to us such strength and protection as may support us in all dangers and carry us through all temptations through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Rom. 13.1 LEt every soul be subject unto the higher powers for there is no power but of God the powers that be are ordained of God Whosoever therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation For rulers are not a terrour to good works but to the evil Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power do that which is good and thou shalt have praise of the same for he is the minister of God to thee for good But if thou do that which is evil be afraid for he beareth not the sword in vain for he is the minister of God a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil Wherefore ye must needs be subject not only for wrath but also for conscience sake For for this cause pay you tribute also for they are Gods ministers attending continually upon this very thing Render therfore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom fear to whom fear honour to whom honour The Gospel S. Matth. 8.23 ANd when he was entred into a ship his disciples followed him And behold there arose a great tempest in the sea insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves but he was asleep And his disciples came to him and awoke him saying Lord save us we perish And he saith unto them Why are ye fearful O ye of little faith Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea and there was a great calm But the men marvelled saying What manner of man is this that even the winds and the sea obey him And when he was come to the other side into the countrey of the Gergesenes there met him two possessed with devils coming out of the tombs exceeding fierce so that no man might pass by that way And behold they cried out saying What have we to do with thee Jesus thou Son of God art thou come hither to torment us before the time And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeling So the devils besought him saying If thou cast us out suffer us to go away into the herd of swine And he said unto them Go. And when they were come out they went into the herd of swine and behold the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters And they that kept them fled and went their ways into the city and told every thing and what was befaln to the possessed of the devils And behold the whole city came out to meet Jesus and when they saw him they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts The fifth Sunday after the Epiphany The collect O Lord we beseech thee to keep thy Church and houshold continually in thy true religion that they who do lean only upon the hope of thy heavenly grace may evermore be defended by thy mighty power through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Col. 3.12 PUt on therefore as the elect of God holy and beloved bowels of mercies kindness humbleness of mind meekness long-suffering forbearing one another and forgiving one another if any man have a quarrel against any even as Christ forgave you so also do ye And above all these things put on charity which is the bond of perfectness And let the peace of God rule in your hearts to the which also ye are called in one body and be ye thankful Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed do all in the name of the Lord Jesus giving thanks to God and the Father by him The Gospel S. Matth. 13.24 THe kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field But while men slept his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way But when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit then appeared the tares also So the servants of the housholder came and said unto him Sir didst not thou sow good seed in thy field from whence then hath it tares He said unto them An enemy hath done this The servants said unto him Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up But he said Nay lest while ye gather up the tares ye root up also the wheat with them Let both grow together until the harvest and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers Gather ye together first the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them but gather the wheat into my barn The sixth Sunday after the Epiphany The collect O God whose blessed Son was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil and make us the sons of God and heirs of eternal life Grant us we beseech thee that having this hope we may purifie our selves even as he is pure that when he shall appear again with power and great glory we may be made like unto him in his eternal and glorious kingdom where with thee O Father and thee O holy Ghost he liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen The Epistle 1 S. John 3.1 BEhold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God therefore the world knoweth us not because it knew him not Beloved now are we the sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be but we know that when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as he is pure Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law for sin is the transgression of the law And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins and in him is no sin Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not whosoever sinneth hath not seen him neither known him Little children let no man deceive you he that doeth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous He that committeh sin is of the devil for the devil sinneth from the beginning For this purpose the Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil The Gospel S. Matth. 24.23 THen if any man shall say unto you Lo here is Christ or there believe it not For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall shew great signs and wonders insomuch that if it were possible they shall deceive the very elect Behold I have told you before Wherefore if they shall say unto you Behold he is in the desert go not forth behold he is in the secret chambers believe it not For as the lightning cometh out of the east and shineth even
