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
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
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
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
being so much more excellent theÌ„ the Angels as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name then they For vnto which of the Angels said he at any time Thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee And agine I will be his father and hee shall be my sonne And againe when he bringeth in the first begotten sonne into the world he saieth And let all the Angels of God worshippe him And vnto the Angels he faith He maken his Angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire But vnto the sonne he saith Thy feat O God shall bee for euer and euer the scepter of thy kingdome is a right scepter thou hast loued righteousnesse hated iniquitie Wherefore God euen thy God hath anointed thee with the oile of gladnes aboue thy fellowes And thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundatioÌ„ the carch the heauens are the works of the hands They shal perish but thou endurest They all shal waxe old as doth agarment and as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed but thou art euen the same and thy yeeres shall not faile The Gospel IN the beginning was the word Iohn I.I. and the word was with God God was the word The same was in the beginning with God Al things were made by it and without it was made nothing that was made In it was life the life was the light of men and the light shineth in the darknes the darknesse comprehended it not There was sent froÌ„ God a man whose name was Iohn the same came as a witnes to beare Witnes of the light that all men through him might beleeue He was not the light but was sent to beare witnes of the light That light was the true light which lighteth euery maÌ„ that commeth into the world He was in the world was made by him and the world knew him not He came among his owne and his owne receiued him not But as many as receiued him to theÌ„ gaue he power to be made sonnes of God euen them that beleeued on his Name Which were borne not of blood nor of the wil of the flesh nor yet of the wil of man but of God And the same word became flesh and dwelt among vs we saw the glory of it as the glory of the onely begotten sonne of the Father full of grace and trueth Saint Steuens day The Collect. Grant vs O Lord to learne to loue our enemies by the example of thy martyr S. Steuen who prayed for his persecuters to thee which liuest c. Then shall follow the Collect of the Natiuitie which shall be sayd continually vnto Newyeeres day The Epistle ANd Steuen being ful of holy Ghost Aâ— 7.55 looked vp stedfastly with his eies into heauen and saw the glory of God Iesus standing on the right hand of God and sayd Behold I see the heauens open the Some of man standing on the right hand of God Then they gaue a shoute with a lowde voyce and stopped their eares and ran vpon him all at once and cast him out of the citie and stoned him And the witnesses layed downe their clothes at a yong mans feete whose name was Saul they stoned Steuen calling on and saying Lord Iesu receiue my spirit And he kneeled down and cryed with a lowde voyce Lord lay not this sinne to their charge And when he had thus spoken he fell a sleepe The Gospel BEhold I send vnto you Prophtes Matt. 23.34 and wise men and Scribes and some of them ye shal kill and cruicfie and some of them yee shall scourg in your Synagogues and persecute them from citie to citie that vpon you may come all the righteous blood which hath bene shed vpon the earth from the blood of the righteous Abel vnto the blood of Zacharias the sonne of Barachias whom he slew between the temple and the altar Verily I say vnto you all these things shall come vpon this generation O Hierusalem Hierusalem thou that killst the Prophets and stonst them which are sent vnto thee how often would I haue gathered thy children together euen as the hen gathereth her chickens vnder her wings and ye would not Behold your house is left vnto you desolate For I say vnto you ye shal not see me henceforth till that ye say Blessed is he that commeth in the Name of the Lord. Saint Iohn Euangelists day The Collect. MErcifull Lord we beseech thee to cast thy bright beames of light vpon thy Church that it being lightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Euangelist Iohn may attaine to thy euerlasting gifts through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle That which was from the beginning which wee haue heard i. loh. I I. which we haue seene with our eyes which we haue looked vpon our hands haue handled of the word of life And the life appeared we haue seene and beare witnes and shew vnto you that eternal life which was with the Father and appeared vnto vs That which we haue seene and heard declare we vnto you that ye also may haue fellowship with vs and that our fellowship may be with the Father and his sonne Iesus Christ And this we write vnto you that ye may reioyce and that your ioy may be full And this is the tidings which we haue heard of him and declare vnto you that God is light and in him is no darknesse at all If we say we haue fellowship with him and walke in darknesse we lie and do not the trueth But and if we walke in light euen as hee is in light then haue we fellowship with him and the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne cleanseth vs from all sinne If wee say wee haue no sinne we deceiue our selues and the trueth is not in vs. If we knowladge our sinnes he is faithfull and inst to forgiue vs our sinnes and to cleanse vs from all vnrighteousnesse If we say we haue not sinned we make him a liar and his word is not in vs. The Gospel IEsus said vnto Peter Follow thou me loh. â—i i â— Peter turned about and saw the disciple whome Iesus loued following which also leaned on his breast at supper and said Lord which is he that betrayth thee when Peter therefore what saw him hee sayd vnto Iesus Lord what shall he here do Iesus sayd vnto him If I will haue him to tary till I come what is that to thee Folow thou me TheÌ„ went this saying abroad among the breathren that that disciple should not die yet Iesus sayd not to him Hee shall not die but if I wil that he tarie til I come what is that to thee The same disciple is he which testifieth of these things and wrote these things and we know that his testimonie is true There are also many other things which Iesus did the which if they should bee written euery one I suppose the world could not containe thc books
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
that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision For the promise that hee should bee heire of the world happened not to Abraham or to his seede through the Law but through the righteousuesse of faith For if they which are of the Law be heires then is faith but vaâ—e and the promise of none effect The Gospel ANd it fortuned assoone as the Angels were gone away from the shepherds into heauen Luk. 2.15 they saide one to another Let vs goe euen now vnto Bethlehem and see this thing that we heare say is happened which the Lord hath shewed vnto vs. And they came with haste and found Marie Ioseph and the babe laide in a maâ—ger And when they had seene it they published abroad the saying that was tolbe them of that child And all they that heard it Wondered at those things which were told them of the shepheards But Marie kept all these sayings and pondred them in her heart And the shepheards returned praising and lauding God for all the things that they had heard and seene euen as it was tolde vnto them And when the eight day was come that the child should bee circumcised his name was called Iesus which was named of the Angell before hee was conceiued in the wombe If there be a Sunday between the Epiphanie and the Circumcision then shall bee vsed the same Collect Epistle and Gospel at the Communion which was vsed vpon the day of Circumcision The epiphanie The Collect. O God which by the leading of a starre diddest mamfest thy onely begotten sonne to the Gentiles mercifully grant that we which know thee now by faith may after this life haue the fruition of thy glorious Godhead through Christ our Lord Amen The Epistle FOr this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus Christ for you heathen Eph. 3.1 if yee haue heard of the ministration of the grace of God which is giuen mee to youward For by reuelation shewed he the mysterie vnto me as I wrote afore in fewe words wherby when ye reade ye may vnderstand my knowledge in the mysterie of Christ which mysterie in times past was not opened vnto the sonnes of men as it is now declared vnto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit that the Gentiles should bee inheriters also and of the same bodie and partakers of his promise of Christ by the meanes of the Gospel where of I am made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God which is giuen vnto me after the working of his power Vnto me the least of all Saints is this grace giuen that I should preath among the Gentiles the vnsearcheable riches of Christ and to make all men see what the fellowship of the mysterie is which from the beginning of the world hath beene hid in God which made all things through Iesus Christ to the intent that nowe vnto the rulers and powers in heauenly things might bee knowen by the congregation the manifold wisedome of God according to the eternall purpose which he wrought in Christ Iesus our Lord by whom we haue boldnesse and entrance with the confidence which is by the faith of him The Gospel WHen Iesus was borne in Bethlehem acitie of Iurie Man 2.1 in the time of Herode the King behold there came wife men from the East to Hierusalem saying Where is he that is borne King of the Iewes for we haue feeue his starre in the East and are come to worshippe him When Herod the King had heard these things he wastroubled and all the Citie of Hierusalem with him And when hee had gathered all the chiefe Prists and Scribes of the people together he demanded of them where Christ should be borne And they said vnto him At Bethlehem in Iurie for thus it is written by the Prophet And thou Bethlehem in the land of Iurie art not the least among the princes of Iude For out of thee shall come vnto mee the captaine that shall gouerne my people Israel Then Herode when he had priuily called the wife men hee enquired of them diligently what time the starre appeared And he bad them goe to Bethlehem and sayde Goe your way thither and search diligently for the childe and when yee haue found him bringe mee worde againe that I may come and worship him also When they had heard the king they departed and loe the starre which they saw in the East went before them til it came and stood ouer the place wherein the childe was when they saw the starre they wereexteeding glad and went into the house and found the childe with Mary his mother and felldowne flat and worshipped him and opened their treasures and offered vnto him gifts gold frankencense myrrhe And after they were warued of God in a sleepe that they should not go againe to Herode they returned into their owne Country another way The first Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. LOrd wee beseech thee mercifully to receiue the prayers of thy people which call vpon thee and graunt that they may both perceiue and knowe what things they ought to doe also haue grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen The Epistle I Beseech you therefore brethren by the mercifulnesse of God Rom. 12.1 that ye make your bodies a quicke sacrifice holy acceptable vnto God which is your reasoÌ„able seruing of GOd And fashion not your selus like vnto this word but be ye changed in your shape by the renuing of your mind that ye may prooue what thing that good and acceptable and perfect will of God is For I say through the grace that vnto me giuen is to euery man among you that no man stand high in his owne conceite more then it becommeth him to esteeme of himselfe but so iudge of himselfe that he be gentle and sober according as God hath dealt to euery man the measure of faith For as we haue many members in one body and all members haue not one office So we being many are one body in Christ and euery man among our selues one anothers members The Gospel THE father and mother of Iesus went to Hierusalem Luke 2.43 after the custome of the feast day And when they had fulfilled the dayes as they returned home the childe Iesus abode still at Hierusalem and his father anb mother knew not of it but they supposing him to haue beene in the companie came a days Iourney and sought him among their kinsefolke and acquaintance and when they found him not they went backe againe to Hierusalem and sought him And it fortuned that after three dayes they found him in the temple sitting in the middest of the doctors hearing them and posing them And all that heard him were astonied at his vnderstanding and answeres And when they saw him they marueiled And his mother sayd vnto him sonne why hast thou thus dealt with vs behold thy father and I haue sought thee sorowing And he
to whom custome is due feare to whom feare belongeth honour to whom honour pertaineth The Cospel AND when he entered into a ship Mat. 8 23. his Disciples followed him And beholde there arose a great tempest in the sea insomuch as the ship was couered with waues but he was a sleepe And his Disciples came to him and awoke him saying Master saue vs wee perish And hee sayd vnto them why are yee fearefull O yee of little faith Then hee arose and rebuked the windes and the sea another followed a great calme But the men marueiled saying what maner of man is this that both windes and sea obey him And when hee was come to the other side into the countrey of the Gergesites there met him two possessed of deuils which came out of the graues and were out of measure fierce so that no man might goe by that way And beholde they cried out saying O Iesus thou sonne of God what haue we to doe with thee Art thou come hither to torment vs nefore the time And there was a good way off from them a herde of many swine feeding So the deuils besought him saying If thou cast vs outr suffer vs to goe into the herde of swine And he sayd vnto them Goe your wayes Then went they out and departed into the herde of swine And beholde the whole herde of swine was caryed headlong into the sea and perished in the waters Then they that kept them fled and went their wayes into the citie and told euerything and what had happened vnto the possessed of thew deuils And behold the whole citie came out to meete Iesus and when they sawe him they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts The fifth Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. LOrd we beseech thee to keepe thy Church household continually in thy true religion that they which doe leane onely vpon hope of thy heauenly grace may euermore bee defended by thy mightie power through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle PVt vpon you as the elect of God Col. 3.12 tender mercie kindnesse humblenesse of minde meekenesse long suffering forbearing one another and forgiving one another if any man haue a quarell against another as Christ forgaue you euen so doe ye Aboue all these things put on loue which is the bond of perfectnesse And the peace of God rule in your heartes to the which peace yee are called in one body and see that yee thankefull Let the worde of Christ dwel in you plenteously with all wisdome Teach and exhort your owne selues in Psalmes and Hymnes spiritual songs singing with grace in your hearts to the Lorde And whatsoeuer ye doe in word or deed doe all in the name of the Lord Iesu giuing thanks to God the Father by him The Gospel THe kingdome of heauen is like vnto a man which sowed good seede in his field but while men slept his enemie came Matth. 13.24 and sowed tares among the wheate and went his way But when the blade was sprung vp and had brought foorth fruite then appeared the tares also So the seruants of the house-holder came and sayde vnto him Sir diddest not thou sowe good seed in thy field from whence then hath it tares He said vnto them The enuious man hath done this The seruants sayd vnto him Wilt thou then that we goe weed them vp But he sayd Nay least while ye gather vp the tares ye plucke vp also the wheate with them let both grow together vntill the haruest and in the time of haruest I wil say to the Reapers Gather ye first the tares and bind them together in sheaues to be burnt but gather the wheate into my barne The sixt Sunday if there be so many shall haue the same Collect Epistle and Gospel that was vpon the fist Sunday The Sunday called Septuagesima The Collect. O Lorde wee beseech thee fauourably to heare the praiers of thy people that we which are iustly punished for our offences may be mercifully deliuered by thy goodnesse for the glory of thy Name through Iesus Christ our Sauiour who liueth and reigneth world with out end Amen The Epistle PErceiue ye not how that they which runne in a course 1. Cor. 9.24 runne all but one receiueth the reward So runne that ye may obtaine Euery man that proueth masteries absteineth from all things and they doe it to obteine a crowne that shall perish but we to obtaine an euerlasting crowne I therefore so runne not as at an vncertaine thing so fight I not as one that beateth the ayre but I came my body and bring it into subiection least by any meanes it come to passe that when I haue preached to other I my selfe should be cast away The Gospel THe kingdome of heauen is like vnto a man that is an Housholder Mat. 20.1 which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyarde And when the agreement was made with the labourers for a peny a day he sent them into his vineyarde And hee went out about the third houre and saw other standing idle in the market place and sayd vnto them Goe ye also into vineyarde and whatsoeuer is right I will giue you And they went their way Againe hee went out about the sixth and ninth houre and did likewise And about the eleuenth houre he went out and found other standing idle and sayd vnto them Why stand ye here all the day idle They sayde vnto him Because no man hath hired vs. Hee saith vnto them Goe yee also into the vineyarde and whatsoeuer is right that shall ye receiue So when euen was come the Lorde of the vineyarde said vnto his Steward Call the labourers anb giue them their hire beginning at the last vntill the first And when they did come that came about the eleuēth houre they rceiued euery man a peny But when the first came also they supposed that they should haue receiued more and they likewise receiued euery man a peny And when they had receiued it they murmured against the goodman of the house saying These last haue wrought but one houre and thou hast made them equall with vs which haue borne the burden and heate of the day But he answered vnto one of them and said Friend I doe thee no wrong Diddest thou not agree with mee for a penie Take that thine is and goe thy way I will giue vnto this last euen as vnto thee Is it not lawfull for mee to doe as mee lusteth with mine owne goods Is thine eie euil because I am good So the last shal be first and the first shall be last For many be called but few be chosen The Sunday called Sexagesima The Collect. LOrd God which seest that wee put not our trust in any thing that we doe mercifully graunt that by thy power we may be defended against all aduersitie through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle YE suffer fooles gladly 2. Cor. 11.19 seeing your
