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A05789 A prymer in Englyshe with certeyn prayers [et] godly meditations, very necessary for all people that vnderstonde not the Latyne tongue. Cum priuilegio regali.; Book of hours (Salisbury). English Catholic Church.; Marshall, William, fl. 1535. aut; Joye, George, d. 1553. Ortulus anime. aut 1534 (1534) STC 15986; ESTC S105505 141,102 352

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loude syghes that my bones cleued to my skynne I am lyke an destrege of the wyldernes made lyke an owle in an olde forlaten house I lye wakynge am left alone lyke the sparowe in the thacke Myne enemyes reuyled me all daye they that chide me vsed my name opprobriously I eate erthe in stede of brede lycken my teares in stede of drynke And all is for thy indignation and thy wrathe for when I was a lofte thou thruest me downe My dayes are vanysshed awaye lyke a shadowe I my selfe am whytherd lyke hay But thou Lorde syttest styll for euer thy memoriall endureth from age to age Thou shalt ryse and haue pyty on Syon for it is tyme for the to fauour it thy daye apoynted is now come For the stones of it please thy seruantes verely and they fauour her soyle Euen the hethen also shal worshyp the name of the lorde and all the kynges of therthe shall knowlege thy gloryous beauty The lorde verely shal buylde spō he shall be sene in his beautiful glory And he shall haue respect vnto the prayer of the poore forsaken his praier shall he not despyse This thyng shall be wryten for the worlde to come and for this cause the people whiche are yet vnmade shall praise the lorde For he shall loke forthe of his hyghe holye place the lorde shall beholde therthe euen from heuen To heare the syghes of them that are in bondes and to lose the chyldren iudged to death That they myghte preache the name of the lorde in Syon and his prayse in Ierusalem When the people and the kyngdomes shall be gathered together to worshyp the lorde He abated my courage in my iourney and hathe cut of my dayes I saye my god take me not away in the miooꝭ of my dayes for thy yeres endure throughout all ages In the begynnyng thou layedste the foundacyon of therthe and the heuens are thy handy worke They shal perysshe when thou shalt staude faste and all thyngꝭ shal wax olde lyke a garment thou shalt dresse them agayne lyke a garment they shall be chaūged But thou art euen thy very selfe and thy yeares shall neuer be ended The chyldren of thy seruantes shal dwell styll and theyr posterite shall lyue prosperously and blessedly in thy presence FRo my moste depest paynfull troubles called I vpon the lorde Lorde heare thou me and let thy cares be attente vnto my deape desyre If thou sholdest loke narowly vpon our wyckednesses o lorde lorde who might abyde the But there is mercy with the and therfore art thou worshypped I abyde the lorde my soule abydeth hym I tary lokyng vp alway for thy ꝓmyses My soule wayteth for the lorde as desyrously as do the watche men desyre the daye sprynge Let Israell wayte for the lorde for with the lorde is there mercy and plentuous redemption It is he that shall redeme Israell from all theyr wyckednesses Domine exau the .ij. psal C.xliij O Lorde heare my prayer lysten vnto my feruēt besechyng for thy trouthes sake graunt me for thy ryghtwysenes Haue thou not to do with thy seruant in iudgement for in thy presence no man lyuynge is reputed ryghtwyse A cruell enemy verely persecuted my soule he hath caste downe my lyfe in to therthe he hath set me in darknes lyke as men iudged to dethe My spirite is sore troubled within me and my herte wexeth colde in my brest But at last I remembred the dayes paste I consydered all thy workes and pondred in mynde the dedes of thy handes I stretched forth my handes vnto the my soule desyrously panted and breathed for the I gaped for the lyke thyrsty earthe Haste the to graunt me o lorde for my spirite faynteth hyde not thy face fro me on lesse I be lyke mē goyng downe in to theyr grakes Make me shortly to heare of thy mercyable goodnes for in the do I truste shewe me the way wherin I maye go for vnto the haue I lyfted vp my soule Delyuer me fro myne enemyes o lorde my god for vnder the do I hyde my selfe Teache me to do thy pleasures for thou art my god thy good spirite moughte lede me in to the ryght way For thy names sake lorde restore me for thy ryghtwysnes leade my soule out of this strayte anguyshe Ye and for thy mercyes sake all to destroye my enemyes and shake away all that trouble my soule for I am thy seruāt Glorye be to the Father to the sonne and to the holye Ghoste As it was in the beginnyng as it is now and euer shall be AMEN ¶ The commendacyons The argumente in to the C.xix psalme ¶ This psalme declareth in howe greate pryce and reuerence the sayntes or holye men haue the lawes of god how ernestly they are occupyed in them howe they sorowe to se them broken and sayde agaynst of the vngodly how they pray to be taught them of god and to be acqueynted and accustomed with them and to be short how they desyre those mē to be destroyed what so euer they be whiche breake and saye agaynste them ¶ Beati immaculati BLessed are they which lyue pure innocently euē them I meane which lyue after the lawe of the lorde Blessed are they whiche obserue his testimonies and serche theym with all theyr herte For they shal do no wyckednes that thus trede his wayes Thou hast cōmaunded that thy cōmaūdemētes sholde be kepte with earnest diligēce wolde god that my lyfe were so instructe that I might obserue thy ordinaunces Then sholde I not be disapoynted when I shall haue all thy cōmaūdemētes before myne eyes I shall magnifie the with a pure herte when I shall learne thy ryghtwise iudgemētes I shal obserue thy ordinaūces forsake me not at ony time How shold the yong mā amēde his liuyng he shal wel amende it in obseruyng thy pleasures with all my herte haue I sought the suffre me not to swarue frō thy cōmaundemētes In my herte haue I hyd thy wordes to th entēt I wolde not offend ye. Lord thou art praise worthy teache me thy ordinaūcꝭ with my lyppes shal I shewe forth all the pleasures of thy mouthe I shall reioyse of the way whiche thy testimonies teache as vpon al maner of rychesse Upon thy cōmaundemētes shal I set al my mynde shall set thy pathes before my eyes In thy ordinaūces shal I delight I shal not forget thy wordes Rewarde thy seruāt that I maye lyue obserue thy pleasures Uncouer my eyes that I maye perfitly se the meruelous thynges in thy lawe I am but a stranger in the earthe yet hyde not thy cōmaundemētes fro me My soule is broken with desyre to know at all tymes thy pleasures Thou shalt sharply rebuke the vngodly cursed are they the erre from thy cōmaūdemētes Take away fro me obprobry ignominy for I shal obsue thy testimonies Euen the chyef rulers sit speake against me but yet thy seruant is occupied euer in thy ordinaūces Also
