Prou. 20. Acts. i. Peoâ— 21. vi ⧠Note that the 〈◊〉 of the xxbi◠〈…〉 ⧠〈…〉 ⧠December hath xxxj dayes ⧠The Moone xxx 〈◊〉 riseth houre 7. min. 12. falleth houre 4. min. 48. Psalmes Morning prayer Euening prayer   1. Lesson 2. Lesson 1. Lesson 2. Lesson 〈◊〉 1 f 〈◊〉  i Esa xiiii Acts. ii Esai xb. Hebr. 7. 〈◊〉 2 g iiii No.  ii xvi iii xvii viii 〈◊〉 3 A iii No.  iii xviii iiii xix ix 〈◊〉 4 b prid No.  iiii xx xxi v xxii x 〈◊〉 5 c 〈◊〉  v xxiii vi xxiiii xi 〈◊〉 6 d viii Id. Nicolas 〈◊〉 vi xxv di vii xxvi xii 〈◊〉 7 e vii Id.  vii xxvii di vii xxviii xiii 〈◊〉 8 f vi Id. Conc. of Mary viii xxix viii xix Iames. 1. 〈◊〉 9 g v Id.  ix xxxi ix xxxii ii 〈◊〉 10 A iiii Id.  x xxxiii x xxxiiii iii 〈◊〉 11 b iii Id.  xi xxxv xi xxxvi iiii 〈◊〉 12 c prid Id. 〈◊〉 xii xxxvii xii xxxviii v 〈◊〉 13 d 〈◊〉 Lucie virgin xiii xxxix xiii xl 1. Pet. 1. 〈◊〉 14 e xix â—l Ianuarti xiiii xli xiiii ilii ii 〈◊〉 15 f xviii â—l  xv xliii xv xliiii iii 〈◊〉 16 g xvii â—l Dsapientia xvi xlv xvi xlvi iiii 〈◊〉 17 A xvi â—l  xvii xivii xvii xlviii v 〈◊〉 18 b xv â—l  xviii xlix xviii l 2. Pet. 1. 〈◊〉 19 c xiiii â—l  xix li xix lii ii 〈◊〉 20 d xiii â—l Fast xx liii xx liiii ii 〈◊〉 21 e xii â—l 〈◊〉 xxi Prou. 23. xxi Pro. 24. I. Iohn 1. 〈◊〉 22 f xi â—l  xxii Esat lv xxii Esa 56. ii 〈◊〉 23 g x â—l  xxiii lvii xxiii lbiii iii 〈◊〉 24 A ix â—l Fast xxiiii lix xxiiii lx iiii 〈◊〉 25 b viii â—l 〈◊〉 xxv Esat ix Luke ii Esay 7. Ciius iii. 〈◊〉 26 c vii â—l 〈◊〉 xxvi Pro. 28. Acts. 6.7 Eccle. 4. Acts. 7. 〈◊〉 27 d vi â—l 〈◊〉 xxvii Eccle. v. Reuel 1. Eccle. 6. Reuel 22. 〈◊〉 28 e v â—l 〈◊〉 xxviii Iere. 31. Acts. 25. Misd 1. I. Iohn 5. 〈◊〉 29 f iiii â—l  xxix Esat lxi xxvi Esa 62. 2. Iohn 〈◊〉 30 g iii â—l  xxx lxiii xxvii lxiiii 3. Iohn 〈◊〉 31 A prid â—l Situester 〈◊〉 xxx lxv xxviii lxvi Iube i. SEptuagesima before Easter ix weeks Sexagesima before Easter viii weeks Quinquagesima before Easter vii weeks Quadragesima before Easter vi weeks Rogations 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 v weekes Whitsunday 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vii weekes Trinitie sunday 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 viii weekes ¶ Thâ—â—e to be obserued for holy dayes and none other THat is to say all Sundayes in the yeere The dayes of the feasts of the Circumcision of our Lord Iesus Christ of the Epiphanie Of the Purification of the blessed Virgin Of S. Matthias the Apostle Of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Of S. Marke the Euangelist Of S. Philip and Iacob the Apostles Of the Ascension of our Lord Iesus Christ Of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist Of S. Peter the Apostle Of S. Iames the Apostle Of S. Bartholomew the Apostle Of S. Matthew the Apostle Of S. Michael the Archangel Of S. Luke the Euangelist Of S. Simon and Iude the Apostles Of All Saints Of S. Andrew the Apostle Of S. Thomas the Apostle Of the Natiuitie of our Lord. Of S. Steuen the Martyr Of S. Iohn the Euangelist Of the Holy Innocents Munday and Tuesday in Easter weeke Munday Tuesday in Whitsun weeke ¶ A briefe declaration when euery Terme beginneth and endeth BE it knowen that Easter Terme beginneth alwayes the xviii day after Easter reckoning Easter day for one and endeth the Munday next after the Ascension day Trâ—â—â—â—e Terme beginneth xii dayes after Whitsunday and continueth .xix. dayes 〈◊〉 Terme beginneth the ix or x. day of October and endeth the xxviii or xxix day of Nouember Hillary Terme beginneth the xxiii or xxiiii day of Ianuary and endeth the xvii or xiii day of February IN Easter Terme on the Ascension day in Trinity Terme on the Natiuity of S. Iohn Baptist in Michaelmasse Terme on the feast of All Saints in Hillary Terme on the feast of the Purification of our Lady the Kings Iudges of Wesfminster do not vse to sit in Iudgment nor vpoÌ„ any Sundaies ¶ Prayers for the Parliament GOd be mercifull vnto vs and vs Psalm 67 and shewe vs the light of his countenance and bee mertifull vnto vs. That thy way may bee knowen vpon earth thy sauing health among all Nations Let the people praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee O let the Nations reioyce and bee glad for thou shalt iudge the folke rigthteously and gouerne the Nations vpon earth Let the people prayse thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth bring