for you This doe ye in the remembraunce of me After thesame maner also he toke the cup when supper was done saying this cup is the newe testament in my bloud This dooe as oft as ye drinke it in remembraunce of me For as often as ye shall eate this bread and drinke this cuppe ye shall shewe the Lordes death tyll he come Wherfore whosoeuer shall eate of this bread or drinke of the cuppe of the Lorde vnworthely shal be giltie of the bodye and bloud of the Lorde But let a man examin himselfe and so let hym eate of the bread and drinke of the cup. For he that eateth and drynketh vnworthely eateth and drinketh his owne damnacion because he maketh no difference of the Lordes body For this cause many are weake sicke among you and many slepe For if we had iudged our selfes we should not haue been iudged But when we are iudged of the Lorde we are chastened that we should not be damned with the worlde Wherfore my brethren when ye come together to eate tary one for an other If any man hongre let him eate at home that ye come not together vnto condemnacion Other thynges will I set in ordre when I come The Gospell THe whole multitude of them arose and led hym vnto Pylate And they began to accuse hym saying we found this felowe peruertyng the people and forbyddyng to paye tribute to Cesar saying that he is Christ a king And Pilate apposed him saying art thou the king of the Iewes he answered hym sayed thou sayest it Then sayed Pilate to the hye priestes and to the people I fynd no faut in this man And they were the more fierce saying he moueth the people teaching throughout all Iury and began at Galile euen to this place Whē Pilate heard mencion of Galile he asked whether the man were of Galile And assone as he knewe that he belonged vnto Herodes iurisdiccion he sente hym to Herode whiche was also at Ierusalē at that time And when Herode saw Iesus he was excedyng glad for he was desyrous to see him of a long season because he had heard many thynges of him he trusted to haue seen some miracle done by hym Then he questioned with hym many wordes But he answered him nothing The hye priestes and Scribes stode furth accused him straightly And Herode with his men of warre despised him And when he had mocked hym he arayed hym in whyte clothing and sent hym again to Pylate And thesame daye Pylate and Herode were made frendes together For before they were at variaunce And Pylate called together the hye priestes and the rulers and the people and sayd vnto them ye haue brought this man vnto me as one that peruerteth the people and behold I examine hym before you and finde no faute in this man of those thynges wherof ye accuse hym no nor yet Herode For I sent you vnto him and loe nothing worthy of death is done vnto him I will therfore chasten hym and let hym looce For of necessitie he must haue let one looce vnto them at that feast And all the people cryed atonce saying awaye with him and deliuer vs Barrabas whiche for acertayne insurreccion made in the citie and for a murther was cast in prison Pilate spake againe vnto thē willing to let Iesus looce But they cryed saying crucifye hym crucifye him He sayed vnto them the thirde time what euill hat he done I finde no cause of death in hym I wyll therfore chasten him and let hym go And they cryed with loude voyces requiring that he myght be crucified And the voyces of them and of the hye priestes preuayled And Pilate gaue sentence that it should be as they required and he let looce vnto them him that for insurreccion and murther was cast into prison whom they had desired he deliuered to them Iesus to do with hym what they would And as they led hym awaye they caught one Symon of Ciren comming out of the field and on him layde they the crosse that he myght beare it after Iesus And there folowed him a great company of people and of women which bewailed and lamented him But Iesus turned backe vnto them and sayed ye daughters of Ierusalem wepe not for me but wepe for your selfes and for your children For behold the dayes will come in the whiche they shall saye Happy are the baren the woumbes that neuer bare and the pappes whiche neuer gaue sucke Then shall they begyn to say to the mountaynes fall on vs and to the hylles couer vs. For if they do this in a grene tree what shall be done in the dry And there were two euill doers led with him to be slaine And after that thei were come to the place whiche is called Caluarie there they crucified hym and the euill doers one on the right hand and the other on the left Then sayd Iesus father forgeue them for they wote not what they do And they parted his rayment and cast lottes And the people stoode and behelde And the rulers mocked hym with them saying he saued other men lette hym saue himselfe yf he be very Christe the chosen of God The souldiers also mocked hym and came and offred hym vinegre and sayd if thou be the kyng of the Iewes saue thy selfe And a superscripcion was writtē ouer hym with letters of Greke and Latin and Hebrue This is the king of the Iewes And one of the euil doers whiche were hanged railed on him saying If thou be Christe saue thy selfe and vs. But the other answered and rebuked him saying fearest thou not God seyng thou art in thesame damnacion we are righteously punished for we receyue accordyng to our dedes but this man hath done nothing amisse And he sayde vnto Iesus Lorde remembre me when thou comest into thy kyngdome And Iesus sayd vnto him verely I say vnto thee to day shalt thou be with me in Paradise And it was about the .vi. houre and there was darknesse ouer all the earth vntill the .ix. houre and the Sonne was darkened And the vayle of the temple did rente euen through the middes And when Iesus had cryed wyth a loude voyce he sayed Father into thy handes I commend my spirite And when he thus had sayed he gaue vp the goste When the Centurion sawe what had happened he glorified God saying verely this was a righteous man And all the people that came together to that syght and sawe the thinges which had happened smote their brestes and returned And all his acquaintaunce and the women that folowed him from Galile stode a farre of beholdynge these thynges And beholde there was a man named Ioseph a counsailor and he was a good man and a iust thesame had no consented to the counsaile and dede of them whiche was of Aramathia a citie of the Iewes whyche same also waited for the kingdome of God he wente vnto Pylate and begged the body of Iesus and tooke it downe and
to come to the holy Cōmunion of the bodie bloud of our sauiour Christ must cōsidre what S. Paule writeth to the Corinthians how he exhorteth all persones diligently to trie and examine themselues before thei presume to eate of that breade and drynke of that cup for as the benefite is great yf with a truly penitent heart and lyuely fayth we receyue that holy Sacrament for then we spiritually eate the fleshe of Christe and drynke his bloude then we dwel in Christ and Christ in vs wee bee made one with Christ Christ with vs so is the daunger great yf we receyue the same vnworthely for then wee become gyltie of the body and bloud of Christ our sauiour we eate and drynke our owne damnacion not consideryng the Lordes bodie We kindle Gods wrathe ouer vs we prouoke hym to plague vs with diuerse diseases and sondery kyndes of death Therfore yf any here be a blasphemer aduouterer or bee in malice or enuie or in any other greuous cryme excepte he be truely sory therefore and earnestly mynded to leaue the same vices and do trust hym selfe to bee reconciled to almightie God and in Charitie with all the worlde lette hym bewayle his synnes and not come to that holy table lest after the takyng of that most blessed breade the deuill enter into hym as he dyd into Iudas to fyll hym full of all iniquitie and brynge hym to destruccion bothe of body and soule Iudge therfore your selfes brethren that ye bee not iudged of the lorde Let your mynde be without desire to synne repent you truely for your synnes past haue an earnest and lyuely faith in Christe our sauior be in perfect charitie with all men so shall ye bee mete partakers of those holy misteries And aboue all thynges ye must geue moste humble and heartie thankes to God the father the sonne and the holy ghoste for the redempcion of the worlde by the death and passion of our sauior Christe both God and man who did humble hymselfe euen to the death vpon the crosse for vs miserable synners whiche laye in darknes and shadowe of death that he myghte make vs the children of God and exalte vs to euerlastyng lyfe And to th end that wee shoulde alwaye remembre the excedyng loue of oure maister and onely sauior Iesu Christe thus dying for vs and the innumerable benefites whiche by his precious bloudshedyng he hath obteigned to vs he hath lefte in those holy Misteries as a pledge of his loue and a continuall all remembraunce of thesame his owne blessed body precious bloud for vs to fed vpon spiritually to our endles comfort and consolacion To him therfore with the father and the holy ghost let vs geue as we are most bounden cōtinual thankes submitting our selfes wholy to his holy wyll and pleasure and studying to serue hym in true holines and righteousnes all the dayes of our lyfe Amen ¶ In Cathedral churches or other places where there is dailie Communion it shall be sufficient to reade this exhortacion aboue written once in a moneth And in parish churches vpon the weke daies it may be lefte vnsayed ¶ And if vpon̄ the Sonday or holy daye the people be negligent to come to the Communion Then shall the Priest earnestly exhorte his parishoners to dispose themselfes to the receiuing of the holy cōmunion more diligētly saiyng these or like wordes vnto thē DEre frendes and you especially vpon whose soules I haue cure and charge on _____ next I do intende by Gods grace to offre to all suche as shal be godlye disposed the moste comfortable Sacrament of the body and bloud of Christe to be taken of them in the remembraunce of his moste fruitfull and glorious Passion by the whiche passion we haue obteigned remission of our sinnes and be made partakers of the kyngdom of heauen whereof we bee assured and asserteigned yf wee come to the sayde Sacrament with heartie repentaunce for our offences stedfast faithe in Goddes mercye and earnest minde to obeye Goddes wyll and to offende nomore Wherefore our duetie is to come to these holy misteries with moste heartie thankes to bee geuen to almightie GOD for his infinite mercie and benefites geuen and bestowed vpon vs his vnworthie seruauntes for whom he hath not onely geuen his body to death and shed his bloude but also doth vouchsaue in a Sacrament and Mistery to geue vs his sayed bodye and bloud to feede vpon spiritually The whiche Sacrament being so Diuine and holy a thing and so comfortable to them whiche receiue it worthilye and so daungerous to them that wyll presume to take thesame vnworthely My duetie is to exhorte you in the meane season to consider the greatnes of the thing and to serche and examine your owne consciences and that not lyghtly nor after the maner of dissimulers with GOD But as they whiche shoulde come to a moste Godly and heauenly Banket not to come but in the mariage garment required of God in scripture that you may so muche as lieth in you be founde worthie to come to suche a table The waies and meanes therto is First that you be truly repentaunt of your former euill lyfe and that you confesse with an vnfained hearte to almightie God youre synnes and vnkyndnes towardes his Maiestie committed eyther by wyll worde or dede infirmitie or ignoraunce and that with inward sorowe and teares you bewaile your offences and require of almightie god mercie and pardō promising to him from the botome of your heartes thamendment of your former lyfe And emonges all others I am commaunded of God especially to moue and exhorte you to reconcile your selfes to your neyghbours whom you haue offended or who hath offended you putting out of your heartes all hatred and malice against them and to be in loue and charitie with all the worlde and to forgeue other as you would that god should forgeue you And yf any man haue doen wrong to any other let hym make satisfaccion and due restitucion of all landes goodes wrongfully taken awaye or withholden before he come to Goddes borde or at the least be in full mynde and purpose so to do assone as he is able or els let hym not come to this holy table thinking to deceiue God who seeth all mennes heartes For neyther the absolucion of the priest can any thing auayle them nor the receyuyng of this holy sacrament doth any thyng but increase their damnacion And yf there bee any of you whose conscience is troubled and greued in any thing lackyng comforte or counsaill let hym come to me or to some other discrete and learned priest taught in the lawe of God and confesse and open his sinne and griefe secretly that he maie receiue suche ghostly counsail aduise and comfort that his conscience maye be releued and that of vs as of the Ministers of GOD and of the churche he may receyue comforte and absolucion to the satisfaccion of his minde and auoydyng of all scruple and doubtfulnes
and compassed me together on euery syde My louers and frendes hast thou put awaye from me and hid myne acquayntaunce out of my syght Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Epistle IT is better if the will of God be so that ye suffre for well doing then for euil doing For asmuche as Christ hath once suffered for sinnes the iust for the vniust to bring vs to God and was kylled as partayning to the flesh but was quickened in the spirite In which spirite he also went and preached to the spirites that were in prison whiche some tyme had beene disobedient when the long suffring of God was once looked for in the dayes of Noe whyle the arke was a preparing wherin a fewe that is to saye eyghte soules were saued by the water lyke as Baptisme also nowe saueth vs not the putting awaye of the fylthe of the fleshe but in that a good conscience confenteth to God by the resurreccion of Iesus Christ which is on the right hande of God and is gone into heauen Angels powers and might subdued vnto hym The Gospell WHen the euē was come there came a riche mā of Aramathia named Ioseph whiche also was Iesus disciple He wente vnto Pilate begged the body of Iesus Then Pilate cōmaūded the body to be deliuered And whē Ioseph had taken the bodye he wrapped it in a cleane linnen clothe layed it in his newe toumbe which he had hewen out euen in the rocke rolled a greate stone to the doore of the Sepulchre departed And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sytting ouer agaynst the Sepulchre The nexte daye that folowed the daye of preparing the high priestes and Phariseis came together vnto Pilate saying Sir we remembre that this deceyuer sayed while he was yet aliue After iii. dayes I will rise againe Commaunde therfore that the Sepulchre bee made sure vntyll the thirde daye leste his disciples come and steale him awaye and say vnto the people he is risen from the dead and the last erroure shall be worse then the firste Pylate sayed vnto them ye haue the watche goe your waye make it as sure as ye can So they wente and made the Sepulchre sure with the watche menne and sealed the stone ¶ Easter daye In the mornyng afore mattyns the people being assembled in the churche these Anthems shal be fyrst solemnely song or sayed CHrist rising agayne from the dead nowe dieth not Death from hence furth hath no power vpon hym For in that he dyed he dyed but once to put awaye sinne but in that he liueth he liueth vnto God And so lykewyse counte youre selues dead vnto synne but lyuyng vnto God in Christe Iesus our Lorde Alleluya Alleluya CHriste is risen agayne the fyrste fruytes of them that slepe for seyng that by man came deathe by man also commeth the resurreccion of the dead For as by Adam al men do dye so by Christe all menne shal be restored to lyfe Alleluya The Priest ¶ Shewe forth to all nacions the glory of God The Aunswere ¶ And among all people his wonderful workes Let vs praye O God who for our redēpcion diddest geue thine onely begotten sonne to the death of the crosse by his gloryous resurreccion hast delyuered vs from the power of our enemye Graunte vs so to dye dayly frō sinne that we may euermore liue with him in the ioye of his resurreccion through thesame Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ Proper psalmes and lessons At Mattins Psal ii Psal lvii Psal Cxi The first lesson Exo. xii Vnto the ende The seconde lesson Roma vi Vnto the ende At the firste Communion PReserue me O God for in thee haue I put my trust O my soule thou hast saied vnto the Lorde thou art my God my goodes are nothing vnto thee All my delyght is vpon the Sainctes that are in the yearth and vpon suche as excell in vertue But they that runne after an other God shall haue great trouble Their dryncke offeringes of bloude wyll not I offer neither make mencion of their names within my lyppes The Lord himselfe is the porcion of myne inheritaunce and of my Cuppe thou shalt mayntayne my lotte The lotte is fallen vnto me in a fayre grounde yea I haue a goodly heritage I wyll thanke the Lorde for geuing me warning my reynes also chasten me in the night season I haue sette God alwayes before me for he is on my right hand therfore I shall not fall Wherefore my hearte was glad and my glory reioysed my fleshe also shall rest in hope For why thou shalt not leaue my soule in helle neither shalt thou suffre thy holy one to see corrupcion Thou shalt shewe me the pathe of life in thy presence is the fulnes of ioye and at thy right hand there is pleasure for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God which through thy onely begotten sonne Iesus Christ hast ouercome death opened vnto vs the gate of euerlastyng life we humbly beseche thee that as by thy speciall grace preuentyng vs thou doest put in our mindes good desires so by thy continuall helpe we may bryng thesame to good effect through Iesus Christ our Lorde who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle IF ye be risē againe with Christ seke those thinges which are aboue where Christ sitteth on the right hād of God Set your affecciō on heauēly thinges and not on yearthy thinges For ye are dead and your life is hid with Christe in God Whensoeuer Christ whiche is our lyfe shall shewe himselfe then shall ye also appeare with him in glory Mortifie therfore your earthy membres fornicacion vncleanes vnnaturall lust euil concupiscence and couetousnes whiche is wurshyppynge of ydolles for whiche thinges sake the wrathe of God vseth to come on the disobedient children among whom ye walked somtime when ye lyued in them The Gospell THe firste daye of the Sabbothes came Mary Magdalene earlye when it was yet darcke vnto the Sepulchre and sawe the stone taken away frō the graue Thē she ranne came to Simon Peter to the other disciple whō Iesus loued saith vnto thē they haue taken away the lorde out of the graue and we cannot tell where they haue laied hym Peter therfore went foorth and that other disciple and came vnto the Sepulchre They ranne both together and the other disciple did out runne Peter and came firste to the Sepulchre And when he had stowped doune he saw the lynnen clothes lying yet wente he not in Then came Simon Peter folowing hym and went into the sepulchre and sawe the lynnen clothes lye and the napkin that was aboute his heade not lying with the lynnen clothes but wrapped together in a place by it selfe
