their nettes and he called them And they immediatly left the ship and theyr father and folowed him ¶ Saint Thomas Apostles day The Epistle Ephe. ii NOw ye are not straungers nor foreners but citezens with the sayntes and of the housholde of God and are buylt vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets Iesus Christ himselfe being the head corner stone in whom what bulding soeuer is coupeled together it groweth vnto an holy temple of the Lord in whom also ye are builte together to be an habitacion of God through the holy Ghost ¶ The Gospell Iohn xx THomas one of the twelue which is called Didimus was not with them when Iesus came The other disciples therefore said vnto him we haue seene the lord 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 syde I wyl not beleue 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 middest and sayd peace be vnto you And after that he sayd to Thomas bring thy fynger hither and see my handes and reach thy hand and thrust it into my syde and be not faithles but beleuing Thomas aunswered and sayd vnto hym my Lord and my God Iesus sayd vnto hym Thomas because thou hast seene me thou hast beleued blessed are they that haue not seene and yet haue beleued And many other signes trulye did Iesus in the presence of his disiples which are not writtē in this booke These are written that ye might beleue that Iesus Christ is the sonne of God and that in beleuing ye might haue lyfe through his name ¶ The Conuertion of Saynt Paule The Epistle Actes ix ANd Saule yet breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord went vnto the high Priest and desired of him letters to cary to Damasco to the Sinagoges that if he found any of thys way were they men or women he might bring thē bound to Ierusalem And when he iournied it fortuned that as he was come nigh to Damasco sodenly there shined round about him a lyght from heauen he fell to the earth herd a voyce saying to him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And he sayd what art thou Lorde And the Lord sayd I am Iesus whom thou persecutest It is hard for thee to kicke against the pricke And he both trembling and astonied said Lord what wylt thou haue me to do And the lord sayd vnto him aryse and go into the City and it shal be told thee what thou must do The men which iourneyed with hym stood amased hearing a voyce but seeing no man And Saule arose from the earth and when he opened his eyes he saw no man But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damasco And he was three dayes without sight and neither did eate nor drinke And there was a certaine disciple at Damasco named Ananias and to him sayd the Lord in a vision Ananias he sayd behold I am here lord And the Lord sayd vnto him arise go into the streete which is called streight seeke in the house of Iudas after one called Saul of Tharsus For behold he praieth hath sene in a vision a man named Ananias comming vnto him and putting his handes on him that he might receiue his syght Then Ananias aunswered Lord I haue heard by many of this man howe much euyll he hath done to thy Saints at Ierusalem here he hath authority of the hye Priests to binde all that cal on thy name The Lord said vnto him go thy way for he is a chosen vessell vnto me to beare my name before the Gentiles kings and the childrē of Israel For I wyl shew hym how great thynges hee must suffer for my names sake And Ananias went his way entred into the house and put his handes on him sayd Brother Saul the Lord that appeared vnto thee in the way as thou cāmest hath sent me that thou mightest receue thy sight be filled with the holy Ghost And immediatly ther fel from his eyes as it had bene scales and he receiued syght arose and was baptised receiued meate and was comforted Then was Saul a certain dayes wyth the Disciples whych were at Damasco And straightway he preached Christ in the Sinagogs how that he was the sonne of god But all that heard him wer amased and said Is not this he that spoyled them which called on this name in Ierusalem came hether for that intent that he might bring them bound vnto the hye Priestes But Saul encreased the more in strength and confounded the Iewes which dwelt at Damasco affirming that this was very Christ ¶ The Gospell Math. xix PEter answered and sayd vnto Iesus Behold we haue forsaken all and folowed thee what shall we haue therfore Iesus sayde vnto them Verely I say vnto you that when the sonne of man shal syt in the seate of his Maiestye ye that haue folowed me in the regeneration shal syt also vpon .xij. seates iudge the twelue tribes of Israel And euery one that forsaketh house or brethren or systers or Father or Mother or wife or children or landes for my names sake shall receiue an hundred fold shall inherite euerlasting lyfe But many that ar first shal be last the last shal be first ¶ The Purification of the virgin Mary The Epistle Mala. iii. BEhold I send my Messenger which shall prepare the way before me and sodaynlye shall the Lord whō ye seeke come vnto his temple the messenger of the couenant whom ye desire Behold he cōmeth saith the Lord of Saboth Who shall endure in the day of his cōming or who shal stand to behold him For he is as a trying fire as the herbe that Fullers scoure withal and he shal syt trying purging siluer and shal purify the sonnes of Leuy and shal fine them as gold syluer and they shal bring offerings vnto the Lord of ryghteousnes and the Sacrifice of Iuda and Ierusalem shall be delicious vnto the Lord as in the old time and in the yeares that were in the beginning ¶ The Gospell Luke ii WHen the time of their purification after the law of Moyses was come they brought him to Ierusalem to present him to the Lord as it is written in the law of the Lord Euery Manchilde that first openeth the Matrix shal be called holy to the Lord to offer as it is sayd in the law of the Lord a paire of Turtle doues or .ii. yong Pigeons And behold ther was a mā in Ierusalē whose name was Simeon And the same man was iust godly and looked for the consolation of Israel and the holy ghost was in him And an answer had he receiued of the holy Ghost that he should not see death except he fyrst saw the
⧠THE Epistels and Gospels for euery Sonday and Holy day throughout the whole yeare After the vse of the Church of England 1574 Imprinted at London by Iohn Awdeley dwellyng in little Brittain streete without Aldersgate ¶ Cum priuilegio ¶ The Epistles and Gospels for euery Sunday and Holy day throughout the whole yeare ¶ The first Sunday in Aduent The Epistle Roma iii. OWe nothing to any man but thys that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfilleth the law For these commaundements Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not kyl Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnes Thou shalt not lust and so foorth if there be any other commaundement it is all comprehended in this saying namely Loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Loue hurteth not hys neighbour therefore is loue the fulfilling of the lawe This also we know the season how that it is time that we should now awake out of sleepe for now is our saluation nerer then when we beleued The night is passed the day is come nye let vs therefore cast awaye the deedes of darknes and let vs put on the armour of light Let vs walke honestlye as it were in the day light not in eating and drinking neither in chambring nor wantonnes neither in strife and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ and make no prouision for the flesh to fulfill the lustes of it ¶ The Gospell Math. xxi ANd when they drew nye to Ierusalem and were come to Bethphage vnto mount Oliuet then sent Iesus two of his Disciples saying vnto them Go into the towne that lieth ouer against you and anon you shall finde an Asse bound and her Colt with her loose them bring them vnto me And if any man say ought vnto you say ye the Lord hath nede of them straight way he wyl let them go Al this was done that it might be fulfylled which was spoken by the Prophet saying Tell ye the daughter of Sion behold thy king commeth vnto thee meeke sytting vpon an Asse a Colt the foale of the Asse vsed to the yoke The Disciples went and did as Iesus commaunded them and brought the Asse and the Colt and put on them their clothes and set hym thereon And many of the people spread their garments in the way Other cut downe braunches from the trees and strawed them in the way Moreouer the people that went before and they that came after cryed saying Hosanna to the sonne of Dauid blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest And when he was come to Ierusalem all the City was moued saying Who is this And the people sayd this is Iesus the Prophet of Nazareth a city of Galile And Iesus went into the Temple of God cast out all them that sold and bought in the Temple and ouerthrew the tables of the money chaungers and the seates of them that sold Dooues and 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 Epistle Roma xv WHat soeuer thinges are written aforetyme they are written for our learning that we through pacience and comfort of the scriptures myght haue hope The God of pacience and consolation graunt you to bee lyke mynded one towardes another after the ensample of Christ Iesu that ye all agreeing together may with one mouth praise God the Father of our Lord Iesu Christ Wherfore receyue ye one another as Christ receiued vs to the prayse of god And this I say that Iesu Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God to confirme the promises made vnto the fathers and that the Gentiles might praise god for his mercy as it is writtē For this cause I wil praise thee among the Gentils and singe vnto thy name And againe he sayth Reioyce ye Gentils with his people And againe praise the Lord all ye Gentils and laude him all ye nations together And agayne Esay sayth There shall bee the roote of Iesse he that shal ryse to raigne ouer the Gentiles in him shal the Gentils trust The God of hope fill you with al ioy and peace in beleuing that ye may be rytch in hope through the power of the holy ghost ¶ The Gospell Luke xxi THer shal be signes in the sunne and in the moone and in the stars and in the earth the people shall be at their wittes ende thorow dispaire The sea and the water shal roare and mens harts shal faile thē for feare and for looking after those thinges which shal come on the earth