euerlasting and they that haue done euil into euerlasting fire This is the Catholique faith which except a man beleeue faithfully he cannot be saued Glory be to the Fathet and to the Sonne amp c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Thus endcth the order of Morning and Euening prayer throughout thewhole yeere Here followeth the Letanie to be vsed vpon Sundayes Wednesdayes and Fridayes and at other times when it shal be commanded by the Ordinary O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs iniscrable sinners O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercie vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue Mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitic three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercie vpon vs miscrable sinners Remember not Lord our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeance of our sins spare vs good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lord. From all cuill and mischicfe from in sinne from the craftes and assaults of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnation Good Lord deliuer vs. From all blindnesse of heart from pride baine glory and hypocrisie from enuie hatred and malice and all vncharitablenesse Good Lord deliuer vs. From fornication and all other deadly sinne and from all the deceits of the world the flesh and the deuill Good Lord deliuer vs. From lightning and tempest from plague pestilence and famine from battell and murther and from sudden death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedition and priuie conspiracie from all false doctrine and heresie from hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy word and commandement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mystery of thy holy incarnation by thy holy natiuitie and circumcision by thy baptisme fasting and temptation Good Lord dcliuer vs. By thine agonie and bloody sweat by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and buriall by thy glorious resurrection and ascension and by the comming of the Holy Ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulation in all time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day ofiudgement Good Lord deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseech thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it may please thee to rule and gouerne holy Church vmuerfally in the right way We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to keepe and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousnesse and holinesse of life thy seruant Iames our most gracious King and gouernour We beseech thec to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith feare and loue and that he may euermore haue affiance in thee and euer seeke thy honour and glory We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be his defender and Keeper giuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and preserue our gracions Queene Anne Prince Henry and the rest of the King and Queenes Royall issue We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops Pastours and Ministers of the Church with true knowledge and vnderstanding of thy worde and that both by their prcaching and liuing they may set it foorth and shew it accordingly We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to indue the Lords of the Counsaile and all the Nobilitie with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe the Magistrates giuing them grace to execute Iustice and to maintayne trueth We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe all thy people We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all nations vnity peace and concord We beseeth thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs an heart to loue and dreade thee and diligently to line after thy commaundements We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all thy people increase of grace to heare meekely thy word and to receiue it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as doe stande and to comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to raise vp them that fall and finally to beate downe Satan vuder our feete We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour help and comfort all that be in danger neressitie and tribulation We befeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to preserue all that trauaile by lande or by water all women labouring of childe all sicke persons and yong children and to shewe thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captiues We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to defende and prouide for the fatherlesse children and widowes and all that bee desolate and oppressed We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all men We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgiue our enemies persecuters and s slanderers and to turne their hearts We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue and preserue to our bse the kindely fruits of the earth so as in due time wee may enioy them We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs true repentance to forgive vs all our sinnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy Spirit to amend our liues according to thy holy word We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. Some of God We beseech thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseech thee to heare vs. O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Grant vs thy peace O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Haue mercie vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue
of this Realme safely maintained and last of all all estates and people thereof in true obedience and charitie vnited and knit together Grant this O God for thy onely Sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The third Collect. PReuent vs O Lorde in all our doing with thy most Gracious favour and further vs with thy continuall helpe that in all our woorkes begunne continued and ended in thee wee may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtaine Euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Then shall follow the Benediction as thus THe grace of our Lord Iesus Christ 2. Cor. 13 and the loue of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all euermore Amen The order where Morning and Euening Prayer shall be vsed and said THE morning and Euening Prayer shal be vsed in the accustomed place of the Church Chappell or Chancell except it shall be otherwise determined by the Ordinary of the place And the chancels shall remaine as they haue done in times past And here is to be noted that the Minister at the time of the Communion and at all other times in his ministration shall vse such ornaments in the Church as were in vse by authoritie of Parliament in the second yeere of the raigne of King Edward the sixt according to the Acte of Parliament set in the beginning of this Booke An order for Morning prayer daily throughout the yeere At the beginning both of Morning prayer and like wise of Euening prayer the Minister shall reade with a lowd voyce some one of these sentences of the Scriptures that follow And then he shall say that which is written after the said sentences AT what time soeuer a sinner doeth repent him of his sinne from the bottome of this heart I will put all his wickednesse out of my remembrance saith the Lord. Eze. xviij I doe knowe mine owne wickednesse and my sinne is alway against me Psal Lj. Turne thy face away from our sinnes O Lord and blot out all our offences Psal Lj. A sorrowfull spirit is a sacrifice to God despise not O Lord humble and contrite hearts Psal Lj. Rent your hearts and not your garments and turne to the Lord your God because hee is gentle and mercifull he is pacient and of much mercy and such a one that is sory for your afflictions Ioel ij To thee O Lord God belongeth mercy and forgiuenesse Danâ—x for we haue gone away from thee and haue not hearkned to thy voyce whereby wee might walke in thy Lawes which thou hast appointed for vs. Correct vs O Lord and yet in thy iudgement not in thy fury lest we should be consumed and brought to nothing 〈◊〉 x. Amend your liues for the kingdome of God is at hand Maâ—h iij. I will go to my father and say to him Father I huve sinned against heaven and against thee I am no more worthy to be called thy sonne Luke xv Enter not into Iudgement with thy seruants O Lord for no flesh is righteous in thy sight Psal exliij If wee say that we haue no sinne wee deceiue our selues and there is no trueth in vs. i. Iohn j. DEarely beloued brethren the scripture mooueth vs in sundry places to acknowledge and confesse our manifolde sinnes and wickednes and that wee should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heauenly Father but confesse them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the ende that wee may obtaine forgiuenesse of the same vy his infinite goodnesse and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sinnes before God yet ought wee most chiefly so to doe when wee assemble and meete together to render thankes for the great benefits that we haue received at his hands to set foorth his most worthy prayse to heare his most holy word and to aske those things which be requisite and necessary aswell for the body as the soule Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as be here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voyce vnto the Throne of the heauenly grace saying after me A generall confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister kneeling ALmighty and most mercifull Father wee have erred and strayed from thy wayes like lost sheepe wee haue followed too much the deuices and desires of our owne hearts we have offended against thy holy Lawes we have left vndone those things which wee ought to have done and we haue done those things which wee ought not to haue done and there is no health in vs but thou O Lord haue mercy upon vs miserable offenders spare thou them O God which confesse their faults restore thou them that be penitent according to thy promises vnto mankinde in Christ Iesu our Lord and graunt O most mercifull Father for his sake that we may hereafter liue a godly righteous and sober life to the glory of thy holy Name Amen The absolution or remission of sinnes to be pronounced by the Minister alone ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ which desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that hee may turne from his wickednesse and liue and hath giuen power and commandement to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sinnes hee pardoneth and absolueth all them which truely repent and vnfainedly beleeue his holy Gospel Wherefore we beseech him to graunt vs true repentance and his holy spirit that those things may please him which wee doe at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last wee may come to his eternallioy through Iesus Christ our Lord. The people shall answere Amen Then shall the Minister begin the Lords prayer with a lowd voyce OUr Father which art in heaven halowed ve thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen Give vs this day our daily bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse vs. And leade vs not into temptation But deliver vs from evil Amen Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answere And our mouth shall shew foorth thy prayse Priest O God make speed to save vs. Answere O Lord make haste to helpe vs. Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Prayse ye the Lord. Then shall be said or sung this Psalme following O Come let vs sing unto the Lord let vs heartily reioyce in the strength of our salution Veniâ—e exul 〈◊〉 Let vs come before his presence with thankesgiuing and shew our selves glad in him with Psalmes For the Lord is a great God and a great King avoue all gods In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is
mercie vpon vs. Our Father which art in heauen c. And lead vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euill Amen ¶ The Versicle O Lord deale not with vs after our sinnes Answere Neither reward vs after our iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull father that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorrowfull mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs and graciously heare vs that those euils which the craft and subtiltie of the deuill or man worketh against vs bee brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnes they may be dispersed that wee thy seruants being hurt by no persecutions may euermore giue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy Names sake O God wee haue heard with ourt eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes thou diddest in their dayes and in the old time before them O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thine Honour Glory be to the father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be world without end Amen From our enemies defend vs O Christ Graciously looke vpon our afflictions Pitifully behold the sorrowes of our hearts Mercifully forgiue the sinnes of thy people Fauorably with mercy heare our prayers O Sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer bouchsate to heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Christ graciously heare vs O Lord Christ The Versicle O Lord let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. Answere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to looke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy Names sake turne from vs all those euils that wee most righteously haue deferued and graunt that in all our troubles wee may put our whole trust confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue thee in holinesse and purenesse of liuing to thy honour and glory through our onely Mediatour and Aduocate Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A prayer for the Kings Maistie O Lord our heauenly Father high and mightie king of kings Lord of lords the onely ruler of Princes which doest from thy Throne beholde all the dwellers vpon earth most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious soueraigne Lord king lames and so replenish him the grace of the holy Spirit that hee may alway encline to thy will and walke in thy way endue him plenteously with heauenly gifts graunt him in health and wealth long to liue strengthen him that hee may banquish and ouercome all his enemies and finally after this life he may attaine euerlasting ioy and felicitie though Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer for the Queene and Prince and other the King and Queenes children ALmightie God which hast promised to be a Father of thine Elect and of their seed wee humbly beseech thee to blesse our gratious Queene Anne Prince Henry and all the King and Queenes Royall progenie indue them with thy holy Spirit enrich them with thy heauenly grace prosper them with all happinesse and bring them to thine euerlasting Kingdome through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ALmightie and euerlasting God which onely workest great marueiles send downe vpon our Bishops and Curats and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthfull Spirit of thy grace and that they may truely please thee powre vpon them the continuall deaw of thy Blessing Graunt this O Lord for the honour of our Aduocate and Mediator Iesus Christ Amen A prayer of Chrysostome ALmighty God which hast giuen vs grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications vnto thee and doest promise that when two or three bee gathered together in thy Name thou wilt graunt their requests fulfill now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy seruants as may bee most expedient for them graunting vs in this world knowledge of thy Trueth and in the world to come life euerlasting Amen 2. Corinth 13. THE grace of our Lord Iesus Christ and the loue of God the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all euermore Amen For raine if the time require O God heauenly Father which by thy Sonne Iesus Christ hast promised to all them that seeke thy kingdome and the righteousnesse thereof all things necessary to their bodily sustenance Send vs we beseech thee in this our necessitie such moderate raine and showres that we may receiue the fruites of the earth to our comfort and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen For faire Weather O Lord God which for the sinne of man diddest once drowne all the world except eight persons and afterward of thy great mercie didst promise neuer to destroy it so againe Wee humbly beseech thee that although wee for our iniquisies haue worthily deserued this plague of raine waters yet vpon our true repentance thou wilt send vs such weather whereby wee may receiue the fruits of the earth in due season and learne both by thy punishment to amend our liues for thy clemencie to giue thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen In the time of dearth and famine O God heauenly father whose gift it is that the raine doeth fall the earth is fruitful beasts increase and fishes doe multiply beholde wee beseech thee the afflictions of thy people and grant that the fearcitie and dearth which we do now most iustly suffer for our iniquitie may through thy goodnesse be mercifully turned into cheapnesse plentie for the loue of Isus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the holy ghost be all honour c. In the time of Warre O Almighty God King of all kings and gouernour of all things whole power no creature is able to resist to whom it belongeth instly to punish sinners and to be mercifull to them that truely repent saue and deliuer vs wee humbly beseech thee from the handes of our enemies abate their pride asswage their malice and confound their deuiecs that wee being armed with thy defence may be preserued euermore from all perils to glorifie thee which art the onely giuer of all victorie through the merits of thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. In the time of any common Plague or sickenesse O Almighty God which in thy wrath in the time of King Dauid diddest flay with the plague of pestilence threescore and ten thousand and yet remembring thy Mercie diddest saue the rest haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners that now are bifited with great fikenesse and mortalitie that like as thou diddest then command thine Angel to cease from punishing so it may nowe please thee to withdraw from vs this plague and grieuous fickenesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whose nature and propertie is euer to haue merce and to
