partes from the top to the bottom the earth did quake and the stones rent graues did open many bodies of Saints which slept arose went out of their graues after his resurrection came into the holy City appeared vnto many When the Centurion they that were with him watching Iesus saw the earth quake and those things that happened they feared greatly saying Truly this was the sonne of god And many women wer ther beholding him a far of which folowed Iesus from Galile ministring vnto him Among which was Mary Magdalen Mary the mother of Iames Ioses and the mother of Zebedes children ¶ The Monday before Easter The Epistle Esay lxiii WHat is hee thus that commeth from Edom with red coulored clothes of Bosra which is so costly cloth commeth in so mightely with all his strength I am he that teacheth righteousnes am of power to helpe Wherfore then is thy clothing red and thy rayment lyke his that treadeth the wyne presse I haue troden the presse my selfe alone of all people there is not one with me Thus wyll I treade down mine enemies in my wrath set my feete vpon them in myne indignation And their bloud shall be sprincle my clothes so wyl I stayne all my rayment For the day of vengeance is assigned in my hart the yere when my people shal be deliuered is come I looked about me ther was no mā to shew me any help I marueiled that no man held me vp Then I helde me by mine own arme and my feruentnes sustained me And thus wlll I tread downe the people in my wrath and bath them in my displeasure vpon the earth will I lay their strength I wil declare the goodnes of the Lord yea and the praise of the Lord for al that he hath geuen vs for the great good that he hath done for Israel which he hath geuen them of his owne fauor according to the multitude of his louing kindnes for he said these no doubt are my people and no shrinking children so he was their sauiour In their troubles he was also troubled with them and the Aungel that went forth from his presence delyuered them Of very loue and kindnes that he had vnto them he redemed them He hath borne them caried them vp euer synce the world begā but after they prouoked him to wrath vexed his holy minde he was their enemy fought against them himselfe Yet remembred Israel the olde time of Moises and his people saying wher is he that brought them from the water of the sea with them that fed his sheepe Wher is he that hath geuē his holy spirit among thē he led thē by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arme deuiding the water before thē whereby he gat hymselfe an euerlasting name He led them in the depe as an hors is led in the plaine that they should not stumble as a tame beast goeth in the field the breath geuē of God geueth him rest Thus O god hast thou led thy people to make thy selfe a glorious name with al. Looke down then from heauen and behold the dwellyng place of thy sanctuarye thy glory How is it that thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercyes thy louing kyndnes wyl not be entreated of vs yet art thou our father For Abraham knoweth vs not neither is Israel acquainted with vs but thou Lord art our father redemer and thy name is euerlasting O Lord wherfore hast thou led vs out of thy way wherfore hast thou hardened our harts that we fear thee not Be at one with vs again for thy seruants sake and for the generation of thine heritage Thy people haue had but a litel of thy Sanctuary in possession for our enemies haue trode down thy holy place And we were thine from the beginning when thou wast not their Lord for they haue not called vpō thy name ¶ The Gospell Mark. xiiij AFter two dayes was Easter and the dayes of swete bread And the hie priestes and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft and put him to death But they said not in the feast day least any busines aryse among the people And when he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the Leper euen as he sat at meate there came a woman hauing an Alabaster box of ointment called Nard that was pure and costly she broke the boxe and poured it vpon his head And ther were some that were not content within thēselues said what needed this wast of ointmēt for it might haue bene sold for more then three hundreth pence and haue bene geuen to the poore And they grudged against her And Iesus said let her alone why trouble ye her She hath done a good worke on me for ye haue poore with you alwaies whensoeuer ye wil ye may do them good but me ye haue not alwaies She hath done the she could she came aforehād to anoint my body to the burying Verely I say vnto you wheresoeuer this Gospel shal be preached throughout the whole worlde this also that she hath done shall be rehearsed in remembraunce of her And Iudas Iscarioth one of the twelue went away vnto the hie Priestes to betraye him vnto them When they heard that they were glad and promised that they woulde geue him money And he sought how he might conuenientlye betraye hym And the first daye of sweete breade when they offred the passouer his disciples said vnto him where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou maist eate the Passouer And he sent foorth two of his Disciples and sayde vnto them Go ye into the Citie and there shal meete you a man bearing a pitcher of water follow hym And whether soeuer he goeth in say ye vnto the good man of the house the maister sayth were is the geaste chamber where I