of this Realme safely maintained and last of all all estates and people thereof in true obedience and charitie vnited and knit together Grant this O God for thy onely Sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The third Collect. PReuent vs O Lorde in all our doing with thy most Gracious favour and further vs with thy continuall helpe that in all our woorkes begunne continued and ended in thee wee may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtaine Euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Then shall follow the Benediction as thus THe grace of our Lord Iesus Christ 2. Cor. 13 and the loue of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all euermore Amen The order where Morning and Euening Prayer shall be vsed and said THE morning and Euening Prayer shal be vsed in the accustomed place of the Church Chappell or Chancell except it shall be otherwise determined by the Ordinary of the place And the chancels shall remaine as they haue done in times past And here is to be noted that the Minister at the time of the Communion and at all other times in his ministration shall vse such ornaments in the Church as were in vse by authoritie of Parliament in the second yeere of the raigne of King Edward the sixt according to the Acte of Parliament set in the beginning of this Booke An order for Morning prayer daily throughout the yeere At the beginning both of Morning prayer and like wise of Euening prayer the Minister shall reade with a lowd voyce some one of these sentences of the Scriptures that follow And then he shall say that which is written after the said sentences AT what time soeuer a sinner doeth repent him of his sinne from the bottome of this heart I will put all his wickednesse out of my remembrance saith the Lord. Eze. xviij I doe knowe mine owne wickednesse and my sinne is alway against me Psal Lj. Turne thy face away from our sinnes O Lord and blot out all our offences Psal Lj. A sorrowfull spirit is a sacrifice to God despise not O Lord humble and contrite hearts Psal Lj. Rent your hearts and not your garments and turne to the Lord your God because hee is gentle and mercifull he is pacient and of much mercy and such a one that is sory for your afflictions Ioel ij To thee O Lord God belongeth mercy and forgiuenesse Danâ—x for we haue gone away from thee and haue not hearkned to thy voyce whereby wee might walke in thy Lawes which thou hast appointed for vs. Correct vs O Lord and yet in thy iudgement not in thy fury lest we should be consumed and brought to nothing 〈◊〉 x. Amend your liues for the kingdome of God is at hand Maâ—h iij. I will go to my father and say to him Father I huve sinned against heaven and against thee I am no more worthy to be called thy sonne Luke xv Enter not into Iudgement with thy seruants O Lord for no flesh is righteous in thy sight Psal exliij If wee say that we haue no sinne wee deceiue our selues and there is no trueth in vs. i. Iohn j. DEarely beloued brethren the scripture mooueth vs in sundry places to acknowledge and confesse our manifolde sinnes and wickednes and that wee should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heauenly Father but confesse them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the ende that wee may obtaine forgiuenesse of the same vy his infinite goodnesse and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sinnes before God yet ought wee most chiefly so to doe when wee assemble and meete together to render thankes for the great benefits that we haue received at his hands to set foorth his most worthy prayse to heare his most holy word and to aske those things which be requisite and necessary aswell for the body as the soule Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as be here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voyce vnto the Throne of the heauenly grace saying after me A generall confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister kneeling ALmighty and most mercifull Father wee have erred and strayed from thy wayes like lost sheepe wee haue followed too much the deuices and desires of our owne hearts we have offended against thy holy Lawes we have left vndone those things which wee ought to have done and we haue done those things which wee ought not to haue done and there is no health in vs but thou O Lord haue mercy upon vs miserable offenders spare thou them O God which confesse their faults restore thou them that be penitent according to thy promises vnto mankinde in Christ Iesu our Lord and graunt O most mercifull Father for his sake that we may hereafter liue a godly righteous and sober life to the glory of thy holy Name Amen The absolution or remission of sinnes to be pronounced by the Minister alone ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ which desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that hee may turne from his wickednesse and liue and hath giuen power and commandement to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sinnes hee pardoneth and absolueth all them which truely repent and vnfainedly beleeue his holy Gospel Wherefore we beseech him to graunt vs true repentance and his holy spirit that those things may please him which wee doe at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last wee may come to his eternallioy through Iesus Christ our Lord. The people shall answere Amen Then shall the Minister begin the Lords prayer with a lowd voyce OUr Father which art in heaven halowed ve thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen Give vs this day our daily bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse vs. And leade vs not into temptation But deliver vs from evil Amen Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answere And our mouth shall shew foorth thy prayse Priest O God make speed to save vs. Answere O Lord make haste to helpe vs. Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Prayse ye the Lord. Then shall be said or sung this Psalme following O Come let vs sing unto the Lord let vs heartily reioyce in the strength of our salution Veniâ—e exul 〈◊〉 Let vs come before his presence with thankesgiuing and shew our selves glad in him with Psalmes For the Lord is a great God and a great King avoue all gods In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is
God to call mee Question My good childe knowe thhis that thou art not able to doe these things of thy selfe nor to walke in the comandements of God and to serue him without his speciall grace which thou must learne at all times to call for by diligent prayer Let me heare threfore if thou canst the Lords prayer Answere OUr Father which art in heauen hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdome come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Giue vs this day our dayly bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not into temptation but deliuer vs from euill Amen Question What desirest thou of God in this prayer Answere I desire my Lord God our heauenly Father who is the giuer of all goodnesse to send his grace vnto mee and to all people that wee may worship him serue him and obey him as we ought to doe And I pray vnto God that he will send vs all things that be needfull both for our soules and bodies and that hee will bee mercifull vnto vs and forgiue vs our sinnes and that it will please him to saue and defend vs in all dangers ghostly and bodily and that hee will keepe vs from all sunne and wickednesse and from our ghostly enemie and from euerlasting death And this I trust hee will doe of his mercy and goodnesse through our Lord Iesus Christ And therefore I say Amen So be it Question HOw many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church Answere Two onely as generally necessary to saluation that is to say Baptisme and the Supper of the Lord. Question What meanest thou by this word Sacrament Answere I meane an outward and visible signe of an inward and spirituall grace giuen vnto vs ordained by Christ himselfe as a meanes whereby wee receiue the same and a pledge to assure vs thereof Question How many parts be there in a Sacrament Answere Two the outward visible signe and the inward spirituall grace Question What is the outward visible signe or forme in Baptisme Ansvvere Water wherein the person baptized is dipped or sprinkled with it In the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Question What is the inward and spirituall grace Ansvvere A death vnto sinne and a new-birth vnto righteousnesse for being by nature borne in sinne and the children of wrath we are hereby made the children of grace Question What is required of persons to be baptized Ansvvere Repentance whereby they forsake sinne and faith wherby they stedfastly beleeue the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament Question Why theu are Infants baptized when by reason of their tender age they cannot performe them Ansvvere Yes they doe performe them by their Sureties who promise and vowe them both in their names which when they come to age themselues are bound to performe Question Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Suuppet ordained Ansvvere For the continuall remembrance of the Sacrifice of the death of Christ and the benefits which we receiue thereby Question What is the outward part or signe of the Lords Supper Answere Bread and Wine which the Lorde hath commaunded to be receiued Question What is the inward part or thing signified Answere The Body and Blood of Christ which are verely and indeed taken receiued of the faithfull the Lords Supper Question What are the benefits whereof we are partakers therby Answere The strengthening and refreshing of our soules by the body and blood of Christ as our bodies are by the bread wine Question What is required of them which come to the Lordes Supper Answere To examine themselues whether they repent them truely of their former sinnes stedfastly purposing to leade a newe life haue a liuely faith in Gods mercy through Christ with a thankefull remembrance of his death and be in charity with all men So soone as the children can say in their mother tongue the Articles of the faith the Lords prayer the tenne Commandements and also can answere to such questions of this short Catechisme as the Bishop or such as hee shall appoint shall by his discretion appose them in then shall they bee brought to the Bishop by one that shall be his Godfather or Godmother that euery childe may haue a witnesse of his confirmation And the Bishiop shall confirme them on this wise ⧠Confirmation or laying on of hands OUr helpe is in the Name of the Lord. Answere Which hath made Heauen and Earth Minister Blessed be the Name of the Lorde Answere Henceforth world without ende Minister Lorde heare our prayers Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Let vs pray ALmightie and euerliuing GOD who hast bouchsafed to regenerate these thy seruants by water and the holy Ghost and hast giuen vnto them forgiuenesse of all their sinnes strengthen them wee beseech thee O Lord with the holy Ghost the Comforter and daily encrease in them thy manifolde giftes of grace the spirit of wisedome and vnderstanding the spirit of counsaile and ghostly strenghth the spirit of knowledge and true godlinesse and fulfill them O Lord with the spirit of thy holy feare Amen Then the Bishop shall lay his hand vpon euery childe seuerally saying