c. ¶ Then a Lesson of the new Testament And after that Nunc dimittis in Englishe as foloweth LOrde nowe lettest thou thy seruaunte departe in peace according to thy worde For myne eyes haue seene thy saluacyon Whyche thou hast prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lyghten the Gentyles and to be the glory of thy people Israel Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy ghoste As it was in the beginnyng is nowe c. Amen ¶ Or els this Psalme Deus misereatur psal lxvii GOd be mercyfull vnto vs and blesse vs and shew vs the lyght of hys countenaunce and bee mercyfull vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon earth thy sauyng health among all nacions Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nacyons reioyce and bee gladde for thou shalte iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacyons vpon earth Lette the people prayse thee O God lette all the people prayse thee Then shall the earth bryng foorth her increase and God euen our owne God shall geue vs hys blessyng God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare hym Glory bee to the father to the sonne to the holy ghost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe c Then shall folowe the Crede with other prayers as is before appointed at Morning prayer after Benedictus And with three Collectes Fyrst of the daye the second of peace thyrde for ayde agaynste all perilles as hereafter foloweth Whiche two last Collectes shal be dayly sayde at Euenyng prayer withoute alteracion The seconde Collect at Euening prayer O God from whom all holy desyres all good counsayles and all iuste workes dooe procede geue vnto thy seruauntes that peace which the world cannot geue that bothe our heartes may be sette to obeye thy commaundementes and also that by thee we beyng defended from the feare of oure enemyes maye passe oure tyme in reste and quyetnes through the merites of Iesus Christ our Sauiour Amen The thyrd Collecte for ayde agaynst all perilles LIghten our darkenes we beseche thee O Lord by thy great mercy defend vs from al perilles and daungers of this nighte for the loue of thy onelye sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen In the feastes of Christmas the Epiphanie saincte Mathie Easter Thassencion Pentecost Sainct Iohn Baptist Sainct Iames Sainct Bartholomew Sainct Mathew Saincte Simon and Iude Sainct Andrew and Trinitie Sundaye shal be songe or sayde immediatly after Benedictus this confession of oure Christen fayth Quicūque vult WHosoeuer wil be saued before al thinges it is necessarye that he holde the catholyke fayth Which fayth except euery one do kepe holy and vndefyled withoute doubte he shall perishe euerlastinglye And the catholike fayth is this that wee worshippe one God in Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie Neyther confoundinge the persons nor deuydinge the substaunce For there is one person of the father another of the sōne and another of the holy ghoste But the Godhead of the father of the sonne and of the holy ghost is al one the glori equal the maiestie coeternal Suche as the father is such is the sonne and such is the holy ghoste The father vncreate the sonne vncreate and the holye ghost vncreate The father incomprehensible the sonne incomprehensible and the holy ghost incomprehensible The father eternall the sonne eternal and the holy goste eternall And yet they are not three eternalles but one eternall As also there be not three incomprehensibles nor three vncreated but one vncreated and one incomprehensible So lykewise the father is almighty the sonne almightie and the holy ghost almightie And yet they are not thre almighties but one almightie So the father is God the sonne is God and the holye ghoste is God And yet are they not three Goddes but one God So lykewyse the father is Lorde the sonne Lorde and the holy ghoste Lorde And yet not three Lordes but one Lorde For lyke as we be compelled by the Christian veritie to acknowledge euery person by himself to be god and Lord. So are we forbidden by the catholike religion to saye thers be three Goddes or three Lordes The father is made of none neither created nor begottē The sonne is of the father alone not made nor created but begotten The holy ghost is of the father and of the sonne neyther made nor created nor begotten but procedinge So there is one father not three fathers one sonne not three sonnes one holy ghost not three holy ghostes And in this Trinitie none is afore or after other none is greater nor lesse then another But the whole three persons be coeternal together and coequall So that in all thynges as is aforesayde the vnitie in Trinitie and the Trinitie in vnitie is to be worshipped He therefore that wyll be saued muste thus thinke of the Trinitie Furthermore it is necessarye to euerlastinge saluacion that he also beleue