¶ The Gospell on Wytson sonday the .xiiij. chapi of IohnÌ„ E. IEsus sayd vnto his disciples yf any man loue me / wyll kepe my saynges My father also wyl loue hym we wyl come vnto hym / wyl dwel with him He that loueth me not kepeth not my saynges the wordes which ye heare are not mine but the father which sente me This haue I spoken vnto you beyng yet pÌ„sent with you but the coÌ„forter whiche is the holy ghost whom my father wyl gyue in my name shall teache you all thynges brynge all thynges to your remembraunce what soeuer I haue told you Peace I leaue with you my peace I giue vnto you not as the worlde giueth gyue I vnto you let not your hertes be greued neyther feare ye ye haue herde how I sayd vnto you I go come agayn vnto you / if ye loued me ye wold verely reioyce because I sayd I go vnto the father for the father is greater then I. And now haue I shewed you before it come that wheÌ„ it is come to passe ye myghte beleue Here after wyll I not talke many wordes vnto you for the cheyfe ruler of the worlde coÌ„meth hath naught in me but that the world may knowe that I loue the father and as the father gaue me coÌ„mauÌ„dement euen so do I. ¶ The Pystle on the Monday in the Wytson weke the .x. cha of the Actes of the Apostles F. PEter opened hys mouthe and sayde Iesus commanded vs to preache vnto the people and to testifie that it is he that is ordeyned of god a iudge of quycke dead to him gyueth al the ê“phetes witnes that thorow his name shal receyue remissioÌ„ of synnes all that beleue in him whyle Peter yet spake these wordes the holy ghost fell on all theÌ„ which herde his preachynge And they of the circuÌ„cision whiche beleued were astonied as many as came with Peter because that on the gentyls also was shede out the gyfte of the holy ghost for they herde them speake with tonges and mangnyfy god Then answered Peter can any man forbyd water that these shulde not be baptysed whiche haue receyued the holy ghost as wel as we And he commaunded theÌ„ to be baptised in the name of oure Lorde Iesus Christe ¶ The Gospel on the Mondaye in the Wytson weke the the .iiij. Chapiter of IohnÌ„ B. IEsus sayde vnto a ruler amoÌ„ge the Pharyses God so loued the worlde that he gaue his onely sonne for the entente that none the beleue in him shulde perysshe but shulde haue euerlastyng lyfe for god sent not his sonne into the worlde to coÌ„deÌ„ne the worlde but that the worlde thorowe hym myght be saued he that beleueth on hym shall not be condempned but he that beleueth not is condempned al redy because he beleued not in the name of the onely sonne of God And this is the condempnacyon That lyght is come in to the worlde and the men haue loued darkenes more theÌ„ light because theyr dedes were euyl for euery man that doth euyl hateth the light neyther commeth to lyght least hys dedes shuld be reproued but he the doth the trueth commeth to the lyghte / that hys dedes myght be knowen howe that they are wrought in god ¶ The Pystle on the Tewysday in the Wytson weke the .viij. Chapiter of the Actes of the Apostles B. WHen the Apostles whiche were at Ierusalem herd saye the Samaria had receyued the worde of god / they sente vnto theÌ„ Peter IohnÌ„ whiche when they were come prayed for theÌ„ that they might receyue thy holy ghost for as yet he was come on none of them but they were baptysed onely in the name of Chryste Iesu Then layed they theyr handes on them and they receyued the holy ghoste ¶ The Gospel on the tewysday in the Wytson weke the .x. chapiter of IohnÌ„ A. IEsus sayde vnto his discyples Verely verely I saye vnto you whosoeuer entreth not in by the dore into the shepe folde but clymmeth vp some other waye / he is a thefe a robber He that goeth in by the dore is the shepeherde of the shepe To this man the Porter openeth the dore the shepe here his voyce / he calleth his owne shepe by name he ledeth theÌ„ out when he hath sent forth his owne shepe / he goeth before theÌ„ the shepe folowe hym / for they knowe his voyce / A strauÌ„ger they wyll not folowe / but wyll flye froÌ„ hym / for they know not the voyce of strauÌ„gers This maner of sayeng spake Iesus vnto theÌ„ they vnderstode not what thiÌ„ges they were which he spake vnto them ThaÌ„ sayd Iesus vnto theÌ„ agayne Verely I say vnto you that I am the dore of the shepe All euen as many as came before me are theues robbers but the shepe dyd not here them I am the dore by me yf any man entre in he shal be safe shal go in out and fynd pasture The thefe coÌ„meth not but for to steale / kyll / and destroye I am come that they myghte haue lyfe / and haue it the more habundantly ¶ The Pystle on the wednysdaye in the Wytson weke The .ij. Chapyter of the Actes Apostles C PEter stepte forth with the