beloued forasmuch as all men bee conceiued borne in sinne and that our Sauiour Christ faith None can enter into the kingdome of God except hee bee regenerate and borne anew of water and of thr holy Ghost I beseech you to call vpon God the Father through our Lord Iesus Christ that of his vounteous mercie hee will graunt to these children that thing which by nature they cannot haue that they may bee baptized with water and the holy Ghost and reciued into Christes holy Church and be made liuely members of the same Then shall the Priest say Let vs pray ALmightie and euerlasting God which of thy great mercy diddest faue Noe and his family in the Arke from perishing by water and also diddest safly leade the children of Israel thy people through the red sea figuring thereby thy holy baptisme by the baptisme of thy welbeloued sonne Iesus Crist diddest sanctifie the flood Iordan all other waters to the mysticall washing away of fsainne we beseech thee for thine infinite mercies that thou wilt mercifully looke vpon these children sanctifie them and wash them with the holy Ghost that they being deliuered from thy wrath may be receiued into the Arke of Christs Church and being stedfast in faith ioyfull through hope and rooted in charitie may so passe the waues of this troublesome world that finally they may come to the land of eueriasting life there to raigne with thee world without ende through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmightie and immortall God the aid of all that need the helper of all that slee to thee for succour the life of them that beleeue and the resurrectiō of the dead we call Vpon thee for these insants that thay comming to thy holy Baptisme may receiue remission of their sinnes by spirituall regeneration Receiue them O Lord as thou hast promised by thy melbeloued sonne saying Aske and you shall haue seeke and you shall finde knocke and it shall be opened vnto you So giue now vnto vs that aske let vs that seeke finde open the gate vnto vs that knocke that these infantes may enioy the euerlasting benediction of thy heauenly washing and may come to the eternall kingdome which thou hast promised by Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest say Heare the words of the Gospel written by S. Marke in the tenth Chapter AT a certaine time they brought children to Christ that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that bought them But when Iesus saw it hee was displeased and said vnto them Suffer little children to come vnto mee and forbid them not for to such belongeth the kingdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doth not receiue the kingdome of God as a little childe hee shall not enter therein And when hee had taken them vp in his armes hee put his hands vpon them and blessed them After the Gospel is read the Minister shall make this briefe exhortation vpon the words of the Gospel FRiends you heare in this Gospel the words of our Sauiour Christ that hee commanded the children to be brought vnto him how hee blamed those that woulde haue kept them from him how he exhorteth all men to follow their innocencie You perceiue howe by his outward gestuce and deede he declare his good will toward them for he imbraced them in his armes he laid his handes vpon them and blessed them Doubt ye not therefore but earnestly beleeue that he will like wise fauourably receiue these Present infants that he will imbrace them with the armes of his mercy that he will giue vnto them the blessing of eternall life and make them partakers of his euerlasting kingdome Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of our heauenly Father toward these infants declared by his sonne Iesus Christ and nothing doubting but that he fauourably alloweth this charitable worke of ours in bringing the children to his holy baptisme let vs faithfully and deuoutly giue thankes vnto him and say ALmightie and euerlasting God heauenly Father wee giue thee humble thankes that thou hast vouchsafed to call vs to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Encrease this knowledge and confirme this faith in vs euermore Giue thy holy spirit to these infants that they may bee borne againe and be made heires of euerlasting saluation through our Lord Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy spirit now and for euer Amen Then the Priest shall speake vnto the Godfathers and Godmothers on this wise WElbeloued friends ye haue brought these children here to be baptized ye haue prayed that our Lord Iesus Christ would vouchsafe to receiue them to lay his handes vpon them to blesse them to release them of their sinnes to giue them the kingdome of heauen and euerlasting life Ye haue hear also that our Lord Iesus Christ hath promised in his Gospel to grant all these things that ye haue prayed for which promise he for his part will most sarely keepe and performe Wherefore after this promise made by Christ these infants must also faithfully for their part promise by you that be their sureties that they will forsake the deuill and all his workes and constantly be leeue Gods holy word and obediently keepe his commandements Then shall the Priest demaund of the Godfathers and Godmothers these questions following Doest thou forsake the deuill and all his works the vaine pompe and glory of the world with al eouetous desires of the same the carnall desires of the flesh so that thou wilt not folow nor be led by them Answere I forsake them all Minister Doest thou beleeue in God the Father almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely begotten Sonne our Lord And that hee was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the virgin Mary that he susstreb vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead buried that he went downe into hell and also did rise againe the third day that he afrended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father almightie and from thence shall come againe at the end of the world to iudge the quicke and the dead And doest thou beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholique Church the communion of Saintes the remission of sinnes the resurrection of the flesh and euerlasting life after death Answere All this I stedfastly beleeue Minister wilt thou be baptized in this faith Answere That is my desire Then shall the Priest say O Mercifull God graunt that the old Adam in these children may be so buried that the new man may be raised vp in them Amen Graunt that all carnall affections may dye in them and that all things belonging to the spirit may liue and grow in them Amen Grant that they may haue power and strength to haue victorie and to triumph against the deuil the world and the flesh Amen Grant that whosoeuer is here dedicated to thee by our office and ministerie may also bee indued with heauenly vertues
exhort you in the name of God to remember the profession which you made vnto God in your baptisme And forasmuch as after this life there is a count to be giuen vnto the righteous Iudge of whom all must bee iudged without respect of persons I require you to examine your selfe and your state both toward God and man so that accusing and condemning your selfe for your own faults you may finde mercy at our heauenly Fathers hand for Christes sake and not to bee accused and condemned in that fearefull iudgement Therefore I shall shortly rehearse the Articles of our faith that you may know whether you doe beleeue as a Christian man should or no. Here the Minister shal rehearse the Articles of the faith saying thus Doest thou beleeue in God the Father almightie c. As it is in Baptisme Then shall the Minister examine whether he be in charitie with all the worlde exhorting him to forgiue from the bottome of his heart all persons that haue offended him and if he haue offended other to aske them forgiuenesse and where he hath done iniury or wrong to any man that he make amends to the vttermost of his power And if he haue not afore disposed his goods let him then make his will and also declare his debts what he oweth and what is owing vnto him for discharging of his conscience and quietnesse of his Executors But men must bee oft admonished that they set an order for their temporall goods and landes when they be in health These words before rehearsed may be said before the Minister begin his prayer as he shall see cause The Minister may not forget nor omit to mooue the sicke person and that most earnestly to liberalitie toward the poore Here shall the sicke person make a speciall confession if he feele his conscience troubled with any weightie matter After which confession the Priest shal absolue him after this sort OUr Lord Iesus Christ who hath left power to his Church to absolue all sinners which truely repent and beleeue in him of his great mercie forgiue thee thine offences and by his authoritie committed to mee I absolue thee from all thy sinnes in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And then the Priest shall say the Collect following ¶ Let vs pray O Most mercifull God which according to the multitude of thy mercies doest so put away the sunnes of those which truely repent that thou remembrest them no more open thine eye of mercie vpon this thy seruant who most earnestly desireth pardon and forgiuenesse Renew in him most louing Father whatsoeuer hath beene decayed by the fraude and malice of the deuill or by his owne carnall will and frailenesse preserue continue this sicke member in the vnitie of the Church consider his contcition accept his teares asswage his paine as shall bee seene to thee most expedient for him And for as much as hee putteth his full trust onely in thy mercie impute not vnto his his former sinnes but take him vnto thy fauour through the merites of thy most dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christ Amen Then shall the Priest say this Psalme IN thee O Lord haue I put my trust let me neuer be put to confusion but rid me and deliuer me in thy righteousnesse In ce Domine speraui Psal 71. encline thiue eare vnto me and saue me Be thou my strong hold wherevnto I may alway resort thou hast promised to helpe me for thou art my house of defence my castle Deliuer me O my God out of the hand of the vngodly out of the hand of the vnrighteous and cruell man For thou O Lord God art the thing that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Through thee haue I beene holden vp euer since I was borne thou art he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe my praise shal alway be of thee I am become as it were a monster vnto many but my sure trust is in thee O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long Cast me not away in the time of age forsake me not when my strength faileth me For mine enemies speake against me they that lay waite for my soule take their counsell together saying God hath forsaken him persecute him and take him for there is none to deliuer him Go not far frō me O God my God haste thee to helpe me .. Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soule let them bee couered with shame and dishonour that seeke to doe me euill As for me I will patiently abide alway and will praise thee more and more My mouth shall daily speake of thy righteousnesse and saluation for I know no end thereof I will goe forth to the strength of the Lord God and will make mention of thy righteousnesse onely Thou O God hast taught mee from my youth vp vntill now therefore will I tell of thy wondrous workes Forsake me not O God in mine old age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generation and thy power to all them that are yet for to come Thy righteousnes O God is very high and great things are they that thou hast done O God who is like vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities hast thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refresh me yea broughtest me from the deepe of the earth againe Thou hast brought me to great honour and comforted me on euery side Therefore wil I praise thee and thy faithfulnes O God playing vpon an instrument of musicke vnto thee will I sing vpon the Harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lppes will be faine when I sing vnto thee and so will my soule whom thou hast deliuered My tongue also shall talke of thy righteousnes all the day long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seeke to doe me euill Glorie he to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Adding this O Sauiour of the world saue vs which by thy crosse and precious blood hast redeemed vs helpe vs wee beseech thee O God Then shall the Minister say THe Almightie Lord which is a most strong towre to al them that put their trust in him to whom all things in heauen in earth and vnder the earth do bow and obey be now and euermore thy defence and make thee know and feele that there is none other name vnder heauen giuen to man in whom and through whome thou mayest receiue health and saluation but onely the name of our Lord Iesus Christ Amen The Communion of the sicke FOrasmuch as all mortall men bee subiect to many sudden perils Diseases and sicknesses and euer vncertaine what time they shall depart out of this life therefore to the intent they may bee alwayes in a readinesse to die whensoeuer it shall please Almightie God to call them the