the other lyfe to come and to despyse this presēt life Gyue vs grace not to feare death but rather to desyre it Put from vs the loue and desyre or this lyfe that so thy kyngdome maye fully be perfect in vs. Of this petycyon are all psalmes verses and prayers in the whiche grace and vertue is desyred of god ¶ The thyrde petition Thy wyll be fulfylled in Earthe as it is in Heuen ¶ If our wyll be compared with thyne it can neuer be good but is euer euil Thy wyll is euer best specyally and moch to be loued desyred wherfore haue compassiō vpon vs most dere father suffre nothing to be as our noughty wylles wolde haue it Gyue vs and teache vs true stable patience when our wyll is let and broke Graūte vs that when any man speaketh holdeth his peace doth or leueth vndone any thyng contrary to our wyll that therfore we be not wrothe or angry neyther curse compleyn crye or murmur neither iudge nor condēpne ye that we defende not our selfe Graunte that we may mekely gyue place to our aduersaryes and them which let our wyll and so to dysanull our wyll that we maye prayse saye well and do to them as to those whiche do performe thy godly and best wyll agaynst ours Endow vs with thy grace that we may gladly suffre all dyseases pouerty dipysynges persecutions crosse and aduersites knowlegyng that it is thy wyll to crucifye our wyll Gyue vs grace that we maye suffre iniurye and that gladlye Kepe vs from auengement Make vs that we acquit not euyl for euil neyther to auoyde vyolence by vyolence But rather that we delyte in thy wyll which bryngeth vs all these thyges prayse the and gyue the thankes Make vs that we impute it not to the deuyll or euyll men when any aduersyte chaunseth but that we atribute al vnto thy godly wyl which ordeyneth all such thynges that our wyll may be let and that blessednes may encrease in thy kyngdome Gyue vs grace that we maye be glad and merye to dye and that for thy wyl we may take our death gladly so that by feare or infyrmite we be not made dysobedyent vnto the. Make that all our membres eyes tongue herte hādes fete be not suffred to folow their desires neyther that we be at any tyme subdued vnder theym but that we euen as taken and emprysoned may be brokē in thy will and pleasure Kepe vs from all euyll myscheuous obstynate harde styffe vngentyl and resystyng wyll Gyue due obedyence perfecte and free mynde in all spyryatuall thynges worldly euerlastyng and transytory Kepe vs from the most horyble synne of grudgyng sclaunder accursyng and folyshe iudgement that we condempne no man or turne any thynge to rebuke Put from vs that abhomynable euyll moste greuous stroke of suche tongues teache vs that yf we se or heare of other any thynge worthy of rebuke and whiche displeaseth vs that we holde our peace hyde it complaynyg to the onely puttyng and comittyng it vnto thy wyll so that with all our mynde we forgyue theym that offende vs for whome also we be sory Teache vs to vnderstonde that no man maye hurte vs excepte he do hym selfe moche more hurt● in thy syght so that we may be moued with mercy towardꝭ hym rather then we shold be prouoked to wrathe rather wepyng for his blyndnes then to thynke of aduengement Gyue vs grace that we reioyce not in theyr troubles which haue resysted our wyll or hurte vs or in what pouertye so euer theyr lyfe dyspleaseth vs also that we be not sory when they prospere haue welfare Of this petytion are all psalmes verses prayers teachyng vs to praye for our enemyes and agaynst our synnes ¶ The fourthe peticion Gyue vs this day our dayly breade ¶ The breade is our lorde Iesus Chryste which noryssheth and conforteth the soule Therfore O heuenly father gyue vs this grace that the lyfe of Chryst wordꝭ workes passions may be preached knowen accepted and alowed bothe of vs and of all the worlde Gyue vs grace that we may haue his wordes workes and all his lyfe for an effectual example and spectacle of al vertues Gyue vs grace that in our passyons and aduersy●yes we may confort our selfe by his passyon and crosse Gyue vs grace that we maye with a stable faythe ouercome our deathe by his deathe and folowe without feare this noble capeteyn into another lyfe Gyue this grace that all they that preache may profytably godly preache thy worde and Iesu Christ thrugh all the worlde that all whiche haue herd thy worde preached may learne Christe so may be puryfied and go forth in a better lyfe Graunte this also mercyfull Father that all straunge doctrines in the whiche Christ is not lerned may be thruste out of thy churche haue mercy on all bysshoppes prestes and on all rulers gouerners and generally vpon all officers hyghe and low that they may be lyghtened with thy grace to teache and rule well bothe in worde and also example of lyfe Kepe all that are weake in the fayth Least they be offended by the euyll example of heddes and rulers Kepe vs from heresyes and doctrines of diuysyon that we maye be agreynge in one mynde sythe we vse our dayly breade that is one dayly doctryne and worde of Christe Teache vs by thy grace to thynke haue in mynde truly as we ought to do the passiō of Christ to ioyne it happely with our lyfe so that we may come vnto atteyne some thyng though it be but the shadow of it Fynally gyue vs our dayly breade that Christe in vs and we in Christe may dwell perpetually and may worthely beare this nam●●●the of Christ we ar called Christ Of this petition are all kende of prayers psalmes with the which we praye for our officers against false teachers for the Iewes for heretykes and all other that ar out of the ryght wey And also with the whiche we pray for them that lacke conforte ¶ The fyfte peticion Forgyue vs oure trespasses euen as we forgyue them that trespasse agaynst vs. ¶ This prayer hath a certeyn condytion signe annexed with him which is that first we forgyue our trespasses This don then we may praye that god forgyue vs our trespasses before also in the thyrde petitiō we prayed that the wyll of god myght be fulfylled whiche wylleth that we suffre all thynges pacyently not acquiting euyll for euyl neyther sekynge auengement but that we do good for euyll by thexample of our Father in Heuen whiche maketh his sonne shyne vpon good euyll and sendeth his rayne vpon kynde and vnkynde ¶ This is now our prayer O Father conforte our conscyence both now and in the day of death whiche cōscyence now is abasshed seyng his synne and iniquite then also shal be abasshed remembryng thyn hard and strayte iudgement Gyue thy peace into our hertes that we
that is to saye vpon this greate Saboth daye came the ouermost of the prestes with the pharisayes togyder and went to Pilate remēbringe that Christe whom they nowe called a false deceyuer sayde that he shulde ryse agayne the thyrde day wherupō they desyred that he wolde cōmaunde the sepulcre to be kepte vntyll the thyrde daye leste his disciples shulde pauenture come stele hym awaye so bare the people in hande that he was rysen from deathe and then sholde they be in worse case then euer they were before to whom Pilate graūted the custodye and that they sholde keape the sepulcre as wel as they coulde which then sealed the stone and besette armed men aboute it to kepe hym Adoramus te c. ¶ The verse we worshipe the o Christe and we honour the. Thanswer For by thy holy Crosse thou haste redemed the worlde Oremus Domine Iesu Christ. c. O Lorde Iesu Christe the sonne of the lyuynge god put thy passion crosse and thy death betwene the iudgment and our soules now in the hour of our dethe and graunte vs whiles we lyue mercy and grace to theym that departe forgyuenes rest vnto thy holy churche gyue peace and concorde and to vs that are synners lyfe and glory euerlastynge whiche lyuest and reignest with the father and with the holy goste euer Amen Gloriosa passio c. ¶ The gloriose passion of our lorde Iesu Christ delyuer vs from sorowfull heuenes bryng vs to the ioyes of paradise Amen GOd setteth forth his incōparable loue that he beareth vnto vs for seyng the whiles we were yet synners Christe dyed for vs muche more then now seynge that we are iustified in his bloude shall we be