For if the blood of Oxen and of Goates and the ashes of a young Cowe when it is sprinckled purifieth the vncleane as touching the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the blood of Christ which through the eternall spirit offered himselfe without spot to God purge your conscience from dead workes for to serue the liuing God And for this cause is hee the mediatour of the new Testament that through death which chanced for the redemption of those transgressions that were vnder the first Testament they which are called might receiue the promise of eternal inheritance The Gospel WHich of you can rebuke me of sinne If I say the trueth Ioh. 8.46 why doe yee not beleeue me He that is of God heareth Gods words Ye therfore heare them not because ye are not of God Then answered the Iewes and sayd vnto him Say wee not well that thou art a Samaritane and hast the deuill Iesus answered I haue not the deuill but I honour my Father and yee haue dishonoured me I seeke not mine owne prayse there is one that seeketh and iudgeth Verily verily I say vnto you If a man keepe my saying he shal neuer see death Then sayd the Iewes vnto him Now we know that thou hast the deuil Abraham is dead and the Prophets and thou sayest If a man keepe my saying he shall neuer tast of death Art thou greater then our father Abraham which is dead And the Prophets are dead Whom makest thou thy selfe Iesus answered If I honour my selfe mine honour is nothing it is my father that honoureth me which ye say is your God and yet yee haue not knowen him but I know him And if I say I know him not I shall be alyar like vnto you But I know him and keepe his saying Your father Abraham was glad to see my day and he saw it and reioyced Then said the Iewes vnto him Thou art not yet fiftie yeeres old half thou seene Abraham Iesus sayd vnto them Verily verily I say vnto you yer Araham was borne I am Then tooke they vp stones to cast at him but Iesus hid himselfe and went out of the temple The Sunday next before Easter The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God which of thy tender loue towards man hast sent our sauiour Iesus Christ to take vpon him our flesh and to suffer death vpon the crosse that all mankinde shoulde follow the example of his great humilitie mercifully grant that we both follow the example of his patience and be made partakers of his resurrection through the same Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle LEt the same minde be in you Phil. 2.5 that was also in Christ Iesus which when he was in the shape of God thought it no robberie to bee equall with God Neuerthelesse hee made himsselfe of no reputation taking on him the shape of a seruant and became like vnto men and was found in his apparell as a man Hee humbled himselfe and became obedient vnto the death euen the death of the crosse Wherefore God hath also exalted him on high and giuen him a name which is aboue al names that in the name of Iesus euery knee should bow both of things in heauen and things in earth and things vnder the earth and that all tongues should confesse that Iesus Christ is the Lord vnto the praise of God the father The Gospel AND it came to passe Mat. 26.1 when Iesus had finished all these sayings he sayd vnto his disciples Yee know that after two dayes shall be Easter and the sonne of man shall bee deliuered ouer to bee crucified Then assembled together the thiefe Priests and the Scribes and the Elders of the people vnto the palace of the high Priest which was called Caiaphas and helde a counsell that they might take Iesus by subtiltie and kill him But they sayd Not on the holy day least there be an vprore among the people When Iesus was in Bethanie in the house of Simon the Leyer there came vnto him a woman hauing an Alabaster boxe of precious oyntment and powred it on his head as he sate at the boord But when his disciples sawe it they had indignation sayig Whereto serueth this waste This oyntment might haue bene welsolde and giuen to the poore When Iesus vnderstoode that hee sayd vnto them Why trouble ye the woman for shee hath wrought a good worke vpon me For ye haue the poore alwayes with you but me ye shall not haue alwayes And in that shee hath cast this oyntment on my body she did it to burie mee Verely I say vnto you Wheresoeuer this gospel shal be preached in al the world there shal also this be told that she hath done for a memorial of her Then one of the twelue which was called Iudas Iscariot went vnto the chiefe Priestes and sayd vnto them What will ye giue me and I will deliuer him vnto you And they appointed vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer And from that time foorth hee sought opportunite to betray him The first day of sweet bread the disciples came to Iesus saying to him Where wilt thou that wee prepare