trouble me myne enemies compasse me rounde aboute to take awaye my soule They are inclosed in their owne fatte and theyr mouth speaketh proude thynges They lye waiting in out may on euery side turning their eyes down to the grounde Like as a lion that is gredy of his pray and as it were a Lions whelpe lurkyng in secrete places Vp Lord disapoint him and cast hym down delyuer my soule from the vngodly which is a sweorde of thyne From the men of thy hand O Lord from the men I saye and from the euill worlde whiche haue their porcion in this lyfe whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy hydde treasure They haue children at their desyre and leaue the reste of their substaunce for their babes But as for me I wyll beholde thy presence in righteousnes and when I awake vp after thy lykenes I shal be satisfied with it Diligain te domine psal xviii Euening prayer I Wil loue thee O Lord my strength the Lord is my stony rocke and my defence my sauioure my God and my might in whom I wil trust my buckeler the horne also of my saluacion and my refuge I wil call vpon the Lord which is worthy to be praysed so shall I be safe fro myne enemyes The sorowes of death compassed me and the ouerflowinges of vngodlynes made me afrayde The paines of hell came about me the snares of death ouertoke me In my trouble wil I cal vpon the Lord and complayne vnto my God So shall he heare my voyce out of hys holy temple and my complaint shall come before hym it shall entre euen into hys eares The earth trembled and quaked the very foundacyons also of the hilles shoke and were remoued because he was wroth There went a smoke oute of his presence a consuming fyre out of hys mouth so that coles were kindled at it He bowed the heauens also and came downe and it was darke vnder hys feete He roade vpon the Cherubins and dyd flye he came flying vpon the winges of the wynde He made darkenes his secrete place his pauilion rounde aboute hym with darke water and thicke cloudes to couer hym At the brightnesse of hys presence hys cloudes remoued hayle stones and coles of fyre The Lorde also thundred oute of heauen and the highest gaue hys thunder hayle stones and coles of fyre He sent out hys arowes and scattred them he cast forth lygh enynges and destroyed them The springes of waters were seen and the foundacyons of the rounde worlde were dyscouered at thy chydyng O Lorde at the blastyng of the breath of thy displeasure He shall sende down from the high to fetche me and shall take me out of many waters He shall deliuer me from my strongest enemye and from them which hate me for they are to mightie for me They preuented me in the daye of my trouble but the lord was my vpholder He broughte me foorth also into a place of libertye he brought me forth euen because he had a fauoure vnto me The Lord shal rewarde me after my righteous dealyng according to the clennes of my hādes shal he recompence me Because I haue kepte the wayes of the Lorde and haue not forsaken my god as the wycked doeth For I haue an eye vnto all hys lawes and wil not caste out hys commaundementes from me I was also vncorrupte beefore hym and eschewed myne owne wyckednesse Therfore shall the Lord rewarde me after my righteous dealyng and according vnto the clennesse of my handes in hys eye syghte With the holy thou shalt be holy and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect With the cleane thou shalt be cleane and with the froward thou shalt learne frowardnes For thou shalte saue the people that are in aduersitie and shalt bryng down the high lokes of the proude Thou also shalt lyght my Candle the lorde my god shall make my darkenes to be lyght For in thee I shall discomforte an hoste of men and wyth the helpe of my god I shall leape ouer the wall The way of god is an vnderfiled way the word of the lord also is tried in the fier he is the defender of al them that put their trust in hym For who is god but the Lord or who hath any strength except our God It is God that gyrdeth me wyth strength of warre and maketh my waye perfect He maketh my fete like hartes fete setteth me vp on high He teacheth my handes to fighte and mine armes shall breake euen a bowe of stele Thou hast geuen me the defence of thy saluacion thy right hande also shall holde me vp thy louing correccion shal make me great Thou shalt make roume inough vnder me for to goe that my fote steppes shall not slyde I will folowe vpon myne enemyes and ouertake them neyther wyl I turne agayne tyl I haue destroyed them I will smite them that they shall not be hable to stande but fall vnder my feete Thou hast girded me with strength vnto the battail thou shalt throwe downe myne enemyes vnder me Thou hast made mine enemies also to turne their backes vpon me and I shal destroye them that hate me They shall crye but there shall be none to helpe them yea euen vnto the Lord shal they crye but he shal not heare thē I will beate them as small as the dust before the wynde I wyll cast them out as the claye in the stretes Thou shalt deliuer me from the striuinges of the people and thou shalt make me the head of the heathen A people whom I haue not knowen shall serue me Assone as they heare of me they shall obeye me but the straunge children shall dissemble with me The straunge children shal faile and be afraid out of their prisons The Lorde lyueth and blessed bee my strong helper and praysed be the God of my saluacion Euen the god which seeth that I be auenged subdueth the people vnto me It is he that deliuereth me from my cruell enemyes and setteth me vp aboue mine aduersaryes thou shalt rydde me from the wycked man For this cause I wil geue thankes vnto thee O lorde emong the Gentiles and syng prayses vnto thy name Great prosperitie geueth he vnto his king and sheweth louing kindnes vnto Dauid his annointed and vnto his sede for euermore Celi enarrant gloriam dei psal xix Mornīg prayer THe heauens declare the glorye of God and the fyrmament sheweth his handy woorke One day telleth another and one night certifyeth another There is neither speche nor language but theyr voyces are heard among them Theyr sounde is gone oute into all landes and theyr woordes into the endes of the worlde In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sunne which cometh furth as a brydegrome out of hys chaumbre and reioyseth as a Gyant to runne hys course It goeth furth from the vttermost part of the heauen runneth about vnto the ende of it agayne and there is nothing hid from the heate therof The lawe of
speaking of the kyngdome of God and gathered them together and commaunded them that they should not depart from Ierusalem but to wayte for the to promysse of the father whereof sayeth he ye haue heard of me For Iohn truely baptised with water but ye shall be baptysed with the holye goste after these fewe dayes When they therefore were come together they asked of hym saying Lorde wilt thou at this time restore agayne the kyngdome of Israel And he sayd vnto them it is not for you to knowe the tymes or the seasons which the father hath put in his owne power But ye shall receiue power after the holy gost is come vpon you And ye shal be witnesses vnto me not onely in Ierusalem but also in all Iewrye and in all Samaria and euen vnto the worldes ende And when he had spoken these thynges whyle they behelde he was taken vp on hye and a cloude receyued hym vp oute of their sighte And while they loked stedfastly vp toward heauen as he went beholde two men stoode by them in white apparell whiche also sayed ye menne of Galile why stande ye gasyng vp into heauen This same Iesus which is taken vp from you into heauē shal so come euen as ye haue seen hym goe into heauen ¶ The Gospell Mar. xvi IEsus appeared vnto the eleuen as they sate at meate and caste in theyr teeth their vnbeliefe and hardens of heart because they belieued not them which had seen that he was risen again from the dead and he sayd vnto them Goe ye into all the world and preache the gospell to al creatures he that belieueth and is baptised shall bee saued But he that beleueth not shall bee damned And these tokens shall folowe them that beleue In my name they shal cast out deuils thei shal speake with newe tongues they shal driue awaye serpentes And if they drinke any deadly thyng it shall not hurte them They shall lay their hande on the sicke and shal recouer So then when the Lord had spoken vnto them he was receiued into heauen and is on the right hand of God And they went forth and preached euery where the Lord working with them and confirming the worde with miracles folowing ¶ The Sunday after the Ascencion daye ¶ The Collect. O God the king of glory which hast exalted thyne only sonne Iesus Christe with great triumphe vnto thy kingdom in heauen we beseche thee leaue vs not coumfortles but send to vs thine holy gost to comfort vs and exalte vs vnto the same place whither our sauiour Christ is gone before who liueth and reigneth c ¶ The Epistle i. Pe. iiii THe ende of all thinges is at hande be ye therfore sobre and watche vnto prayer But aboue all thynges haue feruente loue among youre selues for loue shall couer the multitude of linnes Be ye herberous one to another without grudging As euery mā hath receyued the gifte euen so minister thesame one to another as good ministers of the manifold graces of god If any man speake let him talke as the wordes of God If any man ministre let hym doe it as of the habilitie whiche God ministreth to hym that God in all thynges maye bee glorifyed through Iesus Christ to whome bee prayse and dominion for euer and euer Amen ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv WHen the comforter is come whom I wil send vnto you from the father euen the spirite of trueth which procedeth of the father he shal testifie of me And ye shal be are witnes also beecause ye haue been with me from the beeginning These thynges haue I sayed vnto you becaus ye should not be offended They shal excommunicate you yea the tyme shall come that whosoeuer killeth you wil thinke that he doeth god seruice And such thinges wyl they doe vnto you because they haue not knowen the father neyther yet me But these thynges I haue told you that whan the time is come ye may remembre then that I tolde you ¶ Whitsunday ¶ The Collect. GOd which as vpon this day hast taught the heartes of thy faithful people by the sending to them the light of holy spirite Graunt vs by the same spirite to haue a right iudgement in al thynges and euermore to reioice in his holy comfort through the merites of Christ Iesu our sauyour who liueth and reigneth with thee in the vnitie of thesame spirite one God world withoute ende ¶ The Epistle Actes ii WHen the fiftie dayes were come to an ende they were all with one accorde together in one place And sodeynly there came a sound from heauen as it had been the cummyng of a mightye wynde and it fylled all the house where they sate And there appeared vnto them clouen tongues lyke as they had been offyre and it fate vpon eche one of them and they were all fylled filled with the holy ghoste and began to speake with other tonges euen as the same spirite gaue them vtterance Thē were dwelling at Ierusalem Iewes deuout men out of euery nacyon of them that are vnder heauen When thys was noysed about the multitude came together and were astonied because that euery man heard them speake wyth hys own language They wondred all and meruailed saying among themselues beholde are not all these whiche speake of Galile And how heare we euery man hys owne tong wherin we were borne Partians and Medes and Elamites and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia of Iewry and of Capadocia of Pontus and Asia Phrigia and Pamphilia of Egipt and of the parties of Libia whiche is besyde Syrene and straungers of Rome Iewes and Proselites Grekes and Arrabians we haue heard them speake in our own tongues the great workes of god ¶ The Gospell Ioh. xiiii IEsus sayd vnto hys disciplines Yf ye loue me kepe my commaundmentes and I wil praie thee father and he shall geue you another coumforter that he may abide with you for euer euen the spirite of trueth whom the world cannot receiue because the world seeth him not neyther knoweth hym But ye knowe him for he dwelleth with you and shall bee in you I wyll not leaue you coumfortles but wil come to you Yet a litle whyle and the world seeth me no more but ye see me For I lyue and ye shall lyue That daye shall ye knowe that I am in my father and you in me and I in you He that hath my commaundementes and kepeth them the same is he that loueth me And he that loueth me shall beeloued of my father and I wyll loue hym and wyl shewe myne own selfe vnto hym Iudas sayeth vnto hym not Iudas Iscarioth Lorde what is done that thou wylte shewe thy selfe vnto vs and not vnto the world Iesus aunswered and sayed vnto them if a man loue me he wil kepe my sayinges and my father will loue hym and we will come vnto hym and dwell with him He that loueth me not kepeth not my sayinges And the worde which ye heare is
be chastiseth Yea as Sainct Paul sayth he scourgeth euery sōne whiche he receiueth if you indure chastisement he offereth hymself vnto you as vnto his own children What sonne is he that the father chastiseth not Yf ye be not vnder correccion wherof al true children are partakers then are ye bastardes not childrē Therfore seing that when our carnall fathers doe correct vs we reuerently obey thē shal we not nowe muche rather be obedient to our spirituall father and so lyue And they for a fewe dayes doe chastice vs after their own pleasure but he dooeth chastice vs for our profite to the intent he may make vs partakers of his holines These wordes good brother are Gods wordes writtē in holy scripture for our comfort instruccion that we should paciently and with thankesgeuing beare our heauēly fathers correcciō whansoeuer by anye maner of aduersitie it shall please hys gracious goodnesse to visite vs. And there shoulde bee no greater comfort to Christian persons then to be made like vnto Christ by suffering paciently aduersities troubles sickenesses For he himselfe went not vp to ioye but first he suffered payne he entred not into his glory beefore he was crucified So truelye our waye to eternall ioye is to suffre here with Christe our doore to entre into eternall life is gladly to dye with Christe that we maye rise agayne from death dwell with him in euerlasting lyfe Now therfore taking your sickenes which is thus profitable for you paciently I exhort you in the name of God to remembre the profession which you made vnto God in youre Baptisme And forasmuche as after this life there is accoumpt to be geuen vnto the righteous iudge of whō all must be iudged withoute respecte of persones I require you to examine your self your state both towarde God and man so that accusing and condemning your self for your owne faultes you may find mercy at our heauēly fathers hand for Christes sake and not be accused and condemned in that fearefull iudgement Therfore I shall shortly rehearse the articles of our fayth that ye may knowe whether you doe belieue as a christian man should or no. ¶ Here the Minister shall rehearse the Articles of the fayth saying thus ¶ Doest thou belieue in God the father almightie And so furth as it is in Baptisme ¶ Then shal the Minister examine whether he be in charitie with al the worlde Exhorting him to forgeue from the bottome of his heart all persones that haue offended him and if he haue offended other to aske them forgeuenesse And where he hath doone iniurie or wrong to any man that he make amēdes to the vttermost of his power And if he haue not afore disposed his goodes let hym than make his will But men must be oft admonyshed that they set an ordre for their tēporal goodes and landes whā they be in health And also declare his debtes what he oweth and what is owyng vnto hym for dischargeing of his conscience and quietnes of his executours These woordes before rehearsed may be sayde before the Minister beginne his prayer as he shall see cause The Minister may not forgeat nor omitte to moue the sicke person and that most earnestly to liberalitie toward the poore Here shal the sicke person make a speciall confession if he fele his conscience troubled with any weighty matter After whiche confession the Priest shall absolue him after this sort OVr Lord Iesus Christe who hath left power to his churche to absolue all sinners which truelye repent and beleue in him of his great mercye forgeue thee thyne offences and by hys auctoritie committed to me I absolue thee from all thy sinnes in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy ghost Amen ¶ And then the Priest shall saye the Collect folowing ¶ Let vs pray O Moste mercyfull God whyche accordyng to the multitude of thy mercies doest so putte awaye the sinnes of those whiche truely repente that thou remembrest them nomore open thy eye of mercy vpon this thy seruaunt who most earnestly desireth pardon forgeuenes Renue in him most louyng father whatsoeuer hath been decayed by the fraude and malyce of the deuyll or by his owne carnall wyll and frailnes preserue and contynue thys sicke membre in the vnitie of thy churche considre his cōtrycion accept his teares asswage his payne as shal be seen to thee most expedient for him And forasmuche as he putteth hys full truste onelye in thy mercye Impute not vnto hym hys former synnes but take hym vnto thy fauoure through the merites of thy moste dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christe Amen ¶ Then the Minister shall saye thys Psalme In te domine speraui psal lxxi IN thee O Lorde haue I put my truste let me neuer be put to confusion but rydde me and delyuer me into thy ryghteousnes inclyne thyne eare vnto me and saue me Be thou my strong holde whereunto I maye alwaye resort thou hast promised to helpe me for thou arte my house of defence and my castell Delyuer me O my God out of the hand of the vngodly out of the hand of the vnrighteous and cruell man For thou O Lorde God arte the thyng that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Throughe thee haue I been holden vp euer sence I was borne thou art he that toke me oute of my mothers wombe my prayse shall alwaye bee of thee I am become as it were a monstre vnto manye but my sure trust is in thee Oh let my mouth bee fylled with thy prayse that I may syng of thy glorye and honour all the daye long Caste 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 laye wayte for my soule take theyr counsayll together saying GOD hathe forsaken hym persecute him and take him for there is none to delyuer hym Goe not farre frome O God my GOD haste thee to helpe me Let them be confounded and perishe that are agaynste my soule let them bee couered with shame and dishonoure that seeke to doe me euyll As for me I will pacienly abyde alway and will praise thee more and more My mouthe shall daylye speake of thy righteousnes and saluacyon for I know no ende thereof I wyl goe forth in the strength of the Lorde god and wil make mencyon of thy righteousnesse onely Thou O God hast taught me from my youth vp vntill nowe therfore I wyll tell of thy wonderous workes Forsake me not O God in myne olde age when I am graye headed vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto thys generacyon thy power to al them that are yet for to come Thy ryghteousnes O god is very high great thinges are they that thou hast done O god who is lyke vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities hast thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refreshe me yea and broughtest me from the
Lord that made the heauens Glory and worship are before him power and honour are in hys Sanctuary Ascrybe vnto the Lorde O ye kynredes of the people ascribe vnto the Lorde worship and power Ascribe vnto the Lorde the honoure due vnto hys name bring presentes and come into hys courtes O worship the Lorde in the beautie of holynesse lette the whole earth stande in awe of hym Tell it out among the heathen that the Lord is kyng and that it is he which hath made the rounde world so fast that it cannot be moued and howe that he shall iudge the people righteously Let the heauens reioyce and let the earth be glad lette the sea make a noyse and all that therein is Let the field be ioyful and al that is in it then shall all the trees of the wood reioyce before the Lorde For he cometh for he cometh to iudge the earth and wyth righteousnes to iudge the worlde and the people wyth hys trueth Domimus regnauit Psal xcvii THe Lord is king the earth may be glad therof yea the multitude of the Isles may be glad therof Cloudes and darkenes are roūd about him righteousnes and iudgemente are the habitacion of his seate There shall goe a fyre before hym and bunre vp his enemies on euery side Hys lyghtenynges gaue shyne vnto the worlde the earth saw it and was afrayd The hilles melted lyke waxe at the presence of the lorde at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth The heauens haue declared his righteousnesse and al the people haue seen hys glory Confounded be all they that worship carued ymages and that delight in vaine goddes worship hym al ye goddes Syon heard of it and reioised and the daughters of Iuda were glad because of thy iudgement O Lord. For thou lorde art hier then all that are in the earth thou art exalted farre aboue all goddes O ye that loue the Lord se that ye hate the thing whyche is euill the Lorde preserueth the soules of hys saynctes he shall deliuer them from the hande of the vngodly There is sprong vp a light for the righteous and a ioyefull gladnes for such as be true hearted Reioyce in the Lord ye righteous and geue thankes for a remembraunce of hys holynes Cantate domino Psal xcviii Euening prayer O Sing vnto the Lorde a newe song for he hath done marueylous thynges With his own right hand and with his holy arme hath he gotten hymselfe the victory The Lorde declared hys saluacion his righteousnes hath he openly shewed in the sight of the Heathen He hath remembred hys mercye and trueth towarde the house of Israel and al the endes of the world haue seen the saluacyon of our god Shewe pour selues ioyefull vnto the Lorde al ye landes syng reioyce and geue thankes Psrayse the Lorde vpon the harpe syng to the harpe with a Psalme of thankesgeuing With trumpettes also and shawmes O shew your selues ioyefull before the Lorde the Kyng Lette the Sea make a noyse and all that therein is the round worlde and they that dwell therein Let the fluddes clappe theyr handes and lette the hylles be ioyfull together before the Lorde for he is come to iudge the earth With rightousnes shall he iudge the worlde and the people with equitie Dominus regnauit psalm xcix THe Lorde is kyng be the people neuer so vnpaciente he sytteth betwene the Cherubins be the earth neuer so vnquiet The Lorde is great in Sion and hye aboue all people They shal geue thankes vnto thy name whiche is great wonderfull and holy The Kynges power loueth iudgemente thou haste prepared equitie thou hast executed iudgemente and righteousnesse in Iacob O magnifye the Lorde oure God and fall downe before his footestole for he is holy Moyses and Aaron among his Priestes and Samuel among suche as call vpon hys name these called vpon the Lorde and he hearde them He spake vnto them oute of the cloudye pyller for they kepte hys testimonies and the law that he gaue them Thou heardest them O Lorde our God thou forgauest them O God and punishedst theyr owne inuencions O magnifye the Lorde our God and worshyp him vpon his holy hyll for the Lorde our God is holy Iubilate deo psalm c. O Bee ioyefull in the lorde all ye landes serue the Lorde with gladnesse and come before hys presence with a song Be ye sure that the Lorde he is God it is he that hathe made vs and not we our selues we are hys people and the shepe of his pasture O goe your way into his gates with thankesgeuyng and into hys courtes with prayse bee thankefull vnto hym and speake good of his name For the lorde is gracious his mercye is euerlastyng and his trueth endureth from generacion to generacion Misericordiam psalm ci MY song shal be of mercy and iudgemente vnto thee O lorde will I syng O lette me haue vnderstandyng in the waye of godlynes When wilt thou come vnto me I will walke in my house with a perfect hearte I will take no wicked thyng in hand I hate the synnes of vnfaythfulnes there shal no such cleaue vnto me A froward hearte sall depart from me I will not know a wicked person Whoso prieuely slaundreth his neighbour hym will I destroye Whoso hathe also a proude loke and hye stomake I will not suffer him Mine eyes looke vpon suche as bee faithful in the lande that they may dwell with me Whoso leadeth a godly lyfe he shal be my seruaunte There shal no disceytful person dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shall not tary in my sight I shal soone destroye al the vngodly that are in the land that I maye roote oute all wicked dooers from the cytie of the Lorde Domine exaudi oracionem meam psalm cii Mornīg prayer HEare my prayer O Lorde and let my crying come in vnto thee Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble enclyne thyne eares vnto me when I call O heare me and that ryght soone For my dayes are consumed awaye lyke smoke and my bones are brent vp as it were a fyrebrand My hearte is smitten downe and withered lyke grase so that I forgeat to eate my bread For the voyce of my groning my bones will scante cleaue to my fleshe I am become like a Pellicane of the wildernes and lyke an Owle that is in the deser te I haue watched and am euen as it were a sparowe that sitteth alone vpon the house toppe Mine enemies reuile me all the day long and they that are mad vpon me are sworne together agaynst me For I haue eaten asshes as it mere bread and mingled my drynke with weping And that because of thyne indignacion and wrathe for thou hast taken me vp and cast me downe My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am withered lyke grasse But thou O lorde shalt endure for euer and thy remembraunce throughout all generacions Thou shalte aryse and haue mercy vpon
the Lorde commaunded them But were mingled among the Heathen and learned their workes Insomuch that thei worshipped their ydols which turned to their own decay yea thei offred their sonnes and daughters vnto deuilles And shed innocente bloud euen the bloud of their sonnes and of their daughters whom thei offered vnto the ydols of Canaan and the lande was defiled with bloud Thus were they stayned with their owne woorkes and went a whoring with their own inuencions Therfore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people insomuch that he abhorred hys owne enheritaunce And he gaue them ouer into the hand of the Heathen and they that hated them were Lordes ouer them Their enemyes oppressed them had them in subieccyon Many a tyme did he deliuer thē but they rebelled against him with their owne inuencions and were brought downe in their wyckednesse Neuerthelesse when he saw their aduerstie he heard their complaynte He thoughte vpon his couenaunt and pitied them according vnto the multitude of his mercies yea he made all those that had led them awaye captiue to pitie them Deliuer vs O lord oure god and gather vs frō among the Heathen that we may geue thankes to thy holy name and make our boast of thy prayse Blessed be the Lord god of Israel from euerlasting and worlde without ende and let all people saye Amen Confitemini domino Psal cvii. Mornīg prayer O Geue thankes vnto the lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Let them geue thankes whom the Lorde hath redemed and deliuered from the hande of the enemye And gathered them out of the landes from the East and from the west from the North and from the South They went astraye in the wildernes out of the way and founde no citie to dwel in Hungry and thirstie their soule faynted in them So they cryed vnto the lord in their trouble and he delyuered them from their distresse He led them furth by the ryght way that they might goe to the citie where they dwelt O that men would therfore praise the lorde for his goodnes and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men For he satisfied the emptie soule and filleth the hungrye soule with gladnes Such as sit in darkenes and in the shadow of death being fast bounde in miserye and yron Because they rebelled against the wordes of the lord and lightly regarded the counsayle of the most high He also brought down their heart thorow heauines they fell down and there was none to helpe them vp So when they cryed vnto the lord in their trouble he deliuered them out of their distresse For he brought them out of darkenes and out of the shadowe of death and brake their bondes in sundre O that men would therfore prayse the lord for his goodnes and declare the wonders that he doth for the childrē of men For he hath broken the gates of brasse and smytten the barres of yron in sundre Foolysh men are plaged for their offence and because of their wickednes Their soule abhorred al maner of meate and they were euen hard at deathes dore So when they cried vnto the lord in their trouble he deliuered them out of their distresse He sent hys worde and healed them and they were saued from their destruccion O that mē would therfore praise the lord for his goodnes and declare the wonders that he dooeth for the chyldren of men That they would offer vnto hym the sacrifice of thankes geuing and tell out hys workes with gladnes They that goe down to the sea shippes and occupy their busynes in great waters These men see the workes of the lord and his wonders in the depe For at hys worde the stormy winde aryseth which lifteth vp the waues therof They are caryed vp to heauen and downe agayne to the depe theyr soule melteth away because of the trouble They rele to and fro and stacker like a dronken man and are at their wyttes ende So when they crye vnto lord in their trouble he deliuereth them out of their distresse For he maketh the storme to ceasse so that the waues therof are styll Then are they glad because they be at rest and so he bringeth them vnto the hauen where they would be O that men would therefore prayse the lorde for his goodnes and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men They that would exalte hym also in the congregacyon of the people and prayse hym in the seate of the elders Which turneth the fluddes into a wildernes and drieth vp the water sprynges A fruitefull land maketh he barren for the wickednes of them that dwell therein Againe he maketh the wyldernes a standing water and water sprynges of a drye grounde And there he setteth the hungry that they may build them a citie to dwell in That they may sowe their lande and plante vineyardes to yelde them fruites of encrease He blesseth them so that they multiply excedingly and suffereth not their cattell to decrease And agayne when they are minished and broughte lowe through oppression through plage or trouble Though he suffre them to be euil intreated through Tirantes let thē wander out of the waye in the wildernes Yet helpeth he the poore out of miserye and maketh hym housholdes like a flocke of shepe The righteous will consider thys and reioyce and the mouth of al wickednes shal be stopped Whoso is wise will ponder these thynges and they shall vnderstand the louing kindnes of the Lord. Paratum cormeum psal cviii Euenīg prayer O God my heart is ready my heart is ready I will syng and geue prayse with the best member that I haue Awake thou lute and harpe I my selfe wil awake right early I wil geue thankes vnto thee O Lord among the people I wil sing prayses vnto thee among the nacions For thy mercy is greater then the heauens and thy truth reacheth vnto the cloudes Set vp thy self O god aboue the heauens and thy glory aboue al the earth That thy beloued may be deliuered let thy righte hand saue them and heare thou me God hath spoken in his holines I wil reioyce therfore and denide Sichem and mete out the valey of Sucoth Gilead is mine and Manasses is mine Ephraim also is the strength of mine head Iuda is my lawe geuer Mcab is my washepot ouer Edom will I cast out my shoe vpon the Philistines will I tryumphe Who wyll leade me into the strong citie and who wyll bring me into Edom Hast not thou forsakē vs O god and wilt not thou god goe furth with our hostes O helpe vs against the enemy for vain is the helpe of mā Through god we shall doe great Actes and it is he that shall treade down our enemies Deus laudem psal cix HOld not thy tong O god of my prayse for the mouth of the vngodlye yea and the mouth of the deceitfull is opened vpon me And they haue spoken against me with false
slew myghtie kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Sehon kyng of the Ammorites for hys mercy endureth for euer And Og the kyng of Basan for hys mercye endureth for euer And gaue awaye theyr land for an heritage for his mercy endureth for euer Euen for an heritage vnto Israell hys seruaunte for hys mercy endureth for euer Whych remembred vs when we were in trouble for hys mercy endureth for euer And hathe delyuered vs from our enemies for hys mercy endureth for euer Whyche geueth foode to all fleshe for hys mercy endureth for euer O geue thankes vnto the god of heauen for hys mercy endureth for euer O geue thankes to the Lorde of Lordes for hys mercye endureth for euer Super flumina psalm cxxxvii BY the waters of Babilon we satte downe and wept when we remembred thee O Syon As for oure harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therein For they that ledde vs away captiue required of vs then a long and melody in our heauines syng vs one of the sōges of Syon How shall me syng the Lordes song in a straunge lande If I forgeat thee O Hierusalem let my ryght hand forgeat her connyng If I doe not remembre thee let me tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouthe yea yf I preferre not Hierusalem in my mirth Remember the children of Edom O Lorde in the daye of Hierusalem how they said downe with it downe with it euen to the grounde O daughter of Babilon wasted with miserye yea happie shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou haft serued vs. Blessed that he be that taketh thy children and throweth them agaynst the stones Confitebor tibi domine psalm cxxxviii I Wil geue thankes vnto thee O lord with my whole hearte euen before the gods will I syng prayse vnto thee I wyll worship towarde thy holy temple and praise thy name because of thy louing kindnes and truth for thou hast magnified thy name and thy worde aboue all thynges When I called vpon thee thou heardest me and enduedst my soule with muche strength All the kinges of the earth shall prayse thee O Lorde for they haue heard the wordes of thy mouth Yea they shall syng in the wayes of the Lord that greate is the glory of the Lorde For though the Lord be high yet hath he respect vnto the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth them afarre of Thoughe I walke in the middeste of trouble yet shalte thou refreshe me thou shalt stretche furth thyne hande vpon the furiousnes of mine enemies and thy ryghte hand shall saue me The Lorde shall make good his louing kindenes towarde me yea thy mercy O lord endureth for euer despise not thē the workes of thyne owne handes Domine probasti me Psalm cxxxix Mornīg prayer O Lord thou hast searched me oute and knowen me thou knowest my downe sittyng and myne vprysing thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before Thou arte about my path and about my bedde and spiest out all my wayes For loe there is not a worde in my tong but thou O lord knowest it altogether Thou hast fashioned me behind and before and laid thine hand vpon me Suche knowledge is to wonderful and excellent for me I cannot attayne vnto it Whether that I goe then frō thy spirite Or whether shal I goe then from thy presence If I climbe vp into heauen thou art there if I goe downe to hell thou arte there also If I take the winges of the morning and remayne in the vttermost partes of the sea Even there also shall thy hand leade me thy right hand shall holde me If I saye peraduenture the darkenes shall couer me thē shall my night be turned to day Yea the darkenes is no darkenes with thee but the night is as cleare as the day the darkenes and lighte to thee are both alike For my reines are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I will geue thankes vnto thee for I am fearefullye and wonderouslye made marueilous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth ryght well My bones are not hid from thee thoughe I bee made secretly and fashioned beneath in the earth Thine eies did see my substaunce yet being vnperfecte and in thy boke were al my members wrytten Which day by day were fashioned when as yet there was none of them How deare are thy counsailes vnto me O gods how great is the summe of them If I tell them they are moe in number then the sande whē I wake vp I am present with thee Wilte thou not sley the wicked O god depart from me ye bloud thyrsty men For they speake vnrighteously against thee and thine enemyes take thy name in vayne Doe not I hate them O lorde that hate thee and am not I grieued with those that ryse vp agaynst thee Yea I hate them righte sore euen as thoughe they were mine enemyes Trye me O god and seke the ground of mine heart proue me and examyne my thoughtes Loke well if there be any waye of wickednes in me and leade me in the way euerlastyng Eripe me domine psal cxl DEliuer me O lord from the euil men and preserue me from the wicked men Whiche imagine mischiefe in their heartes and stire vp strife al the day long They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent adders poyson is vnder theyr lyppes Kepe me O lord from the handes of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrow my goynges The proud haue laid a snare for me and spred a net abrode with cordes yea and set trappes in my waye I said vnto the lorde thou art my god heare the voyce of my prayers O Lorde O lord god thou strength of my health thou hast couered my head in the daye of battayle Let not the vngodly haue his desyre O Lorde let not hys mischeuous imaginacion prospere lest they be to proude Let the mischiefe of their own lippes fal vpon the head of them that compasse me about Let hote burnyng coales fall vpon them let them be caste into the fier and into the pit that they neuer rise vp agayne A man ful of wordes shal not prospere vpon the earth euil shal hunt the wicked person to ouerthrow hym Sure I am that the lord wil auenge the poore and maintayn the cause of the helpeles The righteous also shal geue thankes vnto thy name and the iust shall continue in thy syght Domine clamaui psal cxli. LOrd I cal vpon thee hast thee vnto me and consider my voyce when I crye vnto thee Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incence and let the lifting vp of my handes be an euening sacrifice Set a watch O Lord before my mouth and kepe the dore of my lyppes O let not myne heart be enclined to any euil thyng let me not be occupied in vngodly workes with the men that worke wyckednes lest I eate of suche thynges as please them Let the righteous rather smite me
