soule of the gloryous vyrgyn and mother Mary to th ende it shuld be a mete habitacion for thy only begotten sonne graunt that we maye be saued from all instante euylles and eternall death throughe the inestimable merites of hym in the remembraunce of whose death we take ioye and comforte By the same Christ our Lorde So be it TO the holy and indiuisible trinite to the humanite of Iesu Christ crucifyed glory infinitly be geuē of euery creature world wythout ende So be it Blessed be the swete name of oure Lorde Iesu Christ the sonne of the glorious vyrgyn Mary for euermore And the soules of all true beleuers beynge departed through the mercy of God maye reste in peace So be it Praysynge be to God peace vnto the lyuyng and rest vnto the dead So be it ¶ Here after followeth a deuoute prayer vnto Iesus our sauioure O Bontefull Aesu O swete Iesu O Iesu the sonne of the pure virgyn Mary full of mercy and truth O swete Iesu after thy greate mercy haue pitie vpō me O benygne Iesu I praye the by the same precious bloude whych for vs myserable synners thou wast cōtent to shedde in the alter of the crosse that thou vousafe clene to auoyde all my wyckednesse and not to despyse me humbly thys requyrynge and vpon thy mooste holy name Iesus callynge Thys name Iesus is the name of helth What is Iesus but a sauyoure O good Iesus that hast me created and wyth thy precyous bloude redemed suffre me not to be dampned whō of nought thou hast made O good Iesu Christ let not my wyckednesse destroye me that thy almyghty goodnesse made and formed O good Iesu reknowlege that is thyne in me wype clene away that aleneth me frō the. O good Iesu whā tyme of mercy is haue mercy vpon me and destroye me not in tyme of thy terryble iudgemente O good Iesu though I wretched synner for my moost greuous offences haue by thy very iustice deserued eternall payne Yet I appell from thy very ryghteousnesse and stedfastly trust in thy inefiable mercy So that thou as mylde father and mercyfull Lorde wylte take pitye vpon me O good Iesu what profyte is in my bloude syth that I muste dyscende into eternal corruption Certaynly they that be dead shall not magnifye the nor lykewyse all they that go to hell O mooste mercyfull Iesu haue mercy vpon me O moost swete Iesu deliuer me O moost meke Iesu be vnto me synner fauourable O Iesu admytte me a wretched synner in to the nombre of thē that shal be saued O Iesu the helth of them that beleue in the haue mercye vpon me O Iesu the swete forgyuenes of all my synnes O Iesu the sonne of the pure vyrgyne Mary endue me wyth thy grace wysedome charite chastitie humilite yee and in all my aduersyties stedfast paciēs so that I may perfectly loue the and in the to reioyce and haue my only delyte in the worlde with out ende So be it ¶ The antheme O Glorious kynge whych amongest thy sayntes arte laudable and neuerthelesse ineffable thou art in vs Lorde thy holy name hath ben called vppon by vs therfore do not forsake vs Lorde God and in the daye of iudgement vousafe to bestowe vs amonge thy sayntes and electe o blessed kynge ¶ A prayer vnto Christ O Maker of heauen and erth kyng of kynges and Lorde of Lordes whiche of nothynge dyddest make me to thy ymage and lykenes and dyddest redeme me wyth thyne owne bloude whome I a synner am not worthy to name nether to call vpō humbly I desyre the and mekely praye the that gently thou beholde me thy wycked seruaunt and haue mercy on me whych haddest mercy on the woman of Canane and Mary Magdalene whych dyddest forgeue the publicane and the these that hanged on the crosse vnto the I cōfesse oh moost holy father my synnes whyche yf I wolde I can not hyd fro the. Haue mercye on me Christ for I wretch haue sore offēded the in pryde in couetous in glotony in lechery in vayn glory in hatred in enuy in adultery in thefte in lyenge in bacbytynge in sportynge in dyssolute and wanton laughynge in ydle wordes in hearynge in tastynge in touchynge in thynkynge in speakynge in workynge and in alwayes in whiche I afrayle mā and moost wretched synner myght synne my faulte my mooste greuous defaulte Therfore I moost hūbly pray besech thy gentelnes whych for my helth descended frō heauē which dyd holde vp Dauid he shuld not fal into synne Haue mercy on vs oh Christ which dyddeste forgeue Peter that dyd forsake ye. Thou art my creatoure my helper my maker my redemer my gouernour my father my lorde my god my king thou art my hope my trust my gouernyng my helpe my cōforte my strength my defence my redempcion my lyfe my helth my resurrection thou art my stedfastnes my refuge or so coure my lyght my desyre and my helpe I mooste humbly and hertly desyre and praye the helpe me defende me and make me stronge and comforte me make me stedfaste make me mery geue me lyghte and vysite me reuiue me agayne whyche am dead for I am thy makynge and thy worke Oh Lorde dispice me not I am thy seruaunt thy bonde man although euyll althoughe vnworthy and a synner But what soeuer I am whether I be good or bad I am euer thyn therfore to whome shal I flye excepte I flye vnto the If thou caste me of who shal or wyll receaue me yf thou dyspise and turne thy face from me who shall loke vpon me and recognise and knowlege me although vn worthy commynge to the for although I be vile and vnclene thou canst make me clene yf I be sick thou canst heale me Yf I be dead and buried thou canste reuyue me for thy mercy is much more thē my iniquyte thou canst forgiue me more than I can offende Therfore oh Lorde do not consyder nor haue respecte to the nombre of my synnes but accordynge to the greatnesse of thy mercy forgeue me and haue mercy on me moost wretched synner Saye vnto my soule I am thy helth which saydest I wyll not the death of a synner but rather that he lyue and be conuerted Turne me oh Lorde to the and be not angry with me I praye the mooste meke father and for thy great mercy I moost hūbly besech the that thou brynge me to the blysse that neuer shall cease So be it ¶ The .xv. prayers called the xv Ooes ¶ The .xv. prayers followynge called commonly the .xv. Ooes are for forth in diuers laten prymers wyth goodly prynted prefaces promisynge to the sayers therof many thynges doth folyshe and false as the delyueraunce of xv soules out of purgatory with other lyke vanities yet are the prayers selfe right good vertuous yf they be sayde without any such supersticious trust or blynde confidence And for as much as these prayers are a goodly and godly meditacion of Christes passiō
Lyke the dew of Hermon which fel vpon the hyll of Sion For there the Lorde promysed his blessynge and lyfe for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to c. As it was in the begynnynge and as it is c. The C.xxxiij Psalme Ecce nunc benedicite BEholde o prayse the Lorde all ye seruauntes of the Lorde Ye that stande in the house of the Lorde in the house of our God O lyft vp your handes in the nyght to the sanctuary and prayse the Lorde The Lorde which made heauen and earth blesse the out of Sion Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to c. As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it ¶ The antheme ¶ RemeÌ„ber not o Lorde the faultes ether of vs or of our parentes nether take thou veÌ„geauÌ„ce on oure synnes spare o Lorde spare thy people which thou hast redemed with thy precious bloud be neuermore angre with vs but mercyfully heare vs cryenge vnto the. And graunt also all the sayntes besely to pray for vs and vouchsafe mercyfully to heare vs by Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ The signification of thys worde Letany ¶ Mamercus Bysshoppe of Vienne what tyme that a terriblâ— earthquake fellin his prouynce Leo the fyrst then beynge bisshop of Rome caused the people to assemble to go togyther to a long Araye prayeng and callyng vpon God which thyng now we cal procession â–ª bycause we vse in the same to procede or go forth Here of it came that when any greuous plage was eyther sende by god among the people or any sodeyn chaunse of gladnesse chaunsed procession hath alwayes ben vsed somtyme to pacify gods wrath and somtyme to thanke him of his benefettes For this cause dyd Agapeâ—us bysshop of Rome fyrst institute that procession shulde be done euery sondaye throughout the yere and after him Gregory in the tyme of a common pestileÌ„ce caused more solempne ordre and syngynge to be vsed therin and ordeyned this seruyce called Letany which is a greke worde and as much in Englyssh to say as suplycacion or prayer wherof it hath taken his name bycause that in our generall processions and rogacion dayes prayer and supplycacion is made vnto God for the people and for al estates accordyng to the counsayle of Saynt Paule 1. Timothei ii and dyuers other examples of scriptures LOrde haue mercy on vs. Christ haue mercy on vs. Lorde haue mercy on vs. God the father of heauen haue mercy on vs. Goddes sonne redemer of the worlde Haue mercy on vs. God the holy goost Haue mercy on vs. Holy Trinite one God haue mercy on vs. Holy Mary vyrgyn and mother of God Praye for vs. Saynt Mychael praye for vs. Saynt Gabriel praye for vs. Saynt Raphael praye for vs. All holy angels and archangels praye for vs. All order of holy spretes praye for vs. Saynt Ihon baptiste praye for vs. All holy Patryarches Prophetes praye for vs. Saynt Peter praye for vs. Saynt Paule praye for vs. Saynt Andrewe praye for vs. Saynt Ihon praye for vs. Saynt Iames. praye for vs. Saynt Thomas praye for vs. Saynt Phylyp praye for vs. Saynt Iames. ☞ ☜ praye for vs. Saynt Matthewe praye for vs. Saynt Bartholome praye for vs. Saynt Symon praye for vs. Saynt Tathe praye for vs. Saynt Mathye praye for vs. Saynt Barnabe praye for vs. Saynt Marke praye for vs. Saynt Luke praye for vs. All holy Apostles and euangelistes praye for vs All holy disciples and innocentes praye for vs. Saynt Steuen praye for vs. Saynt Clement praye for vs. Saynt Timothe praye for vs. Saynt Dionise praye for vs. All holy martyrs praye for vs. All holy confessors praye for vs. Saynt Anne praye for vs. Saynt Elizabeth praye for vs. Saynt Mary Magdalene praye for vs. Saynt Martha praye for vs. All holy vyrgyns praye for vs. All holy sayntes praye for vs. Be mercyfull spare vs Lorde FroÌ„ all euell Lorde delyuer vs. FroÌ„ the waytes of the deuell Lorde delyuer vs. From endles dampnacion Lorde delyuer vs. FroÌ„ imminet parel of our synne lorde delyuer vs. From the assaultes of deuels lorde delyuer vs. From the sprete of fornication lorde delyuer vs. FroÌ„ the desyre of vayne glory lorde delyuer vs. FroÌ„ all vnclenes of body soule lorde delyuer vs. From wrath and hate and all euell wyll lorde delyuer vs. From vnclene thoughtes lorde delyuer vs. From blyndnes of harte lorde delyuer vs. From lyghtenynge and tempest lorde delyuer vs. FroÌ„ sodeyne vnprouyded death lord delyuer vs. By the mystery of thy holy incarnacion lordr delyuer vs. By thy natiuite lorde delyuer vs. By thy circumcision lorde delyuer vs. By thy baptyme lorde delyuer vs. By thy fastynge lorde delyuer vs. By thy crosse and passion lorde delyuer vs. By thy precious death lorde delyuer vs. By thy glorious resurrccion lorde delyuer vs. By thy meruelous ascencion lorde delyuer vs. By the grace of thy holy goost lorde delyuer vs. In the houre of death lorde succoure vs. In the daye of iudgement lorde delyuer vs. We synners praye the to heare vs. That thou geue vs peace we pray the to heare vs That thy mercy and thy pytie maye euer preserue vs we praye the to heare vs. That thou vouchsaufe to gouerne and kepe thy church we praye the to heare vs. That thou geue peace concorde and victorye to oure kynge and princes we praye the to heare vs. That thou kepe all our byshoppes and prelates in holy religion we praye the to heare vs. That thou kepe al the congregacion of sayntes in thy holy seruice we praye the to heare vs. That thou preserue all ChristeÌ„ people which thou hast redemed wyth thy precyous bloude we praye the to heare vs. That thou geue all our benefactours euerlastyng benefytes we praye the heare vs. That thou wylt delyuer the soules of vs and oure parentes from eternall damnation we praye the to heare vs. That thou vouchsafe to geue and preserue the frutes of the earth we praye the to heare vs. That thou vouchsafe to cast vpon vs thy mercyfull eyes we praye the to heare vs. That thou do cause the obsequy of oure seruyce to be acceptable we praye the to heare vs. That thou do plucke vp our myndes vnto heaueÌ„ly desyres we praye the to heare vs. That thou vouchsaufe to beholde and releue the mysery of the poore and the captiue we praye the. That thou geue euerlastyng rest to al that beleue in the both quycke and dead we pray the to heare That thou vouchsafe to heare vs we praye the to heare vs. Sonne of God we praye the to heare vs. Sonne of God we praye the to heare vs. Sonne of God we praye the to heare vs. O Lambe of God that takest awaye the synne of the worlde heare vs Lorde O Lambe of God that takest awaye the synne of the worlde spare vs Lorde O Lambe of God that takest awaye the synne of the worlde
he sayd vnto his mother Woman behold thy sonne ThaÌ„ said he to the disciple Beholde thy mother And from the houre the disciple toke her for his owne After that whaÌ„ Iesus perceyued that al thynges were performed that the scriptur myght be fulfylled he sayd I thyrst There stode a vessell full of vynegre by And they fylled a sponge wyth vynegre wouÌ„de it about with ysope put it to his mouth Assone as Iesus had receyued of the vynegre he said It is fynyshed And bowed his head gaue vp the goost The Iewes thaÌ„ because it was the Sabboth euen the the body shuld not remayne vpoÌ„ the crosse on the Sabboth daye for that Sabboth day was an hyghe day besought Pylate that theyr legges myght be broken that they myght be takeÌ„ downe ThaÌ„ came the souldyers brake the legges of the fyrste and of the other which was crucifyed wyth Iesus But whan they came to Iesus saw that he was dead already they brake not his legges but one of the souldyers with a speare thruste hym into the syde and forthwyth came out bloud water And he that sawe it bare recorde his recorde is true And he knoweth that he sayth true that ye myght beleue also These thynges were done that the scripture myght be fulfylled ye shall not breake a bone of hym And agayne an other scripture sayeth They shall loke on hym whom they pearsed After that Ioseph of Aramathia which was a disciple of Iesus but secretly for feare of the Iewes besought Pylate that he myght take downe the body of Iesus And Pilate gaue hym lycence And ther came also Nicodemus whiche at the begynnynge came to Iesus by nyght and brought of myrre aloes myngled together aboute an hundred pounde wayght ThaÌ„ toke they the body of Iesu wouÌ„de it in lynnen clothes wyth the odoures as the maner of the Iewes is to bury And in the place wher Iesus was crucyfyed was a garden and in the garden a new sepulchre wherin was neuer maÌ„ layde There layde they Iesus because of the Iewes Saboth euen for the sepulchre was nyghe at hande ¶ The versycle ¶ Thou that suffredest for vs. ¶ The answere ¶ Lorde haue mercye on vs. ¶ A prayer O Lorde whyche hast displayed thyne handes and fete and all thy body on a crosse for oure synnes suffredest the Iewes to set a crowne of thorne on thy heade in despyte of thy moost holy name And for vs synners dyddeste sufire fyue greuous wouÌ„des gyue vs this daye and euer the vse of lyght sence and vnderstandyng of penauÌ„ce abstinence paciens humilite and chastite and a pure conscience euermore By the Iesu Christ sauyoure of the worlde whyche lyuest and reygnest wyth the father and the holy goost God Worlde wythout ende O Lorde for thy greate mercy and grace Helpe thy people that so fayne wolde haue Thy holy Gospell preached in euery place And that thou thy flocke maye saue From the daunger of eternall fyre For whyche all Christen people praye and desyre So be it ¶ A lesson of the Gospell of Saynte Luke mencionynge the resurrection of Christ Luc. â—â—iiiâ— BVt vpon one of the Sabbothes very early in the mornynge they came vnto the Sepulchre and brought the spices which they had prepared and certayne women with theÌ„ Neuerthelesse they founde the stone rolled awaye frome the sepulchre and wente in and fouÌ„de not the body of the Lorde Iesu And it happened as they were amased therat beholde there stode by them two men in shynynge garmentes And they were afrayed and caste downe theyr faces to the earth Then sayde they vnto theÌ„ What seke ye the lyuynge amonge the deade he is not here he is rysen vp Remembre how that he told you when he was yet in Galyle and sayde The sonne of man must be delyuered into the handes of synners and be crucyfyed and the thyrde daye ryse agayne And they remembred his wordes wente from the sepulchre and tolde all thys vnto the eleuen and to all the other It was Mary Magdalene and Iohanna and Mary Iames the other wyth them that tolde this vnto the Apostles And theyr wordes semed vnto theÌ„ as though they had bene but fables and they beleued them not But Peter arose and ranne to the sepulchre stouped in and sawe the lynnen clothes layd by theÌ„ selues and departed And he wondred wythin hymselfe at that which had happened ¶ Thankes be to God ¶ A lesson of the Gospell of Saynt Marke mencyonynge the ascenscion of Christ Mar. xvi AT the last as the eleueÌ„ sat at the table he shewed hymselfe vnto them and rebuked theyr vnbelefe the hardnes of their hert because they beleued not them whych had sene hym rysen And he sayd vnto theÌ„ Go ye your waye into all the worlde and preache the Gospell vnto all creatures Who so beleueth and is baptysed shall be saued But who so beleueth not shal be damned As for the tokens whiche shall follow theÌ„ that beleue these are they In my name shall they cast out deuels Speake with new tonges dryue awaye serpentes And yf they drynke any deadlye thynge it shal not hurte theÌ„ They shal laye theyr handes vpon the sycke and they shal recouer And the Lorde after that he had spoken vnto theÌ„ was taken vp into heauen and sytteth at the ryghte hande of God And they wente out and preached euery where And the Lorde wrought wyth theÌ„ confyrmed the worde with tokens followynge ¶ The secoÌ„de parte of thys Manuall called prayer ¶ An order and forme of byddynge of the bedes by the kynges commaundement YE shall praye for the whole Congregacion of Christes Church and specyally for this church of Englande wherin fyrste I commende to your deuout prayers the kynges moost excellent maiestye supreme heade immediatly vnder God of the spiritualty and temporaltie of the same churche and for the prosperite of the noble Prince Edwarde hys sonne ¶ Secondely ye shall praye for the clergye the Lordes temporall and commons of this realme be sechynge almyghty God to gyue euery one of theÌ„ in hys degre grace to vse themselues in such wyse as maye be to hys contentation the kynges honoure and the weale of the realme ¶ Thyrdly ye shall praye for the soules that be departed abydynge the mercy of almyghty god that it maye please hym rather at the contemplacion of our prayers to graunte them the fruycion of hys presence ¶ The seuen peticions of the Pater noster ¶ The fyrst peticion OVre father whych arte in heauen hallowed be thy name ¶ The seconde peticion Thy kyngdome come ¶ The thyrde peticion Thy wyll be done in earth as it is in heauen ¶ The fourth peticion Gyue vs thys daye oure dayly breade ¶ The fyfte peticion And forgyue vs our trespasses as we forgyue theÌ„ that trespace agaynst vs. ¶ The syxte peticion And let vs not be led into temptacion ¶ The seuenth peticion But delyuer vs from euyll Amen
