all angels crye alowde the heauens and al the powers therein To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do crye Holy holy holy Lord God of Sabaoth Heauen earth are full of the maiestie of thy glory The glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee The goodly felowship of the prophets prayse thee The noble armie of martyrs prayse thee The holy Church throughout all the worlde doeth knowledge thee The father of an infinite maiestie Thy honorable true and onely sonne Also the holy ghost the comforter Thou art the King of glory O Christ Thou art the euerlasting sonne of the father When thou tookest vpon thee to deliuer man thou diddest not abhorre the Virgins wombe When thou haddest ouercome the sharpenes of death thou diddest open the kingdome of heauen to all beleeuers Thou sittest on the right hand of God in the glorie of the father We beleeue that thou shalt come to be our Iudge We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be numbred with thy saints in glory euerlasting O Lord saue thy people blesse thine heritage Gouerne them and lift them vp for euer Day by day we magnifie thee And we worship thy name euer world without ende Vouchsafe O Lord to keepe vs this day without sinne O Lord haue mercy vpō vs haue mercy vpō vs. O Lorde let thy mercy lighten vpon vs as our trust is in thee O Lorde in thee haue I trusted let me neuer be confounded The second Lesson taken out of the Epistle of S. Paul to the Romanes the xiii Chapter LEt euery soule be subiect vnto the higher powers for there is no power but of God and the powers that be are ordeyned of God Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shal receiue to themselues iudgement For Princes are not to be feared for good workes but for euil Wilt thou then be without feare of the power do wel so shalt thou haue prayse of the same For he is the minister of God for thy wealth but if thou doe euil feare for he beareth not the sworde for nought for he is the minister of God to take vengeance on him that doeth euill Wherefore ye must bee subiect not because of wrath onely but also for conscience sake For for this cause ye pay also tribute for they are Gods ministers applying themselues for the same thing Giue to all men therefore their duetie tribute to whom ye owe tribute custome to whom custome feare to whom feare honour to whom ye owe honour Owe nothing to any man but to loue one another for he that loueth another hath fulfilled the Lawe For this Thou shalt not commit adulterie Thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnes Thou shalt not couet and if there be any other commaundement it is briefly cōprehended in this saying euen in this Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Loue doth not euill to his neighbour therefore is loue the fulfilling of the Lawe And that considering the season that it is nowe time that we shoulde arise from sleepe for nowe is our saluation neerer then when we beleeued it The night is past and the day is at hand let vs therefore cast away the workes of darkenesse and let vs put on the armour of light So that we walke honestly as in the day not in gluttonie and drunkennesse neither in chambering and wantonnes nor in strife and enuying But put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ and take no thought for the flesh to fulfill the lustes of it Or the C. Psalme O Be ioyfull in the Lord all ye landes serue the Lord with gladnes and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the Lorde he is God it is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture O goe your way into his gates with thankesgiuing and into his courtes with prayse be thankfull vnto him and speake good of his name For the Lorde is gracious his mercie is euerlasting and his trueth endureth from generation to generation Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. I Beleeue in God the father almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onelie sonne our Lorde which was conceyued by the holy ghost borne of the virgine Marie suffered vnder Ponce Pilate was crucified dead and buried hee descended into hell the thirde daye he rose againe from the dead he ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of God the father almightie from thence shal he come to iudge the quicke the dead I beleeue in the holy ghost the holy Catholike Church the communion of saints the forgiuenesse of sinnes the resurrection of the body and the life euerlasting Amen And after that these prayers following aswell at Euening prayer as at Morning prayer all deuoutly kneeling The Minister first pronouncing with a loude voyce The Lord be with you People And with thy spirit Minister Let vs pray Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Our father which art in heauen c. Minister O Lord shewe thy mercy vpon vs. People And graunt vs thy saluation Minister O Lord saue the Queene People Who putteth her trust in thee Minister Sende her helpe from thy holy place People And euermore mightily defende her Minister Let the enemies haue none aduantage on her People Let not the wicked approche to hurt her Minister Indue thy ministers with righteousnes People And make thy chosen people