fasting 1 ocl 2. 12. weeping and mourning rent your hearts and not your clothes Turne you vnto the Lord your God for he is gracious mercifull long suffring of great compassion and ready to pardon wickednes Then no doubt he also shall turne and forgiue and after his chastening hee shall let your encrease remaine for meate and drinke offrings vnto the Lorde your God Blowe out with the trumpet in Sion proclaime a fasting call the congregation and gather the people together warne the congregation gather the Elders bring the children and sucklings together Let the bridegrome goe foorth of his chamber and the bride out of her closet Let the Priests serue the Lord betweene the porch and the altar weeping and saying Be fauourable O Lord be fauorable vnto thy people let not thine heritage be brought to such confusion least the heathen bee lords thereof Wherefore should they say among the Heathen Where is now their God The Gospel WHen yee fast Mat. 6.16 be not sad as the hypocrites are For they diffigure their faces that it may appeare vnto men how that they fast Verely I saye vnto you they haue their reward But thou when thou fastest annoynt thine head and wash thy face that it appeare not vnto men howe that thou fastest but vnto thy father which is in secrete and thy father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth where the rust and moth doeth corrupt and where theeues breake through and steale But lay vp for you treasures in heauen where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt and where theeues do not break through nor steale For where your treasure is there will your hearts be also The first Sunday in Lent The Collect. O Lord which for our sake diddest fast fortie dayes and fortie nights giue vs grace to vse such abstinence that our flesh being subdued to the spirite we may euer obey thy godly motions in righteousnesse and true holines to thy honour and glorie which liuest and raignest c. The Epistle WE as helpers exhort you 2 Cor. 6.1 that yee receiue not the grace of GOD in vaine For he saith I haue heard thee in a time accepted and in the day of saluation haue I succoured thee Behold now is that accepted time Behold now is that day of saluation Let vs giue none occasion of euill that in our office bee found no fault but in all things let vs behaue our selues as the ministers of God in much patience in afflictions in necessities in auguish in stripes in prisonments in strifes in labours in watchings in fastings in purenes in knowledge in long suffering in kindnesse in the holy Ghost in loue vnfained in the word of truth in the power of God by the armour of righteousnesse on the right hand and on the left by honour and dishonour by euill report and good report as deceiuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and behold we liue as chastened and not killed as sorrowing and yet alway merrie as poore and yet making many rich as hauing nothing and yet possessing all things The Gospel THen Iesus was led away of the spirite into the wildernesse Mat 4.1 to bee tempted of the deuill And when hee had fasted fourtie dayes and fourtie nights hee was at the last an hungred And when the tempter came to him hee said If thou bee the sonne of God commaund that these stones bee made bread But hee answered and saide It is written Man shall not liue by bread onely but by euerie word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God Then the deuill taketh him vp into the holy citie and setteth him on a pinacle of the temple and saith vnto him If thou bee the sonne of God cast thy selfe downe headlong for it is written Hee shall giue his Angels charge ouer thee and with their hands they shall hold thee vp least at any time thou dash thy foote against a stone And Iesus said vnto him It is written againe Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God Againe the deuill taketh him vp into an exceeding high mountain and sheweth him al the kingdoms of the world and the glorie of them and saith vnto him All these will I giue thee if thou wilt fall downe and worship me Then saith Iesus vnto him Auoid Satan for it is written Thou shalt worship the Lord God and him onely shalt thou serue Then the deuil leaueth him and behold the Angels came and ministred vnto him The second Sunday in Lent The Collect. ALmightie God which doest see that we haue no power of our selues to helpe our selues keepe thou vs both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our soules that we may be defended from all aduersities which may happen to the bodie and from all euill thoughts which may assault and hurt the soule through Iersus Christ c. The Epistle WE beseech you brethren 1. Thes 4.1 and exhort you by the Lord Iesus that yee encrease more and more euen as ye haue receiued of vs how yee ought to walke and to please God For yee know what commaundements wee gaue you by our Lord Iesus Christ For this is the will of God euen your holinesse that ye should absteine from fornication and that euerie one of you should know how to keepe his vessell in holinesse and honour and not in the lust of concupiscene as doe the Heathen which know not God that no man oppresse and defraud his brother in bargaining because that the Lord is the auenger of all such things as we told you before testified For God hath not called vs vnto vncleannes but vnto holinesse Hee therefore that despiseth despiseth not man but God which hath sent his holy spirit among you The Gospel IEsus went thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon and beholde Matt. 15.21 a woman of Canaan which came out of the same coasts cried vnto him saying Haue mercie on mee O Lord thou sonne of Dauid my daughter is piteously vexed with a deuill But he answered her nothing at all And his disciples came and besought him saying Send her away for she crieth after vs. But he answered and said I am not sent but to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel Then came shee and worshipped him saying Lord helpe me Hee answered and said It is not meete to take the childrens bread and cast it to dogs Shee answered and said Trueth Lord for the dogs eate of the crummes which fall from their masters table Then Iesus answered said vnto her O woman great is thy faith be it vnto thee euen as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole euen the same time The third Sunday in Lent The Collect. WE beseech thee almighty God looke vpon the hartie desire of thy humble seruants and stretch forth the right hand of thy maiestie to bee our defence against all our enemies through Iesus Christ our Lord.
before God Wherefore lay apart all fillthinesse and superstuitie of maliciousnesse and receiue with meekenesse the word that is grafted in you which is able to saue your soules The Gospel IEsus said vnto his disciples Ioh. 16.5 Now I go my way to him that sent me and none of you asketh me whither I goe but because I haue sayd such things vnto you your hearts are full of sorrow Neuerthelesse I tell you the trueth it is expedient for you that I goe away For if I goe not away that comforter will not come vnto you but if I depart I will send him vnto you And when he is come he will rebuke the world of sin and of righteousnesse and of iudgement Of sinne because they beleeue not on me Of righteousnesse because I goe to my Father and ye shall see me no more Of indgement because the prince of this world is iudged already I haue yet many things to say vnto you but ye cannot beare them away now Howbeit when he is come which is the spirit of trueth he will lead you into all trueth He shall not speake vnto himselfe but whatsoeuer he shall heare that shall he speake and he will shew you things to come He shall glorifie me for he shal receiue of mine and shal shew vnto you All things that the Father hath are mine therefore sayd I vnto you that he shall take of mine and shew vnto you The fift Sunday after Easter The Collect. LOrd from whom all good things doe come grant vs thy humble seruants that by thy holy inspiration we may thinke those things that be good and by thy mercifull guiding may performe the same through our Lord Iesus Christ The Epistle SEe that ye be doers of the word Iam. 1.22 and not hearers onely deceiuing your owne selues For if any man heare the word and declareth not the same by his workes he is like vnto a man beholding his bodily face in a glasse For assoone as hee hath looked on himselfe he goeth his way and forgetteth immediatly what his fashion was But whoso looketh in the perfect law of libertie and continueth therein if he be not a forgetfull hearer but a doer of the worke the same shall be happy in his deed If any man among you seeme to be deuout refraineth not his tongue but deceiueth his owne heart this mans deuotion is in vaine Pure deuotion and vndefiled before God the father is this to visit the fatherlesse and widowes in their aduersitie and to keepe himselfe vnspotted of the world The Gospel VErily Iohn 16.23 verily I say vnto you whatseouer yee aske the Father in my name he will giue if you Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my name Aske and ye shall receiue that your ioy may be full These things haue I spoken vnto you by prouerves The time will come when I shall no more speake vnto you by prouerves but I shal shew you plainly from my Father At that day shall yee aske in my Name and I say not vnto you that I will speake vnto my Father for you for the Father himselfe loueth you because ye haue loued me and haue beleeued that I came out from God I when out from the Father and came into the world Againe I leaue the world and goe to the Father His disciples sayd vnto him Loe now thou talkest plainly and speakest no prouerve Now are we sure that thou knowest all things and needest not that any man shoulde aske thee any question therefore beleeue we that thou camest from God Iesus answered them Now ye doe beleeue behold the houre draweth nigh and is already come that ye shal be scattered euery man to his owne and shall leaue mee alone And yet am I not alone for the Father is with mee These words haue I spoken vnto you that in me yee might haue peace for in the world shall yee haue tribulation But bee of good cheere I haue ouercome the world The Ascension day The Collect. GRaunt we beseech thee Almightie God that like as wee doe beleeue thy onely begotten Sonne our Lorde to haue ascended into the heauens so wee may also in heart and minde thither ascende and with him continually dwell The Epistle IN the former treatise Actes 1.1 deare Theophilus wee haue spoken of all that Iesus beganne to do and teach vntill the day in which hee was taken vp after that hee through the holy Ghost had giuen commaundements vnto the Apostles whom he had chosen to whom also he shewed himselfe aliue after his passion and that by many tokens appearing vnto them fortie dayes and speaking of the kingdome of God and gathered them together and commanded them that they should not depart front Hierusalem but to wait for the promise of the Father whereof sayeth he ye haue heard of me For Iohn truely baptized with water but yee shall be baptized with the holy Ghost after these few dayes When they therefore were come together they asked of him saying Lord wilt thou at this time restore againe the kingdome to Israel And he sayd vnto them It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his owne power But ye shall receiue power after the holy Ghost is come vpon you and ye shall be witnesses vnto me not onely in Hierusalem but also in al Iurie and in Samaria and euen vnto the worlds end And when he had spoken these things while they beheld he was taken vpon high and a cloud recieued him vp out of their sight And while they looked stedfastly vp toward heauen as he went behold two men stood by them in white apparell which also sayd Yee men of Galilee Why stand ye gazing vp into heauen This same Iesus which is taken vp from you into heauen shall so come euen as ye haue seene him goe into heauen The Gospel IEsus appeared vnto the eleuen as they fate at meate Mark 16.14 and cast in their teeth their vnbeliefe and hardnesse of heart because they beleeued not them which had seene that hee was risen againe from the dead And he said vnto them Go ye into al the world and preach the Gospel to all creatures He that beleeueth and is baptized shal be saued but he that beleeueth not shal be damned And these tokens shall follow them that beleeue In my name they shall cast out deuils they shal speake with new tongues they shall driue away serpents and if they drinke any deadly thing it shall not hurt them they shall lay their handes on the sicke and they shall recouer So when the Lord had spoken vnto them hee was receiued into heauen and is on the right hand of God And they went forth and preached euery where the Lorde working with them and confirming the word with miracles following Sunday after Ascension day The Collect. O God the King of glory which hast exalted thine only Sonne Iesus Christ with great triumph vnto thy kingdome in
to him And after that he had opned his mouth he taught them saying Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kingdome of heauen Blessed are they that mourne for they shall receiue comfort Blessed are the meeke for they shall receiue the inheritance of the earth Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righeousnesse for they shall be satisfied Blessed are the mercifull for they shall obtaine mercie Blessed are the pure in heart for they shal see God Blessed are the peace makers for they shal be called the children of God Blessed are they which suffer persection for righteousnes sake for theirs is the kingdome of heauen Blessed are yee when men reusle you and persecute you and shal falsely say all maner of euill sayings against you for my sake reioyce and be glad for great is your rewarde in heauen For so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you The order for the administration of the Lordes Supper or holy Communion SO many as intend to bee partakers of the holy Communion shall signifie their names to the Curate ouer night or els in the morning afore the beginning of Morning prayer or immediatly after And if any of those be an open and notorious euill liuer so that the Congregation by him is offended or haue done any wrong to his neighbours by worde or deede the Cu. rate hauing knowledge thereof shall call him and aduertise him in any wise not to presume to the Lordes Table vntill hee haue openly de clared him selfe to haue truely repented and amended his former naughtie life that the Congregation may thereby bee satisfied which afore were offended and that he haue recompenced the parties whome hee hath done wrong vnto or at the least declare himselfe to be in full purpose so to doe as soone as he conue niently may The same order shall the Curate vse with those betwixt whom he perceiueth malice and hatred to reigne not suffering them to bee partakers of the Lords Table vntill he know them to be reconciled And if one of the parties so at variance be content to forgiue from the bottome of his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him and to make amends for that he himselfe hath offended and the other partie will not bee perswaded to a godly vnitie but remaine still in his frowardnesse and malice the Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent person to the holy Communion and not him that is obstinate The Table hauing at the Communion time a faire white linnen cloth vpon it shall stand in the body of the Church or in the Chauncel where Morning prayer and Euening prayer be appointed to be said And the Priest standing at the North side of the Table shall say the Lords prayer with this Collect following The Communion ALmightie God vnto whom all hearts bee open all desires knowen and from whom no secretes are hid clense the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy spirity that wee may perfectly loue thee worthsly magnifie thy holy name throught christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest rehearse distinctly all the ten Commaundements and the people kneeling shall after euery Commaundement aske God mercy for their trasgression of the same after this sort The Minister God spake these words and sayd I am the Lorde they God Thou shall haue none other gods but me People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts to keepe this Law Minister Thou shall not make to thy selfe any grauen image nor the likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beâ—tath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not how downe to them nor worship them For I the Lord thy God am a ielous God and visite the sinne of the fathers vpon the children vuto the third fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy vnto thosands in them that loue me and keepe my commandements People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts to keepe this Law Minister Thou shall not take the Name of the Lorde thy God in vaine for the Lord will not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his Name in vaine People Lord haue mercy vspon vs and entline our hearts c. Minister Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day Sire dayes shalt thou labour and doe all that thou hast to doe but the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt doe no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruant and thy maide seruant thy â—attell and the stranger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the Lord made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth day wherefore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and halowed it People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encliue our hearts to keepe this law Minister Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall doe no murther People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not commit adultery People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not steale People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not beare false witnesse against thy neighbour People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not count thy neighbours house thou shall not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his mayd nor his â—xe nor his Asse nor any thing that is his People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and write all these thy Lawes in our hearts we beseech thee Then shall follow the Collect of the day with one of these two Collects following for the King the Priest standing vp and saying Let vs pray ALmightie God whose kingdome is everlasting and power infinite haue mercy vpon the whole congregation and to rule the heart of thy chosen servant Iames our King and givernour that he knowing whose minister he is may about al things seeke thy honour and glory and that wee subiects duely confidering whole authoritie hee hath may faithfully serve honour and humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed worde and ordinance through Iesus Christ our Lord who with thee and the holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen ALmightie and everlasting God we bee taught by thy holy word that the hearts of kings are in thy rule and gouernance and that thou dost dispose and tnrne them as it seemeth best to thy godly wisedom we humbly beseech thee so to dispose and gouerne the heart of Iames thy seruant our King and gouernour that in all his thoughts words and workes hee may euer seeke thy honour and glorie and studie to preserue thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and
thee we giue thanks to thee for thy great glory O Lord GOD heauenly king God the Father almightie O Lord the only begotten sonne Iesu Christ O Lorde GOD Lambe of God sonne of the Father that takest away the sinnes of the world haue mercy vpon vs. Thou that takest away the sinnes of the world receiue our prayer Thou that fittest at the right hand of God the Father haue mercie vpon vs. For thou onely art holy thou onely art the Lord thou only O Christ with the holy Ghost art most high in the glory of god the father Amen Then the Priest or the Bishop if he be present slall let them depart with this blessing The peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding keepe your hearts and mindes in the knowlege and loue of God and of his sonne Iesus Christ our Lord and the blessing of God almighty the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost be amongst you and remaine with you alwayes Amen Collects to be said after the offertorie when there is no Communion euery such day one And the same may be said also as often as occasion shal serue After the Collects either of Morning and Euening prayer Communion or Letanie by the discretion of the Minister ASsist vs mercifully O Lord in these our supplications and prayers and dispose the way of thy seruants toward the attainement of euerlasting saluation that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life they may euer bee defended by thy most gracious and readie helpe though Christ our Lord. Amen O ALmightie Lord and euerliuing God vouchsafe wee beseech thee to direct sanctifie and gouerne both our heartes and bodies in the wayes of thy lawes and in the works of thy commandements that through thy most mighty protection both here and euer we may be preserued in body soule though our Lord and sauiour Iesus Christ Amen GRaunt wee beseech thee almightie God that the wordes which wee haue heard this day with our outward eares may though thy grace be so graffed inwardly in our hearts that they may bring forth in vs the fruit of good liuing to the honour and praise of thy name though Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PReuent vs O Lord in all our doings with thy most gracious fauour and further Vs with thy continuall helpe that in all our works begum continucd and ended in the we may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obteine euerlasting life though Iesus Christ out Lord. Amen ALmightie GOD the fountaine of all wisedome which knowest our neccssities before we aske and our ignorance in asking wee beseech thee to haue compassion vpon out infirmities and those things which for our vnworthinesse we dare not and for our blindnesse we cannot aske vouchsafe to giue vs for the worthines of thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ALmightie god which hast promised to heare the petitions of them that aske in thy sonnes name we beseech thee mercifully to encline thine eares to vs that haue made now our prayers and supplications vnto thee and graunt that those things which wee haue faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the reliefe of our necessitie and to the setting forth of thy glorie though Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ¶ Vpon the holy dayes if there be no Communion shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion vntill the ende of the Homilie concluding with the generall prayer for the whole estate of Chrifstes Church militant here in earth and one or moe of these Collects before rehearsed as occasion shall serue And there shall bee no celebration of the Lords Supper except there be a good number to communicate with the Priest according to his discretion And if there be not aboue twentie persons in the Parish of discretion to receiue the Communion yet there shall be no Communion except foure or three at the least communicate with the Priest And in Cathedrall and Collegiate Churches where be many Priests and Deacons they shall all receiue the Communion with the Minister euery Sunday at the least except they haue a reasonable cause to the contrarie And to take away the superstition which any person hath or might haue in the bread and wine it shall suffice that the bread be such as is vsually to bee eaten at the table with other meates but the best and purest wheate bread that conueniently may bee gotten And if any of the bread and wine remaine the Curate shall haue it to his owne vse The bread and wine for the Communion shall be prouided by the Curate and the Churchwardens at the charges of the Parish and the Parish shall be discharged of such summes of money or other dueties which hitherto they haue paide for the same by order of their houses euery Sunday And note that euery Parishioner shal communicate at the least three times in the yeere of which Easter to bee one and shall also receiue the Sacraments and other Rites according to the order in this booke appointed And yeerely at Easter euery Parishioner shall reckon with his Parson Vicar or Curate or his or their deputie or deputies and pay to them or him all Ecclesiasticall dueties accustomably due then and at that time to be payed The ministration of Baptisme to be vsed in the Church It appeareth by ancient writers that the Sacrament of Baptisme in the old time was not commonly ministred but at two times in the yeere At Caster and whitfuntide At which times it was openly ministred in the presence of all the Congregation Which custome now being growen out of vse although it cannot for many considerations bee well restored againe it is thought good to follow the same as neere as conueniently may be Wherefore the people are to be admonished that it is most conuenient that Baptisme should not be ministred but vpon Sundays and other holydayes when thr most number of people may come together as well for that the congregation thet present may testifie the recieuing of them that be newly baptized into the number of Christ Church as also becouse in the Baptisme of insants euery man present may bee put in remembrance of his owne profession made to God in his baptisme For which cause also it is expedient that baptisme be ministred in the English tounge Neuerthelesse if necessitie so requeire children may at all times be baptized at home When there are children to bee baptized vpon the Sunday or holy day the parents shall giue knowledge ouer night or in the morning afore the beginning of Morning prayer to the Curate And then the Godfathers Godmothers and people with the children must be ready at the Font either immediatly after the last Lesson at Morning prayer or els immediatly after the last Lesson at Euening prayer as the Curate by his discretion shall appoint And then standing there the Priest shall aske whether the children be baptized or no. If they answere No then shal the Priest say thus DEarely
that by the grace of God they will euermore endeuour themselues faithfully to obserue and keepe such things as they by their owne mouth and confession haue assented vnto Secondly forasmuch as Confirmation is ministred to them that be baptized that by imposition of handes and Prayer they may receiue strengch and defence against all temptations to sinne and the assaults of the world and the deuill it is most meete to be ministred when children come to that age that partly by the frailtie of their owne flesh partly by the assaults of the world and the deuil they begin to be in danger to fall into sundry kinds of sinne Thirdly for that it is agreeable with the vsage of the Church in times past whereby it was ordained that Confirmation should be ministred to them that were of perfect age that they being instructed in Christes Religion should openly professe their owne faith and promise to be obedient vnto the will of God And that no man shall thinke that any detriment shall come to children by differing of their Confirmation hee shall know for trueth that it is certaine by Gods word that children being baptized haue all things necessary for their saluation and bevndoubtedly saued A Catechisme that is to say An instruction to be learned of euery childe before he be brought to be confirmed by the Bishop WHat is your name Answere N. or M. Question Who gaue you this name Answere My Godfather and Godmothers in my Baptisme wherein I was made a member of Christ the childe of God and an inheritour of the kingdome of heauen Question What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for your Answere They did promise and vowe three things in my name First that I should forske the deuill and all his workes and pompes the vanities of the wicked world and all the sinfull lustes of the flesh Secondly that I should beleeue all the Articles of the Christian faith And thirdly that I should keepe Gods holy will and Commandements and walke in the same all the dayes of my life Question Doest thou not thinke that thou art bound to beleeue and to doe as they haue promised for thee Answere Yes verily and by Gods helpe so I will And I heartily thanke our heauenly Father that hee hath called mee to this state of saluation through Iesus Christ our Sauiour And I pray God to giue me his grace that I may continue in the same vnto my liues ende Question Rehearse the Articles of thy beliefe Answere I Beleeue in God the Father Almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord which was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the Virgine Mary suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried hee descended into hell the thirde day hee rose againe from the dead hee ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence hee shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholike Church the Communion of Saints the forgiuenesse of sinnes the resurrection of the body and the life euerlasting Amen Question What doest thou chiefly learne in these Articles of thy beliefe Answere First I learne to beleeue in God the Father who hath made me and all the world Secondly in God the Sonne who hath redeemed me and all mankinde Thirdly in God the holy Ghost who sanctifieth mee and all the elect people of God Question You said that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you that you should keepe Gods Commandements Tell me bow many there bee Ansvvere Tenne Question Which be they Ansvvere THe same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God which haue brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of boundage i. Thou shalt haue none other gods but mee ii Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen image nor the likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath or in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not bow downe to them nor worship them For I the Lord thy God am a ielous God and bisite the sinnes of the fathers vpon the children vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate mee and shew mercy vnto thousands in them that loue mee and keepe my Commandements iii. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine for the Lord wil not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his Name in vaine iiii Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day Sixe dayes shalt thou labour and doe all that thou hast to do but the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt doe no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruant and thy mayde seruant thy cattell and the stranger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the Lord made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seunth day wherefore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and halowed it v. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may bee long in the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee vi Thou shalt doe no murther vii Thou shalt not commit adulterie viii Thou shalt not steale ix Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against neighbour x. Thou shalt not couet thy neighboures house thou shalt not couet thy neighbous wife nor his seruant nor his mayde nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thing that is his Question What doest thou chiefly learne by these commaundements Ansvvere I learne two things My duetie towards God and my duetie towards my neighbour Question What is thy duetie towards God Ansvvere My duetie towards God is to beleeue in him to feare him and to loue him with all my heart with all my minde with al my soule and with all my strength To worship him to giue him thankes to put my whole trust in him to call vpon him to honour his holy Name and his word and to serue him truely all the dayes of mhy life Question What is thy duetie to wards thy neighbour Answere My duety towards my neighbour is to loue him as my selfe and to doe to all men as I would they should doe vnto mee To loue honour and succour my father and mother To honour and obey the king and his ministers To submit my selfe to all my gouernours teachers spirituall Pastours and masters To order my selfe lowly and reuerently to all my betters To hurt no body by word or deed To be true and iust in all my dealing To beare no malice nor hatred in my heart To keepe my handes from picking and stealing and my tongue from euill speaking lying and slandering To keepe my body in temperance sobernesse and chastitic Not to couet nor desre other mens goods but to learne and labour truely to get mine owne liuing and to doe my duetie in that state of life vnto the which it shall please
and cast away their tordes from vs. He that dwelleth in heauen shalt laugh them to scorne the Lord shalt haue them in derision Then shalt he speake vnto them in his wrath and vexe them in his fore displeasure Yet haue I set my king vpon my holy hill of Sion I will preach the lawe where of the Lorde hath sayd vnto me thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee Desire of mee and I shalt giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the vttermost parts of the earth for thy possession Thou shalt bruise them with a rodde of yron and breake them in pieces like a potters vessell Be wise now therefore Dye kings be learned ye that are iudges of the earth Serue the Lord in feare and reioyce vnto him with reuerence Kisse the Some lest he be angry and so ye penrish from the right way if his wrath be kindled yea but a little blessed are all they that put their trust in him Domine quid Psal iij LOrd how are they increased that trouble mee many are they that rise against me Many one there be that say of my soule there is no help for him in his God But thou O Lord art my defender thou art my worship and the lifter vp of my head I did call vpon the Lord with my voice and hee heard me out of his holy hill I layd mee downe and slept and rose vp agaie for the Lord sustained me I will not be afraid for ten thousands of people that haue set themselues against me round about Vp Lord and helpe mee O my God for thou smitest all mine enemies vpon the cheeke bone thou hast broken the teeth of the vngodly Saluation belongeth vnto the Lorde and the blessing is vpon the people Cum inuocarem Psal iiij Heare me When I call O God of my righteousnesse for thou hast set me at libertie When I was in trouble haue mercie vpon me and heacken vnto my prayer O yee sonnes of men how long Will yee blaspheme mine honour and haue such pleasure in vanitie and seeke after leasing Know this also that the Lorde hath thosen to himselfe the man that is godly When I call vpon the Lorde he will heare me Stand mawe and sinne not commune with your owne heart and in your chamber and be still Offer the sacrifice righteousnesse and put your trust in the Lord. There be many that say who will shew vs any good Lord list thou vp the light of thy countenance vpon vs. Thou hast put gladenesse in my heart since the time that their corne and wine and oyle increased I will lay mee downe in peace and take my rest for it is thou Lord onely that makest me dwell in safetie Verba mea auribus Psal 5 POnder my Words O Lord consider my meditation O hearken thou vnto the voice of my calling my king and my God for vnto thee will I make my prayer My voice shalt thou heare betimes O Lord earely in the morning wil I direct my prayer vnto thee and will looke vp For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickednesse neither shalt any euill dwell with thee Such as be foolish shal not stand in thy sight for thou hatest all them that worke vanitie Thou shalt destroy them that speake leasing the Lorde will abhorxe both the blood thirstie and deceitfull man But as for me I will come into thy house euen vpon the multitude of thy mercie and in thy feare will I worship toward thy holy Temple Leade me O Lord in thy righteousinesse because of mine enemies make thy way plame before my face For there is no faithfulnesse in his mouth their inwarde parts are very wickednesse Their throate is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue Destroy thou them O God let them perish through their owne imaginations cast them out in the multitude of their vngodlinesese for they haue rebelled against thee And let all them that put their trust in thee reioyce they shalt euer be giuing of thankes because thou defendest them they that loue thy Name shalt be Ioyfull in thee For thou Lorde wilt giue thy blessing vnto the righteous and with thy fauourable kindnesse wilt thou defend him as with a shield Domine ne in furore Psal vj. O Lorde rebuke mee not in thine indignation Euening prayer neither chasten mee in thy displeasure Have mercy vpon me O Lord for I am weake O Lorde heale me for my bones are vexcd My soule is also fore troubled but Lord how long wilt thou punish me Turne thee O Lord and deliuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercies sake For in death no man remembreth thee and who will giue thee thankes in the pit I am wearie of my groning euery night Wash I my ved and water my couch with my teares My beautie is gone for very trouble and worne away because of all mine enemies Away from mee all ye that worke vanitie for the Lorde hath heard the voice of my weeping The Lord hath heard my petition the Lord will receiue my prayer All mine enemies shalt be confonnded and sore vexed they shalt be turned backe and put to shame suddenly Domine Deus meus Psal vij O Lorde my God in thee haue I put my trust saue mee from all them that petsecute me and deliuer me Least he deuoure my soulce like a lion and teare it in pieces While there is none to helpe O Lorde my God if I haue done any such thing or if there be any wickednesse in my hands If I haue rewarded euill vnto him that dealt friendly with mee yea I haue deliuered him that Without any cause is mine enemie Then let mine enemie persecute my soule and take mee yea let him tread my life downe vpon the earth and lay mine honour in the dust Stand vp O Lord in thy wrath and lift vp thy selfe because of the indignation of mine enemies arise vp for mee in the iudgement that thou hast commanded And so shalt the congregation of the people come about thee for their sakes therefore lift vp thy selfe againe The Lord shalt iudge the people giue sentence with me O Lord according to my righteousuesse and according to the innocencie that is in me O let the wickednesse of the vngodly come to an end but guide thou the iust For the righteous God trieth the very hearts and reines My helpe commeth of God which preseructh them that are true of heart God is a righteous iudge strong and patient and God is prouoked cuery day If a man will not turne he will whet his sword he hath bent his bow and made it readie He hath prepared for him the instruments of death he ordeineth his arrowes against the persecuters Behold he trauaileth with inischiefe hee hath conceiued sorow and brought foorth vngodlinesse He hath grauen and digged vp a pit and is fallen himselfe into the destruction that he made for other For his trauaile shalt come vpon his owne head and