shal eate the passouer with my disciples And he will shewe you a-great parlor pauid and prepared there make ready for vs And his disciples went and found as he had sayd vnto them and they made ready the Passeouer And when it was euentide he came with the .xij. And as they sat at bord and did eate Iesus sayd verely I say vnto you one of you that eateth with me shall betray me And they began to be sory and to say to him one by one is it I and an other saide is it I he aunswered and sayd vnto them it is one of the .xij. euen he that dippeth with me in the platter The Sonne of man truly goeth as it is written of him but wo vnto that man by whom the Sonne of man is betraied good were it for that man if he had neuer bene borne And as they did eate Iesus tooke bread and when he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to them and sayd Take eate thys is my body And he tooke the cup and when he had
⧠THE Epistels and Gospels for euery Sonday and Holy day throughout the whole yeare After the vse of the Church of England 1574 Imprinted at London by Iohn Awdeley dwellyng in little Brittain streete without Aldersgate ¶ Cum priuilegio ¶ The Epistles and Gospels for euery Sunday and Holy day throughout the whole yeare ¶ The first Sunday in Aduent The Epistle Roma iii. OWe nothing to any man but thys that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfilleth the law For these commaundements Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not kyl Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnes Thou shalt not lust and so foorth if there be any other commaundement it is all comprehended in this saying namely Loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Loue hurteth not hys neighbour therefore is loue the fulfilling of the lawe This also we know the season how that it is time that we should now awake out of sleepe for now is our saluation nerer then when we beleued The night is passed the day is come nye let vs therefore cast awaye the deedes of darknes and let vs put on the armour of light Let vs walke honestlye as it were in the day light not in eating and drinking neither in chambring nor wantonnes neither in strife and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ and make no prouision for the flesh to fulfill the lustes of it ¶ The Gospell Math. xxi ANd when they drew nye to Ierusalem and were come to Bethphage vnto mount Oliuet then sent Iesus two of his Disciples saying vnto them Go into the towne that lieth ouer against you and anon you shall finde an Asse bound and her Colt with her loose them bring them vnto me And if any man say ought vnto you say ye the Lord hath nede of them straight way he wyl let them go Al this was done that it might be fulfylled which was spoken by the Prophet saying Tell ye the daughter of Sion behold thy king commeth vnto thee meeke sytting vpon an Asse a Colt the foale of the Asse vsed to the yoke The Disciples went and did as Iesus commaunded them and brought the Asse and the Colt and put on them their clothes and set hym thereon And many of the people spread their garments in the way Other cut downe braunches from the trees and strawed them in the way Moreouer the people that went before and they that came after cryed saying Hosanna to the sonne of Dauid blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest And when he was come to Ierusalem all the City was moued saying Who is this And the people sayd this is Iesus the Prophet of Nazareth a city of Galile And Iesus went into the Temple of God cast out all them that sold and bought in the Temple and ouerthrew the tables of the money chaungers and the seates of them that sold Dooues and sayd vnto them It is written my house shall be called the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theeues ¶ The second Sunday in Aduent The Epistle Roma xv WHat soeuer thinges are written aforetyme they are written for our learning that we through pacience and comfort of the scriptures myght haue hope The God of pacience and consolation graunt you to bee lyke mynded one towardes another after the ensample of Christ Iesu that ye all agreeing together may with one mouth praise God the Father of our Lord Iesu Christ Wherfore receyue ye one another as Christ receiued vs to the prayse of god And this I say that Iesu Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God to confirme the promises made vnto the fathers and that the Gentiles might praise god for his mercy as it is writtē For this cause I wil praise thee among the Gentils and singe vnto thy name And againe he sayth Reioyce ye Gentils with his people And againe praise the Lord all ye Gentils and laude him all ye nations together And agayne Esay sayth There shall bee the roote of Iesse he that shal ryse to raigne ouer the Gentiles in him shal the Gentils trust The God of hope fill you with al ioy and peace in beleuing that ye may be rytch in hope through the power of the holy ghost ¶ The Gospell Luke xxi THer shal be signes in the sunne and in the moone and in the stars and in the earth the people shall be at their wittes ende thorow dispaire The sea and the water shal roare and mens harts shal faile thē for feare and for looking after those thinges which shal come on the earth For the powers of heauen shall moue And then shall they see the Sonne of man come in a cloude with power and great glorye When these thinges beginne