preserued from dampnation through hym to the Romans the fyfthe A fruetfull remembraunce A deuoute frutfull godly remembraunce of the passion of oure sauyour Iesu Christe THere are certeyne whiche when they excercyse theym selues in the medita●ion or remembraūce of the pas●yō which Chryste suffer●d for mankynde do nothyng els bu● were wod and furious agaynst the blinde iewes and Iudas theyr gyde through whome he was betrayed as an innocent lambe in to theyr bloudy cruell handes euen as it is the comen maner of thē whiche are wonte to lamēte and bewayle the 〈◊〉 o●●heyr frendes to accuse crye out on those persones which do the deade but they nothyng consider them which are the chyefe causes of his bitter death and pas●ion So that in rely this may better be called a remebraunce of the Iewes wickednes then of Chr●stꝭ passion ¶ There are other that haue gathered to gether diuerse cōmodityes whiche springe through the dilygent beholdynge of this passion wherof is the sayenge of Albert in euery mans mouth that it is better to remēbre the passion of Christe oure in once lyfe all though it be but slenderly then to ta●●e euery daye a hole yere to gyder or ●o reade ouer the hole Psalter of Dauid how be it all theyr polytike meanes studiouse imaginacyons they coude neuer a●tayne the very vse and profyte of the passion of Christe Neyther sought they ony thynge therin but theyr owne priuate welth ●or some caryed a●oute them images paynted papers carued tables cro●es and such other tryfles yea and some felle to suche madde ignoraunce that they thought them selues through suche beggery to be sate from ryre water and all other perilous ieoperdyes As though the crosse of Christ shu●de delyuer them from such outwarde tro●les and not rather the contrary ¶ These do pituously sorowe morne for Christe and complayne that he was innocent and gyltles put to death euen lyke as the women of H●●rusalem whom Christe hym selfe dyd reprehende aduert●●ynge thē that they shulde lamen●e them selfes and theyr owne childrē Neyther is it ●ny meruell for the preachers them selues ar sycke of the same disease which for the most parte when they entreate this mater ●epe 〈◊〉 of the fruteful and holesom storye in to these theyr comen places howe Iesus toke his leaue of his disciples ī Betania And with what dolorous syghes his mother Marie pityed hym suche other thyngꝭ on these they bable at lengthe and discant theyr plesures rather to the weryenge then edefyenge of the audience vnto this sorte maye we also adnumbre them whiche haue defined and enstructe other what exellent commodityes are in the masse in so moch that the rude ignoraunt people perswaded them selues that it was sufficient yf they hadde herde a masse and that they sholde h●ue good luke what so euer myschefe they wēt a boute And there are some whiche runne so farre hedlyng that they affirme stoutely that the masse whiche they call a sacrifice is accepte of god for the worke it selfe and not for his sake that doeth the masse They consider not that god loketh fyrste on the person that worketh and then after on the worke as thou haste a goodlye ensample Gen. iiij of Abell and Cain They consider not that an euyll tre can not brynge forthe good frute Mathew .xij. And that on a bromble men can gether no figges Math. vij They consider not that the masse was institute of Christe to make vs more holye through the deuoute remembraunce of his passion with a pure fayth and not for ony other worthynesse that it hathe in it sylfe How be it though we sholde graūte them that the masse in it selfe were as good and holye as theyr couetousnes and belyes haue fayned it yet truely can it nothyng profyte vs excepte we vse it for the same purpose that Christe dyd institute it for what dothe it profite vs that meate and drynke are good holesom yf we abuse them corruptynge our nature yea or what doth it auayle vs that god is god that is to saye almyghty most mercyful good rightewise and alone sufficient yf we abuse his goodnes and beleue not in hym It is therfore to be feared lest yf thou be ignoraūt in the true vse of the masse that the mo thou hearest the more thou offendest god abusynge his institution and ordinaunce ¶ But these are the very right beholders of Christꝭ passion whiche cōsyder marke in his passion theyr owne synnes and enormityes which were the cause and grounde of his passion and death for they ar feared and theyr conscyences tremble as sone as they remembre the passion whiche feare tremble ryseth of this that they maye se in the passion the vehemēt wrath rightuous punishment of god the father agaynst synners whiche wolde not for all the abundaunt fauoure that he had vnto his sonne 〈◊〉 ma●efactoures to go fre and vnpunished but that he muste redeme them with his owne death which thyng Esaias .iiij. do●h al●o confirme sayeng in the person of god the father for the synnes of my people haue I wounded hym what then shall be come of vs syth his moste deare and onlye sonne is so cruelly entreated It muste nedes be a meruelous
thy syghte and be not a shamed in the daye when thou shalt geue to euery man after his doynges Amen PRayse ye the lorde all gentyles magnyfye hym all nacyons For his mercye is spred ouer vs and the trouthe of the lorde stondeh for euer Glorye be to the father to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be Amen ¶ When thou shalt go to bed saye thus I Laye me downe to rest In the name of the Father of the Sonne and of the holy Ghoste Amen Then saye these two prayers folowynge I Thanke the my heuenly father by thy most deare beloued sonne Iesu Christe that this daye of ●hy plentuouse ryche mercy thou haste thus preserued me I pray the forgiue me al my synnes which I haue this day vnryghtwysely cōmytted in dede worde and thought And that thou woldest vochsafe of thy gracious goodnes to kepe me this nyghte for I comytte my selfe bothe body and soule and all myne in to thy handes Thy holy aungell be with me leste my dedely aduersary haue entrese in to me Amen O ABOue all Blyssed and Almyghty Lorde God my God my Father I thy synfull creature and moste vnworthy childe prestrate in my herte before thyne hyghe maiestye aske the mercy and forgyuenes of all my synne and iniquite that I haue this daye cōmytted agaynste the yea euer sythe the tyme that I was conceiuyd in my mothers wombe vnto this presēt hour specyally in this c. And then cal to your mynd what offence ye haue cōmytted that day that cheyflyest grudgeth your conscience And I thanke the by thy deare sonne Iesus Christe that thou haste preserued me from all suche offences as I haue not fallen in and wherinto any other persone through his owne fault and thy sufferaunce hathe fallen In to the whiche I also without doubt shold haue fallen haddest not thou with thy grace preuented me saued me supported me and sustained me That I haue fallen many wayes my greate fault and blame it is wherof in moste humble wyse I aske mercy and forgyuenes of the. That thou haste preserued me thyne excedynge goodnes mercy and grace it is wherof with all my herte I thanke ye. And nowe I beseche the most mercyfull father that thou wylte no more be angry with me neyther hensforth forsake me but that thou wylt contynually assyste me fortifie me and strēgth me be my succoure and defence this nyght and allway to my lyues ende agaynst all synne and iniquite And that thou wylte also of thy abundaunt bountyfulnes refresshe my bryttle bodye with conuenyent reste this nyghte yf it be thy wyll so that I