thee concerning the land of Iordane and the little hill of Hermon One deepe calleth another because of the noise of the water pipes all thy waues and stormes are gone ouer me The Lorde hath granted his I sing of him and made my prayer vnto the God of my life I wil say vnto the God of my strength why hast thou forgotten me why goe I thus heauily while the enemie oppresseth me My bones are smitten asunder as with a sworde while mine enemies that tropuble me cast me in the teeth Namely while they say dayly vnto me where is now thy God Why art thou so vexed O my soule and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in GOD for I will yet thanke him which is the helpe of my countenance and my God Iudica me Deus Psal 43 GIue sentence with mee O God and defend my cause againfr the vongodly people O deliuer me from the deceitfull and whiched man For thou art the God of my strength why hast thou put me from thee and why goe I fo heauily while the eneme oppresseth me Oh send out thy light and thy trueth that they may leade me and bring me vnto thy holy hill and to thy dwelling And that I may goe vnto the Altar of God euen vnto the God of my ioy and gladnesse and vpon the harpe will I giue thankes vnto thee O God my God why art thou so heauie O my soule and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy truft in God for I will yet giue him thankes which is the helpe of my countenance and my God Deus auribus Psal 44 WEe haue heard with our cares Morning prayer O God our fathers haue tolde vs what thou hast done in their time of olde How thou hast driuen out the Hearthen with thy hand and planted them in howe thou hast destroyed the nations and rast them out For they gate not the lande in possession though their owne sword neither was it their owne arme that helped them But thy right hand and thine arme and the light of thy conntenance because thou haddesta fauour vnto them Thou art my King O God send helpe vnto Iacob Through thee will we ouerthrow our enemmies and in thy Name will we tread them rise vp against vs. For I will not trust in my bowe it is not my sworde that shall helpe me But it thou that sasest vs from our enemies and puttest them to consusion that hate vs. We make our boast of God all day long and will praise thy Name for euer But now thou art farre off and puttest vs to coufusion and goest not foorth with our armies Thou makest vs to turne our backes vpon one enemies so that they which hate vs spoile our goods Thou lettest vs to be eaten vp like sheepe and hast scattered vs among the heathen Thou sellest thy people for nought and takest no money for them Thou makest vs to be rebuked of our neighbours to bee laughed to scorne and had in derision of them that are round about vs. Thou makest vs to be a by word among the heathen and that the people shake their heads at vs. My confusion is dayly before me and the shmme of my face hath couered me For the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer for the eneime and auenger And though all this be come vpon vs yet doe wee not forget thee nor behaue our selues frowadly in thy couenant Our Heart is not turued backe neither our steps gone out of thy way No not when thou hast smitten vs into the place of Dragons and couered vs with the shadow of death If we haue forgotten the name of our God and holden vp ore hands to any srange god shall not God search it on t for he knoweth the very secrets of the heart For thy sake also are wee killed all the day long and are counted as sheepe appointed to be slame Vp Lord why sleepest thou awake and bee not absent from vs for euer Where fore hides thou thy fare and forgettest our miserie and trouble For our soule is brought low euen vnto the dust onr belly eleaueth vnto the ground Arise and helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy mercies soke Eructauit cor meum Psal 45 MY heart is inditing of a good matter I speake of the things which I haue made vnto the King My tongue is the pen of a readie writer Thou art fairer then the children of men full of grace are thy lips because God hath blessed thee for euer Girde thee with thy sworde vpon thy thigh O thou most mightie according to the woship and renowme Good lucke haue thou with thine honour ride on because of the word of trueth of meekenesse and righteousnesse and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things The arrowes are very sharpe and the people shal be subdued vnto thee euen in the middes among the Kings enemies Thy seate O God endureth for euer the scepter of thy kingdome is a right scepter Thou hast loued righteousnes and hated iniquity wherefore God euen thy God hath anointed thee with the oyle of gladnesse aboue thy fellowes All thy garments smell of Myrrhe Aloes and Cassia out of the Iuory palaces whereby they haue made thee glad Kings daughters were among thy honourable Women vpon thy right hand did stand the Queene in a vesture of gold wrought about with diuers colours Hearken O Daughter and consider encline thine eare forget also thine owne people and thy fathers house So shall the King haue pleasure in thy beauty for hee is thy Lord God and Worship thou him And the daughter of Tyre shal be there with a gift like as the rich also among the people shall make their supplication before thee The Kings daughter is all glorious within her clothing is of wrought gold Shee shal be brought vnto the king in a rayment of needle worke the virgins that be her fellowes shall beare her companie and shal be brought vnto thee With ioy and gladnesse shall they bee brought and shall enter into the Kings palace In stead of thy fathers thou shall haue children whome thou mayest make princes in all lands I Will remember thy name from one generation vnto another therfore shall the people giue thanks vnto thee world without ende Deus noster refugium Psal 46 GOD is our hope and strength a very present helpe in trouble I herefore will we not feare though the earth be mooned and though the hils be caried into the mids of the sea Though the waters there of rage and swell and though the mountaines shake at the tempest of the same The riuers of the flood thereof shall make glad the Citie of God the holy place of the tabernacle of the most highest God is in the middest of her therefore shal she not be remoned God shall helpe her and that right earely The Heathen make much adoe and the kingdomes are moued but God hath shewed his voice and the earth shall meltaway
word of the Lord tryed him The king sent and deliuered him the prince of the people let him goe free Hee made him lorde also of his house and ruler of all his substance That he might informe his princes after his wil and teach his Senators wisedome Israel also came into Egypt and Iacob was a stranger in the land of Ham. And he increased his people exceedingly and made them stronger then their enemies Whose heart turned so that they hated his people and dealt vntruely with his seruants Then sent hee Moses his seruant and Aaron whome hee had chosen And these shewed his tokens among them and wonders in the land of ham He sent darkenesse and it was darke and they were not obedient vnto his word He turned their waters into blood and slue their fish Their land brought forth frogs yea euen in their kings chambers He spake the word and there came all maner of flies and lite in all their quarters Hee gaue them hailestones for raine and flames of fire in their land He smote their vines also and figge trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coasts Hee spake the word and the grashoppers came and caterpillers innumerable and did eate vp all the grasse in their land and deuoured the fruite of their ground He smote all the first borne in their land euen the chiefe of all their strength Hee brought them foorth also with siluer and golde there was not one feeble person among their tribes Egypt was glad at their departing for they were afraide of them He spread out a cloud to be a couering and fire to giue light in the night season At their desire he brought quailes and he filled them with the bread of heauen He opened the rocke of stone and the waters flowed out so that riuers ran in dry places For why he remembred his holy promise and Abraham his seruant And hee brought forth his people with ioy and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue them the landes of the heathen and they tooke the labours of the people in possession That they might keepe his statutes obserue his lawes Confitemini Domino Psal 106. O Giue thankes vnto the Lord Euening Prayer for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Who can expresse the noble actes of the Lord or shew forth all his praise Blessed are they that alway keepe iudgement and doe righteousnesse Remember me O Lord according to the fauour that thou bearest vnto thy people O visite mee with thy saluation That I may see the felicitie of thy chosen and reioyce in the gladnes of thy people giue thankes with thine inheritance We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done amisse and dealt wickedly Our fathers regarded not thy woonders in Egypt neither kept they thy great goodnesse in remembrance but were disobedient at the sea euen at the red sea Neuerthelesse he helped them for his names sake that he might make his power to be knowen He rebuked the red sea also and it was dryed vp so hee led them through the deepe as thorow a wildernesse And hee saued them from the aduersaries hand and deliuered them from the hand of the enemie As for those that troubled them the waters oucrwhelmed them there was not one of them left Then beleeued they his words and sang praise vnto him But within a while they forgat his works and would not abide his counsell But lust came vpon them in the wildernesse and they tempted God in the desart And he gaue them their desire and sent leanncsse withall into their soule They angred Moses also in the tentes and Aaron the Saint of the Lord. So the earth opened and swallowed vp Dathan and couered the congregation of Abiram And the fire was kindled in their companie the flame burnt vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molten image Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a calfâ— that eateth hay And they forgate God their Sauiour which had done so great things in Egypt Wonderous workes in the lande of Ham and fearefull things by the red sea So he said he would haue destroyed them had not Moses his chosen stande before him in the gap to turne away his wrathfull indignation lest he should destroy them Yea they thought scorne of that pleasant land and gaue no credence vnto his word But murmured in their tents and hearkened not vnto the voice of the Lord. Then lift hee vp his hande against them to ouerthrowe them in the wildernesse To cast out their seede among the nations and to scatter them in the lands They ioyned themselues vnto Baal Peor and ate the offerings of the dead Thus they prouoked him to anger with their owne inuentions and the plague was great among them Then stood vp Phinees prayed and so the plague ceased And that was counted vnto him for righteousnes among all posterities for euermore They angred him also at the waters of strife so that hee punished Moses for their sakes Because they prouoked his spirit so that he spake vnaduisedly with his lippes Neither destroyed they the heathen as the Lorde commanded them But were mingled among the heathen and learned their workes In so much that they worshipped their idols which turned to their owne decay yea they offered their sonnes and daughters vnto deuils And shed innocent blood euen the blood of their sonnes and of their daughters whome they offered vnto the woles of Chanaan and the land was defiled with blood Thus were they stained with their owne workes went a whoring with their owne inuentions Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people in so much that he abhorred his owne inheritance And he gaue them ouer into the hand of the heathen and they that hated them were lords ouer them Their enemies oppressed them had them in subiection Many a time did he deliuer them but they rebelled against him with their owne inuentions and were brought downe in their wickednesse Neuerthelesse when hee saw their aduersitie hee heard their complaint Hee thought vpon his couenant and pitied them according vnto the multitude of his mercies yea hee made all those that led them away captiue to pitie them Deliuer vs O Lord our God and gather vs from among the heathen that we may giue thanks vnto thy holy Name and make our boast of thy praise Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from euerlasting and world without end and let all the people say Amen Confitemini Domino Psal 107. O Giue thankes vnto the Lorde Morning prayer for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Let them giue thankes whom the Lord hath redeemed deliuered from the hand of the enemie And gathered them out of the lands from the East and from the West from the North and from the South They went astray in the wildernesse out of the way and found no citie to dwell in Hungry and thirstie their soule fainted in
thy dearely beloued Sonne Iesus Christ my only Sauiour and redeemer and I most humbly beseech thee for his sake to be mercifull vnto mee and to cast all my sinnes out of thy sight and remembrance through the merits of his bloody death and passion Powre vpon me O Lord thy holy spirit of wisedome and grace gouerne and leade me by thy holy word that it may be a lanterne vnto my feete and a light vnto my steps Shew thy mercie vpon me and so lighten the naturall blindnes and darkenesse of my heart through thy grace that I may dayly bee renewed by the same spirit and grace By the which O Lord purge the grossenes of my hearing vnderstanding that I may profitably reade heare and vnder stand thy word and heauenly will beleeue and practise the same in my life and conuersation and euermore hold fast that blessed hope of euerlasting life Mortifie and kill all vite in mee that my life may expresse my faith in thee mercifully heare the humble suite of thy seruant and grant me thy peace all my dayes Graciously pardon mine infirmities and defend mee in all dangers of body goods and name but most chiefly my soule against all assaults temptations accusations subtill baites and sleights of that old enemie of mankind Satan that roaring Lion euer seeking whom he may deuoure And here O Lord I prostrate with most humble mind craue of thy diuing Maiestie to bee mercifull vnto the vniuersall Church of thy Sonne Christ and specially according to my bounden duety beseech thee for this sake to blesse saue and defend the principall memeber thereof thy seruant our most deare and Souercigne Lord King Iames encrease in his royal heart true faith godly â—eale and loue of the same And grant him victorie ouer all his enemies a long prosperous and honourable life vpon earth a blessed ende and life euerlasting Moreouer O Lorde graunt vnto his Maiesties most honourable Counsellours and euery other member of this thy Church of England that thy and we in our seuerall callings may truely and godly serue thee Plant in our hearts true feare and honour of thy Name obedience to our Prince and loue to our neighbours Increase in vs true faith and religion Replenish our mindes with all goodnesse and of thy great mercie keepe vs in the same till the end of our lines Giue vnto vs a godly zeale in prayer true humilitie in prosperitie perfect patience in aduersitie and continuallioy in the holy Ghost And lastly I commend vnto thy fatherly protection all that thou hast giuen me as wife children and seruants Aide me O Lord that I may gouerne norish bring them vp in thy feare and seruice And forsmuch as in this world I must alwayes be at warre and strife not with one sort of enemies but with an infinitie number not onely with flesh and blood but with the deuill which is the prince of darknesse and with wicked men executors of his most damnable will Grant me therefore thy grace that being armed with thy defence I may stand in this battel with an inuincible constaucie against all corruption which I am compassed with on euery sde vntil such time as I hauing ended the combate which during this life I must sustaine in the ende I may attaine to thy heauenly rest which is prepared for mee and all thine elect through Christ our Lord and only Sauiour AMEN ⸪ ¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie Anno 1603. ¶ Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis
of this Realme safely maintained and last of all all estates and people thereof in true obedience and charitie vnited and knit together Grant this O God for thy onely Sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The third Collect. PReuent vs O Lorde in all our doing with thy most Gracious favour and further vs with thy continuall helpe that in all our woorkes begunne continued and ended in thee wee may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtaine Euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Then shall follow the Benediction as thus THe grace of our Lord Iesus Christ 2. Cor. 13 and the loue of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all euermore Amen The order where Morning and Euening Prayer shall be vsed and said THE morning and Euening Prayer shal be vsed in the accustomed place of the Church Chappell or Chancell except it shall be otherwise determined by the Ordinary of the place And the chancels shall remaine as they haue done in times past And here is to be noted that the Minister at the time of the Communion and at all other times in his ministration shall vse such ornaments in the Church as were in vse by authoritie of Parliament in the second yeere of the raigne of King Edward the sixt according to the Acte of Parliament set in the beginning of this Booke An order for Morning prayer daily throughout the yeere At the beginning both of Morning prayer and like wise of Euening prayer the Minister shall reade with a lowd voyce some one of these sentences of the Scriptures that follow And then he shall say that which is written after the said sentences AT what time soeuer a sinner doeth repent him of his sinne from the bottome of this heart I will put all his wickednesse out of my remembrance saith the Lord. Eze. xviij I doe knowe mine owne wickednesse and my sinne is alway against me Psal Lj. Turne thy face away from our sinnes O Lord and blot out all our offences Psal Lj. A sorrowfull spirit is a sacrifice to God despise not O Lord humble and contrite hearts Psal Lj. Rent your hearts and not your garments and turne to the Lord your God because hee is gentle and mercifull he is pacient and of much mercy and such a one that is sory for your afflictions Ioel ij To thee O Lord God belongeth mercy and forgiuenesse Danâ—x for we haue gone away from thee and haue not hearkned to thy voyce whereby wee might walke in thy Lawes which thou hast appointed for vs. Correct vs O Lord and yet in thy iudgement not in thy fury lest we should be consumed and brought to nothing 〈◊〉 x. Amend your liues for the kingdome of God is at hand Maâ—h iij. I will go to my father and say to him Father I huve sinned against heaven and against thee I am no more worthy to be called thy sonne Luke xv Enter not into Iudgement with thy seruants O Lord for no flesh is righteous in thy sight Psal exliij If wee say that we haue no sinne wee deceiue our selues and there is no trueth in vs. i. Iohn j. DEarely beloued brethren the scripture mooueth vs in sundry places to acknowledge and confesse our manifolde sinnes and wickednes and that wee should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heauenly Father but confesse them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the ende that wee may obtaine forgiuenesse of the same vy his infinite goodnesse and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sinnes before God yet ought wee most chiefly so to doe when wee assemble and meete together to render thankes for the great benefits that we haue received at his hands to set foorth his most worthy prayse to heare his most holy word and to aske those things which be requisite and necessary aswell for the body as the soule Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as be here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voyce vnto the Throne of the heauenly grace saying after me A generall confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister kneeling ALmighty and most mercifull Father wee have erred and strayed from thy wayes like lost sheepe wee haue followed too much the deuices and desires of our owne hearts we have offended against thy holy Lawes we have left vndone those things which wee ought to have done and we haue done those things which wee ought not to haue done and there is no health in vs but thou O Lord haue mercy upon vs miserable offenders spare thou them O God which confesse their faults restore thou them that be penitent according to thy promises vnto mankinde in Christ Iesu our Lord and graunt O most mercifull Father for his sake that we may hereafter liue a godly righteous and sober life to the glory of thy holy Name Amen The absolution or remission of sinnes to be pronounced by the Minister alone ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ which desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that hee may turne from his wickednesse and liue and hath giuen power and commandement to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sinnes hee pardoneth and absolueth all them which truely repent and vnfainedly beleeue his holy Gospel Wherefore we beseech him to graunt vs true repentance and his holy spirit that those things may please him which wee doe at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last wee may come to his eternallioy through Iesus Christ our Lord. The people shall answere Amen Then shall the Minister begin the Lords prayer with a lowd voyce OUr Father which art in heaven halowed ve thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen Give vs this day our daily bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse vs. And leade vs not into temptation But deliver vs from evil Amen Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answere And our mouth shall shew foorth thy prayse Priest O God make speed to save vs. Answere O Lord make haste to helpe vs. Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Prayse ye the Lord. Then shall be said or sung this Psalme following O Come let vs sing unto the Lord let vs heartily reioyce in the strength of our salution Veniâ—e exul 〈◊〉 Let vs come before his presence with thankesgiuing and shew our selves glad in him with Psalmes For the Lord is a great God and a great King avoue all gods In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is
his also The Sea is his and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land O come let vs worship and fall downe and kneele before the Lord our maker For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheepe of his handes To day if ye will heare his voyce harden not your hearts as in the prouocation and as in the day of temptation in the wildernes When your fathers tempted me proued mee and saw my workes Fourtie yeeres long was I grieued with this generation and said it is a people that doe erre in their hearts for they have not knowen my wayes Vnto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall bee world without and Amen Then shall follow eertaine Psalmes in order as they be appointed in a table made for that purpose except there be proper Psalmes appointed for that day And at the end of euery Psalme throughout the yeere and likewise in the end of Benedictus Benedicite Magnisicat and Nunc dimittis shal be repeated Glory be to the Father c As it was in the c. Then shall be read two Lessons distinctly with a lowd voyce that the people may heare The first of the old Testament The second of the New like as they bee appointed in the Kalender except there be proper Lessons assigned for that day the Minister that readeth the Lesson standing and turning him so as hee may best beheard of all such as be present And before euery Lesson the Minister shall say thus The first second third or fourth Chapter of Genesis or Exodus Matthew Marke or other like as is appointed in the Kalender And in the end of euery Chapter hee shall say Here endeth such a Chapter of such booke And to the end the people may the better heare in such places where they do sing there shal the Lessons be song in a plaine tune after the maner of distinct reading and likewise the Epistle Gospel After the first Lesson shall follow Te Deum laudamus in English dayly throughout the whole yeere WE prayse thee O God we knowledge thee to be the Lord. Te Deum laudamus All the earth doeth worship thee the Father euerlasring To thee all Angelscry alowd the heauens and all the powers therein To thee Cherubin Seraphin continually do cry Holy holy holy Lord God of Sabaoth Heauen and earth are full of the Maiestie of thy glory The glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee The goodly felowship of the Prophets prayse thee The noble army of Martyrs prayse thee The holy Church throughout all the world doeth knowledge thee The Father of an infinite Maiestie Thine honourable true and onely Sonne Also the holy Ghost the Comforter Thou art the King of glory O Christ Thou art the euerlasting Sonne of the Father When thou tookest vpon thee to deliver man thou diddest not abhorre the Virgins wombe When thou haddest overcome the sharpenesse of death thou diddest open the kingdome of heauen to all beleeuers Thou sittesst at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father We beleeve that thou shalt come to be our Iudge We therefore pray thee helpe thy seruants whom thou hast redeemed with thy prerious blood Make them to bee numbred with thy Saints in glory everlasting O Lord saue thy people and blesse thine heritage Gouerne them and lift them vp for ever Day by day we magnifie thee And we worship thy Name ever world without end Vouchsafe O Lord to keepe vs this day without sinne O Lord haue mercy vponv us haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpon vs as our trust is in thee O Lord in thee have I trusted let me neuer be confounded ¶ Or this Canticle Benedicite omnia opera c. O All ye works of the Lord blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer Benedicite O yee Angels of the Lord blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye heaueus blesse the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for ever O ye waters that be aboue the firmament blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for ever O all ye powers of the Lord blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye Sunne and Moone blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye starres of heauen blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye showres and deaw blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye windes of God blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye fire and heate blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye winter and sommer blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye deawes and frosts blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye frost and colde blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye yce and snowe blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye nights and dayes blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye light and darkenes blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye lightnings and cloudes blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O let the earth blesse the Lord yea let it praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye mountaines and hilles blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O all ye greene things vpon the earth blesse ye the Lord pratse him and magnifie him for euer O ye welles blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye Seas and floods blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye Whales and al that moue in the waters blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for evur O all ye foules of the aire blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O all ye beasts and cattell blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for eur O yee children of men blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O let Israel blesse the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye Priestes of the Lord blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye seruants of the Lord blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye spirits soules of the righteous blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye holy and humble men of heart blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O Ananias Azarias and Misael blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for ever Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now
c. And after the second Lesson shal be vsed and said Benedictus in English as followeth BLessed bee the Lord God of Israel for hee hath visited and redeemed his people Benedictus And hath raised vp a mighty saluation for vs in the house of his servant David As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets which have beene since the world began That wee should be saued from our enemies and from the hands of all that hate vs. To performe the mercie promised to our forefathers and to remember his holy couenant To performe the oth which hee sware to our forefather Abraham that he would give vs. That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies might serve him without feare In holinesse and righteousnesse before him all the dayes of our life And thou childe shalt be called the Prophet of the highest for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes To giue knowledge of saluation vnto his people for the remission of their sinnes Through the tender mercie of our God whereby the day spring from an high hath visited vs. To giue light to them that sit in darkenes and in the shadowe of death and to guide our feete into the way of peace Glory be to the father and to the sonne c As it was in the beginning is now c. Or this C. Psalme Iubilate Deo O Be ioyfull in the Lord all yee lands rerue the Lord with gladnesse and come before his presence with a song Iubilate Deo Be ye sure that the Lord he is God it is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture O goe your way into his gates with thankesgiuing and into his courts with praise be thankefull vnto him speake good of his Name For the Lord is gracious his mercie is euerlasting and his trueth endureth from generation to generation Glory be to the father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Then shall be said the Creede by the Minister and the people standing I Beleeue in God the Father almighty maker of heaven and earth and in Iesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord which was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the virgine Marie suffered vnder Ponce Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into hell The third day he rose againe from the dead He ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty From there shall hee come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholike Church the communion of Saints the forgiuenes of sinnes there surreection of the body and the life cuerlasting Amen And after that these prayers following aswell at Euening prayer as at Morning prayer all deuoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a lowde voice The lord be with you Answere And with the spirit The Minister Let vs pray Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Then the Minister Clerkes and people shall say the Lords prayer in English with a loud voice Our Father which art in heauen c Then the Minister standing vp shall say O Lord shew thy mercie vpon vs. Answere And grant vs thy saluation Priest O Lord saue the king Answere And mercifully heare vs when we call vpon thee Priest Indue thy minister with righteousnesse Answere And make thy chosen people ioyfull Priest O Lord saue thy people Answere And blesse thine inheritance Priest Giue peace in our time O Lord. Answere Because there is none other that fighteth for vs but onely thou O God Priest O God make clene our hearts within vs. Answere And take not thy holy spirit from vs. Then shall followe three Collects The first of the day which shall be the same that is appointed at the Communion The second for peace The thirde for grace to liue well And the two last Collects shall neuer alter but dayly be said at Morning prayer throughout all the yeere as followeth The second Collect for peace O God which art authour of peace ana louer of concorde in knowladge of whome standeth our eternall life whole seruice is perfect freedome defende vs thy humble seruants in all assaults of our enemies that Wee surely trutstting in thy defence may not feare the power of any aduersaries through the might of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The third Collect for grace O Lord our heauenly father almighty and euerlasting God which hast safely brought vs to the beginning of this day defend vs in the same with thy mighty power and graunt that this day we fall into no sinne neither run into any kinde pf danger but that all our doings may be ordered by thy gouernance to doe alwayes that is rightcous in thy sight through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An order for Euening prayer throughout the yeere The Priest shall say Our father which art in heauen c Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answere And our mouth shalll shew foorth thy prayse Priest O God make speed to saue vs. Answere O Lord make haste to helpe vs. Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Some and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning isnow and euer shal be world without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lord. Then the Psalmes in order as they be appointed in the table for Psalmes except there be proper psalmes appointed for that day Then a lesson of the old Testa-ment as is appointed like wise in the Kalender except there be proper lessons appointed for that day After that Magnificat in English as followeth My soule doeth magnifie the Lord and my spirit hath reioiced in God my Sauiour Magnificat Luke I. For he hath regarded the lowlinesse of his handmaiden For beholde from hencefoorth all generations shall call mee blessed For he that is mighty hath magnified me and holy is his Name And is mercie is on them that feare him throughout all generations He hath she wed streenth with his arme he hath srattcred the proud in the imagination of their hearts He hath put downe the mighty from their seate and hath exalted the humble and meeke He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away He remembring his mercie hath holpen his seruant Israel as hee promised to our forefathers Abraham and his seede for ever Glory be to the Father and to the Some c As it was in the beginning is now c Or else this Psalme O Sing vnto the Lord a new song for he hath done marucilous things Cantate Domino Psal 98. With his owne right hand and with his holy arme hath hee gotten himnselfe the victory The lorde declared his salution his righteousnesse hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen The hath remembred his mercie and trueth toward the house of Isreal