ioyfull Minister O Lord saue thy people People And blesse thine inheritance Minister Giue peace in our time O Lord. People Because there is none other that fighteth for vs but onely thou O God Minister O God make cleane our hearts within vs. People And take not thy holy spirite from vs. A prayer for the Queenes Maiestie O Lorde our heauenly father high and mightie King of kings Lorde of lordes the onely ruler of Princes which doest from thy throne beholde all the dwellers vpon the earth most hartily we beseech thee with thy fauour to behold our most gracious soueraigne Ladie Queene Elizabeth and so replenish her with the grace of thy holy spirit that she may alway incline to thy will and walke in thy way indue her plentifully with heauenly giftes graunt her in health wealth long to liue strength her that she may vanquish and ouercome all her enemies and finally after this life she may attayne euerlasting ioye and felicitie through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen The second Collect for peace O God which art authour of peace and louer of concorde in knowledge of whome standeth our eternall life whose seruice is perfite freedome defende vs thy humble seruants in al assaults of our enemies that we surely trusting in thy defence may not feare the power of any aduersaries through the might
of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorowfull mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in al our troubles and aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs and graciously heare vs that those euils which the craft and subtiltye of the deuil or man worketh against vs be brought to nought by the prouidence of thy goodnesse they may be dispersed that wee thy seruantes being hurt by no persecutions may euermore giue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. O Lorde arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy names sake O God we haue heard with our eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble works that thou didest in their dayes and in the old time before them O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thine honour Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. From our enemies defend vs O Christ Graciously looke vpon our afflictions Pitifully beholde the sorowes of our hearts Mercifully forgiue the sinnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers O sonne of Dauid haue mercie vpon vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Lord Christ The versicle O Lord let thy mercie be shewed vpon vs. The answere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humbly beseech thee O father mercifully to looke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy names sake turne from vs all those euils that we most righteously haue deserued and graunt that in al our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue thee in holinesse and purenesse of liuing to thy honour and glorye through our onely mediatour and Aduocate Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen Psal 66. c. 14. O Come hither and hearken all ye that feare God and we wil tell you what hee hath done for our soules Psal 59. a. 3. 71. b 9.10 When men of power were gathered against vs and lay in waite for our soules they tooke counsel together saying God hath forsaken them persecute them and take them for there is none to deliuer them Psal 22. b. 12. 56. a. 1.2 Our enemies closed vs in on euery side they gaped vpon vs with their mouthes as it were ramping and roaring Lions seeking to deuoure vs and to swalow vs vp Psal 44. d. 20. We were counted euen as sheepe appoynted to be slaine many of vs were for thy sake killed all the day long Psal 107. a. 4 44. d. 22. And many went astray in the wildernes wandring hungrie and thirstie in strange landes our soules fainted in vs and were brought lowe euen vnto the very dust Psal 18. a. 3.4 For why the snares and sorowes of death compassed vs and the ouerflowings of vngodlinesse made vs afraide Psal 18. a. 5. 107. b. 12. Then we made our complaint vnto our God and cryed vnto the Lorde in our trouble and he heard the voyce of our prayer out of his holy temple and deliuered vs out of our distresse Psal 107. a. 3. He gathered vs home againe out of the landes from the East and from the West from the North and from the South Psal 116. b. 8. 4. a. 1. 18. d. 27. He deliuered our soules from death our eies from teares and our feete from falling hee hath set vs at libertie he hath light our candle the Lord our God hath made our darkenesse to be light Psal 18. g. 47. 