of god in much pacience in affections in necessities in anguishes in gripes inprisonments in strifes in labours in watchings in fastings in purenes in knowledge in long-suffering in kindnes in the holy ghost in loue vnfained in the word of truth in the power of God by the armour of righteousnes of the right hand and of the left by honour dishonour by euil report good report as deceiuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and behold we liue as chastened and not killed as sorowing yet alway mery as poore yet make many rich as hauing nothing yet possessing althings ¶ The Gospell Math. iiii THen was Iesus led away of the Spirite into Wildernes to be tempted of the Deuyll And when he had fasted forty daies and forty nightes he was at the last an hungred And whē the Tempter came to him he said If thou be the sonne of God commaund that these stones be made bread But he answered sayd it is written Man shall not lyue by bread onelye but by euery woorde that proceedeth out of the mouth of god Then the deuil taketh him vp into the holy city and setteth him on a pinacle of the Temple and sayth vnto him If thou be the Sonne of God cast thy selfe downe headlong For it is written he shall geue hys Angels charge ouer thee and with their handes they shall hold thee vp least at any time thou dash thy foote against a stone And Iesus sayd vnto him it is written againe Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy god Agayne the deuill taketh him vp into an exceding hye mountaine and shewed him all the kyngdomes of the world and the glory of them and saith vnto hym All these wyll I geue thee if thou wylt fall downe worship me Then saith Iesus vnto him auoyde Sathan for it is wrytten Thou shalt woorship the Lord thy God him onely shalt thou serue Then the deuill left him behold the Angels came ministred vnto him ¶ The second Sunday in Lent. The Epistle i. Thessa. iiii WE besech you brethren and exhort you by the Lord Iesus that ye encrease more and more euen as ye haue receiued of vs how ye ought to walke to please god For ye know what commaundementes we gaue you by our Lord Iesus Christ For this is the wyll of God euen your holynes that ye should abstayne from fornication that euery one of you should know how to keepe his vessel in holynes and honour not in the lust of concupiscence as do the Heathen which know not God that no man oppresse defraud his brother in bargayning because that the lord is the auenger of all such things as we tolde you before and testified For God hath not called vs vnto vnclennes but vnto holynes He therefore that despiseth dispiseth not a man but God which hath sent his holy spirit among you ¶ The Gospell Math. xv IEsus went thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon and behold a woman of Canaan which came out of the same coastes cryed vnto him saying haue mercy on me O Lord thou sonne of Dauid My daughter is pyteously vexed with a deuill But he answered her nothing at all And hys disciples came and besought him saying send her away for she cryeth after vs But he aunswered and sayd I am not sent but to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel Then came she and worshipped him saying Lord help me He answered and said It is not meete to take the childrens bread and cast it to Dogs She answered sayd Truth Lord yet the Dogs eate of the croomes which fall from their maisters table Then Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto her O woman great is thy faith be it vnto thee euen as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole euen the same tyme. ¶ The third sunday in Lent. The Epistle Ephe. v. BE you folowers of God as deare chlldren and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue himselfe for vs an offering a sacrifice of a sweete sauour to god As for fornication and all vnclennes or couetousnes let it not be once named among you as for it becōmeth Saintes or filthines or foolish talking or iesting which are not comly but rather geuing of thanks For this ye know that no whoremōger either vncleane person or couetous person which is a woorshipper of Images hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ of god Let no man deceue you with vain words For because of such things commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience Be not ye therfore companions of them Ye were sometimes darknes but now are ye lyght in the Lord walke as children of lyght for the truth of the spirit consisteth in al goodnes and righteousnes and truth Accept that which is pleasing vnto the Lord haue no felowship with the vnfruitful workes of darknes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those things which are done of them in secrete but all things when they are brought foorth by the light are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifest the same is light wherfore he saith Awake thou that sleepest and stand vp from death and Christ shal geue thee lyght ¶ The Gospell Luke xii IEsus was casting out a deuill that was dum And when he had cast out the deuyll the dumme spake and the people wondered But some of them sayd he casteth out Deuyls thorow Belzebub the chiefe of the deuils And other tempted him and required of him a signe from heauen But he knowing their thoughts said vnto them Euery kingdom deuided against it self is desolate and one house