and all the andes of the world haue seene the saluation of our God Shewe your selues ioyfull vnto the Lord all yelandes sing reioice and giue thankes Praise the Lord vpon the Harpe sing to the Harpe With a psalme of thankesgiuing With trumpets also and Shawmes O shew your selues ioyfull before the Lord the King Let the sea make a noise and all that therein is the round World and they that dwell therein Let the floods clap their hands and let the hilles be ioyfull together before the Lorde for hee is come to iudge the carth With righteousnesse shall be iudge the world and the people with cquitie Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c As it was in the beginning is now c Then a Lesson of the newe Testament And after that Nunc dimittis in English as followeth LOrd now lettest thou thy seruant depart in peace according to thy word Nunc dimittis Luke 2. Formine eyes haue seene thy saluation which thou hast prepared before the face of all people Lo be a light to lighten the Gentiles and to be the glory of thy people Israel Glory be the father and to the Some c As it was in the beginning is now c Or else this Psalme GOd be mercifull vnto bs and blesse vs and shew vs the light of his countenance and be mercifull vnto vs. D 〈◊〉 That thy way may bee knowen vpon earth thy sauing health among all nations Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people praise thee O let the nations reioice and be glad for thou shalt iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nations vpon earth Let the people prayse thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth bring foorth her increase and God euen our owne God shall giue vs his blessing God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall fearee him Glory be to the father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be world without ende Amen Then shall follow the Creede with other prayers as is before appointed at Morning prayer after Benedictus and with three Collects First of the day The second for peace The third for aide against all perils as hereafter followeth which two last Collects shal be dayly sayd at Euening prayer without alteration The second Collect at Euening prayer O God from whome all holy desires all good counsailes and all iust workes doe proceede giue vnto thy seruants that both our hearts may world cannot giue that both our hearts may bee set to obey thy commandements and also that by thee we being defended from the feare of our enemies may passe our time in rest and quitenessc through the merits of Iesus Christ our Sauiour Amen The third Collect for ayde against all perils LIghten our darkenesse we beseech thee O Lord and by thy great mercie defend vs from all perils and dangers of this night for the loue of thy onely sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen In then feasts of Christmas the Epiphanie Saint Matthie Easter the Ascension Pentecost Saint Iohn Baptist Saint lames Saint Bartholomew Saint Matthew Saint Simon Iude Saint Andrew and Trinity Sunday shal be sung or said immediately after Benedictus this confession of our Christian faith Quicunque vult WHosoeuer will be saued before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholike faith Quicunque vult Which faith except euery one do keepe holy and bndefiled without doubt hee shall perish euerlastingly And the Catholike faith is this that we worship one God in trinitie and trinitie in vnitie Neither confounding the persons nor diuiding the substance For there is one person of the Father another of the Sonne and another of the holy Ghost But the godhead of the Father of the Sonne of the holy Ghost is all one the glory equall the maiestie coeternall Such as the Father is such is the Sonne and such is the holy Ghost The Father vncreate the Sonne vncreate and the holy Ghost vncreate The Father incomprehensible the Sonne incomprehensible and the holy Ghost incomprehensible The Father eternall the Sonne eternall and the holy Ghost eternall And yet they are not three eternals but one eternall As also there be not three incomprehensibles nor three vncreated but one vucreated and one incomprehensible So like wise the Father is almighty the Sonne almighty and the holy Ghost almighty And yet they are not three almighties but one almighty So the Father is God the Sonne is God and the holy Ghost is God And yet they are not three Gods but one God So like wise the Father is Lord the Sonne Lord and the holy Ghost Lord. And yet not three Lords but one Lord. For like as we be compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge euery person by himselfe to be God and Lord. So are wee forbidden by the Catholique Religion to say there be three Gods or three Lords The Father is made of none neither created nor begotten The Sonne is of the Father alone not made nor created but begotten The holy Ghost is of the Father and of the sonne neither made nor created nor begotten but proceeding So three is one Father not three fathers one Sonne not three sonnes one holy Ghost not three holy ghost And in this Trinitie none is afore or after other none is greater or lesse then another But the whole three persons bee coeternall together and cocquall So that in all things as is aforesaid the Vnitie in Trinitic and the Trintie in Vnitie is to be worshipped Hee therefore that will bee saued must thus thinke of the Trinitie Furthermore it is necessary to everlasting saluation that he also beleeue rigthtly in the incarnation of our Lord Iesus Christ For the right faith is that wee beleeue and confesse that our Lord Iesus Christ the Sonne of God is God and man God of the substance of the father begotten before the worlds and man of the substance of his mother borne in the world Perfect God and perfect man of a reasonable soule and humane flesh subsisting Equall to the Father as touching his godhead and inferior to the Father touching his manhood Who although he be God and man yet he is not two but one Christ One not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh but by taking of the manhood into God One altogether not by confusion of substance but by vnitie of person For as the reasonable soule and flesh is one man so God and man is one Christ Who suffered for our saluation descended into hell rose againe the third day from the dead He ascended into heauen he sitteth on the right hand of the Father God Almighty from whence he shalll come to iudge the quicke and the dead At whose comming all men shall rise againe with their bodies and shall giue accompt for their owne workes And they that haue done good shall goe into life
euerlasting and they that haue done euil into euerlasting fire This is the Catholique faith which except a man beleeue faithfully he cannot be saued Glory be to the Fathet and to the Sonne amp c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Thus endcth the order of Morning and Euening prayer throughout thewhole yeere Here followeth the Letanie to be vsed vpon Sundayes Wednesdayes and Fridayes and at other times when it shal be commanded by the Ordinary O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs iniscrable sinners O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercie vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue Mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitic three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercie vpon vs miscrable sinners Remember not Lord our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeance of our sins spare vs good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lord. From all cuill and mischicfe from in sinne from the craftes and assaults of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnation Good Lord deliuer vs. From all blindnesse of heart from pride baine glory and hypocrisie from enuie hatred and malice and all vncharitablenesse Good Lord deliuer vs. From fornication and all other deadly sinne and from all the deceits of the world the flesh and the deuill Good Lord deliuer vs. From lightning and tempest from plague pestilence and famine from battell and murther and from sudden death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedition and priuie conspiracie from all false doctrine and heresie from hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy word and commandement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mystery of thy holy incarnation by thy holy natiuitie and circumcision by thy baptisme fasting and temptation Good Lord dcliuer vs. By thine agonie and bloody sweat by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and buriall by thy glorious resurrection and ascension and by the comming of the Holy Ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulation in all time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day ofiudgement Good Lord deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseech thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it may please thee to rule and gouerne holy Church vmuerfally in the right way We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to keepe and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousnesse and holinesse of life thy seruant Iames our most gracious King and gouernour We beseech thec to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith feare and loue and that he may euermore haue affiance in thee and euer seeke thy honour and glory We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be his defender and Keeper giuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and preserue our gracions Queene Anne Prince Henry and the rest of the King and Queenes Royall issue We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops Pastours and Ministers of the Church with true knowledge and vnderstanding of thy worde and that both by their prcaching and liuing they may set it foorth and shew it accordingly We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to indue the Lords of the Counsaile and all the Nobilitie with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe the Magistrates giuing them grace to execute Iustice and to maintayne trueth We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe all thy people We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all nations vnity peace and concord We beseeth thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs an heart to loue and dreade thee and diligently to line after thy commaundements We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all thy people increase of grace to heare meekely thy word and to receiue it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as doe stande and to comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to raise vp them that fall and finally to beate downe Satan vuder our feete We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour help and comfort all that be in danger neressitie and tribulation We befeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to preserue all that trauaile by lande or by water all women labouring of childe all sicke persons and yong children and to shewe thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captiues We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to defende and prouide for the fatherlesse children and widowes and all that bee desolate and oppressed We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all men We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgiue our enemies persecuters and s slanderers and to turne their hearts We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue and preserue to our bse the kindely fruits of the earth so as in due time wee may enioy them We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs true repentance to forgive vs all our sinnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy Spirit to amend our liues according to thy holy word We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. Some of God We beseech thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseech thee to heare vs. O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Grant vs thy peace O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Haue mercie vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue
mercie vpon vs. Our Father which art in heauen c. And lead vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euill Amen ¶ The Versicle O Lord deale not with vs after our sinnes Answere Neither reward vs after our iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull father that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorrowfull mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs and graciously heare vs that those euils which the craft and subtiltie of the deuill or man worketh against vs bee brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnes they may be dispersed that wee thy seruants being hurt by no persecutions may euermore giue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy Names sake O God wee haue heard with ourt eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes thou diddest in their dayes and in the old time before them O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thine Honour Glory be to the father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be world without end Amen From our enemies defend vs O Christ Graciously looke vpon our afflictions Pitifully behold the sorrowes of our hearts Mercifully forgiue the sinnes of thy people Fauorably with mercy heare our prayers O Sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer bouchsate to heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Christ graciously heare vs O Lord Christ The Versicle O Lord let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. Answere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to looke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy Names sake turne from vs all those euils that wee most righteously haue deferued and graunt that in all our troubles wee may put our whole trust confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue thee in holinesse and purenesse of liuing to thy honour and glory through our onely Mediatour and Aduocate Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A prayer for the Kings Maistie O Lord our heauenly Father high and mightie king of kings Lord of lords the onely ruler of Princes which doest from thy Throne beholde all the dwellers vpon earth most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious soueraigne Lord king lames and so replenish him the grace of the holy Spirit that hee may alway encline to thy will and walke in thy way endue him plenteously with heauenly gifts graunt him in health and wealth long to liue strengthen him that hee may banquish and ouercome all his enemies and finally after this life he may attaine euerlasting ioy and felicitie though Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer for the Queene and Prince and other the King and Queenes children ALmightie God which hast promised to be a Father of thine Elect and of their seed wee humbly beseech thee to blesse our gratious Queene Anne Prince Henry and all the King and Queenes Royall progenie indue them with thy holy Spirit enrich them with thy heauenly grace prosper them with all happinesse and bring them to thine euerlasting Kingdome through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ALmightie and euerlasting God which onely workest great marueiles send downe vpon our Bishops and Curats and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthfull Spirit of thy grace and that they may truely please thee powre vpon them the continuall deaw of thy Blessing Graunt this O Lord for the honour of our Aduocate and Mediator Iesus Christ Amen A prayer of Chrysostome ALmighty God which hast giuen vs grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications vnto thee and doest promise that when two or three bee gathered together in thy Name thou wilt graunt their requests fulfill now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy seruants as may bee most expedient for them graunting vs in this world knowledge of thy Trueth and in the world to come life euerlasting Amen 2. Corinth 13. THE grace of our Lord Iesus Christ and the loue of God the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all euermore Amen For raine if the time require O God heauenly Father which by thy Sonne Iesus Christ hast promised to all them that seeke thy kingdome and the righteousnesse thereof all things necessary to their bodily sustenance Send vs we beseech thee in this our necessitie such moderate raine and showres that we may receiue the fruites of the earth to our comfort and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen For faire Weather O Lord God which for the sinne of man diddest once drowne all the world except eight persons and afterward of thy great mercie didst promise neuer to destroy it so againe Wee humbly beseech thee that although wee for our iniquisies haue worthily deserued this plague of raine waters yet vpon our true repentance thou wilt send vs such weather whereby wee may receiue the fruits of the earth in due season and learne both by thy punishment to amend our liues for thy clemencie to giue thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen In the time of dearth and famine O God heauenly father whose gift it is that the raine doeth fall the earth is fruitful beasts increase and fishes doe multiply beholde wee beseech thee the afflictions of thy people and grant that the fearcitie and dearth which we do now most iustly suffer for our iniquitie may through thy goodnesse be mercifully turned into cheapnesse plentie for the loue of Isus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the holy ghost be all honour c. In the time of Warre O Almighty God King of all kings and gouernour of all things whole power no creature is able to resist to whom it belongeth instly to punish sinners and to be mercifull to them that truely repent saue and deliuer vs wee humbly beseech thee from the handes of our enemies abate their pride asswage their malice and confound their deuiecs that wee being armed with thy defence may be preserued euermore from all perils to glorifie thee which art the onely giuer of all victorie through the merits of thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. In the time of any common Plague or sickenesse O Almighty God which in thy wrath in the time of King Dauid diddest flay with the plague of pestilence threescore and ten thousand and yet remembring thy Mercie diddest saue the rest haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners that now are bifited with great fikenesse and mortalitie that like as thou diddest then command thine Angel to cease from punishing so it may nowe please thee to withdraw from vs this plague and grieuous fickenesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whose nature and propertie is euer to haue merce and to
forgiue receiue our humble petitions and though we be tied and boud with the chaine of our sinnes yet let the pitifulnesse of thy great mercie loose vs for the honour of Iesus Christ sake our Mediatour and Aduocate Amen A thankesgiuing for Raine O God our heauenly Father who by thy gracious prouidence doest cause the former and the latter raine to descend vpon the earth that it may bring foorth fruit for the vse of man wee giue thee humble thanks that it hath pleased thee in our greatest necessitie to send vs at the last a ioyfull raine vpon thine inheritance and to reffersh it when it was dry to the great comfort of vs thy vnworthy seruants and to the glory of thy holy Name thorow thy mercies in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A thankesgiuing for faire weather O Lorde God who hast iustly humbled vs by thy late Plague of immoderate Raine and waters and in thy mercie hast relieued and comforted our soules by this seasonable and blessed change of weather wee praise and glorifie thy holy Name for this thy mercie and will always declare thy louing kindnesse from generation to generation through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen A thankesgiuing for plentie O Most mercifull Father which of thy gracious goodnesse hast heard the deuout prayers of thy Church and turned our dearth and scarity into cheapenesse and plentte We giue thee humble thankes for this thy especiall bountie beseeching thee to continue this thy louing kindnesse vnto vs that our land may yeeld vs her fruits of increase to thy glory and our comfort through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A thankesgiuing for peace and victory O Almightie God which art a strong tower of defence vnto thy seruants against the face of their enemies we yeeld thee praise thankesgiuing for our deliuerance from those great and apparant dangers wherewith we were compassed Wee acknowledge it thy goodnesse that we were not deliuered ouer a pray vnto them beseeching thee still to continue such thy mercies to wards vs that all the world may knowe that though art our Sauiour and Mightie deliuerer through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A thankesgiuing for deliuerance from the Plague O Lord God which hast wounded vs for our sinnes and consumed vs for our transgressions by thy late heauie and dreadfull visitation and now in the middest of iudgement remenibring mercie fast redeemed our soules from the iawes of death wee offer vnto thy fatherly goodnesse our selues our soules and bodies which thou hast deliuered to be a liuing sacrifice vnto thee alwayes praising and magnifying thy mercies in the middest of the Congregation through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Or this WEe humbly acknowledge before thee O most mercifull Father that all the punishments which are threatned in thy Law might iussly haue fallen vpon vs by reason of our manifold transgressions and hardnesse of heart yet feeing it hath pleased thee of thy tender mercie vpon our weake and vnworthy humiliation to asswage the noysome pestilence wherwith we lately haue bene sore afflicted and to restore the voice of ioy and health into our dwellings wee offer vnto thy diuine Maiestie thy sacrifice of praise thankesgiuing launding and magnifying thy glorious Name for such thy preseruation and prouidence ouer vs through Iesus Christ Lord. Amen ⧠The Collects Epistles and Gospels to be vsed at the celebration of the Lords Supper and holy Communion through the yeere The first Sunday in Aduent The Collect. ALmighty God give vs grace that Wee may cast away the workes of darkenesse and put vpon vs the armour of light nowe in the time of this mortall life in the which thy Sonne Iesus Christ came to visite vs in great humilitie that in the last day when he shall come againe in his glorious Maiestie to iudge both the quicke and the dead we may rise to the life immortal through him who tiueth and reigneth with thee and the holy Ghost now and euer Amen The Epistle O we nothing to any man Rom. 13. 8. but this that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfilleth the Law For these Commaundements Thou shall not commit adulterie Thou shall not kill Thou shalt not steal Thou shall not beare false witnesse Thou shalt not lust and so foorth if there be any other Commandement it is all comprehended in this faying namely Loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Toue hurteth not his neighbour therefore is loue the fulfilling of the Lawe This also wee know the season how that it is time that wee should now awake out of sleep for now is our saluation neerer then when we beleeued The night is passed the day is come nigh let vs therefore cast away the deeds of darkenesse and let vs put on the armour of light Let vs walke honestly as it were in the day light not in eating and drinking neither in chambering and wantonnesse neither in strife and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ and make no prouision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts of it The Gospel ANd when they drewe nigh to Hierusalem Mat. 21.1 and were come to Bethphage vnto mount Oliuet then sent Iesus two of his Disciples saying vnto them Goe into the towne that lieth ouer against you and anon yee shall finde an Asse bounde and her colte with her loose them and bring them vnto me and if any man say ought vnto to you say pee The Lorde hath neede of them and straight way he will let them go All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet saying Tell yee the daughter of Sion behold thy King commeth vnto thee meeke sitting vpon an Asse and a colte the foale of the Asse vsed to the yoke The Disciples went and did as Iesus commanded them and brought the Asse and the colte and put on them their clothes and set him thereon And many of the people spred their garments in the way other cut downe branches from the trees and strawed them in the way Moreouer the people that went before and they that came after cried saying Hosanna to the some of Dauid Blessed is hee that conuneth in the name of the Lorde Hosanna in the highest And when hee was come to Hierusalem all the citie was mooued saying who is this And the people said This is Iesus the Prophet of Nazareth a citie of Galilee And Iesus went into the Temple of God and cast out all them that sold and bought in the Temple and ouerthrew the tables of the money changers and the seates of them that solde doues anb sayd vnto them It is written My house shall be called the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theeues The second Sunday in Aduent The Collect. BLessed Lorde which hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for learning Grant vs that wee may in such wise heare them reade marke learne and inwardly digest them that by patience and comfort of thy holy word wee may embrace
and euer hold fast the blessed hope of euerlasting life which thou hast giuen vs in our Sauiour Iesus Christ The Epistle WHatsoeuer things are written aforetime Rom. 15.4 they are written for our learning that wee through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope The God of patience and consolation graunt you to bee like minded one towards another after the ensample of Christ Iesus that yee all agreeing together may with one mouth praysse GOD the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ. Wherefore recciue yee one another as Christ receiued vs to the prayse of God And this I say that Iesus Christ was a minister of the Circunicision for the trueth of God to confirme the promises made vnto the fathers and that the Gentiles might praise God for his mercy as it is written For this cause I will praise thee among the Gentiles and sing vnto thy Name And againe hee sayeth Reioyce ye Gentiles with his people And againe Praise the Lord all ye Gentiles and laud him all ye nations together And againe Esai sayth There shal be the roote of Iesle and hee that shall rise to reigne ouer the Gentiles in him shall the Gentiles trust The god of hope fill you with an ioy and peace in beleeuing that yee may be rich in hope though the power of the holy Ghost The Gospel THere shall be signes in the Sunne Luke 21.25 and in the Moone in the Stars and in the earth the people shall be at their wits and through despaire The Sea and the waters shall roare and mens hearts shall faile them for feare and for looking after those things which shall come on the earth for the powers of heauen shall moue And then shall mey â—ee the Sonne of man come in a cloude With power and great glory When these things begin to come to passe then looke vp and lift vp your heads for your redemption draweth nigh And hee shewed them a similitude Beholde the sigge tree and all other trees when they shoote foorth their buddes ye see and know of your owne selues that Summer is then high at hand So like wise ye also when ye see these things come to passe bee sure that the kingdome of God is high Verely I say vnto you this generation shal not passe 〈◊〉 all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal passe but my words shal not passe The third Sunday in Aduent The Collect. LOrd we beseech thee giue our prayers and by thy gracious vification lighten the darkenesse of our hearts by our Lord Iesus Christ. The Epistle LEt a man this wise esteeme vs 〈◊〉 4.1 euen as the ministers of Christ and Stewards of the secrets of God Furthermore it is required of the stewards that a man be found faithfull With mee it is but a very small thing that I should be iudged of you either of mans iudgement No I iudge not mine owne selfe for I know nought by my selfe yet am I not thereby iustified It is the Lord that iudgeth me Therefore iudge nothing before the time vntill the Lord come which will lighten things that are hid in darknes and open the counsailes of the hearts and then shal euery man haue praise of God The Gospel WHen Iohn being in prison heard the workes of Christ March 11.2 he sent two of his disciples and said vnto him Art thou hee that shall come ord oe we looke for anorther Iesus answered and sayd vnto them Goe and shewe Iohn againe what yee haue heard and seen The blinde receiue their sight the lame walke the lepers are clensled and the deafe heare the dead are raised vp and the poore receiue the glad tidings of the Gospel and happy is he that is not offended by mee And as they departed Iesus began to say vnto the people concerning Iohn what went ye out into the wildernesse to fee Areede that is shaken with the winde Or what went ye out to see A man clothed in foft raiment Behold they that weare soft clothing are in Kings house But what went yee out for to fee A Prorhet Verily I say vnto you and more then a Prophet For this is he of whom it is written Behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee The fourth Sunday in Aduent The Collect. Lord raise vp wee pray thee thy power and come among vs and with great might succour vs that whereas through our sinnes and wickednesse wee be sore let and hindered thy bountifull grace and merry through the satisfaction of thy Some our Lord may speedily deliuer vs to whom with thee and the holy Ghost bee honour and glory world without end The Epistle REioyce in the Lord alway Phil 4.4 and againe I say reioice Let your softnesse bee knowen to all men the Lord is euen at hand Be careful for nothing but in all prayer and supplication let your petitions be manifest vnto God with giuing of thankes And the peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding keepe your hearts and mindes througt Christ Iesu The Gospel This the record of Iohn Iohn 1.19 when the Iewes sent Priests and Leuites from Hierusalem to aske him what art thou And hee confessed and denied not and sayd plainely I am not Christ And they asked him What then Art thou Elias And he faith I am not Art thou the Prophet And he answered No. Then sayd they vnto him what art thou that we may giue an answere vnto them that sent vs what saye thou of thy sefe He said I am the voice of a crier in the wildernesse Make straight the way of the Lord as sayd the Prophet Esai And they which were sent were of the Pharisees and they asked him and said vnto him why baptizest thou then if thou be not Christ nor Elias neither that Prophet Iohn answered them saying I baptize with water but there standeth one among you whom ye know not he it is which though he came after mee was before me whose shooe latchet I am not worthy to vnloose These things were done at Bethabara beyond Iordane were Iohn did baptize Christmas day The Collect. ALmighty God which hast giuen vs thy onely begotten Sonne to take our nature vpon him and this day to be borne of a pure virgin Grant that wee being regenerate and maâ—e thy children by adoption and grace may dayly be renued by thy holy spitrit through the same our Lord Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth with thee c. The Epistle GOD in times past Heb. I.I. diuersly and many wayes spake vnto the Fathers by Prophets but in these last daies he hath spoken to vs by his owne sonne whom he hath made heire of al things by whom also he made the world Which sonne being the brightnesse of his glory the vey image of his substance ruling all things with the worde of his power hath by his owne person purged our sinns and sitteth on the right hand of the Maiestie on high
that should be written Innocents day The Collect. ALmightie God whole prayse this day the young Innocents thy write haue confessed shewed forth not in speaking but in dying mortifie and kil al vices in vs that in our conuersation our life may expresse thy faith which with our tongues we doe confesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle I Looked and loe a lambe stood on the mount sion Apo. 14.1 with him an hundreth and xliiii thousand hauing his name and his fathers name written in their foreheads And I heard a voice froÌ„ heauenas the sound of many waters as the voice of a great thunder And I heard the voyce of harpers harping with their harpes And they sung as it were a new song before the seate and before the foure beasts and the elders and no man could learne the soug but the hundred and xliiii thousand which were redeemed from the earth These are they which were not defiled with woman for they are birgins These follow the lambe whether soeuer he goeth These were redeemed from men being the first fruits vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes were sound no guile forthey are without spot before the throne of God The Gospel THe Angel of the Lord appeared to Ioseph in a sleepe Mar. 2.13 saying Arise and take the childe and his mother and flee into Egypt and be thou there till I bring thee word For it will come to passe that Herode will seeke the childe to destroy him So when hee awoke hee tooke the childe and his mother by night and departed into Egypt and was there vnto the death of Herod that it might be fufilled which was spoken of the Lorde by the Prophet saying Out of Egypt haue I called my sonne Then Herode when he saw that he was mocked of the wife men was erreeding worth and sent forth men of warre and â—lew all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all the coastes as many as were two yere old or vnder according to the time which he had diligently knowen out of the wisemâ—eÌ„ Then was fullfilled that which was spoken by the Prophat Ieremie where as hee sayd In Rama was there a voyce heard lamentanon weeping and great mourning Rachel weeping for her children and would not bee comforted because they were not The Sunday after Christmas day The collect Almightie God As vpon Christmas day The Epistle ANd I say 〈◊〉 that the heire as long as he is a childe differeth not from a sernant though he be Lord of all but is vnder tutours and gouernours vntill the time that the father hath appointed Euen so we also when we were children were in bondage vnder the ordinances of the world But when the time was full come God sent his sonne made of a woman made bound vnto the Law to redeeme them which were bond vnto to the Law that we through election might receiue the inheritance that belongeth vnto the natural sonnes Because yeare sonnes God hath sent the spirit of his sonne into your hearts which cryeth Abba Father Werefore now thou art not a seurant but a sonne If thou be a sonne thou art also an heire of God through Christ The Gospel THis is the booke of the generation of Iesus Christ the sonne of Dauid Mat. 1.1 the sonne of Abraham Abraham begate Isahar Isahar begate Iacob Iacob begate Iudas this brethren Iudas begate Phares Zaram of Thamar Phares begat Esrom Esrom begat Aram Aram begate Aminabad Aminadab begat Naasson Naasson begate Salmon Salmon begate Boose of Rahab Boos begate Obed of Ruth Obed begate Iesse Iesse begate Dauid the King Dauid the King begat Solomon of her that was the wife of Vrie Solomon begat Roboam Roboam begate Abia Abia begate Asa Asa begate Iosaphat Iosaphat begate Ioram Ioram begate Osias Osias begat Ioatham Ioatham begat Achas Achas begate Ezekias Ezekias begat Manasses Manasses begat Amon Amon begate Iosias Iosias begate Iechonias and his brethren about the time that they were caried away to Babylon And after they were brought to Babylon Iechomas begat Salathiel Salathiel begat Zorobabel Zorobabel bel begat Abiud Abiud begate Ehachim Ehachim begat Azor Azor begate Sador Sador begate Achin Achin begate Eliud Eliud begate Eleazar Eleazar begat Matthan Matthan begat Iacob Iacob begat Ioleph the husband of Marie of whom was borne Iesus euen he that is called Christ And so all the generations from Abraham to Dauid are xiiii generations And from Dauid vnto the captiuitie of Babylon are xiiii generations And from the captiuity of Babylon vnto Christ are xiiii generations The birth of Iesus Christ was on this wife when his mother Marie was married to Ioseph before they came to dwell together she was founds with child by the holy Ghost Then Ioseph her husband beacause he was arighteous man and would not put her to shame was minded pruulie to depart from her But while he thus thought beholde the Angel of the Lorde appeared vnto him in sleepe saying Ioseph thou sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Mary thy wife for that which is conceiued in her commeth of tlIe holy Ghost Shee shall bring forth a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iesus for he shall saue his people from their sinnes All this was done that it might bee fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet sying Behold a mayde shall be with childe and shall bring foorth a sonne and they shall call his name Emmanuel which if a man interpret is as much to say as God with vs. And Ioseph assoone as hee awoke out of sleepe did as the Angel of the Lorde had bidden him and he cooke his wife vnto him and knewe her not till she had brought forth her first begotten sonne and called his name Iesus The Circumcision of Christ The Collect. ALmightie God which madest thy blessed sonne to bee circumcised and obedient to the law for man grant vs the true circumcision of the spirit that our hearts all our members being mortified from all worldly and carnallusts may in all things obey thy blessed wil through the same thy Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BLessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sinne Rom 4.8 Came this blessednesse then vpon the circumcision or vpon the vncircumcision also for wesay that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousnesse Now was it then reckoned when he wasin circumcision or when hee was in the vncircumcision not in time of circumcision but when hee was yet vncircumciseb And he receiued the sgne of circumcision as a seale of the righteousnesse of faith which hee had yet being vncircumcision that he should bee the father of all them that beleeue though they be not circumcised that righteousnesse might be imputed to them also and that hee might be the father of circumcision not vnto them onely which came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steps of the faith