forth her increase and God euen our owne God shall giue vs his blessing God shall blesse vs and all the ends of the world shall feare him After the Psalme these Suffrages The Lord be with you Answere And with thy spirit ¶ Let vs pray Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. Then shall follow three collects The first for the Kings Maiestie OLorde our heauenly Father high and mighties King of Kings Lord or Lords the only ruler of Princes which doest from thy Throune beholde all the dwellers vpon earth most heartily we beseech thee with thy fauor to beholde our most gracious Soueraigne Lord King Iames and so replenish him with the grace of thyholy Spirit that hee may alway encline to thy will and walke in thy way endue him plenteously with heauenly gists grant him in health and wealth long to liue strengthen him that he may vanquish and ouercome all his enemies and finally after thhis life he may attaine euerlasting ioy and felicitie through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The second Collect. ALmightie God which by thy holy Prophet Dauid art most truely sayd to stand in the congregation of Princes and giuest iudgement in the middest of the mighty men of the world and through whose authoritie Princes doe reigne Law makers doe discerne iust things Lordes beare rule and all Iudges of the earth execute Iudgement and for that commeth of thee all counsaile and equity all vnderstanding strength Grant vnto vs here gathered together in thy Name that wiseeome which is alwayes assistant to thy Seat to giue knowledge to our feeble and ignorant mindes Send downe wee beseech thee the same wisedome out of thy holy Heauens and from the Throne of thy Maiestie that it may be now with vs and labour with vs whereby wee surely knowing what is acceptable vnto thee may be led through it to the debating weighing and finall determining of those matters by the which thy blessed Name may be glorified thy Catholique Church of england confirmed and increased the Kings assurance established the common tranquilitie
call his name Emmanuel Butter and houie shall hee eate that he may know to resuse the euill and chuse the good The Gospel ANd in the sixt moneth Luk. 1.26 the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a Citie of Galilee named Nazareth to a virgin spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins went in vnto her and said Haile full of grace the Lorde is with thee blessed art thou among women When she saw him she was abashed at his saying and cast in her minde what maner of salutation that should be And the Angell sayde vnto her Feare not Marie for thou hast found grace with God Behold thou shalt conceiue in thy wombe and beare a sonne and shall call his name Iesus he shal be great and shall bee called the sonne of the Highest And the Lord God shall giue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kingdom there shall be none ende Then said Mary to the Angel How shall this be seeing I know not a man And the Angel answered and said vnto her The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee the power of the highest shall ouer shadow thee Therefore also that holy thing wich shall be borne shal be called the sonne of God And behold thy cousin Elizabeth shee hath also conceiued a sonne in her age and this is the sixt moneth which was called barren for with God nothing shal be vnpossible And Mary said Behold the handmaid of the Lord be it vnto me according to thy word And the Angel departed from her Saint Markes day The Collect. ALmightie God which hast instructed thy holy Church with the heauenly doctrine of thy Euangelist Saint Marke giue vs grace that we be not like children carried away with euery blast of vaine doctrine but firmely to be established in the trueth of thy holy Gospel through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle VNto euery one of vs is giuen grace Ephe. 4.7 according to the measure of the gift of Christ wherefore he sayeth when he went vp on high he ledde captiuitie captiue and gaue giftes vnto men That hee ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended first into the lower partes of the earth He that descended is euen the same also that ascended vp aboue all heauens to fulfill all things And the very same made some Apostles some