For the powers of heauen shall moue And then shall they see the Sonne of man come in a cloude with power and great glorye When these thinges beginne to come to passe then looke vp and lift vp your heads for your redemption draweth nye And he shewed thē a similitude Behold the Figtree and al other trees whē they shoote foorth their buds ye see know of your own selues that summer is then nie at hād So likewise ye also whē ye see these things come to passe be sure that the kyngedome of God is nye Verely I say vnto you this generation shall not passe tyll all bee fulfyled Heauen and earth shall passe but my woordes shall not passe ¶ The third Sunday in Aduent The Epistle i. Cor. iiii LEt a man this wyse esteeme vs euen as the ministers of Christ and Stewardes of the secretes of god Furthermore it is required of the Stewarde that a man be founde faythfull with me it is but a very small thing that I should be iudged of you eyther of mans iudgement no I iudge not mine owne selfe for I knowe nought by my selfe yet am I not thereby iustified It is the Lord that iudgeth me Therefore iudge nothing before the time vntyll the Lord come which wyll lyghten thynges that are hyd in darknes and open the counsayles of the hartes and then shall euery man haue praise of God. ¶ The Gospell Math. xi WHen Iohn being in prison heard the works of Christ he sent two of his Disciples and sayd vnto him Art thou he that shal come or do we looke for another Iesus aunswered said vnto them Go and shew Iohn agayne what ye haue heard and seene The blinde receiue theyr sight the lame walke the leapers are clensed and the deafe heare the deade are raysed vp and the poore receiue the glad tidinges of the Gospell and happy is he that is not offended by me And as they departed Iesus began to say vnto the people concerning Iohn What went ye out into the wildernes to see A reede that is shaken with the wind Or what went you out to see A man clothed in soft raymēt Behold they that weare soft clothing are in kinges houses But what went you out for to see A Prophet Verely I say vnto you and more then a
prophet For this is hee of whom it is written Behold I sende my Messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee ¶ The fourth Sunday in Aduent The Epistle Phillip iiii REioyce in the Lord alway and againe I say reioyce Let your softnes be knowen to all men the Lord is euen at hand Be careful for nothing but in all prayer and supplication let your peticions be manyfest vnto God wyth geuing of thankes And the peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding keepe your harts and mynds through Christ Iesu ¶ The Gospell Iohn i. THis is the recorde of Iohn when the Iewes sent Priestes and Leuites from Ierusalem to aske him what art thou And he confessed and denyed not and said plainely I am not Christ And they asked him what then art thou Helias And he sayd I am not Art thou that Prophet And he answered no. Then said they vnto him what art thou that we may geue an answer bnto thē that sent vs What saiest thou of thy selfe He said I am the voice of a Cryar in the wildernes make straight the way of the Lord as said the Prophet Esay And they which were sent were of the Phariseis and they asked him and sayde vnto him Why baptisest thou then if thou be not Christ nor Helias neither that Prophet Iohn answered thē saying I baptise with water but ther standeth one among you whom ye know not he it is which though he came after me was before me whose shooe latchet I am not worthye to vnloose These thinges were done in Bethabara beyond Iordan wher Iohn did baptise ¶ Christmas day The Epistle Hebrues i. GOd in times past diuersly many waies spake vnto the Fathers by Prophetes but in these last daies he hath spoken vnto vs by his own sonne whom he hath made Heire of al things by whom also he made the worlde Which Sonne being the bryghtnes of his glory and the very image of his substaunce ruling al things with the word of his power hath by his own person purged our sins sitteth on the right hand of the maiestie on hie being so much more excellent then the Angels as he hath by inheritaunce obteined a more excellent name thē they For vnto which of the Angels sayd he at any time Thou art my Sonne this day haue I begotten thee And againe I wyl be his Father and hee shall be my Sonne And agayne when hee bryngeth in the first begotten Sonne into the worlde he sayth and let all the Angels of God woorship hym And vnto the Angels hee sayth hee maketh hys Angels spirites and hys Ministers a flame of fire But vnto the Sonne he sayth thy seate O God shall be for euer and euer The scepter of thy kingdome is a right scepter Thou hast loued righteousnes and hated iniquitie wherfore God euen thy God hath annoynted thee with oyle of gladnesse aboue thy felowes And thou Lord in the beginning hast layde the foundation of the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy handes They shall perish but thou endurest but they all shall waxe olde as doth a garment and as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them and they shall bee chaunged But thou art euen the same and thy yeares shall not fayle ¶ The Gospell Iohn i. IN the beginning was the word and the word was with God God was the word The same was in the beginning with god Althings were made by it 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 darknes comprehended it not There was sent from God a man whose name was Iohn The same came as a witnes to beare wytnes of the lyght that all men through him might beleue He was not that light but was sent to beare witnes of the light That lyght was the true light which lyghtneth euery man that commeth into the world He was in the worlde and the world was made by hym and the worlde knewe hym not He came amonge hys owne and his own receiued him not But as many as receiued him to them gaue he power to bee made the sonnes of God euen them that beleued on hys name whych were borne not of bloude nor of the wyll of the flesh nor yet of the wyll 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 ful of grace and truth ¶ Saint Stephens day The Epistle Actes vii ANd Steuen being full of the holy Ghost looked vp stedfastelye with his eyes into heauen and sawe the glorye of God Iesus standing on the right hande of God and sayde beholde I see the heauens open and the sonne of man standing on the right hande of god Then they gaue a shoute with a loude voice and stopped theyr eares and ran vpon him al at once and cast him out of the City and stoned him And the wytnesses layd downe their clothes at a yong mans frete whose name was Saule And they stoned Steuen callyng on and saying Lord Iesu receyue my spirite And he kneeled down cryed with a loude voyce Lord laye not this synne to their charge And when he had thus spoken he fell a sleepe ¶ The Gospell Math. xxiii BEholde I send vnto you Prophets and wise men and Scribes and some of them ye shal kil and crucify and some of them shall ye scourge in your Sinagogs and persecute them from city to city that vpon you may come all the righteous bloude which hath bene shed vpon the earth from the bloude of righteous Abell vnto the bloud of Zacharias the Sonne of Barachias whom ye slew betwene the temple and the aulter Verelye I saye vnto you all these things shall come vpon this generation O Ierusalem Ierusalem thou that killest the Prophets and stonest them which are sent vnto thee how often would I haue gathered thy children together euen as the Hen gathereth her Chicknes vnder her wings and ye would not Behold your house is left vnto you desolate For I saye vnto you ye shall not see me hence forth tyll ye say blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lord. ¶ Saint Iohn Euangelistes day The Epistle i. Iohn i. THat whych was from the beginning whych we haue hearde which we haue seene with our eyes which wee haue looked vpon and our hands haue handeled of the worde of lyfe And the life appeared and we haue sene and beare wytnes and shewe vnto you that eternall life which was with the Father and appeared vnto vs That which wee haue seene and heard declare we vnto you that ye also may haue felowshyp with vs and that our felowship may be with the Father and hys Sonne Iesus Christ And this we write vnto you that ye may reioyce and that your ioye may be full And this is the tidinges
answers And when they saw hym they merueiled 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 said vnto them how happened that ye sought me wist you not that I must go about my Fathers busynes And they vnderstood not that saying which he spake vnto them And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient vnto them but his Mother kept all these sayinges together in her hart And Iesus prospered in wisedome and age and in fauour with God and men ¶ The second sonday after the Epiphany The Epistle Roma xii SEing that we haue diuers gyftes according to the grace that is geuen vnto vs if a man haue the gift of prophecy let him haue it that it be agreeing to the fayth Let him that hath an office waite on his office Let him that teacheth take hede to his doctrine Let him that exhorteth geue attendance to his exhortacion If any man geue let him do it with synglenes Let hym that ruleth do it with cherefulnes Let loue be without dissimulation Hate that which is euil and cleaue to that which is good Be kynde one to another with brotherly loue in geuing honor go one before an other Be not slouthful in the busynes which you haue in hand Be feruent in Spirit Apply your selues to the time Reioyce in hope Be pacient in tribulation Continue in prayer Distribute vnto the necessity of the saynts Be ready to harbour Blesse them which persecute you blesse I say and curse not Be mery with them that are mery wepe with them that wepe Be of lyke affection one towardes another Be not hye minded but make your selues equall to them of the lower sort ¶ The Gospell Iohn ii ANd the third day was ther a mariage in Cana a City of Galile and the Mother of Iesus was ther. And Iesus was called and his disciples vnto the mariage And when the wine failed the mother of Iesus said vnto him they haue no wine Iesus said vnto her woman what haue I to do with thee mine houre is not yet come His mother said vnto the Ministers whatsoeuer he saith vnto you do it And there were standing ther .vi. waterpots of stone after the maner of purifiying of the Iewes conteining two or three