c. ¶ The Epistle i. thes iii WE beeseche you brethren and exhorte you by the lord Iesus that ye encrease more more euē as ye haue receyued of vs how ye ought to walke and to please God For ye know what cōmaundementes we gaue you by our Lorde Iesus Chryste For thys is the wyl of God euen your holynes that ye should absteyne from fornicacion and that euery one of you should knowe howe to kepe his vessel in holynes and honour and not in the lust of concupisence as doe the Heathen whiche knowe not God that no man oppresse and defraude hys brother in bargayninq beecause that the Lorde is the auenger of all suche thinges as we tolde you before and testified For god hath not called vs vnto vnclennes but vnto holynesse He therfore that despiseth despiseth not man but God whiche hath sent hys holy spirite among you ¶ The Gospell Math. xv IEsus went thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre Sidō and behold a woman of Canaā whiche came oute of thesame coastes cryed vnto hym saying haue mercye on me O Lorde thou sonne of Dauid My doughter is piteously vexed with a deuyll But he aunswered her nothyng at all And his disciples came and besougt hym saying send her awaye for she cryeth after vs. But he aunswered and sayd I am not sent but to the lost shepe of the house of Israel Then came the and worshipped him saying Lorde helpe me He aunswered said it is not mete to take the childrens bread and cast it to dogges She aunswered and said trueth lord for the dogges eate of the crummes which fal from their maysters table Then Iesus aunswered and said vnto her O Womā great is thy fayth be it vnto thee euē as thou wilte And her doughter was made whole euen thesame tyme. ¶ The thyrd Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collect. We beseche thee almightie god loke vpon the heartye desyres of thy humble seruauntes and stretche forth the right hande of thy maiestie to be our defence agaynst al our enemies through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephesi v BE you the folowers of God as dere children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue hymself for vs an offering a sacrifice of a swete sauour to God As for fornicacion and al vnclennesse or couetousnes let it not be once named among you as it becommeth Sainctes or filthinesse or foolyshe talking or iesting whiche are not comely but rather geuing of thankes For thys ye knowe that no whoremonger eyther vncleane person or couetous person whiche is a worshypper of ymages hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christe and of God Lette no man deceyue you with vayne wordes For because of suche thynges cometh the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience Be not ye therfore companions of them Ye mere sumtimes darkenes but now are ye light in the Lord walke as children of lighte for the fruite of the spirite consisteth in all goodnes righteousnes trueth Accept that which is pleasing vnto the Lord haue no felowship with the vufruitful workes of darkenes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those thynges which are done of them in secrete but all thinges when they are brought forth by the lyghte are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifest thesame is light wherfore he sayeth a wake thou that slepest and stande vp from death and Christ geue thee lyght ¶ The Gospell Luke xi IEsus was casting of a Deuill that was dumme And when he had cast oute the deuill the dumme spake and the people wondered But some of them sayed he casteth out deuils throughe Beelzebub the chiefe of the deuils And other tempted hym and required of him signe from heauen But he knowing their thoughtes sasyd vnto them Euery kingdome deuyded agaynst it selfe is desolate and one house doeth fall vpon another If Sathan also be deuided agaynst hymselfe howe shal hys kyngdome endure Because ye say I cast out deuils through Beelzebub If I by the helpe of Beelzebub cast out deuils by whose helpe do your children cast them out Therefore shall they bee youre iudges But if I with the finger of God cast out deuils no doubt the kingdom of God is come vpon you Whē a strong man armed watcheth hys house the thinges that he possesseth are in peace But when a stronger then he cometh vpō hym and ouercometh hym he taketh from hym al his harnesse wherin he trusted deuideth his goodes He that is not with me is agaynste me And he that gathereth not with me scatereth abroade When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man he walketh through drye places seking reste And when he findeth none he sayeth I wil returne agayn into my house whence I came oute And when he cometh he findeth it swepte garnished Then goeth he and taketh to hym seuen other spirites worse then himself and they entre in and dwel there And the ende of that mā is worse thē the beginning And it fortuned the as he spake these thinges a certayne woman of the companye lyfte vp her voyce and sayed vnto hym happy is the wombe that bare thee and the pappes whiche gaue thee sucke But he sayd yea happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it The fourth Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collecte GRaunte we beseche thee almightie god that we which for our euil dedes are worthely punisshed by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieued throughe oure Lorde Iesus Chryst ¶ The Epistle Gala. iiii TEll me ye that desyre to bee vnder the lawe doe ye not heare of the lawe for it is wrytten that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bondmayde the other by a free woman Yea and he whiche was borne of the bondwoman was borne after the fleshe but he whiche was borne of the freewoman was borne by promes which thinges are spoken by an allegory For these are two Testamentes the one from the mounte Sina whiche gendreth vnto bondage whiche is Agar For mount Sina is Agar in Arabia and bordreth vpō the citie which is now called Ierusalem and is in bondage with her children But Ierusalem whyche is aboue is fre which is the mother of vs al. For it is written Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children breake foorth and crye thou that trauaylest not For the desolate hath many moe chyldren then she whiche hath an husband Brethren we are after Isaac the chyldren of promesse But as then he that was borne after the flesshe persecuted hym that was borne after the spirite Euen so is it nowe Neuerthelesse what sayeth the scrypture putte awaye the bondwoman and her sonne For the sonne of the bondwoman shall not bee heyre with the sonne of the free woman So then brethren we are not children of the bond womā but of the free woman ¶ The Gospell Iohn vi IEsus departed ouer the sea of Galile whiche
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
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
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