Mediatour and Advocate Amen THANKSGIVINGS ¶ A General Thanksgiving ALmighty God Father of all mercies we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving kindness to us and to all men * This to be said when any that have been prayed for desire to return praise Particularly to those who desire now to offer up their praises and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed unto them We bless thee for our creation preservation and all the blessings of this life but above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ for the means of grace and for the hope of glory And we beseech thee give us that due sense of all thy mercies that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful and that we may shew forth thy praise not only with our lips but in our lives by giving up our selves to thy service and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days through Jesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end Amen ¶ For Rain O God our heavenly Father who by thy gracious providence dost cause the former and the latter rain to descend upon the earth that it may bring forth fruit for the use of man We give thee humble thanks that it hath pleased thee in our great necessity to send us at the last a joyful rain upon thine inheritance and to refresh it when it was dry to the great comfort of us thy unworthy servants and to the glory of thy holy Name through thy mercies in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ For fair Weather O Lord God who hast justly humbled us by thy late plague of immoderate rain and waters and in thy mercy hast relieved and comforted our souls by this seasonable and blessed change of weather We praise and glorifie thy holy Name for this thy mercy and will always declare thy loving kindness from generation to generation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ For Plenty O Most merciful Father who of thy gracious goodness hast heard the devout prayers of thy Church and turned our dearth and scarcity into cheapness and plenty We give thee humble thanks for this thy special bounty beseeching thee to continue thy loving kindness unto us that our land may yield us her fruits of increase to thy glory and our comfort through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ For Peace and Deliverance from our Enemies O Almighty God who art a strong towre of defence unto thy servants against the face of their enemies We yield thee praise and thanksgiving for our deliverance from those great and apparent dangers wherewith we were compassed We acknowledge it thy goodness that we were not delivered over as a prey unto them beseeching thee still to continue such thy mercies towards us that all the world may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ For Restoring Publick Peace at home O Eternal God our heavenly Father who alone makest men to be of one mind in a house and stillest the outrage of a violent and unruly people We bless thy holy Name that it hath pleased thee to appease the seditious tumults which have been lately raised up amongst us most humbly beseeching thee to grant to all of us grace that we may henceforth obediently walk in thy holy commandments and leading a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty may continually offer unto thee our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for these thy mercies towards us through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ For Deliverance from the Plague or other common Sickness O Lord God who hast wounded us for our sins and consumed us for our transgressions by thy late heavy and dreadful Visitation and now in the midst of judgment remembring mercy hast redeemed our souls from the jaws of death We offer unto thy Fatherly goodness our selves our souls and bodies which thou hast delivered to be a living sacrifice unto thee always praising and magnifying thy mercies in the midst of thy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Or this WE humbly acknowledge before thee O most merciful Father that all the punishments which are threatned in thy law might justly have fallen upon us by reason of our manifold transgressions and hardness of heart Yet seeing it hath pleased thee of thy tender mercy upon our weak and unworthy humiliation to asswage the contagious sickness wherewith we lately have been sore afflicted and to restore the voice of joy and health into our dwellings we offer unto thy divine Majesty the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving lauding and magnifying thy glorious Name for such thy preservation and providence over us through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Collects Epistles and Gospels To be used throughout the Year ¶ Note that the Collect appointed for every Sunday or for any Holy-day that hath a Vigil or Eve shall be said at the Evening Service next before The first Sunday in Advent The Collect. ALmighty God give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness and put upon us the armour of light now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility that in the last day when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and dead we may rise to the life immortal through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost now and ever Amen ¶ This Collect is to be repeated every day with the other Collects in Advent until Christmas-Eve The Epistle Rom. 13.8 OWe no man any thing but to love one another for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law For this Thou shalt not commit adultery thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not bear false witness Thou shalt not covet and if there be any other commandment it is briefly comprehended in this saying namely Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self Love worketh no ill to his neighbour therefore love is the fulfilling of the law And that knowing the time that now it is high time to awake out of sleep for now is our salvation nearer then when we believed The night is far spent the day is at hand let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armour of light Let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness not in chambering and wantonness not in strife and envying But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and make not provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof The Gospel S. Matth. 21.1 WHen they drew nigh unto Jerusalem and were come to Bethphage unto the mount of Olives then sent Jesus two disciples saying unto them Go into the village over against you and straightway ye shall find an ass tied and a colt with her loose