rightely in the incarnacion of our Lord Iesu Christe For the righte fayth is that we beleue and confesse that our Lord Iesus Christ the sonne of God is god and man God of the substaunce of the father begotten before the worldes and man of the substaunce of his mother borne in the worlde Perfecte God and perfecte man of a reasonable soule and humayne fleshe subsistinge Equall to the father as touching his Godhead and inferioure to the father touching his manhode Who although he be God and man yet he is not two but one christ One not by conuersion of the godhead into flesshe but by taking of the manhode into God One altogether not by confusion of substaunce but by vnitie of person For as the reasonable soule and flesshe is one man so God and man is one christ Who suffered for oure saluacion descended into hell role agayn the thyrd daye from the dead He ascended into heauen he sitteth on the ryght hande of the father God almyghtie from whence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead At whose comming all men shall ryse agayne with their bodyes and shal geue accoumpt for theyr owne workes And they that haue done good shall goe into life euerlasting and they that haue done euill into euerlasting fyre This is the Catholike faith which except a man beleue faythfully he can not be saued Glory bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall bee world without ende Amen ¶ Thus endeth the ordre of Morning and Euening prayer through the whole yeare ¶ Here foloweth the Letany to be vsed vpon Sundaies Wednesdaies and Frydayes and at other tymes when it shal be commaunded by the Ordenarye O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners
O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners Remember not lord our offences nor the offences of our forefather neither take thou vengeaunce of our synnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed with thy most precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From al euil and mischiefe from synne from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnacion Good Lorde delyuer vs. From all blindnes of heart from pryde vayne glory and hipocrisy from enuy hatered and malice and al vncharitablenes Good lorde delyuer vs. From fornicacion and al other deadly synne and from al the deceites of the worlde the flesh and the deuil Good Lord delyuer vs. From lightninges tempestes from plage pestilence famine from battayle murther and from sodayne death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedicion and priuie conspiracie from the tiranny of the Bishop of Rome all his detestable enormities from all false doctrine and heresy from hardnes of hearte and contempt of thy woord and commaundement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnacion by thy holy Natiuitie and Cyrcumcision by thy Baptysme fastyng and temptacion Good Lord deliuer vs. By thyne agony and bloudy sweat by thy crosse passion by thy precious death buriall by thy glorious resurreccion and ascencion and by the coming of the holy ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulacion in al time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day of iudgement Good lord deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseche thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it way please thee to rule and gouerne thy holye churche vniuersally in the right way We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to kepe Edwarde the sixth thy seruaunt our kyng and gouernour We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his hearte in thy fayth feare and loue that he maye always haue affyaunce in thee and euer seke thy honour and glory We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be hys defender and keper geuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseche thee to heare vs good lord That it may please thee to illuminate all Bisshops Pastours Ministers of the Church with true knowledge vnderstanding of thy word that both by theyr preachyng and liuing they may set it furth and shewe it accordyngly We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to endue the Lordes of the counsayle and all the nobilitie with grace wysdome and vnderstanding We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and kepe the Magistrates geuing them grace to execute iustice and to mayntayn trueth We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and kepe all thy people We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue to all nacions vnitie peace and concord We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue vs an hearte to loue and dreade thee and diligently to liue after thy commaundementes We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue all thy people encrease of grace to heare mekely thy woord and to receiue it with pure affeccion and