hee it is that ovteineth grace for our sinnes For hee was wounded for our offences Esai 53. smitten for our wickednesse Let vs therefore returne vnto him who is the merciful receiuer of all true penitent snners afsuring our selues that he is ready to receiue vs most willing to pardon vs if we come vnto him wiht faithfull repentance if we will submit our selues vnto him from henceforth walk in his wayes Matt. 11. if wee will take take his easie yoke and light burden vpon vs to follow him in lowlines patience and charitie and bee ordered by the gouernance of his holy spirite seeking alwayes his glory and seruing him duely in our vocation with thankesgiuing This if wee doe Christ will deliuer vs from the curse of the law and from the extreme maledirtion Which shalt light vpon them that shal be set on the left hand and he will set vs on his right hand Marr. 25. and giue vs the blessed benediction of his father commaunding vs to take possession of his glorious kingdome vnto the which he vouchsafe to bring vs all for his infinite mercie Then shalt they all kneele vpon their knees and the Priest and Clarkes kneeling where they are accustomed to say the Letanie shalt say this Psalme Miserere mei Deus HAue mercy vpon me Misere mei Psal 51 O God after thy great goodnesse according to the multitude of thy mercies doe away mine offences Wash mee throughly from my wickednesse and cleanse me from my smne For I knowledge my faultes and my sinne is euer before me Against thee onely haue I finned and done this euill in thy sight that thou mightest bee iustified in thy saying and cleare when thou art iudged Behold I was sapen in wickednesse and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me But loe thou requirest trueth in the inward partes and shalt make me to vnderstand wise dome secretly Thou shalt purge me with Hysope and I shalt be cleane thou shalt wash me and I shal be whiter then snow Thou shalt make mee heare of ioy and gladnesse that the bones Which thou hast broken may reioyce Turne thy face from my smnes and put out all my misdeedes Make mee a cleane heart O God and renew a right spirit Within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me O giue me the confort of thy helpe againe and stablish me with thy free spirit Then shalt I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloodgiltinesse O God thou that are the God of my health and my tongue shalt sing of thy righteousnesse Thou shalt open my lips O Lord my mouth shalt shew thy prayse For thou desirest no sacrifice else would I giue it thee but thou delightest not in burnt offering The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the walles of Hierusalem Then shalt thou bee pleased with the sacrifice of righteousnesse with the burnt offerings and oblations then shal they offer yong bullocke vpon thine altar Glorie be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lord saue thy seruants Answere Which put their trust in thee Minister Send vnto them helpe from aboue Answere And euermore mightily defend them Minister Helpe vs O God our Sauiour Answere And for the glorie of thy names sake deliur vs bee mercifull vnto vs sinners for thy names sake Minister O Lord heare our prayer Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Let vs pray O Lord wee beseech thee mercifully heare our prayers and spare all those which confesse their sinnes to thee that they whose cosciences by sinne are accused by thy mercifull pardon may bee absolued through Christ our Lord. Amen O Most mightie God and mercifull Father Which hast compassion of all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made Which wouldest not the death of a sinner but that hee should rather turne from sinne and be saued mercifully forgiue vs our trespasses receiuc and comfort vs Which bee grieued and wearied with the burden of our sinne Thy propertie is to haue mercie to thee onely it appertaineth to forgiue snnes Spare vs there fore good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed enter not into iudgement with thy seruants which bee vile earth and miserable sinners but so turne thine yre from vs Which meekely knowledge our vilenesse and truely repent vs of our faultes so make haste to helpe vs in this world that we may euer liue with thee in the world to come through Iesus Chrift our Lord Amen Then shalt the people say this that followeth after the Minister TUrne thou vs O good Lord and so shalt we bee turned be fauourable O Lord be fauourable to thy people which turne to thee in weeping fasting and praying for thou art a mercifull God ful of compassion long suffering and of great pitie Thou sparest when wee deserue punishment and in thy wrath thinkest vpon mercie spare thy people good Lord spare them and let not thine heritage be brought to confusion Heare vs O Lord for thy mercie is great and after the multitude of the mercies looke vpon vs. THE Psalter or Psalmes of David after the Translation of the great Bible Pointed as it shalt be sung or said in Churches * ⎠* ¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie ANNO 1603. ¶ Cum priuilegio Moneth The j. day The Psalmes of Dauid Beatus vir qui non abijt Psal j BLessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsaile of the vngodly Morning prayer nor stand in the way of sinners and hath not sit in the seate of the scornefull But his delight is in the lawe of the Lorde and in his law will he exercise himselfe day and night And he shal be like a tree planted by the water side that will bring toorth his fruit in due season His lease also shalt not wither and looke whatsoeuer hee doeth it shalt prosper As for the vngodly it is not so with them but they are like the chaffe which the winmde scattereth away from the face of earth Therefore the vngodly shalt not bee able to stande in the iudgement neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous and the way of the vngodly shalt perish Quare fremuerunt gentes Psal ij Why doe the heathen so furiously rage together why doe the people imagine vaine thing The kings of the earth stand vp and the rulers take counsaile together against the Lord against his anointed Let vs breake their bondes asuuder
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And after the second Lesson shal be vsed and said Benedictus in English as followeth BLessed bee the Lord God of Israel for hee hath visited and redeemed his people Benedictus And hath raised vp a mighty saluation for vs in the house of his servant David As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets which have beene since the world began That wee should be saued from our enemies and from the hands of all that hate vs. To performe the mercie promised to our forefathers and to remember his holy couenant To performe the oth which hee sware to our forefather Abraham that he would give vs. That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies might serve him without feare In holinesse and righteousnesse before him all the dayes of our life And thou childe shalt be called the Prophet of the highest for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes To giue knowledge of saluation vnto his people for the remission of their sinnes Through the tender mercie of our God whereby the day spring from an high hath visited vs. To giue light to them that sit in darkenes and in the shadowe of death and to guide our feete into the way of peace Glory be to the father and to the sonne c As it was in the beginning is now c. Or this C. Psalme Iubilate Deo O Be ioyfull in the Lord all yee lands rerue the Lord with gladnesse and come before his presence with a song Iubilate Deo Be ye sure that the Lord he is God it is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture O goe your way into his gates with thankesgiuing and into his courts with praise be thankefull vnto him speake good of his Name For the Lord is gracious his mercie is euerlasting and his trueth endureth from generation to generation Glory be to the father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Then shall be said the Creede by the Minister and the people standing I Beleeue in God the Father almighty maker of heaven and earth and in Iesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord which was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the virgine Marie suffered vnder Ponce Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into hell The third day he rose againe from the dead He ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty From there shall hee come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholike Church the communion of Saints the forgiuenes of sinnes there surreection of the body and the life cuerlasting Amen And after that these prayers following aswell at Euening prayer as at Morning prayer all deuoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a lowde voice The lord be with you Answere And with the spirit The Minister Let vs pray Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Then the Minister Clerkes and people shall say the Lords prayer in English with a loud voice Our Father which art in heauen c Then the Minister standing vp shall say O Lord shew thy mercie vpon vs. Answere And grant vs thy saluation Priest O Lord saue the king Answere And mercifully heare vs when we call vpon thee Priest Indue thy minister with righteousnesse Answere And make thy chosen people ioyfull Priest O Lord saue thy people Answere And blesse thine inheritance Priest Giue peace in our time O Lord. Answere Because there is none other that fighteth for vs but onely thou O God Priest O God make clene our hearts within vs. Answere And take not thy holy spirit from vs. Then shall followe three Collects The first of the day which shall be the same that is appointed at the Communion The second for peace The thirde for grace to liue well And the two last Collects shall neuer alter but dayly be said at Morning prayer throughout all the yeere as followeth The second Collect for peace O God which art authour of peace ana louer of concorde in knowladge of whome standeth our eternall life whole seruice is perfect freedome defende vs thy humble seruants in all assaults of our enemies that Wee surely trutstting in thy defence may not feare the power of any aduersaries through the might of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The third Collect for grace O Lord our heauenly father almighty and euerlasting God which hast safely brought vs to the beginning of this day defend vs in the same with thy mighty power and graunt that this day we fall into no sinne neither run into any kinde pf danger but that all our doings may be ordered by thy gouernance to doe alwayes that is rightcous in thy sight through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An order for Euening prayer throughout the yeere The Priest shall say Our father which art in heauen c Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answere And our mouth shalll shew foorth thy prayse Priest O God make speed to saue vs. Answere O Lord make haste to helpe vs. Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Some and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning isnow and euer shal be world without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lord. Then the Psalmes in order as they be appointed in the table for Psalmes except there be proper psalmes appointed for that day Then a lesson of the old Testa-ment as is appointed like wise in the Kalender except there be proper lessons appointed for that day After that Magnificat in English as followeth My soule doeth magnifie the Lord and my spirit hath reioiced in God my Sauiour Magnificat Luke I. For he hath regarded the lowlinesse of his handmaiden For beholde from hencefoorth all generations shall call mee blessed For he that is mighty hath magnified me and holy is his Name And is mercie is on them that feare him throughout all generations He hath she wed streenth with his arme he hath srattcred the proud in the imagination of their hearts He hath put downe the mighty from their seate and hath exalted the humble and meeke He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away He remembring his mercie hath holpen his seruant Israel as hee promised to our forefathers Abraham and his seede for ever Glory be to the Father and to the Some c As it was in the beginning is now c Or else this Psalme O Sing vnto the Lord a new song for he hath done marucilous things Cantate Domino Psal 98. With his owne right hand and with his holy arme hath hee gotten himnselfe the victory The lorde declared his salution his righteousnesse hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen The hath remembred his mercie and trueth toward the house of Isreal
forgiue receiue our humble petitions and though we be tied and boud with the chaine of our sinnes yet let the pitifulnesse of thy great mercie loose vs for the honour of Iesus Christ sake our Mediatour and Aduocate Amen A thankesgiuing for Raine O God our heauenly Father who by thy gracious prouidence doest cause the former and the latter raine to descend vpon the earth that it may bring foorth fruit for the vse of man wee giue thee humble thanks that it hath pleased thee in our greatest necessitie to send vs at the last a ioyfull raine vpon thine inheritance and to reffersh it when it was dry to the great comfort of vs thy vnworthy seruants and to the glory of thy holy Name thorow thy mercies in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A thankesgiuing for faire weather O Lorde God who hast iustly humbled vs by thy late Plague of immoderate Raine and waters and in thy mercie hast relieued and comforted our soules by this seasonable and blessed change of weather wee praise and glorifie thy holy Name for this thy mercie and will always declare thy louing kindnesse from generation to generation through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen A thankesgiuing for plentie O Most mercifull Father which of thy gracious goodnesse hast heard the deuout prayers of thy Church and turned our dearth and scarity into cheapenesse and plentte We giue thee humble thankes for this thy especiall bountie beseeching thee to continue this thy louing kindnesse vnto vs that our land may yeeld vs her fruits of increase to thy glory and our comfort through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A thankesgiuing for peace and victory O Almightie God which art a strong tower of defence vnto thy seruants against the face of their enemies we yeeld thee praise thankesgiuing for our deliuerance from those great and apparant dangers wherewith we were compassed Wee acknowledge it thy goodnesse that we were not deliuered ouer a pray vnto them beseeching thee still to continue such thy mercies to wards vs that all the world may knowe that though art our Sauiour and Mightie deliuerer through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A thankesgiuing for deliuerance from the Plague O Lord God which hast wounded vs for our sinnes and consumed vs for our transgressions by thy late heauie and dreadfull visitation and now in the middest of iudgement remenibring mercie fast redeemed our soules from the iawes of death wee offer vnto thy fatherly goodnesse our selues our soules and bodies which thou hast deliuered to be a liuing sacrifice vnto thee alwayes praising and magnifying thy mercies in the middest of the Congregation through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Or this WEe humbly acknowledge before thee O most mercifull Father that all the punishments which are threatned in thy Law might iussly haue fallen vpon vs by reason of our manifold transgressions and hardnesse of heart yet feeing it hath pleased thee of thy tender mercie vpon our weake and vnworthy humiliation to asswage the noysome pestilence wherwith we lately haue bene sore afflicted and to restore the voice of ioy and health into our dwellings wee offer vnto thy diuine Maiestie thy sacrifice of praise thankesgiuing launding and magnifying thy glorious Name for such thy preseruation and prouidence ouer vs through Iesus Christ Lord. Amen ⧠The Collects Epistles and Gospels to be vsed at the celebration of the Lords Supper and holy Communion through the yeere The first Sunday in Aduent The Collect. ALmighty God give vs grace that Wee may cast away the workes of darkenesse and put vpon vs the armour of light nowe in the time of this mortall life in the which thy Sonne Iesus Christ came to visite vs in great humilitie that in the last day when he shall come againe in his glorious Maiestie to iudge both the quicke and the dead we may rise to the life immortal through him who tiueth and reigneth with thee and the holy Ghost now and euer Amen The Epistle O we nothing to any man Rom. 13. 