be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites and be made one fold under one Shepherd Jesus Christ our Lord who liveth and reigneth with thee and the holy Spirit one God world without end Amen The Epistle Heb. 10.1 THe law having a shadow of good things to come and not the very image of the things can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect for then would they not have ceased to be offered because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year For it is not possible that the bloud of bulls and of goats should take away sins Wherefore when he cometh into the world he saith Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not but a body hast thou prepared me In burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure Then said I Lo I come in the Volume of the book it is written of me to do thy will O God Above when he said Sacrifice and offering and burnt-offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not neither hadst pleasure therein which are offered by the law Then said he Lo I come to do thy will O God He taketh away the first that he may establish the second By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all And every priest standeth daily ministring and offering often times the same sacrifices which can never take away sins But this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever sat down on the right hand of God from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his foot-stool For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us For after that he had said before This is the covenant that I will make with them that after those days saith the Lord I will put my laws into their hearts and in their minds will I write them and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more Now where remission of these is there is no more offering for sin Having therefore brethren boldness to enter into the holiest by the bloud of Jesus by a new and living way which he hath consecrated for us through the vail that is to say his flesh And having an high Priest over the house of God let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering for he is faithful that promised And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works not forsaking the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is but exhorting one another and so much the more as ye see the day approching The Gospel S. John 19.1 PIlate therefore took Jesus and scourged him And the souldiers platted a crown of thorns and put it on his head and they put on him a purple robe and said Hail king of the Jews And they smote him with their hands Pilate therefore went forth again and saith unto them Behold I bring him forth to you that ye may know that I find no fault in him Then came Jesus forth wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe And Pilate saith unto them Behold the man When the chief Priests therefore and officers saw him they cried out saying Crucifie him crucifie him Pilate saith unto them Take ye him and crucifie him for I find no fault in him The Jews answered him We have a law and by our law he ought to die because he made himself the Son of God When Pilate therefore heard that saying he was the more afraid and went again into the judgment-hall and saith unto Jesus Whence art thou But Jesus gave him no answer Then saith Pilate unto him Speakest thou not unto me knowest thou not that I have power to crucifie thee and have power to release thee Jesus answered Thou couldest have no power at all against me except it were given thee from above therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him but the Jews cried out saying If thou let this man go thou art not Cesars friend Whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cesar When Pilate therefore heard that saying he brought Jesus forth and sat down in the judgment-seat in a place that is called the Pavement but in the Hebrew Gabbatha And it was the preparation of the passover and about the sixth hour and he saith unto the Jews Behold your king But they cried out Away with him away with him crucifie him Pilate saith unto them Shall I crucifie your king The chief Priests answered We have no king but Cesar Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified and they took Jesus and led him away And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a scull which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha Where they crucified him and two other with him on either side one and Jesus in the midst And Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS This title then read many of the Jews for the place where Jesus wa crucified was nigh to the city and it was written in Hebrew and Greek and Latin Then said the chief Priest of the Jews to Pilate Write not The king of the Jews but that he said I am the king of the Jews Pilate answered What I have written I have written Then the souldiers when they had crucified Jesus took his garments and made four parts to every souldier a part and also his coat now the coat was without seam woven from the top throughout They said therefore among themselves Let us not rend it but cast lots for it whose it shall be that the Scripture might be fulfilled which saith They parted my raiment among them and for my vesture they did cast lots These things therefore the souldiers did Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother and his mothers sister Mary the wife of Cleophas and Mary Magdalen When Jesus therefore saw his mother and the disciple standing by whom he loved he saith unto his mother Woman behold thy son Then saith he to the disciple Behold thy mother And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home After this Jesus knowing that all things were accomplished that the Scripture might be fulfilled saith I thirst Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar and they filled a spunge with vinegar and put it upon hyssop and put it to his mouth When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar he said It is finished and he bowed his head and gave up the ghost The Jews therefore because