the beginning of Matins or immediatly after And if any of those be an open and notorious euill liuer so that the congregacion by hym is offended or haue doen any wrong to his neighbours by worde or dede The Curate shall cal hym aduertise hym in any wise not to presume to the lordes table vntill he haue openly declared hymselfe to haue truly repented and amended his former naughtie life that the congregacion maie thereby be satisfied whiche afore were offended and that he haue recompensed the parties whom he hath dooen wrong vnto or at the least bee in full purpose so to doe as sone as he conueniently maie ⧠The same ordre shal the Curate vse with those betwixt whom he perceiueth malice and hatred to reigne not suffering them to bee partakers of the Lordes table vntill he knowe them to bee reconciled And yf one of the parties so at variaunce be content to forgeue from the botome of his hearte all that the other hath trespaced against him and to make amendes for that he hymselfe hath offended and the other partie will not bee perswaded to a godly vnitie but remayne still in his frowardnes and malice The Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent persone to the holy Communion and not hym that is obstinate ⧠Vpon the daie and at the time appointed for the ministracion of the holy Communion the Priest that shall execute the holy ministery shall put vpon hym the vesture appoincted for that ministracion that is to saye a white Albe plain with a vestement or Cope And where there be many Priestes or Deacons there so many shal be ready to helpe the Priest in the ministracion as shal bee requisite And shall haue vpon them lykewyse the vestures appointed for their ministery that is to saye Albes with tunacles Then shall the Clearkes syng in Englishe for the office or Introite as they call it a Psalme appointed for that daye The priest standyng humbly afore the middes of the Altar shall saie the Lordes prayer with this Collect. ALmightie GOD vnto whom all heartes bee open and all desyres knowen and from whom no secretes are hid clense the thoughtes of our heartes by the inspiracion of thy holy spirite that we may perfectly loue thee and worthely magnifie thy holy name Through Christ our Lord. Amē Then shall he saye a Psalme appointed for the introite whiche Psalme ended the Priest shall saye or els the Clearkes shall syng iij. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. iij. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. iij. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. Then the Prieste standyng at Goddes borde shall begin Glory be to God on high The Clearkes And in yearth peace good will towardes men We praise thee we blesse thee we worship thee we glorifie thee we geue thankes to thee for thy greate glory O Lorde GOD heauenly kyng God the father almightie O Lorde the only begotten sonne Iesu Christ O Lorde GOD Lambe of GOD sonne of the father that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercie vpon vs thou that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde receyue our prayer Thou that sittest at the righte hande of God the father haue mercie vpon vs For thou onely art holy thou onelye art the Lorde Thou onelye O Christe with the holye Ghoste arte moste highe in the glory of God the father Amen Then the priest shall turne hym to the people and saye The Lorde be with you The Aunswere And with thy spirite The Priest Let vs praye Then shall folowe the Collect of the daye with one of these two Collectes folowing for the Kyng ALmightie God whose kyngdom is euerlasting and power infinite haue mercie vpon the whole congregaciō and so rule the heart of thy chosen seruaūt Edward the sixt our kyng and gouernour that he knowyng whose minister he is maye aboue all thinges seke thy honour glory and that we his subiectes duely consydering whose auctoritie he hath maye faithfully serue honour humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed word and ordinaunce Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde who with thee and the holy ghost liueth and reigneth euer one God worlde without ende Amen ALmightie and euerlasting GOD wee bee taught by thy holy worde that the heartes of Kynges are in thy rule and gouernaunce and that thou doest dispose and turne them as it semeth best to thy godly wisedom We humbly beseche thee so to dispose and gouerne the heart of Edward the sixt thy seruaunt our Kyng and gouernour that in all his thoughtes wordes and workes he maye euer seke thy honour and glory and study to preserue thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and Godlynes Graunt this O merciful father for thy dere sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen The Collectes ended the priest or he that is appointed shall reade the Epistle in a place assigned for the purpose saying The Epistle of sainct Paule written in the Chapiter of to the The Minister then shall reade thepistle Immediatly after the Epistle ended the priest or one appointed to reade the Gospell shall saye The holy Gospell written in the Chapiter of The Clearkes and people shal aunswere Glory be to thee O Lorde The Priest or deacon then shall reade the Gospell After the Gospell ended the priest shall begin I beleue in one God The Clearkes shall syng the rest The father almightie maker of heauen and yearth and of all thinges visible and inuisible And in one Lorde Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of God begotten of his father before all worldes God of GOD light of light very God of very God begotten not made beeyng of one substaunce with the father by whom all thinges were made who for vs men and for our saluacion came downe from heauen and was incarnate by the holy Ghoste of the Virgin Mary and was made manne and was Crucified also for vs vnder Poncius Pilate he suffered and was buried and the thirde daie he arose again according to the scriptures and ascended into heauē and sitteth at the right hande of the father And he shall come again with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead And I beleue in the holy ghost the Lorde and geuer of life who procedeth frō the father and the sonne who with the father and the sonne together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophetes And I beleue one Catholike and Apostolike Churche I acknowlege one Baptisme for the remission of synnes And I loke for the resurreccion of the deade and the lyfe of the worlde to come Amen ¶ After the Crede ended shall folowe the Sermon or Homely or some porcion of one of the Homelies as they shal be hereafter deuided wherin if the people bee not exhorted to the worthy receyuing of the holy Sacrament of the bodye and bloude of our sauiour Christ then shall the Curate geue this exhortacion to those that be minded to receiue the same DErely beloued in the Lord ye that minde
obteigne remission of our sinnes and al other benefites of his passion And here wee offre and present vnto thee O Lord oure selfe oure soules and bodies to be a reasonable holy and liuely sacrifice vnto thee humbly besechyng thee that whosoeuer shal bee partakers of thys holy Communion maye worthely receiue the moste precious body and bloude of thy sonne Iesus Christe and bee fulfilled with thy grace and heauenly benediction and made one bodye with thy sonne Iesu Christe that he maye dwell in them and they in hym And although we be vnworthy through our manyfolde synnes to offre vnto thee any Sacrifice Yet we beseche thee to accepte this our bounden duetie and seruice and commaunde these our prayers and supplicacions by the Ministery of thy holy Angels to be brought vp into thy holy Tabernacle before the syght of thy diuine maiestie not waying our merites but pardoning our offences through Christe our Lorde by whom and with whom in the vnitie of the holy Ghost all honour and glory be vnto thee O father almightie world without ende Amen Let vs praye AS our sauiour Christe hath commaunded and taught vs we are bolde to saye Our father whiche art in heauen halowed be thy name Thy Kyngdome come Thy wyll be doen in yearth as it is in heauen Geue vs this daye our dayly breade And forgeue vs our trespaces as wee forgeue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not into temptacion The Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Then shall the priest saye The peace of the Lorde be alwaye with you The Clearkes And with thy spirite The Priest CHrist our Pascal lābe is offred vp for vs once for al when he bare our sinnes on his body vpō the crosse for he is the very lambe of God that taketh away the sinnes of the worlde wherfore let vs kepe a ioyfull and holy feast with the Lorde Here the prieste shall turne hym towarde those that come to the holy Communion and shall saye YOu that do truely and earnestly repent you of your synnes to almightie God and be in loue and charitie with your neyghbours and entende to leade a newe life folowing the cōmaundementes of God and walkyng from hencefurth in his holy wayes drawe nere and take this holy Sacrament to your comforte make your humble confession to almightie God and to his holy churche here gathered together in his name mekely knelyng vpon your knees Then shall this generall Confession bee made in the name of all those that are minded to receyue the holy Communion eyther by one of them or els by one of the ministers or by the Prieste hymselfe all kneling humbly vpon their knees ALmightie GOD father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ maker of all thinges iudge of all menne we knowlege and bewayle our manifold sinnes and wyckednes whiche we from tyme to tyme most greuously haue committed by thoughte woorde and dede agaynste thy diuine maiestie prouokyng moost iustely thy wrath and indignacion againste vs we do earnestly repent and be hartely sory for these oure misdoinges the remembraunce of them is greuous vnto vs the burthen of them is intollerable haue mercie vpon vs haue mercie vpon vs moste mercifull father for thy sonne our Lorde Iesus Christes sake forgeue vs all that is past and graunt that we may euer hereafter serue and please thee in newnes of life to the honour and glory of thy name Through Iesus Christe our Lorde Then shall the Prieste stande vp and turning hymselfe to the people say thus ALmightie GOD our heauenly father who of his great mercie hath promysed forgeuenesse of synnes to all them whiche with heartye repentaunce and true fayth turne vnto hym haue mercy vpon you pardon and deliuer you from all your sinnes confirme and strengthen you in all goodnes and bring you to euerlasting lyfe through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest also saye Heare what coumfortable woordes our sauiour Christe sayeth to all that truely turne to him Come vnto me all that trauel and bee heauy laden and I shal refreshe you So God loued the world that he gaue his onely begotten sonne to the ende that all that beleue in hym shoulde not perishe but haue lyfe euerlastyng Heare also what saynct Paule sayeth This is a true saying and worthie of all men to be receyued that Iesus Christe came into this worlde to saue sinners Heare also what sainct Iohn saieth If any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christe the righteous and he is the propiciacion for our sinnes Then shall the Prieste turning hym to gods boord knele down and saye in the name of all them that shall receyue the Communion this prayer folowing WE doe not presume to come to this thy table o mercifull lorde trustinge in our owne righteousnes but in thy manifold and great mercies we be not woorthie so muche as to gather vp the cromes vnder thy table but thou art the same lorde whose propertie is alwayes to haue mercie Graunte vs therefore gracious lorde so to eate the fleshe of thy dere sonne Iesus Christe and to drinke his bloud in these holy Misteries that wee maye continually dwell in hym and he in vs that oure synful bodyes may bee made cleane by his body and our soules washed through his most precious bloud Amen Then shall the Prieste firste receiue the Communion in both kindes himselfe and next deliuer it to other Ministers yf any be there present that they may bee ready to helpe the chiefe Minister and after to the people ¶ And when he deliuereth the Sacrament of the body of Christ he shall saye to euery one these wordes The body of our Lorde Iesus Christ which was geuen for thee preserue thy bodye and soule vnto euerlastyng lyfe And the Minister deliuering the Sacrament of the bloud and geuing euery one to drinke once and no more shall saye The bloud of our Lord Iesus Christe whiche was shed for thee preserue thy bodye and soule vnto euerlastinge lyfe If there be a Deacon or other Priest then shall he folowe with the Chalice and as y e prist ministreth the Sacramēt of the body so shal he for more expedicion minister y e Sacrament of the bloud in fourme before written In the Communion tyme the Clearkes shall syng O lambe of god that takeste awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercie vpon vs. O lambe of god that takeste awaye the synnes of the worlde graunt vs thy peace Beginning so soone as the Priest doeth receiue the holy Communiō and when the Communiō is ended then shal the Clarkes syng the post Communion ¶ Sentēces of holy scripture to be said or song euery daie one after the holy Communion called the post Communion If any man will folowe me let him forsake hymselfe and take vp his crosse and folowe me Whosoeuer shall indure vnto th ende he shal be saued Praysed be the Lorde god of Israell for he hath visyted and redemed his people