firkins apece Iesus sayd vnto them fill the waterpots with water And they filled them vp to the brim And he sayd vnto them draw out now and beare vnto the Gouernour of the feast and they bare it When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water turned into wine and knewe not whence it was but the ministers which drew the water knew he called the bridegrome and said vnto him euery man at the begynning doth setforth good wine when men be dronk thē that which is worse but thou hast kept the good wine vntil nowe This beginning of miracles did Iesus in Cana of Galile shewed his glory his disciples beleued on him ¶ The third sunday after the Epiphany The Epistle Roma xii BE not wise in your owne opinions Recompence to no man euyll for euill Prouide aforehande thinges honest not onelye before God but also in the syght of all men If it be possible as much as is in you lyue peaceably with all men Dearely beloued auenge not your selues but rather geue place vnto wrath For it is written vengeaunce is mine I wyll reward sayth the lord Therefore if thine enemy hunger feede him if he thirst geue him drinke For in so doing thou shalte heape coales of fire on his head Be not ouercome of euill but ouercome euil with goodnes ¶ The Gospell Math. viii WHen he was come down from the mountaine much people folowed him And behold there came a leper and worshipped him saying Maister if thou wilt the canst make me cleane And Iesus put forth hys hande and touched him saying I wil be thou cleane immediatly his leporsy was cleansed And Iesus said to him tel no man but go shew thy selfe to the priest offer the gift that Moises commaunded to be offred for a witnes vnto them And when Iesus was entred into Capernauin ther came vnto him a Centurion and besought him saying Maister my seruant lieth at home sick of the palsey and is greuously payned And Iesus sayd When I come vnto hym I wyll heale him The Cēturion answered said Sir I am not worthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe but speake the word onely and my seruaunt shal be healed For I also am a man subiect to the autority of an other and haue souldiours vnder me and I say to this man go and he goeth and to another man come and he commeth and to my seruant do this and he doth it Whē Iesus heard these words he maruayled and said to them that folowed him verely I say vnto you I haue not found so great fayth in Israel I say vnto you that many shall come from the East and West and shall rest with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the kingdome of heauen but the children of the kingdome shal be cast out into vtter darknes ther shal be weeping gnashyng with teeth And Iesus sayd vnto the Centurion go thy way and as thou beleuest so be it vnto thee his seruant was healed in the selfe same houre ¶ The fourth sunday after the Epiphany The Epistle Roma xii LEt euery soule submit himselfe vnto the aucthority of the higher powers for there is no power but of god The powers that be ar ordained of God who soeuer therfore resisteth power resisteth the ordinance of God but they that resist shall receiue to them selues damnatiō For rulers ar not fearful to them that do good but to them that do euil Wilt thou be without feare of the power do wel then so shalt thou be praised of the the same for he is the minister of God for thy wealth But if thou do that which is euil thē fear for he beareth not the sword for nought for he is the minister of god to take vengeaunce on thē that do euil Wherfore ye must nedes obey not onely for feare of vengeaunce but also because of conscience euen for this cause pay ye tribute for they are Gods ministers seruing for that purpose Geue to euery man therfore his duty Tribute to whom tribute belongeth Custom to whom custom is due feare to whom feare belongeth honoure to whom honour pertaineth ¶ The Gospell Math. viii ANd when he entred into a Ship his disciples folowed him And behold ther arose a great tempest in the sea in somuch as the ship was couered with waues but he was a sleepe And his Disciples came to him awoke him saying Maister saue vs we perish And he said vnto thē why are ye fearefull O ye of litle fayth Then he arose rebuked the windes the sea ther folowed a great calme But the men marueiled saying what
of god in much pacience in affections in necessities in anguishes in gripes inprisonments in strifes in labours in watchings in fastings in purenes in knowledge in long-suffering in kindnes in the holy ghost in loue vnfained in the word of truth in the power of God by the armour of righteousnes of the right hand and of the left by honour dishonour by euil report good report as deceiuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and behold we liue as chastened and not killed as sorowing yet alway mery as poore yet make many rich as hauing nothing yet possessing althings ¶ The Gospell Math. iiii THen was Iesus led away of the Spirite into Wildernes to be tempted of the Deuyll And when he had fasted forty daies and forty nightes he was at the last an hungred And whē the Tempter came to him he said If thou be the sonne of God commaund that these stones be made bread But he answered sayd it is written Man shall not lyue by bread onelye but by euery woorde that proceedeth out of the mouth of god Then the deuil taketh him vp into the holy city and setteth him on a pinacle of the Temple and sayth vnto him If thou be the Sonne of God cast thy selfe downe headlong For it is written he shall geue hys Angels charge ouer thee and with their handes they shall hold thee vp least at any time thou dash thy foote against a stone And Iesus sayd vnto him it is written againe Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy god Agayne the deuill taketh him vp into an exceding hye mountaine and shewed him all the kyngdomes of the world and the glory of them and saith vnto hym All these wyll I geue thee if thou wylt fall downe worship me Then saith Iesus vnto him auoyde Sathan for it is wrytten Thou shalt woorship the Lord thy God him onely shalt thou serue Then the deuill left him behold the Angels came ministred vnto him ¶ The second Sunday in Lent. The Epistle i. Thessa. iiii WE besech you brethren and exhort you by the Lord Iesus that ye encrease more and more euen as ye haue receiued of vs how ye ought to walke to please god For ye know what commaundementes we gaue you by our Lord Iesus Christ For this is the wyll of God euen your holynes that ye should abstayne from fornication that euery one of you should know how to keepe his vessel in holynes and honour not in the lust of concupiscence as do the Heathen which know not God that no man oppresse defraud his brother in bargayning because that the lord is the auenger of all such things as we tolde you before and testified For God hath not called vs vnto vnclennes but vnto holynes He therefore that despiseth dispiseth not a man but God which hath sent his holy spirit among you ¶ The Gospell Math. xv IEsus went thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon and behold a woman of Canaan which came out of the same coastes cryed vnto him saying haue mercy on me O Lord thou sonne of Dauid My daughter is pyteously vexed with a deuill But he answered her nothing at all And hys disciples came and besought him saying send her away for she cryeth after vs But he aunswered and sayd I am not sent but to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel Then came she and worshipped him saying Lord help me He answered and said It is not meete to take the childrens bread and cast it to Dogs She answered sayd Truth Lord yet the Dogs eate of the croomes which fall from their maisters table Then Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto her O woman great is thy faith be it vnto thee euen as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole euen the same tyme. ¶ The third sunday in Lent. The Epistle Ephe. v. BE you folowers of God as deare chlldren and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue himselfe for vs an offering a sacrifice of a sweete sauour to god As for fornication and all vnclennes or couetousnes let it not be once named among you as for it becōmeth Saintes or filthines or foolish talking or iesting which are not comly but rather geuing of thanks For this ye know that no whoremōger either vncleane person or couetous person which is a woorshipper of Images hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ of god Let no man deceue you with vain words For because of such things commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience Be not ye therfore companions of them Ye were sometimes darknes but now are ye lyght in the Lord walke as children of lyght for the truth of the spirit consisteth in al goodnes and righteousnes and truth Accept that which is pleasing vnto the Lord haue no felowship with the vnfruitful workes of darknes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those things which are done of them in secrete but all things when they are brought foorth by the light are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifest the same is light wherfore he saith Awake thou that sleepest and stand vp from death and Christ shal geue thee lyght ¶ The Gospell Luke xii IEsus was casting out a deuill that was dum And when he had cast out the deuyll the dumme spake and the people wondered But some of them sayd he casteth out Deuyls thorow Belzebub the chiefe of the deuils And other tempted him and required of him a signe from heauen But he knowing their thoughts said vnto them Euery kingdom deuided against it self is desolate and one house doth fall vpon another If Sathan also be deuided against him selfe how shall his kingdome endure Because ye saye I cast out deuils through Belzebub if I by the helpe of Belzebub cast out Deuils by whose helpe do your children cast them out therefore shal they be your iudges But if I with the finger of God cast out deuils no doubt the kingdome of God is come vpon you When a strong man armed watcheth his house the things that he possesseth are in peace But when a stronger then he commeth vpon him and ouercōmeth him he taketh from him all hys harnes wherin he trusted and deuideth his goods He that is not with me is against me And he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroade When the vncleane spirit is gone out of a mā he walketh through dry places seking rest And when he findeth none he saith I wil returne againe into my house whence I came out And when he cōmeth he fyndeth it swept garnished Then goeth he and taketh to him seuen other spirites worse then him selfe they enter in dwel there And the end of that man is worse then the beginning And it fortuned that as he spake these things a certain woman of the company lift vp her voyce sayd vnto him Happy is the
