written man shal not liue by bread only but by euery woord that procedeth out of the mouth of god Then the deuyll taketh hym vp into the holye citye and setteth hym on a pynacle of the temple and sayeth vnto hym if thou be the sonne of God cast thy selfe downe headlong For it is written he shall geue hys Aungels charge ouer thee and with theyr handes they shall holde thee vp lest at any tyme thou dashe thy foote agaynst a stone And Iesus sayd vnto him it is written agayne Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God Agayne the deuyll taketh hym vp into an exceding hygh mountayne and sheweth hym al the kyngdomes of the worlde and the glorye of them and sayeth vnto hym all these will I geue thee if thou wylte fall downe and wurship me Then sayth Iesus vnto hym Auoyde Sathan for it is written Thou shalt wurship the Lorde thy God and him onely shalte thou serue Then the deuill leaueth him and beholde the Aungels came and ministred vnto hym ¶ The second Sonday OVt of the depe haue I called vnto thee O Lorde Lorde heare my voyce Oh let thine eares consider well the voyce of my complaynte If thou Lorde wilt be extreme to marke what is done amysse Oh Lorde who may abyde it For there is mercy with thee therfore shalt thou be feared I looke for the Lorde my soule doeth wayte for hym in his woorde is my trust My soule flyeth vnto the Lorde beefore the mornyng watche I saye before the morning watche O Israel trust in the Lorde for with the Lorde there is mercy and with him is plenteous redempcion And he shall redeme Israell from all his sinnes Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche doeste see that we haue no power of our selues to helpe our selues kepe thou vs both outwardelye in our bodyes and inwardelye in our soules that we may be defended from all aduersityes whiche may happen to the bodye and from all euyll thoughtes whiche may assault and hurt the soule through Iesus Christ c. The Epistle WE beseche you brethren and exhort you by the lorde Iesus that ye increase more and more euen as ye haue receyued of vs howe ye oughte to walke and to please God For ye know what commaundementes we gaue you by our Lord Iesu Christe For this is the will of God euen your holynes that ye shoulde abstayne from fornicacion and that euery one of you shoulde knowe howe to kepe his vessell in holynes and honour and not in the luste of concupiscence as do the Heathen which know not God that no man oppresse and defraude hys brother in bergaynyng because that the lord is the auēger of al such thinges as we tolde you before and testifyed For God hath not called vs vnto vnclennesse but vnto holynes He therfore that despyseth despyseth not manne but God whiche hath sente his holy spirite among you The Gospell IEsus wente thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon and beholde a woman of Canaan whiche came oute of the same coastes cryed vnto hym saying haue mercye on me O Lord thou sōne of Dauid My daughter is pieteously vexed with a deuyll But he aunswered her nothyng at all And hys disciples came and besought him saying send her awaye for she cryeth after vs. But he aunswered and sayd I am not sent but to the lost shepe of the house of Israell Then came she wurshipped him saying Lord help me He answered said it is not mete to take the childrens bread and cast it to dogges She answered and sayd truth Lorde for the dogges eate of the crummes which fal from theyr maisters table Then Iesus aunswered and said vnto her O woman great is thy faythe be it vnto thee euen as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole euen at the same time ¶ The .iii. Sonday GEue sentence with me O God and defende my cause agaynste the vngodly people Oh deliuer me from the deceiptfull and wicked man For thou arte the God of my strengthe why haste thou put me from thee and why goe I so heauely while the enemye oppresseth me Oh sende out thy light and thy trueth that they maye leade me bryng me vnto thy holy hyll to thy dwellyng And that I may goe vnto the aultare of God euen vnto the God of my ioye and gladnesse and vpon the harpe will I geue thankes vnto thee O God my God Why art thou so heauy O my soule and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet geue him thankes whiche is the helpe of my countenaunce and my God Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. WE beseche thee almightie God looke vpon the hartye desyres of thy humble seruauntes and stretche foorth the right hande of thy maiestie to be our defence agaynste all our enemyes through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle BE you the folowers of god as dere children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue himselfe for vs an offring a sacrifice of a swete sauour to god As for fornication al vnclennes or couetousnes let it not bee once named among you as it becūmeth sainctes or filthines or folish talking or iestyng whiche are not comely but rather geuyng of thankes For this ye knowe that no whoremonger eyther vncleane persone or couetous persone