to come to passe then looke vp and lift vp your heads for your redemption draweth nye And he shewed thē a similitude Behold the Figtree and al other trees whē they shoote foorth their buds ye see know of your own selues that summer is then nie at hād So likewise ye also whē ye see these things come to passe be sure that the kyngedome of God is nye Verely I say vnto you this generation shall not passe tyll all bee fulfyled Heauen and earth shall passe but my woordes shall not passe ¶ The third Sunday in Aduent The Epistle i. Cor. iiii LEt a man this wyse esteeme vs euen as the ministers of Christ and Stewardes of the secretes of god Furthermore it is required of the Stewarde that a man be founde faythfull with me it is but a very small thing that I should be iudged of you eyther of mans iudgement no I iudge not mine owne selfe for I knowe nought by my selfe yet am I not thereby iustified It is the Lord that iudgeth me Therefore iudge nothing before the time vntyll the Lord come which wyll lyghten thynges that are hyd in darknes and open the counsayles of the hartes and then shall euery man haue praise of God. ¶ The Gospell Math. xi WHen Iohn being in prison heard the works of Christ he sent two of his Disciples and sayd vnto him Art thou he that shal come or do we looke for another Iesus aunswered said vnto them Go and shew Iohn agayne what ye haue heard and seene The blinde receiue theyr sight the lame walke the leapers are clensed and the deafe heare the deade are raysed vp and the poore receiue the glad tidinges of the Gospell and happy is he that is not offended by me And as they departed Iesus began to say vnto the people concerning Iohn What went ye out into the wildernes to see A reede that is shaken with the wind Or what went you out to see A man clothed in soft raymēt Behold they that weare soft clothing are in kinges houses But what went you out for to see A Prophet Verely I say vnto you and more then a
did not heare them I am the doore by me if any enter in he shal be safe shal go in out and finde pasture A theefe cōmeth not but for to steale kyll and destroy I am come that they might haue life that they might haue it more aboūdantly ¶ Trinitie Sunday The Epistle Apoca. iiii AFter this I looked behold a doore was open in heauen and the first voyce which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talkyng wyth me which sayde Come vp hither I wil shew thee things which must be fulfilled hereafter And immediately I was in the spirit And behold a seat was set in heauen one sat on the seat And he that sat was to looke vpon like vnto a Iaspar stone and a Sardine stone And there was a raine bow about the seat in sight lyke vnto an Emerauld And about the seate were .xxiiii. seates And vpon the seates .xiiij. elders sitting clothed in whyte rayment and had on their heades crownes of gold And out of the seate proceeded lightnings and thundrings and voyces and there were seuen lampes of fyre burning before the seate which are the seuen spirites of god And before the seate there was a sea of glas lyke vnto Christal and in the middest of the seate and round about the seate were foure beastes full of eyes before and behinde And the fyrst beast was lyke a Lion and the second beast was lyke a Calfe and the third beast had a face as a man and the fourth Beast was like a slying Eagle And the foure beastes had ech of thē sixe winges about him and they were ful of eyes with in And they did not rest day nor night saying Holy holy holy Lord god almighty which was and is is to come And when those beastes gaue glory honour and thankes to him that sat on the seate which liueth for euer euer the .xxiiij. Elders fel down before him that sat on the throne worshipped him that liueth for euer and cast their crownes before the throne saying thou art worthy O Lord our God to receiue glory and honour and power for thou hast created althings and for thy wyls sake they are and were created ¶ The Gospell Iohn iii. THere was a man of the Phariseis named Nicodemus a Ruler of the Iewes the same came to Iesus by night and said vnto him Rabbi we know that thou art a Teacher come from God for no man could do such myracles as thou doest except God were wyth hym Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto hym Verely verely I say vnto thee except a man be borne from aboue he cannot see the kingdome of god Nicodemus sayd vnto him how can a man be borne when hee is olde Can hee enter into hys mothers wombe and be born again Iesus answered verely verely I say vnto thee except a man be borne of water and the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdome of god That which is borne of the flesh is flesh and that which is borne of the spirit is spirit Maruaile not thou that I sayd to thee ye must be borne from aboue The wynde bloweth where it lusteth and thou hearest the sound therof but thou canst not tell whence it commeth or whether it goeth So is euerye one that is borne of the spirit Nicodemus answered and sayd vnto him how can these things be Iesus answered and sayd vnto him Art thou a Maister in Israel and knowest not these thinges Verelye verelye I say vnto thee we speake that we know and testifye that we haue seene and ye receiue not our wytnes If I haue tolde you earthly thinges and ye beleue not how shal ye beleue if I tell you of heauenly thinges And no man ascendeth vp to heauen but he that