he that sitteth at meate or hee that serueth Is not hee that sitteth at meate But I am among you as hee that ministreth Yee are they which haue abidden with me in my temptations And I appoint vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appointed to mee that yee may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome and sit on seates iudging the twelue tribes of Israel And the Lord sayde Simon Simon beholde Satan hath desired to sift you as it were wheate but I haue prayed for thee that thy faith faile not And when thou art conuerted strengthen thy brethren And he said vnto him Lord I am ready to go with thee into prison and to death And he sayd I tell thee Peter the Cocke shal not crowe this day till thou haue denied thrise that thou knowest me And he sayd vnto them When I sent you without wallet scrip and shoes lacked you any thing And they sayd No. Then sayd he vnto them But now he that hath a wallet let him take it vp and likewise his scrip and he that hath no sword let him sell his coate and buy one For I say vnto you that yet the same which is written must be performed in me Euen among the wicked was hee reputed for those things which are written of mee haue an ende And they sayde Lorde beholde here are two swordes And hee sayd vnto them It is enough And he came out and went as hee was woont to mount Oliuet And the Disciples followed him and when hee came to the place hee sayd vnto them Pray left ye fall into temptation And hee gate himselfe from them about a stones cast and kneeled downe and prayed saying Father if thou wilt remooue this cup from mee neuerthelesse not my will but thine be fulfilled And there appeared an Angel vnto him from heauen comforting him And hee was in an agonie and prayed the longer and his sweate was like droppes of blood trickling downe to the ground And when hee arose from prayer and was come to his disciples hee found them sleeping for heauinesse and he sayd vnto them Why sleepe ye Rise and pray left yee fall into temptation While he yet spake behold there came a company and he that was called Iudas oue of the twelue went before them and preassed nigh vnto Iesus to kisse him But Iesus sayd vnto him Iudas betrayest thou the sonne of man with a kisse When they which were about him sawe what would follow they sayde vnto him Lorde shall we smite with the sword And one of them smote a seruant of the high Priests and strooke off his right eare Iesus answered and sayd Suffer ye thus farre foorth And when he touched his eare he healed him Then Iesus sayd vnto the high Priestes and Rulers of the Temple and the Elders which were come to him Yee be come out as vnto a thiefe with swordes and staues When I was daily with you in the Temple yee stretched foorth no hands against mee But this is euen your very houre and the power of darkenesse Then tooke they him and led him and brought him to the high Priestes house But Peter followed a farre off And when they had kindled a fire in the middes of the palace and were set downe together Peter also sate downe among them But when one of the wenches beheld him as he sate by the fire and looked vpon him she said This same fellow was also with him And he denied him saying Woman I know him not And after a little while another saw him and sayd Thou art also of them And Peter sayde Man I am not And about the space of an houre after another affirmed saying Verily this fellow was with him also for he is of Galilee And Peter said Man I wot not what thou sayest And immediately while hee yet spake the Cocke crewe And the Lorde turned backe and looked vpon Peter and Peter remembred the word of the Lord how hee had sayd vnto him Before the Cocke crow thou shalt deny me thrise And Peter went out and wept bitterly And the men that tooke Iesus mocked him and smote him And when they had blindfolded him they strooke him on the face and asked him saying Areede who is he that smote thee And many other things despitefully said they against him And assoone as it was day the Elders of the people and the high Priestes and Scribes came together ahd led him into their councill saying Art thou very Christ Tell vs. And he sayd vnto them If I tell you yee will not beleeue me and if I aske you you will not answere nor let me goe Hereafter shall the sonne of man sit on the right hand of the power of God Then sayd they all Art thou then the sonne of God He sayd Ye say that I am And they said What need we of any further witnesse for we our selues haue heard of his owne mouth Thursday before Easter The Epistle THis I warne you of 1. Cor. 11.17 and commend not that yee come not together after a better maner but after a woorse For first of all when yee come together in the congregation I heare that there is dissention among you I partly beleeue it For there must be sectes among you that they which are perfect among you may be knowen When yee come together therefore into one place the Lords Supper cannot bee eaten for euery man beginneth afore to cate his owne Supper and one is hungrie and another is drunken Haue yee not houses to eate and drinke in Despise ye the congregation of God and shame them that haue not What shall I say vnto you Shall I prayse you In this I prayse you not That which I deliuered vnto you I receiued of the Lord. For the Lorde Iesus the same night in which he was betrayed tooke bread when he had giuen thankes he brake it and sayd Take ye and eat this is my body which is broken for you This do ye in the remembrance of me After the same maner also hee tooke the cup when supper was done saying This cup is the new Testament in my blood This do as oft as ye drinke it in remembrance of me For as often as yee shall eate this bread and drinke of this cup yee shall shew the Lordes death till hee come Wherefore whosoeuer shall eate of this bread and drinke of this cuppe of the Lord vnworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himselfe and so let him eate of the bread and drinke of the cup. For he that eateth and drinketh vnworthily eateth and drinketh his owne damnation because he maketh no difference of the Lords body For this cause many are weak and sicke among you and many sleepe For if we had iudged our selues we should not haue bene iudged But when we are iudged of the Lord we are chastened that we should not be damned with the world Wherefore my brethren when ye come
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
spirit that beareth witnesse because the spirit is trueth For there are three which beare record in heauen the Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these three are one And there are three which beare record in earth the Spirit Water and Blood and these three are one If we receiue the witnesse of men the witnes of God is greater for this is the witnesse of God which he testified of his Sonne He that beleeueth on the Sonne of God hath the witnesse in himselfe He that beleeueth not God hath made him a liar because he beleeueth not the record that God gaue of his Sonne And this is the record how that God hath giuen vnto vs eternall life and this life is in his Sonne He that hath the Sonne hath life and he that hath not the Sonne of God hath not life The Gospel THe same day at night Iohn 20.19 which was the first day of the Sabboths when the doores were shut where the disciples were assembled together for feare of the Iewes came Iesus and stood in the mids and said vnto them Peace be vnto you And when hee had so said hee shewed vnto them his handes and his side Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord. Then said Iesus to them againe Peace be vnto you As my Father sent me euen so send I you also And when he had said these words he breathed on them and said vnto them Receiue yee the holy Ghost Whosoeuers sinnes yee remit they are remitted vnto them and whosoeuers sinnes ye retaine they are retained The ij Sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmighty God which hast giuen thine only Son to bee vnto vs both a sacrifice for sinne and also an ensample of godly life giue vs the grace that wee may alwayes most thankefully receiue that his inestimable benefit and also dayly endeuour our selues to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life The Epistle THis is thanke worthy 1. Pet. 2.16 if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe and suffer wrong vndeserued For what praise is it if when ye be buffeted for your faults ye take it patiently But and if when yee doe well yee suffer wrong and take it patiently then is there thanke with God for hereunto verily were yee called For Christ also suffered for vs leauing vs an example that yee should follow his steps which did no sinne neither was there guile found in his mouth Which when he was reuiled reuiled not againe when he suffered he threatened not but committed the vengeance to him that iudgeth righteously Which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree that we being deliuered from sinne should liue vnto righteousnes by whose stripes yee were healed For yee were as sheepe going astray but are now turned vnto the Shepheared and Bishop of your soules The Gospel CHrist said Iohn 10.11 I am the good Shepheard A good Shepheard giueth his life for the sheepe An hired seruant and hee which is not the shepheard neither the sheepe are his owne seeth the woolfe comming and leaueth the sheepe and fleeth and the woolfe catcheth and scattereth the sheepe The hired seruant fleeth because hee is an hired seruant and careth not for the sheepe I am the good Shepheard and know my sheepe and am knowen of mine As my Father knoweth me euen so know I also my Father And I giue my life for the sheepe And other sheepe I haue which are not of this folde them also must I bring and they shall heare my voyce and there shall bee one folde and one Shepheard The third sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmightie God which shewest to all men that be in errour the light of thy trueth to the intent that they may returne into the way of righteousnes grant vnto al them that be admitted into the fellowship of Christes religion that they may eschew those things that be coutrary to their profession follow all such things as be agreeable to the same through our Lord Iesus Christ The Epistle DEarely beloued 1. Pet. 2.11 I beseech you as strangers and pilgrimes absteine from fleshly lustes which fight against the soule and see that ye haue honest conuersation among the Gentiles that whereas they backbite you as euil doers they may see your good works and praise God in the day of visitation Submit your selues therefore euery man for the Lords sake whether it be vnto the king as vnto the chiefe head either vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punishment of euill doers but for the laud of them that doe well For so is the wil of God that with well doing ye may stop the mouthes of foolish and ignorant men as free and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnesse but euen as the seruants of God Honour all men Loue brotherly fellowshippe Feare God Honour the King The Gospel IEsus said to his disciples Iohn 16.16 After a while ye shal not see me and againe after awhile yee shall see mee for I goe to the Father Then sayd some of his Disciples betweene themselues What is this that hee sayeth vnto vs After a while shall not see me and againe after a while ye shal see me and that I go to the father They said therefore What is this that hee sayeth After a while Wee can not tell what he sayeth Iesus perceiued that they would aske him and sayd vnto them Yee enquire of this betweene your selues because I sayd After a while ye shall not see me and Againe After a while ye shal see me Verily verily I say unto you Yee shall weepe and lament but contrariwise the world shall reioyce Ye shal sorrow but your sorrow shal be tnrned to ioy A woman when the traueileth hath sorrow because her houre is come but assoone as she is deliuered of the childe she remembreth no more the anguish for ioy that a man is borne into the world And ye now therefore haue sorrow but I will see you againe and your heart shall reioyce and your ioy shall no man take from you The fourth sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmightie God which doest make the mindes of all faithfull men to be of one will graunt vnto thy people that they may loue the thing which thou commandest and desire that which thou doest promise that among the sundry and manifold changes of the worlde our heartes may surely there be fixed whereas true ioyes are to be found through Christ our Lord. The Epistle EVery good gift Iam. 1.17 and euery perfect gift is from aboue and commeth downe from the Father of lights with whom is no variablenesse neither shadowe of change Of his owne will begate he vs with the worde of trueth that wee shoulde bee the first fruites of his creatures Wherefore deare brethren let euery man bee swift to heare slowe to speake slow to wrath for the wrath of man worketh not that which is righteous
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
thee all that debt when thou desiredst me shouldest not thou also haue had compasston on thy frllow euen as I had pitie on thee And his Lord was worth and deliuered him to the Iaylers till he should pay all that was due vnto him So like wise shal my heauenly father doe also vnto you if ye from your hearts forgiue not euery one his brother their trespasses The xxiij Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GOd our refuge and strength which art the author of al godlinesse be ready to heare the deuout prayers of the Church and graunt that those things which we aske faithfully we may obtaine effectually through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BRethren Phil. 3.17 be folowers together of me look on them which walke euen so as ye haue vs for an ensample For many walke of whom I haue tolde you often now tell you weeping that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christ whose ende is damnation whose belly is their God glory to their shame which are worldly minded But our coÌ„uersation is in heauen from whence we look for the Sauiour euen the Lord Iesus Christ which shall change onr vile body that he may make it like vnto his glorious body according to the working where by he is able also to subdue all things vnto himselfe The Gospel Then the Pharisees went out and tooke coâ—sell how they migtht tangle him in his words And they sent out vnto him their discples with Herods seruants Matt. 22.15 saying Master wee know that thou art true teachest the way of God truely neither carest thou for any man for thou regardest not the outwaqrd appearance of men Tell vs therefore how thinkest thou Is it lawfull that tribute be giuen vnto Cesar or not But Iesus perceiuing their wilkednesse sayd whiy tempt ye me ye hypocrites Shew me the tribute money And they tooke him a penie And he sayd vnto them whose is this image superscription They said vnto him Cesars Then said he vnto them Giue therefore vnto Cesar the things which are Cesars and vnto Gods those things which are Gods When they heard these words they marueiled and left him and went their way The xxiiij Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. LOrde wee beseech thee assoyle thy people from thier offences that through bountifull goodness wee may be deliuered from the bonds of all those sinnes which by our frailtie wee haue committed Graunt this c. The Epistle WE giue thankes to God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ alwayes for you in our prayers For wee haue heard of your faith in Christ Iesu Col. 1.3 and of the loue which yee beare to all saints for the hopes sake which is laide vp in store for you in heauen Of which hope yee heard before by the true word of the Gospel which is come vnto you euen as it is into all the worlde and is fruitefull as it is also among you from the day in the which ye heard of it and had experience in the grace of God through the trueth as ye learned of Epaphra our deare fellow seruant which is for you a faithfull minister of Christ which also declared vnto vs your loue which ye haue in the spirite For this cause we also euen since the day wee heard of it haue not creassed to pray for you and to desire that ye might be fulfilled with the knowlede of his will in all wisedome and spiritual vnderstanding that ye might walke worthy of the Lord that in all things yee may please being fruitfull in all good workes and increasng in the knowledge of God strengthened with all might through his glorious power vnto al patience and long suffering with ioyfulnesse giuing thankes bnto the Father which hath made vs meete to bee partakers of the inheritance of the Saints in light The Gospel WHile Iesus spake vnto the people Mat. 9.18 behoid there came a certaine ruler and worshipped him saying My daughter is euen now deceassed but come and lay thy hand vpon her and shee liue And Iesus arose and followed him and so did his disciples And behold awomau which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeeres came behind him and touched the hemme of his vesture For shee said within herselfe If I may touch but euen his vesture onely I shal be safe But Iesus turned him about and when hee saw her Doughter be of good comfort thy faith hath made thee safe And the woman was made whole euen the same time And when Iesus came into the rulers house and said the ministrels and people making and a noyse he said vnto them Get you hence for the maide is not dead but sleepeth And they laughed him to scorne But when the people were put forth he went in and tooke her by the hand and said Damosel arise And the Damosel arose And this noyse was abroad in all that land The xxv Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. STirre vp wee beseech thee O Lord the wils of thy faithful people that they plenteously bringing foorth the fruite of good workes may of thee bee plenteously rewarded through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Behold Iere. 23.5 the time commeth faith the Lord that I will raise vp the righteous branch of Dauid which King shall beare rule and he shall prosper with wisedome and shall set vp equitie and righteousnesse againe in earth In his time shall Iuba be saued and Israel shall dwell without feare And this is the name that they shall call him Euen the Lord our righteousnesse And therefore behold the time commeth faith the Lord that it shal be no more said The Lord liueth which brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt but The Lord liueth which brought foorth and led the seede of the house of Israel out of the North land and from all counthreys wherwe I haue seattered them and they shall dwell in their owne land againe The Gospel WHen Iesus lift vp his eyes Iohn 6.5 saw a great companie come vnto him he faith vnto Philip Wheme shall we buy bread that these may eate This hee said to prooue him for hee himselfe knew what hee would doc Philip answered him Two hundreth penyworth of bread are not suffcient for them that euery man may take a little One of his Disciples Andrew Simon Peters brother said vnto him There is a lad here which hath filue barly loaues two fishes but what are they among so many And Iesus said Make the people sit downe There was much grasse in the place So the men sate downe in number about fiue thousand And Iesus tooke the bread when he had giuen thanks he gaue to his disciples the disciples to them that were set down and like wise of the fishes as much as they would When they had eaten enough he faith vnto his disciples Gather vp the broken meat which remaineth that nothing be lost And they gathered it