frēdly and reproue me But let not their precious balmes breake mine head yea I wyl pray yet agaynst their wickednes Let their iudges be ouerthrowen in stony places that they may heare my wordes for they are swete Oure bones lye scatered beefore the pit like as when one breaketh and heweth wood vpon the earth But mine eies loke vnto thee O Lorde God in thee is my trust O cast not out my soule Kepe me from the snare which they haue layd for me and from the trappes of the wycked doers Let the vngodly fal into their own nettes together and let me euer escape them Voce mea ad dominum psal cxlii Euenīg prayer I Cried vnto the lord with my voice yea euen vnto the Lord did I make my supplycacion I powred out my complayntes before him and shewed hym of my trouble When my spirite was in heauines thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walke haue they priuely laid a snare for me I loked also vpon my right hand and see there is no man that would know me I had no place to flie vnto and no man cared for my soule I cried vnto thee O lord and saied thou art my hope and my porcyon in the lande of the liuing Consider my comylaynt for I am brought very lowe O deliuer me from my persecutours for they are to strong for me Bring my soule out of prison that I maye geue thankes vnto thy name which thing if thou wilt graunt me thē shal the ryghteous resort vnto my company Domine exaudi psal cxliii HEare my prayer O Lord and considre my desire herken vnto me for thy trueth and righteousnes sake And enter not into iudgemente with thy seruaunt for in thy syght shall no man liuing be iustified For the enemy hath persecuted my soule he hath smytten my lyfe down to the grounde he hath layed me in the darkenes as the men that haue been long dead Therefore is my spirite vexed within me and my hart within me is desolate Yet I doe remembre the tyme paste I muse vpon all thy workes yea I exercise my self in the workes of thy hādes I stretch forth my handes vnto thee my soule gaspeth vnto thee as a thyrsty lande Heare me O lorde and that soone for my spirite waxeth faynte hyde not thy face from me leste I be lyke vnto them that goe down to the pit O let me heare thy louyng kyndnes betymes in the morning for in thee is my truste shewe thou me the waye that I should walke in for I lift vp my soule vnto thee Deliuer me O lorde from mine enemyes for I flie vnto thee to hyde me Teache me to doe the thyng that pleaseth thee for thou art my god let thy louing spirite leade me forth vnto the land of ryghteousnes Quickē me O lord for thy names sake and for thy righteousnes sake bryng my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnes slea mine enemies and destroy all thē that vexe my soule for I am thy seruaunt Benedictus dominus psal cxliiii Mornīg prayer BLessed bee the Lorde my strength whiche teacheth my handes to warre and my fingers to fight My hope and my fortres my castell and delyuerer my defender in whom I truste whiche subdueth my people that is vnder me Lord what is man that thou hast such respect vnto hym or the sonne of man that thou so regardest hym Man is like a thing of nought his time passeth away lyke a shadowe Bowe thy heauens O lorde and come down touche the mountaynes and they shall smoke Cast forth the lightning and teare them shote out thine arrowes and consume them Send down thyne hand from aboue deliuer me and take me out of the great waters from the hand of straunge children Whose mouth talketh of vanitie and their right hand is a ryght hand of wyckednes I will sing a new song vnto thee O god and syng praises vnto thee vpon a ten stringed lute Thou that geuest victory vnto kinges and hast deliuered Dauid thy seruaunt from the perill of the sweord Saue me and deliuer me from the hand of struange children whose mouth talketh of vanitie and their right hande is a ryght hande of iniquitie That oure sonnes maye growe vp as the yong plantes and that our daughters may be as the pullished corners of the temple That our garners may be ful and plenteous with al maner of store that our shepe may bryng forth thousandes and ten thousandes in our stretes That our oxen may be strong to laboure that there be no decay no leading into captiuitie and no complaining in our stretes Happy are the people that be in such a case yea blessed are the people which haue the lord for theyr God Exaltabo te deus psal cxlv I Wil magnifie thee O god my king and I wil prayse thy name for euer and euer Euery day wil I geue thankes vnto the and praise thy name for euer and euer Great is the lord and marueilous worthy to bee praysed there is no ende of hys greatnes One generacyon shal praise thy worke vnto another and declare thy power As for me I will be talking of thy worship thy glory thy prayse and wonderous workes So that men shal speake of the mighte of thy marueilous actes and I wyll also tell of thy greatnes The memoriall of thyne aboundaunt kindnes shal be shewed and men shal syng of thy ryghteousnes The lord is gracious and mercifull long suffering and of great goodnes The lord is louing vnto euery man and his mercy is ouer all hys workes All thy workes prayse thee O lord and thy sainctes geue thankes vnto thee They shew the glory of thy kingdom talke of thy power That thy power thy glory and mightines of thy kingdom might be knowen vnto men Thy kingdom is an euerlasting kingdome and thy dominion endureth thorowout all ages The Lorde vpholdeth all suche as fall and lyfteth vp all those that be down The eies of al waite vpon thee O Lorde and thou geuest them theyr meate in due season Thou openest thyne hande and fillest all thinges liuing with plenteousnes The lord is righteous in al his wayes and holy in all hys workes The lord is nie vnto al them that cal vpon him yea al such as call vpon hym faythtfully He wil fulfyl the desyre of them that feare him he also will heare theyr crye and wyll helpe them The lord preserueth al them that loue him but scatereth abrode all the vngodly My mouth shall speake the prayse of the Lorde and let all fleshe geue thankes vnto hys holy name for euer and euer Lauda anima mea psal cxlvi PRaise the lord O my soule while I liue wil I prayse the lord yea as long as I haue any being I wil sing prayses vnto my god O put not your trust in Princes nor in any childe of man for there is no helpe in them For when the breath of mā goeth furth he shal turne again to hys
or hys deputie shall appoynt the place the chauncels shall remayne as they haue done in tymes past And here is to be noted that the Minister at the tyme of the communion and at all other tymes in hys ministracion shall vse neyther Albe Vestment nor Cope but beeyng Archebisshop or Bisshop he shall haue and weare a rochet and being a Priest or Deacon he shal haue and weare a surples onelye ¶ An ordre for Morning prayer daylye throughoute the yeare At the beginning both of Morning praier lykewise of Euening prayer the Minister shal reade with a loude voyce some one of these sentences of the scriptures that folowe And then he shall saye that whiche is wrytten after the sayde sentences Ezechiel xviii AT what tyme soeuer a sinner dooeth repente hym of his synne frō the bottome of his heart I wyll putte all hys wickednes out of my remembraunce sayeth the Lorde Psal li. I doe knowe myne owne wickednes and my synne is alwaye agaynst me Psal li. Turne thy face awaye from oure synnes O Lorde and blot out all oure offences Psalm li A sorowfull spirite is a sacrifice to God despyse not O Lorde humble and contryte heartes Ioel. ii Rente youre heartes and not your garmentes and turne to the Lord youre God because he is gentle and merciful he is paciente and of muche mercy and suche a one that is sory for youre affliccyons Dani. ix To thee O Lorde God belongeth mercy and forgeuenes for we haue gone awaye from thee and haue not harkened to thy voyce wherby we might walke in thy lawes whyche thou hast appoynted for vs. Ierem. ii Correct vs O Lord and yet in thy iudgement not in thy furye leste we shoulde be consumed and brought to nothing Math. iii Amend your lyues for the kyngdome of God is at hand Luke xv I wyll goe to my father and saye to him father I haue synned agaynste heauen and agaynste thee I am no more worthy to bee called thy sonne Psa cxlii Entre not into iudgement with thy seruauntes O lorde for no fleshe is righteous in thy sighte i. Iohn i. Yf we saye that we haue no synne we deceyue our selues and there is no trueth in vs. DEarely beloued brethren the scripture moueth vs in sondrye places to acknowledge and confesse our manifold sinnes and wickednes that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of almyghtie God oure heauenly father but confesse them with an humble lowely penitent and obedient heart to th ende that we may obtayne forgeuenes of the same by his infinite goodnes and mercy And although we oughte at all times humbly to knowledge our sinnes before God yet ought we most chiefly so to do whē we assemble and mete together to rendre thankes for the greate benefites that we baue receyued at his handes to set foorth his moste worthy prayse to heare his most holy worde and to aske those thinges whych be requisite and necessarie aswell for the body as the soule Wherfore I praye and beseche you as many as be here present to accompanie me with a pure heart and humble voyce vnto the throne of the heauenly grace saying after me ¶ A generall confession to bee sayde of the whole congregacion after the Minister kneelyng ALmighty and most merciful father we haue erred straied from thy waies lyke lost shepe We haue folowed to much the deuises desires of our own heartes We haue offended against thy holy lawes We haue lefte vndone those thynges whiche we oughte to haue done and we haue done those thynges whyche we oughte not to haue done and there is no healthe in vs but thou O Lorde haue mercy vpon vs myserable offendours Spare thou them O God which confesse theyr faultes Restore thou them that be penitent accordyng to thy promyses declared vnto mankynde in Christe Iesu oure Lorde And graunt O most mercyfull father for hys sake that we may hereafter lyue a godly ryghteous and sobre lyfe to the glory of thy holy name Amen ¶ The absolucion to be pronounced by the Minister alone ALmightye God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ whiche desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turne from hys wyckednes liue and hath geuen power and commaundement to hys ministers to declare pronounce to hys people being penitent the absolucion and remission of theyr synnes he pardoneth and absolueth all them whyche truely repent vnfaynedly beleue hys holy ghospell Wherfore we beseche him to graunte vs true repentaunce and hys holy spirite that those thynges maye please hym whiche we doe at thys presente and that the rest of our lyfe hereafter may bee pure and holy so that at the last we may come to his eternall ioye through Iesus Christe oure Lorde ¶ The people shall aunswere Amen Then shall the Minister begyn the Lordes prayer with a loude voyce OVre father which arte in heauen halowed bee thy name Thy kingdome come Thy wyll bee done in earth as it is in heauen Geue vs thys day our dayly bread And forgeue vs oure trespasses as we forgeue them that trespasse agaynste vs. And leade vs not into temptacion But delyuer vs from euell Amen ¶ Then lykewyse he shall saye O Lorde open thou oure lippes Aunswer And our mouth shall shewe foorth thy prayse ¶ Priest O God make spede to saue vs. ¶ Aunswer O Lorde make hast to helpe vs. ¶ Priest Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy ghoste As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shall bee worlde without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lorde ¶ Then shal be sayd or song this Psalme folowyng O Come let vs syng vnto the Lord let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of oure saluacyon Let vs come before hys presence with thankesgeuyng and shewe oure selfe glad in hym with Psalmes For the Lorde is a great God and a great kyng aboue al Goddes In hys hand are all the corners of the earthe and the strength of the hylles is hys also The sea is hys and he made it and his handes prepared the drye lande O come let vs worship and fall downe and knele before the Lorde oure maker For he is the Lorde oure God and wee are the people of his pasture and the shepe of hys handes To daye yf ye wyll heare hys voyce harden not youre heartes as in the prouocacion and as in the day of temptacyon in the wyldernes When your fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes Fortie yeares long was I grieued with this generacion and sayde it is a people that doe erre in theyr heartes for they haue not knowen my wayes Vnto whom I sware in my wrathe that they shoulde not entre into my reste Glory be to the father and to the sōne to the holy ghost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be worlde wythout ende Amen Then
c. ¶ Then a Lesson of the new Testament And after that Nunc dimittis in Englishe as foloweth LOrde nowe lettest thou thy seruaunte departe in peace according to thy worde For myne eyes haue seene thy saluacyon Whyche thou hast prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lyghten the Gentyles and to be the glory of thy people Israel Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy ghoste As it was in the beginnyng is nowe c. Amen ¶ Or els this Psalme Deus misereatur psal lxvii GOd be mercyfull vnto vs and blesse vs and shew vs the lyght of hys countenaunce and bee mercyfull vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon earth thy sauyng health among all nacions Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nacyons reioyce and bee gladde for thou shalte iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacyons vpon earth Lette the people prayse thee O God lette all the people prayse thee Then shall the earth bryng foorth her increase and God euen our owne God shall geue vs hys blessyng God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare hym Glory bee to the father to the sonne to the holy ghost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe c Then shall folowe the Crede with other prayers as is before appointed at Morning prayer after Benedictus And with three Collectes Fyrst of the daye the second of peace thyrde for ayde agaynste all perilles as hereafter foloweth Whiche two last Collectes shal be dayly sayde at Euenyng prayer withoute alteracion The seconde Collect at Euening prayer O God from whom all holy desyres all good counsayles and all iuste workes dooe procede geue vnto thy seruauntes that peace which the world cannot geue that bothe our heartes may be sette to obeye thy commaundementes and also that by thee we beyng defended from the feare of oure enemyes maye passe oure tyme in reste and quyetnes through the merites of Iesus Christ our Sauiour Amen The thyrd Collecte for ayde agaynst all perilles LIghten our darkenes we beseche thee O Lord by thy great mercy defend vs from al perilles and daungers of this nighte for the loue of thy onelye sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen In the feastes of Christmas the Epiphanie saincte Mathie Easter Thassencion Pentecost Sainct Iohn Baptist Sainct Iames Sainct Bartholomew Sainct Mathew Saincte Simon and Iude Sainct Andrew and Trinitie Sundaye shal be songe or sayde immediatly after Benedictus this confession of oure Christen fayth Quicūque vult WHosoeuer wil be saued before al thinges it is necessarye that he holde the catholyke fayth Which fayth except euery one do kepe holy and vndefyled withoute doubte he shall perishe euerlastinglye And the catholike fayth is this that wee worshippe one God in Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie Neyther confoundinge the persons nor deuydinge the substaunce For there is one person of the father another of the sōne and another of the holy ghoste But the Godhead of the father of the sonne and of the holy ghost is al one the glori equal the maiestie coeternal Suche as the father is such is the sonne and such is the holy ghoste The father vncreate the sonne vncreate and the holye ghost vncreate The father incomprehensible the sonne incomprehensible and the holy ghost incomprehensible The father eternall the sonne eternal and the holy goste eternall And yet they are not three eternalles but one eternall As also there be not three incomprehensibles nor three vncreated but one vncreated and one incomprehensible So lykewise the father is almighty the sonne almightie and the holy ghost almightie And yet they are not thre almighties but one almightie So the father is God the sonne is God and the holye ghoste is God And yet are they not three Goddes but one God So lykewyse the father is Lorde the sonne Lorde and the holy ghoste Lorde And yet not three Lordes but one Lorde For lyke as we be compelled by the Christian veritie to acknowledge euery person by himself to be god and Lord. So are we forbidden by the catholike religion to saye thers be three Goddes or three Lordes The father is made of none neither created nor begottē The sonne is of the father alone not made nor created but begotten The holy ghost is of the father and of the sonne neyther made nor created nor begotten but procedinge So there is one father not three fathers one sonne not three sonnes one holy ghost not three holy ghostes And in this Trinitie none is afore or after other none is greater nor lesse then another But the whole three persons be coeternal together and coequall So that in all thynges as is aforesayde the vnitie in Trinitie and the Trinitie in vnitie is to be worshipped He therefore that wyll be saued muste thus thinke of the Trinitie Furthermore it is necessarye to euerlastinge saluacion that he also beleue rightely in the incarnacion of our Lord Iesu Christe For the righte fayth is that we beleue and confesse that our Lord Iesus Christ the sonne of God is god and man God of the substaunce of the father begotten before the worldes and man of the substaunce of his mother borne in the worlde Perfecte God and perfecte man of a reasonable soule and humayne fleshe subsistinge Equall to the father as touching his Godhead and inferioure to the father touching his manhode Who although he be God and man yet he is not two but one christ One not by conuersion of the godhead into flesshe but by taking of the manhode into God One altogether not by confusion of substaunce but by vnitie of person For as the reasonable soule and flesshe is one man so God and man is one christ Who suffered for oure saluacion descended into hell role agayn the thyrd daye from the dead He ascended into heauen he sitteth on the ryght hande of the father God almyghtie from whence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead At whose comming all men shall ryse agayne with their bodyes and shal geue accoumpt for theyr owne workes And they that haue done good shall goe into life euerlasting and they that haue done euill into euerlasting fyre This is the Catholike faith which except a man beleue faythfully he can not be saued Glory bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall bee world without ende Amen ¶ Thus endeth the ordre of Morning and Euening prayer through the whole yeare ¶ Here foloweth the Letany to be vsed vpon Sundaies Wednesdaies and Frydayes and at other tymes when it shal be commaunded by the Ordenarye O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners
God we haue heard with our eares and oure fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble woorkes that thou dydst in theyr dayes and in the olde tyme before them O Lord aryse helpe vs and delyuer vs for thyne honor Glory bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holye gost as it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be worlde without ende Amen ¶ From our enemyes defende vs O Christ Graciously loke vpon our affliccions Pietifully beholde the sorowes of our heart Mercifully forgeue the sinnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers O sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Chryst Graciously heare vs O Christ graciously heare vs O lord Christ ¶ The versicle O Lorde let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. ¶ The aunswere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humblye beseche thee O father mercifullye to looke vpon oure infirmities and for the glorye of thy names sake turne from vs al those euils that we moste righteously haue deserued and graunte that in all our troubles we may put our whole truste and confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue thee in holines and purenes of liuing to thy honour and glory Throughe oure onely mediatour and aduocate Iesus Christ our lord Amen For rayne if the tyme require O God heauenly father which by thy sonne Iesu Christ hast promised to all thē that seke thy kyngdome and the ryghteousnesse thereof all thinges necessary to their bodyly suffenaunce sende vs we beseche thee in this our necessitie such moderate raine and showres that we may receyue the fruytes of the earth to oure comfort and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen For fayre weather O Lorde god whiche for the synne of man didst once drown all the world except eight persōs and afterward of thy great mercy didst promise neuer to destroye it so agayne we humbly beseche thee that although we for our iniquities haue wortheli deserued this plague of raine and waters yet vpō our true repentaunce thou wilt sende vs suche weather whereby we may receiue the fruites of the earth in due seasō and learne both by thy punishment to amende our lyues and for thy clemencye to geue thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen In the tyme of dearth and famyne O God heauenly father whose gift it is that the rain doeth fall the earth is fruitefull beastes increases and fishes doe multiply beholde we beseche thee thaffticcions of thy people and graunte that the scarcitie and dearthe whiche we dooe nowe moste iustelye suffer for our iniquitie may through thy goodnesse be mercifullye turned into cheapenes and plentie for the loue of Iesu Christ our Lorde to whome with thee and the holye ghoste c. Or thus O God mercifull father whiche in the time of Heliseus the Prophete didst sodaynly turne in Samaria great scarcitie and dearth into plentie and cheapenes and extreme famine into abundaunce of victuall haue pitie vpon vs that nowe bee punisshed for our synnes with lyke aduersitie encrease the fruites of the earth by thy heauenly benediccion And graunte that we receyuing thy bountifull liberalitie may vse thesame to thy glory our comforte and reliefe of oure nedye neyghbours through Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen In the tyme of Warre O Almightie god king of al kinges and gouernour of all thinges whose power no creature is hable to resist to whom it belongeth iustely to punyshe synners and to be mercyfull to them that truely repent saue and delyuer vs we humbly beseche thee from the handes of our enemyes abate their pride asswage their malice and confounde their deuises that we beeyng armed with thy defence may be preserued euermore from al perils to gloryfye thee whiche art the onely geuer of all victorye throughe the merites of thy onely sonne Iesu Chryste oure Lorde In the tyme of any common plague or sickenesse O Almightie God whiche in thy wrath in the tyme of king Dauid didst slea with the plague of pestilence .ix. and ten thousande and yet remembryng thy mercy didst saue the reste haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners that now are visited with great sickenes and mortalitie that like as thou didst then commaunde thy Aungell to ceasse from punishing So it maye nowe please thee to withdraw from vs this plague and greuouse sickenes through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ And the Letany shall euer ende with thys Collecte folowyng ALmightie God whiche haste geuen vs grace at thys tyme with one accorde to make oure common supplicacions vnto thee and dooest promise that when two or three be gathered in thi name thou wilt graunte their requestes fulfyll nowe O Lorde the desyres and petycyons of thy seruauntes as maye be moste expedyente for them grauntyng vs in thys worlde knowledge of thy trueth and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen The Collectes Epistles and Gospelles to be vsed at the celebracyon of the Lordes supper and holy Communion through the yeare The first Sundaye of Aduente ¶ The Collecte ALmightie god geue vs grace that we may cast away the workes of darkenes and put vpon vs the armour of lyght now in the tyme of thys mortall life in the whiche thy sōne Iesus Christ came to visite vs in great humilitie that in the last day when he shal come agayne in hys glorious maiestie to iudge bothe the quicke and the dead we maye ryse to the lyfe immortall throughe hym who lyueth and reygneth with thee and the holy gost nowe and euer Amen ¶ The Epistle Rom. xiii OWe nothyng to any man but this that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfylleth the lawe For these commaundementes Tou shalte not commytte adulterye Thou shalte not kyll Thou shalte not steale Thou shalt beare no false witnes Thou shalte not luste and so foorth yf there be any other commaundemente it is all comprehended in thys saying namely loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Loue hurteth not his neighbour therfore is loue the fulfilling of the law Thys also we knowe the season howe that it is tyme that we should nowe awake out of slepe for nowe is our saluacion nerer then when we beleued The nyghte is passed the daye is come nie let vs therefore caste awaye the dedes of darkenesse and let vs put on the armour of lyght Let vs walke honestly as it were in the daye lighte not in eatyng and drinkyng neyther in chaumbouring and wantonnes neither in strife and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christe and make not prouision for the fleshe to fulfyll the lustes of it ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxi ANd when they drew nigh to Ierusalem and were come to Bethphage vnto Mounte Oliuete then sente Iesus two of hys disciples saying vnto them goe into the towne that lieth ouer agaynste you and anone you shal fynde an Asse bound and a colte with her looce thē and bryng them vnto me And if
any man saye oughte vnto you saye ye the Lorde hath nede of them and strayght way he wyll let them goe All thys was done that it myghte bee fulfylled whiche was spoken by the Prophete saying Tel ye the daughter of Syon behold thy king cometh vnto thee meke sitting vpō an Asse and a colte the foale of the Asse vsed to the yoke The disciples went and did as Iesus commaunded them and brought the Asse and the colt and put on them their clothes and set him theron And many of the people spred theyr garmentes in the way Other cutte downe braunches from the trees and strawed them in the waye Moreouer the people that went before and they that came after cryed saying Hosanna to the sonne of Dauid Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lorde Hosanna in the highest And when he was come to Ierusalem all the citie was moued saying who is thys And the people sayed this is Iesus the Prophete of Nazareth a citie of Galile And Iesus went into the temple of god and cast oute all them that solde and bought in the temple and ouerthrewe the tables of the money chaungers and the seates of them that solde doues and sayd vnto them It is written My house shal be called the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theues ¶ The second Sunday in Aduent ¶ The Collecte BLessed Lorde whiche hast caused al holy scriptures to bee wrytten for oure learning graunte vs that we maye in suche wyse heare them reade marke learne and inwardlye dygeste them that by pacyence and coumforte of thy holy worde we maye embrace and euer holde fast the blessed hope of euerlasting lyfe which thou hast geuen vs in our Sauioure Iesus Christ ¶ The Epistle Rom. xv WHatsoeuer thynges are written afore time they are written for oure learning that we throughe pacience and coumfort of the scriptures mighte haue hope The God of pacience and consolacyon graunt you to be like minded one towardes another after the ensaumple of Christ Iesu that ye al agreing together may with one mouth prayse God the father of our lord Iesu Christ wherfore receiue ye one another as Christe receiued vs to the prayse of God And this I saye that Iesus Christe was a minister of the circumcision for the trueth of God to confirme the promyses made vnto the fathers and that the Gentiles might prayse God for hys mercy as it is written For this cause I wil prayse thee among the Gentiles and syng vnto thy name And again he sayeth reioyce ye Gentiles with his people And agayne praise the lord al ye Gentiles and laude him al ye nacions together And agayne Esay sayth there shal be the roote of Iesse and he that shall rise to reigne ouer the Gentyles in him shall the Gentiles trust The God of hope fil you with all ioye and peace in beleuing that ye maye be riche in hope through the power of the holy gost ¶ The Gospell Luke xxi THere shal be signes in the sunne in the Moone and in the starres in the earth the people shal be at their wittes ende through despayre The sea and the water shall roare mens heartes shal faile them for feare and for lokyng after those thinges whyche shall come on the earth For the powers of heauen shall moue And then shall they see the sonne of man come in a cloude with power and great glory Whē these thynges begyn to come to passe then loke vp and lift vp your heades for youre redempcion draweth nye And he shewed them a similitude behold the figtree and al other trees when they shoote forth their buddes ye see know of your own selues that sommer is then nye at hand So likewise ye also whē ye see these thinges come to passe be sure that the kingdom of God is nye Verely I say vnto you this generacion shal not passe till all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shall passe but my woordes shal not passe ¶ The third Sunday in Aduent ¶ The Collect. LOrd we beseche thee geue eare to our prayers and by thy gracious visitacion lighten the darkenesse of our heart by our Lord Iesus Christe ¶ The Epistle i. Cor. iiii LEt a man this wyse esteme vs euen as the ministers of Christe and stewardes of the secretes of god Furthermore it is required of the stewardes that a mā be foūd faithful with me it is but a very small thing that I shoulde bee iudged of you eyther of mans iudgemente no I iudge not myne owne selfe for I know nought by my selfe yet am I not therby iustified It is the Lorde that iudgeth me Therfore iudge nothing before the time vntil the lord come which wil lightē thinges that are hidde in darkenes and open the counsayles of the heartes and then shal euery man haue prayse of God ¶ The Gospell Math. xi WHen Iohn being in prieson hearde the workes of Christ he sent two of his disciples and sayd vnto him Art thou he that shall come or doe we looke for an other Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto them Goe shew Iohn agayn what ye haue heard seen The blynde receyue theyr sighte the lame walke the Lepers are cleansed and the deafe heare the dead are raysed vp and the poore receiue the glad tydinges of the gospell and happy is he that is not offended by me And as they departed Iesus began to saye vnto the people concernyng Iohn What went ye out into the wildernes to see A rede that is shaken with the wynde or what wente ye oute for to see A man clothed in softe raymente beholde they that weare soft clothing are in kinges houses But what went ye out for to see a Prophete verelye I saye vnto you and more then a Prophete For thys is he of whom it is written Behold I sende my messenger before thy face whiche shall prepare thy way before thee ¶ The fourth Sunday in Aduent ¶ The Collect. LOrd rayse vp we pray thee thy power come among vs and with greate myght succoure vs that whereas through our sinnes wickednes we be sorelet hindred thy bountiful grace mercy thorow the satisfaccion of thy sonne our Lord may spedely deliuer vs to whō with thee and the holy gost be honor and glory world without ende ¶ The Epistle Phili. iiii REioyce in the Lord alway and agayn I saye reioyce Let pour softnes be knowen to all men the lord is euen at hande Be careful for nothyng but in all prayer supplicacion let your peticions be manifest vnto god with geuing of thankes And the peace of God which passeth all vnderstāding kepe your heartes and mindes through Christ Iesu ¶ The Gospell Iohn i. THis is the record of Iohn when the Iewes sent Priestes Leuites from Ierusalem to aske him what art thou And he confessed denied not and sayde playnely I am not Christ And they asked him what
vnperfectly but then shall I know euen as I am knowen Now abideth faith hope and loue euen these three but the chiefe of these is loue ¶ The Gospell Luk. xviii IEsus toke vnto hym the .xii. and sayde vnto them beholde we goe vp to Ierusalem and all shall bee fulfylled that are wrytten by the Prophetes of the sonne of manne For he shall bee delyuered vnto the Gentiles and shal bee mocked and despitefully intreated and spitted on And whē they haue scourged hym they wyll putte hym to deathe and the third day he shal ryse agayne And they vnderstode none of these thynges And thys saying was hyd from them so that they perceyued not the thynges whiche were spoken And it came to passe that as he was come nyghe to Hieritho a certayne blynd manne satte by the hye waye syde beggyng And when he heard the people passe by he asked what it mente And they sayde vnto hym that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And be cryed saying Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And they whyche wente before rebuked hym that he shoulde bolde hys peace But he cryed so muche the more thou sonne of Dauid haue mercye on me And Iesus stode styll and commaunded hym to bee broughte vnto hym And when he was come nere he asked hym saying what wylte thou that I doe vnto thee and he sayde Lorde that I myghte receyue my syghte And Iesus sayde vnto hym receyue thy syghte thy faythe hathe saued thee And immediately he receyued hys syght and folowed hym praysyng God And all the people when then saw it gaue prayse vnto God ¶ The firste daye of Lent ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and euerlastyng God whiche hatest nothing that thou hast made and doest forgeue the synnes of al them that bee penitente Create and make in vs newe and contrite heartes that we worthelye lamentyng oure sinnes and knowledging oure wretchednes may obtayne of thee the God of all mercye perfecte remission and forgeuenesse throughe Iesus Christe ¶ The Epistle Ioel. ii TVrne you vnto me with al your heartes with fastyng weping and mourning rente your heartes and not your clothes Turne you vnto the Lorde youre God for he is gracious and merciful long suffering and of great compasson and ready to pardō wickednes Then no doubt he also shal turne and forgeue and after his chastening he shall let youre encrease remayne for meate and drinke offeringes vnto the lord your god Blow out with the trompet in Sion proclaime a fastyng call the congregacion and gather the people together warne the congregacyon gather the elders bryng the chyldren and suckelynges together Let the bridegrome goe forth of hys chambre and the bride oute of her closet Let Priestes serue the Lorde betwene the Porche and the alter weping and saying bee fauourable O Lorde bee fauourable vnto thy people let not thyne heritage be brought to such confusion lest the Heathen be Lordes thereof Wherefore shoulde they say among the Heathen where is nowe theyr God ¶ The Gospell Math. vi WHen ye faste bee not sad as the Hipocrites are for they diffigure their faces that it maye appeare vnto men how that they fast Verely I saye vnto you they haue their rewarde But thou when thou fastest annoynt thyne head washe thy face that it appeare not vnto men howe thou fastest but vnto thy father which is in secret thy father which seeth in secret shal reward thee openly Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth where the rust and moth both corrutp and where theues breake through and steale But lay vp for you treasures in heauen where neither ruste nor moth doeth corrupt and where theues doe not breake throughe nor steale For where youre treasure is there wyll your heartes be also ¶ The first Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collect. O Lord which for our sake didst fast fortye dayes and fortie nightes Geue vs grace to vse such abstinence that our fleshe being subdued to the spirite we maye euer obey thy Godly mocions in righteousnes and true holines to thy honour and glory which liuest and reygnest c. ¶ The Epistle ii Cor. vi WE as helpers exhorte you that ye receyue not the grace of God in vayne For he saith I haue heard thee in a time accepted and in the dai of saluacion haue I succoured thee Beholde nowe is that accepted tyme beholde now is that day of saluacion Let vs geue none occasion of euill that in our office be founde no faulte but in all thynges let vs behaue our selues as the ministers of God In muche pacience in affliccions in necessities in anguishes in stripes in prisonmentes in stryfes in labours in watchinges in fastinges in purenes in knowledge in long sufferyng in kyndnes in the holy gost in loue vnfayned in the worde of trueth in the power of God by the armoure of ryghteousnes of the righte hande and of the left by honour and dishonour by euill report and good reporte as deceyuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and beholde we lyue as chastened and not kylled as sorowing and yet alway mery as poore and yet make mani riche as hauing nothing and yet possessing all thynges ¶ The Gospell Mat. iiii THen was Iesus led away of the spirite vnto wildernesse to be tempted of the deuill And when he had fasted fortie dayes and forty nightes he was at the last an hungred And when the tempter came to hym he sayed yf thou bee the sonne of God commaunde that these stones bee made bread But he aunswered sayed it is written man shall not liue by bread onely but by euery woorde that procedeth oute of the mouth of god Then the deuil taketh hym vp into the holy citie and setteth hym on a pinacle of the temple and saith vnto hym yf thou be the sonne of God cast thy selfe down headlong For it is written he shall geue hys Aungelles charge ouer thee and with their handes they shal holde thee by leste at any tyme thou dashe thy foote against a stone And Iesus sayd vnto hym it is written agayne Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God Agayne the deuil taketh him vp into an exceading highe mountayne and shewed hym all the kingdomes of the world and the glory of them and sayeth vnto him all these will I geue thee yf thou wilt fal downe and worship me Then sayeth Iesus vnto him Auoyde Sathā for it is written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy god and him only shalt thou serue Then the deuil leaueth hym and beholde the Angels came and ministred vnto hym The second Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collecte ALmightie god which doest see that we haue no power of oure selues to helpe oure selues kepe thou vs both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our soules that we maye be defended from al aduersities which may happen to the body and from al euil thoughtes whiche maye assaulte and hurte the soule hrough Iesus Chryste
