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
⧠THE Epistels and Gospels for euery Sonday and Holy day throughout the whole yeare After the vse of the Church of England 1574 Imprinted at London by Iohn Awdeley dwellyng in little Brittain streete without Aldersgate ¶ Cum priuilegio ¶ The Epistles and Gospels for euery Sunday and Holy day throughout the whole yeare ¶ The first Sunday in Aduent The Epistle Roma iii. OWe nothing to any man but thys that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfilleth the law For these commaundements Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not kyl Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnes Thou shalt not lust and so foorth if there be any other commaundement it is all comprehended in this saying namely Loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Loue hurteth not hys neighbour therefore is loue the fulfilling of the lawe This also we know the season how that it is time that we should now awake out of sleepe for now is our saluation nerer then when we beleued The night is passed the day is come nye let vs therefore cast awaye the deedes of darknes and let vs put on the armour of light Let vs walke honestlye as it were in the day light not in eating and drinking neither in chambring nor wantonnes neither in strife and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ and make no prouision for the flesh to fulfill the lustes of it ¶ The Gospell Math. xxi ANd when they drew nye to Ierusalem and were come to Bethphage vnto mount Oliuet then sent Iesus two of his Disciples saying vnto them Go into the towne that lieth ouer against you and anon you shall finde an Asse bound and her Colt with her loose them bring them vnto me And if any man say ought vnto you say ye the Lord hath nede of them straight way he wyl let them go Al this was done that it might be fulfylled which was spoken by the Prophet saying Tell ye the daughter of Sion behold thy king commeth vnto thee meeke sytting vpon an Asse a Colt the foale of the Asse vsed to the yoke The Disciples went and did as Iesus commaunded them and brought the Asse and the Colt and put on them their clothes and set hym thereon And many of the people spread their garments in the way Other cut downe braunches from the trees and strawed them in the way Moreouer the people that went before and they that came after cryed saying Hosanna to the sonne of Dauid blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest And when he was come to Ierusalem all the City was moued saying Who is this And the people sayd this is Iesus the Prophet of Nazareth a city of Galile And Iesus went into the Temple of God cast out all them that sold and bought in the Temple and ouerthrew the tables of the money chaungers and the seates of them that sold Dooues and sayd vnto them It is written my house shall be called the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theeues ¶ The second Sunday in Aduent The Epistle Roma xv WHat soeuer thinges are written aforetyme they are written for our learning that we through pacience and comfort of the scriptures myght haue hope The God of pacience and consolation graunt you to bee lyke mynded one towardes another after the ensample of Christ Iesu that ye all agreeing together may with one mouth praise God the Father of our Lord Iesu Christ Wherfore receyue ye one another as Christ receiued vs to the prayse of god And this I say that Iesu Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God to confirme the promises made vnto the fathers and that the Gentiles might praise god for his mercy as it is writtē For this cause I wil praise thee among the Gentils and singe vnto thy name And againe he sayth Reioyce ye Gentils with his people And againe praise the Lord all ye Gentils and laude him all ye nations together And agayne Esay sayth There shall bee the roote of Iesse he that shal ryse to raigne ouer the Gentiles in him shal the Gentils trust The God of hope fill you with al ioy and peace in beleuing that ye may be rytch in hope through the power of the holy ghost ¶ The Gospell Luke xxi THer shal be signes in the sunne and in the moone and in the stars and in the earth the people shall be at their wittes ende thorow dispaire The sea and the water shal roare and mens harts shal faile thē for feare and for looking after those thinges which shal come on the earth For the powers of heauen shall moue And then shall they see the Sonne of man come in a cloude with power and great glorye When these thinges beginne to come to passe then looke vp and lift vp your heads for your redemption draweth nye And he shewed thē a similitude Behold the Figtree and al other trees whē they shoote foorth their buds ye see know of your own selues that summer is then nie at hād So likewise ye also whē ye see these things