to bring furth the fruites of the spirite We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to bring in to the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthē such as do stand to comfort and helpe the weake harted to rayse them vp that fall finally to beate down Satan vnder out fete We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour helpe and comforte all that be in daunger necessitie and tribulacion We beseche thee to heare vs good lord That it may please thee to preserue all that trauayle by land or by water all weomen labouryng of child all sicke persons and yong children and to shewe thy pietie vpon all priesoners and captiues We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to defende and prouyde for the fatherles children and widdowes and all that be desolate and oppresed We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all menne We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgeue our enemies persecutours and slaunderers and to turne their heartes We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to geue and preserue to our vse the kindly fruites of the earth so as in due tyme we maye enioye them We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue vs true repentaunce to forgeue vs all our synnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amend our lyues according to the holy worde We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. O lambe of God that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde Graunt vs thy peace O lambe of God that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion But delyuer vs from euill The versicle O Lorde deale not with vs after our synnes The aunswere Neyther rewarde vs after our iniquities ¶ Let vs praye O God merciful father that despysest not the sighing of a contrite hearte nor the desyre of such as be sorowful mercifully assist oure prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersyties whensoeuer they oppresse vs. And graciously heare vs that those euils whiche the craft and subtiltie of the deuil or man worketh against vs be brought to naught and by the prouidence of thi goodnes they may be dispersed the we thy seruauntes beyng hurt by no persecucions may euermore geue thankes vnto thee in thy holy churche through Iesu Christ our Lorde O Lord aryse helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy names sake O
God we haue heard with our eares and oure fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble woorkes that thou dydst in theyr dayes and in the olde tyme before them O Lord aryse helpe vs and delyuer vs for thyne honor Glory bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holye gost as it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be worlde without ende Amen ¶ From our enemyes defende vs O Christ Graciously loke vpon our affliccions Pietifully beholde the sorowes of our heart Mercifully forgeue the sinnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers O sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Chryst Graciously heare vs O Christ graciously heare vs O lord Christ ¶ The versicle O Lorde let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. ¶ The aunswere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humblye beseche thee O father mercifullye to looke vpon oure infirmities and for the glorye of thy names sake turne from vs al those euils that we moste righteously haue deserued and graunte that in all our troubles we may put our whole truste and confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue thee in holines and purenes of liuing to thy honour and glory Throughe oure onely mediatour and aduocate Iesus Christ our lord Amen For rayne if the tyme require O God heauenly father which by thy sonne Iesu Christ hast promised to all thē that seke thy kyngdome and the ryghteousnesse thereof all thinges necessary to their bodyly suffenaunce sende vs we beseche thee in this our necessitie such moderate raine and showres that we may receyue the fruytes of the earth to oure comfort and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen For fayre weather O Lorde god whiche for the synne of man didst once drown all the world except eight persōs and afterward of thy great mercy didst promise neuer to destroye it so agayne we humbly beseche thee that although we for our iniquities haue wortheli deserued this plague of raine and waters yet vpō our true repentaunce thou wilt sende vs suche weather whereby we may receiue the fruites of the earth in due seasō and learne both by thy punishment to amende our lyues and for thy clemencye to geue thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen In the tyme of dearth and famyne O God heauenly father whose gift it is that the rain doeth fall the earth is fruitefull beastes increases and fishes doe multiply beholde we