doth fall vpon another If Sathan also be deuided against him selfe how shall his kingdome endure Because ye saye I cast out deuils through Belzebub if I by the helpe of Belzebub cast out Deuils by whose helpe do your children cast them out therefore shal they be your iudges But if I with the finger of God cast out deuils no doubt the kingdome of God is come vpon you When a strong man armed watcheth his house the things that he possesseth are in peace But when a stronger then he commeth vpon him and ouercōmeth him he taketh from him all hys harnes wherin he trusted and deuideth his goods He that is not with me is against me And he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroade When the vncleane spirit is gone out of a mā he walketh through dry places seking rest And when he findeth none he saith I wil returne againe into my house whence I came out And when he cōmeth he fyndeth it swept garnished Then goeth he and taketh to him seuen other spirites worse then him selfe they enter in dwel there And the end of that man is worse then the beginning And it fortuned that as he spake these things a certain woman of the company lift vp her voyce sayd vnto him Happy is the
maner of man is this that both windes and sea obey him And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesites ther met with hym ij possessed of Deuils which came out of the graues were out of measure fierce so that no man might go by that way And behold they cried out saying O Iesu thou sonne of God what haue we to do with thee Art thou come hither to tormēt vs before the time And ther was a good wai of frō thē a herd of swine feding So the diuels besought him saying if thou cast vs out suffer vs to go into the herd of swine And he said vnto them go your wayes Then went they out and departed into the herd of swine And behold the whole herd of swine was caryed headlong into the sea perished in the waters Then they that kept them fled and went their waies into the City and tolde euery thing what had happened vnto the possessed of the deuils And behold the whole city came out to mete Iesus whē they saw him they besought him that he wold depart out of their coastes ¶ The fift Sunday after the Epiphany The Epistle Philip. ii PUt vpon you as the elect of God tender mercy kindnes humblenes of minde mekenes long suffering forbearing one another and forgeuing one another if any man haue a quarell agaynst another as Christ forgaue you euen so do ye Aboue all these thinges put one loue which is the bond of perfectnes And the peace of God rule your hartes to the which peace ye are called in one body And see that ye be thankefull Let the word of Christ dwel in you plenteously with all wisdome Teach and exhort your own selues in Psalmes and Himnes and spirituall Songes synging with grace in your hartes to the lord And whatsoeuer ye do in word or deede do al in the name of the Lord Iesu geuing thankes to God the Father by him ¶ The Gospell Math. xiii THe kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man which sowed good seede in the field but while men slept his enemye came and sowed tares amonge the wheate and went his waye But when the blade was sproong vp and had brought forth fruit then appeared the tares also So the seruants of the housholder came and sayd vnto him Syr didst not thou sow good seede in thy field From whence then hath it tares He sayd vnto them the enuious man hath done thys The seruauntes sayd vnto hym wylt thou then that we go and weede them vp But he sayd naye leaste while ye gather vp the tares ye plucke vp also the wheate with them let both grow together vntyll the haruest and in the tyme of haruest I wyll say to the reapers gather ye first the tares and bynd them together in sheaues to be brent but gather the wheate into my barne ¶ The sunday called Septuagesima The Epistle i. Cor. ix PErceyue ye not how that they which run in acourse run all but one receiueth the reward So runne that ye may obtaine Euery man that proueth masteries abstaineth from althings And they do it to obtain a crown that shal perish but we to obtain an euerlasting crowne I therfore so run not as at an vncertain thing so fyght I not as one that beateth the ayre but I tame my body bring it into subiection least by any meanes it come to passe that when I haue preached to other I my selfe should be cast away ¶ The Gospell Math. xx THe kingdome of heauen is like vnto a man that is a housholder whych went out earely in the morning to hyre labourers into his vineyard And when the agrement was made with the labourers for a peny a daye he sent them into hys vineyard And he went out about the third houre saw other standing idle in the market place sayd vnto them go ye also into the vineyard whatsoeuer is ryght I wyll geue you And they went their way Agayne he went out about the .vi. .ix. houre did likewise And about the .xi. houre he went out found other standing idle said vnto them Why stand ye here al day idle They sayd vnto him because no man hath hired vs He sayd vnto them Go ye also into the vineyard whatsoeuer is right that shal ye receue So when euen was come the Lord of the vineyard said vnto his Steward cal the labourers geue them their hire beginning at the last vntil the first And whē they did come that came about the .ix. houre they receued euery mā a peny But when the