and vnto them that looke for hym shall he appeare againe without sinne vnto saluacion ¶ The Gospell Luke xxii THe feast of sweete bread drew nye which is called Easter and the hye Priestes and Scribes sought how they might kyll hym for they feared the people Then entred Sathan into Iudas whose sir name was Iscarioth which was of the number of the twelue and hee went his waye and communed with the hie Priestes and officers how he myght betray hym vnto them And they were glad and promised to geue him money And hee consented and sought oportunity to betray him vnto them when the people were away Then came the day of sweete breade when of necessity the Passeouer must be offered And he sent Peter and Iohn saying go and prepare vs the Passeouer that we may eate They sayd vnto him where wilt thou that we prepare and hee sayd vnto them behold when ye enter into the City there shall a man meete you bearing a pitcher of water him folow into the same house that he entreth in and ye shall say vnto the good man of the house the maister sayth vnto thee where is the gest chamber where I shall eate the passeouer with my Disciples And hee shall shew a great parler pauid there make readye And they went and found as he had sayd vnto them and they made ready the Passeouer And when the houre was come hee sat downe and the twelue Apostles with hym And he sayd vnto them I haue inwardly desired to eate this Passeouer with you before that I suffer For I say vnto you henceforth wyll I not eate of it any more vntyll it bee fulfilled in the kingdome of god And hee tooke the Cup and gaue thankes and sayd Take this and deuide it among you For I say vnto you I wyll not drynke of the fruite of this vyne vntill the kingdome of God come And hee tooke bread and when he had geuen thanks he brake it and gaue vnto them saying This is my body which is geuen for you this do in the remēbraunce of me Likewise also when he had supped he tooke the cup saying Thys cup is the new testament in my bloud which is shed for you Yet behold the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table And truely the sonne of man goeth as it is appointed but woe vnto that man by whom he is betrayed And they began to enquire among them selues which of them it was that should do it And there was a stryfe among them which of them should seeme to be the greatest And he said vnto them the kinges of nacions reigne ouer them and they that haue aucthoryty vpon them are called gracious but ye shall not so be But he that is greatest among you shall be as the yonger and hee that is chiefe shal be as he that doth minister For whether is greater he that sitteth at meat or he that serueth Is not he that litteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth Ye are they which haue biddē with me in my temptacions And I appointed vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appointed to me that ye may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdom sit on seates iudging the twelue tribes of Israell And the Lord said Simon Simon behold Satā hath desired to sift you as it were wheate but I haue praied for thee that thy fayth fayle not And when thou art conuerted strength thy brethren And he said vnto him lord I am ready to go with thee into prison and to death And he sayd I tel thee Peter the cock shall not crow thys day til thou haue denied me thrise that thou knowest me And he sayd vnto them when I sent you without wallet and scrip and shoes lacked ye any thing And they said no. Then sayd he vnto them but now he that hath a wallet let him take it vp likewise his scrip And he that hath no sworde let him sell his coate bie one For I say vnto you that yet the same which is written must be performed in me euen amōg the wicked was he reputed For those things which are written of me haue their end And they sayd Lord behold here are .ii. swords he said vnto thē it is inough And he came out went as he was wont to mount Oliuet and the disciples folowed him And when he came to the place he said vnto them pray lest ye fal into temptacion And he gat him selfe frō them about a stone cast and kneeled down praied saying Father if thou wilt remoue this cup frō me Neuertheles not my will but thine be fulfilled ther appeared an angel vnto him frō heauen cōforting him And he was in an agony praied the longer and his sweate was like drops of bloud trickling down to the ground And when he arose frō praier was come to his disciples he found them sleeping for heauines he said vnto thē why slepe ye Rise pray least ye fall into temptation While he yet spake behold ther came a cōpany and he that was called Iudas one of the twelue wēt before them preased nye to Iesus to kisse him But Iesus said vnto him Iudas betraiest thou the sonne of man with a kisse When they which were about him saw what would folow thei said vnto him lord shal we smite with the sword one of them smote a seruant of the hie priest stroke of his right eare Iesus answered sayd suffer ye thus far forth And when he touched his eare he healed him Then Iesus said vnto the hie Priestes rulers of the temple the elders which wer come to him Ye be come out as vnto a theefe with swords and staues When I was dayly with you in the temple ye streatched forth no handes against me but this is euen your very hour and the power of darknes Then tooke they him and led him and brought him to the hie Priestes house But Peter folowed a far of And when they had kinled a fire in the midst of the palace and were set down together Peter also sat down amonge them But when one of the wenches be helde him as he sat by the fire and looked vpon hym she sayd this same felow was also with him And he denied him saying womā I know him not And after a litle while another saw him and said thou art also of them And Peter sayd man I am not And about the space of an houre after another affirmed saying verely this felow was with him also for he is of Galile And Peter sayd mā I wot not what thou saiest immediately while he yet spake the Cock crew And the lord turned backe looked vpon Peter And Peter remembred the word of the Lord how he had sayd vnto hym before the Cock crow thou shalt deny me thrise Peter went out and wept bytterly And the men that tooke Iesus mocked him smot
spirit of God they are the sons of god For ye haue not receiued the spirit of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receiued the spirit of adoption wherby ye cry Abba father The same spirit certifieth our spirit that we are the sonnes of god If we be sonnes then are we heires the heires I meane of God and heires annexed with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may be glorified together with him ¶ The Gospell Math. vii BEware of false Prophetes which come to you in shepes clothing but inwardly they are rauening wolues Ye shall know them by theyr fruites Do men gather grapes of thornes or figs of thistles euen so euery good tree bringeth forth good fruites but a corrupt tree bringeth foorth euil fruits A good tree can not bring forth bad fruits neither can a bad tree bring forth good fruites Euery tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewen down and cast into the fire Wherfore by their fruites ye shall know thē Not euery one that saith vnto me Lord Lord shal enter into the kingdom of heauen but he that doth the will of my father which is in heauen he shal enter into the kingdom of heauen ¶ The .ix. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle i. Cor. x. BRethren I would not that ye should be ignoraunt how that our fathers were all vnder the cloude and all passed through the sea and were all baptised vnder Moyses in the cloud and in the sea and did all eate of one spirituall meate and did all drinke of one spiritual drinke And they dranke all of one spiritual Rocke that folowed them which Rocke was Christ But in many of them had God no delight For they wer ouerthrowē in the wildernes These are ensamples to vs that we should not lust after euyll thinges as they lusted And that ye should not be worshippers of images as were some of them according as it is written The people satte downe to eate and drinke and rose vp to playe Neyther let vs be defiled wyth fornication as some of them were defiled with fornication and fell in one day three and twenty thousande Neyther let vs tempt Christ as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpentes Neyther murmur yee as some of them murmured and were destroyed of the Destroyer All these thinges happened vnto them for ensaumples But are wrytten to put vs in remembraunce whom the endes ot the worlde are come vpon Wherfore let him that thinketh he standeth take heede least he fall There hath none other temptacion taken you but such as folowed the nature of man But God is faithfull which shall not suffer you to be tempted aboue your strength but shall in the middest of temptacion make away that you may be able to beare it ¶ The Gospell Luke xvi IEsus said to his disciples There was a certain rich man which had a steward and the same was accused vnto him that he had wasted his goodes And he called him and said vnto him how is it that I heare this of thee Geue accoumpts of thy Stewardship for thou mayest be no longer Steward The Steward sayd within thy selfe what shall I do for my maister taketh away from me the stewardshyp I cannot dyg to beg I am ashamed I wote what to do that when I am put out of the stewardship they may receaue me into theyr houses So when he had called all his maisters detters together he sayd vnto the fyrst how much owest thou vnto my master And he said an hundred tunnes of oyle And he sayd vnto him take thy byl and sit downe quickly and write fifty Then sayd he to another how much owest thou and he said an hundred quarters of wheate He sayd vnto him take thy byl and write foure score And the Lord commended the vniust steward because he had done wysely For the children of this world are in their nation wiser then the childrē of light And I say vnto you Make you friends of the