8. but this that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfilleth the Law For these Commaundements Thou shall not commit adulterie Thou shall not kill Thou shalt not steal Thou shall not beare false witnesse Thou shalt not lust and so foorth if there be any other Commandement it is all comprehended in this faying namely Loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Toue hurteth not his neighbour therefore is loue the fulfilling of the Lawe This also wee know the season how that it is time that wee should now awake out of sleep for now is our saluation neerer then when we beleeued The night is passed the day is come nigh let vs therefore cast away the deeds of darkenesse and let vs put on the armour of light Let vs walke honestly as it were in the day light not in eating and drinking neither in chambering and wantonnesse neither in strife and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ and make no prouision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts of it The Gospel ANd when they drewe nigh to Hierusalem Mat. 21.1 and were come to Bethphage vnto mount Oliuet then sent Iesus two of his Disciples saying vnto them Goe into the towne that lieth ouer against you and anon yee shall finde an Asse bounde and her colte with her loose them and bring them vnto me and if any man say ought vnto to you say pee The Lorde hath neede of them and straight way he will let them go All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet saying Tell yee the daughter of Sion behold thy King commeth vnto thee meeke sitting vpon an Asse and a colte the foale of the Asse vsed to the yoke The Disciples went and did as Iesus commanded them and brought the Asse and the colte and put on them their clothes and set him thereon And many of the people spred their garments in the way other cut downe branches from the trees and strawed them in the way Moreouer the people that went before and they that came after cried saying Hosanna to the some of Dauid Blessed is hee that conuneth in the name of the Lorde Hosanna in the highest And when hee was come to Hierusalem all the citie was mooued saying who is this And the people said This is Iesus the Prophet of Nazareth a citie of Galilee And Iesus went into the Temple of God and cast out all them that sold and bought in the Temple and ouerthrew the tables of the money changers and the seates of them that solde doues anb sayd vnto them It is written My house shall be called the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theeues The second Sunday in Aduent The Collect. BLessed Lorde which hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for learning Grant vs that wee may in such wise heare them reade marke learne and inwardly digest them that by patience and comfort of thy holy word wee may embrace
and euer hold fast the blessed hope of euerlasting life which thou hast giuen vs in our Sauiour Iesus Christ The Epistle WHatsoeuer things are written aforetime Rom. 15.4 they are written for our learning that wee through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope The God of patience and consolation graunt you to bee like minded one towards another after the ensample of Christ Iesus that yee all agreeing together may with one mouth praysse GOD the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ. Wherefore recciue yee one another as Christ receiued vs to the prayse of God And this I say that Iesus Christ was a minister of the Circunicision for the trueth of God to confirme the promises made vnto the fathers and that the Gentiles might praise God for his mercy as it is written For this cause I will praise thee among the Gentiles and sing vnto thy Name And againe hee sayeth Reioyce ye Gentiles with his people And againe Praise the Lord all ye Gentiles and laud him all ye nations together And againe Esai sayth There shal be the roote of Iesle and hee that shall rise to reigne ouer the Gentiles in him shall the Gentiles trust The god of hope fill you with an ioy and peace in beleeuing that yee may be rich in hope though the power of the holy Ghost The Gospel THere shall be signes in the Sunne Luke 21.25 and in the Moone in the Stars and in the earth the people shall be at their wits and through despaire The Sea and the waters shall roare and mens hearts shall faile them for feare and for looking after those things which shall come on the earth for the powers of heauen shall moue And then shall mey â—ee the Sonne of man come in a cloude With power and great glory When these things begin to come to passe then looke vp and lift vp your heads for your redemption draweth nigh And hee shewed them a similitude Beholde the sigge tree and all other trees when they shoote foorth their buddes ye see and know of your owne selues that Summer is then high at hand So like wise ye also when ye see these things come to passe bee sure that the kingdome of God is high Verely I say vnto you this generation shal not passe 〈◊〉 all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal passe but my words shal not passe The third Sunday in Aduent The Collect. LOrd we beseech thee giue our prayers and by thy gracious vification lighten the darkenesse of our hearts by our Lord Iesus Christ. The Epistle LEt a man this wise esteeme vs 〈◊〉 4.1 euen as the ministers of Christ and Stewards of the secrets of God Furthermore it is required of the stewards that a man be found faithfull With mee it is but a very small thing that I should be iudged of you either of mans iudgement No I iudge not mine owne selfe for I know nought by my selfe yet am I not thereby iustified It is the Lord that iudgeth me Therefore iudge nothing before the time vntill the Lord come which will lighten things that are hid in darknes and open the counsailes of the hearts and then shal euery man haue praise of God The Gospel WHen Iohn being in prison heard the workes of Christ March 11.2 he sent two of his disciples and said vnto him Art thou hee that shall come ord oe we looke for anorther Iesus answered and sayd vnto them Goe and shewe Iohn againe what yee haue heard and seen The blinde receiue their sight the lame walke the lepers are clensled and the deafe heare the dead are raised vp and the poore receiue the glad tidings of the Gospel and happy is he that is not offended by mee And as they departed Iesus began to say vnto the people concerning Iohn what went ye out into the wildernesse to fee Areede that is shaken with the winde Or what went ye out to see A man clothed in foft raiment Behold they that weare soft clothing are in Kings house But what went yee out for to fee A Prorhet Verily I say vnto you and more then a Prophet For this is he of whom it is written Behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee The fourth Sunday in Aduent The Collect. Lord raise vp wee pray thee thy power and come among vs and with great might succour vs that whereas through our sinnes and wickednesse wee be sore let and hindered thy bountifull grace and merry through the satisfaction of thy Some our Lord may speedily deliuer vs to whom with thee and the holy Ghost bee honour and glory world without end The Epistle REioyce in the Lord alway Phil 4.4 and againe I say reioice Let your softnesse bee knowen to all men the Lord is euen at hand Be careful for nothing but in all prayer and supplication let your petitions be manifest vnto God with giuing of thankes And the peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding keepe your hearts and mindes througt Christ Iesu The Gospel This the record of Iohn Iohn 1.19 when the Iewes sent Priests and Leuites from Hierusalem to aske him what art thou And hee confessed and denied not and sayd plainely I am not Christ And they asked him What then Art thou Elias And he faith I am not Art thou the Prophet And he answered No. Then sayd they vnto him what art thou that we may giue an answere vnto them that sent vs what saye thou of thy sefe He said I am the voice of a crier in the wildernesse Make straight the way of the Lord as sayd the Prophet Esai And they which were sent were of the Pharisees and they asked him and said vnto him why baptizest thou then if thou be not Christ nor Elias neither that Prophet Iohn answered them saying I baptize with water but there standeth one among you whom ye know not he it is which though he came after mee was before me whose shooe latchet I am not worthy to vnloose These things were done at Bethabara beyond Iordane were Iohn did baptize Christmas day The Collect. ALmighty God which hast giuen vs thy onely begotten Sonne to take our nature vpon him and this day to be borne of a pure virgin Grant that wee being regenerate and maâ—e thy children by adoption and grace may dayly be renued by thy holy spitrit through the same our Lord Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth with thee c. The Epistle GOD in times past Heb. I.I. diuersly and many wayes spake vnto the Fathers by Prophets but in these last daies he hath spoken to vs by his owne sonne whom he hath made heire of al things by whom also he made the world Which sonne being the brightnesse of his glory the vey image of his substance ruling all things with the worde of his power hath by his owne person purged our sinns and sitteth on the right hand of the Maiestie on high
shall ye beleeue if I tell you of heauenly things 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 Moses lift vp the serpent in the wildernes euen so must the Sonne of man be lift vp that whosoeuer beleeueth in him perish not but haue euerlasting life The first Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GOd the strength of al them that trust in thee mercifully accept our prayers And because the weaknesse of our mortall nature can doe no good thing without thee grant vs the helpe of thy grace that in keeping of thy Commandements we may please thee both in will and deed through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle DEarely beloued 1. Iohn 4.7 let vs loue one another for loue commeth 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 loue of God to vs-ward because that God sent his onely begotten Sonne into the world that wee might liue through him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that hee loued vs sent his Sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes Dearely beloued if God so loued vs we ought also one to loue another No man hath seene God at any time If wee loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect in vs. Hereby knowe wee that wee dwell in him and he in vs because hee hath giuen vs of his Spirit And wee haue seene and doe testifie that the Father sent the Sonne to be the Sauiour of the world Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the Sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God And we hane knowen beleeued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and hee 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 iudgement For as he is euen so are wee in this world There is no feare in loue but perfect loue casteth on t feare for feare hath painefulnesse He that feareth is not perfect in loue We loue him for he loued vs first If any man say I loue God and yet hate his brother he is a liar For how can he that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene loue God whom he hath not seene And this commandement haue we of him that hee which loueth God sshould loue his brother also The Gospel THere was a certaine rich man Luke 16.19 which was clothed in purple and fine white and fared deliciously euery day And there was a certaine begger named Lazarus which lay at his gate ful of sores desiring to bee refreshed with the crummes which fel from the rich mans boorde and no man gaue vnto him The dogs came also and licked his sores And it fortuned that the begger died and was caried by the Angels into Abrahams bosome The rich man also died and was buried And being in hell in torments hee lift vp his eyes and sawe Abraham afarre off and Lazarus in his bosome and hee cried and sayd Father Abraham haue mercie on mee and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and coole my tongue for I am tormented in this flame But Abraham sayd Sonne remember that thou in thy life time receiuedst thy plaesure and contrariwise Lazarus receiued paine but now he is comforted thou art punished Beyond all this betweene vs and you there is a great space set so that they which would goe from hence to you cannot neither may come from thence to vs. Then he sayd I pray thee therefore father send him to my fathers house for I haue fiue brethren for to warne them lest they come also into this place of torment Abraham said vnto him They haue Moses and the Prophets let them heare them And he sayd Nay father Abraham but if one come vnto them from the dead they will repent He said vnto him If they heare not Moses and the Prophets neither will thy beleeue though one arise from death againe The ij Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. LOrd make vs to haue a perpetual feare and loue of thy holy name for thou neuer failest to helpe and gouerne them whom thou doest bring vp in thy stedfast loue Grant this c. The Epistle MArueile not my brethren 1. Iohn 3.13 though the worlde hate you Wee know that wee are translated from death vnto life because we loue the brethren He that loueth not his brother abideth in death Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a manslayer And ye know that no manslayer hath eternall life abiding in him Hereby perceiue we loue because he gaue his life for vs and wee ought to giue our liues for the brethren But who so hath this worlds good and seeth his brother haue need and shutteth vy his compassion from his how dwelleth the loue of God in him My babes let vs not loue in word neither in tongue but in deed and in veritie hereby we know that we are of the veritie and can quiet our hearts before him For if our heart condemne vs God is greater then our heart and knoweth all things Dearely beloued if our heart condemne vs not then haue wee trust to Godward and whatsoeuer wee aske we receiue of him because we keepe his commaundements and doe those things which are pleasant in his sight And this is his commaundement that we beleeue on the name of his Sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another as he gaue commandement And hee that keepeth his commaundements dwelleth in him and hee in him and hereby wee know that he abideth in vs euen by the spirit which he hath giuen vs. The Gospel A Certain man ordained a great supper Luke 14.16 and bade many and sent his seruant at supper time to say to them that were bidden Come for all things are nowe ready And they all at once began to make excuse The first sayd vnto him I haue bought a farme and I must needes goe and see it I pray thee haue mee excused And another sayd I haue bought fiue yoke of oxen and I goe to proue them I pray thee haue me excused And another said I haue married a wife and therefore I cannot come And the seruant returned and brought his master word againe thereof Then was the good man of the house displeased and said to his seruant Goe out quickly into the streetes and quarters of the Citie and bring in hither the poore and feeble and the halt and blind And the seruant said Lord it is done as thou hast commaunded and yet there is roume And the Lord said vnto his seruant Go out into the high wayes and hedges and compel them to come in that my house may be filled For I say vnto you that none of these men which were bidden shal taste of my supper The iij. 