c. ¶ The Epistle i. thes iii WE beeseche you brethren and exhorte you by the lord Iesus that ye encrease more more euē as ye haue receyued of vs how ye ought to walke and to please God For ye know what cōmaundementes we gaue you by our Lorde Iesus Chryste For thys is the wyl of God euen your holynes that ye should absteyne from fornicacion and that euery one of you should knowe howe to kepe his vessel in holynes and honour and not in the lust of concupisence as doe the Heathen whiche knowe not God that no man oppresse and defraude hys brother in bargayninq beecause that the Lorde is the auenger of all suche thinges as we tolde you before and testified For god hath not called vs vnto vnclennes but vnto holynesse He therfore that despiseth despiseth not man but God whiche hath sent hys holy spirite among you ¶ The Gospell Math. xv IEsus went thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre Sidō and behold a woman of Canaā whiche came oute of thesame coastes cryed vnto hym saying haue mercye on me O Lorde thou sonne of Dauid My doughter is piteously vexed with a deuyll But he aunswered her nothyng at all And his disciples came and besougt hym saying send her awaye for she cryeth after vs. But he aunswered and sayd I am not sent but to the lost shepe of the house of Israel Then came the and worshipped him saying Lorde helpe me He aunswered said it is not mete to take the childrens bread and cast it to dogges She aunswered and said trueth lord for the dogges eate of the crummes which fal from their maysters table Then Iesus aunswered and said vnto her O Womā great is thy fayth be it vnto thee euē as thou wilte And her doughter was made whole euen thesame tyme. ¶ The thyrd Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collect. We beseche thee almightie god loke vpon the heartye desyres of thy humble seruauntes and stretche forth the right hande of thy maiestie to be our defence agaynst al our enemies through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephesi v BE you the folowers of God as dere children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue hymself for vs an offering a sacrifice of a swete sauour to God As for fornicacion and al vnclennesse or couetousnes let it not be once named among you as it becommeth Sainctes or filthinesse or foolyshe talking or iesting whiche are not comely but rather geuing of thankes For thys ye knowe that no whoremonger eyther vncleane person or couetous person whiche is a worshypper of ymages hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christe and of God Lette no man deceyue you with vayne wordes For because of suche thynges cometh the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience Be not ye therfore companions of them Ye mere sumtimes darkenes but now are ye light in the Lord walke as children of lighte for the fruite of the spirite consisteth in all goodnes righteousnes trueth Accept that which is pleasing vnto the Lord haue no felowship with the vufruitful workes of darkenes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those thynges which are done of them in secrete but all thinges when they are brought forth by the lyghte are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifest thesame is light wherfore he sayeth a wake thou that slepest and stande vp from death and Christ geue thee lyght ¶ The Gospell Luke xi IEsus was casting of a Deuill that was dumme And when he had cast oute the deuill the dumme spake and the people wondered But some of them sayed he casteth out deuils throughe Beelzebub the chiefe of the deuils And other tempted hym and required of him signe from heauen But he knowing their thoughtes sasyd vnto them Euery kingdome deuyded agaynst it selfe is desolate and one house doeth fall vpon another If Sathan also be deuided agaynst hymselfe howe shal hys kyngdome endure Because ye say I cast out deuils through Beelzebub If I by the helpe of Beelzebub cast out deuils by whose helpe do your children cast them out Therefore shall they bee youre iudges But if I with the finger of God cast out deuils no doubt the kingdom of God is come vpon you Whē a strong man armed watcheth hys house the thinges that he possesseth are in peace But when a stronger then he cometh vpō hym and ouercometh hym he taketh from hym al his harnesse wherin he trusted deuideth his goodes He that is not with me is agaynste me And he that gathereth not with me scatereth abroade When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man he walketh through drye places seking reste And when he findeth none he sayeth I wil returne agayn into my house whence I came oute And when he cometh he findeth it swepte garnished Then goeth he and taketh to hym seuen other spirites worse then himself and they entre in and dwel there And the ende of that mā is worse thē the beginning And it fortuned the as he spake these thinges a certayne woman of the companye lyfte vp her voyce and sayed vnto hym happy is the wombe that bare thee and the pappes whiche gaue thee sucke But he sayd yea happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it The fourth Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collecte GRaunte we beseche thee almightie god that we which for our euil dedes are worthely punisshed by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieued throughe oure Lorde Iesus Chryst ¶ The Epistle Gala. iiii TEll me ye that desyre to bee vnder the lawe doe ye not heare of the lawe for it is wrytten that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bondmayde the other by a free woman Yea and he whiche was borne of the bondwoman was borne after the fleshe but he whiche was borne of the freewoman was borne by promes which thinges are spoken by an allegory For these are two Testamentes the one from the mounte Sina whiche gendreth vnto bondage whiche is Agar For mount Sina is Agar in Arabia and bordreth vpō the citie which is now called Ierusalem and is in bondage with her children But Ierusalem whyche is aboue is fre which is the mother of vs al. For it is written Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children breake foorth and crye thou that trauaylest not For the desolate hath many moe chyldren then she whiche hath an husband Brethren we are after Isaac the chyldren of promesse But as then he that was borne after the flesshe persecuted hym that was borne after the spirite Euen so is it nowe Neuerthelesse what sayeth the scrypture putte awaye the bondwoman and her sonne For the sonne of the bondwoman shall not bee heyre with the sonne of the free woman So then brethren we are not children of the bond womā but of the free woman ¶ The Gospell Iohn vi IEsus departed ouer the sea of Galile whiche
is the sea of Ciberias and a greate multitude folowed hym because they sawe his miracles which he dyd on them that were diseased And Iesus went vp into a mountayne and there he sate with his disciples And Easter a feast of the Iewes was nie Whē Iesus then lift vp hys eyes and sawe a greate company come vnto him he saied vnto Philip whence shall we bye bread that these may eate This he said to proue him for he hymselfe knew what he would doe Philip aunswered him two hundreth peniworth of bread are not sufficient for thē that euery mā may take a litle One of his disciples Andrewe Simon Peters brother sayth vnto hym There is a ladde which hath fiue barley loaues two fisshes but what are they among so many And Iesus sayd make the people sit down There was much grasse in the place so the men sate downe in numbre aboute fyue thousande And Iesus toke the bread and when he had geuen thankes he gaue to the disciples and the disciples to them that were sette down and likewise of the fisshes as muche as they woulde When they had eaten ynough he sayed vnto his disciples gather vp the broken meate whiche remayneth that nothyng bee lost And they gathered it together and filled .xii. baskets with the broken meate of the fiue barley loaues which broken meate remayned vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seen the miracle that Iesus dyd sayd this is of a trueth thesame Prophete that should come into the worlde The fifth Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collecte WE beseche thee almightie God mercifully to looke vpon thy people that by thy great goodnes they may bee gouerned and preserued euermore both in boby soule through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Hebre. ix CHriste beeyng an hye Priest of good thynges to come came by a greater a more perfecte tabernacle not made with handes that is to saye not of this building neither by the bloud of Goates and Calues but by his owne bloud he entred in once into the holy place and founde eternall redempcion For yf the bloud of Oxen of Goates and the asshes of a yong kowe when it was sprinkled purifieth the vncleane as touchyng the purifying of the fleshe howe muche more shall the bloud of Christ which through the eternal spirite offred him selfe withoute spotte to God purge youre conscyence from dead workes for to serue the liuing god And for this cause he is the mediatoure of the new Testament that through death which chaunsed for the redempcyon of those transgressions that were vnder the fyrste Testamente they whych are called myghte receyue the promesse of eternall inheritaunce ¶ The Gospell Iob. viii WHich of you can rebuke me of sinne Yf I saye the trueth why doe ye not beleue me He that is of God heareth goddes wordes Ye therfore heare thē not because ye are not of god Then aunswered the Iewes and sayd vnto hym say we not wel that thou art a Samaritane and hast the deuill Iesus aunswered I haue not the deuil but I honor my father and ye haue dishonoured me I seeke not myne owne prayse there is one that seketh iudgeth Verely verely I say vnto you if a man kepe my saying he shal neuer see death Then sayd the Iewes vnto him nowe know we that thou hast the deuil Abrahā is dead and the Prophetes thou sayest if a man kepe my saying he shall neuer tast of death Art thou greater then our father Abraham whiche is dead And the Prophetes are dead whom makest thou thy selfe Iesus aunswered Yf I honoure my selfe mine honor is nothing it is my father that honoureth me whiche you saye is youre God and yet ye haue not knowen hym but I know hym if I say I know him not I shal be a lier like vnto you But I know him and kepe his saying Your father Abraham was glad to see my daye he saw it and reioysed Then sayd the Iewes vnto him Thou art not yet fifty yeare olde haste thou seene Abraham Iesus sayd vnto them Verely verely I say vnto you ere Abraham was borne I am Then toke they vp stones to cast at hym but Iesus hidde himselfe and went out of the temple ¶ The Sunday next before Easter ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and euerlastyng God whiche of thy tender loue towardes man hast sēt our sauiour Iesus Christ to take vpon hym oure fleshe and to suffre deathe vpon the crosse that all mankynde shoulde folow the example of hys greate humilitie mercifully graunte that we both folowe the example of his pacience and be made partakers of hys resurreccion thorow thesame Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Philip. ii LEt thesame mynde bee in you that was also in Christ Iesu whiche when he was in the shape of God thought it no robbery to be equal with God neuerthelesse he made him selfe of no reputacion taking on him the shape of a seruaunt and became lyke vnto man and was found in his apparel as a man He humbled himselfe and became obedient to the death euen the death of the crosse Wherfore God hathe also exalted him on highe geuen hym a name whiche is aboue all names that in the name of Iesus euery knee shoulde bowe bothe of thynges in heauen and thinges in earth and thynges vnder the earth and that all tongues shoulde confesse that Iesus Christe is Lord vnto the prayse of God the father ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxvi ANd it came to passe when Iesus had finished all these sayinges he sayde vnto hys disciples ye know that after two dayes shal be Easter and the sonne of manne shal be delyuered ouer to bee crucifyed Then assembled together the chiefe Priestes and the Scribes and the elders of the people vnto the palace of he hygh Priest which was called Caiphas and held a coūsel that they might take Iesus by subteltie and kil him But they sayde not on the holy daye leste there bee an vproare among the people Whē Iesus was in Bethanie in the house of Simon the Leper there came vnto him a woman hauing an Alabaster boxe of precious ointmēt and powred it on his head as he satte at the boarde But when his disciples sawe it they had indignacion saying wherto serueth this waste This oyntment migtht haue been well solde and geuen to the poore When Iesus vnderstode that he sayd vnto them why trouble ye the woman for she hath wrought a good worke vpon me For ye haue the poore alwayes with you but me ye shall not haue alwayes And in that she hathe caste thys oyntmente on my body she did it to bury me Verely I saye vnto you wheresoeuer thys Gospell shal be preached in all the worlde there shall also this be tolde that she hathe done for a memoriall of her Then one of the twelue which was called Iudas Iscarioth went vnto the chiefe Priestes and sayd vnto them what will ye
ryghteousenesse and am of power to helpe Wherfore then is thy clothyng redde and thy rayment like his that treadeth in the wyne presse I haue troden the presse my selfe alone and of all people there is not one with me Thus will I treade down myne enemies in my wrath and set my feete vpon them in myne indignacion And theyr bloud shall bespryng my clothes and so will I stayne all my rayment For the day of vengeaunce is assigned in my heart and the yeare whē my people shal be delyuered is come I loked aboute 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 feruentnes sustayned me And thus will I treade downe the people in my wrathe and bathe them in my displeasure and vpon the earth will I lay theyr strength I will declare the goodnes of the Lord yea and the prayse of the Lorde for all that he hath geuen vs for the greate good that he hath done for Israel whyche he hathe geuen them of hys owne fauor and accordyng to the multitude of hys louing kindnes For he sayd these no doubt are my people and no shrinking children and so he was theyr sauiour In their troubles he was also troubled with them the Aungel that went furth from his presence deliuered them Of very loue and kindnes that he had vnto them he redemed them He hath borne them and caryed them vp euer sence the worlde began But after they prouoked him to wrath and vexed hys holy mynde he was theyr enemy and fought agaynst them himselfe Yet rememberd Israel the olde time of Moyses and his people saying where is he that broughte them from the water of the sea with them that fede hys shepe where is he that hath geuen hys holye spiryte among them he ledde them by the ryghte hād of Moses with his glorious arme deuiding the water before them wherby he gat himselfe an euerlastyng name he led them in the depe as an horse is led in the playne that they should not stumble as a tame beaste goeth in the fielde the breath geuen of God geueth hym reste Thus O god haste thou led thy people to make thy selfe a glorious name withall Loke downe then from heauen behold the dwellyng place of thy sāctuary and thy glory How is it that thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercyes and thy louyng kindnes will not be entreated of vs yet art thou our father For Abrahā knoweth vs not neither is Israel acquaynted with vs. But thou lord art our father redemer and thy name is euerlastyng O lord wherfore hast thou led vs out of thy way wherfore hast thou hardned our heartes that we feare thee not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake and for the generacion of thyne heritage Thy people haue had but a lytle of thy Sanctuary in possessiō for our enemies haue trodē downe the holy place And we were thyne from the beginning when thou wast not theyr Lorde for they haue not called vpon thy name ¶ The Gospell mar xiiii AFter two dayes was Easter and the dayes of swete bread And the hie priestes the Scribes sought how they might take hym by craft and put hym to death But they said not in the feast day lest any busines aryse among the people And when he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper euen as he sat at meate there came a woman hauing an Albaster boxe of oyntment called Narde that was pure and costly she brake the boxe and powred it vpon his head And ther were some that were not contente within themselues and said what neded this waste of oyntmente for it might haue been solde for more then three hundreth pence and haue been geuen vnto the poore And they grudged agaynst her And Iesus sayde lette her alone why trouble ye her She hath done a good woorke on me for ye haue poore with you alwayes and whensoeuer ye wyll ye may doe them good but me haue ye not alwayes She hath done that she coulde she came aforehande to annoynte my body to the burying Verely I saye vnto you wheresoeuer thys Gospell shal be preached throughout the whole world this also that she hath done shal be rehearsed in remēbraūce of her And Iudas Iscarioth one of the twelue went a way vnto the hie Priestes to betraye hym vnto them When they hearde that they were glad and promised that they woulde geue hym money And he sought how he might conueniently betray hym And the fyrst day of swete bread when they offered the Passeouer his disciples said vnto hym where with thou that we goe and prepare that thou mayst eate the Passeouer And he sente furth two of his disciples and sayde vnto them goe ye vnto the citie and there shall mete you a manne bearyng a pitcher of water folow hym And whithersoeuer he goeth in say ye vnto the good mā of the house the master saith where is the geast chaūber where I shall eate the Passeouer with my disciples And he will shewe you a great parlor paued and prepared there make ready for vs. And hys disciples went furth and came into the citie and found as he had sayd vnto thē and they made ready the Passeouer And when it was now euentide he came with the twelue And as they sate at borde and did eate Iesus sayd vereley I saye vnto you one of you that eateth with me shall betraye me And they beganne to be sory and to saye to hym one by one is it I and an other sayd is it I he aunswered and sayd vnto them it is one of the .xii. euen he that dippeth with me in the platter The sonne of man truly goeth as it is writtē of him but woe to that man by whom the sonne of man is betrayed good were it for that manne yf he had neuer been borne And as they did eate Iesus tooke bread and when he had geuē thankes he brake it and gaue to them and said Take eate this is my body And he toke the cup and when he had geuen thankes he toke it to them they al dranke of it And he sayd vnto them This is my bloud of the new testament which is shed for many Verely I say vnto you I wil drink no more of the fruite of the vine vntil that day that I drinke it newe in the kyngdome of God And when they had sayde grace they went out to the mount Oliuete And Iesus saith vnto them all ye shal be offended becausse of me this nyghte For it is wrytten I wyll smyte the shepeheard the shepe shal be scattered but after that I am rysen agayne I wyll goe into Galile before you Peter said vnto hym and though all men bee offended yet wyll not I. And Iesus sayeth vnto hym verely I say vnto thee that this day euē in this night before the
Trinitie ¶ The Collect. GRaunt Lorde we beseche thee that the course of thys world may be so peaceably ordred by the gouernaūce that thy congregacion may ioyfully serue thee in all godly quietenes through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle i. Pet. iii BE you all of one mynde and of one hearte loue as brethren be pietifull be curteous meke not renderyng euyll for euyll or rebuke for rebuke but contrarywyse blesse knowyng that ye are thereunto called euen that ye should bee heyres of the blessyng For he that dooeth long after lyfe and loueth to see good dayes lette hym refrayne his tongue from euil his lippes that they speake no gyle Let him eschew euil and doe good let him seke peace and ensue it For the eyes of the Lord are ouer the righteous his eares are open vnto their prayers Again the face of the Lord is ouer thē that do euil Moreouer who is he that wil harme you if ye folowe that which is good yea happye are ye if anye trouble happen vnto you for righteousnes sake Be not ye afrayd for any terrour of them neither be ye troubled but sanctifye the Lord God in your heartes ¶ The Gospell Luke v. YE came to passe that when the people preaced vpon hym to heare the woord of God he stoode by the lake of Genazareth saw two shippes stand by the lakes side but the fishermen were gone out of them were washyng their nettes And he entered into one of the shippes which pertained to Simon and prayed him that he woulde thrust out a little from the lande And he sate down taught the people out of the shyp When he had left speakyng he sayde vnto Simon launche out into the depe let slip your nettes to make a draught And Simon aunswered and sayd vnto him Maister we haue laboured al nighte and haue taken nothyng Neuerthelesse at thy commaundemente I will looce furth the nerre And when they had so done they inclosed a greate multitude of fysshes But theyr nette brake and they beckened to theyr felowes which were in the other shyppe that they shoulde come and helpe them And they came and fylled bothe shippes that they souke agayn When Simon Peter sawe this he fell down at Iesus knees saying Lorde goe from me for I am a sinnefull man For he was astonied and all that were with him at the draughte of fishes whiche they had taken and so was also Iames and Iohn the sonnes of zebede whiche were parteners with Simon And Iesus sayde vnto Simon feare not from hencefurth thou shalte catche men And they brought the shippes to lande and forsoke all and folowed him The sixth Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. GOd Which hast prepared to them that loue thee suche good thinges as passe al mās vnderstanding Powre into our heartes suche loue towarde thee that we louing thee in all thynges may obteyne thy promises whiche excede all that we can desyre through Iesus Christ our lord ¶ The Epistle Rom. vi KNowe ye not that all we whiche are baptised in Iesus Christ are baptised to dye with him We are buried then with hym by baptisme for to dye that likewise as Christ was raysed frō death by the glory of the father euen so we also shoulde walke in a newe lyfe For if we bee graft in death like vnto him euen so shall we be partakers of the holy resurrecciō Knowing thys that your olde man is crucifyed with him also that the body of sinne myght vtterly be destroyed that hencefoorth we shoulde not bee seruautes vnto sinne For he that is dead is iustified frō sinne Wherefore if we be dead with Christe we beleue that we shal also liue with him knowing that Christ beeing raysed from death dyeth no more Death hath no more power ouer him For as touching that he dyed he dyed concernyng sinne once And as touchyng that he liueth he liueth vnto God Lykewyse considre ye also that ye are dead as touching sinne but are aliue vnto God through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Gospell Math. v. IEsus sayd vnto his disciples except your righteousnes exceade the ryghteousnes of the Scribes and Phariseis ye cannot entre into the kingdom of heauen Ye haue heard that it was sayde vnto them of olde time Thou shalte not kyll whosoeuer kylleth shal be in daunger of iudgement But I saye vnto you that whosoeuer is angry with hys brother vnaduisedlye shal be in daunger of iudgement And whosoeuer saye vnto his brother Racha shal be in daūger of a coūsel But whosoeuer faith thou foole shal be in daūger of hel fyer Therefore if thou offrest thy gifte at the altare and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought agaynst thee leaue there thyne offering before the altare and goe thy way first and be reconciled to thy brother then come and offer thy gift Agree with thine aduersarye quickelye whyles thou arte in the waye with him lest at any tyme the aduersary deliuer thee to the iudge the iudge delyuer thee to the minister and then thou be cast into prieson Verely I saye vnto thee thou shalte not come out thence tyll thou haue payde the vttermost farthing The seuenth Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte LOrd of al power and might whiche art the auctour geuer of al good thinges graffe in our hartes the loue of thy name increase in vs true religion nouryshe vs with all goodnes and of thy greate mercye kepe vs in the same through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ The Epistle Rom. vi I Speake groslye because of the infirmitie of your fleshe As ye haue geuē your membres seruaūtes to vnclennes and to iniquitie from one iniquitie to an other euen so now geue ouer your mēbres seruauntes vnto righteousnes the ye may be sanctifyed For when ye wer seruauntes of sinne ye were voyde of righteousnes What fruite had you then in those thinges whereof ye are now ashamed for the end of those thinges are death But now are ye deliuered frō synne made the seruaūtes of God haue your fruite to be sanctified the ende euerlasting life For the rewarde of sinne is deathe but eternall life is the gift of God through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ The Gospell mar viii IN those dayes when there was a very great cōpanye and had nothyng to eate Iesus called his disciples vnto him said vnto them I haue compassion on the people because thei haue been now with me three dayes and haue nothyng to eate And yf I sende them awaye fastyng to theyr owne houses they shall faynt by the waye for diuers of them came from farre And his Disciples aunswered hym where shoulde a man haue bread here in the wildernesse to satisfye these And he asked them howe many loaues haue ye They sayd seuen And he commaunded the people to sitte downe on the grounde And he toke the seauen loaues And when he had geuen thankes he brake
Iesus Christe whiche is father of all that called father in heauen and in earth that he woulde graunte you accordyng to the riches of hys glory that ye maye bee strengthed with myghte by hys spirite in the inner man that Chryste may dwell in your heartes by faythe that ye being rooted and grounded in loue might be hable to comprehend with all Sainctes what is the bredthe lengthe depthe and height and to know the excellent loue of the knowledge of Christe that ye might be fulfilled with all fulnesse whyche cometh of God Vnto hym that is hable to doe excedyng aboundauntly aboue all that wee aske or thinke according to the power that worketh in vs be prayse in the congregacion by Chryst Iesus throughout all generacyons from time to tyme. Amen ¶ The Gospell Luke vii ANd it fortuned that Iesus wente into a cytie called Naim and many of hys disciples wente with hym and muche people When he came nye to the gate of the citye beholde there was a dead man caryed oute whyche was the onely sonne of his mother and she was widowe and muche people of the cytye was with her And when the Lord saw her had compassion on her and sayde vnto her wepe not And he came nye and touched the coffen and they that bare hym stode styll And he sayde yong man I saye vnto thee aryse And he that was dead sat vp and beegan to speake And he delyuered hym to hys mother And there came a feare on them all And they gaue the glory vnto God saying A great Prophet is risen vp among vs and God hathe visited hys people And thys rumoure of hym went forthe throughout all Iewry and throughout all the regions whyche lye rounde aboute ¶ The .xvii. sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte LOrd we pray thee that thy grace may alwayes preuent and folow vs and make vs continually to be geuē to all good workes throughe Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephe. iiii I Whiche am a priesoner of the Lordes exhort you that ye walke worthy of the vocacyon wherwith ye are called with all lowlines mekenes with humblenes of mynde forbearyng one another through loue and be diligēt to kepe the vnitie of the spirite throughe the bonde of peace beeyng one body and one spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of youre callyng Let there be but one Lorde one faythe one baptisme one God and father of all whiche is aboue all and througbe all and in you all ¶ The Gospell Luke xiii IT chaunced that Iesus wente into the house of one of the chiefe Phariseis to eate bread on the Sabboth day and they watched him And beholde there was a certayne man before him which had the dropsye And Iesus answered and spake vnto the Lawiers and Phariseis saying Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabboth daye And they helde their peace And he toke hym and healed hym and let hym goe and aunswered them saying which of you shal haue an Asse or an Oxe fallen into a pitte and wil not strayght way pull hym out on the Sabboth day And they coulde not aunswer hym agayn to these thynges He put foorth also a similitude to the geastes whē he marked how they preaced to be in the highest roumes and sayd vnto them when thou art bidden to a wedding of any man syt not downe in the hiest roume lest a more honorable man then thou be biddē of hym and he that bad him and thee come and say to thee geue this man roume and thou begin with shame to take the lowest roume But rather when thou arte bidden goe and sit in the lowest roume that when he that bad thee cometh he may saye vnto thee frend sit vp hyer Then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe shall bee broughte lowe and he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted ¶ The .xviii. Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. LOrd we beseche thee graunte thy people grace to auoid the infeccions of the deuil and with pure hearte mind to folow thee the onely god through Iesus Christ our lord ¶ The Epistle i. Corin. i I Thanke my god alwayes on your behalfe for the grace of god which is geuē you by Iesus Christ that in all thynges yeare made ryche by him in al vtteraunce and in all knowledge by the whyche thynges the testimonye of Iesus Christe was confyrmed in you so that ye are behynde in no gyfte waytyng for the appearyng of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste whyche shall also strength you to the ende that you maye bee blameies in the day of the comyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxii WHen the Phariseis had heard that Iesus dyd put the Saduceis to silence they came together and one of them whiche was a doctor of law asked him a question tempting him and saying Maister whiche is the greatest commaundemente in the lawe Iesus sayde vnto him Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule and with all thy mynde This is the first and greatest commaundemente And the second is lyke vnto it Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy self In these two commaundementes hang all the lawe and the Prophetes Whyle the Phariseis were gathered together Iesus asked them saying what thinke ye of Christ whose sonne is he They sayde vnto him the sonne of Dauid He sayde vnto them how then doeth Dauid in spirite cal him Lord saying The Lorde sayd vnto my Lorde sit thou on my righte hand tyll I make thine enemies thy fotestole If Dauid then call hym Lord how is he then his sonne And no man was hable to aunswer him any thing neither durst any man from that daye foorth aske hym any moe questions ¶ The .xix. Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. O God forasmuch as withoute thee we are not hable to please thee Graūt that the working of thy mercy may in all thynges direct and rule out heartes Throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Eph. iiii THis I saye and testifie throughe the Lord that ye hencefoorthe walke not as other Gentyles walke in vanitye of theyr mynde whyle they are blynded in theyr vnderstanding beeyng farre from a Godly lyfe by the meanes of the ignoraunce that is in them and because of the blyndnesse of theyr heartes whiche beeyng past repentaunce haue geuen themselues ouer vnto wantonnes to woorke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredines But ye haue not so learned Christe If so bee that ye haue hearde of hym and haue been taught in him as the trueth is in Iesu as concerning the conuersacion in times past to lay from you the olde man whiche is corrupt according to the deceiuable lustes To be renued also in the spirite of your mind and to put on that new man whiche after God is shapen in righteousnes and true holynes Wherfore put a way lying and
them except I see in hys handes the prynte of the nayles and put my fynger into the printe of the nayles and thruste my hande into hys syde I will not beleue And after eight dayes agayne hys disciples were within and Thomas with thē Then came Iesus when the doores were shut and stode in the middes and sayed Peace bee vnto you And after that he sayed to Thomas bryng the fynger hyther and see my handes and reache hyther thy hande and thrust it into my syde and bee not faythlesse but beleuyng Thomas aunswered and sayd vnto him my lord and my god Iesus said vnto hym Thomas because thou hast seē me thou hast beleued blessed are they that haue not seen and yet haue beeleued And many other signes truly did Iesus in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this boke These are written that ye might beleue that Iesus Chryste is the sonne of God and that in beleuing ye might haue lyfe through his name The conuersion of Sainct Paule ¶ The Collect. GOd whiche hast taught al the world throughe that preaching of thy blessed Apostle Saincte Paul Graūt we beseche thee that we which haue his wonderful conuertion in remembraunce may folowe and fulfyll thy holy doctryne that he taught through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Actes ix ANd Saule yet breathyng oute threatninges and slaughter against the disciples of the lorde wente vnto the hie priest desired of him letters to carye to Damasco to the Sinagoges that yf he founde any of this way were they men or women he myght bring them bound to Ierusalem And when he iourneyed it fortuned that as he was come nigh to Damasco sodeynly there shined round aboute him a light from heauē he fel to the earth and heard a voyce saying to hym Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And he sayed what art thou lord And the Lorde sayd I am Iesus whom thou persecutest It is hard for thee to kicke against the pricke And he both trembling and astonied sayd Lord what wilt thou haue me to doe And the Lorde sayed vnto him aryse and goe into the citie and it shal be tolde thee what thou must doe The men which iourneyed with him stode amased hearing a voyce but seeying no man And Saule arose from the earth and when he opened his eyes he sawe no manne But they lead hym by the hande and broughte him into Damasco And he was three dayes wythoute syghte and neyther dyd eate nor drynke And there was a certayne Disciple at Damasco named Ananias and to him said the Lord in a vision Ananias and he sayd beholde I am here Lord. And the lord said vnto him arise and goe into the strete which is called streight and seke in the house of Iudas after one called Saule of Tharsus For behold he praieth and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias comming in to him and puttyng his handes on him that he might receiue his sight Then Ananias aunswered Lord I haue heard by many of this man how much euil he hath done to thy sainctes at Ierusalem here he hathe auctority of the hie priestes to binde all that call on thy name The Lorde saide vnto him go thy way for he is a chosen vessell vnto me to beare my name before the Gentiles and kinges and the childrē of Israel For I will shew him how great thynges he muste suffre for my names sake And Ananias went his way entred into the house and put his handes on him and sayd brother Saule the lord that appeared vnto thee in the waie as thou camest hath sent me that thou mightest receiue thy sight and be filled with the holy goste And immediatly there fell from hys eyes as it had been scales and he receyued sight and arose was baptised and receyued meate and was comforted Thē was Saule a certayne dayes with the Disciples whyche were at Damasco And streight way he preached Chrste in the Sinagogues how that he was the sonne of God But al that heard him were amased and sayd is not this he that spoyled them whiche called on this name in Ierusalem and came hither for that intent that he might bring them bound vnto thehye Priestes But Saule encreased the more in strengthe and confounded the Iewes which dwelt at Damasco affirming that this was very Christ ¶ The Gospell Mat. xix PEter aunswered and said vnto Iesus behold we haue forsaken all and folowed thee what shall we haue therfore Iesus sayd vnto them Verely I say vnto you that when the sonne of man shal sit in the seat of his Maiestie ye that haue folowed me in the regeneracion shall syt also vpon .xii seates iudge the twelue tribes of Israel And euerye one that forsaketh house or brethrē or sisters or father or mother or wyfe or children or landes for my names sake shall receyue an hundreth folde shall inherite euerlastyng lyfe But many that are fyrste shal be last the last shal be fyrste ¶ The purificacion of Sainct Mary the virgin ¶ The Colleste ALmightie and euerlastyng God we humblye beeseche thy Maiestie that as thy onelye begotten sonne was this day presented in the Temple in substaunce of our flesh so graunt that we may be presented vnto thee with pure and cleare mindes By Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle ¶ The same that is appoynted for the Sundaye ¶ The Gospel Luke ii WHen the tyme of theyr Purificacion after the law of Moses was come they brought him to Ierusalem to present him to the Lorde as it is written in the lawe of the Lord euery man child that firste openeth the matrix shal be called holy to the Lorde and to offre as it is sayde in the law of the Lorde a payre of turtle Dooues or two yong Pigeons And behold there was a man in Hierusalem whose name was Simeon And the same man was iust and godly and loked for the consolacyon of Israel and the holi gost was in him And an aunswer had he receiued of the holy gost that he should not see death except he fyrst saw the Lorde Christ And he came by inspiracyon into the temple ¶ Sainct Mathies daye ¶ The Collecte ALmightye God whiche in the place of the traitor Iudas dydst chose thy faythfull seruaunte Mathie to be of the numbre of thy twelue Apostles Graunt that thy church beyng alway preserued from false Apostles maye bee ordered and guyded by faythful and true pastors throughe Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Actes i. IN those dayes Peter stode vp in the middes of the disciples and said the numbre of names that were together were about an hundred and .xx. Ye men brethren this scripture must nedes haue been fulfilled whiche the holy ghost throughe the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas whiche was guide to them that toke Iesus For he was noumbred with vs and had obteined felowship in this ministracion And the