together ly fiâ—led twelue basketswith the broken meat of the fiue bariy loanes 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 sthould come into the world If there bee any moe Sundayes before Aduent Sunday to supplie the same shal be taken the seruice of some of those Sundayes that were omitted betweene the Epiphanie and Septuagesima S. Andrewes day The Collect. ALmighte God which didest giue such grace vnto thy hily Apostle Saint Andrew that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Sonne Iesus Christ and followed him without delay graunt vnto vs all that wee being called vp thy holy word may foorth with giue ouer our selues obediently to followe thy holy commaundements through the same Iesus Christ out Lord. The Epistle IF thou acknowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the Lord Rom. 10.9 beleeue in thy heart that God raised him vp from death thou shall bee safe For to beleeue with the heart iustfieth to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe For the Scripture faith whosoeuer beleeueth on him shal not be confounded There is no difference betweene the Iew the Gentile For one is Lord of al which is rich vnto all that cal vpon him For whosoeuer doth call on the Name of the Lord shall be safe How then shall they call on him on whom they haue not beleeued How shall they beleeue on him of whome they haue not heard How shall they heare without a preacher And how shall they preach without they be sent As it is written How beautifull are the seete of them which bring tidings of peace and bring tidings of good things But they haue not allobeyed to the Gospel For Esai faith Lord who hath beleeued our sayings So then faith commeth by hearing and hearing commeth by the word of God But I aske Haue they not herard No doubt their sound went out into all lands and their words into the ends of the world But I demaunde whether Israel did know or no First Moses faith I will prouoke you to enuie by them that are no people by a foolish nation I will anger you Esai after that is bolde and saith I am found of them that sought mee not I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me But against Israel hee saith All day long haue I stretched foorth my hands vnto a people that beleeueth not but speaketh against me The Gospel AS Iesus walked by the sea of Galilee hee saw two brethren Mat. 4.18 Simon which was called Perer and Andrew his brother castinga net into the sea for they were fishers and he said vnto them Follow me and I will make you to become fishers of men And they straightway left their nets and followed him And when he was gone forth from thence he saw other two brethren Iames the sonne of Zebedee and Iohn his brother in the ship with Zebedee their father mending their nets and hee called them And they immediatly left the ship and their father and followed him S. Thomas the Apostle The Collect. ALmightie and euerlining God which for the more confirmation of the faith diddest suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to bee doubtful in thy sonnes resurxection Grannet vs so perfetly and without all doubt to beleeue in thy Sonne Iesus Christ that our faith in thy sight neuer bee reprooued Heare vs O Lord througe the same Iesus Christ to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour c. The Epistle NOwe yee are not strangers Eph. 2.19 nor forxeiners but citizens with the Saints and of the housholde of God and Are built vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophers Iesus Christ himselfe being the head corner stone m whome what building soeuer is coupled together it groweth vnto an holy Temple of the Lord in whom ye also are built together to be an habitation of God through the holy Ghost The Gospel THomas one of the twelue Iohn 20. 24 which is called Didymus was not with them when Iesus came The other disciples therefore sayd vnto him wee haue seene the Lorde But he sayd vnto them Except I see in his handes the print of the nailes and put my finger into the print of the nailes and thrust my hand into his side I will not beleeue And after eight dayes againe his disciples were within and Thomas with them Then came Iesus when the doores were shut and stood in the midst and said Peace be vnto you And after that he said to Thomas Bring thy finger hither and see my hands and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side and bee not faithlesse but beleeuing Thomas answered and sayd vnto him My Lord and my God Iesus said vnto him Thomas because thou hast seene mee thou hast beleeued Blessed are they that haue not seene and yet haue beleeued And many other signes truely did Iesus in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this booke These are written that ye might belecue that Iesus Christ is the Sonne of God and that in beleeuing ye might haue life through his Name The Conuersion of S. Paul The Collect. GOD which hast taught all the world through the preaching of thy blessed Apostle Saint Paul grant wee beseech thee that we which haue his wonderfull conuersion in remembrence may follow and fuifill thy holy doctrine that hee taught through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle ANd Saul yet breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the Disciples of the Lord went vnto the hie Priest Acts. 9.1 desired of him letters to cary to Damasco to the synagogues that if he found any of this way were they men or women he might bring them bound to Hierusalem And wheÌ„ he iourneyed it fortuned that as he was come nigh to Damasco suddenly there shined round about him a light from heauen and he fell to the curth heard a voice saying to him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And he said what art thou Lord And the Lord said I am Icsus whom thou persecutest It is hard for thee to kicke against the prick And he both trembling and astonied said Lord what wilt thou haue me to doe And the Lord said vnto him Arise and go into the citie and it shall be tolde thee what thou must doe The men which tourneyed with him stood amazed hearing a voice but seeing no man And Saul arose from the earth when hee opened his eyes he saw no man but they led him by the hand and brought him into Damasco And hee was three dayes without sight and did neither eat nor drinke And there was a certaine disciple at Damasco named Ananias and to him said the Lord in a vision Anamas And hee said Behold I am here Lord. And the Lorde said vnto him Arise and goe into the strcete which is called Straight and seeke in the house of Iudas after one
call his name Emmanuel Butter and houie shall hee eate that he may know to resuse the euill and chuse the good The Gospel ANd in the sixt moneth Luk. 1.26 the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a Citie of Galilee named Nazareth to a virgin spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins went in vnto her and said Haile full of grace the Lorde is with thee blessed art thou among women When she saw him she was abashed at his saying and cast in her minde what maner of salutation that should be And the Angell sayde vnto her Feare not Marie for thou hast found grace with God Behold thou shalt conceiue in thy wombe and beare a sonne and shall call his name Iesus he shal be great and shall bee called the sonne of the Highest And the Lord God shall giue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kingdom there shall be none ende Then said Mary to the Angel How shall this be seeing I know not a man And the Angel answered and said vnto her The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee the power of the highest shall ouer shadow thee Therefore also that holy thing wich shall be borne shal be called the sonne of God And behold thy cousin Elizabeth shee hath also conceiued a sonne in her age and this is the sixt moneth which was called barren for with God nothing shal be vnpossible And Mary said Behold the handmaid of the Lord be it vnto me according to thy word And the Angel departed from her Saint Markes day The Collect. ALmightie God which hast instructed thy holy Church with the heauenly doctrine of thy Euangelist Saint Marke giue vs grace that we be not like children carried away with euery blast of vaine doctrine but firmely to be established in the trueth of thy holy Gospel through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle VNto euery one of vs is giuen grace Ephe. 4.7 according to the measure of the gift of Christ wherefore he sayeth when he went vp on high he ledde captiuitie captiue and gaue giftes vnto men That hee ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended first into the lower partes of the earth He that descended is euen the same also that ascended vp aboue all heauens to fulfill all things And the very same made some Apostles some Prophets some Euangelistes some shepheards and teachers to the edisying of the saints to the worke and administration euen to the edisying of the body of Christ till we all come to the vnitie of the faith and knowledge of the sonne of God vnto a perfect man vnto the measure of the full perfect age of Christ That we henceforth should be no more children wauering and caried about with euery wind of doctrine by the wilinesse of men through craftinesse whereby they say awaite for vs to decieue vs. But let vs follow the trueth in love and in all things growe in him which is the head euen Christ in whom if all the body be coupled and knit together throughout euery ioynt wherewith one ministreth to another according to the operation as euery part hath his measure he encreseth the body vnto the edisying of it selfe through loue The Gospel I Am the true Vine Ioh. 15.1 and my father ther is an hysbandman Euery branche that breareth not fruite in mee he will take away and euery branche that beareth fruite will hee purge that it may bring forth more fruite Now are yee cleane through the wordes which I haue spoken vnto you Bide in me and I in you As the branch cannot beare fruite of it selfe except it bide in the Vine no more can ye except ye abide in me I am the Vine ye are the branches He that abideth in mee and Iin him the same bringeth forth much fruit For without me can yee doe nothing If a man bide not in mee he is rast foorth as a branche and is withered and men gather them and cast them into the fixe and they burne If yee abide in mee and my wordes abide in you aske what yee will and it shal be done for you Herein is my Father glorified that yee beare much fruit and become my Disciples As the Father hath loued mee euen so also haue I loued you Continue you in my loue If yee keepe my commandments yee shall abide in my loue euen as I haue kept my fathers commandements and abide in his loue These things haue I spoken vnto you that my ioy might remaine in you and that your ioy might be full S. Philip and Iames day The Collect. ALmightie God whom truely to know is euerlasting life grant vs perfectly to knowe thy Sonne Iesus Christ to be the way the Trueth and the Life as thou hast thught S. Philip and other the Apostles throught Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle IAmes the seruant of God Iam. 1.1 and of the Lorde Iesus Christ sendeth greeting to the twelue Tribes which are scattered abroad My brethren count it for an exceeding ioye When yee fall into diuers temptations Knowing this that the trying of your faith gendreth patience and let patience haue her perfect woorke that yee may bee perfect and sounde lacking nothing If any of you lacke wisedome let him aske of him that giueth it euen God which giueth to all men indifferently and casteth no man in the teeth and it shall be giuen him But let him aske in faith and wauer not for he that doubteth is like a waue of the Sea which is tost of the windes and caried with violence neither let that man thinke that he shall receiue any thing of the Lord. A wauering minded man is vnstable in all his wayes Let the brother which is of lowe degree reioyce when hee is exalted Againe let him that is rich reioyce when he is made lowe For euen as the floure of the grasse shall hee passe away For as the Sunne reseth with heat and the grasse withereth and his floure falleth away and the beautie of the fashion of it perisheth euen to shall the rich man perish in his wayes Happy is the man that endureth temtation for when he is tryed hee shall receive the crowne of life which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue him The Gospel ANd Iesus sayde vnto his Disciples Ioh. 14.1 Let not your hearts be troubled ye beleeue in God beleeue also in me In my Fathers house are many mansions If it were not so I would haue tolde you I goe to prepare a place for you And if I goe to prepare a place for you I will come againe and receiue you euen vnto my selfe that where I am there may ye be also And whither I goe yee knowe and the way yee know Thomas saith vnto him Lord we know not whither thou goest and how is it possible for vs to know the way Iesus faith vnto him I
am the way and the Trueth and the Life No man commeth to the father but by me If yee had knowen me ye had knowen my father also And now ye know him and haue seene him Philip sith vnto him Lord shew vs the Father and it susficeth vs. Iesus saith vnto him Haue I beene so long time with you and yet hast thou not knowen me Philip he that hath seene me hath seene my Father and how sayest thou then Shew vs the Father Beleeuest not thou that I am in the Father the Father in me The words that I speake vnto you I speake not of my selfe but the Father that dwelleth in me is he that doeth the works Beleeue me that I am in the Father and the Father in me or els beleeue me for the workes sake Verely verely I say vnto you He that beleeueth on me the workes that I doe the same shall he doe also and greater workes then these shall hee doe because I got vnto my Father And whatsoever yee aske in my name that will I doe that the Father may bee glorified by the Sonne If ye shall aske any thing in my Name I will doe it S. Barnabe Apostle The Collect. LOrde almightie which hast endued thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gistes of the holy Ghost let vs not bee destitute of thy manifolde giftes nor yet of grace to vse them alway to thy honour and glorie through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle TIdings of these things came vnto the eares of the congregation which was in Hirusalem And they sent forth Barnabas Act. 11.22 that hee should goe vnto Antioch Which when hee came and had seene the grace of God was glad exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would contiunally cleaue vnto the Lord. For he was a good man and ful of the holy Ghost and of faith much people was added vnto the Lord. Then departed Barnabas to seeke Saul and when he had found him he brought him vnto Antioch And it chaunced that a whole yeere they had their conuersation with the congregation there and they taught much people insomuch that the disciples of Antioch were the first that were called Christen In those dayes came Prophets from the cities of Hierusalcm vnto Antioch And there stood vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirit that thre should bee great dearth throughout all the world which came to passe in the Emperour Claudius dayes Then the disciples euery man according to his ability purposed to send succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iurie which thing they also did and sent it to the Elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul The Gospel THis is my commandement Ioh. 15.12 that ye loue together as I haue loucd you Greater loue hath no man then this that a man bestow his life for his friendes Yee are my friends if yee doe whatsoeuer I commaund you Henceforth call I not you seruants for the seruant knoweth not what his lorde doeth but you haue I called friends for al things that I haue heard of my Father I haue opened vnto you yee haue not chosen me But I haue chosen you and ordeined you to goe and bring forth fruite and that your fruite should remaine that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my Name he may giue it you Saint Iohn Baptist The Collect. ALmightie God by whose prouidenee thy seruant Iohn Baptist was wonderfully borne and sent to prepare the way of thy sonne our Sauiour by Preaching of penance make vs so to follow his doctrine and holy life that wee may truly repent according to his preaching and after his example constantly speake the trueth boldely rebuke vice and pattently suffer for the trueths sake through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BE of good cheare Esai 40.1 my people Dye prophets comfort my people faith your God comfort Hierusalem at the heart tell her that her trauaile is at an end that her offence is pardoned that she hath receiued of the Lordes hand sufficient corxectrion for all her sins A voice cried in the wildernes Prepare the way of the Lord in the wildernes make straight the path for our God in the desext Let all valleys be exalted and euery mountaine and hill be laid low What so is crooked let it be made straight and let the rough be made plaine fields For the glorie of the Lord shall appeare all flesh shal at once see it For why the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it The same voyce spake Now cry And the Prophet answered what shall I cry That all flesh is grasse and that all the goodlines thereof is as the floure of the field The grasse is withered tâ— floure falleth away Even so is the people as grasse when the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them Neuertheles whether the gtrasse wither or that the floure fade away yet the worde of our God endureth for euer Go vp vnto the hie hill O Sion thou that bringest good tidings lift vp thy voice with power O thou preacher Hierusalem lift it vp without feare and say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde your God behold the Lord God shall come with power and beare rule with his arme Behold hee bringeth his treasure with him and his workes goe before him He shal feede his flocke like an heardman hee shall gather the Lambes together with his arme and carie them in his bosome and shall kindly entreate those that beare yong The Gospel ELizabeths time came that shee should be deliuered Luk. 1.57 and shee brought forth a sonne And her neighbours and her cousins heard say howe the Lord had shewed great mercie vpon her and reioyced with her And it fortuned that in the eight day they came to circumcise the childe and called his name Zacharie after the name of his father And his mother answered and said Not to but his name shall be called Iohn And they said vnto her There is none of thy kinred that is named with this name And they made signes to his father how he would haue him called And he asked for writing tables and wrote fying His name is Iohn And they marueiled all And his mouth was opened immediatly and his tongue also and he spake and praised God And feare came on all them that dwelt nigh vnto him And all these sayings were noysed abroad throughout all the hie countrey of Iurie and they that heard them laide them vp in their hearts saying what maner of childe shall this bee And the hand of the Lord was with him And his father Zacharias was filled with the holy Ghost and prophesied saying Praysed be the Lord God of Israel for hee hath visited and redeemed his people and hath raysed vp a horne of saluation vnto vs in the house of his seruant Dauid euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy Prophets which were since the world began That weshould be saued from our enemies and from the
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