59. c. 16. Wherefore wee will giue thankes vnto thee O Lorde sing prayses vnto thy name we will sing of thy power and prayse thy mercie betimes in the morning for thou hast bene our defence and refuge in the time of trouble Psal 118. O giue thankes vnto the Lorde for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghost As it was in the beginning is nowe euer shal be world without ende Amen Let vs pray O Lorde God most mercifull father who as vpon this day placing thy seruant our Souereigne and gracious Queene Elizabeth in the kingdome diddest deliuer thy people of England from danger of warre and oppression both of bodies by tyrannie and of conscience by superstition restoring peace and true religion with libertie both of bodies and mindes and hast continued the same thy blessings without all desert on our parte nowe by the space of these * Encrease this nomber according to the yeeres of her Maiesties reigne twentie yeeres we who are in memory of these thy great benefites assembled here together most humbly beseeche thy fatherly goodnesse to graunt vs grace that we may in woorde deede and heart shew our selues thankfull and obedient vnto thee for the same that our Queene through thy grace may in al honour goodnesse and godlines long and many yeeres reigne ouer vs and we obey and enioy her with the continuance of thy great blessings which thou hast by her thy minister powred vpon vs This we beseech thee to graunt vnto vs for thy deare sonne Iesus Christes sake our Lord and Sauiour Amen ALmightie and euerlasting God which onely workest great maruayles sende downe vpon our Bishops and Curates and all congregations committed to their charge the healthful spirit of thy grace and that they may truely please thee powre vpon them the continuall dewe of thy blessing Graunt this O Lord for the honour of our aduocate and mediator Iesus Christ Amen In the time of any common plague or sickenesse O Almightie God which in thy wrath in the time of King Dauid diddest slay with the plague of pestilence three score and ten thousand and yet remembring thy mercie diddest saue the rest haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners that nowe are visited with great sicknesse and mortalitie that like as thou diddest then commaunde thine Angell to ceasse from punishing so it may nowe please thee to withdrawe from vs this plague and grieuous sicknes through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A prayer of Chrisostome ALmightie God which hast giuen vs grace at this time with one accorde to make our common supplications vnto thee doest promise that when two or three be gathered together in thy name thou wilt graunt their requests fulfill now O Lorde the desires and petitions of thy seruants as may be most expedient for them graunting vs in this world knowledge of thy trueth and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlasting Amen THe grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ and the loue of God and the felowship of the holy ghost be with vs all euermore Amen OVr Father which art in heauen halowed be thy name Thy kingdome come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Giue vs this day our dayly bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that
trespasse agaynst vs. And leade vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euill Amen ALmightie God vnto whom al hearts be open al desires knowen and from whom no secrets are hid cleanse the thoughtes of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy spirite that we may perfectly loue thee worthily magnifie thy holy name through Christ our Lord Amen Minister GOD spake these wordes and sayd I am the Lord thy GOD Thou shalt haue none other gods but me People Lorde haue mercie vpon vs and encline our hearts to keepe this lawe Minister Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen image nor the likenes of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath or in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not bow downe to them nor worship them For I the Lorde thy God am a gelous God and visite the sinne of the fathers vpon the children vnto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shewe mercie vnto thousandes in them that loue me keepe my commaundements People Lorde haue mercie vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vayne For the Lord will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne People Lorde haue mercie vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabboth day Sixe daies shalt thou labour do all that thou hast to do but the seuenth day is the Sabboth of the Lorde thy God In it thou shalt doo no maner of woorke thou thy sonne thy daughter thy man seruant thy maide seruant thy cattell the stranger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth the sea and al that in them is and resteth the seuenth day Wherefore the Lorde blessed the seuenth day and halowed it People Lorde haue mercie vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long in the lande which the Lord thy God giueth thee People Lorde haue mercie vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt do no murder People Lord haue mercie vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not commit adulterie People Lord haue mercie vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not steale People Lord haue mercie vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agaynst thy neighbour People Lorde haue mercie vpon vs and encline our hearts to keepe this lawe Minister Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours house Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours wyfe nor his seruant nor his maide nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thing that is his People Lord haue mercie vpon vs and write all these thy lawes in our