may the more redely freshly and promptly with all diligence serue the to morowe accordynge to the stare that thou haste set me in called me vnto so that all my lyfe may plese the and through thyn assistence be so ordred gouerned that after this vayn and transitory lyfe be ended I may finally come to the lyfe that shal last for euer where thou moste blessed father lyueste and rayneste with thy Sonne and the holy ghoste in to the worlde of worldes Amen Then as thou dydest in the mornyng say● the Pater noster 〈…〉 and the Crede ¶ Here foloweth the Matens O LORD open thou my lyppes and then shal my mouthe shewe forth thy prayse O god bende thy selfe in to my helpe lorde haste that to helpe me Glorye be to the father to the sonne and to the holy ghost As it was in the begynnynge as it now euer shal be Amen ¶ Prayse ye the lorde ¶ The Inuitatorie Mathei xj 〈…〉 all ye that labour and are laden and I shall refreshe you COme and let vs ioyfully geue thankes vnto the lorde let vs reioyse in god our sauyour let vs approche in to his presens with prayse and thankes geuyng and synge we vnto hym in the Psalmes ¶ Come vnto me all ye that lobour and are laden and I shall refreshe you For god is a greate lorde a grete kynge ouer all gods in whose handes are the hertes of all the creatures of the erth and the hyghe hylles are at his commaundement ¶ And I shall refreshe you The see is his for he hath made it and his handes haue fashoned the erathe also come therfore and let vs worshyp fall downe before the lorde whiche hathe made vs for he is our god and we are the flocke of his pasture and the shepe whome he dryueth ¶ Come vnto me all ye that labour and are laden and I shall refreshe you Now the gospell preched yf ye heare his voyce se that ye harden not your hertes as they dyd in the place of temptacyon in wyldernes bytterly murmurynge speakynge agaynste god where your fathers temp●ed me and prouoked me to angre ye althoughe they se my myracles ¶ And I shall refreshe you Forty yeres was I at debate chydynge with the generation wherfore I sayd euer theyr hertes are gone from me they know not my wayes to whome I swore in my greate angre that they sholde not entre in to the lande of my reste ¶ Come vnto me all ye that labour and are laden and I shall refreshe you Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy ghost As it was in the begynnynge as it is nowe euer shal be Amen The hympne PRaysed be god for his exceadynge fauour which hathe geuen vs his sone to be our sauyour We are synners vnryghtwyse folyshe flesshlye Christe is our mercy stole rightwysenes and wysdome verely We are vnclene holden vnder the daunger of deathe and synne Chryste is our holynes our lyfe our redemption and satysfaccion Glorye be to the o lorde borne of the indefyled virgyn glorye to the father and to the holy Ghoste our soules surgeon Amē ¶ Domine dominus noster LOrde ye our lorde how wonderfull reuerente cleare is thy name ouer al the earthe whiche haste lyfted vp thy hyghe magnificence aboue the heuens Ye and that by the mouthes of thy soukynge babes that connot yet speake hast thou set vp the prayse of thy myghte agaynste thy enemyes to confoūde thy aduersary that wyll auenge hym selfe I shall therfore loke vp wonder at thy heuens lo these ar the workes of thy fyngers the mone and starres thou haste set them so goodly But lo what thynge is man mortall that thou thus remēbrest him what is the sonne of Adam that thou regardest hym so greatly Thou haste made hym not moche inferior then Angelles with so greate dignite and glorye hast thou endued hym Thou haste made hym lorde of thy handy workes thou haste cast all thynges vnder his feate As flockes of shepe all herdes of neate and also the wylde beastes Foules of the ayer and fysshes of the see and what so euer swymmeth in the water Lorde ye our lorde how wonderful reuerent cleare is thy name ouer all therthe Glorye be to the father to
the sone and to the holy ghost As it was in the begynnyng as it is now and euer shal be Amen ¶ Celi enarrant THe heuens declare the gloryous maieste of god what are his workes One daye folowynge another whettch cōtynually our thoughtes one nyght folowynge another encreaseth our knowlege These creatures haue neither speache nor wordes neyther is theyr voyces ony where herde And yet theyr poyntynge and shewynge hathe taught all the worlde theyr dūme speache hathe gone forthe in to all the costes of the worlde He hath fastened in them a tabernacle for the sonne and he cometh forth of his cloudes lyke a brydegrome ye lyke a freshe valyaunt knyght ●o make his course From the farthest este parte of the heuēs cometh he forth hauyng his recourse vnto the other extreme neither is there ony man that may hyde hym from his heate The lawe of God the lorde is perfecte refresshynge the soule the testimonye of the lorde is faythfull mynisirynge wysedome to the vnlearned The cōmaundementes of the lorde ar ryght makyng glad the herte Tho thynges which god cōmaundeth are playne and pure and they lyghtē the eyes The feare of the lorde is pure and holye abydyng for euer the pleasures of the lorde are true and ryght in euery par●e More worthy to be desyred then golde and precyous stones sweter thē the hony combe when it droppeth And thy seruaunt is taughte monisshed by theym that same obseruynge of them is a greate gyfte Who may attayne to the knowlege of his synfull nature pourge me fro my secrete synnes Ye and turne thou these greate synnes frō thy seruant lest they haue dominion ouer me and then shall I be pure from euery greate synne Let the speches of my mouth the thoughtes of my herte be pleasaunte and accepte vnto the lorde my defender and redemer Glory be to the father to the Sonne and to the holy Ghoste As it was in the beginnyng as it is now and euer shall be Amen ¶ Domini est terra THe Earthe is the lordes and all that is contayned therin the rounde worlde and all that inhabyte it For in the see hath he set hir foūdacions and hath buylde hir aboue the floodes Who shall clyme in to the hyll of the lorde or who shall abyde in his holy place An innocent in his deades and he that is pure in herte that hathe not extolled hym selfe proudely vnto vanite neyther hathe sworne for ony deceyte This man shall be fed with the blyssynge of the lorde and with the mercy of god his sauyour This is the nacion gyuen all vnto hym seketh him this is the very right Iacob selah O ye gates lyfte vp your selues ye gates euerlastyng be opened and this gloryouse kynge shall entre in Who is this kyng that is so glorious it is the myghty valyaunte lorde noble in power a lord excellent in strength to wage batayl O ye gates lyft vp your selues ye gates euerlastyng be ye opened and the gloryous kynge shall entre in Who is this kynge that is so gloryous● it is the lorde of hostes it is he that is this gloriouse kynge Selah Glorye be to the father to the sonne and to the holy ghost As it was in the begynnyng as it is now and euer shall be Amen ¶ The Antympe the iij. to the Romans All we are synners and haue neade of the glorye of god ¶ The versicle The fyrst to the ephesians In what thyng stondeth the glory of god The responsorye ¶ In the free forgeuenes of synnes of his cleare mercy onelye ¶ The pater noster OUr father whiche arte in heuen halowed be thy name let thy kyngedome come ouer vs. Thy wyll be fulfylled as well in earthe as it is in heuen Geue vs this daye our suffycyent fode And forgeue vs our trespasses as we forgeue them that trespasse agaynst