may bring the same to good effect through Jesus Christ our Lord who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever one God world without end Amen For the Epistle Acts 10.34 PEter opened his mouth and said Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons but in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him The word which God sent unto the children of Israel preaching peace by Jesus Christ he is Lord of all That word I say you know which was published throughout all Judea and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil for God was with him And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem whom they flew and hanged on a tree Him God raised up the third day and shewed him openly not to all the people but unto witnesses chosen before of God even to us who did eat and drink with him after he arose from the dead And he commanded us to preach unto the people and to testifie that it is he who was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead To him give all the prophets witness that through his Name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins The Gospel S. Luke 24.13 BEhold two of his disciples went that same day to a village called Emmaus which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs And they talked together of all these things which had happened And it came to pass that while they communed together and reasoned Jesus himself drew near and went with them But their eyes were holden that they should not know him And he said unto them What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another as ye walk and are sad And the one of them whose name was Cleopas answering said unto him Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days And he said unto them What things And they said unto him Concerning Jesus of Nazareth who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned death and have crucified him But we trusted that it had been he who should have redeemed Israel and beside all this to day is the third day since these things were done Yea and certain women also of our company made us astonished who were early at the sepulchre and when they found not his body they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels which said that he was alive And certain of them who were with us went to the sepulchre and found it even so as the women had said but him they saw not Then he said unto them O fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken ought not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his glory And beginning at Moses and all the prophets he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself And they drew nigh unto the village whither they went and he made as though he would have gone further But they constrained him saying Abide with us for it is towards evening and the day is far spent And he went in to tarry with them And it came to pass as he sat at meat with them he took bread and blessed it and brake and gave to them And their eyes were opened and they knew him and he vanished out of their sight And they said one to another Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way and while he opened to us the Scriptures And they rose up the same hour and returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven gathered together and them that were with them saying The Lord is risen indeed and hath appeared to Simon And they told what things were done in the way and how he was known of them in breakings of bread Tuesday in Easter Week The collect ALmighty God who through thy only begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life We humbly beseech thee that as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect through Jesus Christ our Lord who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever one God world without end Amen For the Epistle Acts 13.26 MEn and brethren children of the stock of Abraham and whosoever among you feareth God to you is the word of this salvation sent For they that dwell at Jerusalem and their rulers because they knew him not nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath-day they have fulfilled them in condemning him And though they found no cause of death in him yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him they took him down from the tree and laid him in a sepulchre But God raised him from the dead And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem Who are his witnesses unto the people And we declare unto you glad tidings how that the promise which was made unto the fathers God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children in that he hath raised up Jesus again as it is also written in the second psalm Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead now no more to return to corruption he said on this wise I will give you the sure mercies of David Wherefore he saith also in another psalm Thou shalt not suffer thine holy one to see corruption For David after he had served his own generation by the will of God fell on sleep and was laid unto his fathers and saw corruption But he whom God raised again saw no corruption Be it known unto you therefore men and brethren that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins And by him all that believe are justified from all things from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses Beware therefore lest that come upon you which is spoken of in the prophets Behold ye despisers and wonder and perish for I work a work in your days a work which you shall in no wise believe though a man declare it unto you The Gospel S. Luke 24.36 JEsus himself stood in the midst of them and saith unto them Peace be unto you But they were terrified and affrighted and supposed that they had seen a spirit And he said unto them Why are ye troubled and why do thoughts arise in your hearts Behold my hands and my
days shall come upon thee that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee and compass thee round and keep thee in on every side and shall lay thee even with ground and thy children within thee and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation And he went into the temple and began to cast out them that sold therein and them that bought saying unto them It is written My house is the house of prayer but ye have made it a den of thieves And he taught daily in the temple The eleventh Sunday after trinity The collect O God who declarest thy Almighty power most chiefly in shewing mercy and pity Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace that we running the way of thy commandments may obtain thy gracious promises and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle 1 Cor. 15.1 BRethren I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you which also you have received and wherein ye stand By which also ye are saved if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you unless ye have believed in vain For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received how that Christ died for Our sins according to the Scriptures and that he was buried and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures and that he was seen of Cephas then of the twelve After that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once of whom the greater part remain unto this present but some are fallen asleep After that he was seen of James then of all the Apostles and last of all he was seen of