eleuen and lyfte vp his voyce sayde vnto them / ye men of Iewry all ye that in habyte Ierusalem be this knoweÌ„ vnto you / and with your eares heare my wordes These are not droÌ„ken as ye wene for it is yet the thyrde houre of the day but this is that which was spokeÌ„ by the prophet Iohel It shall be in the laste dayes sayth god of my spyryte I wyll powre out vpoÌ„ all flessh your sonnes your doughters shal prophesye your yonge men shal se visioÌ„s your olde meÌ„ shal dreame dreames on my seruauÌ„tes / on my haÌ„d maydeÌ„s I wyll powre out of my spyrite in those dayes they shall prophesy I wyll shewe woÌ„ders in heueÌ„ aboue tokeÌ„s in the earth byneth bloude fyre the vapoure of smoke The sonne shal be turned into darknes the moue into bloude before the great notable daye of the Lorde shall come and the tyme shall come / that whosoeuer shall call on the name of the Lorde shal be saued ¶ The Gospel on the Wednysdaye in Wytson weke The .vj. Chapiter of IohnÌ„ E IEsus sayd vnto his disciples to the coÌ„pany of the Iewes No man can come vnto me excepte my Father whyche hath sente me drawe hym I wyll rayse him vp at the laste day It is wryten in the prophetes And they shall all be taught of god euery maÌ„ which hath herde lerned of the father coÌ„meth vnto me not that any man hath sene the father saue he which is of GOD the same hathe sene the father Verelye verelye I saye vnto you he that beleueth on me hath euerlastynge lyfe I am the breade of lyfe your fathers dyd eate Manna in the
wyldernes and are deade This is the breade which cōmeth frō heuen that he which doth eate of it shuld not dye I am the lyuing breade which came downe frō heuen Yf any man eate of thys breade he shall lyue for euer And the breade that I wyll gyue is my flesshe whych I wyll gyue for the lyfe of the worlde ¶ The Pystle on Trinite Sondaye The .iiij. Chapyter of the Reuelacyon of saynt Iohn̄ A. I Loked vp sawe a dore open in heuen the fyrste voyce whiche I herde as were a trompette talkynge with me whiche sayde come vp hyther and I wyll shewe the thynges which must be fulfylled here after immediately I was in the spyryte beholde a seate was put in heuen and one sate on the seate and he that sate was to loke vpon lyke vnto Iasper stone and a Sardyne stone and there was a rayne bowe aboute the seate to loke vpon lyke vnto an Emeralde and about the seate were .xxiiij. Seates and I sawe on the seates .xxiiij. elders syttynge clothed in whyte raymēt and had on theyr hedes Crownes of golde and out of the seate proceded lyghtenynges and thōdrynges and voyces and there were .vij. lāpes of fyre burnynge before the seate / whyche are the seuen spyrytes of God and before the seate there was a See of glasse lyke vnto Crystall and in the myddes of the seate and round about the seate were .iiij. beastes full of eyes before and behynde and the fyrst beaste was lyke a Lyon the secōde beast was lyke a Calfe the thyrde beaste had a face as a man and the fourth beaste was lyke a flyenge Egle the .iiij. beastes had eche one of them .vj. wynges about hym and they were full of eyes within they had no rest daye neyther nyght sayenge Holy holy holy lorde god almyghty whiche was is is to come And when these beastes gaue glory honoure and thankes to hym that sat on that seate / which lyueth euermore the .xxiiij. elders fell downe before hym that sat on the trone and worshypped hym that lyueth euer cast theyr crownes before the trone sayinge thou arte worthy Lorde to receyue glory honoure power for thou haste created all thynges for thy wylles sake they are were created ¶ The Gospell on Trynite sonday The .iij. Chap. of Iohn̄ A THere was a man of the pharyses named Nichodemus / a ruler among the Iewes He came to Iesus by nyght and sayde vnto hym Mayster we knowe that thou arte a teacher which arte come from god for no man could do such myracles as thou doest except god were with hym Iesus answered and sayde vnto hym Verely verely I saye vnto the excepte that a man be borne a newe he can not se the kyngdome of God Nichodemus sayd vnto hym How can a man be borne whē he is old Can he entre into his mothers wombe be borne agayne Iesus answered Verely verely I say vnto the except that a man be borne of water of the spyrite he can not entre into the kyngdome of god That whych is borne of the flesshe is flesshe that which is borne of the spirite is spirite Maruayle not that I sayd to the ye muste be borne a newe The wynde bloweth where he lyfteth and thou heareste hys sounde but thou canste not tell whēse he cōmeth and whether he goeth So is euery man that is borne of the spyryte Nichodemus answered sayd vnto him How can these thynges be Iesus answered and sayd vnto him Arte thou a mayster in Israell