for thee to eate the Passeouer And he said Goe into the citie to such a man and say vnto him The master saieth My time is at hand I wil keepe my Easter by thee with my disciples And the disciples did as Iesus had appointed them and they made readie the Passeouer When the euen was come he sate downe with the twelue and as they did eate he sayd Verily I say vnto you that one of you shall betray me And they were exceeding sorowfull and began euery one of them to say vnto him Lord is it I He answered and said He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish the same shall betray mee The sonne of man truely goeth as it is written of him but wo vnto that man by whom the sonne of man is betrayed it had bene good for that man if he had not bene borne Then Iudas which betrayed him answered and sayd Master Is it I He sayd vnto him Thou hast sayd And when they were eating Iesus tooke bread and when he had giuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to the disciples and sayd Take eate this is my body And hee tooke the cuppe and thanked and gaue it to them saying Drinke ye all of this for this is my blood which is of the newe Testament that is shed for many for the remission of sinnes But I say vnto you I will not drinke henceforth of this fruite of the vine tree vntil that day when I shall drinke it new with you in my fathers kingdome And when they had said grace they went out vnto mount Oliuet Then said Iesus vnto them All yee shall be offended because of me this night For it is written I will smite the Sheepehearde and the sheepe of the flocke shal be scattered abroad but after I am risen againe I willl goe before you into Galile Peter answered
and the breath giuen of GOD giueth him rest Thus O God hast thou led thy people to make thy selfe a glorious Name withall Looke downe then from heauen and behold the dwelling place of thy Sanctuarie and thy glorie How is it that thy ielousie thy strength the multitude of thy mercies and thy louing kindenesse will not be intreated of vs yet art thou our Father For Abraham knoweth vs not neither is Israel acquainted with vs. But thou Lord art our Father and redeemer and thy Name is euerlasting O Lord wherfore hast thou led vs out of the way wherefore hast thou hardened our hearts that we feare thee not Be at one with vs againe for thy seruants sake and for the generation of thine heritage Thy people haue had but a little of thy Sanctuarie in possession for our enemies haue troden downe thy holy place And we were thine from the beginning when thou wast not their Lord for they haue not called vpon thy name The Gospel AFter two dayes was Easter Mar. 14.1 and the dayes of sweete bread And the high Priestes and the Scribes sought howe they might take him by craft and put him to death But they sayde Not in the feast day lest any businesse arise among the people And when hee was in Bethanie in the house of Simon the leper euen as he sate at meate there came a woman hauing an Alabaster boxe of cyntment called Nard that was pure and costly and shee brake the boxe and powred it vpon his head And there were some that were not content within themselues and sayd What needed this wast of oyntment for it might haue bene solde for more then three hundred pence and haue bene giuen to the poore and they grudged against her And Iesus sayd Let her alone why trouble ye her Shee hath done a good worke on mee for yee haue poore with you alwayes and whensoeuer yee will yee may doe them good but mee haue ye not alwayes Shee hath done that she could she came aforehand to annoint my body to the burying Verily I say vnto you Wheresoeuer this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole worlde this also that shee hath done shall be rehearsed in remembrance of her And Iudas Iscariot one of the twelue went away vnto the high Priests to betray him vnto them When they heard that they were glad and promised that they would giue him money And hee sought how he might conueniently betray him And the first day of sweete bread When they offered the Passeouer his disciples said vnto him Where wilt thou that we goe prepare that thou mayest eate the Passeouer And he sent foorth two of his disciples and sayd vnto them Goe yee into the Citie and there shall meete you a man bearing a pitcher of water folow him And whithersoeuer he goeth in say yee vnto the good man of the house The Master sayeth Where is the ghest chamber where I shall eate the Passeouer with my disciples And he will shew you a great parlour paued and prepared there make ready for vs. And his disciples went foorth and came into the Citie and found as hee had sayd vnto them and they made ready the Passeouer And when it was now euentide he came with the twelue and as they sate at boord and did eate Iesus sayd Verely I say vnto you one