selue sare wise For ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage if a man deuoure if a man take if a man exalt himselfe if a man smite you on the face I speake as concerning rebuke as though we had bene weake in this behalfe Howbeit wherein soeuer any man dare be bold I speake foolishly I dare be bold also They are Hebrewes euen so am I. They are Israelites euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham euen so am I. They are the ministers of Christ I speake as a foole I am more In labours more abundant in stripes aboue measure in prison more plēteously in death oft Of the Iewes fiue times receiued I fortie stripes saue one Thrise was I beaten with rods I was once stoned I suffered thrise shipwracke night and day haue I beene in the deepe sea In iourneying often in perils of waters in perils of robbers in ieopardies of mine owne nation in ieopardies among the Heathen in perils in the Citie in perils in wildernesse in perils in the sea in perils among false brethren in labour and trauaile in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in colde and nakednesse beside the things which outwardly happen vnto me I am cumbred daily and doe care for all congregations Who is weake and I am not weake who is offended and I burne not If I must needes boast I will boast of the things that concerne mine infirmities The God and father of our Lorde Iesus Christ which is blessed for euermore knoweth that I lie not The Gospel WHen much people were gathered together Luke 84. and were come to him out of all cities hee spake by a similitude The sower went out to sowe his seede and as hee sowed some fell by the way side and it was troden downe and the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp And some fell on stones and as soone as it was fprung vp it withered away because it lacked moystnesse And some fell among thornes and the thornes sprang vp with it and choaked it And some fell on good ground and sprang vp and bare fruite an hundreth fold And as he said these things he cried He that hath cares to heare let him heare And his disciples asked him saying What maner of similitude is this And he said Vnto you it is giuen to know the secrets of the kingdom of God but to other by parables that when they see they should not see and when they heare they should not vnderstand The parable is this The seed is the word of God Those that are beside the way are they that heare then commeth the deuil and taketh away the worde out of their hearts least they should beleeue and bee saued They on the stones are they which when they heare receiue the word with ioy and these haue no rootes which for a while beleeue and in time of temptation goe away And that which fell among thornes are they which when they haue heard goe forth and are choked with cares and riches and voluptuous liuing and bring foorth no fruite That which fell in the good ground are they which with a pure and good heart heare the word and keepe it and bring foorth fruit through patience The Sunday called Quinquagesima The Collect. O Lorde which doest teach vs that all our doings without charitie are nothing worth send thy holy Ghost and powre into our hearts that most excellent gift of charitie the very bond of peace and all vertues without the which whosoeuer liueth is counted dead before thee Graunt this for thine onely Sonne Iesus Christes sake The Epistle THough I speake with tongues of men 1 Cor. 13.1 and of Angels and haue no loue I am euen as sounding brasse or as a tinckling Cymball And though I could prophesie and vnderstand all secrets and all knowledge yea if I haue all faith so that I could mountaines out of their places and yet haue no loue I am nothing And though I bestowe all my goods to feede the poore though I gaue my body euen that I burned and yet haue no loue it profiteth me nothing Loue suffereth long and is courteous loue enuieth not loue doeth not frowardly swelleth not dealeth not dishonestly seeketh not her owne is not prouoked to anger thinketh none euil reioyceth not in iniquitie but reioyceth in the trueth suffreth all things beleeueth all things hopeth all things endureth all things Though that prophesying faile either tongues cease or knowledge vanish away yet loue falleth neuer away For our knowledge is vnperfect and our prophesying is vnperfect But when that which is perfect is come then that which is vnperfect shal be done away When I was a child I spake as a child I vnderstood as a child I imagined as a child But assoone as I was a man I put away childishnesse Nowe wee see in a glasse euen in a darke speaking but then shall we see face to face Now I know 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 Gospel IEsus tooke vnto him twelue and sayd vnto them Beholde Lu. 18.31 wee goe vp to Hierusalem and all shall bee fulfilled which are written by the Prophetes of the sonne of man For hee shall be deliuered vnto the Gentiles and shall bee mocked and despightfully intreated and spitted on And when they haue scourged him they will put him to death and the third day hee shall rise againe And they vnderstood none of these things And this saying was hid from them so that they perceiued not the things which were spoken And it came to passe that as hee was come nigh to Iericho a certaine blind man sate by the high way side begging And when hee heard the people passe by he asked what it meant And they sayd vnto him that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And he cryed saying Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercie on me And they which went before rebuked him that hee should holde his peace But he cried so much the more Thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And Iesus stood still and commaunded him to be brought vnto him And when he was come neere he asked him saying What will thou that I doe vnto thee And he sayd Lord that I might receiue my sight And Iesus sayde vnto him Receiue thy sight thy faith hath saued thee And immediately hee receiued his sight and followed him praising God And all the people when they saw it gaue prayse vnto God The first day of Lent The Collect. ALmightie euerlasting God which hatest nothing that thou hast made and doest forgiue the sinnes of al them that be penitent create and make in vs new and contrite hearts that we woorthily lamenting our sinnes and knowledging our wretchednesse may obtaine of thee the God of al mercy perfect remission and forgiuenes through Iesus Christ The Epistle TVrne you vnto me with all your hearts with
The Epistle BE you the folowers of God as deere children Eph. 5.1 and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue himselfe for vs an offring and a sacrifice of a sweete sauour to God As for fornication and al vncleannes or couetousnes let it not bee once named among you as it becommeth saints or filthinesse or foolish talking or icsting which are not comely but rather giuing of thankes For this yee knowe that no whoremonger either vncleane person or couetous person which is a worshipper of images hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ of God Let no man deceiue you with vaine words For because of such things commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience Be ye not therfore companions of them Ye were sometimes darkenes but now are ye light in the Lord walke as children of light for the fruit of the spirit consisteth in al goodnes and righteousnes and trueth Accept that which is pleasing vnto the Lord and haue no felowship with the vnfruitfull workes of darkenes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those things which are done of them in secret but all things when they are brought foorth by the light are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifest the same is light Wherefore hee sayth Awake thou that sleepest and stand vp from death and Christ shall giue thee light The Gospel IEsus was casting out a deuill that was dumbe Lu. 11.14 And when he had cast out the deuil the dumbe spake and the people wondred But some of them sayde He casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the cheefe of the Deuiles And other tempted him and required of him a signe from heauen But hee knowing their thoughtes sayde vnto them Euery kingdome deuided against it selfe is desolate and one house doth fall vpon another If Satan also be diuided against himselfe how shall his kingdome endure Because yee say I cast out deuiles through Beelzebub If I by the helpe of Beelzebub cast out deuils by whose helpe doe your children cast them out Therefore shall they bee your Iudges But if I by the finger of God cast out deuiles no doubt the kingdome of God is come vpon you When a strong man armed watcheth his house the things that he possesseth are in peace But when a stronger them hee commeth vpon him and ouercommeth him he taketh from him al his harnesse wherein he trusted and dimdeth his goodes He that is not with me is against mee and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad When the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man hee walketh thorowe drie places seeking rest and when he findeth none he saith I wil returne againe into my house whence I came out And when he commeth he findeth it swept and garnished Then goeth he and taketh to him seuen other spirits worse then himselfe and they enter in and dwell there and the ende of that man is worse then the beginning And it fortuned that as hee spake these things a certaine woman of the company lift vp her voyce and sayde vnto him Happy is the wombe that bare thee and the pappes which gaue thee sucke But he sayd Yea happie are they that heare the word of God and keepe it The fourth Sunday in Lent The Collect. GRaunt we beseech thee almightie God that wee which for our euill deedes are worthily punished by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieued through our Lord Iesus Christ The Epistle TEll me ye that desire to be vnder the law do ye not heare of the law for it is written Gal 4.21 that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bondmaide the other by a free woman Yea he which was borne of the bondwoman was borne after the flesh but he which was borne of the free woman was borne by promise Which thinges are spoken by an allegorie for these are two testaments the one from the mount Sina which gendreth vnto bondage which is Agar for mount Sina is Agar in Arabia and bordereth vpon the citie which is now called Hierusalem and is in bondage with her children But Hierusalem which is aboue is free which is the mother of vs all For it is written Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children breake foorth and crie thou that trauellest not for the desolate hath many moe children then shee which hath an husband Brethren we are after Isahac the children of promise But as then he that was borne after the flesh persecuted him that was borne after the spirit euen so is it now Neuerthelesse what saith the Scripture Put away the bondwoman and her sonne for the sonne of the bondwoman shall not be heire with the sonne of the freewoman So then brethren wee are not children of the bondwoman but of the freewoman The Gospel IEsus departed ouer the Sea of Galilee Ioh. 6.1 which is the sea of Tiberias and a great multitude followed him because they sawe his myracles which hee did on them that were diseased And Iesus went vp into a mountaine and there hee sate with his disciples And Easter a feast of the Iewes was nigh When Iesus then lift vp his eyes and saw a great companie come vnto him hee said vnto Philip Whence shall we buy bread that these may eate This he said to prooue him for he himselfe knew what hee would doe Philip answered him Two hundreth penywoorth of bread are not sufficient for them that euery man may take a litle One of his disciples Andrew Simon Peters brother saith vnto him There is a lad which hath fiue barley loaues and two fishes but what are they among so many And Iesus said Make the people sit down There was much grasse in the place So the men sate downe in number about fiue thousand And Iesus tooke the bread and when he had giuen thankes hee gaue to the Disciples and the Disciples to them that were set downe and like wise of the fishes as much as they would When they had eaten inough hee said vnto his Disciples Gather vp the broken meate which remaineth that nothing bee lost And they gathered it together and filled twelue baskets with the broken meate of the fiue barley loaues which broken meate remained vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did said This is of a trueth the same Prophet that should come into the world The fifth Sunday in Lent The Collect. WE beseech thee almightie God mercifully to looke vpon thy people that by thy great goodnesse they may be gouerned and preserued euermore both in bodie and soule through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle CHrist beeing an high Priest of good things to come Heb. 9.11 came by a greater and a more perfect tabernacle not made with hands that is to say not of this building neither by the blood of Goates and calues but by his owne blood he entred in once into the holy place and found eternall redemption
For if the blood of Oxen and of Goates and the ashes of a young Cowe when it is sprinckled purifieth the vncleane as touching the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the blood of Christ which through the eternall spirit offered himselfe without spot to God purge your conscience from dead workes for to serue the liuing God And for this cause is hee the mediatour of the new Testament that through death which chanced for the redemption of those transgressions that were vnder the first Testament they which are called might receiue the promise of eternal inheritance The Gospel WHich of you can rebuke me of sinne If I say the trueth Ioh. 8.46 why doe yee not beleeue me He that is of God heareth Gods words Ye therfore heare them not because ye are not of God Then answered the Iewes and sayd vnto him Say wee not well that thou art a Samaritane and hast the deuill Iesus answered I haue not the deuill but I honour my Father and yee haue dishonoured me I seeke not mine owne prayse there is one that seeketh and iudgeth Verily verily I say vnto you If a man keepe my saying he shal neuer see death Then sayd the Iewes vnto him Now we know that thou hast the deuil Abraham is dead and the Prophets and thou sayest If a man keepe my saying he shall neuer tast of death Art thou greater then our father Abraham which is dead And the Prophets are dead Whom makest thou thy selfe Iesus answered If I honour my selfe mine honour is nothing it is my father that honoureth me which ye say is your God and yet yee haue not knowen him but I know him And if I say I know him not I shall be alyar like vnto you But I know him and keepe his saying Your father Abraham was glad to see my day and he saw it and reioyced Then said the Iewes vnto him Thou art not yet fiftie yeeres old half thou seene Abraham Iesus sayd vnto them Verily verily I say vnto you yer Araham was borne I am Then tooke they vp stones to cast at him but Iesus hid himselfe and went out of the temple The Sunday next before Easter The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God which of thy tender loue towards man hast sent our sauiour Iesus Christ to take vpon him our flesh and to suffer death vpon the crosse that all mankinde shoulde follow the example of his great humilitie mercifully grant that we both follow the example of his patience and be made partakers of his resurrection through the same Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle LEt the same minde be in you Phil. 2.5 that was also in Christ Iesus which when he was in the shape of God thought it no robberie to bee equall with God Neuerthelesse hee made himsselfe of no reputation taking on him the shape of a seruant and became like vnto men and was found in his apparell as a man Hee humbled himselfe and became obedient vnto the death euen the death of the crosse Wherefore God hath also exalted him on high and giuen him a name which is aboue al names that in the name of Iesus euery knee should bow both of things in heauen and things in earth and things vnder the earth and that all tongues should confesse that Iesus Christ is the Lord vnto the praise of God the father The Gospel AND it came to passe Mat. 26.1 when Iesus had finished all these sayings he sayd vnto his disciples Yee know that after two dayes shall be Easter and the sonne of man shall bee deliuered ouer to bee crucified Then assembled together the thiefe Priests and the Scribes and the Elders of the people vnto the palace of the high Priest which was called Caiaphas and helde a counsell that they might take Iesus by subtiltie and kill him But they sayd Not on the holy day least there be an vprore among the people When Iesus was in Bethanie in the house of Simon the Leyer there came vnto him a woman hauing an Alabaster boxe of precious oyntment and powred it on his head as he sate at the boord But when his disciples sawe it they had indignation sayig Whereto serueth this waste This oyntment might haue bene welsolde and giuen to the poore When Iesus vnderstoode that hee sayd vnto them Why trouble ye the woman for shee 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 shee hath cast this oyntment on my body she did it to burie mee Verely I say vnto you Wheresoeuer this gospel shal be preached in al the world there shal also this be told that she hath done for a memorial of her Then one of the twelue which was called Iudas Iscariot went vnto the chiefe Priestes and sayd vnto them What will ye giue me and I will deliuer him vnto you And they appointed vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer And from that time foorth hee sought opportunite to betray him The first day of sweet bread the disciples came to Iesus saying to him Where wilt thou that wee prepare for thee to eate the Passeouer And he said Goe into the citie to such a man and say vnto him The master saieth My time is at hand I wil keepe my Easter by thee with my disciples And the disciples did as Iesus had appointed them and they made readie the Passeouer When the euen was come he sate downe with the twelue and as they did eate he sayd Verily I say vnto you that one of you shall betray me And they were exceeding sorowfull and began euery one of them to say vnto him Lord is it I He answered and said He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish the same shall betray mee The sonne of man truely goeth as it is written of him but wo vnto that man by whom the sonne of man is betrayed it had bene good for that man if he had not bene borne Then Iudas which betrayed him answered and sayd Master Is it I He sayd vnto him Thou hast sayd And when they were eating Iesus tooke bread and when he had giuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to the disciples and sayd Take eate this is my body And hee tooke the cuppe and thanked and gaue it to them saying Drinke ye all of this for this is my blood which is of the newe Testament that is shed for many for the remission of sinnes But I say vnto you I will not drinke henceforth of this fruite of the vine tree vntil that day when I shall drinke it new with you in my fathers kingdome And when they had said grace they went out vnto mount Oliuet Then said Iesus vnto them All yee shall be offended because of me this night For it is written I will smite the Sheepehearde and the sheepe of the flocke shal be scattered abroad but after I am risen againe I willl goe before you into Galile Peter answered
dead To him giue al the Prophets witnesss that through his Name whosoeuer beleeueth in him shal receiue remission of sinnes The Gospel BEholde Luk. 24.13 two of his Disciples went that same day to a towne called Emmaus which was from Hierusalem about threescore furlongs and they talked together of all the things that had happened And it chanced while they communed together and reasoned Iesus himselfe drew neere went with them but their eies were holden that they should not know him And he said vnto them What maner of communications are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke are sad And one of them whose name was Cleophas answered said vnto him Art thou only a stranger in Hierusalem hast not knowen the things which haue chanted there in these daies He said vnto them What things and they sayde vnto him of Iesus Of Nazareth which was a Prophet mightie in deed and word before God all the people and how the high Priestes and our rulers deliuered him to be condemned to death and haue crucified him But we trusted that it had bene hee which should haue redeemed Israel And as touching all these things to day is euen the third day that they were done Yea certaine women also of our companie made vs astonied which came earely vnto the sepulchre and found not his body and came saying that they had seene a vision of Angels which sayd that hee was aliue And certaine of them which were with vs went to the sepulchre found it euen so as the women had sayd but him they saw not And he sayd vnto them O fooles slow of heart to beleeue all that the Prophets haue spoken Ought not Christ to haue suffered these things and to enter into his glory And he began at Moses and all the Prophets interpreted vnto them in al Scriptures which were written of him And they drew nigh vnto the towne which they went vnto he made as though he would haue gone further and they constrained him saying Abide with vs for it draweth towards night the day is farre passed And he went in to tary with them And it came to passe as he fate at meat with them he tooke bread and blessed it and brake gaue to them And their â—ies were opened they knew him and he vanished out of their sight And they said between themselues Did not our hearts burn within vs while he talked with vs by the way and opened to vs the Scriptures And they rose vp the same houre and returned to Hierusalem and found the eleuen gathered together and them that were with them saying The Lord is risen in deed and hath appeared vnto Simon And they told what things were done in the way and how they knew him in breaking of bread Tuesday in Easter weeke The Collect. ALmightie Father which hast giuen thine onely Sonne to die for our sinnes and to rise againe for our iustification graunt vs so to put away the leauen of malice and wickednesse that wee may alway serue thee in purenesse of liuing and trueth through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle YE men and brethren Act. 13.26 children of the generation of Abraham and whosoeuer among you feareth God to you is this word of saluation sent For the inhabiters of Hierusalem and their rulers because they knew him not nor yet the voyces of the Prophets which are read euery Sabboth day they haue fulfilled them in condemning him And when they found no cause of death in him yet desired they Pilat to kill him And when they had fulfilled all that were written of him they tooke him downe from the tree and put him in a sepulchre But God raised him againe from death the third day and he was seene many dayes of them which went with him from Galilee to Hierusalem which are witnesses vnto the people And wee declare vnto you how that the promise which was made vnto the Fathers God hath fulfilled vnto their children euen vnto vs in that he raised vp Iesus againe euen as it is written in the second Psalme Thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee As concerning that he raised him vp from death now no more to returne to corruption hee sayd on this wife The holy promises made to Dauid will I giue faithfully vnto you Wherefore hee sayeth also in another place Thou shall not suffer thine holy One to see corruption For Dauid after that he had in his time fulfilled the will of God fell on sleepe and was laid vnto his fathers and saw corruption But hee whom God raised againe saw no corruption Be it knowen vnto you therefore yee men and brethren that through this man is preached vnto you forgiuenesse of sinnes and that by him all that beleeue are iustified from all things from which ye could not be iustified by the law of Moses Beware therefore lest that fall on you which is spoken of in the Prophets Behold yee despisers and wonder and perish ye For I doe a worke in your dayes which yee shall not beleeue though a man declare it vnto you The Gospel IEsus stood in the mids of his Disciples Luke 24.36 and said vnto them Peace be vnto you It is I feare not But they were abashed afraid and supposed that they had seene a Spirit And hee said vnto them Why are yee troubled and why doe thoughts arise in your hearts Behold my hands my feete that it is euen I my selfe handle me and see for a spirit hath no flesh and bones as ye se me haue And when hee had thus spoken he shewed them his hands and his feete And while they yet beleeued not for ioy and wondred he said vnto them Haue yee here any meate And they offered him a piece of a broyled fish and of an hony combe And hee tooke it and did eat before them And he said vnto them These are the words which I spake vnto you while I was yet with you that all must bee fulfilled which were written of mee in the Lawe of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalmes Then opened hee their wits that they might vnderstand the Scriptures and said vnto them Thus it is written and thus it behoued Christ to suffer and to rise againe from death the third day and that repentance and remission of sinnes should bee preached in his Name among all nations and must begin at Hierusalem And ye are witnesses of these things The first Sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmightie God which c. As at the Communion on Easter day The Epistle ALl that is borne of God 1. Ioh. 5.4 ouercommeth the world And this is the victory that ouercommeth the world euen our faith Who is hee that ouercommeth the world but hee that beleeueth that Iesus is the Sonne of God This Iesus Christ is he that came by water and blood not by water only but by water and blood And it is the
the holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the preaching And they of the Circumcision which beleeued were astonied as many as came with Peter because that on the Gentiles also was shedde out the gift of the holy Ghost For they heard them speake with tongues and magnifie God Then answered Peter Can any man forbid water that these should not be baptized which haue receiued the holy Ghost aswell as wee And he commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tary a few days The Gospel SO God loued the world Iohn 3.16 that he gaue his only begotten Sonne that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not perish but haue euerlasting life For God sent not his Sonne into the world to cōdemne the world but that the world through him might be saued He that beleeueth on him is not condemned But he that beleeueth not is condemned already beacause hee hath not beleeued in the Name of the only begotten Son of God And this is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men loued darkenesse more then light because there deedes were euill For euery one that euill doeth hateth the light neither commeth to the light least his deedes should be reproued But he that doeth the trueth commeth to the light that his deedes may be knowen how that they are wrought in God Tuesday in Whitsun vveeke The Collect. GOd which as vpon this day half taught hearts of thy faithfull people c. As vpon Whitsunday The Epistle WHen the Apostles which were at Hierusalem Acts. 8.14 heard say that Samaria had receiued the word of God they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn which when they were come downe prayed for them that they might receiue the holy Ghost For as yet hee was come on none of them but they where baptized onely in the Name of Christ Iesu Then layed they their hands on them and they receiued the holy Ghost The Gospel VErily verily Iohn 10.1 I say vnto you hee that entreth not in by the doore into the sheepefold but climeth vp some other way the same is a thiefe and a murtherer But hee that entreth in by the doore is the Shepheard of the sheepe To him the porter openeth and the sheepe heare his voyce and hee calleth his owne sheepe by name and leadeth them out And when hee hath sent foorth his owne sheepe hee goeth before them and the sheepe followe him for they knowe his voyce A stranger will they not follow but will flee from him for they know not the voice of strangers This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto them but they vnderstood not what things they there which he spake vnto them Then said Iesus vnto them againe Verily verily I say vnto you I am the doore of the sheepe All euen as many as came before me are theeues murderers but the sheepe did not heare them I am the doore by me if any enter in he shall be safe and shal go in and out and finde pasture A thiefe commeth not but for to steale kill and destroy I am come that they might haue life and that they might haue it more abundantly Trinitie Sunday The Collect. ALmighty and euerlasting God which half giuen vnto vs thy seruants grace by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternall Trinitie and in the power of the diuine Maiestie to worship the Vnitie We beseech thee that through the stedfastnesse of this faith we may euermore be defended from all aduersitie which liuest and reignest one God world without end Amen The Epistle AFter this I looked Apoc. 4.1 and behold a doore was open in heauen and the first voyce which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me which said Come vp higher and I will shew thee things which must be fulfilled hereafter And immediatly I was in the spirit and beholbe a seat was set in heauen and one sate on the seat And he that sate was to looke vpon like vnto a Iasper stone and a Sardine stone And there was a rainebow about the seat in fight like vnto an Emerald And about the seate were foure and twentie seates and vpon the seats foure anb twenty Elders sitting clothed in white raiment and had on their heads crownes of golde And out of the seate proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voyces And there were seuen lampes of fire burning before the seat which are the seuen Spirits of God And before the seate there was a sea of glasse like vnto Christal and in the mids of the seat and round about the seat were foure beasts full of eyes before anb behinde And the first beast was like a Lion anb the second beast like a Calfe and the thirde beast had a face like a man and the fourth beast was like a flying Eagle And the foure beasts had each of them fixe wings about him and they were full of eyes within And they did not rest day neither might saying Holy Holy holy Lord God Almighty which was and is and is to come And when those beasts gaue glory and honour and thankes to him that sate on the seate which liueth for euer and euer the foure and twentie Elders fell downe before him that sate on the Throne and worshipped him that liueth for euer and cast their crownes before the Throne saying Thou art worthy O Lord our God to receiue glory and honour anb power for thou hast created all things and for thy wils sake they are and were created The Gospel THere was a man of the Pharisees Iohn 3.1 named Nicodemus a ruler of the Iewes The same came to Iesus by night and sayde vnto him Rabbi wee know that thou art a teatcher come from God for no man could do such miracles as thou doest except God were with him Iesus answered and sayd vnto him Verily verily I say vnto thee Except a man be borne from aboue hee cannot see the kingdome of God Nicodemus sayd vnto him How can a man bee borne when hee is olde Can he enter into his mothers wombe and bee borne againe Iesus answered Verily verily I say vnto thee Except a man be borne of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdome of God That which is borne of the flesh is flesh and that which is borne of the Spirit is spirit Marueile not thou that I saide vnto thee Ye must be borne from aboue The winde bloweth where it lusteth and thou hearest the sound therof but thou canst not tel whence it commeth nor whither it goeth So is euery one that is borne of the spirit Nicodemus answered and said vnto him How can these things be Iesus answered and said vnto him Art thou a master in Israel and knowest not these things Verily verily I say vnto thee we speake that we know testifie that we haue seene ye receiue not our witnesse If I haue told you earthly things ye beleeue not how