and knowest not these thynges Verely verely I saye vnto the we speake that we knowe testyfie that we haue sene and ye receyue not our wytnes yf I haue tolde you erthtly thynges / ye haue not beleued howe shuld ye beleue yf I shall tell you heuēly thynges And no man hath ascended vp into heuen but he that came downe frome heuen that is to saye the sonne of man which is in heuē And as Moses lyfted vp the serpent in wyldernes euen so muste the sonne of man be lyfted vp that no man which beleueth in hȳ peryssh but haue eternal lyfe ¶ The Pystle on Corpus Christi daye the fyrst Pystle to the Corynthyans and the .xi. Chapyter E BRethren that whiche I gaue vnto you I receyued of the Lorde for the Lord Iesus Christ the same nyght in the which he was betrayed toke breade and thanked / and brake / sayde take ye eate ye this is my body which is broken for you This do ye in the remēbraunce of me / after the same maner he toke the cuppe when Supper was done sayenge This cup is the newe Testament in my bloude / this do as ofte as ye drynke it in the remēbraūce of me / for as often as ye shall eate this bread and drynke of thys cup / ye shall shewe the Lordes death tyl he come Wherfore who soeuer shall eate of thys breade or drynke of the cup vnworthely shal be gyltye of the body and bloude of the Lorde Let a man therfore examyne hym selfe and so let hȳ eate of the breade and drynke of the cuppe / for he that eateth drynketh vnworthely eateth and drynketh hys owne dampnacyon Because he maketh no dyfference of the Lordes body ¶ The Gospel on Corpus Christi day The .vj. cha of Iohn̄ F IEsus sayd vnto his dysciples to the company of the Iewes my flesshe is meate in dede / my bloud is drynke in dede He that eateth my flessh drynketh my bloud dwelleth in me And I in him as the lyuing father hath sent me euē so lyue I by my father he that eateth me shall lyue by me This is the breade which came from heuē not as your fathers haue eatē Manna and are deade He that eateth of thys breade shall lyue euer ¶ The Pystle on the fyrste Sondaye after Trinite Sondaye The .iiij. Chapyter of the fyrst Pystle of Iohn̄ B MOst dere beloued brethren God is loue in thys apered the loue of god to vs warde because that god sent his onely begotten son into the worlde / that we myght lyue thorowe hym here in is loue not that we loued God / but that god loued vs. And sente his sonne to make agrement for our synnes Derely beloued yf god so loued vs we oughte also to loue one another / no man hath sene god at any tyme. Yf we loue one another god dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfyte in vs. Here by knowe we that we dwell in hym and he in vs because he had gyuen vs of his spyryte And we haue sene and do testyfye that the father sent his sonne which is the sauyour of the worlde whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God / in hym dwelleth god he in god And we haue knowen and beleued the loue that god hathe to vs. God is loue and that dwelleth in loue / dwelleth in God god in hym
am not Arte thou a prophet And he answered no. Than sayed they vnto hym what arte the / that we maye gyue an answere to theÌ„ that sent vs â–ª what sayest thou of thy selfe he sayde I am the voyce of a cryer in the wyldernes make strayght the way of the Lorde as sayed the prophet Esaias And they whiche were sente were of the pharyses they ared hym sayed vnto hym â–ª why baptysest thou theÌ„ yf thou be not Christ nor Helias neyther a ê“phet IohnÌ„ answered theÌ„ saying I baptyse with water / but one is come amoÌ„ge you whoÌ„ ye know not He it is that cometh after me which was before me whose shoo latchet I am not worthy to vnlose These thynges were done in bethabara beyond Iordan where IohnÌ„ dyd baptyse ¶ The pystle at hye masse on Christmas daye The .j. chapyter to the Hebreus A BRethreÌ„ god in tymes past diuersly many wayes spake vnto the fathers by the prophetes but in these laste dayes he hath spokeÌ„ vnto vs by his sonnes whoÌ„ he hath made heyre of all thynges / by whoÌ„ also he made the worlde whiche sonne beynge the bryghtnes of his glory very ymage of hys substauÌ„ce bearynge vp all thynges with the worde of his power hath in his owne person pourged oure synnes sytteh on the ryghthande on thy Maiesty on hye and is more excellente than the angels in as moche as he hath by euerytaunce obteyned an excellenter name then they haue / for vnto whiche of the angels sayde he at any tyme thou art my sonne this daye begat I the. And agayn I wyll be his father and he shall be my sonne And when he bryngeth in the fyâ—ste begotten sonne into the worâ—de he sayth And all the angels of god shall worshyppe hym and vnto the angels he sayeth he maketh his angels spyrites and his ministres