vs. And lede vs not in to temptation But delyuer vs frome the euyll spyryte Amen ¶ Lede vs not lorde in to temptation But delyuer vs from the euyll spirite Amen ¶ The blyssyng Lorde we beseche the of thy blessyng R. Blessed ar they that suffre persecution for the ryghtewysnes of faythe for theyrs is the kyngdome of Heuen Amen ¶ The fyrste lesson Mat. x. LO I sende you forth as shepe among wolues se therfore ye be wyse as serpentes and innocent as doues beware of men for they shall delyuer you vp to the counsayles and shall scourge you in theyr synagoges and ye shall be brought to the heade rulers kynges for my sake in wytnes to them and to the gentyles but whē they put you vp take no thoughte what or how ye shall speake for it shall be gyuē you euen in the same houre what ye shall saye for it is not you the speake but the spirite of your father whiche speaketh in you And lord thou haue mercy on vs Responsorie Iohn̄ .xvj. These thynges haue I sayde vnto you because 〈…〉 to god The 〈…〉 shall they do vnto you because they haue not knowen the father nor yet me ¶ They shall excommunycate you ye the tyme shall come that who so euer kylleth you shal thinke that he doth hygh seruyce to god ¶ The blyssynge Lorde we beseche the of thy blessynge Blessed are the poore in spyryte for theyrs is the kyngedome of heuen Amen ¶ The seconde lesson Hebre. xij THe burden of synne cast awaye let vs runne with patience vnto the batayl that is set before vs lokynge vnto Iesus the auctor and fynysher of our faythe which for the ioye that was set before him abode the crosse and despysed the shame is set downe on the ryght hande of the throne of god Consydre therfore how that he endured suche speakynge agaynste hym of synners lest ye sholde be weryed faynte in your myndes for ye haue not yet resysted vnto bloudeshedynge stryuynge agaynst synne And ye haue forget the consolacyon whiche speaketh vnto you as vnto chyldren My sonne despyse not the chastenynge of the lorde neyther faynte when thou arte rebuked of hym for whome the Lorde loueth him he chasteneth ye and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receyueth But thou lorde haue mercy on vs. ¶ The Respont Hebrew the .xij Ye ye shall endure chastenyng god offereth hym selfe vnto you as vnto sonnes what sonne is that whom the father chastneth not ¶ The verse Yf ye be not vnder correction wherof all are pertakers than are ye bastardes and not sonnes What sonne is that whom the father chasteneth not The blyssynge ¶ Lorde we besche the of thy blyssynge Blyssed are all men that truste in the lord AMEN ¶ The thyrde lesson to the wyse man .v. IN the laste iudgemente when these vngodly shall beholde the ryghtwise men they shall be troubled with horryble feare and shall maruayle at theyr so soden helth vnlocked for waylyng for the sorowfull anguishe of theyr mynde sayeng within them selfe beynge heuy mornynge for the anguysshe of theyr mynde These are they
prayse and extoll hym for euer Ye aungelles of the lorde prayse the lorde ye heuens loue the lorde Ye waters all that are aboue heuen prayse the lorde all the powers of the lorde mought prayse the lorde The sonne the mone prayse ye the lorde starres of the yrmament loue ye the lorde The rayne and the due prayse ye the lorde all the wyndes of god prayse ye the lord Fyer and heat magnyfie ye the lorde wynter and somer loue ye the lorde Moystnes and ye hore frostes praise ye the lorde the frost and colde loue ye the lorde Yse and snow mought loue the lorde nightes and dayes prayse ye the lorde The lyghte and darknes moughte prayse the lorde lyghtenynges and cloudes loue ye the lorde The Earth mought prayse the lorde loue and extoll hym fo● euer Hylles and Mountaynes prayse ye the lorde all tha● sprynge●h vp on the Earthe loue ye the lorde Ye welles and sprynges prayse the lorde sees and floodes loue ye the lorde Whale fysshes and all tha● moueth in the waters prayse ye the lorde all byrdes of the ayre prayse the lorde All beastes bothe wylde and tame prayse the lorde ye chyldren of mē loue the lorde Israell praise thou the lorde loue him and extoll hym for euer Ye mynisters of the lorde prayse the lorde ye seruantes of the lorde loue the lorde ye sprytes and soules of ryghtewyse men loue the lorde ye holy and meake in herte prayse the lorde Anania Azaria Misaell prayse ye the lorde loue and extoll hym for euer O lorde thou art blyssed and praysed in the firmament of heuen thou art prayse worthy glorious and magnified in to worldes withoute ende ¶ Laudate dominum de celis PRayse the lorde ye heuenly myndes prayse ye hym all that are aboue Prayse hym all angelles prayse hym all his hoste rounde aboute hym Prayse hym sonne and mone prayse hym all bryght and shynyng starres Prayse him the most hyghest heuens and ye waters that are aboue the heuens Prayse ye the name of the lorde for he made and created all thynges with a worde And hath made them to stande faste in to the worlde of worldꝭ he hath gyuen them a lawe whiche they breake not Prayse the lorde all ceratures of the erthe dragons and all deape waters Fyer hayle snowe yse stormy wyndes doynge his cōmaundement Mountayns and all hyghe hylles fru●full trees and all cedre trees All wylde beastes and tame all thynges that crepe and fetherde foules Kynges of the earthe and all people prynces and all rulers of the Earthe Sengle men and maydens olde men and yonge prayse the name of the lorde for it is only hygh and spred ouer erthe heuēs He shall lyfte vp the power of his people it becōmeth his sayn●ꝭ ●o prayse hym wh●che haue profe●sed hym euen Israell his owne people whiche cōmeth vnto hym ¶ Canta●e domino Prayse ye the lorde SYnge ye to the lorde with a newe dy●ie his prayse shall be in the congregation of the sayntes Israell shall reioyse of his maker and the citezens of Syon of theyr kynge They shal praise his name with trompet synge ye vnto hym with taberat harpe For that lorde well pleased with his people shall exalte lowlyones with his helpe Sayntes shall reioyse euen from theyr hertes and the nobles shall triumphe in theyr couches The exaltyng of god is in their throtꝭ and in theyr handes a two egged swerde To take vengeaunce vpon the gentyles and to correct the people To bynde theyr kynges in chaynes and their most noblest rulers ī fet●ers of yerne To execute iudgemente amonge them as it is wryten this glorye shall be vnto all that are his sayntes Glorye be to the Father to the sonne and to the holy Ghoste As it was in the begynnyng as it is now and euer shall be Amen ¶ Lauda●e dūm PRayse hym that hathe his residence in his secrete holy place prayse hym that reygneth in y● firmamente the sea●e of his power Prayse hym for his strenghte prayse hym for almyghtynes Prayse hym with sounde of trompettes prayse hym with ●utes and harpes Prayse hym with tympany and taberat prayse hym with organs and pypes Praise him wi●h soft claricimbales praise hym wi●h loude clarycymbales What soeuer thyng is endued with breth● let it prayse the lorde Glorye be to the father to the sonne and to the holy ghost As it was at the c. The Antheme THe hyghest prayse greatest glorye that we maye gyue to god is to beleue his promyse to veryfye it with our faythe which faythe he doth geue vs also that we myghte beleue our synnes to be forgeuen in Christes bloude The Chapyter Ephys ij By grace are ye made safe thrugh faith that not of your selues for it is the gyft of god and cometh not of workes lest ony mā shold bost hym selfe of his owne dead Thankes be