of you that eateth with me shall betray me And they began to be sory and to say to him one by one Is it I And another said Is it I He answered and sayd vnto them It is one of the twelue euen he that dippeth with me in the platter The sonne of man truely goeth as it is written of him but woe vnto that man by whom the sonne of man is betrayed good were it for that man if he had neuer bene borne And as they did eate Iesus tooke bread when he had giuen thankes he brake it and gaue to them and said Take eate this is my body And he tooke the cuppe and when he had giuen thankes he gaue it to them and they all dranke of it And he sayd vnto them This is my blood of the newe Testament which is shed for many Verily I say vnto you I will drinke no more of the fruite of the Vine vntill that day that I drinke it new in the kingdome of God And when they had sayd grace they went out to the mount Oliuet And Iesus sayeth vnto them All ye shall be offended because of mee this night For it is written I will finite the sheepeheard and the sheepe shall be scattered but after that I am risen againe I will goe into Galilee before you Peter sayd vnto him And though all men be offended yet will not I. And Iesus saieth vnto him Verily I say vnto thee that this day euen in this night before the cocke crowe twise thou shalt deny me three times But hee spake more vehemently No if I should die with thee I wil not deny thee Likewise also sayd they all And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane he said to his disciples Sit ye here while I goe aside pray And he taketh with him Peter Iames and Iohn and began to ware abashed to be in an agonie and sayd vnto them My soule heauie euen vnto the death tary yee here and watch And he went foorth a little and fel downe flat on the ground and praied that if it were possible the houre might passe from him And he sayd Abba Father al things are possible vnto thee take away this cup from me neuerthelesse not as I will but that thou wilt be done And he came and found them sleeping and faieth to Peter Simon sleepest thouâ— Couldest not thou watch one houre Watch ye and pray least ye enter into temptation the spirite truely is ready but the flesh is weake And againe hee went aside and praied and spake the same words And hee returned and found them asleepe againe for their eyes were heauie neither wist they what to answere him And he came the third time and sayd to them Sleepe hencefoorth and take your ease it is ynough The houre is come behold the sonne of man is betraied into the hands of sinners Rise vp let vs goe loe he that betrayeth me is at hand And immediatly while he yet spake commeth Iudas which was one of the twelue and with him a great number of people with swords and staues from the high Priests and Scribes and Elders And he that betrayed him had giuen them a generall token saying Whomsoeuer I doe kisse the same is he take and leade him away warily And assoone as he was come hee goeth straight way to him and sayth vnto him Master Master and kissed him And they layd their hands on him and tooke him And one of them that stoode by drew out a sword and smote a seruant of the high Priestes and cut off his eare And Iesus answered and sayd vnto them Yee bee come out
railed on him wagging their heads and saying A wretch thou that destroyest the Temple and buildest it againe in three dayes saue thy selfe and come down from the crosse Likewise also mocked him the high Priestes among themselues with the Scribes and sayd He saued other men himselfe he cannot saue Let Christ the king of Israel descend now from the crosse that we may see beleeue And they that were crucified with him checked him also And when the sixt houre was come darkenesse arose ouer all the earth vntill the ninth houre And at the ninth houre Iesus cried with a loud voyce saying Eloi Eloi Iamasabachthani which is if one interpret it My God my God why hast thou forsaken me And some of them that stood by when they heard that said Behold he calleth for Elias And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar and put it on a reede and gaue him to drinke saying Let him alone let vs see whether Elias will come and take him downe But Iesus cried with a loude voyce and gaue vp the ghost And the vaile of the Temple rent in two pieces from the top to the bottome And when the Centurion which stoode before him saw that he so cryed and gaue by the ghost hee sayd Truely this man was the Sonne of GOD. There were also women a good way off beholding him Among whom was Marie Magdalene and Marie the mother of Iames the little and of Ioses and Marie Salome which also when hee was in Galilee had followed him and ministred vnto him and many other women which came vp with him to Hierusalam And now when the euen was come because it was the day of