them at rest The words of the Lord are pure words euen as the siluer which from the earth is tried purified seuen times in the fire Thou shalt keepe them O Lord thou shalt preserue him from this generation for euer The vngodly walke on euery side when they are exalted the children of men are put to rebuke Vsquequo Domine Psal xiij HOw long wilt thou forget mee O Lord for euer how long wilt thou hide thy face from me How long shalt I seeke counsell in my soule and be so vexed in mine heart howe long shalt mine enemies triumph ouer me Consider and heare mee O Lorde my God lighten mine eyes that I sleepe not in death Left mine enemie say I haue preuailed against him for if I be cast downe they that trouble me will reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercy and my heart is ioyfull in thy saluation I wil sing of the Lord because he hath delt so louingly with me yea I wil praise the name of the Lord most highest Dixit insipiens Psal xiiij THe foole hath said in his heart there is no God They are corxupt and become abominable in their doings there is not one that doeth good no not one The Lorde looked downe from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that would vnderstand and seeke after God But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abominable there is none that doeth good no not one Their throat is an open sepulchre with their tongues haue they deceiued the poison of aspes is vnder their lips Their mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse their feete are swift to shed blood Destruction and vnhappinesse is in their wayes the way of peace haue they not knowen there is no feare of God before their eyes Haue they no knowledge that they are all such workers of mischiefe eating vp my people as it were bread And call not vpon the Lorde there were they brought in great feare euen where no feare was for God is in the generation of the righteous As for you yee haue made a mocke at the counsaile of the poore because he putteth his trust in the Lord. Who shalt giue saluation vnto Israel out of Sion when the Lorde turneth the captiuitie of his people then shalt Iacob reioyce and Israel shal be glad Domine quis habitabit Psal xv LOrd who shalt dwell in thy tabernacle Morning prayer or who shalt rest vpon thy holy hill Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupt life and both the thing which is right and speaketh the tructh from his heart Hee that hath vsed no deceit in his tongue nor done enill to his neighbour nor hath not slandered his neighbours Hee that setteth not by himselfe but is lowly in his owne eyes and maketh much of them that feare the Lord. Hee that sweareth vnto his neighbour and disappointeth him not though it Were to his owne hinderance He that hath not giuen his money vpon vsurie nor taken reward against the innocent Who so doeth thrse things shalt neuer fall Conserua me Psal xvj PReserue me O God for in thee haue I put my trust O my soule thou hast said vnto the Lord thou art my God my goods are nothing vnto thee All my delight is vpon the saints that are in the earth and vpon such as excell in vertue But they that runne after another god shalt haue great trouble Their drinke offerings of blood will I not offer neither make mention of their names within my lips The Lord himselfe is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup thou shalt maintaine my lot My lot is fallen vnto me in a faire ground yea I haue a goodly heritage I will thanke the Lord for giuing me warning my reines also chasten me in the night season I haue set God alwayes before me for hee is on my right hand therefore I shalt not fall Wherefore my heart was glad and my glory reioyced my flesh also shalt rest in hope For Why thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell neither shalt thou suffer thine Holy one to see corruption Thou shalt she we me the path of life in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy and at thy right hand there is pleasure for euermore Exaudi Domine iustitiam Psal xvij HEare the right O Lorde consider my complaint and hearken vnto my prayer that goeth not out of fayned lippes Let my sentence come forth from thy presence and let thine eyes looke vpon the thing that is equall Thou hast prooded and visited mine heart in the night feason thou hast tried me and shalt finde no wickednesse in me for I am vtterly purposed that my mouth shalt not offend Because of mens workes that are done against the wordes of my lips I haue kept me from the wayes of the destroyer O holde thou vp my goings in thy pathes that my footesteps slip not I haue called vpon thee O God for thou shalt heare mee encline thine eare to me and hearken vnto my words Shew thy maruellous louing kindnesse thou that art the Sauiour of them which put their trust in thee from such as resist thy right hand Keepe mee as the apple of an eye hide me vnder the shadow of thy wings From the vngodly that trouble mee mine enemies compasse me round about to take away my foule They are inclosed in their owne fat and their mouth speaketh proud things They lie waiting in our way on cuery side turning their eyes downe to the ground Like as a Lion that is greedie of his pray and as it were a lions whelpe lurking in secret places Vp Lord disappoint him and cast him downe dcliuer my soule from the vngodly which is a sword of thine From the men of thy hand O Lord from the men I say and from the euil world which haue their portion in this life whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure They haue children at their desire and leaue the rest of their substance for their babes But as for me I will behold thy presence in righteousnes and when I awake vp after thy likenesse I shal be satisfied with it Diligam re Psal xviij I will loue thee O LORD my strength Euening prayer the Lorde is my stonie rocke and my defence my Sauiour my God and my might in whome I will trust my buckler the horne also of my salutation and my refuge I wil call vpon the Lord which is worthy to bee praised so shalt I be safe from mine enemies The sorowes of death compassed me and the ouerflowings of vngodlines made me afratd The paines of hell came about mee the snares of death ouertooke me In my trouble I will call vpon the Lord and comylaine vnto my God So shall hee heare my voice out of his holy Temple and my complaint shalt come before him it shalt enter eueu into his eares The earth trembled quaked the very foundations also of the hilles shooke were
remooued because he was wroth There went a smoke out of his presence and a consuming fire out of his mouth so that coales were kindled at it Hee bowed the heauens also and came downe and it was darke vnder his feete He rode vpon the Cherubims and did flie hee came flying vpon the wings of the winde Hee made darkenesse his secret place his Pauilion round about him with darke water and thicke cloudes to couer him At the brightnesse of his presence his cloudes remooued hailestones and coales of fire The Lorde also thundred out of heauen and the Highest gaue his thunder hailestones and coales of fire He sent out his arrowes and scattered them he cast foorth lightnings and destroyed them The springs of waters were seene and the foundations of the round world were discouered at thy chiding O Lord at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure Hee shalt send downe from the high to fetch me and shalt take me out of many waters Hee shalt deliuer mee from my strongest enemie and from them which hate me for they are too mightie for me They preuented me in the day of my trouble but the Lord was my vpholder He brought me forth also into a place of liberty he brought me forth euen because he had a fauour vnto me The Lorde shalt reward me after my righteous dealing according to the cleannesse of my hands shalt he recompence mee Because I haue kept the wayes of the Lord and haue not forsaken my God as the wicked doeth For I haue an eye vnto all his lawes and will not cast out his commandements from me I was also vncorrupt before him and eschewed mine own wickednesse Therefore shalt the Lord reward me after my righteous dealing and according vnto the cleannesse of my hands in his eye sight With the holy thou shalt be holy and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect With the cleane thou shalt bee cleane and with the froward thou shalt learne frowardnesse For thou shalt saue the people that are in aduersitie and shalt bring downe the high lookes of the proud Thou also shalt light my candle the Lorde my God shall make my darkenesse to be light For in thee I shall discomfit an hoste of men and with the helpe of my God I shall leape ouer the wall The way of God is an vndefiled way the worde of the Lorde also is tried in the fire hee is the defender of all them that put their trust in him For who is God but the Lord or who hath any strength except our God It is God that girdeth me with strength of warre and maketh my way perfect He maketh my feete like Harts feete and setteth me vpon high Hee teacheth my handes to fight and mine armes shall breake euen a bowe of steele Thou hast giuen me the defence of thy saluation thy right hande also shall holde me vp and thy louing correction shall make me great Thou shalt make roome ynough vnder me for to goe that my foote steps shall not slide I will followe vpon mine enemies and ouertake them neither will I turne againe till I haue destroyed them I will smite them that they shall not be able to stand but fall vnder my feete Thou hast girded me with strength vnto the battell thou shalt throw downe mine enemies vnder me Thou hast made mine enemies also to turne their backes vpon me and I shall destroy them that hate me They shall cry but there shall bee none to helpe them yea euen vnto the Lord shal they cry but he shall not heare them I will beate them as small as the dust before the winde I will cast them out as the clay in the streetes Thou shalt deliuer mee from the struings of the people and thou shalt make me the head of the heathen A people whom I haue not knowen shall serue me Assoone as they heare of mee they shall obey mee but the strange children shall dissemble with me The strange children shall faile and be afraid out of their prisons The Lorde liueth and blessed bee my strong helper and praised be the God of my saluation Euen the God that seeth that I be auenged and subdueth the people vnto me It is hee that deliuereth me from my cruell enemies and setteth mee vp aboue mine aduersaries thou shalt ridde mee from the wicked man For this cause will I giue thankes vnto thee O Lorde among the Gentiles and sing prayses vnto thy Name Great prosperitie giueth hee vnto his King and sheweth louing kindnesse vnto Dauid his anoynted and vnto his seed for euermore Coeli enarrant Psal xix THe heauens declare the glorie of God Morning Prayer and the firmament sheweth his handy worke Oue day telleth another and one night certifieth another There is neither speech nor language but their voyces are heard among them Their sound is gone out into all landes and their wordes into the endes of the world In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sunne which commeth foorth as a bridegrome out of his chamber and reioyceth as a Gyant to runne his course It goeth forth from the vttermost part of the heauen and runneth about vnto the end of it againe and there is nothing hid from the heate thereof The Law of the Lord is an vndefiled Lawe conuerting the soule the testimonie of the Lord is sure and giueth wisedome vnto the simple The statutes of the Lord are right and reioyce the heart the commandement of the Lord is pure and giueth light vnto the eyes The feare of the Lorde is cleane and endureth for euer the iudgements of the Lorde are true and righteous altogether More to be desired are they then gold yea then much fine gold sweeter also then hony and the hony combe Moreouer by them is thy seruant taught and in keeping of them there is great reward Who can tell how oft he offendeth O clense thou me from my secret faults Keepe thy seruaunt also from presumptutous sinnes lest they get the dominion ouer me so shall I be vndefiled and innocent from the great offence Let the wordes of my mouth and the mediitation of my heart be alway acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my redeemer Exaudiat te Deus Psal xx The Lord heare thee in the day of trouble the name of the God of Iacob defend thee Send thee helpe from the Sanctuarie and strength thee out of Sion Remember all thy offerings and accept thy burnt sacrifice Graunt thee thy hearts desire and fulfill all thy minde We will reioyce in thy saluation and triumph in the name of the Lorde our God the Lorde perfourme all thy petitions Nowe knowe I that the Lord helpeth his anoynted and will heare him from his holy heauen euen with the wholesome strength of his right hand Some put their trust in charets and some in horses but we will remember the name of the Lord our God They are brought downe and fallen but we are risen and stand vpright
Saue Lord and heare vs O King of heauen when wee call vpon thee Domine in virtute Psal xxj The king shalt reioyce in thy strength O Lord exceeding glad shall hee bee of thy saluation Thou hast giuen him his hearts desire and hast not denied him the request of his lips For thou shalt preuent him with the blessings of goodnes and shalt set a crowne of pure golde vpon his head He asked life of thee and thou gauest him a long life euen for euer and euer His honour in great is thy saluation glory and great worship shalt thou lay vpon him For thou shalt giue him euerlasting felicitie and make him glad with the ioy of thy countenance And why because the King putteth his trust in the Lord and in the mercie of the most highest he shall not miscarie All thine enemies shal feele thine hand thy right hand shal finde out them that hate thee Thou shalt make them like a fierie ouen in time of thy wrath the Lord shal destroy them in his displeasure and the fire shall consume them Their friute shalt thou roote out of the earth and their seede from among the children of men For they intended mischiefe against thee and imagined such a deuice as they are not able to performe Therefore shalt thou put them to flight and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them Be thou exalted Lord in thine owne strength so will wee sing and prayse thy power Deus Deus meus Psal xxij MY God Euening Prayer my God looke vpon mee why hast thou forsaken mee and art so farre from my health and from the words of my complaint O my God I cty in the day time but thou hearest not and in the night season also I take no rest And thou continuest holy O thou worship of Israel Our father 's hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou diddest deliuer them They called vpon thee and were holpen they put their trust in thee and were not confounded But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of men and the outceast of the people All they that see mee laugh me to scorne they shoote out their lips and shake their head saying He trusted in God that he would deliuer him let him deliuer him if he will haue him But thou art he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe thou wast my hope when I hanged yet vpon my mothers breastes I haue bene left vnto thee euer since I was borne thou art my God euen from my mothers wombe O goe not fro me for trouble is hard at hand and there is none to helpe me Many oxen are come about me fat Bulles of Basan close me in on euery side They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a ramping and roaring Lyon I am powred out like water and all my bones are out of ioynt my heart also in the middest of my body is euen like melting waxe My strength is dried vp like a potstheard and my tongue cleaueth to my gummes and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death For many dogs are come about me and the counsel of the wicked layeth siege against me They pearsed my handes and my feete I may tell all my bones they stand staring and looking vpon me They part my garments among them and cast lots vpon my vesture But be thou not farre fromme O Lord thou art my surtour hast thee to the helpe me Deliuer my soule from the sworde my darling from the power of the dog Saue me from the Lyons mouth thou hast heard mee also from among the hornes of the vnicornes I will declare thy name vnto my brethren in the middest of the congregation will I prayse thee O prayse the Lorde ye that feare him magnifie him allye of the seede of Iacob and feare him all ye seede of Israel For he hath not despised nor abhored the low estate of the poore he hath not hid his face from him but when he called vnto him he heard him My prayse is of thee in the great congregation my vowes will I performe in the sight of them that feare him The poore shall eate and be satisfied they that seekee after the Lord shall prayse him your heart shall liue for euer All the euds of the world shall remember themselues and be turned vnto the Lorde and all the kinreds of the nations shall worship before him For the kingdome is the Lordes and he is the gouernour among the people All such as be fat vpon earth haue eaten and worshipped All they that go down into the dust shal kneele before hin and no man hath quickened his owne soule My seede shall serue him they shall bee counted vnto the Lord for a generation They shall come and the heauens shall declare his righteousnes vnto a people that shal be borne whom the Lorde hath made Dominus regit me Psal xxiij The Lorde is my shepheard therefore can I lacke nothing He shall feede me in a grcene pasture lead mee foorth besides the waters of comfort He shall conuert my soule and bring me forth in the paths of righteousnesse for his names sake Yea though I walke thorow the valley of the shadowe of death I will feare no euill for thou art with me thy rod and thy staffe comfort me Thou shalt prepare a table before mee against them that trouble me thou hast anoynted my head with oyle and my cup shall be full But thy louing kindnesse and mercie shal follow me all the dayes of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lorde for euer Domini est terra Psal xxiiij THe earth is the Lords Morning prayer and all that therein is the compasse of the world and they that dwel therein For he hath founded it vpon the seas and prepared it vpon the floods Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord or who shall rife vp in his holy place Euen he that hath cleaue hands and a pure heart and that hath not list vp his minde vnto vanitie nor sworne to deceiue his neighbour He shall receinere the blessing from the Lord and rightcousnesse from the God of his saluation This is the generation of them that seeke him cucn of them that seeke thy face O Iacob Lift vp your heads O ye gates and he ye lift vp ye euerlasting doores and the King of glory shall come ill Who is the king of glore it is the Lorde strong and mightie euen the Lord mightie in battaile Lift vp yonr heads O ye gates and be ye lift vp ye euerlasting doores and the king of glorie shall come in Who is the king of glory euen the Lord of hostes he is the king of glory Ad te Domine Psal xxv VNto thee O Lorde will I lift vp my soule my God I haue put my trust in thee O let mee not bee confounded neither let mine enemies triumph ouer me For all they