vnrighteous Mammon that when ye shall haue nede they may receiue you into euerlasting habitacions ¶ The .x. Sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle i. Cor. xii COncerning spirituall things brethren I would not haue you ignoraunt Ye know that ye were Gentils and went your way vnto dum Images euen as ye were lead Wherefore I declare vnto you that no man speaking by the spirit of God defieth Iesus Also no man can say that Iesus is the Lord but by the holy Ghost Ther are diuersities of giftes yet but one spirit And ther are differences of administrations and yet but one lord And there are diuers maners of operations yet one God which worketh al in all The gift of the spirit is geuen to euery man to edefy withal For to one is geuen through the spirite the vtterance of wysdome To another is geuen the vtterance of knowledge by the same spirit To another is geuen fayth by the same spirit To another the gift of healyng by the same spirit To another power to doo miracles To another prophecy To another iudgement to discerne spirites To another diuers toungs To another the interpretacion of tounges by these all worketh the selfe same spirite deuidyng to euerye man a seuerall gyft euen as he wyll ¶ The Gospell Luke xix ANd when he was come neare to Ierusalem he beheld the city wept on it saying If thou haddest knowen those thynges which belong vnto thy peace euē in this thy day thou wouldest take hede But now are they hid from thine eyes For the daies shall come vnto thee that thy enemies shal cast a banke about thee and compasse thee round keepe thee in on euery side and make thee euen with the ground and thy children which are in thee And they shall not leaue in thee one stone vpon another because thou knowest not the tyme of thy visitation And he went into the temple and began to cast out them that solde therein and them that bought saying vnto them It is written my house is the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theeues And he taught dayly in the temple ¶ The .xi. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle i. Cor. i. BRethren as pertayning to the Gospell which I preached vnto you which ye haue accepted in the which ye continue by the which ye are also saued I do you to weete after what maner I preached vnto you if ye keepe it except ye haue beleued in vaine For first of al I deliuered vnto you that which I receiued how that Christ died for our syns agreing to the scriptures And that he was buried that he rose againe the third day according to the scriptures And that he was sene of Cephas then of the twelue After that he was seene of mo thē fiue hundred brethren at once of which many remayne vnto this day and many are fallen a sleepe After that appeared he to Iames then to all the Apostels And
last of all he was seene of me as of one that was borne out of due time For I am the least of the Apostles which am not worthy to be called an apostle because I haue persecuted the congregation of god But by the grace of God I am that I am And his grace which is in me was not in vayne But I laboured more aboūdantly then they al yet not I but the grace of God which is with me Therfore whether it were I or they so we preached and so ye haue beleued ¶ The Gospell Luke xviii CHrist told this parable vnto certayne which trusted in thē selues that they wer perfect despised other Two men went vp into the temple to pray the one a Phacisey the other a Publican The Pharisey stood praied thus with him selfe God I thank thee that I am not as other men are extorcioners vniust adulterers or as this Publican I fast twise in the weke I geue tithe of al that I possesse And the Publican standing a far of would not lift vp his eyes to heauen but smot his brest saying God be merciful to me a synner I tel you this mā departed home to his house iustified more then the other For euery man that exalteth himself shal be brought low he the humbleth himself shal be exalted ¶ The .xii. sunday after Trinity The Epistle ii Corin. iii. SVch trust haue we through Christ to God ward not that we are sufficient of our selues to thynke anye thing of our selues but if we be able vnto any thyng the same cōmeth of God which hath made vs able to minister the new testament not of the letter but of the spirit For the letter killeth but the spirite geueth lyfe If the ministration of death through the letters figured in stones was glorious so that the children of Israel could not behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance which glory is done away why shal not the ministration of the spirit be much more gloryous For if the ministracion of condēnation be glorious much more doth the ministration of righteousnes exceede in glory ¶ The Gospel Mark. vii IEsus departed from the coastes of Tire and Sidon and came vnto the sea of Galile through the myddest of the coastes of the tenne Cyties and they brought vnto hym one that was deafe and had an impediment in hys speeche and they prayed hym to put his hand vpon hym And when he had taken him aside from the people he put his fingers into his eares did spit and touched his toung and looked vp to heauen and sighed and sayd vnto him Ephata that is to say be opened And straight way his eares wer opened and the string of his toung was loosed and he spake plaine And he commaunded them that they should tell no man But the more he forbad them so much the more a great deale they published saying He hath done althings well he hath made both the deafe to heare and the dum to speake ¶ The .xiiii sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Gala. iii. TO Abraham his seede were the promises made He saith not in his seedes as of many but in thy sede as of one which is Christ This I say that the law which began afterward beyonde foure hundred thirty yeares doth not disanul the testament that was confirmed afore of God vnto Christward to make the promise of none effect For if the inheritaunce come of the law it cōmeth not now of promise But God gaue it to Abraham by promise Wherfore then serueth the law the law was added because of transgression tyll the seede came to whom the promise was made and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediatour A mediatour is not a Mediatour of one but God is one Is the law then against the promise of God God forbyd For if there had bene a law geuē which could haue geuen lyfe then do doubte righteousnes should haue come by the law But the Scripture concludeth althinges vnder syn that the promise by the faith of Iesus Christ should be geuen to them that beleue ¶ The Gospell Luke x. HAppy are the eies which see the things that ye see For I tell you that many Prophetes and kinges haue desyred to see those things which ye se and haue not seene them and to heare those things which ye heare and haue not heard them And beholde a certaine Lawyer stood vp and tempted him saying Maister what shall I do to enherite eternall lyfe He sayd vnto him what is written in the law How readest thou And he answered and said Loue the Lord thy God with all thy hart and with all thy soule and with al thy strength and with all thy mind and thy neighbour as thy selfe And he said vnto him thou hast aunswered right This do and thou shalt liue But he willing to iustify himself sayd vnto Iesus and who is my neighbour Iesus answered and said A certaine man descended from Ierusalem ro Hiericho and fel among theeues which robbed him of his raiment and wounded him and departed leauing him halfe dead And it chaunced that there came downe a certaine priest that same way and when he saw him he passed by And likewise a Leuit when he went nye to the place came and looked on him and passed by But a certayne Samaritan as he iourneied came vnto him and when he saw him he had compassion on him and went to him and bound vp his woundes and poured in oyle and wyne and set him on his owne beast and brought him to a common Inne and made prouision for hym And on the morow when he departed he tooke out two penre gaue them to the hoaste and sayd vnto him Take cure of him and whatsoeuer thou spendest more when I come againe I will recompence thee Which now of these three thinkest thou was neighboure vnto him that fell amonge the theeues And he sayd vnto him he that shewed mercy on hym Then sayd Iesus to him go and do thou likewise ¶ The .xiiii. sunday after Trinitie Sunday The Epistle Galarh v. I Say walke in the spirite and fulfill not the lust of the flesh for the flesh lusteth contrarye to the spiritr and the spirit contrary to the flesh these are contrary one to another so that ye cannot do what so euer ye would But and if ye be led of the Spirite then are yee not vnder the law The deedes of the flesh are manifest which are these adultery fornication vncleanesse wantonnes worshipping of images witchcrafte hatred variaunce zeale wrath stryfe sedicions sectes enuiynge murder dronkennes gluttonye and such lyke Of the which I tell you before as I haue told you in tymes past that they which commit such thinges shall not bee inheritours of the kingdome of god Contrarily the fruite of the Spirit is loue ioye peace longsuffering gentlenesse goodnes faythfulnes meekenes temperaunce Against such there is no law They truly that are Christes