preparing that goeth before the Sabboth Ioseph of the citie of Arimathea a noble counsailour which also looked for the kingdome of God came and went in boldly vnto Pilate and begged of him the body of Iesus And Pilate marueiled that he was already dead and called vnto him the Centurion and asked of him whether hee had bene any while dead And when he knew the trueth of the Centurion hee gaue the body to Ioseph And he bought a linnen cloth and tooke him downe wrapped him in the linnen cloth and layd him in a sepulchre that was hewen out of a rocke and rolled a stone before the doore of the sepulchre And Mary Magdalene and Mary Ioses beheld where he was laid VVednesday before Easter The Epistle WHere as is a Testament Heb. 9.16 there must also of necessity be the death of him that maketh the Testament For the testament taketh authority when men are dead For it is yet of no value as long as he that maketh the Testament is aliue For which cause also neither the first Testament was ordeined without blood For when Moses had declared al the cōmandemēts to al the people according to the Law he took the blood of Calues of Goates with water purple wooll and hysoye sprinkled both the booke al the people saying This is the blood of the Testament which God hath appointed vnto you Moreouer he sprinkled the tabernacle with blood also and all the ministring vessels And almost all things are by the Law purged with blood and without shedding of blood is no remission It is need then that the similitudes of heauenly things bee purified with such things but that the heauenly things themselues be purified with better sacrifices then are those For Christ is not entered into the holy places that are made with handes which are similitudes of true things but is entered into very heauen for to appeare now in the sight of God for vs not to offer him selfe often as the high Priest entereth into the holy place euery yeere with strange blood for then he must haue often suffered since the world began but now in the ende of the world hath hee appeared once to put sinne to flight by the offring vp of himself And as it is appointed vnto all men that they shall once die and then commeth the iudgement euen so Christ was once offered to take away the sinnes of many and vnto them that looke for him shal he appeare againe without sinne vnto saluation The Gospel THe feast of sweet bread drew nigh Luk. 22.1 which is called Easter and the hie Priestes and Scribes sought how they might kill him for they feared the people Then entred Satan into Iudas whose surname was Iscariot which was of the number of the twelue and he went his way and communed with the hie priests and officers how he might betray him vnto them And they were glad and promised to giue him money And hee consented and sought opportunitie to betray him vnto them when the people were away Then came the day of sweete bread when of necessitie the Passeouer must be offered And he sent Peter and Iohn saying Goe and prepare vs the Passeouer that we may eate They sayde vnto him Where wilt thou that we prepare And hee sayde vnto them Behold when yee enter into the Citie there shall a man meete you bearing a pitcher of water him follow into the same house that hee entereth in and yee shall say vnto the goodman of the house The master sayeth vnto thee Where is the ghest chamber where I shall eate the Passeouer with my Disciples And hee shall shewe you a great parlour paued there make readie And they went and found as hee had sayd vnto them and they made ready the Passeouer And when the houre was come he fate downe and the twelue Apostles with him And hee sayde vnto them I haue inwardly desired to eate this Passeouer with you before that I suffer For I say vnto you hencefoorth will I not eate of it any more vntill it be fulfilled in the kingdome of God And hee tooke the cup and gaue thanks and sayd Take this and diuide it among you for I say vnto you I will not drinke of the fruit of the Vine vntill the kingdome of God come And hee tooke bread and when he had giuen thanks he brake it and gaue it vnto them saying This is my body which is giuen for you this doe in the remembrance of me Likewise also when he had supped hee tooke the cup saying This cup is the newe Testament in my blood which is shed for you Yet beholde 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 hee is betrayed And they began to enquire among themselues which of them it was that should doe it And there was a strife among them which of them should seeme to bee the greatest And hee sayde vnto them The kings of nations reigne ouer them and they that haue anthoritie vpon them are called gracious but ye shall not so be But hee that is greatest among you shall bee as the yonger and he that is chiefe shall be as hee that doth minister For whether is greater