Lorde so commeth thynges to passe blessed be the name of the Lorde When they come at the graue whyles the Corps is made ready to be layed into the earth the priest shall saye orels the priest and clearkes shall syng MAnne that is borne of a woman hath but a shorte tyme to lyue and is full of misery he cummeth vp and is cut downe lyke a floure he flyeth as it were a shadowe and neuer continueth in one staye ¶ In the myddest of lyfe we be in death of whom may we seke for succour but of thee O Lorde which for our sinnes iustly art moued yet O Lorde God moste holy O Lorde moste mighty O holy and moste mercifull sauiour deliuer vs not into the bytter paynes of eternall death Thou knowest Lorde the secretes of our heartes shutte not vp thy mercyfull iyes to oure prayers But spare vs Lorde moste holy O God moste mighty O holy and mercifull sauiour thou moste worthy iudge eternal suffre vs not at our last houre for any paynes of death to fall from thee Then the priest castyng earth vpon the Corps shall saye I Commende thy soule to God the father almightie and thy body to the grounde earth to earth asshes to asshes dust to dust in sure and certaine hope of resurreccion to eternall lyfe through our Lorde Iesus Christe who shall chaunge oure vile body that it may be lyke to his gloryous body according to the mighty workyng wherby he is hable to subdue al thinges to himselfe Then shal be sayed or song I Heard a voyce from heauen saying vnto me Write blessed are the dead which dye in the Lord. Euen so sayeth the spirite that they rest from their labours Let vs pray WE commend into thy hādes of mercy most mercifull father the soule of this our brother departed N. And his body we commit to the earth beseching thine infinite goodnesse to geue vs grace to lyue in thy feare and loue and to dye in thy fauour that when the iudgemente shall come whiche thou haste committed to thy welbeloued sonne both this oure brother and we may be found acceptable in thy sight and receyue that blessing whiche thy welbeloued sonne shall then pronounce to all that loue and feare thee saying Come ye blessed children of my father Receyue the kyngdome prepared for you before the beginning of the worlde Graunt this mercifull father for the honour of Iesu Christe our onely sauior mediator and aduocate Amen This prayer shall also be added ALmightye God we geue thee hertie thankes for this thy seruaunt whom thou hast deliuered from the miseries of this wretched worlde from the bodye of death and all temptacion And as we trust haste brought his soule which he committed into thy holy handes into sure consolacion and rest Graunt we beseche thee that at the daye of iudgemente hys soule and all the soules of thy elect departed out of thys lyfe may with vs and we with them fullye receyue thy promisses and bee made perfite altogether thorowe the glorious resurreccion of thy sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde These psalmes with other suffrages folowing are to be sayde in the churche either before or after the buriall of the corps I Am well pleased that the lorde hath hearde the voyce of my prayer That he hath enclined his eare vnto me therfore will I call vpon him as long as I liue The snares of death compased me round about and the paynes of hel gatte hold vpon me I shal finde trouble and heauines and I shall call vpon the name of the Lorde O Lorde I beseche thee deliuer my soule Gracious is the lord and righteous yea our god is mercifull The lorde preserueth the simple I was in misery and he helped me Turne agayn then vnto thy rest O my soule for the lord hath rewarded thee And why thou hast deliuered my soule from death mine eyes from teares and my feete from falling I will walke before the lorde in the lande of the liuyng I beleued therefore will I speake but I was sore troubled I sayde in my haste all men are lyers What rewarde shall I geue vnto the lorde for all the benefites that he hath done vnto me I wil receiue the cup of saluacion and cal vpon the name of the Lorde I wil pay my vowes now in the presence of all his people right dere in the sight of y e lorde is the death of hys saintes Beholde O Lorde how that I am thy seruaunt I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde thou haste broken my bondes in sunder I will offer to thee the sacrifyce of thankes geuyng and will call vpon the name of the Lorde I will pay my vowes vnto the lorde in the syghte of all hys people in the courtes of the Lordes house euen in the middest of thee O Hierusalem Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. O Lorde thou hast searched me out and knowen me Thou knowest my downsitting and mine vprising thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before Thou arte about my path and about my bed and spyeste out all my wayes For loe there is not a woorde in my tongue but thou O Lorde knowest it altogether Thou hast fashioned me behynde and before and layed thyne hande vpon me Such knowlage is to woonderfull and excellente for me I cannot attayne vnto it Whither shall I goe then from thy spirite or whither shall I goe then from thy presence If I clime vp into heauen thou art there If I goe down to hell thou art there also If I take the winges of the morning and remaine in the vttermost partes of the sea Euen there also shall thy hande leade me and thy ryght hande shall holde me If I say peraduenture the derkenes shal couer me then shall my night be turned to day Yea the darkenes is no darkenes with thee but the night is all cleare as the day the darkenes and lyght to thee are both a lyke For my reines are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I wil geue thankes vnto thee for I am fearfully and wunderously made marueilous are thy woorkes and that my soule knoweth ryghte well My bones are not hyd from thee though I bee made secretly and fashioned beneath in the yearth Thyne eyes did see my substaunce yet beyng vnperfect and in thy booke were all my members written Whiche daye by daye were fashioned when as yet there was none of them How deare are thy counsels vnto me O God O howe great is the summe of them If I tell them they are moe in noumbre then the sande when I wake vp I am present with thee Wilt thou not sley the wicked O God departe from me ye bloud thristie men For they speake vnrighteously against thee and thine enemies take thy name in vaine Do not I hate them O Lorde that hate thee and am not I greued with those that ryse vp agaynst thee Yea I hate
xvi  xvi xxxviii xvi xxxix iiii A xvi kl xvii  xvii xl xvii xli v b xv kl xviii  xviii xlii xviii xliii ii Peter i c xiiii kl xix  xix xliiii xix xlv ii d xiii kl xx  xx xlvi xx xlvii iii e xii kl xxi Tho. Apost xxi xlviii xxi xlix i. Iohn i f xi kl xxii  xxii l xxii li ii g x. kl xxiii  xxiii lii xxiii liii iii A ix kl xxiiii  xxiiii liiii xxiiii lv iiii b viii kl xxv Nati dn̄i xxv Esay ix Math. i Esay vii Tit. iii c vii kl xxvi Stephan xxvi lvi act vi vii lvii Actes vii d vi kl xxvii Iohn Euan xxvii lviii Apoc. i lix Apo. xxii e v. kl xxviii Innocen xxviii Ier. xxxi Acte xxv Esay lx i. Iohn v f iiii kl xxix  xxix Esay lxi xxvi lxii ii Iohn i g iii kl xxx  xxx lxiii xxvii lxiiii iii. Ihō i. A Prid. kl xxxi  xxx lxv xxviii lxvi Iude. i ⧠AN ORDRE ⧠for Mattins dayly through the yere The priest beyng in the quier shall begynne with a loude voyce the Lordes prayer called the pater noster OVRE father whiche arte in heauen hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Geue vs this daye our dayly breade And forgeue vs our trespasses as we forgeue them that trespasse agaynst vs. And leade vs not into temptacion But deliuer vs from euil Amen Then lykewyse he shall saye O Lorde open thou my lyppes Aunswere And my mouth shall shewe forth thy prayse Priest O God make spede to saue me Aunswere O Lorde make haste to helpe me Priest Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall bee worlde without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lorde And from Easter to Trinitie Sonday Alleluya Then shal be sayed or song without any Inuitatory this Psalme Venite exultemas c in Englishe as foloweth O Come let vs syng vnto the Lorde let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our saluacion Let vs come before his presence with thankes geuing and shewe our selfe glad in hym with Psalmes For the Lorde is a great God and a great kyng about all goddes In his hande are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is his also The sea is his and he made it and his handes prepared the drye lande O come let vs worship and fall downe and knele before the Lorde our maker For he is the Lorde oure God and we are the people of his pasture and the shepe of his handes To day yf ye wyll heare his voyce harden not youre heartes as in the prouocacion and as in the daye of temptacion in the wildernes When your fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes Fortye yeares longe was I greued with this generacion and sayed it is a people that do erre in their heartes for they haue not knowne my wayes Vnto whome I sware in my wrath that they shoulde not enter into my rest Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen Then shall folowe certaine Psalmes in ordre as they been appointed in a table made for that purpose excepte there be proper Psalmes appointed for that day And at the ende of euery Psalme throughout the yeare and likewise in the ende of Benedictus Benedicite Magnificat and Nunc dimittis shal be reapeted Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. Thē shal be read .ii. lessons distinctely with a loude voice that the people maye heare The first of the old testament the seconde of the newe Like as they be appoynted by the kalender excepte there be proper lessons assigned for that day The minister that readeth the lesson standyng turning him so as he may best he heard of all suche as be present And before euery lesson the minister shall saye thus The first seconde .iii. or .iiii. Chapter of Genisis or Exodus Matthewe Marke or other lyke as is appoynted in the Kalender And in the ende of euery Chapter he shall saye ¶ Here endeth suche a Chapter of suche a booke And to the ende the people maye the better heare in suche places where they doe syng there shall the lessons be song in a playne tune after the maner of distinct readyng and lykewyse the Epistle and Gospell ¶ After the fyrste lesson shal folowe Te deum laudamus in Englyshe dayly throughout the yeare excepte in Lent all the which time in the place of Te deum shal be vsed Benedicite omnia opera Domini domino in Englyshe as foloweth Te deum laudamus WE prayse thee O God we knowlage thee to be the Lorde All the yearthe doeth worship thee the father euerlastyng To thee all Angels cry aloude the heauens and all the powers therin To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually doe crye Holy holy holy Lorde God of Sabaoth Heauen and earth are replenished with the maiestie of of thy glory The glorious coumpany of the Apostles prayse thee The goodly felowship of the Prophetes prayse thee The noble armie of Martyrs prayse thee The holy churche throughout all the woorlde doeth knowlage thee The father of an infinite maiestie Thy honourable true and onely sonne The holy gost also beyng the coumforter Thou art the kyng of Glory O Christe Thou art the euerlastyng sonne of the father Whan thou tookest vpon thee to delyuer manne thou dyddest not abhorre the virgins wombe Whan thou haddest ouercomed the sharpenes of death thou diddest open the kyngdom of heauen to all beleuers Thou sittest on the ryghthande of God in the glory of the father We beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruauntes whom thou haste redemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be noumbred with thy sainctes in glory euerlastyng O Lorde saue thy people and blesse thyne heritage Gouerne them and lift them vp for euer Daye by daye we magnifie thee And we wurship thy name euer worlde without ende Vouchsafe O Lorde to kepe vs this daye without sinne O Lorde haue mercy vpon vs haue mercy vpon vs. O Lorde let thy mercy lyghten vpon vs as our truste is in thee O lorde in thee haue I trusted let me neuer bee confounded Benedicite omnia opera domini domino O All ye workes of the Lord speake good of the Lord prayse him set him vp for euer O ye Angels of the Lord speake good of the Lord prayse him set him vp for euer O ye heauens speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set hym vp for euer O ye waters that be aboue the fyrmament speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set hym vp for euer O all ye powers of the Lorde speake good of the Lord prayse
to passe then looke vp and lyft vp youre heades for your redempcion draweth nye And he shewed them a similitude behold the figtree all other trees when they shoote furth theyr buddes ye see and knowe of your owne selues that summer is then nye at hand So likewise ye also whē ye se these thinges come to passe be sure that the kingdom of God is nye Verely I say vnto you this generacion shall not passe till all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shall passe but my wordes shall not passe ¶ The thirde sonday HEare me when I call O God of my righteousnes thou hast set me at libertie when I was in trouble haue mercie vpon me and hearken vnto my prayer O ye sonnes of men how long will ye blaspheme myne honour and haue suche pleasure in vanitie and seke after leasyng Knowe this also that the Lorde hath chosen to himselfe the manne that is godly when I call vpon the Lorde he will heare me Stande in awe and sinne not common with your owne heart and in your chamber and be still Offer the sacrifice of righteousnes and put your trust in the Lorde There bee many that will saye who will shewe vs any good Lorde lift thou vp the lyght of thy countenaunce vpon vs. Thou hast put gladnes in myne hearte sence the tyme that theyr corne and wyne and oyle increased I will lay me downe in peace and take my reste for it is thou Lorde onelye that makest me to dwell in safetie Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee geue eare to our prayers and by thy gracious visitacion lyghten the darkenesse of oure hearte by our Lorde Iesus Christ The Epistle LEt a man this wise esteme vs euē as the ministers of Christe and stewardes of the secretes of God Furthermore it is required of the stewardes that a man be found faithful with me it is but a very smal thyng that I shoulde bee iudged of you eyther of mannes iudgement no I iudge not myne owne selfe for I knowe nought by my selfe yet am I not thereby iustified It is the Lorde that iudgeth me Therfore iudge nothing before the tyme vntil the lorde come whiche will lighten thinges that are hidde in darkenes and open the counsayls of the heartes and then shall euery man haue prayse of god The Gospell WHen Iohn beyng in prieson hearde the woorkes of Christe he sent two of his disciples and sayed vnto hym Art thou he that shall come or doe we looke for an other Iesus aunswered and sayed vnto them Goe and shewe Iohn agayne what ye haue hearde and seene The blynd receyue theyr sight the lame walke the Lepers are clensed and the deafe heare the dead are raised vp the poore receiue the glad tydinges of the gospell and happye is he that is not offended by me And as they departed Iesus began to say vnto the people concernyng Iohn what went ye out into the wildernes to see A reede that is shaken with the winde or what went ye out for to see A man clothed in softe raymet beholde they that weare softe clothyng are in kynges houses But what wente ye out for to see a Prophete verely I saye vnto you and more then a Prophete For this is he of whome it is written behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee ¶ The fourth Sondaye POnder my woordes O Lorde consider my meditacion O harken thou vnto the voyce of my callyng my kyng and my God for vnto thee will I make my prayer My voice shalt thou heare betymes O Lorde early in the mornyng wyll I direct my prayer vnto thee and wyll looke vp For thou art the God that hath no pleasure in wyckednes neyther shall any euill dwell with thee Suche as be foolyshe shall not stande in thy syght for thou hatest all them that worke vanitie Thou shalt destroy them that speake leasyng the Lord wyll abhorre both the bloud thirsty and deceyptfull man But as for me I wyll come into thy house euen vpon the multitude of thy mercy and in thy feare wyll I wurship towarde thy holy temple Leade me O Lorde in thy ryghteousnes because of myne enemyes make thy waye playne before my face For there is no faithfulnes in his mouth their inwarde partes are very wickednes Their throte is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue Destroy thou them O God let them peryshe through theyr owne imaginacions cast them out in the multitude of theyr vngodlines for they haue rebelled against thee And let all them that put theyr trust in thee reioyce they shal euer be geuing of thākes because thou defendest them they that loue thy name shal be ioyfull in thee For thou Lorde wylt geue thy blessyng vnto the ryghteous and with thy fauorable kyndnes wylt thou defende him as with a shielde Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. LOrde rayse vp we praye thee thy power and come among vs and with great might succor vs that where as through our synnes and wickednes we be fore lette and hyndred thy bountiful grace and mercy through the satisfaccion of thy sonne oure Lorde maye spedely delyuer vs to whome with thee and the holy gost be honor and glory worlde without ende The Epistle REioyce in the Lorde alwaye and agayne I say reioyce Let your softnes bee knowen vnto all men the Lord is euen at hande Be carefull for nothing but in all prayer and supplicacion let youre peticions be manifest vnto God with geuing of thankes And the peace of God which passeth al vnderstandyng kepe your heartes and myndes through Christ Iesu The Gospell THys is the recorde of Iohn when the Iewes sent priestes and Leuites from Ierusalem to aske him what art thou And he confessed and denied not and sayed plainly I am not Christ And they asked hym what then art thou Helyas and he sayeth I am not Art thou that Prophete he aunswered no. Then sayed they vnto him what art thou that we may geue an aunswere vnto them that sent vs what sayest thou of thy selfe he sayd I am the voyce of a cryer in the wyldernes make straight the way of the Lorde as sayd the Prophete Esay And they which were sent were of the Phariseis and they asked hym and sayde vnto hym why baptisest thou then if thou be not Christe nor Helias neyther that Prophete Iohn aunswered them saying I baptise with water but there standeth one among you whome ye knowe not he it is which though he came after me was before me whose shooe latchet I am not worthy to vnlooce These thynges were doen at Bethabara beyond Iordan where Iohn did baptise Proper Psalmes and lessons on Christmas day ¶ At Mattins Psal xix