to god ¶ The hympne PRayse ye the Lorde omnypotente ▪ whiche thrughe his benygnyte his most dere sonne hath to vs sent to dye for our iniquite We were his cruell ennemyes abiecte for our transgression how be it in chryst fyr● we our yeis whiche is our satysfaction Glorye be to the trynyte the father sone and spryte lyuynge whiche are one god persones thre to whome be prayse with out endynge The versycle What and yf we here suffre with Chryst. Thanswer Then shall we be gloryfyed togyder with hym in heuen Romans in the .viij. chapytre ¶ Here foloweth the songe of Zachary the preste saynt Iohn̄ Baptystes father ¶ Benedictus PRaysed be the lorde god of Israell for he hathe gracyously vysited and redemed his people He hathe set vp our mightye helthe in the house of Dauid his seruaunte Accordyng to his promises by the mouthes of his holy prophetꝭ of a longe tyme past Promysynge that we sholde be preserued from oure enemyes and from the handes of all them that hate vs. That we wolde thus vse and declare his ryche mercy towarde our fathers remembrynge his holy promyses And also to performe his othe whiche he swore to Abraham oure father and promysed hym selfe to gyue it vs. So that without feare we delyuerd from the handes of our enemyes myghte serue and honour hym In holynes and ryghtwysnes before him al dayes of our lyfe And thou my chylde shalt be called the prophete of the moste hygheste for thou shalte go before the face of the lorde to prepare his wayes To gyue the knowlege of the sauyng helthe to his people through the forgyuenes of theyr synnes The whiche cometh through thaboudant mercy and goodnes of our god by the whiche he hathe thus gracyously loked vpon vs spryngyng from aboue To gyue lyght to them that haue sytte in derknes and in the shadowe of deathe to direct our fete in to the way of peace Glorye be to the Father to the sonne and to the holy Ghoste As it was in the begynnyng as it is now and euer shall be Amen ¶ The antheme HE that
moueth vs to pray hath alredy graunted vs our as kynge yf we aske in faythe whiche sayeth all thynges what so euer ye shall aske my Father in your prayer with belefe ye shall receyue ¶ The versycle Father heare our prayer Thaunswere And make vs to aske of the in fayth Amē The coler O God almyghty our mercyfull father whiche haste so excedyngly loued vs thy chosen chyldren that thou woldest vousaue to gyue vs thy onely and welbeloued sonne Iesu Chryste our sauyour to suffre dethe for our synnes so that all that thus beleue in hym myght not peryshe but haue lyfe euerlastyng we beseche the for thy aboundaunt mercye and for that mes●ima loue which thou barest to thy sonne chryst our sauyour gyue vs of thy grace poure thy fauour in to our hertes that we maye beleue feale knowe perfectlye that thou onely arte our god our father and to vs an almyghty helper delyuerer a sauyor frome synne from all the deuelyshe pours of hel of this worlde and from deathe that by thy sone our Lorde Iesu christ Amen ¶ A prayer to the holy Ghoste Come holy spirite replenyshe the hertes of the faythefull and kyndle in them thy benynge loue ¶ The versicle Sende forthe thy spirite and men shall be created a newe Thanswere For so renuest thou the soule of man ¶ The prayer O God whiche hast instructed the hertes of the faythfull men with the lyghtnynge of the holy ghost graūt vs to sauor a ryght in the same spryte and to reioyse euermore of his consolation Which lyuest and reignest in the same spryte euer Amen ¶ A prayer to the Trini●e Delyuer vs saue vs and iustifie vs o blissed Trinite ¶ The versycle The name of god be blyssed Thaūswer From age to age euerlastynge Amen ¶ The p●ayer O Almyghty euerlastynge god whiche hast gyuen vs thy seruantes to knowlege the glorye of theuerlastynge Trinite with a faythful knowlege and to worship the one god in thy almyghty maiesty we beseche the that through the stedfastnes of this fayth we moughte be defended from all aduersyties whiche lyuest and raignest one god in the Trini●e of persons worlde withoute ende Amen ¶ The prime and hours O God bende thy selfe to my helpe Lorde haste the to helpe me Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy Ghoste As it was at the begynnyng as it is now and euer shall be Amē Prayse ye the lorde ¶ The hympne CUme holy spyryte to the we call to stablish our infyrmyte gyue vs true faythe and hoope withall Inflame our hertes with charyte Our nature is sore vytiate and neadeth regeneratiō lyghten our myndes execate O lorde our consolation Glorye be to the trynyte the father sone spryte lyuyng which are one god ꝑsons thre to whom be prayse without endyng Deus in nomine tuo O God saue me for thy names sake delyuer me by thy power O my god here my praier lysten to the wordes of my mouthe For straunge men are rysen agaynst me and stronge tyrauntes persue my lyfe they haue not god before theyr yeis Selah But lo god helpeth me the lorde is present with them that susteyne my lyfe He shall acquyte euyll to my awayte layers for thy trouthes sake thou shalte trede them downe I shall with good wyll make a sacryfyce to the I shal magnyfye thy name O lorde for thou arte full gentell For thou wylte delyuer me from all trouble and my eyies shall se my pleasure vpō myne enemyes Glory be to the father to the Sonne and to the holy ghost As it was in c. PRayse ye the lorde all gentylles magnyfye hym all nations For his mery is spred ouer vs the faithfulnes of the lorde stondeth for euer Glorye be to the father to the sonne and to the holy ghost As it was in the begynnyng as it is now euer shall be amē Confytemini dn̄o MAgnyfye ye the lorde for he is gratious his mercy endureth for euer Let Israell now magnyfye hym for his mercy endureth for euer Let the house of Aharon magnyfye hym● for his mercy endureth for euer Let as many as feare the lorde magnyfye hym for his mercy endureth for euer Whan I was in a greuous straynte I called vpon the lorde and he graunted to set me at large The lorde stondeth on my syde I shall not feare what so euer mā may do vnto me The lorde stondeth on my syde with my helpers and I shal se my desyre vpon them that hate me It is better for one to cōmyt hym selfe to the tuicion and defence of the lorde then to mannes defence It is better to put our confydence in the lorde then in men be they neuer so greate Whē all the gentyles beseged me on euery syde well sayde I in the name of the lorde for I shall cut them awaye They compassed me in ye they be set me rounde aboute well sayde I in the name of the lorde for I shall cut them awaye They swarmed aboute me lyke bees and inuaded me as fearsly as fyer the drye thornes but they were sone quenched for I sayde well in the name of the lorde shall I cut them awaye I was caste with greate vyolence redye to haue fallen but the lorde sustayned and helpte me The lorde is my strenghte and the veray same whome I prayse it is he that is my sauyng helth The voyce of tryūphe and of men ioyfully publysshyng theyr sauyng helpe now brought vnto them is in the tabernacles of the ryghtwyse for the ryghte hande of the lorde hathe broughte it so myghtely to passe The ryght hande of the lorde is excellente hyghe the ryght hande of the lorde hath● broughte it so myghtely ta passe I shall not dye but lyue and shall publesh the workes of the lorde He chastised me with greuous and ernest chastmēt but yet he betoke me not to deth Open me the gates of ryghtwise men I shal entre in at them magnifie the lorde This is the gate of the lorde the ryghtewyse shall entre in therat I shall magnyfye the for thou hast graunted me hast brought me a sauynge helpe The stone whiche the buylders opprobryouslye casted awaye is made an heade corner stone Of the lorde this is done this same thing is a myracle in our minde This is that same daye whiche the lorde hath made let vs be glad reioyse therin I beseche the lorde nowe helpe vs I beseche the lorde make vs now to prospere Well happen it to that man which is commen in the name of the lorde we shal pray for your welthe to well happen vnto you from the house of the lorde The lorde is stronge and he wyll make lyghte to shyne vpon vs taye your sacrifices to be offred euen to the alters endes with cordes It is thou that art my god and I shall magnifie the thou art my god and I shall exalte the. Magnifie ye the lorde for he is gracyous
