be baptised with the baptisme that I am baptised with but to syt on my right hand and on my left is not mine to geue but it shall chaunce vnto them that it is prepared for of my Father And when the .x. heard this they disdayned at the two brethren But Iesus called them vnto hym and sayd ye know that the princes of the nacions haue dominion ouer them and they that are great men exercise aucthority vpon them It shall not be so among you But whosoeuer will be great among you let him bee your minister and whosoeuer wyll be chiefe among you let him be your seruaunt Euen as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geue his life a redemption for many ¶ Saynt Bartholmewes day the Apostle The Epistle Actes v. BY the handes of the Apostels were many signes and wonders shewed among the people And they were all together with one accord in Salomons porch And of other durst no man ioyne hym selfe to them neuertheles the people magnified them The numbre of them that beleued in the Lord both of men and women grew more and more insomuch that they brought the sick into the streetes and layde them on beds and couches that at the least way the shadow of Peter when he came by might shadow some of them There came also a multitude out of the Cytyes round about vnto Ierusalem bringing sicke folkes and them which were vexed with vncleane spirites and they were healed euery one ¶ The Gospell Luke xxii ANd ther was a strife among them which of them should seeme to be the greatest And he sayd vnto them the kinges of nations raign ouer them and they that haue auctority vpon them are called gracious Lords But ye shall not so be But he that is greatest among you shal be as the yonger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doth minister For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is not he that sitteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth Ye are they which haue bidden with me in my temptaciōs And I appoint vnto you a kingdome as my Father hath appointed vnto me that yee may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome and syt on seates iudgeing the twelue Tribes of Israell ¶ Saynt Mathewes day The Epistle ii Cor. iiii SEing that we haue such an office euen as God hath had mercy on vs we go not out of kind but haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye and walke not in craftines neyther handle we the woord of God deceitfully but open the truth and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of god If our Gospell be yet hyd it is hyd amonge them that are lost in whom the God of thys world hath blinded the minds of them which beleue not least the light of the Gospell of the glorye of Christ which is the image of God should shine vnto them For we preach not our selues but Christ Iesus to be the Lord and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake For it is God that commaūdeth the light to shine out of darknes which hath shined in our hartes for to geue the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ ¶ The Gospell Math. ix ANd as Iesus passed foorth from thence he saw a man named Mathew sytting at the receipt of custome and he sayd vnto him folow me And he arose and folowed him And it came to pas as Iesus sat at meate in his house behold many Publicans also and synners that came sat down with Iesus and his Disciples And when the Phariseis saw it they sayd vnto his disciples why eateth your maister with Publicans and sinners But whē Iesus heard that he said vnto them They that be strong neede not the Phisition but they that are sicke Go ye rather and learne what that meaneth I wyll haue mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but synners to repentaunce ¶ Saynt Michael and all Angels day The Epistle Apo. ii THere was a great battayle in heauen Michael his Aungels fought with the Dragon and the Dragon fought with his Aungels and preuailed not neither was their place found any more in heauen And the great dragon that old serpent called the Deuyll and Sathanas was cast out which deceiueth all the world And he was cast into the earth and his angels were cast out also with him And I heard a loud voyce saying in heauen is now made saluation and strength and the kingdome of one God and the power of hys Christ For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe which accused them before God day and night And they ouercame him by the bloud of the Lambe by the woorde of their testimonye and they loued not their lyues vnto the death Therfore reioyce heauens and ye that dwell in them Wo vnto the inhabitours of the earth and of the sea for the Deuyll is come downe vnto you which hath great wrath because hee knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. ¶ The Gospell Math. xviii AT the same time came the Disciples vnto Iesus saying Who is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauē Iesus called a child vnto him and set him in the mydst of them sayd verely I say vnto you except ye turne and become as children ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heauen Whosoeuer therfore humbleth himselfe as this child that same is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen And who so euer receyueth such a childe in my name receueth me but who so doth offend one of these litle ones which beleue in me it wer better for him that a mylstone were hanged about his necke that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Wo vnto the world because of offences necessary it is that offences come But wo vnto the man by whō the offences cōmeth Wherfore if thy hand or thy foote hinder thee cut him of cast it from thee It is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed rather then thou shouldest hauing two hands or two feete be cast into euerlasting fire And if thine eye offēd thee pluck it out cast it from thee it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye rather then hauing two eyes to be cast into hel fire Take hede that ye despise not one of these litle ones for I say vnto you that in heauē their angels do alwaies behold the face of my father which is in heauen ¶ Saint Luke the Euangelist The Epistle ii Timo. iiii WAtch thou in althinges suffer afflictions do the woorke throughly of an Euangelist fulfyll thine office vnto the vttermost be sober For I am now ready to be offered and the tyme of my departing is at hand I haue fought a good fight I haue fulfilled my course I haue kept the fayth From henceforth their
which we haue heard of hym and declare vnto you that God is lyght and in him is no darknes at all If we say we haue felowship wyth hym and walke in darknes we lie and do not the truth But and if we walke in light euen as he is in light then haue we felowshyp wyth hym and the bloud of Iesus Christ hys Sonne cleanseth vs from al syn If we say we haue no sinne we deceiue our selues and the truth is not in vs If we knowledge our synnes he is faythfull and iust to forgeue vs our synnes and to cleanse vs from al vnrighteousnes If we say we haue not synned we make him a lyer and hys worde is not in vs. ¶ The Gospell Iohn xxi IEsus said vnto Peter folow thou me Peter turned about and saw the Disciple whom Iesus loued folowing which also leaned on his breast at supper and said Lord which is he that betraieth thee When Peter therfore saw him he said to Iesus Lord what shal he here do Iesus said vnto him if I wil haue hym to tary till I come what is that to thee Folowe thou me Then went this saying abrode among the Brethren that that Disciple should not dye Yet Iesus said not to him he shal not die but if I wil that he tary tyl I come what is that to thee The same Disciple is he which testifieth of these thinges and wrote these things and we know that his testimonie is true Ther are also many other things which Iesus did the which if they should be wrytten euery one I suppose the world could not conteyne the bookes that should bee written ¶ Innocentes day The Epistle Apoca. xiii I Looked and lo a lambe stood on the Mount Sion and with him an C. and .xliiij. thousand hauing his name and hys Fathers name written in their foreheades And I heard a voyce from heauen as the sound of manye waters and as the voyce of a great thunder And I heard the voyce of Harpes harpynge wyth their Harpes And they soong as it were a newe songe before the seate and before the .iiij. beastes and the elders and no man could learne the songe but the hundred fortie and foure thousand which were redemed from the earth These are they which wer not defiled with womē for they are virgins These folow the Lambe wheresoeuer he goeth These were redeemed from men beinge the first fruites vnto God and to the Lambe and in their mouthes was found no guyle for they are without spot before the throne of God. ¶ The Gospell Math. ii THe Aungell of the Lord appeared to Ioseph in a sleepe saying aryse take the childe and his mother flee into Egipt be thou ther til I bring thee woord For it wil come to passe that Herod shal seeke the Child to destroy him So when he awoke he tooke the childe and his Mother by night and departed into Egypt and was there vnto the death of Herod that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet saying Out of Egipt haue I called my sonne Then Herode when he saw that he was mocked of the wyse men he was exceeding wroth and sent forth men of warre and slew all the children that were in Bethelem and in all the coastes as many as were two yeares old or vnder according to the tyme which he had diligently knowen out of the wise men Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by the Prophet Ieremy where as he said In Rama was ther a voyce heard lamentacion weeping and great mourning Rachel weping for her children and would not be