and the bloud of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne If we say we haue no synne we deceyue our selues and the trueth is not in vs. If we knowledge our sinnes he is faithfull and iust to forgeue vs our sinnes and to clense vs from al vnrighteousnes If we say we haue not sinned we make hym a lyer and his woorde is not in vs. The Gospell IEsus sayed vnto Peter folowe thou me Peter turned about and sawe the disciple whome Iesus loued folowing whiche also leaned on his breaste at Supper and sayed Lorde whiche is he that betrayeth thee when Peter therefore sawe him he sayed to Iesus Lorde what shall he here dooe Iesus sayed vnto hym If I wyll haue hym to tarye tyll I come what is that to thee Folowe thou me Then wente this saying abroade among the brethren that that disciple should not dye Yet Iesus sayed not to him he shal not die but if I wil that he tary til I come what is that to thee The same disciple is he which testifieth of these thinges and wrote these thinges we know that his testimony is true There are also many other thynges whiche Iesus dyd the whiche if they should bee written euery one I suppose the world coulde not cōteine the bookes that should be written ¶ At Euensong ¶ The seconde lesson Apoca. xxii vnto the ende ¶ The Innocentes day ¶ At Mattins ¶ The first lesson Hiere .xxxi. vnto Moreouer I heard Effraym O God the heathen are come into thyne inheritaunce thy holy temple haue they defyled and made Ierusalem an heape of stones The dead bodies of thy seruauntes haue they geuen to bee meate vnto the fowles of the ayre and the fleshe of thy sainctes vnto the beastes of the lande Theyr bloud haue they shed like water on euery syde of Ierusalem and there was no man to bury them We are become an open shame to oure enemies a very skorne and derision vnto them that are rounde aboute vs. Lorde how long wilt thou be angrie shall thy gelousye burne lyke fyer for euer Powre out thyne indignacion vpon the Heathen that haue not knowen thee and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vpon thy name For they haue deuoured Iacob and layed waste his dwellyng place O remember not our olde sinnes but haue mercye vpon vs and that soone for we are come to great misery Helpe vs O GOD of our saluacion for the glory of thy name O deliuer vs and bee mercifull vnto our synnes for thy names sake Wherefore dooe the Heathen saye where is nowe theyr God O lette the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shed be openly shewed vpon the Heathen in our syght O let the sorowfull sighing of the prisoners come before thee accordyng vnto the greatnesse of thy power preserue thou those that are appointed to dye And as for the blasphemye wherwith our neyghbours haue blasphemed thee rewarde thou them O Lord seuen folde into theyr bosome So we that be thy people and shepe of thy pasture shal geue thee thākes for euer and will alway be shewing furth thy prayse from generacion to generacion Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whose prayse this day the young innocentes thy witnesses hath confessed and shewed foorth not in speakyng but in dying mortifye and kyll all vyces in vs that in our conuersacion our lyfe may expresse thy fayth whiche with our tongues we dooe confesse through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle I Loked and loe a lambe stode on the mount Sion and with him an hundred .xliiij. thousande hauing his name and his fathers name written in theyr foreheades And I heard a voice from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voice of a great thundre And I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harpes And they sōg as it were a new song before the seate and before the .iiij. beastes and the elders and no man coulde learne the song but the C. xliiij thousand which were redemed from the earth These are they which were not defyled with weomen for they are virgins These folowe the lambe whithersoeuer he goeth These were redemed from men being the fyrste fruites vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes was foūd no guile for they are without spot before the throne of God The Gospell THe Angel of the Lorde appeared to Ioseph in a slepe saying aryse and take the chylde and his mother and flye into Egypt and bee thou there till I bring thee worde For it will come to passe that Herode shall seeke the childe to destroy him So when he awoke he toke the childe and his mother by nyght and departed into Egipt and was there vnto the death of Herode that it myghte bee fulfilled whiche was spoken of the lord by the prophete saying out of Egypt haue I called my sonne Then Herode when he sawe that he was mocked of the wise men he was exceadyng wroth and sent furth men of warre and slewe al the children that were in Bethleem and in all the coastes as many as were .ii. yere olde or vnder according to the tyme which he had diligently knowen out of the wisemen Then was fulfilled that whiche was spoken by the prophete Ieremie where as he sayde in Rama was there a voyce hearde lamentacion wepyng and great mourning Rachel wepyng for her children woulde not be coumforted because they were not ¶ The Sonday after Christmas day I Will lyfte vp myne eyes vnto the hilles from whence cummeth my helpe My helpe cummeth euen from the Lorde whiche hath made heauen and earth He will not suffer thy foote to be moued and he that kepeth thee will not slepe Beholde he that kepeth Israel shal neyther slumber nor slepe The Lorde himselfe is thy keper the lorde is thy defence vpon thy right hande So that the Sunne shall not burne thee by day neyther the Moone by night The lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall kepe thy soule The lorde shal preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time foorth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche hast geuen vs. c. As vpon Christmas day The Epistle ANd I say that the heire as long as he is a child differeth not from a seruaunt though he be lorde of all but is vnder tutours and gouernours vntill the time that the father hath appointed Euen so wee also when we were children were in bondage vnder the ordinaunces of the worlde But when the tyme was full come God sente his sonne made of a woman and made bonde vnto the lawe to redeme them whiche were bonde vnto the lawe that we through eleccion mighte receyue the
and soughte hym And it fortuned that after three dayes they founde him in the temple sytting in the middest of the doctours hearyng them and posing them And all that heard hym were astonied at his vnderstanding and answers And when they saw hym they meruailed and his mother sayd vnto him Sonne why haste thou thus dealte with vs Beholde thy father I haue sought thee sorowing And he sayd vnto them how happened it that ye sought me wiste ye not that I muste go about my fathers busines And they vnderstode not that saying which he spake vnto them And he went downe with thē and came to Nazareth and was obedient vnto them but his mother kept all these sayinges together in her heart And Iesus prospered in wisdome and age and in fauour with god and men ¶ The second Sonday THe foole hath sayd in his heart there is no god They are corrupte and become abhominable in theyr doinges there is not one that doeth good no not one The lorde loked downe from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that woulde vnderstand and seeke after God But they are all gone out of the waye they are altogether become abominable there is none that doeth good no not one Their throte is an open sepulchre with their tongues thei haue deceyued the poyson of Aspes is vnder theyr lippes Theyr mouth is full of curssyng and bitternes theyr feete are swift to shed bloud Destruccion and vnhappines is in theyr wayes and the way of peace haue they not knowen there is no feare of God before theyr eyes Haue they no knowlege that they are all suche woorkers of mischiefe eating vp my people as it were bread and call not vpon the Lorde There were they brought in great feare euen where no feare was for god is in the generacion of the righteous As for you ye haue made a mocke at the counsayl of the poore because he putteth his trust in the lorde Who shall geue saluacion vnto Israell out of Sion when the lorde turneth the captiuitie of his people then shall Iacob reioyce and Israell be glad Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God which dooest gouerne all thinges in heauen and earthe mercifully heare the supplicacions of thy people and graunt vs thy peace all the dayes of our lyfe The Epistle SEing that we haue dyuerse gyftes according to the grace that is geuen vnto vs if any man haue the gift of prophecy let hym haue it that it be agreeing to the faith Let hym that hath an office waite on his office Let hym that reacheth take hede to his doctrine Let hym that exhorteth geue attendaunce to his exhortacion If any man geue let hym do it with singlenes Let him that ruleth doe it with diligence If any man shew mercy let him do it with cherefulnes Let loue bee with out dissimulacion Hate that whiche is euill and cleaue vnto that whiche is good Be kynde one to an other with brotherly loue In geuing honour goe one before an other Be not slothefull in the busines which ye haue in hād Be feruēt in the spirite Apply your selues to the time Reioyce in hope Be pacient in tribulacion Continue in praier Distribute vnto the necessitie of the sainctes Be ready to harbour Blesse them whiche persecute you blesse I say and curse not Be mery with them that are mery wepe also with them that wepe bee of like affeccion one towardes another Bee not hie minded but make youre selues equall to them of the lower sorte The Gospell ANd the third daye was there a mariage in Cana a citie of Galile and the mother of Iesus was there And Iesus was called and his disciples vnto the mariage And when the wine fayled the mother of Iesus saide vnto him thei haue no wine Iesus said vnto her woman what haue I to doe with thee mine houre is not yet come His mother said vnto the ministers whatsoeuer he sayeth vnto you do it And there were standyng there vi waterpottes of stone after the maner of the purifying of the Iewes conteyning .ii. or .iii. fyrkyns a peece Iesus sayde vnto them fill the watter pottes with water And they filled them vp to the brimme And he saide vnto them draw out now and beare vnto the Gouernour of the feast And thei bare it When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was turned into wine and knewe not whence it was but the ministers whiche drewe the water knewe he called the bridegrome and sayd vnto him Euerie man at the beginning doth set forth good wine and when men be dronke then that which is woorse but thou haste kepte the good wine vntill now This beginning of miracles did Iesus in Cana of Galile and shewed his glorye and his disciples beleued on him ¶ The .iii. Sonday LOrde who shal dwelle in thy tabernacle who shal reste vpon thy holye hill Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupte lyfe and dothe the thing whiche is right and speaketh the truthe from his hearte He that hath vsed no deceyt in his tongue nor done euil to his neighbour and hath not slaundered his neighbours He that setteth not by hymselfe but is lowelye in his owne iyes and maketh much of them that feare the lorde He that sweareth vnto his neyghbour and disapointeth hym not though it were to his owne hinderaunce He that hath not geuen his money vnto vsury nor taken rewarde against the innocente Whoso dothe these thinges shall neuer fall Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God mercyfullye looke vpon oure infirmities and in all our daungiers and necessities stretche foorthe thy ryghte hande to helpe and defende vs through Christe our Lorde The Epistle BE not wise in your owne opinions Recompence to no man euill for euill Prouide aforehande thynges honest not onely before God but also in the syghte of all men If it be possible as much as is in you liue peaceably with all menne Dearely beloued auenge not youre selues but rather geue place vnto wrath For it is written vengeaunce is myne I will rewarde sayth the lorde Therfore if thyne enemie hunger feede him if he thirst geue him drynke For in so dooyng thou shalte heape coales of fyre on his heade Be not ouercome of euill but ouercome euill with goodnes The Gospell WHen he was come downe from the mountayne muche people folowed hym And beholde there came a Leper and wurshipped him saying Maister if thou wilte thou canst make me cleane And Iesus putte foorth his hande and touched hym saying I will be thou cleane and immediatelye his Leprosye was cleansed And Iesus said vnto him see thou tel no manne but goe and shew thy selfe to the priest offer the gift that Moses cōmaunded to be offered for a witnesse vnto them And when Iesus was entred
price of bloude And they tooke counsel bought with them a potters fielde to burye strangers in Wherfore the fielde is called Haceldama that is the fielde of bloud vntil this daye Then was fulfilled that whiche was spoken by Ieremie the Prophete saying and they toke .xxx. syluer plates the pryce of hym that was valued whome they bought of the children of Israel and gaue them for the potters fielde as the Lorde appointed me Iesus stode before the deputie and the deputie asked hym saying Art thou the kyng of the Iewes Iesus said vnto him thou saiest And when he was accused of the chiefe priestes and elders he aunswered nothyng Then said Pilate vnto him hearest thou not how many witnesses they lay against thee And he aunswered hym to neuer a worde insomuche that the deputie marueiled greatly At that feast the deputie was wont to deliuer vnto the people a prisoner whome they woulde desyre He had then a notable prisoner called Barrabas Therfore when they were gathered together Pilate said whether wil ye that I geue loce vnto you Barrabas or Iesus which is called Christ For he knewe that for enuy they had deliuered him When he was set down to geue iudgemēt his wife sēt vnto him saying haue thou nothyng to doe with that iust man For I haue suffered many thinges this day in my slepe because of hym But the chiefe priestes and elders perswaded the people that they shoulde aske Barrabas destroye Iesus The deputie answered said vnto them whether of the twaine wil ye that I let loce vnto you They sayde Barrabas Pylate sayd vnto them what shall I doe then with Iesus whyche is called Christ They all sayd vnto him let hym be crucifyed The deputie sayd what euill hath he done But they cryed the more saying let hym be crucifyed When Pylate sawe that he coulde preuayle nothing but that more busines was made he toke water washed hys handes before the people saying I am innocent of the bloude of this iust persone ye shal see Then answered al the people saide hys bloud be on vs on our children Then let he Barrabas loce vnto them scourged Iesus deliuered hym to be crucifyed Then the souldiers of the deputie toke Iesus into the common hall gathered vnto him al the company they stripped him put on him a purple robe platted a croune of thornes and put it vpon his head a reede in his righte hande bowed the knee before hym mocked hym saying hayle kyng of the Iewes whē they had spit vpō him they toke the reede smote him on the head And after that they had mocked him they toke the robe of him agayn put his owne raiment on him led him away to crucifye him And as they came out they foūd a manne of Cirene named Simon hym they compelled to beare hys crosse And they came vnto the place whyche is called Golgotha that is to say a place of dead mens sculs gaue him vineger to drincke mingled with gal And when he had tasted therof he wolde not drynke When they had crucified hym they parted his garmentes did cast lottes that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet They parted my garmentes among them vpon my vesture did thei cast lottes And they sate watched him there set vp ouer his head the cause of his death written This is Iesus the kyng of the Iewes Then were there .ii. theues crucified with him one on the ryght hande and an other on the left They that passed by reuyled hym waggyng theyr heades saying thou that destroyedst the temple of God didst build it in thre daies saue thy selfe If thou be the sōne of God come downe from the crosse Lykewise also the high Priestes mocking him with the Scrybes elders sayde he saued other himselfe he cannot saue If he be the kyng of Israell let him now come down frō the crosse we will beleue hym He trusted in God let him deliuer him