¶ The salutacion of the aungell called the Aue maria HAyle Marye full of grace the Lorde is wyth the. Blessed arte thou amonge women And blessed is the fruyte of thy wombe Amen ¶ A prayer to be sayde in the mornynge when you aryse I Thanke the my heauenly father by thy dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christe that this nyghte thou hast gyueÌ„ my slepe and rest preseruyng me from al hurte peryls I besech the to kepe me lykewyse thys daye from synne and all euyls se that all my dedes ye all my lyfe myght please the I commyt myselfe both body and soule and al the thynges that I go about into thy handes Thy holy angell be wyth me lest the deuell my aduersary haue ony power ouer me Amen ¶ The grace to be sayde afore dynner THe eyes of all thynges loke vp and wayte vpon the O Lorde and thou geuest them meate in due tyme. When thou geuest it to them then they gather it when thou openest thy hande then are they well satisfyed Thou openest thy haÌ„de and replenysshest al thynges lyuynge wyth thy blessynge ¶ Our father O Lorde God our heuenly father blesse thou vs and these thy gyftes whych we here receaue of thy blessynge and bountuous goodnesse thorowe thy sonne Iesu Christe Amen ¶ Grace after dynner WE thanke the o Lorde our father by thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde for all thy benefytes which lyuest raygnest from age to age worlde wythout ende Amen ¶ The grace before supper CHriste whych at the last supper gaue hym selfe vnto vs promysynge hys body to be crucifyed hys bloude to be shed for oure synnes blesse vs and oure supper Amen ¶ Grace after supper HOnoure and prayse be to God the kynge euerlastynge immortall inuisible wyse onely for euer and euer Amen God almyghty father of all mercy and God of all consolacion gyue vs grace to consent together in the knowledge of thy truth thorow Iesu Christe that we maye wyth one mynde and one mouthe glorify God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ Amen ¶ Whan thou shalt go to bedde saye thys I laye me downe to rest In the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy goost Amen I Thanke the my heauenly father by thy dere beloued sonne Iesus Christ that this daye of thy pleÌ„teousrych mercy thou hast thus preserued me I praye the forgeue me all my synnes whyche I haue thys daye vnryghteously commytted in dede worde and in thoughte And that thou woldest vouchsafe of thy gracious goodnes to kepe me this nyght for I commyte myselfe both body and soule and all myne into thy haÌ„des Thy holy aungel be wyth me leste my deadly aduersary haue intresse into me Amen ¶ The abrogacion of the holy dayes FYrste that the feaste of Dedicacion of the church shall in al places through out this realme be celebrated and kepte on the fyrste sondaye of the moneth of October for euer and vpon none other daye ¶ Item that the feaste of the patron of euery church wythin thys realme called commonly the Church holydaye shall not from hensforth be kepte or obserued as a holydaye as heretofore hath ben vsed but that it shal be lawfull to all and syngular personnes resydent or dwellynge within this realme to go to theyr worke occupacion or mysterye and the same truely to exercyse and occupye vpon the sayde feast as vpon any other worke daye excepte the sayde feaste of Church holydaye such as muste be elles vniuersally obserued as a holy daye by this ordinaunce followynge ¶ Also that all those feastes or holydayes whych shall happeÌ„ to occurre eyther in the heruest tyme which is to be coÌ„pted from the fyrste daye of Iuly vnto the .xxix. daye of Septembre or els in the terme tyme at Westmynster shall not be kepte or obserued from hensforth as holydayes but that it may be lawfull for euery man to go to hys worke or occupacion vpon the same as vpon any other worke daye except alwayes the feastes of the Apostles of our blessed lady and of Saynte George and the .iiii. Euangelistes Mary Magdalene And also suche feastes as wherin the kynges Iudges at Westmynster hall do not vse to syt in iudgemente all which shal be kepte holy and solempne of euery man as in tyme past hath ben accustomed ¶ Prouided alwayes that it maye be lawfull vnto all prestes and clarkes as well secular as regular in the forsayde holydayes nowe abrogate to synge or say theyr accustomed seruyce for those holydayes in theyr churches so that they do not the same solemply nor do rynge to the same after the maner vsed in hygh holydayes nor do commauÌ„de or indycte the same to be kepte or obserued as holy dayes ¶ Fynally the feast of the natiuite of our Lorde of Easter of the natiuite of S. Ihon Baptist and of S. Mychaell archangell shall be froÌ„ hensforth accompted accepted and taken for the .iiii. general offrynge dayes ¶ And for further declaracion of the premysses be it knowen that Easter terme begynneth al wayes the .xviii. daye after Easter rekenynge Easter daye for one and endeth the mondaye nexte after the Ascencion daye ¶ Trinite terme begynneth alwayes the wednisdaye next after the octaues of Trinite sondaye endeth the .xi. or xii daye of Iuly ¶ Myghelmas terme begynneth the .ix. or .x. day of October and endeth the .xxviii. or .xxix. daye of Nouembre ¶ Hyllary terme begynneth the .xxiii. or .xxiiij. daye of Ianuary and endeth the .xij. or .xiij. daye of February ¶ In Easter terme vpon the Ascencion daye ¶ In trinite terme vpon the natiuite of saynte Ihon Baptyst ¶ In Myghelmas terme vpon Alhallowen day ¶ In Hyllary terme vpon Candelmasie daye The Kynges iudges at Westmynster do not vse to sytte in iudgemente nor vpon any sondaye GOD SAVE THE KYNGE Matyns ¶ A Preface to the Matyns and the other houres declaryng the 〈◊〉 institution of them and for what cause they be receaued and accustomed to be sayd in the church and amonge other Christians OF longe tyme Christen reader thath ben vsed in the church of God certayne houres to be appoynted to the seruice of God and to proper in the whiche amonge 〈◊〉 besyâ—es man shulde of his LORDE God haue a herty and feruent meditacioÌ„ and contemplacioÌ„ and a remembraunce of the manifolde benefites bountifull goodnes of god shewed to hym The fyrst limitacion or appoyntment of houres was not by maÌ„s inuencioÌ„ or deuyse but as I read was of God In the seconde boke of Moses I fynde that almyghty God commaunded that twyse to the daye they shulde do sacrifice sayenge Euery daye thou shalt offer two lammes one in the mornynge and another at tiyght Of the which one was called the mornyng sacrifâ—â—â— the other the euenynge sacrifice As we now call the mornynge prayers Matens and the euenynge prayers Euensonge But that now our prayers be distincted in seueÌ„ houres I thynke it taken of Dauid which seuen tymes in the
wyll he teache synners in the waye He leadeth the symple aryght and such as be meke them learneth he his wayes All the wayes of the Lorde are very mercye and faythfulnesse vnto such as kepe hys testamēt and couenaunte For thy name sake O Lorde be mercyfull vnto my synne for it is greate What so euer he be that feareth the Lord he shal shew hym the waye that he hath chosen His soule shall dwell at ease and his sede shall possesse the lande The Lorde is a sure grounde vnto thē that feare hym and he sheweth them his couenaunt Myne eyes are euer lokynge vnto the Lorde for he shall plucke my fete out of the net Tourne the vnto me and haue mercy vpō me for I am desolate and in mysery The sorowes of my herte are great O brynge me out of my troubles Loke vpon myne aduersitie and myserie and forgyue me all my synnes Consyder howe myne enemyes are many bere a malicious herte agaynst me O kepe my soule and delyuer me let me not be cōfounded for I haue put my trust in the. Let innocensye and ryghteous dealynge wayte vpon me for my hope is in the. Delyuer Israel O God out of all hys trouble Glory be to the father c. As it was in the be c. ¶ The .lxxxv. Psalme Inclina domine BOwe downe thyne eare O Lorde heare me for I am confortlesse and poore O kepe my soule for I am holy my God helpe thy seruaunt that putteth his trust in the. Be mercyfull vnto me O Lorde for I call dayly vpon the. Conforte the soule of thy seruaunt for vnto the O Lorde do I lyfte vp my soule For thou Lorde arte good and gracyous and of great mercy vnto all the that call vpon the. Gyue eare Lorde vnto my prayer pondre myne humble desyre In the tyme of my trouble I call vpon the for thou hearest me Amonge the goddes there is none lyke the o lorde there is not one that can do as thou doest All nacions whome thou hast made shall come and worshyppe before the O Lorde and shall gloryfye thy name For thou arte greate and thou doest wonderous thynges thou art God alone Lede me in thy waye O lorde that I may walke in the truth o let my hart delyte in fearyng thy name I thanke the o Lorde my god with all my harte and wyll prayse thy name for euer For great is thy mercy towarde me thou hast delyuered my soule out of the depe of hell O God the proude are rysen agaynst me and the congregacion of the myghty seketh after my soule and set not the before theyr eyes But thou O Lorde God arte full of compassion and mercye longe sufferynge greate in goodnesse and truthe O turne the thē vnto me and haue mercye vpon me gyue thy strength vnto thy seruaunte helpe the sonne of thy hande mayden Shewe some token vpon me in good that they which hate me maye se it and be ashamed because thou Lorde hast helped me and conforted me Glory be to the father and to c. As it was in the begynnynge c. ¶ The antheme ¶ O wonderfull exchaunge the creatour of man kynde takynge vppon hym a lyuynge body hath not disdayned to be borne of a vyrgyn And he beynge made man wythout sede of man hath commytted to vs hys godhede ¶ The versycle ¶ Holy mother of god and vyrgyn perpetuall ¶ The answere ¶ Praye thou for vs to our Lorde god celestiall ¶ The pater noster OVr father which arte in heauen hallowed be thy name Thy kyngdom come Thy wyll be fulfylled as well in earth as it is in heauen Gyue vs thys daye our dayly breade And forgyue ys oure trespasses as we forgyue them that trespasse agaynst vs. And let vs not be led into temptacion But delyuer vs from euell So be it ¶ The blessynge ¶ Lorde we beseche the of thy blessynge ¶ The answere ¶ Wyth a blessynge perpetuall Blesse thou vs father eternall ¶ The fyrst lesson WE knowe that what so euer the lawe sayeth it sayth it vnto them which are vnder the lawe that euery mouth maye be stopped and that all the worlde maye be detter vnto God because that by the dedes of the law no fleshe maye be iustifyed in hys syght for by the lawe cometh but the knowlege of synne But now wythout addyng to of the law is ryghteousnesse which auayleth before God declared hauynge wytnesse of the lawe and the prophetes But I speake of the ryghteousnesse before God whyche cometh by the fayth on Iesus Christ vnto all and vpon all that beleue For here is no dyfference for they are all synners and wante the prayse that god shulde haue of them But wythout deseruynge are they made ryghteous euen by hys grace thorow the redempcion that is done by Christ Iesu whome god hath set forthe for a mercye seate thorow faythe in hys bloude to shew the ryghteousnes whych auayleth before hym in that he forgyueth the synnes which were done before vnder the sufferaunce of God which he suffered that at thys tyme he myght shewe the ryghteousnesse whyche auayleth before hym that he onely myght be ryghteous and the ryghteous maker of hym whych is of the fayth on Iesus Christe Thou Lorde haue mercy on vs. Thanke we God ¶ The responce ¶ Yf we were reconcyled vnto god by the death of his sonne when we were yet enemyes much more shall we be saued by hym now that we are reconsyled By whom we haue now receyued the attonemēt ¶ The verse ¶ Not onely that but we reioyce also in God thorow our Lorde Iesus Christ ¶ The repeticion ¶ By whom we haue now receyued the attonemēt ¶ The blessynge ¶ Lorde we beseche the of thy blessynge ¶ The answere ¶ O God the onely begotten sonne helpe vs and blesse vs in euery tyme and season ¶ The seconde lesson WHen thou prayest thou shalt not be as the ypocrytes are For they loue to stand and praye in the synagoges and in the corners of the stretes to be sene of men Verely I saye vnto you they haue theyr rewarde But whē thou pray est entre into thy chambre and shutte thy dore to the and praye to thy father which is in secret and thy father whych seeth in secrete shal rewarde the openly And when ye praye bable not much as the Heathen do For they thynke that they shall be hearde for theyr much bablynges sake Be not ye lyke thē therfore For your father knoweth wherof ye haue nede before ye aske of hym Thou Lorde haue mercy on vs. Thanke we God ¶ The responce ¶ What so euer ye desyre in your prayer Beleue that ye shall receaue it and you shal haue it ¶ The versycle ¶ And whan ye stande praye forgyue yf ye haue ought agaynste ony man that your father also in heauen maye forgyue you your trespasses ¶ The repeticion ¶ Beleue that ye shall c. ¶ The blessynge ¶ Lorde we beseche thē
of thy blessynge ¶ The answere ¶ The grace of the holy spirite Pourge and illumyne our harte and wyt ¶ The .iii. lesson Deut. v. THese are the commaundementes ordynaunces and lawes whych the Lorde our God hath commaunded that ye shuld learne thē and do them in the lande whyther ye go to possesse it that thou mayest feare the Lorde thy God kepe all his ordynaunces and commaundementes which I commaunde the thou thy chyldren thy chyldrens chyldren all the dayes of your lyfe that you maye lyue longe Heare thou o Israell and take hede that thou do thereafter that it may go well with the and the thou mayest multyply greatly as the Lorde God of the fathers hath promysed the a lande that floweth with mylke and hony Heare O Israell the Lorde our God is one God onely and thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God wyth all thy harte with all thy soule with al thy myght And those wordes whych I commaunde the thys daye shalt thou take into thy harte And shalt reherse them vnto thy chyldren and shalte talke of them when thou syttest in thy house whan thou walkest by the waye whan thou lyest downe and whan thou rysest vp thou shalt bynde them for a sygne vpon thyne hande they shall be a token of remembraunce before thyne eyes and thou shalte wryte thē vpon the postes of thy house and vpon thy gates Thou Lorde haue mercy on vs. Prayse we God ¶ The responce ¶ Heare o thou Israel the preceptes of thy Lord God and in thy hart wryte thē as in a boke and I wyll gyue to the a lande flowynge mylke hony ¶ The verie ¶ Take hede therfore and heare my voyce and I wyl be an enemy to thyne enemyes ¶ The repeticion ¶ And I wyll gyue the a lande flowynge mylke and hony Glory be to the father and to c. And I wyl geue c. ¶ The songe of Augustyn and Ambrose The deum laudamus WE prayse the O God we knowlege the to be the Lorde All the earth do worshyp the which arte the father euerlastynge To the crye forthe all angels the heauens and al the powers therin To the thus cryeth Cherubyn and Seraphyn contynually Holy art thou Holy art thou Holy art thou Thou art the Lorde God of hoostes Heauen and earth are fulfylled wyth the glory of thy maiestye The glorious company of the Apostles prayse ye. The goodly fellowshyppe of the prophetes worshyppe the. The fellowshyppe of the martyrs prayse the. The holy congregacion of the faythfull throughout all the worlde magnifye the. They knowledge the to be the father of an infinite maiestye They knowlege thy honourable and onely sonne They knowlege the holy goost to be a comforter Thou arte the kynge of glory O Christ Thou arte the euerlastynge sonne of the father Thou whan thou shuldest take vpon the oure nature to delyuer man dyddest not abhorre the vyrgyns wombe Vvhan thou haddest ouercome the sharpnes of death thou opendest the kyndome of heauens to them that beleued in the. Thou syttest on the ryght hande of God in the glory of the father We beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge Wherfore we praye the helpe thy seruauntes whō thou hast redemed with thy precyous bloude Make thē to be nombred with thy sayntes in ioye euerlastynge O Lorde saue thy people blesse thyne heritage Gouerne also lyft thē vp into blysse euerlasting We prayse the euery daye and we worshyppe thy name euer worlde wythout ende O Lorde let it be thy pleasure to kepe vs thys daye wythout synne O Lorde haue mercye vpon vs haue mercye vppon vs. O Lorde let thy mercy lyghten vpon vs euen as we truste in the. O Lorde I trust in the let me neuer be confoūded ¶ Betwene Septuagesima Easter this psalme followynge is sayde in the stede of Te deum ¶ The .li. psalme Haue mercye vpon me c. Seke it in the seuen psalmes it is in the fourthe psalme ¶ Thys worde laudes is as much to saye as prayse And the seruyce followynge is called so because it contayneth onely the mere laudes and prayse of Christ and the vyrgyn his mother ¶ The versycle ¶ Holy mother of God make thy petycion ¶ The answere ¶ That we maye deserue Christes promyssion The laudes O God bende thyselfe in to my helpe Lorde hast the to helpe me Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is now and euer shal be So be it ¶ The Ciij Psalme Benedic anima mea PRayse the Lorde O my soule and al that is wythin me prayse his holy name Prayse the Lorde o my soule and forget not all hys benefytes Whiche forgeueth all thy synnes and healeth all thyne infyrmytes Which saueth thy lyfe from destruction crowneth the with mercy and longe kyndnesse Which satisfyeth thy desyre wyth good thynges makynge the yonge and lusty as an egle The Lorde executeth ryghteousnesse iudgemēt for all them that suffre wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses hys workes vnto the chyldren of Israell The Lorde is full of compassion and mercy long suffrynge and of great goodnesse He wyll not alwaye be chydynge nother wyll he kepe his angre for euer He hathe not delte wyth vs after our synnes nor rewarded vs accordynge to our wyckednesse For loke how hygh heauen is in comparyson of the earth so greate is his mercy also toward them that feare hym Loke howe wyde the east is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yee loke as a father pytyeth his owne chyldrē euē so the Lorde is mercyfull vnto thē that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust That a man in his tyme is but as grasse flouryssheth as a floure in the felde For as sone as the wynd goeth ouer it it is gone and the place therof knoweth it nomore But the mercyfull goodnesse of the Lorde endureth for euer euer vpon thē that feare hym and his ryghteousnesse vpon theyr chyldrens chyldrē Such as kepe his couenaunt and thynke vpō his commaundementes to do them The Lorde hath prepared his seate in heauē and hys kyngdome ruleth ouer all O prayse the Lorde ye angels of hys ye that be myghty in strength fulfyllynge hys commaundemētes that mē may heare the voyce of his wordes O prayse the Lorde all ye his hostes ye seruaūtes of his that do hys pleasure O speake good of the Lorde al ye workes of his in euery place of hys dominion O my soule prayse thou the Lorde Glory be to the father and to the sōne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it ¶ The songe of thre chyldren PRayse ye the Lorde al his workes paryse and extoll hym for euer Ye angelles of his prayse the Lorde ye heauens prayse the Lorde