Defend O Lord this childe with thy heauenly grace that hee may continue thine for euer and daily increase in thy holy spirit more and more vntill hee come vnto thy euerlasting kingdome Amen Then shall the Bishop say Let vs pray ALmightie and euerliuing GOD which makest vs both to will and to do those things that be good and acceptable vnto thy Maiestie wee make our humble supplications vnto thee for these children vpon whome after the example of the holy Apostles wee haue layde our handes to certifie them by this signe of thy fauour and gracious goodnesse toward them let thy fatherly hand we beseech thee euer be ouer them let thy holy Spirite euer bee with them and so leade them in the knowledge and obedience of thy worde that in the end they may obtaine the euerlasting life through our Lord Iesus Christ who with thee and the holy Ghost liueth and reigneth one God world without end Amen Then the Bishop shall blesse the children saying thus The blessing of God Almightie the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost bee vpon you and remaine with you for cuer Amen The Curate of euery Parish or some other at his appointment shall diligently vpon Sundayes and Holy dayes halfe an houre before Euensong openly in the Church instruct and examine so many children of his Parish sent vnto him as the time will serue and as he shall thinke conuenient in some part of this Catechisme And all Fathers Mothers Masters and Dames shall cause their children seruants and prentices which haue not learned their Catechisme to come to the Church at the time appointed and obediently to heare and be ordered by the Curate vntill such time as they haue learned all that is here appointed for them to
sonnes of Zebedee which were partners with Simon And Iesus sayd vnto Simon Feare not from henceforth thou shalt catch men And they brought the ships to land and forsooke all and followed him The sixt sunday after trinitie The Collect. GOd which hast prepared to them that loue thee such good things as passe mans vnderstanding powre into our hearts such loue toward thee that wee louing thee in all things may obtaine thy promises which exceed all that the we can desire through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle KNow ye not Rom. 6.3 that al we which are baptized in Iesus Christ are baptized to die with him We are buried then with him by baptisme for to die that likewise as Christ was raised from death by the glorie of the Father euen so we also should walke in a new life For if we be grafted in death like vnto him euen so shal we be partakers of the holy resurrection knowing this that our old man is crucified with him also that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed that henceforth we should not be seruants vnto sinne For he that is dead is iustified frō sinne Wherefore if we be dead with Christ we beleeue that we shall also liue with him Knowing that Christ being raised frō death dieth no more death hath no more power ouer him For as touching that hee died he died concerning sinne once and as touching that he liueth he liueth vnto God Likewise consider ye also that ye are dead as touching sinne but are aliue vnto God through Christ our Lord. The Gospel IEesus sayd vnto his Disciples Mat. 5.20 Except your righteousnes exceed the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharises ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heauen Ye haue heard that it was sayd vnto them of olde time Thou shall not kill whosoeuer killeth shall be in danger of iudgement But I say vnto you that whosoeuer is angry with his brother vnaduisedly shall be in danger of iudgement And whosoeuer saieth vnto his brother Racha shall be in danger of a Counsaile But whosoeuer saith Thou foole shal be in danger of hell fire Therefore if thou offerest thy gift at the alter and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee leaue there thine offering before the alter and goe the way first and be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift Agree with thine aduersarie quickely whiles thou art in the way with him least at any time the aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge and the iudge deliuer thee to the minister and then thou bee cast into prison Verily I say vnto thee thou shalt not come out thence till thou hast payed the vttermost farthing The vij Sunday after trinitie The Collect. LOrd of all power might which art the authour and giuer of all good things graffe in our hearts the loue of thy Name increase in vs true religion nourish vs with all goodnes of thy great mercy keepe vs in the same through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle I Speake grosly Rom. 6.19 because of the infirmitie of your flesh As ye haue giuen your members seruants to vncleannes and to iniquitie from one iniquitie to another euen so now giue ouer your members seruants vnto righteousnesse that ye may be sanctified For when ye were seruants of sinne ye were voyd of righteousnesse What fruite had ye then in those things whereof yee are now ashamed For the end of those things is death But nowe are yee deliuered from sinne made the seruants of God and haue your fruit to be sanctified and the end euerlasting life For the reward of sinne is death but eternall life is the gift of God through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Gospel IN those dayes Mar. 8.1 when there was a very great companie had nothing to eate Iesus called his disciples vnto him and sayd vnto them I haue compassion on the people because they haue bene now with me three dayes and haue nothing to eate and if I sende them away fasting to their owne houses they shall faint by the way for diuers of them came from farre And his disciples answered him Where should a man haue bread here in the wildernesse to satisfie these And hee asked them Howe many loaues haue ye They sayd Seuen And he commanded the people to sit downe on the ground And hee tooke the seuen loaues and when he had giuen thankes he brake gaue to his Disciples to set before them and they did set them before the people And they had a few smal fishes and when he had blessed he commanded them also to be set before them And they did eate and were suffised And they tooke vy of the broken meat that was left seuen baskets full And they that did eate were about foure thousand And he sent them away The viij Sunday after trinitie The Collect. GOd whose prouidence is neuer deceiued we humbly beseech thee that thou wilt put away from vs all hurtfull things and giue those things which be profitable for vs through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BRethren Rom. 8.12 we are debters not to the flesh to liue after the flesh For if ye liue after the flesh yee shall die But if yee through the spirit doe mortifie the deedes of the body yee shall liue For as many as are led by the spirit of God they are the sonnes of God For ye haue not receiued the spirit of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receiued the spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father The same spirit certifieth our spirit that we are the sonnes of God If we be sonnes then are we also heires the hetres I meane of God and heires annexed with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may also be glorified together with him The Gospel BEware of false prophets Mat. 7.15 which come to you in sheepes clothing but inwardly they are rauening Wolues yee shall know them by their fruites Doe men gather grapes of thornes Or figs of thistles Euen so euery good tree bringeth forth good fruites but a corrupt tree bringeth foorth euill fruits A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruits neither can a bad tree bring foorth good fruits Euery tree that bringeth not foorth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fire Wherfore by their fruits ye shall know them Not euery one that faieth vnto me Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heaven he shall enter into the kingdome of heauen The ix Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GRaunt to vs Lorde we beseech thee the spirite to thinke and doe alwayes such things as bee rightfull that we which cannot be without thee may by thee be able to liue according to thy wil through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BRethren 1. Cor. 10.1 I would not that ye should be ignorant how that our fathers
hand of all that hate vs. That hee would deale mercifully with our fathers and remember his holy Couenaunt that he would performe the oath which hee sware to our father Abraham for to giue vs. That we being deliuered out of the hands of our enemies might serue him without freare all the dayes of our life in such holinesse and righteousnesse as are acceptable for him And thou childe shall bee called the Prophet of the highest for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes To giue knowledge of saluation vnto his people for the remission of sinnes through the tender mercie of our God whereby the day spring from an high hath visited vs. To giue light to them that sit in darknesse and in the shadowe of death and to guide our feete into the way of peace And the childe grew and waxed strong in spirit and was in wildernesse till the day came when he should shew himselfe vnto the Israelites Saint Peters day The Collect. ALmightie God which by thy sonne Iesus Christ hast giuen to thy Apostle S. Peter many excellent gifts and comandedst him earnestly to feede thy flocke make we beseech thee all Bishops and Pastours diligently to preach thy holy word and the people obediently to follow the same that they may receiue the crowne of euerlasting glorie through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle AT the same time Acts 12.1 Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vexe certaine of the congregation and he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sword And because hee sawe it pleased the Iewes he proceeded further and tooke Peter also Then were the dayes of sweete bread And when hee had caught him he put him in prison also and deliuered him to foure quaternions of souldiers to bee kept intending after Easter to bring him foorth to the people And Peter was kept in prison but prayer was made without ceasing of the congregation vnto God for him And when Herod would haue brought him out vnto the people the same night slept Peter tweene two souldiers bound with two chaines and the keepers before the doore kept the prison And behold the Angel of the Lord was there present and a light shined in the habitation and he smote Peter on the side and stirred him vp saying Arise vp quickly And his chaines fell from his hands And the Angle said vnto him Gird thy selfe and binde on thy sandales And so hee did And hee faith vnto him East thy garment about thee and follow me And hee came out and followed him and wist not that it was trueth which was done by the Angel but though thee had seene a vision When they were past the first and secoud watch they came vnto the yron gate that leadeth vnto the citie which opened to them by the owne accord and they went out and passed through one streete and foorthwith the Angle departed from him And when Peter was come to himselfe hee said Now I know of a suretie that the Lord hath sent his Angel and hath deliuered me out of the hand of Herod and from all the waiting of the people