whiche is a wurshypper of ymages hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man deceiue you with vayne woordes For because of such thynges cummeth the wrath of God vpon the childrē of disobedience Be not ye therfore companions of them Ye were sumtyme darkenes but now are ye lighte in the Lord walke as children of lighte for the fruite of the spirite consisteth in all goodnes and righteousnes truth Accepte that whiche is pleasyng vnto the Lorde and haue no felowship with the vnfruitfull workes of darkenes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those thinges whiche are done of them in secrete but all thynges when they are brought furth by the light are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifeste thesame is lyghte wherefore he sayeth awake thou that slepest and stande vp from death and Christ shall geue thee light The Gospell IEsus was casting out a deuyl that was dumme And when he had cast out the deuill the dumme spake and the people woondered But some of them sayde he casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the chiefe of the deuils And other tempted hym and required of hym a sygne from heauen But he knowyng theyr thoughtes sayd vnto them Euerye kyngdome deuyded agaynste it selfe is desolate and one house doeth fall vpon another If Sathan also bee deuyded agaynste hymselfe howe shall hys kyngdome endure Because ye saye that I caste out deuilles throughe Beelzebub If I by
THrough thy moste dere beloued sonne Iesus Christe our Lord who after his moste glorious resurrecciō manifestly appered to all his disciples and in theyr sighte ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thither mighte we also ascende and reigne with him in glory Therefore c. ¶ Vpon Whitsondaye THroughe Iesus Christe our Lorde accordynge to whose moste true promyse the holy Ghoste came doune this daye from heauen with a sodaine great sounde as it had been a mightie wynde in the lykenes of fiery toungues lightynge vpon the Apostles to teache them and to leade them to all truethe geuyng them bothe the gifte of diuerse languages and also boldnes with feruente zeale constantly to preache the Ghospell vnto all nacions whereby we are brought out of darkenes and error into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee and of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therfore c. ¶ Vpon the feast of the Trinitie IT is very meete righte and our bounden duetie that we should at all tymes and in all places geue thankes to thee O Lorde almightie euerlastinge God which arte one God one Lorde not one onely person but three persones in one substaunce For that whiche we beleue of the glory of the father thesame we beleue of the sonne and of the holy ghoste without any difference or inequalitie whom the Angels c. After whiche preface shall folowe immediatly Therfore with Angels and Archangels and with al the holy companie of heauen we lande and magnifye thy glorious name euermore praysyng thee and sayinge ¶ Holy holy holy Lorde God of Hostes heauen and earth are full of thy glory Osanna in the higheste Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde Glory to thee O lorde in the highest This the Clearkes shall also syng ¶ When the Clearkes haue doen syngyng then shall the Priest or Deacon turne hym to the people and saye Let vs praye for the whole state of Christes churche ¶ Then the Priest turning hym to the Altar shall saye or syng plainly and distinctly this prayer folowyng ALmightie and euerlyuyng God whiche by thy holy Apostle haste taught vs to make prayers and supplicacions and to geue thankes for all menne We humbly beseche thee moste mercyfully to receyue these our prayers whiche we offre vnto thy diuine Maiestie besechyng thee to inspire continually the vniuersall churche with the spirite of truethe vnitie and concorde And graunt that all they that doe confesse thy holye name maye agre in the trueth of thy holye worde and liue in vnitie and godly loue Speciallye wee beseche thee to saue and defende thy seruaunte Edwarde our Kynge that vnder him we maye be Godly and quietely gouerned And graunte vnto his whole coūsaile and to all that bée put in authoritie vnder hym that they maye truely and indifferently minister iustice to the punishment of wickednesse and vice to the maintenaunce of Goddes true religion and vertue Geue grace O heauenly father to all Bishoppes Pastors and Curates that they maie bothe by their life and doctrine set furthe thy true liuely worde and rightely and duely administer thy holye Sacramentes And to all thy people geue thy heauenly grace that with meke hearte and due reuerence they maye heare and receiue thy holy worde truely seruynge thee in holynes and righteousnes all the dayes of their lyfe And wee moste humbly beseche thee of thy goodnes O Lorde to coumforte and succoure all thē whych in this transitory lyfe bee in trouble sorowe nede sycknes or any other aduersitie And especially we commend vnto thy mercifull goodnes thys congregacion whyche is here assembled in thy