Prophets some Euangelistes some shepheards and teachers to the edisying of the saints to the worke and administration euen to the edisying of the body of Christ till we all come to the vnitie of the faith and knowledge of the sonne of God vnto a perfect man vnto the measure of the full perfect age of Christ That we henceforth should be no more children wauering and caried about with euery wind of doctrine by the wilinesse of men through craftinesse whereby they say awaite for vs to decieue vs. But let vs follow the trueth in love and in all things growe in him which is the head euen Christ in whom if all the body be coupled and knit together throughout euery ioynt wherewith one ministreth to another according to the operation as euery part hath his measure he encreseth the body vnto the edisying of it selfe through loue The Gospel I Am the true Vine Ioh. 15.1 and my father ther is an hysbandman Euery branche that breareth not fruite in mee he will take away and euery branche that beareth fruite will hee purge that it may bring forth more fruite Now are yee cleane through the wordes which I haue spoken vnto you Bide in me and I in you As the branch cannot beare fruite of it selfe except it bide in the Vine no more can ye except ye abide in me I am the Vine ye are the branches He that abideth in mee and Iin him the same bringeth forth much fruit For without me can yee doe nothing If a man bide not in mee he is rast foorth as a branche and is withered and men gather them and cast them into the fixe and they burne If yee abide in mee and my wordes abide in you aske what yee will and it shal be done for you Herein is my Father glorified that yee beare much fruit and become my Disciples As the Father hath loued mee euen so also haue I loued you Continue you in my loue If yee keepe my commandments yee shall abide in my loue euen as I haue kept my fathers commandements and abide in his loue These things haue I spoken vnto you that my ioy might remaine in you and that your ioy might be full S. Philip and Iames day The Collect. ALmightie God whom truely to know is euerlasting life grant vs perfectly to knowe thy Sonne Iesus Christ to be the way the Trueth and the Life as thou hast thught S. Philip and other the Apostles throught Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle IAmes the seruant of God Iam. 1.1 and of the Lorde Iesus Christ sendeth greeting to the twelue Tribes which are scattered abroad My brethren count it for an exceeding ioye When yee fall into diuers temptations Knowing this that the trying of your faith gendreth patience and let patience haue her perfect woorke that yee may bee perfect and sounde lacking nothing If any of you lacke wisedome let him aske of him that giueth it euen God which giueth to all men indifferently and casteth no man in the teeth and it shall be giuen him But let him aske in faith and wauer not for he that doubteth is like a waue of the Sea which is tost of the windes and caried with violence neither let that man thinke that he shall receiue any thing of the Lord. A wauering minded man is vnstable in all his wayes Let the brother which is of lowe degree reioyce when hee is exalted Againe let him that is rich reioyce when he is made lowe For euen as the floure of the grasse shall hee passe away For as the Sunne reseth with heat and the grasse withereth and his floure falleth away and the beautie of the fashion of it perisheth euen to shall the rich man perish in his wayes Happy is the man that endureth temtation for when he is tryed hee shall receive the crowne of life which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue him The Gospel ANd Iesus sayde vnto his Disciples Ioh. 14.1 Let not your hearts be troubled ye beleeue in God beleeue also in me In my Fathers house are many mansions If it were not so I would haue tolde you I goe to prepare a place for you And if I goe to prepare a place for you I will come againe and receiue you euen vnto my selfe that where I am there may ye be also And whither I goe yee knowe and the way yee know Thomas saith vnto him Lord we know not whither thou goest and how is it possible for vs to know the way Iesus faith vnto him I