first came also they supposed that they should haue receiued more and they likewise receiued euery mā a peny And when they had receued it they murmured against the good man of the house saying These last haue wrought but one houre and thou hast made them equall wyth vs which haue borne the burthen and heate of the day But he answered vnto one of them and sayd Friende I doo thee no wrong didst thou not agree with me for a peny Take that thyne is and go thy way I wyll geue vnto this last euen as vnto thee Is it not lawfull for me to do as me lusteth with myne owne good Is thyne eye euyll because I am good So the last shall be first the first shall be last For many are called but few are chosen ¶ The sunday called Sexagesima The Epistle ii Cor. xi YE suffer fooles gladly seing ye your selues are wyse for ye suffer if a mā bring you into bondage if a mā deuour if a man take if a man exalt hym selfe if a man smite you on the face I speake as concerning rebuke as though we had bene weake in this behalfe Howbeit wherin soeuer any man dare be bolde I speake foolishly I dare be bold also They are Hebrues euen so am I. They are Israelites euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham euen so am I. They ar the ministers of Christ I speake like a foole I am more In labours more aboundant in stripes aboue measure in pryson more plenteously in death oft Of the Iewes fiue times receiued I .xl. stripes saue one Thrise was I beatē with rods I was once stoned I suffered thrise shipwracke Night day haue I ven in the deepe sea In iourneing often in perils of waters in perils of robbers in ieoperdies of myne own natiō in ieoperdies among the Heathen in perils in the city in perils in wildernes in perils in the sea in perils among false brethrē in labour trauel in watchings often in hunger thirst in fastinges often in cold nakednes besyde the things which outwardly happen vnto me I am combred dayly do care for all congregatiōs Who is weake I am not weake Who is offended I burn not If I must nedes boast I wyl boast of the thinges that concerne mine infirmities The God father of our lord Iesus Christ
and vnto them that looke for hym shall he appeare againe without sinne vnto saluacion ¶ The Gospell Luke xxii THe feast of sweete bread drew nye which is called Easter and the hye Priestes and Scribes sought how they might kyll hym for they feared the people Then entred Sathan into Iudas whose sir name was Iscarioth which was of the number of the twelue and hee went his waye and communed with the hie Priestes and officers how he myght betray hym vnto them And they were glad and promised to geue him money And hee consented and sought oportunity to betray him vnto them when the people were away Then came the day of sweete breade when of necessity the Passeouer must be offered And he sent Peter and Iohn saying go and prepare vs the Passeouer that we may eate They sayd vnto him where wilt thou that we prepare and hee sayd vnto them behold when ye enter into the City there shall a man meete you bearing a pitcher of water him folow into the same house that he entreth in and ye shall say vnto the good man of the house the maister sayth vnto thee where is the gest chamber where I shall eate the passeouer with my Disciples And hee shall shew a great parler pauid there make readye And they went and found as he had sayd vnto them and they made ready the Passeouer And when the houre was come hee sat downe and the twelue Apostles with hym And he sayd vnto them I haue inwardly desired to eate this Passeouer with you before that I suffer For I say vnto you henceforth wyll I not eate of it any more vntyll it bee fulfilled in the kingdome of god And hee tooke the Cup and gaue thankes and sayd Take this and deuide it among you For I say vnto you I wyll not drynke of the fruite of this vyne vntill the kingdome of God come And hee tooke bread and when he had geuen thanks he brake it and gaue vnto them saying This is my body which is geuen for you this do in the remēbraunce of me Likewise also when he had supped he tooke the cup saying Thys cup is the new testament in my bloud which is shed for you Yet behold the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table And truely the sonne of man goeth as it is appointed but woe vnto that man by whom he is betrayed And they began to enquire among them selues which of them it was that should do it And there was a stryfe among them which of them should seeme to be the greatest And he said vnto them the kinges of nacions reigne ouer them and they that haue aucthoryty vpon them are called gracious but ye shall not so be But he that is greatest among you shall be as the yonger and hee that is chiefe shal be as he that doth minister For whether is greater he that sitteth at meat or he that serueth Is not he that litteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth Ye are they which haue biddē with me in my temptacions And I appointed vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appointed to me that ye may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdom sit on seates iudging the twelue tribes of Israell And the Lord said Simon Simon behold Satā hath desired to sift you as it were wheate but I haue praied for thee that thy fayth fayle not And when thou art conuerted strength thy brethren And he said vnto him lord