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that is a righteous Iudge shall giue me at that day not to mee onely but to all them that loue his comming Doe thy diligence that thou mayest come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsaken me and loueth this present world and is departed vnto Thessalonica Crescens is gone to Galatia Titus vnto Dalmatia onely Lucas is with me Take Marke and bring him with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministration And Tychicus haue I sent vnto Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troada with Carpus when thou commest bring with thee and the bookes but spectally the parchment Alexander the Coppersmith did me much evil the Lord reward him according to his vee ves of whom bee thou ware also for the hath greatly with sâ—ood our wordes The Gospel THe Lord appointed other seuentie and two also Luck 10.1 and sent them two and two before him into euery city and place whither he himselfe would come Therefore he said vnto them The haruenst is great but the labourers are few Pray ye therefore the Lord of the haruest to sende foorth labourers into his harusest Goe your wayes behold I send you forth as lambes among woulues Beare no Wallet neighter scrip nor shooes and salute noman by the way Into whatsoeuer house ye enter first say no man be to this house And if the sonne of peace be thre your peace shall rest vpon him if not if shall returne to you againe And in the same house tarie still eating and drinking such as they giue For the labourer is worthie of his reward Simon and Iude Apostles The Collect. ALmightie God which hast builded thy congregation vpon the foundation of the Apostles Prophets Iesus Christ himselfe being the head corner stone Graunt vs so to bee ioyned together in vnitie of spirit by their doctrine that we may be made an holy temple acceptable to thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Episile IVdas the seruant of Iesus Christ Inde 1. the brother of Iames to them which are called and sanctified in GOD the Father and preserued in Iesus Christ mercie vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation it was needefull for mee to write vnto you to exhort you that yee should continually labour in the faith which was once giuen vnto the Saintes For there are certaine vngodly men craftily crept in of which it was written aforetime vnto such iuvgement They turne the grace of our God into wantonnesse and denie God which is the onely Lord and our Lord Iesus Christ My minde is therefore to put you in remembrance forasmuch as yee once know this how that the Lord after that hee had deliuered the people out of Egypt destroyed them which after beleeued not The angels also which kept not their first state but left their owne habitation hee hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darknes vnto the indgement of the great day Euen as Sodom and Gomorrhe and the cities about them which is like maner defiled themselves with fornication and folowed strange slesh are set forth for an example and suffer the pain of eternall fire Like wife these being deceiued by dreames defile the flesh despise rulers and speake euill of them that are in authoritie The Gospel THis commaund I you Ioh. 15.17 that yee loue together If the world hate you yee know it hated mee before it hated you If yee were of the world the world would loue his owne howbeit because yee are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you out of the worlde therefore the worlde heateth you Remember the word that I sayd vnto you The seruant is not greater then the Lorde If they haue persecuted mee they will also persecute you If they haue kept my saying they will keepe yours also But all these things will they doe vnto you for my Names sake because they haue not knowen him that sent mee It I had not come and spken vnto them they should haue had no sinne but now haue they nothing to cloke their sinne withall Hee that hateth mee hateth my Father also If I had not done among them the workes which none other man did they should haue had no sinne but now haue they both seene and hated not onely me but also my father But this happeneth that the saying might be fulfilled that is written in theâ—e lawe They hated me without a cause But when the comforter is come whom I will send you from the Father euen the spirit of trueth which proceedeth of the Father he shall testifie of me And ye shal beare witnesse also because ye haue bene with me from the beginning All Saintes The Collect. ALmighty God which hast knit together thy elect in one Communion and fellowship in the mysticall body of thy sonne Christ our Lord graunt vs grace so to follow thy holy Saints in al vertuous and godly liuing that wee may come to those vnspeakeable ioyes which thou hast prepared for them that vnfainedly loue thee through Iesus Christ Lord. Amen The Epistle BEhol Apoc. 7.2 I Iohn saw another Angel ascend from the rising of the sunne which had the seale of the liuing God and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure Angels to whom power was giuen to hurt the earth and the sea saying Hurt not the earth neigher the sea neither the trees till we haue sealed the seruants of our God in their foreheads And I heard the number of them which were sealed and there were sealed an hundred and fortie and foure thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Aster were saled xii M. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Leui were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Isachar were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Ieseph were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed xii M. After this I beheld and loe a great multitude which no man can number of all nations and people and tongues stood before the seate and before the Lambe clothed with long white garments and Palmes in their hands and cryed with a loud voyce saying Saluation be ascribed to him that sitteth vpon the seate of our God and vnto the Lambe And all the Angels stood in the compasse of the seate and of the Elders and the foure beasts and fell before the seate on their faces and worshipped God saying Amen Blessing and glory and wisedome and thankes and honour and power and might be vnto our God for euermore Amen The Gospel IEsus seeing the people Maâ— 5.1 went vp into a mountaine and when hee was set his Disciples came
to him And after that he had opned his mouth he taught them saying Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kingdome of heauen Blessed are they that mourne for they shall receiue comfort Blessed are the meeke for they shall receiue the inheritance of the earth Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righeousnesse for they shall be satisfied Blessed are the mercifull for they shall obtaine mercie Blessed are the pure in heart for they shal see God Blessed are the peace makers for they shal be called the children of God Blessed are they which suffer persection for righteousnes sake for theirs is the kingdome of heauen Blessed are yee when men reusle you and persecute you and shal falsely say all maner of euill sayings against you for my sake reioyce and be glad for great is your rewarde in heauen For so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you The order for the administration of the Lordes Supper or holy Communion SO many as intend to bee partakers of the holy Communion shall signifie their names to the Curate ouer night or els in the morning afore the beginning of Morning prayer or immediatly after And if any of those be an open and notorious euill liuer so that the Congregation by him is offended or haue done any wrong to his neighbours by worde or deede the Cu. rate hauing knowledge thereof shall call him and aduertise him in any wise not to presume to the Lordes Table vntill hee haue openly de clared him selfe to haue truely repented and amended his former naughtie life that the Congregation may thereby bee satisfied which afore were offended and that he haue recompenced the parties whome hee hath done wrong vnto or at the least declare himselfe to be in full purpose so to doe as soone as he conue niently may The same order shall the Curate vse with those betwixt whom he perceiueth malice and hatred to reigne not suffering them to bee partakers of the Lords Table vntill he know them to be reconciled And if one of the parties so at variance be content to forgiue from the bottome of his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him and to make amends for that he himselfe hath offended and the other partie will not bee perswaded to a godly vnitie but remaine still in his frowardnesse and malice the Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent person to the holy Communion and not him that is obstinate The Table hauing at the Communion time a faire white linnen cloth vpon it shall stand in the body of the Church or in the Chauncel where Morning prayer and Euening prayer be appointed to be said And the Priest standing at the North side of the Table shall say the Lords prayer with this Collect following The Communion ALmightie God vnto whom all hearts bee open all desires knowen and from whom no secretes are hid clense the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy spirity that wee may perfectly loue thee worthsly magnifie thy holy name throught christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest rehearse distinctly all the ten Commaundements and the people kneeling shall after euery Commaundement aske God mercy for their trasgression of the same after this sort The Minister God spake these words and sayd I am the Lorde they God Thou shall haue none other gods but me People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts to keepe this Law Minister Thou shall not make to thy selfe any grauen image nor the likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beâ—tath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not how downe to them nor worship them For I the Lord thy God am a ielous God and visite the sinne of the fathers vpon the children vuto the third fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy vnto thosands in them that loue me and keepe my commandements People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts to keepe this Law Minister Thou shall not take the Name of the Lorde thy God in vaine for the Lord will not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his Name in vaine People Lord haue mercy vspon vs and entline our hearts c. Minister Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day Sire dayes shalt thou labour and doe all that thou hast to doe but the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt doe no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruant and thy maide seruant thy â—attell and the stranger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the Lord made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth day wherefore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and halowed it People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encliue our hearts to keepe this law Minister Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall doe no murther People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not commit adultery People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not steale People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not beare false witnesse against thy neighbour People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not count thy neighbours house thou shall not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his mayd nor his â—xe nor his Asse nor any thing that is his People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and write all these thy Lawes in our hearts we beseech thee Then shall follow the Collect of the day with one of these two Collects following for the King the Priest standing vp and saying Let vs pray ALmightie God whose kingdome is everlasting and power infinite haue mercy vpon the whole congregation and to rule the heart of thy chosen servant Iames our King and givernour that he knowing whose minister he is may about al things seeke thy honour and glory and that wee subiects duely confidering whole authoritie hee hath may faithfully serve honour and humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed worde and ordinance through Iesus Christ our Lord who with thee and the holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen ALmightie and everlasting God we bee taught by thy holy word that the hearts of kings are in thy rule and gouernance and that thou dost dispose and tnrne them as it seemeth best to thy godly wisedom we humbly beseech thee so to dispose and gouerne the heart of Iames thy seruant our King and gouernour that in all his thoughts words and workes hee may euer seeke thy honour and glorie and studie to preserue thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and
counsell then let him come to me or some other discreete and learned Minister of Gods word and open his griefe that hee may receiue such ghostly counsaile advice and comfort as his conscience may bee relieued and that by the ministerie of Gods word he may receiue comfort and the benefite of absolution to the quieting of his conscience and auoyding of all scruple and doubtfulnesse Then shall the Priest say this exhortation DEarly beloued in the Lord yee that minde to come to the holy Communion of the body and blood of our Sauiour Chris must conder what S. Paul writeth to the Corinthians how he exhorteth all persons diligently to trie and examine themselues before they presume to eate of that bread and drinke of that cup. For as the benefit is great if with a true penitent heart liuely faith we receiue that holy Sacrament for them we spiritually eate the flesh of Christ drinke his blood then we dwel in Christ and Christ in vs we be one with Christ and Christ with vs So is the danger great if wee receiue the same unworthily For then we bee guiltie of the body blood of Christ our Sauiour wee eate and drinke our owne damnation not considering the Lords body wee kindle Gods wrath against vs we prouoke him to plague vs with diuers disease and sundrie kinds of death Therefore it any of you bee a blasphemer of God an hinderer or slaunderer of his word an adulterer or bee in malice or enuie or in any other grieuous crime be walie our sinnes and come not to this holy table least after the taking of that holy Sacrament the deuill enter into you as hee entred into Iudas and fill you full of all iniquities and bring you to destruction both of body and soule Iudge therefore your selues brethren that yee be not iudged of the Lord. Repent you truely for your sinnes past haue a liuely and stedfast faith in Christ our Saviour Amend your liues and be in perfect charitie with all men so shall yee be meete partakers of those holy mysteries And aboue al things ye must giue most humble and heartie thanks to God the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost for there demption of the world by the death and passion of our Sauiour Christ both God and man who did humble himself euen to the death vpon the crosse for vs miserable sinners which laye in darknesse and shadow of death hee might make vs the children of God and exalt vs to euerlasting life And to the ende that wee shoulde alway remember the exceeding great loue of our master and onely Sauiour Iesus Christ thus dying for vs and the innumerable benefits which by his precious blood shedding he hath obtained to vs hee hath instituted and ordeined holy mysteries as pledges of his loue and continuall remembrance of his death to our great and endlesse comfort To him therefore with the Father and the holy Ghost let vs giue as we are most bounden cominuall thankes submitting our selues whloly to his holy will and pleasure studying to serue him in true holinesse and righte ouâ—nesse all the dayes of our life Amen Then shall the Priest say to them that come to receiue the holy Communion YOu that do truely and earnestly repent you of your sinnes and bee in loue and charitie with your neighbours and intend to leade a new life folloing the commandements of God and walking from hencefoorth in his holy wayes Draw neere and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort make your humble confession to almightie God before this congregation heere gathered together in his holy Name meekely kneeling vpon your knees Then shal this generall confession be made in the name of all those that are minded to receiue the holy Communion either by one of them or els by one of the Ministers or by the Prist himselfe all kneeling humbly vpon their knees ALmightie God Father of our Lord Iesus Christ maker of all things Iudge of all men we knowledge and bewaile our manifold sinnes and wickednesse which we from time to time most grieuously have committed by thought word and deede against thy diuine Maiestie prouoking mostiustly thy wrath and indignation against vs. Wee doe earnestly repent and be heartily sorie for these our misdoings the remembrance of them is grieuous