name to celebrate the commemoracion of the moste glorious deathe of thy sonne And here wee doe geue vnto thee moste high praise heartie thankes for the wonderfull grace and vertue declared in all thy sainctes from the begynninge of the worlde And chiefly in the glorious and most blessed virgin Mary mother of thy sonne Iesu Christ our Lord and God in the holy Patriarches Prophetes Apostles and Martirs whose examples O Lorde and stedfastnes in thy faythe and keping thy holye commaundementes graunte vs to folowe We commende vnto thy mercye O Lord all other thy seruauntes whiche are departed hence from vs with the signe of fayth and nowe do reste in the slepe of peace Graunte vnto them we beseche thee thy mercy and euerlastyng peace and that at the daie of the generall resurreccion we and all they whyche bee of the misticall body of thy sonne maye altogether bee set on his right hand and heare that his most ioyful voice Come vnto me O ye that be blessed of my father and possesse the kingdome whiche is prepared for you from the begynning of the worlde Graunte this O father for Iesus Christes sake our onely mediatour and aduocate O God heauenly father whiche of thy tender mercie diddeste geue thine only sonne Iesu Christ to suffer deathe vpon the crosse for our redempcion who made there by his one oblacion once offered a full perfect and sufficiente sacrifyce oblacion and satisfaccion for the sinnes of the whole worlde and did institute and in his holy Ghospell commaunde vs to celebrate a perpetuall memorye of that his precious deathe vntyll his comming againe Heare vs o mercifull father we beseche thee and with thy holy spirite and worde vouchsafe to bl ✚ esse and sanc ✚ tifie these thy gyftes and creatures of breade and wyne that they maye be vnto vs the bodye and bloud of thy moste derely beloued sonne Iesus Christe Who in the same nyghte that he was betrayed tooke breade and when he had blessed and geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to hys disciples saiynge Take eate this is my bodye whiche is geuen for you do this in remembraunce of me Likewyse after supper he toke the cuppe and whē he had geuen thankes he gaue it to them saiyng drynke ye all of this for this is my bloude of the newe Testament whyche is shed for you and for many for remission of sinnes do this as oft as you shall drinke it in remembraunce of me These wordes before rehersed are to be saied turning still to the Altar without any eleuacion or shewing the Sacrament to the people WHerefore O Lorde and heauenly father accordyng to the Instytucyon of thy derely beloued sonne our sauioure Iesu Christe we thy humble seruauntes doe celebrate and make here before thy diuine Maiestie with these thy holy giftes the memory all whyche thy sonne hath willed vs to make hauing in remembraunce his blessed passion mightie resurreccion and glorious ascencion renderynge vnto thee moste heartye thankes for the innumerable benefytes procured vnto vs by thesame entyerely desyrynge thy fatherly goodnes mercifully to accepte thys our Sacrifice of praise and thankes geuinge moste humblye besechinge thee to graunte that by the merites and deathe of thy sonne Iesus Christ and through faith in his bloud wee and all thy whole church may
thy mercy and euermore serue thee in purenes of lyuyng to thy honour and glory through our onely mediator and aduocate Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ALmightie God which haste geuen vs grace at this tyme with one accorde to make oure commune supplicacions vnto thee and doest promise that whan two or three be gathered in thy name thou wylt graunte theyr requestes fulfill nowe O Lorde the desyres and peticions of thy seruauntes as may be moste expedience for them grauntyng vs in this worlde knowlege of thy trueth and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen ⸪ ⧠OF THE ADMI ⧠nistracion of publyke Baptisme to be vsed in the Churche IT appeareth by auncient wryters that the Sacrament of Baptisme in the olde tyme was not commōlye ministred but at two tymes in the yeare at Easter and whitsontyde at whiche tymes it was openlye ministred in the presence of all the congregacion Whiche custome nowe beeynge growen out of vse although it cannot for many consideracions be well restored agayne yet it is thought good to folowe the same as nere as conueniently maye be Wherfore the people are to be admonished that it is moste conueniente that Baptisme shoulde not be ministred but vpon Sondayes and other holye dayes when the moste numbre of people maye come together As well for that the congregacion there present maye testifie the receyuyng of them that be newely Baptised into the numbre of Christes Churche as also because in the Baytisme of Infantes euery manne present maye be put in remembraunce of his owne profession made to God in hys Baptisme For whiche cause also it is expedient that Baptisme be ministred in the Englishe tounge Neuerthelesse yf necessitie so require children oughte at all tymes to be Baptised eyther at the Churche or els