I am ready to go with thee into prison and to death And he sayd I tel thee Peter the cock shall not crow thys day til thou haue denied me thrise that thou knowest me And he sayd vnto them when I sent you without wallet and scrip and shoes lacked ye any thing And they said no. Then sayd he vnto them but now he that hath a wallet let him take it vp likewise his scrip And he that hath no sworde let him sell his coate bie one For I say vnto you that yet the same which is written must be performed in me euen amōg the wicked was he reputed For those things which are written of me haue their end And they sayd Lord behold here are .ii. swords he said vnto thē it is inough And he came out went as he was wont to mount Oliuet and the disciples folowed him And when he came to the place he said vnto them pray lest ye fal into temptacion And he gat him selfe frō them about a stone cast and kneeled down praied saying Father if thou wilt remoue this cup frō me Neuertheles not my will but thine be fulfilled ther appeared an angel vnto him frō heauen cōforting him And he was in an agony praied the longer and his sweate was like drops of bloud trickling down to the ground And when he arose frō praier was come to his disciples he found them sleeping for heauines he said vnto thē why slepe ye Rise pray least ye fall into temptation While he yet spake behold ther came a cōpany and he that was called Iudas one of the twelue wēt before them preased nye to Iesus to kisse him But Iesus said vnto him Iudas betraiest thou the sonne of man with a kisse When they which were about him saw what would folow thei said vnto him lord shal we smite with the sword one of them smote a seruant of the hie priest stroke of his right eare Iesus answered sayd suffer ye thus far forth And when he touched his eare he healed him Then Iesus said vnto the hie Priestes rulers of the temple the elders which wer come to him Ye be come out as vnto a theefe with swords and staues When I was dayly with you in the temple ye streatched forth no handes against me but this is euen your very hour and the power of darknes Then tooke they him and led him and brought him to the hie Priestes house But Peter folowed a far of And when they had kinled a fire in the midst of the palace and were set down together Peter also sat down amonge them But when one of the wenches be helde him as he sat by the fire and looked vpon hym she sayd this same felow was also with him And he denied him saying womā I know him not And after a litle while another saw him and said thou art also of them And Peter sayd man I am not And about the space of an houre after another affirmed saying verely this felow was with him also for he is of Galile And Peter sayd mā I wot not what thou saiest immediately while he yet spake the Cock crew And the lord turned backe looked vpon Peter And Peter remembred the word of the Lord how he had sayd vnto hym before the Cock crow thou shalt deny me thrise Peter went out and wept bytterly And the men that tooke Iesus mocked him smot
spirit of God they are the sons of god For ye haue not receiued the spirit of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receiued the spirit of adoption wherby ye cry Abba father The same spirit certifieth our spirit that we are the sonnes of god If we be sonnes then are we heires the heires I meane of God and heires annexed with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may be glorified together with him ¶ The Gospell Math. vii BEware of false Prophetes which come to you in shepes clothing but inwardly they are rauening wolues Ye shall know them by theyr fruites Do men gather grapes of thornes or figs of thistles euen so euery good tree bringeth forth good fruites but a corrupt tree bringeth foorth euil fruits A good tree can not bring forth bad fruits neither can a bad tree bring forth good fruites Euery tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewen down and cast into the fire Wherfore by their fruites ye shall know thē Not euery one that saith vnto me Lord Lord shal enter into the kingdom of heauen but he that doth the will of my father which is in heauen he shal enter into the kingdom of heauen ¶ The .ix. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle i. Cor. x. BRethren I would not that ye should be ignoraunt how that our fathers were all vnder the cloude and all passed through the sea and were all baptised vnder Moyses in the cloud and in the sea and did all eate of one spirituall meate and did all drinke of one spiritual drinke And they dranke all of one spiritual Rocke that folowed them which Rocke was Christ But in many of them had God no delight For they wer ouerthrowē in the wildernes These are ensamples to vs that we should not lust after euyll thinges as they lusted And that ye should not be worshippers of images as were some of them according as it is written The people satte downe to eate and drinke and rose vp to playe Neyther let vs be defiled wyth fornication as some of them were defiled with fornication and fell in one day three and twenty thousande Neyther let vs tempt Christ as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpentes Neyther murmur yee as some of them murmured and were destroyed of the Destroyer All these thinges happened vnto them for ensaumples But are wrytten to put vs in remembraunce whom