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
for you Herein is my father glorified that ye beare much fruit become my disciples As the father hath loued me euen so also haue I loued you Continue you in my loue If ye keepe my cōmaundements ye shal byde in my loue euen as I haue kept my fathers commaundements bide in his loue These things haue I spoken vnto you that my ioy might remaine in you and that your ioy might be full ¶ Saint Phillip and Iames day The Epistle Iames. i. IAmes the seruaunt of God and of the Lord Iesus Christ sendeth greting to the twelue Tribes which are scattered abroade My brethren count it for an exceeding ioy when ye fall into diuers temptacions knowing this that the trying of your fayth gendreth pacience and let pacience haue her perfect woorke that ye may be perfect and sound lacking nothing If any of you lack wisdome let hym aske of hym that geueth it euen God which geueth to all men indifferently and casteth no man in the teeth and it shal be geuen him But let hym aske in fayth and wauer not for he that doubteth is lyke a waue of the sea which is tost of the windes and caried with violence Neither let that man thinke that he shall receaue any thing of the Lorde A waueryng mynded man is vnstable in all hys wayes Let the brother which is of lowe degree reioyce when hee is exalted Againe let hym that is rytch reioyce when hee is made lowe For euen as the floure of the grasse shall hee passe awaye For as the sun riseth with heat and the gras withereth and his flower falleth away the beuty of the fashion of it perysheth euen so shal the ritch man perish in hys wayes Happy is the man that endureth temptacion For when he is tried he shall receiue the crown of lyfe which the Lord hath promised to them that loue him ¶ The Gospell Iohn xiiii ANd Iesus sayd vnto hys disciples let not your hartes be troubled if ye beleue in God beleue also in me In my Fathers house are many mansions If it were not so I would haue told you I go to prepare a place for you And if I go to prepare a place for you I wyll come agayne and receiue you euen vnto my selfe that where I am there may ye be also And whither I go you know and the way ye know Thomas sayth vnto him Lord we know not whither thou goest And how is it possible for vs to know the way Iesus sayd vnto him I am the way and the truth and the life No man commeth to the father but by me if ye had knowen me ye had knowen my Father also And now ye know him and haue seene him Phillip said vnto him Lord shew vs the father and it suffiseth 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 saiest thou then shew vs the Father beleuest not thou that I am in the father and the father in me The words that I speake vnto you I speake not of my selfe but the father that dwelleth in mee is he that doth the workes Beleue me that I am in the father and the father in me Or els beleue me for the workes sake Verely verely I say vnto you he that beleueth on me the works that I do the same shall he do also and greater workes then these shal he do because I go vnto my Father And whatsoeuer ye aske in my name that wyll I do that the Father may be glorified by the Sonne If ye shall aske any thing in my name I wyl do it ¶ Saynt Barnabes day the Apostle The Epistle Actes xi TIdinges of these things came vnto the eares of the congregation which was in Ierusalem And they sent foorth Barnabas that he should go vnto Antioch whych when he came and had seene the grace of God was glad and exhorted them all that with purpose of hart they would continually cleaue vnto the Lorde For he was a good man and full of the holy ghost and of fayth and much people was added vnto the lord Thē departed Barnabas to Tharsus to seke Saule And whē he had found him he brought him vnto Antioch And it chaunced that a whole yeare they had theyr conuersation with the congregation there and taught much people in so much that the disciples of Antioch were the first that were called Christians In those dayes came Prophets from the City of Ierusalem vnto Antioch And there stood vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world which came to pas in the Emperor Claudius dayes Then the disciples euery man according to theyr abilitye purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewry whych thing they also dyd and sent it to the Elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saule ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv THis is my commaundement that ye loue together as I haue loued you Greater loue hath no man then thys that a man bestowe hys lyfe for hys friendes Ye are my friendes if ye do what soeuer I commaund you Hence forth cal I not you seruaunts for the seruaunt knoweth not what hys Lord doth But you haue I called friendes for all thinges that I haue heard of my Father haue I opened to you Ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordayned you to go and bryng foorth fruite and that your fruite should remayne that what soeuer ye aske of the Father in my name he may geue it you ¶ Saynt Iohn Baptistes day The Epistle Esay xl BE of good