyme thou dashe thy foote against a stone And Iesus sayd vnto hym it is written agayne Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God Agayne the deuil taketh him vp into an exceading highe mountayne and shewed hym all the kingdomes of the world and the glory of them and sayeth vnto him all these will I geue thee yf thou wilt fal downe and worship me Then sayeth Iesus vnto him Auoyde Sathā for it is written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy god and him only shalt thou serue Then the deuil leaueth hym and beholde the Angels came and ministred vnto hym The second Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collecte ALmightie god which doest see that we haue no power of oure selues to helpe oure selues kepe thou vs both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our soules that we maye be defended from al aduersities which may happen to the body and from al euil thoughtes whiche maye assaulte and hurte the soule hrough Iesus Chryste
passeouer must be offred And he sent Peter and Iohn saying Goe prepare vs the passeouer that we may eate They sayde vnto hym where wilt thou that we prepare And he said vnto them behold when ye enter into the citie there shal a mā mete you bearing a pitcher of water him folow into thesame house that he entreth in and ye shal say vnto the good man of the house the maister sayeth vnto thee where is the geaft chaumber where I shall eate the Passeouer with my disciples And he shal shewe you a great parlour paued there make ready And they went and found as he had sayd vnto them and they made readye the passeouer And when the houre was come he sate down the .xii. Apostles with him And he sayd vnto them I haue inwardly desyred to eate this passeouer with youu before the I suffer For I say vnto you hēcefurth wil I not eate of it any more vntil it be fulfilled in the kingdome of god And he toke the cup and gaue thankes and sayd Take thys deuide it among you For I say vnto you I will not drinke of the fruite of this vine vntil the kyngdome of God come And he toke bread when he had geuē thankes he brake it and gaue vnto them saying This is my body whiche is geuen for you This doe in the remembraunce of me Lykewyse also when he hadde supped he tooke the cuppe saying Thys cuppe is the newe testamente in my bloude whych is shedde for you Yet beholde the hande of hym that betrayeth me is with me on the table And truely the sonne of manne goeth as it is appoynted but woe vnto that manne by whom he is betrayed And they beganne to enquyre among themselues whyche of them it was that shoulde doe it And there was a stryfe among them whych of them should seme to be the greatest And he sayd vnto them the kynges of nacions reygne ouer them and they that haue auctorytie vpon them are called gracyous but ye shall not so bee But he that is greatest among you shall bee as the yonger and he that is chyefe shall bee as he that dooeth minyster For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is it not he that sitteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth Ye are they whyche haue bydden with me in my temptacyons And I appoynte vnto you a kyngdome as my father hath appoynted to me that ye may eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome and sitte on seates iudgyng the twelue trybes of Israel And the Lorde sayde Simon Simon beholde Sathan hathe desyred to syfte you as it were wheate But I haue prayed for thee that thy fayth fayle not And when thou arte conuerted strength thy brethren And he sayde vnto hym LORDE I am ready to goe with thee into priesō and to death And he said I tell thee Peter the cocke shall not crowe thys daye tyll thou haue denied me thryse that thou knowest me And he sayde vnto them when I sente you withoute wallet and scrip and shoes lacked ye any thyng And they said no. Thē said he vnto thē but now he that hath a wallet let him take it vp and lykewise his scrip And he that hathe no sweorde let hym sel hys coate and bye one For I saye vnto you that yet thesame whiche is written muste be perfourmed in me euen among the wycked was he reputed For those thinges whyche are written of me haue an ende And they sayde Lorde beholde here are two sweordes and he sayde vnto them it is enoughe And he came out and went as he was wonte to mounte Oliuete And the disciples folowed hym And when he came to the place he sayd vnto them pray lest ye fall into temptacion And he gat himselfe from thē about a stones cast and kneled downe and prayed saying Father yf thou wilte remoue this cup from me Neuerthelesse not my wyl but thyne be fulfilled And there appeared an Aūgel vnto him from heauen comfortyng hym And he was in an agonye and prayed the longer and hys sweate was lyke droppes of bloud trickling downe to the ground And when be arose from praier and was come to his disciples he foūd them sleping for heauines and he sayd vnto them why slepe ye Ryse and pray leste ye fall into temptacyon While he yet spake behold there came a cōpanye and he that was called Iudas one of the twelue went before them and preaced nye to Iesus to kysse hym But Iesus sayde vnto him Iudas betrayest thou the sonne of manne with a kysse When they whiche were about him sawe what would folow they sayde vnto hym Lord shal we smyte with the sweord And one of them smote a seruaunte of the hie priestes and stroke of his ryght eare Iesus answered and sayd suffre ye thus farre foorthe And when he touched his eare he healed hym Then Iesus sayde vnto the hye pryestes and rulers of the temple and the elders whyche were come to hym Ye bee come out as vnto a thefe with sweordes and staues When I was dayly with in the Temple ye stretched foorthe no handes againste me but this is euen your verye houre the power of darkenes Then toke they hym and ledde him and brought him to the hie priestes house But Peter folowed afarre of And when they had kindled a fyre in the middes of the palace and were sette downe together Peter also satte downe among them But when one of the wenches beheld him as he sat by fyre and loked vpon him she said this same felow was also with him And he denied him saying woman I know hym not And after a litle whyle another sawe hym and sayd thou art also of them And Peter sayde man I am not And aboute the space of an houre after another affyrmed saying verely thys felowe was with him also for he is of Galile And Peter sayed man I wote not what thou sayest And immediately while he yet spake the Cocke krewe And the lord turned backe and loked vpon Peter And Peter remembred the woorde of the Lord how he had sayd vnto hym before the Cocke krowe thou shalt denie me thrise and Peter went out wept bitterly And the men that tooke Iesus mocked him smote him and when they had blindfolded him thei stroke him on the face and asked him saying Areade who is he the smote thee And many other thinges despitefully said they against hym And as soone as it was day the Elders of the people and the hie Priestes and Scribes came together and led hym into theyr counsel saying Art thou very Christ tel vs. And he said vnto them If I tell you ye wil not beleue me if I aske you you will not aunswere nor let me goe hereafter shall the sonne of man sit on the right hand of the power of God Then sayed they all Art thou then the sonne of God he sayd Ye saye
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
and gaue to hys disciples to sette before them And they did set them beefore the people And they hadde a fewe finall fishes And when he had blessed he commaunded them also to bee set before them And they did eate and were suffised And they toke vp of the broken meate that was lefte seuen baskets full And they that did eate were about foure thousande And he sente them awaye ¶ The eyght Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte GOd whose prouidēce is neuer deceyued we humblye beseche thee that thou wilt put away frō vs al hurtfull thynges and geue those thynges whiche bee profitable for vs Through Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ro. viii BRethren we are debters not to the flesshe to lyue after the flesshe For yf ye lyue after the flesshe ye shall dye But yf ye through the spirite doe mortyfye the dedes of the body ye shal lyue For as many as are lead by the spirite of God they are the sonnes of God For ye haue not receyued the spirit of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receiued the spirit of adopcyon wherby ye crye Abba father The same spirite certifyeth our spirite that we are the sonnes of God Yf we bee sonnes then are we also heyres the heyres I meane of God and heires annexed with Christe yf so be that we suffre with him that we may be also glorifyed together with hym ¶ The Gospell Mar. vii BEware of false prophetes whiche come to you in shepes clothing but inwardly they are rauenyng wolues Ye shall know them by their fruites Doe men gather grapes of thornes Or figges of thistles Euen so euery good tree bringeth foorth good fruites But a corrupt tree bringeth foorth euell fruites A good tree cannot bring forth had fruites nether can a bad tree bryng forth good fruites Euery tree that bringeth not forth good fruite is bewen downe and cast into the fire Wherefore by theyr fruites ye shall know them Not euery one that faythe vnto me Lord Lord shal entre into the kingdom of heauen but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heauen he shall entre into the kyngdome of heauen ¶ The ninth Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte GRaunt to vs Lord we beseche thee the spirite to thynke and doe alwayes such thinges as be rightfull that we which cannot be without thee may by thee bee hable to lyue according to thy will Through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle i. Corin. x BRethrē I would not that ye should beignoraunt how that our fathers were al vnder the cloud and al passed throughe the sea were all baptised vnder Moses in the cloud and in the sea did all eate of one spirituall meate and dyd all drinke of one spirituall drinke And they dranke of the spiritual rocke that folowed them whiche rocke was Christe But in many of them had God no delight For they were ouerthrowen in the wildernes These are ensamples to vs that we shoulde not lust after euill thinges as they lusted And that ye shoulde not bee worshippers of ymages as were some of them accordyng as it is written The people satte downe to eate and drinke rose vp to playe Nether let vs be defiled with fornicacion as some of them were defiled with fornicacyon fell in one day three twentie thousand Nether let vs tempt Christe as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpentes Nether murmure ye as some of them murmured were destroyed of the destroyer All these thinges happened vnto them for ensamples But are written to put vs in remembraunce whō the endes of the world are come vpon Wherfore let him that thinketh he standeth take hede lest he fal There hath none other temptacion taken you but suche as folowed the nature of man But God is faythfull whiche shall not suffer you to be tempted aboue your strength but shal in the middes of temptacion make a way that ye may be hable to beare it ¶ The Gospell Luke xvi IEsus sayd to hys disciples There was a certain riche man which had a Stewarde and the same was accused vnto hym that he had wasted hys goodes And he called him said vnto him howe is it that I heare this of thee Geue accoūptes of thy Stewardship for thou maist be no lōger Steward The Steward said within himselfe What shall I doe for my mayster taketh away from me the Stewardshyppe I cannot digge to begge I am ashamed I wote what to doe that when I am put out of the Stewardship they may receiue me into their houses So whē he had called al his masters debters together he said vnto the first how much owest thou vnto my maister And he sayde an hundred tunnes of oyle And he said vnto him take thy bill sit down quickely and write fiftie Thē said he to another how much owest thou And he said an hundred quarters of wheate He sayd vnto him take thy bill write foure score And the Lorde commended the vniust Steward because he had done wiselye For the childrē of this world are in their nacion wiser then the childrē of light And I say vnto you Make you frēdes of the vnryghteous Mammon that when ye shall haue nede they may receue you into euerlasting habitacions The tenth Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. Let thy merciful eares O Lord be open to the prayers of thy humble seruauntes that they may obtein their peticions make them to aske suche thynges as shall please thee through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle i. Cori. xii COncerning spiritual thinges brethren I would not haue you ignoraunte Ye know that ye were Gentiles and wente your wayes vnto dumme ymages euen as ye wer led Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man speakyng by the spirite of God defyeth Iesus Also no mā can say that Iesus is the lord but by the holi gost There are diuersities of giftes yet but one spirite And there are differences of administracions yet but one Lord. And there are diuerse maners of operaciōs and yet but one God which worketh all in all The gifte of the spirite is geuen to euery man to edifye withall For to one is geuen through the spirite the vtterance of wisdom To another is geuen the vtteraunce of knowledge by thesame spirite To another is geuen fayth by thesame spirite To another the gift of healing by thesame spirite To another power to doe miracles To another to prophecie To another judgemēt to discerne spirite To another diuerse tongues To another the interpretacion of tongues But these all worketh the selfe same spirite deuyding to euerye man a sauerall gyft euen as he will ¶ The Gospell Luke xix ANd when he was come nere to Hierusalem he beheld the citie and wept on it saying If thou hadst knowen those thinges whiche belong vnto thy peace euen in this thy day thou wouldest take hede But now are they
hydde from thyne eyes For the dayes shall come vnto thee that thy enemies shal cast a banke about thee and compasse thee rounde and kepe thee in on euery side make thee euē with the groūd and thy children which are in thee And they shal not leaue in thee one stone vpon an other because thou knowest not the time of thy visitacion And he went into the Temple beganne to cast out them that solde therein and them that boughte saying vnto them It is written my house is the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theues And be taught dayly in the Temple ¶ The eleuenth Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. GOd whiche declarest thy almightie power most chiefly in shewing mercy and pitie Geue vnto vs abundaūtly thy grace the we rūning to thy promises may be made partakers of thy beauēly treasure through Iesus Christ our lord ¶ The Epistle i. Cor. xv BRethren as perteynyng to the gospell whyche I Preached vnto you whiche ye haue also accepted in the whiche ye continue by the whiche ye are also saued I do you to wete after what maner I preached vnto you yf ye kepe it excepte ye haue beleued in vayne For first of all I delyuered vnto you that whiche I receyued howe that Christe dyed for oure sinnes agreyng to the scriptures and that he was buried and that he arose agayn the third daye accordyng to the scriptures And that he was seen of Cephas then of the twelue After that he was seene of moe then fyue hundreth brethren at once of which manye remayne vnto this day many are fallen aslepe After that appeared he to Iames then to all the Apostles And last of all he was seen of me as of one that was borne oute of due time For I am the least of the Apostles which am not worthy to bee called an Apostle because I haue persecuted the congregacion of God But by the grace of God I am that I am And his grace which is in me was not in vayn But I laboured more aboundantly then they all yet not I but the grace of God whiche is with me Therefore whether it were I or they so we preached and so ye haue beleued ¶ The Gospell Lu. xviii CHriste told this parable vnto certayn which trusted in themselues that they were perfect and despised other Two men went vp into the Temple to pray the one a pharisei the other a publicane The Pharisei stode and prayed thus with himselfe God I thanke thee the I am not as other men are extorcioners vniust adulterers or as this publicā I fast twyse in the weke I geue tithe of all that I possesse And the publicane standyng afarre of woulde not lyfte vp his eyes to heauen but smote his brest saying God be mercifull to me a synner I tel you this man departed home to his house iustifyed more then the other For euery man that exalteth himselfe shal be brought lowe And he that humbleth himself shal be exalted The twelfth Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte ALmightie and euerlastyng God whiche arte alwayes more ready to heare then we to pray And arte wont to geue more then eyther we desyre or deserue Powre downe vpon vs the aboundaunce of the mercy forgeuyng vs those thinges wherof our conscience is afrayed and geuyng vnto vs that that oure prayer dare not presume to aske through Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The Epistle ii Cor. iii SVche truste haue through Christ to Godward not that we are sufficient of oure selues to thynke any thyng as of our selues but yf we be hable vnto any thyng thesame cometh of God which hathe made vs hable to minister the nawe Testamente not of the letter but of the spirite For the letter killeth but the spirite geueth lyfe Yf the ministracion of death through the letters figured in stones was glorious so that the children of Israel could not behold the face of Moses for the glory of hys countenaunce which glory is done away why shall not the ministracion of the spirite bee much more glorious for yf the ministracion of condemnacyon bee gloryous muche more doeth the ministracion of righteousnes excede in glory ¶ The Gospell Mar. vii IEsus departed from the coastes of Tyre and Sydon and came vnto the sea of Galile throughe the myddes of the Coastes of the. x cityes And they brought vnto him one that was deaffe and had an impediment in his speache and they prayed hym to putte his hand vpon him And when he had taken him asyde from the people he put hys fyngers into his eares and did spyt and touched his tong and loked vp to heauen sighed and said vnto hym Ephata that is to saye be opened And strayght waye his eares were opened and the stryng of hys tongue was losed and he spake playne And he commaunded them that they should tell no man But the more he forbad them so muche the more great deale they published saying He hath done all thynges well he hath made both the deaffe to heare and the dumme to speake ¶ The .xiii. Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte Almightie and merciful god of whose only gift it cummeth that thy faythfull people doe vnto thee true and laudable seruice graunte we beseche thee that we maye so tunne to thy heauenly promyses that we faile not finallye to attayne the same Through Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Gala. iii. TO Abraham and his sede were the promyses made He faith not in his seedes many but in thy sede as of one which is Christ Thys I say that the law which began afterwarde beyonde .iiii. C. and xxx yeres doth not disanull the Testament that was cōfirmed afore of god vnto Christwarde to make the promyse of none effecte For it the inheritaunce come of the lawe it cometh not now of promyse But God gaue it to Abraham by promise Wherefore thē serueth the law The law was added because of transgression tyll the sede came to whom the promise was made and it was ordained by Aungels in the hande of a mediator A mediator is not a mediator of one But god is one Is the law thē against the promise of god God forbid For if there had been a lawe geuen whiche could haue geuen lyfe then no doubte righteousnes should haue come by the law But the scripture concludeth all thynges vnder synne that the promise by the fayth of Iesus Christ shoulde be geuen to thē that beleue ¶ The Gospell Luke x. HAppy are the eies which see the thinges that ye see For I tel you that many Prophetes and kinges haue desired to se those thinges which ye see and haue not seen thē and to heare those thinges whiche ye heare and haue not heard them And beholde a certayne lawyer stode vp and tempted hym saying Maister what shal I doe to enherite eternall life he said vnto him what is writtē in the law how readest thou
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
speake euery man truth vnto hys neighbour forasmuche as we are membres one of another Be angry sinne not Let not the sunne go downe vpon youre wrathe neither geue place to the backbyter Let hym that stole steale nomore but let hym rather laboure with his handes the thing which is good that he may geue vnto him that nedeth Let no filthy communicacion procede out of your mouth but that which is good to edifye withal as ofte as nede is that it may minster grace vnto the heaters And grieue not the holye spirite of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the day of redempcion Let all bitternes and fiercenes and wrath and roaryng and cursed speakyng be put awaye from you with al maliciousnes Be ye curteous one to another mercyfull forgeuyng one another euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you ¶ The Gospell Math. ix IEsus entred into a shyp passed ouer and came into hys owne citie And beholde they brought to hym a man sicke of the paulsey lying in a bedde And when Iesus sawe the fayth of them he sayde to the sycke of the Paulsey Sonne bee of good there thy sinnes bee forgeuen thee And behold certayn of the Scribes sayde within themselues this man blasphmeth And when Iesus sawe theyr thoughtes he sayd wherefore thinke ye euill in youre heartes Whether is it easier to say thy sinnes bee forgeuen thee or to saye aryse and walke But that ye maye knowe that the sonne of man hathe power to forgeue sinnes in earth Then sayeth he to the sicke of the Paulsey Aryse take vp thy bed and goe vnto thyne house And he arose and departed to his house But the people that saw it meruayled and glorified God which hath geuen such power vnto menne ¶ The .xx. Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and merciful God of thy bountifull goodnes Kepe vs from all thinges that may hurt vs that we being ready both in body and soule maye with fre heartes accomplishe those thinges that thou wouldest haue done thorow Iesus Christe oure Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephe. v TAke hede therfore howe ye walke circumspectly not as vnwyse but as wise menne redemyng the time because the dayes are euill Wherefore bee ye not vnwise but vnderstande what the will of the Lorde is and bee not dronken with wine wherin is excesse But be fylled with the spirite speakyng vnto your selues in Psalmes and Nimnes and spirituall songes syngyng and makyng melody to the lord in your heartes geuing thankes alwayes for all thynges vnto God the father in the name of our Lorde Iesus Chryste submitting your selues one to another in the feare of God ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxii IEsus saide to hys disciples The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a man that was a Kyng whyche made a mariage for his sonne and sent furthe hys seruauntes to call them that were bydden to the wedding and they would not come Agayne he sent furth other seruauntes saying Tell them whiche are bidden beeholde I haue prepared my diner myne Oxen and my fatlynges are kylled and all thynges are ready come vnto the manage But they made lyght of it and went theyr wayes One to hys farme place another to his marchaundise and the remnaunt toke his seruauntes intreated them shamefully and flewe them But when the kyng heard thereof he was wroth and sente furth his men of warre and destroied those murtherers and brēt vp theyr city Then said he to his seruauntes the mariage in dede is prepared but they whiche were bidden were not worthy Goe ye therfore oute into the hye wayes and as many as ye fynd byd them to the mariage And the seruauntes went furth into the hye wayes and gathered together all as many as they coulde fynde bothe good and bad and the wedding was furnished with geastes Then the kyng came in to see the geastes and when he spyed there a man whiche had not on a wedding garmente he said vnto hym frend how camest thou in hither not hauing a wedding garment And he was euen specheles Then said the king to the ministers take and bind him hand and foote and cast hym into vtter darkenes there shal be wepyng and gnashyng of teeth For many bee called but few are chosen The .xxi. Sundaye aftter Trinitie ¶ The Collecte GRaunte we beseche thee mercifull Lorde to thy faythfull people pardon and peace that they maye be clensed from all theyr sinnes and serue thee with a quiet mynde through Iesus Christe oure Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephe. vi MY brethren bee strong throughe the Lorde and through the power of hys myghte Put on all the armour of God that ye may stand against all the assaultes of the deuill for we wrestle not agaynste bloud and fleshe but against rule againste power agaynste worldlye rulers euen gouernours of the darkenes of thys worlde againste spirituall craftines in heauenlye thynges Therefore take vnto you the whole armour of God that ye may be hable to resiste in the euyll day and stande perfect in all thynges Stande therfore and your loynes gyrd with the trueth hauyng on the brestplate of ryghteousnesse and hauyng shooes on youre feete that ye maye bee prepared for the gospell of peace Aboue all take to you the shyelde of faythe wherewith ye maye quenche all the fyery dartes of the wicked And take the helmet of saluacyon and the sweord of the spirite which is the worde of God And pray alwaies with all maner of prayer and supplycacion in the spirite and watche therunto with all instaunce and supplicacion for all sainctes and for me that vtteraunce may be geuen vnto me that I may open my mouthe freely to vtter the secretes of my gospell wherof I am a messenger in bondes that therein I may speake freely as I ought to speake ¶ The Gospell Iohn iiii THere was a certayn ruler whose sōne was sycke at Capernaū A ssone as thesame hearde that Iesus was come out of Iewry into Galile he went vnto him and besought him that he woulde come downe and heale his sonne For he was euen at the poynte of death Then said Iesus vnto him except ye see signes and wonders ye will not beleue The ruler sayd vnto hym Sir come downe or euer that my sonne dye Iesus sayeth vnto him Goe thy waye thy sonne liueth The man beeleued the word that Iesus had spoken vnto him he went his way And as he was going downe the seruauntes met hym and tolde hym saying thy sonne liueth Then enquired be of thē the houre when he began to amende And they sayde vnto him yesterday at the seuenth houre the feuer lefte him So the father knewe that it was the same houre in the whych Iesus sayde vnto him thy sonne liueth and he beleued and all his housholde This is agayn the second miracle that Iesus did when he was come out of Iewry into Galile ¶ The .xxii. Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte LOrde we beseche
thee to kepe thy houshold the churche in continuall godlines that through thy proteccyon it maye bee free from all aduersities and deuoutlye geuen to serue thee in good workes to the glory of thy name Thorow Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Philip. i. I Thanke my God with all remēbraunce of you alwayes in al my prayers for you pray with gladnes because ye are come into the felowship of the gospell frō the firsteday vntil now And am surely certified of thys that he which hath begon a good worke in you shall perfourme it vntil the day of Iesus Christe as it becometh me that I shoulde so iudge of you all because I haue you in my heart forasmuch as ye are al companions of grace with me euē in my bondes and in the defending and establishing of the gospel for god is my recorde how greatly I long after you all from the very heart roote in Iesus Christe And thys I praye that your loue may encrease yet more and more in knowledge and in al vnderstanding that ye may accept the thynges that are most excellent that ye may be pure and such as offende no man vntil the day of Christ beeing filled with the fruite of righteousnes which cometh by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and prayse of God ¶ The Gospell Mathew xviii PEter said vnto Iesus Lord how oft shal I forgeue my brother if he sinne against me till seuen times Iesus saith vnto him I say not vnto the vntil seuen times but seuenty times seuē times Therefore is the kyngdome of heauen lykened vnto a certayne man that was a kyng whiche would take accoumptes of his seruaūtes And whē he had begon to reckon one was brought vnto him which ought him ten thousand talētes but forasmuch as he was not hable to pay his lord commaunded him to be solde and his wife and childrē and all that he had and payment to be made The seruaunt fel down besought him saying Syr haue pacience wyth me and I wil pay thee al. Then had the lord pietie on that seruaunt and losed him and forgaue him the debte So the same seruaunt went out found one of his felowes which ought him an hundred pence and he laid handes on hym toke him by the throte saying pay that thou owest And his felow fel down besought hym saying haue pacience with me and I wil pay thee all And he would not but went cast him into priesō til he should pay the debte So whē his felowes saw what was done they wer very sory and came and tolde vnto their Lord all that had happened Then his Lord called him and sayd vnto hym O thou vngracious seruaunt I forgaue thee al that debte when thou desiredst me shouldest not thou also haue had cōpassion on thy felow euen as I had pietie on thee And his lord was wroth and deliuered him to the Tailers til he should pay all that was due vnto him So likewise shal my heauēly father doe also vnto you if ye from your heartes forgeue not euery one his brother their trespasses The .xxiii. Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte GOd our refuge and strength whiche art the author of al godlynes be ready to heare the deuoute prayers of the Churche and graunt that those thinges which we aske faythfully we maye obtayne effectually Through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Phil. iii. BRethren be folowers together of me looke on them whiche walke euen so as ye haue vs for an ensample For many walke of whō I haue told you often and now tel you weping that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christ whose ende is damnaciō whose bely is their God and glory to their shame which are worldly minded But our conuersacion is in heauē from whence we loke for the sauiour euen the Lorde Iesus Christ which shal chaunge our vile body the he may make it lyke vnto his glorious bodye accordyng to the working wherby he is hable also to subdue all thynges vnto hymselfe ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxii THen the phariseis weut out toke counsaill how they might tāgle him in his wordes And they sent out vnto him their disciples with Herodes seruauntes saying Master we knowe that thou art true teachest the way of god truely nether carest thou for any mā for thou regardest not the outward apearaūnce of men Tei vs therefore how thinkest thou Is it lawful that tribute be geuē vnto Cesar or not But Iesus perceiuing their wickendnes said why tēpt ye me ye ypocrites Shew me the tribute moneye And they toke hym a peny And he said vnto thē whose is this image and superscripcion they sayd vnto him Ceasars Then said he vnto them geue therefore vnto Ceasar the thinges which are Ceasars and vnto god those thinges whiche are gods When they heard these wordes thei merueiled and left him and went theyr waye ¶ The .xxiiii. Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte LOrd we beseche thee assoile thy people frō their offences that through thy bountifull goodnes we maye be deliuered from the bandes of all those synnes which by our frailtie we haue committed Graunt this c. ¶ The Epistle Colossi i. WE geue thankes to God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christ alwaies for you in our prayers for we haue heard of your fayth in Christ Iesu and of the loue which ye beare to all sainctes for the hopes sake whiche is layed vp in store for you in heauen of which hope ye heard before by the true worde of the gospel which is come vnto you euen as it as fruitfull and groweth as it is also among you from the daye in the whiche ye heard of it and had experience in the grace of god thoughe the truth as ye learned of Epaphra our deare felow seruaūt which is for you a faithfull minister of Christe whiche also declared vnto vs your loue which ye haue in the spirite For thys cause we also euer sence the daye we hearde of it haue not ceased to praye for you to desire that ye might be fulfilled with the knowledge of hys wyl in all wysedome and spiritual vnderstanding that ye might walke worthi of the Lord that in all thynges ye may please being fruitful in all good woorkes and increasyng in the knowledge of God strengthéd with al might through his glorious power vnto all pacience and long suffering with joyefulnes geuing thankes vnto the father whiche hath made vs mete to bee partakers of the inheritaunce of sainctes in lyght ¶ The Gospell Math. ix WHyle Iesus spake vnto the people behold there came a certain ruler and worshipped him saying my daughter is euen nowe deceased but come lay thy hand vpō her and she shal liue And Iesus arose and folowed him and so did his disciples And beholde a woman whiche was diseased with an issue of bloud twelue yeres came behind him and touched the hemme of his