comforted because they were not ¶ The Sunday after Christmas day The Epistle Gala. iiii ANd I say that the Heire so long as he is a chyld differeth not from a seruant though he be Lord of all but is vnder Tutours and Gouernours vntyll the tyme that the father hath appoynted Euen so we also when we were children were in bondage vnder the ordinances of the world but when the time was full come God sent his sonne made of a woman and made bond vnto the law to redeme them which wer bond vnto the law that we through election might receiue the inheritance that belongeth vnto the naturall sonnes Because ye are sonnes God hath sent the spirit of his sōne into your hartes which cryeth Abba Father wherefore now thou art not a seruaunt but a sonne If thou be a sonne thou art also an heire of God through Christ ¶ The Gospell Math. i. THys is the booke of the generation of Iesus Christ the sonne of Dauid the sonne of Abraham Abraham begat Isaac Isaac begat Iacob Iacob begat Iudas and hys brethren Iudas begat Phares and Zaram of Thamar Phares begat Esrom Esrom begat Aram Aram begat Aminadab Aminadab begat Naasson Naasson begat Salmon Salmon begat Boos of Rahab Boos begat Obed of Ruth Obed begat Iesse Iesse begat Dauid the king Dauid the king begat Salomon of her that was the wife of Vrie Salomon begat Roboam Roboam begat Abia Abia begat Asa Asa begat Iosaphat Iosaphat begat Ioram Ioram begat Osias Osias begat Ioatham Ioatham begat Achas Achas begat Ezechias Ezechias begat Manasses Manasses begat Amon Amon begat Iosias Iosias begat Ieconias and his brethren about the time that they wer caried away to Babilō And after they were brought to Babylon Ieconias begat Salathiell Salathiel begat Zorobabel Zorobabel begat Abiud Abiud begat Eliachim Eliachim begat Azor Azor begat Sadoc Sodoc begat Achin Achin begat Eliud Eliud begat Marthan Marthan begat Iacob Iacob begat Ioseph the husband of Mary of whom was borne Iesus euen he that is called Christ And so all the generations from Abraham to Dauid are .xiiij. generations And from Dauid vnto the captiuitie of Babilon are .xiiij. generations And from the captiuitie of Babilon vnto Christ are .xiiij. generations The birth of Christ was on this wise when his mother Marye was maried to Ioseph before they came to dwel together she was found with child by the holy ghost Then Ioseph her husband because he was a righteous man would not put her to shame was minded priuelie to depart frō her But while he thus thought behold the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him in a sleepe saying Ioseph thou sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Mary thy wife for that which is conceiued in her commeth of the holy ghost She shall bring forth a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iesus for he shal saue his people from their synnes Al this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet saying Behold a mayde shal be with childe and shall bring forth a sonne and they shal call hys name Emanuel which if a man interpret is as much to say as God with vs And Ioseph assone as he awoke out of sleepe did as the Angel of the Lord had bidden him and he tooke hys wife vnto him and knew her not tyll
she had brought foorth her fyrst begotten Sonne and called his name Iesus ¶ The Circumcision of Christ The Epistle Roma iiii BLessed is that man to whom the Lord will not impute syn Came this blessednes then vpon the vncircumcision or vpon the circumsicion also For we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousnes How was it then reckoned when he was in the circumcision or when he was in the vncircumcision Not in tyme of circumcision but when he was yet vncircumcised And he receyued the signe of circumcision as a seale of the righteousnes of fayth which he had yet beyng vncircumcised that he should be the Father of all them that beleue though they be not circūcised that righteousnes might be imputed to them also and that he might be the Father of circumcision not vnto them onely which came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steps of the faith that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision For the promise that he should be heire of the world happened not to Abrahā or to his sede through the law but through the righteousnes of faith For if they which are of the law be heires thē is faith but vain the promis of none effect ¶ The Gospell Luke ii ANd it fortuned assoone as the Angels were gone away from the Shepheardes into heauen they sayd one to another let vs go euen now vnto Bethelem and see this thing that we heare say is hapned which the Lord hath shewed vnto vs And they came with hast and found Mary and Ioseph and the Babe layd in a maunger And when they had sene it they published abroad that saying that was tolde them of that child And al they that heard it wondred at those things which