nowe if he will haue him for he said I am the sonne of god The theues also which were crucified with him cast the same in his teeth From the sixt houre was there darckenes ouer all the land vntyl the ninth houre And about y e ninth houre Iesus cryed with a loud voice saying Ely Ely lamasabathany that is to say my god my god why hast thou forsakē me Some of them that stode there when they heard that sayd This man calleth for Helias And streight way one of them ran toke a spounge when he had filled it ful of vineger he put it on a reede gaue him to drinke Other sayd let be let vs see whether Helias wil come deliuer hym Iesus when he had cryed agayne with a loude voyce yelded vp the ghoste And beholde the vayle of the temple dyd rente into two partes frō the top to the botome and the yearth did quake and the stones rent and graues did open and many bodies of sainctes whiche slept arose and wente out of the graues after hys resurreccion and came into the holy cytie and appeared vnto manye When the Centurion and they that were with him watching Iesus sawe the yearthquake and those thinges which happened they feared greatly saying Truely this was the sonne of God And manye weomen were there beholding him a farre of which folowed Iesus from Galilee minystryng vnto him Emong whiche was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Iames and Ioses and the mother of Zebedes children ¶ Mondaye before Easter The Epistle WHat is he this that commeth from Edom with red colored clothes of Bosra whyche is so costly cloth cummeth in so myghtely with all hys strength I am he that teacheth righteousnesse am of power to helpe Wherfore then is thy clothyng red and thy rayment lyke hys that treadeth in the wyne presse I haue troden the presse my selfe alone of all people there is not one with me Thus wyll I treade downe myne enemies in my wrath and set my feete vpon them in myne indignacion And theyr bloud shall bespryng my clothes and so wil I stayne al my rayment For the daye of vengeaunce is assigned in my heart and the yeare when my people shal be delyuered is come I looked about me and there was no man to shewe me any helpe I merueiled that no man helde me vp Then I helde me by myne owne arme and my feruentnesse sustayned me And thus wyll I treade downe the people in my wrath and bathe them in my displeasure and vpon the yearth wil I lay theyr strength I wyl declare the goodnes of the Lord yea and the praise of the Lorde for al that he hath geuen vs for the great good that he hath done for Israel which he hath geuen them of hys owne fauor according to the multitude of his louing kindnesses For he sayde these no doubt are my people and no
vnto them saying This is my body which is geuen for you This do in the remembraunce of me Lykewyse also when he had supped he tooke the cuppe saying This cup is the newe testamente in my bloude whiche is shed for you Yet beholde the hande of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table And truly the sonne of manne goeth as it is appointed but woe vnto that manne by whom he is betrayed And they began to enquire among themselues whiche of them it was that should do it And there was a striefe among them whiche of them shoulde seme to be greatest And he sayde vnto them the kinges of nacions reigne ouer them they that haue authoritie vpon them are called gracious Lordes but ye shall not be so But he that is greatest among you shal be as the yonger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doth minister For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is not he that sitteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth Ye are they which haue bydden with me in my temptacions And I appointed vnto you a kyngdome as my father hath appointed to me that ye may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome and sit on seates iudgeyng the .xii. tribes of Israel And the Lorde sayd Simon Simon behold Sathan hath desired to sift you as it were wheat But I haue prayed for thee that thy fayth fayle not And whē thou art conuerted strength thy brethren And he sayd vnto hym Lorde I am ready to go with thee into prieson and to death And he sayd I tell thee Peter the Cocke shall not krowe this daye tyll thou haue thrise denied that thou knowest me And he sayde vnto them when I sēt you without wallet and scrip and shoes lacked ye any thing And they sayd no. Then sayd he vnto them but now he that hath a wallet let hym take it vp and likewise his scrip And he that hath no sweord let hym sell his coate and bye one For I say vnto you that yet thesame which is written must be perfourmed in me euen among the wicked was he reputed For those thynges whiche are written of me haue an ende And they sayed Lord behold here are .ii. swordes and he sayd vnto them it is ynough And he came out and wēt as he was wont to Mount Oliuete And the disciples folowed hym And when he came to the place he sayde vnto them pray leste ye fall into temptacion And he gate hymselfe from them about a stones cast and kneled downe and prayed saying Father yf thou wilt remoue this cup from me Neuerthelesse not my will but thyne be fulfilled And there appeared an Aungel vnto him from heauen coumfortyng hym And he was in an agony and prayed the longer and hys sweate was lyke droppes of bloud tricklyng downe to the ground And whē he arose from prayer and was come to his disciples he founde them slepyng for heauinesse and he sayed vnto them why slepe ye Ryse and praye leste ye fall into temptacion Whyle he yet spake behold there came a companye and he that was called Iudas one of the .xii. went before thē and preased nye vnto Iesus to kisse hym But Iesus sayd vnto him Iudas betrayest thou the sōne of man with a kisse When they whiche were about hym sawe what would folow they sayde vnto him Lord shall we smyte with the sweorde And one of them smote a seruaunt of the hye priest and stroke of his ryght eare Iesus aunswered and sayd suffre ye thus farre forth And when he touched his eare he healed hym Then Iesus sayd vnto the hye priestes and rulers of the temple and the elders whiche were come to him Ye be come out as vnto a thefe weth swordes and staues When I was dayly with you in the temple ye stretched forth no handes againste me but this is euen your very houre and the power of darkenes Then toke they hym led hym brought him to the hye priestes house But Peter folowed a farre of And when they had kindled a fyer in the middes of the palace and were sette downe together Peter also sate downe among them But when one of the wenches behelde hym as he sate by the fyer and loked vpon him she sayed this same felow was also with him And he denied him saying woman I knowe hym not And after a lytle whyle another saw him and sayd thou art also of them And Peter sayd man I am not And about the space of an houre after an other affirmed saying verely this felowe was with hym also for he is of Galile And Peter sayed man I wot not what thou sayest And immediately whyle he yet spake the Cocke krewe And the Lorde turned backe and loked vpon Peter And Peter remembred the worde of the Lord howe he had sayed vnto him before the Cocke krowe thou shalt deny me thrise and Peter went out and wept bitterly And the men that tooke Iesus mocked hym and smote hym and when they had blindfolded him they stroke hym on the face and asked hym saying Areade who is it that smote thee And many other thynges despitefully sayde they agaynst hym And assone as it was daye the Elders of the people and the hye priestes and Scribes came together and led hym into theyr counsell saying Art thou very Christe tell vs. And he sayed vnto them yf I tell you ye will not beleue me and yf I aske you you will not aunswere me nor let me goe hereafter shall the sonne of man sit on the right hande of the power of God Then sayed they all Art thou then the sonne of God he sayde Ye saye that I am And they sayed what nede we of any further witnes for we oure selues haue heard of his owne mouth ¶ At Euēsong The first lesson Lamenta .i. vnto the ende ¶ Thursday before Easter ¶ At Mattins The first Lesson Lamenta .ii. vnto the ende The Epistle THis I warne you of and commende not that ye come not together after a better maner but after a worse For first of all whē ye come together in the congregaciō I heare that there is discencion among you and I partly beleue it For there must be sectes among you that they whiche are perfect amōg you may be knowen When ye come together therfore into one place the Lordes supper cannot bee eaten for euery man beginneth afore to eate his owne supper And one is hungry another is dronken Haue ye not houses to eate and drynke in despise ye the congregacion of God and shame them that haue not what shall I saye vnto you shall I prayse you In this I prayse you not That whiche I deliuered vnto you I receyued of the Lorde For the Lorde Iesus thesame night in whiche he was betrayed tooke bread and when he had geuen thankes he brake it sayd Take ye eate this is my body whiche is broken
commaundementes His seede shal be mightie vpon yearthe the generacion of the faythefull shal be blessed Riches and plenteousnes shal be in his house and hys righteousnes endureth for euer Vnto the Godly there ariseth vp lyght in the darkenes he is mercifull louing and righteous A good man is mercifull and lendeth and wyll guyde his wordes with discrecion For he shall neuer be moued and the righteous shal be had in euerlasting remembraunce He will not bee afrayed for any euyl tydynges for hys hearte standeth fast and beleueth in the Lorde His hearte is stablyshed and will not shrynke vntill he see his desire vpon his enemyes He hath sparsed abroade and geuē to the poore and hys righteousnes remaineth for euer his horne shal bee exalted with honor The vngodlye shall se it and it shall greue him he shall gnashe with his teeth and consume awaye the desyre of the vngodly shall perishe Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now and euer c. The Collect. Almightie father c. As at the second Communion on Easter day The Epistle ALl that is borne of GOD ouercommeth the world And this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde euen our faith Who is it that ouercommeth the worlde but he whiche beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This Iesus Christe is he that came by water and bloude not by water onely but by water and bloud And it is the spirite that beareth witnesse because the spirite is truethe For there are three whiche beare recorde in heauen the father the woorde and the holy ghoste and these three are one And there are three whiche beare recorde in yearth the spirite and water and bloude and these three are one If wee receyue the witnes of menne the witnes of God is greater For this is the witnes of God that is greater whiche he testified of his sonne He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the witnes in hymselfe He that beleueth not God hath made hym a lyer because he beleueth not the recorde that God gaue of his sonne And this is the record how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall life and this lyfe is in his sonne He that hath the sonne hath lyfe and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not lyfe The Gospell IHesame daye at nyghte whiche was the first day of the Sabbothes whē the dores were shut where the disciples were assembled together for feare of the Iewes came Iesus and stode in the middes and sayd vnto them Peace be vnto you And when he had so sayde he shewed vnto them his handes and his syde Then were the disciples glad when they sawe the Lorde Then sayde Iesus to them againe Peace be vnto you As my father sent me euen so sende I you also And when he had saide those wordes he breathed on them and saide vnto them receyue ye the holy gost Whosoeuers synnes ye remytte they are remytted vnto them And whosoeuers synnes ye retaine they are retained ¶ The second Sondaye after Easter HAste thee O God to deliuer me Make haste to helpe me O Lorde Let them bee ashamed and confounded that seke after my soule lette them be turned backeward and put to confusion that wishe me euill Let them for their reward be soone brought to shame that crye ouer me there there But let all those that seke thee be ioyfull and gladde in thee and let al suche as delight in thy saluacion say alway the Lorde be praysed As for me I am poore and in misery Haste thee vnto me O God Thou art my helpe and my redemer O Lorde make no long tarying Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche haste geuen thy holy sonne to be vnto vs both a sacrifice for synne and also an example of Godly lyfe Geue vs the grace that we may alwayes moste thankfully receiue that his inestimable benefite and also dayly indeuour our selfes to folowe the blessed steppes of his moste holy lyfe The Epistle THis is thanke worthy yf a manne for conscience toward God indure griefe and suffre wrong vndeserued For what prayse is it yf when ye bee buffeted for your fautes ye take it paciently But and if when ye doe well ye suffre wrong and take it paciently then is there thāke with God For hereunto verely were ye called For Christe also suffered for vs leauyng vs an ensample that ye shoulde folowe his steppes whiche dyd no synne neyther was there guyle found in his mouth which when he was reuiled reuiled not againe when he suffered he threatned not but committed the vengeaunce to hym that iudgeth righteously which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree that we being deliuered from sinne should lyue vnto righteousnes By whose stripes ye were healed For ye were as shepe goyng a stray But are nowe turned vnto the shepheard and bishop of your soules The Gospell CHriste sayed to his disciples I am the good shepheard a good shepheard geueth his lyfe for the shepe An hired seruaunte he whiche is not the shepheard neyther the shepe are his owne seeth the wolfe commyng and leaueth the shepe and flieth and the wolfe catcheth and skattreth the shepe The hired seruaunt flyeth because he is an hired seruaunte and careth not for the shepe I am the good shepheard and knowe my shepe and am knowen of myne As my Father knoweth me euen so knowe I also my Father And I geue my lyfe for the shepe and other shepe I haue whiche are not of this folde Them also must I bryng and they shall heare my voyce and there shal be one folde and one shepheard ¶ The .iii. Sonday VNto thee O God doe we geue thankes yea vnto thee doe we geue thankes Thy name also is so nye and that doe thy wonderous workes declare When I receiue the congregacion I shal iudge accordyng vnto right The earth is weake and all the inhabitours therof I beare vp the pillers of it I sayed vnto the fooles deale not so madly and to the vngodly set not vp your horne Sette not vp youre horne on hye and speake not with a stiffe necke For promocion commeth neither from the East nor from the West nor yet from the Southe And why GOD is the iudge he putteth downe one and setteth vp an other For in the hande of the Lorde there is a cup and the wine is red it is full mixte and he poureth out of thesame As for the dregges therof all the vngodly of the yearth shall drinke them and sucke them out But I will talke of the God of Iacob and prayse hym for euer All the hornes of the vngodly also will I breake and the hornes of the righteous shal be exalted Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the