hearts we beseech thee ¶ Let vs pray ALmightie GOD whose kyngdome is euerlasting and power infinite haue mercie vpon the whole congregation and so rule the heart of thy chosen seruant Elizabeth our Queene and gouernour that she knowing whose minister she is may aboue all thinges seeke thy honour and glory and that we her subiectes duely consydering whose authoritie she hath may faythfully serue honour and humbly obey her in thee and for thee according to thy blessed woord ordinance through Iesus Christe our Lorde who with thee and the holy ghost lyueth and reigneth euer one God worlde without ende Amen STyrre vp we beseech thee O Lorde the willes of thy faithful people that they plenteously bringyng foorth the fruite of good workes may of thee be plenteously rewarded through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle 1. Pet. 2.11 DEarely beloued I beseech you as strangers pilgrims absteine from fleshly lustes which fight against the soule verse 12 And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers may by your good workes which they shall see glorifie God in the day of the visitation verse 13 Submit your selues vnto al maner ordinance of man for the Lordes sake whether it bee vnto the king as vnto the superiour Or vnto gouernours verse 14 as vnto them that are sent of him for the punishment of euil doers and for the prayse of them that do wel verse 15 For so is the will of God that by wel doing ye may put to silence the ignorāce of the foolish men As free verse 16 not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but as the seruants of God Honour all men verse 17 loue brotherly felowship feare God honour the King The Gospel Mat. 22.16 ANd they sent vnto him their disciples with the Herodians saying Master wee knowe that thou art true teachest the way of God truely neither carest for any man for thou considerest not the person of men Tel vs therefore verse 17 how thinkest thou Is it lawful to giue tribute vnto Cesar or not But Iesus perceiued their wickednes verse 18 and sayd Why tempt ye me ye hypocrites verse 19 Shew me the tribute money And they brought him a peny And he sayd vnto them verse 20 Whose is this image superscription They sayde vnto him Cesars verse 21 Then sayd he vnto them Giue therefore to Cesar the things which are Cesars and giue vnto God those things which are Gods And whē they heard it verse 22 they marueiled left him and went their way I Beleue in one God the father almightie maker of heauen and earth of al thinges visible inuisible and in one Lord Iesus Christ the onely begotten sonne of God begotten of his father before all worldes God of God lyght of lyght very God of very God begotten not made being of one substance with the father by whome al thinges were made who for vs men and for our saluation came downe from heauen and was incarnate by the holy ghost of the virgin Marie and was made man was crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate He suffered and was buried and the thirde day he rose agayne according to the scriptures ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hande of the father And he shal come againe with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead whose kyngdome shal haue no ende And I beleeue in the holy ghost the Lord and giuer of lyfe who proceedeth from the father and the sonne who with the father the sonne together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophetes And I beleeue one Catholique and Apostolique Church I acknowledge one baptisme for the remission of sinnes And I looke for the resurrection of the dead the life of the world to come Amen Mat. 5. LEt your light so shine before men that they may see your good workes and glorifie your father which is in heauen Let vs pray for the whole state of Christes Church militant here in earth ALmightie and euerliuing God which by thy holy apostle hast taught vs to make prayers
putteth his trust in the Lorde and in the mercy of the most highest he shall not miscarie All thine enemies shall feele thy hande thy right hand shall finde out them that hate thee Thou shalt make them like a fiery ouen in time of thy wrath the Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure and the fire shall consume them Their fruit shalt thou roote out of the earth and their seede from among the children of men For they intended mischiefe against thee and imagined such a deuice as they are not able to perfourme Therefore shalt thou put them to flight and the stringes of thy bowe shalt thou make readie against the face of them Be thou exalted Lord in thine owne strength so will we sing and praise thy power Benedixisti domine Psal 85. LOrd thou art become gracious vnto thy lande thou hast turned away the captiuitie of Iacob Thou hast forgiuen the offence of thy people and couered all their sinnes Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure turned thy selfe from thy wrathfull indignation Turne vs then O God our sauiour and let thine anger cease from vs. Wilt thou be displeased at vs for euer and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another Wilt thou not turne againe and quicken vs that thy people may reioyce in thee Shewe vs thy