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A05808 The manuall of prayers, or the prymer in Englyshe set out at lengthe, whose contentes the reader by the prologe next after the kalendar, shal sone perceaue and there in shal se brefly the order of the whole boke. Set forth by Ihon late bysshope of Rochester at the co[m]aundement the ryght honorable Lorde Thomas Cro[m]wel, Lorde Priuie seale Uicegerent to the Kynges hyghnes.; Book of hours (Salisbury). English Church of England.; Hilsey, John, d. 1539. aut 1539 (1539) STC 16010; ESTC S105269 116,690 240

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angels exhibite to the poore scabed Lazarus in the syght of God whych angels caryed hym out not into a marble tombe but they caryed hym vp into the bosome of Abrahā ¶ The responce The dead bodyes of thy seruauntes haue they geuen vnto the foules of the eyre to be deuoured and the flesh of the sayntes the beastes of the lande ¶ The versycle Theyr bloude haue they shed lyke water on euery syde of Ierusalem and ther was no man to burye them ¶ The repeticion And the fleshe of thy sayntes haue they geuē vnto the beastes The .v. lesson Of S. August NOt yet for all that are the bodyes of the deade to be contemned and cast awaye specyally of the ryghteous and faythfull the which as vessels and organs to al good workes the holy goost dyd vse The corse of the olde ryghteous men wyth a diligente godlynesse were taken hede vnto they re exequies celebrated and sepultures prouyded and they when they lyued of theyr bodyes to be buryed or transferred to theyr chyldren gaue commaundement And Toby in buryenge the deade the angell beynge wytnes gate thākes of god The lorde also that the thyrd day wold ryse agayn doth opēly declare the good worke of the deuout womē wylled it also to be declared and that she dyd it to the buryall of hym they also laudably are remembred in the gospell whyche toke hys body from the crosse and dyd ther indeuoure diligently and honorably to couer and bury it ¶ The responce Gene. xl Ioseph sayde vnto hys brethren I dye and God wyll vysite you and brynge ye oute of thys lande to the lande that he sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob Therfore toke he an oth of the chyldrē of Israell and sayde Whan God shall vysite you then cary my bones from hence ¶ The versycle So Ioseph dyed when he was an hundreth and ten yeare olde and they embalmed hym and layde hym in a chest in Egypte ¶ The repeticion And God shall vysyte you then cary my bones from hence ¶ The .vi. lesson S. August THere are sayde many deade men to haue appered in dreames or other wayes to the lyuyng But it is to be answered that for al that it is not to be thought that the deade doth thynges perceaue Because they are semed suche thynges to aske or to tel or shewe For the lyuyng also do often tymes appeare to other alyue beyng aslepe when they themselfe do not know that they do appeare and yet they heare thē that hath thys dreamed saye that they haue sene thē in ther dreames speakyng or doynge sumwhat Yf thē any mā cāse me in this dreame tellyng hī what is already done or shewyng hī before hāde what is to come I nothyng knowyng of it nothyng at al mynding or passyng not only what he dreameth But whether he wake whyle I slepe or whether I wake whyle he slepe or whether at one tyme we do both slepe or both wake when he sawe this dreame in the which he saw me what meruaile is it yf the dead not knowyng nor perceyuyng these thynges or yet se that of the lyuyng in theyr dreames And somwhat do saye which whan they walke do knowe to be true ¶ The Responce O Lord iudge me not after my dedes I haue done nothyng worthy to be accepted before the wherfore I beseche thy maiesty whiche arte the only God to clense me from myne iniquitye ¶ The versicle And yet agayne wassh me from myne vnrighteousnesse and clense me from my synne for I confesse I haue only trespassed agaynst the. ¶ The repeticion Wherfore I beseche the ¶ The .xxxix psalme Expectans expectaui I Wayted paciently for the Lorde which enclyned hymselfe to me herde my callyng He brought me out of the horrible pytte out of the myre and claye he set my fete vppon the rocke and ordeyned my goyng He hath put a new sōge in my mouth euē a thākes geuyng vnto our God Many men seyng this shal feare the Lorde and put theyr trust in hym Blessed is the man that setteth his hope in the lord and turneth not vnto the proud and to suche as go about wyth lyes O Lorde my God great are the wonderous workes whych thou hast done and