also himselfe bee subject vnto him that put all things vnder him that God may be all in all Else what doe they which are baptized ouer the dead if the dead rise not at all Why are they then baptized ouer them yea and why stand we alway then in ieopardie By our reioycing which I haue in Christ Iesu our Lord I die dayly That I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men what aduantageth it mee if the dead rise not againe Let vs eate and drinke for tomorow wee shall die Bee not yee deceiued euill words corrupt good maners Awake truely out of sleepe and sinne not For some haue not the knowledge of God I speake this to your shame But some man will say How arise the dead With what body shall they come Thou foole that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die And what sowest thou Thou sowest not that body that shall bee but bare corne as of wheat or some other but God giueth it a body at his pleasure to euery seed his owne body All flesh is not one maner of flesh but there is one maner of flesh of men another maner of flesh of beastes another of fishes another of birdes There are also celestiall bodies and there are bodies terrestriall But the glorie of the celestiall is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another There is one maner glorie of the Sunne and another glorie of the Moone and another glorie of the Starres For one Starre differeth from another in glorie So is the resurrection of the dead It is sowen in corruption it riseth againe in incorruption It is sowen in dishonour it riseth againe in honour It is sowen in weaknesse it riseth againe in power It is sowen a naturall bodie it riseth againe a spirituall body There is a naturall bodie and there is a spirituall bodie As it is also written The first man Adam was made a liuing soule and the last Adam was made a quickening spirite Howbeit that is not first which is spirituall but that which is naturall and then that which is spirituall The first man is of the earth earthie The second man is the Lord from heauen heauenly As is the earthie such are they that be earthy And as is the heauenly such are they that are heauenly And as wee haue borne the image of the earthie so shall wee beare the image of the heauenly This say I brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherite the kingdome of God neither doeth corruption inherite incorruption Behold I shew you a mystery we shal not all sleepe but we shall all be changed and that in a moment in the twinckling of an eye by the last trumpe For the trumpe shall blow and the dead shall rife incorruptible and we shall bee changed For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortall must put on immortality When this corruptible hath put on incorruption and this mortall hath put on immortalitie then shall be brougt to passe the saying that is written Death is swallowed vp into victory Death where is thy sting Hell where is thy victorie The sting of death is sinne and the strength of sinne is the law But thankes be vnto God which hath giuen vs victorie through our Lorde Iesus Christ Therefore my deare brethren bee yee stedfast and vnmooueable alwayes rich in the worke of the Lorde forasmuch as yee know how that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord. The Lesson ended the priest shall say Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from evil Amen The Priest ALmightie God with whom doe liue the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lorde and in whom the soules of them that be elected after they bee deliuered from the burden of the flesh be in ioy felicitie wee giue thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliuer this N. our brother out of the miseris of this sinfull world beseeching thee that it may please thee of thy gracious goodnesse shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect and to hasten thy kingdome that we with this our brother all other departed in the true faith of thy holy Name may haue our perfect consummation and blisse both in body and soule in thy eternall and euerlasting glorie Amen The Collect. O Mercifull God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ who is the resurrection and the life in whom whosoeuer beleeueth shall liue though hee die and whosoeuer liueth and beleeueth in him shall not die eternally who also taught vs by his holy Apostle Paul not to be sorie as men without hope for them that sleepe in him we meekely beseech thee O Father to raise vs from the death of sinne vnto the life of righteousnesse that when we shall depart this life wee may rest in him as our hope is this our brother doeth and that at the generall resurrection in the last day wee may bee found acceptable in thy sight and receiue that blessing which thy welbeloued sonne shall then pronouce to all that loue and feare thee saying Come yee blessed children of my Father receiue the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world Graunt this we beseech thee O mercifull Father through Iesus Christ our Mediatour and Redeemer Amen The thankesgiuing of women after childbirth commonly called the Churching of women The woman shall come into the Church and there shall kneele downe in some conuenient place nigh vnto the place where the Table standeth and the Priest standing by her shal say these words or such like as the case shall require FOrasmuch as it hath pleased Almightie God of his goodnesse to giue you safe deliuerance and hath preserued you in the great danger of childe-birth ye shall therefore giue heartie thanks vnto God and pray Then shall the Priest say this Psalme I Haue lifted vp mine eyes vnto the hils from whence commeth my helpe Psal 121. My helpe commeth euen from the Lord which hath made heauen and earth Hee will not suffer thy foote to bee mooued and he that keepeth thee will not sleepe Behold hee that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleepe The Lord himselfe is thy keeper the Lord is thy defence vpon thy right hand So that the Sunne shall not burne thee by day nor the Moone by night The Lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall keepe thy soule The Lord shall preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time forth for euermore Glorie be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercye vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Priest O