chere my people O ye Prophetes comfort my people saith your God comfort Ierusalem at the hart tell her that her trauail is at an end that her offences is pardoned that she hath receiued of the Lords hand sufficient correction for al her syns A voice cried in wildernes prepare the way of the Lord in the wildernes make straight the path for our God in the desert Let all valeies be exalted euery mountaine and hyll be layde low What so is crooked let it bee made straight and let the rough bee made playne fieldes For the glory of the Lord shal appeare and al flesh shal at once see it for why the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it The same voyce spake Now cry And the Prohet answered what shal I cry That all flesh is grasse and that all the goodlynes thereof is as the floure of the field The grasse is wythered the floure falleth away Euen so is the people as grasse when the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them Neuertheles whether the grasse wyther or that the floure vade away yet the woorde of our God endureth for euer Go vp vnto the hie hyll O Sion thou that bryngest good tidinges lyft vp thy voyce with power O thou Preacher Ierusalem Lyft it vp wythout feare
which is blessed for euermore knoweth that I lye not ¶ The Gospell Luke viii WHen much people were gathered together were come to him out of al cities he spake by a similitude The sower went out to sowe hys seede as he sowed some fell by the way side it was troden downe the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp some fel on stones assone as it was sprong vp it withered away because it lacked moistnes some fel amoÌ„g thornes the thornes spraÌ„g vp with it choked it some fel on good grouÌ„d spraÌ„g vp barefruit an c. fold as he said these things he cried He that hath eares to heare let him hear And his disciples asked him saying what maner of similitude is And he said vnto you it is geuen to know the secretes of the kingdom of God but to other by parables that wheÌ„ they see they should not see when they heare they should not vnderstand The parable is this The seede is the word of God those that are beside the way ar they that heare then coÌ„meth the deuil taketh away the word out of their hartes leaste they should beleue be saued They on the stones ar they which wheÌ„ they heare receiue the word with ioy these haue no rotes which for a while beleue in time of temptacion go away And that which fell among thorns are they which when they haue heard go forth and are choked with cares and riches voluptuous lyuing and bring forth no fruite That which fell in the good ground are they which with a pure and good hart heare the word and kepe it and bring forth fruit through pacience ¶ The sunday called Quinquagesima The Epistle 1. Cor. xiii THough I speake with toungs of men and of Angels and haue no loue I am euen as sounding brasse or as a tinkling Cimbal And though I could prophecy vnderstand al secrets al knowledge yea if I haue al faith so that I could moue mountains out of their places yet haue no loue I am nothing And though I bestow all my goods to fede the poore though I gaue my body euen that I burned and yet haue no loue it profiteth me nothing Loue suffreth loÌ„g and is curteous loue enuieth not loue doth not frowardly swelleth not dealeth not dishonestly seketh not her own is not prouoked to anger thinketh none euil reioyseth not in iniquity But reioyseth in the truth suffreth al things beleueth al things hopeth al things endureth althinges Though that prophecying faile either tounges cease or knowledge vanish away yet loue falleth neuer away For our knowledge is vnperfect and our prophecying is vnperfect But when that which is perfit is come theÌ„ that which is vnperfit shal be done away When I was a child I spake as a child I vnderstod as a child I imagined as a child But assone as I was a man I put away childishnes Now we see in a glas euen in a dark speaking but then shal we see face to face Now I know vnperfitly but then shal I know euen as I am knoweÌ„ Now abideth faith hope loue euen these .iii. but the chief of these is loue ¶ The Gospell Luke xvii IEsus tooke vnto him the .xii. and sayd vnto them Behold we go vp to Ierusalem and all shall be fulfiled that are written by the Prophets of the sonne of man For he shal be deliuered vnto the Gentiles and shal be mocked and despitefully intreated and spytted on And wheÌ„ they haue scourged him they wil put him to death and the third day he shal rise again And they vnderstood none of these things And this saying was hid from them so that they perceiued not the thinges which were spoken And it came to passe that as he was come nigh to Hierico a certaine blynde man sat by the hie way side begging And when he heard the people passe by he asked what it ment And they said vnto him that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And he cried saying Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And they which went before rebuked him that he should hold his peace â–ª But he cried so much the more thou sonne of Dauid haue mercye on me