he that sitteth at meate or hee that serueth Is not hee that sitteth at meate But I am among you as hee that ministreth Yee are they which haue abidden with me in my temptations And I appoint vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appointed to mee that yee may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome and sit on seates iudging the twelue tribes of Israel And the Lord sayde Simon Simon beholde Satan hath desired to sift you as it were wheate but I haue prayed for thee that thy faith faile not And when thou art conuerted strengthen thy brethren And he said vnto him Lord I am ready to go with thee into prison and to death And he sayd I tell thee Peter the Cocke shal not crowe this day till thou haue denied thrise that thou knowest me And he sayd vnto them When I sent you without wallet scrip and shoes lacked you any thing And they sayd No. Then sayd he vnto them But now he that hath a wallet let him take it vp and likewise his scrip and he that hath no sword let him sell his coate and buy one For I say vnto you that yet the same which is written must be performed in me Euen among the wicked was hee reputed for those things which are written of mee haue an ende And they sayde Lorde beholde here are two swordes And hee sayd vnto them It is enough And he came out and went as hee was woont to mount Oliuet And the Disciples followed him and when hee came to the place hee sayd vnto them Pray left ye fall into temptation And hee gate himselfe from them about a stones cast and kneeled downe and prayed saying Father if thou wilt remooue this cup from mee neuerthelesse not my will but thine be fulfilled And there appeared an Angel vnto him from heauen comforting him And hee was in an agonie and prayed the longer and his sweate was like droppes of blood trickling downe to the ground And when hee arose from prayer and was come to his disciples hee found them sleeping for heauinesse and he sayd vnto them Why sleepe ye Rise and pray left yee fall into temptation While he yet spake behold there came a company and he that was called Iudas oue of the twelue went before them and preassed nigh vnto Iesus to kisse him But Iesus sayd vnto him Iudas betrayest thou the sonne of man with a kisse When they which were about him sawe what would follow they sayde vnto him Lorde shall we smite with the sword And one of them smote a seruant of the high Priests and strooke off his right eare Iesus answered and sayd Suffer ye thus farre foorth And when he touched his eare he healed him Then Iesus sayd vnto the high Priestes and Rulers of the Temple and the Elders which were come to him Yee be come out as vnto a thiefe with swordes and staues When I was daily with you in the Temple yee stretched foorth no hands against mee But this is euen your very houre and the power of darkenesse Then tooke they him and led him and brought him to the high Priestes house But Peter followed a farre off And when they had kindled a fire in the middes of the palace and were set downe together Peter also sate downe among them But when one of the wenches beheld him as he sate by the fire and looked vpon him she said This same fellow was also with him And he denied him saying Woman I know him not And after a little while another saw him and sayd Thou art also of them And Peter sayde Man I am not And about the space of an houre after another affirmed saying Verily this fellow was with him also for he is of Galilee And Peter said Man I wot not what thou sayest And immediately while hee yet spake the Cocke crewe And the Lorde turned backe and looked vpon Peter and Peter remembred the word of the Lord how hee had sayd vnto him Before the Cocke crow thou shalt deny me thrise And Peter went out and wept bitterly And the men that tooke Iesus mocked him and smote him And when they had blindfolded him they strooke him on the face and asked him saying Areede who is he that smote thee And many other things despitefully said they against him And assoone as it was day the Elders of the people and the high Priestes and Scribes came together ahd led him into their councill saying Art thou very Christ Tell vs. And he sayd vnto them If I tell you yee will not beleeue me and if I aske you you will not answere nor let me goe Hereafter shall the sonne of man sit on the right hand of the power of God Then sayd they all Art thou then the sonne of God He sayd Ye say that I am And they said What need we of any further witnesse for we our selues haue heard of his owne mouth Thursday before Easter The Epistle THis I warne you of 1. Cor. 11.17 and commend not that yee come not together after a better maner but after a woorse For first of all when yee come together in the congregation I heare that there is dissention among you I partly beleeue it For there must