sufficient correccion for al her sinnes A voice cried in wildernesse prepare the way of the lord in the wyldernes make streight the path of oure God in the deserte Let al valleyes be exalted euery moūtaine hil be layed low whatso is croked let it be made strayght let the rough be made playne fieldes For the glory of the Lorde shal appeare and al flesh shal at once see it for why the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it Thesame voice spake Now crye And the Prophet aūswered what shal I cry that al fleshe is grasse that al the goodlines therof is as the floure of the field The grasse is withered the floure falleth awaye Euen so is the people as grasse whē the breath of the lorde bloweth vpō thē Neuertheles whether the grasse wither or the the floure fade away yet the word of our god endureth for euer Go vp vnto the hie hil O siō thou that bringest good tidinges lifte vp thy voyce with power O thou preacher Ierusalem lifte it vp without feare and say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde your god beholde the lord god shall come with power beare rule with his arme Beholde he bryngeth hys treasure with hym his workes goe before him He shal fede his flocke like an heardmā He shal gather the lambes together with hys arme and cary them in hys bosome and shal kindly intreate those that beare yong ¶ The Gospell Luke i. ELizabethes time came the she suould bee deliuered and she broughte foorth a sonne And her neyghbours and her cosins heard how the lord had shewed great mercy vpon her and reioised with her And it fortuned that in the eight day thei came to circumcise the childe and called his name zachary after the name of his father And his mother aunswered and sayd not so but his name shal be called Iohn And they sayed vnto her There is none in thy kynred the is named with thys name And they made signes to his father howe he woulde haue him called And he asked for writing tables and wrote saying hys name is Iohn And they meruayled all And hys mouth was opened immediatlye and his tong also and he spake praised god And feare came on all them that dwelt nye vnto hym And all these sayinges was noised abroade throughout al the hie countrey of Iewry and they the heard them layd them vp in their heartes saying what maner of child shal this be And the hand of the lord was with hym And his father zacharias was filled with the holy gost and prophecied saying Praised be the lord God of Israell for he hath visited redemed his people And hath raised vp an horne of saluaciō vnto vs in the house of his seruāt Dauid Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which were sence the world began That we should be saued frō our enemies and frō the hand of al the hate vs. That he would deale mercifully with our fathers and remembre his holy couenaūt And he would perfourme the othe whiche he sware to our father Abrahā for to forgeue vs. That we beyng delyuered out of the handes of our enemies myghte serue hym without feare al the dayes of our life in such holinesse righteousnes as are acceptable for him And thou child shalt be called the Prophete of the hiest for thou shalt goe before the face of the lord to prepare his wayes To geue knowledge of saluacyon vnto his people for the remissiōn of synnes Through the tender mercy of our god whereby the day spring frō an high hath visited vs. To geue light to thē that sate in darkenes and in the shadow of death to guide our fete into the way of peace And the child grew waxed strong in spirite and was in wyldernes til the daye came when he should shewe hymselfe vnto the Israelites Sainct Peters daye ¶ The Collect. ALmightie god whiche by the sonne Iesus Christ hast geuen to thy Apostle Saincte Peter many excellente giftes and commaundest hym earnestly to fede thy stocke make we beseche thee al Bisshops and Pastours diligently to preache thy holy worde and the people obedientlye to folowe the same that they may receyue the crown of euerlastyng glory though Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Actes xii AT the same time Herode the king stretched forth hys handes to vexe certaine of the congregaciō And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn with the sweord And beecause he sawe it pleased the Iewes he proceded farther and tooke Peter also Then were the dayes of swete bread And when he had caught him he put him in prieson also delyuered hym to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kepte entending after Easter to bring him forth to the people And Peter was kept in prieson but prayer was made without ceasing of the congregacyon vnto god for hym And whē Herode would haue broughte hym out vnto the people thesame nyghte slepte Peter betwene two souldiers boūd with two chaines and the kepers before the dore kept the prieson And behold the Aungel of the lorde was there present and a light shined in the habitacion And he smote Peter on the side and styrred hym vp saying arise vp quickely And his chaines fel from his handes And the Aungel s ayd vnto hym gyrd thy selfe and binde on thy sandales And he so did And he sayth vnto him cast thy garment about thee folow me And he came out folowed him and wist not that it was trueth whiche was done by the Aungel but thought he had seen a vision When they were past the first second watche they came vnto the yron gate that leadeth vnto the citie whiche opened to them by the own accord And they went out passed thorow one strete and forth with the Angel departed from him And when Peter was come to himselfe he sayd nowe I know of a suretie that the lord hath sent his Aungell and hath deliuered me out of the hande of Herode and from all the wayting of the people of the Iewes ¶ The Gospell Mat. xvi WHen Iesus came into the coastes of the Citie which is called Cesarea Philippi he asked hys disciples saying whom doe men say that I the sonne of man am They sayed Some saye that thou art Iohn Baptist some Helias some Ieremias or one of the prophetes He saith vnto thē but whō say ye that I am Simō Peter aunswered and said Thou art Christ the sōne of the liuing god And Iesus aūswered and sayd vnto hym Happy art thou Simō the sonne of Ionas for fleshe and bloud hath not opened that vnto thee but my father whiche is in heauen And I say vnto thee the thou art Peter and vpon this rocke I wil build my cōgregaciō And the gates of hell shall not preuaile against it And I wil geue vnto thee the keies of the kyngdome of heauen And whatsoeuer thou bindest in earth shall be bounde in
heauen whatsoeuer thou loocest in earth shal be looced in heauen ¶ Sainct Iames the Apostle ¶ The Collect. Graunt O merciful god that as thy holy Apostle sainct Iames leauing his father and al that he had without delaye was obedyente vnto the callyng of thy sonne Iesus Christ and folowed him So we forsaking al worldly and carnall affeccyons maye bee euermore ready to folowe thy commaundementes through Iesu Christe our Lord. ¶ The Epistle Actes xi IN those dayes came Prophetes frō the citie of Ierusalem vnto Antioche And there stode vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirite that there should be great dearth throughout al the world which came to passe in the Emperour Claudiug dayes Then the disciples euery man according to his habilitie purposed to send succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewry which thing they also did and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saule At thesame tyme Herode the kyng stretched forth his handes to vexe certayne of the congregacion And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn wyth the sweord And because he saw it pleased the Iewes he proceded farther and toke Peter also ¶ The Gospell Math. xx THen came to him the mother of zebedes chyldren with her sonnes worshipping him and desiryng a certayne thyng of hym And he sayed vnto her what wylte thou She sayed vnto hym Graunte that these my two sōnes may sit the one on thy right hand and the other on thy left in thy kingdom But Iesus answered saied ye wote not what ye aske Are ye hable to drinke of the cup that I shall drinke of and to be baptysed with the baptisme that I am baptised with They said vnto him we are He said vnto them ye shal drinke in dede of my cup and be baptised with the baptisme that I am baptised with but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to geue but it shall chaunce vnto them that it is prepared for of my father And when the ten heard thys they disdained at the two brethren But Iesus called them vnto him and said ye know that the princes of the nacions haue dominiō ouer thē and they that are great mē exercise auctoritie vpon thē It shal not be so among you But whosoeuer will be greate among you let him be your minister and whosoeuer wyll be chiefe among you lette him be your seruaunt Euen as the sonne of mā came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geue hys lyfe a redempcion for many ¶ Sainct Bartholomewe ¶ The Collect. O Almightie and euerlasting god which hast geuē grace to thy Apostle Bartholomewe truly to beleue and to preache thy word graunt we beseche thee vnto thy churche both to loue that he beleued and to preache that he taughte through Christ our Lord. ¶ The Epistle Actes v. BY the handes of the Apostles were many signes And wonders shewed among the people And they were al together with one accorde in Salomons porche And of other durst no mā ioyne hymself to them neuertheles the people magnified thē The number of them the beleued in the lorde both of men and women grewe more and more insomuch that they brought the sicke into the stretes and laid them on beddes couches that at the leastway the shadowe of Peter when he came by might shadow some of them There came also a multitude out of the cities rounde aboute vnto Ierusalem bringing sicke folkes and them whiche were vexed with vncleane spirites And they were healed euery one ¶ The Gospell Luke xxii ANd there was a strife among them whiche of thē should seme to be the greatest And he said vnto them the kinges of nacions reygne ouer them and they that haue autoritie vpon thē are called gracious lordes But ye shall not so be But he that is greatest amōg you shal be as the yonger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doeth minister For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is not he that sitteh at meate But I am amōg you as he that ministreth Ye are they which haue bidden with me in my tēptacions And I appoynt vnto you a kingdom as my father hath appoynted vnto me that ye maye eate drynke at my table in my kyngdome and sytte on seates iudgeing the twelue tribes of Israel Sainct Mathewe ¶ The Collect. ALmightie God which by thy blessed sonne diddest call Mathew from the receipt of custome to be an Apostle and Euangelist Graunt vs grace to forsake all couetous desyres and inordinate loue of riches and to folowe thy sayd sonne Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth c. ¶ The Epistle ii cor iiii SEeing that we haue such an office euē as god hath had mercy on vs we goe not out of kind but haue cast frō vs the clokes of vnhonestie and walke not in craftines neither handle we the woorde of God deceiptfullye but open the trueth and report our selues to euerye mans conscience in the sight of God If our gospel bee yet hydde it is hydde among them that are lost in whom the God of thys worlde hath blinded the mindes of them which belieue not lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ which is the ymage of God shoulde shyne vnto them For we preache not our selues but Christe Iesus to bee the Lorde and our selues your seruantes for Iesus sake For it is god that cōmaūdeth the light to shine out of darkenes which hath shined in our heartes for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ ¶ The Gospell Math. ix ANd as Iesus passed forth from thence he saw a man named Mathew sitting at the receipt of custome and he sayde vnto hym folowe me And he arose and folowed him And it came to passe as Iesus sate at meate in his house beeholde manye publicanes also and sinners that came sate down with Iesus his disciples And when the Phariseis saw it they said vnto his disciples why eateth your master with Publicanes sinners But when Iesus heard that he said vnto them They the be strong nede not the Phisiciō but they that are sicke Go ye rather and learne what that meaneth I wil haue mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentaunce ¶ Sainct Michael and all Aungels ¶ The Collect. Euerlasting God which hast ordeyned and constituted the seruices of al Aungles and men in a wonderful ordre mercifully graunt that they which alway doe thee seruice in heauen may by thy appoyntmēt succour and defend vs in earth through Iesus Christ our Lorde c. ¶ The Epistle Apoca. xii THere was a great battail in heauē Michael and hys Angles fought with the dragon the dragon fought with his Angels and preuayled not neither was their place foūd any more in heauen
And the great dragon the old Serpent called the deuil Sathanas was cast out which deceueth all the world And he was cast into the earth and his Angels wer cast out also with him And I heard a loud voyce saying heauē is now made saluacion and strength and the kyngdome of our God and the power of his Christ For the accuser of our brethren is caste down which accused them before god day and night And they ouercame him by the bloud of the lambe by the word of their testimony and they loued not theyr liues vnto the death Therfore reioyce heauens and ye that dwel in them Woe vnto the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea for the deuil is come down vnto you which hath great wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a shorte tyme. ¶ The Gospell Mat. xviii AT the same time came the disciples vnto Iesus saying who is the greatest in the kingdom of heauen Iesus called a child vnto hym and set him in the middest of thē and said Verely I say vnto you excepte ye turne and become as children ye shall not entre into the kingdome of heauen Whosoeuer therfore humbleth himselfe as thys chyld thatsame is the greatest in the kingdom of heauen And whosoeuer receiueth suche a chylde in my name receyueth me But whoso doeth offende one of these litle ones whiche beeleue in me it were better for him that a milstone were hanged about his necke and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Woe vnto the world because of offences necessary it is the offences come But woe vnto the man by whō the offence cometh Wherfore yf thy hande or thy fote hinder thee cut hym of and caste it from the. It is better for thee to entre into life halt or maimed rather then thou shoudest hauing two handes or two feete be caste into euerlasting fyre And if thine eie offende thee plucke it out and cast it from thee It is better for the to entre into life with one eie rather then hauing two eies to be caft into hel fyre Take hede that ye despise not one of these litle ones For I say vnto you that in heauē theyr Angels doe alwayes beholde the face of my father whyche is in heauen ¶ Sainct Luke the Euangelist ¶ The Collect. ALmightie god which calledst Luke the phisiciō whose prayse is in the gospel to be a phisiciō of the soule it may please thee by the holsome medicines of his holy doctrine to heale al the diseases of our soules throughe thy sonne Iesu Chryst our Lorde ¶ The Epistle i. tim iiii WAtche thou in al thinges suffre afflicciōs doe the worke throughly of an Euangelist fulfil thyne office vnto the vttermost be sobre For I am now ready to be offered and the tyme of my departyng is at hande I haue foughte a good fyghte I haue fulfylled my course I haue kept the faith From henceforth there is layd vp for me a crown of righteousnes which the lorde that is a righteous iudge shal geue me at that daye not to me onely but to all them the loue his cōming Doe thy diligence that thou maiest come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsakē me and loueth this present world and is departed vnto The ssalonica Crescens is gone to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia only Lukas is with me Take Marke and bryng hym with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministracion And Tichicus haue I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I lefte at Croada with Carpus when thou comest bryng with thee and the bokes but specially the parchement Alexander the copersmith dyd me much euil the Lord rewarde hym accordyng to hys dedes of whom be thou ware also for he hath greatly withstande our wordes ¶ The Gospell Luke x. THe Lorde appoynted other seuentie and two also and sente them two and two before hym into euery citie and plate whether he himselfe would come Therfore he sayd vnto thē the haruest is great but the labourers are fewe Praye ye therfore the Lord of the haruest to sende forth labourers into the haruest Goe your waies beholde I send you forth as lambes among wolues Beare no wallet neither scrip nor shoes salute no man by the way into whatsoeuer house ye entre fyrst say peace be to this house And if the sonne of peace be there your peace shal rest vpon him if not it shal returne to you again And in the same house tary styll eating and drinking such as they geue For the labourer is worthy of hys rewarde ¶ Simon and Iude Apostles ¶ The Collect. Almightie God which hast builded thy congregacyon vpon the foundacion of the Apostles and Prophetes Iesu Christ himselfe beeing the head corner stone graunte vs so to be ioyned together in vnitie of spirite by their doctryne that we maye be made an holy temple acceptable to thee through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Iudi. i. IVdas the seruaunt of Iesu Christ the brother of Iames to them which are called and sanctified in god the father and preserued in Iesu Christ Mercye vnto you and peace and loue be multiplited Beloued when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the cōmon saluaciō it was nedeful for me to write vnto you to exhorte you the ye should continually laboure in the fayth which was once geuen vnto the sainctes For there are certayne vngodly men craftely crept in of which it was written afore time vnto such iudgement They turne the grace of our god vnto wantonnes and deny God which is the onely lord and our lord Iesu Christ My mynde is therefore to put you in remembraunce forasmuche as ye once knowe thys how that the lord after that he had deliuered the people out of Egipt destroyed thē which after beleued not The Aungels also whiche kepte not their first state but left their owne habitacion he hath reserued in euerlastyng chaynes vnder darkenesse vnto the iudgement of the great day euen as Sodom and Gomor and the cities about them which in lyke maner defyled themselues with fornicacion and folowed straunge flesh are set forth for an example and suffre the payne of eternall fyre like wife these beeing deceiued by dreames defile the fleshe despise rulers and speake euill of them that are in auctoritie ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv THis cōmaunde I you that ye loue together Yf the world hate you ye know it hated me before it hated you Yf ye were of the worlde the world would loue his owne howbeit because ye are not of the world but I haue chosen you out of the world therfore the worlde hateth you Remembre the worde that I saye vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then the Lord. Yf thei haue persecuted me they wil also persecute you Yf thei haue kept my saying they wil kepe yours also But al these thinges wil they doe vnto you for my names sake beecause they haue not knowen hym that
Communion eyther by one of them or els by one of the Minissters or by the Prieste hym selfe all kneling humbly vpon their knees ALmightie god father of our lord Iesus Christ maker of al thinges iudge of al men we knowledge bewayle our manifold sinnes and wickednesse whiche we from tyme to tyme moste greuously haue committed by thought worde and dede agaynste thy deuyne Maiestie prouokyng moste iustly thy wrath and indignacion agaynst vs we doe earnestly repent be heartelry sory for these our misdoynges the remembraunce of them is grieuous vnto vs the burthe of them is intollerable haue mercye vpon vs haue mercye vpon vs moste mercifull father for thy sonne oure Lorde Iesus Chriestes sake forgeue vs all that is past graunt that we may euer hereafter serue and please thee in newnesse of lyfe to the honor and glorye of thy name Through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shal the Priest or the Bishop being present stand vp and turning himselfe to the people says thus ALmightie God our heauenly father who of hys great mercy hath promised forgeuenes of sinnes to al them whiche with hartie repentaunce and true fayth turne vnto him haue mercye vpon you pardon deliuer you frō all your sinnnes confirme and strength you in all goodnes and bryng you to euerlastyng lyfe through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ¶ Then shall the priest also saye Heare what comfortable wordes our sauiour Christ saith to all that truely turne to hym Come vnto me all that trauayle and be heauy laden and I shal refreshe you So God loued the world that he gaue his onely begotten sonne to th end that al that beleue in him should not peryshe but haue lyfe euerlastyng ¶ Heare also what Sainct Paul sayeth This is a true saying a worthy of al men to be receyued that Iesus Christ came into the world to saue synners ¶ Heare also what Sainct Iohn sayeth Yf anye man synne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ righteous and he the propiciacyon for our synnes After the which the priest shall procede saying Lyft vp your heartes Aunswere We lyfte them vp vnto the Lorde Prieste Let vs geue thankes vnto our Lorde God Aunswere It is mete and right so to doe Prieste It is very mete righte and oure bounden duetie that we should at al times and in al places geue thankes vnto thee O Lorde holy father almightie euerlasting god ¶ Here shall folowe the proper Preface accordyng to the tyme if there be any specially appointed or els immediatly shall folowe Therefore with Aungels c. ¶ Propre Prefaces Vpon Christmas daye and seuen dayes after BEcause thou diddest geue Iesus Christe thine onely sonne to bee borne as thys daye for vs who by the operacion of the holy ghoste was made very man of the substaunce of the Vyrgyn Marye his mother and that without spot of sinne to make vs cleane from all sinne Therfore c. ¶ Vpon Easter day and seuen dayes after BVt chieflye are we bounde to prayse thee for the glorious resurreccion of thy sonne Iesus Christe our Lord for he is the very Paschal lābe which was offered for vs hath taken awaye the sinne of the worlde who by hys death hath destroyed death and by hys risyng to lyfe agayne hathe restored to vs euerlastyng lyfe Therfore c. ¶ Vpon the Ascencion daye and seuen dayes after THroughe thy moste deare beloued sonne Iesus Christ our Lord who after his most glorious resurrecciō manifestly appeared to al his apostles and in their sight ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thether might we also ascend and reigne with him in glory Therfore with c. ¶ Vpon whitsonday and sixe dayes after THrough Iesus Christe our Lorde accordyng to whose most true promise the holye ghoste came downe this daye frō heauen with a sodain great sound as it had been a mightie wind in the likenes of fiery tonges lightyng vpon the Apostles to teache them and to leade them to all trueth geuyng them bothe the gyft of diuerse languages and also boldenes with feruent zeale constantly to preache the Gospell vnto all nacions whereby we are brought out of darkenes and errour into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee and of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therfore with c. ¶ Vpon the feast of Trinitie onely IT is verye mete righte and our bounden duetie that me should at all tunes and in all places geue thankes to thee O Lorde almightie and euerlasting God which art one God one lord not one onely person but three persones in one substaunce for that which we beleue of the glory of the father the same we beleue of the sonne and of the holy ghost without anye difference or inequalitie Therfore with c. ¶ After which Preface shall folowe immediately ¶ Therfore with Angelles and Archangelles and with all the company of heauen we laude and magnifie thy glorious name euermore praysing thee and saying Holy holy holy Lorde God of hostes heauen and earth are full of thy glory glory be to thee O Lord most high Then shall the Priest kneeling downe at Gods borde saye in the name of all them that shall receiue the Communion thys prayer folowing WE doe not presume to come to this thy Table O mercifull Lord trusting in our owne righteousnes but in thy manifolde great mercies we be not worthy so much as to gather vp the crūmes vnder thy table but thou arte the same Lorde whose propertie is alwayes to haue mercy graunt vs therfore gracious Lorde so to eate the fleshe of thy dere sonne Iesus Christ and to drinke his bloud that our sinfull bodies may be made cleane by his body our soules wasshed through his most precious bloud and that we may euermore dwel in him and he in vs. Amen ¶ Then the Priest standing vp shal say as foloweth ALmightie God our heauenly father which of thy tender mercy diddest geue thyne onely sonne Iesus Christ to suffre death vpon the crosse for our redempcion who made there by his one oblacion of himselfe once offered a full perfecte and sufficient sacrifice oblacion and satisfaccyon for the synnes of the whole world and did institute and in his holy Gospel commaund vs to continue a perpetuall memorye of that hys precious death vntyll hys comyng agayne Heare vs O mercifull father we beseche thee graunte that we receiuing these thy creatures of bread wine according to thy sonne our Sauiour Iesu Christes holy institucion in remembraūce of his death and passion may be partakers of his most blessed body and bloud who in the same nyght that he was betrayed tooke bread and when he hadde geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to hys Disciples saying Take eate this is my body which is geuen for you Doe this in remēbraunce of me Lykewyse after supper he tooke the cup and when he had geuen thankes he gaue it to thē saying
ordinaunce And thereto I geue thee my trouth Then shal they agayne loose their handes and the man shal geue vnto the woman a ring laying thesame vpon the boke with the accustomed duety to the Priest Clerke And the Priest taking the ring shal delyuer it vnto the man to putte it vpon the fourth fynger of the womans left hand And the man taught by the Priest shall saye With this ring I thee wed wyth my body I thee worshyp with al my worldly goodes I thee endow In the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen Then the man leauing the ryng vpon the fourth fynger of the womans left hande the Minister shall saye ¶ Let vs praye O Eternall god creatour and preseruer of al mankynde geuer of all spirituall grace the auctour of euerlasting lyfe Sende thy blessing vpon these thy seruauntes this mā and this woman whō we blesse in thy name that as Isaac and Rebecca liued faithfully together so these persons may surely perfourme and kepe the vow and couenaunt betwixt them made whereof this ring geuen and receiued is a tokē and pledge and may euer remaine in perfect loue and peace together and lyue accordyng vnto thy lawes through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen Then shall the Priest ioyne their right handes together and say Those whom God hath ioined together lette no man put asunder Then shall the Minister speake vnto the people FOrasmuche as N. and N. haue consented together in holy wedlocke and haue witnessed thesame before god and this company and therto haue geuen and pledged their trouth eyther to other and haue declared thesame by geuing and receiuing of a ring and by ioyning of handes I pronounce that they be man and wife together In the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And the Minister shal adde thys blessing God the father god the sonne god the holy gost blesse preserue and kepe you the Lord mercifully with his fauoure loke vpon you and so fil you with al spiritual benediccyon and grace that you maye so liue together in thys life that in the world to come you may haue life euerlasting Amen Then the Minister or Clerkes going to the Lordes table shall saye or syng thys psalme folowyng Beati omnes ps cxxviii BLessed are al they that feare the lorde and walke in thys wayes For thou shalt eate the labour of thy handes O well is thee and happy shalt thou be Thy wife shal be as the fruitefull vine vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the Oliue braunches rounde aboute thy table Loe thus shal the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lorde from oute of Sion shall blesse thee that thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all thy lyfe long Yea that thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace vpon Israel Glory be to the father c. As it was in the. c. Or els thys psalme folowyng Deus misereatur psal lxvii GOd be merciful vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the light of his countenaunce and be merciful vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon the earth thy sauyng health among all nacions Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nacions reioyce and be glad for thou shalt iudge the stocke righteouslye and gouerne the nacions vpon the earth Let the people praise thee O god let all the people prayse thee Then shal the earth bryng forth her encrease and god euēour God shall geue vs hys blessyng God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare hym Glory be to the father c. As it was in the. c. The Psalme ended and the man and the woman knelyng afore the Lordes table the Priest standing at the table and turning his face towarde them shall saye Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Aunswere Christe haue merry vpon vs. Minister Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which art in heauen c And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruaunt and thy handmayde Aunswere Which put their trust in thee Minister O Lorde sende them helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore defende them Minister Be vnto them a towre of strength Aunswere From the face of theyr enemye Minister O Lorde heare our prayer Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee The Minister O God of Abraham God of Isaac God of Iacob blesse these thy seruauntes and so we the sede of eternall lyfe in their mindes that whatsoeuer in thy holy worde they shall profitably learne they maye in dede fulfil thesame Loke O Lord mercifully vpon thē from heauen and blesse them And as thou diddest sende thy blessing vpon Abraham and Sara to their great comfort so vouchsafe to sende thy blessing vpō these thy seruauntes that they obeying thy wil and alway beeing in safetie vnder thy proteccion may abide thy loue vnto their liues ende through Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen Thys prayer next folowyng shal be omitted where the women is paste chylde byrth O Merciful lord heauenly father by whose gracious gift mankind is encreased we beseche thee assyste with thy blessyng these two persons that they may both be fruiteful in procreacion of childrē and also liue together so long in godly loue and honestie that they may see their childrens children vnto the thyrde fourth generacyon vnto thy prayse and honoure throughe Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whiche by thy mightie power hast made all thinges of naughte which also after other thinges set in ordre didst appointe that out of mā created after thyne owne ymage and similitude woman should take her beginning and knitting thē together dydst teache that it should neuer be lawful to put a sunder those whom thou by matrimonie hadst made one O God whych hast consecrated the state of matrimonie to such an excellent misterie that in it is signified and represented the spiritual mariage vnitie betwixt Christ his church Loke mercyfully vpon these thy seruauntes that both this mā may loue his wyfe accordyng to thy worde as Chryste did loue hys spouse the church who gaue him selfe for it louing cherysshyng it euen as his own flesh And also the this womā may be louing amiable to her husband as Rachel wife as Rebecca faithfull obedient as Sara and in all quietnes sobrietie peace be a folower of holy and godly matrones O Lord blesse them both graunt them to inherite thy euerlasting kingdom through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest saye ALmightie God which at the beginning did create our first parentes Adam and Eue and did sanctifie ioine them together in mariage powre vpō you the riches of hys grace sanctifie and blesse you that ye may please hym both in body and soule and lyue together in holy loue vnto your lyues ende Amen Then
shal begin the Communion and after the Gospel shal be said a sermon wherein ordinarely so oft as there is any mariage thoffice of a man wyfe shal be declared according to holy scripture or yf there be no sermon the Minister shall reade thys that foloweth Al ye which be maryed or which entende to take the holy estate of matrimonie vpon you heare what holy scripture doeth say as touching the duetie of husbandes toward their wiues and wiues toward their husbandes Saincte Paul in his Epistle to the Ephesians the fifth Chapiter doeth geue thys commaundemente to all maryed men Ye husbandes loue your wiues euen as Christe loued the church hath geuen himselfe for it to sanctifie it pourging it in the fountayne of water throughe thy worde that he might make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion not hauing spotte or wrinkel or any suche thyng but that it should be holy blameles So men are bound to loue their owne wyues as theyr own bodyes He that loueth his own wyfe loueth himfelse For neuer dyd any man hate his own fleshe but nourisheth and cherisheth it euen as the lord doth the congregacion for we are membres of his bodye of hys fleshe and of hys bones For thys cause shal a man leaue father and mother and shall bee ioyned vnto hys wife and they two shall bee one fleshe This misterie is great but I speake of Chryste and of the congregaciō Neuertheles let euery one of you so loue hys own wyfe euen as hymselfe Lykewyse thesame sainct Paul writing to the Colossians speaketh thus to al men that be maried Colo. iiii Ye men loue your wyues and be not bitter vnto them Heare also what Sainct Peter the Apostle of Chryste which was himselfe a maried man sayeth vnto al mē that are maryed i. pete iii Ye husbandes dwel with your wyues according to knowledge Geuing honoure vnto the wife as vnto the weaker vessell and as heyres together of the grace of lyfe so that your prayers be not hyndered Hertherto ye haue heard the duetie of the husband toward the wife Now lykewyse ye wiues heare learne your duetie towardes your husbandes euen as it is playnely set forth in holy scripture SAincte Paule in the forenamed Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth you thus Ephesi v Ye women submit youre selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the lord for the husbande is the wyues head euē as Christ is the head of the Church And he is also the sauioure of the whole bodye Therefore as the church or congregacion is subiect vnto Christe so likewise let the wiues also be in subiecciō vnto their own husbandes in all thinges And agayne he saieth Let the wife reuerence her husband And in his Epistle to the Collossians Sayncte Paul geueth you this short Lesson Colos iii Ye wiues submit youre selues vnto your own husbandes as it is conuenient in the Lorde SAinct Peter also doeth instructe you very godly thus saying i. pete iii. Let wiues bee subiecte to their owne husbandes so that yf any obey not the worde they may be wonne without the worde by the conuersacion of the wiues while they behold your chast conuersacion coupled with feare wbose apparell lette it not bee outward with broided heere and trimming about with golde either in putting on of gorgeous apparel but let the hid mā whiche is in the heart be without al corrupcyon so that the spirite be milde and quiet which is a precious thing in the sight of god For after this maner in the olde time dyd the holy womē which trusted in god apparel themselues being subiect to their own husbandes as Sara obeyed Ibraham calling hym Lorde whose daughters ye are made doyng well and being not dismaide with any feare ¶ The new maried persons thesame day of their mariage must receiue the holy Communion ¶ The ordre for the visitacion of the sicke The Priest entering into the sicke persons house shall saye Peace be in this house and to all that dwell in it When he commeth into the sicke mans presence he shall saye knelyng downe REmembre not lord our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers Spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast 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 which art in heauen c And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruaunte Aunswere Whiche putteth his trust in thee Minister Sende hym helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore mightely defende hym Minister Let the enemy haue none aduauntage of hym Aunswere Nor the wicked approche to hurt hym Minister Be vnto hym O Lorde a strong towre Aunswere From the face of his enemie Minister Lorde heare our prayers Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee The Minister O Lord loke downe from heauen behold visite and releue this thy seruaunt Loke vpon him with the eyes of thy mercy geue him comfort and sure confydence in thee Defende him from the daunger of the enemy and kepe hym in perpetuall peace and safetye through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen HEare vs almightie and most merciful god and sauioure Extende thy accustomed goodnes to thys thy seruaunt which is grieued with sickenes Visite hym O Lorde as thou diddest visite Peters wiues mother and the Captaines seruaunt So visite and restore vnto this sicke person his former health yf it be thy wyl or els geue him grace so to take thy visitacion that after this painful life ended he may dwel with thee in lyfe euerlasting Amen Then shall the Minister exhorte the sicke person after thys fourme or other lyke DErely beloued know thys that almightie God is the Lord of life and death and ouer all thinges to them perteining as youth strength health age weakenes and sickenesse Wherefore whatsoeuer your sickenes is know you certainly that it is gods visitacyon And for what cause soeuer thys syckenes is sente vnto you whether it bee to trie youre pacience for the example of other and that your fayth maye be founde in the daye of the Lorde laudable glorious honourable to the encrease of glorye endles felicitie Or els it be sente vnto you to correcte and amend in you whatsoeuer doeth offend the eies of our heauenly father know you certaynly that yf you truely repente you of your sinnes and beare your sickenesse paciently trustyng in Goddes mercy for his dere sonne Iesus Christes sake and rendre vnto him humble thākes for his fatherly visitaciō submitting your selfe wholy to his will it shall turne to your profite and helpe you foreward in the right way that leadeth vnto euerlasting life ¶ If the person visited be very sicke then the Curate may ende his exhortacion in this place ¶ Take therefore in good woorth the chastement of the Lorde For whom the Lorde loueth
mediatour and redemer Amen ¶ The thankes geuing of weomen after childe birth commonly called the Churching of women The woman shall come into the churche and there shall knele down in some conuenient place nigh vnto the place where the Table standeth and the Priest standing by her shall saye these wordes or such like as the case shall require FOrasmuch as it hath pleased almighty god of his goodnes to geue you safe deliueraunce and hath preserued you in the great daunger of childbirth ye shall therfore geue hearty thankes vnto God and praye ¶ Then shall the Priest say this Psalme I Haue lyfted vp myne eyes vnto the hylles from whence cometh my helpe My helpe cometh euen from the Lord whiche hath made heauen and earth He will not suffre thy foote to be moued and he that kepeth thee will not slepe Behold he that kepeth Israel shall neither flumber nor slepe The lord himself is thy keper the lorde is thy defence vpon thy right hande So that the Sunne shal not burne thee by daye neither the Moone by night The Lord shall preserue thee from al euill yea it is euen he that shal kepe thy soule The Lorde shall preserue thy going out and thy coming in from this time furth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c As it was in the beginning is nowe c. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Priest O Lord saue this woman thy seruaunt Aunswere Which putteth her trust in thee Priest Be thou to her a strong tower Aunswere From the face of her enemy Priest Lord heare our prayer Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee Priest ¶ Let vs pray O Almighty god which hast deliuered this woman thy seruaunt from the great payn peril of childe byrth Graunt we beseche thee most merciful father that she through thy helpe maye both faithfully liue walke in her vocacion according to thy will in this life present And also maye be partaker of euerlasting glori in the life to come through Iesus Christ our lord Amē ¶ The woman that cometh to geue her thankes must offre accustomed offeringes and if there be a Communion it is conuenient that she receiue the holy Communion ¶ A Comminacion against synners with certayne prayers to be vsed dyuerse tymes in the yere ¶ After Morning prayer the people beyng called together by the rynging of a bell and assembled in the Churche the Englishe Letany shal be sayde after the accustomed maner whiche ended the Priest shall goe into the pulpitte and saye thus BRethren in the primatiue Churche there was a godly discipline that at the begynning of Lent suche persones as were notorious sinners were put to open penaunce punished in thys world that their soules myght bee saued in the daye of the Lord. And that others admonished by their exaumple might be more afrayd to offēd In the stede whereof vntyll the sayd discipline may be restored agayn whiche thyng is much to be wisshed it is thought good that at thys tyme in your presence should be read the generall sentences of God cursyng against impenitent sinners gathered out of the .xxvii. Chapter of Deuteronomie and other places of scripture And that ye shoulde aunswere to euery sentence Amen To thintēt that you being admonished of the great indignacion of god against sinners may the rather be called to earnest and true repentaunce and may walke more warely in these daungerous daies fleing from such vices for the which ye affirme with your own mouthes the curse of God to be due Cursed is the man that maketh any carued or molten ymage an abhominacion to the Lorde the woorke of the handes of the craftes man and putteth it in a secrete place to worship it And the people shall aunswere and saye Amen Ministre Cursed is he that curseth his father and mother Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that remoueth awaye the marke of hys neighbours land Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that maketh the blynde to goe out of hys waye Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that letteth in iudgement the right of the straunger of them that be fatherles and of wiedowes Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour secretely Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that lyeth with his neighbours wife Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that taketh reward to slay the soule of innocent bloud Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man and taketh manne for hys defence and in hys hearte goeth from the Lorde Aunswere Amen Ministre Cursed are the vnmercifull the fornicatours and adulterers and the couetous persones the woorshippers of ymages slaunderers drunkardes and extorcioners Aunswere Amen The Minister NOw seeyng that all they be accursed as the Prophete Dauid beareth witnes psa cxviii which doe erre go a stray from the commaundementes of god let vs remembryng the dreadfull iudgement hangyng ouer oure heades and beeyng alwayes at hande returne vnto oure Lorde God with all contricion and mekenesse of heart bewayling and lamentyng our sinful lyfe knowledgeing and confessing our offences and seking to bryng furth worthy fruites of penaunce Math. iii For nowe is the Axe put vnto the roote of the trees so that euery tree which bryngeth not furth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fyre Hebre. x. It is a fearefull thyng to fal into the handes of the liuyng god Psalm x he shall powre downe rayn vpon the sinners snares fyre brimstone storme and tempest thys shal be theyr porcion to drynke Esa xxvi For loe the lord is comen out of hys place to visyte the wickednes of suche as dwell vpon the earthe Mala. iii But who may abide the day of his comyng who shal be able to endure when he appeareth Hys fanne is in his hand and he wyll pourge hys floore and gather hys wheate into the barne Math. iii but he wyll burne the chaffe with vnquencheable fyre The day of the lord cometh as a these vpon the night and when men shall saye peace and all thynges are safe i. Tess v. then shall sodeynlye destruccion come vpon them as sorowe cometh vpon a woman trauayling with childe Roma ii and they shall not escape then shall appeare the wrath of God in the day of vēgeaunce whiche obstinate sinners through the stubbernes of theyr heart haue heaped vnto themselfe whiche despysed the goodnesse pacience and long sufferaunce of God Prouer. i when he called them continually to repentaunce Then shall they call vpon me sayth the lord but I wyll not heare they shall seke me early but they shal not fynde me that because they hated knowledge and receyued not the feare of the Lord but abhorred my counsayle and despysed my correccyon