the endes ot the worlde are come vpon Wherfore let him that thinketh he standeth take heede least he fall There hath none other temptacion taken you but such as folowed the nature of man But God is faithfull which shall not suffer you to be tempted aboue your strength but shall in the middest of temptacion make away that you may be able to beare it ¶ The Gospell Luke xvi IEsus said to his disciples There was a certain rich man which had a steward and the same was accused vnto him that he had wasted his goodes And he called him and said vnto him how is it that I heare this of thee Geue accoumpts of thy Stewardship for thou mayest be no longer Steward The Steward sayd within thy selfe what shall I do for my maister taketh away from me the stewardshyp I cannot dyg to beg I am ashamed I wote what to do that when I am put out of the stewardship they may receaue me into theyr houses So when he had called all his maisters detters together he sayd vnto the fyrst how much owest thou vnto my master And he said an hundred tunnes of oyle And he sayd vnto him take thy byl and sit downe quickly and write fifty Then sayd he to another how much owest thou and he said an hundred quarters of wheate He sayd vnto him take thy byl and write foure score And the Lord commended the vniust steward because he had done wysely For the children of this world are in their nation wiser then the childrē of light And I say vnto you Make you friends of the vnrighteous Mammon that when ye shall haue nede they may receiue you into euerlasting habitacions ¶ The .x. Sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle i. Cor. xii COncerning spirituall things brethren I would not haue you ignoraunt Ye know that ye were Gentils and went your way vnto dum Images euen as ye were lead Wherefore I declare vnto you that no man speaking by the spirit of God defieth Iesus Also no man can say that Iesus is the Lord but by the holy Ghost Ther are diuersities of giftes yet but one spirit And ther are differences of administrations and yet but one lord And there are diuers maners of operations yet one God which worketh al in all The gift of the spirit is geuen to euery man to edefy withal For to one is geuen through the spirite the vtterance of wysdome To another is geuen the vtterance of knowledge by the same spirit To another is geuen fayth by the same spirit To another the gift of healyng by the same spirit To another power to doo miracles To another prophecy To another iudgement to discerne spirites To another diuers toungs To another the interpretacion of tounges by these all worketh the selfe same spirite deuidyng to euerye man a seuerall gyft euen as he wyll ¶ The Gospell Luke xix ANd when he was come neare to Ierusalem he beheld the city wept on it saying If thou haddest knowen those thynges which belong vnto thy peace euē in this thy day thou wouldest take hede But now are they hid from thine eyes For the daies shall come vnto thee that thy enemies shal cast a banke about thee and compasse thee round keepe thee in on euery side and make thee euen with the ground and thy children which are in thee And they shall not leaue in thee one stone vpon another because thou knowest not the tyme of thy visitation And he went into the temple and began to cast out them that solde therein and them that bought saying vnto them It is written my house is the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theeues And he taught dayly in the temple ¶ The .xi. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle i. Cor. i. BRethren as pertayning to the Gospell which I preached vnto you which ye haue accepted in the which ye continue by the which ye are also saued I do you to weete after what maner I preached vnto you if ye keepe it except ye haue beleued in vaine For first of al I deliuered vnto you that which I receiued how that Christ died for our syns agreing to the scriptures And that he was buried that he rose againe the third day according to the scriptures And that he was sene of Cephas then of the twelue After that he was seene of mo thē fiue hundred brethren at once of which many remayne vnto this day and many are fallen a sleepe After that appeared he to Iames then to all the Apostels And
be baptised with the baptisme that I am baptised with but to syt on my right hand and on my left is not mine to geue but it shall chaunce vnto them that it is prepared for of my Father And when the .x. heard this they disdayned at the two brethren But Iesus called them vnto hym and sayd ye know that the princes of the nacions haue dominion ouer them and they that are great men exercise aucthority vpon them It shall not be so among you But whosoeuer will be great among you let him bee your minister and whosoeuer wyll be chiefe among you let him be your seruaunt Euen as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geue his life a redemption for many ¶ Saynt Bartholmewes day the Apostle The Epistle Actes v. BY the handes of the Apostels were many signes and wonders shewed among the people And they were all together with one accord in Salomons porch And of other durst no man ioyne hym selfe to them neuertheles the people magnified them The numbre of them that beleued in the Lord both of men and women grew more and more insomuch that they brought the sick into the streetes and layde them on beds