of the Iewes The Gospel WHen Iesus came into the coastes of the Citie Mat. 16.13 which is called Cesarea Philippi he asked his disciples saying whom do men say that I the sonne of man am They sayde Some say that thou art Iohn Baptist some Elias some Ieremias or one of the Prophets Hee saith vnto them But whom say yee that I am Simon Peter answered and said Thou art Christ the sonne of the liuing God And Iesus answered and said vnto him Happie art thou Simon the sonne of Iohas for flesh and blood hath not opened that vnto thee but my father which is in heauen And I say vnto thee that thou art Peter and vpon this rocke will I build my congregation and the gates of hell shall not preuaile against it And I will giue vnto thee the keyes of the kingdome of heanen And whatsoeuer thou bindest in earth shall be bound in heauen and whatsoeuer thou loosest in earth shall bee loosed in heauen S. Iames the Apostle The Collect. GRant O mercifull God that as thine holy Apostle Iames leauing his father and all that he had without delay was obedient vnto the calling of thy Sonne Iesus Christ and followed him So we forsking all wordly and carnal affections may be euermore ready to follow thy commandements through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle IN those dayes came Prophets from the Citie of Hierusalem Acts. 11.27 vnto Antioch And there stood vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the Spirite that there should bee great dearth throughout all the world which came to passe in the Emperour Claudius dayes Then the disciples euery man according to his habilitie purposed to send succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewrie which thing they also did and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul At the same time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vexe certaine of the congregation And hee killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sword and because hee saw it pleased the Iewes he proceeded further and tooke Peter also The Gospel THen came to him the mother of Zebedees children Mat. 20.20 with her sonnes worshipping him and desiring a certaine thing of him And hee said vnto her what wilt thou Shee said vnto him Grant that these my two sonnes may sit the one on the right hand and the other on the lest in they kingdome But Iesus answered and sayd yee wote not what yee aske Are yee able to drinke of the cup that I shall drinke of and to bee baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with They saide vnto him wee are Hee said vnto them yee shall drinke in deede of my cup and be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to giue but it shall chaunce vnto them that it is prepared for of my father And when the ten heard this they disdained at the two brethren But Iesus called them vnto him and sayde yee knowe that the princes of the nations haue dominion ouer them and they that are great men exercise authoritie vpon them It shall not be so among you But whosoeuer will bee great among you let him bee your minister and whosoeuer will be chiefe among you let him be your seruant Euen as the sonne of man came not to bee ministred vnto but to minister and to giue his life a redemption for many S. Bartholomew Apostle The Collect. O Almightie and euerlasting God which hast giuen grace to thine Apostle Bartholomewe truely to beleeue and to preach the word graunt wee beseech thee vnto thy Church both to loue that hee beleeued and to preach that hee taught through Christ our Lord. The Epistle BY the handes of the Apostles were many signes and wonders shewed among the people
godlinesse Grant this O mercifull Father for thy deare sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Immediatly after the Collects the Priest shal reade the Epistle beginning thus The Epistle written in the Chapter of And the Epistle ended he shall say the Gospel beginning thus The Gospel written in the Chapter of And the Epistle and Gospel being ended shal be said the Creede I Beleeue in one God the Father Almightie maker of heauen and earth and of al things visible and inuisible and in one Lord Iesus Christ the only begotten sonne of God begotten of his Father before al worlds God of God light of light very God of very God begottē not made being of one substance with the father by whom al things were made who for vs men for our saluation came downe from heauen was incarnate by the holy Ghost of the virgin Marie and was made man and was crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate Hee suffered and was buried and the third day hee rose againe according to the Scriptures and ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of the Father And hee shal come againe with glorie to iudge both the quicke and the dead Whose kingdome shall haue no ende And I beleeue in the holy Ghost the Lord and giuer of life who proceedeth from the father and the soone who with the father and the soone together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophets And I beleeue one Catholique and Apostolique Church I acknowledge one baptisme for the remission of sinnes And I looke for the refurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come Amen After the Creede if there be no Sermon shall follow one of the Homilies alreadie set foorth or hereafter to bee set foorth by common authoritie After such Sermon Homilie or exhortation the Curate shall declare vnto the people whether there be any holy dayes or fasting dayes the week folowing and earnestly exhort them to remember the poore saying one or moe of these sentences following as he thinketh most conuenient by his discretion Let your light shine before men that they may see your good workes and glorifie your Father which is in heauen Matth. 5. Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon the earth where the rust and moth doeth corrupt and where theeues breake through and steale but lay vp for your selues treasures in heauen where neither rust nor moth doeth corrupt where theeues doe not breake through and steale Matth. 6. Whatsoever ye would that men should doe vnto you euen so doe vnto them for this is the Law and the Prophets Matth. 7. Not euery one that saith vnto me Lord Lord shal enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heauen Matth. 7. Zache stood forth and said vnto the Lord Behold Lord the halfe of my goods I giue to the poore and if I haue done any wrong to any man I restore foure folde Luke 19. Who goeth a warefare at any time of his owne cost who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof Or who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milke of the slocke 1. Cor. 9. If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall things is it a great matter if we shall reape your worldly things 1. Cor 9. Doe yee not knowe that they which minister about holy things liue of the sacrifice and they which wait of the altar are partakers with the altar euen so hath the Lord al 's ordeined that they which preach the Gospel should liue of the Gospel 1. Cor 9. He that soweth little shall reape little and he that soweth plenteously shal reape plenteously Let euery man doe according as he is disposed in his heart not grudging or of necessitie for God loueth a cheerefull giuer 2. Cor. 9. Let him that is taught in the word minister vnto him that teacheth in all good things Be not deceiued God is not mocked For whatsoeuer a man soweth that shall he rcape Gal. 6. While we haue time let vs doe good vnto all men and specially vnto them which are of the houshold of faith Gal. 6. Godlinesse is great riches if a man be content with that he hath for we brought nothing into the world neither may we cary any thing out 1. Tim. 6. Charge them which are rich in this world that they bee ready to giue and glad to distribute laying vp in store for themselues a good foundation against the time to come that they may attaine eternall life 1. Tim. 6. God is not vnrighteous that hee will forget your workes and labour that proceedeth of loue which loue ye haue shewed for his names sake which haue ministred vnto the saints and yet doe minister Heb. 6. To doe good and to distribute forget not for with such sacrifices God is pleased Heb. 13. Who so hath this worlds good and seeth his brother haue neede and shuttreth vp his compassion from him how dwelleth the loue of God in him 1. Ioh. 3. Giue almes of thy goods and turne neuer thy face from any poore man and then the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee Tob. 4. Bee merciful after thy power If thou hast much giue plenteously If thou hast little doe thy diligence gladly to giue of that little for so gatherest thou thy selfe a good reward in the day of necessitie Tob. 4. He that hath pitie vpon the poore lendeth vnto the Lord and looke what he layeth out it shall payd him againe Prou. 19. Blessed be the man that prouideth for the sicke and needie the lord shall deliuer him in the time of trouble Psal 41 Then shall the Churchwardens or some other by them appointed gather the deuotion of the people and put the same into the poore mans boxe and vpon the offring dayes appointed euery man and woman shall pay to the Curate the due accustomed offrings After which done the Priest shal say ¶ Let vs pray for the whole state of Christs Church militant here in earth Almightie and everliving God Isthere be no Almes giuen vnto the poore then shall the words of accepting our Almes be left out vnsaid which by the holy Apostle hast taught vs to make prayers and supplications and to giue thankes for all men wee humbly beseech thee mostmercifully to accept our Almes and to receiue these our prayers which we offer vnto thy diuine maiestle beseeching thee to inspire continually the vniuersall Church with the spirit of trueth vnitic and concord and graunt that al they that doe confesse thy holy name may agree in the truth of thy holy word and liue in vnitie and godly loue We beseech thee also to saue and defend all Christian kings princes and gouernours and spccially thy seruant Iames our king that vnder him we may bee godly and quietly gouerned and graunt vnto his whole counsaile and to all