beseech thee mercifully to heare vs and vnto whom thou hast giuen an hearty desire to pray grant that by thy mighty aide we may be defended through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle SVbmit your selues euery man one to another 1. Pet. 5.5 knit your selues together in lowlines of mind For God resisteth the proud giueth grace to the hūble Submit your selues therfore vnder the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you when the time is come Cast all your care vpon him for he careth for you Be sober and watch for your aduersary the deuill as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may deuoure whom resist stedfast in the faith knowing that the same afflictions are appointed vnto your brethren that are in the world But the God of al grace which hath called vs vnto his eternal glory by Christ Iesu shall his owne selfe after that ye haue suffered a little affliction make you perfect settle strength an stablish you To him be glory and dominion for euer and euer Amen The Gospel THen resorted vnto him all the Publicanes sinners Luke 15.1 for to heare him And the Pharisees and Scribes murmured saying Hee receiueth sinners eateth with thē But he put forth this parable vnto them saying What man among you hauing an hundreth sheepe if he lose one of them doth not leaue ninetie and nine in the wildernesse and goeth after that which is lost vntill hee finde it And when hee hath found it hee layeth it on his shoulders with ioy and assoone as hee commeth home he called together his louers and neighbours saying vnto them Reioyce with mee for I haue found my sheepe which was lost I say vnto you that like wise ioy shall bee in heauen ouer one sinner that repenteth more then ouer ninetie and nine iust persons which neede no repentance Either what woman hauing ten groats if shee lose one doeth not light a candle and sweepe the house and seeke diligently till she find it and when she hath found it she calleth her louers and her neighbours together saying Reioyce with me for I haue found the groat which I lost Likewise I say vnto you shall there bee ioy in the presence of the Angels of God ouer one sinner that repenteth The iiij Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GOd the protector of all that trust in thee without whom nothing is strong nothing is holy increase and multiple vpon vs thy mercie that thou being our ruler guide we may so passe through things temporall that we finally lose not the things eternall Grant this heauenly Father for Iesus Christs sake our Lord. The Epistle I Suppose that the afflictions of this life are not worthy of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. For the feruent desire of the creatue abideth Rom. 8.18 looking when the sonnes of God shal appeare because the creature is subdued to vanitie against the will thereof but for his will which hath subdued the same in hope For the same creature shall bee deliuered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of God For we know that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauaileth in paine euen vnto this time not onely it but wee also which haue the first fruits of the spirit mourne in our selues also and waite for the adoption of the children of God euen the deliuerance of our bodies The Gospel BE ye mercifull Luke 6.36 as your Father also is mercifull Iudge not and ye shal not be iudged Condemne not and ye shal not be condemned Forgiue and yee shall be forgiuen Guie and it shal bee giuen vnto you good measure and pressed downe and shakentogether andrunning ouer shall men giue into your bofomes For with the same measure that yee mete withall shall other men mete to you againe And he put forth a similitude vnto them Can the blinde leade the blind Do they not both fall into the ditch The disciple is not aboue his master Euery man shal be perfect euen as his master is Why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye but considerest not the beame that is in thine own eye Either how canst thou say to thy brother Brother let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye when thou seest not the beame that is in thine owne eye First thou hypocrite cast out the beame out of thine owne eye then shalt thou see perfectly to pull out the mote that is in thy brothers eye The fift Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GRaunt Lord we beseeh thee that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy gouernance that thy Congregation may ioyfully serue thee in all godly quietnesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BE you all of one minde 1. Pet. 3.8 and of one heart loue as brethren be pitifull be courteous meeke not rendring euill for euill or rebuke for rebuke but contrariwise blesse knowing that ye are thereunto called euen that yee should be heires of the blessing For hee that doeth long after life and loueth to see good dayes let him refraine his tongue from euill and his lips that they speake no guile Let him eschew euill and doe good let him seeke peace and ensue it For the eyes of the Lord are ouer the righteous and his cares are open vnto their prayers Againe the face of the Lord is ouer them that doe euill Moreouer who is hee that will harme you if yee followe that which is good Yea happie are yee if any trouble happen vnto you for righteousnesse sake Be not ye afrayd for any terrour of them neither bee yee troubled but sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts The Gospel IT came to passe Luke 5.1 that when the people preassed vpon him to heare the word of God hee stood by the lake of Genezareth and saw two ships stand by the lakes side but the fishermen were gone out of them were washing their nets And hee entered into one of the shippes which pertained to Simon and prayed him that hee would thrust out a little from the land And hee sate downe and taught the people out of the ship When he had left speaking hee sayd vnto Simon Launch out into the deepe and let slip your nets to make a draught And Simon answered and sayd vnto him Master we haue laboured all night and haue taken nothing Neuerthelesse at thy commaundement I will loose foorth the net And when they had so done they inclosed a great multitude of fishes But their net brake and they beckened to their fellowes which were in the other ship that they should come and helpe them And they came and filled both ships that they sunke againe When Simon Peter saw this hee fell downe at Iesus knees saying Lord go from me for I am a sinful man For he was a astonied and al that there were with him at the draught of fishes which they had taken and so was also Iames and Iohn the
Luk. 14.1 to eat bread on the Sabboth day and they watched him And behold there was a certaine man before him which had the dropsie And Iesus answered spake vnto the Lawyers Pharises saying Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabboth day And they held their peace And he tooke him healed him let him go answered them saying Which of you shal haue an Asse or an Oxe fallen into a pit and will not straightway pul him out on the Sabboth day And they could not answere him again to these things He put forth also a similitude to the ghests when he marked how they preased to be in the highest roomes and said vnto them When thou art bidden to a wedding of any man sitte not downe in the highest roome least a more honourable man then thou bee bidden of him and hee that bade him and thee come and say to thee Giue this man roome and thou begin with shame to take the lowest roome But rather when thou art bidden goe and fit in the lowest roome that when he that bad thee commeth hee may say vnto thee Friend sit vp higher then shall thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee For whosoener exalteth himselfe shall be brought low and he that humbleth himselfe shall be exalted The xviij Sunday after trinitie The Collect. LOrd we beseech thee graunt thy people grace to auoyde the infections of the deuil and with pure heart and minde to followe thee the onely God through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle I Thanke my GOD alwayes on your behalfe 1. Cor. 14. for the grace of God which is giuen you by Iesus Christ that in all things yee are made rich by him in all vtterance and in al knowledge by the which things the testimonie of Iesus Christ was confirmed in you so that yee are behind in no gift waiting for the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ which shall also strengthen you to the end that ye may be blamelesse in the day of the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ The Gospel WHen the Pharises had heard that Iesus had put the Sadduces to silence Matth 22.34 they came together and one of them which was a Doctour of the Law asked him question tempting him and saying Master which is the greatest commaundement in the Lawe Iesus sayde vnto him Thou shall loue the Lord thy GOD with all thine heart and with all thy soule and with all thy minde This is the first greatest commandement And the second is like vnto it Thou shall thou thy neighbour as thy selfe In these two commaundements hang all the Law the Prophets While the Pharisees were gathered together Iesus asked them saying What thinke ye of Christ whose sonne is he They said vnto him The sonne of Dauid He sayd vnto them How then doth Dauid in spirit call him Lord saying The Lord sayd vnto my Lorde Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footestoole If Dauid then call him Lord how is he thē his sonne And no man was able to answer him any thing neither durst any man from that day forfh aske him any mo questions The xix Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. O God forasmuch as without thee wee are not able to please thee grant that the working of thy mercie may in all things direct and rule onr hearts through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle THis I say Eph. 4.17 and testifie through the Lord that yee hence foorth walke not as other Gentiles walke in banitie of their minde while they are blinded in their vnderstanding being far from a godly life by the meanes of the ignorance that is in them because of the blindnes ot their hearts which being past repentance haue giuen themselues ouer vnto wantonnesse to worke all maner of vncleannesse euen with greedinesse But ye haue not so learned Christ If so bee that yee haue heard him and haue bene taught in him as the trueth is in Iesu as concerning the conuersation in times past to lay from you the olde man which is corrupt according to the deceiueable lustes to be renewed also in the spirite of your minde and to put on that newe man which after God is shapen in righteousnesse and true holinesse Wherefore put away lying speake euery man trueth vnto his neighbour forasmuch as wee are members one of another Be angry and sinne not Let not the sunne go downe upon your wrath neither giue place to the backbiter Let him that stole steale no more but let him rather labour with his hands the thing which is good that he may gine vnto him that needeth Let no filthie communication proceede out of your mouth but that which is good to edifie withal as oft as neede is that it may minister grace vnto the hearers And grieue not the holy spirit of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the day of redemption Let all bitternesse and fiercenes and wrath and roaring cursed speaking be put away from you with all maliciousnesse Be ye courteous one to another merciful forgiuing one another euen as God for Christs sake hath forgiuen you The Gospel IEsus entred into a ship Mat. 9.1 and passed ouer and came into his owne citie And beholde they bought to him a man sicke of the palsie lying in a bed And when Iesus sawe the faith of them he said to the sicke of the palsie Sonne be of good cheere thy sinnes be forgiuen thee And beholde certaine of the Scribes sayde within themselues This man blasphemeth And when Iesus saw their thoughts he sayd wherefore thinke ye euill in your hearts Whether is it easier to say Thy sinnes be forgiuen thee or to say Arise and walke But that ye may know that the sonne of man hath power to forgiue sinnes in earth Then saith he to the sicke of the palsie Arise take vp thy bed and goe vnto thy house And hee arose and departed to his house But the people that saw it marueiled and glorfied God which had giuen such power vnto men The xx Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. ALmightie and mercifull God of thy bountifull goodnesse keepe vs from all things that may hurt vs that wee being ready both in bodie and soule may with free heartes accomplish those things that than wouldest haue done though Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle TAke heede therefore how yee walke circnmspectly Ephes 5.15 not as vnwise but as wise men redeeming the time because the dayes are euill Wherefore be yee not vnwise but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is and be not drunken with wine wherein is excesse but be ye filled with the Spirit speaking vnto your selues in Psalmes and Hymnes and spirituall songs singing and making melodie to the Lord in pour hearts giuing thankes alwayes for all things vnto God the Father in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ submiting your selues one to another in the seare of God The
Gospel IEsus said Matth. 22.1 The kingdom of heauen is like bnto a man that was a King which made a marriage for his sonne and sent forth his seruants to call them that were bidden to the wedding and the would not come Again he sent foorth other seruants saying Tell them which are bidden Behold I haue premine dinner mine oxen and my fatlings are killed and al things are readie come vnto the marriage But they mabe light of it anb went their wayes one to his farme place another to his merchandife and the remnant tooke his seruants and intereated them shamefully and slew them But when the King heard thereof hee was wroth and sent foorth his men of ware and destroyed those murderers and burnt vp their Citie Then said he vnto his seruants The marriage indeede is prepared but they which were bidden were not worthy Goe ye therefore out into the high wayes and as many as ye finde bid them to the marriage And the seruants went foorth into the high wayes and gathered together all as many as they could finde both good and bad and the wedding was furnished with ghestes Then the king came in to see the ghestes and when hee spied there a man which had not on a wedding garment he said vnto him Friend how camest thou in higher not hauing a wedding garment And he was euen speechlesse Then said the King to the ministers Take and binde him hand and foote and cast him into vttet darkenesse there shall be weeping and weeping and gnashing of teeth For many be called but few are chosen The xxj Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GRant we beseech thee mercifull Lord to thy faithfull people pardon and peace that they may bee cleansed from all their sinnes and serue thee with a quiet minde through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle MY brethren Ephes 6.10 be strong through the Lord and through the power of his might Put on all the armour of God that yee may stand against all the assaults of the deuil For wee wrestle not against flesh blood but against rule against power against worldly rulers euen gouernounrs of the darknesse of this world against spiritual craftines in heauenly things Wherefore take vnto you the whole whole armour of God that ye may be able to resist in the euill day and stand perfect in all things Stand therefore and your loynes girde with the trueth hauing on the brestplate of righteousnes and hauing shooes on your feete that yee may be prepared for the Gospel of peace Aboue all take to you the shield of faith wherewhih yee may quench all the fierie darts of the wicked and take the helmet of saluation and the sword of the spirit which is the word of God And pray alwayes with all maner prayer and supplication in the spirit and watch thereunto with all instance and supplication for all Saints and for me that vtterance may be giuen vnto me that I may open my mouth freely to vtter the secrets of the Gospel whereof I am a messenger in bonds that therein I may speake freely as I ought to speake The Gospel THere was a certaine ruler Ioh. 4.46 whose sanne was sicke at Capetnaum Assone as the same heard that Iesus was come out of Iurie into Galilee hee went vnto him and besought him that hee would come downe and heale his sonne for hee was euen at the poynt of death Then siad Iesus vnto him except ye see fignes and wonders ye will not beleeue The ruler said vnto him Sir come downe or euer that my sonne die Iesus faith vnto him Goe thy way thy sonne liueth The man beleeued the word that Iesus had spoken vnto him and he went his way And as he was going downe the seruants met him and told him saying Thy sonne liueth Then enquired hee of them the houre when he began to amend And they said vnto him Yesterday at the seventh houre the seuer left him So the father knew that it was the same houre in the which Iesus said vnto him Thy sonne liueth And he beleeued and all his household This is againe the second miracle that Iesus did when he was come out of Iurie into Galilee The xxij Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. LOrd wee beseech thee to keepe thy housholde the Church in continuall godlinesse that through thy protection it may be free from all aduersities and deuoutly giuen to serue thee in good works to the glory of thy name through Iesus Christ out Lord. The Epistle I Thanke my God with all remembrance of you alwayes in all my prayers for you Phil. 1.3 and pray with gladnesse because ye are come into the fellowship of the Gospel frō the first day vntill now and am surely certified of this that hee which hath begun a good worke in you shall performe it vntill the day of Iesus Christ as it becommeth me that I should so iudge of you all because I haue you in my heart foresmuch as ye are all companions of grace with mee euen in my bonds and in the desending and establishing of the Gospel For God is my record how greatly I long after you all from the very heart roote in Iesus Crist And this I pray that your loue may increase yet more and more in knowledge in all vnderstanding that ye may accept the things that are most excellent that ye many be pure and sush as offend no man vntil the day of Christ being filled with the fruite of righteousnesse which commeth by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and prayse of God The Gospel PEter sayd vnto Iesus Matth. 18.21 Lord how oft shall I forgiue my brother if he sinne against me till seuen times Iesus sayth vnto him I say not vnto thee vntill seuen times but seuenty times seuen times Therefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine man that was a King which would take accomptes of this seruants And when hee had begun to reckon one was brought vnto him which ought him ten thousand talents but forasmuch as hee was not able to pay his Lord commanded him to be sold and his wife and children and all that he had and payment to be made The seruants fell down and besought him saying Sir haue patience with me and I wil pay thee all Then had the Lord pitie on that seruant loosed him and forgaue him the debt So the same seruant went out found one of his fellowes which ought him an hundred pence and he laid hands on him and tooke him by the throate saying Pay that thou owest And his fellow fell downe and besought him saying Haue patience with me I will pay thee all And he would not but went and cast him into prison till hee should pay the debt So when his fellows saw what was done they were very sorie and came and tolde vnto their Lord all that had happened Then his Lord called him and said vnto him O thou vngracious seruant I forgaue
called Saul of Thursus For behold he prayeth and hath seene in a vision a man named Ananias comming in vnto him and putting his hands on him that he might receiue his sight Then Ananias answered Lord I haue heard by many of this man how much euill he hath done to the Saints at Hierusalem And here he hath authoritie of the hie Priests to bind all that call on thy Name The Lord said vnto him Go thy way for he is a chose vessell vnto me to beare my name before the Gentiles Kings and the children of Israel For I will shew him how great things hee must suffer for my Names sake And Ananias went his way and entred into the house and put this hands on him and said Brother Saul the Lord that appeared vnto thee in the way as thou camest hath sent me that thou mightest receiue thy sight bee filled with the holy Ghost And immediatly there fel from his eyes as it had bene scales and hee receiued sight and arose and was baptized and receiued meat and was comforted Then was Saul a certaine dayes with the discriples which were at Damasco And straight way bee preached Christ in the Synagogues how that he was the Sonne of God But all that heard him were amazed and sayd Is not this he that spoyled them which called on this name in Hierusalem and came hither for that intent that hee might bring them bound vnto the hie Priests But Saul increased the more in strength and confounded the Iewes which dwelt at Damasco affirming that this was very Christ The Gospel PEter answered and sayd vnto Iesus Matth. 19.27 Behold we haue for saken all and folowed thee what shall we haue therefore Iesus said vnto them verely I say vnto you that when the Sonne of man shall sit in the seate of his maiestie ye that haue followed me in the regeneration shall sit also vpon twelue seates and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel And euery one that forsaketh house or brethen or sisters or father or mother or wife or children orlands for my names sake shall receiue an hundred folde and shal inherit euerlasting life But many that are first shall be last and the last shal be first The purification of Saint Marie the Virgin The Collect. ALmighty and euerlasting God wee humbly beseech thy Maiestie that as thy onely begotten Sonne was this day presented in the Temple in substance of our fiesh so graunt that wee may be Presented vnto thee with pure and cleare mmdes by Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle The same that is appointed for the Sunday The Gospel The Gospel WHen the time of their purification after the law of Moses was come they brought him to Hierusalem to present him to the Lord as it is written in the Law of the Lord Euery man childe that first openeth the matrix Luk. 2.22 shall be called holy to the Lord and to offer as it is sayd in the Law of the Lord a payre of turtle doues 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 looked for the cpnsolation of Israel and the holy Ghost was in him And an answere had he receiued of the holy Ghost that he should not see death except he first sawe the Lord Christ And he came by inspiration into the Temple S. Matthias day The Collect. ALmighty God which in the place of the traitor Iudas diddest chuse thy faithful seruant Mathias to bee of the number of thy twelue Apostles Grant that thy Church being alway preserued from false Apostles may be ordered and guided by faithfull and true pastours though Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle IN those dayes Peter stoode vp in the middes of the disciples Acts 1.15 and sayd The number of names that were together were about an hundred and twenty yee men and brethren this Scripture must needes haue been fulfilled which the holy Ghost through the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was guide to themt that tooke Iesus For he was numbred with vs and had obtained fello wship in this ministration And the same hath now possessed a platte of ground with the reward of iniquitie and when he was hanged hurst asuâ—der in the middes and all his bowels gushed out And it was knowen vnto all the inhabiters of Hierusalem insomuch that the same fielde is called in their mother tongue Acheldama that is to say the bloody fielde For it is written in the booke of Psalmes His habitation bee voyde and no man be dwelling therein and his bishopricke let another take Wherefore of these men which haue companied with vs all the time that the Lord Iesus had all his Conuersation among vs beginning at the baptisme of Iohn vnto that same day that he was taken vp from vs must one be ordeined to be a witnesse with vs of his resurrcction And they appointed two Ioseph which is called Barsabas whose surname was Iustus and Matthias And when they prayed they sayd Thou Lorde which knowest the hearts of all men shew whether of these two thou hast chosen that hee may take the roome of this ministration Apostleship from which Iudas by transgression fell that he might goe into his owne place And they gaue forth their lots and the lot fell on Matthias and he was counted with the eleuen Apostles The Gospel IN that time Iesus answered Matt. 1.25 and sayde I thanke thee O Father Lord of heauen and earth because thou hast hid these things froÌ„ the wise and prudent and hast shewed them vnto babes Verily Father euen so was it thy good pleasure All things are giuen vnto me of my Father and no man knoweth the Sonne but the father neither knoweth any man the Father saue the Sonne and hee to whomsoeuer the Sonne will open him Come vnto me all yee that labour and are laden and I will ease you Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me for I am meeke and lowly in heart and yee shall finde rest vnto your soules for my yoke is easie and my burden is light Annunciation of the Virgin Mary The Collect. WE beseech thee Lorde power thy grace into our hearts that as we haue knoweÌ„ Chrst thy sonnes incarnation by the message of an Angel so by his crosse and passion wee may be brought vnto the glory of his resurrection through the same Christ our Lord. The Epistle GOd spake once againe to Ahaz saying Esai 7.10 Require a token of the Lord thy God whether it bee toward the depth beneath or towarde the height aboue Then said Ahaz I will require none neither will I tempt the Lord. And he saide Hearken to ye of the house of Dauid Is it not ynough for you that ye be grieuous vnto men but yee must grieue my God also And therefore the Lord shall giue you a token Behold a virgin shall conceiue and beare a sonne and thou his mother shalt
that is a righteous Iudge shall giue me at that day not to mee onely but to all them that loue his comming Doe thy diligence that thou mayest come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsaken me and loueth this present world and is departed vnto Thessalonica Crescens is gone to Galatia Titus vnto Dalmatia onely Lucas is with me Take Marke and bring him with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministration And Tychicus haue I sent vnto Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troada with Carpus when thou commest bring with thee and the bookes but spectally the parchment Alexander the Coppersmith did me much evil the Lord reward him according to his vee ves of whom bee thou ware also for the hath greatly with sâ—ood our wordes The Gospel THe Lord appointed other seuentie and two also Luck 10.1 and sent them two and two before him into euery city and place whither he himselfe would come Therefore he said vnto them The haruenst is great but the labourers are few Pray ye therefore the Lord of the haruest to sende foorth labourers into his harusest Goe your wayes behold I send you forth as lambes among woulues Beare no Wallet neighter scrip nor shooes and salute noman by the way Into whatsoeuer house ye enter first say no man be to this house And if the sonne of peace be thre your peace shall rest vpon him if not if shall returne to you againe And in the same house tarie still eating and drinking such as they giue For the labourer is worthie of his reward Simon and Iude Apostles The Collect. ALmightie God which hast builded thy congregation vpon the foundation of the Apostles Prophets Iesus Christ himselfe being the head corner stone Graunt vs so to bee ioyned together in vnitie of spirit by their doctrine that we may be made an holy temple acceptable to thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Episile IVdas the seruant of Iesus Christ Inde 1. the brother of Iames to them which are called and sanctified in GOD the Father and preserued in Iesus Christ mercie vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation it was needefull for mee to write vnto you to exhort you that yee should continually labour in the faith which was once giuen vnto the Saintes For there are certaine vngodly men craftily crept in of which it was written aforetime vnto such iuvgement They turne the grace of our God into wantonnesse and denie God which is the onely Lord and our Lord Iesus Christ My minde is therefore to put you in remembrance forasmuch as yee once know this how that the Lord after that hee had deliuered the people out of Egypt destroyed them which after beleeued not The angels also which kept not their first state but left their owne habitation hee hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darknes vnto the indgement of the great day Euen as Sodom and Gomorrhe and the cities about them which is like maner defiled themselves with fornication and folowed strange slesh are set forth for an example and suffer the pain of eternall fire Like wife these being deceiued by dreames defile the flesh despise rulers and speake euill of them that are in authoritie The Gospel THis commaund I you Ioh. 15.17 that yee loue together If the world hate you yee know it hated mee before it hated you If yee were of the world the world would loue his owne howbeit because yee are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you out of the worlde therefore the worlde heateth you Remember the word that I sayd vnto you The seruant is not greater then the Lorde If they haue persecuted mee they will also persecute you If they haue kept my saying they will keepe yours also But all these things will they doe vnto you for my Names sake because they haue not knowen him that sent mee It I had not come and spken vnto them they should haue had no sinne but now haue they nothing to cloke their sinne withall Hee that hateth mee hateth my Father also If I had not done among them the workes which none other man did they should haue had no sinne but now haue they both seene and hated not onely me but also my father But this happeneth that the saying might be fulfilled that is written in theâ—e lawe They hated me without a cause But when the comforter is come whom I will send you from the Father euen the spirit of trueth which proceedeth of the Father he shall testifie of me And ye shal beare witnesse also because ye haue bene with me from the beginning All Saintes The Collect. ALmighty God which hast knit together thy elect in one Communion and fellowship in the mysticall body of thy sonne Christ our Lord graunt vs grace so to follow thy holy Saints in al vertuous and godly liuing that wee may come to those vnspeakeable ioyes which thou hast prepared for them that vnfainedly loue thee through Iesus Christ Lord. Amen The Epistle BEhol Apoc. 7.2 I Iohn saw another Angel ascend from the rising of the sunne which had the seale of the liuing God and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure Angels to whom power was giuen to hurt the earth and the sea saying Hurt not the earth neigher the sea neither the trees till we haue sealed the seruants of our God in their foreheads And I heard the number of them which were sealed and there were sealed an hundred and fortie and foure thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Aster were saled xii M. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Leui were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Isachar were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Ieseph were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed xii M. After this I beheld and loe a great multitude which no man can number of all nations and people and tongues stood before the seate and before the Lambe clothed with long white garments and Palmes in their hands and cryed with a loud voyce saying Saluation be ascribed to him that sitteth vpon the seate of our God and vnto the Lambe And all the Angels stood in the compasse of the seate and of the Elders and the foure beasts and fell before the seate on their faces and worshipped God saying Amen Blessing and glory and wisedome and thankes and honour and power and might be vnto our God for euermore Amen The Gospel IEsus seeing the people Maâ— 5.1 went vp into a mountaine and when hee was set his Disciples came
godlinesse Grant this O mercifull Father for thy deare sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Immediatly after the Collects the Priest shal reade the Epistle beginning thus The Epistle written in the Chapter of And the Epistle ended he shall say the Gospel beginning thus The Gospel written in the Chapter of And the Epistle and Gospel being ended shal be said the Creede I Beleeue in one God the Father Almightie maker of heauen and earth and of al things visible and inuisible and in one Lord Iesus Christ the only begotten sonne of God begotten of his Father before al worlds God of God light of light very God of very God begottē not made being of one substance with the father by whom al things were made who for vs men for our saluation came downe from heauen was incarnate by the holy Ghost of the virgin Marie and was made man and was crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate Hee suffered and was buried and the third day hee rose againe according to the Scriptures and ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of the Father And hee shal come againe with glorie to iudge both the quicke and the dead Whose kingdome shall haue no ende And I beleeue in the holy Ghost the Lord and giuer of life who proceedeth from the father and the soone who with the father and the soone together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophets And I beleeue one Catholique and Apostolique Church I acknowledge one baptisme for the remission of sinnes And I looke for the refurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come Amen After the Creede if there be no Sermon shall follow one of the Homilies alreadie set foorth or hereafter to bee set foorth by common authoritie After such Sermon Homilie or exhortation the Curate shall declare vnto the people whether there be any holy dayes or fasting dayes the week folowing and earnestly exhort them to remember the poore saying one or moe of these sentences following as he thinketh most conuenient by his discretion Let your light shine before men that they may see your good workes and glorifie your Father which is in heauen Matth. 5. Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon the earth where the rust and moth doeth corrupt and where theeues breake through and steale but lay vp for your selues treasures in heauen where neither rust nor moth doeth corrupt where theeues doe not breake through and steale Matth. 6. Whatsoever ye would that men should doe vnto you euen so doe vnto them for this is the Law and the Prophets Matth. 7. Not euery one that saith vnto me Lord Lord shal enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heauen Matth. 7. Zache stood forth and said vnto the Lord Behold Lord the halfe of my goods I giue to the poore and if I haue done any wrong to any man I restore foure folde Luke 19. Who goeth a warefare at any time of his owne cost who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof Or who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milke of the slocke 1. Cor. 9. If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall things is it a great matter if we shall reape your worldly things 1. Cor 9. Doe yee not knowe that they which minister about holy things liue of the sacrifice and they which wait of the altar are partakers with the altar euen so hath the Lord al 's ordeined that they which preach the Gospel should liue of the Gospel 1. Cor 9. He that soweth little shall reape little and he that soweth plenteously shal reape plenteously Let euery man doe according as he is disposed in his heart not grudging or of necessitie for God loueth a cheerefull giuer 2. Cor. 9. Let him that is taught in the word minister vnto him that teacheth in all good things Be not deceiued God is not mocked For whatsoeuer a man soweth that shall he rcape Gal. 6. While we haue time let vs doe good vnto all men and specially vnto them which are of the houshold of faith Gal. 6. Godlinesse is great riches if a man be content with that he hath for we brought nothing into the world neither may we cary any thing out 1. Tim. 6. Charge them which are rich in this world that they bee ready to giue and glad to distribute laying vp in store for themselues a good foundation against the time to come that they may attaine eternall life 1. Tim. 6. God is not vnrighteous that hee will forget your workes and labour that proceedeth of loue which loue ye haue shewed for his names sake which haue ministred vnto the saints and yet doe minister Heb. 6. To doe good and to distribute forget not for with such sacrifices God is pleased Heb. 13. Who so hath this worlds good and seeth his brother haue neede and shuttreth vp his compassion from him how dwelleth the loue of God in him 1. Ioh. 3. Giue almes of thy goods and turne neuer thy face from any poore man and then the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee Tob. 4. Bee merciful after thy power If thou hast much giue plenteously If thou hast little doe thy diligence gladly to giue of that little for so gatherest thou thy selfe a good reward in the day of necessitie Tob. 4. He that hath pitie vpon the poore lendeth vnto the Lord and looke what he layeth out it shall payd him againe Prou. 19. Blessed be the man that prouideth for the sicke and needie the lord shall deliuer him in the time of trouble Psal 41 Then shall the Churchwardens or some other by them appointed gather the deuotion of the people and put the same into the poore mans boxe and vpon the offring dayes appointed euery man and woman shall pay to the Curate the due accustomed offrings After which done the Priest shal say ¶ Let vs pray for the whole state of Christs Church militant here in earth Almightie and everliving God Isthere be no Almes giuen vnto the poore then shall the words of accepting our Almes be left out vnsaid which by the holy Apostle hast taught vs to make prayers and supplications and to giue thankes for all men wee humbly beseech thee mostmercifully to accept our Almes and to receiue these our prayers which we offer vnto thy diuine maiestle beseeching thee to inspire continually the vniuersall Church with the spirit of trueth vnitic and concord and graunt that al they that doe confesse thy holy name may agree in the truth of thy holy word and liue in vnitie and godly loue We beseech thee also to saue and defend all Christian kings princes and gouernours and spccially thy seruant Iames our king that vnder him we may bee godly and quietly gouerned and graunt vnto his whole counsaile and to all