same hath now possessed a plat of ground with the reward of iniquitie and whē he was hāged burst a sunder in the middes al his bowels gushed out And it was knowen vnto all the inhabiters of Hierusalem insomuche that the same fielde is called in theyr mother tongue Acheldama that is to say the bloudy fielde For it is written in the boke of Psalmes his habitacyon bee voyde and no man be dwelling therin his bisshoprike let another take Wherfore of these men whyche haue companied with vs all the tyme that the Lorde Iesus had al hys conuersaciō among vs beginning at the Baptisme of Iohn vnto that same day that he was takē vp from vs must one be ordeined to be a witnes with vs of his resurreccion And they appoynted two Ioseph whyche is called Barsabas whose sirname was Iustus and Mathias And whē they praied they said Thou Lord whiche knowest the heartes of all men shew whether of these two thou hast chosen that he may take the roume of this ministraciō and Apostleship frō whiche Iudas by transgression fell that he might go to hys owne place And they gaue forth their lottes the lot fel on Mathias and he was coumpted with the eleuen Apostles ¶ The Gospell Math. xi IN that tyme Iesus aunswered and sayde I thanke thee O father Lorde of heauen earth beecause thou haste hyd these thynges from the wise and prudente and hast shewed them vnto babes verely father euen so was it thy good pleasure All thynges are geuen vnto me of my father And no man knoweth the sonne but the father neyther knoweth any man the father saue the sonne and he to whōsoeuer the sonne wil open him Come vnto me al ye that labour and are laden and I wil ease you Take my yoke vpon you learne of me for I am meke lowly in hearte and ye shal fynd rest vnto your soules for my yoke is easy and my burdē is light ¶ The annunciacion of the virgin Mary ¶ The Collecte WE beseche thee lord powre thy grace into our heartes that as we haue knowen Christ thy sones incarnacyon by the message of an Angle so by his crosse and passion we maye bee broughte vnto the glorye of hys resurreccyon Through the same Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Esay vii GOd spake once agayne vnto Ahaz saying requyre a token of the Lord thy god whether it be toward the depthe beneathe or towarde the heyght aboue Then sayde Ahaz I wil require none nether wyll I tempt the Lorde And he sayde hearken to ye of the house of Dauid is it not inough for you that ye bee greuous vnto men but ye muste greue my GOD also And therefore the Lord shall geue you a token Behold a virgin shal conceiue and beare a sonne thou his mother shall call his name Emanuel Butter and hony shall he eate that he may knowe to refuse the euyll and choose the good ¶ The Gospell Luke i. ANd in the sixth moneth the Aungel Gabriel was sent from God vnto a citie of Galili named Nazareth to a virgin spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid the virgins name was Mary And the Aungel went in vnto her said Haile ful of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou amog women When she saw him she was abashed at his saying and cast in her minde what maner of salutacion that should bee And the Aungle said vnto her feare not Mary for thou hast found grace with God Behold thou shalte conceyue in thy wōbe beare a sonne shalt call his name Iesus He shal be great and shal be called the sonne of the highest And the Lord God shal geue vnto him the seat of his father Dauid and he shal reygne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kyngdom there shal be none end Then sayd Mary to the Aungel How shall this be seeing I knowe not a man And the Aungle aūswered and sayd vnto her the holy ghost shal come vpon thee and the power of the hiest shal ouershadow thee Therefore also that holy thing which shal be borne shal be called the sonne of God And beholde thy Cosyn Elizabeth she hath also conceiued a sonne in her age And thys is the sixthe moneth which was called baren for with God nothyng shall bee vnpossible And Mary sayde beholde the handmayde of the Lorde bee it vnto me accordyng to thy worde And the Aungel departed from her ¶ Sainct Markes daye ¶ The Collecte ALmighty god which hast instructed thy holy churche with the heauenly doctryne of thy Euangeliste Sainct Marke geue vs grace so to bee established by thy holy gospell that we be not lyke children caried a waye with euerye blast of vayne doctrine Through Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephe. iiii VNto euery one of vs is geuen grace accordyng to the measure of the gift of Christ Wherefore he sayeth when he wente vpon hie heled catiuitie captiue and gaue giftes vnto men That he ascēded whatmeaneth it but that he also descended fyrste into the lowest partes of the earth he that descended is euen the same also that ascended vp aboue all heauens to fulfyll all thynges And the very same made some Apostles some prophetes some Euangelystes some shepeheardes and teachers to the edifying of the sainctes to the worke and administracion euen to the edifying of the body of Christe till we al come to the vnitie of the fayth and knowledge of the sone of God vnto a perfect man vnto the measure of the ful perfect age of Christ That we henceforth shoulde be no more children waueryng and caryed about wich euery winde of doctrine by the wylines of men through craftines wherby they lay awayt for vs to deceyue vs. But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in al thinges growe in him which is the head euen Christe in whom yf all the body bee coupled and knytte together throughout euery ioynte where with one ministreth to another accordyng to the operacion as euery part hath his measure he encreaseth the bodi vnto the edifiing of it selfe throughe loue ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv I Am the true vyne and my father is a husbandeman Euerye braunche that beareth not fruite in me he wyll take awaye And euery braunche that beareth fruite will he pourge that it maye bring foorth more fruite Nowe are ye cleane through the wordes whiche I haue spoken vnto you Byde in me and I in you As the braunche cannot beare fruite of it selfe except it bide in the vyne no more can ye except ye abide in me I am the vyne ye are the braunches He that abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth forthe much fruite For withoute me can ye doe nothyng Yf a man byde not in me he is caste forth as a braunche and is withered And mē gather them and cast them into the fyre they burne Yf ye
sufficient correccion for al her sinnes A voice cried in wildernesse prepare the way of the lord in the wyldernes make streight the path of oure God in the deserte Let al valleyes be exalted euery moūtaine hil be layed low whatso is croked let it be made strayght let the rough be made playne fieldes For the glory of the Lorde shal appeare and al flesh shal at once see it for why the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it Thesame voice spake Now crye And the Prophet aūswered what shal I cry that al fleshe is grasse that al the goodlines therof is as the floure of the field The grasse is withered the floure falleth awaye Euen so is the people as grasse whē the breath of the lorde bloweth vpō thē Neuertheles whether the grasse wither or the the floure fade away yet the word of our god endureth for euer Go vp vnto the hie hil O siō thou that bringest good tidinges lifte vp thy voyce with power O thou preacher Ierusalem lifte it vp without feare and say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde your god beholde the lord god shall come with power beare rule with his arme Beholde he bryngeth hys treasure with hym his workes goe before him He shal fede his flocke like an heardmā He shal gather the lambes together with hys arme and cary them in hys bosome and shal kindly intreate those that beare yong ¶ The Gospell Luke i. ELizabethes time came the she suould bee deliuered and she broughte foorth a sonne And her neyghbours and her cosins heard how the lord had shewed great mercy vpon her and reioised with her And it fortuned that in the eight day thei came to circumcise the childe and called his name zachary after the name of his father And his mother aunswered and sayd not so but his name shal be called Iohn And they sayed vnto her There is none in thy kynred the is named with thys name And they made signes to his father howe he woulde haue him called And he asked for writing tables and wrote saying hys name is Iohn And they meruayled all And hys mouth was opened immediatlye and his tong also and he spake praised god And feare came on all them that dwelt nye vnto hym And all these sayinges was noised abroade throughout al the hie countrey of Iewry and they the heard them layd them vp in their heartes saying what maner of child shal this be And the hand of the lord was with hym And his father zacharias was filled with the holy gost and prophecied saying Praised be the lord God of Israell for he hath visited redemed his people And hath raised vp an horne of saluaciō vnto vs in the house of his seruāt Dauid Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which were sence the world began That we should be saued frō our enemies and frō the hand of al the hate vs. That he would deale mercifully with our fathers and remembre his holy couenaūt And he would perfourme the othe whiche he sware to our father Abrahā for to forgeue vs. That we beyng delyuered out of the handes of our enemies myghte serue hym without feare al the dayes of our life in such holinesse righteousnes as are acceptable for him And thou child shalt be called the Prophete of the hiest for thou shalt goe before the face of the lord to prepare his wayes To geue knowledge of saluacyon vnto his people for the remissiōn of synnes Through the tender mercy of our god whereby the day spring frō an high hath visited vs. To geue light to thē that sate in darkenes and in the shadow of death to guide our fete into the way of peace And the child grew waxed strong in spirite and was in wyldernes til the daye came when he should shewe hymselfe vnto the Israelites Sainct Peters daye ¶ The Collect. ALmightie god whiche by the sonne Iesus Christ hast geuen to thy Apostle Saincte Peter many excellente giftes and commaundest hym earnestly to fede thy stocke make we beseche thee al Bisshops and Pastours diligently to preache thy holy worde and the people obedientlye to folowe the same that they may receyue the crown of euerlastyng glory though Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Actes xii AT the same time Herode the king stretched forth hys handes to vexe certaine of the congregaciō And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn with the sweord And beecause he sawe it pleased the Iewes he proceded farther and tooke Peter also Then were the dayes of swete bread And when he had caught him he put him in prieson also delyuered hym to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kepte entending after Easter to bring him forth to the people And Peter was kept in prieson but prayer was made without ceasing of the congregacyon vnto god for hym And whē Herode would haue broughte hym out vnto the people thesame nyghte slepte Peter betwene two souldiers boūd with two chaines and the kepers before the dore kept the prieson And behold the Aungel of the lorde was there present and a light shined in the habitacion And he smote Peter on the side and styrred hym vp saying arise vp quickely And his chaines fel from his handes And the Aungel s ayd vnto hym gyrd thy selfe and binde on thy sandales And he so did And he sayth vnto him cast thy garment about thee folow me And he came out folowed him and wist not that it was trueth whiche was done by the Aungel but thought he had seen a vision When they were past the first second watche they came vnto the yron gate that leadeth vnto the citie whiche opened to them by the own accord And they went out passed thorow one strete and forth with the Angel departed from him And when Peter was come to himselfe he sayd nowe I know of a suretie that the lord hath sent his Aungell and hath deliuered me out of the hande of Herode and from all the wayting of the people of the Iewes ¶ The Gospell Mat. xvi WHen Iesus came into the coastes of the Citie which is called Cesarea Philippi he asked hys disciples saying whom doe men say that I the sonne of man am They sayed Some saye that thou art Iohn Baptist some Helias some Ieremias or one of the prophetes He saith vnto thē but whō say ye that I am Simō Peter aunswered and said Thou art Christ the sōne of the liuing god And Iesus aūswered and sayd vnto hym Happy art thou Simō the sonne of Ionas for fleshe and bloud hath not opened that vnto thee but my father whiche is in heauen And I say vnto thee the thou art Peter and vpon this rocke I wil build my cōgregaciō And the gates of hell shall not preuaile against it And I wil geue vnto thee the keies of the kyngdome of heauen And whatsoeuer thou bindest in earth shall be bounde in
And the great dragon the old Serpent called the deuil Sathanas was cast out which deceueth all the world And he was cast into the earth and his Angels wer cast out also with him And I heard a loud voyce saying heauē is now made saluacion and strength and the kyngdome of our God and the power of his Christ For the accuser of our brethren is caste down which accused them before god day and night And they ouercame him by the bloud of the lambe by the word of their testimony and they loued not theyr liues vnto the death Therfore reioyce heauens and ye that dwel in them Woe vnto the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea for the deuil is come down vnto you which hath great wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a shorte tyme. ¶ The Gospell Mat. xviii AT the same time came the disciples vnto Iesus saying who is the greatest in the kingdom of heauen Iesus called a child vnto hym and set him in the middest of thē and said Verely I say vnto you excepte ye turne and become as children ye shall not entre into the kingdome of heauen Whosoeuer therfore humbleth himselfe as thys chyld thatsame is the greatest in the kingdom of heauen And whosoeuer receiueth suche a chylde in my name receyueth me But whoso doeth offende one of these litle ones whiche beeleue in me it were better for him that a milstone were hanged about his necke and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Woe vnto the world because of offences necessary it is the offences come But woe vnto the man by whō the offence cometh Wherfore yf thy hande or thy fote hinder thee cut hym of and caste it from the. It is better for thee to entre into life halt or maimed rather then thou shoudest hauing two handes or two feete be caste into euerlasting fyre And if thine eie offende thee plucke it out and cast it from thee It is better for the to entre into life with one eie rather then hauing two eies to be caft into hel fyre Take hede that ye despise not one of these litle ones For I say vnto you that in heauē theyr Angels doe alwayes beholde the face of my father whyche is in heauen ¶ Sainct Luke the Euangelist ¶ The Collect. ALmightie god which calledst Luke the phisiciō whose prayse is in the gospel to be a phisiciō of the soule it may please thee by the holsome medicines of his holy doctrine to heale al the diseases of our soules throughe thy sonne Iesu Chryst our Lorde ¶ The Epistle i. tim iiii WAtche thou in al thinges suffre afflicciōs doe the worke throughly of an Euangelist fulfil thyne office vnto the vttermost be sobre For I am now ready to be offered and the tyme of my departyng is at hande I haue foughte a good fyghte I haue fulfylled my course I haue kept the