beseche thee thaffticcions of thy people and graunte that the scarcitie and dearthe whiche we dooe nowe moste iustelye suffer for our iniquitie may through thy goodnesse be mercifullye turned into cheapenes and plentie for the loue of Iesu Christ our Lorde to whome with thee and the holye ghoste c. Or thus O God mercifull father whiche in the time of Heliseus the Prophete didst sodaynly turne in Samaria great scarcitie and dearth into plentie and cheapenes and extreme famine into abundaunce of victuall haue pitie vpon vs that nowe bee punisshed for our synnes with lyke aduersitie encrease the fruites of the earth by thy heauenly benediccion And graunte that we receyuing thy bountifull liberalitie may vse thesame to thy glory our comforte and reliefe of oure nedye neyghbours through Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen In the tyme of Warre O Almightie god king of al kinges and gouernour of all thinges whose power no creature is hable to resist to whom it belongeth iustely to punyshe synners and to be mercyfull to them that truely repent saue and delyuer vs we humbly beseche thee from the handes of our enemyes abate their pride asswage their malice and confounde their deuises that we beeyng armed with thy defence may be preserued euermore from al perils to gloryfye thee whiche art the onely geuer of all victorye throughe the merites of thy onely sonne Iesu Chryste oure Lorde In the tyme of any common plague or sickenesse O Almightie God whiche in thy wrath in the tyme of king Dauid didst slea with the plague of pestilence .ix. and ten thousande and yet remembryng thy mercy didst saue the reste haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners that now are visited with great sickenes and mortalitie that like as thou didst then commaunde thy Aungell to ceasse from punishing So it maye nowe please thee to withdraw from vs this plague and greuouse sickenes through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ And the Letany shall euer ende with thys Collecte folowyng ALmightie God whiche haste geuen vs grace at thys tyme with one accorde to make oure common supplicacions vnto thee and dooest promise that when two or three be gathered in thi name thou wilt graunte their requestes fulfyll nowe O Lorde the desyres and petycyons of thy seruauntes as maye be moste expedyente for them grauntyng vs in thys worlde knowledge of thy trueth and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen The Collectes Epistles and Gospelles to be vsed at the celebracyon of the Lordes supper and holy Communion through the yeare The first Sundaye of Aduente ¶ The Collecte ALmightie god geue vs grace that we may cast away the workes of darkenes and put vpon vs the armour of lyght now in the tyme of thys mortall life in the whiche thy sōne Iesus Christ came to visite vs in great humilitie that in the last day when he shal come agayne in hys glorious maiestie to iudge bothe the quicke and the dead we maye ryse to the lyfe immortall throughe hym who lyueth and reygneth with thee and the holy gost nowe and euer Amen ¶ The Epistle Rom. xiii OWe nothyng to any man but this that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfylleth the lawe For these commaundementes Tou shalte not commytte adulterye Thou shalte not kyll Thou shalte not steale Thou shalt beare no false witnes Thou shalte not luste and so foorth yf there be any other commaundemente it is all comprehended in thys saying namely loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Loue hurteth not his neighbour therfore is loue the fulfilling of the law Thys also we knowe the season howe that it is tyme that we should nowe awake out of slepe for nowe is our saluacion nerer then when we beleued The nyghte is passed the daye is come nie let vs therefore caste awaye the dedes of darkenesse and let vs put on the armour of lyght Let vs walke honestly as it were in the daye lighte not in eatyng and drinkyng neyther in chaumbouring and wantonnes neither in strife and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christe and make not prouision for the fleshe to fulfyll the lustes of it ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxi ANd when they drew nigh to Ierusalem and were come to Bethphage vnto Mounte Oliuete then sente Iesus two of hys disciples saying vnto them goe into the towne that lieth ouer agaynste you and anone you shal fynde an Asse bound and a colte with her looce thē and bryng them vnto me And if