were told them of the Shepheards But Mary kept al these sayings and pondred them in her hart And the Shepheards returned praysing and lauding God for all thinges that they had heard and sene euen as it was told vnto them And when the eight day was come that the Childe should be circumcised hys name was called Iesus which was named of the Aungell before he was conceiued in the wombe ¶ The Epiphany The Epistle Ephes iii. FOr this cause I Paule a prysoner of Iesus Christ for you Heathen if you haue heard of the ministration of the grace of God which is geuen me to you ward For by reuelation shewed he the mistery vnto me as I wrote afore in few woordes whereby when ye reade ye may vnderstand my knowledge in the mistery of Christ which mistery in times past was not opened vnto the sonnes of men as it is now declared vnto his holy Apostels and Prophetes by the spirite that the Gentiles should be inheritours also of the same bodye and partakers of his promise in Christ by the meanes of the Gospel wherof I am made a Minister according to the gift of the grace of God which is geuen vnto me after the working of his power Vnto me the least of all Saintes is this grace geuen that I should preache among the Gentiles the vnsearchable ritches of Christ to make all men see what the felowship of the mistery is which from the beginning of the world hath bene hid in God which made all thinges through Iesus Christ to th entent that now vnto the rulers powers in heauenly things might be knowen by the congregation the manifold wisdome of God according to the eternall purpose which he wrought in Christ Iesu our Lord by whom we haue boldnes entrance with the confidence which is by the fayth of him ¶ The Gospell Math. ii WHen Iesus was borne in Bethelem a City of Iewry in the time of Herod the king behold ther came wise men from the East to Ierusalem saying Where is hee that is borne Kyng of the Iewes For we haue sene his starre in the East and are come to worship him When Herod the kyng had heard these thinges he was troubled and all the city of Ierusalem with hym And when he had gathered al the chiefe Priests Scribes of the people together he demaunded of them where Christ should be borne And they sayd vnto him at Bethelem in Iewry For thus it is written by the Prophet And thou Bethlem in the land of Iewry art not the least among the Princes of Iuda for out of thee there shall come vnto me the Captaine that shal gouern my people Israel Then Herod when he had priuely called the wyse men he enquired of them diligently what tyme the starre appeared and he bad them go to Bethlem and said go your way thether and search diligently for the chylde And when ye haue found him bring me word agayne that I may come and woorship him also When they had heard the king they departed and loe the starre which they saw in the East went before them tyll it came and stood ouer the place wherin the child was When they saw the starre they were exceeding glad and went into the house and found the child with Mary his mother and fell downe flat and worshipped him and opened their treasures and offered vnto him gifts gold Frankincens and Mirre And after they were warned of God in a slepe that they should not go againe to Herod they returned into their owne countrey another way ¶ The fitst sunday after the Epiphany The Epistle Roma xii I Besche you therfore brethren by the mercyfulnes of of God that yee make your bodies a quicke sacrifice holy and acceptable vnto God which is your reasonable seruing of God and fashion not your selues lyke vnto this world but be ye chaunged in your shape by the renuing of your minde that ye may proue what thing that good and acceptable and perfecte wyll of God is For I say through the grace that vnto me geuē is to euery man among you that no man stande high in his own conceite more then it becommeth him to esteme of himselfe but so iudge of himselfe that ht be gentell and sober according as God hath dealt to euery man the measure of faith For as we haue many members in one body and al members haue not one office so we being many are one body in Christ and euery man among our selues one a nothers members ¶ The Gospell Luke ii THe Father and Mother of Iesus went to Ierusalem after the custome of the feast day And when they had fulfylled the dayes as they returned home the Childe Iesus abode styll in Ierusalem and his father mother knew not of it but they supposing him to haue bene in the company came a daies iourney and sought him amongest their kinsfolke and acquaintaunce And whē they found him not they went back agayne to Ierusalem and sought him And it fortuned that after three dayes they found him in the temple sitting in the middest of the Doctours hearing them and posing them And all that heard hym wer astonied at his vnderstanding and