in thy thoughtes towardes vs ther maye none be lykened vnto the. I wolde declare them and speake of thē but they are so many that they can not be tolde Sacrifice offrynge thou woldeste not haue but a body hast thou ordened burnt offrynges and sacrifice for synne thou hast not alowed Then sayd I Lo I come In the begynnynge of the boke it is wryttē of me that I shulde fulfyll thy wyll o my God and that I am contente to do yee thy lawe is wythin my harte I wyll preach of thy ryghteousnesse in the great congregacion Lo I wyll not refrayne my lyppes o Lorde and that thou knowest I do not hyde thy ryghteousnesse in my herte my talkynge is of the truth and sauyng helth I kepe not thy louynge mercy faythfulnesse backe from the great congregacion Turne not thou thy mercy from me o Lorde but let thy louynge kyndnesse and truthe alwaye preserue me For innumerable troubles are come aboute me my synnes haue taken such holde vpon me that I am not able to loke vp Yee they are more in nombre then the heer 's of my heade and my harte hath fayled me O Lord let it be thy pleasure to delyuer me make hast o Lorde to helpe me Let them be ashamed and confounded that seke after my soule to destroye it let thē fall backward and put to confusion that wyshe me euell Let them be soone brought to shame that crye ouer me there there But let all those that seke the be ioyful gladde in the and let all suche as delyte in thy saluacion saye alwaye the Lorde be praysed As for me I am poore and in mysery but the lorde careth for me Thou art my helper and redemer make no longe taryenge O my God ¶ The antheme Pleasynge be it vnto the O Lorde for to delyuer me Lorde haue regarde to helpe me ¶ The antheme Heale my soule The .xl. Psalme Beatus qui intelligit super BLessed is he that cōsydereth the poore the Lorde shall delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble Thou shalt preserue hym and kepe hym alyue he shal make hym to prosper vpon earth and shal not delyuer hym to the wyll of hys enemyes The lord shal refresh him whā he lyeth sycke vpon his bed yee thou makest his bed in al his syckenes I sayd lorde be mercyfull vnto me heale my soule for I haue synned agaynst the. Myne enemyes speake euell vpon me when shal he dye and when shall hys name peryshe Though he came in to se yet meaned he falshed in hys harte heapynge myschefe vpon hymfelfe All they that hate me runne in together agaynst me and ymagyne euell agaynst me They haue geuen a wycked sentence vpō me whā he lyeth he
the smaller thynges of the lawe but that they obseruynge them dyd omytte the greater thynges of the lawe sayenge Wo be vnto you Pharyses and Scrybes ye ypocrytes whych tyth mynte anyse and commyne and leaue the wayghter matters of the lawe behynde namely iudgemente mercye and faythe these ought to haue ben done and not to leaue the other behynde leaue not then the commaundementes of God But let them for as much as they are the wayghter dedes be fyrste obserued done the other also as it is before sayd not to be omytted as Paule counceleth Let euery soule submytte hymselfe to the auctorite of the hyer powers for ther is no power but of god the powers that be are ordeyned of God so that who so euer resysteth the powers resysteth the ordynaūce of god they that resyst shall receaue to thēselues dāpnaciō Warne thē that they submytte thēselues vnto prynces and to the hyer auctoryte to obey the offycers and to be ready to all good workes Be yet aduertysed gentle reader that thou putte no trust in those workes no nor yet in the externe workes of Goddes commaundementes to be iustifyed by them only but rather because that they come of fayth are they accepted for of only workes is no mā iustifyed also Dauid sayeth Enter not into iudgemēt with thy seruaunt for in thy syght shall no mā lyuyng be iustifyed By the dedes of the law no flesh maye be iustifyed in his syght The kyndnes loue of God our saueour to māwarde hath appeared not of the dedes of ryghteousnes which we wrought but of his mercy he saued vs. c. When ye haue done all these thinges whieh are commaunded you saye we are vnprophetable seruauntes we haue done which was our deuty to do These places with many other that myght be here inferred which now to auoyd prolixite are omytted do manifestly wytnes that by workes is no man saued yet be not discoraged nother saye with thy selfe what shal I do good workes seyng I shal not be saued by them then they wyll do no good Many thynges moueth a true christian to worke fyrst his fayth for as the tre can not brynge forth