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
pryce of blode and they toke counsell and boughte with them a potters felde to burye straungers in / wherfore the felde is called the felde of blode vnto this daye Then was fulfylled that whiche was spoken by Ieremy the prophet sayinge and they toke .xxx. syluer plates / the pryce of hym that was valued whom they boughte of the chyldren of Israell / and they gaue them for the potters felde as the lorde apoynted me Iesus stode before the debyte / the debyte axed hym sayenge Arte thou the kynge of the Iewes Iesus sayde vnto him Thou sayest and when he was accused of the cheyfe prestes elders he answered nothyng Then sayde Pylate vnto him hearest thou not howe many thynges they laye agaynste the and he answered to hym neuer a worde in so much that the debite maruayled greatly At the feast the debite was wonte to delyuer vnto the people a prysoner whō they wolde desyre He had thē a notable prysoner called Barrabas whē they were gathered togyther Pylate sayde vnto thē whether wyll ye that I gyue lose vnto you / Barrabas or Iesus which is called Christ for he knewe well that for enuy they had delyuered hym Whē he was set downe to gyue iudgemēt his wyfe sent to hym sayenge Haue thou nothinge to do with that iuste man for I haue suffered many thynges thys daye in a dreame about hym But the chyefe prestes and the elders had perswaded the people that they shulde are Barrabas / shulde destroy Iesus Then the debyte answered and sayde vnto them whether of the twayne wyll ye that I let louse vnto you and they sayd Barrabas Pylate sayd vnto thē what shall I do then with Iesus which is called Chryst They all sayd to hym let hym be crucyfyed Then sayd the debyte what euyll hath he done And they cryed the more sayeng let hym be crucifyed whē Pylate sawe that he preuayled nothynge but that more busynes was made / he toke water wasshed hys handes before the people sayenge I am innocent of the bloud of this iust person And the ye shall see Then answered all the people and sayd Hys bloud be on vs on our chyldren Thā let he Barrabas lose vnto thē and scourged Iesus delyuered him to be crucifyed Then the souldyours of the debyte toke Iesus vnto the cōmen hall And gathered vnto him all the cōpany they stryped him put on hym a purple robe And platted a crowne of thornes put vpō his heade a rede in his ryghte hande And bowed theyr knees before hym / mocked hym / sayeng / Hayle kynge of the Iewes spytted on hym / toke the rede smot hym on the head And when they had mocked hym / they toke the robe of hym agayne put his owne rayment on him / led hȳ away to crucyfye him And as they came out / they founde a mā of Cyren named Symon hym they cōpelled to beare his crosse And whē they came vnto the place called Golgotha that is to say a place of deade mens sculles they gaue hym vyneyger to drynke mengled with gall / and when he tasted therof he wolde not drynke when they had crucifyed hym they parted his garmentes dyd caste lottes to fulfyl that was spoken by the prophet They deuided my garmētes amonge them / vpon my vesture dyd cast lottes they sat and watched hym there they set vp ouer his head the cause of hys death writen This is the kynge of the Iewes there were two theues crucyfyed with hym one on the ryght hande another on the lefte They that passed by reuyled hī wagginge theyr heades sayeng Thou that destroyest the tēple of god buyldest it in thre dayes saue thy selfe yf thou be the sonne of god come downe from the crosse lyke wyse also the hye preestes mockynge hym wyth the scrybes elders sayde He saued other hym selfe he can not saue if he be the kynge yf Israel let hym now come down frō the crosse we wyl beleue hym he trusted in god let hym delyuer hym nowe if he wyll haue hym / for he sayd I am the sonne of god That same also the theues which were crucifyed with hȳ cast in hys teth frō the syxt houre was there darkenes ouer all the lāde vnto the nynth houre And about the nynth houre Iesus cryed with a loude voyce sayenge Ely Ely Lama Sabathany / that is to say My God my god why hast thou forsakē me Some of thē that stode there when they herde that sayde This mā calleth for Helyas And strayt waye one of them ranne and toke a spōge fylled it full of vynegre / and put it on a rede and gaue hym to drynke Other sayd let be let vs se whether Helias wyl come and delyuer hym Iesus cryed agayne with a loude voyce yelded vp the ghost And beholde the vayle of the temple dyd rent in twayne frō the toppe to the bottome And the erth dyd quake And the stones dyd rent graues dyd open and the bodyes of many Sayntes which slepte arose and came out of the graues after hys Resurreccyon and came into the holy cyte appered vnto many when the Centurion they that were wyth hym watrhynge Iesus sawe the earthquake those thynges whiche happened they feared greatly sayenge of a surety this was the sonne of God And many women were there beholdynge hym a farre of whyche folowed Iesus from Galile mynistryng vnto hym Among whiche was Mary Magdaleyne and Mary the mother of Iames Ioses the mother of zebedes chyldren when the euen was come there came a ryche man of Aramathya named Ioseph whyche same also was Iesus disciple He went to Pylate begged the body of Iesus Then Pylate cōmaunded the body to be delyuered Iosephe toke the bodye wrapped it in a clene lynnen clothe put it in his newe tōbe / whiche he had hewē out euē in the rocke And rolled a great stone at the dore of the sepulchre departed And there was Mary Magdalene the other mary syttyng ouer agaynst the sepulcre ¶ The Gospell on Palme sondaye THe nexte daye that foloweth good frydaye the hye prestes and pharyses got them selues to Pylate and sayde Syr we remember / that thys deceyuer sayde whyle he was yet alyue After .iii dayes I wyll aryse agayne Commaunde therfore the Sepulchre be made sure / vntyll the thyrde daye / leest perauenture his discyples come and steale hym away say vnto the people he is rysen from death the laste errour be worse then the fyrste Pylate sayde vnto theym Take watchmen go make it sure as ye can And they wente and made the sepulchre sure with watchemen and sealed the stone ¶ The passyon on good frydaye The .xviij. chapiter of Iohn̄ A IEsus went forth with his dysciples ouer the broke Cedrō where was a gardeyne into the which he entred wyth hys dyscyples Iudas also
¶ 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