his also The Sea is his and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land O come let vs worship and fall downe and kneele before the Lord our maker For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheepe of his handes To day if ye will heare his voyce harden not your hearts as in the prouocation and as in the day of temptation in the wildernes When your fathers tempted me proued mee and saw my workes Fourtie yeeres long was I grieued with this generation and said it is a people that doe erre in their hearts for they have not knowen my wayes Vnto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall bee world without and Amen Then shall follow eertaine Psalmes in order as they be appointed in a table made for that purpose except there be proper Psalmes appointed for that day And at the end of euery Psalme throughout the yeere and likewise in the end of Benedictus Benedicite Magnisicat and Nunc dimittis shal be repeated Glory be to the Father c As it was in the c. Then shall be read two Lessons distinctly with a lowd voyce that the people may heare The first of the old Testament The second of the New like as they bee appointed in the Kalender except there be proper Lessons assigned for that day the Minister that readeth the Lesson standing and turning him so as hee may best beheard of all such as be present And before euery Lesson the Minister shall say thus The first second third or fourth Chapter of Genesis or Exodus Matthew Marke or other like as is appointed in the Kalender And in the end of euery Chapter hee shall say Here endeth such a Chapter of such booke And to the end the people may the better heare in such places where they do sing there shal the Lessons be song in a plaine tune after the maner of distinct reading and likewise the Epistle Gospel After the first Lesson shall follow Te Deum laudamus in English dayly throughout the whole yeere WE prayse thee O God we knowledge thee to be the Lord. Te Deum laudamus All the earth doeth worship thee the Father euerlasring To thee all Angelscry alowd the heauens and all the powers therein To thee Cherubin Seraphin continually do cry Holy holy holy Lord God of Sabaoth Heauen and earth are full of the Maiestie of thy glory The glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee The goodly felowship of the Prophets prayse thee The noble army of Martyrs prayse thee The holy Church throughout all the world doeth knowledge thee The Father of an infinite Maiestie Thine honourable true and onely Sonne Also the holy Ghost the Comforter Thou art the King of glory O Christ Thou art the euerlasting Sonne of the Father When thou tookest vpon thee to deliver man thou diddest not abhorre the Virgins wombe When thou haddest overcome the sharpenesse of death thou diddest open the kingdome of heauen to all beleeuers Thou sittesst at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father We beleeve that thou shalt come to be our Iudge We therefore pray thee helpe thy seruants whom thou hast redeemed with thy prerious blood Make them to bee numbred with thy Saints in glory everlasting O Lord saue thy people and blesse thine heritage Gouerne them and lift them vp for ever Day by day we magnifie thee And we worship thy Name ever world without end Vouchsafe O Lord to keepe vs this day without sinne O Lord haue mercy vponv us haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpon vs as our trust is in thee O Lord in thee have I trusted let me neuer be confounded ¶ Or this Canticle Benedicite omnia opera c. O All ye works of the Lord blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer Benedicite O yee Angels of the Lord blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye heaueus blesse the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for ever O ye waters that be aboue the firmament blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for ever O all ye powers of the Lord blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye Sunne and Moone blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye starres of heauen blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye showres and deaw blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye windes of God blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye fire and heate blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye winter and sommer blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye deawes and frosts blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye frost and colde blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye yce and snowe blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye nights and dayes blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye light and darkenes blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye lightnings and cloudes blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O let the earth blesse the Lord yea let it praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye mountaines and hilles blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O all ye greene things vpon the earth blesse ye the Lord pratse him and magnifie him for euer O ye welles blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye Seas and floods blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye Whales and al that moue in the waters blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for evur O all ye foules of the aire blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O all ye beasts and cattell blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for eur O yee children of men blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O let Israel blesse the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye Priestes of the Lord blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye seruants of the Lord blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye spirits soules of the righteous blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye holy and humble men of heart blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O Ananias Azarias and Misael blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for ever Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now
mercie vpon vs. Our Father which art in heauen c. And lead vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euill Amen ¶ The Versicle O Lord deale not with vs after our sinnes Answere Neither reward vs after our iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull father that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorrowfull mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs and graciously heare vs that those euils which the craft and subtiltie of the deuill or man worketh against vs bee brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnes they may be dispersed that wee thy seruants being hurt by no persecutions may euermore giue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy Names sake O God wee haue heard with ourt eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes thou diddest in their dayes and in the old time before them O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thine Honour Glory be to the father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be world without end Amen From our enemies defend vs O Christ Graciously looke vpon our afflictions Pitifully behold the sorrowes of our hearts Mercifully forgiue the sinnes of thy people Fauorably with mercy heare our prayers O Sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer bouchsate to heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Christ graciously heare vs O Lord Christ The Versicle O Lord let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. Answere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to looke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy Names sake turne from vs all those euils that wee most righteously haue deferued and graunt that in all our troubles wee may put our whole trust confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue thee in holinesse and purenesse of liuing to thy honour and glory through our onely Mediatour and Aduocate Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A prayer for the Kings Maistie O Lord our heauenly Father high and mightie king of kings Lord of lords the onely ruler of Princes which doest from thy Throne beholde all the dwellers vpon earth most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious soueraigne Lord king lames and so replenish him the grace of the holy Spirit that hee may alway encline to thy will and walke in thy way endue him plenteously with heauenly gifts graunt him in health and wealth long to liue strengthen him that hee may banquish and ouercome all his enemies and finally after this life he may attaine euerlasting ioy and felicitie though Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer for the Queene and Prince and other the King and Queenes children ALmightie God which hast promised to be a Father of thine Elect and of their seed wee humbly beseech thee to blesse our gratious Queene Anne Prince Henry and all the King and Queenes Royall progenie indue them with thy holy Spirit enrich them with thy heauenly grace prosper them with all happinesse and bring them to thine euerlasting Kingdome through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ALmightie and euerlasting God which onely workest great marueiles send downe vpon our Bishops and Curats and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthfull Spirit of thy grace and that they may truely please thee powre vpon them the continuall deaw of thy Blessing Graunt this O Lord for the honour of our Aduocate and Mediator Iesus Christ Amen A prayer of Chrysostome ALmighty God which hast giuen vs grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications vnto thee and doest promise that when two or three bee gathered together in thy Name thou wilt graunt their requests fulfill now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy seruants as may bee most expedient for them graunting vs in this world knowledge of thy Trueth and in the world to come life euerlasting Amen 2. Corinth 13. THE grace of our Lord Iesus Christ and the loue of God the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all euermore Amen For raine if the time require O God heauenly Father which by thy Sonne Iesus Christ hast promised to all them that seeke thy kingdome and the righteousnesse thereof all things necessary to their bodily sustenance Send vs we beseech thee in this our necessitie such moderate raine and showres that we may receiue the fruites of the earth to our comfort and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen For faire Weather O Lord God which for the sinne of man diddest once drowne all the world except eight persons and afterward of thy great mercie didst promise neuer to destroy it so againe Wee humbly beseech thee that although wee for our iniquisies haue worthily deserued this plague of raine waters yet vpon our true repentance thou wilt send vs such weather whereby wee may receiue the fruits of the earth in due season and learne both by thy punishment to amend our liues for thy clemencie to giue thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen In the time of dearth and famine O God heauenly father whose gift it is that the raine doeth fall the earth is fruitful beasts increase and fishes doe multiply beholde wee beseech thee the afflictions of thy people and grant that the fearcitie and dearth which we do now most iustly suffer for our iniquitie may through thy goodnesse be mercifully turned into cheapnesse plentie for the loue of Isus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the holy ghost be all honour c. In the time of Warre O Almighty God King of all kings and gouernour of all things whole power no creature is able to resist to whom it belongeth instly to punish sinners and to be mercifull to them that truely repent saue and deliuer vs wee humbly beseech thee from the handes of our enemies abate their pride asswage their malice and confound their deuiecs that wee being armed with thy defence may be preserued euermore from all perils to glorifie thee which art the onely giuer of all victorie through the merits of thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. In the time of any common Plague or sickenesse O Almighty God which in thy wrath in the time of King Dauid diddest flay with the plague of pestilence threescore and ten thousand and yet remembring thy Mercie diddest saue the rest haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners that now are bifited with great fikenesse and mortalitie that like as thou diddest then command thine Angel to cease from punishing so it may nowe please thee to withdraw from vs this plague and grieuous fickenesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whose nature and propertie is euer to haue merce and to
