Bethany in the house af Simon the Leper ther came vnto him a woman hauing an Alablaster boxe of precious ointmēt poured it on his head as he sat at the bord but whē his disciples saw it they had indignacion saying wherto serueth this wast This ointment might haue ben wel sold geuē to the poore When Iesus vnderstood that he said vnto thē why trouble ye the woman for she hath wrought a good worke vpō me For ye haue the poore alwaies with you but me ye shal not haue alwaies And in that she hath cast this ointment on my body she did it to bury me verely I say vnto you whersoeuer this gospel shal be preached in al the world ther shal also this be told that she hath don for a memoriall of her Then one of the .xij. which was called Iudas Iscarioch went to the chiefe Priests sayd vnto them What wyl ye geue me I will deliuer him vnto you And they appoynted vnto him .xxx. peeces of syluer And from that time forth he sought oportunitye to betray him The first day of sweete bread the Disciples came to Iesus saying to him Where wylt thou that we prepare for thee to eate the Passeouer And he said go into the Citie to such a man and say vnto him the Maister sayth my time is at hand I wyl keepe my Easter by thee with my Disciples And the disciples dyd as Iesus had appointed them and they made ready the Passeouer When the euen was come he sat downe with the .xii. And as they did eate he sayde Verely 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 aunswered and said he that dippeth his hand with me in the dish the same shall betray me The sonne of man truly goeth as it is written of him but wo be 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 said Maister is it I He said vnto him thou hast said when they were eating Iesus tooke bread when he had geuen thanks he brake it gaue it to the disciples and sayd Take eate this is my body And he tooke the cup and thanked gaue it to them saying drinke ye al of this for this is my bloud which is of the newe testament that is shed for many for the remission of sins But I say vnto you I wil not drinke hence forth of this fruit of the vine tree vntil the day when I shal drink it new with you in my fathers kingdome And when they had said grace they went out vnto mount Oliuet Then sayd Iesus vnto them all ye shall be offended because of me this night For it is written I wil smite the shepherd the sheepe of the flocke shal be scattered abroad but after I am risen againe I will go before you into Galile Peter answered said vnto him though all men be offended because of thee yet will I not be offended Iesus said vnto him verely I say vnto thee that in this same night before the Cock crow thou shalt deny me thrise Peter said vnto him yea though I should dye with thee yet will I not deny thee likewise also said al the disciples Then came Iesus with thē vnto a farme place which is called Gerhsemane and said vnto the disciples Sit ye here while I go pray yonder And he toke with him Peter the two sonnes of Zebede began to waxe sorowful and heauy Then said Iesus vnto them My soul is heauy euē vnto the death Tary ye here and watch with me And he went a litle farther fel flat on his face and prayed saying O my father if it be possible let this cup passe from me neuertheles not as I wyll but as thou wilt And he came vnto the disciples found thē a sleepe said vnto Peter what could ye not watch with me one hour watch and pray that ye enter not into temptacion the spirit is willing but the flesh is weake He went away once again and praied saying O my father if this cup may not pas away frō me except I drink of it thy will be fulfilled and he came found them a sleepe againe for their eies were heauy And he left thē went again praied the third time saying the same words Then cōmeth he to his disciples sayd vnto them sleepe on now and take your rest Behold the houre is at hand and the Sonne of man is betrayed into the handes of synners Ryse let vs be goyng behold he is at hand that doth betray me While he yet spake loe Iudas one of the number of the twelue came with hym a great multitude with swordes staues sent from the chiefe Priestes Elders of the people But he that betrayed him gaue them a token saying Whom soeuer I kisse the same is he hold him fast And forthwith he came to Iesus and sayd hayle Maister kissed him And Iesus sayd vnto him Friend wherefore art thou come Then came they layd hands on Iesus tooke him And behold one of them that were with Iesus stretched out his hand drew his sword and stroke a seruant of the hye Priest smote of his eare Then sayd Iesus vnto him put vp thy sword into the sheath for all that take the sword shall perish with the swoord Thinkest thou that I cānot now pray to my Father he shal geue me euen now more then xij legions of Angels But how thē shal the scriptures be fulfilled For thus must it be In that same houre sayd Iesus to the multitude Ye be come out as it were to a theefe wyth swordes staues for to take me I sat dayly with you teaching in the temple ye tooke me not But all this is done that the scriptures of the Prophetes myght be fulfilled Then all the disciples forsooke him and fled And they tooke Iesus lead him to Caiphas the hye Priest wher the Scribes and the Elders were assembled But Peter followed hym a farre of vnto the hye Priests palace and went in sat wyth the seruants to see the end The chiefe Priests Elders and all the counsel sought false witnes against Iesus to put him to death but found none yea when many false witnesses came yet found they none At the last came .ij. false witnesses said this felow said I am able to destroy the temple of God and to builde it again in three daies And the chiefe priest arose and said vnto him answerest thou nothing Why do these beare witnes against thee But Iesus held his peace And the cheife priest answered said vnto him I charge thee by that liuing God that thou tel vs whether thou be Christ the sōne of god Iesus said vnto him thou hast said