and his mercye endureth for euer Glory be to the father to the sonne c. ¶ The anthem BEholde I haue set vp in syon a chosen precyous stone to be layde in the hyghest corner of my chyrche and also to be in the foundacyon therof And he that beleueth in hym shall not be shamed to you therfore that beleue it is precyous but to theym that beleue not in hym as to the buylders that reproued this stone it is a stomblynge stone ¶ The versicle Lorde heare our prayer Thaunswere And make vs to aske in faythe Amen ¶ The prayer O Father which dydest prophecy of thy sonne Christe by the mouthe of Symeon holdynge hym in his armes nowe presented in to the temple sayenge to his mother the vyrgyn mary beholde this thy chylde is set vp for many in Israell to fall at hym and many agayne to ryse by hym he is sette vp for a marke to be agaynste sayde we beseche the father for the fauour that thou barest to this thy Sonne suffer not vs through vnbelefe with these blynde buylders to stomble to fall at this stone neyther with them to reproue and to saye agaynst hym his doctryne but by faythfull trust and true belefe in hym to ryse by hym beleuyng stedfastly that by his death his wrath is peased and through his bloude thou forgyuest vs oure synnes by this stone thy sonne our lorde Iesu Christ. Amē ¶ The thyrde houre O God bende thy self in to my helpe O lorde has●e the to helpe me Glorye be to the father to the sonne and to the holy ghost As it was in the begynnynge as it is now euer shal be ¶ Prayse the lorde The hympne LEt vs reiose deuoute chrysten puttynge a pare all heuenes for chryste regardeth his brotherne and furdereth all theyr busines All though this vale of miserye our troubles dothe encrease yet Christ dothe se our penurye whiche is our inwarde peace Glorye be to the trinite the father sonne spiritelyuynge whiche are one god and persons thre to whom be prayse without endynge Amen ¶ Ad dominum WHen I was in strayte anguysshe I called vpon the lorde and he graunted me Lorde delyuer my soule from lyenge lippes and from a deceytfull tongue What auātageth it the or what good bryngeth it the o lyenge man thy deceytfull tongue Oh sharpe arowes of the stronge archer and hoote consumyng iunipere coles Ah lasse that I am thus longe holden in exile amonge these false and cruel folke of Meshec and must yet dwell styll with the chorlysshe nacyon of Kedar All to longe hath my soule taried among these violent men whiche hate peace I studye for peace but when I speake of peace to them by and by are they styred to batayle Glory be to the father c. ¶ Leuaui oculos LYft vp my eies in to the hylles from whense help mought come vnto me My helpe cometh from the lorde the maker of Heuens and Earthe He shall not suffer thy fete to slyde neyther he beynge thy keper shall sleape Lo neyther wyll he sleape nor yet ones wynke that keapeth Israell The lorde is thy keper the lorde is thy defence and is euer at thy ryghte hande The sonne shall not smyte the be daye neyther yet the moone be nyghte For the lorde wyll keape the frome all euyll ye he wyll keape thy soule The lorde shall kepe both thy out goynge and thy incōmynge from this tyme vnto euerlastynge Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynnynge c. I was ryght glad when mē sayd vnto me let vs go vnto the house of the lord Our feete shall stande fast in thy gates O Ierusalem Ierusalem is buylded goodly lyke a Cytie well framed togyder in her selfe That thyther myght ascende the trybes euen the trybes of the lorde to magnyfye the name of the lorde for so was it cōmaunded vnto Israell by gods owne mouthe For theyr were ordend holden seates of iudgemēt euen the iudgement seates of the house of dauyd Praye ye for the felicite of Ierusalem the louers of the mought prospere Thei mought prospere within thy walles they mought prospere within thy hosues For thy brothers and neyghbours sakes shall I nowe praye for thy felicite For the houses sake of the lorde our god I shall praye for thy welthe Glory be to the father c. ¶ The anthem THose men are not of the ryght Ierusalem althoughe they are called spiritual and of the churche apere they neuer so holye whiche vexe trouble and persecute the poore symple preachers of christes gospell thyrste for theyr bloude versicle Lorde heare our prayers ¶ Thanswere And gyue vs grace to aske in fayth Amen O Our mercyfull father which prophecyedste by the mouth of thy sone our sauyour Christe that the tyme sholde come when men sholde curse excomunicate and chase thy flocke oute of theyr synagoges beleuyng in so doyng to do vnto the hygh worshyp in kyllynge of them we beseche the for thy trouthes sake for the fauour that thou barest to thy sonne to delyuer vs from theyr handꝭ and open thou theyr eyes that they myghte se theyr synnes and repent them and know the and thy sonne throughe the holye Ghoste the spyrite of trouthe Amen ¶ The syxth houre O God bende thy selfe in to my help Lorde haste the to helpe me Glory be to the father to the sonne to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynnyng as it is now and euer shall be Amē Prayse ye the lorde ¶ The hympne Loue ye the lorde of Israell for his gyftes celestyall whiche sendeth his Ghoste in vs to dwel to subdue our bodies bestyall He geueth vs gyftes manyfolde he ledeth and kepeth vs tenderly his is our syluer and our golde to hym be prayse eternally Glorye be to the Trinite c. UNto the lyfte I vp my eyes whiche rulest heuens Beholde for as the seruantes eyes ar euer vpon theyr masters and the maiden●●●●tyng vpon hir mystres euen so let our eies be lokynge vp vnto the lorde our god vntyll he hathe mercye vpon vs. Haue mercye vpon vs lorde haue mercye on vs for we are oute of measure fylled with ignominie Our lyfe is fylled out of measure with scornes dirision of these welthy ryche men with ignominie and shame or this arrogant and proude men Glory be to the father As it was c. Nisi quia dās psal Cxxiiij EXcepte the Lorde had ben with vs let Israell now speake Except the lorde had ben with vs when these men rose agaynst vs. Without doubt theyr wrath thus kyndled agaynst vs they had deuoured vs quycke Waters had wrapped vs in with theyr waues the floudes had gone ouer our soules The troublouse floude of this importune men had runne ouer our soules But praysed be the lorde whiche hath not geuen vs in to theyr tethe for theyr pra●e Our soules are delyuered lyke the byrde frome the snare