then shall it bee to late to knocke when the dore shal be shut and to late to crye for mercye when it is the tyme of iustice O terrible voyce of moste iuste iudgemente whyche shal be pronounced vpon them when it shal be sayde vnto them goe ye cursed into the fyre euerlastyng whiche is prepared for the deuill and hys Aungels Mat. xxv therefore brethren take we hede betime while the day of saluacion lasteth ii Cor. vi for the night cometh when none can woorke Ioh. ix but let vs whyle we haue the lyght beleue in the lyghte and walke as the chyldren of the lyght that we bee not cast into the vtter darknes where is weping and gnashyng of teeth Mat. xxv Let vs not abuse the goodnes of God whyche calleth vs mercyfully to amendmente and of hys endlesse pietie promiseth vs forgeuenesse of that which is past yf with a whole minde and true heart we returne vnto hym for though our sinnes bee redde as scarlet they shal be as whyte as Snowe Esai i. Ezechiel xxviii and thoughe they be lyke purple yet shall they be as whyte as wolle Turne you clene sayth the Lorde from all your wickednesse and your sinne shall not bee your destruccion Cast awaye from you al your vngodlines that ye haue done make you new heartes and a newe spirite wherefore wyll ye dye O ye house of Israel Seeing that I haue no pleasure in the death of him that dieth saith the lord god i. Iohn ii Turne you then you shall liue Althoughe we haue sinned yet haue we an aduocate with the father Iesus Christe the righteous Esai liii and he it is that obteyneth grace for oure sinnes for he was wounded for oure offences and smitten for oure wyckednes Let vs therfore returne vnto hym who is the mercifull receiuer of al true penitent sinners assuryng our selfe that he is readye to receue vs and moste willing to pardon vs if we come to hym with faytfull repentaunce If we wyll submyt oure selues vnto him from hencefurth walke in his waies If we wil take his easy yoke light burden vpon vs to folow hym in lowlines pacience and charitie Math. xi be ordred by the gouernaunce of his holy spirite seking alwayes his glory scruyng him duelye in our vocacion with thankes geuyng This yf we doe Christe will deliuer vs from the curse of the lawe and from the extreme malediccion whiche shall light vpon them that shal be sette on the left hand Mat. xxv and he wyll sette vs on his ryghte hand and geue vs the blessed benediccyon of hys father cōmaunding vs to take possession of his glorious kingdome vnto the whiche he vouchsafe to bryng vs all for hys infinite mercy Amen Then shal they al knele vpon theyr knees the Priestes and Clerkes knelyng where they are accustomed to saye the Letany shall saye thys Psalme Miserere mei deus Psalm li HAue mercye vpon me O God after thy great goodnesse according to the multitude of thy mercyes doe away myne offences Washe me throughly fro my wickednes and clense me from me synne For I knowledge my faultes and my synne is euer beefore me Agaynst thee only haue I sinned and done this euil in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying and cleare when thou art iudged Beholde I was shapen in wickednes and in sinne hathe my mother conceyued me But loe thou requirest trueth in inwarde parties shalt make me to vnderstande wisedome secretly Thou shalte purge me with Isope and I shal be cleane thou shalt washe me and I shal be whyter then Snowe Thou shalte make me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones whiche thou hast broken may reioyce Turne thy face from my sinnes and putte oute al my misdedes Make me a cleane hearte O God and renewe a righte spirite within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirite from me O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne and stablishe me with thy free spirite Then shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloudguiltinesse O God thou that art the God of my health and my tongue shall syng of thy righteousnesse Thou shalte open my lippes O Lorde my mouthe shall shewe thy prayse For thou desirest no sacrifice els woulde I geue it thee but thou delitest not in burnt offerynges The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirite a broken and a contrite hearte O God shalt thou nor despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the walles of Hierusalem Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of rightousnes with the burnt offerings and oblacions then shal they offer yong bullockes vpon thyne altare Glory be to the father and to the sonne and. c. As it was in the beginnyng and is now c Amen Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which art in heauen c And leade vs not into temptacyon Aunswere But delyuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruauntes Aunswere Which put theyr truste in thee Minister Sende vnto them helpe from aboue Aunswere And euermore mightely defende them Minister Helpe vs O God our sauiour Aunswere And for the glory of thy names sake delyuer vs be merciful vnto vs sinners for thy names sake Minister O Lorde heare our prayers Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee ¶ Let vs praye O Lord we beseche thee mercifully heare oure praiers and spare all those which confesse theyr sinnes to thee that they whose consciences by sinne are accused by thy mercifull pardon may be absolued Throughe Chryste oure Lorde Amen O Most mightie god and merciful father which hast compassiō of al men and hatest nothing that thou hast made whiche wouldest not the death of a sinner but that he should rather turne from sinne be saued mercyfully forgeue vs our trespasses receyue and comfort vs which bee greued and weryed which the burthen of our sinne Thy propertie is to haue mercy to thee onely it apperteineth to forgeue sinnes spare vs therfore good lord spare thy people whom thou haste redemed Entre not into iudgement with thy seruauntes whiche bee vyle earth and miserable sinners but so turne thy yre frō vs which mekely knowledge our vilenes truly repent vs of our faultes so make haste to helpe vs in this worlde that we may euer lyue with thee in the worlde to come through Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen Then shall the people saye thys that foloweth after the Minister TVrne thou vs O good Lorde and so shall we bee turned be fauourable O lorde bee fauourable to thy people which turne to thee in weping fastyng and praying for thou arte a mercifull God full of compassion long sufferyng and of a great pietie Thou sparest when we deserue punishment and in thy
wrath thinkest vpon mercye Spare thy people good Lorde spare them and lette not thy herytage bee brought to confusion heare vs O lord for thy mercy is great and after the multytude of thy mercyes loke vpon vs. Here endeth the boke of common praier The psalter or Psalmes of Dauid after the trāslacion of the greate Byble poynted as it shal be sayed or song in Churches ☞ ¶ The Psalmes of Dauid Beatus vir qui non abiit psal i. Mornīg prayer BLessed is that man that hath not walked in the coūsel of the vngodly nor stande in the way of sinners and hath not sit in the seate of the scornefull But his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law wil he exercyse hymselfe daye and night And he shall be like a tree planted by the water side that wil bryng furth hys fruite in due season Hys leafe also shall not wyther and loke whatsoeuer he doeth it shall prosper As for the vngodly it is not so with them but they are lyke the chaffe which the wind scattereth awaye from the face of the earth Therefore the vngodly shall not bee hable to stande in the iudgement neither the sinners in the congregacyon of the ryghteous But the lord knoweth the way of the righteous and the way of the vngodly shall peryshe Quare fremuerunt gentes psal ii WHy doe the Heathen so furiously rage together and why doe the people ymagine a vayne thyng The kinges of the earth stande vp and the rulers take counsayle together agaynst the Lord and against hys annoynted Let vs breake their bandes a sunder and cast away their cordes from vs. He that dwelleth in heauen shal laugh them to scorne the lord shall haue them in derision Then shall he speake vnto them in his wrath and vexe them in hys sore displeasure Yet haue I set my kyng vpon my holy hyll of Syon I wil preache the lawe wherof the lord hath sayed vnto me thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee Desyre of me and I shall geue thee the heathen for thine enheritaunce and the vttermost part of the earth for thy possession Thou shalt bruise them with a rodde of yron and breake them in pieces lyke a potters bessell Be wyse now therefore O ye kynges be learned ye that are iudges of the earth Serue the Lorde in feare and reioyce vnto hym wyth reuerence Kisse the sonne left he be angry and so ye perishe from the ryght waye if his wrath be kiendled yea but a little blessed are all they that put theyr trust in hym Domine quid multiplicati psal iii. LOrd how are they encreased that trouble me many are they that ryse aganst me Many one there be that say of my soule there is no helpe for hym in hys God But thou O Lord art my defendour thou art my worship and the lifter vp of my head I did call vpon the Lord with my voice and he heard me out of hys holy hyll I layed me downe and slepte and rose vp agayne for the Lord sustayned me I wil not be afraid of ten thousandes of people that haue set themselues against me round about Vp Lorde and helpe me O my God for thou smytest all myne enemyes vpon the cheke bone thou haste broken the teeth of the vngodly Saluacion belongeth vnto the Lord and thy blessing is vpon the people Cum inuocarem psal iiii HEare me when I call O God of my ryghteousnesse thou haste set me at libertie when I was in trouble haue mercye vpon me and hearken vnto my prayer O ye sonnes of men how long wyll ye blaspheme myne honor and haue suche pleasure in vanitie and seeke after leasyng Knowe thys also that the Lorde hath chosen to hymselfe the man that is godlye when I call vpon the Lorde he wil heare me Stande in awe and synne not comen with youre owne hearte and in your chambre and be styll Offre the sacrifice of righteousnesse and put your truste in the Lorde There bee manye that wyll saye who wyll shewe vs any good LORD lyfte thou vp the lyghte of thy countenaunce vpon vs. Thou haste putte gladnes in my hearte sence the tyme that theyr corne and wyne and oyle increased I wyll laye me downe in peace and take my reste for it is thou Lorde only that makest me dwel in safetie Verba mea auribus Psalm v. POnder my wordes O LORDE consyder my meditacyon O herken thou vnto the voyce of my callyng my kyng and my God for vnto thee wyl I make my prayer My voyce shalte thou heare betimes O Lorde earlye in the mornyng wyll I directe my prayer vnto thee and wyll loke vp For thou arte the God that hathe no pleasure in wickednesse neyther shall any euyll dwell with thee Suche as bee foolyshe shall not stande in thy syghte for thou hatest all them that worke vanitie Thou shalte destroye them that speake leasyng the Lorde wyll abhorre bothe the bloudthirstye and deceytfull man But as for me I wyll come into thy house euen vpon the multitude of thy mercye and in thy feare wyl I worshyp towarde thy holy temple Leade me O lord in thy righteousnes because of myne enemies make thy waye playne before my face For there is no faithfulnes in his mouth theyr inwarde partes are very wickednes Theyr throte is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue Destroye thou them O God let them peryshe throughe theyr owne ymaginacyons cast them out in the multitude of theyr vngodlynes for they haue rebelled agaynst thee And let all them that put theyr truste in thee reioyce they shall euer be geuyng of thankes because thou defendest thē they that loue thy name shal be ioyefull in thee For thou Lorde wylte geue thy blessyng vnto the ryghteous and with thy fauourable kyndnesse wilt thou defend him as with a shielde Domine ne in furore Psalm vi Euening prayer O Lorde rebuke me not in thyne indignacion neyther chasten me in thy displeasure Haue mercy vpon me O Lord for I am weake O Lorde heale me for my bones are vexed My soule is also sore troubled but Lorde howe long wilte thou punishe me Turne thee O Lorde and delyuer my soule oh saue me for thy mercies sake For in death no man remembreth thee and who wil geue thee thankes in the pitte I am wearye of my gronyng euery night washe I my bedde and water my couche with my teares My beautie is gone for verye trouble and worne awaye because of all my enemies Awaye fro me all yet that worke vanitie for the Lorde hath hearde the voyce of my wepyng The Lorde hath hearde my peticyon the Lorde wyll receyue my prayer All myne enemyes shall bee confounded and sore vexed they shal be turned backe and put to shame sodeynly Domine deus meus psalm vii O Lorde my God in thee haue I put my trust saue me from all them that persecute me and delyuer me Left he
thereto To helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto theyr ryghte that the manne of the earthe bee no more exalted agaynste them In domino confido psalm xi IN the Lorde putte I my truste howe saye ye then to my soule that she shoulde flye as byrde vnto the hyll For loe the vngodly bende theyr bowe and make readye theyr arrowes within the quyuer that they maye prieuelye shoote at them whiche are true of heart For the foundacions wyll be caste downe and what hath the righteous done The Lorde is in hys holy Temple the Lordes seate is in heauen His eyes consydre the poore and his eye liddes tryeth the children of men The LORDE aloweth the ryghteous but the vngodly and hym that delighteth in wickednesse dooeth hys soule abhorre Vpon the vngodlye he shall rayne snares fyre and brimstone storme and tempeste thys shal bee theyr porcyon to drynke For the righteous Lorde loueth righteousnes hys countenaunce wyll beholde the thyng that is iuste Saluum me fac domine Psalm xii Euening prayer HElpe me Lorde for there is not on godly manne lefte for the faythfull are minished from among the chyldren of men They talke of vanitie euerye one with hys neyghboure they doe but flatter with theyr lippes and dissemble in theyr double hearte The Lorde shall roote out all disceytfull lippes and the tongue that speaketh proude thynges Whyche haue sayde with oure tongue wyll we preuayle we are they that ought to speake who is Lord ouer vs Nowe for the coumforteles troubles sake of the nedye because of the depe sighing of the poore I wyll vp sayeth the Lorde and will helpe euerye one from hym that swelleth agaynste hym and wyll sette them at reste The wordes of the Lorde are pure woordes euen as the siluer whych from earth is tryed and purifyed seuen times in the fyre Thou shalte kepe them O Lorde thou shalte preserue hym from thys generacyon for euer The vngodlye walke on euery syde when they are exalted the chyldren of men are put to rebuke Vsquequo domine Psalm xiii Howe long wylt thou forgeat me O Lorde for euer how long wilt thou hyde thy face from me Howe long shall I seeke counsayle in my soule and bee so vexed in my hearte howe long shall myne enemyes triumphe ouer me Consydre and heare me Lorde my God lighten myne eyes that I slepe not in death Leste myne enemie saye I haue preuayled agaynste him for yf I bee caste downe they that trouble me wyll reioyce at it But my truste is in thy mercye and my hearte is ioyeful in thy saluacion I wyll syng of the Lord because he hath delte so louingly with me yea I wyll prayse the name of the Lorde the moste hygheste Dixit incipiens psal xiiii THe foole hath sayd in hys heart there is no God They are corrupte and become abhominable in their doinges there is not one that doeth good no not one The Lord loked down from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that woulde vnderstande and seke after God But they are al gone out of the way they are altogether become abhominable there is none that doeth good no not one Theyr throte is an open sepulchre with their tongues they haue deceiued the person of aspes is vnder their lippes Their mouth is ful of cursyng and bitternesse their feete are swyfte to shedde bloude Destruccion and vnhappinesse is in their wayes and the way of peace haue they not knowen there is no feare of god before theyr eyes Haue they no knowledge that they are all such workers of mischiefe eating vp my people as it were bread And call not vpon the Lorde there were they brought in great fear euen where no feare was for God is in the generacion of the righteous As for you ye haue made a mocke at the counsayle of the poore because he putteth hys trust in the Lorde Who shall geue saluacion vnto Israel out of Sion whē the Lord turneth the captiuitie of his people then shal Iacob reioyce and Israel shal be glad Domine quis habitabit psal xv Morning prayer Lorde who shall dwel in thy tabernacle who shal rest vpon thy holy hyll Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupte life and doeth the thing which is ryght and speaketh the trueth from hys hearte He that hath vsed no deceste in hys tongue nor done euill to hys neyghbours and hath not slaundered hys neyghbours He that setteth not by hymselfe but is lowlye in hys own eyes and maketh much of them that feare the Lorde He that sweareth vnto his neigbboure and dysapoynteth hym not though it were to his own hinderaunce He that hath not geuen his money vpon vsury nor takē rewarde against the innocent Whoso doth these thynges shall neuer fall Conserua me domine psal xvi PReserue me O god for in thee haue I put my trust O my soule thou hast said vnto the Lord thou art my god my goodes are nothing vnto thee At my delight are vpon the Saintes that are in the earth and vpon suche as excell in vertue But they that runne after another God shal haue great trouble Their drinke offeringes of bloud will not I offer neyther make mencion of their names within my lyppes The lord himselfe is the porcion of mine enheritaunce and of my cup thou shalt mayntayne my lot The lot is fallen vnto me in a fayre grounde yea I haue a goodly heritage I wil thanke the Lord for geuing me warning my reines also chasten me in the night season I haue set god alwayes before me for he is on my right hand therfore I shall not fall Wherefore my heart was glad and my glory reioysed my fleshe also shall rest in hope For why thou shalte not leaue my soule in hell neyther shalt thou suffre thy holy one to see corrupcion Thou shalt shewe me the path of life in thy presence is the fulnes of ioye and at thy right hande there is pleasure for euermore Exaudi domine iusticiam psal xvii HEeare the right O lord consider my complaint and hearken vnto my prayer that goeth not out of fained lyppes Let my sentence come forth from thy presence and let thyne eyes loke vpon the thyng that is equall Thou hast proued and visited myne hearte in the nyghte season thou hast tried me and shal finde no wickednes in me for I am vtterlye purposed that my mouth shall not offende Because of mennes workes that are done agaynste the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kepte me from the wayes of the destroyer O hold thou vp my goynges in thy pathes that my fotesteppes slyp not I haue called vpon thee O god for thou shalte heare me incline thine eare to me and hearken vnto my wordes Shewe thy marueilous louing kindnes thou that art the sauioure of them that trust in thee from suche as resiste thy ryght hande kepe me as the apple of an eye hide me vnder the shadow of thy wynges From the vngodly that
the Lord is an vndefyled lawe conuerting the soule the testimonie of the lord is sure and geueth wisdome vnto the simple The statutes of the lord are right and reioyce the heart the commaundement of the lorde is pure and geueth lyght vnto the eyes The feare of the Lord is cleane and endureth for euer the iudgemētes of the lord are true and righteous altogether More to be desyred are they then golde yea then muche fyne golde sweter also then hony and the hony combe Moreouer by them is thy seruant taught and in keping of them there is great reward Who can tell how oft he offendeth O clense thou me from my secrete faultes Kepe the seruaunt also from presumpteous synnes lest they geat the dominion ouer me so shal I be vndefiled and innocent from the great offence Let the woordes of my mouth and the meditacion of my heart be alway acceptable in thy sight O lord my strength and my redemer Exaudiat te dominus psal xx THe Lord heare thee in the day of trouble the name of the God of Iacob defend thee Send thee helpe from the sanctuary and strength thee out of Syon Remembre all thy offerynges and accepte thy brente sacrifice Graunt thee thy heartes desyre and fulfyll al thy mind We will reioyce in thy saluacion tryumphe in the name of the Lord our God the Lord perfourme al thy peticions Now know I that the lord helpeth hys annoynted and wil heare him from his holy heauē Euen with the wholesome strength of his right hand Some put theyr trust in charets and some in horses but we wil remembre the name of the Lorde our God They are brought downe and fallen but we are riesen and stand vpright Saue Lorde and heare vs O kyng of heauen when we call vpon thee Domine in virtute tua psal xxi THe King shal reioyce in thy strength O Lord exceading glad shall he be of thy saluacion Thou hast geuen him his heartes desyre and hast not denyed him the request of his lippes For thou shalt preuent him with the blessinges of goodnes and shalt set a crowne of pure golde vpon his head He asked lyfe of the and thou gauest him a long lyfe euen for euer and euer His honour is great in thy saluaciō glory great worship shalt thou lay vpon him For thou shalt geue him euerlastyng felicitie and make hym glad with the ioye of thy countenaunce And why because the king putteth his trust in the lord and in the mercy of the most hyest he shall not miscary All thine enemies shall feele thy hande thy ryght hande shall fynd out them that hate thee Thou shalt make them like a fyerye ouen in tyme of thy wrath the lord shal destroy them in his displeasure and the fire shall consume them Their fruite shalt thou roote oute of the earth and theyr sede from emong the children of men For they intended mischiefe agaynst thee and imagyned such a deuise as they are not hable to perfourme Therfore shalt thou put them to flight and the stringes of thy bowe shalte thou make ready agaynst the face of them Be thou exalted Lord in thy own strength so wyl we sing and prayse thy power Deus deus meus psal xxii Euenīg prayer MY God my god loke vpō me why hast thou forsakē me and arte so farre from my health and from the wordes of my complaynt O my god I crye in the daye tyme but thou hearest not and in the night season also I take no rest And thou continuest holy O thou worshippe of Israel Our father 's hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou diddest delyuer them They called vpon thee and were holpen they putte theyr trust in thee and were not confounded But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of men and the outcast of the people All they that see me laughe me to scorne they shote oute their lyppes and shake the head saying He trusted in god that he would deliuer hym let hym delyuer hym if he wyl haue hym But thou art he that toke me out of my mothers wombe thou waste my hope when I hanged yet vpon my mothers brestes I haue been left vnto thee euer sence I was borne thou art my god euen from my mothers wombe O goe not from me for trouble is hard at hand and there is none to helpe me Many oxen are come about me fat bulles of Basan close me in on euery syde They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a raumpyng and roaryng lyon I am powred out lyke water and all my bones are oute of iointe my heart also in the middes of my body is euen lyke melting ware My strength is dryed vp like a potsherde and my tongue cleueth to my gummes and thou shalte bryng me into the dust of death For many dogges are come about me and the counsel of the wycked layeth siege agaynst me They pearced my handes and my fete I may tell all my bones they stande staryng and lokyng vpon me They part my garmentes emong them and caste lottes vpon my vesture But be not thou farre from me O Lorde thou art my succour hast thee to helpe me Delyuer my soule from thy swoeorde my dearling from the power of the dogge Saue me from the Lions mouth thou hast heard me also from emong the hornes of the Vnicornes I wil declare thy name vnto my brethren in the middes of the congregacion wyll I prayse thee O prayse the lord ye that feare him magnifye him al ye of the sede of Iacob and feare hym all ye sede of Israel For he hath not despysed nor abhorred the lowe estate of the poore he hath not hyd hys fare from him but when he called vnto hym he heard hym My praise is of thee in the great congregacion my vowes wyll I performe in the syght of them that feare hym The poore shall eate and be satisfied they that seke after the lord shall prayse hym your heart shall lyue for euer Al the endes of the world shal remember themselues and be turned vnto the lord and al the kinredes of the nacyons shal worship before hym For the kingdome is the Lordes and he is the gouernoure among the people All such as be fat vpon earth haue eaten and worshipped Al they that goe down into the dust shal knele before him and no man hath quickened hys own soule My sede shal serue him they shal be counted vnto the lorde for a generacion They shal come and the heauens shal declare hys righteousnes vnto a people that shal be borne whom the lord hath made Dominus regit me psal xxiii THe Lord is my shepehearde therefore can I lacke nothing He shall fede me in a grene pasture and leade me furth beside the waters of comfort He shall conuert my soule and bring me furth in the pathes of righteousnes for his names sake Yea though I walke through the valey of the
shadow of death I wil feare no euil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staffe comfort me Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me thou hast annointed my head with Oile and my cup shal be full But thy louing kindnes and mercy shal folow me al the daies of my life I wil dwel in the house of the lord for euer Domini est terra psal xxiiii Mornīg prayer THe earth is the lordes and al that therein is the compasse of the world and they that dwel therein For he hath founded it vpon the Seas and prepared it vpon the sloudes Who shall ascende into the hil of the lord or who shall ryse vp in hys holy place Euen he that hath cleane handes and a pure hearte and that hath not lift vp his minde vnto vanitie nor sworne to deceiue his neighboure He shal receiue the blessyng from the lord and ryghteousnes from the God of hys saluacion This is the generacion of thē that seke him euen of them that seke thy face O Iacob Lift vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lift vp ye euerlastyng doores and the king of glory shall come in Who is the king of glory it is the lord strong and mightie euen the Lorde mightie in battayl Lifte vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lyfte vp ye euerlastyng dores and the kyng of glory shall come in Who is the kyng of glory euen the Lorde of hostes he is the kyng of glory Ad te domine psal xxv INto thee O Lord wil I lift vp my soule my God I haue put my trust in thee O let me not be cōfounded neyther let myne enemyes triumphe ouer me For al they that hope in thee shal not be ashamed but such as transgresse without a cause shal be put to confusyon Shewe me thy waies O lord and teache me thy pathes Leade me furth in thy trueth and learne me for thou art the god of my saluacion in thee hath been my hope al the day long Cal to remembraunce O Lord thy tender mercyes and thy louing kindnes which hath been euer of olde Oh remember not the synnes and offences of my youth but accordyng to thy mercy thinke thou vpon me O Lorde for thy goodnesse Gracious and righteous is the lord therfore wil he teache synners in the waye Them that be meke shal he guide in iudgement and such as be gentle them shall he learne hys waye Al the pathes of the Lord are mercy and trueth vnto such as kepe hys couenaunt and his testimonies For thy names sake O Lord be merciful vnto my sinne for it is great What man is he that feareth the lord him shal he teache in the way that he shall chose Hys soule shal dwel at ease and hys seede shall enherite the lande The secretes of the Lord are among them that feare him and he wyll shewe them hys couenaunt Mine iyes are euer lokyng vnto the lord for he shal plucke my fete out of the nette Turne thee vnto me and haue mercy vpon me for I am desolate and in misery The sorowes of my hearte are enlarged O bring thou me out of my troubles Loke vpon mine aduersitie and misery and forgeue me all my synne Considre mine enemies how many they are they beare a tyrannous hate agaynst me O kepe my soule and delyuer me let me not be confounded for I haue put my trust in thee Let perfectnes and righteous dealing waite vpon me for my hope hath been in thee Deliuer Israel O God out of al hys troubles Iudica me domine Psal xxvi BE thou my iudge O lord for I haue walked innocētly my trust hath been also in the lord therfore shall I not fall Examine me O Lord and proue me trye out my reynes and my heart For thy louing kindnes is euer before mine eyes and I wyll walke in thy trueth I haue not dwelt with vayne persones neither wyll I haue felowship with the deceitfull I haue hated the congregacion of the wicked and wyll not sit emong the vngodly I wil washe my handes in innocencie O Lord and so wil I goe to thyne altare That I may shewe the voyce of thankesgeuing and tell of al thy wonderous workes Lorde I haue loued the habitacion of thy house and the place where thine honor dwelleth O shut not vp my soule with the sinners nor my life with the bloud thyrstie In whose handes is wickednes and their righte handes are full of giftes But as for me I will walke innocentlye O deliuer me and be mercifull vnto me My foote standeth right I wyll prayse the Lorde in the congregacions Dominus illuminacio psal xxvii Euening prayer THe lord is my light and my saluaciō whom then shal I feare the lorde is the strength of my lyfe of whom then shal I be afrayde When the wicked euen mine enemies and my foes came vpon me to eate vp my fleshe they stombled and fell Thoughe an host of men were layed against me yet shall not my heart be afrayd and though there rose vp warre agaynst me yet wil I put my trust in hym One thing haue I desyred of the Lord whiche I wyll require euen that I may dwel in the house of the Lord al the dayes of my lyfe to beholde the fayre bewty of the lord and to visite his temple For in the tyme of trouble he shall hyde me in his Tabernacle yea in the secret place of his dwelling shal he hide me and set me vp vpon a rocke of stone And nowe shall he lyft vp my head aboue myne enemyes rounde about me Therfore will I offre in his dwelling an oblacyon with great gladnes I wil sing and speake praises vnto the lord Hearken vnto my voyce O lorde when I crye vnto thee haue mercy vpon me and heare me My hearte hath talked of thee seke ye my face thy face lorde wyll I seke O hyde not thou thy face fro me nor cast thy seruaunte away in dyspleasure Thou hast been my succour leaue me not neither forsake me O God of my saluacion When my father and my mother forsake me the lord taketh me vp Teache me thy way O lord and leade me the ryght way because of mine enemyes Deliuer me not ouer into the wil of mine aduersaryes for there are false witnesses risen vp againste me and suche as speake wrong I should vtterly haue faynted but that I beeleue verely to see the goodnes of the lord in the lande of the liuing O tary thou the lordes laisure be strong and he shal comfort thine heart and put thou thy trust in the Lorde Ad te domine clamabo psal xxviii VNto thee will I crye O lord my strength thinke no scorne of me lest if thou make thee as thoughe thou hearest not I become like them that goe downe into the pytte Heare the voyce of my humble peticions when I cyre vnto thee when I hold vp my handes towarde the mercye
seate of thy holy Temple O plucke me not awaye neyther destroy me with the vngodly and wycked doers whyche speake frendlye to theyr neighbours but imagine mischiefe in their heartes Reward them accordyng to their dedes and accordyng to the wickednes of their owne inuencions Recompence them after the worke of their handes paye them that they haue deserued For they regarde not in their mind the workes of the lord nor the operaciō of his handes therfore shal he breake them downe and not build them vp Praised be the lord for he hath heard the voice of my humble peticions The Lorde is my strength and my shield my hearte hath trusted in hym and I am holpē therefore my heart daunceth for ioye and in my song will I prayse hym The lord is their strength and he is the wholesome defence of hys annoynted O saue thy people and geue thy blessyng vnto thine enheritaunce fede them and set them vp for euer Afferte domino psal xxix BRing vnto the Lorde O ye mightye bring young Rammes vnto the Lorde ascribe vnto the Lorde worship and strength Geue the lord the honour due vnto hys name worshyp the lord with holy worship It is the Lorde that commaundeth the waters it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder It is the Lorde that ruleth the sea the voyce of the lorde is mightye in operacion the voyce of the Lorde is a gloryous voyce The voice of the Lorde breaketh the Cedre trees yea the lord breaketh the Cedres of Libanus He made them also to skip lyke a calfe Libanus also and Syrion like a young vnicorne The voyce of the Lorde deuydeth the flames of fyre the voice of the lorde shaketh the wyldernesse yea the lorde shaketh the wyldernes of Cades The voice of the lord maketh the Hindes to bryng furth young and discouereth the thicke busshes in hys Temple doeth euery man speake of his honour The lord sitteth aboue the water floud and the lorde remayneth a kyng foreuer The lord shal geue strength vnto hys people the lord shal geue his people the blessyng of peace Exaltabo te domine psal xxx Mornīg prayer I Wil magnifie thee O Lord for thou hast set me vp and not made my foes to triumphe ouer me O lord my god I cryed vnto thee and thou haste healed me Thou Lord hast brought my soule out of hell thou hast kept my lyfe from them that goe down to the pyt Sing prayses vnto the lord O ye Sainctes of hys and geue thankes vnto him for a remēbraunce of his holynesse For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye and in hys pleasure is lyfe heauines may endure for a nighte but ioy cometh in the morning And in my prosperitie I sayd I shal neuer be remoued thou lorde of thy goodnes hadst made my hyll so strong Thou didst turne thy face fro me and I was troubled Then cryed I vnto thee O lorde and gat me vnto my lorde ryght humbly What profite is there in my bloud when I goe down to to the pyt Shall the dust geue thankes vnto thee or shal it declare thy trueth Heare O Lord and haue mercy vpon me Lorde be thou my helper Thou hast turned my heauines to ioye thou hast putte of my sackecloth and gyrded me with gladnes Therfore shal euery good man sing of thy praise without ceasing O my God I wil geue thankes vnto the for euer In te domine speraui psal xxxi IN thee O lord haue I put my trust let me neuer be put to confusion deliuer me in thy righteousnes Bowe down thine eare to me make hast to deliuer me And be thou my strong rocke and house of defence that thou mayest saue me For thou art my strong rocke and my castel be thou also my gyde and leade me for thy names sake Drawe me out of the nette that they haue layd prieuely for me for thou art my strength Into thy handes I commende my spirite for thou hast redemed me O Lord thou God of trueth I haue hated them that holde of supersticious vanities and my trust hath been in the Lorde I wil be glad and reioice in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble and hast knowē my soule in aduersitie Thou hast not shutte me vp into the hand of the enemy but hast set my fete in a large rowme Haue mercy vpon me O lord for I am in trouble mine iye is consumed for veri heauines euē my soule my body For my life is waxen olde with heauines and my yeres with mourning My strength faileth me because of mine iniquitie and my bones are corrupt I became a reprofe among al mine enemies but specially emong my neighbours and they of mine acquaintaunce were afrayde of me and they that did see me without conueyed themselues from me I am cleane forgotten as a dead man out of mind I am become like a broken vessell For I haue hearde the blasphemy of the multitude and feare is on euery side while they conspire together against me and take theyr counsell to take away my life But my hope hath been in thee O Lorde I haue sayde thou art my God My tyme is in thy hande deliuer me from the hande of myne enemies and from them that persecute me Shew thy seruaunt the light of thy countenaunce and saue me for thy mercies sake Let me not be confounded O lorde for I haue called vpon thee let the vngodly be put to confusion and be put to sylence in the graue Let the lying lippes be putte to silence whiche cruellye disdaynfully dispitefully speake agaynst the ryghteous O how plentifull is thy goodnes which thou hast layde vp for them that feare thee and that thou hast prepared for thē that put their trust in thee euen before the sonnes of mē Thou shalt hide them prieuely by thyne owne presence from the prouoking of al men thou shalt kepe them secretly in thy tabernacle from the stryfe of tongues Thankes be to the lord for he hath shewed me marueilous great kindnes in a strong citie And when I made hast I said I am cast out of the sight of thine iyes Neuerthelesse thou hardest the voice of my prayer when I cryed vnto thee O loue the lord al ye his Sainctes for the lorde preserueth them that are faithful and plenteously rewardeth the proude doer Be strong and he shall stablishe your heart all ye that put your trust in the Lord. Beati quorum Psalm xxxii Euenīg prayer Blessed is he whose vnrighteousnes is forgeuen and whose sinne is couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the lorde imputeth no synne and in whose spirite there is no gyle For whyle I helde my tong my bones consumed awaie through my dayly complayning For thy hand is heauy vpon me day and nighte and my moisture is lyke the drouth in the Sommer I wil knowledge my sinne vnto thee and myne vnryghteousnesse haue I not hyd I sayd I wyll confesse my sinnes vnto