The voyce of the Lord maketh the hindes to bring foorth yong and discouereth the thirke vushes in his temple doeth iuery man speake of his honour The Lord sitteth aboue the water flood and the Lord remaineth a King for euer The Lord shall giue strength vnto his people the Lord shall giue his people the blessing of peace Exaltabo te Domine Psal xxx I waill magnifie thee Morning prayer O Lord for thou hast set me vp and not made my foes to triumph ouer me O Lord my God I cried vnto thee and thou hast healed me Thou Lorde hast brought my soule out of hell thou hast kept my life from them that goe downe to the pit Sing praises vnto the Lord O ye faints of his and giue thankes to him for a remebrance of his holinesse For his wrath endureth but the twinckliong of an eye and in his pleasure is life heauinesse may endure for a night but ioy commeth in the morning And in my prosperitie I sayd I shall neuer be remooued thou Lod of thy goodnesse hadst made my hill so strong Thou didst turne thy fare fro me and I mas troubled Then cried I vnto thee O Lord and gate mee vnto my Lord right humbly What profit is thee in my blood whē I go downe to the pit Shall the dust giue thankes vnto thee or shall it declare thy trueth Heare O Lord and haue mercie vpon me Lord be thou my helper Thou hast turned ny heauinesse into ioy thou hast put off my sackecloth and girded me with gladnesse Therefore sball euery good man sing of thy praise without reasing O my god I will giue thanks vnto thee for euer In te domine speraui Psal xxxj IN thee O Lord haue I put my trust let me neuer bee put to confusiou deliuer me in thy righteousnesse Bow downe thine eare to me make haste to deliuer me And bee thou my strong rocke and the house of defence that thou mayest saue me For thou art my strong rocke and my castell bee thou also my game and leade me for thy Names sake Draw me out of the net that they haue laid priuily for me for thou art my strength Into thy hands I commend my spitrit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord thou God of trueth I haue hated them that holde of superstitious vanities and my trust hath been in the Lord. I will be glad and reioyce in thy mercie for thou hast considered my trouble and hast knowen my soule in aduersities Thou hast not shut me vp into the hand of the enemie but hast set my feete in a large roume Haue mercie vpon me O Lord for I am in trouble mine eye is consumed for very heauinesse yea my soule my body For my soule is waxen old with heauinesse and my yeres with mourning My strength faileth me because of mine iniquitie and my bones are consumed I became a reproofe among all mine enemies but speciaily among my neighbours and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of me and they that did see me without conueyed themselues from me I am cleane forgotten as a dead man out of minde I am become like a broken vessel For I haue heard the blasphemie of the multitude and feare is on euery side while they conspire together against me and take their counsell to take away my life But my hope hath beene in thee O Lord I haue sayde Thou art my God My time is in thy hand deliuer me from the hand of mine enemies and from them that persecute me Shew thy seruant the light of thy countenance and saue me for thy mercies sake Let me not be confounded O Lord for I haue called vpon thee let the vngodly be put to tonfusion and bee put to silence in the graue Let the lying lips be put to silence which cruelly disdainfully and despightfully speake against the righteous O how plentifull is thy goodnesse which thou hast laid vp for them that feare thee that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee euen before the sonnes of men Thou shall hide them priuly by thine owne presence from the prouoking of al men thou shalt keepe them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues Thankes be to the Lord for he hath shewed me marueilous great kindnesse in a strong citie And when I made haste I sayd I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes Neuerthelesse thou heardedest the voice of prayer when I cryed vnto thee O loue the Lord all ye his saints for the Lord preserueth them that are faithful and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer Be strong and hee shall stablish your heart all ye that put your trust in the Lord. Beati quorum Psal xxxij BLessed is hee whose vnrighteousnesse is forgiuen and whose sine is couered Euening prayer Blessed is the man vnto whom the Lord imputeth no sinne and in whose spirit there is no guile For while I helde my tongue my bones cōsumed away through my dayly complaining For thy hand is heauy vpon me day and might and my moisture is like the drought in Summer I will knowledge my sinne vnto thee and mine vnrighteousnesse haue I not hid I sayd I will confesse my sinnes vnto the Lorde and so thou forgauest the wickednesse of my sinne For this shall euery one that is godly make his prayer vntothee in a time when thou mayest be found but in the great mater floods they shall not come nigh him Thou art a place to hide me in thou shall preserue me from trouble thou shalt cōpasse me about with songs of deliuerance I will enforme thee and teach thee in the way wherein thou shall go and I will guide thee with mine eye Be ye not like to horie and mule which haue no vnderstanding whole mouthes must be holden with bit and bridle lest they fall vpon thee Great plagues remaine for the vngodly but who so putleth his trust in the Lord mercie imbraceth him on euery side Be glad O ye righteous and reioyce in the Lord and bee idyfull all ye that are true of heart Exultate iusti Psal xxxiij REidice in the Lord O ye righteous for it becommeth wel the iust to be thankefull Praise the Lord with harpe sing Psalmes vnto hin with the Lute and instrument of ten strings Sing vnto the Lord a new song sing praises lustily vnto him with a good courage For the word of the Lord is true and all his workes are faithfull He loueth righteousnesse and iudgement The earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord. By the word of the Lord were the heauens made and all the hostes of them by the dreath of his mouth He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpon an heape and layeth vp the deepe as in a treasure house Let all the earth leare the Lord stand in awe of him all ye that dwell in the world For he spake it was done he commanded it stood fast The Lord
that thou hast done O consider this yee that forget God lest I plucke you away and there be none to deliuer you Who so offereth me thankes and prayse honoureth me and to him that ordereth his conuersation right will I shew the saluation of God Miserere mei Deus Psal 51 HAue mercie vpon mee O God after thy great goodnesse according to the multitude of the mercies doe away mine offences Wash me thoughly from my wickednesse and clense mee from my sinne For I knowledge my faultes my sin is euer before me Aganst thee onely haue I sinned and done this euil in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying and cleare when thou art iudged Behdold I mas shapen in wickednesse in sinne hath my mother couceiued me But loc thou requirest trueth in the inward partes and shall make me to vndestand wisedome secretly Thou shalt purge me with Hysope and I shall be cleane thou shall wash me and I shal be whiter then snowe Thou shalt make me heare of ioy and gladnesse that the bones which thou hast broken may reioyce Turne thy face from my sinnes and put out all my misdeedes Make mee a cleane heart O God and renew a rght spirit within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me O giue me the comfort of the helpe againe and stablish me with thy free spirit Then shall I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloodgiltinesse O God thou that art the God of my health my tongue shal sing of thy righteousnes Thou shall open my lips O Lord and my month shall shew thy prayse For thou desirest no sacrifice els would I giue it thee but thou delightest not in burnt offerings The sacrfice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shall thou not despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the Walles of Hierusalem Then shall thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousnesse with the burnt offerings and oblations then shall they offer yong bullocks vpon thine altar Quid gloriaris Plal. 52. WHy boastest thou thy selfe thou tyrant that thou canst doe mischiefe Whereas the goodnesse of God endureth yet dayly Thy tongue imagineth wickednesse and with lies thou cuttest like a sharpe rasor Thou hast loued vnrighteousnesse more then goodnesse and to talke of lies more then righteousnesse Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that may doe hurt O thou false tongue Therefore shall God destroy thee for euer hee shall take thee and plucke thee out of thy dwlling and roote thee out of the land of the liuing The roghteous also shall see this and feare and sal laugh him to scorne Loe this is the man that tooke not Goo for his strength but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches and strengthened himselfe in his wickednesse As for me I am like a greene Oliue tree in the house of God my trust is in the tender mercie of God for euer euer I will alwayes giue thankes vnto thee for that thou halst done and I will hope in thy name for thy saints like it well Dixit insipiens psal 53. THe foolish bodie hath sayd in his heart there is no God Euening prayer Corrupt are they and become abominable in their wickednsse there is none that doeth good God looked down from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that would vnderstand and seeke after God But they are all gone out of the way they are altogethee become abominable there is also none that doeth good no not one Are not they without vnderstanding that worke wickednesse eating vp my people as if they would eate bread they haue not called vpon God They were aftaide where no feare was for God hath broken the bones of him that besieged thee thou hast pnt them to confision because God hath despised them Oh that the Saluation were giuen vnto Israel out of Sion Oh that the Lord would deliuer his people out of captiuitie Then should Iacob reioyce and Israel should bee right glad Deus in nomine Psal 54 SAue me O God for thy names sake and auenge mee in thy strength Heare my prayer O God hearken vnto the words of my mouth For strangers are risen vp against me and tyrants which haue not God before their eyes seeke after my soule Beholde God is my helper the Lorde is with them that vphold my soule Hee shall rewarde euill vnto mine enemies destroy thou them in thy trueth An offering of a free heart will I giue thee and prayse thy name O Lord because it is so comfortable For hee hath deliuered me out of all my trouble and mine eye hath seene his desire vpon mine enemies Exaudi Deus Psal 55 HEare my prayer O God and hide not thy selfe from my petition Take heede vnto me and heare me howe I mourne in my prayer and am vexed The enemine crieth so and the vngodly commeth on so fast for they are minded to doe me some mischiefe so maliciously are they set against me My heart is disquieted within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me Fearefulnesse and trembling are come vpon mee and an horrible dread hath ouerwhelmed me And I sayde Oh that I had wings like a Doue for then would I slee away and be at rest Loe then would I get me away farre off and remaine in the wildernesse I would make haste to escape because of the stormie wind and tempest Destroy their tongues O Lord and diuide them for I haue spied vnrighteousnesse and strife in the citie Day and night they goe about within the walles threof misehiefe also and sorow are in the middes of it Wickednesse is therein deceite and gutle go not out of their streetes For it is not an open enemie that hath done me this dishonour for then I could haue borne it Neither was it mine aduersarie that did magnifie himselfe against me for then peraduenture I would haue hid my selfe from him But it was euen thou my companion my guide and mine owne famihar friend Wee tooke sweete counsell together walked in the house of God as friends Let death come hastily vpon them let them goe downe quicke into hell for wickednesse is in their dwellings and among them As for mee I will call vpon God and the Lord shall saue me In the euening morning and at noone day will I pray and that instantly and he shall heare my voyce It is hee that hath deliuered my soule in peace from the battaile that was against me for thre were many with me Yea euen God that endureth for euer shall shall heare me and bring them downn for they will not turne nor feare God Hee laid his hands vpon such as be at peace with him and he brake his couenant The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter hauing warre in his heart his words were smoother then oyle
and yet be they very swords O cast thy burden vpon the Lorde and hee shall nourish thee and shall not suffer the righteous to fall for euer And as for them thou O God shall bring them into the pit of destruction The bloodthirstie and deceitfull men shall not liue out halfe their dayes neuerthelesse my trust shall bee in thee O Lord. Miserere mei Deus Psal 56. BE mereifull vnto me Morning prsyer O God for man goeth about to deuoure mee he is dayly fighting and troubling me Mine enemies are daily in hand to swallow me vp for they be many that fight against mee O thou most Highest Neuerthelesse though I am sometime afraide yet put I my trust in thee I will praise God because of his word I haue put my trust in God and will not feare what flesh can doe vnto me They dayly mistake my wordes all that they imagine is to doe me euill They holde all together and keepe themselues close and marke my steps when they lay waite for my soule Shall they escape for their wickednesse thow O God in thy displeasure shalt cast them downe Thou telâ—st my flittings put my teares into thy bottell are not these things noted in thy booke Whensoeuer I call vpon thee then shall mine enemies be put to slighy this I know for God is on my side In Gods word will I reioyce in the Lords word will I comfort me Yea in God haue I put my trust I will not bee afraide what man can doe vnto me Vnto thee O God will I pay my vowes vnto thee will I giue thankes For thou hast deliuered my soule froÌ„ death my feet form falling that I may walke before God in the light of the liuing Miserere mei Deus Psal 57 Be merecifull vnto me O God be merrifull vnto me for my soule trusteth in thee and vnder the shadow of thy wings shal be my refuge vntill this tyrannie be ouerpast I will cal vnto the most high God euen vnto the God that shall performe the cause which I haue in hand He shall send from heauen and saue me from the reproof of him that would eat me vp God shall send forth his mercie and trueth my soule is among Lions And I lie euen amoung the children of men that are set on fire whose teeth are speares and arrowes and their tongue a sharpe sword Set vp thy selfe O God aboue the heauns and chy glory aboue all the earth They haue layd a net for my feet and pressed downe my soule they haue digged a pit before me and are fallen into the middes of it themselues My heart is fixed O God my heart is fixed I will sing and giue praise Awake vp my glory awake Lute and Harpe I my selfe will awake right early I will giue thanks vnto thee O Lord among the people and I will sing vnto thee among the nations For the greatnes of thy mercie reacheth vnto the heauens and thy trueth vnto the cloudes Set vp thy selfe O God aboue the heauens and thy glory about all the earth Si vere vtique Psal 58 ARe your minds set vpoÌ„ righteousnes O ye congregation and do ye iudge the thing that is right O ye sonnes of men Yea yee imagine mischiefe in your heart vpon the earth and your hands deale with wickednesse The vngodly are froward euen froÌ„ their monthers womb assoone as they be borne they goe astray and speake lies They are as venemous as the poison of a Serpent euen like the deafe Adder that stoppeth her eares Which refuseth to heare the voice of the charmer charme he neuer so wisely Breake their teeth O God in their mouthes smite the iawe boues of the Lions O Lord let them fall away like water that tunneth apace and when they shoote their arrowes let them be rooted out Let them consume away like a Snaile and be like the vntimely fruit of a woman and let them not see the funne Or euer your pots be made hot with thrones so let indignation vexe him euen as a thing that is rame The righteous shall reioice when he seeth the vengeance he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the vngodly So that a man shall say Verely there is a reward for the righteous doubtlesse there is a God that iudgeth the earth Eripe me de inimicis Psal 59 DEliuer me from mine enemies Euening prayer O God defend mee from them that rise against me O deliuer mee from the wicked doers and saue me from the blood-thirsty men For loe they lie waiting for my soule the mighty men are gathered aganist mee without any offence or fanlt of me O Lord. They runne and prepare themselues without my fault arife thou therefore to help me and behold Stand vp O Lord God of hostes thou God of Israel to viste all the heathen and be not mercifull vnto them that ofsend of malicious wickednesse They go to and fro in the euening they grinne like a dog and runne about thorow the citie Behold they speake with their mouth and swords are in their lips for who doeth heare But thou O Lord shall haue them in derison and thou shalt laugh all the heathen to scorne My strength wil I aseribe vnto thee for thou art the God of my refuge God sheweth me his goodnesse plenteonsly and God shal let me see desire bpon mine enemies Slay them not left my people forget it but scatter them abroad among the people and put them downe O Lord our defence For the sinne their mouth and for the wordes of their lippes they shal be taken in their pride and why their preaching is of cursing and lies Consume them in thy wrath consume them that they may perish and know that it is God which ruleth in Iacob and vnto the ends of the world And in the euening they wil returne grinne like a Dog and will goe about the citie They will runne here and there for meate and grudge if they be not satisfied As for mee I will sing of thy power and will praise thy mercie betimes in the morning for thou hast been my Defence and refuge in the day of my trouble Vnto thee O my strength will I sing for thou O God art my refuge and my mercifull God Deus repulisti nos Psal 60 O God thou hast cast vs out and scattered vs abroad thou hast also bene displeascd O turne thec vnto vs againe Thou hast moued the land and deuided it heale the fores thereof for it shaketh Thou hast shewed thy people heauie things thou hast giuen vs a drinke of deadly wine Thou hast giuen a token for such as feare thee that they may triumph because of the trueth Therefore were thy beloued deliuered help me with thy rtght hand and heare me God hath spoken in his holinesse I will reioyce and diuide Sichem and mete out the valley of Succoth Gilead is mine and Manasses is mine Ephraim also is the streangth of my head Iuda is my lawgiuer
doing to ward the children of men He turned the sea into drie land so that they went through the water on foote there did we reioice thereof He ruleth with his power for euer his eyes behold the people and such as will not beleeue shal not be able to exalt themselues O praise our God yee people and make the voice of his prayse to be heard Which holdeth our soule in life and suffereth not out feete to slippe For thou O God hast proued vs thou also hast tried vs like as siluer is tried Thou broughtest vs into the snare and layedst trouble vpon our loynes Thou sufferedest men to ride ouer our heads wee went thorow fire and water and thou broughtest vs out into a wealthy place I will go into thy house with burnt offerings and wil pay thee my bowes which I promised with my lips and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I will offer vnto thee fat burnt sacrifices with the incense of rammes I will offer bullockes and goats O come hither and bearken all ye that feare God and I will tell you what he hath done for my soule I called vnto him with my mouth and gaue himpraises with my tongue If I incline vnto wickednesse with my heart the Lorde will not heare me But God hath heared me and considered the voyce of my prayer Praised bee God which hath not cast out my prayer nor turned his mercie from me Deus misereatur Psal 67 GOd be mercifull vnto vs and blcsse vs an t shewe vs the light of his countenance and be mercifull vnto bs That thy way may be knowen bpon earth thy sauing health among all nations Let the people praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee O let the nations reioyce and be glad for thou shall iudge the folke righteoufly and gouerne the nations vpon earth Let the people prase 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 shal blesse bs and all the ends of the world sbal feare him Exurgat Deus Psal 68. LEt God arise Morning prayer anb let his enemies bee scattered let them also that hate him slee before him Like as the smoke vanisheth so shall thou briue them away and like as ware melteth at the fire so let the vngodly perith at the presence of God But let the righteous bee glad and reioyce before God let them also be ney and ioyfull O sing vnto God and sing praises vnto his Nmme magnifie him that rideth vpon the heauens as it were vpon an horse praise him in his Name yea and reioyce before him He is father of the fatherlesse and defendeth the cause of the widomes euen God in his holy habitation He is the God that maketh men to bee of one minde in an house and bringeth the prisoners out of captiuitie but letteth the runnagates continue in scarcenesse O God when thou wentest forth before the people when thou wentest through the wildernesse The earth shooke the heauens dropped at the presence of God enen as Sinai also was mooueb at the presence of God which is the God of Israel Thou O God sentest a gracious raine vpon thine inheritance and refreshedst it when it was wearie Thy congregation shall dwell therein for thou O God hast of the goodnesse prepared for the poore The Lord gaue the word great was the companie of the preachers Kings with their armies did flee and were discomfited and they of the houshold diuided the spoile Though ye haue lien among the pots yet shal ye be as the wings of a Doue that is conered with siluer wings and her feathers like golde When the Almightie scattered kings for their sake then were they as white as snow in Salmon As the hill of Basan so is Gods hill euen an high hill as the hill of Basan Why hop yee so yee high hils this is Gods hill in the which it pleaseth him to dwell yea the Lord will abide in it for euer The charets of God are twenty thousand euen thousands of Angels and the Lord is among them as in the holy place of Sinai Thou art gone vp on high thou hast led captiuitie captiue and receiued gifts for men yea euen for thy enemies that the Lord might dwell among them Praised be the Lorde daily euen the God which helpeth vs and powreth his benefits vpon vs. He is our God euen the God of whom comuneth saluation God is the Lord by whom we escape death GOD shall wounde the head of his enemies and the hairie scalpe of such a one as goeth on still in his wickednesse The Lord hath said I wil bring my people againe as I did from Basan mine owne will I bring againe as I did sometime from the deepe of the sea That thy foote may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies and that the tongue of thy dogs may bee red through the same It is well seene O God how thou goest howe thou my God and King goest in the Sanctuarie The singers goe before the minstrels follow after in the middest are the damosels playing with their timbrels Giue thankes O Israel vnto God the Lord in the Congregations from the ground of the heart There is litle Beniamin their ruler and the princes of Iuda their counsaile the princes of Zabulon and the princes of Nephthali Thy God hath sent foorth strength for thee stablish the thing O God that thou hast wrought in vs. For thy Temples sake at Hierusalem so shal Kings bring presents vnto thee When the companie of the spearemen and multitude of the mightie are scattered abroad among the beastes of the people so that they humbly bring pieces of siluer and when he hath scattered the people that delight in warre Then shall the princes come out of Egypt the Morians land shall soone stretch out her hands vnto God Sing vnto God O yee kingdomes of the earth O sing praises vnto the Lord. Which sitteth in the heauens ouer all from the beginning loe he doth send out his voyce yea and that a mightie voyce Ascribe yee the power to God ouer Isral his worship and strength is in the cloudes O God wonderfull art thou in thy holy places euen the God of Isral he will giue strength and power vnto his people blessed be God Saluum me Psal 69. SAue mee Euening prayer O God for the waters are come in euen vnto my soule I stick fast in the deepe myre where no ground is I am come into deepe waters so that the floods run ouer me I stick fast in the deepe myre where no ground is I am come into deepe waters so that the floods run ouer me I am wearie of crying my throat is dry my sight faileth me for waiting so long vpon my God They that hate me without a canse are moe then the haires of my head they that are mine enemies and would destroy