vnto vs haue mercy vpon vs most mercifull Father for thy sonne our Lord Iesus Christ sake forgiue vs all that is past and graunt that we may euer here after serue please thee in newnesse of life to the honour and glory of thy name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shal the Priest the Bishop being present stand vp and turâ—ning himselfe to the people say thus ALmightie God our heauenly Father who of his great mercy hath promised forgiuenesse of sinnes to all them which with heartie repentance and true faith turne vnto him Haue mercie vpon you pardon and deliuer you from all your sinnes confirme and strengthen you in all goodnes and bring you to euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest also say ¶ Heare what comfortable wordes our Saniour Christ faith vnto all that truely turne to him Come vnto me all that trauell and be heauie laden and I will refresh you So God loued the world that hee gaue his onely begotten Sonne to the ende that all that beleeue in him should not perish but haue life euerlasting ¶ Heare also what S. Paul sayeth This is a true saying and worthy of all men to bee receiued that Iesus Christ came into the world to saue sinners ¶ Heare also what S. Iohn sayeth If any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the Father Iesus Christ the Righteous and he is the propitiation for our sinnes After which the Pries shall proceede saying Lift vp your hearts Answere We lift them vp vnto the Lord. Priest Let vs giue thanks vnto our Lord God Answere It is meete and right so to doe Priest It is very meete right and our bounden duetie that wee should at all times and in all places giue thankes vnto thee O Lord holy Father almightie euerlasting God Here shall follow the proper preface according to the time if there be any specially appointed or els immediatly shall follow Therefore with Angels and Archangels c. Proper prefaces Vpon Christmas day and seuen dayes after BEcause thou diddest giue Iesus Christ thine onely Sonne to be borne as this day for vs who by the operation of the holy Ghost was made very man of the substance of the virgine Mary his mother and that without spot of sinne to make vs cleane from all sinne Therefoe with Angels and Archangels c. Vpon Easter day and seuen dayes after BVt chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious resurrection of thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lord for he is the very Paschall Lambe which was offered for vs and hath taken away the sinne of the worlde who by his death hath destroyed death and
by his rising to life againe hath restored to vs euerlasting life Therefore with Angels c. Vpon the Ascention day and seuen dayes after THrough thy most dearely beloued Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord who after his most glorious resurrection manifestly appeared to al his Apostles and in their fight ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thither might we also aseend and raigne with him in glory Therefore with Angels gels and Archangels c. Vpon Whitsunday and sixe dayes after THrough Iesus Christ our Lord according to whose most true promise the holy Ghost came downe this day from heauen with a sudden great sound as it had beene a mightie winde in the likenesse of fierie tongues lighting vpon the Apostles to teach them and to leade them to all trueth giuing them both the gift of diuerse languages and also boldenes with feruent zeale constantly to preaech the Gospel vnto al nations wherby we are brought out of darknesse and errour into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therefore with Angels c. Vpon the feast of Trinitie onely IT is is very meet right and out bounden duety that we should at all times in all places giue thankes to thee O Lord almightie and euerlasting God which art one God one Lord not one onely person but three persons in one substance For that whicht we beleeue of the glory of the father the same we beleeue of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost without any difference or inequalite Therefore c. After which prefaces shall follow immediately THerfore with angels and archangels and with al the companie of heauen we laude and magnifie thy glorious name euer more praysing thee and saying Holy holy holy Lord God of hostes Heauen and earth are full of thy glory Glory be to thee O Lord most high Then shal the Priest kneeling down at Gods board say in the name of al them that shal receiue the Communion this prayer folowing WE doe not presume to come to this thy table O mercifull Lord trusting in our owne righteousnesse but in thy manifold great mercies Wee bee not worthy so much as to gather vp the 〈◊〉 vnder thy table But thou art the same Lord whose propertie is alwayes to haue merry graunt vs therefore gracious Lord so to eate the flesh of thy deare Sonne Iesus Christ and to drinke the blood that our sinful bodies may be made cleane by his body and our soules washed through his most precious blood and that we may euermore dwell in him and he in vs Amen Then the Priest standing vp shall say as followeth ALmightie God our heauenty Father which of thy tender mercie diddest giue thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ to suffer death vpon the Crosse for our redemption who made there by his one oblation of himselfe once offered a full perfect and sufficient Sacrifice oblation and satisfaction for the sinnes of the whole world and did institute and in his holy Gospell commaund vs to continue a perpetuall memorie of that his precious death vntil his conuning agane Heare vs o mercifull Father wee beseech thee and graunt that wee receiuing these thy creatures of bread and wine according to thy Sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christes holy institution in remembrance of his death and passion may bee partakers of his most blessed body and blood who in the same night that he was betrayed tooke bread and when he had giuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to his Disciples saying Take eate this is my body which is giuen for you doe this in remembrance of me Like wise after supper he tooke the cup and when hee had giuen thankes hee gaue it to them saying Drinke yee all of this for this is my blood of the new Testament which is shed for you and for many for the remissin of sinnes doe this as off as ye shall drinke it in remembrance of me Then shall the Minister first receiue the Communion in both kinds himselfe and next deliuer it to other Ministers if any bee there present that they may helpe the chiefe Minister and after to the people in their hands kneeling And when hee deliuereth the bread he shall say The body of our Lorde Iesus Christ which was giuen for thee preserue thy body and soule into euerlasting life and take and eate this in remembrance that Christ dyed for thee and feede on him in thine heart by faith with thankesgiuing And the Minister that deliuereth the cup shall say The blood of our Lord Iesus Christ which was shed for thee preserue thy body and soule into euerlasting life and drinke this in remembrance that Christs blood was shed for thee and be thankefull Then shall the Priest say the Lords prayer the people repeating after him euery petition After shall be sayd as followeth O Lord heauenly Father wee thy humble feruants entirely desire thy fatherly goodnesse mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of prayse and thankesgiuing most humbly beseeching thee to graunt that by the merites and death of thy sonne Iesus Christ and through faith in his blood wee and all thy whole Church may obtaine remission of our sinnes and all other benefites of his passion And here we offer and present vnto thee O Lord our selues our soules and bodies to bee a reasonable holy and liuely sacrifice vnto thee humbly beseeching thee that all wee which be partakers of this holy Communion may be fulfilled with thy gracc and heauenly benediction And although we be vnworthy through our manifold sinnes to offer vuto thee any sacrifice yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duetie and seruice not weighing our merites but pardoning our offences though Iesus Christ our Lorde by whom with whom in the vnitie of the holy Ghost all honour and glory be vnto thee O Farther almightie world without end Amen Or this ALmighty and euerliuing God we most heartily thanke thee that thou doest bouchsafe to feede vs which haue duely receiued these holy mysteries with the spiritual food of the most precious boby and bloob of thy sonne our sauiour Iesus Christ doest assure vs thereby of thy fauour and goodnes to ward vs and that wee be very members incorporate in thy mysticall body which is the blessed company of all faithfull people and be also heires though hope of thy euerlisting kingdome by the merites of the most precious death and passion of thy deare Sonne wee now most humbly beseech thee O heauenly Father so to assist vs with thy grace that we many continue in that holy felowship and doe all such good works as thou hast prepared for vs to walk in through Iesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee the holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end Amen Then shall be said or sung GLorie be to God on hie in earth peace good will towardes men We praise thee we blesse thee we worship thee we glorifie
thee we giue thanks to thee for thy great glory O Lord GOD heauenly king God the Father almightie O Lord the only begotten sonne Iesu Christ O Lorde GOD Lambe of God sonne of the Father that takest away the sinnes of the world haue mercy vpon vs. Thou that takest away the sinnes of the world receiue our prayer Thou that fittest at the right hand of God the Father haue mercie vpon vs. For thou onely art holy thou onely art the Lord thou only O Christ with the holy Ghost art most high in the glory of god the father Amen Then the Priest or the Bishop if he be present slall let them depart with this blessing The peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding keepe your hearts and mindes in the knowlege and loue of God and of his sonne Iesus Christ our Lord and the blessing of God almighty the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost be amongst you and remaine with you alwayes Amen Collects to be said after the offertorie when there is no Communion euery such day one And the same may be said also as often as occasion shal serue After the Collects either of Morning and Euening prayer Communion or Letanie by the discretion of the Minister ASsist vs mercifully O Lord in these our supplications and prayers and dispose the way of thy seruants toward the attainement of euerlasting saluation that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life they may euer bee defended by thy most gracious and readie helpe though Christ our Lord. Amen O ALmightie Lord and euerliuing God vouchsafe wee beseech thee to direct sanctifie and gouerne both our heartes and bodies in the wayes of thy lawes and in the works of thy commandements that through thy most mighty protection both here and euer we may be preserued in body soule though our Lord and sauiour Iesus Christ Amen GRaunt wee beseech thee almightie God that the wordes which wee haue heard this day with our outward eares may though thy grace be so graffed inwardly in our hearts that they may bring forth in vs the fruit of good liuing to the honour and praise of thy name though Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PReuent vs O Lord in all our doings with thy most gracious fauour and further Vs with thy continuall helpe that in all our works begum continucd and ended in the we may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obteine euerlasting life though Iesus Christ out Lord. Amen ALmightie GOD the fountaine of all wisedome which knowest our neccssities before we aske and our ignorance in asking wee beseech thee to haue compassion vpon out infirmities and those things which for our vnworthinesse we dare not and for our blindnesse we cannot aske vouchsafe to giue vs for the worthines of thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ALmightie god which hast promised to heare the petitions of them that aske in thy sonnes name we beseech thee mercifully to encline thine eares to vs that haue made now our prayers and supplications vnto thee and graunt that those things which wee haue faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the reliefe of our necessitie and to the setting forth of thy glorie though Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ¶ Vpon the holy dayes if there be no Communion shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion vntill the ende of the Homilie concluding with the generall prayer for the whole estate of Chrifstes Church militant here in earth and one or moe of these Collects before rehearsed as occasion shall serue And there shall bee no celebration of the Lords Supper except there be a good number to communicate with the Priest according to his discretion And if there be not aboue twentie persons in the Parish of discretion to receiue the Communion yet there shall be no Communion except foure or three at the least communicate with the Priest And in Cathedrall and Collegiate Churches where be many Priests and Deacons they shall all receiue the Communion with the Minister euery Sunday at the least except they haue a reasonable cause to the contrarie And to take away the superstition which any person hath or might haue in the bread and wine it shall suffice that the bread be such as is vsually to bee eaten at the table with other meates but the best and purest wheate bread that conueniently may bee gotten And if any of the bread and wine remaine the Curate shall haue it to his owne vse The bread and wine for the Communion shall be prouided by the Curate and the Churchwardens at the charges of the Parish and the Parish shall be discharged of such summes of money or other dueties which hitherto they haue paide for the same by order of their houses euery Sunday And note that euery Parishioner shal communicate at the least three times in the yeere of which Easter to bee one and shall also receiue the Sacraments and other Rites according to the order in this booke appointed And yeerely at Easter euery Parishioner shall reckon with his Parson Vicar or Curate or his or their deputie or deputies and pay to them or him all Ecclesiasticall dueties accustomably due then and at that time to be payed The ministration of Baptisme to be vsed in the Church It appeareth by ancient writers that the Sacrament of Baptisme in the old time was not commonly ministred but at two times in the yeere At Caster and whitfuntide At which times it was openly ministred in the presence of all the Congregation Which custome now being growen out of vse although it cannot for many considerations bee well restored againe it is thought good to follow the same as neere as conueniently may be Wherefore the people are to be admonished that it is most conuenient that Baptisme should not be ministred but vpon Sundays and other holydayes when thr most number of people may come together as well for that the congregation thet present may testifie the recieuing of them that be newly baptized into the number of Christ Church as also becouse in the Baptisme of insants euery man present may bee put in remembrance of his owne profession made to God in his baptisme For which cause also it is expedient that baptisme be ministred in the English tounge Neuerthelesse if necessitie so requeire children may at all times be baptized at home When there are children to bee baptized vpon the Sunday or holy day the parents shall giue knowledge ouer night or in the morning afore the beginning of Morning prayer to the Curate And then the Godfathers Godmothers and people with the children must be ready at the Font either immediatly after the last Lesson at Morning prayer or els immediatly after the last Lesson at Euening prayer as the Curate by his discretion shall appoint And then standing there the Priest shall aske whether the children be baptized or no. If they answere No then shal the Priest say thus DEarely