the lorde and so thou forgauest the wyckednes of my sinne For this shall euery one that is godlye make hys prayer vnto thee in a tyme when thou mayest be founde but in the great water fluddes they shall not come nighe hym Thou arte a place to hyde me in thou shalte preserue me from trouble thou shalte compasse me rounde aboute with songes of delyueraunce I wyll enforme thee and teache thee in the way wherein thou shalt goe and I wyll guyde thee with myne eye Be ye not lyke horse and mule whyche haue no vnderstaning whose mouthes must be holden with bitte and bridle lest they fall vpon thee Great plagues remaine for the vngodly but whoso putteth his trust in the lord mercy embraceth him on euery syde Be glad O ye righteous and reioyce in the Lord and bee ioyfull all ye that are true of hearte Exultate iusti in domino Psalm xxxiii REioice in the lord O ye righteous for it becommeth well the iust to be thankefull Prayse the lorde with harpe syng Psalmes vnto hym with the lute and instrument of ten strynges Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song syng prayses iustlye vnto hym with a good corage For the worde of the Lord is true and al his workes are faithfull He loueth righteousnes and iudgemente the earthe is full of the goodnes of the lorde By the worde of the Lord were the heauens made and al the hostes of them by the breath of hys mouth He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpō an heape and layeth vp the depe as in a treasure house Let all the earth feare the lorde stand in awe of him al ye that dwell in the worlde For he spake and it was done he commaunded and it stode faste The lord bryngeth the counsell of the heathen to naught and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effect and casteth out the counsailes of princes The counsayll of the Lorde shall indure for euer and the thoughtes of hys hearte from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people whose god is the Lord Iehouah blessed are the folke that haue chosen hym to bee theyr inheritaunce The lorde loked downe from heauen and behelde all the children of men from the habitacion of his dwellyng he cōsidereth all them that dwell in the earth He fashioned all the heartes of them and vnderstandeth all theyr workes There is no king that can be saued by the multitude of an host neither is any mightie man deliuered by much strēgth A horse is coumpted but a vayne thyng to saue a man neither shall he deliuer any man by hys great strength Beholde the iye of the lorde is vpon them that feare him and vpon them that put theyr trust in his mercy To delyuer theyr soules from death and to feede them in tyme of dearth Our soule hath paciently taried for the lord for he is oure helpe and our shielde For our heart shall reioyce in him because we haue hoped in hys holy name Let thy mercifull kyndnesse O lorde be vpon vs like as we haue put our trust in thee Benedicam dominum Psalm xxxiiii I Wyll alwaye geue thankes vnto the Lord his praise shall euer be in my mouth My soule shal make her bost in the lord the humble shal heare therof and be glad O prayse the Lorde with me and let vs magnifye hys name together I sought the Lorde and he hearde me yea he deliuered me out of all my feare They had an eye vnto hym and were lightened and their faces were not ashamed Loe the poore cryeth and the Lord heareth hym yea and saueth hym out of all his troubles The Aungel of the Lord tarieth round aboute them that feare hym and deliuereth them O taste and see howe gracious the Lorde is blessed is the man that trusteth in hym O feare the Lord ye that be hys sainctes for they that feare hym lacke nothing The lyons doe lacke and suffre hunger but they whyche s eke the Lorde s hall want no maner of thyng that is good Come ye children and hearken vnto me I wyll teache you the feare of the Lord. What man is he that lusteth to lyue and woulde fayne see good dayes kepe thy tongue from euill and thy lippes that they speake no guyle Eschewe euyll and doe good seke peace and ensue it The eyes of the Lorde are ouer the righteous and hys eares are open vnto theyr prayers The countenaunce of the Lord is againste them that doe euil to roote out the remēbraunce of them frō of the earthe The righteous crye and the Lord heareth them and deliuereth them out of all theyr troubles The lorde is nygh vnto them that are of a contrite heart and wyll saue suche as be of an humble spirite Great are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord deliuereth hym out of all He kepeth all hys bones so that not one of them is broken But misfortune shal staye the vngodly and they that hate the righteous shal be desolate The Lorde deliuereth the soules of hys seruauntes and all they that put theyr truste in hym shall not bee destitute Iudica domine nocentes Psalm xxxv Mornīg prayer PLeade thou my cause O Lorde with them that striue with me and fight thou againste them that fighte agaynst me Lay hand vpon the shielde and buckeler and stand vp to helpe me Bring furth the speare and stoppe the way against them that persecute me saye vnto my soule I am thy saluacion Let them be confounded and put to shame that seke after my soule let them be turned backe and brought to confusiō that ymagine mischiefe for me Let them be as the dust before the wynde and the aungel of the Lorde scattering them Let their way be darke and slippery and let the Aungell of the Lorde persecute them For they haue prieuely layde theyr nette to destroye me without a cause yea euen without a cause haue they made a pytte for my soule Let a sodaine destruccion come vpon him vnawares and hys net that he hath layde priuely catch himself that he may fall into hys owne mischiefe And my soule be ioyfull in the Lord it shall reioyce in his saluacyon And my bones shall saye Lorde who is lyke vnto thee whiche deliuerest the poore from hym the is to strong for hym yea the pore him the is in misery from him the spoyleth hym False witnes did rise vp they laid to my charge thynges that I knowe not They rewarded me euill for good to the great discoumforte of my soule Neuerthelesse when they wer sicke I put on sackeclothe and humbled my soule with fasting my prayer shall turne into myne owne bosome I behaued my self as though it had been my frend or my brother I went heuely as one the mourneth for his mother But in myne aduersitie they reioysed gathered them together yea the verye abiectes came together agaynste me vnawares makyng mowes at me and ceassed not With the flatterers
were busy mockers whyche gnashed vpon me with theyr teeth Lord howe long wilt thou loke vpon thys O deliuer my soule from the calamities which they bryng on me and my darlyng from the lyons So will I geue thee thankes in the great congregacion I wyll prayse thee among much people O let not them that are myne enemies triumphe ouer me vngodly neyther let them winke with theyr eyes that hate me without a cause And why theyr commoning is not for peace but they ymagine deceytfull wordes against thē the are quiet in the land They gaped on me with theyr mouthes and sayde fye on thee fye on thee we saw it with oure eyes This thou haste seene O lord holde not thy tongue then goe not farre fro me O Lorde Awake and stand vp to iudge my quarell Auenge thou my cause my God and my lorde Iudge me O lorde my God accordyng to thy ryghteousnes and let them not triumphe ouer me Let them not saye in theyr heartes there there so would we haue it neither let them say we haue deuoured hym Let them be put to confusiō and shame together that reioyce at my trouble let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour that boast themselues agaynst me Let them bee glad and reioyce that fauour my ryghteous dealyng yea let them say alway blessed be the lorde whyche hath pleasure in the prosperitie of hys seruaunt And as for my tongue it shal be talkyng of thy ryghteousnes and of thy prayse all the daye long Dixit iniustus Psal xxxvi My hearte sheweth me the wickednes of the vngodlye that there is no feare of God before hys eyes For he flatreth himselfe in his owne syght vntyll hys abhominable sinne be founde oute The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and ful of deceypt he hath left of to behaue himselfe wisely to do good He ymagineth mischiefe vpon his bed and hath set hymselfe in no good waye neyther doeth he abhorre anye thyng that is euill Thy mercy O Lorde reacheth vnto the heauen and thy faythfulnes vnto the cloudes Thy righteousnes standeth lyke the strong mountaines thy iudgementes are like the great depe Thou lorde shalt saue bothe man and beast how excellēt is thy mercy O God and the children of men shal put theyr truste vnder the shadowe of thy wynges They shal be satisfyed with the plenteousnes of thy house and thou shalt geue them drynke of thy pleasures as oute of the riuer For with thee is the well of lyfe and in thy light shal we see lyghte O continue furth thy louyng kyndnes vnto them the know thee and thy righteousnes vnto them that are true of heart O let not the foote of pride come agaynste me and let not the hand of the vngodly cast me downe There are they fallen all that worke wickednesse they are cast downe and shall not be hable to stande Noli emulari Psalm xxxvii Euening prayer FRet not the selfe because of the vngodlye neither bee thou enuyous agaynst the euyll doers For they shall sone be cutte downe lyke the grasse and be withered euen as the grene hearbe Put thou thy trust in the Lord and be doyng good dwel in the land and verely thou shalt be fed Delyghte thou in the Lorde and he shall geue thee thy heartes desyre Committe thy waie vnto the Lorde and put thy trust in him and he shall bryng it to passe He shall make thy ryghteousnes as cleare as the lyghte and thy iust dealyng as the noone daye Holde thee styl in the lord and abide paciently vpon him but greue not thy selfe at hym whose way doeth prospere agaynst the man that doeth after euill counsayles Leaue of from wrath and let goe displeasure fret not thy selfe els shalt thou be moued to doe euill Wicked doers shal be roted out and they that paciently abide the lorde those shall inherite the lande Yet a little while and the vngodly shal be cleane gone thou shalt loke after his place and he shal be awaye But the meke spirited shall possesse the earth and shal be refreshed in the multitude of peace The vugodly seketh counsayle agaynst the iust and gnassheth vpon hym with his teeth The lorde shall laugh hym to scorne for he hath seen that hys daye is commyng The vngodly haue drawen out the sweord and haue bended their bowe to cast down the poore and nedy and to slay such as be of a right conuersacion Their sweorde shal goe thorow their own heart and their bowe shal be broken A smal thing that the righteous hath is better then great ryches of the vngodly For the armes of the vngodly shal be broken and the lord vpholdeth the righteous The lord knoweth the dayes of the godly and their enheritaunce shal endure for euer They shal not be confounded in the perilous tyme and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue inough As for the vngodly they shal perishe and the enemyes of the lord shal consume as the fat of lambes yea euen as the smoke shall they consume awaye The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne but the righteous is merciful and liberall Such as be blessed of god shal possesse the land and they that be cursed of hym shal be rooted out The Lorde ordereth a good mans going and maketh his waye acceptable to hymselfe Though he fal he shal not be cast away for the Lord vpholdeth hym with his hande I haue been yong and now am old yet saw I neuer the righteous forsaken nor hys sede begging their bread The righteous is euer merciful and lendeth and his sede is blessed Flye from euill and doe the thing that is good and dwell for euermore For the lorde loueth the thyng that is right he forsaketh not hys that be godly but they are preserued for euer The righteous shal be punished as for the sede of the vngodly it shal be roted out The righteous shall enherite the lande and dwell therin for euer The mouth of the ryghteous is excercysed in wysedome and his tongue wylbe talkyng of iudgement The law of his god is in his heart and his goinges shal not slyde The vngodly seeth the ryghteous and seketh occasion to slaye hym The lorde wyll not leaue him in his hande nor condemne hym when he is iudged Hope thou in the lord and kepe his way and he shal promote thee that thou shalt possesse the land when the vngodly shall perishe thou shalt see it I my selfe haue seen the vngodly in greate power and florishing like a grene baye tree And I wente by and loe he was gone I sought hym but his place could no where be founde Kepe innocency and take hede vnto the thing that is right for that shal bring a man peace at the last As for the transgressours they shal peryshe together and the ende of the vngodly is they shal be roted out at the last But the saluaryon of the ryghteous cometh of the Lorde which is also their strength in the tyme of
trouble And the Lord shal stande by them and saue them he shall deliuer them from the vngodly and shal saue them because they put theyr trust in him Domine ne in furore psal xxxviii Mornīg prayer But me not to rebuke O Lord in thyne anger neyther chasten me in thy heauy displeasure For thine arowes sticke fast in me and thy hande presseth me sore There is no health in any flesh because of thy dispeasure neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sinne For my wickednesses are gone ouer my head and are like a sore burthen to heauy for me to beare My woūdes stinke are corrupt through my foolishnes I am brought into so great trouble and miserye that I goe mourning all the day long For my loynes are filled with a fore disease and there is no whole part in my body I am feble and sore smitten I haue roared for the very disquietnes of my heart Lorde thou knowest all my desyre and my groning is not hydde from thee My heart panteth my strength hath fayled me and the light of mine eyes is gone from me My louers and my neighbours dyd stande loking vpon my trouble and my kinsmen stode afarre of They also that sought after my life layd snares for me and they that went about to doe me euil talked of wickednes and ymagined deceit all the day long As for me I was lyke a deafe man and hearde not and as one that is domme which doeth not open his mouth I became euen as a man that heareth not and in whose mouth are no reprofes For in thee O Lorde haue I put my trust thou shalte aunswere for me O Lord my God I haue required that they euen myne enemies shoulde not tryumphe ouer me for when my foote slipt they reioysed greatly agaynst me And I truely am set in the plage my heauines is euer in my sight For I will confesse my wickednesse and be sorye for my synne But mine enemies liue and are mightye and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number They also that rewarde euill for good are agaynst me because I folow the thing that good is Forsake me not O Lord my God be not thou farre fro me Haste thee to helpe me O Lord God my saluacion Dixi cuftodiam vias psal xxxix I Sayd I wil take hede to my wayes that I offende not in my tongue I wil kepe my mouth as it were with a brydle whyle the vngodlye is in my sight I helde my tongue and spake nothyng I kept sylence yea euen frō good wordes but it was payn griefe to me My heart was hote within me and while I was thus musyng the fyre kiendled and at the laste I spake with my tongue Lorde let me knowe myne ende and the number of my dayes that I may be certifyed how long I haue to liue Beholde thou hast made my dayes as it were a spanne long and mine age is euen as nothyng in respecte of thee and verely euery man liuing is altogether vanitie For man walketh in a vayne shadowe and disquieteth himselfe in vayn he heapeth vp riches and cannot tel who shall gather them And now lord what is my hope truely my hope is euen in thee Deliuer me from all myne offences and make me not a rebuke vnto the foolishe I became domme and opened not my mouthe for it was thy doing Take thy plague away from me I am euen consumed by the meanes of thy heauy hande When thou with rebukes doest chasten man for sinne thou makest his beauty to consume awaye like as it were a mothe fretting a garmente euerye man therefore is but vanitie Heare my prayer O Lorde and with thyne eares considre my calling hold not thy peace at my teares For I am a straunger with thee and a soiourner as all my fathers were Oh spare me a little that I maye recouer my strengeth before I goe hence and be no more seen Expectans expectaui Psalm xl I Wayted paciently for the lorde and be enclined vnto me and heard my calling He brought me also out of the horrible pit oute of the myre and claye and set my fete vpon the rocke and ordered my goinges And he hath put a new song in my mouth euē a thankes geuing vnto our God Many shall see it and feare and shall putte their trust in the Lorde Blessed is the man that hath set hys hope in the Lorde and turned not vnto the proude and to suche as goe about with lyes O Lord my God great are thy woonderous woorkes which thou hast done lyke as be also thy thoughtes which are to vsward and yet there is no man that ordereth them vnto thee If I would declare them and speake of thē they should be moe then I am hable to expresse Sacrifice and meateofferyng thou wouldest not haue but mine eares hast thou opened Burnte offeringes and sacrifice for sinne hast thou not required then sayd I loe I come In the volume of the Booke it is written of me that I should fulfill thy will O my God I am content to doe it yea thy lawe is within my heart I haue declared the ryghteousnes in the great congregacion loe I will not refrayue my lippes O Lorde and that thou knowest I haue not hydde thy righteousnes within my heart my talking hath been of thy trueth and of thy saluacion I haue not kepte backe thy louyng mercye and trueth from the great congregacion Withdraw not thou thy mercy fro me O Lord lette thy louing kindnes and thy trueth alway preserue me For innumerable troubles are come about me my sinnes haue taken suche holde vpon me that I am not hable to loke vp yea they are moe in number then the heere 's of my head and my heart hath fayled me O Lord let it be thy pleasure to deliuer me make hast O Lorde to helpe me Let them be ashamed and cōfounded together that seke after my soule to destroy it let them be drieuen backeward and put to rebuke that wishe me euill Let them be desolate and rewarded with shame that say vnto me fye vpon thee fye vpon thee Let all those that seke thee be ioyful glad in thee let such as loue thy saluacion say alway the lorde be praysed As for me I am poore and nedye but the Lorde careth for me Thou art my helper and redemer make no long tarying O my God Beatus qui intelligit Psalm xli Euening prayer Blessed is he that considereth the poore nedye the Lord shall deliuer him in the tyme of trouble The Lorde preserue hym and kepe him aliue that he may be blessed vpon earth and deliuer not thou him into the will of his enemies The Lorde coumfort hym when he lyeth sicke vpon hys bed make thou all his bed in his sickenesse I sayd Lord be merciful vnto me heale my soule for I haue sinned agaynst thee Mine enemies speake euil of me when shall he dye
Kynges daughters were among thy honorable wemen vpō thy right hand did stand the Quene in a vesture of golde wrought about with dyuerse colors Herken O daughter and consydre enclyne thyne eare forgeat also thyne owne people and thy fathers house So shall the kyng haue pleasure in thy bewtie for he is thy Lorde God and worshyp thou hym And the daughter of Tire shall be there with gyft lyke as the ryche also among the people shall make theyr supplycacion before thee The Kynges daughter is al glorious within her clothing is of wrought golde She shal be broughte vnto the kyng in rayment of nedle worke the vyrgins that be her felowes shal beare her company and shal be brought vnto thee With ioye and gladnesse shall they be brought and shall entre into the Kynges palace In steade of thy fathers thou shalt haue chyldren whom thou mayst make Princes in all landes I wyll remembre thy name from one generacyon vnto another therefore shall the people geue thankes vnto thee worlde without ende Deus noster refugium Psalm xlvi GOd is oure hope and strength a very presente helpe in trouble Therfore wyl not we feare though the earth be moued though the hilles be caried into the middest of the sea Though the waters therof rage and swell and thoughe the mountaynes shake at the tempest of the same The riuers of the fludde therof shall make glad the cytye of God the holy place of the tabernacle of the most hyest God is in the middest of her therfore shall she not bee remoued God shall helpe her and that righte early The Heathen make muche a doe and the kingdomes are moued but God hathe shewed hys voyce and the earth shal melte awaye The Lorde of hostes is with vs the god of Iacob is oure refuge O come hyther and behold the workes of the Lord what destruccion he hath brought vpon the earth He maketh warres to cease in all the world he breaketh the bowe and knappeth the speare in sunder and burneth the chariotes in the fyre Be styll then and knowe that I am God I wil be exalted among the Heathen and I wil be exalted in the earthe The Lord of hostes is with vs the God of Iacob is our defence Omnes gentes plaudite Psalm xlvii Euening prayer Clap youre handes together all ye people O syng vnto God with the voyce of melodye For the Lorde is hye and to bee feared he is the great kyng vpon all the earth He shall subdue the people vnder vs and the nacions vnder oure feete He shall chose out an heritage for vs euen the worshyp of Iacob whom he loued God is gone vp with a mery noyse and the Lord with the sounde of the trompe O syng prayses syng praises vnto our God O sing prayses syng prayses vnto our Kyng For God is the Kyng of al the earth sing ye prayses with vnderstandyng God reygneth ouer the Heathen God sytteth vpon hys holy seate The Princes of the people are ioyned vnto the people of the God of Abraham for God whiche is very hye exalted doeth defend the earth as it were with a shielde Magnus dominus Psalm xlviii GReat is the Lorde and highely to bee praysed in the cytie of our God euen vpon his holy hyll The hyll of Sion is a fayre place and the ioye of the whole earth vpon the Northsyde lyeth the cytie of the great Kyng God is well knowen in her palaces as a sure refuge For loe the kynges of the earthe are gathered and gone by together They marueyled to see suche thynges they were astonied and sodeynly cast downe Feare came there vpon thē and sorow as vpon a woman in her trauaile Thou shalt breake the shippes of the sea through the East wynde Like as we haue heard so haue we sene in the citie of the lord of hostes in the citie of our god god vpholdeth thesame for euer We waite for thy louing kindnes O god in the middes of thy temple O god according vnto thy name so is thy praise vnto the worldes ende thy right hand is ful of righteousnes Let the mount Sion reioice and the doughters of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgementes Walke about Sion and goe rounde about her and tel the towers therof Marke wel her bulwarkes set vp her houses that ye may tel them that come after For this God is our God for euer and euer he shal be oure guide vnto death Audite hee gentes psal xlix O Heare ye this al ye people pōder it with your eares all ye that dwell in the worlde High and lowe riche and poore one with another My mouth shall speake of wysdome and my heart shall muse of vnderstanding I wil encline mine eare to the parable and shew my darke speache vpon the harpe Wherfore should I feare in the dayes of wickednesse and when the wyckednesse of my heles compasseth me rounde aboute There be some that putte their trust in their goodes and boast themselues in the multitude of their richesse But no man may delyuer his brother nor make agrement vnto god for hym For it cost more to redeme their soules so that he must let that alone for euer Yea though he lyue long and see not the graue For he seeth that wisemen also die and perishe together as wel as the ignoraunt and foolishe and leaue their riches for other And yet they thynke that their houses shall continue for euer and that their dwelling places shal endure from one generacion to another and call the landes after their owne names Neuertheles man wil not abide in honor seeyng he may be compared vnto the beastes that perishe this is the way of them This is their foolishnes and their posteritie prayse theyr saying They lye in the hell like shepe death gnaweth vpon them and the righteous shall haue dominaciō of them in the morning their beautie shal consume in the sepulchre out of their dwellyng But god shal delyuer my soule from the place of hel for he shall receyue me Be not thou afraid though one be made riche or if the glory of hys house be encreased For he shal cary nothyng away with him when he dyeth neyther shal hys pompe folowe hym For whyle he lyued he counted hymselfe an happy man and so long as thou doest wel vnto thy selfe men wyl speake good of thee He shall folowe the generacions of his fathers and shall neuer see lyght Man beyng in honor hath no vnderstanding but is compared vnto the beastes that peryshe Deus deorum dominus psal l. Mornīg prayer THe lord euen the most mightie god hath spoken and called the world from the rising vp of the sunne vnto the goyng down therof Out of Sion hath god appeared in perfecte beautie Oure god shall come and shall not kepe silence there shall goe before him a consuming fier and a mightie tempest that be styred vp rounde about hym He shall call the heauen from aboue and
he thou mercyfull vnto our synnes Blessed is the man whom thou chosest and receauest vnto thee he shall dwell in thy court and shal be satisfyed with the pleasures of thy house euen of thy holy temple Thou shalt shew vs wonderful thinges in thy righteousnes O god of our saluacion thou that art the hope of al the endes of the earth and of them that remayne in the broade sea Which in his stength setteth fast the mountaynes and is gyrded about with power Whiche stilleth the ragyng of the sea and the noyse of hys waues and the madnes of his people They also that dwel in the vttermost partes of the earth shal be afraid at thy tokens thou that makest the outgoinges of the morning and euening to prayse thee Thou visitest the earth and blessest it thou makest it very plenteous The ryuer of God is full of water thou preparest theyr corne for so thou prouidest for the earth Thou watrest her forowes thou sendest raine into the litle valleys therof thou makest it softe with the droppes of rayne and blessest the increase of it Thou crownest the yeare with thy goodnesse and thy cloudes droppe fatnes They shal drop vpon the dwellinges of the wildernes and the litle hylles shall reioyce on euery syde The foldes shal be ful of shepe the valleys also shall stand so thicke with corne that they shall laugh and syng Iubilate deo psal lxvi O Be ioyefull in god all ye landes syng prayses vnto the honer of his name make his praise to be glorious Say vnto god O howe wonderfull art thou in thy workes thorowe the greatnes of thy power shal thine enemyes be founde lyers vnto thee For al the world shal Worship thee syng of thee and praise thy name O come hither and beholde the woorkes of God howe wonderfull he is in his doing towarde the children of men He turned the sea into drye lande so that they went thorowe the water on foote there did we reioyce therof He ruleth with his power for euer hys eyes beholde the people and such as wil not beleue shal not be able to exalte themselues O prayse oure God ye people and make the voice of hys prayse to be heard Which holdeth our soule in lyfe and suffereth not our fete to slyp For thou O god hast proued vs thou also hast tryed vs lyke as siluer is tryed Thou broughtest vs into the snare and layd trouble vpon our loynes Thou sufferedst men to ryde ouer our heades we wente thorow fyre and water and thou broughtest vs oute into a welthy place I will goe into thy house with burnt offerynges and wil pay thee my vowes which I promysed with my lippes and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I will offre vnto thee fat burnte sacrifices with the insence of rammes I wil offre bullockes and goates O come hither and harken al ye that feare god and I wil tell you what he hath done for my soule I called vnto him with my mouth and gaue him praises with my tongue If I encline vnto wickednes with my heart the lord will not heare me But god hath heard me and consydered the voyce of my prayer Praised be god which hath not cast out my praier nor turned hys mercy fro me Deus miscreatur nostri Psal lxvii GOd be mercifull vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lyghte of hys countenaunce and be mercifull vnto vs. That thy waye maye be knowen vpon earth thy sauyng health among al nacions Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nacions reioice and be glad for thou shalt iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacions vpon earth Let the people prayse thee O god let al the people prayse thee Then shal the earth bryng furthher increase and God euen our own god shall geue vs hys blessing God shal blesse vs and al the endes of the world shal feare hym Exurgat deus Psalm lxviii Mornīg prayer LEt God aryse and let hys enemyes be scatered lette them also that hate hym flye before hym Lyke as the smoke vanisheth so shalt thou dryue them awaye and lyke as waxe melteth at the fier so let the vngodly peryshe at the presence of god But let the righteous be glad and reioice before God let them also be mery and ioyfull O sing vnto god and syng prayses vnto hys name magnifie him that rideth vpon the heauens as it were vpon an horse prayse him in his name yea and reioice before hym He is a father of the fatherles and defendeth the cause of widowes euen god in his holy habitacion He is the god that maketh men to be of one mynde in an house bringeth the priesoners out of captiuitie but letteth the runneagates continue in scarcenes O god when thou wentest furth before the people when thou wentest through the wildernes The earth shoke and the heauens dropped at the presence of Ood euen as Sinay also was moued at the presence of god which is the god of Israel Thou O god sendest a gracious rayne vpon thine enheritaunce and refreshedst it when it was wery Thy congregacions shall dwell therein for thou O God hast of thy goodnes prepared for the poore The Lord gaue the worde greate was the companye of the preachers Kinges with their armies did flie and were discomfited and they of the housholde deuyded the spoile Though ye haue lyen among the pottes yet shall ye be as the winges of a doue that is couered wyth syluer wynges and her fethers lyke golde When the almightie scattered kynges for theyr sake then were they as white as snowe in Salmon As the hill of Basan so is gods hill euen an highe hill as the hyll of Basan Why hop ye so ye high hilles this is gods hil in the which it pleaseth hym to dwell yea the Lorde wyll abide in it for euer The charettes of god are .xx. M. euen thousandes of Angels and the Lorde is emong them as in the holy place of Sinay Thou art gone vp on high thou hast led captiuitie captiue and receiued giftes for men yea euē for thine enemies that the Lorde God might dwell among them Praised be the lord daily euen the god which helpeth vs and powred his benefites vpon vs. He is our god euen the god of whom commeth saluaciō god is the lord by whom we escape death God shal wounde the head of hys enemyes and the heary scalpe of such a one as goeth on styll in his wyckednes The Lord hath sayd I wil bring my people again as I did from Basan myne own wyll I bryng agayne as I did some tyme from the depe of the sea That thy fote may be dipped in the bloud of thine enemiesand that the tongue of thy dogges maye be redde throughe thesame It is wel seen O god how thou goest how thou my god and kyng goest in the sanctuary The fingers goe before the minstrels folowe after in the
middest are the damosels playing with the timbrelles Geue thankes O Israel vnto god the lord in the congregacions from the grounde of the heart There is little Beniamin their ruler and the princes of Iuda theyr counsel the princes of zabulon and the princes of Nephtali Thy God hath sent furth strength for thee stablishe the thing O God that thou hast wrought in vs. For thy temples sake at Ierusalem so shal kinges bring presentes vnto thee When the companye of the speare men and multitude of the mightie are scattered abrode emong the beastes of the people so that they humbly bring pieces of siluer when he hath scattered the people that delight in warre Then shal the Princes come out of Egipt the Morians land shal sone stretche out her handes vnto God Sing vnto God O ye kyngdomes of the earth O syng prayses vnto the Lorde Which sitteth in the heauens ouer all frō the beginning lo he doth send out his voyce yea and that a mighty voice Ascribe ye the power to God ouer Israel hys worshyp and strength is in the cloudes O God wonderful art thou in thy holy places euen the God of Israel he will geue strength and power vnto hys people blessed be God Saluum me fac deus Psal lxix Euening prayer SAue me O God for the waters are come in euen vnto my soule I sticke fast in the depe myre where no ground is I am come into depe waters so that the floudes runne ouer me I am wery of crying my throte is drye my sight fayleth me for wayting so long vpon my god They that hate me withoute a cause are moe then the heere 's of my head they that are mine enemies and would destroy me gyltles are mighty I payed them the thinges that I neuer tooke God thou knowest my simplenes my faultes are not hid from thee Let not them that trust in thee O lord God of hostes be ashamed for my cause let not those that seeke thee be confounded through me O Lord God of Israel And why for thy sake haue I suffred reprofe shame hath couered my face I am become a straunger vnto my brethren euen an aleant vnto my mothers children For the zeale of thyne house hath euen eaten me and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee are fallen vpon me I wept and chastned my self with fasting and that was turned to my reprofe I put on a sackecloth also and they iested vpon me They that sytte in the gate speake agaynst me and the drunkardes make songes vpon me But Lorde I make my prayer vnto thee in an acceptable tyme. Heare me O God in the multitude of thy mercy euen in the trueth of thy saluacion Take me out of the myre that I sinke not Oh let me be deliuered from them that hate me and out of the depe waters Let not the water floud drowne me neither let the depe swalow me vp and let not the pit shut her mouth vpon me Heare me O lord for thy louing kindnes is cōfortable turne the vnto me according to the multitude of thy mercies And hyde not thy face from thy seruaunte for I am in trouble Oh hast thee and heare me Draw nigh vnto my soule and saue it Oh deliuer me because of mine enemies Thou hast knowen my reprofe my shame and my dishonour mine aduersaries are all in thy sight Thy rebuke hath broken my hert I am ful of heauines I looked for some to haue pietie on me but there was no man neither found I any to comfort me They gaue me gall to eate and when I was thyrstie they gaue me vinegre to drinke Let theyr table be made a snare to take thēselues withall and let the thynges that shoulde haue been for theyr wealth be vnto them an occasion of falling Let their eies be blinded that they see not and euer bowe thou down their backes Powre oute thyne indignacyon vpon them and lette thy wrathfull displeasure take holde of them Let their habitacion be voide and no man to dwel in their tentes For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten and they talke how they may vexe them whom thou hast wounded Let them fall from one wyckednesse to another and not come into thy ryghteousnesse Let them be wiped out of the boke of the liuing and not to be written among the righteous As for me when I am poore and in heauinesse thy helpe O God shal lyft me vp I wil prayse the name of god with a song and magnifye it with thankes geuing This also shal please the Lord better then a bullocke that hath hornes and hoofes The humble shal considre this and be glad seeke ye after god and your soule shall lyue For the lord heareth the poore and despiseth not hys prysoners Let heauen and earth praise him the sea and al that moueth therin For god wil saue Siō and builde the cities of Iuda that men may dwel there and haue it in possession The posteritie also of hys seruauntes shall enherite it and they that loue hys name shall dwell therin Deus in adiutorium psal lxx HAst the O god to deliuer me make hast to helpe me O Lorde Let them be ashamed and confounded that seke after my soule let them be turned backward and put to confusyon that wyshe me euill Let them for their rewarde bee sone broughte to shame that crye ouer me there there But let al those that seke thee be ioyful and glad in thee and let all suche as dilighte in thy saluacion say alwaye the lorde be praysed As for me I am poore and in miserie haste thee vnto me O god Thou art my helper and my redemer O Lorde make no long tarying In te domine speraui psal lxxi Mornīg prayer IN thee O lord haue I put my trust let me neuer be put to confusyon but ridde me and deliuer me in thy righteousnes enclyne thyne eare vnto me saue me Be thou my strong holde whereunto I may alwaye resort thou hast 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 cruel man For thou O lorde god art the thing that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Throughe thee haue I been holden vp euer sence I was borne thou art he that toke me out of my mothers wombe my prayse shal be alwaye of thee I am become as it wer a monstre 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 honor al the day long Cast me not away in the time of age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me For myne enemyes speake agaynst me and they that laye wayte for my soule take their counsayll together saying God hath forsaken hym persecute hym and take hym for there is none to deliuer hym Goe not farre fro