faith From henceforth there is layd vp for me a crown of righteousnes which the lorde that is a righteous iudge shal geue me at that daye not to me onely but to all them the loue his cōming Doe thy diligence that thou maiest come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsakē me and loueth this present world and is departed vnto The ssalonica Crescens is gone to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia only Lukas is with me Take Marke and bryng hym with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministracion And Tichicus haue I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I lefte at Croada with Carpus when thou comest bryng with thee and the bokes but specially the parchement Alexander the copersmith dyd me much euil the Lord rewarde hym accordyng to hys dedes of whom be thou ware also for he hath greatly withstande our wordes ¶ The Gospell Luke x. THe Lorde appoynted other seuentie and two also and sente them two and two before hym into euery citie and plate whether he himselfe would come Therfore he sayd vnto thē the haruest is great but the labourers are fewe Praye ye therfore the Lord of the haruest to sende forth labourers into the haruest Goe your waies beholde I send you forth as lambes among wolues Beare no wallet neither scrip nor shoes salute no man by the way into whatsoeuer house ye entre fyrst say peace be to this house And if the sonne of peace be there your peace shal rest vpon him if not it shal returne to you again And in the same house tary styll eating and drinking such as they geue For the labourer is worthy of hys rewarde ¶ Simon and Iude Apostles ¶ The Collect. Almightie God which hast builded thy congregacyon vpon the foundacion of the Apostles and Prophetes Iesu Christ himselfe beeing the head corner stone graunte vs so to be ioyned together in vnitie of spirite by their doctryne that we maye be made an holy temple acceptable to thee through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Iudi. i. IVdas the seruaunt of Iesu Christ the brother of Iames to them which are called and sanctified in god the father and preserued in Iesu Christ Mercye vnto you and peace and loue be multiplited Beloued when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the cōmon saluaciō it was nedeful for me to write vnto you to exhorte you the ye should continually laboure in the fayth which was once geuen vnto the sainctes For there are certayne vngodly men craftely crept in of which it was written afore time vnto such iudgement They turne the grace of our god vnto wantonnes and deny God which is the onely lord and our lord Iesu Christ My mynde is therefore to put you in remembraunce forasmuche as ye once knowe thys how that the lord after that he had deliuered the people out of Egipt destroyed thē which after beleued not The Aungels also whiche kepte not their first state but left their owne habitacion he hath reserued in euerlastyng chaynes vnder darkenesse vnto the iudgement of the great day euen as Sodom and Gomor and the cities about them which in lyke maner defyled themselues with fornicacion and folowed straunge flesh are set forth for an example and suffre the payne of eternall fyre like wife these beeing deceiued by dreames defile the fleshe despise rulers and speake euill of them that are in auctoritie ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv THis cōmaunde I you that ye loue together Yf the world hate you ye know it hated me before it hated you Yf ye were of the worlde the world would loue his owne howbeit because ye are not of the world but I haue chosen you out of the world therfore the worlde hateth you Remembre the worde that I saye vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then the Lord. Yf thei haue persecuted me they wil also persecute you Yf thei haue kept my saying they wil kepe yours also But al these thinges wil they doe vnto you for my names sake beecause they haue not knowen hym that
vs and encline our heartes to kepe thys lawe Minister Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy god in vayne for the lord wil not hold him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Remembre that thou kepe holy the Sabboth daye Syre dayes shalt thou laboure and doe all that thou haste to doe but the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the LORDE thy God In it thou shalt doe no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy doughter thy manseruaunt and thy mayde seruaunte thy Catell and the straunger that is within thy gates for in vi daies the lorde made heauen and earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth daye Wherfore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and halowed it People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Honoure thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long in the lande whiche the Lorde thy god geueth thee People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt doe no murther People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not commit adultery People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not steale People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neyghbour People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our heartes to kepe this lawe Minister Thou shalte not couete thy neighbours house Thou shalte not couet thy neighbours wyfe nor his seruaunte nor hys mayde nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thyng that is hys People Lorde haue mercye vpon vs and write all these thy lawes in our heartes we beseche thee ¶ Then shall folowe the Collect of the day with one of these two Collectes folowing for the Kyng the Prieste standing vp and saying Priest ¶ Let vs praye ALmightie God whose kyngdome is euerlasting power infinite haue mercye vpon the whole congregacion and so rule the heart of thy chosen seruaunte Edwarde the sixth our king gouernour that he knowyng whose minister he is may aboue all things seke thy honour and glory that we his subiectes duly considering whose autoritie he hath may faythfully serue honor humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed woord ordinaunce Through Iesus Christe our Lorde who with thee and the holy gost liueth and reygneth euer one God world without end Amen ALmightie and euerlasting god we be taughte by thy holy woord that the heartes of kinges are in thy rule and gouernaunce that thou doest dispose and turne them as it semeth best to thy godly wisdom we humbly beseche thee so to dispose gouerne the hearte of Edward the sixth thy seruaunt our king and gouernour that in al his thoughtes wordes and workes he may euer seke thy honor and glory and study to preserue thy people committed to hys charge in wealth peace and godlines Graunte thys O mercyfull father for thy deare sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Immediately after the Collectes the Priest shall reade the Epistle beginning thus ¶ The Epistle written in the. 〈◊〉 Chapter of 〈◊〉 ¶ And the Epistle ended he shall saye the Ghospell begynnyng thus ¶ The Ghospell written in the. 〈◊〉 Chapter of 〈◊〉 ¶ And the Epistle and Ghospel beeing ended shal be sayde the Crede I Beleue in one god the father almightie maker of heauē and earth and of al thinges visible and inuisible And in one lord Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of god begotten of his father before al worldes God of God light of light very god of very god begotten not made being of one substaunce with the father by whom all thinges were made who for vs men and for our saluacion came down from heauen and was incarnate by the holy gost of the virgin Mary and was made man was crucified also for vs vnder Pōcius Pilate He suffred and was buried and the third day he arose again according to the scripture and ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of the father And he shall come againe with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead Whose kyngdome shall haue none ende And I beleue in the holy gost the lord and geuer of life who procedeth from the father the sonne who with the father and the sōne together is worshipped glorified who spake by the Prophetes And I beleue one Catholyke and Apostolike churche I acknowledge one Baptisme for the remissiō of synnes And I loke for the resurreccion of the dead and the lyfe of the worlde to come Amen After the Crede yf there bee no sermon shall folowe one of the homelies already set forth or hereafter to be sette forth by common auctortie After such sermon homely or exhortaciō the Curate shal declare vnto the people whether there bee any holy dayes or fasting daies the weke folowing and earnestlye exhorte them to remember the poore saying one or moe of these sentēces folowing as he thinketh most conuenient by his discrerion Math. v. Lette youre lighte so shine beefore menne that they maye see youre good workes and glorifie youre father whyche is in heauen Math. vi Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpō the earth where the rust and moth doeth corrupte and where theues breake through and steale But lay vp for your selues treasures in heauen where neither ruste nor mothe doeth corrupte and where theues doe not breake throughe and steale Mat. vii Whatsoeuer you woulde that men shoulde doe vnto you euen so doe vnto them for thys is the law the Prophetes Mat. vii Not euerye one that sayeth vnto me Lorde Lorde shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that doeth the wil of my father which is in heauen Luke xix Zache stode forth and said vnto the Lord behold lord the halfe of my goodes I geue to the poore and if I haue done any wrong to any man I restore foure folde i. Cor. ix Who goeth a warfare at any tyme of his owne cost who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruite thereof Or who fedeth a flocke and eateth not of the milke of the flocke i. Cor. ix If we haue sowē vnto you spirituall thinges is it a great matter yf we shall reape your worldly thynges i. Cor. ix Doe ye not knowe that they which minister aboute holy thynges lyue of the sacrifice They whiche waite of the altare are partakers with the altare Euen so hath the lorde also ordayned that they whyche preache the gospell should lyue of the gospell ii Cor. ix He whiche soweth litle shall reape little and he that soweth plenteouslye shall reape plenteouslye Let euery man doe according as he is disposed in his heart not grudgeing or of necessitie for God loueth a cherefull geuer Gala. vi Let hym
Communion eyther by one of them or els by one of the Minissters or by the Prieste hym selfe all kneling humbly vpon their knees ALmightie god father of our lord Iesus Christ maker of al thinges iudge of al men we knowledge bewayle our manifold sinnes and wickednesse whiche we from tyme to tyme moste greuously haue committed by thought worde and dede agaynste thy deuyne Maiestie prouokyng moste iustly thy wrath and indignacion agaynst vs we doe earnestly repent be heartelry sory for these our misdoynges the remembraunce of them is grieuous vnto vs the burthe of them is intollerable haue mercye vpon vs haue mercye vpon vs moste mercifull father for thy sonne oure Lorde Iesus Chriestes sake forgeue vs all that is past graunt that we may euer hereafter serue and please thee in newnesse of lyfe to the honor and glorye of thy name Through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shal the Priest or the Bishop being present stand vp and turning himselfe to the people says thus ALmightie God our heauenly father who of hys great mercy hath promised forgeuenes of sinnes to al them whiche with hartie repentaunce and true fayth turne vnto him haue mercye vpon you pardon deliuer you frō all your sinnnes confirme and strength you in all goodnes and bryng you to euerlastyng lyfe through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ¶ Then shall the priest also saye Heare what comfortable wordes our sauiour Christ saith to all that truely turne to hym Come vnto me all that trauayle and be heauy laden and I shal refreshe you So God loued the world that he gaue his onely begotten sonne to th end that al that beleue in him should not peryshe but haue lyfe euerlastyng ¶ Heare also what Sainct Paul sayeth This is a true saying a worthy of al men to be receyued that Iesus Christ came into the world to saue synners ¶ Heare also what Sainct Iohn sayeth Yf anye man synne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ righteous and he the propiciacyon for our synnes After the which the priest shall procede saying Lyft vp your heartes Aunswere We lyfte them vp vnto the Lorde Prieste Let vs geue thankes vnto our Lorde God Aunswere It is mete and right so to doe Prieste It is very mete righte and oure bounden duetie that we should at al times and in al places geue thankes vnto thee O Lorde holy father almightie euerlasting god ¶ Here shall folowe the proper Preface accordyng to the tyme if there be any specially appointed or els immediatly shall folowe Therefore with Aungels c. ¶ Propre Prefaces Vpon Christmas daye and seuen dayes after BEcause thou diddest geue Iesus Christe thine onely sonne to bee borne as thys daye for vs who by the operacion of the holy ghoste was made very man of the substaunce of the Vyrgyn Marye his mother and that without spot of sinne to make vs cleane from all sinne Therfore c. ¶ Vpon Easter day and seuen dayes after BVt chieflye are we bounde to prayse thee for the glorious resurreccion of thy sonne Iesus Christe our Lord for he is the very Paschal lābe which was offered for vs hath taken awaye the sinne of the worlde who by hys death hath destroyed death and by hys risyng to lyfe agayne hathe restored to vs euerlastyng lyfe Therfore c. ¶ Vpon the Ascencion daye and seuen dayes after THroughe thy moste deare beloued sonne Iesus Christ our Lord who after his most glorious resurrecciō manifestly appeared to al his apostles and in their sight ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thether might we also ascend and reigne with him in glory Therfore with c. ¶ Vpon whitsonday and sixe dayes after THrough Iesus Christe our Lorde accordyng to whose most true promise the holye ghoste came downe this daye frō heauen with a sodain great sound as it had been a mightie wind in the likenes of fiery tonges lightyng vpon the Apostles to teache them and to leade them to all trueth geuyng them bothe the gyft of diuerse languages and also boldenes with feruent zeale constantly to preache the Gospell vnto all nacions whereby we are brought out of darkenes and errour into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee and of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therfore with c. ¶ Vpon the feast of Trinitie onely IT is verye mete righte and our bounden duetie that me should at all tunes and in all places geue thankes to thee O Lorde almightie and euerlasting God which art one God one lord not one onely person but three persones in one substaunce for that which we beleue of the glory of the father the same we beleue of the sonne and of the holy ghost without anye difference or inequalitie Therfore with c. ¶ After which Preface shall folowe immediately ¶ Therfore with Angelles and Archangelles and with all the company of heauen we laude and magnifie thy glorious name euermore praysing thee and saying Holy holy holy Lorde God of hostes heauen and earth are full of thy glory glory be to thee O Lord most high Then shall the Priest kneeling downe at Gods borde saye in the name of all them that shall receiue the Communion thys prayer folowing WE doe not presume to come to this thy Table O mercifull Lord trusting in our owne righteousnes but in thy manifolde great mercies we be not worthy so much as to gather vp the crūmes vnder thy table but thou arte the same Lorde whose propertie is alwayes to haue mercy graunt vs therfore gracious Lorde so to eate the fleshe of thy dere sonne Iesus Christ and to drinke his bloud that our sinfull bodies may be made cleane by his body our soules wasshed through his most precious bloud and that we may euermore dwel in him and he in vs. Amen ¶ Then the Priest standing vp shal say as foloweth ALmightie God our heauenly father which of thy tender mercy diddest geue thyne onely sonne Iesus Christ to suffre death vpon the crosse for our redempcion who made there by his one oblacion of himselfe once offered a full perfecte and sufficient sacrifice oblacion and satisfaccyon for the synnes of the whole world and did institute and in his holy Gospel commaund vs to continue a perpetuall memorye of that hys precious death vntyll hys comyng agayne Heare vs O mercifull father we beseche thee graunte that we receiuing these thy creatures of bread wine according to thy sonne our Sauiour Iesu Christes holy institucion in remembraūce of his death and passion may be partakers of his most blessed body and bloud who in the same nyght that he was betrayed tooke bread and when he hadde geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to hys Disciples saying Take eate this is my body which is geuen for you Doe this in remēbraunce of me Lykewyse after supper he tooke the cup and when he had geuen thankes he gaue it to thē saying