And Iesus stood still and commaunded him to be brought vnto him And when he was come neare he asked him saying what wilt thou that I do vnto thee and he sayd Lord that I might receiue my sight And Iesus said vnto him receiue thy sight thy sayth hath saued thee And immediately hee receiued his sight and folowed him praysing god And all the people when they saw it gaue praise vnto God. ¶ The first day in Lent called Ashwensday ¶ The Gospell Ioell ii TVrne you vnto me with all your hearts with fasting weeping and mourning rent your harts and not your clothes Turne you vnto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful long suffering and of great compassion and ready to pardon wickednes Then no doubt hee also shall turn and forgeue and after his chastening he shall let your encrease remaine for meate and drink off ringes vnto the lord your god Blowe out with the trumpet in Sion proclaime a fasting call the coÌ„gregation gather the people together warne the congregation and gather the Elders bring the children and Sucklings together Let the bridegrom go forth of his chamber and the bride out of her closeth Let the Priestes serue the Lord betwene the Porch the aulter weeping and saying be fauourable O Lord be fauourable vnto thy people let not thine heritage be brought to such confusion least the Heathen by Lords thereof Wherefore should they say among the Heathen where is now their God ¶ The Gospell Math. â—â— WHen ye fast be not sad as the Hipocrits are for they disfigure their faces that it may appeare vnto men how that they fast Verely I say vnto you they haue their reward But thou when thou fastest anoint thine head wash thy face that it appeare not vnto men how thou fastest but vnto thy father which is in secret and thy father which seeth in secret shal reward thee openly Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth wher neither rust nor moth doth curupt wher theeues do not break thorow steale But lay vp for you treasures in heaueÌ„ wher neither rust nor moth doth corrupt wher theues do not break through nor steale For wher your treasure is there will your harts be also ¶ The first Sunday in Lent. The Epistle ii Cor. vi WE as helpers exhort you that ye receiue not the grace of God in vaine For he saith I haue heard thee in a time accepted in the day of saluation haue I succoured thee Behold now is that accepted time behold now is that day of saluation Let vs geue none occasion of euil that in our office be found no fault but in al things let vs behaue our selues as the ministers
did not heare them I am the doore by me if any enter in he shal be safe shal go in out and finde pasture A theefe cōmeth not but for to steale kyll and destroy I am come that they might haue life that they might haue it more aboūdantly ¶ Trinitie Sunday The Epistle Apoca. iiii AFter this I looked behold a doore was open in heauen and the first voyce which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talkyng wyth me which sayde Come vp hither I wil shew thee things which must be fulfilled hereafter And immediately I was in the spirit And behold a seat was set in heauen one sat on the seat And he that sat was to looke vpon like vnto a Iaspar stone and a Sardine stone And there was a raine bow about the seat in sight lyke vnto an Emerauld And about the seate were .xxiiii. seates And vpon the seates .xiiij. elders sitting clothed in whyte rayment and had on their heades crownes of gold And out of the seate proceeded lightnings and thundrings and voyces and there were seuen lampes of fyre burning before the seate which are the seuen spirites of god And before the seate there was a sea of glas lyke vnto Christal and in the middest of the seate and round about the seate were foure beastes full of eyes before and behinde And the fyrst beast was lyke a Lion and the second beast was lyke a Calfe and the third beast had a face as a man and the fourth Beast was like a slying Eagle And the foure beastes had ech of thē sixe winges about him and they were ful of eyes with in And they did not rest day nor night saying Holy holy holy Lord god almighty which was and is is to come And when those beastes gaue glory honour and thankes to him that sat on the seate which liueth for euer euer the .xxiiij. Elders fel down before him that sat on the throne worshipped him that liueth for euer and cast their crownes before the throne saying thou art worthy O Lord our God to receiue glory and honour and power for thou hast created althings and for thy wyls sake they are and were created ¶ The Gospell Iohn iii. THere was a man of the Phariseis named Nicodemus a Ruler of the Iewes the same came to Iesus by night and said vnto him Rabbi we know that thou art a Teacher come from God for no man could do such myracles as thou doest except God were wyth hym Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto hym Verely verely I say vnto thee except a man be borne from aboue he cannot see the kingdome of god Nicodemus sayd vnto him how can a man be borne when hee is olde Can hee enter into hys mothers wombe and be born again Iesus