euen vnto the grounde Yea they said in their heartes let vs make hauocke of them altogether thus haue they brent vp all the houses of god in the lande We see not oure tokens there is not one Prophete more no not one is there among vs that vnderstandeth any more O god how long shal the aduersary doe this dishonor how long shal the enemy blaspheme thy name for euer Why withdrawest thou thy hande why pluckest thou not thy right hand out of thy bosome to consume the enemy For God is my king of olde the helpe that is done vpon earth he doeth it hymselfe Thou dyddest deuyde the Sea throughe thy power thou brakest the heades of the dragons in the waters Thou smotest the heades of Leuiathan in pieces and gauest hym to be meate for the people in the wildernesse Thou broughtest out fountaynes and waters out of the hard Rockes thou driuedst vp mightie waters The day is thyne and the nyght is thine thou hast prepared the light and the sunne Thou hast set al the borders of the earth thou hast made somer and wynter Remember this O lord how the enemy hath rebuked and how the foolish people hath blasphemed thy name O deliuer not the soule of the Turtle Doue vnto the multitude of the enemyes and forgeat not the congregacyon of the poore for euer Loke vpon the couenaunt for al the earth is ful of darkenes and cruel habitacions O let not the simple goe away ashamed but let the poore and nedy geue prayse vnto thy name Arise O god maintaine thine own cause remembre howe the foolysh man blasphemeth thee dayly Forgeat not the voice of thyne enemies the presumpcion of them that hate thee encreaseth euer more and more Confirebimur tibi psal lxxv Mornīg prayer INto thee O god doe we geue thankes vnto thee doe we geue thankes Thy name also is nyghe and that doe thy wonderous workes declare When I receiue the congregacion I shal iudge according vnto ryghte The earth is weake and all the inhabitours thereof I beare vp the pillers of it I sayd vnto the fooles deale not so madly and to the vngodly set not vp your horne Set not vp your horne on high and speake not with a stiffe necke For promocion cometh neither from the East nor from the West nor yet from the South And why god is the iudge he putteth down one and setteth vp another For in the hande of the lord there is a cup and the wine is red it is full mixte and he powreth out of thesame As for the dregges therof al the vngodly of the earth shall drinke them and sucke them out But I wil talke of the god of Iacob praise him for euer All the hornes of the vngodly also wil I breake and the hornes of the righteous shal be exalted Notus in Iudea Psal lxxvi IN Iewry is god knowen his name is greate in Israel At Salem is hys tabernacle and hys dwellyng in Sion There brake he the arowes of the bowe the shielde the sweord and the battayle Thou art of more honour and might then the hilles of the robbers The proude are robbed they haue slepte their stepe and al the men whose handes were mightie haue found nothing At thy rebuke O god of Iacob both the charret and horse is fallen Thou euen thou art to be feared and who may stande in thy sight when thou art angry Thou didst cause thy iudgement to be heard from heauē the earth trembled and was styll When god arose to indgemente and to helpe al the meke vpon earth The fearcenes of man shal turne to thy prayse and the fearcenes of other shalt thou restrayne Promise vnto the lorde your god and kepe it al ye that be rounde about hun bring presentes vnto hun that ought to be feared He shal restrayne the spirite of Princes and is wonderfull emong the kinges of the earth Voce mea ad dominum Psal lxxvii I Will crye vnto God with my voyce euen vnto God wil I crye with my voice he shal hearkē vnto me In the time of my trouble I sought the lord my sore ran and ceassed not in the nyght season my soule refused comfort When I am in heauines I will thynke vpon god when my heart is vexed and wil complayne Thou holdest mine eyes wakyng I am so feble that I cannot speake I haue considered the dayes of olde and the yeres that are past I cal to remembraunce my song and in the night I common with mine own heart and searche out my spirites Will the Lorde absent himselfe for euer and wil he be no more entreated Is his mercye cleane gone for euer and is hys promise come vtterlye to an ende for euermore Hath God forgotten to be gracious and wil he shut vp his louing kindnes in displeasure And I said it is mine own infirmitie but I wil remember the yeres of the right hand of the most hyghest I wil remember the workes of the Lord and call to mind thy wonders of olde tyme. I wil thinke also of al thy workes and my talking shal be of thy doinges Thy way O God is holy who is so great a god as our God Thou art the God that doth woonders and hast declared thy power emong people Thou hast myghtelye deliuered thy people euen the sonnes of Iacob and Ioseph The waters saw thee O God the waters saw thee and were afrayd the depthes also wer troubled The cloudes powred out water the ayre thundred thine arowes went abrode The voyce of the thunder was heard rounde about the lightninges shone vpon the ground the earth was moued and shoke withall Thy way is in the sea and thy pathes in the great waters and thy foote steppes are not knowen Thou leddest thy people like shepe by the hande of Moses and Aaron Attendite popule psal lxxviii Euenīg prayer HEare my law O my people encline your eares vnto the woordes of my mouth I will open my mouth in a parable I will declare hard sentences of olde Which we haue heard and knowen and suche as our fathers tolde vs. That we should not hide thē from the children of the generacions to come but to shewe the honor of the lorde his mighty and wonderful workes that he hath done He made a couenant with Iacob and gaue Israel a law which he cōmaūded our forefathers to teache their childrē That theyr posteritie myght knowe it and the children which were yet vnborne To the intent that when they came vp they might shew theyr children thesame That they might put theyr trust in God and not to forgeat the workers of god but to kepe his commaundemētes And not to be as theyr forefathers a faithles and stubburne generacion a generacion that set not their hearte aright and whose spirite cleaueth not stedfastly vnto God Like as the children of Ephraim which being harnessed and carying bowes turned themselues backe in the day of battayle They kepte not the couenante of
sparowe hath found her an house and the swallowe a nest where she may lay her yong euen thy aulters O Lord of hostes my king and my God Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be alway praysing thee Blessed is that man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are thy wayes Whiche goyng through the vayle of miserye vse it for a well and the pooles are filled with water They will goe from strength to strength and vnto the God of Gods appeareth euery one of them in Syon O Lord God of hostes heare my prayer hearken O God of Iacob Behold O God our defender and loke vpon the face of thine annoynted For one daye in thy courtes is better then a thousande I had rather be a dore keper in the house of my god then to dwel in the tentes of vngodlines For the lorde god is a light and defence the Lorde will geue grace and worship and no good thyng shall he withhold from them that liue a godly life O Lorde God of hostes blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee Benedixisti domine psal lxxxv LOrd thou art become gracious vnto thy land thou hast turned a way the captiuitie of Iacob Thou hast forgeuen the offence of thy people and couered all theyr sinnes Thou hast taken a way all thy displeasure and turned thy selfe from thy wrathful indignacion Turne vs then O God our sauiour and let thine angre ceasse from vs. Wilt thou be displeased at vs for euer wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generacion to an other Wilt thou not turne again and quicken vs that thy people may reioyce in thee Shewe vs thy mercy O Lorde and graunt vs thy saluacion I wil hearken what the lord god wil say concerning me for he shal speake peace vnto his people and to his sainctes that they turne not agayne For his saluacion is nye them that feare him that glory may dwel in our lande Mercye and trueth are met together righteousnes and peace haue kissed eche other Truth shal florish out of the earth and righteousnes hath loked down from heauen Yea the lord shal shew louing kindnes and our land shal geue her encrease Righteousnes shal goe before him and he shal direct his going in the waye Inclina domine aurem psal lxxxvi Mornīg prayer BOw downe thine eare O Lorde and heare me for I am poore and in misery Preserue thou my soule for I am holy my god saue thy seruaunt that putteth his trust in thee Be mercifull vnto me O lord for I will call dayly vpon thee Comfort the soule of thy seruaunt for vnto thee O lord doe I lift vp my soule For thou lord art good and gracious and of great mercy vnto al them that call vpon thee Geue eare Lord vnto my prayer and ponder the voyce of myne humble desyres In the time of my trouble I will call vpon thee for thou hearest me Among the gods there is none like vnto thee O Lord there is not one that can doe as thou doest All nacions whom thou hast made shal come and worship thee O Lord and shall glorifye thy name For thou art great and doest wonderous thinges thou art God alone Teache me thy waye O Lorde and I will walke in thy truth O knit my heart vnto thee that it may feare thy name I wil thanke thee O lorde my God with all my heart and will prayse thy name for euermore For great is thy mercy towarde me and thou hast deliuered my soule from the nethermost hell O God the proud are riesen against me and the congregacion of naughty menne haue sought after my soule and haue not set thee before theyr eyes But thou O Lord God artful of compassion and mercy long suffering plenteous in goodnes and trueth O turne thee then vnto me and haue mercy vpon me geue thy strength vnto thy seruaunte and helpe the sonne of thyne handmayd Shewe some good token vpon me for good that they whiche hate me maye see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforted me Fundamenta eius Psal lxxxvii HEr foundacions are vpon the holy hilles the Lorde loued the gates of Syon more then all the dwellinges of Iacob Very excellent thinges are spoken of thee thou citie of God I wil thinke vpon Rahab and Babilon with them that knowe me Beholde ye the Philistines also and they of Tyre with the Morians loe there was he borne And of Syon it shal be reported that he was borne in her and the most high shall stablishe her The Lord shal rehearse it when he wryteth vp the people that he was borne there The syngers also and Trumpetters shal he rehearse all my freshe springes shal be in thee Domine deus salutis psal lxxxviii O Lorde God of my saluacion I haue cryed day and night before thee O lette my prayer enter into thy presence encline thine eare vnto my calling For my soule is ful of trouble and my life draweth nigh vnto hell I am counted as one of them that goe downe vnto the pyt and I haue been euen as a man that hath no strength Free among the dead like vnto them that be wounded and lye in the graue whiche be out of remembraunce and are cut away from thy hand Thou hast layd me in the lowest pit in a place of darkenes and in the diepe Thine indignacion lyeth harde vpon me and thou hast vexed me with all thy stormes Thou hast put a way myne acquayntaunce farre fro me and made me to be abhorred of them I am so fast in prieson that I can not geat furth My sight fayleth for very trouble Lord I haue called daily vpon thee I haue stretched out my handes vnto the. Doest thou shewe wonders among the dead or shall the dead rise vp agayn and prayse thee Shal thy louing kindnes be shewed in the graue or thy faythfulnes in destruccion Shal thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke thy rightousnes in the land where al thinges are forgottē Vnto thee haue I cryed O Lorde and earely shall my prayer come before thee Lorde why abhorrest thou my soule and hydest thy face fro me I am in misery and like vnto him that is at the poynt to dye euen from my youth vp thy terrours haue I suffred with a troubled mind Thy wrathful displeasure goeth ouer me and the feare of thee hath vndone me They came round about me dayly lyke water and compassed me together on euery syde My louers and frendes hast thou put a way fro me and hid myne acquaintaunce out of my sight Misericordias domini psal lxxxix Euening prayer MY s ong shal be alwaye of the louyng kindnes of the Lorde with my mouth will I euer be shewing thy trueth from one generacion to another For I haue sayde mercy shal be set vp for euer thy truth shalt thou stablishe in the heauens I haue made a couenant with my chosen I haue
the arrowe that flieth by daye For the pestilence that walketh in the darkenes nor for the sickenes that destroyeth in the noone daye A thousande shall fall besyde thee and ten thousande at thy ryght hand but it shall not come nigh thee Yea with thyne eies shalte thou beeholde and see the rewarde of the vngodly For thou lorde arte my hope thou hast set thyne house of defence very hye There shall no euyll happen vnto thee neyther shall anye plague come nie thy dwellyng For he shall geue his Aungels charge ouer thee to kepe thee in all thy wayes They shall beare thee in theyr handes that thou hurt not thy fote agaynst the stone Thou shalte goe vpon the Lion and adder the yong Lyon and the dragon shalt thou treade vnder thy feete Because he hath set his loue vpon me therefore shall I delyuer hym I shall set hym vp because he hath knowen my name He shall call vpon me and I wyll heare hym yea I am with hym in trouble I will deliuer hym and bryng hym to honour With long life wil I satisfye him shew him my saluaciō Bonum est confitere Psalm xcii IT is a good thyng to geue thankes vnto the lorde to syng prayses vnto thy name O most high To tel of thy louyng kindnes early in the morning and of thy truth in the night season Vpon an instrument of ten stringes and vpō the lute vpon a loude instrument and vpon the harpe For thou Lorde hast made me glad through thy workes and I wil reioyce in geuing praise for the operacions of thy handes O lord how glorious are thy workes and thy thoughtes are very depe An vnwise man dooeth not well consider this and a foole doth not vnderstande it When the vngodlye are grene as the grasse and when all the workes of wickednes doe storyshe then shall they be destroyed for euer but thou lord art the most high for euermore For loe thyne enemies O Lord lo thyne enemies shal perishe and all the workers of wickednes shal be destroyed But my horne shal be exalted like the horne of an vnicorne for I am anoynted with freshe oyle Myne eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies and mine eare shall heare his desire of the wicked that rise vp against me The righteous shall florishe lyke a Palme tree and shall spreade abrode lyke a Cedre in Libanus Suche as be planted in the house of the lorde shall florish in the courtes of the house of our God They shall also bryng forth more fruite in theyr age and shal be fat and well lykyng That they may shewe how true the Lord my strength is and that there is none vnrighteousnes in hym Dominus regnauit Psalm xciii Euening prayer THe Lord is kyng hath put on glorious apparell the lorde hath put on his apparel and girded him selfe with strength He hathe made the rounde worlde so sure that it cannot be moued Euer sence the world began hath thy seate been prepared thou art from euerlastyng The floudes are rysen O Lorde the floudes haue lift vp theyr noyce the floudes lift vp their waues The waues of the sea are mightie and rage horribly but yet the Lorde that dwelleth on hie is mightier Thy testimonies O Lorde are very sure holynes becommeth thyne house for euer Deus vltionum Psal xciiii O Lord god to whom vengeaunce belongeth thou god to whom vengeaunce belongeth shewe thy selfe Arise thou iudge of the worlde and rewarde the proude after their deseruing Lorde how long shall the vngodly how long shall the vngodly triumphe How long shall wycked doers speake so disdaynefully and make suche proude boastyng They smite down thy people O Lord and trouble thine heritage They murther the widdowe and the straunger and put the fatherles to death And yet they say tushe the Lord shal not see neyther shall the god of Iacob regarde it Take hede ye vnwise among the people O ye fooles when wyll ye vnderstande He that planted the eare shal he not heare or he that made the eye shall he not see Or he that nurtereth the Heathen it is he that teacheth man knowledge shal he not punishe The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man that they are but vayne Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O lorde and teachest in thy lawe That thou mayest geue hym pacyence in tyme of aduersitie vntil the pyt be digged vp for the vngodly For the Lord wyl not fayle his people neyther wyl he forsake his enheritaunce Vntil righteousnes turne agayn vnto iudgement all such as be true of heart shall folowe it Who wyl ryse vp with me against the wicked or who wyl take my parte against the euyll doers Yf the Lorde had not helped me it had not failed but my soule had been put to silence But when I saied my foote hath slipped thy mercye O lord helped me vp In the multitude of the sorowes that I had in my heart thy comfortes haue refreshed my soule Wilt thou haue any thyng to doe with the stole of wickednes which ymagineth mischiefe as a lawe They gather them together against the soule of the righteous and condemne the innocent bloud But the lord is my refuge and my god is the strength of my confydence He shall recompence them their wickednes and destroye them in their own malice yea Lorde oure God shal destroye them Venite exultemus psal xcv Mornīg Prayer O Come let vs sing 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 selues glad in hym with Psalmes For the Lord is a great God and a great kyng aboue all Goddes In his hand are al the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is hys also The sea is hys and he made it and hys handes prepared the drye lande O come let vs worship and fall downe and knele before the Lord our maker For he is the Lord our god and we are the people of his pasture and the shepe of hys handes To day if ye wil heare his voice hardē not your heartes as in the prouocacion and as in the day of temptacion in the wyldernesse When your fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes Fortye yeres lang was I greued with that generacion and sayde it is a people that door erre in their heartes for they haue not knowen my wayes Vnto whom I sware in my wrath that they shoulde not entre into my rest Cantate domino canticum psal xcvi O Sing vnto the lord a new song syng vnto the lord all the whole earth Sing vnto the Lord and prayse hys name be telling of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare his honour vnto the Heathen and hys wonders vnto all people For the lord is great and cannot worthely be praised he is more to be feared then all goddes As for all the gods of the Heathen they be but Idols but it is the
Syon for it is tyme that thou haue mercy vpon her yea the time is come And why thy seruauntes thynke vpon her siones and it pietieth them to see her in the dust The Heathen shall feare thy name O Lorde and all the Kynges of the earth thy Maiestie When the Lorde shall build vp Syon and when his glory shall appeare When he turneth hym vnto the prayer of the poore destytute and despyseth not theyr desyre This shal be written for those that come after and the people whiche shal be borne shall prayse the Lorde For he hathe loked downe from his sanctuary out of the heauen did the lord bebold the earth That he mighte heare the mourninges of suche as bee in captiuitie and delyuer the children appoynted vnto deathe That they maye declare the name of the Lorde in Syon and hys woorship at Ierusalem When the people are gathered together and the kyngedomes also to serue the Lorde He brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortned my dayes But I sayd O my God take me not awaye in the middest of mine age as for thy yeares they endure througeout all generacions Thou Lorde in the beginning hast layd the foundacions of the earth and the heauens are the worke of thy handes They shall perishe but thou shalte endure they all shall waxe olde as doeth a garment And as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them and they shal bee chaunged but thou art thesame and thy yeres shall not fayle The children of the seruauntes shall continue and theyr seede shall stand fast in thy sight Benedic anima mea psalm ciii PRayse the Lord O my soule and all that is within me prayse his holy name Prayse the Lorde O my soule and forgeat not al his benefites Whiche forgeueth all thy synne and healeth all thyne infirmities Whyche saueth thy lyfe from destruccyon and crouneth thee with mercy and louing kindnes Whiche satisfyed thy mouth with good thyges makyng thee young and lusty as an Eagle The Lorde executeth rygteousnes and iudgemente for all them that are oppressed with wrong He shewed his wayes vnto Moyses his woorkes vnto the children of Israel The lorde is full of compassion and mercy long suffryng and of great goodnes He will not alway bee chyding neither kepet he his angre for euer He hathe not dealt with vs after our sinnes nor rewarded vs according to our wickednesses For loke how hie the heauen is in comparisō of the earth so great is hys mercy also toward them that feare hym Loke howe wyde also the East is from the West so farre hath he set our snnes from vs. Yea lyke as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the Lord mercyfull vnto them that feare hym For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but duste The dayes of man are but as grasse for he florisheth as a floure of the fielde For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it it is gone and the place therof shall know it nomore But the mercyfull goodnes of the Lorde endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare him and his righteousnesse vpon chylders children Euen vpon suche as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to doe them The Lorde hathe prepared his seate in heauen and hys kyngdom ruleth ouer all O prayse the Lorde ye Aungels of hys ye that excell in strength ye that fulfyll his commaundement and hearken vnto the voyce of hys wordes O prayse the Lord all ye his hostes ye seruauntes of his that doe his pleasure O speake good of the Lord all ye workes of his in al places of his dominion prayse thou the Lord O my soule Benedic anima mea psalm ciiii Euening prayer PRaise the Lord O my soule O Lord my God thou art become exceding glorious thou art clothed with maiestie and honour Thou deckest thy selfe with lighte as it were with a garment and spredest out the heauens lyke a curtaine Whych layeth the beames of his chambers in the waters and maketh the cloudes his charet and walketh vpon the wynges of the wynde He maketh hys Aungelles spirites and his ministers a flamyng fyre He laied the foundacions of the earth that it neuer should moue at any tyme. Thou coueredst it with the depe lyke as with a garment the waters stande in the hilles At thy rebuke they stye at the voyce of thy thunder they are afrayde They goe vp as hye as the hylles and downe in the valleyes benethe euen vnto the place whiche thou hast appointed for them Thou hast sette them theyr bondes whiche they shall not passe neyther turne agayne to couer the earth He sendeth the sprynges into the ryuers whiche runne among the hylles Al beastes of the fielde drinke thereof and the wild Asses quenche theyr thirst Beside them shall the foules of the ayre haue theyr habitacyon and syng among the braunches He watereth the hylles from aboue the earthe is fylled with the fruite of thy workes He bringeth foorth grasse for the cattell and greene herbe for the seruice of menne That he maye bring fode out of the earth and wyne that maketh glad the hearte of man oyle to make him a cherefull countenaunce and bread to strength mans hearte The trees of the Lord also are full of sappe euen the Ceders of Libanus whiche he hath planted Wherin the birdes make theyr nestes and the firre trees are a dwellyng for the Storke The hye hylles are a refuge for the wylde goates and so are the stony rockes for the Conies He appoynted the Moone for certayne seasons and the Sunne knoweth his goyng downe Thou makest darkenes that it may bee night wherin all the beastes of the forest doe moue The Lyons roaryng after theyr praye dooe seeke theyr meate at God The Sunne ariseth and they geat them away together and laye them downe in theyr dennes Man goeth forthe to his worke and to his labour vntyll the euenyng O Lorde how manifold are thy workes in wysdom hast thou made them all the earth is full of thy ryches So is the great and wide sea also wherein are thynges crepyng innumerable both small and great beastes There goe the shippes and there is that Leuiathan whō thou hast made to take his pastyme therein These wayte all vpon thee that thou mayste geue them meate in due season When thou geuest it them they gather it and when thou openest thy hand they are fylled with good When thou hidest thy face they are troubled when thou takest awaye theyr breath they dye and are turned agayne to theyr duste When thou lettest thy breath goe forth they shal be made and thou shalt renew the face of the earth The glorious maiestie of the Lorde shall endure for euer the Lord shall reioyce in his workes The earthe shall tremble at the loke of him yf he doe but touche the hilles they shall smoke I wyll syng vnto the Lorde as long as I lyue I wyll prayse my God whyle I haue my beyng And
tonges they compassed me about also with wordes of hatred fought against me without a cause For the loue that I had vnto them lo they take now the contrary part but I geue my selfe vnto prayer Thus haue they rewarded me euill for good and hatred for my good will Set thou an vngodly man to be ruler ouer hym and let Sathan stand at his right hand When sentence is geuen vpon him let him be condemned and let his prayer be turned into sinne Let his dayes be fewe and let an other take hys office Let his children be fatherles and his wife a wiedowe Let his children be vagabondes and begge their bread let them seke it also out of desolate places Let the extorcioner consume all that he hath and let the straungers spoyle his labour Let there be no man to pietie hym nor to haue compassion vpon his fatherless children Let his posteritie be destroyed and in the next generacion let his name be cleane put out Let the wickednes of hys fathers be had in remēbrance in the sight of the Lord and let not the sinne of his mother be done away Let them alwaye be before the lorde that he may roote but the memoriall of them from of the earth And that because his mind was not to doe good but persecuted the poore helpeles man that he might slay him that was vexed at the heart His delight was in cursing and it shal happen vnto him he loued not blessyng therefore shall it be farre from hym He clothed himselfe with curssing like as with a rayment and it shall come into his bowelles like water and like oile into hys bones Let it be vnto hym as a cloke that he hath vpon hym and as the gyrdel that he is alwaye girded withall Let it thus happen from the Lord vnto myne enemies and to those that speake euill agaynst my soule But deale thou with me O lord god accordyng vnto thy name for swete is my mercy O deliuer me for I am helples and poore and my heart is wounded within me I goe hence lyke the shadow that departeth and am dryuen awaye as the Grashopper My knees are weake through fasting my flesh is dried vp for want of fatnes I became also a rebuke vnto them they that loked vpon me shaked their heades Helpe me O Lorde my God Oh saue me accordyng to thy mercy And they shall know how that this is thy hande and that thou Lorde hast done it Though they cursse yet blesse thou and let them be confounded that rise vp agaynst me but let thy seruaunt reioice Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame and let them couer themselues with theyr owne confusyon as wyth a cloke As for me I wyll geue great thankes vnto the lord with my mouth and prayse hym emong the multitude For he shall stande at the right hande of the poore to saue hys soule from vnryghteous iudges Dixit dominus domino meo Psal cx Mornīg prayer THe lord sayd vnto my lord syt thou on my right hand vntyll I make thyne enemyes thy fotestole The lord shal send the rod of thy power out of Sion be thou ruler euen in the middest emong thyne enemies In the day of thy power shal the people offer the free wyl offeringes with an holy worship the dewe of thy birth is of the wombe of the morning The lord sware and wil not repent thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech The lorde vpon the righte hande shall wounde euen kinges in the daye of hys wrath He shall bee iudge emong the heathen be shall fyll the places with dead bodyes and smite in sunder the heades ouer dyuerse couutreies He shall drinke in the broke of the way therfore shall he lyft vp hys head Confitebor tibi domine psal cxi I Wil geue thākes vnto the lord with my whole hearte secretly emong the faithfull and in the congregaciō The workes of the lord are great sougt out of all them that haue pleasure therein His worke is worthy to be praysed and had in honoure and his righteousnes endureth for euer The merciful and gracious lord hath so done his merueylous workes that they ought to be had in remembraunce He hath geuen meate vnto them that feare hym he shall euer be myndfull of hys couenaunt He hath shewed his people the power of his workes that he may geue them the heritage of the heathen The workes of his handes are veritie and iudgement al hys commaundementes are true They stande fast for euer and euer and are doen in trueth and equitie He sent redempcion vnto hys people he hath commaunded hys couenaunt for euer holy and reuerent is hys name The feare of the lord is the beginning of wisedome a good vnderstanding haue al they that doe thereafter the praise of it endureth for euer Beatus vir psal cxii BLessed is the man that feareth the lord he hath great delight in hys commaundementes His sede shal be mightie vpon earth the generacion of the faythfull shal be blessed Riches and plenteousnes shal be in his house and his rightteousnes endureth for euer Vnto the godly there aryseth vp light in the darknes he is mercifull louing and ryghteous A good man is mercyfull and lendeth and wil guyde hys wordes with discrecion For he shal neuer be moued and the righteous shal be had in an euerlastyng remembraunce He wil not be afrayd for any euil tidinges for his hearte standeth fast and beleueth in the Lorde His heart is stablished and wil not shrinke vntil he see his desyre vpon hys enemyes He hath dispersed abroade and geuen to the poore and his righteousnes remayneth for euer hys horne shal be exalted with honoure The vngodly shall see it and it shall greue hym he shall gnashe with hys teeth and consume awaye the desire of the vngodly shall peryshe Laudate pueri psal cxiii PRaise the lord ye seruauntes O praise the name of the lorde Blessed be the name of the Lord from thys tyme furth for euermore The lordes name is praised frō the rising vp of the Sunne vnto the goyng downe of thesame The lord is high aboue al heathē and his glory aboue the heauens Who is lyke vnto the lord our god that hath his dwelling so high and yet humbleth hymselfe to beholde the thynges that are in heauen and earth He taketh vp the simple out of the dust and lifteth the pore out of the myer That he may set him with the princes euen with the princes of hys people He maketh the barren woman to kepe house and to bee a ioyfull mother of chyldren In exitu Israel Psal cxiiii Euenīg prayer WHen Israel came oute of Egipte and the house of Iacob from emong the straunge people Iuda was hys sanctuarye and Israel hys domynyon the sea saw that and fled Iordan was driuen backe The mountaines skipped like Rammes and the litle hilles lyke yong shepe What ayleth thee O thou sea that thou steddest and
thou Iordan that thou wart dryuen backe Ye moūtaines that ye skipped like Rammes and ye little hilles lyke yong shepe Tremble thou earth at the presence of the lord at the presence of the god of Iacob which turned the harde rocke into a standing water and the flinte stone into a springing well Non nobis domine Psal cxv NOt vnto vs O Lorde not vnto vs but vnto thy name geue the prayse for thy louing mercy and for thy truethes sake Wherfore shal the heathen say where is now their God as for our god he is in heauen he hath done whatsoeuer pleased hym Their Idols are syluer and gold euen the worke of mens handes They haue mouth and speake not eyes haue they and see not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they and smel not They haue handes and handell not fete haue they and walke not neyther speake they through their throte They that make them are lyke vnto them and so are all such as put their trust in them But thou house of Israel truste thou in the Lorde he is their succour and defence Ye house of Aaron put your trust in the lorde he is theyr helper and defender Ye that feare the Lorde trust ye in the Lorde he is theyr helper and defender The Lorde hath been myndfull of vs and he shall blesse vs euen he shall blesse the house of Israel he shal blesse the house of Aaron He shall blesse them that feare the Lorde both small and greate The Lorde shall encrease you more and more you and your chyldren Ye are the blessed of the Lorde whiche made heauen and earth All the whole heauens are the Lordes the earth hath he geuen to the chyldren of men The dead prayse not thee O Lorde neither al they that goe down into the sylence But we wyll prayse the Lord from thys tyme furth for euermore Dilexi quoniam Psal cxvi Mornīg prayer I Am well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voyce of my prayer That the hath enclyned hys care vnto me therfore wyll I call vpon hym as long as I lyue The snares of death compassed me rounde about and the paynes of hell gate holde vpon me I shall fynde trouble and heauines and I shall call vpon the name of the lorde O lorde I beseche thee delyuer my soule Gracyous is the lord and righteous yea out god is mercyfull The lord preserueth the simple I was in misery and he helped me Turne agayne then vnto thy rest O my soule for the lord hath rewarded thee And why thou hast deliuered my soule from death myne eyes from teares and my fete from fallyng I wil walke before the lord in the land of the lyuing I beleued and therefore wyll I speake but I was sore troubled I sayd in my hast all men are lyers What rewarde shall I geue vnto the Lord for al the benefytes that he hath done vnto me I wil receiue the cup of saluacion and cal vpon the name of the lorde I wyl paye my vowes now in the presence of all his people right deare in the sight of the Lorde is the death of hys saynctes Behold O lord how that I am thy seruaunte I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handmayd thou hast broken my bones in sunder I wil offer to thee the sacrifice of thankesgeuing and wyl call vpon the name of the Lorde I will pay my vowes vnto the Lord in the sight of al his people in the courtes of the Lordes house euen in the middest of thee O Ierusalem Prayse the Lorde Laudate dominum psal cxvii O Prayse the Lorde all ye heathen prayse hym all ye nacions For his mercifull kindnes is euer more and more towarde vs and the trueth of the Lorde endureth for euer Prayse the Lorde Consitemini domino psal cxviii O Geue thankes vnto the Lord for he is gracious because hys mercy endurerth for euer Let Israel nowe confesse that he is gracyous and that hys merry endureth for euer Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercy endureth for euer Yea let them nowe that feare the Lorde confesse that his mercy endureth for euer I called vpon the Lord in trouble and the lorde heard me at large The lord is on my syde I wil not feare what man dooeth vnto me The lord taketh my part with them that helpe me therfore shall I see my desyre vpon myne enemyes It is better to trust in the lord then to put any confidence in man It is better to trust in the lord then to put any confidence in Princes All nacions compassed me rounde about but in the name of the lorde wyll I destroye them They kept me in on euery syde they kept me in I say on euery syde but in the name of the lord I wyll destroy them They came about me lyke Bees and are extinct euen as the fyre emong the thornes for in the name of the lord I wil destroye them Thou hast thrust sore at me that I myghte fall but the lorde was my helpe The lord is my strength and my song and is become my saluacion The voice of ioye and health is in the dwellynges of the ryghteous the ryght hande of the lord bringeth myghty thynges to passe The right hand of the lord hath the preheminence the right hand of the lord bringeth mightie thinges to passe I wil not die but liue and declare the workes of the lord The lorde hath chastned and corrected me but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death Open me the gates of righteousnes that I may goe into them and geue thankes vnto the lord Thys is the gate of the lord the righteous shall enter into it I wil thanke thee for thou hast heard me and art become my saluacion Thesame stone which the builders refused is become the head stone in the corner Thys is the lordes doing it is marueilous in our eyes This was the day which the lord hath made we will reioyce and be glad in it Helpe me now O lord O lord sende vs now prosperitie B1essed be he that cometh in the name of the lord we haue wisshed you good lucke ye that be of the house of the lorde God is the lorde which hath shewed vs light binde the sacrifice with coardes yea euen vnto the hornes of the altare Thou art my god and I wyll thanke thee thou arte my God and I wil prayse thee O geue thankes vnto the lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Beati immaculati psal cxix Euenīg prayer BLessed are those that bee vndefyied in the waye and walke in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies and seeke hym wih theyr whole heart for they which doe no wickednes walke in hys wayes Thou hast charged that we shal diligently kepe thy commaundementes O that my waies were made so directe that I might kepe thy statutes So shal I not be confounded whyle I haue respecte vnto