that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision For the promise that hee should bee heire of the world happened not to Abraham or to his seede through the Law but through the righteousuesse of faith For if they which are of the Law be heires then is faith but vaâ—e and the promise of none effect The Gospel ANd it fortuned assoone as the Angels were gone away from the shepherds into heauen Luk. 2.15 they saide one to another Let vs goe euen now vnto Bethlehem and see this thing that we heare say is happened which the Lord hath shewed vnto vs. And they came with haste and found Marie Ioseph and the babe laide in a maâ—ger And when they had seene it they published abroad the saying that was tolbe them of that child And all they that heard it Wondered at those things which were told them of the shepheards But Marie kept all these sayings and pondred them in her heart And the shepheards returned praising and lauding God for all the things that they had heard and seene euen as it was tolde vnto them And when the eight day was come that the child should bee circumcised his name was called Iesus which was named of the Angell before hee was conceiued in the wombe If there be a Sunday between the Epiphanie and the Circumcision then shall bee vsed the same Collect Epistle and Gospel at the Communion which was vsed vpon the day of Circumcision The epiphanie The Collect. O God which by the leading of a starre diddest mamfest thy onely begotten sonne to the Gentiles mercifully grant that we which know thee now by faith may after this life haue the fruition of thy glorious Godhead through Christ our Lord Amen The Epistle FOr this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus Christ for you heathen Eph. 3.1 if yee haue heard of the ministration of the grace of God which is giuen mee to youward For by reuelation shewed he the mysterie vnto me as I wrote afore in fewe words wherby when ye reade ye may vnderstand my knowledge in the mysterie of Christ which mysterie in times past was not opened vnto the sonnes of men as it is now declared vnto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit that the Gentiles should bee inheriters also and of the same bodie and partakers of his promise of Christ by the meanes of the Gospel where of I am made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God which is giuen vnto me after the working of his power Vnto me the least of all Saints is this grace giuen that I should preath among the Gentiles the vnsearcheable riches of Christ and to make all men see what the fellowship of the mysterie is which from the beginning of the world hath beene hid in God which made all things through Iesus Christ to the intent that nowe vnto the rulers and powers in heauenly things might bee knowen by the congregation the manifold wisedome of God according to the eternall purpose which he wrought in Christ Iesus our Lord by whom we haue boldnesse and entrance with the confidence which is by the faith of him The Gospel WHen Iesus was borne in Bethlehem acitie of Iurie Man 2.1 in the time of Herode the King behold there came wife men from the East to Hierusalem saying Where is he that is borne King of the Iewes for we haue feeue his starre in the East and are come to worshippe him When Herod the King had heard these things he wastroubled and all the Citie of Hierusalem with him And when hee had gathered all the chiefe Prists and Scribes of the people together he demanded of them where Christ should be borne And they said vnto him At Bethlehem in Iurie for thus it is written by the Prophet And thou Bethlehem in the land of Iurie art not the least among the princes of Iude For out of thee shall come vnto mee the captaine that shall gouerne my people Israel Then Herode when he had priuily called the wife men hee enquired of them diligently what time the starre appeared And he bad them goe to Bethlehem and sayde Goe your way thither and search diligently for the childe and when yee haue found him bringe mee worde againe that I may come and worship him also When they had heard the king they departed and loe the starre which they saw in the East went before them til it came and stood ouer the place wherein the childe was when they saw the starre they wereexteeding glad and went into the house and found the childe with Mary his mother and felldowne flat and worshipped him and opened their treasures and offered vnto him gifts gold frankencense myrrhe And after they were warued of God in a sleepe that they should not go againe to Herode they returned into their owne Country another way The first Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. LOrd wee beseech thee mercifully to receiue the prayers of thy people which call vpon thee and graunt that they may both perceiue and knowe what things they ought to doe also haue grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen The Epistle I Beseech you therefore brethren by the mercifulnesse of God Rom. 12.1 that ye make your bodies a quicke sacrifice holy acceptable vnto God which is your reasoÌ„able seruing of GOd And fashion not your selus like vnto this word but be ye changed in your shape by the renuing of your mind that ye may prooue what thing that good and acceptable and perfect will of God is For I say through the grace that vnto me giuen is to euery man among you that no man stand high in his owne conceite more then it becommeth him to esteeme of himselfe but so iudge of himselfe that he be gentle and sober according as God hath dealt to euery man the measure of faith For as we haue many members in one body and all members haue not one office So we being many are one body in Christ and euery man among our selues one anothers members The Gospel THE father and mother of Iesus went to Hierusalem Luke 2.43 after the custome of the feast day And when they had fulfilled the dayes as they returned home the childe Iesus abode still at Hierusalem and his father anb mother knew not of it but they supposing him to haue beene in the companie came a days Iourney and sought him among their kinsefolke and acquaintance and when they found him not they went backe againe to Hierusalem and sought him And it fortuned that after three dayes they found him in the temple sitting in the middest of the doctors hearing them and posing them And all that heard him were astonied at his vnderstanding and answeres And when they saw him they marueiled And his mother sayd vnto him sonne why hast thou thus dealt with vs behold thy father and I haue sought thee sorowing And he