therfore Iesus sayde vnto them Verely I say vnto you that when the sonne of man shall sit in the seate of his Maiestie ye that haue folowed me in the regeneracion shall syt also vpon twelue seates and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel And euery one that forsaketh house or brethren or systers or father or mother or wyfe or children or landes for my names sake shall receiue an hundred folde and shall inherite euerlastyng lyfe But many that are first shal be last and the last shal be first ¶ At Euensong ¶ The seconde lesson Actes .xxvi. vnto the ende ¶ The Purification of S. Mary the virgin BEhold nowe prayse the Lord all ye seruauntes of the Lorde ye that by night stand in the house of the Lorde euen in the courtes of the house of our God Lifte vp youre handes in the Sanctuary and prayse the Lorde The Lord that made heauē and earth geue thee blessing out of Sion Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God we humbly beseche thy Maiestie that as thy onely begotten sonne was this daye presented in the Temple in the substaunce of our fleshe so graunt that we maye bee presented vnto thee with pure and cleare mindes By Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle The same that is appoynted for the Sonday The Gospell WHen the time of their Purificacion after the law of Moses was come they broughte hym to Ierusalem to presente hym to the Lorde as it is written in the lawe of the Lorde euerye manne childe that firste openeth the matrix shal be called holye to the Lord and to offer as it is sayde in the law of the lord a payre of turtle Dooues or two young Pigions And beholde there was a man in Hierusalem whose name was Simeon And the same man was iust and godly and loked for the consolation of Israel and the holy gost was in him And an aunswere had he receiued of the holy goste that he should not see death except he first saw the Lordes Christ And he came by inspiracion into the temple ¶ Sainct Mathies day DElyuer me O Lorde from the euill manne and preserue me from the wicked manne Which imagine mischiefe in theyr heartes and stirre vp strife all the day long They haue sharpened theyr tongues lyke a Serpente Adders poyson is vnder theyr lippes Kepe me O Lord from the handes of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men whiche are purposed to ouerthrowe my goinges The proude haue layed a snare for me and spred a net abrode with coardes yea and set trappes in my way I sayd vnto the Lord thou art my God heare the voice of my prayers O Lorde O Lorde God thou strength of my health thou haste couered my head in the day of battayl Let not the vngodly haue his desire O Lord let not his mischieuous imaginacion prosper lest they be to proude Lette the myschiefe of theyr owne lyppes fall vpon the head of them that cumpasse me about Lette hoate burnyng coales fall vpon them let them be caste into the fyer and into the pyt that they neuer ryse vp agayne A manne full of woordes shall not prosper vpon the yearth euill shall hunte the wicked persone to ouerthrowe hym Sure I am that the Lorde will auenge the poore and maynteyne the cause of the helpelesse The righteous also shall geue thankes vnto thy name and the iust shall continue in thy sight Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be world without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightye God whiche in the place of the traytor Iudas didst chose thy faythfull seruaunte Mathie to bee of the noumber of thy twelue Apostles Graunte that thy church being alway preserued from false Apostles may be ordred and guided by faythfull and true pastors Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle IN those dayes Peter stode vp in the middes of the disciples and sayd the number of names that were together were about an .c. and xx Ye men and brethren this scripture must nedes haue beene fulfilled whiche the holye goste through the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was guide to them that toke Iesus For he was nūbred with vs and had obteyned felowship in this ministracion And the same hath nowe possessed a plat of grounde with the rewarde of iniquitie and when he was hanged he burst a sunder in the middes and all hys bowels gushed oute And it is knowen vnto all the inhabiters of Hierusalem in so muche that the same fielde is called in theyr mother tongue Acheldama that is to say the bloude field For it is written in the booke of Psalmes hys habitacion be voyde and no man be dwelling therin and hys busshoprike let an other take Wherfore of these men whiche haue companied with vs all the time that the Lorde Iesus had all his conuersacion among vs beginnyng at the baptisme of Iohn vnto that same day that he was takē vp from vs must one be ordeyned to be a witnes with vs of hys resurreccion And they appoynted two Ioseph whiche is called Barsabas whose syrname was Iustus and Mathias And when they prayed they sayde Thou Lorde whiche knowest the heartes of all men shew whether of these two thou hast chosen that he may take the roume of this ministraciō and Apostleship from which Iudas by transgression fell that he might goe to his owne place And they gaue furth theyr lottes and the lot fell on Mathias and he was coumpted with the eleuen Apostles The Gospell IN that tyme Iesus aunswered and sayde I thanke thee O father lord of heauē and earth because thou haste hyd these thynges from the wyse and prudente and hast shewed them vnto babes verely father euen so was it thy good pleasure All thinges are geuen ouer vnto me of my father And no man knoweth the sonne but the father neyther knoweth anye manne the father saue the sonne and he to whomesoeuer the sonne will open him Come vnto me all ye that labour and are laden and I wil ease you Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me for I am meke and lowly in heart and ye shall fynde rest vnto your soules for my yoke is easye and my burden is light The Annunciation of the virgin Marie ¶ At the Communion LOrd I am not hye minded I haue no proud lookes I doe not exercise myself in great maters whiche are to hye for me But I refrayne my soule and kepe it low like as a childe that is wayned from his mother yea my soule is euen as a wayned childe O Israell trust in the Lorde from this time furth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. Amen The Collect. WE beseche thee lord powre
thee that although we for oure iniquities haue woorthelye deserued this plague of rayne and waters yet vpon our true repentaunce thou wilt sende vs suche wether wher by we maye receiue the fruites of the earthe in due season and learne bothe by thy punishment to amende our liues and by the grauntinge of our peticion to geue thee prayse and glorye Through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ Vpon wednesdaies frydaies the Englishe Letanie shal be saied or song in all places after suche forme as is appoynted by the kynges maiesties Iniunccions Or as is or shall be otherwise appoynted by his highnes And thoughe there be none to cōmunicate wyth the Prieste yet these dayes after the Letany ended the Prieste shall put vpon him a plain Albe or surplesse with a cope and saie all thinges at the Altare appoynted to bee sayde at the celebracion of the lordes supper vntill after the offertory And then shall adde one or two of the Collectes afore written as occasion shall serue by hys discrecion And then turning him to the people shall let them departe with the accustomed blessing And the same order shal be vsed all other daies whensoeuer the people be customably assembled to praye in the church and none disposed to communicate with the Prieste Lykewyse in Chappelles annexed and all other places there shal be no celebracion of the Lordes supper excepte there be some to communicate with the priest And in suche Chappelles annexed where the people hath not been accustomed to pay any holy bread there they must either make some charitable prouision for the beryng of the charges of the Communion or els for receyuyng of thesame resorte to their parishe Churche For auoydyng of all matters and occasion of discencion it is mere that the bread prepared for the Cōmunion be made through all this realme after one sorte and fashion that is to say vnleauened and rounde as it was afore but without all maner of printe and some thing more larger and thicker then it was so that it may be aptly deuided in diuers pieces and euery one shal be deuided in two pieces at the leaste or more by the discrecion of the minister and so distributed And men must not thinke lesse to be receiued in parte then in the whole but in eche of them the whole body of our sauioure Iesu Christe And forsomuche as the Pastours Curates within this realme shall continually fynde at their costes and charges in their cures sufficient bread and wine for the holy Communion as oft as their Parishioners shal be disposed for their spirituall comforte to receiue the same it is therfore ordred that in recompēce of such costes and charges the Parishioners of euery Parishe shall offre euery Sonday at the tyme of the Offertory the iust valour and pryce of the holy lofe with all suche money and other thynges as were wont to be offered with the same to the vse of their Pastours and Curates and that in suche ordre and course as they were wonte to fynde and pay the sayed holy lofe Also that the receyuing of the Sacramente of the blessed body and bloud of Christ may be moste agreable to the institucion therof and to the vsage of the primatiue Churche In all Cathedrall and Collegiate churches there shall alwayes some Communicate with the priest that ministreth And that thesame may be also obserued euery where abrode in the countrey Some one at the least of that house in euery paryshe to whom by course after the ordynaunce herein made it apperteyneth to offer for the charges of the Communion or some other whom they shall prouyde to offre for them shal receiue the holy Communion with the priest the which maye bee the better done for that they knowe before when theyr course commeth and may therfore dispose themselfes to the worthy receyuing of the Sacramente And with him or them who doeth so offre the charges of the Communion all other who be then Godly disposed therunto shall lykewise receiue the Communion And by this meanes the Minister hauyng alwayes some to communicate with him may accordingly solempnise so high and holy misteries with al the suffrages due ordre appointed for the same And the priest on the weke day shal forbeare to celebrate the Comnion excepte he haue some that will communicate with him Furthermore euery man and woman to be bound to heare and be at the diuine seruice in the Parishe churche where they be resident and there with deuout prayer or Godlye silence and meditacion to occupy themselues There to pay their dueties to communicate once in the yeare at the least and there to receyue and take all other Sacramentes and rites in this booke appoynted And whosoeuer willingly vpon no iust cause doeth absent themselfes or doeth vngodly in the Parishe churche occupy thēselues vpon proffe therof by the Ecclesiasticall lawes of the Realme to bee excōmunicate or suffre other punishement as shal to the Ecclesiastical iudge accordyng to his discrecion seme conuenient And although it bee read in aunciente writers that the people many yeares past receiued at the priestes handes the Sacramēt of the body of Christ in theyr owne handes no commaundement of Christ to the contrary Yet forasmuche as they many tymes conueyghed thesame secretelye awaye kept it with them and diuersly abused it to supersticion and wickednes lest any suche thing hereafter should be attempted and that an vniformitie might be vsed throughout the whole Realment is thought cōuenient the people commonly receiue the Sacrament of Christes body in their mouthes at the Priestes hande ⧠The Letany and Suffrages O GOD the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost procedyng from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and gloryous Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and gloryous Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners Remembre not Lorde our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeaunce of our sinnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou haste redemed with thy moste precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From all euill and mischiefe from synne from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrathe and from euerlastyng damnacion Good Lorde deliuer vs. From blindnes of heart from pryde vainglory Hypocrisy from enuy hatred and malice and all vncharitablenes Good Lorde deliuer vs. From fornicacion and all other deadly synne and from al the deceytes of the worlde the fleshe and the deuill Good
thy mercy and euermore serue thee in purenes of lyuyng to thy honour and glory through our onely mediator and aduocate Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ALmightie God which haste geuen vs grace at this tyme with one accorde to make oure commune supplicacions vnto thee and doest promise that whan two or three be gathered in thy name thou wylt graunte theyr requestes fulfill nowe O Lorde the desyres and peticions of thy seruauntes as may be moste expedience for them grauntyng vs in this worlde knowlege of thy trueth and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen ⸪ ⧠OF THE ADMI ⧠nistracion of publyke Baptisme to be vsed in the Churche IT appeareth by auncient wryters that the Sacrament of Baptisme in the olde tyme was not commōlye ministred but at two tymes in the yeare at Easter and whitsontyde at whiche tymes it was openlye ministred in the presence of all the congregacion Whiche custome nowe beeynge growen out of vse although it cannot for many consideracions be well restored agayne yet it is thought good to folowe the same as nere as conueniently maye be Wherfore the people are to be admonished that it is moste conueniente that Baptisme shoulde not be ministred but vpon Sondayes and other holye dayes when the moste numbre of people maye come together As well for that the congregacion there present maye testifie the receyuyng of them that be newely Baptised into the numbre of Christes Churche as also because in the Baytisme of Infantes euery manne present maye be put in remembraunce of his owne profession made to God in hys Baptisme For whiche cause also it is expedient that Baptisme be ministred in the Englishe tounge Neuerthelesse yf necessitie so require children oughte at all tymes to be Baptised eyther at the Churche or els at home ⧠PVBLIKE BAPTISME ⧠When there are children to be Baptised vpon the Sonday or holy daye the parentes shall geue knowlege ouer nyght or in the mornyng afore the beginnyng of Mattens to the curate And then the Godfathers Godmothers and people wyth the children muste be ready at the churche doore either immediatly afore the last Canticle at Mattens or els immediatly afore the last Canticle at Euensong as the Curate by hys discrecion shal appoynte And then standyng there the pryest shall aske whether the chyldren bee Baptised or no. If they aunswere No. Then shall the priest saye thus DEare beloued forasmuche as al men be conceyued and borne in sinne and that no man borne in synne can entre into the kyngdom of God except he be regenerate and borne a newe of water and the holy ghost I beseche you to cal vpon God the father through our Lord Iesus Christ that of his bounteouse mercy he wyl graūt to these childrē that thing whiche by nature they cannot haue that is to saye they maye be Baptized with the holy ghost and receyued into Christes holy churche and bee made lyuely membres of the same Then the priest shall saye Let vs praye ALmyghtie and euerlasting God which of thy iustice dyddest destroy by floudes of water the whole worlde for sinne except .viii. persones whome of thy mercy the same tyme thou diddest saue in the Arke And when thou dyddest drowne in the reade sea wicked King Pharao with all his armie yet at the same time thou diddest lead thy people the children of Israel safely through the myddes therof whereby thou diddest figure the washing of thy holy baptisme by the baptisme of thy welbeloued sonne Iesus Christ thou diddest sanctifie the flud Iordan all other waters to this misticall washing away of sinne we beseche thee for thy infinite mercies that thou wilte mercifully looke vpon these children and sanctifie them with thy holy gost that by this holsome lauer of regeneration whatsoeuer synne is in them maye be washed cleane away that they beyng deliuered from thy wrath may be receyued into tharke of Christes Church and so saued from peryshing and being feruente in spirite stedfaste in fayth ioyfull through hope rooted in charite maye euer serue thee And finally attayne to euerlasting lyfe with all thy holy and chosen people This graunte vs we beseche thee for Iesus Christes sake our Lord. Amen ¶ Here shall the prieste aske what shal be the name of the childe and when the Godfathers and Godmothers haue tolde the name then he shall make a crosse vpon the childes foreheade and breste saying ¶ N. Receyue the signe of the holy Crosse both in thy forehead and in thy breste in token that thou shalt not be ashamed to confesse thy faith in Christ crucified and manfully to fyght vnder his banner agaynst sinne the worlde and the deuill and to continewe his faythful soldiour and seruaunt vnto thy lyfes ende Amen And this he shall doe and saye to as many children as bee present to be Baptised one after another Let vs praye ALmightie and immortall God the ayde of al that nede the helper of all that flee to thee for succour the life of them that beleue and the resurreccion of the deade we call vpon thee for these infantes that they cummyng to thy holy Baptisme may receyue remission of their sinnes by spirituall regeneracion Receyue them O Lorde as thou haste promised by thy welbeloued sonne saying Aske and you shall haue seke and you shall finde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you So geue nowe vnto vs that aske Lette vs that seke finde open thy gate vnto vs that knocke that these infantes maye enioy the euerlasting benediccion of thy heauenly washing and may come to the eternall kyngdome whiche thou haste promysed by Christe our Lorde Amen Then let the prieste lokyng vpon the children saye I Commaunde thee vnclene spirite in the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy goste that thou come oute and departe from these infantes whom our Lorde Iesus Christe hathe vouchesaued to call to his holye Baptisme to be made membres of his bodye and of his holye congregacion Therefore thou cursed spirit remembre thy sentence remembre thy iudgement remembre the daye to be at hand wherin thou shalt burne in fyre euerlasting prepared for thee and thy Aungels And presume not hereafter to exercise anye tirannye towarde these infantes whom Christe hathe bought with his precious bloud and by this his holy Baptisme calleth to be of his flocke Then shall the priest saye The Lorde be with you The people And with thy spirite The Minister ¶ Heare nowe the gospell written by S. Marke AT a certayne tyme they broughte children to Christe that he shoulde touche them and hys dysciples rebuked those that broughte them But when Iesus sawe it he was displeased and sayed vnto them suffre litle children to come vnto me and forbyd them not for to suche belongeth the kyngdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doeth not receyue the kyngdome of God as a litle child he shall not entre therin And when he had taken them vp in his armes he