being so much more excellent theÌ„ the Angels as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name then they For vnto which of the Angels said he at any time Thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee And agine I will be his father and hee shall be my sonne And againe when he bringeth in the first begotten sonne into the world he saieth And let all the Angels of God worshippe him And vnto the Angels he faith He maken his Angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire But vnto the sonne he saith Thy feat O God shall bee for euer and euer the scepter of thy kingdome is a right scepter thou hast loued righteousnesse hated iniquitie Wherefore God euen thy God hath anointed thee with the oile of gladnes aboue thy fellowes And thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundatioÌ„ the carch the heauens are the works of the hands They shal perish but thou endurest They all shal waxe old as doth agarment and as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed but thou art euen the same and thy yeeres shall not faile The Gospel IN the beginning was the word Iohn I.I. and the word was with God God was the word The same was in the beginning with God Al things were made by it and without it was made nothing that was made In it was life the life was the light of men and the light shineth in the darknes the darknesse comprehended it not There was sent froÌ„ God a man whose name was Iohn the same came as a witnes to beare Witnes of the light that all men through him might beleeue He was not the light but was sent to beare witnes of the light That light was the true light which lighteth euery maÌ„ that commeth into the world He was in the world was made by him and the world knew him not He came among his owne and his owne receiued him not But as many as receiued him to theÌ„ gaue he power to be made sonnes of God euen them that beleeued on his Name Which were borne not of blood nor of the wil of the flesh nor yet of the wil of man but of God And the same word became flesh and dwelt among vs we saw the glory of it as the glory of the onely begotten sonne of the Father full of grace and trueth Saint Steuens day The Collect. Grant vs O Lord to learne to loue our enemies by the example of thy martyr S. Steuen who prayed for his persecuters to thee which liuest c. Then shall follow the Collect of the Natiuitie which shall be sayd continually vnto Newyeeres day The Epistle ANd Steuen being ful of holy Ghost Aâ— 7.55 looked vp stedfastly with his eies into heauen and saw the glory of God Iesus standing on the right hand of God and sayd Behold I see the heauens open the Some of man standing on the right hand of God Then they gaue a shoute with a lowde voyce and stopped their eares and ran vpon him all at once and cast him out of the citie and stoned him And the witnesses layed downe their clothes at a yong mans feete whose name was Saul they stoned Steuen calling on and saying Lord Iesu receiue my spirit And he kneeled down and cryed with a lowde voyce Lord lay not this sinne to their charge And when he had thus spoken he fell a sleepe The Gospel BEhold I send vnto you Prophtes Matt. 23.34 and wise men and Scribes and some of them ye shal kill and cruicfie and some of them yee shall scourg in your Synagogues and persecute them from citie to citie that vpon you may come all the righteous blood which hath bene shed vpon the earth from the blood of the righteous Abel vnto the blood of Zacharias the sonne of Barachias whom he slew between the temple and the altar Verily I say vnto you all these things shall come vpon this generation O Hierusalem Hierusalem thou that killst the Prophets and stonst them which are sent vnto thee how often would I haue gathered thy children together euen as the hen gathereth her chickens vnder her wings and ye would not Behold your house is left vnto you desolate For I say vnto you ye shal not see me henceforth till that ye say Blessed is he that commeth in the Name of the Lord. Saint Iohn Euangelists day The Collect. MErcifull Lord we beseech thee to cast thy bright beames of light vpon thy Church that it being lightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Euangelist Iohn may attaine to thy euerlasting gifts through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle That which was from the beginning which wee haue heard i. loh. I I. which we haue seene with