least communicate with the priest And in Cathedrall and Collegiate churches where bee many priestes and Deacons they shall all receyue the Communion with the Minister euery Sundaie at the least except they haue a reasonable cause to the contrary And to take away the supersticiō which any person hath or might haue in the bread and wyne it shall suffyse that the bread be suche as is vsual to be eaten at the Table with other meates but the best and purest wheate bread that conuenienly may be gotten And yf anye of the bread or wine remayne the Curate shall haue it to his owne vse Although no ordre can be so perfectly deuised but it may be of sonne either for theyr ignoraunce and infirmitie or els of malice and obstinacie misconcostrued depraued and interpreted in a wrong part And yet because brotherly charitie willeth that somuche as conuenientlie maye be offences should be taken awaye therefore we willyng to doe the same Wheras it is ordeined in the boke of common prayer in the administracion of the lordes Supper that the communicantes knelyng should receyue the holy Communion which thyng beeing well mente for a significacion of the humble gratefull acknowledgeing of the benefices of Christ geuen vnto the worthye receyuer and to auoyde the prophanacion and disordre which about the holy Communion might els ensue Leste yet the same kneling might be thought or taken otherwise we doe declare that it is not meant therby that any adoracion is done or ought to be done eyther vnto the Sacramentall bread or wyne there bodely receyued or vnto any reall and essenciall presence there beeyng of Christes naturall fleshe and bloud For as concerning the Sacramentall bread and wyne they remayne still in theyr very natural substaunces and therfore may not bee adored for that were Idolatrie to be abhorred of all faithful Christians And as concerning the naturall body and bloud of oure fauiour Christ they are in heauen and not here for it is agaynste the trueth of Chryestes true naturall body to be moe in places then in one at one tyme. The bread and wyne for the Communion shall be prouyded by the Curate and the church wardens at the charges of the Parishe the Parishe shal be discharged of suche summes of moneye or other dueties which hetherto they haue payd for the same by ordre of their houses euery Sundaye And note that euery Parishioner shall communicate at the leaste three tymes in the yeare of which Easter to bee one and shal also receyue the Sacramētes and other rites according to the order in this Boke appoynted And yerely at Easter euery Parishioner shal rekē with his Person Vicar or Curate or hys or theyr deputie or deputies and pay to them or him all Ecclesiasticall dueties accustomably due then and at that tyme to bee payde ¶ The Ministracion of Baptisine to be vsed in the Churche IT appeareth by auncyente wryters that the Sacrament of Baptisme in the olde time was not commonlye ministed but at two tymes in the yeare at Easter and Whitsontide At whych times it was openlye ministred in the presence of all the congregacion which custome now beyng growen oute of vse although it cannot for many consideracyons bee well restored agayne yet it is thoughte good to folowe the same as nere as conuenientlye may bee wherfore the people are to bee admanisshed that it is moste conuenient that baptisme shoulde not bee ministred but vpon Sundayes and other holye dayes when the most noumbre of people may come together aswel for that the congregacion there presente maye testifie the receiuing of them that be newely Baptised into the noumbre of Christes Churche as also because in the Baptisme of infantes euery man presente maye be put in remembraunce of his owne profession made to God in his Baptisme For whiche cause also it is expediente that Baptisme bee ministred in the Englishe tongue Neuerthelesse yf necessitie so require children maye at all tymes be Baptised at home ¶ Publique Baptisme When there are children to be Baptised vpon the Sundaye or holy daye the Parentes shal geue knowledge ouernight or in the Morning afore the beginning of Mornyng prayer to the Curate And then the godfathers godmothers people with the childrē must be ready at the Fonie either immediately after the last Lesson at Morning praier or els immediately after the last Lesson at Euening prayer as the Curate by his discrecion shal appoint And the standing there the Priest shall aske whether the children be Baptised or no. If they answere no Then shall the Priest saye thus DEarely beloued forasmuch as al mē be conceiued and borne in synne and that our Sauiour Christ sayeth none can entre into the kyngdome of God except he be regenerate and borne a new of water and the holy goste I beseche you to call vpon God the father through our lord Iesus Christe the of his bounteous mercy he wil graunte to these children that thing which by nature they cannot haue that they maye be Baptised with water and the holy goste and receiued into Christes holye churche and be made liuely membres of the same ¶ Then the Priest shall saye ¶ Let vs praye ALmightie and euerlasting god which of thy great mercy didst saue Noe and his familie in the Arke from perishing by water and also diddest