came downe from heauen euen the sonne of man which is in heauen And as Moises lyft vp the Serpent in the wildernes euen so must the sonne of man be lift vp that whosoeuer beleueth on him perish not but haue euerlasting lyfe ¶ The first Sunday after Trinity Sunday The Epistle i. Iohn iiii DEarly beloued let vs loue one another for loue cōmeth of god And euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth god He that loueth not knoweth not God for God is loue In this appeareth the the loue of God to vs warde because that God sent his onely begotten son into the world that we might liue through him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to be the agrement for our syns Dearly beloued if God so loued vs we ought also one to loue another No man hath seene God at any time If we loue one another god dwelleth in vs his loue is perfect in vs Hereby know we that we dwell in him and he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his Spirit And we haue seene and do testyfy that the father sent the son to be the sauior of the world Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God he in god And we haue knowē and beleued the loue that God hath to vs God is loue he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in god and God in him Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we should trust in the day of iudgemēt For as he is euen so are we in this world There is no feare in loue but perfect loue casteth out feare for feare hath painfulnes He that feareth is not perfect in loue We loue him for he loued vs fyrst If a man say I loue god and yet hate his brother he is a lyer for how can hee that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene loue God whom he hath not sene And this cōmaūdement haue we of him that he which loueth God should loue his brother also ¶ The Gospell Luke xvi THere was a certain ritch man which was clothed in purple and fyne white and fared deliciously euery day And ther was a certaine begger named Lazarus which lay at his gate full of sores desyring to be refreshed wyth the crummes which fell from the ritch mans boord no man gaue vnto him The dogs came also and lyked his sores And it fortuned that the begger dyed was caryed by the aungels into Abrahams bosome The ritch man also died was buried and being in hell in tormentes he lyft vp his eyes and saw Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in his bosome and he cryed and sayd father Abraham haue mercy on me and send Lazarus that he may dip the typ of his finger in water and coole my toung for I am tormented in this flame But Abraham said Sonne remember that thou in thy life time receiuedst thy pleasure contrary wise Lazarus receued paine But now he is comforted and thou art punished Beyonde all this betwene vs and you there is a great space set so that they which would go from hence to you cannot neither may come from thence to vs Then
be baptised with the baptisme that I am baptised with but to syt on my right hand and on my left is not mine to geue but it shall chaunce vnto them that it is prepared for of my Father And when the .x. heard this they disdayned at the two brethren But Iesus called them vnto hym and sayd ye know that the princes of the nacions haue dominion ouer them and they that are great men exercise aucthority vpon them It shall not be so among you But whosoeuer will be great among you let him bee your minister and whosoeuer wyll be chiefe among you let him be your seruaunt Euen as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geue his life a redemption for many ¶ Saynt Bartholmewes day the Apostle The Epistle Actes v. BY the handes of the Apostels were many signes and wonders shewed among the people And they were all together with one accord in Salomons porch And of other durst no man ioyne hym selfe to them neuertheles the people magnified them The numbre of them that beleued in the Lord both of men and women grew more and more insomuch that they brought the sick into the streetes and layde them on beds and couches that at the least way the shadow of Peter when he came by might shadow some of them There came also a multitude out of the Cytyes round about vnto Ierusalem bringing sicke folkes and them which were vexed with vncleane spirites and they were healed euery one ¶ The Gospell Luke xxii ANd ther was a strife among them which of them should seeme to be the greatest And he sayd vnto them the kinges of nations raign ouer them and they that haue auctority vpon them are called gracious Lords But ye shall not so be But he that is greatest among you shal be as the yonger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doth minister For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is not he that sitteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth Ye are they which haue bidden with me in my temptaciōs And I appoint vnto you a kingdome as my Father hath appointed vnto me that yee may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome and syt on seates iudgeing the twelue Tribes of Israell ¶ Saynt Mathewes day The Epistle ii Cor. iiii SEing that we haue such an office euen as God hath had mercy on vs we go not out of kind but haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye and walke not in craftines neyther handle we the woord of God deceitfully but open the truth and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of