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
sinne and liuing vnto rightousnes and beyng buried with Christ in hys death may crucifie the olde man and vtterly abolishe the whole body of synne that as he is made partaker of the death of thy sonne so he maie be partaker of his resurreccion So that finally with the residue of thy holy congregacion he may be inheritour of thine euerlastyng kyngdome throughe Christe our Lord. Amen At the laste ende the Priest callyng the Godfathers and Godmothers together shall saye thys shorte exhortacyon folowyng FOrasmuche as these chyldren haue promysed by you to forsake the Deuil and all his workes to beleue in God and to serue him you must remembre that it is youre partes and duetyes to see that these infantes bee taughte so soone as they shal be hable to learne what a solemne vow promise and profession they haue made by you And that they maye knowe these thynges the better ye shall call vpon them to heare sermons And chyeftye ye shall prouyde that they may learne the Crede the Lordes prayer and the ten Commaundementes in the English tongue and al other thinges whiche a Christian man oughte to knowe and beleue to his soules health and that these children may bee vertuoustlye brought vp to leade a godly and Christen lyfe remembring alwaie that Baptisme doeth represente vnto vs oure professyon whiche is to folow the example of our sauiour Christ and to bee made lyke vnto hym that as he dyed and rose agayne for vs so shoulde we whyche are Baptised dye from synne and ryse agayne vnto ryghteousnesse contynuallye mortifying all oure euyll and corrupte affeccions and daily procedyng in all vertue and godlynes of lyuyng The Minister shall commaunde that the children be broughte to the Bishop to be confirmed of hym so sone as they can saye in their vulgare tong the articles of the faith the lordes prayer and the .x. commaundementes and be further instructed in the Cathechisme sette forthe for that purpose accordingly as it is there expressed ¶ Of them that be Baptised in priuate houses in tyme of necessitie The Pastours and Curates shall ofte admonyshe the people that they deferre not the Baptisme of infantes any longer thē the Sundaye or other holy daye nexte after the child be borne vnlesse vpon a great and reasonable cause declared to the Curate and by hym approued And also they shal warne them that without great cause and necessitie they Baptise not children at home in theyr houses And when greate nede shall compell them so to doe that then they minister it on this fashyon Firste let them that be present call vpon God for hys grace and say the Lordes prayer if the tyme will suffre And then one of them shall name the childe and dippe hym in the water or powre water vpon hym saying these wordes N I Baptise thee in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And lette them not doubt but that the childe so Baptised is lawfully and sufficiently Baptised ought not to be Baptised agayne in the Churche But yet neuerthelesse yf the chylde whyche is after thys sorte Baptised doe afterwarde lyue it is expedyente that he bee broughte into the Churche to the entente the Priest may examine and trie whether the child be lawfully baptised or no. And yf those that bryng any chylde to the churche doe aunswere that he is already Baptised then shall the Priest examine them further By whom the childe was Baptysed Who was present when the childe was Baptysed Whether they called vpon God for grace and succoure in that necessitie With what thyng or what matter they did Baptyse the chylde With what wordes the childe was Baptised Whether they thinke the child to be lawefully and perfectly Baptysed And if the minister shall proue by the aunsweres of suche as brought the childe that all thynges were done as they oughte to bee Then shall not be Christen the childe agayne but shall receyue hym as one of the flocke of the true Christian people saying thus I Certifye you that in thys case ye haue done wel according vnto due order concerning the baptising of this childe which being borne in original sinne and in the wrath of god is now by the lauer of regeneracion in Baptisme receyued into the noumber of the children of God and heyres of euerlastyng life for our Lord Iesus Christ doeth not deny hys grace and mercy vnto such infantes but most louingly doeth call them vnto him as the holy Gospel doeth witnesse to our comfort on thys wyse Mark x. AT a certayne 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 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 innocencye Ye perceiue howe by hys 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 ye not therfore but earnestlye belieue that he hath likewyse fauourablye receyued thys presente infante that he hathe embraced him with the armes of hys mercye that he hath geuen vnto hym the blessyng of eternall lyfe and made hym partaker of his euerlastyng kyngdome Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of our heauenlye father declared by his sonne Iesus Chryste towardes this infant Let vs faithfully and deuoutly geue thankes vnto him and say the prayer whyche the Lord himselfe taughte and in declaracion of our faith lette vs recyte the articles contayned in our Crede Here the Minister with the Godfathers and Godmothers shall saye Our father whiche arte in heauen c. Then shall the priest demaunde the name of the chyld whiche beeyng by the Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced the Minister shall saye Dooest thou in the name of thys chylde forsake the Deuill and all hys woorkes the vayne pompe and glory of the worlde with all the couetous desires of the same the carnall desyres of the fleshe and not to folow and be lead by them ¶ Aunswere I forsake them all ¶ Minister Doest thou in the name of thys childe professe thys fayth to beleue in God the father almightye maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Chryste hys onelye beegotten sonne our Lorde and that he was conceyued by the holye ghoste borne of
the vyrgyn Marye that he suffered vnder Poncyus Pylate was crucifyed dead and buryed that he wente downe into hell and also did ryse agayn the thyrd daye that he ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of god the father almightie and from thence he shall come agayne at the ende of the worlde to iudge the quicke and the dead And doe you in hys name belieue in the holy ghost The holy Catholyque Church The Communion of Sainctes The remyssyon of synnes Resurreccyon and euerlastyng lyfe after deathe ¶ Aunswere All thys I stedfastly belieue ¶ Let vs praye ALmightie and euerlastyng God heauenly father we geue thee humble thankes for that thou haste vouchsaued to cal vs to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee encrease this knowledge and cōfyrme thys faythe in vs euermore Geue thy holye spyrite to thys infante that he beyng borne agayne and beeyng made heyre of euerlastyng saluacyon throughe oure Lorde Iesus Christ may continue thy seruaunt and attaine thy promise throughe thesame oure Lorde Iesus Christ thy sonne who liueth and reigneth with thee in the vnytie of the same holye spirite euerlastyngly Amen Then shall the Minister make this exhortacion to the Godfathers and Godmothers FOrasmuche as thys chylde hathe promised by you to forsake the deuyll and all hys workes to belieue in God and to serue hym you muste remembre that it is youre parte and duetye to see that thys infant bee taughte so soone as he shal be hable to learne what a solemne vowe promyse and profession he hathe made by you and that he maye knowe these thinges the better ye shall call vpon him to heare sermons And chiefly ye shall prouide that he maye learne the Crede the Lordes prayer and the ten Commaundementes in the englyshe tong and all other thynges whiche a christian man ought to knowe and belieue to his soules health and that this child may be vertuously brought vp to leade a godly and a christen lyfe Remembring alwaye that Baptisme doth represent vnto vs our profession whiche is to folowe the exaumple of oure sauioure Christe and bee made lyke vnto hym that as he died and rose agayn for vs so should we whyche are baptised dye from synne and rise agayne vnto righteousnes continually mortifying all oure euill and corrupte affeccyons and daylye procedyng in all vertue and Godlynes of liuyng And so furth as in Publyque Baptisme But yf they which bryng the infantes to the Church doe make an vncertayn aunswere to the priestes questions and saye that they cānot tell what they thought did or sayd in that great feare and trouble of mynde as oftentimes it chaunceth then let the priest baptise hym in fourme aboue written concernyng Publique baptisme sauyng that at the dyppyng of the childe in the Fonte he shall vse thys fourme of woordes If thou be not Baptised already N. I Baptise thee in the name of the father and of the Sonne and of the holy Goste Amen ¶ Confirmacion wherin is conteyned a Cathechisme for children TO the end that Confirmacion may be ministred to the more edifying of such as shall receiue it accordyng vnto S. Paules doctrine who teacheth that all thynges shoulde bee done in the Churche to the edificacyon of the same it is thought good that none herafter shal be confirmed but suche as can saye in theyr mother tong the Articles of the faythe the Lordes prayer and the .x. Commaundementes And can also aunswere to such questyons of thys shorte Cathechisme as the Bisshoppe or such as he shall appoynt shall by hys discretion appose them in And thys ordre is most conuenient to bee obserued for diuerse consideracions Fyrst because that when children come to the yeres of discretion and haue learned what theyr Godfathers and Godmothers promised for thē in Baptysme they may then themselues with theyr owne mouth with theyr owne consent openly before the Churche ratifye and confirme thesame and also promise that by the grace of God they wyll euermore endeuoure themselues faythfully to obserue and kepe such thynges as they by theyr owne mouthe and confession haue assented vnto Secondly forasmuch as Confirmacion is ministred to them that bee Baptised that by imposicion of handes and prayer they maye receyue strength and defence against all temptacyons to sinne and the assaultes of the world and the Deuil it is most mete to be minystred when childrē come to that age that partly by the fraylty of theyr owne fleshe partly by the assaultes of the world and the Deuill they begyn to be in daunger to fall into sondrye kyndes of synne Thirdly for that it is agreable with the vsage of the Church in times past wherby it was ordeyned that Confirmacion shoulde be ministred to them that were of perfect age that they being instructed in Chrystes religion shoulde openlye professe theyr owne fayth and promise to be obedient vnto the will of God And that no man shall thynke that anye detriment shall come to chyldren by deferryng of theyr Confyrmacion he shal knowe for trueth that it is certayne by Goddes woorde that chyldren beeyng baptised haue all thynges necessarie for theyr saluacyon and be vndoubtedly saued A Cathechisme that is to say an instruccion to be learned of euery childe before he be brought to be Confirmed of the Bysshop Question What is your name Aunswere N. or M. Question Who gaue you thys name Aunswere My godfathers and godmothers in my Baptisme wherin I was made a member of Chryst the childe of God and an inheritour of the kingdome of heauen Question What did your godfathers and godmothers then for you Aunswere They dyd promyse and vowe three thynges in my name First that I shoulde forsake the deuill and all hys workes and pompes the vanities of the wicked worlde and all the synful lustes of the flesshe Secondly that I shoulde beleue al the articles of the christen faith And thirdly that I should kepe Goddes holy wil and commaundementes and walke in thesame all the dayes of my lyfe Question Doest thou not thinke that thou art bounde to beleue and to doe as they haue promised for thee Aunswere Yes verely And by Gods helpe so I wil. And I hertelye thanke oure heauenly father that he hath called me to thys state of saluaciō through Iesus Christ our sauiour And I pray god to geue me his grace that I maye continue in the same vnto my lyues ende Question Rehearse the articles of thy beliefe Aunswere I Beleue in god the father almightie maker of heauen of earth And in Iesus Christ his only sonne our lorde Whiche was conceyued of the holye ghoste borne of the of virgin Mary Suffred vnder Pōce Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into hell The thyrde daye he rose agayne from the dead He ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hande of god the father almightie From thence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleue in the holy gost The holy Catholyke Churche
The cōmunion of Sainctes The forgeuenes of sinnes The resurreccion of the body And the lyfe euerlastyng Amen Question What doest thou chiefllye learne in these articles of thy beliefe Aunswere Fyrst I learne to beleue in god the father who hath made me and al the worlde Secondly in God the sonne who hath redemed me and al mankynde Thirdly in god the holy gost who sanctifieth me and al the elect people of god Question You sayd that your godfathers and godmothers dyd promise for you that you should kepe gods commaundementes Tell me howe many there be Aunswere Tenne Question Which be they Aunswere THesame which God spake in the .xx. Chapiter of Exodus saying I am the Lorde thy god whyche haue broughte thee out of the lande of Egipte out of the house of bondage i. Thou shalt haue none other Goddes but me ii Thou shalte not make to thy selfe any grauen ymage nor the likenes of any thyng that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath nor in the water vnder the earth Thou shalte not bowe downe to them nor worshippe them for I the Lord thy god am a gelous god and visite the synnes of the fathers vpon the childrē vnto the thyrd and fourth generacion of them that hate me and shew mercy vnto thousandes in thē that loue me kepe my commaundementes iii. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy god in vayne for the lord wil not hold him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne iiii Remember thou kepe holy the Sabboth day Sixe dayes shalt thou laboure doe al that thou hast to doe but the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the Lorde thy God In it thou shalte doe no maner of woorke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruaunte and thy mayde seruaunte thy Cattell and the straunger that is wythin thy gates for in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth day Wherefore the Lorde blessed the seuenth daye and hallowed it v. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy daies may be long in the lande whiche the Lorde thy god geueth thee vi Thou shalt doe no murther vii Thou shalt not commit adultery viii Thou shalt not steale ix Thou shalt not beare false witnes agaist thi neighbour x. Thou shalte not coueite thy neyghbours house thou shalte not coueite thy neighbours wyfe nor hys seruaunte nor his maid nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thing that is his Question What dooeste thou chieflye learne by these commaundementes Aunswere I learne two thinges My duetie towardes god and my duetye towardes my neighboure Question What is thy duetie towardes God Aunswere My duetie towardes God is to beleue in hym to feare hym and to loue hym with all my hearte wyth all my mynde with all my soule and with all my strength To worshyppe hym To geue him thankes To put my whole trust in hym To call vpon hym To honoure his holy name and his word and to serue hym truly al the dayes of my life Question What is thy duetie towardes thy neighbour Aunswere My duetie towardes my neighbour is to loue him as my selfe And to doe to al men as I would they should doe vnto me To loue honoure and succoure my father and mother To honoure and obey the kyng and hys ministers To submitte my selfe to al my gouernours teachers spiritual Pastours and Maisters To ordre my self lowly and reuerētly to all my betters To hurte no body by worde nor dede To be true and iust in al my dealyng To beare no malyce nor hatred in my heart To kepe my handes from picking and stealing and my tongue from euill speaking lying and slaundering To kepe my body in temperaunce sobernesse and chastitie Not to couet nor desyre other mennes goodes But learne and labour truly to geat mine own liuing and to do my duetie in that state of life vnto which it shal please God to call me Question My good childe knowe thys that thou art not hable to doe these thynges of thy self nor to walke in the cōmaundemētes of God and to serue him without hys special grace whiche thou muste learne at al tymes to call for by diligent prayer Let me heare therfore if thou canst sate the Lordes prayer Aunswere OVr father whiche art in heauen hallowed be thy name Thy kingdome come Thy wyll be done wyll be done in earth as it is in heauē Geue vs this day our dayly bread And forgeue vs oure trespasses as we forgeue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not in to temptacion But deliuer vs from euil Amen Question What desirest thou of God in thys prayer Aunswere I desyre my Lorde God our heauenly father who is the geuer of all goodnes to sende his grace vnto me and to all people that we maye worship him serue hym and obey him as we oughte to doe And I pray vnto God that he wyll sende vs all thynges that be nedeful both for our soules and bodyes And that he will be mercifull vnto vs and forgeue vs oure synnes and that it will please hym to saue and defende vs in al daungers gostly and bodely And that he wil kepe vs from all synne and wickednes and from our gostly enemy and from euerlastyng death And this I trust he wil doe of his mercye and goodnesse throughe our Lorde Iesu Christ And therfore I saye Amen So be it So sone as the children can saye in their mother tong the Articles of the faith the Lordes praier the .x. commaundementes and also can aunswere to suche questions of this shorte Cathechisme as the Bishop or suche as he shall appoynte shal by his discrecion appose them in then shal they be brought to the Bisshoppe by one that shal be his Godfather or Godmother that euery chylde maye haue a witnesse of his confirmacion And the Bisshoppe shall confyrme them on thys wyse ¶ Confirmacion Our helpe is in the name of the Lorde Aunswere Which hath made both heauen and earth Minister Blessed is the name of the Lorde Aunswere Hencefurth world without ende Minister Lorde heare our prayer Aunswere And let our crye come to thee ¶ Let vs praye ALmightie euerliuyng God who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these thy seruaūtes by water and the holy gost and hast geuen vnto them forgeuenes of al their synnes strengthen them we beseche thee O lord with the holy gost the comforter and dayly encrease in them thy manifolde giftes of grace the spirite of wysedome and vnderstanding the spirite of counsel and gostely strength the spirite of knowledge and true godlynesse and fulfyll them O Lorde with the spirite of thy holy feare Amen Then the Bisshop shal lay hys hande vpon euery child seuerally saying Defende O Lorde this childe with thy heauenlye grace that he may continue thyne for euer and dayly encrease in thy holy spirite more and more vntil he come vnto thy euerlastyng kyngdome Amen Then shall
ordinaunce And thereto I geue thee my trouth Then shal they agayne loose their handes and the man shal geue vnto the woman a ring laying thesame vpon the boke with the accustomed duety to the Priest Clerke And the Priest taking the ring shal delyuer it vnto the man to putte it vpon the fourth fynger of the womans left hand And the man taught by the Priest shall saye With this ring I thee wed wyth my body I thee worshyp with al my worldly goodes I thee endow In the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen Then the man leauing the ryng vpon the fourth fynger of the womans left hande the Minister shall saye ¶ Let vs praye O Eternall god creatour and preseruer of al mankynde geuer of all spirituall grace the auctour of euerlasting lyfe Sende thy blessing vpon these thy seruauntes this mā and this woman whō we blesse in thy name that as Isaac and Rebecca liued faithfully together so these persons may surely perfourme and kepe the vow and couenaunt betwixt them made whereof this ring geuen and receiued is a tokē and pledge and may euer remaine in perfect loue and peace together and lyue accordyng vnto thy lawes through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen Then shall the Priest ioyne their right handes together and say Those whom God hath ioined together lette no man put asunder Then shall the Minister speake vnto the people FOrasmuche as N. and N. haue consented together in holy wedlocke and haue witnessed thesame before god and this company and therto haue geuen and pledged their trouth eyther to other and haue declared thesame by geuing and receiuing of a ring and by ioyning of handes I pronounce that they be man and wife together In the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And the Minister shal adde thys blessing God the father god the sonne god the holy gost blesse preserue and kepe you the Lord mercifully with his fauoure loke vpon you and so fil you with al spiritual benediccyon and grace that you maye so liue together in thys life that in the world to come you may haue life euerlasting Amen Then the Minister or Clerkes going to the Lordes table shall saye or syng thys psalme folowyng Beati omnes ps cxxviii BLessed are al they that feare the lorde and walke in thys wayes For thou shalt eate the labour of thy handes O well is thee and happy shalt thou be Thy wife shal be as the fruitefull vine vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the Oliue braunches rounde aboute thy table Loe thus shal the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lorde from oute of Sion shall blesse thee that thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all thy lyfe long Yea that thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace vpon Israel Glory be to the father c. As it was in the. c. Or els thys psalme folowyng Deus misereatur psal lxvii GOd be merciful vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the light of his countenaunce and be merciful vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon the earth thy sauyng health among all nacions Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nacions reioyce and be glad for thou shalt iudge the stocke righteouslye and gouerne the nacions vpon the earth Let the people praise thee O god let all the people prayse thee Then shal the earth bryng forth her encrease and god euēour God shall geue vs hys blessyng God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare hym Glory be to the father c. As it was in the. c. The Psalme ended and the man and the woman knelyng afore the Lordes table the Priest standing at the table and turning his face towarde them shall saye Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Aunswere Christe haue merry vpon vs. Minister Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which art in heauen c And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruaunt and thy handmayde Aunswere Which put their trust in thee Minister O Lorde sende them helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore defende them Minister Be vnto them a towre of strength Aunswere From the face of theyr enemye Minister O Lorde heare our prayer Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee The Minister O God of Abraham God of Isaac God of Iacob blesse these thy seruauntes and so we the sede of eternall lyfe in their mindes that whatsoeuer in thy holy worde they shall profitably learne they maye in dede fulfil thesame Loke O Lord mercifully vpon thē from heauen and blesse them And as thou diddest sende thy blessing vpon Abraham and Sara to their great comfort so vouchsafe to sende thy blessing vpō these thy seruauntes that they obeying thy wil and alway beeing in safetie vnder thy proteccion may abide thy loue vnto their liues ende through Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen Thys prayer next folowyng shal be omitted where the women is paste chylde byrth O Merciful lord heauenly father by whose gracious gift mankind is encreased we beseche thee assyste with thy blessyng these two persons that they may both be fruiteful in procreacion of childrē and also liue together so long in godly loue and honestie that they may see their childrens children vnto the thyrde fourth generacyon vnto thy prayse and honoure throughe Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whiche by thy mightie power hast made all thinges of naughte which also after other thinges set in ordre didst appointe that out of mā created after thyne owne ymage and similitude woman should take her beginning and knitting thē together dydst teache that it should neuer be lawful to put a sunder those whom thou by matrimonie hadst made one O God whych hast consecrated the state of matrimonie to such an excellent misterie that in it is signified and represented the spiritual mariage vnitie betwixt Christ his church Loke mercyfully vpon these thy seruauntes that both this mā may loue his wyfe accordyng to thy worde as Chryste did loue hys spouse the church who gaue him selfe for it louing cherysshyng it euen as his own flesh And also the this womā may be louing amiable to her husband as Rachel wife as Rebecca faithfull obedient as Sara and in all quietnes sobrietie peace be a folower of holy and godly matrones O Lord blesse them both graunt them to inherite thy euerlasting kingdom through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest saye ALmightie God which at the beginning did create our first parentes Adam and Eue and did sanctifie ioine them together in mariage powre vpō you the riches of hys grace sanctifie and blesse you that ye may please hym both in body and soule and lyue together in holy loue vnto your lyues ende Amen Then
shal begin the Communion and after the Gospel shal be said a sermon wherein ordinarely so oft as there is any mariage thoffice of a man wyfe shal be declared according to holy scripture or yf there be no sermon the Minister shall reade thys that foloweth Al ye which be maryed or which entende to take the holy estate of matrimonie vpon you heare what holy scripture doeth say as touching the duetie of husbandes toward their wiues and wiues toward their husbandes Saincte Paul in his Epistle to the Ephesians the fifth Chapiter doeth geue thys commaundemente to all maryed men Ye husbandes loue your wiues euen as Christe loued the church hath geuen himselfe for it to sanctifie it pourging it in the fountayne of water throughe thy worde that he might make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion not hauing spotte or wrinkel or any suche thyng but that it should be holy blameles So men are bound to loue their owne wyues as theyr own bodyes He that loueth his own wyfe loueth himfelse For neuer dyd any man hate his own fleshe but nourisheth and cherisheth it euen as the lord doth the congregacion for we are membres of his bodye of hys fleshe and of hys bones For thys cause shal a man leaue father and mother and shall bee ioyned vnto hys wife and they two shall bee one fleshe This misterie is great but I speake of Chryste and of the congregaciō Neuertheles let euery one of you so loue hys own wyfe euen as hymselfe Lykewyse thesame sainct Paul writing to the Colossians speaketh thus to al men that be maried Colo. iiii Ye men loue your wyues and be not bitter vnto them Heare also what Sainct Peter the Apostle of Chryste which was himselfe a maried man sayeth vnto al mē that are maryed i. pete iii Ye husbandes dwel with your wyues according to knowledge Geuing honoure vnto the wife as vnto the weaker vessell and as heyres together of the grace of lyfe so that your prayers be not hyndered Hertherto ye haue heard the duetie of the husband toward the wife Now lykewyse ye wiues heare learne your duetie towardes your husbandes euen as it is playnely set forth in holy scripture SAincte Paule in the forenamed Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth you thus Ephesi v Ye women submit youre selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the lord for the husbande is the wyues head euē as Christ is the head of the Church And he is also the sauioure of the whole bodye Therefore as the church or congregacion is subiect vnto Christe so likewise let the wiues also be in subiecciō vnto their own husbandes in all thinges And agayne he saieth Let the wife reuerence her husband And in his Epistle to the Collossians Sayncte Paul geueth you this short Lesson Colos iii Ye wiues submit youre selues vnto your own husbandes as it is conuenient in the Lorde SAinct Peter also doeth instructe you very godly thus saying i. pete iii. Let wiues bee subiecte to their owne husbandes so that yf any obey not the worde they may be wonne without the worde by the conuersacion of the wiues while they behold your chast conuersacion coupled with feare wbose apparell lette it not bee outward with broided heere and trimming about with golde either in putting on of gorgeous apparel but let the hid mā whiche is in the heart be without al corrupcyon so that the spirite be milde and quiet which is a precious thing in the sight of god For after this maner in the olde time dyd the holy womē which trusted in god apparel themselues being subiect to their own husbandes as Sara obeyed Ibraham calling hym Lorde whose daughters ye are made doyng well and being not dismaide with any feare ¶ The new maried persons thesame day of their mariage must receiue the holy Communion ¶ The ordre for the visitacion of the sicke The Priest entering into the sicke persons house shall saye Peace be in this house and to all that dwell in it When he commeth into the sicke mans presence he shall saye knelyng downe REmembre not lord our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers Spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed with thy moste precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which art in heauen c And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruaunte Aunswere Whiche putteth his trust in thee Minister Sende hym helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore mightely defende hym Minister Let the enemy haue none aduauntage of hym Aunswere Nor the wicked approche to hurt hym Minister Be vnto hym O Lorde a strong towre Aunswere From the face of his enemie Minister Lorde heare our prayers Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee The Minister O Lord loke downe from heauen behold visite and releue this thy seruaunt Loke vpon him with the eyes of thy mercy geue him comfort and sure confydence in thee Defende him from the daunger of the enemy and kepe hym in perpetuall peace and safetye through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen HEare vs almightie and most merciful god and sauioure Extende thy accustomed goodnes to thys thy seruaunt which is grieued with sickenes Visite hym O Lorde as thou diddest visite Peters wiues mother and the Captaines seruaunt So visite and restore vnto this sicke person his former health yf it be thy wyl or els geue him grace so to take thy visitacion that after this painful life ended he may dwel with thee in lyfe euerlasting Amen Then shall the Minister exhorte the sicke person after thys fourme or other lyke DErely beloued know thys that almightie God is the Lord of life and death and ouer all thinges to them perteining as youth strength health age weakenes and sickenesse Wherefore whatsoeuer your sickenes is know you certainly that it is gods visitacyon And for what cause soeuer thys syckenes is sente vnto you whether it bee to trie youre pacience for the example of other and that your fayth maye be founde in the daye of the Lorde laudable glorious honourable to the encrease of glorye endles felicitie Or els it be sente vnto you to correcte and amend in you whatsoeuer doeth offend the eies of our heauenly father know you certaynly that yf you truely repente you of your sinnes and beare your sickenesse paciently trustyng in Goddes mercy for his dere sonne Iesus Christes sake and rendre vnto him humble thākes for his fatherly visitaciō submitting your selfe wholy to his will it shall turne to your profite and helpe you foreward in the right way that leadeth vnto euerlasting life ¶ If the person visited be very sicke then the Curate may ende his exhortacion in this place ¶ Take therefore in good woorth the chastement of the Lorde For whom the Lorde loueth