safelye leade the children Israel thy people through the redde Sea figuring therby thy holy Baptisme and by the Baptisme of thy welbeloued sonne Iesus Chryste diddest sanctifie the floud Iordā and al other waters to the misticall wasshyng awaye of synne We beseche thee for thy infinite mercyes that thou myit mercifully loke vpon these childrē sanctifie them and washe them with thy holy gost that they being deliuered from thy wrath maye be receiued into the Arke of Christes churche and beeing stedfast in faith ioyefull through hope and rooted in charitie maye so passe the waues of this troublesome worlde that finally they maye come to the lande of euerlastyng lyfe there to reigne with thee world without ende through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmightie and immortall god the ayde of al that nede the helper of all that flee to thee for succoure the lyfe of them that beleue and the resurreccion of the dead We call vpon thee for these infantes that they comming to thy holy Baptisme may receiue remisstō of their sines by spirituall regeneracion Receiue them O Lord as thou hast promised by thy welbeloued sonne saying Aske you shall haue seke and you shall finde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you So geue now vnto vs the aske Let vs that seke find Open the gate vnto vs that knocke the these infantes may enioye the euerlasting benedicciō of thy heauenly wasshing and maye come to the eternall kingdom which thou hast promysed by Christ our Lorde Amen Then shal the Priest say heare the wordes of the Gospel written by Sainct Marke in the tenth Chapter Mark x. AT a certayne
be chastiseth Yea as Sainct Paul sayth he scourgeth euery sōne whiche he receiueth if you indure chastisement he offereth hymself vnto you as vnto his own children What sonne is he that the father chastiseth not Yf ye be not vnder correccion wherof al true children are partakers then are ye bastardes not childrē Therfore seing that when our carnall fathers doe correct vs we reuerently obey thē shal we not nowe muche rather be obedient to our spirituall father and so lyue And they for a fewe dayes doe chastice vs after their own pleasure but he dooeth chastice vs for our profite to the intent he may make vs partakers of his holines These wordes good brother are Gods wordes writtē in holy scripture for our comfort instruccion that we should paciently and with thankesgeuing beare our heauēly fathers correcciō whansoeuer by anye maner of aduersitie it shall please hys gracious goodnesse to visite vs. And there shoulde bee no greater comfort to Christian persons then to be made like vnto Christ by suffering paciently aduersities troubles sickenesses For he himselfe went not vp to ioye but first he suffered payne he entred not into his glory beefore he was crucified So truelye our waye to eternall ioye is to suffre here with Christe our doore to entre into eternall life is gladly to dye with Christe that we maye rise agayne from death dwell with him in euerlasting lyfe Now therfore taking your sickenes which is thus profitable for you paciently I exhort you in the name of God to remembre the profession which you made vnto God in youre Baptisme And forasmuche as after this life there is accoumpt to be geuen vnto the righteous iudge of whō all must be iudged withoute respecte of persones I require you to examine your self your state both towarde God and man so that accusing and condemning your self for your owne faultes you may find mercy at our heauēly fathers hand for Christes sake and not be accused and condemned in that fearefull iudgement Therfore I shall shortly rehearse the articles of our fayth that ye may knowe whether you doe belieue as a christian man should or no. ¶ Here the Minister shall rehearse the Articles of the fayth saying thus ¶ Doest thou belieue in God the father almightie And so furth as it is in Baptisme ¶ Then shal the Minister examine whether he be in charitie with al the worlde Exhorting him to forgeue from the bottome of his heart all persones that haue offended him and if he haue offended other to aske them forgeuenesse And where he hath doone iniurie or wrong to any man that he make amēdes to the vttermost of his power And if he haue not afore disposed his goodes let hym than make his will But men must be oft admonyshed that they set an ordre for their tēporal goodes and landes whā they be in health And also declare his debtes what he oweth and what is owyng vnto hym for dischargeing of his conscience and quietnes of his executours These woordes before rehearsed may be sayde before the Minister beginne his prayer as he shall see cause The Minister may not forgeat nor omitte to moue the sicke person and that most earnestly to liberalitie toward the poore Here shal the sicke person make a speciall confession if he fele his conscience