art bidden to a wedding of any man syt not down in the hiest roume least a more honourable man then thou be bidden of hym and he that had him and thee come and say to thee geue thys man roume â–ª and thou begyn with shame to take the lowest roume But rather when thou art bidden go and sit in the lowest roume that when he that bad thee commeth he may say vnto thee friend syt vp higher Then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that syt at meate with thee For whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe shal be brought low and he that humbleth hym selfe shal be exalted ¶ The .xviii. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle i. Cor. iii. I Thanke my God alwayes on your behalfe for the grace of God which is geuen you by Iesus Christ that in all thinges ye are made rytche by hym in all vtteraunce and in all knowledge by the which things the testimony of Iesus Christ was confyrmed in you so that yee are behind in no gyft wayting for the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ which shall also strength you to the ende that you maye be blameles in the daye of the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ ¶ The Gospell Math. xvi WHen the Phariseis had heard that Iesus did put the Saduces to scilence they came together and one of them which was a doctor of law asked him a question tempting hym and saying Maister which is the greatest commaundement in the law Iesus sayd vnto him Thou shalt loue thy Lord God with all thy hart and with all thy soule and with al thy mind This is the fyrst and greatest commaundement And the second is like vnto it Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe In these two commaundements hang all the law and the Prophetes While the Pharises 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 spirite call hym lord saying The Lord said vnto my Lord sit thou on my right hand till I make thine ennemies thy footestoole If Dauid then call him Lord how is he then his Sonne And no man was able to answer him any thing neither durst any man from that day foorth aske hym any mo questions ¶ The .xix. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Ephe. iiii THis I say and testify through the Lord that ye hence forth walke not as other Gentiles walke in vanity of their mind while thei ar blinded in their vnderstanding being far froÌ„ a godly life by the meanes of the ignorance that is in them because of the blindnes of their hartes which being past repentance haue geuen theÌ„ selues ouer vnto wantoÌ„nes to worke al maner of vnclennes eueÌ„ with gredines But ye haue not so learned Christ if so be that ye haue heard of him haue bene taught in him as the truth is in Iesu as concerning the conuersacion in times past to lay from you the old man which is corrupt according to the deceiuable lusts To be renued also in the spirit of your mind and to put on that new man which after God is shapen in righteousnes and true holynes Wherfore put away lying and speake euery man truth vnto his neighbour forasmuch as we are members one of another Be angry and synne not Let not the sunne go down vpon your wrath neither geue place to the back biter Let hym that stole steale no more but let him rather labour wyth hys handes the thinge whych is good that he may geue hym that needeth Let not fylthye communication proceede out of your mouth But that which is good to edefy with all as oft as neede is that it may minister grace vnto the hearers and greue not the holy spirit of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the day of redemption Let all bitternes fearcenes and wrath and roaring and cursed speaking be put away from you with all malicyousnes Be ye courteous one to another mercyfull forgeuing one another euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you ¶ The Gospell Math. vii IEsus entred into a shyp and passed ouer and came into hys owne City And beholde they brought to him a man sycke of the Paulsey lying in a bedde And when Iesus saw the faith of them he said to the sycke of the Paulsey Sonne be of good chere thy synnes be forgeuen thee And behold certaine of the Scrybes sayd within them selues this man blasphemeth And when Iesus saw their thoughts he sayd wherefore thinke you euill in your harts whether is it easyer to say thy synnes be forgeuen thee or to say arise and walke But that ye may know that the son of man hath power to forgeue synnes in earth Then sayth hee to the sicke of the Palsey Arise take vp thy bed and go vnto thine house And he arose and departed to his house But the people that saw it marueyled and gloryfied God which hath geuen such power vnto men ¶ The .xx. Sunday after Trinity Sunday The Epistle Ephe. v. TAke heede therefore how ye walke circumspectly not as vnwise but as wise men redeeming the time because the dayes are euill Wherfore be ye not vnwise but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is and be