me also as of one born out of due time For I am the least of the Apostles that am not meet to be called an Apostle because I persecuted the Church of God But by the grace of God I am what I am and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain but I laboured more abundantly then they all yet not I but the grace of God which was with me Therefore whether it were I or they so we preach and so ye believed The Gospel S. Luke 18.9 JEsus spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others Two men went up into the temple to pray the one a Pharisee and the other a Publican The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself God I thank thee that I am not as other men are extortioners unjust adulterers or even as this Publican I fast twice in the week I give tithes of all that I possess And the Publican standing afar off would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven but smote upon his breast saying God be merciful to me a sinner I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather then the other for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted The twelfth Sunday after Trinity The collect ALmighty and everlasting God who art always more ready to hear then we to pray and art wont to give more then either we desire or deserve Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy forgiving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask but through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen The Epistle 2 Cor. 3.4 Such trust have we through Christ to God-ward Not that we are sufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our selves but our sufficiency is of God Who also hath made us able ministers of the new Testament not of the letter but of the Spirit for the letter killeth but the Spirit giveth life But if the ministration of death written and engraven in stones was glorious so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance which glory was to be done away How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious For if the ministration of condemnation be glory much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory The Gospel S. Mark 7.31 JEsus departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon came unto the sea of Galilee through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis And they bring unto him one that was deaf and had an impediment in his speech and they beseech him to put his hand upon him And he took him aside from the multitude and put his fingers into his ears and he spit and touched his tongue and looking up to heaven he sighed and saith unto him Ephphatha that is Be opened And straightway his ears were opened and the string of his tongue was loosed and he spake plain And he charged them that they should tell no man but the more he charged them so much the more a great deal they published it and were beyond measure astonished saying He hath done all things well he maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak The thirteenth Sunday after Trinity The collect ALmighty and merciful God of whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service Grant we beseech thee that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly promises through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistile Gal. 3.16 TO Abraham and his seed were the promises made He saith not And to seeds as of many but as of one And to thy seed which is Christ And this I say that the covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ the law which was four hundred and thirty years after cannot disanul that it should make the promise of none effect For if the inheritance be of the law it is no more of promise but God gave it to Abraham by promise Wherefore then serveth the law It was added because of transgressions till the seed should come to whom the promise was made and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediatour Now a mediatour is not a mediatour of one but God is one Is the law then against the promises of God God forbid for if there had been a law given which could have given life verily righteousness should have been by the law But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe The Gospel S. Luke 10.23 BLessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see and have not seen them and to hear those things which ye hear and have not heard them And behold a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him saying Master what shall I do to inherit eternal life He said unto him What is written in the law How readest thou And he answering said Thou shalt love
Jesus Christ and brother of James to them that are sanctified by God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ and called Mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied Beloved when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the Faith which was once delivered unto the saints For there are certain men crept in unawares who were before of old ordained to this condemnation ungodly men turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ I will therefore put you in remembrance though ye once knew this how that the Lord having saved the people out of the land of Egypt afterward destroyed them that believed not And the angels which kept not their first estate but left their own habitation he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day Even as Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities about them in like manner giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange flesh are set forth for an example suffering the vengeance of eternal fire Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh despise dominion and speak evil of dignities The Gospel S. John 15.17 THese things I command you that ye love one another If the world hate you ye know that it hated me before it hated you If ye were of the world the world would love his own but because ye are not of the world but I have chosen you out of the world therefore the world hateth you Remember the word that I said unto you The servant is not greater then the Lord if they have persecuted me they will also persecute you if they have kept my saying they will keep yours also But all these things will they do unto you for my Names sake because they know not him that sent me If I had not come and spoken unto them they had not had sin but now they have no cloke for their sin He that hateth me hateth my father also If I had not done among them the works which none other man did they had not had sin