gracyous O mother of God incomperable To thy sonne praye for vs. That he after death be fauourable Glory to the Lorde of myghtes moost That of a vyrgyn was bore Glory to the father and the holy goost To them be prayse for euer more So be it ¶ The .liij. psalme Deus in no. HElpe me o God for thy name sake and delyuer me in thy strength Heare my prayer o God consydre the wordes of my mouth For straungers are rysen vp agaynst me and the myghty whyche haue not God before theyr eyes seke after my soule But loo god is my helper it is he that vpholdeth my soule He shall rewarde euyll vnto myne enemyes and in thy truth shalt thou destroye them A free wyll offrynge wyll I gyue the and prayse thy name O Lorde because it is so confortable For thou haste delyuered me out of all my troubles so that myne eye seeth hys desyre vpon myne enemyes Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The C.xvii Psalme Confitemini domino O Gyue thankes vnto the Lorde for he is gracyous his mercy endureth for euer Let Israell nowe confesse that his mercy endureth for euer Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercy endureth for euer Yee let hym now that feare the Lorde cōfesse that his mercy endureth for euer I called vpon the Lorde in trouble the Lorde hearde me at large The Lorde is my helper I wyll not feare what man doth vnto me The Lorde is my helper and I shall se my desyre vpon myne enemyes It is better to trust in the Lorde thā to put ony confydence in man It is better to trust in the Lorde then to put ony confidence in prynces Al the Heathen compassed me rounde about but in the name of the Lorde I wyll destroye them They kept me in on euery syde but in the name of the Lorde I wyll destroye them They came about me lyke bees and were as hote as fyre in the thornes but in name of the Lorde I wyll destroye them They thrust at me that I myght fall but the Lorde was my helpe The Lorde is my strength and my songe and is become my saluacion The voyce of ioye and myrthe is in the dwellynges of the ryghteous for the ryght hande of the Lorde hath gotten the victory The ryght hande of the Lorde hath gyuen me the preeminence the ryght hande of the Lorde hathe gotten the victory I shall not dye but lyue and declare the workes of God the Lorde The Lorde hath chastenyd corrected me but he hath not gyuen me ouer vnto death O pen me the gates of ryghteousnesse that I may go in there thorowe and gyue thankes vnto the Lorde this is the dore of the Lord the ryghteous shall entre in thorowe it I thanke the that thou hast hearde me and arte become my saluacion The same stone which the buylders refused is become the heade stone in the corner Thys was the Lordes doynge and it is merueylous in oure eyes Thys is the daye which the Lorde hath made let vs be glad wyth ioye in it Helpe nowe O Lorde O Lorde sende vs nowe prosperite Blessed be he that cōmeth in the name of the lorde we wyshe you good lucke ye that be of the house of the Lorde God is the Lorde and hath shewed vs lyght O garnyshe the solempne feast with grene braūches euen vnto the hornes of the aulter Thou art my God and I wyll thanke the thou arte my God and I wyll prayse the. O gyue thankes vnto the Lorde for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is c. ¶ The .cxiv. psalme Lauda anima mea PRayse the Lorde O my soule whyle I lyue wyll I prayse the Lorde yee as longe as I haue any beynge I wyl synge prayses vnto my God O put not your trust in prynces nor in the chyldren of men for there is no helthe in them For when the brethe of man goeth forth he shall turne agayne to his earth and so all his thoughtes shall peryshe Blessed is he that hath the god of Iacob for hys helpe and whose hope is in the Lorde hys God whyche made heauē and earth the see and al that therin is Whyche kepeth hys promyse for euer whych helpeth them to ryght that suffre wronge whyche fedeth the hungry The Lorde louseth men out of preson the Lorde gyueth syght to the blynde The Lorde helpeth them vp that are fallen the Lorde loueth the ryghteous The Lorde careth for the straungers he defēdeth the fatherles and wydowe as for the waye of the vngodly he turneth vpsyde downe The Lorde thy God o Sion is kynge for euermore and through out all generacions Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it ¶ The antheme ¶ Let vs not put our trust in prynces nor in the chyldren of men nor in nothynge that is erthly but in Iesus Christ the onely sonne of the vyrgyn by whom we haue all saluacion ¶ The versycle ¶ O Lorde heare my prayer ¶ The answere ¶ And let my crye come to the. ¶ The prayer O Lorde whych by the annunciation of thy angell hast gyuen vs knowlege of the incarnacion of thy sonne Christ we besech the poure thy grace into oure hertes that we trustynge in hym throughe his passion and death maye be broughte to the glorye of the last resurrection By the same our lorde Iesu Christ which lyueth and reygneth one god wyth the in vnite of the holy goost worlds wythout ende So be it ¶ A memory of the passion of Christ ¶ The antheme The fyrste houre in the mornynge early Iesus was brought by the handes of the Iewes Before the iudge Pylate to be iudged cruelly Where many a false wytnesse dyd hym accuse In the necke they hym smyt hys bandes the handes dyd bruse They spyt and defyled there hys godly face The lyght of heauen replete wyth all grace ¶ The versycle We worshyp the Christ with prayse benediction ¶ The answere For thou redemest the worlde through thy passiō ¶ The prayer LOrde Iesus Christ the sonne of the lyuyng God whych for our redempcion dydest vouchesaufe to be borne and circumcysed of the Iewes to be reproued of Iudas with a kysse to be betrayed to be taken to be bounde and with bandes before Anna Cayphas Herode and Pylate to be presented and before them to be illuded wyth buffettes blowes scourges and with a rede to be betē thy face to be couered with spyttynges to be spytted with thornes to be crowned of false recordes also to be accused of euyl iudges to be iudged as an innocēt lambe berynge the
crosse to be led with nayles to be through persed with eysel and gall to be gyuen drynke vnto and to be lyfte vp in the crosse amonge theues to be deputed wyth the moost vylest dethe to dye and with a spere to be wounded thou Lorde by these moost holy paynes whych we thy vnworthy seruaūtes do rendre and by thy holy passion delyuer vs from the paynes of hell and vouchsaufe to brynge vs wretched synners whyther as thou broughtest the penytent these crucyfyed wyth the. Which lyuest and reygnest wyth God the father in the vnyte of the holy goost for euer worldes wythout ende So be it ¶ The glorious passion of our Lorde Iesu Christ delyuer vs from sorowfull heuynesse and brynge vs to the ioye of paradyse So be it ¶ A memory of the compassion of our lady ¶ The antheme ¶ Holy mother of god mayden immaculate Of whom it pleased god to receaue our nature And to dye for vs wretches synners deplorate We beseche the hartely vyrgyn moost pure To pray to thy sonne that it may be his pleasure To graunt vs his fauoure by thy intercession And to be partakers of his moost holy passion ¶ The versycle ¶ Holy mother of God make thy petycion ¶ The answere ¶ That we maye optayne Christes promyssion ¶ The prayer O God whych vnto mākynde by the fruyte of the vyrgynytye of the blessed vyrgyn Mary hast gyuen the gyftes of eternall helth Graunt to vs we besech that she for vs may praye by whom we haue receyued the authour of lyfe the Lorde Iesus Christ whych wyth the lyueth reygneth God worlde without ende So be it ¶ The gloryous passion of the vyrgyns sonne Brynge vs to the blysse of the fathers kyngdom So be it The thyrde houre O God bende thyselfe into my helpe Lorde hast the to helpe me Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it Prayse ye the Lorde ¶ The hymne COme holy goost O creatour eternall In our mynde to make visitation And fulfyll thou wyth grace supernall Oure hertes that be of thy creacion Remember Lorde authoure of saluacion That sometyme of a vyrgyn pure Without helpe of mannes operacion Thou tokest vpon the our frayle nature And as thou of thy clementie and mere mercye specyall Aboue her desertes hast chosen amonge all other And toke her to such fauour and grace supernall That thou woldest be her sonne and she to be thy mother So we beseche the Christ moost tender Graunt that thy seruauntes with a deuout moode Maye oftymes swetely remember The effusion of thy precyous bloude O vyrgyn Mary moost gracious O mother of God incomperable To thy sonne praye for vs That he after death be fauourable Glory be to the Lorde of myghtes moost That of a vyrgyn was bore Glory to the father and the holy goost To them be prayse for euer more So be it ¶ The .xxxij. Psalme Exultate iusti REioyce in the Lorde O ye ryghteous for it becometh well the iust to be thankefull Prayse the Lorde wyth harpe synge psalmes vnto hym wyth the lute and instrumēt often strynges Synge vnto hym a new songe yee synge lustely vnto hym and with a good courage For the worde of the Lorde is true and all hys workes are faythfull He loueth mercy and iudgement the earth is full of the goodnes of the Lorde By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made and all hoostes of them by the brethe of hys mouthe He gathereth the waters together as it were in a bottell and layeth vp the depe in secrete Let all the earth feare the Lorde and let all them that dwell in the worlde stande in awe of hym For loke what he sayeth it is done loke what he commaundeth it standeth fast The Lorde bryngeth the counsel of the Heathen to nought and tourneth the deuyses of the people But the counsell of the Lorde endureth and the thoughte of hys harte from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people that holde the lorde for theyr god and blessed are the folke whom he hath chosen to be hys herytage The Lorde loketh downe frō heauen beholdeth all the chyldren of men from his stronge sete he cōsydereth them that dwell in the worlde He only hath fashyoned all the hartes of thē and knoweth all theyr workes A kynge is not helped by hys owne greate hoost nother is a gyant saued by the myght of his owne strength A horse is but a vayne thynge to saue a man it is not the power of his strength that can delyuer hym Beholde the eye of the lorde loketh vnto thē that feare hym and put theyr trust in his mercy That he maye delyuer theyr soules from death to fede them in the dere tyme. Let our soule paciently abyde the Lorde for he is our helpe and shelde So shall oure harte reioyce in hym because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercyfull kyndnesse O Lorde be vpon vs lyke as we put our trust in the. Glory be to the father c. As it was in the. c. The C.xviij. Psalme Beati immaculati BLessed are those that be vndefyled in the way which walke in the waye of the Lorde Blessed are they that kepe his testimonyes and seke hym wyth theyr whole herte Which walke in the wayes do no wyckednesse Thou hast gyuen strayte charge to kepe thy commaundementes O that my wayes were stablyshed to kepe thy statutes So shulde I not be confounded whyle I haue respecte vnto all thy commaundementes I wyll thanke the wyth an vnfayned herte because I am learned in the iudgemētes of thy ryghteousnesse I wyl kepe thy statutes o forsake me not vtterly Where withall shall a yonge man clense his way euen by rulynge hymselfe after thy worde With my whole herte do I seke the O let me not go wronge out of thy commaundementes Thy wordes haue I hyd wythin my harte that I shulde not synne agaynst the. Praysed be thou O Lorde O teache me thy statutes Wyth my lyppes wyll I be tellynge out all the iudgementes of thy mouth I haue great delite in the waye of thy testimonies as in all maner of rychesse I wyll exercyse my selfe in thy commaundementes and haue respecte vnto thy fotepathes My delyte shal be in thy statutes I wyll not forget thy wordes Glorye be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it ¶ The C.xlvi Psalme Laudate dominum PRayse the Lorde for it is a good thynge to synge prayses vnto our God yee a ioyfull and pleasaunte thynge it is to be thankefull The Lorde shall buyld vp Ierusalem and gather togyther the outcastes of Israell He that healeth the cōtrite in harte and byndeth vp theyr woundes He that telleth the nombre of the starres and calleth them all by
theyr names Greate is our Lorde and great is his power yee his wysdome is infinite The Lorde setteth vp the meke and bryngeth the vngodly downe to the grounde O synge vnto the Lorde wyth thankes geuynge synge prayses vpon the harpe vnto our God Which couereth the heauē wyth cloudes and prepareth rayne for the earth whych maketh the hey and grasse to growe vpon the mountaynes to the seruyce of men Which gyueth foder vnto the cattell and fedeth the yonge rauens that call vpon hym He hath no pleasure in the strength of a horse nether delyteth he in any mans legges But the Lordes delyte is in them that feare hym and put theyr trust in his mercy Glorye be to the father to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnyne and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it ¶ The antheme ¶ The Lorde is mercyfull yee so mercyfull that the earth is full of his mercy by the whyche he hathe sente his sonne borne of a womā and made bonde vnto the law to redeme them that were vnder the lawe ¶ The versycle ¶ O Lorde heare my prayer ¶ The answere ¶ And let my crye come to the. ¶ The prayer O Lorde whych by the annunciation of thy angell hast gyuen vs knowlege of the incarnacion of thy sonne Christ we besech the poure thy grace into oure hertes that we trustynge in hym throughe his passion and death maye be broughte to the glorye of the last resurrection By the same our lorde Iesu Christ which lyueth and reygneth one god wyth the father and the holy goost worlde wythout ende So be it ¶ A memory of the passion of Christ ABoute thre houres after the sonne ganne sprynge All the Iewes cryed Iesus to crucifye And in skorne they him clothed with purple clothing And in stede of a crowne on his head they dyd tye A crowne of thorne that prycked cruelly And had hym forth to a place where he dyed And with a howghe crosse on his sholders they layed ¶ The versycle ¶ We worshyp the Christ with prayse benedictiō ¶ The answere ¶ For thou redemest the world by thy holy passiō ¶ The prayer O Lorde Iesu Christ the sonne of the lyuynge God whych from the bosome of the father from heauens dydest descende to the earth and on the woode of the crosse dydest suffre fyue woundes and shed thy precious bloude for the remission of our synnes we mekely beseche the that in the daye of iudgement we maye be on the ryght hande heare thy swete sentence Come ye blessed of my father enioye ye the kyngdome prepared for you from the begynnynge of the worlde In the which kyngdom thou lyuest reygnest God wyth the father for euer So be it ¶ The glorious passion of our Lorde Iesu Christ delyuer vs from sorowfull heuynesse and brynge vs to the ioye of paradyse So be it ¶ A memory of our Lady HOly mother of God whych hym haste conceyued That of all the worlde coulde not worthely be receyued Thy sonne beseche thou with humble intercession Vs for to purge of oure transgression That by thy sonne redemed we maye to the place ascende Where thou dwellest with hym world without ende ¶ The versycle ¶ Holy mother of God make thy peticion ¶ The answere ¶ That we maye obtayne Christes promyssion ¶ The prayer O God whyche woldest thy sonne to be incarnate of the wombe of the blessed vyrgyn Mary graunt to thy meke peticioners that we whych beleue her verely to be the mother of God by her prayers before the we maye be helped By the same our Lorde Christ So be it ¶ The gloryous passion of the vyrgyns sonne Brynge vs to the blysse of the fathers kyngdom So be it O God bende thyselfe into my helpe Lorde hast the to helpe me Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it ¶ Prayse ye the Lorde ¶ The hymne COme holy goost O creatoure eternall In our myndes to make vysytacion And fulfyll thou wyth grace supernall Our hartes that be of thy creacion Remembre Lorde authour of saluacion That somtyme of a vyrgyne pure Wythout helpe of mans operacion Thou tokest vpon the our frayle nature And as thou of thy clementie and mere mercye specyall Aboue her desertes hast chosen amonge all other And toke her to such fauour and grace supernall That thou woldest be her sonne and she to be thy mother So we beseche the Christ moost tender Graunt that thy seruauntes with a deuout moode Maye oftymes swetely remember The effusion of thy precyous bloude O vyrgyn Mary moost gracious O mother of God incomperable To thy sonne praye for vs That he after death be fauourable Glory to the Lorde of myghtes moost That of a vyrgyn was bore Glory to the father and to the holy goost To them be prayse for euermore So be it ¶ The antheme ¶ Taste and se howe frendely c. ¶ The .xxxiij. psalme Benedicam dominum I Wyll alwaye gyue thankes vnto the Lorde his prayse shall euer be in my mouth My soule make her boost in the Lorde the poore oppressed shall heare therof and be glad O prayse the Lorde with me and let vs magnifye hys name togyther I sought the Lorde and he hearde me yee he delyuered me out of all my troubles Drawe ye nere vnto hym and be ye lyghtened your faces shall not be ashamed Thys poore man cryed vnto the Lorde and he herde hym yee and delyuered hym oute of all hys troubles The angel of the Lorde pytcheth his tent rounde aboute them that feare hym and delyuereth them O tast and se how frendly the Lorde is blessed is the man that trusteth in hym O feare the Lorde ye that be his sayntes for they that feare hym lacke nothynge The ryche shall wante suffre hunger but they whiche seke the Lorde shall wante no maner of thynge that is good Come hyther O ye chyldren herken vnto me I wyll teache you the feare of the Lorde Who so lysteth to lyue and wolde fayne se good dayes Let hym refrayne his tonge from euell and hys lyppes that they speake no gyle Let hym eschewe euyll and do good let hym seke peace and ensue it For the eyes of the Lorde are ouer the ryghteous and his eares are open to theyr prayers But the face of the lorde beholdeth them that do euel to destroye the remembraunce of them out of the earth When the ryghteous crye the lorde heareth thē and delyuereth them out of al theyr troubles The Lorde is nye vnto them that are contryte in herte wyll helpe such as be of an humble spirite Great are the troubles of the ryghteous but the Lorde wyll delyuer them out of all He kepeth all theyr bones so that not one of them is broken But mysfortune shall slee the vngodly and they that hate the ryghteous