be sectes among you that they which are perfect among you may be knowen When yee come together therefore into one place the Lords Supper cannot bee eaten for euery man beginneth afore to cate his owne Supper and one is hungrie and another is drunken Haue yee not houses to eate and drinke in Despise ye the congregation of God and shame them that haue not What shall I say vnto you Shall I prayse you In this I prayse you not That which I deliuered vnto you I receiued of the Lord. For the Lorde Iesus the same night in which he was betrayed tooke bread when he had giuen thankes he brake it and sayd Take ye and eat this is my body which is broken for you This do ye in the remembrance of me After the same maner also hee tooke the cup when supper was done saying This cup is the new Testament in my blood This do as oft as ye drinke it in remembrance of me For as often as yee shall eate this bread and drinke of this cup yee shall shew the Lordes death till hee come Wherefore whosoeuer shall eate of this bread and drinke of this cuppe of the Lord vnworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himselfe and so let him eate of the bread and drinke of the cup. For he that eateth and drinketh vnworthily eateth and drinketh his owne damnation because he maketh no difference of the Lords body For this cause many are weak and sicke among you and many sleepe For if we had iudged our selues we should not haue bene iudged But when we are iudged of the Lord we are chastened that we should not be damned with the world Wherefore my brethren when ye come
meeknesse temperance against such there is no law They truely that are Christs haue crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts The Gospel ANd it chanced as Iesus went to Hierusalem Luke 17.11 that he passed thorow Samaria and Galilee And as he entred into a certaine towne there met him tenne men that were lepers which stood afarre off and put foorth their voices and sayd Iesus master haue mercie on vs. When hee sawe them hee said vnto them Goe shewe 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 againe and with a loud voice praised God and fell downe on his face at his feete and gaue him thankes And the same was a Samaritane And Iesus answered and said Are there not ten clensed but where are those nine There not found that returned againe to giue God prayse saue onely this stranger And he said vnto him Arise go thy way thy faith hath made thee whole The xv Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. KEepe we beseeth thee O Lorde thy Church with thy perpetuall mercie And because the frailtie of man without thee cannot but fal keepe vs euer by thy helpe and leade vs to all things profitable to our saluation through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle YEsee how large a letter I haue written vnto you with mine own hand As many as desire with outward appearance to please carnally Gal. 6.11 the same constraine you to bee circumcised onely lest they should suffer persecution for the crosse of Christ for they themselues which are circumcised keep not the law but desire to haue you circucised that they might reioice in your flesh God forbid that I should reioice but in the crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ whereby the world is crucified vnto me I vnto the world For in Christ Iesu neither circumcision auaileth any thing at all nor vncircumcision but a new creature And as many as walke according vnto this rule peace be on them and mercie and vpon Israel that pertaineth to God From henceforch let no man put me to businesse for I beare in my body the markes of the Lord Iesu Brethren the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ bee with your spirit Amen The Gospel NO man can serue two masters For either he shal hate the one and loue the other Mat. 6.24 or els leane to the one and despise the other Ye can not serue God and Mammon Therefore I say vnto you Bee not careful for your life what ye shall eate or drinke nor yet for your body what raiment ye shall put on Is not the life more worth then meatē and the bodie more of value then raiment Behold the foules of the ayre for they sow not neither do they reape nor carie into the barnes and your heauenly Father feedeth them Are ye not much better thē they Which of you by taking carefull thought can adde one cubite vnto his stature And why care ye for raiment Consider the Lilies of the field how they grow they labour not neither do they spinne and yet I say vnto you that euen Salomon in all his royalty was not clothed like one of these Wherefore if God so clothe the grasse of the fielde which though it stand to day is to morrow cast into the fornace shall hee not much more doe the same for you O ye of little faith Therfore take no thought saying What shall wee eate or