fruyt yf he hath lyfe in hym so can not the faythfull but bryng forth good workes yf he haue a perfect fayth in him wherfore yf that thou worke not be assured that thou lackest faythe a perfecte fayth seaseth not from workes A Christian also shulde worke to geue ensample as in the fyfte of Mathewe Christ sayeth Let your lyght so shyne before men that they maye se your good workes gloryfy your father which is in heauen se that ye haue honest conuersacion among the gentels that they whiche backbyte you as euyll doers mayese your good workes and prayse god in the daye of visitacion Itt moueth also a christian to worke that bytwyxt god and vs is a couenaunt made that he shall reward not for the dignite or worthines of the worke but for his couenauntes sake for the worthynes of the worke doth not receyue such a reward when the rewarde is an hundreth folde better then the worke in this conuenaunt of Christ as whosoeuer forsaketh houses or brethren or systers other father or mother or wyfe or chyldren or lande for my names sake ▪ the same shal recyue an hundreth folde and shalt inheryte euerlastyng lyfe Many are the conuenauntes made betwyxt god and vs and when Christ sayd happy are the mercyful for they shall obtayne mercye Blessed are the poore in spirite for theyrs is the kyngdome of heauen c. Yf ye shall forgeue other men theyr trespasses your heuenly father shal also forgeue you Yf thou wylt entre into lyfe kepe the commaundementes by these conuenauntes thou mayst perceyue Christian reader that vnto worke is a rewarde promysed by conuenaunt Wherfore yf thou delyte to worke for a reward be of good there and cease not to worke thou shalt haue a rewarde not for thy merites desertes or worthynes of thy worke as is before sayde but for thy conuenauntes sake But the chefe motyue to good workes is or shal be the very pure loue of God for vpon loue doth Christ founde the obseruacion of his commaundementes as it may be gathered by his sayenge yf ye loue me kepe my commaundementes So then the obseruaciō of goddes cōmaundementes is the effecte of the loue of god as in the same chapter it is expressed of Christ sayeng He that hath my commaundementes and kepeth them the same is he that loueth me So that a true christian ought to do good workes not for the loue of eternal lyfe nother for the feare of eternal death which ensueth the transgression of goddes cōmaundementes but for the very loue of God which fayth hath wrought in him By this it may be perceyued that although by fayth onely not by workes mā is iustifyed in the syght of god yet good workes are not thought to be despysed and that man shuld not worke as som falsly hath imputed to preachers but rather that all good workes shal be besely exercysed to the glory of god The thyrde sort of workes are of the tradicion of man whiche are not in the scrypture of God nor yet consonaunt to the scripture of god but playnly repugnaunt as pardons pylgrymages kissing of ymages offryng of candels knelyng and crouchyng to stockes and stones and suche other whiche ought not to be receyued nor obserued for it is rather to be obeyed to god thē vnto mā Actes v. the aucthours of such tradicions as Christ sayeth doth worshyp hym in vayne teachyng doctrynes which are nothynge but mennes preceptes Mat. xv Of these preceptes and mennes lawes seke the .xxviii. and .xxix. chapter of Esay in the whiche ye shall perceyue these pleasures of God for them ¶ The offyce of al estates BE wyse nowe therfore O ye kynges Be warned ye that are Iudges of the earth Psalmus iiii Serue the lord wyth feare reioyse before hym with reuerēce Heare therfore O ye kynges and vnderstande Sapien. vi O learne ye that be Iudges of the endes of the earth geue eare ye that rule the multitudes and delyte in much people for the power is giuē you of the Lorde and the strength from the highest whiche shall trye your workes and search out your ymaginacions Sapi. vi Vnto you therfore O ye kynges do I speake that ye maye learne wysdō not go amysse for they that kepe righteousnes shal be ryghteously iudged and they that are lerned in ryghteous thynges shal fynd to make aunswere wherfore set your lustes vpon my wordes loue them so shall ye come by nourture ¶ To the leage people of al estates vnto theyr prynce LEt euery soule submyt himselfe to the aucthorite of the hyer powers for there is no power but of God The powers that be are ordeyned of God so that whosoeuer resisteth the powers resisteth the ordinaunces of God Roma xiii And they that resyst shal receyue to themselues