haue crucified the flesh with the affections and lustes ¶ The Gospel Luke xvii ANd it chaunced as Iesus went to Ierusalem that he passed through Samaria and Galile And as he entred into a certaine town there met him ten men that were Lepers which stood a farre of and put forth their voyces and sayd Iesus Maister haue mercy on vs When he saw them he sayd vnto them go shew your selues vnto the Priestes And it came to passe that as they went they were cleansed And one of them when hee saw that hee was clensed turned back againe and wyth a loud voice praised God and fell downe on his face at his feete and gaue him thankes And the same was a Samaritane And Iesus answered and said are there not ten clensed but where are those nine There are not found that returned againe to geue God prayse saue onely thys Straunger And he sayd vnto hym aryse go thy way thy faith hath made thee whole ¶ The .xv. Sunday after Trinity Sunday The Epistle Gala. iii. YE see how large a Letter I haue written to you with mine own hand As many as desire with outward appearaunce to please carnally the same constraine you to be circumcised onely least they should suffer persecution for the Crosse of Christ For they them selues which are circumcised keepe not the law but desyre to haue you circumcised that they might reioyce in your flesh God forbid that I shuld reioyce but in the crosse of our Lord Iesu Christ wherby the world is crucified vnto me I vnto the world For in Christ Iesu neither circumcision auaileth any thing at al nor vncircumcision but a new creature And as many as walke according vnto this rule peace be on them and mercy and vpon Israell that partaineth to god From hence forth let no man put me to busines For I beare in my body the markes of the Lord Iesu Brethren the grace of our lord Iesu Christ be with your spirit Amen ¶ The Gospell Math. vi NO man can serue two maisters for either he shal hate the one and loue the other or els leane to the one and despise the other yee cannot serue God and Mamon Therefore I say vnto you be not carefull for your lyfe what ye shall eate or drinke or yet for your body what rayment you shall put on Is not the lyfe more woorth then meate and the body more of value then raiment Behold the foules of the ayre for they sow not neither do they reape nor cary into barens and your heauenly father feedeth them Are ye not much better then they Which of you by taking carefull thought can adde one cubite vnto hys stature And why care ye for rayment Consider the Lillies of the field how they growe they labour not neither do thy spinne And yet I say vnto you that euen Salomon in all his roialtye was not clothed lyke one of these Wherefore if God so cloth the grasse of the field which though it stand to day is to morowe cast into the fornace shall he not much more do the same for you O ye of little fayth Therefore take no thought saying what shall we eate or what shall we drinke or where with shall we be cloathed after all these things do the Gentiles seeke For your heauenlye Father knoweth that ye haue neede of all these thinges But rather seeke yee fyrst the kyngdome of God and the righteousnes therof and all these things shall bee ministred vnto you Care not then for the morowe for to morowe day shall care for it selfe sufficient vnto the day is the trauaile thereof ¶ The .xvi. Sunday after Trinity Sunday The Epistle Ephe. iii. I Desire that you faynt not because of my tribulations that I suffer for your sakes which is your prayse For thys cause I bowe my knees vnto the Father of our lord Iesus Christ which is Father of al that is called Father in heauen and in earth that he would graunt you according to the ritches of his glory that ye may be strengthned with might by his spirit in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hartes by fayth that ye being rooted and grounded in loue might be able to comprehende with all Saintes what is the bredth length depth and height and to know the excellēt loue of the knowledge of Christ that ye might be fulfilled with all fulnes which commeth of god Vnto hym that is able to do exceding aboundantly aboue all that we aske or thinke according to the power that worketh in vs be prayse in the congregacion by Christ Iesus throughout all generations from time to time Amen ¶ The Gospell Luke vii ANd it fortuned that Iesus went into a city called Naim and many of his disciples went with him and much people When he came nye to the gate of the City behold there was a man caried out which was the onely Sonne of his mother and she was a widow and much people of the City was with her And when the Lord saw her he had compassion on her and sayd vnto her weepe not And he came nie and touched the coffin and they that bare him stood still And he sayde yong man I say vnto thee arise And hee that was dead sat vp and began to speake And he deliuered him to his mother And there came a feare on them all And they gaue the glory vnto God saying a great Prophet is risen vp amonge vs and God hath visited his people And this rumour of him went foorth throughout all Iewry and throughout all the regions which lye rounde about ¶ The .xvii. sunday after Trinitie Sunday The Epistle Ephc. iiii I Which am a prisoner of the Lordes exhort you that ye walke woorthy of the vocation wherwith ye are called with all lowlynes and meekenes with humblenes of mind forbearing one another through loue and be diligent to keepe the vnity of the spirit through the bond of peace being one body and Spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of your calling Let there be but one Lord one fayth one Baptisme one God and Father of all which is aboue all and through all and in you all ¶ The Gospell Luke xiiii IT chaunced that Iesus went into the house of one of the chiefe Pharises to eate breade on the Sabboth day and they watched him And behold there was a certaine man before him which had the dropsy And Iesus aunswered spake vnto the Lawiers and Phariseis saying is it lawfull to heale on the Sabboth day And they helde their peace And he tooke hym and healed him and let him goe and answered them saying which of you shal haue an asse or an Oxe fallen into a pyt and wyll not straight way pull him out on the Sabboth day And they could not aunswer him againe to these thinges He put forth also a similitude to the geastes when he marked how they preased to be in the highest roumes and sayd vnto them When thou
vnto Ceasar the things which are Cesars and vnto God those things which are Gods. When they heard these words they marueiled and left hym and went theyr way ¶ The .xxiiii. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Colos i. WE geue thankes to God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ alwaies for you in our prayers for we haue heard of your fayth in Christ Iesu and of the loue which ye beare to all Sayntes for the hopes sake which is layd vp in store for you in heauen Of which hope ye heard before by the true word of the Gospell which is come vnto you euen as it is fruitfull and groweth 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 truth as ye learned of Epaphra our deare fellowe seruaunt whych is for you a faythfull Minister of Christ which also declared vnto vs your loue which ye haue in the spirit For this cause we also euer synce the day we heard of it haue not ceased to pray for you and to desire that ye might be fulfilled with the knowledge of hys wyl in all wysdome and spirituall vnderstandyng that ye myght walke woorthye of the Lorde that in all thynges ye may please beyng fruitfull in all good workes and increasing in the knowledge of God strengthened with all might through his gloryous power vnto all pacience long suffering with ioyfulnes geuing thankes vnto the Father which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inheritance of Saintes in light ¶ The Gospell Math. ix WHen Iesus spake vnto the people behold ther came a certaine Ruler and worshipped hym saying My daughter is euen now deceased but come and lay thy hand vpon her and she shal lyue And Iesus arose and followed hym and so dyd hys Disciples And behold a woman which was diseased with an issue of blond twelue yeres came behind him and touched the hem of his vesture For she sayd within herselfe If I may touch but euen his vesture onely I shall be safe But Iesus turned him about and when he saw her he sayd daughter be of good comfort thy fayth hath made thee safe And the woman was made whole euen the same tyme And when Iesus came into the rulers house and saw the Minstrels and people making a noyse he sayd vnto them get you hence for the maid is not dead but sleepeth And they laughed him to scorne But when the people were put foorth he went in and tooke her by the hand and sayd damosell aryse And the damosell arose And this noyse went abrode into all that land ¶ The .xxv. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Iere. xxiii BEhold the time commeth sayth the Lord that I wyll rayse vp the righteous braunch of Dauid which Kyng shall beare rule and he shall prosper with wisedome and shall set vp equity and righteousnes againe in earth In his time shall Iuda be saued and Israell shall dwell without feare And thys is the name that they shall call him euen the Lord our righteousnes and therefore behold the tyme commeth sayth the Lord that it shal be no more sayd the Lord lyueth which brought the children of Israell out of the land of Egypt But the Lord liueth which brought foorth and lead the seede of the house of Israell out of the North land and from all countries where I haue scattered them and they shall dwell in their own land agayne ¶ The Gospell Iohn vi WHen Iesus lyft vp his eyes and saw a great company come vnto him he sayd vnto Philip whēce shal we buy bread that these may eate This he said to proue him for he himselfe knew what he would do Philip aunswered hym two hundreth peniworth of bread are not sufficient for them that euery man may take a little One of his disciples Andrewe Simon Peters brother sayd vnto him There is a lad here which hath fiue barly loaues and two fishes but what are they among so many And Iesus sayd make the people sit down There was much gras in the place So the men sat downe in number about fyue thousand And Iesus tooke the breade and when he had geuen thankes he gaue to the disciples and the disciples to them that were set downe And likewise of the fishes as much as they would When they had eaten inough he sayd vnto his disciples Gather vp the broken meate which remayneth that nothing be lost And they gathered it together and fylled twelue baskets with the broken meate of the fyue barely loues which broken meate remained vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did sayd thys is of a truth the same Prophet that should come into the world ¶ Saint Andrew the Apostles day The Epistle Roma x. IF thou knowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the Lord ▪ beleue in thy hart that God raised him vp from death thou shalt be safe For to beleue with the hart iustifieth to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe For the scripture saith whosoeuer beleueth on him shal not be confounded There is no difference betwene the Iewe and the Gentile For one is Lord of al which is ritch vnto al that cal vpon him For whosoeuer doth cal on the name of the lord shal be safe How then shal they cal on him on whom they haue not beleued How shal thei beleue on him on whō thei haue not hearde How shall they heare without a Preacher And how shall they preache except they be sent As it is wrytten how beautifull are the feete of them which bring tydinges of peace and bring tidinges of good things But they haue not al obeyed to the gospell For Esay saith Lord who hath beleued our sayings So then fayth commeth by hearing and hearing cōmeth by the word of god But I aske haue they not heard No doubt their sound went out into al lands and their words into the ends of the world But I demaūd whether Israel did know or not First Moyses saith I wil prouoke you to enuy by thē that are no people by a foolish nation I wyll anger you Esay after that is bold faith I am foūd of them that sought me not I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me but against Israel he saith Al day long haue I stretched forth my hands to a people that beleueth not but speaketh against me ¶ The Gospell Math. iiii AS Iesus walked by the sea of Galile he saw two brethren Simon which was called Peter Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fisshers he saith vnto thē folow me I will make you to become fishers of men And they strait way left their nets and folowed him And when he was gone foorth from thence he saw other two brethren Iames the sonne of Zebede and Iohn hys brother in the ship with Zebede theyr father mending