troubled with any weighty matter After whiche confession the Priest shall absolue him after this sort OVr Lord Iesus Christe who hath left power to his churche to absolue all sinners which truelye repent and beleue in him of his great mercye forgeue thee thyne offences and by hys auctoritie committed to me I absolue thee from all thy sinnes in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy ghost Amen ¶ And then the Priest shall saye the Collect folowing ¶ Let vs pray O Moste mercyfull God whyche accordyng to the multitude of thy mercies doest so putte awaye the sinnes of those whiche truely repente that thou remembrest them nomore open thy eye of mercy vpon this thy seruaunt who most earnestly desireth pardon forgeuenes Renue in him most louyng father whatsoeuer hath been decayed by the fraude and malyce of the deuyll or by his owne carnall wyll and frailnes preserue and contynue thys sicke membre in the vnitie of thy churche considre his cōtrycion accept his teares asswage his payne as shal be seen to thee most expedient for him And forasmuche as he putteth hys full truste onelye in thy mercye Impute not vnto hym hys former synnes but take hym vnto thy fauoure through the merites of thy moste dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christe Amen ¶ Then the Minister shall saye thys Psalme In te domine speraui psal lxxi IN thee O Lorde haue I put my truste let me neuer be put to confusion but rydde me and delyuer me into thy ryghteousnes inclyne thyne eare vnto me and saue me Be thou my strong holde whereunto I maye alwaye resort thou hast promised to helpe me for thou arte my house of defence and my castell Delyuer me O my God out of the hand of the vngodly out of the hand of the vnrighteous and cruell man For thou O Lorde God arte the thyng that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Throughe thee haue I been holden vp euer sence I was borne thou art he that toke me oute of my mothers wombe my prayse shall alwaye bee of thee I am become as it were a monstre vnto manye but my sure trust is in thee Oh let my mouth bee fylled with thy prayse that I may syng of thy glorye and honour all the daye long Caste me not awaye in the tyme of age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me For myne enemies speake against me and they that laye wayte for my soule take theyr counsayll together saying GOD hathe forsaken hym persecute him and take him for there is none to delyuer hym Goe not farre frome O God my GOD haste thee to helpe me Let them be confounded and perishe that are agaynste my soule let them bee couered with shame and dishonoure that seeke to doe me euyll As for me I will pacienly abyde alway and will praise thee more and more My mouthe shall daylye speake of thy righteousnes and saluacyon for I know no ende thereof I wyl goe forth in the strength of the Lorde god and wil make mencyon of thy righteousnesse onely Thou O God hast taught me from my youth vp vntill nowe therfore I wyll tell of thy wonderous workes Forsake me not O God in myne olde age when I am graye headed vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto thys generacyon thy power to al them that are yet for to come Thy ryghteousnes O god is very high great thinges are they that thou hast done O god who is lyke vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities hast thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refreshe me yea and broughtest me from the
ryghteousenesse and am of power to helpe Wherfore then is thy clothyng redde and thy rayment like his that treadeth in the wyne presse I haue troden the presse my selfe alone and of all people there is not one with me Thus will I treade down myne enemies in my wrath and set my feete vpon them in myne indignacion And theyr bloud shall bespryng my clothes and so will I stayne all my rayment For the day of vengeaunce is assigned in my heart and the yeare whē my people shal be delyuered is come I loked aboute me and there was no man to shewe me any helpe I merueiled that no man helde me vp Then I helde me by myne owne arme and my feruentnes sustayned me And thus will I treade downe the people in my wrathe and bathe them in my displeasure and vpon the earth will I lay theyr strength I will declare the goodnes of the Lord yea and the prayse of the Lorde for all that he hath geuen vs for the greate good that he hath done for Israel whyche he hathe geuen them of hys owne fauor and accordyng to the multitude of hys louing kindnes For he sayd these no doubt are my people and no shrinking children and so he was theyr sauiour In their troubles he was also troubled with them the Aungel that went furth from his presence deliuered them Of very loue and kindnes that he had vnto them he redemed them He hath borne them and caryed them vp euer sence the worlde began But after they