geuen thankes he gaue it to them and they all drauke of it And he said vnto them this is my bloud of the new testament which is shed for many Verely I say vnto you I wyll drinke no more of the fruite of the vine vntill that day that I drinke it newe in the kingdome of god And when they had said grace they went out to the mount Oliuete And Iesus said vnto them all ye shal be offended because of me this night For it is written I will smite the shephard and the sheepe shal be scattered but after that I am risen againe I wil go into Galile before you Peter sayde vnto him and though all men be offended yet wyll not I. And Iesus sayd vnto him verely I say vnto thee that thys 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 dye with thee I will not deny thee Likewise also said they all And they came into a place which is named Gethsemane and he sayd to his Disciples sit ye here while I go asyde and praye And he taketh wyth hym Peter Iames and Iohn and began to waxe abashed and to be in an agony and sayd vnto them my soule is heauy euen vnto the death tary ye here and watch And he went foorth a litle and fell downe flat on the ground and praied that if it wer possible the hour myght passe from him And he said Abba father al things are possible vnto thee take away this cup from me neuertheles not as I wyll but that thou wilt be done And he came and found them sleeping and sayd to Peter Simon sleepest thou Couldest not thou watch one houre Watch ye and pray least ye enter into temptacion the spirite truly is ready but the flesh is weake And againe he went aside and praied spake the same words And he returned and found them a slepe again for their eies wer heauy neither wist they what to answer him And he came the third time and he said vnto them sleepe hence forth and take your ease it is inough The houre is come behold the sonne of man is betrayed into the handes of sinners Rise vp let vs go Lo he that betrayeth me is at hand And immediately while he yet spake cōmeth Iudas which was one of the twelue and with him a great nūber of people with swordes and staues frō the hie priestes and Scribes Elders And he that betraied hym had geuen them a generall token saying whosoeuer I do kisse the same is he take lead him away warely And assoone as he was come he goeth straight way to him and saith vnto him Maister maister and kissed him and they laid their hands on him and tooke him and one of them that stood by drew out a sword smot a seruaunt of the hie prieste cut of his eare And Iesus answered said vnto them ye be come out as vnto a theefe with swordes and staues for to take me I was dayly with you in the temple teaching ye tooke me not but these things come to passe that the scripture should be fulfilled And they al forsooke him and ran away And ther folowed him a certain yong man clothed in linnen vpon the bare and the yong men caught him and he left his linnen garment and fled from them naked And they led Iesus away to the hye priest of all and with hym came all the hye Priestes and the Elders the scribes And Peter folowed him a great way of euen till he was come into the palace of the hye priest and he sat with the seruauntes and warmed him selfe at the fire And the hie Priestes all the counsell sought for witnes agaynst Iesus to put him to death and found none for many beare false wines against hym but their witnesses agreed not together And there arose certaine and brought false witnes against him saying we heard him say I wyll destroy this temple that is made with hands within three daies I wil build an other made without hands But yet their witnesses agreed not together And the hie priest stood vp among them and asked Iesus saying aunswerest thou nothing how is it that these bear witnes against thee But he held his peace answered nothing Againe the hie priest asked him and said vnto him art thou Christ the sonne of the blessed And Iesus said I am And ye shall see the sonne of man sytting on the right hand of power and comming in the cloudes of heauen Then the hie priest rent his clothes and sayd what neede we any further of witnesses ye haue heard blasphemy what thinke ye And they all condemned hym to be worthy of death And some began to spit at him and to couer his face and to beat him with fistes and to say vnto hym arede and the seruants buffeted him on the face And as Peter was beneath in the palace there came one of the wenches of the hie priest and when shee saw Peter warming hymselfe she looked on hym and said wast not thou also with Iesus of Nazareth he denied saying I know him not neither wote I what thou saiest And he went out into the porch the cock crew and a damosell when she saw him began againe to say to them that stood by this is one of them And he denied it againe anon after they that stood by said againe vnto Peter surely thou art one of them for thou art of Galile and thy speech agreeth therto But he began to cursse and to sweare saying I know not this man of whom ye speake And again the cock crew and Peter remembred the word that Iesus had sayd vnto hym before the cocke crow twise thou shalt deny me three times And he began to weepe ¶ The Tuesday before Easter The Epistle Esay i. THe lord God hath opened mine eare therfore can I not say nay neyther with draw my self but offer my back vnto the smiters and my cheekes to the nippers I turne not my face fro shame spitting and the lord God shall helpe me Therefore shall I not be confounded I haue hardened my face lyke a flynte stone for I am sure that I shall not come to confusion He is at hand that iustifieth me who wyll then go to law with me Let vs stād one against another if ther be any that wil reason with me let him come here forth to me Behold the Lord God standeth by me what is he then that can condemne me Lo they shal be lyke as an olde cloth the moth shal eate them vp Therfore who soeuer feareth the Lord among you let him heare the voice of his seruant Whoso walketh in darknes no light shineth vpon him let him put his trust in that name of the Lord hold him vp by his God but take hede ye al kindle a fire of the wrath of God stir vp the coales
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