what shall wee drinke or wherewith shall wee bee clothed After all these things doe the Gentiles seeke For your heauenly Father knoweth that yee haue neede of all these things But rather seeke yee first the kingdome of God and the righteousnesse thereof and all these things shal be ministred vnto you Care not then for the morrow for to morrowe day shall care for it selfe Sufficient vnto the day is the trauaile thereof The xvj Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. LOrd we beseech thee let thy continual pitie clense and defend thy congregation and because it can not continue in safety without thy succour preserue it euermore by thy helpe and goodnesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle I Desire that you faint not because of my tribulations that I suffer for your sakes Eph. 3.13 which is your praise For this cause I bow my knees vnto the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ which is Father of all that is called father in heauen earth that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory that ye may be strengthened with might by his spirit in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith that yee being rooted and grounded in loue might be able to comprehend with all Saints what is the bredth length depth and height and to knowe the excellent loue of the knowledge of Christ that yee might bee filled with all fulnesse which commeth of God Vnto him that is able to doe exceeding abundantly aboue all that wee aske or thinke according to the power that worketh in vs be praise in the congregation by Christ Iesus thorowout al generations from time to time Amen The Gospel AND it fortuned Luke 7.11 that Iesus went into a citie called Naim and many of his disciples went with him much people When he came nigh to the gate of the citie behold there was a dead man caried out which was the onelysonne of his mother and she was widowe and much people of the citie was with her And when the Lord saw her hee had compassion on her said vnto herm Weepe not And he came nigh and touched the coffin and they that bare him stood still And he said Yong man I say vnto thee Arise And he that was dead sate vp and began to speake And he deliuered him to his 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 hath visited his people And this rumor of him went forth thorowout all Iury and thorowout all the regions which lie round about The xvij Sunday after trinitie The Collect. LOrd we pray thee that thy grace may alwayes preuent and follow vs and make vs continually to bee giuen to all good workes through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle I Which am a prisoner of the Lordes exhort you that yee walke worthie of the vocation wherewith ye are called Eph. 4.1 with all lowlinesse and meekenesse with humblenesse of minde forbearing one another through loue be diligent to keepe the vnitie of the spirit through the bond of peace being one body one spirit euen as ye are called in one hope of your calling Let there be but one Lord one faith one baptisme one God and father of all which is aboue all and through all and in you all The Gospel IT chanced that Iesus went into the house of one of the chiefe Pharises
and they were all together with one accorde in Salomons porche And of other durst no man ioyne himselfe to them neuerthelesse the people magnified them The number of them that beleeued in the Lord Act. 5.12 both of men and women grewe more and more in so much that they brought the sicke into the streetes and laide them on beddes 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 cities round about vnto Hierusalem bringing sicke folkes and them which were vexed with vncleane spirits and they were healed euery one The Gospel AND there was a strife among them Luk. 22.24 which of them should seeme to bee the greatest And hee said vnto them The kings of nations reigne ouer them and they that haue authoritie vpon them are called gracious Lords but yee 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 doeth minister For whether is greater hee that sitteth at meate or hee that serueth Is not hee that sitteth at meate But I am among you as one that ministreth Yee are they which haue bidden with me in my temptations And I appoint vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appointed vnto me that ye may eat and drinke at my table in my kingdome and sit on seates iudging the twelue tribes of Israel Saint Matthew Apostle The Collect. ALmightie God which by thy blessed sonne didst call Matthew from the receite of custome to bee an Apostle and Euangelist Graunt vs grace to forsake all couetous desires and inordinate loue of riches and to follow thy said sonne Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle SEeing that wee haue such an office 2. Cor. 4.1 euen as God