thee that although we for oure iniquities haue woorthelye deserued this plague of rayne and waters yet vpon our true repentaunce thou wilt sende vs suche wether wher by we maye receiue the fruites of the earthe in due season and learne bothe by thy punishment to amende our liues and by the grauntinge of our peticion to geue thee prayse and glorye Through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ Vpon wednesdaies frydaies the Englishe Letanie shal be saied or song in all places after suche forme as is appoynted by the kynges maiesties Iniunccions Or as is or shall be otherwise appoynted by his highnes And thoughe there be none to cōmunicate wyth the Prieste yet these dayes after the Letany ended the Prieste shall put vpon him a plain Albe or surplesse with a cope and saie all thinges at the Altare appoynted to bee sayde at the celebracion of the lordes supper vntill after the offertory And then shall adde one or two of the Collectes afore written as occasion shall serue by hys discrecion And then turning him to the people shall let them departe with the accustomed blessing And the same order shal be vsed all other daies whensoeuer the people be customably assembled to praye in the church and none disposed to communicate with the Prieste Lykewyse in Chappelles annexed and all other places there shal be no celebracion of the Lordes supper excepte there be some to communicate with the priest And in suche Chappelles annexed where the people hath not been accustomed to pay any holy bread there they must either make some charitable prouision for the beryng of the charges of the Communion or els for receyuyng of thesame resorte to their parishe Churche For auoydyng of all matters and occasion of discencion it is mere that the bread prepared for the Cōmunion be made through all this realme after one sorte and fashion that is to say vnleauened and rounde as it was afore but without all maner of printe and some thing more larger and thicker then it was so that it may be aptly deuided in diuers pieces and euery one shal be deuided in two pieces at the leaste or more by the discrecion of the minister and so distributed And men must not thinke lesse to be receiued in parte then in the whole but in eche of them the whole body of our sauioure Iesu Christe And forsomuche as the Pastours Curates within this realme shall continually fynde at their costes and charges in their cures sufficient bread and wine for the holy Communion as oft as their Parishioners shal be disposed for their spirituall comforte to receiue the same it is therfore ordred that in recompēce of such costes and charges the Parishioners of euery Parishe shall offre euery Sonday at the tyme of the Offertory the iust valour and pryce of the holy lofe with all suche money and other thynges as were wont to be offered with the same to the vse of their Pastours and Curates and that in suche ordre and course as they were wonte to fynde and pay the sayed holy lofe Also that the receyuing of the Sacramente of the blessed body and bloud of Christ may be moste agreable to the institucion therof and to the vsage of the primatiue Churche In all Cathedrall and Collegiate churches there shall alwayes some Communicate with the priest that ministreth And that thesame may be also obserued euery where abrode in the countrey Some one at the least of that house in euery paryshe to whom by course after the ordynaunce herein made it apperteyneth to offer for the charges of the Communion or some other whom they shall prouyde to offre for them shal receiue the holy Communion with the priest the which maye bee the better done for that they knowe before when theyr course commeth and may therfore dispose themselfes to the worthy receyuing of the Sacramente And with him or them who doeth so offre the charges of the Communion all other who be then Godly disposed therunto shall lykewise receiue the Communion And by this meanes the Minister hauyng alwayes some to communicate with him may accordingly solempnise so high and holy misteries with al the suffrages due ordre appointed for the same And the priest on the weke day shal forbeare to celebrate the Comnion excepte he haue some that will communicate with him Furthermore euery man and woman to be bound to heare and be at the diuine seruice in the Parishe churche where they be resident and there with deuout prayer or Godlye silence and meditacion to occupy themselues There to pay their dueties to communicate once in the yeare at the least and there to receyue and take all other Sacramentes and rites in this booke appoynted And whosoeuer willingly vpon no iust cause doeth absent themselfes or doeth vngodly in the Parishe churche occupy thēselues vpon proffe therof by the Ecclesiasticall lawes of the Realme to bee excōmunicate or suffre other punishement as shal to the Ecclesiastical iudge accordyng to his discrecion seme conuenient And although it bee read in aunciente writers that the people many yeares past receiued at the priestes handes the Sacramēt of the body of Christ in theyr owne handes no commaundement of Christ to the contrary Yet forasmuche as they many tymes conueyghed thesame secretelye awaye kept it with them and diuersly abused it to supersticion and wickednes lest any suche thing hereafter should be attempted and that an vniformitie might be vsed throughout the whole Realment is thought cōuenient the people commonly receiue the Sacrament of Christes body in their mouthes at the Priestes hande ⧠The Letany and Suffrages O GOD the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost procedyng from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and gloryous Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and gloryous Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners Remembre not Lorde our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeaunce of our sinnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou haste redemed with thy moste precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From all euill and mischiefe from synne from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrathe and from euerlastyng damnacion Good Lorde deliuer vs. From blindnes of heart from pryde vainglory Hypocrisy from enuy hatred and malice and all vncharitablenes Good Lorde deliuer vs. From fornicacion and all other deadly synne and from al the deceytes of the worlde the fleshe and the deuill Good