counsell then let him come to me or some other discreete and learned Minister of Gods word and open his griefe that hee may receiue such ghostly counsaile advice and comfort as his conscience may bee relieued and that by the ministerie of Gods word he may receiue comfort and the benefite of absolution to the quieting of his conscience and auoyding of all scruple and doubtfulnesse Then shall the Priest say this exhortation DEarly beloued in the Lord yee that minde to come to the holy Communion of the body and blood of our Sauiour Chris must conder what S. Paul writeth to the Corinthians how he exhorteth all persons diligently to trie and examine themselues before they presume to eate of that bread and drinke of that cup. For as the benefit is great if with a true penitent heart liuely faith we receiue that holy Sacrament for them we spiritually eate the flesh of Christ drinke his blood then we dwel in Christ and Christ in vs we be one with Christ and Christ with vs So is the danger great if wee receiue the same unworthily For then we bee guiltie of the body blood of Christ our Sauiour wee eate and drinke our owne damnation not considering the Lords body wee kindle Gods wrath against vs we prouoke him to plague vs with diuers disease and sundrie kinds of death Therefore it any of you bee a blasphemer of God an hinderer or slaunderer of his word an adulterer or bee in malice or enuie or in any other grieuous crime be walie our sinnes and come not to this holy table least after the taking of that holy Sacrament the deuill enter into you as hee entred into Iudas and fill you full of all iniquities and bring you to destruction both of body and soule Iudge therefore your selues brethren that yee be not iudged of the Lord. Repent you truely for your sinnes past haue a liuely and stedfast faith in Christ our Saviour Amend your liues and be in perfect charitie with all men so shall yee be meete partakers of those holy mysteries And aboue al things ye must giue most humble and heartie thanks to God the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost for there demption of the world by the death and passion of our Sauiour Christ both God and man who did humble himself euen to the death vpon the crosse for vs miserable sinners which laye in darknesse and shadow of death hee might make vs the children of God and exalt vs to euerlasting life And to the ende that wee shoulde alway remember the exceeding great loue of our master and onely Sauiour Iesus Christ thus dying for vs and the innumerable benefits which by his precious blood shedding he hath obtained to vs hee hath instituted and ordeined holy mysteries as pledges of his loue and continuall remembrance of his death to our great and endlesse comfort To him therefore with the Father and the holy Ghost let vs giue as we are most bounden cominuall thankes submitting our selues whloly to his holy will and pleasure studying to serue him in true holinesse and righte ouâ—nesse all the dayes of our life Amen Then shall the Priest say to them that come to receiue the holy Communion YOu that do truely and earnestly repent you of your sinnes and bee in loue and charitie with your neighbours and intend to leade a new life folloing the commandements of God and walking from hencefoorth in his holy wayes Draw neere and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort make your humble confession to almightie God before this congregation heere gathered together in his holy Name meekely kneeling vpon your knees Then shal this generall confession be made in the name of all those that are minded to receiue the holy Communion either by one of them or els by one of the Ministers or by the Prist himselfe all kneeling humbly vpon their knees ALmightie God Father of our Lord Iesus Christ maker of all things Iudge of all men we knowledge and bewaile our manifold sinnes and wickednesse which we from time to time most grieuously have committed by thought word and deede against thy diuine Maiestie prouoking mostiustly thy wrath and indignation against vs. Wee doe earnestly repent and be heartily sorie for these our misdoings the remembrance of them is grieuous vnto vs haue mercy vpon vs most mercifull Father for thy sonne our Lord Iesus Christ sake forgiue vs all that is past and graunt that we may euer here after serue please thee in newnesse of life to the honour and glory of thy name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shal the Priest the Bishop being present stand vp and turâ—ning himselfe to the people say thus ALmightie God our heauenly Father who of his great mercy hath promised forgiuenesse of sinnes to all them which with heartie repentance and true faith turne vnto him Haue mercie vpon you pardon and deliuer you from all your sinnes confirme and strengthen you in all goodnes and bring you to euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest also say ¶ Heare what comfortable wordes our Saniour Christ faith vnto all that truely turne to him Come vnto me all that trauell and be heauie laden and I will refresh you So God loued the world that hee gaue his onely begotten Sonne to the ende that all that beleeue in him should not perish but haue life euerlasting ¶ Heare also what S. Paul sayeth This is a true saying and worthy of all men to bee receiued that Iesus Christ came into the world to saue sinners ¶ Heare also what S. Iohn sayeth If any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the Father Iesus Christ the Righteous and he is the propitiation for our sinnes After which the Pries shall proceede saying Lift vp your hearts Answere We lift them vp vnto the Lord. Priest Let vs giue thanks vnto our Lord God Answere It is meete and right so to doe Priest It is very meete right and our bounden duetie that wee should at all times and in all places giue thankes vnto thee O Lord holy Father almightie euerlasting God Here shall follow the proper preface according to the time if there be any specially appointed or els immediatly shall follow Therefore with Angels and Archangels c. Proper prefaces Vpon Christmas day and seuen dayes after BEcause thou diddest giue Iesus Christ thine onely Sonne to be borne as this day for vs who by the operation of the holy Ghost was made very man of the substance of the virgine Mary his mother and that without spot of sinne to make vs cleane from all sinne Therefoe with Angels and Archangels c. Vpon Easter day and seuen dayes after BVt chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious resurrection of thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lord for he is the very Paschall Lambe which was offered for vs and hath taken away the sinne of the worlde who by his death hath destroyed death and
by his rising to life againe hath restored to vs euerlasting life Therefore with Angels c. Vpon the Ascention day and seuen dayes after THrough thy most dearely beloued Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord who after his most glorious resurrection manifestly appeared to al his Apostles and in their fight ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thither might we also aseend and raigne with him in glory Therefore with Angels gels and Archangels c. Vpon Whitsunday and sixe dayes after THrough Iesus Christ our Lord according to whose most true promise the holy Ghost came downe this day from heauen with a sudden great sound as it had beene a mightie winde in the likenesse of fierie tongues lighting vpon the Apostles to teach them and to leade them to all trueth giuing them both the gift of diuerse languages and also boldenes with feruent zeale constantly to preaech the Gospel vnto al nations wherby we are brought out of darknesse and errour into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therefore with Angels c. Vpon the feast of Trinitie onely IT is is very meet right and out bounden duety that we should at all times in all places giue thankes to thee O Lord almightie and euerlasting God which art one God one Lord not one onely person but three persons in one substance For that whicht we beleeue of the glory of the father the same we beleeue of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost without any difference or inequalite Therefore c. After which prefaces shall follow immediately THerfore with angels and archangels and with al the companie of heauen we laude and magnifie thy glorious name euer more praysing thee and saying Holy holy holy Lord God of hostes Heauen and earth are full of thy glory Glory be to thee O Lord most high Then shal the Priest kneeling down at Gods board say in the name of al them that shal receiue the Communion this prayer folowing WE doe not presume to come to this thy table O mercifull Lord trusting in our owne righteousnesse but in thy manifold great mercies Wee bee not worthy so much as to gather vp the 〈◊〉 vnder thy table But thou art the same Lord whose propertie is alwayes to haue merry graunt vs therefore gracious Lord so to eate the flesh of thy deare Sonne Iesus Christ and to drinke the blood that our sinful bodies may be made cleane by his body and our soules washed through his most precious blood and that we may euermore dwell in him and he in vs Amen Then the Priest standing vp shall say as followeth ALmightie God our heauenty Father which of thy tender mercie diddest giue thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ to suffer death vpon the Crosse for our redemption who made there by his one oblation of himselfe once offered a full perfect and sufficient Sacrifice oblation and satisfaction for the sinnes of the whole world and did institute and in his holy Gospell commaund vs to continue a perpetuall memorie of that his precious death vntil his conuning agane Heare vs o mercifull Father wee beseech thee and graunt that wee receiuing these thy creatures of bread and wine according to thy Sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christes holy institution in remembrance of his death and passion may bee partakers of his most blessed body and blood who in the same night that he was betrayed tooke bread and when he had giuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to his Disciples saying Take eate this is my body which is giuen for you doe this in remembrance of me Like wise after supper he tooke the cup and when hee had giuen thankes hee gaue it to them saying Drinke yee all of this for this is my blood of the new Testament which is shed for you and for many for the remissin of sinnes doe this as off as ye shall drinke it in remembrance of me Then shall the Minister first receiue the Communion in both kinds himselfe and next deliuer it to other Ministers if any bee there present that they may helpe the chiefe Minister and after to the people in their hands kneeling And when hee deliuereth the bread he shall say The body of our Lorde Iesus Christ which was giuen for thee preserue thy body and soule into euerlasting life and take and eate this in remembrance that Christ dyed for thee and feede on him in thine heart by faith with thankesgiuing And the Minister that deliuereth the cup shall say The blood of our Lord Iesus Christ which was shed for thee preserue thy body and soule into euerlasting life and drinke this in remembrance that Christs blood was shed for thee and be thankefull Then shall the Priest say the Lords prayer the people repeating after him euery petition After shall be sayd as followeth O Lord heauenly Father wee thy humble feruants entirely desire thy fatherly goodnesse mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of prayse and thankesgiuing most humbly beseeching thee to graunt that by the merites and death of thy sonne Iesus Christ and through faith in his blood wee and all thy whole Church may obtaine remission of our sinnes and all other benefites of his passion And here we offer and present vnto thee O Lord our selues our soules and bodies to bee a reasonable holy and liuely sacrifice vnto thee humbly beseeching thee that all wee which be partakers of this holy Communion may be fulfilled with thy gracc and heauenly benediction And although we be vnworthy through our manifold sinnes to offer vuto thee any sacrifice yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duetie and seruice not weighing our merites but pardoning our offences though Iesus Christ our Lorde by whom with whom in the vnitie of the holy Ghost all honour and glory be vnto thee O Farther almightie world without end Amen Or this ALmighty and euerliuing God we most heartily thanke thee that thou doest bouchsafe to feede vs which haue duely receiued these holy mysteries with the spiritual food of the most precious boby and bloob of thy sonne our sauiour Iesus Christ doest assure vs thereby of thy fauour and goodnes to ward vs and that wee be very members incorporate in thy mysticall body which is the blessed company of all faithfull people and be also heires though hope of thy euerlisting kingdome by the merites of the most precious death and passion of thy deare Sonne wee now most humbly beseech thee O heauenly Father so to assist vs with thy grace that we many continue in that holy felowship and doe all such good works as thou hast prepared for vs to walk in through Iesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee the holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end Amen Then shall be said or sung GLorie be to God on hie in earth peace good will towardes men We praise thee we blesse thee we worship thee we glorifie
beloued forasmuch as all men bee conceiued borne in sinne and that our Sauiour Christ faith None can enter into the kingdome of God except hee bee regenerate and borne anew of water and of thr holy Ghost I beseech you to call vpon God the Father through our Lord Iesus Christ that of his vounteous mercie hee will graunt to these children that thing which by nature they cannot haue that they may bee baptized with water and the holy Ghost and reciued into Christes holy Church and be made liuely members of the same Then shall the Priest say Let vs pray ALmightie and euerlasting God which of thy great mercy diddest faue Noe and his family in the Arke from perishing by water and also diddest safly leade the children of Israel thy people through the red sea figuring thereby thy holy baptisme by the baptisme of thy welbeloued sonne Iesus Crist diddest sanctifie the flood Iordan all other waters to the mysticall washing away of fsainne we beseech thee for thine infinite mercies that thou wilt mercifully looke vpon these children sanctifie them and wash them with the holy Ghost that they being deliuered from thy wrath may be receiued into the Arke of Christs Church and being stedfast in faith ioyfull through hope and rooted in charitie may so passe the waues of this troublesome world that finally they may come to the land of eueriasting life there to raigne with thee world without ende through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmightie and immortall God the aid of all that need the helper of all that slee to thee for succour the life of them that beleeue and the resurrectiō of the dead we call Vpon thee for these insants that thay comming to thy holy Baptisme may receiue remission of their sinnes by spirituall regeneration Receiue them O Lord as thou hast promised by thy melbeloued sonne saying Aske and you shall haue seeke and you shall finde knocke and it shall be opened vnto you So giue now vnto vs that aske let vs that seeke finde open the gate vnto vs that knocke that these infantes may enioy the euerlasting benediction of thy heauenly washing and may come to the eternall kingdome which thou hast promised by Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest say Heare the words of the Gospel written by S. Marke in the tenth Chapter AT a certaine time they brought children to Christ that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that bought them But when Iesus saw it hee was displeased and said vnto them Suffer little children to come vnto mee and forbid them not for to such belongeth the kingdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doth not receiue the kingdome of God as a little childe hee shall not enter therein And when hee had taken them vp in his armes hee put his hands vpon them and blessed them After the Gospel is read the Minister shall make this briefe exhortation vpon the words of the Gospel FRiends you heare in this Gospel the words of our Sauiour Christ that hee commanded the children to be brought vnto him how hee blamed those that woulde haue kept them from him how he exhorteth all men to follow their innocencie You perceiue howe by his outward gestuce and deede he declare his good will toward them for he imbraced them in his armes he laid his handes vpon them and blessed them Doubt ye not therefore but earnestly beleeue that he will like wise fauourably receiue these Present infants that he will imbrace them with the armes of his mercy that he will giue vnto them the blessing of eternall life and make them partakers of his euerlasting kingdome Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of our heauenly Father toward these infants declared by his sonne Iesus Christ and nothing doubting but that he fauourably alloweth this charitable worke of ours in bringing the children to his holy baptisme let vs faithfully and deuoutly giue thankes vnto him and say ALmightie and euerlasting God heauenly Father wee giue thee humble thankes that thou hast vouchsafed to call vs to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Encrease this knowledge and confirme this faith in vs euermore Giue thy holy spirit to these infants that they may bee borne againe and be made heires of euerlasting saluation through our Lord Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy spirit now and for euer Amen Then the Priest shall speake vnto the Godfathers and Godmothers on this wise WElbeloued friends ye haue brought these children here to be baptized ye haue prayed that our Lord Iesus Christ would vouchsafe to receiue them to lay his handes vpon them to blesse them to release them of their sinnes to giue them the kingdome of heauen and euerlasting life Ye haue hear also that our Lord Iesus Christ hath promised in his Gospel to grant all these things that ye haue prayed for which promise he for his part will most sarely keepe and performe Wherefore after this promise made by Christ these infants must also faithfully for their part promise by you that be their sureties that they will forsake the deuill and all his workes and constantly be leeue Gods holy word and obediently keepe his commandements Then shall the Priest demaund of the Godfathers and Godmothers these questions following Doest thou forsake the deuill and all his works the vaine pompe and glory of the world with al eouetous desires of the same the carnall desires of the flesh so that thou wilt not folow nor be led by them Answere I forsake them all Minister Doest thou beleeue in God the Father almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely begotten Sonne our Lord And that hee was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the virgin Mary that he susstreb vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead buried that he went downe into hell and also did rise againe the third day that he afrended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father almightie and from thence shall come againe at the end of the world to iudge the quicke and the dead And doest thou beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholique Church the communion of Saintes the remission of sinnes the resurrection of the flesh and euerlasting life after death Answere All this I stedfastly beleeue Minister wilt thou be baptized in this faith Answere That is my desire Then shall the Priest say O Mercifull God graunt that the old Adam in these children may be so buried that the new man may be raised vp in them Amen Graunt that all carnall affections may dye in them and that all things belonging to the spirit may liue and grow in them Amen Grant that they may haue power and strength to haue victorie and to triumph against the deuil the world and the flesh Amen Grant that whosoeuer is here dedicated to thee by our office and ministerie may also bee indued with heauenly vertues
and euerlastingly rewarded through thy mercie O blesssed Lord God who doest liue and gouerue all things world without end Amen ALmighty euerliuing God whose most dearly beloued Sonne Iesus Christ for the forgiueness of our sinnes did shed out of his most precious side both water and blood and gaue commandement to his Disciples that they should goe teach all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Regard we beseech thee the spplications of thy congregation and grant that all thy seruants which shall be baptized in this water may receiue the fulnesse of thy grace and euer remaine in the number of thy faithfull and elect children through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Then the Priest shall take the child in his hands and aske the name And naming the child shall dip it in the water so it bediscreetly and warily done saying N. I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And if the childe be weake it shall suffice to powre water vpon it saying the foresaid words N. I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen Then the Priest shall make a Crosse vpon the childes forehead saying WE receiue this childe into the Congregation of Christ flocke and doe signe him with the signe of the Crosse in token that here after he shall not be ashamed to confesse the faith of Christ crucified and manfully to fight vnder his banner against sinne the world and the deuill and to continue Christs faithfull souldier and seruant vnto his liues end Amen Then shall the Priest say SEeing now dearely beloued brethren that these children bee regenerate and grafted into the bodie of Christs congregation let vs giue thanks vnto God for these benefits and with one accorde make our prayers vnto Almightie God that they may leade the rest of their life according to this beginning Then shall be said Our Father Which art in heauen c. Then shall the Priest say WE yeeld thee heartie thanks most merciful father that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this infant with thy holy spirit to receiue him for thine owne child by adoption and to incorporate him into thy holy congregation And humbly wee beseech thee to graunt that he being dead vnto sinne and liuing vnto righteousnes and being buried with Christ in his death may crucifie the old man and vtterly abolish the whole body of sinne that as hee is made partaker of the death of thy sonne so he may be partaker of his resurrection so that finally with the residâ—e of thy holy Congregation hee may be inheritout of thine euerlasting kingdome through Christ our Lord Amen At the last ende the Priest calling the Godfathers and Godmothers together shall say this exhortation following FOrasmuch as these children haue promised by you to forsake the deuil and at his workes to beleeue in God and to serue him you must remember that it is your parts and dueties to see that these infants be taught so soone as they shall bee able to learne what a solemne vowe promise and profession they haue made by you And that they may know these things the better ye shall call vpon them to heare Sermons and chiefly you shall prouide that they may learne the Creede the Lords prayer and 〈◊〉 ten Commaundements in the English tongue and all other things which a Christian man ought to know and beleeue to his soules health and that these children may bee vertuously brought vp to leade a godly and a Christian life remembring alwayes that Baptisme doeth represent vnto vs our profession which is to follow the example of our Sauiour Christ and to be made like vnto him that as he died and rose againe for vs so should wee which are baptized die from sinne and rise againe vnto righteousnes continually mortifying all our euil and corrupt affections and dayly proceeding in all bertue and godlinesse of liuing The Minister that command that the children be brought to the Bishop to be confirmed of him so soone as they can say in their vulgar tongue the Articles of the faith the Lords prayer and the ten Commandements and be further instructed in the Catechisme set forth for that purpose according as it is there expressed ¶ Of them that are to be baptized in priuate houses in time of necessitie by the Minister of the Parish or any other lawfull Minister that can be procured The Pastours and Curates shall often admonish the people that they deferre not the Baptisme of Infants any longer then the Sunday or other Holy day next after the childe be borne vnlesse vpon a great and reasonable cause declared to the Curate and by him approued And also they shall warne them that without great cause necessitie they procure not their children to be baptized at home in their houses And when great need shall compell them so to do then Baptisme shal be administred on this fashion First let the lawfull Minister and them that be present call vpon God for his grace and say the Lords prayer if the time wil suffer And then the child being named by some one that is present the said lawfull Minister shal dip it in water or powre water vpon it saying these words N I baptize thee in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And let them not doubt but that the childe so baptized is lawfully and sufficiently baptized and ought not to be baptized againe But yet neuerthelesse if the child which is after this sort baptized doe afterward liue it is expedient that it bee brought into the Church to the intent that if the Priest or Minister of the same parish did himselfe baptize that childe the Congregation may be certified of the true forme of Baptisme by him priuately before vsed Or if the childe were baptized by any other lawfull Minister that then the Minister of the Parish where the childe was borne or Christened shall examine and try whether the childe be lawfully baptized or no. In which case if those that bring any childe to the Church doe answere that the same childe is already baptized then shall the Minister examine them further saying By whom was the childe baptized Who was present when childe was baptized And because some things Essentiall to this Sacrament may happen to be omitteb through feare or haste in such times of extremitie therefore I demaund further of you With what matter was the child baptized With what words was the child baptized Whether thinke you the childe to bee lawfully and perfectly baptized And if the Minister shall finde by the answeres of such as bring the childe that all things were done as they ought to be then shall not he Christen the childe againe but shall receiue him as one of the slocke of the true Christian people saying thus I Certifie you that in this case all is
well done and according vnto due order concerning the baptizing of this childe which being borne in original sinne and in the wrath of God is now by the lauer of regeneration in baptisme receiued into the number of the children of God and heires of euerlasting life For our Lord Iesus Christ doeth not deny his grace and merey vnto such Infants but most louingly doeth call them vnto him as the holy Gospel doeth witnesse to our comfort on this wise AT a certaine time they brought children vnto Christ that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them But when Iesus saw it Marke 10.13 he was displeased said vnto them Suffer little children to come vnto me and forbid them not for to such belongeth the kingdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doeth not receiue the kingdome of God as a little childe hee shall not enter therein And when hee had taken them vp in his armes he put his hands vpon them and blessed them After the Gospel is read the Minister shall make this exhortation vpon the wordes of the Gospel FRiends you heare in this Gospel the words of our Sauiour Christ that the commanded the children to be brought vnto him how hee blamed those that would haue kept them from him how hee exhorted all men to follow their innocencie Yee perceiue how by his outward gesture and deede he declared his good will towarde them For hee embraced them in his armes he laide his hands vpon them and blessed them Doubt yee not therefore but earnestly beleeue that hee hath like wise fauourably receiued this present infant that hee hath imbraced him with the armes of his mercie that hee hath giuen vnto him the blessing of eternall life and made him partaker of his euerlasting kingdome Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of our heauenly Father declared by his sonne Iesus Christ towards this infant let vs faithfully and deuoutly giue thanks vnto him say the prayer which the Lord himselfe thaught and in declaration of our faith let vs recite the Articles conteined in our Creede Here the Minister with the Godfathers and Godmothers shall say ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. Then shall the Priest demaund the name of the childe which being by the Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced the Minister shall say Doest thou in the name of this child forsake the Deuil and all his workes the baine pompe and glory of the world with all the couetous desires of the same the carnall desires of the 〈◊〉 and not to follow and be led by them Answere I forsake them all Minister Doest thou in the name of this childe professe this faith to beleeue in God the Father Almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely begotten sonne our Lord And that he was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the Virgin Marie that he suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went downe into hel and also did rise againe the third day that hee ascended into heauen and fitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty and from thence he shal come againe at the end of the world to iudge the quicke and the dead And doe you in his name beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholike Church the Communion of Saints the remission of sinnes reserrection and euerlasting life after death Answere All this I stedfastly beleeue Let vs pray ALmightie and euerlasting God heauently father wee giue thee humble thankes for that thou hast vouchsafed to call vs to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Increase this knowledge confirme this faith in vs euermore giue thy holy spirite to this infant that hee being borne againe and being made heire ot euerlasting saluation through our Lord Iesus Christ may continue thy seruant attaine thy promise through the same our Lord Iesus Christ thy sonne who liueth and reigneth with thee in the vnitie of the same holy spirit euerlastingly Amen Then shall the Minister make this exhortation to the Godfathers and Godmothers FOrasmuch as this childe hath promised by you to forsake the deuill and all his workes to beleeue in God and to serue him you must remember that it is your part and duetie to see that this infant be taught so soone as he shall bee able to learne what a solemne vowe promise and profession he hath made by you And that he may know these things the better ye shall call vpon him to heare Sermons and chiefly you shall prouide that hee may learne the Creede the Lords Prayer and the ten commandements in the English tongue and all other things which a Christian man ought to know and beleeue to his soules health and that this childe may bee vertuously brought vp to lead a godly and a Christian life remembring alway that Baptisme doeth represent dnto vs our profession which is to follow the example of our Saniour Christ and bee made like vnto him that as hee died and rose againe for vs so should wee which are baptized die from sinne and rise againe vnto righteousnesse continually mortifying all our euill and corrupt affections and dayly proceeding in all vertue and godlinesse of liuing And so foorth as in Publique Baptisme But if they which bring the Infants to the Church doe make such vncertaine answeres to the Priests questions as that it cannot appeare that the childe was baptized with water In the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the Holy Ghost which are Essential parts of Baptisme then let the Priest baptize it in forme aboue written concerning Publique Baptisme sauing that at the dipping of the childe in the Font hec shall vse this forme of wordes IF thou be not already baptized N. I baptized thee in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen ⧠The Order of Confirmation or laying on of hands vpon children baptized and able to render an account of their faith according to the Catechisme following TO the end that Confirmation may be ministred to the more edifying of such as shall receiue it according to Saint Pauls doctrine who teacheth that all things should be done in the Church to the edificatiō of the same it is thought good that none hereafter shall be Confirmed but such as can say in their mother tongue the Articles of the faith the Lords Prayer and the tenne Commandements and can also answere to such questions of this short Catechisme as the Bishop or such as he shall appoint shall by his discretion appose him in And this order is most conuenient to be obserued for diuers considerations First bccause that when children come to the yeeres of discretion and haue learned what their Godfathers and Godmothers promised for them in Baptisme they may then themselues with their owne mouth and with their owne consent openly before the Church ratifie and confirme the same and also promise
God to call mee Question My good childe knowe thhis that thou art not able to doe these things of thy selfe nor to walke in the comandements of God and to serue him without his speciall grace which thou must learne at all times to call for by diligent prayer Let me heare threfore if thou canst the Lords prayer Answere OUr Father which art in heauen hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdome come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Giue vs this day our dayly bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not into temptation but deliuer vs from euill Amen Question What desirest thou of God in this prayer Answere I desire my Lord God our heauenly Father who is the giuer of all goodnesse to send his grace vnto mee and to all people that wee may worship him serue him and obey him as we ought to doe And I pray vnto God that he will send vs all things that be needfull both for our soules and bodies and that hee will bee mercifull vnto vs and forgiue vs our sinnes and that it will please him to saue and defend vs in all dangers ghostly and bodily and that hee will keepe vs from all sunne and wickednesse and from our ghostly enemie and from euerlasting death And this I trust hee will doe of his mercy and goodnesse through our Lord Iesus Christ And therefore I say Amen So be it Question HOw many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church Answere Two onely as generally necessary to saluation that is to say Baptisme and the Supper of the Lord. Question What meanest thou by this word Sacrament Answere I meane an outward and visible signe of an inward and spirituall grace giuen vnto vs ordained by Christ himselfe as a meanes whereby wee receiue the same and a pledge to assure vs thereof Question How many parts be there in a Sacrament Answere Two the outward visible signe and the inward spirituall grace Question What is the outward visible signe or forme in Baptisme Ansvvere Water wherein the person baptized is dipped or sprinkled with it In the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Question What is the inward and spirituall grace Ansvvere A death vnto sinne and a new-birth vnto righteousnesse for being by nature borne in sinne and the children of wrath we are hereby made the children of grace Question What is required of persons to be baptized Ansvvere Repentance whereby they forsake sinne and faith wherby they stedfastly beleeue the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament Question Why theu are Infants baptized when by reason of their tender age they cannot performe them Ansvvere Yes they doe performe them by their Sureties who promise and vowe them both in their names which when they come to age themselues are bound to performe Question Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Suuppet ordained Ansvvere For the continuall remembrance of the Sacrifice of the death of Christ and the benefits which we receiue thereby Question What is the outward part or signe of the Lords Supper Answere Bread and Wine which the Lorde hath commaunded to be receiued Question What is the inward part or thing signified Answere The Body and Blood of Christ which are verely and indeed taken receiued of the faithfull the Lords Supper Question What are the benefits whereof we are partakers therby Answere The strengthening and refreshing of our soules by the body and blood of Christ as our bodies are by the bread wine Question What is required of them which come to the Lordes Supper Answere To examine themselues whether they repent them truely of their former sinnes stedfastly purposing to leade a newe life haue a liuely faith in Gods mercy through Christ with a thankefull remembrance of his death and be in charity with all men So soone as the children can say in their mother tongue the Articles of the faith the Lords prayer the tenne Commandements and also can answere to such questions of this short Catechisme as the Bishop or such as hee shall appoint shall by his discretion appose them in then shall they bee brought to the Bishop by one that shall be his Godfather or Godmother that euery childe may haue a witnesse of his confirmation And the Bishiop shall confirme them on this wise ⧠Confirmation or laying on of hands OUr helpe is in the Name of the Lord. Answere Which hath made Heauen and Earth Minister Blessed be the Name of the Lorde Answere Henceforth world without ende Minister Lorde heare our prayers Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Let vs pray ALmightie and euerliuing GOD who hast bouchsafed to regenerate these thy seruants by water and the holy Ghost and hast giuen vnto them forgiuenesse of all their sinnes strengthen them wee beseech thee O Lord with the holy Ghost the Comforter and daily encrease in them thy manifolde giftes of grace the spirit of wisedome and vnderstanding the spirit of counsaile and ghostly strenghth the spirit of knowledge and true godlinesse and fulfill them O Lord with the spirit of thy holy feare Amen Then the Bishop shall lay his hand vpon euery childe seuerally saying Defend O Lord this childe with thy heauenly grace that hee may continue thine for euer and daily increase in thy holy spirit more and more vntill hee come vnto thy euerlasting kingdome Amen Then shall the Bishop say Let vs pray ALmightie and euerliuing GOD which makest vs both to will and to do those things that be good and acceptable vnto thy Maiestie wee make our humble supplications vnto thee for these children vpon whome after the example of the holy Apostles wee haue layde our handes to certifie them by this signe of thy fauour and gracious goodnesse toward them let thy fatherly hand we beseech thee euer be ouer them let thy holy Spirite euer bee with them and so leade them in the knowledge and obedience of thy worde that in the end they may obtaine the euerlasting life through our Lord Iesus Christ who with thee and the holy Ghost liueth and reigneth one God world without end Amen Then the Bishop shall blesse the children saying thus The blessing of God Almightie the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost bee vpon you and remaine with you for cuer Amen The Curate of euery Parish or some other at his appointment shall diligently vpon Sundayes and Holy dayes halfe an houre before Euensong openly in the Church instruct and examine so many children of his Parish sent vnto him as the time will serue and as he shall thinke conuenient in some part of this Catechisme And all Fathers Mothers Masters and Dames shall cause their children seruants and prentices which haue not learned their Catechisme to come to the Church at the time appointed and obediently to heare and be ordered by the Curate vntill such time as they haue learned all that is here appointed for them to