mercy O Lorde and graunt vs thy saluation I wil hearken what the Lord God wil say concerning me for he shall speake peace vnto his people to his saints that they turne not againe For his saluation is nygh them that feare him that glory may dwell in our land Mercy and trueth are met together righteousnesse and peace haue kyssed eche other Trueth shall florish out of the earth and righteousnesse hath looked downe from heauen Yea the Lorde shall shewe louing kindnesse and our lande shall giue her encrease Righteousnesse shall go before him and he shall direct his going in the way Nisi quia dominus Psalm 124. IF the Lord him selfe had not byn on our side now may Israel say if the Lord him selfe had not bin on our side when men rose vp against vs. They had swalowed vs vp quicke when they were so wrathfully displeased at vs. Yea the waters had drowned vs the streame had gone ouer our soule The deepe waters of the proude had gone euen ouer our soule But praysed be the Lorde which hath not giuen vs ouer for a pray vnto their teeth Our soule is escaped euen as a birde out of the snare of the fowler the snare is broken and we are deliuered Our helpe standeth in the name of the Lorde which hath made heauen and earth ¶ The first Lesson taken out of the xvii xviii.xix and xx Chapters of the second booke of the Chronicles 2. Chr. cha 17. vers 1. a. 3. c. IEhosaphat the sonne of Asa reigned ouer Iuda And the Lorde was with him because he walked in the former wayes of his father Dauid and sought not Baalim But sought the Lorde God of his father and walked in his commaundements and not after the doings of Israel And the Lorde stablished the kingdome in his hand and al Iuda brought him presents so that he had abundance of riches and honour And he lift vp his heart vnto the waies of the Lord and he put downe yet more of the high places and groues out of Iuda In the thirde yeere of his reigne he sent to his Lordes euen to Benhail Obadia Zacharia Nethanel to Michaia that they should teach in the cities of Iuda And with them he sent Leuites euen Semaia Nethania Zebadia Asael Semiramoth Iehonathan Adonia Tobia and Tobadonia Leuites and with them Elisama and Ioram Priests And they taught in Iuda and had the booke of the lawe of God with them and went about throughout all the cities of Iuda and taught the people And the feare of the Lorde fell vpon all the kingdomes of the lands that were round about Iuda and they fought not against Iehosaphat 2. Chro. chap. 18. vers 3. a. 31. c. And when Iehosaphat taking part with Achab in his warres against the king of Syria was in great danger to be slayne he cryed vnto the Lorde and the Lorde helped him and chased his enemies away from him but wicked Achab king of Israel was there slaine 2. Chro. chap. 19. vers 1.4 a. c. And Iehosaphat came home againe in peace to Hierusalem dwelt there And Iehosaphat went out to the people from Beerseba to mount Ephraim and brought them againe vnto the Lorde God of their fathers And he set Iudges in the Lande throughout all the strong cities of Iuda citie by citie and sayd to the iudges Take heede what ye do for ye execute not the iudgementes of man but of God which is with you in the iudgement Wherefore now let the feare of the Lorde be vpon you and take heede and be doing the thing that pleaseth him for there is no vnrighteousnes with the Lorde our God that he should haue any respect of persons or take rewardes Moreouer in Hierusalem did Iehosaphat set of the Leuites and of the Priestes and of the ancient fathers ouer Israel in the iudgement and cause of the Lord and they returned againe to Hierusalem And hee charged them saying Thus shal ye do in the feare of the Lord faythfully with a pure heart What cause soeuer come to you of your brethren that dwel in their cities betweene bloud bloud betweene lawe and commaundment betweene statutes and ordinances yee shall warne them that they trespasse not against the Lorde and so wrath come vpon you and your brethren thus do and ye shal not offend And beholde Amaria the high priest is among you in al matters of the Lord Zebadia the sonne of Ismael a ruler of the house of Iuda for al the Kinges matters there be officers of the Leuites also before you take courage to you therefore and be doing manfully and the Lord shal be with such as be good After this there came an exceeding great armie of the Moabites and Ammonites against Iehosaphat And Iehosaphat feared 2. Chro. chap. 20. vers 1.2.3 a. set himselfe to seeke the Lord and proclaimed fasting throughout al Iuda And he with all Iuda a. 5. c. 18. and the inhabitantes of Hierusalem prayed and fell before the Lorde worshipping the Lord. d. 22. c. And the enemies fel out amongst themselues and slue one another vntill they were al destroyed And Iehosaphat and his people had the spoyle of goods rayment iewels more then they could carrie away And they blessed the Lord and called the place The valley of blessing vnto this day And they returned to Hierusalem with great ioy gladnes And the feare of God fel on the kingdoms of al landes when they had heard that the Lorde fought against the enemies of Israel And so the Realme of Iehosaphat was in tranquillitie and his