shal be gylty The Lorde wyll delyuer the soules of his seruaūtes and all they that put theyr truste in hym shal not offende Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be Sa be it The C.xviii Psalme Retribue seruo tuo O Do well vnto thy seruaunte that I may lyue and kepe thy wordes Open thou myne eyes and so shall I spye out wonderous thynges in thy lawe I am a straunger vpon earth O hyde not thy cōmaundementes fro me My soule breaketh out for the very feruēt desyre that I haue alwaye vnto thy iudgementes Thou rebukest the proude cursed are they that departe from thy commaundementes O tourne fro me shame and rebuke for I kepe thy testimonies Prynces also sate and spake agaynst me but thy feruaunt was occupyed in thy statutes For in thy testimonies is my delyte and they are my councellers Glorye be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnyge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The C.xvi. Psalme Laudate Dominum omnes O Prayse the Lorde all ye Gentyles laude hym all ye people For his mercyfull kyndnes is euermore and more towarde vs and the truth of the Lorde endureth for euer Glory be to the father and to the sōne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it ¶ The antheme ¶ Tast and se howe frendely the Lorde is blessed is the man that trusteth to hym for our fathers lorde hoped in the they trusteth in the and thou dydest delyuer thē they called vpon the and were holpen they put theyr trust in the and were not confounded ¶ The versycle ¶ O Lorde heare my prayer ¶ The answere ¶ And let my crye come vnto the. ¶ The prayer LOrde whyche by the annunciacion of thy aungell hast gyuen vs knowlege of the incarnacyon of thy sonne Iesus Chryste poure thy grace into our hertes that we trustyng in hym throughe hys passyon and death maye be brought to the glorye of the last resurrection By the same our Lorde Iesus Christ whiche lyueth reygneth one God wyth the father and the holy goost worlde without ende So be it ¶ A memory of the passion of Christ THe syxt houre spryngynge before the myddaye Iesus handes and fete to the crosse they nayled With the shamefullest deathe that they contryue maye They hōge hym betwene two theues that the bloude downe trayled And than for payne great thurst hym assayled His thurst for to quenche they profered hym gall Thys lambe so illuded bought our synnes all ¶ The versycle ¶ We worshyppe the Christ wyth prayse and benedyction ¶ The answere ¶ For thou redemest the worlde by thy holy passiō ¶ The prayer LOrde Iesu Christ the sonne of the lyuynge god which for our redempcion in the syxt houre dydest ascende the patyble of the crosse and shedest thy bloode thorow thy fyue woundes for the remyssion of our synnes we mekely beseche the that after our death through the meryte of that same passion we maye entre the gate of paradyse whych lyuest and reygnest God wyth God the father in the vnyte of the holy ghost worlde wythout ende So be it ¶ The glorious passion of our Lorde Iesu Christ delyuer vs from sorowfull heuynesse and brynge vs to the ioyes of paradyse So be it ¶ A memory of our lady O Blessed Mary and holy vyrgyn Which dydest conceyue of the holy goost The gouernoure of the tryple engyn The sonne of god of myghtes moost Remember vs of charite whych of God haste contemplacion To praye for vs to the deyte To tourne from vs hys indygnacion ¶ The versycle ¶ Holy mother of God make thy peticion ¶ The answere ¶ That we maye obtayne Christes promyssion ¶ The prayer TO our fragylyte mercyfull God graunte thy helpe that we whych of thy holy mother of God and virgyn Mary do make remēbraunce by the helpe of her intercession we may ryse frome oure iniquites thorow Christ oure Lorde So be it ¶ The glorious passion of the vyrgyns sonne Brynge vs to the blysse of the heauenly kyngdom O God bende thyselfe into my helpe Lorde hast the to helpe me Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it Prayse ye the Lorde ¶ The hymne COme holy goost O creatour eternall In our mynde to make visitation And fulfyll thou wyth grace supernall Oure hertes that be of thy creacion Remember Lorde authoure of saluacion That sometyme of a vyrgyn pure Without helpe of mannes operacion Thou tokest vpon the our frayle nature And as thou of thy clemēcy mere mercy specyal Aboue her desertes hast chosen amonge all other And toke her to such fauoure and grace supernal That thou woldest be her sonne and she to be thy mother So we besech the Christ moost tender Graunt that thy seruauntes with a deuout moode Maye oftymes swetely remember The effusion of thy precyous bloude O vyrgyne Mary moost gracyous O mother of God incomperable To thy sonne praye for vs. That he after death be fauorable Glory be to the Lorde of myghtes moost That of a vyrgyn was bore Glory to the father and to the holy goost To them be prayse for euermore So be it ¶ The antheme ¶ The Lorde is c. The .lxvi. psalme Deus misere◠GOd be mercyfull vnto vs blesse vs and shewe the lyght of hys countenaunce vppon vs and haue mercy vpon vs. That we maye knowe thy waye vpon the earthe thy sauynge helth amonge all Heathen Let the people prayse the O God yet let all people prayse the. O let the people reioyce be glad that thou iudgest the folke ryghteously and gouernest the nacions aboue the earth Let the people prayse the O Lorde let all people prayse the the earth hath brought forth her fruyte God euen our owne God gyue vs hys blessynge God blesse vs and let all the endes of the worlde feare hym Glory be to the father and to the sōne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The Cxviij psalme Adhesit pauimènto MY soule cleueth to the duste o quyckē thou me accordynge to thy worde I knowleged my wayes and thou heardest me O teache me then thy statutes Make me to vnderstande the waye of thy commaundementes and so shall I talke of thy wonderous workes My soule slōbreth for very werynesse O set me vp accordynge to thy worde Take fro me the waye of iniquite and graunt me mercy accordynge to thy lawe I haue chosen the waye of truth thy Iudgementes haue I not forgotten I stacke vnto thy testimonyes o Lorde confoūde me not I haue ronne the waye of thy commaundemētes when thou hast comforted my harte
shrynke vntyl he se his desyre vpon his enemyes He hath delte abrode and gyuen to the poore hys ryghteousnes remayneth for euer hys horne shall be exalted with honoure The vngodly shall se it and it shall greue hym he shall gnashe with his teth and consume away the desyre of the vngodly shall peryshe Glorye be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The C.xii. Psalme Laudate pueri dominum PRayse the Lorde O ye seruauntes o prayse the name of the Lorde Blessed be the name of the Lorde frō this tyme forth and for euermore The Lordes name is worthy to be praysed from the rysynge vp of the sonne vnto the goynge downe of the same The Lorde is hye aboue all heathen and his glory aboue the heauens Who is lyke vnto the Lorde our God that hathe his dwellynge so hye which humbleth hymselfe to beholde that is in heauen and earth Whiche takest vp the symple out of the dust and lyftest the poore out of the myre That he maye set hym amonge the prynces euen amonge the prynces of the people Whiche maketh the baren woman to kepe house and to be a ioyfull mother of chyldren Glory be to the father and to the sōne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The C.xiij. Psalme Inexitu Israel de Aegypto WHan Israel came forth of Egypte and the house of Iacob from amonge the straūge people Iuda was made hys sanctuary Israel his domynyon The see sawe that and fled Iordan tourned back The mountaynes skypped lyke rammes and the lytell hylles lyke yonge shepe What ayled the O thou see that thou fleddeste and thou Iordan tournedest backe Ye mountaynes that ye skypped lyke rammes ye lytell hylles lyke yonge shepe The earth trembled at the presence of the Lorde at the presence of the God of Iacob Which tourned the harde rockes into a stondyng water and the flynt stone into spryngyng welles Not vnto vs o Lorde not vnto vs but vnto thy name gyue the prayse for thy louynge mercy and faythfulnesse Wherfore shall the Heathen saye where is nowe theyr God As for our God he is in heauen he dothe what so euer it pleased hym Theyr ymages are but syluer golde euē the worke of mennes handes They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue they but they se not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they but they smell not They haue handes and handel not fete haue they but they cānot go nether can they speake in theyr throte They that made them let them be lyke vnto thē and lyke all such that put theyr trust in them But let the house of Israel put theyr trust in the Lorde for he is theyr socoure and defence Let the house of Aaron put theyr trust in the Lorde for he is theyr socoure and defence They that feare the Lorde let thē put theyr trust in the Lorde for he is theyr socoure and defence The Lorde is myndefull of vs and blesseth vs he blesseth the house of Israel he blesseth the house of Aaron Yee he blesseth all them that feare the Lorde bothe small and great The Lorde encrease you more you and youre chyldren For ye are the blessed of the Lorde whyche made heauen and earth All the whole heauens are the Lordes but the earth hath he geuen to the chyldren of men The deed prayse not the O Lorde nether all thē that go downe into sylence But we that are alyue wyll prayse the Lorde frō thys tyme forth for euermore Glorye be to the father to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnyng and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The C.xxxiiii Psalme Laudate nomen domini O Prayse the name of the Lorde prayse it o ye seruauntes of the Lorde Ye that stande in the house of the Lorde in the courtes of the house of our God O prayse the Lorde for the Lorde is gracyous o synge prayses vnto hys name for it is louely For why the Lorde hath chosen Iacob vnto hym selfe and Israell for his owne possession For I know that the Lorde is great and that our Lorde is aboue all goddes What soeuer the Lorde pleaseth so doth he in heauen and in earth in the see and in al depe places He bryngeth forth the cloudes from the endes of the worlde he tourneth the lyghtenynges vnto rayne Bryngynge the wyndes out of theyr treasures which smote the fyrste borne of Egipte both of mā and beast He hath sent tokens and wonders into the myddest of the o thou lande of Egypte vpon Pharao and all his seruauntes Whych smote dyuerse nacions and slewe myghty kynges Sion the kyng of Amorytes Og the kynge of Basan and all the kyngdomes of Canaan And gaue theyr landes for an herytage vnto Israell his people Thy name o lorde endureth for euer so doth thy memoryall o Lorde from one generacion to another For the Lorde wylauenge his people and be gracyous to hys seruauntes As for the ymages of the heathē they are but syluer and golde the worke of mens handes They haue mouthes speake not eyes haue they but they se not They haue eares and yet they heare not nether is there ony breth in theyr mouthes They that make them let them be lyke vnto them and all they that put theyr trust in them Prayse the Lorde ye house of Israell prayse the Lorde ye house of Aaron Prayse the Lorde ye house of Leui ye that feare the Lorde prayse the Lorde Praysed be the Lorde of Syon which dwelleth at Ierusalem Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The Cxxxv. Psalme Confitemini domino O Geue ye thankes vnto the Lorde for he is gracious for his mercy endureth for euer O geue ye thankes vnto the God of all goddes for his mercy endureth for euer O thanke ye the Lorde of all Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer Which onely dothe great wonders for his mercy endureth for euer Which by his wysedome made the heauēs for his mercy endureth for euer Which layde out the earth aboue the waters for his mercy endureth for euer Which hath made the great lyghtes for his mercy endureth for euer The sonne to rule the daye for hys mercye endureth for euer The mone and the starres to gouerne the nyght for his mercy endureth for euer Which smote Egypte with theyr fyrst borne for his mercy endureth for euer And brought out Israell from amonge them for his mercy endureth for euer With a myghty hande stretched out arme for his mercy endureth for euer Which deuyded the reed see in two partes for hys mercy endureth for euer And made Israell to go thorow the myddes of it
for his mercy endureth for euer But as for Pharao and his he ouerthrew theÌ„ in the reed see for his mercy endureth for euer Which led his people thorow the wyldernesse for his mercy endureth for euer Which smote great kynges for his mercye endureth for euer â—ee and slew myghty kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Sion kynge of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for euer And Og the kynge of Basan for his mercy endureth for euer And gaue awaye theyr lande for an heritage for his mercy endureth for euer Euen for an heritage vnto Israell his seruaunt for his mercy endureth for euer Which remembred vs when we were in trouble for hys mercy endureth for euer And hath redemed vs from our enemyes for hys mercy endureth for euer Which geueth foode vnto all fleshe for his mercy endureth for euer O geue ye thankes vnto the God of heauen for hys mercy endureth for euer O thanke the Lorde of all Lordes for his mercye endureth for euer Glory be to the father and to c. As it was in the begynnynge c. ¶ The antheme O Howe muche ought we to geue thankes to God which hath not spared his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all and he borne of an immaculate virgyn was made man redemed vs froÌ„ our vayne conuersacioÌ„ whych we receaued by the tradicioÌ„ of theyr fathers not with corruptyble syluer and golde but wyth the precyous bloude of Christ as of a lambe vndefyled and wythout spot to hym therfore be continuall prayse whose mercy endureth for euer ¶ Matthew .i. Chapter THe Angell of the lorde appeared vnto Ioseph in a dreame sayenge Ioseph the sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto the Marye thy wyfe for that which is conceaued in hyr is of the holy goost she shall brynge forth a sonne and thou shalte call hys name Iesus for he shall saue hys people from theyr synnes ¶ Thankes be to God ¶ The hymne LEt vs prayse the Lorde omnipotent Which on hys people is so tender Magnifye hym wyth harte diligent For due thankes we can not render From the heauens he descended In the wombe of a virgyne pure He shed his bloude our fautes to amende And of our sycke soules dyd the cure No thy chylde o mother make thy peticion Our infirmite hauynge in remembraunce That he by grace maye amende our condicion And thou by prayer to make intretaunce Now Christ which hast payde the pryce Of our synne and preuaricacion Se vs not dampned in ony wyse Whych thou hast bought by thy passion O vyrgyne Mary moost gracyous O mother of Christ incomperable To thy swete sonne praye for vs That he in deathes houre be fauorable Glory be to the sonne of myghtes moost That of a vyrgyn chast was bore Glory to the father and to the holy goost To them be praysynge for euermore So be it ¶ The versycle ¶ Grace in thy vysage encreaseth euermore ¶ The answere ¶ Thou hast ben blessed of God therfore ¶ The antheme ¶ O Lorde moost c. ¶ The songe of the blessed Mary Magnificat anima MY soule magnifyeth the Lorde And my sprete hath reioyced in God my sauioure For he hath loked on the lowe degre of his hande mayden beholde now from hens forth shall all generacions call me blessed For he that is myghtye hath done to me greate thynges and blessed is hys name And his mercy is alwayes on theÌ„ that feare hym through out all generacions He hath shewed strength wyth his arme he hathe scatered them that are proude in the ymaginacioÌ„ of theyr hartes He that put downe the myghty from theyr seates and hath exalted them of lowe degre He hath fylled the hongry wyth good thynges hath sent awaye the rych empty He hath remembred mercy and hath holpeÌ„ his seruaunt Israell Euen as he promysed to our fathers Abraham to his sede for euer Glorye be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it ¶ The antheme O Lorde moost mercyfull God whyche of thy mere mercy hast chosen the blessed vyrgyne Mary to by the mother of thy sonne Iesus Christe whom thou so enkyndlest wyth thy loue replenyshedest hyr wyth grace that not onlye hyr mouth but also hyr soule dyd magnifye the o lorde set forth thy prayses Graunt vs Lorde to haue a feruent loue towardes the that fayned deuocion set asyde we maye also wyth our soules magnifye the and geue continuall thankes for the redempcion that we haue by Iesus Christ ¶ The versycle ¶ Lorde God heare my prayer ¶ The answere ¶ And let my crye come to the. ¶ The prayer O Lorde whych by the annunciation of thy angell hast gyuen vs knowlege of the incarnacion of thy sonne Christ poure thy grace in to oure hertes that we trustynge in him through his passion and death maye be broughte to the glorye of the last resurrection By the same our lorde Iesus Christ whiche lyueth and reygneth one God with the father and the holy gooste worlde wythout ende So be it ¶ The memory of the holy goost ¶ The antheme ¶ Come holy spirite of God inspire thou the hertes of them that beleue in the and kyndle in them the fyre of thy holy loue ¶ The versycle ¶ Sende forth thy spirite and they shal be made newe ¶ The answere ¶ For so renuest thou the soule of man ¶ The prayer O God which hast instructed the hertes of the faythfull by the inspiracion of the holy goost graunt that we in the same spirite maye fauoure the truth and euermore reioyce in his holy consolacion By Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ A memory of the moost holy Trinite ¶ The antheme ¶ Delyuer vs saue vs iustifye vs O blessed Trinite ¶ The versycle ¶ Blesse we the father and the sonne wyth the holy goost ¶ The answere ¶ Prayse we hym and exalte we hym euermore ¶ The prayer ALmyghty and euerlastynge God whyche hast grauÌ„ted to vs thy seruauÌ„tes through confession of true fayth for to acknowlege the glory of the eternal Trinite and to honoure the one God in thy almyghty maiesty we besech the that through our stedfastnesse in the same fayth we maye be alwayes defended from al aduersitie whiche lyuest and reygnest one God worlde wythout ende So be it ¶ A memory of our Lady ¶ The antheme ¶ O glorious mother of god o perpetual vyrgyn Mary whych dydest beare the lorde of al lordes alone of all other dydest gyue sucke vnto the kyng of angels we beseche the of thy pytie to haue vs in remembraunce and to make intercession for vs vnto Christe that we beynge supported by his helpe maye come vnto the kyngdome of heauen ¶ The versycle O holy mother of God perpetuall vyrgyn Mary ¶ The answere Praye for vs vnto the Lorde Iesus Christe ¶ The prayer GRaunt we beseche the O Lorde God that thy seruauntes maye