all the commaundementes I wil thanke thee with an vnfained heart when I shall haue learned the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnes I will kepe thy Ceremonies O forsake me not vtterly In quo corrigit WHerwith shall a yong man clense hys waye euen by ruling hymselfe after thy worde With my whole heart haue I soughte thee O let me not goe wrong out of thy commaundementes Thy wordes haue I hyd within mine heart that I should not synne agaynste thee Blessed art thou O Lorde O teache me thy statutes With my lippes haue I been telling of al the iudgementes of thy mouth I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies as in all maner of riches I wil talke of thy commaundementes and haue respecte vnto thy wayes My delight shal be in thy statutes and I wil not forgeat thy worde Retribue seruo I Do wel vnto thy seruant that I may liue and kepe thy woord Open thou mine eyes that I may see the wonderous thinges of thy lawe I am a straunger vpon earth O hyde not thy commaundementes My soule breaketh out for the very seruent desyre that he hath alway vnto thy iudgementes Thou hast rebuked the proude and cursed are they that doe erre from thy commaundementes O turne fro me shame and rebuke for I haue kept thy testimonies Princes also did sit and speake agaynst me but thy seruaunt is occupyed in thy statutes For thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellers Adhesit pauimento MY soule cleaueth to the dust O quicken thou me according to thy woord I haue knowledged my waies and thou heardest me O teache me thy statutes Make me to vnderstande the way of thy commaundementes and so shal I talke of thy wonderous workes My soule melteth away for very heauines comfort thou me according to thy woord Take fro me the way of lying and cause thou me to make much of thy lawe I haue chosen the waye of trueth and thy iudgementes haue I layd before me I haue sticken vnto thy testimonies O Lord confounde me not I will runne the waye of thy commaundementes when thou hast set my heart at libertie Legem pone Mornīg prayer TEache me O Lorde the waye of thy statutes and I shall kepe it vnto the ende Geue me vnderstanding and I shal kepe thy law yea I shal kepe it with my whole heart Make me to goe in the path of thy commaundementes for theirin is my desyre Encline my heart vnto thy testimonies and not to couetousnes O turne awaye mine iyes lest they beholde vanitie and quicken thou me in thy way O stablish thy word in thy seruaunte that I maye feare thee Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of for thy iudgementes are good Beholde my delyghte is in thy commaundementes O quicken me in thy righteousnes Et veniat super me LEt thy louing mercy come also vnto me O lord euē thy saluacion according vnto thy woord So shal I make aunswere vnto my blasphemers for my trust is in thy woord O take not the woorde of thy trueth vtterly out of my mouth for my hope is in thy iudgementes So shall I alway kepe thy lawe yea for euer and euer And I will walke at libertie for I seke thy commaundementes I will speake of thy testimonies also euen before kinges and wil not be ashamed And my delight shal be in thy commaundementes which I haue loued My handes also wil I lift vp vnto thy cōmaundementes which I haue loued and my studye shal be in thy statutes Memor esto verbi tui O Thinke vpon thy seruaūt as concerning thy word wherin thou hast caused me to put my trust Thesame is my coumforte in my trouble for thy word hath quickened me The proude haue had me exceadynglye in derision yet haue I not shrinked from thy lawe For I remēber thine euerlasting iudgementes O lord and rececyued comfort I am horriblye afraide for the vngodly that forsake thy lawe Thy statutes haue been my songes in the house of my pilgrimage I haue thoughte on thy name O Lord in the night season and haue kept thy lawe This I had because I kept thy commaundementes Portio mea domine THou art my porcion O lord I haue promised to kepe thy lawe I made mine humble peticion in thy presence with my whole heart O be merciful vnto me according vnto thy worde I called mine owne waies to remembraunce and turne my fete into thy testimonies I made hast and prolonged not the time to kepe thy commaundementes The congregacion of the vngodly haue robbed me but I haue not forgotten thy lawe At midnight I will rise to geue thankes vnto thee beecause of thy righteous iudgementes I am a companion of all them that feare thee and keepe thy commaundementes The earth O Lorde is full of thy mercy O teache me thy statutes Bonitatem fecisti O Lorde thou hast dealt graciously with thy seruaunt according vnto thy woorde O learne me true vnderstanding and knowledge for I haue beleued thy commaundementes Before I was troubled I went wrong but now haue I kept thy worde Thou arte good and gracious O teache me thy statutes The proude haue imagined a lie againste me but I wyll kepe thy commaundementes with my whole hearte Their hearte is fat as brawne but my delyghte hathe been in thy lawe It is good for me that I haue ben in trouble that I may learne thy statutes The law of thy mouth is dearer vnto me then thousandes of golde and siluer Manus tue fecerunt me Euening prayer THy handes haue made me and fashioned me O geue me vnderstandyng that I may learne thy commaūdementes They that feare thee will be glad when they see me beecause I haue put my trust in thy worde I knowe O Lorde that thy iudgementes are right and that thou of very faithfulnes hast caused me to be troubled O let thy mercifull kyndnes be my comforte according to thy worde vnto thy seruaunt O let thy louyng mercies come vnto me that I may lyue for thy law is my delight Let the proude bee confounded for they goe wickedlye about to destroy me but I will be occupied in thy commaundementes Let such as feare thee and haue knowen thy testimonies be turned vnto me Oh let my heart be sounde in thy statutes that I be not ashamed Defecit anima mea MY soule hath longed for thy saluacion and I haue a good hope because of thy woorde Mine iyes long sore for thy woorde saying O when wilt thou comfort me For I am become like a bottel in the smoke yet doe I not forgeat thy statutes How many are the daies of thy seruaunt when wylt thou be auenged of them that persecute me The proude haue digged pittes for me whiche are not after thy lawe Al thy cōmaundementes are true they persecute me falsly O be thou my helpe They had almost made an ende of me vpon earthe but I forsoke not thy commaundementes O quickē me after thy louing kindnes
speake of thy prayse when thou haste taught me thy statutes Yea my tongue shall syng of thy woorde for all thy commaundementes are righteous Let thine hand helpe me for I haue chosen thy commaundementes I haue longed for thy sauing health O Lord and in thy lawe is my delyght O let my soule liue and it shal praise thee and thy iudgementes shall helpe me I haue gone astraye lyke a shepe that is lost Oh seke thy seruaunt for I doe not forgeat thy commaundementes Ad dominum cum tribularer psal cxx Mornīg prayer WHen I was in trouble I called vpon the lord and he healed me Deliuer my soule O lord from lying lyppes and from a deceiptfull tongue What rewarde shal be geuen or doen vnto thee thou false tongue euen mightie and sharpe arrowes with hote burnyng coles Woe is me that I am constreined to dwel with Mesech and to haue myne habytacyon emong the tentes of Cedar My soule hath long dwelt emong them that be enemyes vnto peace I labor for peace but when I speake vnto them thereof they make them ready to battayle Leuaui oculos meos psal cxxi I Will lifte vp myne eyes vnto the hilles from whence commeth my helpe My helpe commeth euen from the lord which hath made heauen and earth He wil not suffre thy fote to be moued and he that kepeth thee will not slepe Beholde he that kepeth Israel shal neyther slomber nor slepe The lord himselfe is thy keper the lord is thy defence vpon thy ryght hande So that the sunne shal not burne thee by day neyther the Mone by nyght The Lord shal preserue thee from al euil yea it is euen he that shall kepe thy soule The Lorde shal preserue thy going out and thy comming in from thys tyme furth for euermore Letatussum psal cxxii I Was glad when they sayd vnto me we wil goe into the house of the Lorde Our fete shal stand in thy gates O Ierusalem Ierusalem is builded as a citie that is at vnitie in it self For thether the tribes goe vp euē the tribes of the lord to testifie vnto Israel to geue thankes vnto the name of the lord For there is the seate of iudgement euen the seate of the house of Dauid O pray for the peace of Ierusalem they shal prosper that loue thee Peace be within thy walles and plenteousnes within thy palaces For my brethren and companions sakes I will wishe thee prosperitie Yea because of the house of the lord our God I wil seke to doe thee good Ad te leuaui oculos meos psal cxxiii VNto thee lyft I vp myne iyes O thou that dwellest in the heauens Behold euen as the iyes of seruauntes loke vnto the handes of theyr maisters and as the iyes of a mayden vnto the hand of her maistres euen so our iyes waite vpon the lord our God vntil he haue mercy vpon vs. Haue mercy vpon vs O lord haue mercy vpon vs for we are vtterly despysed Our soule is filled with the scorneful reprofe of the welthy and with the despitefulnes of the proude Nisi quia dominus psal cxxiiii IF the Lorde himself had not been on our syde nowe may Israel say If the Lord himselfe had not been on our side when men rose vp agaynst vs. They had swallowed vs vp quicke when they were so wrathfully displeased at vs. Yea the waters had drowned vs and the streame had gone ouer our soule The diepe waters of the proude had gone euen ouer our soule But praysed be the Lord which hath not geuen vs ouer for a praye vnto theyr teeth Our soule is escaped euen as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler the snare is broken and we are deliuered Our helpe standeth in the name of the Lord which hath made heauen and earth Qui confidunt in domino psal cxxv THey that put theyr trust in the Lorde shal be euen as the Mount Syon whiche may not be remoued but standeth fast for euer The hilles stand about Hierusalem euen so standeth the Lord rounde about hys people from thys tyme furth for euermore For the rod of the vngodly cometh not into the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put their hand vnto wickednes Doe well O Lorde vnto those that be good and true of heart As for such as turne backe vnto theyr owne wickednes the Lord shal leade thē furth with the euil doers but peace shal be vpon Israel In conuertendo psal cxxvi Euening prayer WHen the lord turned again the captiuitie of Syon then were we like vnto them that dreame Then was out mouth filled with laughter and our tong with ioye Then sayd they emong the Heathen the lord hath dooen great thinges for them Yea the lorde hath dooen great thinges for vs alreadye whereof we reioyce Turne our captiuite O lorde as the riuers in the south They that sowe in teares shall reape in ioye He that now goeth on his way weping and beareth furth good sede shal doubtles come agayn with ioye and bryng his sheaues with him Nisi dominus edifica psal cxxvii EXcept the Lorde builde the house their labour is but lost that build it Except the Lord kepe the citie the watche man waketh but in vayne It is but lost labour that ye hast to ryse vp earely and so late take rest and eate the bread of carefulnes for so he geueth his beloued slepe Loe children and the fruite of thy woombe are an heritage and gyft that cometh of the Lord. Like as the arrowes in the hande of the Gyant euen so are the yong children Happye is the man that hath his quyuer full of them they shall not be ashamed when they speake with theyr enemies in the gate Beati omnes psal cxxviii BLessed are al they that feare the Lorde and walke in his wayes For thou shalt eate the laboures of thyne handes O well is thee and happy shalt thou be Thy wyfe shal be as the fruitfull vyne vpon the walles of thyne house Thy children like the Oliue braunches rounde aboute thy table Loe thus shal the man be blessed that feareth the Lorde The Lorde from out of Syon shall so blesse thee that thou shalt see Ierusalem in prosperitie all thy life long Yea that thou shalte see thy childres children and peace vpon Israel Sepe expugnauerunt psal cxxix MAnye a tyme haue they foughte agaynst me fro my youth vp may Israel now say Yea manye a tyme haue they vexed me fro my youth vp but they haue not preuayled agaynst me The plowers plowed vpon my backe and made long forowes But the ritghteous Lorde hath hewen the snares of the vngodly in pieces Let them be confounded and turned backeward as many as haue euill will at Syon Let them be euen as the grasse growyng vpon the house toppes which withereth a fore it be plucked vp Wherof the mower filleth not his hande neither he that bindeth vp the sheaues his bosome So that they which goe by say not so much
as the lord prosper you we wyshe you good lucke in the name of the Lorde Deprofundis clamaui psal cxxx OVt of the depe haue I called vnto thee O lord lord heare my voyce Oh let thyne eares consider well the voyce of my complaynt If thou lord will be extreme to marke what is done amisse O lord who may abyde it For there is mercy with thee therefore shalt thou be feared I loke for the lord my soule doeth wayte for him in his woord is my trust My soule flyeth vnto the lord before the morning watch I say before the morning watche O Israel trust in the Lord for with the Lorde there is mercy and with hym is plenteous redempcion And he shal redeme Israel from at his sinnes Domine non est exaltatum psal cxxxi LOrd I am not hye minded I haue no proude lokes I doe not exercise my self in great matters which are to hye for me But I refrayn my soule and kepe it lowe like as a childe that is wayned from his mother yea my soule is euen as a wayned childe O Israel trust in the lord from thys time furth for euermore Memento domine Dauid psal cxxxii Mornīg prayer LOrde remember Dauid and all his trouble Howe he sware vnto the lorde and vowed a vowe vnto the almightie God of Iacob I will not come within the tabernacle of my house nor climbe vp into my bed I will not suffre my eyes to slepe nor my eye liddes to slumbre neythter the temples of my head to take anye reste Vntill I fynde out a place for the temple of the Lord an habitacion for the mighty God of Iacob Loe we hearde of the same at Ephrata and found it in the wood We will goe into hys Tabernacle and fall lowe on oure knees before his fotestoole Aryse O lorde into thy restyng place thou and the Arke of thy strength Let thy Priestes bee clothed with righteousnes and let thy sainctes sing with ioyfulnes For the seruaunt Dauids sake turne not awaye the presence of thyne annoynted The Lord hath made a faithfull othe vnto Dauid and he shall not shrinke from it Of the fruite of thy body shall I set vpon thy seate If thy chyldren wyll kepe my couenaunte and my testymonies that I shall learne them theyr chyldren also shall sitte vpon thy seate for euermore For the Lorde hath chosen Syon to be an habitacion for himselfe he hath longed for her Thys shal be my reste for euer here wyll I dwell for I haue a delight therein I will blesse her vitailes with encrease and will satisfye her poore with bread I will decke her Priestes with health and her saynctes shall reioyce and syng There shall I make the horne of Dauid to florish I haue ordeyned a lanterne for mine annoynted As for hys enemies I shall clothe them with shame but vpon himselfe shall his crowne florishe Ecce quam bonum psal cxxxiii BEholde howe good and ioyfull a thyng it is brethren to dwell together in vnitie It is like the precious oyntment vpon the head that ranne downe vnto the hearde euen vnto Aarons bearde and went downe to the skyrtes of his clothyng Like as the dewe of Hermon whiche fell vpon the hill of Syon For there the Lorde promised his blessyng and lyfe for euermore Ecce nunc benedicite dominum Psalm cxxxiiii BEholde now praise the Lorde all ye the 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 Lift vp your handes in the sanctuary and praise the lord The lord that made heauen and earth geue thee blessyng out of Syon Laudate dominum psalme cxxxv O Prayse the Lorde laud ye the name of the Lord praise it O ye seruauntes of the Lorde Ye that stand in the house of the lord in the courtes of the house of our God O prayse the lord for the lorde is gracious O syng prayses vnto his name for it is louely For why the lorde hath chosen Iacob vnto hymselfe and Israel for hys own possession For I know that the Lorde is great and that our Lord is aboue all Goddes Whatsoeuer the Lorde pleased that did he in heauen and in earth and in the Sea and to all depe places He bringeth foorth the cloudes from the endes of the world and sendeth foorthe lightninges with the rayne bryngyng the wyndes out of his treasures He smote the first borne of Egipt both of man of beast He hath sent tokens and wonders into the middest of thee O thou lande of Egipte vpon Pharao and all hys seruauntes He smote dyuerse nacions and slewe myghty kynges Sehon kyng of the Amorites and Og the kyng of Basā and all the kingdomes of Canaan And gaue theyr lande to be an heritage euen an herytage vnto Israel hys people Thy name O lord endureth for euer so doeth thy memoriall O Lorde from one generacion to another For the Lord wil auenge his people and be gracious vnto his seruauntes As for the images of the heathen they are but siluer and golde the worke of mennes handes They haue mouthes and speake not iyes haue they but they see not They haue eares and yet they heare not neyther is there any breath in theyr mouthes They that make them are lyke vnto them and so are all they that put theyr trust in them Praise the lord ye house of Israel praise the lord ye house of Aaron Praise the Lorde ye house of Leui ye that feare the lord praise the Lorde Praysed bee the Lorde oute of Sion whiche dwelle that Ierusalem Confitemini domino Psalm cxxxvi Euening prayer O Geue thankes vnto the Lorde for he is gracious and his mercy endureth foreuer O geue thankes vnto the God of all gods for hys mercy endureth for euer O thanke the Lord of all Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer Whiche only doth great wonders for his mercy endureth for euer Whiche by his excellente wisedome made the heauens for hys mercy endureth for euer Which laid out the earth aboue the waters for hys mercy endureth for euer Whiche hath made greate lightes for his mercy endureth for euer The Sunne to rule the daye for his mercye endureth for euer The Mone and the starres to gouerne the night for hys mercy endureth for euer Whyche smote Egipt with theyr first borne for hys mercy endureth for euer And brought out Israel from among them for hys mercy endureth for euer With a mighty hand and stretched out arme for his mercy endureth for euer Whyche deuided the redde Sea in two partes for hys mercy endureth for euer And made Israel to goe thorow the middes of it for hys mercy endureth for euer But as for Pharao and his hoaste he ouerthrewe them in the redde sea for his mercy endureth for euer Whiche led his people through the wildernes for his mercy endureth for euer Which smote great kinges for his merci endureth for euer Yea and
earth and then all hys thoughtes peryshe Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for hys helpe and whole hope is in the Lord hys god Which made heauen and earth the Sea and al that therin is which kepeth hys promyse for euer Which helpeth them to ryght that suffre wrong whiche fedeth the houngry The lord loseth men out of prieson the lord geueth syght to the blynde The lord helpeth them that are fallen the Lord careth for the ryghteous The lord careth for the straūgers he defendeth the fatherlesse and widdowe as for the waye of the vngodly he turneth it vpsyde downe The lorde thy god O Sion shall be kyng for euermore and thorowout all generacions Laudate dominum psal cxlvii Euenīg prayer O Prayse the lorde for it is a good thyng to syng prayses vnto our God yea a ioyfull and pleasaunt thyng is it to be thankefull The lord doth build vp Hierusalem and gather together the outcastes of Israel He healeth those that are broken in heart and geueth medecine to heale their sickenes He telleth the number of the starres and calleth them al by their names Great is our lord and great is his power yea his wisdom is infinite The lorde setteth vp the meke and bringeth the vngodly down to the grounde O sing vnto the lord with thankesgeuing sing praise vpon the harpe vnto our god Whiche couereth the heauen with cloudes and prepareth raine for the earth and maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaynes and hearbe for the vse of men Which geueth fodder vnto the cattell and fedeth the young rauens that call vpon hym He hath not pleasure in the strength of an horse neither delighteth he in any mans legges But the lordes delight is in them that feare hym and put theyr trust in hys mercy Prayse the Lorde O Ierusalem prayse thy God O Syon For he hath made faste the barres of thy gates and hath blessed thy children within thee He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth the with floure and wheate He sendeth furth his commaundement vpon earth and his word runneth very swiftly He geueth snowe lyke wolle and scattereth the hoare frost lyke asshes He casteth foorth hys yse lyke morselles who is hable to abide his frost He sendeth out his worde and melteth them he bloweth with his winde and the waters slowe He sheweth his woorde vnto Iacob hys statutes and ordinaunces vnto Israel He hath not dealte so with any nacion neyther haue the Heathen knowledge of hys lawes Laudate dominum de celis psalm cxlviii O Prayse the lorde of heauen praise him in the heigth Praise him al ye Aungels of his praise him al his host Prayse him sunne and Mone praise him al ye starres and lyght Prayse him al ye heauens and ye waters that be aboue the heauens Let them prayse the name of the Lorde for he spake the worde and they were made he cōmaunded and they were created He hath made them fast for euer and euer he hath geuen them a lawe whiche shall not be broken Prayse the Lorde vpon earth ye dragons all diepes Fier and haile snow and vapors winde and storme fulfilling his worde Mountaynes and al hils fruitefull trees and al Cedres Beastes and all cattel wormes and fethered foules Kinges of the earth and all people princes and al iudges of the worlde Young men and maidens olde men and children praise the name of the Lorde for his name onely is excellent and hys prayse aboue heauen and earth He shall exalte the horne of his people al his saintes shal praise him euen the children of Israel euen the people that serueth hym Cantate domino psalm cxlix O Sing vnto the Lorde a newe song let the congregacion of sainctes prayse him Let Israel reioyce in him that made him and lette the children of Syon be ioyefull in theyr Kyng Let them prayse hys name in the daunce let them syng prayses vnto him with tabret and harpe For the Lorde hathe pleasure in his people and helpeth the meke hearted Let the sainctes be ioyefull with glory let them reioyce in theyr beddes Let the praises of God be in their mouth and a two edged sweorde in theyr handes To bee auenged of the Heathen and to rebuke the people To bynde theyr kinges in chaynes and theyr nobles with linkes of yron That they may be auenged of them as it is written such honour haue all his sainctes Laudate dominum psalm cl O Prayse God in his holines praise hym in the firmament of his power Prayse hym in hys noble actes prayse hym according to his excellent greatnesse Prayse hym in the sound of the trumpet prayse hym vpon the lute and harpe Prayse him in the cimbals and daunces prayse hym vpon the stringes and pype Prayse hym vpon the well tuned cimbals prayse hym vpon the loud cimbals Let euery thyng that hath breath prayse the Lorde ¶ The ende of thys Booke ¶ Certain godly prayers to be vsed for sondrye purposes ¶ A generall confession of sinnes to be sayd euery mornyng O Almightye God oure heauenly father I confesse and knowledge that I am a miserable a wretched synner and haue manyfolde wayes moste grieuously transgressed thy most godli commaundementes thorowe wicked thoughtes vngodly lustes synfull woordes and dedes and in my whole lyfe In synne am I borne and conceued and there is no goodnes in me inasmuch as if thou shouldest entre into thy narrow iudgemente with me iudgeyng me accordyng vnto thesame I were neuer able to suffre or abide it but must nedes perishe and bee damned for euer So little helpe coumforte or succour is there eyther in me or in anye other creature Onely this is my coumfort O heauenly father that thou didst not spare thy onely deare beloued sonne but diddest geue him vp vnto the most bitter and moste vile and slaunderous death of the crosse for me that he mighte so paye the raunsome for my sinnes satisfie thy iudgement stil and pacifie thy wrath reconcile me againe vnto thee and purchase me thy grace fauour and euerlastyng lyfe Wherfore thorow the merite of his most bitter death and passion and thorow his innocēt bloudsheding I beseche thee O heauenly father that thou wilt vouchsafe to be gracious and merciful vnto me to forgeue and to pardon me all my sinnes to lighten my hearte with thy holye spirite to renue confirme and strengthen me with a ryght and a perfect fayth and to enflame me in loue toward thee and my neighboure that I maye hencefoorthe with a willyng and a gladde hearte walke as it becometh me in thy most godly commaundementes and so gloryfye prayse thee euerlastyngly And also that I maye with a free concyence and quiete hearte in all maner of temptacyons afflyccyons or necessyties euen in the verye pangues of deathe crye boldelye and merelye vnto thee and saye I beeleue in God the father almyghtye maker of heauen and earthe And in Iesus Christ c. But O lord God
heauenly father to comfort my self in affliccion and temptacyon with these articles of the christen faith it is not in my power For fayth is thy gyft and forasmuche as thou wylte bee prayed vnto and called vpon for it I come vnto thee to praye and beseche thee bothe for that and for all my other necessities euen as thy deare beloued sonne oure Sauiour Chryst Iesus hathe hym selfe taught vs. And from the very botome of my hearte I crye and saye O oure father whyche arte in heauen c. ¶ Prayers to be sayde in the mornyng O Mercyfull Lord God heauenly father I rendre most hygh laudes prayse and thankes vnto thee that thou hast preserued me bothe thys nyghte and all the tyme and dayes of my lyfe hytherto vnder thy proteccion and hast suffred me to lyue vntill thys presente houre And I beseche thee hartely thou wylte vouchesafe to receyue me thys day and the residue of my whole lyfe from hencefoorthe into thy tuicion rulyng and gouernyng me with thy holye spiryte that all maner of darkenes of misbeliefe infidelitie and of carnall lustes and affeccions may be vtterly chased and driuen out of my heart and that I may bee iustified and saued both body and soule thorow a right and a perfect fayth and so walke in the lyght of thy most godly trueth to thy glorye and prayse and to the profite and furtheraunce of my neighbour thorow Iesus Christ our Lorde and sauiour Amen ALl possible thankes that we are hable we rendre vnto thee O Lorde Iesus Christe for that thou hast willed thys nyght past to bee prosperous vnto vs and we beseche thee lykewyse to prosper all thys same daye vnto vs for thy glory and for the health of oure soule and that thou which art the true light not knowing ani going down and which art the sunne eternal geuing life foode and gladnes vnto all thynges vouchsafe to shyne into oure myndes that we maye not any where stumble to fall into any synne but may through thy good guiding and conductyng come to the lyfe euerlastyng Amen O Lorde Iesus Christe which art the true sunne of the world euermore arysyng neuer going down which by thy moste holesome appearing fight doest bring furth preserue nourish and refreshe all thinges aswel that are in heauē as also that are on earth we beseche thee mercifully and fauourably to shine into oure heartes that the nyghte and darkenes of sinnes and the mistes of errours on euery side drieuē away thou brightly shining within our hertes we may al our lyfe space goe without any stumbling or offence may decently and semely walke as in the day time being pure and cleane from the woorkes of darkenesse and abounding in al good workes which god bath prepared for vs to walke in whyche wyth father and wyth the holy gost lyuest and reygnest for euer and euer Amen O God and lord Iesus Christ thou knowest yea hast also taught vs how great the infirmitie weakenesse of man is and how certain a thyng it is that it can nothing doe without thy godly helpe If man trust to himself it cannot be auoyded but that he muste headlong runne and fall into a thousande vndoynges and mischiefes O oure father haue thou pietie compassion vpon the weakenes of vs thy children bee thou prest ready to helpe vs alwayes shewing thy mercy vpon vs prospering whatsoeuer we godlye goe aboute so that thou geuing vs light we may see what thynges are truely good in dede thou encouragyng vs we may haue an earnest desire to thesame and thou being oure gyde we maye come where to obtayne them for we hauing nothyng but mistrust in our selues doe yelde and commytte oure selues full and whole vnto the alone whiche workest all thynges in al creatures to thy honour glory So be it ¶ A prayer agaynst temptacion O Lorde Iesus Christe the onely staye and fence of oure mortal state our onely hope our onely saluacyon oure glory our triumphe who in the fleshe which thou haddest for oure onely cause taken vpon thee didst suffre thy selfe to be tempted of Sathan and who onely and alone of all men didst vtterly ouercome vanquishe sinne death the worlde the deuil and al the kingdome of hell and whatsoeuer thou hast to ouercomed for our behofe it is that thou hast ouercomed it neyther hath it been thy wyll to haue any of thy seruauntes kepe battail or fight with any of the foresaid euis but of purpose to rewarde vs with a crown of the more glory for it and to thintente that thou myghtest lykewyse ouerthrow Sathan in thy members as thou hadst afore done in thyne owne person geue thou we beseche thee vnto vs thy souldyers O Lion moste victorious of the trybe of Iuda strength against the roaring Lion which continually wandreth to and fro sekyng whom he may deuour Thou being that same serpent the true geuer of health and life that wer nayled on high vpon a tree geue vnto vs thy litle sely ones wilines agaynst the deceitfull a wayting of the most subtyle serpente Thou beyng a lambe as white as snowe the vanquisher of Satans tyranny geue vnto vs thy litle shepe the strength and vertue of thy spirite that beeyng in oure owne selues weake and feble and in thee strong valeant we may withstande and ouercome all assaultes of the deuyll so that our gostly enemy may not glory on vs but beeing conquerers through thee we may geue thankes to thy mercye which neuer leaueth them destitute that put their truste in thee who lyuest and reygnest God for euer wythoute ende Amen ¶ A prayer for obteyning of wysedome Sapien. ix O God of our fathers and Lord of mercy thou that hast made all thynges with thy worde and ordeyned man through thy wisedom that he should haue dominacion ouer the creature whiche thou haste made that he shoulde order the worlde accordyng to equitie righteousnes execute iudgement with a true heart geue me wisdō which is euer about thy seat put me not out frō among thy children for I thy seruaūt sonne of thy handmayde am a feble person of a shorte tyme and to yonge to the vnderstandyng of thy iudgement lawes yea though a man be neuer to perfecte among the children of men yet if thy wisedome be not with him he shal be nothing worthe Oh sende thy wisedome out of thy holye heauens and from the throne of thy maiestie that she maie be with me and labour with me that I maie know what is acceptable in thy sight for she knoweth and vnderstandeth all thinges and she shall conducte me right soberlye in my woorkes and preserue me in her power So shall my workes be acceptable Amen A Prayer against worldly carefulnes O Most deare tender father our defender nourisher endue vs with thy grace that we may cast of the great blindnes of our mindes carefulnes of worldly thinges may put our
in al thinges how to doe our dueties truely to walke in our vocacion and that also we maye expresse in our liuing those thinges that we do know that we be not only knowers of thy worde good Lorde but also bee workers of the same by our sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen Saterdaye O Alimightie god which hast prepared euerlasting life to all those that be thy faythfull seruauntes graunt vnto vs lord sure hope of the life euerlasting that we beeyng in thys miserable worlde may haue some tast and felyng of it in our heartes and that not by our deseruing but by the merites deseruing of our sauiour and lord Iesu Christ Amē O Mercifull god our only aide succour strength at al tymes graunt vnto vs O lord the in the tyme of prosperitie we be not proude and so forgeat thee but that with our whole power and strength we waye cleane vnto thee and in the time of aduersitie that we fal not to infidelitie and desperacion but that alwaies with a constant faith we may cal for helpe vnto the graunt this O lord for our aduocate sake and sauioure Iesu Christ Amen Sunday O Almightie and mercyful lorde which geuest vnto thy elect people the holy gost as a sure pledge of thy heauenly kingdom Graunt vnto vs O Lord this holy spirite that he may beare witnes with our spirite that we bee thy children and heyres of thy kyngdom and that by the operacion of thys spirite we way kyl all carnall lustes vnlawfull pleasures concupiscence euill affeccions contrary vnto thy wil by our Sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen ¶ A prayer for trust in God THe beginning of the fal of man was trust in himselfe The beginning of the restoring of mā was distruste in him selfe trust in god O most gracious most wise guide our sauiour Christ which doest leade them the right way to immortal blessednes which truely and vnfainedly trusting in thee committe them selfe to thee Graunt vs that like as we bee blynde and feeble in deede so we maye take and repute oure selues that wee presume not of oure selues to see to oure selues but so farre to see that alwaye we maye haue thee before our eyes to folowe thee beeyng our guide to be ready at thy call most obediently and to commit our selues wholy vnto thee that thou which onely knowest the way mayest leade vs thesame waye vnto our heauenly desyres To thee with the father and the holy goste be glory for euer Amen ¶ A prayer for the concorde of Christes Churche ARise lorde let thyne enemyes be scattered thy haters put to flight the righteous and Christes disciples make pleasaunt and mery let thē sing prayses pleasaunte songes vnto thee let them blowe abrode thy magnificence let them most highly auaunce thy maiestie let thi glory grow let the kingdom of Christ from heauen among the chosen be enlarged be thou the father of the fatherles the iudge of the widdowes and the protectour of thē namely whom the world forsaketh whose conscyences be troubled whom the worlde pursueth for Christes sake which be nedy and wrapped ful of mysery In thy house O Lorde let vs dwell in peace and concord geue vs all one heart one mynd one true interpretacion vpō thy word Plucke of the bandes aswel from the consciences as from the bodyes of the miserable captiues of thē also which as yet be hedged in within the listes of death and vnaduisedly striue agaynst grace How drye Lorde is the flocke of thine heritage I pray thee powre down largely the showres of thi graces let a more plenteous fruitefulnes chaunce let thy people be strengthened with thy spirite Graunt vs lord thy worde aboundauntly so that there may be many preachers of thy Gospell which may within them selues holily conspire and agree Let the Churche the spouse of Chryste deale large spoyles of the conquered Sathan All that beeleue in thee by Chryste O Lorde GOD of health moughte lifte thee vp with prayses myghte renoume thee and extoll thee We be entered into the voyage of saluacyon Conducte vs luckelye vnto the porte that beyng deliuered by thee from the very death we may escape and come to the very lyfe Fynyshe the thyng that thou hast begonne in vs make vs to increase from fayth to fayth leaue vs not to oure owne will and choise for it is slippery redy to fall To the thunderboltes of thy word put violence that we may geue the glory to thee alonely Geue to thy people courage and power to withstand sinne and to obey thy woorde in all thinges O Lorde God most glorious and excellent ouer all ¶ A Prayer against the enemies of Christes trueth DElyuer me O lorde from the vngodly and stiffe necked persons for thou seest how in theyr heartes they ymagine mischiefe and haue great pleasure to picke quarelles theyr tongues bee more sharpe than any adders sting and vnder theyr lyppes lurketh poison of adders But O merciful Lord let me not fal into theyr handes that they handle not me after theyr owne lustes Thou onely arte my God thou muste heare my pieteous plaint Lord that rulest all together that art the strength and power of my defence bee thou as a sallet on my head whensoeuer the vngodlye shall assault me neyter suffer thou not the wicked thus to prosper in their matters Suffer not their croked and malicious stomackes to encrease and spitefullye reuyle thee Looke vpon thy poore wretches cause and ridde me oute of these dayly greuaunces then shall I with a ryght vp hearte and pleasaunt countenaunce extoll and magnifie thy holye name Amen ¶ A Prayer for pacience in trouble NOwe haste thou O Lorde humbled and plucked me downe I dare now vnnethes make my prayers vnto thee for thou art angry with me but not without my deseruing Certaynly I haue sinned Lord I confesse it I will not denye it But Oh my god pardon my trespasses release my dettes render nowe thy grace agayne vnto me stop my woundes for I am al to plaged and beatē yet lord this notwithstanding I abide paciently and geue mine attēdaunce on thee cōtinually wayting for reliefe at thy hand and that not withoute skyll for I haue receyued a token of thy fauoure and grace towardes me I meane thy worde of promyse concernyng Christ who for me was offered on the crosse for a raunsome a sacrifice and pryce for my synnes wherfore accordyng to that thy promyse defende me Lorde by thy right hād and geue a gracious eare to my requestes for all mans stayes are but vayne Beate downe therefore myne enemyes thyne owne selfe with thy power whyche arte myne onely ayder and protectour O Lord god almightye Amen ¶ A Prayer to be sayde at nyghte goyng to bed O Mercifull Lorde God heauenly father whether we slepe or wake liue or die we are alwaies thine Wherfore I beseche thee heartely that thou wilt vouchsafe to take care and charge of me and not to suffre me to perishe in the woorkes of darkenesse but to kindle the lyghte of thy countenaunce in my hearte that thy godly knowledge may dayly increase in me thorow a ryght and pure faithe that I may alwayes be founde to walke and lyue after thy will and pleasure thorowe Iesus Christ oure Lorde and Sauioure Amen ¶ A Prayer to be sayde at the houre of death O Lorde Iesu whiche arte the only health of all men liuyng and the euerlastyng lyfe of them whiche dye in faith I wretched sinner geue submitte my self wholy vnto thy most blessed wil. And I being sure that the thing cannot perish which is committed vnto thy mercy willingly now I leaue this frayle and wicked fleshe in hope of the resurrection whyche in better wise shall restore it to me agayne I beseche thee most merciful lord Iesus Christ that thou wilt by thy grace make strong my soule against al tēptacions and that thou wilt couer defēd me with the buckler of thy mercye against all the assaultes of the deuil I see and knowledge that there is in my selfe no helpe of saluacyon but all my confidence hope trust is in thy most mercyfull goodnes I haue no merites nor good workes which I may allege before thee Of sinnes and euil workes alas I see a great heape but through thy mercy I trust to be in the numbre of thē to whom thou wilt not impute theyr synnes but take and accept me for righteous and iust to be the inheritour of euerlastyng lyfe Thou mercifull Lorde werte borne for my sake thou didst suffre both hunger thirste for my sake thou didst preache teache thou didst pray and fast for my sake thou didst all good workes dedes for my sake thou sufferedst moste greuous paines and tormentes for my sake And finally thou gauest thy most precious body to die and thy bloud to be shed on the crosse for my sake Now most mercifull sauiour lette all these thinges profite me whyche thou freely haste geuen me that hast geuen thy selfe for me Let thy bloud clēse and wash away the spottes foulenesse of my sinnes Let thy righteousnes hyde and couer my vnrighteousnes Let the merites of thy passion bloud be the satisfaccion for my sinnes Geue me lorde thy grace that my fayth saluacion in thy bloud wauer not in me but euer bee firme and constant that the hope of thy mercy life euerlasting neuer decaie in me that charitie waxe not colde in me finallye that the weakenesse of my fleshe bee not ouercome with the feare of death Graunt me mercyfull sauiour that when death hathe shut vp the eyes of my bodye yet that the eyes of my soule may still behold loke vpon thee that whē deathe hath taken away the vse of my tongue speache yet that my heart may cry and say vnto thee In manus tuas domine commendo spiritum meum that is to saie O lorde into thy handes I geue and committte my soule Dommine Iesu accipe spiritum meum Lorde Iesu receyue my soule vnto thee Amen ¶ Imprinted at London in Fletestrete at the signe of the Sunne ouer agaynste the Conduyte by Edward Whytchurche