that by the grace of God they will euermore endeuour themselues faithfully to obserue and keepe such things as they by their owne mouth and confession haue assented vnto Secondly forasmuch as Confirmation is ministred to them that be baptized that by imposition of handes and Prayer they may receiue strengch and defence against all temptations to sinne and the assaults of the world and the deuill it is most meete to be ministred when children come to that age that partly by the frailtie of their owne flesh partly by the assaults of the world and the deuil they begin to be in danger to fall into sundry kinds of sinne Thirdly for that it is agreeable with the vsage of the Church in times past whereby it was ordained that Confirmation should be ministred to them that were of perfect age that they being instructed in Christes Religion should openly professe their owne faith and promise to be obedient vnto the will of God And that no man shall thinke that any detriment shall come to children by differing of their Confirmation hee shall know for trueth that it is certaine by Gods word that children being baptized haue all things necessary for their saluation and bevndoubtedly saued A Catechisme that is to say An instruction to be learned of euery childe before he be brought to be confirmed by the Bishop WHat is your name Answere N. or M. Question Who gaue you this name Answere My Godfather and Godmothers in my Baptisme wherein I was made a member of Christ the childe of God and an inheritour of the kingdome of heauen Question What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for your Answere They did promise and vowe three things in my name First that I should forske the deuill and all his workes and pompes the vanities of the wicked world and all the sinfull lustes of the flesh Secondly that I should beleeue all the Articles of the Christian faith And thirdly that I should keepe Gods holy will and Commandements and walke in the same all the dayes of my life Question Doest thou not thinke that thou art bound to beleeue and to doe as they haue promised for thee Answere Yes verily and by Gods helpe so I will And I heartily thanke our heauenly Father that hee hath called mee to this state of saluation through Iesus Christ our Sauiour And I pray God to giue me his grace that I may continue in the same vnto my liues ende Question Rehearse the Articles of thy beliefe Answere I Beleeue in God the Father Almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord which was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the Virgine Mary suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried hee descended into hell the thirde day hee rose againe from the dead hee ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence hee shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholike Church the Communion of Saints the forgiuenesse of sinnes the resurrection of the body and the life euerlasting Amen Question What doest thou chiefly learne in these Articles of thy beliefe Answere First I learne to beleeue in God the Father who hath made me and all the world Secondly in God the Sonne who hath redeemed me and all mankinde Thirdly in God the holy Ghost who sanctifieth mee and all the elect people of God Question You said that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you that you should keepe Gods Commandements Tell me bow many there bee Ansvvere Tenne Question Which be they Ansvvere THe same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God which haue brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of boundage i. Thou shalt haue none other gods but mee ii Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen image nor the likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath or in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not bow downe to them nor worship them For I the Lord thy God am a ielous God and bisite the sinnes of the fathers vpon the children vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate mee and shew mercy vnto thousands in them that loue mee and keepe my Commandements iii. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine for the Lord wil not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his Name in vaine iiii Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day Sixe dayes shalt thou labour and doe all that thou hast to do but the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt doe no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruant and thy mayde seruant thy cattell and the stranger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the Lord made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seunth day wherefore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and halowed it v. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may bee long in the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee vi Thou shalt doe no murther vii Thou shalt not commit adulterie viii Thou shalt not steale ix Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against neighbour x. Thou shalt not couet thy neighboures house thou shalt not couet thy neighbous wife nor his seruant nor his mayde nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thing that is his Question What doest thou chiefly learne by these commaundements Ansvvere I learne two things My duetie towards God and my duetie towards my neighbour Question What is thy duetie towards God Ansvvere My duetie towards God is to beleeue in him to feare him and to loue him with all my heart with all my minde with al my soule and with all my strength To worship him to giue him thankes to put my whole trust in him to call vpon him to honour his holy Name and his word and to serue him truely all the dayes of mhy life Question What is thy duetie to wards thy neighbour Answere My duety towards my neighbour is to loue him as my selfe and to doe to all men as I would they should doe vnto mee To loue honour and succour my father and mother To honour and obey the king and his ministers To submit my selfe to all my gouernours teachers spirituall Pastours and masters To order my selfe lowly and reuerently to all my betters To hurt no body by word or deed To be true and iust in all my dealing To beare no malice nor hatred in my heart To keepe my handes from picking and stealing and my tongue from euill speaking lying and slandering To keepe my body in temperance sobernesse and chastitic Not to couet nor desre other mens goods but to learne and labour truely to get mine owne liuing and to doe my duetie in that state of life vnto the which it shall please
and thereto haue giuen and pledged their troth either to other and haue declared the same by giuing and receiuing of a Ring and by ioyning of hands I pronounce that they be man and wife together In the name of the Father of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And the Minister shall adde this blessing GOD the Father God the Sonne God the holy Ghost blesse preserue and keepe you the Lorde mercifully with his fauour looke vpon you and so fill you with all spirituall benediction and grace that you may so liue together in this life that in the worlde to come you may haue life euerlasting Amen Then the Minister or Clearkes going to the Lords table shall say or sing this Psalme following BLessed are al they that feare the Lord and walke in his wayes Beari omnes Psal 128. For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands O well is thee and happy shalt thou be Thy wife shal be as the fruitfull Vine vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the Oliue branches round about thy table Loe thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lord from out of Sion shall so blesse thee that thou shall see Hierusalem in prosperitie all thy life long Yea that thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace vpon Israel Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be world without ende Amen Or this Psalme GOD be merciful vnto vs Deus misereatur Psal 67 and blesse vs and shew vs the light of his countenance and be mercifull vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon the earth thy sauing health among all nations Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nations reioyce and be glad for thou shalt iudge the folke righteously gouerne the nations vpon the earth Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth bring foorth her increase and God men our olvne God shall giue vs his blessing God shal blesse vs and all the ends of the world shal feare him Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Psalme ended and the man and the woman kneeling afore the Lordes Table the Priest standing at the Table and turning his face toward them shall say Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Answere Christ haue merry vpon vs. Minister Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into tempatation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lord saue thy seruant and thy handmaid Answere Which put their trust in thee Minister O Lord send them helpe from thy holy place Answere And euermore defend them Minister Be vnto them a towre of strength Answere From the face of their enemie Minister O Lord heare our prayer Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Minister O God of Abraham God of Isaac God of Iacob blesse these thy seruants and sow the seede of eternall life in their mindes that whatsoeuer in thy holy worde they shall profitably learne they may in deede fulfill the same Looke O Lord mercifully vpon them from heauen and blesse them And as thou diddest send thy blessing vpon Abraham and Sara to their great comfort So vouchsase to send thy blessing vpon these thy seruants that they obeying thy will and alway being in safetie vnder protection may abide in thy loue vnto their liues ende through Iesus Christ ou Lord. Amen This prayer next following shall be omitted where the woman is past childe birth O Mercifull Lord and heauenly Father by whose gracious gift mankinde is increased we beseech thee assist with thy blessing these two persons that they may both bee fruitfull in procreation of children and also liue together so long in godly loue and honestie that they may see their childrens children vnto the thirde and fourth generation vnto thy prayse and honour through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God which by thy mighty power hast made all things of nought which also after other things set in order didst appoint that one of man created after thine owne image sinulitude woman should take her beginning and knitting them together didst teach that it should neuer bee lawfull to put asvnder those whom thou by Matrimonie hadst made one O God which hast consecrated the state of Matrimonie to sush and excellent my sterie that in it is signified represented the spirtuall marriage vnitie betlvixt Christ and his Church Looke mercifully vpon these thy seruants that both this man may loue his wife according to thy worde as Christ did loue his spouse the Church who gaue himselfe for it louing cherishing it euen as his owne flesh and also that this woman may be louing and amiable to her husband as Rachel wise as Rebecca faithful and obedient as Sara and in all quietnesse sobrietie peace be a follower of holy and godly matrons O Lord blesse them both and grant them to inharite thy euerlasting kingdome through Iesus Chraist our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest say ALmighty God which at the beginning did create our first parents Adam and Eue and did sanctifie and ioyne them together in marriage powre vpon you the riches of his grace sanctifie and blesse you that yee may please him both in body and soule and liue together in holy loue vnto your liues end Amen Then shal begin the Communion And after the Gospel shal be said a Sermon wherein ordinarily so oft as there is any mariage the office of a man and wife shall bee declared according to holy Scripture Or if there bee no Sermon the Minister shall reade this that followeth ALl yee which be married or which intend to take the holy estate of Matrimonie vpon you heare what holy Scripture doeth say as touching the duetie of husbandes towards their wiues and wiues towards their husbands Saint Paul in his Epistle to the Ephesians the fift Chapter doeth giue this commandement to all married men Yee husbands loue your wiues euen as Christ loued the Church and hath giuen himselfe for it to sanctfie it purging it in the fountaine of water through the worde that he might make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregation not hauing spot or wrinckle or any such thing but that it should bee holy and blamelesse So men are bound to loue their owne wiues as their owne bodies He that loueth his owne wife loueth himselfe For neuer did any man hate his owne flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it euen as the Lord doeth the congregation for we are members of his body of his flesh and of his bones For this cause shall a man leaue father mother and shall be ioyned vnto his wife and they two shall be one flesh This mysterie is great but I speake of Christ and of the congregation Neuerthelesse let euery
one of you so loue his owne wife euen as himselfe Like wise same Saint Paul writing to the Colossians Colos 3. speaketh thus to all men that be married Ye men loue your wiues and be not bitter vnto them Heare also what S. Peter the Apostle of Christ 1. Pet. 3. which was himselfe a maried man sayed vnto all men that are maried Yee husbands dwell with your wiues according to knowledge giuing honor vnto the wife as vnto the weaker vessel and as heires together of the grace of life so that your prayers be not hindred Hitherto yee haue heard the duetie of the hunsband toword the wife Now likewife ye wiues heare and learne your dueties towards your husbands euen as it is plainely set foorth in holy Scripture Saint Paul Ephes 5. in the forenamed Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth you thus Ye women submit your selues vnto your owne husbands as vnto the Lord. For the husband is the wiues head euen as Christ is the head of the Church and hee is also the Sauiour of the whole body Therefore as the Church or Congregation is subiect vnto Christ So likewise let the wiues also be in subietion vnto their owne hubands in all things And againe hee sayth Let the wife reuerence her husband And in his Epistle to the Colossians S. Paul giueth you this short lesson Ye wiues submit your selues vnto your owne husbands as it is conuenient in the Lord. Saint Peter also doth instruct you very godly thus saying Let wiues be subiect to their owne husbandes so that if any obey not the worde they may bee wonne without the worde by the conuersation of the wiues while they beholde your chaste conuersation coupled with feare Whole apparell let it not bee outward with broyded haire and trimming about with golde either in putting on of gorgeous apparell but let the hid man which is in the heart bee without all corruption so that the spirite be milde and quiet which is a precious thing in the sight of God For after this maner in the olde time did the holy women which trusted in God apparell themselues being subiect to their owne husbandes as Sara obeyed Abraham calling him Lord whose daughters yee are made doing well and not being dismayed with any feare The new married persons the same day of their marriage must receiue the holy Communion The order for the visitation of the sicke The Priest entring into the sicke persons house shall say ¶ Peace be in this house and to all that dwell in it When he commeth into the sicke mans presence he shall say kneeling downe REmember not Lorde our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers Spare vs good Lord spare thy people whome thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and bee not angry with vs for euer Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Ameu Minister O Lord saue thy seruant Answere Which putteth his trust in thee Minister Send him helpe from thy holy place Answere And euermore mightily defend him Minister Let the enemie haue none aduantage of him Answere Nor the wicked approch to hurt him Minister Be vnto him O Lord a strong towre Answere From the face of his enemie Minister O Lord heare our prayers Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Minister O Lord looke downe