Lord Christ And he came by inspiration into the temple ¶ Saynt Mathies day The Epistle Actes i. IN those dayes Peter stood vp in the midst of the disciples and sayd the number of names that were together were about an hundred and twenty Ye men and brethren the scripture must needes haue bene fulfilled which the holy ghost through the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was guide to them that tooke Iesus For he was nombred with vs and had obtayned felowship in this Ministration And the same hath now possessed a plot of ground with the reward of iniquity when he was hanged he burst a sunder in the middest and his bowels gushed out And it was knowen vnto all the inhabiters of Hierusalem in so much that the same fielde is called in their mother tounge Acheldema that is to say the bloudy fielde For it is written in the booke of Psalmes his habitation be voyd no man be dwelling therein and his bishopricke let another take Wherefore of these men which haue companied with vs al the time that the Lord Iesus had all his conuersation among vs beginning at the Baptisme of Iohn vnto the same day that he was taken vp from vs must one be ordeined to be a witnes with vs of his resurrection And they appointed two Ioseph which is called Barsabas whose sirname was Iustus and Mathias And when they prayed they sayd Thou Lord which knowest the hartes of all men shew whether of these two thou hast chosen that he may take the roume of thys Ministration and Apostleshyp from which Iudas by transgression fell that he might go to his owne place And they gaue foorth theyr lots and the lot fell on Mathias and he was coumpted with the eleuen Apostles ¶ The Gospell Math. xi IN that time Iesus answered and sayd I thanke thee O Father Lord of heauen and earth because thou hast hyd these thinges from the wyse and prudent and hast shewed them vnto babes Verely Father euen so was it thy good pleasure All things are geuen vnto me of my father And no man knoweth the Sonne but the Father neither knoweth any man the Father saue the Sonne and he to whom soeuer the sonne will open him Come vnto me all ye that labour and are laden and I wyll ease you Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me for I am meeke and lowly in hart and ye shall fynde rest vnto your soules for my yoke is easy and my burden is lyght ¶ The Annunciation of the virgin Mary The Epistle Esay vii GOd spake once again vnto Ahaz saying require a token of the lord thy God whether it be toward the depth beneath or toward the heyght aboue Then sayd Ahaz I wyll require none neyther will I tempt the lord And he sayd harken to ye of the house of Dauid is it not inough for you that ye be greeuous vnto men but ye must greeue my God also And therfore the Lord shall geue you a token Behold a vyrgin shal conceaue beare a sonne thou his mother shalt cal his name Emanuel Butter hony shal he eate that he may know to refuse the euill and chuse the good ¶ The Gospel Luke i. ANd in the syxt moneth the Aungel Gabriell was sent from God vnto a City of Galile named Nazareth to a virgin spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins name was Marye And the Angell went in vnto her and sayd Hayle full of grace the Lord is with thee Blessed art thou among women When shee saw him shee was abashed at his saying and caste in her minde what maner of salutation that should be And the Angell sayd vnto her feare not Mary for thou hast found grace with god Behold thou shalt conceyue in thy wombe and beare a Sonne and shalt call hys name Iesus He shal be great and shal be called the sonne of the highest And the Lord God shall geue vnto hym the seate of his Father Dauid and he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kingdome there shal be none ende Then sayd Mary to the Aungell How shall this be seeing I know not a man And the Angell answered said vnto her The holy ghost shal come vpon thee and the power of the hyest shall ouershadow thee Therfore also that holy thing which shal be borne shal be called the son of god And behold thy Cosin Elizabeth she hath also conceiued a sonne in her age this is the sixt moneth which was called baren for with god nothing shal be vnpossible And Mary said behold the hand maid of the lord be it vnto me acording to thy woord And the Angell departed from her ¶ Saynt Markes day The Epistle Ephe. iiii VNto euery one of vs is geuen grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ Wherefore he saith when he went vpon hie he led captiuity captiue and gaue gifts vnto men That he ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended first into the lowest parts of the earth He that descended is euen the same also that ascended vp aboue al heauens to fulfil althings And the very same made some Apostles some Prophets some Euangelists some shepheards teachers to the edifying of the saints to the worke and administratiō euen to the edifying of the body of Christ till we al come to the vnity of the faith knowledge of the son of God vnto a perfect man vnto the measure of the ful perfect age of Christ That we henceforth should be no more children wauering caried about with euery wind of doctrin by the wilines of mē through craftines wherby they lay awayt for vs to deceiue vs But let vs folow the truth in loue and in althings grow in him which is the head euen Christ in whom if al the body be coupled and knit together throughout euery ioynt wherwith one ministreth to another according to the operation as euery part hath his measure he encreaseth the body vnto the edifying of it selfe through loue ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv I Am the true vine and my father is a husbandman Euery braunch that beareth not fruit in me he wyll take away And euery braunch that beareth fruit wil he purge that it may bring foorth more fruit Now are ye clean through the words which I haue spokē vnto you Bide in me I in you As the braūch cannot beare fruit of it self except it bide in the vine no more can ye except ye abide in me I am the vine ye are the braunches he that abideth in me I in him the same bringeth foorth much fruit For without me cā ye do nothing If a mā bide not in me he is cast foorth as a braunch is withered And men gather thē and cast them into the fire they burn If ye abide in me my words abide in you aske what ye wil and it shal be don
be baptised with the baptisme that I am baptised with but to syt on my right hand and on my left is not mine to geue but it shall chaunce vnto them that it is prepared for of my Father And when the .x. heard this they disdayned at the two brethren But Iesus called them vnto hym and sayd ye know that the princes of the nacions haue dominion ouer them and they that are great men exercise aucthority vpon them It shall not be so among you But whosoeuer will be great among you let him bee your minister and whosoeuer wyll be chiefe among you let him be your seruaunt Euen as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geue his life a redemption for many ¶ Saynt Bartholmewes day the Apostle The Epistle Actes v. BY the handes of the Apostels were many signes and wonders shewed among the people And they were all together with one accord in Salomons porch And of other durst no man ioyne hym selfe to them neuertheles the people magnified them The numbre of them that beleued in the Lord both of men and women grew more and more insomuch that they brought the sick into the streetes and layde them on beds and couches that at the least way the shadow of Peter when he came by might shadow some of them There came also a multitude out of the Cytyes round about vnto Ierusalem bringing sicke folkes and them which were vexed with vncleane spirites and they were healed euery one ¶ The Gospell Luke xxii ANd ther was a strife among them which of them should seeme to be the greatest And he sayd vnto them the kinges of nations raign ouer them and they that haue auctority vpon them are called gracious Lords But ye shall not so be But he that is greatest among you shal be as the yonger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doth minister For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is not he that sitteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth Ye are they which haue bidden with me in my temptaciōs And I appoint vnto you a kingdome as my Father hath appointed vnto me that yee may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome and syt on seates iudgeing the twelue Tribes of Israell ¶ Saynt Mathewes day The Epistle ii Cor. iiii SEing that we haue such an office euen as God hath had mercy on vs we go not out of kind but haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye and walke not in craftines neyther handle we the woord of God deceitfully but open the truth and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of god If our Gospell be yet hyd it is hyd amonge them that are lost in whom the God of thys world hath blinded the minds of them which beleue not least the light of the Gospell of the glorye of Christ which is the image of God should shine vnto them For we preach not our selues but Christ Iesus to be the Lord and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake For it is God that commaūdeth the light to shine out of darknes which hath shined in our hartes for to geue the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ ¶ The Gospell Math. ix ANd as Iesus passed foorth from thence he saw a man named Mathew sytting at the receipt of custome and he sayd vnto him folow me And he arose and folowed him And it came to pas as Iesus sat at meate in his house behold many Publicans also and synners that came sat down with Iesus and his Disciples And when the Phariseis saw it they sayd vnto his disciples why eateth your maister with Publicans and sinners But whē Iesus heard that he said vnto them They that be strong neede not the Phisition but they that are sicke Go ye rather and learne what that meaneth I wyll haue mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but synners to repentaunce ¶ Saynt Michael and all Angels day The Epistle Apo. ii THere was a great battayle in heauen Michael his Aungels fought with the Dragon and the Dragon fought with his Aungels and preuailed not neither was their place found any more in heauen And the great dragon that old serpent called the Deuyll and Sathanas was cast out which deceiueth all the world And he was cast into the earth and his angels were cast out also with him And I heard a loud voyce saying in heauen is now made saluation and strength and the kingdome of one God and the power of hys Christ For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe which accused them before God day and night And they ouercame him by the bloud of the Lambe by the woorde of their testimonye and they loued not their lyues vnto the death Therfore reioyce heauens and ye that dwell in them Wo vnto the inhabitours of the earth and of the sea for the Deuyll is come downe vnto you which hath great wrath because hee knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. ¶ The Gospell Math. xviii AT the same time came the Disciples vnto Iesus saying Who is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauē Iesus called a child vnto him and set him in the mydst of them sayd verely I say vnto you except ye turne and become as children ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heauen Whosoeuer therfore humbleth himselfe as this child that same is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen And who so euer receyueth such a childe in my name receueth me but who so doth offend one of these litle ones which beleue in me it wer better for him that a mylstone were hanged about his necke that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Wo vnto the world because of offences necessary it is that offences come But wo vnto the man by whō the offences cōmeth Wherfore if thy hand or thy foote hinder thee cut him of cast it from thee It is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed rather then thou shouldest hauing two hands or two feete be cast into euerlasting fire And if thine eye offēd thee pluck it out cast it from thee it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye rather then hauing two eyes to be cast into hel fire Take hede that ye despise not one of these litle ones for I say vnto you that in heauē their angels do alwaies behold the face of my father which is in heauen ¶ Saint Luke the Euangelist The Epistle ii Timo. iiii WAtch thou in althinges suffer afflictions do the woorke throughly of an Euangelist fulfyll thine office vnto the vttermost be sober For I am now ready to be offered and the tyme of my departing is at hand I haue fought a good fight I haue fulfilled my course I haue kept the fayth From henceforth their
is layd vp for me a crowne of righteousnes which the Lord that is a righteous iudge shal geue to me at that day not to mee onelye but to all them that loue hys comming Do thy diligence that thou mayest come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsaken me and loueth this present world and is departed vnto Thessalonica Cresens is gone to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia onely Lucas is with me Take Marke and bring him with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministration and Tichicus haue I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troada with Carpus when thou commest bringe with thee and the bookes but specially the parchment Alexander the Coppersmith did me much euill the Lord reward hym according to hys deedes of whom be thou ware also For he hath greatly withstood our woords ¶ The Gospel Luke x. THe Lord appoynted other seuentye also and sent them two and two before him into euerye Citye and place whyther hee hym selfe woulde come Therefore he sayd vnto them the haruest is great but the labourers are few Pray ye therefore the Lord of the haruest to send foorth labourers into the haruest Go your waies behold I sende you foorth as Lambes among Wolues beare no wallet neither scrip nor shoes and salute no man by the way into whatsoeuer house you enter fyrst say peace be to this house And if the son of peace be there your peace shall rest vpon him if not it shal returne to you againe And in the same house tary styll eating and drinking such as they geue for the labourer his worthy of his reward ¶ Simon and Iudes day Apostles The Epistle Iude. i. IVdas the seruaunt of Iesu Christ the brother of Iames to them which are called and sanctifyed in God the Father and preserued in Iesu Christ Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue al diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation it was needefull for me to wryte vnto you to exhort you that ye should continually labour in the fayth which was once geuen vnto the Sayntes For there are certayne vngodly men craftely crept in of which it was written afore tyme vnto such iudgement They turne the grace of our God vnto wantones and deny God which is the onely Lord and our Lord Iesu Christ My minde is therfore to put you in remēbraunce for asmuch as ye once know this how that the Lord after that he had deliuered the people out of Egipt destroied thē which after beleued not The Angels also which kept not their first state but left their own habitaciō he hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darknes vnto the iudgement of the great day euen as Sodom and Gomor the Cities about them which in lyke maner defiled themselues with fornication and followed straunge flesh are set foorth for an example suffer the payne of eternall fire lykewise these being deceiued by dreames defyle the flesh despyse rulers and speake euyll of them that are in aucthority ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv THis I commaund you that ye loue together If the world hate you ye know it hated me before it hated you If ye were of the world the world would loue his own how be it because ye are not of the world but I haue chosen you out of the world therfore the world hateth you Remember the word that I sayd vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then hys lord If they haue persecuted me they wyll persecute you if they haue kept my saying they wyl keepe yours also But all these things wyll they do vnto you for my names sake because they haue not knowen him that sent me If I had not come and spoken vnto them they should haue had no synne but now haue they nothing to cloke theyr synne withall He that hateth me hateth my Father also If I had not done among them the woorkes which none other man did they should haue had no synne But now haue they both seene and hated not onely me but also my Father But this happeneth that the saying might be fulfylled that is written in their law They hated me without a cause But when the comforter is come whom I wyll sende vnto you from the Father euen the spirit of truth which proceedeth of the Father hee shall testifie of me And ye shall beare witnes also because ye haue beene with me from the beginning ¶ All Saintes day The Epistle Apo. vii BEholde I Iohn saw another Angel ascend from the rising of the Sunne which had the seale of the lyuing God and hee cryed with a loud voyce to the foure Aungels to whom power was geuen to hurt the earth and the Sea saying hurt not the earth neither the Sea neither the trees tyll we haue sealed the Seruauntes of our God in their foreheades And I heard the number of them which were sealed and there were sealed an C. and .xliiij. thousande of all the Tribes of the children of Israel Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed xij M. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Asset were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Neptalim were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Leui were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Isachat were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed .xij. M. After this I behelde and lo a great multitude which no man can number of all nacions and people and tounges stoode before the seate and before the Lambe and clothed with long white garmentes and Palmes in their handes and cried with a loud voice saying saluacion be ascribed to him that sitteth vpon the seate of God and vnto the Lambe And all the Aungels stood in the compasse of the seate and of the elders and the foure beastes and fell before the seate on their faces and worshipped God saying Amen Blessing and glory and wisdome and thankes and honour and power and mighte be vnto our God for euermore Amen ¶ The Gospell Math. v. IEsus seing the people went vp into the mountaine and when hee was set hys Disciples came to hym and after that hee had opened his mouth he taught them saying Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen Blessed are they that mourne for they shall receiue comfort Blessed are the meeke for they shall receyue the inheritaunce of the earth Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after ryghteousnes for they shall bee satisfied Blessed are the mercyfull for they shall obtayne mercye Blessed are the pure in hart for they shall see god Blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called the chyldren of god Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen Blessed are ye when men reuyle you and persecute you and shall falsely say all maner of euyl sayinges agaynste you for my sake Reioyce and bee glad for great is your reward in heauen for so persecuted they the Prophetes which were before you FINIS ⧠Imprinted at London by Iohn Awdely dwelling in little Britaine streete without Aldersgate