our eyes which we haue looked vpon our hands haue handled of the word of life And the life appeared we haue seene and beare witnes and shew vnto you that eternal life which was with the Father and appeared vnto vs That which we haue seene and heard declare we vnto you that ye also may haue fellowship with vs and that our fellowship may be with the Father and his sonne Iesus Christ And this we write vnto you that ye may reioyce and that your ioy may be full And this is the tidings which we haue heard of him and declare vnto you that God is light and in him is no darknesse at all If we say we haue fellowship with him and walke in darknesse we lie and do not the trueth But and if we walke in light euen as hee is in light then haue we fellowship with him and the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne cleanseth vs from all sinne If wee say wee haue no sinne we deceiue our selues and the trueth is not in vs. If we knowladge our sinnes he is faithfull and inst to forgiue vs our sinnes and to cleanse vs from all vnrighteousnesse If we say we haue not sinned we make him a liar and his word is not in vs. The Gospel IEsus said vnto Peter Follow thou me loh. â—i i â— Peter turned about and saw the disciple whome Iesus loued following which also leaned on his breast at supper and said Lord which is he that betrayth thee when Peter therefore what saw him hee sayd vnto Iesus Lord what shall he here do Iesus sayd vnto him If I will haue him to tary till I come what is that to thee Folow thou me TheÌ„ went this saying abroad among the breathren that that disciple should not die yet Iesus sayd not to him Hee shall not die but if I wil that he tarie til I come what is that to thee The same disciple is he which testifieth of these things and wrote these things and we know that his testimonie is true There are also many other things which Iesus did the which if they should bee written euery one I suppose the world could not containe thc books
together ly fiâ—led twelue basketswith the broken meat of the fiue bariy loanes which broken meate remained vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did said This is of a trueth the same Prophet that sthould come into the world If there bee any moe Sundayes before Aduent Sunday to supplie the same shal be taken the seruice of some of those Sundayes that were omitted betweene the Epiphanie and Septuagesima S. Andrewes day The Collect. ALmighte God which didest giue such grace vnto thy hily Apostle Saint Andrew that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Sonne Iesus Christ and followed him without delay graunt vnto vs all that wee being called vp thy holy word may foorth with giue ouer our selues obediently to followe thy holy commaundements through the same Iesus Christ out Lord. The Epistle IF thou acknowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the Lord Rom. 10.9 beleeue in thy heart that God raised him vp from death thou shall bee safe For to beleeue with the heart iustfieth to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe For the Scripture faith whosoeuer beleeueth on him shal not be confounded There is no difference betweene the Iew the Gentile For one is Lord of al which is rich vnto all that cal vpon him For whosoeuer doth call on the Name of the Lord shall be safe How then shall they call on him on whom they haue not beleeued How shall they beleeue on him of whome they haue not heard How shall they heare without a preacher And how shall they preach without they be sent As it is written How beautifull are the seete of them which bring tidings of peace and bring tidings of good things But they haue not allobeyed to the Gospel For Esai faith Lord who hath beleeued our sayings So then faith commeth by hearing and hearing commeth by the word of God But I aske Haue they not herard No doubt their sound went out into all lands and their words into the ends of the world But I demaunde whether Israel did know or no First Moses faith I will prouoke you to enuie by them that are no people by a foolish nation I will anger you Esai after that is bolde and saith I am found of them that sought mee not I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me But against Israel hee saith All day long haue I stretched foorth my hands vnto a people that