is now their God As for our God he is in heauen he hath done whatsoeuer pleased hym Their Idoles are siluer and golde euen the woorke of mens handes They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue they and see not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they and smell not They haue handes and handle not feete haue they and walke not neyther speake they through their throte They that make them are lyke vnto them and so are all suche as put their trust in them But the house of Israell trust thou in the Lorde he is their succour and defence Ye house of Aaron put your trust in the Lord he is their helper and defender Ye that feare the Lorde trust ye in the Lord he is their helper and defender The Lorde hath bene myndfull of vs and he shall blesse vs euen he shall blesse the house of Israell he shall blesse the house of Aaron He shall blesse thē that feare the Lorde both small and greate The Lorde shall encreace you more and more you and your children Ye are the blessed of the Lord whiche made heauen and yearth All the whole heauens are the Lordes the yearth hath He geuen vnto the children of men The dead prayse not thee O Lord neither al they that goe downe into the silence But we wyll prayse the Lorde from this time foorth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. Amen The Collect. O Almyghtie and euerlasting God whiche hast geuen grace to thy apostle Bartholomewe truelye to beleue and to preache thy worde graūt we beseche thee vnto thy churche both to loue that he beleued to preache that he taught through Christe our Lorde The Epistle BY the handes of the Apostles were manye sygnes and wonders shewed among the people And they were all together with one accorde in Salomons porche And of other durst no man ioine hymselfe to them neuertheles the people magnified them The noumber of thē that beleued in the Lord both of men weomē grewe more more in so muche that they brought the sicke into the stretes and laied them on beddes and couches that at the least way the shadow of Peter whē he came by myght shadow some of them and that they might al be deliuered from their infirmites There came also a multitude out of the cities rounde about vnto Ierusalem bringyng sicke folkes and them which were vexed with vncleane spirites And they were healed euery one The Gospell ANd there was a stryfe amonge them which of them shoulde seme to be the greateste And he sayd vnto them the kynges of nacions reigne ouer them and they that haue authoritie vpon them are called gracious Lordes But ye shal not be so But he that is greatest among you shal be as the younger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doeth 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 temptacions And I appointe vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appoynted to me that ye may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome sit on seates iudgeing the twelue Tribes of Israell ¶ Sainct Mathewe O Prayse the lorde all ye heathen prayse him al ye nacions For his mercifull kindnes is euer more and more to warde vs and the trueth of the Lorde endureth for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightie God whiche by thy blessed sonne diddest call Mathewe from the receipte of custome to be an Apostle and Euāgelist Graunt vs grace to forsake all couetous desyres and inordinate loue of riches and to folowe thy sayed sonne Iesus Christ who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle SEyng that we haue suche an office euen as God hath had mercye on vs we go not out of kynde but haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye and walke not in craftines neyther handle we the worde of God deceiptfully but open the trueth reporte our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God If our gospell be yet hid it is hid among them that are lost in whom the God of this worlde hath blinded the mindes of them whiche beleue not leste the light of the gospell of the glory of Christe whiche is the image of God should shyne vnto them For we preache not our selues but Christe Iesus to be the Lorde and oure selues youre seruauntes for Iesus sake For it is God that commaunded the light to shyne out of darkenes whiche hath shyned in our heartes for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christe The Gospell ANd as Iesus passed forth from thence he sawe a man named Mathewe sitting at the receipt of custome and hesaid vnto him folow me And he arose and folowed him And it came to passe as Iesus sate at meate in his house beholde many Publicans also and sinners that came sate downe with Iesus and his disciples And when the Phariseis sawe it they said vnto his disciples why eateth your Maister with Publicanes and sinners But when Iesus heard that he saied vnto them They that be strong nede not the phisicion but they that are sicke Goe ye rather and learne what that meaneth I wil haue mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but synners to repentaunce Sainct Michael and all Angels ¶ At the communion PRayse the Lorde ye seruauntes O prayse the name of the Lorde Blessed be the name of the Lorde from this tyme furth for euermore The Lordes name is praysed from the rysyng vp of the Sunne vnto the goyng downe of the same The Lorde is hye aboue all heathen and his glory aboue the heauens Who is lyke vnto the Lorde our God that hath his dwellyng so hye and yet humbleth hymselfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and earth He taketh vp the symple out of the dust and lifteth the poore out of the myre That he may set hym with the princes euen with the princes of his people He maketh the baren woman to kepe house and to be a ioyfull mother of children Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. EVerlasting God whiche haste ordained and constituted the seruices of all Angels and men in a wonderfull ordre mercifully graunt that they whiche alwaye doe thee seruice in heauen may by thy appointment succour and defende vs in earth through Iesus Christe our Lorde c. The Epistle THere was a great battaile in heauen Michael and his Angels fought with the Dragō and the Dragon fought