but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father But this cometh to pass that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law They hated me without a cause But when the Comforter is come whom I will send unto you from the Father even the Spirit of truth which proceedeth from the Father he shall testifie of me And ye also shall bear witness because ye have been with me from the beginning All Saints day The collect O Almighty God who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living that we may come to those unspeakable joys which thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Rev. 7.2 ANd I saw another angel ascending from the east having the seal of the living God and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea saying Hurt not the earth neither the sea nor the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads And I heard the number of them which were sealed and there were sealed an hundred and fourty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Isachar were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand After this I beheld and lo a great multitude which no man could number of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues stood before the throne and before the Lamb clothed with white robes and palms in their hands And cried with a loud voice saying Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne and about the elders and the four beasts and fell before the throne on their faces and worshipped God saying Amen Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might be unto our God for ever and ever Amen The Gospel S. Matth. 5.1 JEsus seeing the multitudes went up into a mountain and when he was set his disciples came unto him And he opened his mouth and taught them saying Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Blessed are the peace-makers for they shall be called the children of God Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsly for my sake Rejoyce and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you The ORDER for the Administration of the LORDS SUPPER or HOLY COMMUNION ¶ SO many as intend to be partakers of the Holy Communion shall signifie their Names to the Curate at least sometime the day before ¶ And if any of those be an open and notorious evil liver or have done any wrong to his Neighbours by word or deed so that the Congregation be thereby offended the Curate having knowledge thereof shall call him and advertise him that in any wise he presume not to come to the Lords Table until he hath openly declared himself to have truly repented and amended his former naughty life that the Congregation may thereby be satisfied which before were offended and that he hath recompensed the Parties to whom he hath done wrong or at least declare himself to be in full purpose so to do as soon as he conveniently may ¶ The same Order shall the Curate use with those betwixt whom he perceiveth malice and hatred to reign not suffering them to be partakers of the Lords Table until he know them to be reconciled And if one of the Parties so at variance be content to forgive
from the bottom of his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him and to make amends for that he himself hath offended and the other Party will not be perswaded to a godly unity but remain still in his frowardness and malice the Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent Person to the Holy Communion and not him that is obstinate Provided that every Minister so repelling any as is specified in this or the next precedent Paragraph of this Rubrick shall be obliged to give an account of the same to the Ordinary within fourteen days after at the farthest And the Ordinary shall proceed against the offending Person according to the Canon ¶ The Table at the Communion-time having a fair white Linen Cloth upon it shall stand in the body of the Church or in the Chancel where Morning and Evening Prayer are appointed to be said And the Priest standing at the North-side of the Table shall say the Lords Prayer with the Collect following the People kneeling OUR Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Collect. ALmighty God unto whom all hearts be open all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy Spirit that we may perfectly love thee and worthily magnifie thy holy Name through Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the Priest turning to the People rehearse distinctly all the TEN COMMANDMENTS and the People still kneeling shall after every Commandment ask God mercy for their transgression thereof for the time past and grace to keep the same for the time to come as followeth Minister GOd spake these words and said I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt have none other gods but me People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven image nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bowe down to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me and keep my commandments People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou and thy son and thy daughter thy man-servant and thy maid-servant thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt do no murder People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not commit adultery People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not steal People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his maid nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is his People Lord have mercy upon us and write all these thy laws in our hearts we beseech thee ¶ Then shall follow one of these two Collects for the King the Priest standing as before and saying Let us pray ALmighty God whose kingdom is everlasting and power infinite Have mercy upon the whole Church and so rule the heart of thy chosen servant 〈…〉 that he knowing whose Minister he is may above all things seek thy honour and glory and that we and all his subjects duly considering whose authority he hath may faithfully serve honour and humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed Word and Ordinance through Jesus Christ our Lord who with thee and the holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen ¶ Or. ALmighty and everliving God we are taught by thy holy Word that the hearts of Kings are in thy rule and governance and that thou dost dispose and turn them as it seemeth best to thy godly wisdom We humbly beseech thee so to dispose and govern the heart of WILLIAM thy servant our King and Governour that in all his thoughts words and works he may ever seek thy honour and glory and