not dronken with wyne wherein is excesse But bee ye fylled with the spirite speaking vnto your selues in Psalmes and Himnes and spirituall songs synging and making melody to the Lorde in your hartes geuing thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God the Father in the name of our Lord Iesus Christ submitting your selues one to another in the feare of God. ¶ The Gospell Math. xx IEsus sayd to hys Disciples The kingdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man that was a king which made a mariage for hys sonne and sent foorth hys seruauntes to call them that were bidden to the wedding and they would not come Againe hee sent foorth other seruauntes saying Tell them which are bidden behold I haue prepared my dinner myne Oxen and my fatlinges are killed and althings ar ready come vnto the mariage But they made light of it went their waies One to his farme place another to his marchaundise and the other â—â—oke his seruants and intreated them shamefully and slew them But when the kyng heard thereof he was wroth and sent forth hys men of warre and destroyed those murtherers and brent vp theyr City Then sayd he to his seruauntes The mariage in deede is prepared but they which wer bidden were not worthy Go ye therfore out into the hye wayes and as many as ye fynde byd them to the Mariage And the seruauntes went foorth into the hye wayes and gathered together all as many as they could fynde both good and bad And the weddyng was furnished with gestes Then the kyng came in to see the gestes and when he spyed ther a man which had not on a wedding garment he sayde vnto hym Friende how cammest thou in hether not hauing
a wedding garment And he was euen spechles Then sayde the kyng to the ministers Take and bynde hym hand foote and cast hym into vtter darknes there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth For many are called but few be chosen ¶ The .xxi. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Ephe. vi MY brethren be strong through the Lord thorow the power of his myght Put on all the armour of God that ye may stand agaynst all the assaultes of the Deuyll For we wrestle not agaynst bloud and fleshe but agaynst rule agaynst power against worldly rulers euen gouernors of the darknes of this world agaynst spirituall craftynes in heauenly thinges Wherfore take vnto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to resist in the euyll day and stand perfect in althinges Stand therfore and your loines gyrt with the truth hauing on the brest plate of righteousnes hauing shoes on you feete that ye may be prepared for the Gospel of peace Aboue all take to you the shield of fayth wherewith ye may quentch all the firy dartes of the wicked And take the helmet of saluation and the sword of the spirit which is the woord of god And pray alwaies with al maner of praier and supplication in the spirit and watch therunto with all instaunce and supplications for all Sayntes and for me that vtterance may be geuen vnto me that I may open my mouth freely to vtter the secretes of my Gospel wherof I am a messenger in bondes that therein I may speake freely as I ought to speake ¶ The Gospel Iohn iiii THere was a certayne Ruler whose sonne was sicke at Capernaum assoone as the same heard that Iesus was come out of Iewry into Galile hee went vnto hym and besought hym that he would come downe and heale his sonne for he was euen at the poynt of death Then sayd Iesus vnto him except ye see signes and wonders ye wyl not beleue The ruler sayd vnto him Syr come downe or euer that my sonne dye Iesus said vnto him go thy way thy sonne lyueth The man beleued the woord that Iesus had spoken vnto hym And he went hys way and as hee was going downe the seruauntes met hym and told hym saying thy sonne lyueth Then enquired hee of them the houre when he began to amende And they sayd vnto him yesterday at the seuenth houre the feuer left him So the father knew that it was the same houre in the which Iesus sayd vnto him Thy sonne lyueth And he beleued and all his houshold This is agayne the seconde myracle that Iesus dyd when hee was come out of Iewry into Galile ¶ The .xxiii. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Phi. i. I Thanke my God with all remembraunce of you alwaies in all my praiers for you and pray with gladnes Because ye are come into the felowship of the Gospell from the fyrst day vntill now And am surely certified of this that hee which hath begone a good woorke 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 hart for somuch as ye are all companions of grace with me euen in my bonds and in the defending and establishing of the gospell for God is my record how greatly I longe after you all from the verye hart roote in Iesus Christ And thys I praye that your loue may encrease yet more more in knowledge and in all vnderstanding that ye may accept the thinges that are most excellent that ye may be pure and such as offend no man vntyll the day of Christ being fylled with the fruit of righteousnes which commeth by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and prayse of God. ¶ The Gospell Math. xviii PEter sayd vnto Iesus Lord how ofte shall I forgeue my brother if he synne against me til seuen times Iesus saith vnto him I say not vnto thee vntill seuen tymes but seuenty tymes seuen tymes Therefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine man that was a king which would take accoumptes of his seruaunts And when he had begon to recken one was brought vnto hym which oughte him tenne thousande talentes but forasmuch as hee was not able to pay his Lord commaunded him to be solde and hys wyfe and children and all that he had and payment to be made The seruaunt fell downe and besought hym saying Syr haue pacience wyth me and I wyll pay thee all Then had the Lord pity on that seruaunt and loosed hym and forgaue hym the debt So the same seruaunt went out and found one of hys fellowes whych ought hym an hundred pence and he layde handes on hym and tooke hym by the throte saying paye that thou owest And hys fellow fell downe and besought hym saying haue pacience with me and I wyll pay thee all And he would not but went and cast him into pryson tyll hee should pay the debt So when hys fellowes saw what was done they were verye sorye and came and tolde vnto theyr Lorde all that had happened Then the Lorde called hym and sayde vnto hym O thou vngracious seruaunt I forgaue thee all that debt when thou desyredst me shouldest not thou also haue had compassion on thy fellowe euen as I had pitye on thee And hys Lord was wrothe and delyuered hym to the Iailers tyll hee shoulde paye all that was due vnto hym So lykewyse shall my heauenly Father doo also vnto you if ye from your hartes forgeue not euery one his brother their trespasses ¶ The .xxiii. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Philip. iii. BRethren be followers together of me and looke on them whych walke euen so as ye haue vs for an ensample For many walke of whom I haue told you often and now tell you weeping that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christ whose ende is damnation whose belly is their God glory to their shame which are worldly mynded But our conuersation is in heauen from whence we looke for the sauiour euen the Lord Iesus Christ which shall chaunge our vyle body that he may make it lyke vnto hys gloryous body according to the working whereby he is able also to subdue all thinges vnto hym selfe ¶ The Gospell Math. xxii THen the Pharisies went out and tooke counsayl how they might tangle hym in his wordes And they sent out vnto hym their disciples wyth Herodes Seruauntes saying Mayster wee knowe that thou art true and teachest the way of God truly neyther carest thou for anye man for thou regardest not the outwarde appearaunce of men Tell vs therefore how thinkest thou is it lawfull that tribute be geuen vnto Ceasar or not But Iesus perceyuing theyr wickednes sayde Why tempt ye me you hipocrites shew me the tribute money And they tooke hym a peny And he sayd vnto them whose is this image and superscription They sayd vnto hym Ceasars Then sayd hee vnto them geue therefore
vnto Ceasar the things which are Cesars and vnto God those things which are Gods. When they heard these words they marueiled and left hym and went theyr way ¶ The .xxiiii. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Colos i. WE geue thankes to God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ alwaies for you in our prayers for we haue heard of your fayth in Christ Iesu and of the loue which ye beare to all Sayntes for the hopes sake which is layd vp in store for you in heauen Of which hope ye heard before by the true word of the Gospell which is come vnto you euen as it is fruitfull and groweth as it is also among you from the day in the which ye heard of it and had experience in the grace of God through the truth as ye learned of Epaphra our deare fellowe seruaunt whych is for you a faythfull Minister of Christ which also declared vnto vs your loue which ye haue in the spirit For this cause we also euer synce the day we heard of it haue not ceased to pray for you and to desire that ye might be fulfilled with the knowledge of hys wyl in all wysdome and spirituall vnderstandyng that ye myght walke woorthye of the Lorde that in all thynges ye may please beyng fruitfull in all good workes and increasing in the knowledge of God strengthened with all might through his gloryous power vnto all pacience long suffering with ioyfulnes geuing thankes vnto the Father which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inheritance of Saintes in light ¶ The Gospell Math. ix WHen Iesus spake vnto the people behold ther came a certaine Ruler and