hath had mercie on vs we goe not out of kinde but haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie and walke not in craftinesse neither handle we the word of God deceitfully but open the trueth and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God If our Gospel be yet hid it is hid among them that are lost in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which beleeue not lest the light of the Gospel of the glorie of Christ which is the image of God should shine vnto them For we preach not our selues but Christ Iesus to bee the Lord and our selues your seruants for Iesus sake For it is God that commandeth the light to shine out of darkenesse which hath shined in our hearts for to giue the light of the knowledge of the glorie of God in the face of Iesus Christ The Gospel ANd as Iesus passed forth from thence Maâ—â— 9 hee saw a man named Matthew sitting at the receit of custome and he said vnto him Follow me And hee arose and followed him And it came to passe as Iesus sate at meate in his house beholde many Publicanes also and sinners that came sate downe with Iesus and his disciples And when the Pharises saw it they said vnto his disciples why eateth your master with Publicaues and sinners But when Iesus heard that he said vnto them They that bee strong neede not the Physicion but they that are sicke Goe yee rather and learne what that meaneth I will haue mercie and not sacrifice For I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Saint Michael and all Angels The Collect. EVerlasting God which hast ordeined and constituted the feruices of all Angels and men in a wonderfull order Mercifully graunt that they which alway doe thee secuice in heaven may by thy appointment succour and defend vs in earth through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle THere was a great battell in heaven Michael and his Angels fought with the Dragon Apo. 12.7 and the Dragon fought with his Angels and preuailed not neither was theri place found any more in heauen And the great Dragon that olde Serpent called the deuill and Satanas was cast out which deeciueth all the world And he was cast into the earth and his angels were cast out alst with him And I heard a lowde voyce saying In heauen is now made s aluation and strength and the kingdome of our God and the power of his Christ For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe which accused them before God day and night And they ouercame him by the blood of the Lambe and by the word of their testimonie and they loued not their liues vnto the death Therfore reioyce yee heavens and yee that dwell in them Woe vnto the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea for the deuill is come downe vnto you which hath great wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short time The Gospel AT the same time came the disciples vnto Iesus Mat. 18.1 saying who is the greatest in the kindome of heauen Iesus called a child vnto him and set him in the middest of them and said Verely I say vnto you except ye turne and become as children yee shall not enter into the kingdome of heauen Whoseuer this childe that same is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen And whoseuer receiueth such a childe in my name receiueth me But who so doeth offend one of these little ones which beleeue in mee it were better for him that amilstone were hanged about his necke and that hee were drowned in the depth of the sea Woe vnto the World because of offences Necessarie it is that offences come but wo vnto the man by whom the offence commeth Wherefore if thy hand or thy foote hinder thee cut thm off and cast them from thee it is better for thee to enter into life halte or maymed rather then thou shouldest hauing two hands or two feete be cast into euerlasting fire And if thing eye offend thee plucke it out and cast it from thee It is better for thee to enter into life with one eye rather then Having two eyes to be cast into hell fire Take heede that ye despise not one of these little ones For I say vnto you that in heauen their Angels doe alwayes behold the face of my Father which is in heauen Saint Luke the Euangelist The Collect. AL mighty God which calledst Luke the Physitton whose praise is in the Gospel to be a Physition of the soule it may plese thee by the wholesome medicines of his doctrine to heale all the diseases of our soules through thy sonne Iesus Christ Lord. The Epistle WAtch thou in al things 2. Tim. 4.5 suffer afflictions doe the worke throughly of an Evangelist fulfil thine office vnto to the vttermost Besober For I am now ready to be offred and the time of my departing is at hand I haue fought a good fight I haue fulfilled my couse I haue kept the faith From henceforth there is laid vp for mee a crowne of rightousnesse which the Lord