and couches that at the least way the shadow of Peter when he came by might shadow some of them There came also a multitude out of the Cytyes round about vnto Ierusalem bringing sicke folkes and them which were vexed with vncleane spirites and they were healed euery one ¶ The Gospell Luke xxii ANd ther was a strife among them which of them should seeme to be the greatest And he sayd vnto them the kinges of nations raign ouer them and they that haue auctority vpon them are called gracious Lords But ye shall not so be But he that is greatest among you shal be as the yonger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doth minister For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is not he that sitteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth Ye are they which haue bidden with me in my temptaciōs And I appoint vnto you a kingdome as my Father hath appointed vnto me that yee may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome and syt on seates iudgeing the twelue Tribes of Israell ¶ Saynt Mathewes day The Epistle ii Cor. iiii SEing that we haue such an office euen as God hath had mercy on vs we go not out of kind but haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye and walke not in craftines neyther handle we the woord of God deceitfully but open the truth and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of god If our Gospell be yet hyd it is hyd amonge them that are lost in whom the God of thys world hath blinded the minds of them which beleue not least the light of the Gospell of the glorye of Christ which is the image of God should shine vnto them For we preach not our selues but Christ Iesus to be the Lord and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake For it is God that commaūdeth the light to shine out of darknes which hath shined in our hartes for to geue the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ ¶ The Gospell Math. ix ANd as Iesus passed foorth from thence he saw a man named Mathew sytting at the receipt of custome and he sayd vnto him folow me And he arose and folowed him And it came to pas as Iesus sat at meate in his house behold many Publicans also and synners that came sat down with Iesus and his Disciples And when the Phariseis saw it they sayd vnto his disciples why eateth your maister with Publicans and sinners But whē Iesus heard that he said vnto them They that be strong neede not the Phisition but they that are sicke Go ye rather and learne what that meaneth I wyll haue mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but synners to repentaunce ¶ Saynt Michael and all Angels day The Epistle Apo. ii THere was a great battayle in heauen Michael his Aungels fought with the Dragon and the Dragon fought with his Aungels and preuailed not neither was their place found any more in heauen And the great dragon that old serpent called the Deuyll and Sathanas was cast out which deceiueth all the world And he was cast into the earth and his angels were cast out also with him And I heard a loud voyce saying in heauen is now made saluation and strength and the kingdome of one God and the power of hys Christ For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe which accused them before God day and night And they ouercame him by the bloud of the Lambe by the woorde of their testimonye and they loued not their lyues vnto the death Therfore reioyce heauens and ye that dwell in them Wo vnto the inhabitours of the earth and of the sea for the Deuyll is come downe vnto you which hath great wrath because hee knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. ¶ The Gospell Math. xviii AT the same time came the Disciples vnto Iesus saying Who is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauē Iesus called a child vnto him and set him in the mydst of them sayd verely I say vnto you except ye turne and become as children ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heauen Whosoeuer therfore humbleth himselfe as this child that same is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen And who so euer receyueth such a childe in my name receueth me but who so doth offend one of these litle ones which beleue in me it wer better for him that a mylstone were hanged about his necke that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Wo vnto the world because of offences necessary it is that offences come But wo vnto the man by whō the offences cōmeth Wherfore if thy hand or thy foote hinder thee cut him of cast it from thee It is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed rather then thou shouldest hauing two hands or two feete be cast into euerlasting fire And if thine eye offēd thee pluck it out cast it from thee it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye rather then hauing two eyes to be cast into hel fire Take hede that ye despise not one of these litle ones for I say vnto you that in heauē their angels do alwaies behold the face of my father which is in heauen ¶ Saint Luke the Euangelist The Epistle ii Timo. iiii WAtch thou in althinges suffer afflictions do the woorke throughly of an Euangelist fulfyll thine office vnto the vttermost be sober For I am now ready to be offered and the tyme of my departing is at hand I haue fought a good fight I haue fulfilled my course I haue kept the fayth From henceforth their