at home ⧠PVBLIKE BAPTISME ⧠When there are children to be Baptised vpon the Sonday or holy daye the parentes shall geue knowlege ouer nyght or in the mornyng afore the beginnyng of Mattens to the curate And then the Godfathers Godmothers and people wyth the children muste be ready at the churche doore either immediatly afore the last Canticle at Mattens or els immediatly afore the last Canticle at Euensong as the Curate by hys discrecion shal appoynte And then standyng there the pryest shall aske whether the chyldren bee Baptised or no. If they aunswere No. Then shall the priest saye thus DEare beloued forasmuche as al men be conceyued and borne in sinne and that no man borne in synne can entre into the kyngdom of God except he be regenerate and borne a newe of water and the holy ghost I beseche you to cal vpon God the father through our Lord Iesus Christ that of his bounteouse mercy he wyl graūt to these childrē that thing whiche by nature they cannot haue that is to saye they maye be Baptized with the holy ghost and receyued into Christes holy churche and bee made lyuely membres of the same Then the priest shall saye Let vs praye ALmyghtie and euerlasting God which of thy iustice dyddest destroy by floudes of water the whole worlde for sinne except .viii. persones whome of thy mercy the same tyme thou diddest saue in the Arke And when thou dyddest drowne in the reade sea wicked King Pharao with all his armie yet at the same time thou diddest lead thy people the children of Israel safely through the myddes therof whereby thou diddest figure the washing of thy holy baptisme by the baptisme of thy welbeloued sonne Iesus Christ thou diddest sanctifie the flud Iordan all other waters to this misticall washing away of sinne we beseche thee for thy infinite mercies that thou wilte mercifully looke vpon these children and sanctifie them with thy holy gost that by this holsome lauer of regeneration whatsoeuer synne is in them maye be washed cleane away that they beyng deliuered from thy wrath may be receyued into tharke of Christes Church and so saued from peryshing and being feruente in spirite stedfaste in fayth ioyfull through hope rooted in charite maye euer serue thee And finally attayne to euerlasting lyfe with all thy holy and chosen people This graunte vs we beseche thee for Iesus Christes sake our Lord. Amen ¶ Here shall the prieste aske what shal be the name of the childe and when the Godfathers and Godmothers haue tolde the name then he shall make a crosse vpon the childes foreheade and breste saying ¶ N. Receyue the signe of the holy Crosse both in thy forehead and in thy breste in token that thou shalt not be ashamed to confesse thy faith in Christ crucified and manfully to fyght vnder his banner agaynst sinne the worlde and the deuill and to continewe his faythful soldiour and seruaunt vnto thy lyfes ende Amen And this he shall doe and saye to as many children as bee present to be Baptised one after another Let vs praye ALmightie and immortall God the ayde of al that nede the helper of all that flee to thee for succour the life of them that beleue and the resurreccion of the deade we call vpon thee for these infantes that they cummyng to thy holy Baptisme may receyue remission of their sinnes by spirituall regeneracion Receyue them O Lorde as thou haste promised by thy welbeloued sonne saying Aske and you shall haue seke and you shall finde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you So geue nowe vnto vs that aske Lette vs that seke finde open thy gate vnto vs that knocke that these infantes maye enioy the euerlasting benediccion of thy heauenly washing and may come to the eternall kyngdome whiche thou haste promysed by Christe our Lorde Amen Then let the prieste lokyng vpon the children saye I Commaunde thee vnclene spirite in the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy goste that thou come oute and departe from these infantes whom our Lorde Iesus Christe hathe vouchesaued to call to his holye Baptisme to be made membres of his bodye and of his holye congregacion Therefore thou cursed spirit remembre thy sentence remembre thy iudgement remembre the daye to be at hand wherin thou shalt burne in fyre euerlasting prepared for thee and thy Aungels And presume not hereafter to exercise anye tirannye towarde these infantes whom Christe hathe bought with his precious bloud and by this his holy Baptisme calleth to be of his flocke Then shall the priest saye The Lorde be with you The people And with thy spirite The Minister ¶ Heare nowe the gospell written by S. Marke AT a certayne tyme they broughte children to Christe that he shoulde touche them and hys dysciples rebuked those that broughte them But when Iesus sawe it he was displeased and sayed vnto them suffre litle children to come vnto me and forbyd them not for to suche belongeth the kyngdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doeth not receyue the kyngdome of God as a litle child he shall not entre therin And when he had taken them vp in his armes he