to whom custome is due feare to whom feare belongeth honour to whom honour pertaineth The Cospel AND when he entered into a ship Mat. 8 23. his Disciples followed him And beholde there arose a great tempest in the sea insomuch as the ship was couered with waues but he was a sleepe And his Disciples came to him and awoke him saying Master saue vs wee perish And hee sayd vnto them why are yee fearefull O yee of little faith Then hee arose and rebuked the windes and the sea another followed a great calme But the men marueiled saying what maner of man is this that both windes and sea obey him And when hee was come to the other side into the countrey of the Gergesites there met him two possessed of deuils which came out of the graues and were out of measure fierce so that no man might goe by that way And beholde they cried out saying O Iesus thou sonne of God what haue we to doe with thee Art thou come hither to torment vs nefore the time And there was a good way off from them a herde of many swine feeding So the deuils besought him saying If thou cast vs outr suffer vs to goe into the herde of swine And he sayd vnto them Goe your wayes Then went they out and departed into the herde of swine And beholde the whole herde of swine was caryed headlong into the sea and perished in the waters Then they that kept them fled and went their wayes into the citie and told euerything and what had happened vnto the possessed of thew deuils And behold the whole citie came out to meete Iesus and when they sawe him they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts The fifth Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. LOrd we beseech thee to keepe thy Church household continually in thy true religion that they which doe leane onely vpon hope of thy heauenly grace may euermore bee defended by thy mightie power through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle PVt vpon you as the elect of God Col. 3.12 tender mercie kindnesse humblenesse of minde meekenesse long suffering forbearing one another and forgiving one another if any man haue a quarell against another as Christ forgaue you euen so doe ye Aboue all these things put on loue which is the bond of perfectnesse And the peace of God rule in your heartes to the which peace yee are called in one body and see that yee thankefull Let the worde of Christ dwel in you plenteously with all wisdome Teach and exhort your owne selues in Psalmes and Hymnes spiritual songs singing with grace in your hearts to the Lorde And whatsoeuer ye doe in word or deed doe all in the name of the Lord Iesu giuing thanks to God the Father by him The Gospel THe kingdome of heauen is like vnto a man which sowed good seede in his field but while men slept his enemie came Matth. 13.24 and sowed tares among the wheate and went his way But when the blade was sprung vp and had brought foorth fruite then appeared the tares also So the seruants of the house-holder came and sayde vnto him Sir diddest not thou sowe good seed in thy field from whence then hath it tares He said vnto them The enuious man hath done this The seruants sayd vnto him Wilt thou then that we goe weed them vp But he sayd Nay least while ye gather vp the tares ye plucke vp also the wheate with them let both grow together vntill the haruest and in the time of haruest I wil say to the Reapers Gather ye first the tares and bind them together in sheaues to be burnt but gather the wheate into my barne The sixt Sunday if there be so many shall haue the same Collect Epistle and Gospel that was vpon the fist Sunday The Sunday called Septuagesima The Collect. O Lorde wee beseech thee fauourably to heare the praiers of thy people that we which are iustly punished for our offences may be mercifully deliuered by thy goodnesse for the glory of thy Name through Iesus Christ our Sauiour who liueth and reigneth world with out end Amen The Epistle PErceiue ye not how that they which runne in a course 1. Cor. 9.24 runne all but one receiueth the reward So runne that ye may obtaine Euery man that proueth masteries absteineth from all things and they doe it to obteine a crowne that shall perish but we to obtaine an euerlasting crowne I therefore so runne not as at an vncertaine thing so fight I not as one that beateth the ayre but I came my body and 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 Gospel THe kingdome of heauen is like vnto a man that is an Housholder Mat. 20.1 which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyarde And when the agreement was made with the labourers for a peny a day he sent them into his vineyarde And hee went out about the third houre and saw other standing idle in the market place and sayd vnto them Goe ye also into vineyarde and whatsoeuer is right I will giue you And they went their way Againe hee went out about the sixth and ninth houre and did likewise And about the eleuenth houre he went out and found other standing idle and sayd vnto them Why stand ye here all the day idle They sayde vnto him Because no man hath hired vs. Hee saith vnto them Goe yee also into the vineyarde and whatsoeuer is right that shall ye receiue So when euen was come the Lorde of the vineyarde said vnto his Steward Call the labourers anb giue them their hire beginning at the last vntill the first And when they did come that came about the eleuēth houre they rceiued euery man a peny But when the first came also they supposed that they should haue receiued more and they likewise receiued euery man a peny And when they had receiued it they murmured against the goodman of the house saying These last haue wrought but one houre and thou hast made them equall with vs which haue borne the burden and heate of the day But he answered vnto one of them and said Friend I doe thee no wrong Diddest thou not agree with mee for a penie Take that thine is and goe thy way I will giue vnto this last euen as vnto thee Is it not lawfull for mee to doe as mee lusteth with mine owne goods Is thine eie euil because I am good So the last shal be first and the first shall be last For many be called but few be chosen The Sunday called Sexagesima The Collect. LOrd God which seest that wee put not our trust in any thing that we doe mercifully graunt that by thy power we may be defended against all aduersitie through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle YE suffer fooles gladly 2. Cor. 11.19 seeing your
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
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
before God Wherefore lay apart all fillthinesse and superstuitie of maliciousnesse and receiue with meekenesse the word that is grafted in you which is able to saue your soules The Gospel IEsus said vnto his disciples Ioh. 16.5 Now I go my way to him that sent me and none of you asketh me whither I goe but because I haue sayd such things vnto you your hearts are full of sorrow Neuerthelesse I tell you the trueth it is expedient for you that I goe away For if I goe not away that comforter will not come vnto you but if I depart I will send him vnto you And when he is come he will rebuke the world of sin and of righteousnesse and of iudgement Of sinne because they beleeue not on me Of righteousnesse because I goe to my Father and ye shall see me no more Of indgement because the prince of this world is iudged already I haue yet many things to say vnto you but ye cannot beare them away now Howbeit when he is come which is the spirit of trueth he will lead you into all trueth He shall not speake vnto himselfe but whatsoeuer he shall heare that shall he speake and he will shew you things to come He shall glorifie me for he shal receiue of mine and shal shew vnto you All things that the Father hath are mine therefore sayd I vnto you that he shall take of mine and shew vnto you The fift Sunday after Easter The Collect. LOrd from whom all good things doe come grant vs thy humble seruants that by thy holy inspiration we may thinke those things that be good and by thy mercifull guiding may performe the same through our Lord Iesus Christ The Epistle SEe that ye be doers of the word Iam. 1.22 and not hearers onely deceiuing your owne selues For if any man heare the word and declareth not the same by his workes he is like vnto a man beholding his bodily face in a glasse For assoone as hee hath looked on himselfe he goeth his way and forgetteth immediatly what his fashion was But whoso looketh in the perfect law of libertie and continueth therein if he be not a forgetfull hearer but a doer of the worke the same shall be happy in his deed If any man among you seeme to be deuout refraineth not his tongue but deceiueth his owne heart this mans deuotion is in vaine Pure deuotion and vndefiled before God the father is this to visit the fatherlesse and widowes in their aduersitie and to keepe himselfe vnspotted of the world The Gospel VErily Iohn 16.23 verily I say vnto you whatseouer yee aske the Father in my name he will giue if you Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my name Aske and ye shall receiue that your ioy may be full These things haue I spoken vnto you by prouerves The time will come when I shall no more speake vnto you by prouerves but I shal shew you plainly from my Father At that day shall yee aske in my Name and I say not vnto you that I will speake vnto my Father for you for the Father himselfe loueth you because ye haue loued me and haue beleeued that I came out from God I when out from the Father and came into the world Againe I leaue the world and goe to the Father His disciples sayd vnto him Loe now thou talkest plainly and speakest no prouerve Now are we sure that thou knowest all things and needest not that any man shoulde aske thee any question therefore beleeue we that thou camest from God Iesus answered them Now ye doe beleeue behold the houre draweth nigh and is already come that ye shal be scattered euery man to his owne and shall leaue mee alone And yet am I not alone for the Father is with mee These words haue I spoken vnto you that in me yee might haue peace for in the world shall yee haue tribulation But bee of good cheere I haue ouercome the world The Ascension day The Collect. GRaunt we beseech thee Almightie God that like as wee doe beleeue thy onely begotten Sonne our Lorde to haue ascended into the heauens so wee may also in heart and minde thither ascende and with him continually dwell The Epistle IN the former treatise Actes 1.1 deare Theophilus wee haue spoken of all that Iesus beganne to do and teach vntill the day in which hee was taken vp after that hee through the holy Ghost had giuen commaundements vnto the Apostles whom he had chosen to whom also he shewed himselfe aliue after his passion and that by many tokens appearing vnto them fortie dayes and speaking of the kingdome of God and gathered them together and commanded them that they should not depart front Hierusalem but to wait for the promise of the Father whereof sayeth he ye haue heard of me For Iohn truely baptized with water but yee shall be baptized with the holy Ghost after these