prouoked him to wrath and vexed hys holy mynde he was theyr enemy and fought agaynst them himselfe Yet rememberd Israel the olde time of Moyses and his people saying where is he that broughte them from the water of the sea with them that fede hys shepe where is he that hath geuen hys holye spiryte among them he ledde them by the ryghte hād of Moses with his glorious arme deuiding the water before them wherby he gat himselfe an euerlastyng name he led them in the depe as an horse is led in the playne that they should not stumble as a tame beaste goeth in the fielde the breath geuen of God geueth hym reste Thus O god haste thou led thy people to make thy selfe a glorious name withall Loke downe then from heauen behold the dwellyng place of thy sāctuary and thy glory How is it that thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercyes and thy louyng kindnes will not be entreated of vs yet art thou our father For Abrahā knoweth vs not neither is Israel acquaynted with vs. But thou lord art our father redemer and thy name is euerlastyng O lord wherfore hast thou led vs out of thy way wherfore hast thou hardned our heartes that we feare thee not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake and for the generacion of thyne heritage Thy people haue had but a lytle of thy Sanctuary in possessiō for our enemies haue trodē downe the holy place And we were thyne from the beginning when thou wast not theyr Lorde for they haue not called vpon thy name ¶ The Gospell mar xiiii AFter two dayes was Easter and the dayes of swete bread And the hie priestes the Scribes sought how they might take hym by craft and put hym to death But they said not in the feast day lest 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 Albaster boxe of oyntment called Narde that was pure and costly she brake the boxe and powred it vpon his head And ther were some that were not contente within themselues and said what neded this waste of oyntmente for it might haue been solde for more then three hundreth pence and haue been geuen vnto the poore And they grudged agaynst her And Iesus sayde lette her alone why trouble ye her She hath done a good woorke on me for ye haue poore with you alwayes and whensoeuer ye wyll ye may doe them good but me haue ye not alwayes She hath done that she coulde she came aforehande to annoynte my body to the burying Verely I saye vnto you wheresoeuer thys Gospell shal be preached throughout the whole world this also that she hath done shal be rehearsed in remēbraūce of her And Iudas Iscarioth one of the twelue went a way vnto the hie Priestes to betraye hym vnto them When they hearde that they were glad and promised that they woulde geue hym money And he sought how he might conueniently betray hym And the fyrst day of swete bread when they offered the Passeouer his disciples said vnto hym where with thou that we goe and prepare that thou mayst eate the Passeouer And he sente furth two of his disciples and sayde vnto them goe ye vnto the citie and there shall mete you a manne bearyng a pitcher of water folow hym And whithersoeuer he goeth in say ye vnto the good mā of the house the master saith where is the geast chaūber where I shall eate the Passeouer with my disciples And he will shewe you a great parlor paued and prepared there make ready for vs. And hys disciples went furth and came into the citie and found as he had sayd vnto thē and they made ready the Passeouer And when it was now euentide he came with the twelue And as they sate at borde and did eate Iesus sayd vereley I saye vnto you one of you that eateth with me shall betraye me And they beganne to be sory and to saye to hym one by one is it I and an other sayd is it I he aunswered and sayd vnto them it is one of the .xii. euen he that dippeth with me in the platter The sonne of man truly goeth as it is writtē of him but woe to that man by whom the sonne of man is betrayed good were it for that manne yf he had neuer been borne And as they did eate Iesus tooke bread and when he had geuē thankes he brake it and gaue to them and said Take eate this is my body And he toke the cup and when he had geuen thankes he toke it to them they al dranke of it And he sayd vnto them This is my bloud of the new testament which is shed for many Verely I say vnto you I wil drink no more of the fruite of the vine vntil that day that I drinke it newe in the kyngdome of God And when they had sayde grace they went out to the mount Oliuete And Iesus saith vnto them all ye shal be offended becausse of me this nyghte For it is wrytten I wyll smyte the shepeheard the shepe shal be scattered but after that I am rysen agayne I wyll goe into Galile before you Peter said vnto hym and though all men bee offended yet wyll not I. And Iesus sayeth vnto hym verely I say vnto thee that this day euē in this night before the