and crowneth thee with mercie and louing kindnesse Which satisfieth thy mouth with good things making thee yong and lustie as an Eagle The Lord executeth righteousnesse and iudgement for all them that are oppressed with wroug He shewed his wayes vnto Boses his workes vnto the children of Israel The Lord is full of compassion and mercie long suffering and of great goodnesse He will not alway be chiding neither keepeth he his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after our sinnes nor rewarded vs according to our wickednesse For looke howe high the heauen is in comparison of the earth so great is his mercie also toward them that feare him Looke how wide also the East is from the West so farre hath he set our sinnes from vs. Yea like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the Lord mercifull vnto them that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust The dayes of man are but as grasse for he florisheth as a flowre of the field For as soone as the winde goeth ouer it it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more But the mercifull goodnes of the Lord endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare him and his righteousnesse vpon childrens children Euen vpon such as keepe his couenant and thinke vpon his commandements to doe them The Lorde hath prepared his seate in heauen and his kingdome ruleth ouer all O praise the Lorde yee angels of his yee that excell in strength ye that fulfill his commandement and hearken vnto the voice of his wordes O praise the Lord all ye his hostes ye seruants of his that doe his pleasure O speake good of the Lord all ye workes of his in all places of his dominion Praise thou the Lord O my soule Benedic anima mea Psal 104. PRaise the Lord Euening prayer O my soule O Lorde my God thou art become exceeding glorious thou art clothed with maiestie and honour Thou deckest thy selfe with light as it were with a garment and spreadest out the heauens like a curtaine Which layeth the beames of his chamber in the waters and maketh the cloudes his charet and walketh vpon the wings of the winde He maketh his angels spirits and his ministers a flaming fire He layd the foundations of the earth that it neuer should mooue at any time Thou coueredst it with the deepe like as with a garment the waters stand in the hilles At thy rebuke they flee at the voice of thy thunder they are afraid They goe vp as high as the hilles and downe to the valleys beneath euen vnto the place which thou hast appointed for them Thou hast set them their boundes which they shall not passe neither turne againe to couer the earth He sendeth the springs into the riuers which runne among the hilles All beasts of the field drinke thereof and the wilde Asses quench their thirst Beside them shall the foules of the ayre haue their habitation and sing among the branches He watereth the hilles from aboue the earth is filled with the fruite of thy workes He bringeth foorth grasse for the cattell and greene herbe for the seruice of men That he may bring foode out of the earth and wine that maketh glad the heart of man and oyle to make him a cherefull countenance and bread to strengthen mans heart The trees of the Lord also are full of sap euen the Cedars of Libanus which he hath planted Wherein the birdes make their nestes and the Firre trees are a dwelling for the Storke The high hilles are a refuge for the wilde Goates and so are the stonie rockes for the Conies Hee appointed the Moone for certaine seasons and the Sunne knoweth his going downe Thou makest darkenesse that it may be night wherein all the beasts of the forest doe mooue The Lions roaring after their pray doe seeke their meate at God The sunne ariseth and they get them away together and lay them downe in their dennes Man goeth foorth to his worke and to his labour vntill the euening O Lord how manifold are thy workes in wisedome hast thou made them all the earth is full of thy riches So is the great and wide sea also wherein are things creeping innumerable both small and great beasts There goe the ships and there is that Liuiathan whom thou hast made to take his passime therein These wayte all vpon thee that thou mayest giue them meate in due season When thou giuest it them they gather it and when thou openest thy hand they are filled with good When thou hidest thy face they are troubled When thou takest away their breath they die and are turned againe to their dust When thou lettest thy breath goe forth they shal be made and thou shalt renue the face of the earth The glorious Maiestie of the Lord shall endure foreuer the Lord shall reioyce in his workes The earth shall tremble at the looke of him if he doe but touch the hilles they shall smoke I will sing vnto the Lord as long as I liue I will praise my God while I haue my being And so shall my words please him my ioy shal be in the Lord. As for sinners they shall be consumed out of the earth and the vngodly shal come to an end praise thou the Lord O my soule praise the Lord. Confitemini Domino Psal 105. O Giue thankes vnto the Lord Morning prayer and call vpon his name tell the people what things he hath done O let your songs be of him and praise him and let your talking be of all his wonderous workes Reioyce in his holy Name let the heart of them reioyce that seek the Lord. Seeke the Lord his strength seeke his face euermore Remember the marueilous works that he hath done his wonders and the indgements of his mouth O ye seede of Abraham his seruant ye children of Iacob his chosen Hee is the Lorde our God his iudgements are in all the world He hath bene alway mindfull of his couenant and promise that he made to a thousand generations Euen the couenant that he made with Abraham and the other that he sware vnto Isahac And appointed the same vnto Iacob for a law and to Israel for an euerlasting testament Saying Vnto thee will I giue the land of Chanaan the lot of your inheritance When there were yet but a fewe of them and they strangers in the land What time as they went from one nation to another from one kingdome to another people He suffered no man to doe them wrong but reproued euen kings for their sakes Touch not mine anoynted doe my Prophets no harme Moreouer hee called for a dearth vpon the land and destroyed all the prouision of bread But hee had sent a man before them euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bond seruant Whose feete they hurt in the stockes the yron entred into his soule Until the time came that his cause was knowen the
them So they cried vnto the Lord in their trouble and he deliuered them from their distresse He led them foorth by the right way that they might go to the citie where they dwelt O that men would therfore praise the Lord for his goodnes and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men For hee satisfieth the emptie soule and filleth the hungrie soule with goodnesse Such as sit in darknesse and in the shadow of death being fast bound in miserie and yron Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord and lightly regarded the counsaile of the most high Hee also brought downe their heart through heauinesse they fell downe and there was none to helpe them vp So when they cried vnto the Lorde in their trouble hee deliuered them out of their distresse For he brought them out of darkenesse and out of the shadow of death and brake their bonds in sunder O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men For he hath broken the gates of brasse smitten the barres of yron in sunder Foolish men are plagued for their offence and because of their wickednesse Their soule abhorreth all maner of meate and they were euen hard at deaths doore So when they cryed vnto the Lord in their trouble he deliuered them out of their distresse He sent his worde and healed them and they were saued from their destruction O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men That they would offer vnto him the sacrifice of thankesgiuing and tell out his workes with gladnesse They that goe downe to the sea in ships and occupie their businesse in great waters These men see the workes of the Lord and his wonders in the deepe For at his word the stormie winde ariseth which lifteth vp the waues thereof They are caried vp to the heauen and downe againe to the deepe their soule melteth away because of the trouble They reele to and fro and stagger like a drunken man and are at their wits end So when they crie vnto the Lord in their trouble he deliueâ—th them out of their distresse For he maketh the storme to cease so that the waues thereof are still Then are they glad because they be at rest and so he bringeth them vnto the hauen where they would be O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men Thâ—â— they would exaâ— him also in the Congregation of the people and prayse him in the seate of the elders Which turneth the floods into a wildernesse and drieth vp the water springs A fruitfull land maketh hee barren for the wickednesse of them that dwell therein Againe he maketh the wildernesse a standing water and water springs of a drie ground And there he setteth the hungry that they may build them a citie to dwell in That they may sowe their land and plant vineyardes to yeeld them fruits of increase He blesseth them so that that they multiplie exceedingly suffereth not their cattell to decrease And againe when they are minished and brought lowe through oppression through any plague or trouble Though hee suffer them to bee euill entreated through tyrants and let them wander out of the way in the wildernes Yet helpeth hee the poore out of miserie and maketh him housholds like a flocke of sheepe The righteous will consider this reioyce and the mouth of all wickednesse shal be stopped Who so is wise will ponder these things and they shall vnderstand the louing kindnesse of the Lord. Paratum cormeum Psal 108. O God Euening prayer my heart is ready my heart is ready I will sing giue prayse with the best member that I haue Awake thou Lute and Harpe I my 〈◊〉 will awake right early I will giue thankes vnto thee O Lord among the people I will sing prayses vnto thee among the nations For thy mercie is greater then the heaâ—â—ns and thy trueth reacheth vnto the cloudes Set vp thy selfe O God aboue the heauens and thy glory aboue all the earth That thy beloued may bee deliuered let thy right hand saue them and heare thou me God hath spoken in his holinesse I will reioyce therefore and diuide Sichem and mete out the valley of Sucoth Gilead is mine and Manasses is mine Ephraim also is the strength of my head Iuda is my lawgiuer Moab is my washpot ouer Edom will I cast out my shoe vpon the Philistims will I triumph Who will leade me into the strong citie and who will bring me into Edom Hast not thou forsaken vs O God and wilt not thou God goe forth with our hostes O helpe vs against the enemie for vaine is the helpe of man Through God we shall doe great actes and it is hee that shall tread downe our enemies Deus laudem psal 109. HOld not thy tongue O God of my praise for the mouth of the vngodly yea and the mouth of the deceitfull is opened vpon me And they haue spoken against me with false tongues they compassed me about also with wordes of hatred and fought against me without a cause For the loue that I had vnto them loe they take now my contrary part but I giue my selfe vnto prayer Thus haue they rewarded me euill for good and hatred for my good will Set thou an vngodly man to bee ruler ouer him and let Satan stand at his right hand When sentence is giuen vpon him let him be condemned and let his prayer be turned into sinne Let his dayes be fewe and let another take his office Let his children be fatherlesse and his wife a widow Let his children bee vagabonds and beg their bread let them seeke it also out of desolate places Let the extortioner consume all that hee hath and let the stranger spoile his labour Let there bee no man to pitie him nor to haue compassion vpon his fatherlesse children Let his posteritie be destroyed and in the next generation let his name be cleane put out Let the wickednesse of his fathers be hab in remembrance in the sight of the Lord and let not the sinne of his mother be done away Let them alway be before the Lord that he may roote out the memoriall of them from of the earth And that because his minde was not to doe good but persecuted the poore helpelesse man that he might slay him that was vexed at the heart His delight was in cursing and it shall happen vnto him he loued not blessing therefore shall it be farre from him Hee clothed himselfe with cursing like as with a rayment and it shall come into his bowels like water and like oyle into his bones Let it be vnto him as the cloke that he hath vpon him and as the girdle that he is alway girded withall Let it thus happen from the Lorde vnto mine
thy word Take from mee the way of lying and cause thon mee to make much of thy Lawe I haue chosen the way of trueth and thy iudgments haue I said befor me I haue stiken vnto thy testimontes O Lord confound me not I wil runne the way of thy commandements When thou hast set my heart at libertie Legem pone TEach me Morning Prayer O Lord the way of thy statues and I shall keepe it vnto the end Giue me vnderstanding and I shall keepe thy Law yea I shall keepe it with my whole heart Make mee to goe in the path of thy commandements for therein is my desire Incline my heart vnto thy testiinonies and not to couetousnesse O turne away mine eyes lest they behold vanitie and quicken thou me in thy way O stablish thy word in thy seruant that I may feare thee Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of for thy indgements are good Behold my delight is in thy commandements O quicken me in thy righteousnesse Et veniat super me LEt thy louing mercie come also vnto mee O Lord euen thy saluation according vnto thy word So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers for my trust is in thy word O take not the word of thy trueth vtterly out of my mouth for my hope is in thy iudgements So shall I alway keepe thy Law yea for euer and euer And I will walke at libertie for I seeke thy commandements I will speake of thy testimonies also euen before kings and will not be ashamed And my delight shall be in thy commandements which I haue loued My hands also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements which I haue loued and my studie shal be in thy statutes Memor esto verbi tui O Thinke vpon thy seruant as concerning thy worde wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust The same is my comfort in my trouble for thy word hath quickened me The proud haue had mee exceedingly in derision yet haue I not shrinked from thy Law For I remembred thine euerlasting iudgements O Lord and receiued comfort I am horribly afraid for the vngodly that forsake thy law Thy statutes haue been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage I haue thought vpon thy Name O Lord in the night season and haue kept thy Law This I had because I kept thy commandements Portio mea Domine THou art my portion O Lord I haue promised to keepe thy Law I made my humble petitioÌ„ in thy presence with my whole heart O be mercifull vnto me according to thy word I called mine owne waies to remembrance and turned my feete vnto thy testimonies I made haste and prolonged not the time to keepe thy commandements The congregation of the vngodly haue robbed me but I haue not forgotten thy Law At midnight I will rise to giue thankes vnto thee because of thy righteous iudgements I am a companion of all them that feare thee and keepe thy commandements The earth O Lord is full of thy mercie O tearh mee thy statutes Bonitatem fecisti O Lorde thou hast dealt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy word O learne mee true vnder standing and knowledge for I haue bleeued thy commandements Before I was troubled I went wrong but now haue I kept thy word Thou art good and gracious O teach me thy statutes The proud haue imagined a lie against mee but I will keepe thy commandements with my whole heart Their heart is as fat as brawne but my delight hath been in thy Law It is good for me that I haue been in trouble that I may learne thy statutes The law of thy month is dearer vnto me then thousands of gold and siluer Manus tuae secerunt me THy hands haue made mee Euening prayer and fashioned me O giue me vnderslanding that I may learne thy commandements They that feare thee will bee glad whan they see me because I haue put my trust in thy word I knowe O Lorde that thy iudgements are right and that thou of very faithfulnesse hast caused me to be troubled O let thy mereifull kindnesse bee my comfort according to thy word vnto thy seruant O let thy louing mercies come vnto mee that I may liue For thy Law is my delight Let the proud be confounded for they goe wickedly about to destroy me but I wil be occupied in thy commandements Let such as feare thee and haue knowen thy testimones be turned vnto me O let my heart be sound in thy statutes that I bee not ashamed Defecit anima mea MY soule hath longed for thy saluation and I haue a good hope because of thy word Mine eyes long fore for thy worde saying O when wilt thou comfort me For I am become like a bottell in the smoke yet doe I not forget thy statutes How many are the dayes of thy seruant when will thou be auenged of them that persecute me The proud haue digged pits for mee which are not after thy Law All thy commandements are true they persecute me falsly O be thou my helpe They had almost made an ende of mee vpon earth but I forsooke not thy commandements O quicken mee after thy louing kindnesse and so shall I keepe the testimonies of thy mouâ—h In aeternum Domine O Lord thy word endureth for euer in heauen Thy truth also remaineth from one generation to another thou hast layd the foundation of the earth and it abideth They continue this day according to thine ordinance for all things serue thee If my delight had not been in thy Lawe I should haue perished in my trouble I will neuer forget thy commandements for with them thou hast quickened me I am thine O saue me for I haue sought thy commandements The vngodly layd waite for me to destroy me but I will consider thy testimonies I see that all things come to anende but thy commandement is exceeding broad Quomodo dilexi LOrd what loue haue I vnto thy Law all the day long is my studie in it Thou through thy commandements hast made me wiser then mine enemies for they are euer with me I haue more vnderstanding then my teachers for thy testimonies are my studie I am wiser then the aged because I keepe thy commandements I haue refrained my feete from euery euill way that I may keepe thy word I haue not shrunke from thy iudgements for thou teachest me O how sweete are thy words vnto my throte yea sweeter then honie vnto my mouth Through thy commaundements I get vnderstanding therefore I hate all wicked wayes Lucerna pedibus meis THy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete Morning prayer and a light vnto my paths I haue sworne and am stedfastly purposed to keepe thy righteous iudgements I am troubled aboue measure quicken me O Lrde according to thy word Let the free wil offrings of my mouth please thee O Lorde and teach me thy iudgements My soule is alway in my hand yet do I not forget thy law The vngodly haue layde a