few dayes When they therefore were come together they asked of him saying Lord wilt thou at this time restore againe the kingdome to Israel And he sayd vnto them It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his owne power But ye shall receiue power after the holy Ghost is come vpon you and ye shall be witnesses vnto me not onely in Hierusalem but also in al Iurie and in Samaria and euen vnto the worlds end And when he had spoken these things while they beheld he was taken vpon high and a cloud recieued him vp out of their sight And while they looked stedfastly vp toward heauen as he went behold two men stood by them in white apparell which also sayd Yee men of Galilee Why stand ye gazing vp into heauen This same Iesus which is taken vp from you into heauen shall so come euen as ye haue seene him goe into heauen The Gospel IEsus appeared vnto the eleuen as they fate at meate Mark 16.14 and cast in their teeth their vnbeliefe and hardnesse of heart because they beleeued not them which had seene that hee was risen againe from the dead And he said vnto them Go ye into al the world and preach the Gospel to all creatures He that beleeueth and is baptized shal be saued but he that beleeueth not shal be damned And these tokens shall follow them that beleeue In my name they shall cast out deuils they shal speake with new tongues they shall driue away serpents and if they drinke any deadly thing it shall not hurt them they shall lay their handes on the sicke and they shall recouer So when the Lord had spoken vnto them hee was receiued into heauen and is on the right hand of God And they went forth and preached euery where the Lorde working with them and confirming the word with miracles following Sunday after Ascension day The Collect. O God the King of glory which hast exalted thine only Sonne Iesus Christ with great triumph vnto thy kingdome in
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
call his name Emmanuel Butter and houie shall hee eate that he may know to resuse the euill and chuse the good The Gospel ANd in the sixt moneth Luk. 1.26 the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a Citie of Galilee named Nazareth to a virgin spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins went in vnto her and said Haile full of grace the Lorde is with thee blessed art thou among women When she saw him she was abashed at his saying and cast in her minde what maner of salutation that should be And the Angell sayde vnto her Feare not Marie for thou hast found grace with God Behold thou shalt conceiue in thy wombe and beare a sonne and shall call his name Iesus he shal be great and shall bee called the sonne of the Highest And the Lord God shall giue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kingdom there shall be none ende Then said Mary to the Angel How shall this be seeing I know not a man And the Angel answered and said vnto her The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee the power of the highest shall ouer shadow thee Therefore also that holy thing wich shall be borne shal be called the sonne of God And behold thy cousin Elizabeth shee hath also conceiued a sonne in her age and this is the sixt moneth which was called barren for with God nothing shal be vnpossible And Mary said Behold the handmaid of the Lord be it vnto me according to thy word And the Angel departed from her Saint Markes day The Collect. ALmightie God which hast instructed thy holy Church with the heauenly doctrine of thy Euangelist Saint Marke giue vs grace that we be not like children carried away with euery blast of vaine doctrine but firmely to be established in the trueth of thy holy Gospel through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle VNto euery one of vs is giuen grace Ephe. 4.7 according to the measure of the gift of Christ wherefore he sayeth when he went vp on high he ledde captiuitie captiue and gaue giftes vnto men That hee ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended first into the lower partes of the earth He that descended is euen the same also that ascended vp aboue all heauens to fulfill all things And the very same made some Apostles some Prophets some Euangelistes some shepheards and teachers to the edisying of the saints to the worke and administration euen to the edisying of the body of Christ till we all come to the vnitie of the faith and knowledge of the sonne of God vnto a perfect man vnto the measure of the full perfect age of Christ That we henceforth should be no more children wauering and caried about with euery wind of doctrine by the wilinesse of men through craftinesse whereby they say awaite for vs to decieue vs. But let vs follow the trueth in love and in all things growe in him which is the head euen Christ in whom if all the body be coupled and knit together throughout euery ioynt wherewith one ministreth to another according to the operation as euery part hath his measure he encreseth the body vnto the edisying of it selfe through loue The Gospel I Am the true Vine Ioh. 15.1 and my father ther is an hysbandman Euery branche that breareth not fruite in mee he will take away and euery branche that beareth fruite will hee purge that it may bring forth more fruite Now are yee cleane through the wordes which I haue spoken vnto you Bide in me and I in you As the branch cannot beare fruite of it selfe except it bide in the Vine no more can ye except ye abide in me I am the Vine ye are the branches He that abideth in mee and Iin him the same bringeth forth much fruit For without me can yee doe nothing If a man bide not in mee he is rast foorth as a branche and is withered and men gather them and cast them into the fixe and they burne If yee abide in mee and my wordes abide in you aske what yee will and it shal be done for you Herein is my Father glorified that yee beare much fruit and become my Disciples As the Father hath loued mee euen so also haue I loued you Continue you in my loue If yee keepe my commandments yee shall abide in my loue euen as I haue kept my fathers commandements and abide in his loue These things haue I spoken vnto you that my ioy might remaine in you and that your ioy might be full S. Philip and Iames day The Collect. ALmightie God whom truely to know is euerlasting life grant vs perfectly to knowe thy Sonne Iesus Christ to be the way the Trueth and the Life as thou hast thught S. Philip and other the Apostles throught Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle IAmes the seruant of God Iam. 1.1 and of the Lorde Iesus Christ sendeth greeting to the twelue Tribes which are scattered abroad My brethren count it for an exceeding ioye When yee fall into diuers temptations Knowing this that the trying of your faith gendreth patience and let patience haue her perfect woorke that yee may bee perfect and sounde lacking nothing If any of you lacke wisedome let him aske of him that giueth it euen God which giueth to all men indifferently and casteth no man in the teeth and it shall be giuen him But let him aske in faith and wauer not for he that doubteth is like a waue of the Sea which is tost of the windes and caried with violence neither let that man thinke that he shall receiue any thing of the Lord. A wauering minded man is vnstable in all his wayes Let the brother which is of lowe degree reioyce when hee is exalted Againe let him that is rich reioyce when he is made lowe For euen as the floure of the grasse shall hee passe away For as the Sunne reseth with heat and the grasse withereth and his floure falleth away and the beautie of the fashion of it perisheth euen to shall the rich man perish in his wayes Happy is the man that endureth temtation for when he is tryed hee shall receive the crowne of life which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue him The Gospel ANd Iesus sayde vnto his Disciples Ioh. 14.1 Let not your hearts be troubled ye beleeue in God beleeue also in me In my Fathers house are many mansions If it were not so I would haue tolde you I goe to prepare a place for you And if I goe to prepare a place for you I will come againe and receiue you euen vnto my selfe that where I am there may ye be also And whither I goe yee knowe and the way yee know Thomas saith vnto him Lord we know not whither thou goest and how is it possible for vs to know the way Iesus faith vnto him I
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
also himselfe bee subject vnto him that put all things vnder him that God may be all in all Else what doe they which are baptized ouer the dead if the dead rise not at all Why are they then baptized ouer them yea and why stand we alway then in ieopardie By our reioycing which I haue in Christ Iesu our Lord I die dayly That I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men what aduantageth it mee if the dead rise not againe Let vs eate and drinke for tomorow wee shall die Bee not yee deceiued euill words corrupt good maners Awake truely out of sleepe and sinne not For some haue not the knowledge of God I speake this to your shame But some man will say How arise the dead With what body shall they come Thou foole that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die And what sowest thou Thou sowest not that body that shall bee but bare corne as of wheat or some other but God giueth it a body at his pleasure to euery seed his owne body All flesh is not one maner of flesh but there is one maner of flesh of men another maner of flesh of beastes another of fishes another of birdes There are also celestiall bodies and there are bodies terrestriall But the glorie of the celestiall is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another There is one maner glorie of the Sunne and another glorie of the Moone and another glorie of the Starres For one Starre differeth from another in glorie So is the resurrection of the dead It is sowen in corruption it riseth againe in incorruption It is sowen in dishonour it riseth againe in honour It is sowen in weaknesse it riseth againe in power It is sowen a naturall bodie it riseth againe a spirituall body There is a naturall bodie and there is a spirituall bodie As it is also written The first man Adam was made a liuing soule and the last Adam was made a quickening spirite Howbeit that is not first which is spirituall but that which is naturall and then that which is spirituall The first man is of the earth earthie The second man is the Lord from heauen heauenly As is the earthie such are they that be earthy And as is the heauenly such are they that are heauenly And as wee haue borne the image of the earthie so shall wee beare the image of the heauenly This say I brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherite the kingdome of God neither doeth corruption inherite incorruption Behold I shew you a mystery we shal not all sleepe but we shall all be changed and that in a moment in the twinckling of an eye by the last trumpe For the trumpe shall blow and the dead shall rife incorruptible and we shall bee changed For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortall must put on immortality When this corruptible hath put on incorruption and this mortall hath put on immortalitie then shall be brougt to passe the saying that is written Death is swallowed vp into victory Death where is thy sting Hell where is thy victorie The sting of death is sinne and the strength