into the pitte O lette me heare thy louyng kyndnesse betymes in the mornynge for in thee is my trust shewe thou me the waye that I shoulde walke in for I lyft vp my soule vnto thee Deliuer me o lorde from myne enemyes for I flye vnto thee to hyde me Teache me to dooe the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my god lette thy louyng spirite leade me foorth vnto the lande of righteousnesse Quicken me o lorde for thy names sake and for thy righteousnesse sake bryng my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnesse slaye my enemies and destroye all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruaunt Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. ¶ With this antheme Remembre not Lorde our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers Spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou haste redemed with thy moste precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen The Minister O Lorde saue thy seruaunt Aunswere Whiche putteth his trust in thee Minister Sende hym helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore mightily defende hym Minister Let the enemy haue none aduauntage of hym Aunswere Nor the wicked approche to hurte hym Minister Bee vnto hym O Lorde a strong tower Aunswere From the face of his enemy Minister Lorde heare my prayer Aunswere And let my crye come vnto thee Minister Let vs praye O Lorde looke downe from heauen beholde visite and releue this thy seruaunte Looke vpon hym with the iyes of thy mercy geue hym coumforte and sure confidence in thee Defende hym from the daunger of the enemy and kepe hym in perpetuall peace and safetie through Jesus Christe our Lorde Amen HEare vs almightie and moste mercifull God and Sauioure Extende thy accustomed goodnesse to this thy seruaunt whiche is greued with sickenesse Visite hym O Lord as thou diddest visite Peters wyfes mother and the Capitaynes seruaunte And as thou preseruedst Thobie and Sara by thy Aungell from daunger So restore vnto this sicke person his former health if it be thy will or els geue hym grace so to take thy correccion that after this painfull lyfe ended he may dwel with thee in lyfe euerlastyng Amen Then shall the minister exhorte the sicke person after this fourme or other lyke DErely beloued knowe this that almightie God is the Lorde ouer lyfe death and ouer all thinges to them perteining as yougth strength helth age weakenesse and sickenesse Wherfore whatsoeuer youre sickenesse is know you certaynly that it is Gods visitacion And for what cause soeuer this sickenesse is sent vnto you whether it bee to trye your pacience for the example of other and that your fayth maye be founde in the daye of the Lord laudable gloryous and honourable to the encrease of glory and endlesse felicitie Orels it be sente vnto you to correcte and amende in you whatsoeuer doeth offende the iyes of our heauenly father knowe you certaynlye that yf you truely repente you of youre synnes and beare youre sicknesse paciently trustyng in Gods mercye for his deare sonne Iesus Christes sake and rendre vnto him humble thankes for his fatherly visitacion submytting your selfe wholy to his will it shall turne to your profite helpe you forward in the right way that leadeth vnto euerlasting lyfe ☞ ¶ Take therfore in good worth the chastement of the Lord For whom the Lord loueth he chastiseth Yea as Saincte Paul sayeth he scourgeth euery sonne whiche he receyueth yf you endure chastisement he offereth himselfe vnto you as vnto his owne children What sonne is he that the father chastiseth not Yf ye be not vnder correccion wherof all the true children are partakers then are ye bastardes and not children Therfore seing that whan our carnall fathers doe correct vs we reuerently obey them shall we not nowe muche rather be obedient to our spirituall father and so lyue And they for a fewe dayes do chastise vs afer their owne pleasure but he doeth chastise vs for our profite to thentente he may make vs partakers of his holines These wordes good brother are Gods wordes and wrytten in holy scripture for our coumfort and instruccion that we should paciently and with thankes geuyng beare oure heauenly fathers correccion whansoeuer by any maner of aduersitie it shall please his gracious goodnes to visite vs. And there should be no greater coumfort to christian persons then to be made lyke vnto Christe by sufferyng paciently aduersities troubles and sickenesses For he himselfe went not vp to ioy but first he suffered payne he entred not into his glory before he was crucified So truely our waye to eternall ioy is to suffre here with Christe and our doore to entre into eternall lyfe is gladly to dye with Christe that we may ryse againe from death and dwell with him in euerlasting lyfe Nowe therfore taking your sickenesse whiche is thus profitable for you paciently I exhorte you in the name of God to remembre the profession which you made vnto God in youre Baptisme And forasmuche as after this lyfe there is accompte to bee geuen vnto the ryghteous iudge of whom all must be iudged without respect of persons I require you to examine your selfe your state both towarde God and manne so that accusyng and condemning your selfe for your owne faultes you may fynde mercy at our heauēly fathers hand for Christes sake and not be accused and condemned in that fearefull iudgemēt Therfore I shall shortly rehearse the articles of our fayth that ye may knowe whether you doe beleue as a christian man should beleue or no. Here the minister shall rehearse the articles of the faythe saying thus Doest thou beleue in God the father almightie And so forth as it is in Baptisme This may be done before the minister begyn his prayers as he shall see cause Then shall the minister examine whether he be in charitie with all the worlde Exhortyng hym to forgeue from the botome of his herte all persons that haue offended hym and if he haue offended other to aske them forgeuenesse and where he hath done iniurie or wrong to any man that he make amendes to his vttermoste power And if he haue not a fore disposed his goodes let him then make his wyll But men must be oft admonished that they sette an ordre for theyr temporall goodes and landes whan they be in helth And also to declare his debtes what he oweth and what is owyng to hym for discharging of his conscience and quietnesse of his executours The minister may not forget nor omitte to moue the sicke person and that most earnestly to lyberalitie toward the poore ¶ Here shall the sicke person make a speciall confession yf he fele his conscience troubled with any weightie matter After
which confession the priest shall absolue hym after this forme and the same forme of absolucion shall be vsed in all pryuate confessions OVre Lorde Iesus Christe who hath lefte power to his Churche to absolue all sinners whiche truely repente and beleue in hym of his great mercye forgeue thee thyne offences and by his autoritie committed to me I absolue thee from all thy sinnes in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And then the priest shall saye the Collecte folowyng Let vs praye O Moste mercifull God whiche accordyng to the multitude of thy mercies doest so put awaye the sinnes of those which truely repent that thou remēbrest thē nomore open thy iye of mercy vpon this thy seruaunt who moste earnestly desireth pardon and forgeuenesse Renue in him moste louing father whatsoeuer hath been decayed by the fraude and malice of the deuill or by his owne carnal wil and frailnes preserue and continue this sicke membre in the vnitie of thy Churche consider his contricion accept his teares aswage his payne as shal be seen to thee moste expediente for hym And forasmuche as he putteth hys full trust only in thy mercy Impute not vnto hym his former sinnes but take him vnto thy fauour through the merites of thy most derely beloued sōne Iesus Christ Amen Then the minister shall saye this Psalme IN thee O Lorde haue I put my trust lette me neuer be put to confusion but ridde me and deliuer me in thy righteousnes enclyne thyne eare vnto me and saue me Be thou my strong holde wherunto I may alwaye resorte thou haste promysed to helpe me for thou art my house of defence and my castell Deliuer me O my God out of the hande of the vngodly out of the hande of the vnrighteous and cruell manne For thou O Lorde God art the thyng that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Through thee haue I been holden vp euer since I was borne thou arte he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe my prayse shal be alwaye of thee I am become as it were a monster vnto many but my sure trust is in thee Oh let my mouth be filled with thy prayse that I maye syng of thy glory and honour all the daye long Cast me not awaye in the tyme of age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me For myne enemies speake against me and they that lay waite for my soule take their counsayle together saying God hath forsaken hym persecute hym and take him for there is none to deliuer him Goe not ferre from me O God my God haste thee to helpe me Let them be confounded and perishe that are agaynste my soule let them be couered with shame and dishonoure that seke to doe me euill As for me I wyll paciently abyde alwaye and wyll prayse thee more and more My mouth shall dayly speake of thy righteousnesse and saluacion for I knowe no ende therof I will goe forth in the strength of the Lorde God and will make mencion of thy righteousnesse onely Thou O God haste taught me from my youth vp vntill nowe therfore will I tell of thy wondreous workes Forsake me not O God in myne olde age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generacion thy power to all thē that are yet for to come Thy righteousnesse O God is very high and greate thynges are they that thou haste done O God who is lyke vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities haste thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refreshe me yea and broughtest me from the depe of the earth agayne Thou haste brought me to great honour and comforted me on euery syde Therfore will I praise thee thy faythfulnes O God playing vpon an instrument of musicke vnto thee wyll I syng vpon the harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lippes will be fayne when I syng vnto thee and so will my soule whom thou haste deliuered My tounge also shall talke of thy ryghteousnesse all the daye long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seke to doe me euill Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnyng c. Addyng this antheme O Saueour of the worlde saue vs whiche by thy crosse and precious bloud haste redemed vs helpe vs we beseche thee O God Then shall the minister saye THe almyghty Lord whiche is a moste strong tower to all thē that put their trust in hym to whom al thinges in heauen in earth and vnder earth doe bowe and obey be nowe euermore thy defence and make thee know and fele that there is no other name vnder heauen geuen to man in whome and through whome thou mayest receyue helth and saluation but onely the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe Amen ¶ If the sicke person desyre to be annoynted then shall the priest annoynte hym vpon the forehead or breast onely makyng the signe of the crosse saying thus AS with this visible oyle thy body outwardelye is annoynted so our heauenly father almightie god graunt of his infinite goodnes that thy soule inwardly may be annointed with the holy gost who is the spirite of al strength comfort reliefe and gladnes And vouchesafe for his great mercy if it be his blessed will to restore vnto thee thy bodely health and strength to serue hym and sende thee release of all thy paynes troubles and diseases both in bodye and mynde And howsoeuer his goodnes by his diuine and vnsearcheable prouidence shal dispose of thee we his vnworthy ministers and seruauntes humbly beseche the eternall maiestie to doe with thee accordyng to the multitude of his innumerable mercies and to pardone thee all thy synnes and offences committed by all thy bodely sences passions and carnall affeccions who also vouchesafe mercifullye to graunt vnto thee gostly strēgth by his holy spirite to withstand ouercome al tēptacions assaultes of thine aduersary that in no wise he preuaile againste thee but that thou maist haue perfect victory triumph against the deuil sine deth through Christ our lord Who by his deth hath ouercomed the prince of death with the father the holy gost euermore liueth reigneth god world without end Amen HOw long wilt thou forget me O Lord for euer how long wilt thou hyde thy face from me How long shal I seke counsel in my soule be so vexed in myne heart how long shal myne enemie tryūphe ouer me Consider and heare me O Lord my God lighten myne eyes that I slepe not in death Lest myne enemy say I haue preuayled agaynste hym for if I be cast down they that trouble me will reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercy and my hearte is ioyful in thy saluacion I will sing of the lorde because he hath delte so louyngly with me Yea I wil prayse the name of the lord the most higheste Glory be to the father
child-birth Graunt we beseche thee most mercyfull father that she through thy helpe may both faithfully lyue and walke in her vocacion accordyng to thy will in thys lyfe present and also maye be partaker of euerlastyng glory in the lyfe to come through Iesus Christe oure Lorde Amen The woman that is purifyed must offer her Crisome and other accustomed offeringes And if there be a communion it is conuenient that she receiue the holy communion The first daie of Lente commonly called Ashewednisdaye ¶ After mattens ended the people beyng called together by the rynging of a bel and assembled in the churche Thinglishe letanye shall be sayed after thaccustomed maner whiche ended the prieste shall goe into the pulpitte and saie thus BRethrē in the primatiue churche there was a godlye discipline that at the begynning of lente suche persones as were notorious sinners were put to open penaunce and punished in this worlde that theyr soules myght be saued in the daye of the Lorde And that other admonyshed by theyr example mighte be more afrayed to offende In the steede whereof vntill the sayde disciplyne maye be restored agayne whyche thynge is muche to be wished it is thoughte good that at this tyme in your presence shoulde be read the generall sentences of goddes cursing agaynst impenitent synners gathered out of the xxvii Chapter of Deuteronomie and other places of scripture And that ye should aunswere to euery sentence Amen To the intente that you beyng admonished of the greate indignacion of God agaynste synners maye the rather be called to earneste and true repentaunce and maye walke more warely in these daungerous dayes fleyng frō suche vices for the which ye affirme with your owne mouthes the curse of God to be due ¶ Cursed is the manne that maketh any carued or molten image an abominacion to the Lord the worke of the handes of the craftes manne and putteth it in a secrete place to wurship it And the people shall aunswere and say Amen Minister Cursed is he that curseth hys father and mother Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that remoueth awaie the marke of his neighbours land Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that maketh the blinde to goe oute of his waye Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that letteth in iudgement the right of the straungier of them that be fatherlesse and of widowes Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour secretely Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that lieth with his neighbours wyfe Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that taketh rewarde to slea the soule of innocent bloude Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that putteth his trust in mā taketh manne for his defence and in his hearte goeth from the Lorde Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed are the vnmercifull the fornicatours and aduouterers the couetous persones the wurshyppers of images slaundreers drunkardes and extorcioners Aunswere Amen The minister NOwe seeing that al they bee accursed as the Prophete Dauid beareth witnesse whiche doe erre goe astray from the commaundementes of God let vs remembring the dredeful iudgement hanging ouer our heades and being alwayes at hande returne