beleeueth not but speaketh against me The Gospel AS Iesus walked by the sea of Galilee hee saw two brethren Mat. 4.18 Simon which was called Perer and Andrew his brother castinga net into the sea for they were fishers and he said vnto them Follow me and I will make you to become fishers of men And they straightway left their nets and followed him And when he was gone forth from thence he saw other two brethren Iames the sonne of Zebedee and Iohn his brother in the ship with Zebedee their father mending their nets and hee called them And they immediatly left the ship and their father and followed him S. Thomas the Apostle The Collect. ALmightie and euerlining God which for the more confirmation of the faith diddest suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to bee doubtful in thy sonnes resurxection Grannet vs so perfetly and without all doubt to beleeue in thy Sonne Iesus Christ that our faith in thy sight neuer bee reprooued Heare vs O Lord througe the same Iesus Christ to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour c. The Epistle NOwe yee are not strangers Eph. 2.19 nor forxeiners but citizens with the Saints and of the housholde of God and Are built vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophers Iesus Christ himselfe being the head corner stone m whome what building soeuer is coupled together it groweth vnto an holy Temple of the Lord in whom ye also are built together to be an habitation of God through the holy Ghost The Gospel THomas one of the twelue Iohn 20. 24 which is called Didymus was not with them when Iesus came The other disciples therefore sayd vnto him wee haue seene the Lorde But he sayd vnto them Except I see in his handes the print of the nailes and put my finger into the print of the nailes and thrust my hand into his side I will not beleeue And after eight dayes againe his disciples were within and Thomas with them Then came Iesus when the doores were shut and stood in the midst and said Peace be vnto you And after that he said to Thomas Bring thy finger hither and see my hands and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side and bee not faithlesse but beleeuing Thomas answered and sayd vnto him My Lord and my God Iesus said vnto him Thomas because thou hast seene mee thou hast beleeued Blessed are they that haue not seene and yet haue beleeued And many other signes truely did Iesus in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this booke These are written that ye might belecue that Iesus Christ is the Sonne of God and that in beleeuing ye might haue life through his Name The Conuersion of S. Paul The Collect. GOD which hast taught all the world through the preaching of thy blessed Apostle Saint Paul grant wee beseech thee that we which haue his wonderfull conuersion in remembrence may follow and fuifill thy holy doctrine that hee taught through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle ANd Saul yet breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the Disciples of the Lord went vnto the hie Priest Acts. 9.1 desired of him letters to cary to Damasco to the synagogues that if he found any of this way were they men or women he might bring them bound to Hierusalem And wheÌ„ he iourneyed it fortuned that as he was come nigh to Damasco suddenly there shined round about him a light from heauen and he fell to the curth heard a voice saying to him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And he said what art thou Lord And the Lord said I am Icsus whom thou persecutest It is hard for thee to kicke against the prick And he both trembling and astonied said Lord what wilt thou haue me to doe And the Lord said vnto him Arise and go into the citie and it shall be tolde thee what thou must doe The men which tourneyed with him stood amazed hearing a voice but seeing no man And Saul arose from the earth when hee opened his eyes he saw no man but they led him by the hand and brought him into Damasco And hee was three dayes without sight and did neither eat nor drinke And there was a certaine disciple at Damasco named Ananias and to him said the Lord in a vision Anamas And hee said Behold I am here Lord. And the Lorde said vnto him Arise and goe into the strcete which is called Straight and seeke in the house of Iudas after one