of sinne is the law But thankes be vnto God which hath giuen vs victorie through our Lorde Iesus Christ Therefore my deare brethren bee yee stedfast and vnmooueable alwayes rich in the worke of the Lorde forasmuch as yee know how that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord. The Lesson ended the priest shall say Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from evil Amen The Priest ALmightie God with whom doe liue the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lorde and in whom the soules of them that be elected after they bee deliuered from the burden of the flesh be in ioy felicitie wee giue thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliuer this N. our brother out of the miseris of this sinfull world beseeching thee that it may please thee of thy gracious goodnesse shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect and to hasten thy kingdome that we with this our brother all other departed in the true faith of thy holy Name may haue our perfect consummation and blisse both in body and soule in thy eternall and euerlasting glorie Amen The Collect. O Mercifull God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ who is the resurrection and the life in whom whosoeuer beleeueth shall liue though hee die and whosoeuer liueth and beleeueth in him shall not die eternally who also taught vs by his holy Apostle Paul not to be sorie as men without hope for them that sleepe in him we meekely beseech thee O Father to raise vs from the death of sinne vnto the life of righteousnesse that when we shall depart this life wee may rest in him as our hope is this our brother doeth and that at the generall resurrection in the last day wee may bee found acceptable in thy sight and receiue that blessing which thy welbeloued sonne shall then pronouce to all that loue and feare thee saying Come yee blessed children of my Father receiue the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world Graunt this we beseech thee O mercifull Father through Iesus Christ our Mediatour and Redeemer Amen The thankesgiuing of women after childbirth commonly called the Churching of women The woman shall come into the Church and there shall kneele downe in some conuenient place nigh vnto the place where the Table standeth and the Priest standing by her shal say these words or such like as the case shall require FOrasmuch as it hath pleased Almightie God of his goodnesse to giue you safe deliuerance and hath preserued you in the great danger of childe-birth ye shall therefore giue heartie thanks vnto God and pray Then shall the Priest say this Psalme I Haue lifted vp mine eyes vnto the hils from whence commeth my helpe Psal 121. My helpe commeth euen from the Lord which hath made heauen and earth Hee will not suffer thy foote to bee mooued and he that keepeth thee will not sleepe Behold hee that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleepe The Lord himselfe is thy keeper the Lord is thy defence vpon thy right hand So that the Sunne shall not burne thee by day nor the Moone by night The Lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall keepe thy soule The Lord shall preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time forth for euermore Glorie be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercye vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Priest O
hee it is that ovteineth grace for our sinnes For hee was wounded for our offences Esai 53. smitten for our wickednesse Let vs therefore returne vnto him who is the merciful receiuer of all true penitent snners afsuring our selues that he is ready to receiue vs most willing to pardon vs if we come vnto him wiht faithfull repentance if we will submit our selues vnto him from henceforth walk in his wayes Matt. 11. if wee will take take his easie yoke and light burden vpon vs to follow him in lowlines patience and charitie and bee ordered by the gouernance of his holy spirite seeking alwayes his glory and seruing him duely in our vocation with thankesgiuing This if wee doe Christ will deliuer vs from the curse of the law and from the extreme maledirtion Which shalt light vpon them that shal be set on the left hand and he will set vs on his right hand Marr. 25. and giue vs the blessed benediction of his father commaunding vs to take possession of his glorious kingdome vnto the which he vouchsafe to bring vs all for his infinite mercie Then shalt they all kneele vpon their knees and the Priest and Clarkes kneeling where they are accustomed to say the Letanie shalt say this Psalme Miserere mei Deus HAue mercy vpon me Misere mei Psal 51 O God after thy great goodnesse according to the multitude of thy mercies doe away mine offences Wash mee throughly from my wickednesse and cleanse me from my smne For I knowledge my faultes and my sinne is euer before me Against thee onely haue I finned and done this euill in thy sight that thou mightest bee iustified in thy saying and cleare when thou art iudged Behold I was sapen in wickednesse and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me But loe thou requirest trueth in the inward partes and shalt make me to vnderstand wise dome secretly Thou shalt purge me with Hysope and I shalt be cleane thou shalt wash me and I shal be whiter then snow Thou shalt make mee heare of ioy and gladnesse that the bones Which thou hast broken may reioyce Turne thy face from my smnes and put out all my misdeedes Make mee a cleane heart O God and renew a right spirit Within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me O giue me the confort of thy helpe againe and stablish me with thy free spirit Then shalt I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloodgiltinesse O God thou that are the God of my health and my tongue shalt sing of thy righteousnesse Thou shalt open my lips O Lord my mouth shalt shew thy prayse For thou desirest no sacrifice else would I giue it thee but thou delightest not in burnt offering The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the walles of Hierusalem Then shalt thou bee pleased with the sacrifice of righteousnesse with the burnt offerings and oblations then shal they offer yong bullocke vpon thine altar Glorie be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lord saue thy seruants Answere Which put their trust in thee Minister Send vnto them helpe from aboue Answere And euermore mightily defend them Minister Helpe vs O God our Sauiour Answere And for the glorie of thy names sake deliur vs bee mercifull vnto vs sinners for thy names sake Minister O Lord heare our prayer Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Let vs pray O Lord wee beseech thee mercifully heare our prayers and spare all those which confesse their sinnes to thee that they whose cosciences by sinne are accused by thy mercifull pardon may bee absolued through Christ our Lord. Amen O Most mightie God and mercifull Father Which hast compassion of all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made Which wouldest not the death of a sinner but that hee should rather turne from sinne and be saued mercifully forgiue vs our trespasses receiuc and comfort vs Which bee grieued and wearied with the burden of our sinne Thy propertie is to haue mercie to thee onely it appertaineth to forgiue snnes Spare vs there fore good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed enter not into iudgement with thy seruants which bee vile earth and miserable sinners but so turne thine yre from vs Which meekely knowledge our vilenesse and truely repent vs of our faultes so make haste to helpe vs in this world that we may euer liue with thee in the world to come through Iesus Chrift our Lord Amen Then shalt the people say this that followeth after the Minister TUrne thou vs O good Lord and so shalt we bee turned be fauourable O Lord be fauourable to thy people which turne to thee in weeping fasting and praying for thou art a mercifull God ful of compassion long suffering and of great pitie Thou sparest when wee deserue punishment and in thy wrath thinkest vpon mercie spare thy people good Lord spare them and let not thine heritage be brought to confusion Heare vs O Lord for thy mercie is great and after the multitude of the mercies looke vpon vs. THE Psalter or Psalmes of David after the Translation of the great Bible Pointed as it shalt be sung or said in Churches * ⎠* ¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie ANNO 1603. ¶ Cum priuilegio Moneth The j. day The Psalmes of Dauid Beatus vir qui non abijt Psal j BLessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsaile of the vngodly Morning prayer nor stand in the way of sinners and hath not sit in the seate of the scornefull But his delight is in the lawe of the Lorde and in his law will he exercise himselfe day and night And he shal be like a tree planted by the water side that will bring toorth his fruit in due season His lease also shalt not wither and looke whatsoeuer hee doeth it shalt prosper As for the vngodly it is not so with them but they are like the chaffe which the winmde scattereth away from the face of earth Therefore the vngodly shalt not bee able to stande in the iudgement neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous and the way of the vngodly shalt perish Quare fremuerunt gentes Psal ij Why doe the heathen so furiously rage together why doe the people imagine vaine thing The kings of the earth stand vp and the rulers take counsaile together against the Lord against his anointed Let vs breake their bondes asuuder
Luk. 14.1 to eat bread on the Sabboth day and they watched him And behold there was a certaine man before him which had the dropsie And Iesus answered spake vnto the Lawyers Pharises saying Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabboth day And they held their peace And he tooke him healed him let him go answered them saying Which of you shal haue an Asse or an Oxe fallen into a pit and will not straightway pul him out on the Sabboth day And they could not answere him again to these things He put forth also a similitude to the ghests when he marked how they preased to be in the highest roomes and said vnto them When thou art bidden to a wedding of any man sitte not downe in the highest roome least a more honourable man then thou bee bidden of him and hee that bade him and thee come and say to thee Giue this man roome and thou begin with shame to take the lowest roome But rather when thou art bidden goe and fit in the lowest roome that when he that bad thee commeth hee may say vnto thee Friend sit vp higher then shall thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee For whosoener exalteth himselfe shall be brought low and he that humbleth himselfe shall be exalted The xviij Sunday after trinitie The Collect. LOrd we beseech thee graunt thy people grace to auoyde the infections of the deuil and with pure heart and minde to followe thee the onely God through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle I Thanke my GOD alwayes on your behalfe 1. Cor. 14. for the grace of God which is giuen you by Iesus Christ that in all things yee are made rich by him in all vtterance and in al knowledge by the which things the testimonie of Iesus Christ was confirmed in you so that yee are behind in no gift waiting for the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ which shall also