study to preserve thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and godliness Grant this O merciful Father for thy dear Sons sake Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall be said the Collect of the Day And immediately after the Collect the Priest shall read the Epistle saying The Epistle or The portion of Scripture appointed for the Epistle is written in the Chapter of beginning at the Verse And the Epistle ended he shall say Here endeth the Epistle Then shall he read the Gospel the People all standing up saying The holy Gospel is written in the Chapter of beginning at the Verse And the Gospel ended shall be sung or said the Creed following the People still standing as before I Believe in one God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And of all things visible and invisible And in one Lord Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God Begotten of his Father before all worlds God of God Light of Light Very God of very God Begotten not made Being of one substance with the Father By whom all things were made Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven And was incarnate by the holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary And was made man And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate He suffered and was buried And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures And ascended into heaven And sitteth on the
apply our hearts unto wisdom Turn thee again O Lord at the last and be gracious unto thy servants O satisfie us with thy mercy and that soon so shall we rejoyce and be glad all the days of our life Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity Shew thy servants thy work and their children thy glory And the glorious Majesty of the Lord our God be upon us prosper thou the work of our hands upon us O prosper thou our handy-work Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ¶ Then shall follow the Lesson taken out of the fifteenth Chapter of the former Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 1 Cor. 15.20 NOw is Christ risen from the dead and become the first-fruits of them that slept For since by man came death by man came also the resurrection of the dead For as in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive But every man in his own order Christ the first-fruits afterward they that are Christs at his coming Then cometh the end when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God even the Father when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power For he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death For he hath put all things under his feet But when he saith all things are put under him it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him And when all things shall be subdued unto him then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him that God may be all in all Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead if the dead rise not at all why are they then baptized for the dead And why stand we in jeopardy every hour I protest by your rejoycing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord I die daily If after the manner of men I have fought with beast at Ephesus what advantageth it me if the dead rise not Let us eat and drink for to morrow we die Be not deceived evil communications corrupt good manners Awake to righteousness and sin not for some have not the knowledge of God I speak this to your shame But some man will say how are the dead raised up And with what body do they come Thou fool that which thou sowest is not quickned except it die And that which thou sowest thou sowest not that body that shall be but bare grain it may chance of wheat or of some other grain But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him and to every seed his own body All flesh is not the same flesh but there is one kind of flesh of men another flesh of beasts another of fishes and another of birds There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial but the glory of the celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another There is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars for one star differeth from another star in glory So also is the resurrection of the dead It is sown in corruption it is raised in incorruption It is sown in dishonour it is raised in glory It is sown in weakness it is raised in power It is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body And so it is written The first man Adam was made a living soul the last Adam was made a quickning Spirit Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual but that which is natural and afterward that which is spiritual The first man is of the earth earthy the second man is the Lord from heaven As is the earthy such are they that are earthy and as is the heavenly such are they also that are heavenly And as we have born the image of the earthy we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Now this I say brethren that flesh and bloud cannot inherit the kingdom of God neither doth corruption inherit incorruption Behold I shew you a mystery We shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written Death is swallowed up in victory O Death where is thy sting O grave where is thy victory The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ Therefore my beloved brethren be ye stedfast unmoveable always abounding in the work of the Lord forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. ¶ When they come to the Grave while the Corps is made ready to be laid into the Earth the Priest shall say or the Priest and Clerks shall sing MAn that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery He cometh up and is cut down like a flower he fleeth as it were a shadow and never continueth in one stay In the midst of life were are in death of whom may we seek for succour but of thee O Lord who for our sins art justly displeased Yet O Lord God most holy O Lord most mighty O holy and most merciful Saviour deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts shut not thy merciful ears to our prayers but spare us Lord most holy O God most mighty O holy and merciful Saviour thou most worthy Judge eternal suffer us not at our last hour for any pains of death to fall from thee ¶ Then while the earth shall be cast upon the Body by some standing by the Priest shall say FOrasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed we therefore commit his body to the ground earth to earth ashes to ashes dust to dust in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may be like unto his glorious body according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself ¶ Then shall be said or sung I Heard a voice from heaven saying unto me Write From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord even so saith the Spirit for