answered verely verely I say vnto thee except a man be borne of water and the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdome of god That which is borne of the flesh is flesh and that which is borne of the spirit is spirit Maruaile not thou that I sayd to thee ye must be borne from aboue The wynde bloweth where it lusteth and thou hearest the sound therof but thou canst not tell whence it commeth or whether it goeth So is euerye one that is borne of the spirit Nicodemus answered and sayd vnto him how can these things be Iesus answered and sayd vnto him Art thou a Maister in Israel and knowest not these thinges Verelye verelye I say vnto thee we speake that we know and testifye that we haue seene and ye receiue not our wytnes If I haue tolde you earthly thinges and ye beleue not how shal ye beleue if I tell you of heauenly thinges And no man ascendeth vp to heauen but he that came downe from heauen euen the sonne of man which is in heauen And as Moises lyft vp the Serpent in the wildernes euen so must the sonne of man be lift vp that whosoeuer beleueth on him perish not but haue euerlasting lyfe ¶ The first Sunday after Trinity Sunday The Epistle i. Iohn iiii DEarly beloued let vs loue one another for loue cōmeth of god And euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth god He that loueth not knoweth not God for God is loue In this appeareth the the loue of God to vs warde because that God sent his onely begotten son into the world that we might liue through him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to be the agrement for our syns Dearly beloued if God so loued vs we ought also one to loue another No man hath seene God at any time If we loue one another god dwelleth in vs his loue is perfect in vs Hereby know we that we dwell in him and he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his Spirit And we haue seene and do testyfy that the father sent the son to be the sauior of the world Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God he in god And we haue knowē and beleued the loue that God hath to vs God is loue he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in god and God in him Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we should trust in the day of iudgemēt For as he is euen so are we in this world There is no feare in loue but perfect loue casteth out feare for feare hath painfulnes He that feareth is not perfect in loue We loue him for he loued vs fyrst If a man say I loue god and yet hate his brother he is a lyer for how can hee that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene loue God whom he hath not sene And this cōmaūdement haue we of him that he which loueth God should loue his brother also ¶ The Gospell Luke xvi THere was a certain ritch man which was clothed in purple and fyne white and fared deliciously euery day And ther was a certaine begger named Lazarus which lay at his gate full of sores desyring to be refreshed wyth the crummes which fell from the ritch mans boord no man gaue vnto him The dogs came also and lyked his sores And it fortuned that the begger dyed was caryed by the aungels into Abrahams bosome The ritch man also died was buried and being in hell in tormentes he lyft vp his eyes and saw Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in his bosome and he cryed and sayd father Abraham haue mercy on me and send Lazarus that he may dip the typ of his finger in water and coole my toung for I am tormented in this flame But Abraham said Sonne remember that thou in thy life time receiuedst thy pleasure contrary wise Lazarus receued paine But now he is comforted and thou art punished Beyonde all this betwene vs and you there is a great space set so that they which would go from hence to you cannot neither may come from thence to vs Then
he said I pray thee therefore father send him to my Fathers house for I haue fiue brethren for to warne them least they come also into this place of torment Abraham said vnto him they haue Moises and the Prophets let them heare them And he said nay father Abraham but if one come vnto them from the dead they wyll repent He sayd vnto him if they heare not Moyses the Prophets neither wil they beleue though one rose frō death againe ¶ The second sunday after Trinitie Sunday The Epistle i. Iohn iii. MEruaile not my brethren though the world hate you We know that we are translated frō death vnto life because we loue the brethren He that loueth not his brother abideth in death Whosoeuer hateth hys brother is a manslear And ye know that no manslear hath eternall lyfe abiding in him Hereby perceiue we loue because he gaue his lyfe for vs and we ought to geue our liues for the brethren But who so hath this worldes good and seeth his brother haue neede and shutteth vp hys compassion from him how dwelleth the loue of God in him My babes let vs not loue in worde neyther in toung but in deede and verity Hereby we know that we are of the verity and can quiet our harts before him For if our hart condempne vs God is greater then our hart and knoweth althings Dearly beloued if