from heauen beholde visite and relieue this thy seruant Looke vpon him with the eyes of thy mercy giue him comfort and sure confidence in thee defend him from the danger of the enemie and keepe him in perpetuall peace and safetie through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen HEare vs Almightie and most mercifull God and Sauiour extende thy accustomed goodnesse to this thy seruant which is grieued with sickenesse visite him O Lorde as thou diddest visite Peters wiues mother and the Captaines seruant So visite and restore to this sicke pecson his former health if it bee thy will or els giue him grace so to take thy visitation that after this paineful life ended he may dwell with thee in life euerlasting Then shall the Minister exhort the sicke person after this forme or other like DEarely beloued know this that Almightie God is the Lord of life and death and ouer all things to them perteyning as youth strength health age weakenesse sickenes Wherefore whatsoeuer your sikenesse is know you certainely that it is Gods visitation And for what cause so euer this sicknesse is sent vnto you whether it be to try your patience for the example of other and that your faith may bee found in the day of the Lord laudable glorious honourable to the increase of glory and endlesse felicitie or els it be sent vnto you to correct and amend in you whatsoeuer doeth offend the eyes of your heauenly Father know you certainly that if you truely repent you of your sinnes and beare your sicknesse patiently trusting in Gods mercy for his deare Sonne Iesus Christes sake and render vnto him humble thankes for his fatherly visitation submitting your selfe wholly vnto his will it shall turne to your profite and helpe you foward in the right way thatleadeth vnto life euerlasting If the person visited be very sicke then the Curate may ende his ex hortation in this place Take therefore in good woorth the chastisement of the Lorde For whom the Lorde loueth hee chastiseth yea as Saint Paul saith he scourgeth euery sonne which hee receiueth If ye endure thastisement he offreth himself vnto you as vnto his owne children What sonne is he that the father chastiseth not If ye be not vnder correction where of all true children children are partakers then are yee bastards not children Therfore seeing that when our carnall fathers do correct vs we reuerently obey them shall we not now much rather be obedient to our spirituall Father so liue And they for a few dayes doe chastise vs after their owne pleasure but he doeth chastise vs for our profite to the intent hee may make vs partakers of his holines These words good brother are Gods wordes and written in holy Scripture for our comfort and instruction that wee should patiently and with thankesgiuing beare our heauenly Fathers correction whensoeuer by any maner of aduersitie it shall please his gracious goodnesse to visite vs. And there should be no greater comfort to Christian persons then to bee made like vnto Christ by suffering patiently aduersities troubles sickenesses For he himselfe went not vp to ioy but first hee suffered paine he entred not into his glory before he was crucified So truely our way to eternall ioy is to suffer here with Christ and our doore to enter into eternall life is gladly to die with Christ that we may rise againe from death and dwel with him in euerlasting life Now therefore taking your sickenesse which is thus profitable for you patiently I
also himselfe bee subject vnto him that put all things vnder him that God may be all in all Else what doe they which are baptized ouer the dead if the dead rise not at all Why are they then baptized ouer them yea and why stand we alway then in ieopardie By our reioycing which I haue in Christ Iesu our Lord I die dayly That I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men what aduantageth it mee if the dead rise not againe Let vs eate and drinke for tomorow wee shall die Bee not yee deceiued euill words corrupt good maners Awake truely out of sleepe and sinne not For some haue not the knowledge of God I speake this to your shame But some man will say How arise the dead With what body shall they come Thou foole that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die And what sowest thou Thou sowest not that body that shall bee but bare corne as of wheat or some other but God giueth it a body at his pleasure to euery seed his owne body All flesh is not one maner of flesh but there is one maner of flesh of men another maner of flesh of beastes another of fishes another of birdes There are also celestiall bodies and there are bodies terrestriall But the glorie of the celestiall is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another There is one maner glorie of the Sunne and another glorie of the Moone and another glorie of the Starres For one Starre differeth from another in glorie So is the resurrection of the dead It is sowen in corruption it riseth againe in incorruption It is sowen in dishonour it riseth againe in honour It is sowen in weaknesse it riseth againe in power It is sowen a naturall bodie it riseth againe a spirituall body There is a naturall bodie and there is a spirituall bodie As it is also written The first man Adam was made a liuing soule and the last Adam was made a quickening spirite Howbeit that is not first which is spirituall but that which is naturall and then that which is spirituall The first man is of the earth earthie The second man is the Lord from heauen heauenly As is the earthie such are they that be earthy And as is the heauenly such are they that are heauenly And as wee haue borne the image of the earthie so shall wee beare the image of the heauenly This say I brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherite the kingdome of God neither doeth corruption inherite incorruption Behold I shew you a mystery we shal not all sleepe but we shall all be changed and that in a moment in the twinckling of an eye by the last trumpe For the trumpe shall blow and the dead shall rife incorruptible and we shall bee changed For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortall must put on immortality When this corruptible hath put on incorruption and this mortall hath put on immortalitie then shall be brougt to passe the saying that is written Death is swallowed vp into victory Death where is thy sting Hell where is thy victorie The sting of death is sinne and the strength of sinne is the law But thankes be vnto God which hath giuen vs victorie through our Lorde Iesus Christ Therefore my deare brethren bee yee stedfast and vnmooueable alwayes rich in the worke of the Lorde forasmuch as yee know how that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord. The Lesson ended the priest shall say Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from evil Amen The Priest ALmightie God with whom doe liue the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lorde and in whom the soules of them that be elected after they bee deliuered from the burden of the flesh be in ioy felicitie wee giue thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliuer this N. our brother out of the miseris of this sinfull world beseeching thee that it may please thee of thy gracious goodnesse shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect and to hasten thy kingdome that we with this our brother all other departed in the true faith of thy holy Name may haue our perfect consummation and blisse both in body and soule in thy eternall and euerlasting glorie Amen The Collect. O Mercifull God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ who is the resurrection and the life in whom whosoeuer beleeueth shall liue though hee die and whosoeuer liueth and beleeueth in him shall not die eternally who also taught vs by his holy Apostle Paul not to be sorie as men without hope for them that sleepe in him we meekely beseech thee O Father to raise vs from the death of sinne vnto the life of righteousnesse that when we shall depart this life wee may rest in him as our hope is this our brother doeth and that at the generall resurrection in the last day wee may bee found acceptable in thy sight and receiue that blessing which thy welbeloued sonne shall then pronouce to all that loue and feare thee saying Come yee blessed children of my Father receiue the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world Graunt this we beseech thee O mercifull Father through Iesus Christ our Mediatour and Redeemer Amen The thankesgiuing of women after childbirth commonly called the Churching of women The woman shall come into the Church and there shall kneele downe in some conuenient place nigh vnto the place where the Table standeth and the Priest standing by her shal say these words or such like as the case shall require FOrasmuch as it hath pleased Almightie God of his goodnesse to giue you safe deliuerance and hath preserued you in the great danger of childe-birth ye shall therefore giue heartie thanks vnto God and pray Then shall the Priest say this Psalme I Haue lifted vp mine eyes vnto the hils from whence commeth my helpe Psal 121. My helpe commeth euen from the Lord which hath made heauen and earth Hee will not suffer thy foote to bee mooued and he that keepeth thee will not sleepe Behold hee that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleepe The Lord himselfe is thy keeper the Lord is thy defence vpon thy right hand So that the Sunne shall not burne thee by day nor the Moone by night The Lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall keepe thy soule The Lord shall preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time forth for euermore Glorie be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercye vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Priest O
my holy oyle haue I anoynted him My hand shall holde him fast and my arme shall strengthen him The enemie shall not be able to doe him violence the sonne of wickednesse shall not hurt him I shall smite downe his foes before his face and plague them that hate him My trueth also and my mercie shall be with him and in my Name shall his horne be exalted I will set his dominion also in the sea and his right hand in the floods Hee shall call me Thou art my father my God and my strong saluation And I will make him my first borne higher then the kings of the earth My mercie will I keepe for him for euermore and my couenant shall stand fast with him His seede also will I make to endure for euer his throne as the dayes of heauen But if his children forsake my Law and walke not in my iudgements If they breake my statutes and keepe not my commandements I will visit their offences with the rod and their sinne with scourges Neuerthelesse my louing kindnesse will I not vtterly take from him nor suffer my trueth to faile My couenant will I not breake nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lippes I haue sworne once by my Holinesse that I will not faile Dauid His seede shall endure for euer and his seate is like as the sunne before me He shall stand fast for euermore as the moone and as the faithfull witnesse in heauen But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine anoynted and art displeased at him Thou hast broken the couenant of thy seruant and cast his crowne to the ground Thou hast ouerthrowen all his hedges and broken down his strong holds All they that goe by spoâ—â—e him and he is become a rebuke to his neighbours Thou hast set vp the right hand of his enemies and made all his aduersaries to reioyce Thou hast taken away the edge of his sworde and giuest him not victorie in the battell Thou hast put out his glory and cast his throne downe to the ground The dayes of his youth hast thou shortened and couered him with dishonour Lord how long wil thou hide thy selfe for euer and shall thy wrath burne like fire Oh remember how short my time is wherefore hast thou made all men for nought What man is hee that liueth and shall not see death and shall he deliuer his soule from the hand of hell Lorde where are thy olde louing kindnesses which thou swarest vnto Dauid in thy trueth Remember Lord the rebuke that thy seruants haue and how I doe beare in my bosome the rebukes of many people Wherewith thine enemies haue blasphemed thee and slandered the footesteps of thine anoynted prased be the Lorde for euermore Amen Amen Domine refugium Psal 90. LOrde Morning prayer thou hast beene our refuge from one generation to another Before the mountaines were brought foorth or euer the earth and the worlde were made thou art God from euerlasting world without end Thou rurnest man to destruction againe thou sayest Come againe ye children of men For a thousand yeeres in thy sight are but as yesterday seeing that is past as a watch in the night As soone as thou scatterest them they are euen as a sleepe and fade away suddenly like the grasse Iâ— the morning it is greene and growth vp but in the euening it is cut downe dryed vp and withered For wee consume away in thy displeasure and are afraid at thy wrathfull indignation Thou hast set our misdeedes before thee and our secret sinnes in the sight of thy countenance For when thou art angry all our dayes are gone we bring our yeeres to an end as it were a tale that is told The dayes of our age are threescore yeeres and tenne and though men be so strong that they come to fourescore yeeres yet is their strength then but labour and sorowe so soone passeth it away and we are gone But who regardeth the power of thy wrath for euen therafter as a man feareth so is thy displeasure O teach vs to number our dayes that we may apply our hearts vnto wisedome Lurne thee againe O Lord at the last and bee gracious vnto thy seruants O satisfie vs with thy mercie and that soone so shall wee reioyce and be glad all the dayes of our life Comfort vs againe now after the time that thou hast plagued vs for the yeres wherein we haue suffered aduersitie Shewe thy seruants thy worke and their children thy glorie And the glorious Maiestie of the Lorde our God be vpon vs prosper thou the worke of our hands vpon vs O prosper thou our handy worke Qui habirat Psal 91. WHo so dwelleth vnder the defence of the most High shall abide vnder the shadow of the Almightie I will say vnto the Lord Thou art my hope and my strong holde my God in him will I trust For he shall deliuer thee from the snare of the Hunter and from the noysome pestilence Hee shall defend thee vnder his wings and thou shall bee safe vnder his feathers his faithfulnesse and trueth shall be thy shield and buckler Thou shall not be afraid for any terrour by night Nor for the arrow that ftyeth by day For the pestilence that walketh in darkenesse nor for the sickenesse that destoyeth in the noone day A thousand shall fall beside thee and ten thousand at thy right hand but it shall not come nigh thee Yea with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the vngodly For thou Lord art my hope thou hast set thine house of defence very high There shall no euill happen vnto thee neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling For he shall giue his angels charge ouer thee to keepe thee in all thy wayes They shall beare thee in their hands that thou hurt not thy foote against a stone Thou shall go vpon the Lion and Adder the yong Lion and the Dragon shalt thou tread vnder thy feete Because he hath set his loue vpon me therefore shall I deliuer him I shall set him vp because hee hath knowen my Name He shal call vpon me and I wil heare him yea I am with him in trouble I will deliuer him and bring him to honour With long life will I satisfie him and shew him my saluation Bonum est confiteri Psal 92 IT is a good thing to giue thankes vnto the Lord and to sing praises vnto thy Name O most Highest To tell of thy louing kindnesse early in the morning and of thy trueth in the night season Vpon an instrument of tenne strings and vpon the Lute vpon a loud instrument and vpon the Harpe For thou Lorde hast made mee glad through thy workes and I will reioyce in giuing praise for the operations of thy hands O Lord how glorious are thy workes and thy thoughts are very deepe An vnwise man doeth not well consider this and a foole doeth not vnderstand it When the vngodly are greene as the grasse