come to passe be sure that the kyngedome of God is nye Verely I say vnto you this generation shall not passe tyll all bee fulfyled Heauen and earth shall passe but my woordes shall not passe ¶ The third Sunday in Aduent The Epistle i. Cor. iiii LEt a man this wyse esteeme vs euen as the ministers of Christ and Stewardes of the secretes of god Furthermore it is required of the Stewarde that a man be founde faythfull with me it is but a very small thing that I should be iudged of you eyther of mans iudgement no I iudge not mine owne selfe for I knowe nought by my selfe yet am I not thereby iustified It is the Lord that iudgeth me Therefore iudge nothing before the time vntyll the Lord come which wyll lyghten thynges that are hyd in darknes and open the counsayles of the hartes and then shall euery man haue praise of God. ¶ The Gospell Math. xi WHen Iohn being in prison heard the works of Christ he sent two of his Disciples and sayd vnto him Art thou he that shal come or do we looke for another Iesus aunswered said vnto them Go and shew Iohn agayne what ye haue heard and seene The blinde receiue theyr sight the lame walke the leapers are clensed and the deafe heare the deade are raysed vp and the poore receiue the glad tidinges of the Gospell and happy is he that is not offended by me And as they departed Iesus began to say vnto the people concerning Iohn What went ye out into the wildernes to see A reede that is shaken with the wind Or what went you out to see A man clothed in soft raymēt Behold they that weare soft clothing are in kinges houses But what went you out for to see A Prophet Verely I say vnto you and more then a
which is blessed for euermore knoweth that I lye not ¶ The Gospell Luke viii WHen much people were gathered together were come to him out of al cities he spake by a similitude The sower went out to sowe hys seede as he sowed some fell by the way side it was troden downe the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp some fel on stones assone as it was sprong vp it withered away because it lacked moistnes some fel amoÌ„g thornes the thornes spraÌ„g vp with it choked it some fel on good grouÌ„d spraÌ„g vp barefruit an c. fold as he said these things he cried He that hath eares to heare let him hear And his disciples asked him saying what maner of similitude is And he said vnto you it is geuen to know the secretes of the kingdom of God but to other by parables that wheÌ„ they see they should not see when they heare they should not vnderstand The parable is this The seede is the word of God those that are beside the way ar they that heare then coÌ„meth the deuil taketh away the word out of their hartes leaste they should beleue be saued They on the stones ar they which wheÌ„ they heare receiue the word with ioy these haue no rotes which for a while beleue in time of temptacion go away And that which fell among thorns are they which when they haue heard go forth and are choked with cares and riches voluptuous lyuing and bring forth no fruite That which fell in the good ground are they which with a pure and good hart heare the word and kepe it and bring forth fruit through pacience ¶ The sunday called Quinquagesima The Epistle 1. Cor. xiii THough I speake with toungs of men and of Angels and haue no loue I am euen as sounding brasse or as a tinkling Cimbal And though I could prophecy vnderstand al secrets al knowledge yea if I haue al faith so that I could moue mountains out of their places yet haue no loue I am nothing And though I bestow all my goods to fede the poore though I gaue my body euen that I burned and yet haue no loue it profiteth me nothing Loue suffreth loÌ„g and is curteous loue enuieth not loue doth not frowardly swelleth not dealeth not dishonestly seketh not her own is not prouoked to anger thinketh none euil reioyseth not in iniquity But reioyseth in the truth suffreth al things beleueth al things hopeth al things endureth althinges Though that prophecying faile either tounges cease or knowledge vanish away yet loue falleth neuer away For our knowledge is vnperfect and our prophecying is vnperfect But when that which is perfit is come theÌ„ that which is vnperfit shal be done away When I was a child I spake as a child I vnderstod as a child I imagined as a child But assone as I was a man I put away childishnes Now we see in a glas euen in a dark speaking but then shal we see face to face Now I know vnperfitly but then shal I know euen as I am knoweÌ„ Now abideth faith hope loue euen these .iii. but the chief of these is loue ¶ The Gospell Luke xvii IEsus tooke vnto him the .xii. and sayd vnto them Behold we go vp to Ierusalem and all shall be fulfiled that are written by the Prophets of the sonne of man For he shal be deliuered vnto the Gentiles and shal be mocked and despitefully intreated