haue crucified the flesh with the affections and lustes ¶ The Gospel Luke xvii ANd it chaunced as Iesus went to Ierusalem that he passed through Samaria and Galile And as he entred into a certaine town there met him ten men that were Lepers which stood a farre of and put forth their voyces and sayd Iesus Maister haue mercy on vs When he saw them he sayd vnto them go shew your selues vnto the Priestes And it came to passe that as they went they were cleansed And one of them when hee saw that hee was clensed turned back againe and wyth 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 are not found that returned againe to geue God prayse saue onely thys Straunger And he sayd vnto hym aryse go thy way thy faith hath made thee whole ¶ The .xv. Sunday after Trinity Sunday The Epistle Gala. iii. YE see how large a Letter I haue written to you with mine own hand As many as desire with outward appearaunce to please carnally the same constraine you to be circumcised onely least they should suffer persecution for the Crosse of Christ For they them selues which are circumcised keepe not the law but desyre to haue you circumcised that they might reioyce in your flesh God forbid that I shuld reioyce but in the crosse of our Lord Iesu Christ wherby the world is crucified vnto me I vnto the world For in Christ Iesu neither circumcision auaileth any thing at al nor vncircumcision but a new creature And as many as walke according vnto this rule peace be on them and mercy and vpon Israell that partaineth to god From hence forth let no man put me to busines For I beare in my body the markes of the Lord Iesu Brethren the grace of our lord Iesu Christ be with your spirit Amen ¶ The Gospell Math. vi NO man can serue two maisters for either he shal hate the one and loue the other or els leane to the one and despise the other yee cannot serue God and Mamon Therefore I say vnto you be not carefull for your lyfe what ye shall eate or drinke or yet for your body what rayment you shall put on Is not the lyfe more woorth then meate and the body more of value then raiment Behold the foules of the ayre for they sow not neither do they reape nor cary into barens and your heauenly father feedeth them Are ye not much better then they Which of you by taking carefull thought can adde one cubite vnto hys stature And why care ye for rayment Consider the Lillies of the field how they growe they labour not neither do thy spinne And yet I say vnto you that euen Salomon in all his roialtye was not clothed lyke one of these Wherefore if God so cloth the grasse of the field which though it stand to day is to morowe cast into the fornace shall he not much more do the same for you O ye of little fayth Therefore take no thought saying what shall we eate or what shall we drinke or where with shall we be cloathed after all these things do the Gentiles seeke For your heauenlye Father knoweth that ye haue neede of all these thinges But rather seeke yee fyrst the kyngdome of God and the righteousnes therof and all these things shall bee ministred vnto you Care not then for the morowe for to morowe day shall care for it selfe sufficient vnto the day is the trauaile thereof ¶ The .xvi. Sunday after Trinity Sunday The Epistle Ephe. iii. I Desire that you faynt not because of my tribulations that I suffer for your sakes which is your prayse For thys cause I bowe my knees vnto the Father of our lord Iesus Christ which is Father of al that is called Father in heauen and in earth that he would graunt you according to the ritches of his glory that ye may be strengthned with might by his spirit in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hartes by fayth that ye being rooted and grounded in loue might be able to comprehende with all Saintes what is the bredth length depth and height and to know the excellēt loue of the knowledge of Christ that ye might be fulfilled with all fulnes which commeth of god Vnto hym that is able to do exceding aboundantly aboue all that we aske or thinke according to the power that worketh in vs be prayse in the congregacion by Christ Iesus throughout all generations from time to time Amen ¶ The Gospell Luke vii ANd it fortuned that Iesus went into a city called Naim and many of his disciples went with him and much people When he came nye to the gate of the City behold there was a man caried out which was the onely Sonne of his mother and she was a widow and much people of the City was with her And when the Lord saw her he had compassion on her and sayd vnto her weepe not And he came nie and touched the coffin and they that bare him stood still And he sayde yong man I say vnto thee arise And hee that was dead sat 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 amonge vs and God hath visited his people And this rumour of him went foorth throughout all Iewry and throughout all the regions which lye rounde about ¶ The .xvii. sunday after Trinitie Sunday The Epistle Ephc. iiii I Which am a prisoner of the Lordes exhort you that ye walke woorthy of the vocation wherwith ye are called with all lowlynes and meekenes with humblenes of mind forbearing one another through loue and be diligent to keepe the vnity of the spirit through the bond of peace being one body and Spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of your calling Let there be but one Lord one fayth one Baptisme one God and Father of all which is aboue all and through all and in you all ¶ The Gospell Luke xiiii IT chaunced that Iesus went into the house of one of the chiefe Pharises to eate breade on the Sabboth day and they watched him And behold there was a certaine man before him which had the dropsy And Iesus aunswered spake vnto the Lawiers and Phariseis saying is it lawfull to heale on the Sabboth day And they helde their peace And he tooke hym and healed him and let him goe and answered them saying which of you shal haue an asse or an Oxe fallen into a pyt and wyll not straight way pull him out on the Sabboth day And they could not aunswer him againe to these thinges He put forth also a similitude to the geastes when he marked how they preased to be in the highest roumes and sayd vnto them When thou
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