thou refreshest me thou shalt stretche forth thyne hande vpon the furyoufnesse of myne ennemyes and thy ryght hande shall saue me The Lorde shall make good for me yee thy mercy O Lorde endureth for euer despyse not then the worke of thyne owne handes Glorye be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be ¶ The antheme ¶ Haue mercy on me Lord and heare my prayer ¶ The Chapter THe benignite and humanite of God oure sauyour hath appeared not for the dedes of ryghteousnesse which we wrought but after hys great mercy he saued vs by the fountayne of the newe byrth and renuynge of the holy goost which he shed on vs abundauntly thorowe Iesus Christ our sauyour ¶ Thankes be to God ¶ The hymne O Lorde of the worlde the sauyour Which hast thys daye saued vs In thys nyght be our protector And in all tymes be gracious Mercyfully helpe vs nowe And spare vs to the prayenge Our synnes awaye also do thou And our darknesse thou lyghten Thou of our sense the renuer Wyth harty desyre we do praye That wyth chast mynde and pure From our beddes ryse we maye O vyrgyn Mary moost gracyous O mother of Christ incomperable To thy sonne praye for vs That he in the houre of death be fauourable Glory be to the Lorde of myghtes moost That of a virgyn chast was bore Glory be to the father and to the holy goost To them be prayse for euermore So be it ¶ The versycle ¶ Kepe vs Lorde as the apple of the eye ¶ The answere ¶ Vnder the shadowe of thy wynges defende vs. ¶ The songe of Simeon Nunc dimittis seruum tuum domine LOrde nowe lettest thou thy seruaunt depart in peace accordyng to thy promysse Lorde my eyes haue sene thy sauynge helthe Whych thou hast prepared before the face of all people Lyght to be shewed vnto the Gentyles and to the glory of thy people of Israell Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it ¶ The antheme O Lorde saue vs wakynge and kepe vs slepynge that with Christ we maye wake and quietly to rest in peace ¶ The versycle ¶ O Lorde heare my prayer ¶ The answere ¶ And gyue hearynge to my clamoure ¶ The prayer LOrde whyche by the annunciacion of the aungell hast gyuen vs knowlege of the incarnacyon of thy sonne Iesus Chryste poure thy grace into oure hartes that we trustynge in hym through hys passyon and death maye be brought to the glory of the last resurrection By thesame our Lorde Iesus Christ which lyueth reygneth one God with the father and the holy goost worlde wythout ende So be it A memory of the passion of Christ THe hope of our lyfe euer to endure Of Iesu the noble and blessed body At cōplyne tyme was brought to sepultur Spyced and adorned fragant and swetely Of scripture complete was then the mystery Therfore Iesu graunt me thy woundes tender And thy death busely styll to remember ¶ The summe of the whole or fynall prayer O blessed Christ these houres canonicall To the I offer with meke deuocion For as thou hast suffred those paynes all In thy greuous agony by lyke season So by the remembraunce of thy passion Make me accordynge to thy busynes Partener of thy crowne and glory endles ¶ The versycle ¶ We worshyppe the Christe wyth prayse and benediction ¶ The answere ¶ For thou redemest the worlde from all afflitiō ¶ The prayer O Lorde Iesu Christ in whose power al thynges are put and there is none that cā resyst thy wyll which dydest vouchsafe to be borne to dye and to ryse by the mysterye of thy moost holy body and by thy fyue woundes and by the effusion of thy moost precyous bloude haue mercy on vs euen as thou knoweste to be necessary for oure soules and bodyes delyuer vs from the temptaciō of the deuell and from all thynges with the which thou knowest vs to be troubled with and kepe vs and strength vs in thy seruyce vnto the ende and geue vs true amendemement and space of true penaunce and of our synnes also graunte vs remission and make vs brethren and systerne frendes and enemyes to loue together and wyth all thy sayntes in thy kyngdome wythoute ende to haue ioye Whyche lyuest and reygnest God wyth God the father and the holye gooste worlde withoute ende So be it Let vs prayse the Lorde And geue hym thankes wyth one accorde The gloryous passyon of our Lorde Iesu Christe delyuer vs from sorowfull heuynes and brynge vs to the ioyes of paradyse So be it ¶ A memory of our Lady The rodde of Iesse hath floryshed Replenyshed with the holy goost Which vpwarde to go vs hath monyshed In passynge the hylles to Zacharies coast ¶ The versycle Holy mother of God make thy peticion ¶ The answere That we maye obteyne Christes promission ¶ The prayer WE beseche the Lorde Iesu Christ that the most holy vyrgyn Mary thy mother may praye for vs vnto thy holy mercy nowe in the houre of deathe whose soule in the houre of thy blessed passion the swearde of sorow perced tho rowe which yet in thy glorious resurrection excedynge gladnesse made ioyfull whyche lyuest and raygnest for euer ¶ The dolorous passion of the vyrgyns sonne Brynge vs to the blysse of the fathers kyngdome So be it O mercyfull father haue pytie therfore On vs poore wretches myserable and thrall Seynge thy sonne that vyne cluster pressed sore And from the pestylens of death eternall Kepe vs by voydynge the fende infernall And ioyne vs wyth them whych rewarded be With eternall lyfe seynge the deytie ¶ The versycle ¶ We do praye the do praye the father of Christe moost mercyfull ¶ The answere ¶ That thou intende and defende vs from death that is moost sorowfull ¶ The prayer GRaunt vs we besech the father almyghty thy grace that we whych of the incarnacion natiuity passion glorious resurrecciō and meruelous ascencion of the sonne of the commynge also of the holy gooste wyth reuerence do make a remembraunce by the grace of the same holy goost we maye ryse from the death of the soule wyth the lyfe an eternall lyfe by Iesus Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ A prayer of Christ oure sauyoure HAyle heauenly kynge father of mercye oure lyfe our swetnes our hope all hayle vnto the do we crye which are the banyshed chyldrē of Eua vnto the do we sygh wepynge and waylyng in the vale of lamentaciō come of therfore our aduocate cast vpon vs those mercyfull ioyes of thyn and after this our banyshment shewe vnto vs the glorious lyght in thy heuenly kyngdome o mercy full o holy o swete sauyoure ¶ The prayer ALmyghty eternall God whych by the operaciō of the holy goost dyddest wonderfully prepare the body and
approche vnto hym Thou art my refuge from tribulation that hath enclosed me my ioye delyuer me from them that compasse me I shall geue the vnderstandynge shall enstruct the in the waye that thou shalte go I shall fasten myne eyes vpon the. Be ye not made as the horse and the mule in whō is none vnderstandynge Bynde the mouthes of them in snafles and brydles that wyll not drawe vnto the. Many are the plages of a synner but hym that trusteth in the Lorde he shall cōpasse with mercy Be glad in the Lorde and reioyce ye ryghteous and reioyce all that be vpryght in herte Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to c. As it was in the begynnynge and as it is c. The .xxxvii. Psalme Domine ne in furore LOrde reproue me not in thy fury neyther in thyne angre correcte thou me For thyne arowes are fastened in me vpon me hast thou enforced thy handes Ther is no helth ī my flesh inregard of thy wrath is there no rest in my bones because of my sinnes For myne iniquites are ouer passed myne heade and are layde vpon me as a heuy burden My woundes are puryfyed and festered by reason of my folyshnesse I am made wretched and croked vnto the ende all daye dyd I go sorowfully For my loynes are full of illusions and there is no helth in my fleshe I am sore afflycted and brought lowe I dyd rore out for the sorow of myne harte Lorde before the is all my desyre and my mournynge is not hydden from the Myne herte is troubled my strength hath left me and the syght of myne eyes and the very same is not with me My frendes and my neyghbours drewe together and stode agaynst me And they that were nexte me stode farre of and they that layde wayte for my lyfe set vpon me And they that sought for me spake euel vnto me vanityes and disceytes they ymagened all daye But I as one beynge deafe dyd not heare and as one that were dombe not openynge my mouth And I was made as a man not hearynge and hauynge countercheckes in his mouth For in the lorde haue I trusted thou wylt heare me my Lorde God For I haue sayde lest any tyme myne ennemyes tryumphe vpō me and whylest my feete slyde they spake great thynges agaynst me For I am prepared vnto the whyppes and my doloure is alwayes in my syght For I confesse my vngodlynesse and shall take thought for my synne But myne ennemyes lyue and are made stronge ouer me and they are multiplyed which hated me vniustly They that requyte euell for good detracted me because I followed goodnesse Forsake me not O Lorde my God neyther departe thou from me Intend toward my help o Lorde god of my helth Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to c. As it was in the begynnynge c. The .ii. Psalme Miserere mei Deus HAue mercy vpon me Oh God accordynge to thy great mercy And accordynge to the multitude of thy compassions wype awaye myne iniquitye Washe me more from myne iniquitye and clense me from my synne For I knowlege myne iniquitye and my synne is euer before myne eyes Agaynst the only haue I synned and haue done euell in thy syght that thou mayest be iustifyed in thy wordes and vanquyshe whē thou art iudged To I was begotten in wyckednesse and my mother conceyued me in synne To thou haste loued trouthe the vnknowen and secrete thynges of thy wysedome hast thou vttered vnto me Sprynkle me Lorde wyth ysope and so shall I be clene thou shalt washe me and then shall I be whyter then snowe Vnto my hearyng shalt thou geue ioye gladnes and my weykened bones shall be refreshed Turne thy face from my synnes and wype away all my wyckednesse A pure harte create in me oh Lorde and an vpryght sprete make a newe within me Vaste me not awaye from thy face and thy holye sprete take not from me Restore vnto me the gladnes of thy saluacion and strengthen me with a principall harte I wyll instructe the wycked that they may know thy wayes and the vngodly shall be conuerted vnto the. Delyuer me frome bloudes Oh Lorde the God of my helth and my tonge shall exalte thy ryghteousnesse Lorde open thou my lyppes and my mouthe shall shewe forth thy prayse For yf thou haddest desyred sacryfyces I had surely geuen it but thou delyteste not in burnte sacryfyces A sacryfyce to God is a lowly spyryte a contryte and an humble harte thou shalte not dyspyse O god Deale gently of thy fauourable benyuolence with Syon that the walles of Ierusalem maye be buylte agayne Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of righteousnes oblacion and burte offrynges then shall they laye calues vpon thy aulter Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The C.i. Psalme Domine exaudi orationem meam LOrde heare my prayer let my clamour come vnto the. Turne not thy sace from me whē so euer I am troubled and bowe thyne eare vnto me In what so euer daye that I call on the heare me quyckely For my dayes haue vanysshed as smoke and my bones waxed drye as a fyre bronde I am stryken and my harte wythered lyke haye because I forgate to eate my bread With the noyse of my mournynge my bone hath cloued to the fleshe I am made lyke vnto a Pellycane of wyldernesse and am made lyke a nyght rauē in a house I haue waked am made lyke a sparow solitary in the roufe of an house Al daye dyd myne enemyes rayle vpon me they that praysed me conspyred agaynst me For I dyd eate ashes as breade and myngled my drynke with wepynge In regarde of thy wrathe and indygnacion for thou takynge me vp dyddeste cast me agaynste the grounde My dayes haue faded as a shadowe and I haue wythered lyke haye Thou Lorde abydeste for euer and thy memoryal is from one generacion to another Thou Lorde arysynge shalt haue mercy on Sion for it is tyme to haue mercye on it for the tyme commeth For the stones therof haue pleased thy seruauntes and they shall haue ruth on the grounde therof And the people shall feare thy name O Lord and all the kynges of the earth thy glory For the Lorde hathe buylded Syon and shal be sene in hys glory He hath regarded the speche of the humble hath not dyspysed theyr prayer Let these be wrytten in another generacion and the people that shall be created shall prayse the Lorde For he hathe loked downe frome his hyghe holye place the Lorde hath loked downe from heauē vnto the earth For to heare the waylynge of them that be fettered for to louse the sonnes of thē that were slayne That they shuld in Sion declare the name of the Lorde and his prayse in Ierusalem In assemblynge of people together
and kynges for to serue the Lorde I answered hym in the waye of his vertue shewe vnto me the shortenesse of my dayes Call me not backe in the myddes of my dayes into the euerlastynges of thy yeare From the begynnynge thou Lorde haste layd the foundacion of the earthe and the workes of thyne handes are the heauens They shall peryshe but thou abydest and all shall waxe olde as a garmente And as a couerynge thou shalt chaunge thē and they shal be chaunged but thou art one the same and thy yeares shall neuer peryshe The sonnes of thy seruaūtes shall dwel togyther and theyr sede shal be directed for euer Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnynge c. The C.xxix Psalme Deprofundis clamaui FRom the depe places haue I called vnto the O Lorde Lorde heare me Let thyne eares be intentyue to the voyce of my prayer Yf thou Lorde wylt loke so straytly vpō synners O Lorde who shall abyde it But there is mercye with the and because of thy lawe haue I abyden the O Lorde My soule hath abydē in his worde my soule hathe trusted in the Lorde From the mornynge watche vnto nyght let Israell trust in the Lorde For with the Lorde there is mercye and hys redemption is plenteous And he shall redeme Israell from all the iniquytyes of it Glory be the father and to c. As it was in the begynnynge c. The C.xlij. Psalme Domine exaudi orationem LOrde hare my prayer with thyne eares perceaue my desyre for thy truthe sake heare me for thy ryghteousnesse And entre not into iudgemente wyth thy seruaunt for euery person lyuynge shall not be iustifyed in thy syght For the enemy hathe persued my soule hathe brought lowe my lyfe in earth He hath sette me in darkenesse as the dead men of the worlde my sprete was vexed my herte was troubled within me I haue ben myndefull of olde dayes I haue studyed vpon all thy workes and in the dedes of thy handes I mused I haue stretched forthe my handes vnto the my soule vnto the as earth without water Hastely heare me O Lorde my sprete hath fayled me Turne not thy face from me lest I be lyke to men descendynge into a pytte Cause thy mercye to be herde of me betymes for in the haue I trusted Shewe me the waye where I maye walke for vnto the haue I lyfte vp my mynde Delyuer me from myne enemyes Lorde vnto the haue I fled teache me to do thy wyll for thou arte my God Thy good sprete shall conduce me into the lande of ryghtfulnesse for thy names sake Lorde thou shalte reuyue me through thyne equyty Thou shalte brynge my soule from trouble and through thy mercy destroy all myne enemyes And thou shalt destroye all that molest my soule for I am thy seruaunt Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnynge c. ¶ The antheme ¶ Remembre not O Lorde the faultes eyther of vs or of our parentes nether take thou vengeaūce on our synnes Spare O Lorde spare thy people which thou hast redemed with thy precious bloud Be neuer more angry with vs. ¶ Here after followeth the xv Psalmes The C.xij Psalme Ad dominum cum tribularer I Cryed to the Lorde when I was in trouble and he hearde me O Lorde delyuer my soule from lyenge lyppes from a disceytful tonge What maye be geuen the or what maye be layde agaynste the thou disceytful tonge The sharpe arowes of the myghtye with whote sparkelynge coles Wo is me for my restynge place is prolonged I haue dwelled wyth the inhabyters of Cedar my soule was longe in exyle I was peasably with them that hated peace whē I spake vnto them they assaulted me causelesse Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnynge c. The C.xx Psalme Leuaui oculos meos I Lyfte vp myne eyes into the hylles from whence helpe shall come vnto me My helpe commeth from the Lorde that made heauen and earth He shall not suffre thy fote to slype neyther shall he that kepeth the fall into a slombre Lo he shall neyther fall a slepe nor slombre whiche kepeth Israel The Lorde kepeth the the Lorde is thy defence more then the ryght hande The Sonne shall not burne the by the daye nor the Moone by nyght The Lorde kepeth the from all euell the Lorde kepeth euen thy soule The Lorde kepe thy goynge in and goynge oute from thys tyme forth and euermore Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnynge The C.xxi. Psalme Letatus sum I Reioysed in those thynges that were sayd vnto me we shall go into the lordes house Oure fete were standynge in thy gates Ierusalem Ierusalem whiche is buylded lyke a cytie whose particypacions is within it selfe For there ascended the trybes euen the trybes of the Lorde the testimony of Israell to acknowlege the Lordes name For there sate the sytters in iudgement euen the seate of the house of Dauid Praye ye for the peace of Ierusalem and abundaūce is to them that loue the. Let peace be made throughe thy vertue and plentuousnesse in thy houses For my brothers and kynreddes sakes I prayed peace for the. For the house of our Lorde god I besought good thynges for the. Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnynge c. The C.xxij. Psalme Ad te Ieuaui oculos meos VNto the haue I lyfte vp myne eyes which inhabytest the heauen Euen lyke as the eyes of seruaūtes wayt at the handes of theyr maysters As the eyes of an handmayde be at the handes of her maystres euen so be our eyes vpon the Lorde our God vntyll he haue mercy on vs. Haue mercy on vs O lorde haue mercy on vs for we are fulfylled with much vylynesse For our soule is fylled very much beyng scorned of the rych and despysed of the proude Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to c. As it was in the begynnynge and as it is c. The .xxiij. Psalme Nisi quia dominus EXcepte the Lorde had ben amonge vs let Israell now speake except the Lorde had bene amonge vs. When men rose agaynste vs peraduenture they myght haue swallowed vs vp quycke When theyr fury was greate agaynst vs peraduenture the water myght haue souped vs vp Oure soule hathe passed ouer a ryuer oure soule peraduenture myght haue passed ouer a water in tollerable Blessed be the Lorde whiche hath not suffered vs to be caught with theyr teth Our soule hath bene deliuered euen as a sparowe from the foulers snare The snare is worne out and we are delyuered Oure helpe consysteth in the name of the Lorde which made heauen and earth Glorye be to the father to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnyng and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The C.xxiiij Psalme Qui confidunt in domino THey that truste