and spytted on And wheÌ„ they haue scourged him they wil put him to death and the third day he shal rise again And they vnderstood none of these things And this saying was hid from them so that they perceiued not the thinges which were spoken And it came to passe that as he was come nigh to Hierico a certaine blynde man sat by the hie way side begging And when he heard the people passe by he asked what it ment And they said vnto him that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And he cried saying Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And they which went before rebuked him that he should hold his peace â–ª But he cried so much the more thou sonne of Dauid haue mercye on me And Iesus stood still and commaunded him to be brought vnto him And when he was come neare he asked him saying what wilt thou that I do vnto thee and he sayd Lord that I might receiue my sight And Iesus said vnto him receiue thy sight thy sayth hath saued thee And immediately hee receiued his sight and folowed him praysing god And all the people when they saw it gaue praise vnto God. ¶ The first day in Lent called Ashwensday ¶ The Gospell Ioell ii TVrne you vnto me with all your hearts with fasting weeping and mourning rent your harts and not your clothes Turne you vnto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful long suffering and of great compassion and ready to pardon wickednes Then no doubt hee also shall turn and forgeue and after his chastening he shall let your encrease remaine for meate and drink off ringes vnto the lord your god Blowe out with the trumpet in Sion proclaime a fasting call the coÌ„gregation gather the people together warne the congregation and gather the Elders bring the children and Sucklings together Let the bridegrom go forth of his chamber and the bride out of her closeth Let the Priestes serue the Lord betwene the Porch the aulter weeping and saying be fauourable O Lord be fauourable vnto thy people let not thine heritage be brought to such confusion least the Heathen by Lords thereof Wherefore should they say among the Heathen where is now their God ¶ The Gospell Math. â—â— WHen ye fast be not sad as the Hipocrits are for they disfigure their faces that it may appeare vnto men how that they fast Verely I say vnto you they haue their reward But thou when thou fastest anoint thine head wash thy face that it appeare not vnto men how thou fastest but vnto thy father which is in secret and thy father which seeth in secret shal reward thee openly Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth wher neither rust nor moth doth curupt wher theeues do not break thorow steale But lay vp for you treasures in heaueÌ„ wher neither rust nor moth doth corrupt wher theues do not break through nor steale For wher your treasure is there will your harts be also ¶ The first Sunday in Lent. The Epistle ii Cor. vi WE as helpers exhort you that ye receiue not the grace of God in vaine For he saith I haue heard thee in a time accepted in the day of saluation haue I succoured thee Behold now is that accepted time behold now is that day of saluation Let vs geue none occasion of euil that in our office be found no fault but in al things let vs behaue our selues as the ministers
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
for you Herein is my father glorified that ye beare much fruit become my disciples As the father hath loued me euen so also haue I loued you Continue you in my loue If ye keepe my cōmaundements ye shal byde in my loue euen as I haue kept my fathers commaundements bide in his loue These things haue I spoken vnto you that my ioy might remaine in you and that your ioy might be full ¶ Saint Phillip and Iames day The Epistle Iames. i. IAmes the seruaunt of God and of the Lord Iesus Christ sendeth greting to the twelue Tribes which are scattered abroade My brethren count it for an exceeding ioy when ye fall into diuers temptacions knowing this that the trying of your fayth gendreth pacience and let pacience haue her perfect woorke that ye may be perfect and sound lacking nothing If any of you lack wisdome let hym aske of hym that geueth it euen God which geueth to all men indifferently and casteth no man in the teeth and it shal be geuen him But let hym aske in fayth and wauer not for he that doubteth is lyke a waue of the sea which is tost of the windes and caried with violence Neither let that man thinke that he shall receaue any thing of the Lorde A waueryng mynded man is vnstable in all hys wayes Let the brother which is of lowe degree reioyce when hee is exalted Againe let hym that is rytch reioyce when hee is made lowe For euen as the floure of the grasse shall hee passe awaye For as the sun riseth with heat and the gras withereth and his flower falleth away the beuty of the fashion of it perysheth