heavy displeasure 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me and thy hand presseth me sore 3 There is no health in my flesh because of thy displeasure neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sin 4 For my wickednesses are gone over my head and are like a sore burden too heavy for me to bear 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt through my foolishness 6 I am brought into so great trouble and misery that I go mourning all the day long 7 For my loyns are filled with a sore disease and there is no whole part in my body 8 I am feeble and sore smitten I have rored for the very disquietness of my heart 9 Lord thou knowest all my desire and my groning is not hid from thee 10 My heart panteth my strength hath failed me and the sight of mine eyes is gone from me 11 My lovers and my neighbours did stand looking upon my trouble and my kinsmen stood afar off 12 They also that sought after my life laid snares for me and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness and imagined deceit all the day long 13 As for me I was like a deaf man and heard not and as one that is dumb who doth not open his mouth 14 I became even as a man that heareth not and in whose mouth are no reproofs 15 For in thee O Lord have I put my trust thou shalt answer for me O Lord my God 16 I have required that they even mine enemies should not triumph over me for when my foot slipt they rejoyced greatly against me 17 And I truly am set in the plague and my heaviness is ever in my sight 18 For I will confess my wickedness and be sorry for my sin 19 But mine enemies live and are mighty and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number 20 They also that reward evil for good are against me because I follow the thing that good is 21 Forsake me not O Lord my God be not thou far from me 22 Haste thee to help me O Lord God of my salvation Dixi Custodiam Psal 39. I Said I will take heed to my ways that I offend not in my tongue 2 I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle while the ungodly is in my sight 3 I held my tongue and spake nothing I kept silence yea even from good words but it was paid and grief to me 4 My heart was hot within me and while I was thus musing the fire kindled and at the last I spake with my tongue 5 Lord let me know my end and the number of my days that I may be certified how long I have to live 6 Behold thou hast made my days as it were a span long and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee and verily every man living is altogether vanity 7 For man walketh in a vain shadow and disquieteth himself in vain he heapeth up riches and cannot tell who shall gather them 8 And now Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in thee 9 Deliver me from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish 10 I became dumb and opened not my mouth for is was thy doing 11 Take thy plague away from me I am even consumed by the means of thy heavy hand 12 When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin thou makest his beauty to consume away like as it were a moth fretting a garment every man therefore is but vanity 13 Hear my prayer O Lord and with thine ears consider my calling hold not thy peace at my tears 14 For I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner as all my fathers were 15 O spare me a little that I may recover my strength before I go hence and be no more seen Expectans expectavi Psal 40. I Waited patiently for the Lord and he inclined unto me and heard my calling 2 He brought me also out of the horrible pit out of the mire and clay and set my feet upon the rock and ordered my goings 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth even a thanksgiving unto our God 4 Many shall see it and fear and shall put their trust in the Lord. 5 Blessed is the man that set his hope in the Lord and turned not unto the proud and to such as go about with lies 6 O Lord my God great are the wondrous works which thou hast done like as be also thy thoughts which are to us-ward and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee 7 If I should declare them and speak of them they should be mo then I am able to express 8 Sacrifice and meat-offering thou wouldest not but mine ears hast thou opened 9 Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for sin hast thou not required then said I Lo I come 10 In the volume of the book it is written of me that I should fulfil thy will O my God I am content to do it yea thy law is within my heart 11 I have declared thy righteousness in the great congregation lo I will not refrain my lips O Lord and that thou knowest 12 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart my talk hath been of thy truth and of thy salvation 13 I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth from the great congregation 14 Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me O Lord let thy loving kindness and thy truth alway preserve me 15 For innumerable troubles are come about me my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up yea they are mo in number then the hairs of my head and my heart hath failed me 16 O Lord let it be thy pleasure to deliver me make haste O Lord to help me 17 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it let them be driven backward and put to rebuke that wish me evil 18 Let them be desolate and rewarded with shame that say unto me Fie upon thee fie upon thee 19 Let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee and let such as love thy salvation say alway The Lord be praised 20 As for me I am poor and needy but the Lord careth for me 21 Thou art my helper and redeemer make no long tarrying O my God Evening Prayer Beatus qui intelligit Psal 41. BLessed is he that considereth the poor and needy the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble 2 The Lord preserve him and keep him alive that he may be blessed upon earth and deliver not thou him into the will of his enemies 3 The Lord comfort him when he lieth sick upon his bed make thou all his bed in his sickness 4 I said Lord be merciful unto me heal my soul for I have sinned against thee 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me When shall he die and his name perish 6 And if he come to see me he speaketh vanity and