strengthen you to the end that ye may be blamelesse in the day of the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ The Gospel WHen the Pharises had heard that Iesus had put the Sadduces to silence Matth 22.34 they came together and one of them which was a Doctour of the Law asked him question tempting him and saying Master which is the greatest commaundement in the Lawe Iesus sayde vnto him Thou shall loue the Lord thy GOD with all thine heart and with all thy soule and with all thy minde This is the first greatest commandement And the second is like vnto it Thou shall thou thy neighbour as thy selfe In these two commaundements hang all the Law the Prophets While the Pharisees were gathered together Iesus asked them saying What thinke ye of Christ whose sonne is he They said vnto him The sonne of Dauid He sayd vnto them How then doth Dauid in spirit call him Lord saying The Lord sayd vnto my Lorde Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footestoole If Dauid then call him Lord how is he thē his sonne And no man was able to answer him any thing neither durst any man from that day forfh aske him any mo questions The xix Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. O God forasmuch as without thee wee are not able to please thee grant that the working of thy mercie may in all things direct and rule onr hearts through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle THis I say Eph. 4.17 and testifie through the Lord that yee hence foorth walke not as other Gentiles walke in banitie of their minde while they are blinded in their vnderstanding being far from a godly life by the meanes of the ignorance that is in them because of the blindnes ot their hearts which being past repentance haue giuen themselues ouer vnto wantonnesse to worke all maner of vncleannesse euen with greedinesse But ye haue not so learned Christ If so bee that yee haue heard him and haue bene taught in him as the trueth is in Iesu as concerning the conuersation in times past to lay from you the olde man which is corrupt according to the deceiueable lustes to be renewed also in the spirite of your minde and to put on that newe man which after God is shapen in righteousnesse and true holinesse Wherefore put away lying speake euery man trueth vnto his neighbour forasmuch as wee are members one of another Be angry and sinne not Let not the sunne go downe upon your wrath neither giue place to the backbiter Let him that stole steale no more but let him rather labour with his hands the thing which is good that he may gine vnto him that needeth Let no filthie communication proceede out of your mouth but that which is good to edifie withal as oft as neede is that it may minister grace vnto the hearers And grieue not the holy spirit of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the day of redemption Let all bitternesse and fiercenes and wrath and roaring cursed speaking be put away from you with all maliciousnesse Be ye courteous one to another merciful forgiuing one another euen as God for Christs sake hath forgiuen you The Gospel IEsus entred into a ship Mat. 9.1 and passed ouer and came into his owne citie And beholde they bought to him a man sicke of the palsie lying in a bed And when Iesus sawe the faith of them he said to the sicke of the palsie Sonne be of good cheere thy sinnes be forgiuen thee And beholde certaine of the Scribes sayde within themselues This man blasphemeth And when Iesus saw their thoughts he sayd wherefore thinke ye euill in your hearts Whether is it easier to say Thy sinnes be forgiuen thee or to say Arise and walke But that ye may know that the sonne of man hath power to forgiue sinnes in earth Then saith he to the sicke of the palsie Arise take vp thy bed and goe vnto thy house And hee arose and departed to his house But the people that saw it marueiled and glorfied God which had giuen such power vnto men The xx Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. ALmightie and mercifull God of thy bountifull goodnesse keepe vs from all things that may hurt vs that wee being ready both in bodie and soule may with free heartes accomplish those things that than wouldest haue done though Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle TAke heede therefore how yee walke circnmspectly Ephes 5.15 not as vnwise but as wise men redeeming the time because the dayes are euill Wherefore be yee not vnwise but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is and be not drunken with wine wherein is excesse but be ye filled with the Spirit speaking vnto your selues in Psalmes and Hymnes and spirituall songs singing and making melodie to the Lord in pour hearts giuing thankes alwayes for all things vnto God the Father in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ submiting your selues one to another in the seare of God The
Gospel IEsus said Matth. 22.1 The kingdom of heauen is like bnto a man that was a King which made a marriage for his sonne and sent forth his seruants to call them that were bidden to the wedding and the would not come Again he sent foorth other seruants saying Tell them which are bidden Behold I haue premine dinner mine oxen and my fatlings are killed and al things are readie come vnto the marriage But they mabe light of it anb went their wayes one to his farme place another to his merchandife and the remnant tooke his seruants and intereated them shamefully and slew them But when the King heard thereof hee was wroth and sent foorth his men of ware and destroyed those murderers and burnt vp their Citie Then said he vnto his seruants The marriage indeede is prepared but they which were bidden were not worthy Goe ye therefore out into the high wayes and as many as ye finde bid them to the marriage And the seruants went foorth into the high wayes and gathered together all as many as they could finde both good and bad and the wedding was furnished with ghestes Then the king came in to see the ghestes and when hee spied there a man which had not on a wedding garment he said vnto him Friend how camest thou in higher not hauing a wedding garment And he was euen speechlesse Then said the King to the ministers Take and binde him hand and foote and cast him into vttet darkenesse there shall be weeping and weeping and gnashing of teeth For many be called but few are chosen The xxj Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GRant we beseech thee mercifull Lord to thy faithfull people pardon and peace that they may bee cleansed from all their sinnes and serue thee with a quiet minde through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle MY brethren Ephes 6.10 be strong through the Lord and through the power of his might Put on all the armour of God that yee may stand against all the assaults of the deuil For wee wrestle not against flesh blood but against rule against power against worldly rulers euen gouernounrs of the darknesse of this world against spiritual craftines in heauenly things Wherefore take vnto you the whole whole armour of God that ye may be able to resist in the euill day and stand perfect in all things Stand therefore and your loynes girde with the trueth hauing on the brestplate of righteousnes and hauing shooes on your feete that yee may be prepared for the Gospel of peace Aboue all take to you the shield of faith wherewhih yee may quench all the fierie darts of the wicked and take the helmet of saluation and the sword of the spirit which is the word of God And pray alwayes with all maner prayer and supplication in the spirit and watch thereunto with all instance and supplication for all Saints and for me that vtterance may be giuen vnto me that I may open my mouth freely to vtter the secrets of the Gospel whereof I am a messenger in bonds that therein I may speake freely as I ought to speake The Gospel THere was a certaine ruler Ioh. 4.46 whose sanne was sicke at Capetnaum Assone as the same heard that Iesus was come out of Iurie into Galilee hee went vnto him and besought him that hee would come downe and heale his sonne for hee was euen at the poynt of death Then siad Iesus vnto him except ye see fignes and wonders ye will not beleeue The ruler said vnto him Sir come downe or euer that my sonne die Iesus faith vnto him Goe thy way thy sonne liueth The man beleeued the word that Iesus had spoken vnto him and he went his way And as he was going downe the seruants met him and told him saying Thy sonne liueth Then enquired hee of them the houre when he began to amend And they said vnto him Yesterday at the seventh houre the seuer left him So the father knew that it was the same houre in the which Iesus said vnto him Thy sonne liueth And he beleeued and all his household This is againe the second miracle that Iesus did when he was come out of Iurie into Galilee The xxij Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. LOrd wee beseech thee to keepe thy housholde the Church in continuall godlinesse that through thy protection it may be free from all aduersities and deuoutly giuen to serue thee in good works to the glory of thy name through Iesus Christ out Lord. The Epistle I Thanke my God with all remembrance of you alwayes in all my prayers for you Phil. 1.3 and pray with gladnesse because ye are come into the fellowship of the Gospel frō the first day vntill now and am surely certified of this that hee which hath begun a good worke in you shall performe it vntill the day of Iesus Christ as it becommeth me that I should so iudge of you all because I haue you in my heart foresmuch as ye are all companions of grace with mee euen in my bonds and in the desending and establishing of the Gospel For God is my record how greatly I long after you all from the very heart roote in Iesus Crist And this I pray that your loue may increase yet more and more in knowledge in all vnderstanding that ye may accept the things that are most excellent that ye many be pure and sush as offend no man vntil the day of Christ being filled with the fruite of righteousnesse which commeth by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and prayse of God The Gospel PEter sayd vnto Iesus Matth. 18.21 Lord how oft shall I forgiue my brother if he sinne against me till seuen times Iesus sayth vnto him I say not vnto thee vntill seuen times but seuenty times seuen times Therefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine man that was a King which would take accomptes of this seruants And when hee had begun to reckon one was brought vnto him which ought him ten thousand talents but forasmuch as hee was not able to pay his Lord commanded him to be sold and his wife and children and all that he had and payment to be made The seruants fell down and besought him saying Sir haue patience with me and I wil pay thee all Then had the Lord pitie on that seruant loosed him and forgaue him the debt So the same seruant went out found one of his fellowes which ought him an hundred pence and he laid hands on him and tooke him by the throate saying Pay that thou owest And his fellow fell downe and besought him saying Haue patience with me I will pay thee all And he would not but went and cast him into prison till hee should pay the debt So when his fellows saw what was done they were very sorie and came and tolde vnto their Lord all that had happened Then his Lord called him and said vnto him O thou vngracious seruant I forgaue