vnto our lorde God with al contricion and mekenes of heart bewailing and lamenting our synful lyfe knowlagyng and confessing our offences and seekyng to bring furth worthie fruites of penance For euen now is the axe put vnto the roote of the trees so that euery tree whiche bryngeth not furth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fier It is a fearefull thing to fall into the handes of the lyuing God he shall powre downe rayne vpon the synners snares fyer brimstone storme and tempest this shal be theyr porcion to drinke For loe the lorde is cummen out of his place to visite the wickednes of suche as dwell vpon the earth But who may abyde the daye of his cumming who shal bee hable to endure whan he appeareth His fanne is in his hande and he will pourge his floore gather his wheate into the barne but he will burne the chaffe with vnquencheable fier The day of the lorde cummeth as a thiefe vpon the night and when men shal say peace and al thinges are safe then shall sodayne destruccion come vpon them as sorowe cometh vpon a woman trauaillyng with childe and they shall not escape then shall appeare the wrathe of God in the daye of vengeaunce whiche obstinate synners through the stubbernes of their hearte haue heaped vnto themselfe whiche despised the goodnesse pacience and long sufferaunce of god when he called thē continually to repentaunce Then shall they call vpon me sayth the lorde but I will not heare they shal seke me early but they shall not finde me and that because they hated knowlage receiued not the feare of the lord but abhorred my coūsell and despised my correcciō then shal it be too late to knocke when the doore shal be shut too late to cry for mercy when it is the time of iustice O terrible voice of most iust iudgemēt which shal be pronounced vpon them when it shal be sayde vnto them Go ye cursed into the fyer euerlasting whiche is prepared for the deuill and his angels Therfore brethren take we hede by time while the day of saluacion lasteth for the night cometh when none can worke but let vs while we haue the light beleue in the light and walke as the childrē of the lyghte that we bee not caste into the vtter derkenes where is wepyng and gnashing of teeth Let vs not abuse the goodnes of god whiche calleth vs mercifully to amendement and of his endlesse pitie promiseth vs forgeuenes of that whiche is past if with a whole mind and a true heart we returne vnto him for though our sinnes bered as scarlet they shal be as white as snowe and though they be lyke purple yet shall they be as white as woolle Turne you cleane sayeth the lord from all your wickednes and your synne shall not be your destruccion Cast away from you all your vngodlynes that ye haue doen make you new heartes and a newe spirite wherfore wil ye dye O ye house of Israel seing I haue no pleasure in the death of him that dieth saith the Lord God Turne you then and you shall lyue Although we haue sinned yet haue we an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ the righteous he it is that obteyneth grace for our sinnes for he was wounded for our offences and smitten for our wickednes let vs therfore returne vnto him who is the mercifull receiuer of all true penitent sinners assuryng our selfe that he is ready to receiue vs and most willing to pardon vs if we come to him with faithfull repentaunce yf we wyll submit our selues vnto hym and from henceforth walke in his wayes yf we will take his easy yoke and light burden vpon vs to folow him in lowlynesse pacience and charitie and bee ordred by
the gouernaunce of his holy spirite sekyng alwaies his glorie and seruing hym duely in our vocacion with thankes geuing This if we doe Christe will deliuer vs from the curse of the lawe and from the extreme malediccion whiche shal lyght vpon them that shal bee set on the left hand and he will set vs on his right hand and geue vs the blessed benediccion of his father commaunding vs to take possession of his glorious kyngdome vnto the whiche he vouchsafe to bring vs all for his infinite mercie Amen ¶ Then shall they all kneele vpon theyr knees And the prieste and clearkes kneeling where they are accustomed to saye the letanie shall saye this psalme HAue mercie vpon me O God after thy greate goodnesse according vnto the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences Washe me throwly fro my wickednes and clense me from my synne For I knowlage my faultes and my sinne is euer before me Against thee only haue I synned and done this euill in thy syght that thou myghtest bee iustified in thy saying and clere when thou art iudged Behold I was shapen in wickednes and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me But loe thou requirest trueth in the inward partes and shalte make me to vnderstande wysedome secretelye Thou shalt pourge me with Hope and I shall bee cleane thou shalt washe me and I shall bee whyter then snowe Thou shalte make me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones whiche thou haste broken maye reioyce Turne thy face from my synnes and putte out all my mysdedes Make me a cleane hearte O God and renue a ryght spirite within me Caste me not awaye from thy presence and take not thy holy spirite from me O geue me the coumforte of thy helpe agayne and stablishe me with thy free spirite Then shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shall bee conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloud giltinesse O God thou that art the god of my health and my toungue shall syng of thy righteousnesse Thou shalt open my lippes O Lorde my mouthe shall shewe thy prayse For thou desyreste no sacrifice els woulde I geue it thee but thou deliteste not in burnt offeryng The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirite a broken and a contrite herte O God shalt thou not despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the walles of Hierusalem Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifyce of righteousnesse with the burnt offerynges and oblacions then shall they offre young bullockes vpon thyne aultare Glorye be tho the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the begynning is nowe euer shal be worlde without ende Amen ¶ Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Christe haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But delyuer vs from euil Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruauntes Aunswere Whyche put theyr trust in thee Minister Sende vnto them helpe from aboue Aunswere And euermore mightily defende them Minister Helpe vs O God our sauiour Aunswere And for the glory of thy names sake delyuer vs be mercyfull vnto vs synners for thy names sake Minister O Lorde heare my prayer Aunswere And let my crye come to thee Let vs praye O Lord we besech thee mercifully heare our praiers and spare all those whiche confesse theyr synnes to thee that they whose consciences by synne are accused by thy mercyfull pardon may be absolued through Christe oure Lorde Amen O Most mightie God and mercyfull father whiche hast compassion of al menne and hateste nothing that thou haste made which wouldeste not the death of a synner but that he should rather turne from synne bee saued mercyfully forgeue vs our trespasses receyue and coumforte vs which be grieued and weried with the burdē of our synne Thy propertie is to haue mercie to thee onely it apperteineth to forgeue sinnes spare vs therfore good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed Enter not into iudgement with thy seruauntes which be vyle yearth and myserable synners But so turne thy ire from vs which mekely knowlege our vilenes and truly repent vs of our fautes so make haste to helpe vs in thys worlde that wee maye euer lyue with thee in the worlde to come through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen Then shall thys antheme be sayde or song TVrne thou vs good Lorde and so shall we be turned bee fauourable O Lorde bee fauourable to thy people which turne to thee in weping fasting and praying for thou art a merciful god full of compassion long sufferyng and of a great pietie Thou sparest when we deserue punishemente and in thy wrathe thynkest vpon mercy Spare thy people good Lorde spare them and lette not thyne heritage bee broughte to confusion Heare vs O Lorde for thy mercy is greate and after the multitude of thy mercyes looke vpon vs. ⸫ ⧠OF CEREMONIES ⧠Why some be abolished and some retayned OF suche Ceremonies as be vsed in the Churche and haue had their beginnyng by thinstitucion of man Some at the first were of godly intent and purpose deuised and yet at length turned to vanitie and supersticiō Some entred into the Church by vndiscrete deuocion and suche a zele as was without knowleage and forbecause they were winked at in the beginning they grewe dayly to more and more abuses whiche not onely for their vnprofitablenesse but also because they haue muche blynded the people and obscured the glory of God are worthy to be cut away and cleane reiected Other there be whiche although they haue been deuised by man yet it is thought good to reserue them still aswell for a decent ordre in the Churche for the whiche they were first deuised as because they pertaine to edificacion Wherunto all thynges doen in the Churche as the Apostle teacheth ought to be referred And although the kepyng or omittyng of a ceremonie in it selfe considered is but a small thing Yet the wilful and contēptuous transgression and breaking of a common ordre and discipline is no smal offence before God Let al thinges bee done emong you sayeth Saincte Paule in a semely and due ordre The appointemēte of the which ordre pertaineth not to priuate menne Therfore no manne ought to take in hande nor presume to appointe or alter any publike or common ordre in Christes Churche excepte he be lawfully called and autorized therunto And whereas in this our tyme the myndes of menne bee so diuerse that some thynke it a greate matter of conscience to departe from a peece of the leaste of theyr Ceremonies they bee so addicted to theyr olde customes and agayne on the other syde some bee so newe fangle that they woulde innouate all thyng and so doe despyse the olde that nothyng canne lyke them but that is newe It was thought expediente not so muche to haue respecte howe to please and satisfye eyther of these
THrough thy moste dere beloued sonne Iesus Christe our Lord who after his moste glorious resurrecciō manifestly appered to all his disciples and in theyr sighte ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thither mighte we also ascende and reigne with him in glory Therefore c. ¶ Vpon Whitsondaye THroughe Iesus Christe our Lorde accordynge to whose moste true promyse the holy Ghoste came doune this daye from heauen with a sodaine great sounde as it had been a mightie wynde in the lykenes of fiery toungues lightynge vpon the Apostles to teache them and to leade them to all truethe geuyng them bothe the gifte of diuerse languages and also boldnes with feruente zeale constantly to preache the Ghospell vnto all nacions whereby we are brought out of darkenes and error into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee and of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therfore c. ¶ Vpon the feast of the Trinitie IT is very meete righte and our bounden duetie that we should at all tymes and in all places geue thankes to thee O Lorde almightie euerlastinge God which arte one God one Lorde not one onely person but three persones in one substaunce For that whiche we beleue of the glory of the father thesame we beleue of the sonne and of the holy ghoste without any difference or inequalitie whom the Angels c. After whiche preface shall folowe immediatly Therfore with Angels and Archangels and with al the holy companie of heauen we lande and magnifye thy glorious name euermore praysyng thee and sayinge ¶ Holy holy holy Lorde God of Hostes heauen and earth are full of thy glory Osanna in the higheste Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde Glory to thee O lorde in the highest This the Clearkes shall also syng ¶ When the Clearkes haue doen syngyng then shall the Priest or Deacon turne hym to the people and saye Let vs praye for the whole state of Christes churche ¶ Then the Priest turning hym to the Altar shall saye or syng plainly and distinctly this prayer folowyng ALmightie and euerlyuyng God whiche by thy holy Apostle haste taught vs to make prayers and supplicacions and to geue thankes for all menne We humbly beseche thee moste mercyfully to receyue these our prayers whiche we offre vnto thy diuine Maiestie besechyng thee to inspire continually the vniuersall churche with the spirite of truethe vnitie and concorde And graunt that all they that doe confesse thy holye name maye agre in the trueth of thy holye worde and liue in vnitie and godly loue Speciallye wee beseche thee to saue and defende thy seruaunte Edwarde our Kynge that vnder him we maye be Godly and quietely gouerned And graunte vnto his whole coūsaile and to all that bée put in authoritie vnder hym that they maye truely and indifferently minister iustice to the punishment of wickednesse and vice to the maintenaunce of Goddes true religion and vertue Geue grace O heauenly father to all Bishoppes Pastors and Curates that they maie bothe by their life and doctrine set furthe thy true liuely worde and rightely and duely administer thy holye Sacramentes And to all thy people geue thy heauenly grace that with meke hearte and due reuerence they maye heare and receiue thy holy worde truely seruynge thee in holynes and righteousnes all the dayes of their lyfe And wee moste humbly beseche thee of thy goodnes O Lorde to coumforte and succoure all thē whych in this transitory lyfe bee in trouble sorowe nede sycknes or any other aduersitie And especially we commend vnto thy mercifull goodnes thys congregacion whyche is here assembled in thy name to celebrate the commemoracion of the moste glorious deathe of thy sonne And here wee doe geue vnto thee moste high praise heartie thankes for the wonderfull grace and vertue declared in all thy sainctes from the begynninge of the worlde And chiefly in the glorious and most blessed virgin Mary mother of thy sonne Iesu Christ our Lord and God in the holy Patriarches Prophetes Apostles and Martirs whose examples O Lorde and stedfastnes in thy faythe and keping thy holye commaundementes graunte vs to folowe We commende vnto thy mercye O Lord all other thy seruauntes whiche are departed hence from vs with the signe of fayth and nowe do reste in the slepe of peace Graunte vnto them we beseche thee thy mercy and euerlastyng peace and that at the daie of the generall resurreccion we and all they whyche bee of the misticall body of thy sonne maye altogether bee set on his right hand and heare that his most ioyful voice Come vnto me O ye that be blessed of my father and possesse the kingdome whiche is prepared for you from the begynning of the worlde Graunte this O father for Iesus Christes sake our onely mediatour and aduocate O God heauenly father whiche of thy tender mercie diddeste geue thine only sonne Iesu Christ to suffer deathe vpon the crosse for our redempcion who made there by his one oblacion once offered a full perfect and sufficiente sacrifyce oblacion and satisfaccion for the sinnes of the whole worlde and did institute and in his holy Ghospell commaunde vs to celebrate a perpetuall memorye of that his precious deathe vntyll his comming againe Heare vs o mercifull father we beseche thee and with thy holy spirite and worde vouchsafe to bl ✚ esse and sanc ✚ tifie these thy gyftes and creatures of breade and wyne that they maye be vnto vs the bodye and bloud of thy moste derely beloued sonne Iesus Christe Who in the same nyghte that he was betrayed tooke breade and when he had blessed and geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to hys disciples saiynge Take eate this is my bodye whiche is geuen for you do this in remembraunce of me Likewyse after supper he toke the cuppe and whē he had geuen thankes he gaue it to them saiyng drynke ye all of this for this is my bloude of the newe Testament whyche is shed for you and for many for remission of sinnes do this as oft as you shall drinke it in remembraunce of me These wordes before rehersed are to be saied turning still to the Altar without any eleuacion or shewing the Sacrament to the people WHerefore O Lorde and heauenly father accordyng to the Instytucyon of thy derely beloued sonne our sauioure Iesu Christe we thy humble seruauntes doe celebrate and make here before thy diuine Maiestie with these thy holy giftes the memory all whyche thy sonne hath willed vs to make hauing in remembraunce his blessed passion mightie resurreccion and glorious ascencion renderynge vnto thee moste heartye thankes for the innumerable benefytes procured vnto vs by thesame entyerely desyrynge thy fatherly goodnes mercifully to accepte thys our Sacrifice of praise and thankes geuinge moste humblye besechinge thee to graunte that by the merites and deathe of thy sonne Iesus Christ and through faith in his bloud wee and all thy whole church may