and thereto haue giuen and pledged their troth either to other and haue declared the same by giuing and receiuing of a Ring and by ioyning of hands I pronounce that they be man and wife together In the name of the Father of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And the Minister shall adde this blessing GOD the Father God the Sonne God the holy Ghost blesse preserue and keepe you the Lorde mercifully with his fauour looke vpon you and so fill you with all spirituall benediction and grace that you may so liue together in this life that in the worlde to come you may haue life euerlasting Amen Then the Minister or Clearkes going to the Lords table shall say or sing this Psalme following BLessed are al they that feare the Lord and walke in his wayes Beari omnes Psal 128. For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands O well is thee and happy shalt thou be Thy wife shal be as the fruitfull Vine vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the Oliue branches round about thy table Loe thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lord from out of Sion shall so blesse thee that thou shall see Hierusalem in prosperitie all thy life long Yea that thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace vpon Israel Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be world without ende Amen Or this Psalme GOD be merciful vnto vs Deus misereatur Psal 67 and blesse vs and shew vs the light of his countenance and be mercifull vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon the earth thy sauing health among all nations Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nations reioyce and be glad for thou shalt iudge the folke righteously gouerne the nations vpon the earth Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth bring foorth her increase and God men our olvne God shall giue vs his blessing God shal blesse vs and all the ends of the world shal feare him Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Psalme ended and the man and the woman kneeling afore the Lordes Table the Priest standing at the Table and turning his face toward them shall say Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Answere Christ haue merry vpon vs. Minister Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into tempatation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lord saue thy seruant and thy handmaid Answere Which put their trust in thee Minister O Lord send them helpe from thy holy place Answere And euermore defend them Minister Be vnto them a towre of strength Answere From the face of their enemie Minister O Lord heare our prayer Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Minister O God of Abraham God of Isaac God of Iacob blesse these thy seruants and sow the seede of eternall life in their mindes that whatsoeuer in thy holy worde they shall profitably learne they may in deede fulfill the same Looke O Lord mercifully vpon them from heauen and blesse them And as thou diddest send thy blessing vpon Abraham and Sara to their great comfort So vouchsase to send thy blessing vpon these thy seruants that they obeying thy will and alway being in safetie vnder protection may abide in thy loue vnto their liues ende through Iesus Christ ou Lord. Amen This prayer next following shall be omitted where the woman is past childe birth O Mercifull Lord and heauenly Father by whose gracious gift mankinde is increased we beseech thee assist with thy blessing these two persons that they may both bee fruitfull in procreation of children and also liue together so long in godly loue and honestie that they may see their childrens children vnto the thirde and fourth generation vnto thy prayse and honour through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God which by thy mighty power hast made all things of nought which also after other things set in order didst appoint that one of man created after thine owne image sinulitude woman should take her beginning and knitting them together didst teach that it should neuer bee lawfull to put asvnder those whom thou by Matrimonie hadst made one O God which hast consecrated the state of Matrimonie to sush and excellent my sterie that in it is signified represented the spirtuall marriage vnitie betlvixt Christ and his Church Looke mercifully vpon these thy seruants that both this man may loue his wife according to thy worde as Christ did loue his spouse the Church who gaue himselfe for it louing cherishing it euen as his owne flesh and also that this woman may be louing and amiable to her husband as Rachel wise as Rebecca faithful and obedient as Sara and in all quietnesse sobrietie peace be a follower of holy and godly matrons O Lord blesse them both and grant them to inharite thy euerlasting kingdome through Iesus Chraist our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest say ALmighty God which at the beginning did create our first parents Adam and Eue and did sanctifie and ioyne them together in marriage powre vpon you the riches of his grace sanctifie and blesse you that yee may please him both in body and soule and liue together in holy loue vnto your liues end Amen Then shal begin the Communion And after the Gospel shal be said a Sermon wherein ordinarily so oft as there is any mariage the office of a man and wife shall bee declared according to holy Scripture Or if there bee no Sermon the Minister shall reade this that followeth ALl yee which be married or which intend to take the holy estate of Matrimonie vpon you heare what holy Scripture doeth say as touching the duetie of husbandes towards their wiues and wiues towards their husbands Saint Paul in his Epistle to the Ephesians the fift Chapter doeth giue this commandement to all married men Yee husbands loue your wiues euen as Christ loued the Church and hath giuen himselfe for it to sanctfie it purging it in the fountaine of water through the worde that he might make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregation not hauing spot or wrinckle or any such thing but that it should bee holy and blamelesse So men are bound to loue their owne wiues as their owne bodies He that loueth his owne wife loueth himselfe For neuer did any man hate his owne flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it euen as the Lord doeth the congregation for we are members of his body of his flesh and of his bones For this cause shall a man leaue father mother and shall be ioyned vnto his wife and they two shall be one flesh This mysterie is great but I speake of Christ and of the congregation Neuerthelesse let euery
one of you so loue his owne wife euen as himselfe Like wise same Saint Paul writing to the Colossians Colos 3. speaketh thus to all men that be married Ye men loue your wiues and be not bitter vnto them Heare also what S. Peter the Apostle of Christ 1. Pet. 3. which was himselfe a maried man sayed vnto all men that are maried Yee husbands dwell with your wiues according to knowledge giuing honor vnto the wife as vnto the weaker vessel and as heires together of the grace of life so that your prayers be not hindred Hitherto yee haue heard the duetie of the hunsband toword the wife Now likewife ye wiues heare and learne your dueties towards your husbands euen as it is plainely set foorth in holy Scripture Saint Paul Ephes 5. in the forenamed Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth you thus Ye women submit your selues vnto your owne husbands as vnto the Lord. For the husband is the wiues head euen as Christ is the head of the Church and hee is also the Sauiour of the whole body Therefore as the Church or Congregation is subiect vnto Christ So likewise let the wiues also be in subietion vnto their owne hubands in all things And againe hee sayth Let the wife reuerence her husband And in his Epistle to the Colossians S. Paul giueth you this short lesson Ye wiues submit your selues vnto your owne husbands as it is conuenient in the Lord. Saint Peter also doth instruct you very godly thus saying Let wiues be subiect to their owne husbandes so that if any obey not the worde they may bee wonne without the worde by the conuersation of the wiues while they beholde your chaste conuersation coupled with feare Whole apparell let it not bee outward with broyded haire and trimming about with golde either in putting on of gorgeous apparell but let the hid man which is in the heart bee without all corruption 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 did the holy women which trusted in God apparell themselues being subiect to their owne husbandes as Sara obeyed Abraham calling him Lord whose daughters yee are made doing well and not being dismayed with any feare The new married persons the same day of their marriage must receiue the holy Communion The order for the visitation of the sicke The Priest entring into the sicke persons house shall say ¶ Peace be in this house and to all that dwell in it When he commeth into the sicke mans presence he shall say kneeling downe REmember not Lorde our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers Spare vs good Lord spare thy people whome thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and bee not angry with vs for euer Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Ameu Minister O Lord saue thy seruant Answere Which putteth his trust in thee Minister Send him helpe from thy holy place Answere And euermore mightily defend him Minister Let the enemie haue none aduantage of him Answere Nor the wicked approch to hurt him Minister Be vnto him O Lord a strong towre Answere From the face of his enemie Minister O Lord heare our prayers Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Minister O Lord looke downe from heauen beholde visite and relieue this thy seruant Looke vpon him with the eyes of thy mercy giue him comfort and sure confidence in thee defend him from the danger of the enemie and keepe him in perpetuall peace and safetie through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen HEare vs Almightie and most mercifull God and Sauiour extende thy accustomed goodnesse to this thy seruant which is grieued with sickenesse visite him O Lorde as thou diddest visite Peters wiues mother and the Captaines seruant So visite and restore to this sicke pecson his former health if it bee thy will or els giue him grace so to take thy visitation that after this paineful life ended he may dwell with thee in life euerlasting Then shall the Minister exhort the sicke person after this forme or other like DEarely beloued know this that Almightie God is the Lord of life and death and ouer all things to them perteyning as youth strength health age weakenesse sickenes Wherefore whatsoeuer your sikenesse is know you certainely that it is Gods visitation And for what cause so euer this sicknesse is sent vnto you whether it be to try your patience for the example of other and that your faith may bee found in the day of the Lord laudable glorious honourable to the increase of glory and endlesse felicitie or els it be sent vnto you to correct and amend in you whatsoeuer doeth offend the eyes of your heauenly Father know you certainly that if you truely repent you of your sinnes and beare your sicknesse patiently trusting in Gods mercy for his deare Sonne Iesus Christes sake and render vnto him humble thankes for his fatherly visitation submitting your selfe wholly vnto his will it shall turne to your profite and helpe you foward in the right way thatleadeth vnto life euerlasting If the person visited be very sicke then the Curate may ende his ex hortation in this place Take therefore in good woorth the chastisement of the Lorde For whom the Lorde loueth hee chastiseth yea as Saint Paul saith he scourgeth euery sonne which hee receiueth If ye endure thastisement he offreth himself vnto you as vnto his owne children What sonne is he that the father chastiseth not If ye be not vnder correction where of all true children children are partakers then are yee bastards not children Therfore seeing that when our carnall fathers do correct vs we reuerently obey them shall we not now much rather be obedient to our spirituall Father so liue And they for a few dayes doe chastise vs after their owne pleasure but he doeth chastise vs for our profite to the intent hee may make vs partakers of his holines These words good brother are Gods wordes and written in holy Scripture for our comfort and instruction that wee should patiently and with thankesgiuing beare our heauenly Fathers correction whensoeuer by any maner of aduersitie it shall please his gracious goodnesse to visite vs. And there should be no greater comfort to Christian persons then to bee made like vnto Christ by suffering patiently aduersities troubles sickenesses For he himselfe went not vp to ioy but first hee suffered paine he entred not into his glory before he was crucified So truely our way to eternall ioy is to suffer here with Christ and our doore to enter into eternall life is gladly to die with Christ that we may rise againe from death and dwel with him in euerlasting life Now therefore taking your sickenesse which is thus profitable for you patiently I
exhort you in the name of God to remember the profession which you made vnto God in your baptisme And forasmuch as after this life there is a count to be giuen vnto the righteous Iudge of whom all must bee iudged without respect of persons I require you to examine your selfe and your state both toward God and man so that accusing and condemning your selfe for your own faults you may finde mercy at our heauenly Fathers hand for Christes sake and not to bee accused and condemned in that fearefull iudgement Therefore I shall shortly rehearse the Articles of our faith that you may know whether you doe beleeue as a Christian man should or no. Here the Minister shal rehearse the Articles of the faith saying thus Doest thou beleeue in God the Father almightie c. As it is in Baptisme Then shall the Minister examine whether he be in charitie with all the worlde exhorting him to forgiue from the bottome of his heart all persons that haue offended him and if he haue offended other to aske them forgiuenesse and where he hath done iniury or wrong to any man that he make amends to the vttermost of his power And if he haue not afore disposed his goods let him then make his will and also declare his debts what he oweth and what is owing vnto him for discharging of his conscience and quietnesse of his Executors But men must bee oft admonished that they set an order for their temporall goods and landes when they be in health These words before rehearsed may be said before the Minister begin his prayer as he shall see cause The Minister may not forget nor omit to mooue the sicke person and that most earnestly to liberalitie toward the poore Here shall the sicke person make a speciall confession if he feele his conscience troubled with any weightie matter After which confession the Priest shal absolue him after this sort OUr Lord Iesus Christ who hath left power to his Church to absolue all sinners which truely repent and beleeue in him of his great mercie forgiue thee thine offences and by his authoritie committed to mee 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 say the Collect following ¶ Let vs pray O Most mercifull God which according to the multitude of thy mercies doest so put away the sunnes of those which truely repent that thou remembrest them no more open thine eye of mercie vpon this thy seruant who most earnestly desireth pardon and forgiuenesse Renew in him most louing Father whatsoeuer hath beene decayed by the fraude and malice of the deuill or by his owne carnall will and frailenesse preserue continue this sicke member in the vnitie of the Church consider his contcition accept his teares asswage his paine as shall bee seene to thee most expedient for him And for as much as hee putteth his full trust onely in thy mercie impute not vnto his his former sinnes but take him vnto thy fauour through the merites of thy most dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christ Amen Then shall the Priest say this Psalme IN thee O Lord haue I put my trust let me neuer be put to confusion but rid me and deliuer me in thy righteousnesse In ce Domine speraui Psal 71. encline thiue eare vnto me and saue me Be thou my strong hold wherevnto I may alway resort thou hast promised to helpe me for thou art my house of defence my castle Deliuer me O my God out of the hand of the vngodly out of the hand of the vnrighteous and cruell man For thou O Lord God art the thing that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Through thee haue I beene holden vp euer since I was borne thou art he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe my praise shal alway be of thee I am become as it were a monster vnto many but my sure trust is in thee O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long Cast me not away in the time of age forsake me not when my strength faileth me For mine enemies speake against me they that lay waite for my soule take their counsell together saying God hath forsaken him persecute him and take him for there is none to deliuer him Go not far frō me O God my God haste thee to helpe me .. Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soule let them bee couered with shame and dishonour that seeke to doe me euill As for me I will patiently abide alway and will praise thee more and more My mouth shall daily speake of thy righteousnesse and saluation for I know no end thereof I will goe forth to the strength of the Lord God and will make mention of thy righteousnesse onely Thou O God hast taught mee from my youth vp vntill now therefore will I tell of thy wondrous workes Forsake me not O God in mine old age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generation and thy power to all them that are yet for to come Thy righteousnes O God is very high and great things are they that thou hast done O God who is like vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities hast thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refresh me yea broughtest me from the deepe of the earth againe Thou hast brought me to great honour and comforted me on euery side Therefore wil I praise thee and thy faithfulnes O God playing vpon an instrument of musicke vnto thee will I sing vpon the Harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lppes will be faine when I sing vnto thee and so will my soule whom thou hast deliuered My tongue also shall talke of thy righteousnes all the day long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seeke to doe me euill Glorie he to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Adding this O Sauiour of the world saue vs which by thy crosse and precious blood hast redeemed vs helpe vs wee beseech thee O God Then shall the Minister say THe Almightie Lord which is a most strong towre to al them that put their trust in him to whom all things in heauen in earth and vnder the earth do bow and obey be now and euermore thy defence and make thee know and feele that there is none other name vnder heauen giuen to man in whom and through whome thou mayest receiue health and saluation but onely the name of our Lord Iesus Christ Amen The Communion of the sicke FOrasmuch as all mortall men bee subiect to many sudden perils Diseases and sicknesses and euer vncertaine what time they shall depart out of this life therefore to the intent they may bee alwayes in a readinesse to die whensoeuer it shall please Almightie God to call them the
Curates shall diligently from time to time but specially in the plague time exhort their Parishioners to the oft receiuing in the Church of the holy Communion of the body and blood of our Sauiour Christ which if they doe they shal haue no cause in their sudden visitation to be vnquiet for lack of the same But if the sicke person be not able to come to the Church yet is desirous to receiue the Communion in his house then he must giue knowledge ouer night or else early in the morning to the Curate signifying also how many bee appointed to communicate with him And hauing a conuenient place in the sicke mans house where the Curate may reuerently minster and a good number to receiue the Communion with the sicke person with all things necessarie for the same hee shall there minister the holy Communion The Collect. ALmightie euerliuing God maker of mankinde which doest corect those whome thou doest loue and chastisest euery one whome thou doest receiue wee beseech thee to haue mercie vpon this thy seruant visited with thine hand and to graunt that hee may take his sickenesse patiently and recouer his bodily health if it bee thy gracious will and whensoeuer his soule shall depart from the body it may bee without spot presented vnto thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle MY sonne Heb. 12. despise not the correction of the Lord neither faint when thou art rebuked of him for whom the Lord loueth him hee correcteth Yea and he scourgeth euery sonne whom he receiueth The Gospel VErely verely I say vnto you Hee that heareth my word Iohn 5. and beleeueth on him that sent mee hath euerlasting life and shall not come vnto damnation but hee passeth from death vnto life ¶ At the time of the distribution of the holy Sacrament the Priest shall first receiue the Communion himselfe and after minister vnto them that be appointed to communicate with the sicke ¶ But if a man either by reason of extremitie of sickenesse or for want of warning in due time to the Curate or for lacke of companie to receiue with him or by any other iust impediment doe not receiue the Sacrament of Christes body and blood then the Curate shall instruct him that if hce doe truely repent him of his sinnes and stedfastly beleeue that Iesus Christ hath suffered death vpon the Crosse for him and shed his blood for his redemption earnestly remembring the benefites he hath thereby and giuing him heartie thankes therefore he doth eate and drinke the body and blood of our Sauiour Chrift profitably to his soules health although he doe not receiue the Sacrament with his mouth ¶ When the sicke person is visited and receiueth the holy Communion all at one time then the Priest for more expedition shal cut off the forme of the visitation at the Psalme In thee O Lord haue I put my trust and goe straight to the Communion ¶ In the time of Plague Sweat or such other like contagious times of sicknesses or diseases when none of the Parish or neighbours can be gotten to communicate with the sicke in their houses for feare of the infection vpon speciall request of the diseased the Minister may alonely communicate with him ⧠The order for the buriall of the dead The Priest meeting the corps at the Church stile shall say or else the Priest and Clarkes shall sing and so goe either into the Church or towards the graue I Am the resurrection and the life faith the Lord. He that belieueth in me Iohn 11. yea though he were dead yet shall he liue And whosoeuer liueth and beleeueth in me shall not die for euer I know that my redeemer liueth and that I shall rise out of the earth in the last day and shall bee couered againe with my skinne Iob. 19. and shall see God in my flesh yea and I my selfe shall behold him not with other but with these same eyes WEe brought nothing into this world 1. Tim. 6. Iob. 1. neither may we carie any thing out of this world The Lord giueth and the Lord taketh away Even as it pleaseth the Lord so commeth things to passe Blessed be the Name of the Lord. When they come to the graue while the corps is made ready to bee layed into the earth the Priest shall say or the Priest and Clarkes shall sing MAn that is borne of a woman hath but a short time to liue Iob. 14. and is ful of meserie He commeth by and is cut downe like a flowre hee fleeth as it were a shadow and neuer continueth in one stay In the midst of life we be in death of whom may we seek for succour but of thee O Lord which for our sinnes iustly art displeased Yet O Lord God most holy O Lord most mightie O holy most mercifull Sauiour deliuer vs not into the bitter paines of eternall deatth Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts shut not vp thy mercifull eyes to our prayers but spare vs Lord most holy O God most mightie O holy and mercifull Sauiour thou most worthie iudge eternall suffer vs not at our last houre for any paines of death to fall from thee Then while the earth shall be cast vpon the body by some standing by the Priest shall say FOrasmuch as it hath pleased almightie God of his great mercie to take vnto himselfe the soule of our deare brother here departed we therefore commit his body to the ground earth to earth ashes to ashes dust to dust in sure and certaine hope of resurrection to eternall life through our Lord Iesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may bee like vnto his glorious body according to the mightie working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himselfe Then shall be said or sung I heard a voyce from heauen saying vnto mee write From hencefoorth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. Even so saith the spirit that they rest from their labours Then shall follow this Lesson taken out of the xv Chapter to the Corinthians the first Epistle CHrist is risen from the dead and become the first fruites of them that sleepe For by a man came death and by a man came the resurrection of the dead For as by Adam all die euen so by Christ shall all bee made aliue but euery man in his owne order The first is Christ then they that are Christes at his comming Then commeth the ende when hee hath deliuered vp the kingdome to God the Father when he hath put downe all rule and all authoritie and power For he must reigne till he haue put al his enemies vnder his feete The last enemie that shall be destroyed is death For hee hath put all things vnder his feete But when hee saith All things are put vnder him it is manifest that he is excepted that hath put all things vnder him When all things are subdued vnto him then shall the Sonne
also himselfe bee subject vnto him that put all things vnder him that God may be all in all Else what doe they which are baptized ouer the dead if the dead rise not at all Why are they then baptized ouer them yea and why stand we alway then in ieopardie By our reioycing which I haue in Christ Iesu our Lord I die dayly That I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men what aduantageth it mee if the dead rise not againe Let vs eate and drinke for tomorow wee shall die Bee not yee deceiued euill words corrupt good maners Awake truely out of sleepe and sinne not For some haue not the knowledge of God I speake this to your shame But some man will say How arise the dead With what body shall they come Thou foole that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die And what sowest thou Thou sowest not that body that shall bee but bare corne as of wheat or some other but God giueth it a body at his pleasure to euery seed his owne body All flesh is not one maner of flesh but there is one maner of flesh of men another maner of flesh of beastes another of fishes another of birdes There are also celestiall bodies and there are bodies terrestriall But the glorie of the celestiall is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another There is one maner glorie of the Sunne and another glorie of the Moone and another glorie of the Starres For one Starre differeth from another in glorie So is the resurrection of the dead It is sowen in corruption it riseth againe in incorruption It is sowen in dishonour it riseth againe in honour It is sowen in weaknesse it riseth againe in power It is sowen a naturall bodie it riseth againe a spirituall body There is a naturall bodie and there is a spirituall bodie As it is also written The first man Adam was made a liuing soule and the last Adam was made a quickening spirite Howbeit that is not first which is spirituall but that which is naturall and then that which is spirituall The first man is of the earth earthie The second man is the Lord from heauen heauenly As is the earthie such are they that be earthy And as is the heauenly such are they that are heauenly And as wee haue borne the image of the earthie so shall wee beare the image of the heauenly This say I brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherite the kingdome of God neither doeth corruption inherite incorruption Behold I shew you a mystery we shal not all sleepe but we shall all be changed and that in a moment in the twinckling of an eye by the last trumpe For the trumpe shall blow and the dead shall rife incorruptible and we shall bee changed For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortall must put on immortality When this corruptible hath put on incorruption and this mortall hath put on immortalitie then shall be brougt to passe the saying that is written Death is swallowed vp into victory Death where is thy sting Hell where is thy victorie The sting of death is sinne and the strength of sinne is the law But thankes be vnto God which hath giuen vs victorie through our Lorde Iesus Christ Therefore my deare brethren bee yee stedfast and vnmooueable alwayes rich in the worke of the Lorde forasmuch as yee know how that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord. The Lesson ended the priest shall say Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from evil Amen The Priest ALmightie God with whom doe liue the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lorde and in whom the soules of them that be elected after they bee deliuered from the burden of the flesh be in ioy felicitie wee giue thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliuer this N. our brother out of the miseris of this sinfull world beseeching thee that it may please thee of thy gracious goodnesse shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect and to hasten thy kingdome that we with this our brother all other departed in the true faith of thy holy Name may haue our perfect consummation and blisse both in body and soule in thy eternall and euerlasting glorie Amen The Collect. O Mercifull God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ who is the resurrection and the life in whom whosoeuer beleeueth shall liue though hee die and whosoeuer liueth and beleeueth in him shall not die eternally who also taught vs by his holy Apostle Paul not to be sorie as men without hope for them that sleepe in him we meekely beseech thee O Father to raise vs from the death of sinne vnto the life of righteousnesse that when we shall depart this life wee may rest in him as our hope is this our brother doeth and that at the generall resurrection in the last day wee may bee found acceptable in thy sight and receiue that blessing which thy welbeloued sonne shall then pronouce to all that loue and feare thee saying Come yee blessed children of my Father receiue the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world Graunt this we beseech thee O mercifull Father through Iesus Christ our Mediatour and Redeemer Amen The thankesgiuing of women after childbirth commonly called the Churching of women The woman shall come into the Church and there shall kneele downe in some conuenient place nigh vnto the place where the Table standeth and the Priest standing by her shal say these words or such like as the case shall require FOrasmuch as it hath pleased Almightie God of his goodnesse to giue you safe deliuerance and hath preserued you in the great danger of childe-birth ye shall therefore giue heartie thanks vnto God and pray Then shall the Priest say this Psalme I Haue lifted vp mine eyes vnto the hils from whence commeth my helpe Psal 121. My helpe commeth euen from the Lord which hath made heauen and earth Hee will not suffer thy foote to bee mooued and he that keepeth thee will not sleepe Behold hee that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleepe The Lord himselfe is thy keeper the Lord is thy defence vpon thy right hand So that the Sunne shall not burne thee by day nor the Moone by night The Lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall keepe thy soule The Lord shall preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time forth for euermore Glorie be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercye vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Priest O