euen so shal the ritch man perish in hys wayes Happy is the man that endureth temptacion For when he is tried he shall receiue the crown of lyfe which the Lord hath promised to them that loue him ¶ The Gospell Iohn xiiii ANd Iesus sayd vnto hys disciples let not your hartes be troubled if ye beleue in God beleue also in me In my Fathers house are many mansions If it were not so I would haue told you I go to prepare a place for you And if I go to prepare a place for you I wyll come agayne and receiue you euen vnto my selfe that where I am there may ye be also And whither I go you know and the way ye know Thomas sayth vnto him Lord we know not whither thou goest And how is it possible for vs to know the way Iesus sayd vnto him I am the way and the truth and the life No man commeth to the father but by me if ye had knowen me ye had knowen my Father also And now ye know him and haue seene him Phillip said vnto him Lord shew vs the father and it suffiseth vs Iesus saith vnto him haue I beene so long time with you and yet hast thou not knowen me Philip he that hath seene me hath seene my Father and how saiest thou then shew vs the Father beleuest not thou that I am in the father and the father in me The words that I speake vnto you I speake not of my selfe but the father that dwelleth in mee is he that doth the workes Beleue me that I am in the father and the father in me Or els beleue me for the workes sake Verely verely I say vnto you he that beleueth on me the works that I do the same shall he do also and greater workes then these shal he do because I go vnto my Father And whatsoeuer ye aske in my name that wyll I do that the Father may be glorified by the Sonne If ye shall aske any thing in my name I wyl do it ¶ Saynt Barnabes day the Apostle The Epistle Actes xi TIdinges of these things came vnto the eares of the congregation which was in Ierusalem And they sent foorth Barnabas that he should go vnto Antioch whych when he came and had seene the grace of God was glad and exhorted them all that with purpose of hart they would continually cleaue vnto the Lorde For he was a good man and full of the holy ghost and of fayth and much people was added vnto the lord Thē departed Barnabas to Tharsus to seke Saule And whē he had found him he brought him vnto Antioch And it chaunced that a whole yeare they had theyr conuersation with the congregation there and taught much people in so much that the disciples of Antioch were the first that were called Christians In those dayes came Prophets from the City of Ierusalem vnto Antioch And there stood vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world which came to pas in the Emperor Claudius dayes Then the disciples euery man according to theyr abilitye purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewry whych thing they also dyd and sent it to the Elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saule ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv THis is my commaundement that ye loue together as I haue loued you Greater loue hath no man then thys that a man bestowe hys lyfe for hys friendes Ye are my friendes if ye do what soeuer I commaund you Hence forth cal I not you seruaunts for the seruaunt knoweth not what hys Lord doth But you haue I called friendes for all thinges that I haue heard of my Father haue I opened to you Ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordayned you to go and bryng foorth fruite and that your fruite should remayne that what soeuer ye aske of the Father in my name he may geue it you ¶ Saynt Iohn Baptistes day The Epistle Esay xl BE of good chere my people O ye Prophetes comfort my people saith your God comfort Ierusalem at the hart tell her that her trauail is at an end that her offences is pardoned that she hath receiued of the Lords hand sufficient correction for al her syns A voice cried in wildernes prepare the way of the Lord in the wildernes make straight the path for our God in the desert Let all valeies be exalted euery mountaine and hyll be layde low What so is crooked let it bee made straight and let the rough bee made playne fieldes For the glory of the Lord shal appeare and al flesh shal at once see it for why the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it The same voyce spake Now cry And the Prohet answered what shal I cry That all flesh is grasse and that all the goodlynes thereof is as the floure of the field The grasse is wythered the floure falleth away Euen so is the people as grasse when the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them Neuertheles whether the grasse wyther or that the floure vade away yet the woorde of our God endureth for euer Go vp vnto the hie hyll O Sion thou that bryngest good tidinges lyft vp thy voyce with power O thou Preacher Ierusalem Lyft it vp wythout feare