sayd vnto them How hapned it that yee sought me wist ye not that I must go about my fathers businesse And they vnder stood not that saying which hee spake vnto them And he went downe with them came to Nazareth and was obedient vnto them But his mother kept all these sayings together in her heart And Iesus prospred in wisedome and age and in fauour with God and men The second Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. Almightie and euerlasting God which doest gouerne all things in heauen and earth mercifully heare the supplications of thy people and grant vs thy grace all the dayes of our life The Epistle SEeing that we haue diuers giftes according to the grace that is giuen vnto vs Rom. 12.6 if a man haue the gift of prophesie let him haue it that it bee agreeing to the faith Let him that hath an office waite on his office Let him that teacheth take heed to his doctrine Let him that exhorteth giue attendance to his exhortation If any man giue let him doe it with singlenesse Let him that ruleth doe it with diligence If any man shewe mercie let him doe it with cheerefulnesse Let loue be without dissimulation Hate that which is euill and cleaue vnto which is good Be kind one to another with brotherly loue In giuing honour goe one before another Be not slothfull in the businesse which ye haue in hand Be feruent in spirit Apply your selues to the time Reioice in hope Be patient in tribulation Continue in prayer Distribute vnto the necessitie of the Saints Be ready to harbour Blesse them which persente you Blesse I say and curse not Be mery with them that are mery weepe with them that weepe Bee of like affection one towards another Bee not high minded but make your selues equall to them of the lower sort The Gospel ANd the third day was there amariage in Cana a city of Galilee Iohn 2.1 and the mother of Iesus was there And Iesus was called and his disciples vnto the mariage And when the wine failed the mother of Iesus said vnto him They haue no wine Iesus said vnto her woman what haue I to doe with thee mine houre is not yet come His mother sayde vnto the ministers whatsoeuer he saieth vnto you do it And there were standing there fixe water pots of stone after the maner of purifying of the Iewes containing two or three firkins apiece Iesus said vnto them Fill the water pots with water And they filled them to the brim And he said vnto them Draw out now and beare vnto the gouernor of the feast And they bare it When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water turned into wine knew not whence it was but the ministers which drew the water knew he called the bridegrome and said vnto him Euery man at the beginning doeth fet foorth good wine and when men be drunk thē that which is worse but thou hast kept the good wine now This beginning of miracles did Iesus in Cana of Galilee and shewed his glorie and his disciples beleeued on him The third Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. Almighty and euerlasting God mercifully looke vpō our infirmities in al our dangers and uecessties stretch forth thy right hand to helpe and defend vs through Christ our Lord. The Epistle BE not wise in your owne opinions Rom. 12.16 Recompense to no man euil for euil Prouide aforehād things honest not onely before God but also in the sight of all men If it be possible as much as in you is liue peaceably with all men Dearely beloued auenge not your selues but rather give place vnto wrath for it is written Vengeance is mine I will reward sayeth the Lord. Therefore if thine enemie hunger feed him is he thirst giue him drink For inso doing thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head Be not ouercome of euil but ouercome euil with goodnesse The Gospel WHen hee was come downe from the mountaine Matt. 8.1 much people followed him And beholde there came a leper and worshipped him saying Master if thou wilt thou canst make me cleane And Iesus put foorth his hand and touched him saying I will bee thou cleane And immediatly his leprosie was cleansed And Iesus sayd vnto him Tell no man but goe and shewe thy selfe to the Priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded to bee offered for a witnesie vnto them And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum there came vnto him a Centuriō and besought him saying Master my seruant lyeth at home sicke of the palsie and is grieuoussly pained And Iesus sayd when I come vnto him I will heale him The Centuriom answered and sayd Sir I am not woorthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe but speake the word onely and my seruant shal be healed For I also my self am a man subiect to the auyhority of another and haue souldiers vnder me I say to this man Go he goeth to another man Come he commeth to my seruant Do this he doth it When Iesus heard these words he maruciled said to them that followed him Verily I say vnto you I haue not foūd so great faith in Israel I say vnto you that many shal come from the East West shal rest with Abraham Isahar Iacob in the kingdome of heauen But the children of the kingdome shal be cast out into vtter darkenes there shal be weeping and gnashing of teeth And Iesus said vnto the Centurion Go thy way and as thou beleeuest so be it vnto thee And his seruant was healed the selfe same hour The fourth Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. GOd which knowest vs to be set in the mids of so many and great dangers that for mans frailnesse we cannot alwayes stand vprightly grant to vs the health of body and soule that all those things which we suffer for sinne by thy helpe we may wel passe and ouercome through Christ our Lord. The Epistle LEt euery soule submit himself e vnto the authority of the higher power for there is nopower but of God Rom. 13.1 The powers that be are ordeined of god Whoesoeuer therefore resisteth power resisteth the ordinance of God but they that resist shall receiue to themselves damnation For rulers are not fearefull to them that doe good but to them that doe euil Wilt thou be without feare of the power do well then and so shalt thou be praised of the same for he is the minister of God for thy wealth But if thou doe that which is euill then feare for hee beareth not the sword of nought for hee is the minister of God to take vengeance on them that doe euill Wherefore yee must needes obey not onely for feare of vengeance but also because of conscience and euen for this cause pay yee tribute For they are Gods ministers seruing for the same purpose Giue to euery man therefore his dutie tribute to whom tribute belongeth longeth custome