snare for mee but I swarued not from thy commandements Thy testimonies haue I claimed as mine heritage for euer and why they are the very ioy of my heart I haue applied my heart to fulfil thy statutes alway euen vnto the ende Iniquos odio habui I Hate them that imagine euill things but thy Law doe I loue Thou art my defence and shielde and my trust is in thy word Away from me yee wicked I will keepe the commandements of my God O stablish mee according to thy worde that I may liue and let me not be disappointed of my hope Holde thou me vp and I shall be safe yea my delight shall be euer in thy statutes Thou hast troned downe all them that depart from thy statutes for they imagine but deceit Thou pettest away al the vngodly of the earth like drosse therefore I loue thy testimonies My flesh trembleth for feare of thee and I am afraide of thy iudgements Feci iudicium I Deale with the thing that is lawfull and right O giue me not ouer mine oppressors Make thou thy seruant to delight in that which is good that the proude doe me no wrong Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health and for the word of thy righteousnesse O deale with thy seruant according vnto thy louing merrie and teach me thy statutes I am thy seruant O graunt mee vnderstanding that I may know thy testimonies It is time for thee Lord to lay to thine hand for they haue destroyed thy Law For I loue thy commandements aboue golde and precious stone Therefore holde I stright all thy commandemebts and all selfe wayes I vtterly abhorre Mirabilia THy testimonies are wonder full therefore doeth my soule keepe them When thy worde goeth foorth it giueth light and vnderstanding vnto the simple I opened my mouth and drewe in my breath for my delight was in thy commandementes O looke thou vpon me and be mercifull vnto me as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name Order my steps in thy worde and so shall no wickednesse haue dominion ouer me O deliuer me from the wrongfull dealings of men and so shall I keepe thy commandementes Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seraunt and taech me thy statutes Mine eyes gush out with water because men keepe not thy Law Iustus es Domine RIghteous art thou O Lord and true is thy iudgement The testimonies that thou hast commaunded are exceeding righteous and true My zeale hath euen consumed mee because mine enemies haue forgooten thy words Thy word is tryed to the vttermost and thy seruant loueth it I am small and of no reputation yet doe I not forget thy commandementes Thy righteousuesse is an euerlasting righteousnesse and thy law is the trueth Trouble and heauinesse haue taken hold vpon mee yet is my delight in thy commandementes The righteousnesse of thy testimonies is euerlasting O grant me vnderstanding and I shall liue Clamaui in toto corde meo I call with my whole heart Euening prayer heare mee O Lord I will keepe thy statutes Yea euen vpon thee doe I call helpe me and I shall keepe thy testimonies Early in the morning doe I cry vnto thee for in thy word is my trust Mine eyes preuent the night watches that I might bee occupied in thy words Heare my voice O Lord according vnto thy louing kindnesse quitken me according as thou art eont They drawe nigh that of malice persecute mee and are farre from thy law Be thou nigh at hand O Lord for all thy commandements are true As concerning thy testimonies I haue knowen long since that thou hast grounded them for euer Vide humilitatem O Consider mine aduersitie and deliuer me for I doe not forget thy Law Auenge thou my rause and deliuer me quicken mee according vnto thy word Health is farre from the vngodly for they regard not thy statutes Great is thy mercie O Lord quicken mee as thou art woont Many there are that trouble me and persecute me yet do I not swarue from thy restimonies It grieueth mee when I see the transgressours because they kept not thy Law Consider O Lord how I loue thy commandements O quicken me according to thy louing kindnesse Thy word is true from euerlasting all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euermore Principes persecuti sunt PRinces haue perseruted me without a cause but my heart standeth in awe of the words I am as glad of thy worde as one that findeth great spoyles As for lyes I hate and abhorre them but thy law doe I loue Seuen times a day doe I praise thee because of thy righteous iudgements Great is the peace that they haue which loue thy Law and they are not offended at it Lord I haue looked for thy sauing health and done after thy commandements My soule hath kept thy testimonies and loued them exceedingly I haue kept thy commandements and testimonies for all my wayes are before thee Appropinquet deprecatio LEt my complaint come before thee O Lord giue me vnderstanding according to thy word Let my supplication come before thee deliuer me according to thy word My lips shall speake of thy praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes Yea my tongue shall sing of thy word for all thy commandements are righteous Let thine hand helpe me for I haue chosen thy commandements I haue louged for thy sauing health O Lord and in thy Law is my delight Oh let my soule liue and it shall praise thee and thy iudgements shall helpe me I haue gone astray like a sheepe that is lost Oh seeke thy seruant for I doe not forget thy commandements Ad Dominum Psal 120. When I was in trouble Morning prayer I called vpon the Lord and he heard me Deliuer my soule O Lord from lying lippes and from a deceitfull tongue What reward shall be giuen or done vnto thee thou false tongue euen mighty and sharpe arrowes with hote burning coales Woe is me that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech and to haue mine habitation among the tents of Cedar My soule hath long dwelt among them that be enemies vnto peare I labour for peare but when I speake vnto them thereof they make them readie to battaile Leuaui oculos Psal 121. I will lift vp mine eyes vnto the hilles from whence commeth my helpe My helpe commeth euen from the Lorde which hath made heauen and earth He will not suffer thy foote to be mooued and he that keepeth thee will not sleepe Behold hee that keepeth Israel shall neithet slumber nor sleepe The Lord himself is thy keeper the Lord is thy defence vpon thy right hand So that the sunne shall not burne the by day neither 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 foorth for euermore Laetatus sum Psal 122. I was glad when they said
vuto me We will goe into the house of the Lord. Our seete shall stand in thy gates O Hierusalem Hierusalem is builded as a citie that is at vnitie in it selfe For thither the tribes goe vp euen the tribes of the Lord to testifie vnto Israel to giue thankes vnto the Name of the Lord. For there is the seate of iudgement euen the seate of the house of Dauid O pray for the peate of Ierusalem they shall prosper that loue thee Peace bee within thy walles and plentconsuesse within thy palaces For my brethren and companions sakes I will with thee prosperitie Yea because of the house of the Lord our God I wil seeke to doe thee good Ad te leuaui oculos meos Psal 123. VNto thee lift I vp mine eyes O thou that dwellest in the heauens Beholde euen as the eyes of seruants looke vnto the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a mayden vnto the hand of her mistresse euen so our eyes waite vpon the Lord our God vntill he haue mercie vpon vs. Haue mercie vpon vs O Lord haue mercie vpon vs for we are vtterly despised Our soule is filled with the scornefnll reproofe of the wealthy and with the dispitefulnesse of the proud Nisi quia Dominus Psal 124. IF the Lorde himselfe had not bene on our side now may Israel say if the Lorde himselfe had not bene on one side when men rose vp against vs. They had swallowed vs vp quicke when they were so wrathfully displeased at vs. Yea the waters had drowned vs and the streame had gone ouer our soule The deepe waters of the proude had gone euen ouer our soule But praised be the Lord which hath not giuen vs ouer for a pray vnto their teeth Our soule is escaped euen as a bird out of the snare of the fouler the snare is broken and we are deliuered Our helpe standeth in the Name of the Lord which hath made heauen and earth Qui confidunt Psal 125. They that put their trust in the Lord shall be euen as the mount Sion which may not be remooued but standeth fast for euer The his stand about Hierusalem euen so standeth the Lord round about his people from this time foorth for euermore For the rod of the vngodly commeth not into the lot of the righteous least the righteous put their hand vnto wickednesse Doe well O Lord vnto those that be good and true of heart As for such as turne backe vnto their owne wickednesse the Lord shall lead them forth with the euill doers but peace shall be vpon Israel In conuertendo Psal 126. WHen the Lord turned againe the captiuitie of Sion Euening prayer then were we like vnto them that dsreame Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with ioy Then said they among the Heathen the Lord hath done great things for them Yea the Lorde hath done great things for vs alreadie whereof we reioyce Turne our captiuity O Lord as the riuers in the South They that sowe in teares shall reape in ioy He that now goeth on his way weeping and beareth forth good seede shall doubtlesse come againe with ioy and bring his sheaues with him Nisi Dominus Psal 127. Except the Lorde build the house their labour is but lost that build it Except the Lord keepe the city the watchman waketh but in baine It is but lost labour that yee haste to rise vp earely and so late take rest and eate the bread of carefulnesse for so hee giueth his beloued sleepe Loe children and the fruite of the wombe are an heritage and gift that commeth of the Lord. Like as the arrowes in the hand of the Giant euen so are the yong children Happie is the man that hath his quiuer full of them they shal not be ashamed when they speake with their enemies in the gate Beati omnes Psal 128. BLessed are all they that feare the Lord and walke in his wayes For thou shalt eate the labours of thine hands O well is thee and happie shalt thou be Thy wife shall be as the fruitfull vine vpon the walles of thine 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 shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all thy life long Yea that thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace vpon Israel Saepe expugnauerunt psal 129. MAny a time haue they fought against mee from my youth vp may Israel now say Yea many a time haue they vexed mee from my youth vp but they haue not preuailed against me The plowers plowed vpon my backe and made long furrowes But the righteous Lord hath hewen the snares of the vngodly in pieces Let them be confounded and turned backward as many as haue euill will at Sion Let them bee euen as the grasse growing vpon the house tops Which Withereth afore it be plucked vp Where of the mower filleth not his hand neither hee that bindeth vp the sheaues his bosome So that they Which goe by say not so much as the Lord prosper you We Wish you good lucke in the name of the Lord. De profundis Psal 130. OUt of the deep haue I called vnto thee O Lord Lord heare my voice Oh let thine eyes consider well the voice of my complaint If thou Lord wilt beeextreme to marke what is done amisse O Lord Who may abide it For there is mercie With thee theefore shalt thou be feared I looke for the Lord my soule doth waite for him in his word is my trust My soule fleeth vnto the Lord before the morning watch I say before the morning watch O Israel trust in the Lord for with the Lord there is mercie and with him is plenteous redemption And he shall redeeme Israel from all his sinnes Domine non est psal 131 LOrd I am not high minded I haue no proud lookes I doe note exercise my selfe in great matters which are too high for me But I refraine my soule and keepe it low like as a childe that is weaned from his mother yea my soule is euen as a weaned childe O Israel trust in the Lord from this time forth for euermore Memento Domine Psal 132. LOrde remember Dauid Morning prayer and all his trouble How he sware vnto the Lord and bowed a bowe vnto the Almightie God of Iacob I will not come within the tabernacle of mine house nor clime vp into my bed I will not suffer mine eyes to sleepe nor mine eye liddes to slumber neither the temples of my head to take any rest Untill I finde out a place for the temple of the Lord an habitation for the mightie God of Iacob Loe we heard of the same at Ephrata and found it in the wood We will goe into his tabenacle and follow on our knees before his foote stoole Arise O Lord into thy resting place thou and the arke of thy strength Let thy
thy word aboue all things When I called vpon thee thou heardest me and enduedst my soule with much strength All the Kings of the earth shall prayse thce O Lord for they haue heard the words of thy mouth Yea they shall sing the wayes of the Lord that great is the glorie of the Lord. For though the Lord be high yet hath he respect vnto the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth them a farre off Though I walke in the middest to trouble yet shalt thou refresh mee thou shalt stretch foorth thine hand vpon the furiousnesse of mine enemies and thy right hand shal saue me The Lord shall make good his louing kindenesse toward mee yea thy mercie O Lord eudureth for euer despise not then workes of thine owne hands Domine probasti psal 139 O Lord Morning prayer thou hast searched mee out and knowen mee thou knowest my downe sitting mine vprising thou vnderstandest my thoughts long before Thou art about my path and about my bed and spiest out al my wayes For loe there is not a word in my toungue but thon O Lorde knowest it altogether Thou hast fashioned me behinde and before and laid thine hand vpon me Such knowledge is too wonderfull and excellent for mee I cannot attaine vnto it Whither shall I goe then from thy spirit or whither shall I goe then from thy presence If I clime vp into heauen thou art there If go downe in hell thou art there also If I take the wings of the morning and remaine in the vttermost parts of the sea Euen there also shall thy hand leade mee and thy right hand shall hold me If I say Peraduenture the darkenesse shall couer mee then shall my night be turned to day Yea the darkenesse is no darkenesse with thee but the night is as cleare as the day the darknesse and light to thee are both alike For my reines are thine thou hast couered mee in my mothers wombe I will giue thankes vnto thee for I am fearefully and wonderfully made marueilous are thy works and that my soule knoweth right well My bones are not hid from thee though I be made secretly and fashioned beneath in the earth Thine eyes did see my substance yet being vnperfect and in thy booke were all my members written which day by day were fashioned when as yet there was none of them How deare are thy counsels vnto mee O God O how great is the sumine of them If I tell them they are moe in number then the sand when I wake vp I am present with thee Wilt thou not slay the wicked O God Depart from me ye bloodthirstie men For they speake vnrighteously against thee and thine enemies take thy name in vaine Doe not I hate them O Lord that hate thee and am not I grieued with those that rise vp against thee Yea I hate them right fore euen as though they were mine enemies Trie me O God and seeke the ground of my heart prooue me and examine my thoughts Looke well if there be any may of wickednesse in me and leade me the may euerlasting Eripe me Domine Psal 140. DEliuer me O Lord from the euill man and preserue me from the wicked man Which imagine mischiefe in their hearts and stirre vp strife all the day long They haue sharpened their tongues like a Serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lips Keepe mee O Lord from the handes of the vngodly Preserue mee from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrow my goings The proud haue laid a fanare for me and spread a net aborad with cordes yea and set traps in my way I said vnto the Lord Thou art my God heare the boyce of my prayers O Lord. O Lord God Tbou strength of my health thou hast couered my head in the day of battell Let not the vngodly haue his desire O Lord let not his mischicuous imagination prosper lest they be too proud Let the mischiefe of their owne lips fall vpon the head of them that compasse me about Let hotte burning coales fall vpon them let them bee cast into the fire and into the pit that they neuer rise vp againe A man full of wordes shall not prosper vpon the earth euill shall hunt the wicked person to ouerthrow hilll Sure I am that the Lorde will auenge the poore and maintaine the cause of the helelesse The righteous also shall guie thankes vnto they name and the â—ust shall continue in thy sight Domine clamaui psal 141. LOrd I call vpon thee haste thee vnto mee and consider my voyce when I crie vnto thee Let my prayer bee set foorth in thy sight as the incense and let the lifting vp of my hands be an euening facrifice Set a watch O Lorde before my mouth and keepe the doore of my lips O let not mine heart be cnclined to any euill thing let mee not be occupied in vngodly workes with the man that worke Wickednesse left I eate of such things as please them Let the righteous rather smite me friendiy and reprooue me But let not their precious balmes breake mine head yea I will pray yet against their wickednesse Let their iudges be ouerthrowen in ftony places that they may heare my wordes for they are sweete Our bones lie scattered before the pit like as when one breaketh and he weth wood vpon the earth But mine eyes looke vnto thee O Lorde God in thee is my trust O cast not out my soule Keepe mee from the snare which they haue laide for mee and from the traps of the wicked doers Let the vngodly fall into their owne nets together and let me euer escape them Voce mea ad Dominum Psal 142. ICried vnto the Lord with my voyce Euening prayer yea euen vnto the Lord did I make my supplication I powred out my complaints before him and shewed him of my trouble When my spirite was in heauinesse thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked haue they priuily laid a snare for me I looked also vpon my right hand and sawe there was no man that would know me I had no place to flee vnto and no man cared for my soule I cried vnto thee O Lorde and sayd thou art my hope and my portion in the land of the liuing Consider my complaint for I am brought very low O deliuer mee from my persecutours for they are too strong for me Bring my soule out of prison that I may giue thankes vnto thy name which thing if thou wilt graunt mee then shall the righteous resort vnto my companie Domine exaudi Psal 143. HEare my prayer O Lord and consider my desire hearken vnto me for thy trueth and righteousnesse sake And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant for in thy sight shall no man liuing be iusrified For the enemie hath persecuted my soule he hath smitten my life downe to the ground hee hath laid mee in the darkenesse as the men that haue bene long dead Therefore is my spirite bexed within