the gouernaunce of his holy spirite sekyng alwaies his glorie and seruing hym duely in our vocacion with thankes geuing This if we doe Christe will deliuer vs from the curse of the lawe and from the extreme malediccion whiche shal lyght vpon them that shal bee set on the left hand and he will set vs on his right hand and geue vs the blessed benediccion of his father commaunding vs to take possession of his glorious kyngdome vnto the whiche he vouchsafe to bring vs all for his infinite mercie Amen ¶ Then shall they all kneele vpon theyr knees And the prieste and clearkes kneeling where they are accustomed to saye the letanie shall saye this psalme HAue mercie vpon me O God after thy greate goodnesse according vnto the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences Washe me throwly fro my wickednes and clense me from my synne For I knowlage my faultes and my sinne is euer before me Against thee only haue I synned and done this euill in thy syght that thou myghtest bee iustified in thy saying and clere when thou art iudged Behold I was shapen in wickednes and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me But loe thou requirest trueth in the inward partes and shalte make me to vnderstande wysedome secretelye Thou shalt pourge me with Hope and I shall bee cleane thou shalt washe me and I shall bee whyter then snowe Thou shalte make me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones whiche thou haste broken maye reioyce Turne thy face from my synnes and putte out all my mysdedes Make me a cleane hearte O God and renue a ryght spirite within me Caste me not awaye from thy presence and take not thy holy spirite from me O geue me the coumforte of thy helpe agayne and stablishe me with thy free spirite Then shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shall bee conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloud giltinesse O God thou that art the god of my health and my toungue shall syng of thy righteousnesse Thou shalt open my lippes O Lorde my mouthe shall shewe thy prayse For thou desyreste no sacrifice els woulde I geue it thee but thou deliteste not in burnt offeryng The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirite a broken and a contrite herte O God shalt thou not despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the walles of Hierusalem Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifyce of righteousnesse with the burnt offerynges and oblacions then shall they offre young bullockes vpon thyne aultare Glorye be tho the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the begynning is nowe euer shal be worlde without ende Amen ¶ Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Christe haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But delyuer vs from euil Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruauntes Aunswere Whyche put theyr trust in thee Minister Sende vnto them helpe from aboue Aunswere And euermore mightily defende them Minister Helpe vs O God our sauiour Aunswere And for the glory of thy names sake delyuer vs be mercyfull vnto vs synners for thy names sake Minister O Lorde heare my prayer Aunswere And let my crye come to thee Let vs praye O Lord we besech thee mercifully heare our praiers and spare all those whiche confesse theyr synnes to thee that they whose consciences by synne are accused by thy mercyfull pardon may be absolued through Christe oure Lorde Amen O Most mightie God and mercyfull father whiche hast compassion of al menne and hateste nothing that thou haste made which wouldeste not the death of a synner but that he should rather turne from synne bee saued mercyfully forgeue vs our trespasses receyue and coumforte vs which be grieued and weried with the burdē of our synne Thy propertie is to haue mercie to thee onely it apperteineth to forgeue sinnes spare vs therfore good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed Enter not into iudgement with thy seruauntes which be vyle yearth and myserable synners But so turne thy ire from vs which mekely knowlege our vilenes and truly repent vs of our fautes so make haste to helpe vs in thys worlde that wee maye euer lyue with thee in the worlde to come through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen Then shall thys antheme be sayde or song TVrne thou vs good Lorde and so shall we be turned bee fauourable O Lorde bee fauourable to thy people which turne to thee in weping fasting and praying for thou art a merciful god full of compassion long sufferyng and of a great pietie Thou sparest when we deserue punishemente and in thy wrathe thynkest vpon mercy Spare thy people good Lorde spare them and lette not thyne heritage bee broughte to confusion Heare vs O Lorde for thy mercy is greate and after the multitude of thy mercyes looke vpon vs. ⸫ ⧠OF CEREMONIES ⧠Why some be abolished and some retayned OF suche Ceremonies as be vsed in the Churche and haue had their beginnyng by thinstitucion of man Some at the first were of godly intent and purpose deuised and yet at length turned to vanitie and supersticiō Some entred into the Church by vndiscrete deuocion and suche a zele as was without knowleage and forbecause they were winked at in the beginning they grewe dayly to more and more abuses whiche not onely for their vnprofitablenesse but also because they haue muche blynded the people and obscured the glory of God are worthy to be cut away and cleane reiected Other there be whiche although they haue been deuised by man yet it is thought good to reserue them still aswell for a decent ordre in the Churche for the whiche they were first deuised as because they pertaine to edificacion Wherunto all thynges doen in the Churche as the Apostle teacheth ought to be referred And although the kepyng or omittyng of a ceremonie in it selfe considered is but a small thing Yet the wilful and contēptuous transgression and breaking of a common ordre and discipline is no smal offence before God Let al thinges bee done emong you sayeth Saincte Paule in a semely and due ordre The appointemēte of the which ordre pertaineth not to priuate menne Therfore no manne ought to take in hande nor presume to appointe or alter any publike or common ordre in Christes Churche excepte he be lawfully called and autorized therunto And whereas in this our tyme the myndes of menne bee so diuerse that some thynke it a greate matter of conscience to departe from a peece of the leaste of theyr Ceremonies they bee so addicted to theyr olde customes and agayne on the other syde some bee so newe fangle that they woulde innouate all thyng and so doe despyse the olde that nothyng canne lyke them but that is newe It was thought expediente not so muche to haue respecte howe to please and satisfye eyther of these