in the Lorde as a mountayne of Sion he shall neuer more be moued which inhabiteth Ierusalem Mountaynes are in the cyrcuite of it the Lorde is in the cyrcuitye of his people from thys tyme forth and euermore For the lorde shall not leaue the rodde of synners vpon the lot of the iust lest the iust shulde extende theyr handes vnto synne Do well O Lorde to the good and vpryghte in harte But those that swarne the Lorde shal bryng into bondes with them that worke wyckednesse peace be vpon Israell Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The C.xxv Psalme In conuertendo dominus WHan the Lorde turneth agayne the captiuitye of Syon then shall we be lyke vnto them that dreame Then our mouth is fylled with laughter and our tonge with ioye Then shall it be sayde amonge the heathen the Lorde hath done great thynges for them Yee the Lorde hath done great thynges for vs already wherfore we reioyce Turne our captiuite O Lorde as the ryuer in the South They that sowe in teares shall repe in ioye They that went forthe wepynge and sowed theyr sede shall come wyth ioye an brynge theyr sheues wyth them Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to c. As it was in the begynnynge c. The C.xxvi Psalme Nisi dominus EXcepte the Lorde buylde the house theyr laboure is but vayne that buylde it Except the Lorde kepe the cytie the watch man waketh but in vayne â—t is but lost laboure that ye ryse vp early aryse after youre syttynge ye that eate the breade of soroufulnesse Then he hath geuen slepe to hys welbeloued lo the herytage of the Lordes chyldren the rewarde of the fruyte of the wome â—yke as the arrowes in the hande of the gyauÌ„t euen so are the chyldren of smyters Happy is the man that hath his desyre full of theÌ„ he shall not be ashamed when he shall speake wyth his enemyes in the gate Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The C.xxvij Psalme Beati omnes qui. BLessed are they that feare the Lorde and walke in his wayes For thou shalt eate the labours of thyne owne handes o happy art thou and it shal go well wyth the. Thy wyfe shall be as a fruytfull vyne vpon the walles of thy house Thy chyldren lyke the Olyue braunces rounde aboute thy table Lo thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lorde The Lorde blesse the out of Sion that thou may est se Ierusalem in prosperyte all thy lyfe longe Yee thou mayest se thy chyldrens chyldren peace vpon Israell Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnynge c The Cxxviij Psalme Sepe expugnauerunt MAny a tyme haue they fought agaynst me from my youth vp maye Israel now saye Yee many a tyme haue they foughte agaynst me from my youthe vp but they haue not ouercome me The vngodlye buylded vpon my backe and prolonged theyr iniquite But the ryghteous Lorde hath hewen the neckes of the vngodly in peces Let them be confounded and turned backewarde as many as haue euyll wyll at Syon Let them be euen as the haye vpon the house toppes which wyddereth before it be plucked vp Wherof the mower wyll not fyll hys hande nether he that byndeth vp the sheues his bosome So that they which go by saye not so muche as the Lorde prosper you we wyshe you good luck in the name of the Lorde Glory be to the father As it was in the begynnynge c. The C.xxix Psalme De profandis clamaui OVt of the depe called I vnto the Lorde O Lorde heare my voyce O let thyne eares consyder wel the voyce of my complaynte Yf thou Lorde wylt be extreme to marke our iniquities o Lorde who maye abyde it But there is mercy with the and because of thy lawe haue I abyden the O Lorde My soule hath abyden in his worde my soule hath trusted in the Lorde From the mornynge watche vntyll nyght let Israell truste in the Lorde For with the Lorde there is mercye and hys redempcion is plenteous And he shall redeme Israell from all hys synnes Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnynge c. The Cxxx. Psalme Domine non est LOrde I am not hye mynded I haue no proude lokes I do not exercyse myselfe in great matters which are to hye for me Yf I dyd not thynke mekely but dyd exalte my soule As a wenelynge is from his mother so is the retrybulacion of my soule Let Israell truste in the Lorde frome thys tyme forth for euermore Glory be to the father and to c. As it was in the begynnynge c. The C.xxxi Psalme Memento domine Dauid LOrde remembre Dauid and all his troubles Howe he sware vnto the Lorde and vowed a vowe vnto the myghty one of Iacob I wyll not come within the tabernacle of my house nor clyme into my bedde I wyl not suffre myne eyes to slepe nor myne eye lyddes to slombre Vntyll I fynde out a place for the Lorde an habytacion for the God of Iacob Howe herde thesame at Ephrata and found it in in the woody feldes We wyll go into his tabernacle and fall downe before hys fotestole Aryse O lorde into thy restynge place thou and the arke of thy strength Let thy prestes be clothed with ryghteousnesse and let thy sayntes reioyse For thy seruaunt Dauids sake turne not awaye the presence of thyne anoynted The lorde hath made a faythfull oth vnto Dauid and he shall not shrynke froÌ„ it of the fruyte of thy body shall I set vpon thy seate Yf thy chyldren wyll kepe my couenaunt and my testymony that I shall learne them Theyr chyldren also shall syt vpon thy seate for euermore For the Lorde hath chosen Syon to be an habytacion for hymselfe hath he chosen her This shall be my rest here wyl I dwell for I haue a delyte therin I wyll blesse hyr wedowes wyth increase wyll satisfy her power with breade I wyll decke her prestes with health and her sayntes shall reioyse and be glad Ther shall I make the horne of Dauid to floryshe I haue ordeyned a lanterne for myne anoynted As for his enemyes I shall cloth theÌ„ with shame but vpon hymselfe shall his owne floryshe Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The C.xxxij Psalme Ecce quam bonum BEholde howe good and ioyfull a thynge it is brethren to dwell together in vnite It is lyke the precious oyntment vpon the heade that ranne downe vpon the beerde euen vnto Aarons beerde And wente downe to the skyrtes of his clothyng
haue mercy on vs. Lorde haue mercy on vs. Christ haue mercy on vs. Lorde haue mercy on vs. Our father And leade But delyuer vs. c. ¶ The versycle We haue offended with our father ¶ The answere We haue done wronge and commytted iniquetie ¶ The versycle Lorde do not with vs accordynge to our synnes ¶ The answere Nether rewarde thou vs after our vngodlynesse ¶ The versycle Lorde shewe vs thy mercye ¶ The answere And geue vs thy sauynge helthe ¶ The versycle And let thy mecy come vpon vs Lorde ¶ The answere Thy sauynge helth accordynge to thy promyse ¶ The versycle Lorde saue the Kynge and the realme ¶ The answere And heare vs in the daye where in we call vnto ye. ¶ The versycle Let thy prestes do on iustice ¶ The answere And let thy sayntes reioyce ¶ The versycle For oure brothers and systers ¶ The answere Saue O God thy seruauntes both men and wemen that trust in the. ¶ The versycle Let vs praye for all Christen people ¶ The answere Lorde saue thy people and blesse thyne heretage and rule them and exalte them euermore ¶ The versycle Lorde sende peace through thy vertue ¶ The answere And great abundaunce in euery countre ¶ The soules of all faythfull departed by the mercy of God let them rest in peace ¶ The versycle Lorde heare my prayer ¶ The answere And geue hearynge to my clamoure ¶ For remyssion of synnes GOd to whom it is apropryed to be mercyfull euer and to spare take our prayer and and let thy pytiefull mercye assoyle them that are bonde wyth the chayne of synners By Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ For mercy LOrde we beseche the to shewe vnto vs thyn vnspekable mercy that thou both purge vs from all our synnes and mercyfullye delyuer vs from the payne that we deserue for the same By Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ For the kynge LOrde God of hoostes kynge most myghty and stronge by whom kynges do reygne in whose handes are the hertes of all kynges Graunte vnto thy welbeloued seruaunt H. our kynge continuall helth of body and soule that his harte alwayes enclynynge to wholsome and godlye counsayles and the enemyes of the common welthe beynge vanquyshed we maye lōge inioye vnder him perpetuall peace and brotherly concorde By Christ our Lorde So be it ALmighty eternal god which alone doest great wonders graūt vnto thy seruauntes the bysshoppes to al congregacions cōmytted vnto thē the sprete of grace that in the truth they maye please the powre out on thē the perpetuall dewe of thy benediction By Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ For the people and all estates FOr thy pytie Lorde we besech the to louse the bandes of all our synnes through the prayer of the blessed glorious virgyn Mary wyth al thy sayntes kepe vs thy seruauntes oure kynge and all Christē people in al holynesse all that by kynred of bloude familiaritye confessiō or prayer be alyed vnto vs clense them Lorde of all vyces lyghte thē with vertues peace and helth geue vnto vs auoyde from vs all our enemyes as well visible as inuisible geue thy charyty to our frendes and to our enemyes expell all pestylence and famyne to all christē people quycke dead graunt lyfe endles rest By Christ our lorde So be it ¶ For Charytye O God which doste powre the gyftes of charytye into the hartes of the faytfull through grace of the holy gooste graunt vnto thy seruauntes both men and women for whō we praye vnto thy mercy helth of body and soule that they maye loue the wyth all theyr power and perform wyth al loue the thynges that be pleasyng to the. By Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ For peace O God from whome all holy desyres all good counsels and all iuste workes do procede gyue vnto vs the same peace which the worlde cannot geue that our hartes beynge obedyent to thy commaundementes and the feare of our enemyes takē awaye our tyme may be peasyble through thy proteccion By Christ our Lorde ¶ For the soules departed GOd that arte creatoure and redemer of all faythfull people graunte vnto the soules of all true beleuers beynge deade remyssion of all theyr synnes that through deuoute prayers they maye attayne thy gracyous pardon which they haue alwaye desyred By Christ oure Lorde ☞ So be it ☜ * ¶ An instruction of the maner in hearynge of the Masse shewynge howe and to what intente it shulde be herde the whiche instruction I haue by occasion preuented with a declaracion to the instablyshmente of the Christen fayth concernynge the Sacramēt of as the aulter whyche is consecrated in the Masse THe order taken of me in thys prymer moost deare reader setteth here followynge certayne meditacions to be sayd at the sacrynge as we cal it of the masse in the masse tyme which masse is a consecracion of the body and bloude of Christ by the power of God workynge secretly in the wordes that are spoken of the prest and institute for a specyall memory of Christes passion set forth wyth certayne ceremonies and deuoute suffragies to the enkyndlynge and styryng vp of the deuocions or deuoute myndes not only of the prest but also of the hearers to the entent that they maye impende a dew honoure as concernynge theyr deuty to the same blessed sacrament And for as much as dyuers people dyuersly do heare it some for custome some by shame cōpelled some wyth smale deuocion some cōtented to heare and se what the prest doth thynketh it ynoughe to be present in the churche whyle it is a doyng but not so many as I wolde wyshe doth heare the same to the ende that Christe dyd ordeyne it to be done for And specyally a great sorte which is worst of all maketh this moste holy sacrament of no estimacion nor reuerence pernycyously affyrmynge that in that sacrament is not the presence of the body and bloude of Christe I haue thought it conuenyente and some what necessarye both to make a declaracyon to the deuoute readers of the fayth that belongeth to the same and also to geue instruccyon to what vse or purpose they shulde frequent the consecracyon and mynistracyon of it Whiche entrepryse gentle readers I take in hande not because thynke my selfe of such excellent iudgement and learnynge that I can exquysytely and suffycyently declare and satysfye the reader of the misteryes of so excellent and hygh sacrament but that onely I wolde shewe some token of my deuty to my euen Christen in the distribucion vnto hym of suche talent whyche God hath lente me And fyrst shall I reherse the scriptures whych the sacramentaries go aboute to enstablyshe theyr hereticall opinion as concernynge the body of Christ presence of the same sacrament declarynge such places of scripture that they haue chosen in theyr owne natyue sence the hereby may appere both that they distort the scripture for theyr singuler opyniō also that theyr opiniō
fallynge I wyll walke before the Lorde in the lande of the lyuynge ¶ The antheme I shall please the lorde in the region of the lyuynge ¶ The antheme Vo is me The C.xix Psalme Addominum cum WHan I am in trouble I cal vpon the Lorde and he hath herde me Delyuer my soule O Lorde from lyenge lyppes and from a deceytfull tonge What rewarde shal be geuen or done to the thou false tonge Euen myghty and sharpe arrowes with hote burnynge coles Wo is me that my banyshment endureth so lōge I dwell in the tabernacles of the sorowfull My soule hath longe dwelled amonge them that be enemyes vnto peace I laboured for peace but when I spake therof they prepared them to battayle ¶ The antheme Wo is me for that my banyshment is prologed The C.xx Psalme Leuaui oculos meos I Lyfte vp myne eyes vnto the hylles from whence commeth my helpe My helpe commeth from the lorde which made heauen and earthe He shall not suffre thy fote to slyppe neyther shall he that kepeth the fall into a slomber To he shall neyther fall a slepe nor slomber which kepeth Israell The Lorde kepeth the the Lorde is thy defence more then the ryght hande The Sonne shall not burne the by daye nor the Moone by nyght The Lorde kepeth the from all euel the Lorde kepeth euen thy soule The Lorde kepe thy goynge in and goynge oute from thys tyme forth and euermore ¶ The antheme The Lorde kepeth the from all euell he kepeth euē thy soule ¶ The antheme Yf thou The C.xxix Psalme De profundis OVte of the depe called I vnto the O Lorde Lorde heare my voyce O let thyne eares consyder well the voyce of my complaynte Yf thou Lorde wylt be extreme to marke ouriui quities O Lorde who maye abyde it But there is mercy wyth the and because of thy lawe haue I abyden the O Lorde My soule hath abyden in his word my soule hath trusted in the Lorde From the mornynge watche vntyll nyght let Israell trust in the Lorde For which the Lorde ther is mercye and hys redemption is plenteous And he shall redeme Israell frō al his iniquities ¶ The antheme Yf thou lorde imputest mens synnes vnto them Lorde who shall abyde it ¶ The antheme The workes The C.xxxvii Psalme Confitebor tibi domine I Wyll geue thankes vnto the o lorde with my whole herte for thou hast hearde the wordes of my mouth euen before the goddes wyll I synge prayses vnto the. I wyll worshyppe towarde thy holy temple and prayse thy name because of thy louynge kyndnes and truth for thou hast magnifyed thy worde accordynge vnto thy great name When I call vpon the heare thou me and endue my soule with much strength All the kynges of the earth shal prayse the o lorde whan they heare the wordes of thy mouth Yee they shal synge in the wayes of the lorde that greate is the glory of the Lorde For though the Lorde be hyghe yet hathe he respecte to the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth hym afarre of Though I walke in the myddeste of trouble yet shalte thou refreshe me thou shalte stretche forthe thyne hande vpon the furiousnes of myne enemyes and thy ryght hande shall saue me The Lorde shall make good for me yee thy mercy o Lorde endureth for euer despyse not then the worke of thyne owne handes ¶ The Antheme Lorde despyce not the workes of thyne handes ¶ The versycle From the gates of hell ¶ The answere Lorde delyuer theyr soules ¶ The antheme I hearde a. ¶ The songe of blessed Mary Magnificat anima mea dominum MY soule magnifyeth the Lorde And my sprete hath reioyced in God my sauyoure For he hath loked on the lowe degre of hys hande mayden beholde now from hense forth shall all generacions call me blessed For he that is myghtye hathe done to me greate thynges and blessed is his name And his mercy is alwayes on thē that feare hym through out all generacions He hath shewed strength with his arme he hathe scattered them that are proude in the imagynaciō of theyr hartes He hath put downe the myghty frō theyr seates and hath exalted them of lowe degre He hath fylled the hungrye wyth good thynges and hath sent awaye the rych emptye He hath remembred mercy and hathe holpen hys seruaunt Israell Euen as he promysed to our fathers Abraham to hys sede for euer ¶ The antheme ¶ I haue herde a voyce from heauen sayenge blessed be the deade whiche dye in the Lorde Lorde haue mercye on vs Christe haue mercye on vs Lorde haue mercye on vs. Our father The C.xlv Psalme Lauda anima PRayse the Lorde O my soule whyle I lyue wyll I prayse the lorde I wyl prayse the Lorde as longe as I shall remayne O put not your truste in princes nor in the chyldren of men for there is no helpe in them For when the breth of man goeth forthe he shall turne agayne to hys earth and so all his thoughtes peryshe Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for hys helpe and whose hope is in the Lorde hys God whych made heauen and earth the see and al that there in is Whiche kepeth his promyse for euer whyche helpeth them to ryght that suffre wrōge whych fedeth thy hongry The lorde louseth men out of preson the lorde geueth syght to the blynde The lorde helpeth them vp that are fallen the lord loueth the ryghteous The lorde careth for the straungers he defendeth the fatherles and wedowe as for the waye of the vngodly he turneth it vpsyde downe The Lorde thy God O Syon is kynge for euermore and thorowe out all generacyons ¶ The versycle From the gates of hell ¶ The Answere Lorde delyuer theyr soules ¶ The versicle I trust to se the goodes of the lorde ¶ The answere In the lande of lyfe ¶ The versicle Lorde God heare my prayer ¶ The answere And geue hearynge to my clamour ¶ Let vs praye GOd to whom it is approbried to be mercyful euer and to spare be mercyfull to the soules of thy seruauntes of eche kynde and forgeue them all theyr synnes that they beynge lowsed frō the bondes of death maye ascende vnto lyfe O God the Lorde of pardon Graunte vnto the soule of N. thy seruaunte the yeares mynde of whose deathe we haue in remēbraunce a place of reste the blessed ful quyete and clerenesse of the lyghte O God whyche haste caused thy seruauntes in pontificall dignitie to be accompted amonge the prestes apostolyke Graunt we beseche the that they maye enioye in heauen the contynuall company of them whose office they dyd beare sometyme heare in earth O God the graunter of pardon and the louer of mans saluacion we besech thy mercy that thou wylt suffre the congregacion of our brothers and systers beynge departed oute of thys worlde through the intercession of blessed Mary the vyrgyn and S. Michel tharchangell and all holy sayntes to come to the congregacion of euerlastynge