flammes of fyre but vnto the sonne he sayth god thy seate shal be for euer and euer the cepter of thy kyngdome is a ryghte cepter Thou hast loued ryghtwysenes hated iniquite wherfore hath god whiche is thy god anoynted the with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy felowes And thou lorde in the begynnyng hast layde the foundacion of the earth And the heuens are the workes of thy handes The shall perysshe but thou shalt shalt endure they all shal waxe olde as doth a garment / and as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them and they shal be chaunged but thou art alwayes the same and thy yeares shall not fayle ¶ The gospell at hye Masse on Christmas daye The .j. chapyter of IohnÌ„ A IN the begynnyng was the worde the worde was with god and god was the worde The same was in the begynnyng with god All thynges were made by it without it was made nothyng that was made In it was lyfe / and the lyfe was the lyght of men the lyght shyneth in the darkenes and the darkenes comprehendeth it not There was a man sent from god whose name was IohnÌ„ The same same as a wytnes to beare wytnes of the lyght that all men through hym myght beleue he was not that lyght but to beare wytnes of the lyght That was a true lyght which lyghted all men that come into the worlde he was in the worlde the worlde by him was made and the worlde knewe him not / he came among his owne his owne receyued him not vnto as many as receyued hym gaue power to be the sonnes of god in that they beleued on his name which were borne not of bloude nor of the wyll of the flesshe nor yet of the wyll of men but of god the worde was made flesshe dwelt amoÌ„ge vs we sawe the glory of it as the glory of the on y begotteÌ„ soÌ„ne of the father which worde was ful of grace verite ¶ The Pystle on S. Steuens day The .vj Cchapiter of the Actes of the Apostles C STeuen full of fayth power dyd great woÌ„ders myracles among the people There arose certayne of the Synagoge whyche are called Lybertynes and Syrenytes and of Alexandria and of Cylicia and Asya disputed with Steuen they coulde nor resyste the wysedome and the spyryte / with which he spake When they hearde these thynges theyr hertes cloue a sonder and they gnasshed on him with theyr tethe but he beynge full of the holy Ghoste loked vp stedfastly wyth hys eyes into heuen / sawe the glory of god Iesus standyng on the ryght hande of god and sayd beholde I se the heuens open and the sonne of man standynge on the ryght hande of God then they gaue a shoute with a loude voyce and stopped their eares and ran vpon him all at ones caste hym out of the cytie stoned him and the wytnesses layde downe theyr clothes at a yonge mans fete named Saule And they stoned SteueÌ„ calling on sayeng Lord Iesu receyue my spiryte and he kneled downe and cryed with a loude voyce Lorde saye not this synne to theyr charge / And wheÌ„ had thus spoken / he fell a slepe in our Lorde ¶ The Gospell on Saynte Steuens daye the .xxiij. chapiter of Mathew D. IEsus sayde vnto the Iewes and chefe prestes beholde I sende vnto you wyse prophetes wyse men and scrybes of them som shall ye scourge in your synagoges and persecute from cytye to cytye and al ryghtuous bloude maye fall on you whiche was shede vpon the earthe frome the bloude of ryghtuous Abell vnto the bloude of zacharias the sonne of Barachias whom ye slewe betwene the temple and the auter Verely I saye vnto you all these thynges shall lyghte vpon this generacyon Ierusalem / Ierusalem / which kyllest prophetes and stonest them whiche are sente to the howe oft wolde I haue gathered thy chyldren togyder as the henne gathereth her chyckens vnder her wynges but ye wolde not beholde your habitacion shal be lefte vnto you desolate For I say vnto you ye shal not se me henforth tyl that ye saye Blessed be he that commeth in the name of the Lorde ¶ The Pystle on S. IohnÌ„ the Euangelystes daye Eccles xv HE that feareth god wyll do good / and he that kepeth the lawe shall obtayne wysedome and she wyl come agaynst hym as an honourable mother as a woman yet a vyrgyn shal receyue hym She shal fede hym with the bread of lyfe and vnderstandynge and the water of holsome wysedome she shall gyue hym to drynke she shall exalte him amoÌ„ge his neyghbours shall open hys mouth euen in the thyckest of the congregacioÌ„ And he shall fyll hym with the spyryte of wysedome vnderstandynge and wyth the garment of glory shall apparel hym She shall make him rych with ioye and gladnes and shall inherete hym of an euerlastynge name ¶ The Gospell on S. IohnÌ„s daye the Euangelyste The .xxj. chapyter of IohnÌ„ E Iesus sayd to Peter folowe me Peter turned about sawe the disciple whoÌ„ Iesê° loued folowyng which also leued