soule of our dere brother here departed we therefore commit hys body to the ground earth to earth asshes to asshes dust to dust in sure certaine hope of resurreccion to eternal lyfe through our Lord Iesus Christ who shal chaunge our vile bodi that it may be like to his glorious body according to the mightie working wherby he is hable to subdue all thynges to hymselfe Then shal be sayde or song I Heard a voyce from heauen saying vnto me write from hence for the blessed are the dead whiche dye in the Lorde Euen so sayeth the spiryte that they rest from theyr laboures Then shall folow this lesson taken out the .xv. Chapter to the Corinthians the firste Epistle CHrist is rysen from the dead and become the fyrste fruites of thē that slepe For by a man came death and by a man came the resurrecciō of the dead For as by Adam all dye euen so by Christe shal all bee made alyue but euery man in his owne ordre The firste is Christe then they that are Christes at hys comyng Then cometh the end when he hath deliuered vp the kyngdom to god the father when he hath put down al rule and al auctoritie and power For he muste reigne tyll he hath put all hys enemies vnder his fete The last enemie that shal be destroied is death For he hath put al thinges vnder his fete But whē he sayeth all thynges are put vnder hym it is manifest that he is excepted whyche did putte all thynges vnder hym When all thynges are subdued vnto him then shal the sonne also himselfe bee subiecte vnto hym that putte all thynges vnder him that god may be al in al els what doe thei which are Baptised ouer the dead yf the dead ryse not at al Why are they then Baptised ouer them yea and why stande we alwaye then in ieopardye by oure reioysyng whiche I haue in Christ Iesu our Lord I die dayly That I haue foughte with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of mē what auantageth it me if the dead rise not again Let vs eate drinke for to morowe we shal dye Be not ye deceyued euil wordes corrupt good maners Awake truely out of slepe sinne not For some haue not the knowledge of god I speake this to your shame But some man wyl saye how arise the dead With what bodi shal they come thou foole that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die And what sowest thou thou sowest not the body the shal be but bare corne as of wheate or some other but god geueth it a body at his pleasure to euery sede his own body Al fleshe is not one maner of fleshe but there is one maner of flesh of mē other maner of flesh of beastes other of fishes another of birdes There are also celestial bodyes there are bodyes terrestrial But the glory of the celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another There is one maner glory of the sunne and another glory of the moone another glory of the starres For one starre differeth from another in glory so is the resurreccion of the dead It is sowen in corrupcion it riseth again in incorrupcion It is sowen in dishonoure it riseth agayn in honour It is sowen in weakenes it riseth again in power It is sowen a naturall body it riseth agayne a spirituall body There is a natural body there is a spiritual body as it is also written the first man Adam was made a liuing soule and the last Adam was made a quickening spirte How beit that is not first which is spiritual but the which is natural then that which is spiritual The firste man is of the earth earthy The second mā is the lord from heauen heauely As is the earthy such are they that be earthy And as is the heauenly such are they the are heauenly And as we haue borne the image of the earthy so shall we beare the Image of the heauenly Thys say I brethren that fleshe and bloud cannot inherite the kingdome of god neyther doeth corrupcion inherite vncorrupcion Behold I shewe you a mistery We shall not all slepe but we shall al be chaunged and that in a momente in the twinkeling of an eie by the last trumpe For the trumpe shal blow the dead shal rise incorruptible and we shal be chaunged For this corruptible must put on incorrupcion this mortal must put on immortalitie When this corruptible hath put on incorrupciō this mortal hath put on immortalitie thē shal be brought to passe the saying that is written Death is swalowed vp in victorie Death where is thy sting Hell where is thy victorye The sting of Death is synne and the strength of synne is the lawe But thankes be vnto god which hath geuen vs victory through our Lorde Iesus Christ Therfore my deare brethren be ye stedfast and vnmoueable alwayes riche in the worke of the Lord forasmuch as ye know now that your labour is not in vayne in the Lorde The Lesson ended the Priest shall saye Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But delyuer vs from euill Amen The Priest ALmightie god with whom doe liue the spirites of them that depart hence in the Lord and in whom the soules of them that be elected after they be deliuered from the burthen of the fleshe be in ioye felicitie We geue thee harty thākes for that it hath pleased thee to deliuer this N. our brother out of the miseries of thys synneful world beseching thee that it may please thee of thy gracious goodnes shortely to accōplishe the numbre of thine elect and to hast thy kyngdome that we with thys our brother al other departed in the true faith of thy holy name may haue our perfect consummacion blisse both in body soule in thy eternall and euerlastyng glory Amen ¶ The Collecte O Merciful god the father of our lord Iesus Christ who is the resurreccion and the lyfe in whom whosoeuer beleueth shal liue though he die And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth in him shal not die eternally who also taught vs by his holy Apostle Paul not to be sorye as men without hope for them that slepe in him We mekely beseche thee O father to rayse vs from the death of synne vnto the lyfe of righteousnes that when we shall depart this lyfe we may rest in him as our hope is this our brother doeth and that at the general resurreccion in the last day we may be foūd acceptable in thy sight and receiue that blessing which thy welbeloued sonne shall then pronounce to all that loue and feare thee saying Come ye blessed chyldren of my father receiue the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world Graunte this we beseche thee O merciful father through Iesus Christe our
mediatour and redemer Amen ¶ The thankes geuing of weomen after childe birth commonly called the Churching of women The woman shall come into the churche and there shall knele down in some conuenient place nigh vnto the place where the Table standeth and the Priest standing by her shall saye these wordes or such like as the case shall require FOrasmuch as it hath pleased almighty god of his goodnes to geue you safe deliueraunce and hath preserued you in the great daunger of childbirth ye shall therfore geue hearty thankes vnto God and praye ¶ Then shall the Priest say this Psalme I Haue lyfted vp myne eyes vnto the hylles from whence cometh my helpe My helpe cometh euen from the Lord whiche hath made heauen and earth He will not suffre thy foote to be moued and he that kepeth thee will not slepe Behold he that kepeth Israel shall neither flumber nor slepe The lord himself is thy keper the lorde is thy defence vpon thy right hande So that the Sunne shal not burne thee by daye neither the Moone by night The Lord shall preserue thee from al euill yea it is euen he that shal kepe thy soule The Lorde shall preserue thy going out and thy coming in from this time furth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c As it was in the beginning is nowe c. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Priest O Lord saue this woman thy seruaunt Aunswere Which putteth her trust in thee Priest Be thou to her a strong tower Aunswere From the face of her enemy Priest Lord heare our prayer Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee Priest ¶ Let vs pray O Almighty god which hast deliuered this woman thy seruaunt from the great payn peril of childe byrth Graunt we beseche thee most merciful father that she through thy helpe maye both faithfully liue walke in her vocacion according to thy will in this life present And also maye be partaker of euerlasting glori in the life to come through Iesus Christ our lord Amē ¶ The woman that cometh to geue her thankes must offre accustomed offeringes and if there be a Communion it is conuenient that she receiue the holy Communion ¶ A Comminacion against synners with certayne prayers to be vsed dyuerse tymes in the yere ¶ After Morning prayer the people beyng called together by the rynging of a bell and assembled in the Churche the Englishe Letany shal be sayde after the accustomed maner whiche ended the Priest shall goe into the pulpitte and saye thus BRethren in the primatiue Churche there was a godly discipline that at the begynning of Lent suche persones as were notorious sinners were put to open penaunce punished in thys world that their soules myght bee saued in the daye of the Lord. And that others admonished by their exaumple might be more afrayd to offēd In the stede whereof vntyll the sayd discipline may be restored agayn whiche thyng is much to be wisshed it is thought good that at thys tyme in your presence should be read the generall sentences of God cursyng against impenitent sinners gathered out of the .xxvii. Chapter of Deuteronomie and other places of scripture And that ye shoulde aunswere to euery sentence Amen To thintēt that you being admonished of the great indignacion of god against sinners may the rather be called to earnest and true repentaunce and may walke more warely in these daungerous daies fleing from such vices for the which ye affirme with your own mouthes the curse of God to be due Cursed is the man that maketh any carued or molten ymage an abhominacion to the Lorde the woorke of the handes of the craftes man and putteth it in a secrete place to worship it And the people shall aunswere and saye Amen Ministre Cursed is he that curseth his father and mother Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that remoueth awaye the marke of hys neighbours land Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that maketh the blynde to goe out of hys waye Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that letteth in iudgement the right of the straunger of them that be fatherles and of wiedowes Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour secretely Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that lyeth with his neighbours wife Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that taketh reward to slay the soule of innocent bloud Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man and taketh manne for hys defence and in hys hearte goeth from the Lorde Aunswere Amen Ministre Cursed are the vnmercifull the fornicatours and adulterers and the couetous persones the woorshippers of ymages slaunderers drunkardes and extorcioners Aunswere Amen The Minister NOw seeyng that all they be accursed as the Prophete Dauid beareth witnes psa cxviii which doe erre go a stray from the commaundementes of god let vs remembryng the dreadfull iudgement hangyng ouer oure heades and beeyng alwayes at hande returne vnto oure Lorde God with all contricion and mekenesse of heart bewayling and lamentyng our sinful lyfe knowledgeing and confessing our offences and seking to bryng furth worthy fruites of penaunce Math. iii For nowe is the Axe put vnto the roote of the trees so that euery tree which bryngeth not furth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fyre Hebre. x. It is a fearefull thyng to fal into the handes of the liuyng god Psalm x he shall powre downe rayn vpon the sinners snares fyre brimstone storme and tempest thys shal be theyr porcion to drynke Esa xxvi For loe the lord is comen out of hys place to visyte the wickednes of suche as dwell vpon the earthe Mala. iii But who may abide the day of his comyng who shal be able to endure when he appeareth Hys fanne is in his hand and he wyll pourge hys floore and gather hys wheate into the barne Math. iii but he wyll burne the chaffe with vnquencheable fyre The day of the lord cometh as a these vpon the night and when men shall saye peace and all thynges are safe i. Tess v. then shall sodeynlye destruccion come vpon them as sorowe cometh vpon a woman trauayling with childe Roma ii and they shall not escape then shall appeare the wrath of God in the day of vēgeaunce whiche obstinate sinners through the stubbernes of theyr heart haue heaped vnto themselfe whiche despysed the goodnesse pacience and long sufferaunce of God Prouer. i when he called them continually to repentaunce Then shall they call vpon me sayth the lord but I wyll not heare they shall seke me early but they shal not fynde me that because they hated knowledge and receyued not the feare of the Lord but abhorred my counsayle and despysed my correccyon
then shall it bee to late to knocke when the dore shal be shut and to late to crye for mercye when it is the tyme of iustice O terrible voyce of moste iuste iudgemente whyche shal be pronounced vpon them when it shal be sayde vnto them goe ye cursed into the fyre euerlastyng whiche is prepared for the deuill and hys Aungels Mat. xxv therefore brethren take we hede betime while the day of saluacion lasteth ii Cor. vi for the night cometh when none can woorke Ioh. ix but let vs whyle we haue the lyght beleue in the lyghte and walke as the chyldren of the lyght that we bee not cast into the vtter darknes where is weping and gnashyng of teeth Mat. xxv Let vs not abuse the goodnes of God whyche calleth vs mercyfully to amendmente and of hys endlesse pietie promiseth vs forgeuenesse of that which is past yf with a whole minde and true heart we returne vnto hym for though our sinnes bee redde as scarlet they shal be as whyte as Snowe Esai i. Ezechiel xxviii and thoughe they be lyke purple yet shall they be as whyte as wolle Turne you clene sayth the Lorde from all your wickednesse and your sinne shall not bee your destruccion Cast awaye from you al your vngodlines that ye haue done make you new heartes and a newe spirite wherefore wyll ye dye O ye house of Israel Seeing that I haue no pleasure in the death of him that dieth saith the lord god i. Iohn ii Turne you then you shall liue Althoughe we haue sinned yet haue we an aduocate with the father Iesus Christe the righteous Esai liii and he it is that obteyneth grace for oure sinnes for he was wounded for oure offences and smitten for oure wyckednes Let vs therfore returne vnto hym who is the mercifull receiuer of al true penitent sinners assuryng our selfe that he is readye to receue vs and moste willing to pardon vs if we come to hym with faytfull repentaunce If we wyll submyt oure selues vnto him from hencefurth walke in his waies If we wil take his easy yoke light burden vpon vs to folow hym in lowlines pacience and charitie Math. xi be ordred by the gouernaunce of his holy spirite seking alwayes his glory scruyng him duelye in our vocacion with thankes geuyng This yf we doe Christe will deliuer vs from the curse of the lawe and from the extreme malediccion whiche shall light vpon them that shal be sette on the left hand Mat. xxv and he wyll sette vs on his ryghte hand and geue vs the blessed benediccyon of hys father cōmaunding vs to take possession of his glorious kingdome vnto the whiche he vouchsafe to bryng vs all for hys infinite mercy Amen Then shal they al knele vpon theyr knees the Priestes and Clerkes knelyng where they are accustomed to saye the Letany shall saye thys Psalme Miserere mei deus Psalm li HAue mercye vpon me O God after thy great goodnesse according to the multitude of thy mercyes doe away myne offences Washe me throughly fro my wickednes and clense me from me synne For I knowledge my faultes and my synne is euer beefore me Agaynst thee only haue I sinned and done this euil in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying and cleare when thou art iudged Beholde I was shapen in wickednes and in sinne hathe my mother conceyued me But loe thou requirest trueth in inwarde parties shalt make me to