and not compared with other workes but estemed aboue them all ¶ Some are workes of mennes tradicion yet agreable and cōsonant to goddes worde and these ought to be obserued but not had in lyke reuerence with the workes commaunded of God ¶ Some workes are tradicions of men not agreable to goddes worde but repugnaunt which nother ought to be regarded nor obserued ¶ Of these brefly shal be somwhat sayde but for as much as the workes commaunded of God are to be reputed as the chefeste they shal be recyted in the fyrst place ¶ The commaundementes of God geuen by Moyses and expounded by Christ sentencially takē and here with theyr whole sentences set forth as they haue spoken them very necessary and expedient for youth to learne and for all estates to know and obserue the same ¶ The fyrst table I Am the LORDE thy god which haue brought the out of the lande of Egypt and out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other goddes but me Thou shalte not make to thy selfe any grauen ymage nor any likenes of onythyng that is in heauen aboue or in earth beneth nor in the water vnderneth the earth thou shalte not bowe downe to them nor worshyppe them For I the LORDE thy god am a gelouse god and visyte the synne of the fathers vpon the chyldren vnto the thyrde and fourth generacion of them that hate me and yet shewe mercye vnto thousandes amonge them that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Christ Heare Israel our LORDE God is one Lorde and thou shalt loue thy Lord god with al thy herte with all thy soule with all thy mynd with all thy strength Thou shalt worshyp thy Lorde god him only shalt thou serue Thou shalt not take the name of thy Lorde god in vayne For the Lorde wyll not hold hym gyltles that taketh the name of the Lorde his God in vayne Christ Ye haue herd howe it was sayd to them of olde tyme Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe but shalt perfourme thyne othes to the Lorde But I saye vnto you sweare not at all neyther by heauen for it is goddes fete nor yeat by the earth for it is his forestole neyther by Ierusalem for it is the cyty of the great kyng Neyther shalt thou sweare by thy head because thou canst not make one whyte heare or a blacke But let your communicacion be yee yee and nay nay for whatsoeuer is more than that cometh of euell Remembre that thou kepe holy the sabboth daye Syxe dayes mayst thou laboure and do al that thou hast to do but the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the Lorde thy God in it thou shalte do no maner worke neyther thou nor thy sonne nor thy doughter neyther thy man seruaunt nor thy mayde seruaunt neyther thy cattell neyther yet the straunger that is within thy gates For in syxe dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth and the see and all that in them is and rested the seuenth daye Wherfore the Lorde blessed the seuenth daye and halowed it Christ It is lefull to do a good dede on the Sabboth daye For the sonne of man is Lorde euen of the sabboth daye The Lorde sayeth by his prophete Esaye that his sabboth is halowed kepte when we rest and cease to do our owne wyll to folowe our owne wayes to speake our owne wordes when we in worde thought and dede fulfyll his wyll and not ours and we suffre him to do his workes in vs that at the last we maye come to the Sabboth true rest euen eternall lyfe whiche Christ the Lorde of the Sabboth hath obtayned for vs by his bloude ¶ The seconde table ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother That thy dayes maye be longe in the lande whiche the LORDE thy god geueth the. Christe Honour thy father and thy mother Paule Honour thy father mother this is the fyrste commaundement that hath any promes that thou mayst be in good estate lyue longe on the earth By this commaundement Christ teacheth vs not only to haue our father and mother in reuerence and to obey them as he himselfe was subiecte vnto his mother the virgyne Mary but also to ministre vnto there necessityes ¶ Thou shalt do no murther Christ Ye haue herde howe it was sayde vnto them of the olde tyme Thou shalt not kyll Whosoeuer kylleth shal be in daunger of iudgement But I saye to you Whosoeuer is angry with his brother shal be in daunger of iudgement Whosoeuer sayeth to his brother Racha shal be in daunger of a councell But whosoeuer sayeth thou foule shal be in daunger of hell fyre Itē ye haue herde howe it is sayde Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour and hate thyne enemy But I saye to you loue your enemyes blesse them that curse you do good to them that hate you that ye maye be the chyldren of your father which is in heauen For he maketh the sonne to aryse on the euyll and on the good and sendeth his rayne on the iust and on the vniust ¶ Thou shalt not commyt adultery Christ Ye haue herde howe it was sayde to them of old tyme thou shalt not commyt adultery But I saye to you that whosoeuer loketh on a woman lustyng after her hath commytted adultery with her already in his harte Let wedlocke be had in all pryce in all poyntes and let the chambre be vndefyled for horekepers and aduouterers God wyll iudge ¶ Thou shalt not steale Christe Steale not defraud no man yf any man wyll sue the at the law and take thy cote from the let him haue thy cloke also geue to him that asketh and from him that wolde borowe turne not awaye Paule Nowe is there vtterly a faute amonge you because ye go to lawe one with another Why rather suffre ye not wrong Why rather suffre ye not your selfe to be robbed ye euen your selfe do wronge and robbe and that the brethren Let him that dyd steale steale no more but let hym rather labour with his handes some good thynge that he maye haue to geue vnto him that nedeth ¶ Thou shalt beare no false wytnesse agaynst thy neyghbour Christ Beare no false wytnesse I saye vnto you that of euery ydle worde which men shall haue spoken they shal geue accōpt at the daye of iudgement Paule Wherfore put awaye lyenge and speake euery man truth to his neyghbour for as muche as we are members one of another Let no fylthy commuicacion procede out of your mouthes But that which is good to edyfye withal whan nede is that it may haue fauour with the hearers Let all bytternes fearcenes and wrath roaryng and cursed speakyng be put awaye from you Let no fylthynes folyssh talkynge nor testynge which are not comly be ones named amonge you but rather geuyng of thankes ¶ Thou shalt not coueyt thy neyghbours house neyther shalte thou coueyt thy neyghbours wyfe his man seruaunt his mayde his oxe his asse or ought that is his Christ What
enioye contynuall helthe of body and soule and through the gracious intercession of blessed Mary perpetuall virgyn that we maye be delyuered from thys present heuynes and to haue the fruycion of the eternall gladnesse By Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ A memory of all sayntes ¶ The antheme Al ye blessed sayntes and electe seruauntes of god haue vs in remēbraunce before God that through the helpe of your prayers it may please hym vs to assocyate wyth you ¶ The versycle ¶ Reioyce in the Lorde you that be iustifyed ¶ The answere ¶ And be you all glad that in herte be rectifyed ¶ The prayer WE beseche the good lorde that thou beynge pleased with the prayer of all thyne holy sayntes wylte both graunt vs pardon of our defautes and geue vs also perpetuall remedy for them By Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ A memory of the passion of Christe THe dead corps of Christ that blessed man From the crosse was loused and takē awaye At euensonge tyme but alas where was thē Hys crowne of glory and hys great strēgth that day Full priuely within the godhed it laye Yet wolde he his cruell death suffre thus The true medicyne of lyfe to bryng to vs ¶ The versycle ¶ We worshyp the Christ with prayse benedictiō ¶ The answere For thou redemest the world by thy holy passiō ¶ The prayer LOrde God from God and lyght from lyghte which accordynge to the commaundement of the father dyddest vouchsafe to redeme mankynde wyth thyne owne bloude in the patible of the crosse we mekely besech the by the vertue power of so gloryous a passion that thou wylt not do vnto vs accordyng to our synnes but after thy mercy saue vs thy vnworthy seruaūtes thou also ryse vp to our helpe and be to vs the towre of strēgthe and the inexpugnable bukler of ryghteousnesse agayne the face of both corporal and spirituall enemye And also mercyfully delyuer vs frō all synne and payne of the same and from all aduersite of body and soule mercyfully defende vs which lyueste and reygnest one God worlde without ende So be it ¶ The glorious passion of our Lorde Iesu Christ delyuer vs from sorowfull heuynesse and brynge vs to the ioye of paradyse So be it ¶ A memory of our Lady HOly Mary praye to thy sonne The weke in spirite to encorage To socoure the myserable in theyr affliction To cōfort the sorowfull theyr sorowes to aswage And to his people abundantly Of his graces to geue and his verite to the clergye to preach incessantly And to women the to followe with humilite ¶ The versycle Holy mother of God make thy peticion ¶ The answere That we maye obtayne Christes promyssion ¶ The prayer O Lorde God omnipotent extende thy mercye on vs and graunt that we whych maketh a memoryal of thy sonne and his mother may haue alwayes the mynde to follow them in thys present lyfe after to come to the lyfe euerlastyng by Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ The gloryous passion of a vyrgyns sonne Brynge vs to the blysse of the fathers kyngdom So be it ¶ What is ment by thys worde Complyne ¶ Thys worde complyn is no more to say but an accomplishement or fulfyllynge And for so muche as of all the seruyces that are dayly done in the churche this is the last therfore it is called complyne as who shulde saye that in the same all the holye seruice of the daye is fullye complete and ended COnuerte vs O God our sauyoure And turne thy wrath away frō vs. O God bende thyselfe into my helpe Lorde hast the to helpe me Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it ¶ The antheme ¶ O Lorde c. The .iiij. Psalme Cum inuocarem exaudiuit HEare me when I call O God of my ryghteousnesse thou that confortest me in my trouble Haue mecy vpon me and herken to my prayer O ye sonnes of mē how longe wyll ye blaspheme my honoure why haue ye such pleasure in vanite and seke after lyes Knowe thys that the Lorde dealeth meruelously wyth his saynte and when I call vpon the Lorde he heareth me Be angry but synne not common wyth youre owne hertes vpon your beddes and remēbre your selues Offre the sacrifices of ryghteousnesse put your trust in the lorde ther be many that say who wyll do vs ony good Where as thou O Lorde hast shewed vs the lyght of thy countynaunce Thou reioysest myne hert though theyr increase be great both in corne and wyne Therfore wyl I laye me downe in peace and take my rest for thou Lorde onely settest me in a sure dwellynge Glorye be to the father to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnyng and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The .xxx. Psalme In te domime speraui IN the o Lorde is my truste let me neuer be put to confusiō but delyuer me in thy ryghteousnesse Bowe downe thyne eare to me make hast to delyuer me be thou my stronge rocke and a house of defence that thou maye saue me For thou arte my stronge holde and my castell O be thou my guyde lede me for thy names sake Drawe my out of the nette that they haue layde preuely for me for thou art my defence Into thy handes I commende my spirite thou haste delyuered me O Lorde thou God of truth Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The C.xxxiii Psalme Ecce nunc benedicite dominum BEholde O prayse the Lorde all ye seruaūtes of the Lorde ye that by nyght stande in the house of the Lorde O lyfte vp youre handes in the nyghte vnto the sanctuary and prayse the Lorde The lorde that made heauen and earth blesse the out of Sion Glory be to the father and to the sōne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The C.xxxvii psalme Confitebor tibi domine I Wyll geue thankes to the O Lorde with my whole herte euen before the goddes wyll I synge prayses vnto the. I wyl worshyppe towardes thy holy temple and prayse thy name Because of thy louynge kyndnesse and truthe for thou hast magnifyed thy worde accordynge vnto thy great name Whan I call vpon the heare thou me and endew my soule with much strength All the kynges of the earth shall prayse the o lorde when they heare the wordes of thy mouth Yee they shall synge in the wayes of the lorde that great is the glory of the Lorde For though the Lorde be hye yet hath he respect vnto the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth hym a farre of Thoughe I walke in the myddest of trouble yet shall I not feare for
we haue not thoughte it nether to vs greuous nether to thys prymer superfluous to set them in thys place ¶ The .i. prayer O Iesu endles swetnesse to all that loue the a ioye passynge and exceadyng all gladnesse and desyre Thou sauyoure louer of al repentaunt synners that lykeste to dwell as thou saydeste thyselfe wyth the chyldren of meÌ„ for that was the cause why thou wast incarnate and made man in the ende of the worlde Haue mynde blessed Iesu of all the bytter sorowes that thou suffred in thy manhoode drawynge nygh to thy moost holsome passion the whyche passion was ordeyned to be in thy deuyne herte by counsayle of the holy trinite for the raunsume of al mankynde Haue mynde blessed Iesu of all the great dreades anguysshâ—s and sorowes that thou suffredest in thy tender flesh before thy passioÌ„ on the crosse when thou wast betrayde of thy disciple Iudas to the Iewes whiche of singular affeccion that thou haddeste to them shulde haue bene thyne especyall people after tyme that thou haddest made thy prayer vpon the mounte of olyuete swettest there both bloude and water Also haue mynde of the great anguyshe that thou wast in when thou waste taken of the false Iewes and by false wytnesse accused And at Ierusalem in tyme of Easter in the floryshynge youthe of thy body without trespas receauedest thou thy iudgement of death vpon the crosse vniustly where also thou wast dispoyled of thyne owne clothes blyndfelde buffeted bounde to a pyllar and scourged with thornes crowned and wyth a reede smytten on the heade and with innumerable paynes thy body was all to brused and torne For mynd of this blessed passion I beseche the benygne Iesu graunt me afore my death very contricion true confessioÌ„ and amendement of my lyfe and of all my synnes remissyon So be it Our father c. ¶ The .ii. prayer O Blessed Iesu maker of all the worlde that of a man maye not be measured whych closeste in thy hande all the earth Haue mynde of thy bytter sorowe fyrst when the Iewes fastened thy blessed handes to the crosse wyth blunt nayles And to encrease more thy paynes they added sorowe vpon sorowe to thy bytter woundes whan they perced thy tender fete because thou woldeste not accorde to theyr wyl And so cruelly they drew thy blessed body in length and bredth to the measure of the crosse that all the ioyntes of thy lymmes were both loused and broken for mynde of thy blessed passion I beseche the benygne Iesu geue me grace to kepe with me both thy loue and thy dred So be it Our father whych art in heauen c. ¶ The thyrde prayer O Iesu heauenly phisicion haue mynde of thy langour and blewnes of thy woundes and sorow that thou suffred in the heygh patible of the crosse whan thou waste lyfte vp from the earth that thou wast al to torne in al thy lymmes wherof ther was no lymme abydyng in his ryght ioynte so that no sorow was lyke to thyne because that from the soules of thy fete to the toppe of thy heade was no whole place and yet forgettynge in maner all those greuous paynes thou praydeste deuoutly and charitably to thy father for thy enemyes sayenge father forgeue it theÌ„ for they wote not what they do For thy charitable mercye that thou shewedest to thyne enemyes and for mynde of those bytter paynes grauÌ„t me that this mynde of thy bytter passion be to me plenary remission and forgeuenesse of all my synnes So be it Our father which art in c. ¶ The .iiij. Prayer O Iesu very fredome of angels the paradyse of all goostly pleasures Haue mynde of the drede and hydeous fearfulnes that thou suffred whan all thyne enemyes lyke vnto mooste wodde lyons compassed the about smyttynge the and spyttynge on the scratchynge the and wyth many other greuous paynes tormentynge the for mynde of all these dispytfull wordes cruel beatynges and sharpe tormentes and all the cruell paynes which thyne enemyes put the to I besech the blessed Iesu delyuer me from al myn enemies bodely and goostly and geue me grace to haue the defence and protection of helthe euerlastynge agaynst them vnder the shadowe of thy wydges So be it Our father which c. ¶ The .v. prayer O Iesu myrrour of the dyuine clerenes haue mynde of that drede and heuynesse whyche thou haddest when thou hangest naked myserable on the crosse and all thy frendes and acquayntaunce stode agaynst the and foundest comforte of none but only thy moost louynge mother faythfully standynge by the with great bytternes of harte whom thou dyddest betake to thy welbeloued disciple sayenge-Lo woman thy sonne and lykewyse to the disciple Lo thy mother I beseche the blessed Iesu by the swearde of sorow that theÌ„ persed hyr harte to haue compassion on me in all my troubles and afflictions bodely and goostlye and geue me coÌ„forte in al tyme of tribulacioÌ„ So be it Our father which arte c. ¶ The .vi. prayer O Iesu kynge moost worthy to be loued and frende moost to be desyred Haue mynde of the sorow that thou haddest wheÌ„ thou beheldest in thy myrroure of thy moost clere maiesty the predestination of all thy chosen soules that shulde be saued by the merytes of thy passion for mynde of the depnes of thy greate mercye whiche thou haddest vpon vs loste and dysperate synners and namely for the great mercy that thou shewedest to the thefe that honge on the crosse sayenge this Thys daye thou shalte be with me in paradyse I praye the benygne Iesu to shewe thy mercy on me in the houre of my death So be it Our father which art c. ¶ The .vij. prayer O Iesu well of endles pytie that saydest on the crosse of thy passion by inwarde affection of loue I thurste that is to saye the helthe of mannes soule for mynde of thys blessed desyre I besech the benygne Iesu kyndell our desyre to euery good and perfyte worke the thyrst of concupyscence and burnynge of al worthy loue in vs vtterly kole and extynguyshe So be it Our father which art c. ¶ The .viij. prayer O Iesu swetnesse of hartes and goostly pleasure of soules I besech the for the bytternes of the aysell gall that thou tasted and suffred for vs at the houre of thy death graunte that we maye worthely receaue thy moost blessed bodye and bloude the which was betrayde and shede for the remedy of oure synnes and comsorte of oure soules So be it Our father which art c. ¶ The .ix. prayer O Iesu royal strength and goostly ioye haue mynde of the anguyshes greate sorowes that thou suffred whan thou cryed to thy father with a myghty voyce for the bytternesse of thy death and also for the scourgynge of the Iewes sayenge thys O my God O my God why haste thou forsaken me By thys paynfull anguyshe for sake not vs in the anguyshes of oure death oure blessed