his wickednes shalt fall on his owne pate I will giue thanks vnto the Lord according to his righteousnesse and will praise the name of the Lord the most high Domine Dominus Psal viij O Lord our gouernour how excellent is thy Name in all the world thou that hast set thy glory aboue the heauens Out of the mouth of very babes sucklings hast thou ordeined strength because of thine enemies that thou mightest still the enemie and the auenger For thou will consider the heauens euen the workes of thy fingers the Moone and the Starres which thou hast ordeined What is man that thou art mindfull of him and the sonne of man that thou visitest him Thou madest him lower then the Angels to crowne him with glory and workship Thou makest him to haue dominion of the workes of thy handes and thou hast put all things in subiection vnder his feete All sheepe and oxen yea and the beasts of the field The foules of the ayre and the fishes of the sea and whatsoeuer walketh through the paths of the seas O Lord our gouernour how excellent is thy Name in all the world Confitebor tibi Psal ix I Will giue thankes vnto thee Morning Prayer O Lorde with my whole heart I will speake of all thy marucellous workes I will bee glad and reioyce in thee yea my songs wil I make of thy Name O thou most Highest While mine enemies are driuen backe they shalt fall and perish at thy presence For thou hast maintained my right and my cause thou art set in the throne that iudgest right Thou hast rebuked the Heathen and destroyed the vngodly thou hast put out their Name for euer and euer O thou enemie destructions are come to a perpetuall end euen as the cities which thou hast destroyed their memoriall is perished with them But the Lord shalt endure for euer he hath also prepared his seate for iudgement For hee shalt iudge the World in righteousnesse and minister true iudgement vnto the people The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed euen a refuge in due time of trouble And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord hast neuer failed them that seeke thee O praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion shew the people of his doings For when he maketh inquisition for blood he remembreth them and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore Haue mercie vpon me O Lord consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me thou that liftest nice vp from the gates of death That I may shew all thy praises within the portes of the daughter of Sion I will reioyce in thy saluation The heathen are sunke downe in the pit that they made in the same net which they hid priuily is their foot taken The Lorde is knowen to execute iudgement the vngodly is trapped in the worke of his owne hands The wicked shalt bee turned into hell and all the people that forget God For the poore shalt not alway be forgotten the patient abiding of the meeke shalt not perish for euer Up Lorde and let not man haue the vpper hande let the Heathen be iudged in thy fight Put them in feare O Lord that the heathen may know themselues to be but men Vt quid Domine Psal x. Why standest thou so farre off O Lord and hidest it thy face in the needfull time of trouble The vngodly for his owne lust doeth persecute the poore let them be taken in the crafty Wilinesse that they haue imagined For the vngodly hath made boast of his owne hearts desire and speaketh good of the couetous whome GOD abhorxeth The vngodly is so proud that hee careth not for God neither is God in all his thoughts His wayes are alway grieuous thy iudgements are farre aboue out of his fight and therefore defieth hee all his enemies For hee hath said in his heart Tush I shalt ncuer bee caft downe there shalt no harme happen vnto me His mouth is full of cursing deceit and fraude vnder his tongue is vngodlinesse and vanitie He sitteth lurking in the theeuish corners of the streets and priuily in his lurking dennes doeth hee murder the innocent his eyes are set against the poore For he lieth waiting secretly euen as a Lion lurketh he in his denne that he may rauish the poore Hee doeth rauish the poore when he getteth him into his nette Hee falleth downe and humbleth himselfe that the Congregation of the poore may fall into the handes of his Captaines He hath said in his heart Tush God hath forgotten hee hideth away his face and he will neuer see it Arise O Lord God and lift vp thine hand forget not the poore Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God while hee doeth say his heart Tutsh thou God rarest not for it Surely thou hast seene it for thou beholdest vngodlinesse and wrong That thou mayest take the matter into thine hande the poore conmitteth himselfe vnto thee for thou art the helper of the friendlesse Breake tthou the power of the vngodly and malicious take away his vngodlinesse and thou shalt finde none The Lord is King for euer and euer and the heathen are perised out of the land Lord thou hast heard the desire of the poore thou preparest their heart and thine eare hearkeneth thereto To helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them In domino confido Psal xj IN the Lord put I my trust how say yee then to my soule that the should flee as a bird vnto the hill For loe the vngodly bend their vow make ready their arrowes within the quwer that they may primly shoote at them which are true of heart For the foundations will be cast downe and what hath the righteous done The Lorde is in his holy Temple the Lordes seate is in heauen His eyes consider the poore and his eye lids trieth the children of men The Lord alloweth the righteous but the vngodly him that delighteth in wickednesse doeth his soule abhorâ—c Vpon the vngodly he shal raine snares fire and vrimssone storme and tempest this shal be their portion to drinke For the righteous Lord loueth righteousnesse his countenance will behold the thing that is iust Saluum me fac Psal xij HElpe me Lord Eucoing prayer for there is not one godly man left for the faithful are minished from among the children of men They talke of vanitie euery one with his neighbour they doe but flatter with their lips and dissemble with their double heart The Lord shalt root out all deceitfull lippes and the tongue that speaketh proud things Which haue said with our tongue we will preuaile wee are they that ought to speake who is Lord ouer vs Now for the comfortlesse troubles sake of the needy and because of the deepe sighing of the poore I will vp sayth the Lord and will helpe euery one from him that swelleth against him and will set
concerning me for he shal speake peace vnto his people and to his saints that they turne not againe For his saluation is high them that feare him that glorie may dwell in our land Mercie and trueth are met together righteousnes peace haue kissed each order Trueth shall slorish out of the earth and righteousnesse hath looked dowme from heauen Yea the Lord shall shew louing kindnesse and our land shall giue her increase Righteousnesse shall goe before him and he shall direct his going in the way Inclina Domine Psal 86. BOwe downe thine eare Morning prayer O Lord and heare mee for I am poore and in miserie Preserue thou my soule for I am holy my God saue thy seruant that putteth his trust in thee Be mercifull vnto me O Lord for I will call dayly vpon thee Comfort the soule of thy seruant for vnto thee O Lord doe I list vp my soule For thou Lord art good and gracious and of great mercie vnto all them that call vpon thee Giue eare Lord vnto my prayer and ponder the voyce of mine humble desires In the time of my trouble I will call vpon thee for thou hearest me Among the good there is none like vnto thou O Lorde there is not one that can doe as thou doest All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee O Lord and shall glorisie thy name For thou art great and doest wonderous things thou art God alone Teach mee thy may O Lord and I will walke in thy trueth O knit my heart vnto thee that I may feare thy name I will thanke thee O Lord my God with all my heart and will praise thy Name for euermore For great is thy mercie toward me and thou hast deliuered my soule from the nethermost hell O God the proud are risen as against me and the Congregations of naughty men haue sought after my soule and haue not set thee before their eyes But thou O Lord God art full of compassion and mertie long suffering plenteous in goodnesse and trueth O turne thee then vnto mee and haue mercie vpon mee giue thy strength vnto thy seruant and helpe the sonne of thine handmaid Shew some good token vpon me for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforten me Fundamentaeius Psal 87. HEr foundations are vpon the holy hils the Lord loueth the gates of Sion more then all the dwellings of Iacob Very excelleÌ„t thigs are spokeÌ„ of thee thou city of God I will thinke vpou Rahab and Babylon With them that know me Behold ye the Philistims also and they of Tyre with the Morians loe there was he borne And of Sion it shal be reported that he was borne in her and the most High shall stablish her The Lord shall rehearse it when he writeth vp the people that he was borne there The fingers also and trumpetters shall hee rehearse all my fresh sprmgs shall be in thee Domine Deus Psal 88 O Lord God of my saluation I haue cryed day and night before thee O let my prayer enter into thy presence encline thine eare vnto my calling For my soule is full of trouble and my life draweth nigh vnto hell I am counted as one of them that goe downe into the pit and I haue beene euen as a man that hath no strength Free among the dead like vnto them that be wounded and lie in the graue which be out of remembrance and are cut away from thy hand Thou hast layde me in the lowest pitte in a place of darkenesse and in the deepe Thine indignation lyeth hard vpon mee and thou hast bexed me with all thy stormes Thou hast put away mine acquaintance farre from mee and made me to be abhorred of them I am so fast in prison that I cannot get foorth My sight faileth for very trouble Lord I haue called daily vpon thee I haue stretched out mine hands vnto thee Doest thou shewe wonders among the dead or shall the dead rise vp againe and praise thee Shall thy louing kindnesse be shewed in the graue or thy faithfulnesse in destruction Shall thy wonderous works be knowen in the darke and thy righteousnes in the land where all things are forgotten Vnto thee haue I cried O Lord and earely shall my prayer come before thee Lorde why abhorrest thou my soule and hidest thou thy face from me I am in miserie and like vnto him that is at the point to die euen from my youth vp thy terrours haue I suffered with a troubled mind Thy wrathfull displeasure goeth ouer mee and the feare of thee hath vndone me They came round about mee dayly like water and compassed me together on euery side My louers and friends hast thou put away from me and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight Misericordias Domini Psal 89. MY song shal be alway of the louing kindnesse of the Lorde with my mouth wil I euer be shewing thy trueth Euening prayer from one generation to another For I haue said Mercie shal be set vp for euer thy trueth shall thou stablish in the heauens I haue made a couenant with my chosen I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruant Thy seede will I stablish for euer and set vp thy throne from one generation to another O Lorde the very heauens shall praise thy wonderous workes and thy trueth in the Congregation of the Saints For who is hee among the clouds that shall be compared vnto the Lord And what is hee among the gods that shall bee like vnto the Lord God is very greatly to be feared in the counsel of the saints and to be had in reuerence of all them that are about him O Lord God of hostes who is like vnto thee thy trueth most mightie Lord is on euery side Thou rulest the raging of the sea thou stillest the waues there of when they arise Thou hast subdued Egypt and destroyed it thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mightie arme The heauens are thine the earth also is thine thou hast laid the foundation of the round world and all that therin is Thou hast made the North and the South Tabor and Hermon shall reioyce in thy Name Thou hast a mightie arme strong is thy hand and high is thy right hand Righteteousnesse and equitie is the habitation of the â—eate mercie and trueth shall goe before thy face Blessed is the people O Lorde that can reioyce in thee they shall walke in the light of thy countenance Their delight shall dayly in thy Name and in thy righteousnesse shall they make their boast For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy louing kindnesse thou shall lift vp our hornes For the Lorde is our defence the holy one of Israel is our King Thou spakest sometime in visions vnto thy Saints and saydest I haue laid helpe vpon one that is mightie I haue ixalted one chosen out of the people I haue found Dauid my seruant with
when all the workers of wickednes do florish then shal they be destroyed for euer but thou Lord art the most highest for euermore For loe thine enemies O Lorde loe thine enemies shall perish and all the workers of wickednesse shal be destroyed But my horne shal be exalted like the horne of an vnicorne for I am annoynted with fresh oyle Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies and mine eare shal heare his desire of the wicked that rise vp against me The righteous shall flourish like a palme tree and shall spread abroad like a Cedar in Libanus Such as bee planted in the house of the Lord shall florish in the courts of the house of our God They also shall bring foorth more fruite in their age and shal be fat and well liking That they may shew how true the Lord my strength is and that there is no vnrighteousnesse in him Dominus regnauit Psal 93. THe Lorde is king Euening prayer and hath put on glorious apparell the Lord hath put on his apparell and girded himselfe with strength He hath made the round world so sure that it cannot be mooued Euer since the world began hath thy seate beene prepared thou art from euerlasting The floods are risen O Lord the floods haue lift vp their voice the floods lift vp their waues The waues of the sea are mightie and rage horribly but yet the Lord that dwelleth on high is mightier Thy testimonies O Lord are very sure holinesse becommeth thine house for euer Deus vltionum Psalm 94. O Lorde God to whom vengeance belongeth thou God to whome vengeance belongeth shew thy selfe Arise thou iudge of the world and reward the proud after their deseruing Lord how long shall the vngodly how long shall the vngodly triumph How long shall all wicked doers speake so disdaincfully and make such proud boasting They smite downe thy people O Lord and trouble thine heritage They murther the widowe and the stranger and put the fatherlesse to death And yet they say Tush the Lord shall not see neither shal the God of Iacob regard it Take heede yee vnwise among the people O yee fooles when will ye vnderstand He that planted the eare shal he not heare or he that made the eye shall not see Or he that nurtureth the heathen it is hee that teacheth man knowledge shall not he punish The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man that they are but vaine Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O Lord and teachest him in thy Law That thou mayest giue him patience in time of aduersitic vntill the pit be digged vp for the vngodly For the Lord will not faile his people neither will he forsake his inheritance Untill righteousnes turne againe vnto iudgement all such as be true in heart shall follow it Who will rise vp with me against the wicked or who will take my part against the euill doers If the Lord had not helped mee it had not failed but my soule had bene put to silence But when I said my foote hath slipped thy mercie O Lord held me vp In the multitude of the sorowes that I had in my heart thy comforts haue refreshed my soule Wilt thou haue any thing to doe with the stoole of wickednesse which imagineth mischiefe as a law They gather them together against the soule of the rightteous and condemne the innocent blood But the Lord is my refuge and my God is the strength of my confidence He shall recompence them their wickednesse and destroy them in their owne malice yea the Lord our God shall destroy them Venite exultemus Psal 95. O Come Morning prayer let vs sing vnto the Lorde let vs heartily reioyce in the strength of our saluation Let vs come before his presence with thanksgiuing and shew our selues glad in him with Psalmes For the Lord is a great God and a great king aboue all gods In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is his also The sea is his and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land O come let vs worship and fall downe and kneele before the Lord our maker For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheepe of his hands Today if ye will heare his voyce harden not your hearts as in the prouocation and as in the day of temptation in the wildernesse When your fathers tempted me prooued me and saw my workes Fourtie yeeres long was I grieued with this generation â—nd said it is a people that doe erre in their hearts for they haue not knowen my wayes Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest Cantate Domino Psal 96 O Sing vnto the Lord a new song sing vnto the Lord all the whole earth Sing vnto the Lord and praise his name be telling of his saluation from day to day Declare his honour vnto the heathen and his wonders vnto all people For the Lord is great and can not worthily be praised he is more to be feared then all gods As for all the gods of the heathen they be but idoles but it is the Lord that made the heauens Glory and worship are before him power and honour are in his sanctuarie Ascribe vnto the Lord O ye kinreds of the people ascribe vnto the Lord worship and power Ascribe vnto the lorde the honour due vnto his Name bring presents and come into his courts O worship the Lord in the beautie of holinesse let the whole earth stand in awe of him Tell it out among the heathen that Lord is king and that it is he which hath made the round world so fast that it can not be mooued and how that hee shall iudge the people righteously Let the heauens reioyce and let the earth be glad let the sea make a noyse and all that therein is Let the field be ioyfull and all that is in it then shal all the trees of the wood reioyce before the Lord. For he commeth for he commeth to iudge the earth and with righte ousnesse to iudge the world and the people with his trueth Dominus regnauit Psal 97. The Lord is King the earth may be glad thereof yea the multitude of the Isles may be glad thereof Cloudes and darkenesse are round about him righteousnes and iudgement are the habitation of his seat There shal go a fire before him and burne vp his enemies on euery side His lightnings gaue shine vnto the world the earth sawe it and was afraid The hilles melted like ware at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth The heauens declared his righteousnes and all the people haue seene his glore Confounded be all they that worship carued images and that delight in vaine gods worship him all ye gods Sion heard of it and reioyced and the daughters of Iuda were glad because of thy iudgements O Lord. For thou Lorde art higher
Lord from this time forth for euermore Prayse the Lord. Dilexi quoniam Psal 116. I Am well pleased Morning prayer that the Lorde hath heard the voyce of my prayer That hee hath inclined his eare vnto me therefore will I call vpou him as long as I liue The snares of death compassed me round about and the paines of hell gate hold vpon me I shall finde trouble and heauinesse and I shall call vpon the name of the Lord O Lord I beseech thee deliuer my soule Gracious is the Lord and righteous yea one God is mercifull The Lord preserueth the simple I was in misery and he helped me Turne againe then vnto thy rest O my soule for the Lord hath rewarded thee And why thiu hast deliuered my soule from death mine eyes from teares and my feet from falling I will walke before the Lord in the land of the liuing I beleeued and therefore will I speake but I was fore troubled I sayd in my haste All men are lyars What reward shall I giue vnto the Lord for all the benefites that he hath done vnto me I will receiue the cup of saluation and call vpon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vowes nowe in the presence of all his people right deare in the sight of the Lorde is the death of his Saints Behold O Lord how that I am thy seruant I am thy seruant and the sonne of thine handmaid thou hast broken my bonds in sunder I will offer to thee the sarrifice of thankesgiuing and will call vpon the Name of the Lord. I will pay my vowes vnto the Lord in the fight of all his people in the courts of the Lords house euen in the middes of thee O HierusaleM Praise the Lord. Laudate Dominum Psal 117 O Prayse the Lord all yee heathen prayse him all yee nations For his mercifull kindnesse is euer more and more toward vs and the traeth of the Lorde endureth for euer Prayse the Lord. Confitemini Domino Psal 118 O Giue thankes vnto the Lord for he is gracions because his mercie endureth for euer Let Israel now confesse that he is gracious and that his mercie endureth for euer Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercie endureth for euer Yea let them now that feare the Lord confesse that his mercie endureth for euer I called vpou the Lord in trouble and the Lorde heard me at large The Lord is on my side I will not feare what man doth vnto me The Lord taketh my part with them that help me therefore shall I see my desire vpon mine enemies 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 nations compassed me round about but in the name of the Lorde will I destroy them They kept me in on eueryside they kept me in I say on euery side but in the name of the Lord wil I destroy them They came about me like Bees and are extinct euen as the fire among the thornes for in the name of the Lord wil I destroy them Thou hast thrust sore at mee that I might fall but the Lord was my helpe The Lord is my strength and my song and is become my saluation The voice of ioy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to passe The right hand of the Lorde hath the preeminence the right hand of the Lord bringeth mightie things to passe I wil not die but liue and declare the works of the Lord. The Lord hath chastend and corrected mee but hee hath not giuen me ouer vnto death Open me the gates of righteousnesse that I may goe into them and giue thankes vnto the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord the rightteous shal enter into it I mil thanke thee for thou hast heard me and art become my saluation The same stone which the builders refused is become the head ston in the corner This is the Lords doing and it is marueilous in out eyes This is the day which the Lord hath made wee will reioyce and bee glad in it Helpe me now O Lord O Lord send vs now prosperitie Blessed be he that commeth in the name of the Lord wee haue wished you good luck ye that be of the house of the Lord. God is the Lord which hath shewed vs light binde the sacrifice with cords yea euen vnto the hornes of the altar Thou art my God and I will thanke thee thou art my God and I will praise thee O giue thankes vnto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Beati imaculati Psal 119. BLessed are those that are vndefiled in the way Euening Prayer and walke in the Law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies and seeke him with their whole heart For they which doe no wickednes walke in his wayes Thou hast charged that wee shal diligently keepe thy commandements O that my wayes were made so direct that I might keep thy statutes So shall I not be confounded while I haue respect vnto all thy commandements I will thanke thee with an vnfained hart when I sall haue learned the iudgements of thy righteousnesse I will keepe thy ceremonies O forsake me not vtterly In quo corriget Wherewithall shall a yong man clense his way euen by ruling himselfe after thy word With my whole heart haue I sought thee O let me not goe wrong out of thy commandements Thy wordes haue I hid within my heart that I should not sinne against thee Blessed art thou O Lord O teach me thy statutes With my lippes haue I been telling of all the iudgements of thy mouth I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies as in all maner of riches I will talke of thy commandements and haue respect vnto thy wayes My delight shall be in thy statutes and I will not forget thy word Retribue seruo tuo O Doe well vnto thy seruant that I may liue and keepe thy word Open thou mine eyes that I may see the wonderous things of thy Lawe I am a stranger vpon earth O hide not thy commandements from me My soule breaketh out for the very fernent desire that it hath away vnto thy iudgements Thou hast rebuked the proud and cursed are they that do erre from thy commandements O turne from me shame and rebuke for I haue kept thy testimonies Princes also did sit and speake aganist me but thy seruant is occupied in thy statutes For thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellers Adhaesit pauimento MY soule cleaueth to the dust O quickent thou mee according to thy word I haue knowledged my wayes and thou heardest me O teach me thy statutes Make me to vnderstand the way of thy commandements and so shall I talke of thy wonderous workes My soule melteth away for very heauinesse comfort thou me according vnto
Priests be clothed with righteousnesse and let thy Saints sing with ioy fulnesse For thy seruant Dauids sake turne not away the presence of thine anoynted 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 children will keepe my couenant and my testimonies that I shal learne them their children also shall sit vpon thy seate for euermore For the Lorde hath chosen Sion to bee an habitation for himselfe he hath longed for her This shall bee my rest for euer heere will I dwell for I haue a delight therein I will blesse her vitailes with increase and wil satisfie her poore with bread I will decke her Priests with healthy and her saints shall reioyce and sing There shal I make the horne of Dauid to florish I haue ordeined a lanterne for mine anointed As for his enemies I shall clothe them with shame but vpon himselfe shall his crowne florish Ecce quà m bonum Psal 133. BEhold how good and ioyful a thing it is brethren to dwell together in vnitie It is like the precious oyntment vpon the head that ranne downe vnto the beard euen vnto Aarons beard and went downe to the skirtes of his clothing Like as the dewe of Hermon which fell vpon the hill of Sion For three the Lord promised his blessing and life for cuermore Ecce nunc Psal 134. BEholde nowe praise the Lorde all yee seruants of the Lord Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord euen in the courts of the house of our God Lift vp your hands in the sanctuarie and praise the Lord. The Lord that made heauen and earth giue thee blessing out of Sion Laudate nomen Psal 135. O Praise the Lord laud ye the Name of the Lord praise it O ye seruants of the Lord. Yee that stand in the house of the Lord in the courts of the house of our God O praise the Lord for the Lord is gracious O sing praises vnto his Name for it is louely For why the Lord hath chosen Iacob vnto himselfe and Israel for his owne prossession For I knowe that the Lorde is great and that our Lord is aboue all gods Whatsoeuer the Lord pleased that did he in heauen and in earth and in the sea and in all deepe places He bringeth forth the clouds from the endes of the world and sendeth foorth lightenings with the raine bringing the windes out of his treasures He smote the first borne of Egypt both of man and beast He hath sent tokens and wonders into the middest of thee O thou land of Egypt vpon Pharao and all his seruants He smote diuers nations and flew mightie kings Sehon king of the Amorites and Og the king of Basan and all the kingdomes of Chanaan And gaue their land to bee an heritage euen an heritage vnto Israel his people Thy Name O Lord endureth for euer doeth thy memoriall O Lord from one generation to another For the Lord wil auenge his people and be gracious vnto his seruants As for the images of the heathen they are but siluer and gold the worke of mens hands They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue they but they see not They haue eares and yet thay heare not neither is there any breath in their mouthes They that make them are like vnto them and so are all they that put their trust in them Praise the Lorde yee house of Israel praise the Lorde yee house of Aaron Praise the Lorde ye house of Leui ye that feare the Lord praise the Lord. Praised be the Lorde out of Sion which dwelleth at Hierusalem Confitemini Psal 136. O Giue thankes vnto the Lord Euening prayer for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer O giue thankes vnto the God of all gods for his mercie endureth for euer O thanke the Lord of all lordes for his mercie endureth for euer Which onely doeth great woonders for his mercie endureth for euer Which by his excellent wisdome made the heauenens for his mercie endureth for euer Which laid out the earthy aboue the waters for his mercie endureth for euer Which hath made great lights for his mercie endureth for euer The sunne to rule the day for his mercie endureth for euer The moone and the starres to gouerne the night for his mercie endureth for euer Which sinote Egypt with their first borne for his mercie endureth for euer And brought out Israel from among them for his mercie endureth for euer With a mighty hand and a stretched out arme for his mercie endureth for euer Which diuided the redde Sea in two parts for his mercie endureth for euer And made Israel to goe through the middest of it for his mercie endureth for euer But as for Pharao and his hoste hee overthrewe them in the red sea for his mercie endureth for euer Which ledde his people through the wildernesse for his mercie endureth for euer Which sinote great Kings for his mercie endureth for euer Yea and slew mightie Kings for his mercie endureth for euer Sehon King of the Amorities for his mercie endureth for euer And Og the King of Basan for his mercie endureth for euer And gaue away their lande for an heritage for his mercie endureth for euer Euen for an heritage vnto Israel his seruant for his mercie endureth for euer Which remembred vs when wee were in trouble for his mercie endureth for euer And hath deliuered vs from our enemies for his mercie endureth for euer Which giucth foode to all flesh for his mercy endureth for euer O giue thankes vnto the God of heauen for his mercy endureth for euer O giue thankes vnto the Lord of lords for his mercie endureth for euer Super flumina Psal 137. By the waters of Babylon we sate downe and wept when we remembred thee O Sion As for our harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therein For they that ledde vs away captiue required of vs then a song and melodie in our heauinesse sing vs one of the songs of Sion How shall we sing the Lords song in a strange land If I forget thee O Hierusalem let my right hand forget her cunning If I do not remember thee let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth yea if I prferre not Hierusalem in my mirth Remember the children of Edom O Lorde in the day of Hierusalem how they said Downe with it downe with it euen to the ground O daughter of Babylon wasted with miserie yea happie shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast serued vs. Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children and throweth them against the stones Confitebor tibi Psal 138. I wil giue thanks vnto thee O Lord with my whole heart euen before the gods will I sing praise vnto thee I will worship toward thy holy Temple and praise thy Name because of thy louing kindnesse and trueth for thou hast magnified thy Name and
sonnes of Zebedee which were partners with Simon And Iesus sayd vnto Simon Feare not from henceforth thou shalt catch men And they brought the ships to land and forsooke all and followed him The sixt sunday after trinitie The Collect. GOd which hast prepared to them that loue thee such good things as passe mans vnderstanding powre into our hearts such loue toward thee that wee louing thee in all things may obtaine thy promises which exceed all that the we can desire through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle KNow ye not Rom. 6.3 that al we which are baptized in Iesus Christ are baptized to die with him We are buried then with him by baptisme for to die that likewise as Christ was raised from death by the glorie of the Father euen so we also should walke in a new life For if we be grafted in death like vnto him euen so shal we be partakers of the holy resurrection knowing this that our old man is crucified with him also that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed that henceforth we should not be seruants vnto sinne For he that is dead is iustified frō sinne Wherefore if we be dead with Christ we beleeue that we shall also liue with him Knowing that Christ being raised frō death dieth no more death hath no more power ouer him For as touching that hee died he died concerning sinne once and as touching that he liueth he liueth vnto God Likewise consider ye also that ye are dead as touching sinne but are aliue vnto God through Christ our Lord. The Gospel IEesus sayd vnto his Disciples Mat. 5.20 Except your righteousnes exceed the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharises ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heauen Ye haue heard that it was sayd vnto them of olde time Thou shall not kill whosoeuer killeth shall be in danger of iudgement But I say vnto you that whosoeuer is angry with his brother vnaduisedly shall be in danger of iudgement And whosoeuer saieth vnto his brother Racha shall be in danger of a Counsaile But whosoeuer saith Thou foole shal be in danger of hell fire Therefore if thou offerest thy gift at the alter and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee leaue there thine offering before the alter and goe the way first and be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift Agree with thine aduersarie quickely whiles thou art in the way with him least at any time the aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge and the iudge deliuer thee to the minister and then thou bee cast into prison Verily I say vnto thee thou shalt not come out thence till thou hast payed the vttermost farthing The vij Sunday after trinitie The Collect. LOrd of all power might which art the authour and giuer of all good things graffe in our hearts the loue of thy Name increase in vs true religion nourish vs with all goodnes of thy great mercy keepe vs in the same through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle I Speake grosly Rom. 6.19 because of the infirmitie of your flesh As ye haue giuen your members seruants to vncleannes and to iniquitie from one iniquitie to another euen so now giue ouer your members seruants vnto righteousnesse that ye may be sanctified For when ye were seruants of sinne ye were voyd of righteousnesse What fruite had ye then in those things whereof yee are now ashamed For the end of those things is death But nowe are yee deliuered from sinne made the seruants of God and haue your fruit to be sanctified and the end euerlasting life For the reward of sinne is death but eternall life is the gift of God through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Gospel IN those dayes Mar. 8.1 when there was a very great companie had nothing to eate Iesus called his disciples vnto him and sayd vnto them I haue compassion on the people because they haue bene now with me three dayes and haue nothing to eate and if I sende them away fasting to their owne houses they shall faint by the way for diuers of them came from farre And his disciples answered him Where should a man haue bread here in the wildernesse to satisfie these And hee asked them Howe many loaues haue ye They sayd Seuen And he commanded the people to sit downe on the ground And hee tooke the seuen loaues and when he had giuen thankes he brake gaue to his Disciples to set before them and they did set them before the people And they had a few smal fishes and when he had blessed he commanded them also to be set before them And they did eate and were suffised And they tooke vy of the broken meat that was left seuen baskets full And they that did eate were about foure thousand And he sent them away The viij Sunday after trinitie The Collect. GOd whose prouidence is neuer deceiued we humbly beseech thee that thou wilt put away from vs all hurtfull things and giue those things which be profitable for vs through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BRethren Rom. 8.12 we are debters not to the flesh to liue after the flesh For if ye liue after the flesh yee shall die But if yee through the spirit doe mortifie the deedes of the body yee shall liue For as many as are led by the spirit of God they are the sonnes of God For ye haue not receiued the spirit of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receiued the spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father The same spirit certifieth our spirit that we are the sonnes of God If we be sonnes then are we also heires the hetres I meane of God and heires annexed with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may also be glorified together with him The Gospel BEware of false prophets Mat. 7.15 which come to you in sheepes clothing but inwardly they are rauening Wolues yee shall know them by their fruites Doe men gather grapes of thornes Or figs of thistles Euen so euery good tree bringeth forth good fruites but a corrupt tree bringeth foorth euill fruits A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruits neither can a bad tree bring foorth good fruits Euery tree that bringeth not foorth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fire Wherfore by their fruits ye shall know them Not euery one that faieth vnto me Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heaven he shall enter into the kingdome of heauen The ix Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GRaunt to vs Lorde we beseech thee the spirite to thinke and doe alwayes such things as bee rightfull that we which cannot be without thee may by thee be able to liue according to thy wil through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BRethren 1. Cor. 10.1 I would not that ye should be ignorant how that our fathers