worshipped hym saying My daughter is euen now deceased but come and lay thy hand vpon her and she shal lyue And Iesus arose and followed hym and so dyd hys Disciples And behold a woman which was diseased with an issue of blond twelue yeres came behind him and touched the hem of his vesture For she sayd within herselfe If I may touch but euen his vesture onely I shall be safe But Iesus turned him about and when he saw her he sayd daughter be of good comfort thy fayth hath made thee safe And the woman was made whole euen the same tyme And when Iesus came into the rulers house and saw the Minstrels and people making a noyse he sayd vnto them get you hence for the maid is not dead but sleepeth And they laughed him to scorne But when the people were put foorth he went in and tooke her by the hand and sayd damosell aryse And the damosell arose And this noyse went abrode into all that land ¶ The .xxv. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Iere. xxiii BEhold the time commeth sayth the Lord that I wyll rayse vp the righteous braunch of Dauid which Kyng shall beare rule and he shall prosper with wisedome and shall set vp equity and righteousnes againe in earth In his time shall Iuda be saued and Israell shall dwell without feare And thys is the name that they shall call him euen the Lord our righteousnes and therefore behold the tyme commeth sayth the Lord that it shal be no more sayd the Lord lyueth which brought the children of Israell out of the land of Egypt But the Lord liueth which brought foorth and lead the seede of the house of Israell out of the North land and from all countries where I haue scattered them and they shall dwell in their own land agayne ¶ The Gospell Iohn vi WHen Iesus lyft vp his eyes and saw a great company come vnto him he sayd vnto Philip whēce shal we buy bread that these may eate This he said to proue him for he himselfe knew what he would do Philip aunswered hym two hundreth peniworth of bread are not sufficient for them that euery man may take a little One of his disciples Andrewe Simon Peters brother sayd vnto him There is a lad here which hath fiue barly loaues and two fishes but what are they among so many And Iesus sayd make the people sit down There was much gras in the place So the men sat downe in number about fyue thousand And Iesus tooke the breade and when he had geuen thankes he gaue to the disciples and the disciples to them that were set downe And likewise of the fishes as much as they would When they had eaten inough he sayd vnto his disciples Gather vp the broken meate which remayneth that nothing be lost And they gathered it together and fylled twelue baskets with the broken meate of the fyue barely loues which broken meate remained vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did sayd thys is of a truth the same Prophet that should come into the world ¶ Saint Andrew the Apostles day The Epistle Roma x. IF thou knowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the Lord ▪ beleue in thy hart that God raised him vp from death thou shalt be safe For to beleue with the hart iustifieth to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe For the scripture saith whosoeuer beleueth on him shal not be confounded There is no difference betwene the Iewe and the Gentile For one is Lord of al which is ritch vnto al that cal vpon him For whosoeuer doth cal on the name of the lord shal be safe How then shal they cal on him on whom they haue not beleued How shal thei beleue on him on whō thei haue not hearde How shall they heare without a Preacher And how shall they preache except they be sent As it is wrytten how beautifull are the feete of them which bring tydinges of peace and bring tidinges of good things But they haue not al obeyed to the gospell For Esay saith Lord who hath beleued our sayings So then fayth commeth by hearing and hearing cōmeth by the word of god But I aske haue they not heard No doubt their sound went out into al lands and their words into the ends of the world But I demaūd whether Israel did know or not First Moyses saith I wil prouoke you to enuy by thē that are no people by a foolish nation I wyll anger you Esay after that is bold faith I am foūd of them that sought me not I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me but against Israel he saith Al day long haue I stretched forth my hands to a people that beleueth not but speaketh against me ¶ The Gospell Math. iiii AS Iesus walked by the sea of Galile he saw two brethren Simon which was called Peter Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fisshers he saith vnto thē folow me I will make you to become fishers of men And they strait way left their nets and folowed him And when he was gone foorth from thence he saw other two brethren Iames the sonne of Zebede and Iohn hys brother in the ship with Zebede theyr father mending