God So be it Our father which art in c. ¶ The .x. prayer O Iesu begynnynge and ende waye lyfe and vertue in euery meane haue mynde that fro the toppe of thy heade vnto the sooles of thy fete thou suffredest for vs to be drowned in the water of thy payneful passion for mynd of this great payne and namely for the depenes and wydenes of thy wouÌ„des I besech the blessed Iesu teach me the large precepte coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes of loue which am drowned al in foule synne So be it Our father ¶ The .xi. prayer O Iesu depnes of endles mercy I besech the for the depnes of thy woundes that went throughe thy tender flesh and thy vaynes that thou vouchsafe to drawe me out beynge drouded in the depnes of synne And hyde me euer after in the holes of thy woundes from the face of thy wrath vnto the tyme Lorde that thy dredful fury be passed So be it Our father whych art in heauen c. ¶ The .xij. prayer O Iesu myrrour of truth token of vnitie sure bonde of charite Haue mynd of thyn innumerable paynes and wouÌ„des whych from the toppe of thy heade to the soole of thy foote thou wast wouÌ„ded and of the wycked Iewes thou wast all to torne and rent And all thy body made rede wyth thy moost holy bloude the which great sorow blessed Iesu in thy clene virgins body thou suffredest What myghtest thou do more for vs theÌ„ thou dyddest Therfore benygne Iesu I praye the hartely to wryte al thy wouÌ„des in my harte with thy moost precious bloude that I maye both read in them thy drede and thy loue And that I maye styll continue in praysynge and thankynge the to my lyues ende So be it Our father which art c. ¶ The .xiii. prayer O Iesu moost myghty Lyon kynge immortall and moost victorious Haue mynde of the sorowe that thou suffredest when al the powers thy harte and body fayled the vtterly and then thou enclynynge thyne heade saydest thus It is all done For mynde of that anguyshe and sorowe Haue mercy on me whan my soule in the last consummacion and departynge of my breath shal be anguyshed and troubled So be it Our father whych art c. ¶ The .xiiij. prayer O Iesu the only begotten sonne of almyghty God the father the bryghtnes and fygure of his godly substaunce Haue mynd of that entyer commendacion in whych thou dyddest coÌ„mende thy sprete into the haÌ„des of thy father and wyth a torne body and broken harte shewynge to vs for our ransome the bowels of thy mercye for the redemynge of vs dyddest geue vp thy brethe for mynde of that precious deathe I beseche the kynge of sayntes comforte me to with stande the fende the world and my flesh that I maye be dead to the worlde and louynge goostly towarde the. And in the laste houre of my departynge fro the worlde receaue my soule commynge to the whych in thys lyfe is an outlawe a pylgryme So be it Our father which arte c. ¶ The .xv. prayer O Iesu very true and plentuous vyne haue mynde of the moost exceadynge and abundaunt effusion of bloude that thou sheddest moost plenteously as yf it had ben crusshed out of a rype cluster of grapes when thou vppon the crosse dyddest tread that presse alone gauest vs drynke both bloude and water out of thy syde beyng perced with a knyghtes spere so that in all thy body was not left a drop of bloude nor of water then at the laste lyke a bundel of myrre thou wast hanged on the crosse on hygh where thy tender fleshe waxed wanne the lycoure of thy bowels was dryed vp For mynde of thys thy moost bytter passioÌ„ swete Iesu wounde my harte that the water of repentaunce and teares of loue maye be my foode both nyght and daye And good Iesu turne me whole to the that my herte maye be euer to the a dwellynge place that my lyuynge maye be euer plesaunt and acceptable and that the ende of my lyfe maye be so commendable that I maye perpetually prayse the with al thy sayntes in blysse So be it Our father whych arte c. I beleue in God c. ¶ Here after followeth the seuen penitentiall Psalmes ¶ Why that these .vii. psalmes folowynge are called penitentiall and be chefely noted aboue other the common opinion and mynde of many wryters is and hath ben that the kynge and prophete Dauid coÌ„puncte or sâ—ryken wyth harty repeÌ„taunce of his greuous adultery committed wyth Bersabe the detestable murther of vrye her husbande beynge hys knyght and seruaunt after he was admonyshed by Nathan the prophete of God shulde make them specially to declare his inwarde sorowe and deye contricion that he toke for the same But whether it were done vpon that intention or not that I referre to the iudgement of other Yet this is very certayne that they maye wel and of good coÌ„gruâ—nte be called penitentiall for because that penaunce in them is so diligently so ofteÌ„ and manyfestly treated repeted and commended as in the selfe psalmes is easly to be perceaued ¶ The antheme ¶ Remembre not c. The .vi. Psalme Domine ne in furore tuo LOrde rebuke me not in thy fury neyther chasten thou me in thyne angre Haue mercye on me Lorde for I am sycke heale me lorde for my bones are brused And my soule is very sore troubled but how loÌ„ge Lorde Turne the Lorde and delyuer my soule saue me for thy mercy For ther is none in death that haue mynd of the and in hell who wyll knowlege the. I haue laboured in my sorow I shal euery nyght wash my bedde with teares shal I wete the place where I lye Myne eye is troubled wyth woodnesse I haue waxed olde amonge all myne enemyes Auoyde from me all ye that worke wyckednesse for the Lorde hath herde the noyse of my wepyng The Lorde hath herde my prayer the Lorde hath herde my petycion Let all myne enemyes be ashamed and confouÌ„ded let them be ashamed confounded very quyckely Glorye be to the father to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnyng and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it The .xxxi. Psalme Beati quorum remisse BLessed are they whose iniquityes are forgeuen and whose synnes be couered Blessed is the man to whom God shal not impute synne nether in his sprete is dysceyt For I haue holdeÌ„ me styll my bones haue waxed olde whyles I cryed all the daye For daye and nyght haue thyne handes ben imburdened vpon me I was tourned in my trouble whylest my backe bone was stryken I haue made my faulte knowen vnto the haue not hyde my vnryghteousnesse I haue sayde I shall confesse my vnryghteousnes agaynst my selfe to the lorde and thou hast remytted the wyckednesse of my synne For that shal euery holy person praye vnto the in tyme conuenient Neuerthelesse in the great flode of many waters they shall not
the smaller thynges of the lawe but that they obseruynge them dyd omytte the greater thynges of the lawe sayenge Wo be vnto you Pharyses and Scrybes ye ypocrytes whych tyth mynte anyse and commyne and leaue the wayghter matters of the lawe behynde namely iudgemente mercye and faythe these ought to haue ben done and not to leaue the other behynde leaue not then the commaundementes of God But let them for as much as they are the wayghter dedes be fyrste obserued done the other also as it is before sayd not to be omytted as Paule counceleth Let euery soule submytte hymselfe to the auctorite of the hyer powers for ther is no power but of god the powers that be are ordeyned of God so that who so euer resysteth the powers resysteth the ordynaūce of god they that resyst shall receaue to thēselues dāpnaciō Warne thē that they submytte thēselues vnto prynces and to the hyer auctoryte to obey the offycers and to be ready to all good workes Be yet aduertysed gentle reader that thou putte no trust in those workes no nor yet in the externe workes of Goddes commaundementes to be iustifyed by them only but rather because that they come of fayth are they accepted for of only workes is no mā iustifyed also Dauid sayeth Enter not into iudgemēt with thy seruaunt for in thy syght shall no mā lyuyng be iustifyed By the dedes of the law no flesh maye be iustifyed in his syght The kyndnes loue of God our saueour to māwarde hath appeared not of the dedes of ryghteousnes which we wrought but of his mercy he saued vs. c. When ye haue done all these thinges whieh are commaunded you saye we are vnprophetable seruauntes we haue done which was our deuty to do These places with many other that myght be here inferred which now to auoyd prolixite are omytted do manifestly wytnes that by workes is no man saued yet be not discoraged nother saye with thy selfe what shal I do good workes seyng I shal not be saued by them then they wyll do no good Many thynges moueth a true christian to worke fyrst his fayth for as the tre can not brynge forth fruyt yf he hath lyfe in hym so can not the faythfull but bryng forth good workes yf he haue a perfect fayth in him wherfore yf that thou worke not be assured that thou lackest faythe a perfecte fayth seaseth not from workes A Christian also shulde worke to geue ensample as in the fyfte of Mathewe Christ sayeth Let your lyght so shyne before men that they maye se your good workes gloryfy your father which is in heauen se that ye haue honest conuersacion among the gentels that they whiche backbyte you as euyll doers mayese your good workes and prayse god in the daye of visitacion Itt moueth also a christian to worke that bytwyxt god and vs is a couenaunt made that he shall reward not for the dignite or worthines of the worke but for his couenauntes sake for the worthynes of the worke doth not receyue such a reward when the rewarde is an hundreth folde better then the worke in this conuenaunt of Christ as whosoeuer forsaketh houses or brethren or systers other father or mother or wyfe or chyldren or lande for my names sake ▪ the same shal recyue an hundreth folde and shalt inheryte euerlastyng lyfe Many are the conuenauntes made betwyxt god and vs and when Christ sayd happy are the mercyful for they shall obtayne mercye Blessed are the poore in spirite for theyrs is the kyngdome of heauen c. Yf ye shall forgeue other men theyr trespasses your heuenly father shal also forgeue you Yf thou wylt entre into lyfe kepe the commaundementes by these conuenauntes thou mayst perceyue Christian reader that vnto worke is a rewarde promysed by conuenaunt Wherfore yf thou delyte to worke for a reward be of good there and cease not to worke thou shalt haue a rewarde not for thy merites desertes or worthynes of thy worke as is before sayde but for thy conuenauntes sake But the chefe motyue to good workes is or shal be the very pure loue of God for vpon loue doth Christ founde the obseruacion of his commaundementes as it may be gathered by his sayenge yf ye loue me kepe my commaundementes So then the obseruaciō of goddes cōmaundementes is the effecte of the loue of god as in the same chapter it is expressed of Christ sayeng He that hath my commaundementes and kepeth them the same is he that loueth me So that a true christian ought to do good workes not for the loue of eternal lyfe nother for the feare of eternal death which ensueth the transgression of goddes cōmaundementes but for the very loue of God which fayth hath wrought in him By this it may be perceyued that although by fayth onely not by workes mā is iustifyed in the syght of god yet good workes are not thought to be despysed and that man shuld not worke as som falsly hath imputed to preachers but rather that all good workes shal be besely exercysed to the glory of god The thyrde sort of workes are of the tradicion of man whiche are not in the scrypture of God nor yet consonaunt to the scripture of god but playnly repugnaunt as pardons pylgrymages kissing of ymages offryng of candels knelyng and crouchyng to stockes and stones and suche other whiche ought not to be receyued nor obserued for it is rather to be obeyed to god thē vnto mā Actes v. the aucthours of such tradicions as Christ sayeth doth worshyp hym in vayne teachyng doctrynes which are nothynge but mennes preceptes Mat. xv Of these preceptes and mennes lawes seke the .xxviii. and .xxix. chapter of Esay in the whiche ye shall perceyue these pleasures of God for them ¶ The offyce of al estates BE wyse nowe therfore O ye kynges Be warned ye that are Iudges of the earth Psalmus iiii Serue the lord wyth feare reioyse before hym with reuerēce Heare therfore O ye kynges and vnderstande Sapien. vi O learne ye that be Iudges of the endes of the earth geue eare ye that rule the multitudes and delyte in much people for the power is giuē you of the Lorde and the strength from the highest whiche shall trye your workes and search out your ymaginacions Sapi. vi Vnto you therfore O ye kynges do I speake that ye maye learne wysdō not go amysse for they that kepe righteousnes shal be ryghteously iudged and they that are lerned in ryghteous thynges shal fynd to make aunswere wherfore set your lustes vpon my wordes loue them so shall ye come by nourture ¶ To the leage people of al estates vnto theyr prynce LEt euery soule submyt himselfe to the aucthorite of the hyer powers for there is no power but of God The powers that be are ordeyned of God so that whosoeuer resisteth the powers resisteth the ordinaunces of God Roma xiii And they that resyst shal receyue to themselues
felicite O God that art creatoure and redemer of all faythfull people Graunt vnto the soules of all true beleuers beynge deade remission of all theyr synnes that throughe deuoute prayers they maye attayne the gracious pardon whyche they haue alwaye desyred whyche shalte come to iudge the quycke and the deade and the worlde by fyre So be it God haue mercy on al Christen soules So be it ¶ The antheme ¶ Matyns of the Dirige Directe good The .v. Psalme Verba mea HEare my wordes O Lorde consyder my callynge O marke the voyce of my petycion my kynge and my God for vnto the wyll I make my prayer Heare my voyce O lorde by tymes for earlye in the mornynge wyll I get me vnto the yee that wyth diligence For thou arte not the God that hath pleasure in the wyckednesse ther maye no vngodlye personne dwell wyth the. Such as be cruell maye not stande in thy syghte thou art an ennemy vnto all wycked doers Thou destroyeste the lyers the lorde abhorreth the bloud thrusty and deceytfull But as for me I wyll come into thy house euen vpon the multitude of thy mercy and in thy feare wyll I worshyppe towarde thy holy temple Lede me O lorde in thy ryghteousnesse because of myne enemyes and make the waye playne before me For there is no faythfulnesse in theyr mouthes they dissimble in theyr hartes theyr throte is an open sepulcre with theyr tonges they deceaue Punyshe them O God that they maye perysh in theyr owne ymaginacions cast them out because of the multitude of theyr synnes for they rebell agaynst the lorde Agayne let all thē that put theyr trust in the reioyse yee let them euer be glad and dwell thou in them because thou defendest thē that they which loue thy name maye be ioyfull in the. For thou lorde geueste thy blessynge vnto the ryghteous and wyth thy fauourable kyndnesse thou defendest hym as wyth a shylde ¶ The antheme Dyrecte good lorde my waye in thy syght ¶ The antheme Turne the. c. The .vi. Psalme Domine ne in furore LOrde rebuke me not in thy furye nether chasten thou me in thyne anger Haue mercy on me lorde for I am sycke heale me lorde for my bones are brused And my soule is verye sore troubled but howe longe lorde Turne the Lorde and delyuer my soule saue me for thy mercy For there is none in death that haue mynde of that and in hell who wyll knowlege the. I haue laboured in my sorow I shal euery nyght washe my bedde wyth teares I shall wete the place where I lye Myne eye is troubled wyth woodnesse I haue waxed olde amonge all myne enemyes Auoyde from me all ye that worke wyckednesse for the lorde hath herde the noyse of my wepynge The Lorde hath herde my prayer the lorde hath herde my peticyon Let all myne enemyes be ashamed confounded let them be ashamed confounded very quyckely ¶ The Antheme Turne the Lorde and delyuer my soule for he is not in death that hath mynde of the. ¶ The antheme Lest ony The .vii. Psalme O Lorde my God in the do I trust saue me frō all them that persecute me and delyuer me Lest he catche vp my soule lyke a lyon and teare it in peces whyle ther is none to helpe that can saue me O Lorde my God yf I haue done ony such thynge yf ther be ony vnryghteousnesse in my handes Yf I haue rewarded euell vnto them that dealte frendely with me or hurte thē that withoute ony cause are myne enemyes Then let myne enemye persecute my soule take me yee let hym treade my lyfe downe in the earthe and laye myne honoure in the dust Stande vp O Lorde in thy wrathe lyft vp thyselfe ouer the furyous indygnacion of myne enemyes aryse vp for me in the vengeaūce that thou hast promysed That the congregacion of the people maye come about the for theyr sakes therfore lyfte vp thyselfe agayne The Lorde is iudge ouer the people auenge me then O Lorde accordynge to my ryghteousnesse and innocency Oh let the wyckednesse of the vngodly come to an ende but mayntayne the iust thou ryghteous god that tryest the very hertes and the raynes My helpe commeth of God whych preserueth thē that are true of harte God is a rygteous iudge stronge and pacient and God is euer thretenynge Yf men wyll not turne he hath whet his swearde and hath bent his bowe and made it ready He hath prepared hym the weapens of death and ordeyned his arrowes to destroye Beholde he trauelleth with vnryghteousnes and hath conceaued sorow brought forth iniquitie He hath grauen and dygged vp a pyt but he shall fall hymselfe into the pyt that he hath made For his vnhappynes shall come vpon hys owne heade and his wyckednesse shall fall vpon hys owne pate As for me I wyll geue thankes vnto the lorde for his ryghteousnesse sake wyll prayse the name of the Lorde the moost hyest ¶ The antheme Lest any tyme he maye rauyshe my soule as a lyon whē there is none that wyll redeme it nor saue it ¶ The versycle From the gates of hell ¶ The Responce Lorde delyuer theyr soules Our father And leade vs. But delyuer vs. The fyrst lesson Iob. vij IS not the lyfe of man vpon earth a very batayl Are not hys dayes lyke the dayes of an hyred seruaunt My flesh is clothed wyth wormes fylthynesse and duste myskynne is wythred and crompled together my dayes passe ouer more spedely then a weuer can weue out his webbe and are gone or I am aware O remember that my lyfe is but a wynde that myne eye shal nomore se the pleasures therof yee and that none other mans eye shall se my ony more ¶ The Response My dayes haue bē more swyft thē a runner they are gone sodenly and haue sene no good thynge ¶ The versycle They are passed awaye as the shyppes that be good vnder sayle as the egle that hasteth to the praye ¶ The repeticion They are gone sodenly c. The seconde lesson Iob. xiiij MAnne that is borne of a woman hath but a shorte tyme to lyue and is ful of dyuers myseries He commeth vp and falleth awaye lyke a floure he flyeth as it were a shadowe and neuer continueth in one estate Thynkeste thou it nowe well done to open thyne eyes vpon such one and to brynge me before the iudgement who can make it clene that cometh of an vnclene thynge No body The dayes of mā are shorte the nombre of his monethes are knowē only vnto the Thou hast appoynted him his bondes he can not go beyond them ¶ The Responce Esay xl All flesshe is grasse and all the bewtye therof is as the floure of the felde whē the grasse is wythered the floure falleth awaye ¶ The versicle Euen so is the peple as grasse when the breath of the Lorde bloweth vpon them ¶ The repeticion When the grasse is wythered the floure