our hart condempne vs not then haue we trust to God ward and whatsoeuer we aske we receiue of him because we keepe his commaundements and do those things which are pleasaunt in his sight And this is his commaundement that we beleue on the name of his Sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another as he gaue commaundemēt And he that kepeth hys commaundementes dwelleth in hym and he in him and hereby we know that he abideth in vs euen by the spirit which he hath geuen vs. ¶ The Gospel Luke xiiii A Certayne man ordeined a great supper and bad many sent his seruaunt at supper time to say to them that were bidden come for althings are now redy And they all at once began to make excuse The fyrst sayd vnto him I haue bought a farme I must needes go and see it I pray thee haue me excused And another said I haue bought fyne yoke of Oxen and I go to proue them I pray thee haue mee excused And an other sayd I haue maryed a wyfe and therefore I cannot come And the Seruaunt returned and brought his Maister woorde agayne therof Then was the good man of the house displeased and said vnto his seruant go out quickly into the streetes and quarters of the city bring in hither the poore and feble the halt blind And the seruant said Lord it is done as thou hast cōmaunded yet there is roume And the Lord sayd vnto the seruant go out into the hye waies and hedges compell them to come in that my house may be fylled For I say vnto you that none of these men which were bidden shall taste of my supper ¶ The third Sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle i. Peter v. SVbmit your selues euery man one to another knyt your selues together in lowlines of minde For God resisteth the proude and geueth grace to the humble Submit your selues therfore vnder the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you when the tyme is come Cast all your care vpon hym for he careth for you Be sober watch for your aduersary the deuil as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may deuour whom resist stedfast in the faith knowing that the same afflictions are appoynted vnto your brethren that are in the world But the God of all grace which hath called vs vnto his eternal glory by Christ Iesu shall hys own selfe after that ye haue suffered a little affliction make you perfect settle strength and stablish you To him be glory and dominion for euer and euer Amen ¶ The Gospell Luke xv THen resorted vnto him al the Publicans and synners for to heare hym And the Phariseys and Scribes murmured saying He receiueth sinners and eateth with them But he put foorth this parable vnto thē saying What man among you hauing an hūdred sheepe if he lose one of thē doth not leaue ninety and nine in the wildernes goeth after that which is lost vntill he finde it And when he hath founde it he layeth it on his shoulders with ioy And assoone as he commeth home he calleth together his louers and neighbours saying vnto them Reioyce with me for I haue found my shepe which was lost I say vnto you that likewise ioy shal be in heauen ouer one synner that repenteth more then ouer ninety and nine iust persons which nede no repentaunce Either what woman hauing ten groates if she loose one doth not light a candle swepe the house seke dilygently til she finde 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 Lykewise I say vnto you shall there be ioy in the presence of the Aungels of God ouer one synner that repenteth ¶ The fourth sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Roma viii I Suppose that the afflictions of this life are not worthy of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs For the feruent desyre of the creature abydeth looking when the sonnes of God shall appeare because the creature is subdued to vanity against the wyll therof but for his wyll which hath subdued the same in hope For the same creature shall be deliuered from the bondage of corruption into the gloryous liberty of the sonnes of god For we know that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauaileth in payne euen vnto this tyme not onely it but we also which haue the fyrst fruites of the spirit mourne in our selues also and wayte for the adopcion of the children of God euen the deliueraunce of our bodies ¶ The Gospell Luke vi BE ye mercyfull as your Father also is mercyfull Iudge not ye shal not be iudged condemn not and ye shal not be condemned Forgeue ye shal be forgeuen Geue and it shal be geuen vnto you good measure and pressed downe and shaken together and running ouer shall men geue into your bosomes For with the same measure that ye mete withal shal other men mete to you againe And he put forth a similitude vnto them Can the blind leade the blind do they not both fal into the ditche The disciple is not aboue hys maister Euery man shal be perfect euen as his maister 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 pul out the mote that is in thine eye when thou seest not the beame that is in thine own eye First thou hipocrite cast out the beame out of thine own
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