god If our Gospell be yet hyd it is hyd amonge them that are lost in whom the God of thys world hath blinded the minds of them which beleue not least the light of the Gospell of the glorye of Christ which is the image of God should shine vnto them For we preach not our selues but Christ Iesus to be the Lord and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake For it is God that commaūdeth the light to shine out of darknes which hath shined in our hartes for to geue the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ ¶ The Gospell Math. ix ANd as Iesus passed foorth from thence he saw a man named Mathew sytting at the receipt of custome and he sayd vnto him folow me And he arose and folowed him And it came to pas as Iesus sat at meate in his house behold many Publicans also and synners that came sat down with Iesus and his Disciples And when the Phariseis saw it they sayd vnto his disciples why eateth your maister with Publicans and sinners But whē Iesus heard that he said vnto them They that be strong neede not the Phisition but they that are sicke Go ye rather and learne what that meaneth I wyll haue mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but synners to repentaunce ¶ Saynt Michael and all Angels day The Epistle Apo. ii THere was a great battayle in heauen Michael his Aungels fought with the Dragon and the Dragon fought with his Aungels and preuailed not neither was their place found any more in heauen And the great dragon that old serpent called the Deuyll and Sathanas was cast out which deceiueth all the world And he was cast into the earth and his angels were cast out also with him And I heard a loud voyce saying in heauen is now made saluation and strength and the kingdome of one God and the power of hys Christ For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe which accused them before God day and night And they ouercame him by the bloud of the Lambe by the woorde of their testimonye and they loued not their lyues vnto the death Therfore reioyce heauens and ye that dwell in them Wo vnto the inhabitours of the earth and of the sea for the Deuyll is come downe vnto you which hath great wrath because hee knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. ¶ The Gospell Math. xviii AT the same time came the Disciples vnto Iesus saying Who is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauē Iesus called a child vnto him and set him in the mydst of them sayd verely I say vnto you except ye turne and become as children ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heauen Whosoeuer therfore humbleth himselfe as this child that same is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen And who so euer receyueth such a childe in my name receueth me but who so doth offend one of these litle ones which beleue in me it wer better for him that a mylstone were hanged about his necke that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Wo vnto the world because of offences necessary it is that offences come But wo vnto the man by whō the offences cōmeth Wherfore if thy hand or thy foote hinder thee cut him of cast it from thee It is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed rather then thou shouldest hauing two hands or two feete be cast into euerlasting fire And if thine eye offēd thee pluck it out cast it from thee it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye rather then hauing two eyes to be cast into hel fire Take hede that ye despise not one of these litle ones for I say vnto you that in heauē their angels do alwaies behold the face of my father which is in heauen ¶ Saint Luke the Euangelist The Epistle ii Timo. iiii WAtch thou in althinges suffer afflictions do the woorke throughly of an Euangelist fulfyll thine office vnto the vttermost be sober For I am now ready to be offered and the tyme of my departing is at hand I haue fought a good fight I haue fulfilled my course I haue kept the fayth From henceforth their
is layd vp for me a crowne of righteousnes which the Lord that is a righteous iudge shal geue to me at that day not to mee onelye but to all them that loue hys comming Do thy diligence that thou mayest come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsaken me and loueth this present world and is departed vnto Thessalonica Cresens is gone to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia onely Lucas is with me Take Marke and bring him with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministration and Tichicus haue I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troada with Carpus when thou commest bringe with thee and the bookes but specially the parchment Alexander the Coppersmith did me much euill the Lord reward hym according to hys deedes of whom be thou ware also For he hath greatly withstood our woords ¶ The Gospel Luke x. THe Lord appoynted other seuentye also and sent them two and two before him into euerye Citye and place whyther hee hym selfe woulde come Therefore he sayd vnto them the haruest is great but the labourers are few Pray ye therefore the Lord of the haruest to send foorth labourers into the haruest Go your waies behold I sende you foorth as Lambes among Wolues beare no wallet neither scrip nor shoes and salute no man by the way into whatsoeuer house you enter fyrst say peace be to this house And if the son of peace be there your peace shall rest