vnderstande wisedome secretly Thou shalte purge me with Isope and I shal be cleane thou shalt washe me and I shal be whyter then Snowe Thou shalte make me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones whiche thou hast broken may reioyce Turne thy face from my sinnes and putte oute al my misdedes Make me a cleane hearte O God and renewe a righte spirite within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirite from me O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne and stablishe me with thy free spirite Then shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloudguiltinesse O God thou that art the God of my health and my tongue shall syng of thy righteousnesse Thou shalte open my lippes O Lorde my mouthe shall shewe thy prayse For thou desirest no sacrifice els woulde I geue it thee but thou delitest not in burnt offerynges The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirite a broken and a contrite hearte O God shalt thou nor despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the walles of Hierusalem Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of rightousnes with the burnt offerings and oblacions then shal they offer yong bullockes vpon thyne altare Glory be to the father and to the sonne and. c. As it was in the beginnyng and is now c Amen Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which art in heauen c And leade vs not into temptacyon Aunswere But delyuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruauntes Aunswere Which put theyr truste in thee Minister Sende vnto them helpe from aboue Aunswere And euermore mightely defende them Minister Helpe vs O God our sauiour Aunswere And for the glory of thy names sake delyuer vs be merciful vnto vs sinners for thy names sake Minister O Lorde heare our prayers Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee ¶ Let vs praye O Lord we beseche thee mercifully heare oure praiers and spare all those which confesse theyr sinnes to thee that they whose consciences by sinne are accused by thy mercifull pardon may be absolued Throughe Chryste oure Lorde Amen O Most mightie god and merciful father which hast compassiō of al men and hatest nothing that thou hast made whiche wouldest not the death of a sinner but that he should rather turne from sinne be saued mercyfully forgeue vs our trespasses receyue and comfort vs which bee greued and weryed which the burthen of our sinne Thy propertie is to haue mercy to thee onely it apperteineth to forgeue sinnes spare vs therfore good lord spare thy people whom thou haste redemed Entre not into iudgement with thy seruauntes whiche bee vyle earth and miserable sinners but so turne thy yre frō vs which mekely knowledge our vilenes truly repent vs of our faultes so make haste to helpe vs in this worlde that we may euer lyue with thee in the worlde to come through Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen Then shall the people saye thys that foloweth after the Minister TVrne thou vs O good Lorde and so shall we bee turned be fauourable O lorde bee fauourable to thy people which turne to thee in weping fastyng and praying for thou arte a mercifull God full of compassion long sufferyng and of a great pietie Thou sparest when we deserue punishment and in thy
earth and then all hys thoughtes peryshe Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for hys helpe and whole hope is in the Lord hys god Which made heauen and earth the Sea and al that therin is which kepeth hys promyse for euer Which helpeth them to ryght that suffre wrong whiche fedeth the houngry The lord loseth men out of prieson the lord geueth syght to the blynde The lord helpeth them that are fallen the Lord careth for the ryghteous The lord careth for the straūgers he defendeth the fatherlesse and widdowe as for the waye of the vngodly he turneth it vpsyde downe The lorde thy god O Sion shall be kyng for euermore and thorowout all generacions Laudate dominum psal cxlvii Euenīg prayer O Prayse the lorde for it is a good thyng to syng prayses vnto our God yea a ioyfull and pleasaunt thyng is it to be thankefull The lord doth build vp Hierusalem and gather together the outcastes of Israel He healeth those that are broken in heart and geueth medecine to heale their sickenes He telleth the number of the starres and calleth them al by their names Great is our lord and great is his power yea his wisdom is infinite The lorde setteth vp the meke and bringeth the vngodly down to the grounde O sing vnto the lord with thankesgeuing sing praise vpon the harpe vnto our god Whiche couereth the heauen with cloudes and prepareth raine for the earth and maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaynes and hearbe for the vse of men Which geueth fodder vnto the cattell and fedeth the young rauens that call vpon hym He hath not pleasure in the strength of an horse neither delighteth he in any mans legges But the lordes delight is in them that feare hym and put theyr trust in hys mercy Prayse the Lorde O Ierusalem prayse thy God O Syon For he hath made faste the barres of thy gates and hath blessed thy children within thee He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth the with floure and wheate He sendeth furth his commaundement vpon earth and his word runneth very swiftly He geueth snowe lyke wolle and scattereth the hoare frost lyke asshes He casteth foorth hys yse lyke morselles who is hable to abide his frost He sendeth out his worde and melteth them he bloweth with his winde and the waters slowe He sheweth his woorde vnto Iacob hys statutes and ordinaunces vnto Israel He hath not dealte so with any nacion neyther haue the Heathen knowledge of hys lawes Laudate dominum de celis psalm cxlviii O Prayse the lorde of heauen praise him in the heigth Praise him al ye Aungels of his praise him al his host Prayse him sunne and Mone praise him al ye starres and lyght Prayse him al ye heauens and ye waters that be aboue the heauens Let them prayse the name of the Lorde for he spake the worde and they were made he cōmaunded and they were created He hath made them fast for euer and euer he hath geuen them a lawe whiche shall not be broken Prayse the Lorde vpon earth ye dragons all diepes Fier and haile snow and vapors winde and storme fulfilling his worde Mountaynes and al hils fruitefull trees and al Cedres Beastes and all cattel wormes and fethered foules Kinges of the earth and all people princes and al iudges of the worlde Young men and maidens olde men and children praise the name of the Lorde for his name onely is excellent and hys prayse aboue heauen and earth He shall exalte the horne of his people al his saintes shal praise him euen the children of Israel euen the people that serueth hym Cantate domino psalm cxlix O Sing vnto the Lorde a newe song let the congregacion of sainctes prayse him Let Israel reioyce in him that made him and lette the children of Syon be ioyefull in theyr Kyng Let them prayse hys name in the daunce let them syng prayses vnto him with tabret and harpe For the Lorde hathe pleasure in his people and helpeth the meke hearted Let the sainctes be ioyefull with glory let them reioyce in theyr beddes Let the praises of God be in their mouth and a two edged sweorde in theyr handes To bee auenged of the Heathen and to rebuke the people To bynde theyr kinges in chaynes and theyr nobles with linkes of yron That they may be auenged of them as it is written such honour haue all his sainctes Laudate dominum psalm cl O Prayse God in his holines praise hym in the firmament of his power Prayse hym in hys noble actes prayse hym according to his excellent greatnesse Prayse hym in the sound of the trumpet prayse hym vpon the lute and harpe Prayse him in the cimbals and daunces prayse hym vpon the stringes and pype Prayse hym vpon the well tuned cimbals prayse hym vpon the loud cimbals Let euery thyng that hath breath prayse the Lorde ¶ The ende of thys Booke ¶ Certain godly prayers to be vsed for sondrye purposes ¶ A generall confession of sinnes to be sayd euery mornyng O Almightye God oure heauenly father I confesse and knowledge that I am a miserable a wretched synner and haue manyfolde wayes moste grieuously transgressed thy most godli commaundementes thorowe wicked thoughtes vngodly lustes synfull woordes and dedes and in my whole lyfe In synne am I borne and conceued and there is no goodnes in me inasmuch as if thou shouldest entre into thy narrow iudgemente with me iudgeyng me accordyng vnto thesame I were neuer able to suffre or abide it but must nedes perishe and bee damned for euer So little helpe coumforte or succour is there eyther in me or in anye other creature Onely this is my coumfort O heauenly father that thou didst not spare thy onely deare beloued sonne but diddest geue him vp vnto the most bitter and moste vile and slaunderous death of the crosse for me that he mighte so paye the raunsome for my sinnes satisfie thy iudgement stil and pacifie thy wrath reconcile me againe vnto thee and purchase me thy grace fauour and euerlastyng lyfe Wherfore thorow the merite of his most bitter death and passion and thorow his innocēt bloudsheding I beseche thee O heauenly father that thou wilt vouchsafe to be gracious and merciful vnto me to forgeue and to pardon me all my sinnes to lighten my hearte with thy holye spirite to renue confirme and strengthen me with a ryght and a perfect fayth and to enflame me in loue toward thee and my neighboure that I maye hencefoorthe with a willyng and a gladde hearte walke as it becometh me in thy most godly commaundementes and so gloryfye prayse thee euerlastyngly And also that I maye with a free concyence and quiete hearte in all maner of temptacyons afflyccyons or necessyties euen in the verye pangues of deathe crye boldelye and merelye vnto thee and saye I beeleue in God the father almyghtye maker of heauen and earthe And in Iesus Christ c. But O lord God
heauenly father to comfort my self in affliccion and temptacyon with these articles of the christen faith it is not in my power For fayth is thy gyft and forasmuche as thou wylte bee prayed vnto and called vpon for it I come vnto thee to praye and beseche thee bothe for that and for all my other necessities euen as thy deare beloued sonne oure Sauiour Chryst Iesus hathe hym selfe taught vs. And from the very botome of my hearte I crye and saye O oure father whyche arte in heauen c. ¶ Prayers to be sayde in the mornyng O Mercyfull Lord God heauenly father I rendre most hygh laudes prayse and thankes vnto thee that thou hast preserued me bothe thys nyghte and all the tyme and dayes of my lyfe hytherto vnder thy proteccion and hast suffred me to lyue vntill thys presente houre And I beseche thee hartely thou wylte vouchesafe to receyue me thys day and the residue of my whole lyfe from hencefoorthe into thy tuicion rulyng and gouernyng me with thy holye spiryte that all maner of darkenes of misbeliefe infidelitie and of carnall lustes and affeccions may be vtterly chased and driuen out of my heart and that I may bee iustified and saued both body and soule thorow a right and a perfect fayth and so walke in the lyght of thy most godly trueth to thy glorye and prayse and to the profite and furtheraunce of my neighbour thorow Iesus Christ our Lorde and sauiour Amen ALl possible thankes that we are hable we rendre vnto thee O Lorde Iesus Christe for that thou hast willed thys nyght past to bee prosperous vnto vs and we beseche thee lykewyse to prosper all thys same daye vnto vs for thy glory and for the health of oure soule and that thou which art the true light not knowing ani going down and which art the sunne eternal geuing life foode and gladnes vnto all thynges vouchsafe to shyne into oure myndes that we maye not any where stumble to fall into any synne but may through thy good guiding and conductyng come to the lyfe euerlastyng Amen O Lorde Iesus Christe which art the true sunne of the world euermore arysyng neuer going down which by thy moste holesome appearing fight doest bring furth preserue nourish and refreshe all thinges aswel that are in heauē as also that are on earth we beseche thee mercifully and fauourably to shine into oure heartes that the nyghte and darkenes of sinnes and the mistes of errours on euery side drieuē away thou brightly shining within our hertes we may al our lyfe space goe without any stumbling or offence may decently and semely walke as in the day time being pure and cleane from the woorkes of darkenesse and abounding in al good workes which god bath prepared for vs to walke in whyche wyth father and wyth the holy gost lyuest and reygnest for euer and euer Amen O God and lord Iesus Christ thou knowest yea hast also taught vs how great the infirmitie weakenesse of man is and how certain a thyng it is that it can nothing doe without thy godly helpe If man trust to himself it cannot be auoyded but that he muste headlong runne and fall into a thousande vndoynges and mischiefes O oure father haue thou pietie compassion vpon the weakenes of vs thy children bee thou prest ready to helpe vs alwayes shewing thy mercy vpon vs prospering whatsoeuer we godlye goe aboute so that thou geuing vs light we may see what thynges are truely good in dede thou encouragyng vs we may haue an earnest desire to thesame and thou being oure gyde we maye come where to obtayne them for we hauing nothyng but mistrust in our selues doe yelde and commytte oure selues full and whole vnto the alone whiche workest all thynges in al creatures to thy honour glory So be it ¶ A prayer agaynst temptacion O Lorde Iesus Christe the onely staye and fence of oure mortal state our onely hope our onely saluacyon oure glory our triumphe who in the fleshe which thou haddest for oure onely cause taken vpon thee didst suffre thy selfe to be tempted of Sathan and who onely and alone of all men didst vtterly ouercome vanquishe sinne death the worlde the deuil and al the kingdome of hell and whatsoeuer thou hast to ouercomed for our behofe it is that thou hast ouercomed it neyther hath it been thy wyll to haue any of thy seruauntes kepe battail or fight with any of the foresaid euis but of purpose to rewarde vs with a crown of the more glory for it and to thintente that thou myghtest lykewyse ouerthrow Sathan in thy members as thou hadst afore done in thyne owne person geue thou we beseche thee vnto vs thy souldyers O Lion moste victorious of the trybe of Iuda strength against the roaring Lion which continually wandreth to and fro sekyng whom he may deuour Thou being that same serpent the true geuer of health and life that wer nayled on high vpon a tree geue vnto vs thy litle sely ones wilines agaynst the deceitfull a wayting of the most subtyle serpente Thou beyng a lambe as white as snowe the vanquisher of Satans tyranny geue vnto vs thy litle shepe the strength and vertue of thy spirite that beeyng in oure owne selues weake and feble and in thee strong valeant we may withstande and ouercome all assaultes of the deuyll so that our gostly enemy may not glory on vs but beeing conquerers through thee we may geue thankes to thy mercye which neuer leaueth them destitute that put their truste in thee who lyuest and reygnest God for euer wythoute ende Amen ¶ A prayer for obteyning of wysedome Sapien. ix O God of our fathers and Lord of mercy thou that hast made all thynges with thy worde and ordeyned man through thy wisedom that he should haue dominacion ouer the creature whiche thou haste made that he shoulde order the worlde accordyng to equitie righteousnes execute iudgement with a true heart geue me wisdō which is euer about thy seat put me not out frō among thy children for I thy seruaūt sonne of thy handmayde am a feble person of a shorte tyme and to yonge to the vnderstandyng of thy iudgement lawes yea though a man be neuer to perfecte among the children of men yet if thy wisedome be not with him he shal be nothing worthe Oh sende thy wisedome out of thy holye heauens and from the throne of thy maiestie that she maie be with me and labour with me that I maie know what is acceptable in thy sight for she knoweth and vnderstandeth all thinges and she shall conducte me right soberlye in my woorkes and preserue me in her power So shall my workes be acceptable Amen A Prayer against worldly carefulnes O Most deare tender father our defender nourisher endue vs with thy grace that we may cast of the great blindnes of our mindes carefulnes of worldly thinges may put our
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