thy borders and filleth thee with the flowre of wheate He sendeth foorth his commandement vpon earth and his word runneth very swiftly He gineth snow like wooll and seattereth the hoare frost like ashes He tasteth foorth his yee like morsels who is able to abide his ashes He sendeth out his worde and melteth them he bloweth with his winde and the waters flowe He sheweth his word vnto Iarob his statutes and ordinaures vnto Israel He hath not dealt so with any nation neither haue the heathue knowledge of his lawes Laudate Dominum Psal 148. O Praise the Lord of heauen praise him in the height Prayse him all yee Angels of his praise him all his hoste Prayse him all ye heauens and ye waters that be aboue the heauens Let them prayse the name of the Lord for he speake the word and they were he commaunded and they were cerated He hath made them fast for euer and euer he hath giueb shem a lawe which shall not be broken Praise the Lord vpon earth ye Dragons and all deepes Fire and halie snow and vapours winde and storme fulfilling his word Beastes and all cattell wormes and feathered foules Kings of the earth and all people princes and all iudges of the world Young men and maidnes olde man and children prayse the name of the Lord for his Mane onely is axcellent and his prayse abour heauen and earth He shall exalt the home of his people all his Saints shall prayse him cuen the childern of Israel euen the people that serueth him Cantate Domino Psal 149. O Sing vnto the Lord a new song let the Congregation of Saints prayse him Let Israel reioyce in him that made him and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in their king Let them praise his name in the dance let them singpraises vnto him with Tabret and harpe For the Lord hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the meeke hearted Let the Saints be ioyfull with glory let them reioyce in their beds Let the praises of God be in their mouth and at two edged sword in their hands To be auenged of the heathen and to rebuke the people To bind their kings in chaines their nobles with linkes of yron That they may be auenged of them as it is written such honour haue all his Saints Laudate Dominum Psal 150. O Prayse God in his holinesse praise him in the firmament of his power Prayse him in his noble actes prayse him according to his excellent greatnesse Praise him in the fouud of the Trumpet prayse him vpon the Lute and Harpe Praise him in the Cymbals and daunces praise him vpon the stirings and pipe Praise him vpon the well tuned Cymbals praise him vpon the loub Cymbals Let euery thing that hath breath praise the Lord. FINIS Certaine godly prayers to be vsed for sundry purposes A generall consession of sinnes to be sayd euery Morning O Almightie God our heanenly Father I confesse and acknowledge that I am a miserable and a wretched sinner and haue manifolde wayes most grieuously transgressed thy most godly conunaundements through wicked thoughts vngodly lustes sinfull wordes and deeds commited all my whole life In sinne am I borne and conceiued and there is no goodnesse in me in as much as if thou shouldest enter into thy narrow iudgement with mee iudging mee according vnto the same I were neuer able to susser and abide it but must needes pertsh and be damncd for eucr So little helpe comfort or succour is there either in me or in any other creature Onely this is my comfort O heauenly Father that thon diddest not spare thy onely deare beloued sonne bnt diddest gine him vp vnto the most bitter and most vile slanderous death of the crosse for me that he might so pay the ransom for my sinnes satisfie thy indgment still and pacifie thy wrath reconcile me againe vnto thee and pnrchase me thy grace fanour cuerlasting life where fore throngh the merit of his most bitter death and passion and through his innocent bloodshedding I beseech thee O heauenly Father that thou wilt vouchsase to be gracious merciful vnto me to fergiue and pardon me all my sinnes to lighten my heart whit thy holy Spirit to renue confirme and strengthen me with a right perfect faith and to inflame me in loue toward thee and my neighbour that I may hencefoorty with a willing and glad heart walke as it becommeth me in thy most godly commaunements and so glorifie and prayse thee euerlastingly And also that I may with a free conscience quiet heart in all maner of temptations afflictions or necessities eucn in the very pangs of death cry boldly merily vnto thee say I beleeue in God the father almighty maker of heauen earth and in lesus Christ c. But O Lord God heauenly Father to comfort my selfe in affliction and temptation with these articles of the Christian faith it is not in my power for faith is thy gift and forasmuch as thou wilt be prayed vnto and called vyon for it I come vnto thee to pray and beseech thee both for that and for all other my necessities euen as thy deare beloued Sonne our Sauiour Ie-sus Christ himselfe hath taught vs And from the very bottome of my heart I crie and say Our Father which art in heauen halowed be thy Name c. ¶ A prayer to be sayd in the Morning O Merciful Lord God heauenly Father I ren dermost high laudes praise and thankes vnto thee that thou hast preserued mee both this might and all the time and dayes of my life hitherto vnder thy protection and hast suffe red me to liue vnto this present houre And I beseech thee heartily that thon wilt vouchsafe to receiue mce this day and the residue of my whole life from hence foorth into thy tuition ruling and gouerning mee with thy holy Spirite that all maner of darkenesse of misbeliefe infidelitie and of carnall lustes and affections may bee betterly chased and driuen out of my heart and that I may be iustified and saued both body and soule through a right and perfect faith and so walke in the light of thy most godly trueth to thy glory and prayse and to the profite and furtherance of my neighbour through Iesus Christ our Lord and Saui-our Amen ¶ Another prayer for the morning O Almightie and most gracious God wee heartily thank thee for the sweete sleepe and comfortable rest which thou hast giuen vs this night and for asmuch as thou hast commanded by thy holy word that no man should be idle but all occupied in godly and vertuous exercises euery man according to his calling we most humbly beseech thee that thine eyes may attende vpon vs dayly defend vs cherish comfort and gouerne vs and all our counsails studies labours in such wise that we may spend and bestow this day according to thy most holy will without the hurting of our neighbors and that we may
deligently and warily eschew and auoid all things that should displease thee set thee alwayes before our eyes liue in thy feare working that which may be found accepteble before thy diuine Maie stie through Christ our Lord Amen A prayer for the Euening O Most mighty Lord our father and God e uerlasting full of pitie and compassion we acknowledge and confesse that we be not worthy to lift by our eies to heauen much lesse to present our selues before thy Maiesty with confidence that thou wilt heare our prayers grant our requests if we consider our owne deseruing For our conseiences doe accuse vs and our sinnes witnesse against vs and wee know that thou art an vpright iudge which doest not iustifie the sinners and wicked men but punishest the faults of such as transgresse thy commaunde ments Yet most mercifull Father sith it hath pleased thee to command vs to call on thee in all our troubles aduersities promising euen then to helpe vs When wee feele our selues as it were swallowed vp of death and desperation wee vttterly renounce all worthy confidence and flee to thy soue-raigne bounty as our onely stay and refuge besceehinng thee not to call to remembrance our manisold sinnes and wicked-nesse where by wee continually prouoke thy wrath and in dignation against vs neither our negligence and vnkindnesse which haue neither worthily csreemed nor in our liues sufficiently expressed the sweete comfort of thy Gospell reuealed vnto vs but rather to accept the obedience and death of thy Sonne Iesus Christ who by offering vp his body in Sacrifice once for all hath made sufficient recompense for all our sinnes Haue mercie therefore vpon vs O Lorde and forgiue vs our offences Teach vs by thy holy Spirit that wee may rightly weigh them and earnestly repent for the same and so much the rather O Lorde because that the reprobate and such as thou hast forsaken cannot praise thee nor call vpon thy Name but the repenting heart the sorowfull minde the conscience oppressed hungering and thirsting for thy grace shall euer set foorth thy praise and glory And albeit wee bee but wormes and dust yet thou art our Creator and we be the worke of thy hands yea thou art our Father and wee thy childreen thou art our sheepheard and wee thy flokec thou art our redeemer and we thy people whom thou hast bought thou art our God and wee thine inheritance Correct vs not there fore in thine anger O Lord neither according to our deserts punnish vs but mercifully thastise vs with a fatherly affection that all the world may knowe that at what time soeuera sinner doeth repent him of his sinne from the bottome of his heart thou wilt put away his wickednesse out of thy remembrance as thou hast promised by thine holy prophet Finally forasmuch as it hath pleased thee to make the night for man to rest in as thou hast ordained him the day to trauell Grant O deare Father that we may so take out vodily rest that our soules may continuaily watch for the time that our Lord Iesus Christ shall appeare for our deliuerance out of this mortall life and in the meane season that wee not ouercome by any fantasies dreames or other temptations may fully set our mindes vpon thee loue thee feare thee and rest in thee Furthermore that our sleepe be note excessiue or ouer much after the insatiable desires of our flesh but onely sufficient to content our weake nature that wee may bee the better disposed to liue in all godly conuersatiou to the glory of shine holy Name and profite of our brethren Amen A most necessary prayer O Lord Iesus Christ which art true Sunne of the worlde euermore arising and neuer going downe which by thy most wholesome appearing and sight doest bring foorth preserue nourish and refresh all things aswell that are in heauen as also that are on earth we beseech thee mercifully and fauourably to shine into our hearts that the night and darkenesse of sinnes and the mists of errours on cuery side driuen away thou brightly shining within out hearts we may all out life space go with out any stumbling or offence and may decently and seemely walke as in the day time being pure and cleane from the workes of darkenesse abounding in all good workes which God hath prepared for vs to walke in which with the Father and with the holy Ghost liuest and reignest for euer and euer Amen ⧠The prayer of Manasseh King of the Iewes O Lord Almighty God of our fathers Abra ham Isarâ—nd Iacob and of their righte ouseed 〈◊〉 made heauen and earth with all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which hast bound the sea by the word of thy commandement which haâ—◠〈◊〉 vp the deepe and sealed it by thy terriblâ— glorious name whome all doe feare tremble before thy power for the Maiesty of thy glory cannot bee borne thine angry threatning toward sinners is importable but thy mercifull promise is vnmeasurable and bnscatcable For thou art the most high Lord of great com passion long suffering and most mercifull and repentest for mans miscrics Thou O Lord according to thy great good nesse hast promised repentance and forgiuenesse to them that sinne against thee and for thine infinite mâ—rcies hast appointed repentance vnto sinners that they may bee saued Thou therefore O Lord that art the God of the iust hast not appointed repentance to the iust as to Abraham and Isaac and Iacob which haue not sinned against thee but thou hast appointed repcntance vnto nice that am a sinner for I haue sinned aboue the number of the sand of the sea By transgressions O Lorde are multiplied my transgressions are exceeding many and I am not worthy to behold and see the height of the heauens for the multitude of mine vnrighte ousnes I am bowed downe with many yron bands that I cannot lift vp mine head neither haue I any telese For I haue prouoked thy wrath and done euill before thee I did not thy will neither kept I thy commandements I haue set vp abominations and haue multiplied offences Now therefore I bow the knee of mine heart beseeching thee of grace I haue sinned O Lord I haue sinned and I acknowledge my transgressions but I humbly beseech thee forgiue mee O Lord forgiue mee and destroy mee not with my transgressions Be not angry with me for euer by reseruing euill for mee neither condemne mee into the lower partes of the earth For thou art the God euen the God of them that repent and in me thou wilt shewe all thy goodnesse for thou wilt saue me that am vnworthy according to thy great mercie theresre I will prayse thee for euer all they dayes of my life For all the power of the heauens prayse thee and thine is the glory for euer and euer Amen ⧠A prayer conteining the duetie of euery true Christian O Most mighty God merciful and louing Father I wretched sinner come vnto thee in the name of
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
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
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
mee and my heart within me is desolate Yet doe I remember the time past I muse vpon all they workes yea I exercise my selfe in the workes of thy hands I stretch foorth my handes vnto thee my soule gaspeth vnto thee as a thirstie land Heare me O Lorde and that soone for my spirit wareth saint hide not thy face from me lest I be like vnto them that goe downe into the pit O let me heare thy louing kindnesse betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust shew thou me the way that I should walke in for I lift vp my soule vnto thee Deliuer me O Lord frommine enemies for I flee vnto thee to hide me Leach me to doe the thing that pleaseth thee for thon art my God let thy louing spirit leade me foorth into the land of rithteousnesse Quicken me O Lorde for thy names sake and for thy rithteousnesse sake bring my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnesse slay mine enemies and destroy all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruant Benedictus Dominus Psal 144. BLessed bee the Lord my strength Morning prayer which teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight My hope and my fortresse my castle and deliuerer my defender in whom I trust which subdueth my people that is vnder me Lorde what is man that thou hast such respect vnto him or the some of man that thou so regardest him Man is like a thing of nought his time passeth away like a shadow Bowe the heauens O Lord and come downe touch the mountaines and they shall smoke Cast foorth thy lightning and teare them shoote out thine arrowes and consume them Send downe thine hand from aboue deliuer me and take me out of the great waters from the hand of strange children Whose mouth talketh of vanitie and their right hand is a right hand of wickednesse I will sing a newe song vnto thee O God and sing prayses vnto thee vpon a ten stringed Lute Thou hast giuen victorie vnto Kings and hast deliuered David thy seruant from the perill of the sword Saue me and deliuer me from the hand of strange children whose mouth talketh of vanitir and their right hand is a right hand of miquitie That our sonnes may growe vp as thd yong plants and that our daughters may bee as the polished corners of the Temple That our garners may be full and plenteous with all maner of store that our sheepe may bring soorth thousands and teu thousands in our streetes That our oxen may be strong to labour that there bee no decay no leading into captiuitie and no complaining in our streetes Happie are the people that bee in such a case yea blessed are the people which haue the Lord for their God Exaltabo te Deus Psal 145. I will magnifie thee O God my King and I will praise thy Name for euer and euer Euery day will I giue thankes vnto thee and praise thy Name for euer and euer Great is the Lord and marueilous worthy to bee praysed there is no end of his greatnesse One generation shall praise thy workes vnto another and declare thy power As for me I will be talking of thy worship thy glory thy praise and wonderour works So that men shall speake of the might of thy marueilous actes and I will also tell of thy greatnesse The memoriall of thine abundant kindnes shal be shewed and men shall sing of thy righteousnesse The Lord is gracious and mercifull long suffering and of great goodnesse The Lord is louing vnto euery man and his mexâ—â—â— is ouer all his works All thy workes prayse thee O Lorde and thy Saintes giue thankes vnto thee They shew the glory of thy kingdom talke of thy power That thy power thy glorie and mightinesse of thy kingdome might be knowen vnto men Thy kingdome is an euerlasting kingdome and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages The Lorde vpholdeth all such as fall and lifteth vp all those that be downe The eyes of all waite vpon thee O Lord and thou giuest them their meat in due season Thou openest thine hand and fillest all things liuing with plenteousnesse The Lord is righteous in all his wayes and holy in all his workes The Lorde is nigh vnto all them that call vpon him yea all such as call vpon him faithfully He will fulfill the desire of them that feare him he also wil heare their cry and will helpe them The Lord preserueth all them that loue him but scatteretly abroad all the vngodly My mouth shall speake the praise of the Lorde and let all flesh giue thankes vnto his holy Name for euer and euer Lauda anima mea Psal 146. PRayse the Lord O my soule while I liue wil I praise the Lord yea as long as I haue any being I wil sing praises vnto my God O put not your trust in princes nor in any child of man for there is no helpe in them For when the breath of man goeth foorth he shall turne againe to his earth and then all his thoughts perish Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for his helpe and whose hope is in the Lord his God Which made heauen and earth the sea and all that therein is which keepeth his promise for euer Which helpeth them to right that suffer wrong which seedeth the hungry The Lord looseth men out of prison the Lord giueth sight to the blinde The Lord helpeth them that are fallen the Lord careth for the righteous The Lord careth for the strangers hee defendeth the fatherlesse and widow as for the way of the vngodly hee turneth it vpside downe The Lord thy god O Sion shall bee King for euermore and throughout all generations Laudate Dominum Psal 147. Praise the Lord Euening prayer for it is a good thing to sing praises vnto our god yea a ioyfull and pleasant thing it is to be thankefull The Lord doeth build vp Hierusalem and gather together the outcasts of Israel He healeth those that are broken in heart giueth medicine to heale their sicknesse He telleth the number of the starres and calleth them all by their names Great is our Lord and great is his power yea his wisedome is infimte The Lord setteth vp the meeke and bringeth the vngodly downe to the ground O siug vnto the Lord with thanksgining sing praises vpon the harpe vnto our God Which couereth the heauen with clouds prepareth raine for the earth and maketh the grasse to groe vpon the mountaines and herbe for the vse of men Which giueth fodder vnto the cattel and feedeth the yong rauens that call vpon him He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse neither delighteth he in any mans legs But the Lords delight is in them that feare him and put their trust in his mercy Praise the Lord O Hierusalem praise thy God O Sion For hee hath made fast the barres of thy gates and hath Blessed thy children within thee He maketh peace in