vpon him if not it shal returne to you againe And in the same house tary styll eating and drinking such as they geue for the labourer his worthy of his reward ¶ Simon and Iudes day Apostles The Epistle Iude. i. IVdas the seruaunt of Iesu Christ the brother of Iames to them which are called and sanctifyed in God the Father and preserued in Iesu Christ Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue al diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation it was needefull for me to wryte vnto you to exhort you that ye should continually labour in the fayth which was once geuen vnto the Sayntes For there are certayne vngodly men craftely crept in of which it was written afore tyme vnto such iudgement They turne the grace of our God vnto wantones and deny God which is the onely Lord and our Lord Iesu Christ My minde is therfore to put you in remēbraunce for asmuch as ye once know this how that the Lord after that he had deliuered the people out of Egipt destroied thē which after beleued not The Angels also which kept not their first state but left their own habitaciō he hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darknes vnto the iudgement of the great day euen as Sodom and Gomor the Cities about them which in lyke maner defiled themselues with fornication and followed straunge flesh are set foorth for an example suffer the payne of eternall fire lykewise these being deceiued by dreames defyle the flesh despyse rulers and speake euyll of them that are in aucthority ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv THis I commaund you that ye loue together If the world hate you ye know it hated me before it hated you If ye were of the world the world would loue his own how be it because ye are not of the world but I haue chosen you out of the world therfore the world hateth you Remember the word that I sayd vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then hys lord If they haue persecuted me they wyll persecute you if they haue kept my saying they wyl keepe yours also But all these things wyll they do vnto you for my names sake because they haue not knowen him that sent me If I had not come and spoken vnto them they should haue had no synne but now haue they nothing to cloke theyr synne withall He that hateth me hateth my Father also If I had not done among them the woorkes which none other man did they should haue had no synne But now haue they both seene and hated not onely me but also my Father But this happeneth that the saying might be fulfylled that is written in their law They hated me without a cause But when the comforter is come whom I wyll sende vnto you from the Father euen the spirit of truth which proceedeth of the Father hee shall testifie of me And ye shall beare witnes also because ye haue beene with me from the beginning ¶ All Saintes day The Epistle Apo. vii BEholde I Iohn saw another Angel ascend from the rising of the Sunne which had the seale of the lyuing God and hee cryed with a loud voyce to the foure Aungels to whom power was geuen to hurt the earth and the Sea saying hurt not the earth neither the Sea neither the trees tyll we haue sealed the Seruauntes of our God in their foreheades And I heard the number of them which were sealed and there were sealed an C. and .xliiij. thousande of all the Tribes of the children of Israel Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed xij M. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Asset were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Neptalim were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Leui were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Isachat were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed .xij. M. After this I behelde and lo a great multitude which no man can number of all nacions and people and tounges stoode before the seate and before the Lambe and clothed with long white garmentes and Palmes in their handes and cried with a loud voice saying saluacion be ascribed to him that sitteth vpon the seate of God and vnto the Lambe And all the Aungels stood in the compasse of the seate and of the elders and the foure beastes and fell before the seate on their faces and worshipped God saying Amen Blessing and glory and wisdome and thankes and honour and power and mighte be vnto our God for euermore Amen ¶ The Gospell Math. v. IEsus seing the people went vp into the mountaine and when hee was set hys Disciples came to hym and after that hee had opened his mouth he taught them saying Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen Blessed are they that mourne for they shall receiue comfort Blessed are the meeke for they shall receyue the inheritaunce of the earth Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after ryghteousnes for they shall bee satisfied Blessed are the mercyfull for they shall obtayne mercye Blessed are the pure in hart for they shall see god Blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called the chyldren of god Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen Blessed are ye when men reuyle you and persecute you and shall falsely say all maner of euyl sayinges agaynste you for my sake Reioyce and bee glad for great is your reward in heauen for so persecuted they the Prophetes which were before you FINIS ⧠Imprinted at London by Iohn Awdely dwelling in little Britaine streete without Aldersgate