of the fouler the snare is broken and we are escaped Our helpe cometh thrugh the name of the lorde which hathe made the Heuens and Earthe Glory be to c. ¶ Qui confidunt They that stycke to the lord shal neuer stacker but shall stande faste for euer lyke the mounte of Syon And lyke as Ierusalem is gyrte aboue with hylles euē so closeth the lorde his people frome this tyme vnto euerlastynge He wyl not suffer the power of the vngodly to oppresse the lande of the ryghtwise leste the ryghtwyse purforthe theyr handes to ony wyckednes Deale thou gently with good men and with men ryghte in theyr hertes Theym that swarue from the ryght waye vnto shrewdnes the lorde mought lede a way with men geuen vnto wyckednes Glory be to the. c. ¶ The anthem Esaye lvij THe vngodlye men are lyke a fearse swellynge see whiche can not reste but the waues of it reboūde with violence castyng out stynke filthynes the deuelish vngodly shall haue no reste sayth the lorde but here they shall be euer vexyng the rightwyse and after this they shall haue a perpetuall gnawynge in theyr conseyence The versicle Lorde here our prayer ¶ Thanswere And make vs to aske in faythe OUr mercyfull lorde whiche shalt saye at the dredfull hour of thy last iudgemente to these wycked vngodlye go your wayes out of my syght ye workers of wickednes we beseche the for thy paynfull passyon that thou sufferdest in thy pure innocent soule for our redemption let vs heare this ioyfull voyce of thy mouth in that tyme of our redemption and glorye sayenge cōme vnto me ye blyssed chyldren of your father and receyue the kyndome of heuen prepared for you frome the begynnynge thrugh your sauyor Iesus Chryste Amen ¶ The nyenthe hour O God bende thy selfe in to my helpe O Lorde haste the to helpe me Glorye be to the father to the sone and to the holye ghoste As it was in the begynnyng as it is now euer shal be amē Prayse ye the lorde ¶ The hympne PRayse ye our father louyngly which gentlye hathe vs preserued when we forsoke hym wretchedlye and by synne had death deserued His mercy was so boūtuous that although we thus fel. frely in Christ he pardoned vs. and by his deathe redemed from hell Glory be to the Trinite the father sonne spirite lyuynge whiche are one god and parsons thre to whom be prayse withoute endynge Amen WHen the lorde shall brynge agayne vs of Syon frō captiuite we shall be lyke men dreamyng for ioye Then shall oure mouthes be fylled with laughter and our tongues with triūphe then shal it be sayde amonge the gentyles that the lorde hathe wroughte myghtely with these men The lorde shall worke myghtely with vs we shal be refreshed with greate gladnes Brynge vs agayne from captiuite o lorde for so shalt thou fyl vs with ioye as if thou sholdeste gyue plentyouse floudes to the dwellers in that thyrsty southe deserte They that sowe with teares shall reape with gladnes When they wente forth to sowe they went wepynge takyng with them theyr seade koddes But when they shall come agayne they shall come with great ioye bryngyng their handes full of corne Glory be to c. Nifi dommus psal C.xxvij EXcepte the lorde buylde the house the buylders therof labour but in vayne Excepte the lorde keape the cytye the keapers therof watche but in vayne It is all in vayne that ye haste your selues to ryse so early and agayne to dyffer your downe syttynge to eate your carefull breade excepte god gyue it all For it is he that thus shall gyue vnto his welbeloued quyete sleape and plentyous reieccyon with good foode Lo chyldren ar the heritage which the lorde gyueth the frute of the wombe is his gyfe As arrowes are in the handes of the mighty man euen so shal be the chyldren of thy yought Blessed is that man whiche hath his quiuer fylled with these arrows for they shall not be shamed whē they shal haue to do with theyr enemies ī iudgemēt Glory be to the father c. ¶ Beati omnes BLessed is he who so euer worshypeth the lorde whiche also walketh in his wayes For thou shalt eate the labours of thyne owne handes and shalte haue prosperous encrease Thy wyfe shall be frutefull as the vyne tree within the walles of thy house thy chyldren shall stande roūde aboute thy table lyke the plantes of Olyue trees Lo thus shall that man be blessed which worshypeth the lorde The lorde shall do the good from Syon● and thou shalt delyght beholdyng the prosperite of Ierusalem all dayes of thy lyfe And thou shalte se thy chylders chyldren and the felycite of Ierusalem Glory c. ¶ The Antheme Math. the .vj. GReate is the prouysyon of god for vs which biddeth vs fyrst seke his kyngdome by feare fayth and trust in hym and then all thynges necessarye for our bodyes shall be caste vnto vs but so the we laboure in that whiche good is ¶ The versicle Lorde heare our prayer Thanswere And geue vs grace to aske in fayth amē the prayer O Our mercyfull father whiche in teachyng vs to praye by thy sone christ haste cōmaunded vs to call the father and to beleue that we are thy welbeloued chyldrene whiche styreste vp none of thyne to praye but to thentente that thou woldest heare them gyuynge vs also all thynges more effectuoslye and plentuosly then we can eyther aske or thynke we beseche the for thy sōnes sake geue vs grace to beleue and to knowe stedfastlye that thy sōne our sauyour Chryste is geuen of the vnto vs to be our sauyour our ryghtwysenes our wysedome our holynes our redemtion ●ur satisfaction and suffer not vs to truste in ony other saluacion but in the sonne by thy sonne onely our sauyour Amen ¶ Here begynneth the Euensonge in Englysshe O God bende thy selfe ī to my helpe O lorde haste the to helpe me Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy ghost As it was in the beginnynge as it is nowe and euer shall be Amen Prayse ye the lorde ¶ Beatus vir psalmus j. BLessed is that man whiche walketh not in the councell of the vngodlye and stondeth not in the way of synners and sytteth not in the seate of the pestylent scorners But hathe all his pleasure in the lawe of the lorde and vpon it his mynde is occupyed bothe daye and nyghte Suche a man shall be lyke a tree planted by the ryuer syde whiche wyll gyue forthe hir frutes in due tyme and hir leaues shall not wither for what so euer he shall do shall prospere But so shall not the vngodly for they shall be lyke duste which is dispersed with the wynde Wherfore these vngodly shall not stonde in the iudgement neyther these synners may abyde in the companye of the ryghtwyse For the lorde approueth the waye of the ryghtwyse but the waye of synners shall
peryshe Glory be to the father c. Quare fremuerunt gentes psal ij WHerfore do the gentyles thus swel and cluster togyder wherfore do the people of the Iues thus gnaste in vayne Wherfore conspyre the kynges of therthe and the cheyfe prestes thus cast theyr headꝭ togyder agaynst the lorde his anoynted Sayenge let vs breake theyr bondes and let vs cast of theyr yokes But he that hath his resydence in heuen derideth them it is the lorde that scorneth them Then shall he thruste them downe in his wrathe and in his indignacion shall be all to trouble theym I haue constytute ordeyned my kynge to be ouer Syon my holye hyll I shal shewe forth the lordes cōmaūdement for he sayde vnto me thou arte my Sonne whom I haue nowe openly declared Aske of me and I shall gyue the the nacions in to thy heritage to be thyne owne possessyon thrughout all the worlde Thou shalt smyte them togyder with an yerne sceptre shalt breke them lyke erthē vesselles Now therfore ye kynges be wyse and vnderstonde ye rulers of the erthe be content to be monyshed lerned Serue ye the lorde besely study to gyue him his honour ioyfully with reuerence Kysse ye the sonne lest he beynge wroth your life ꝑishe for his angre shal be shot●ly kyndled And then blessed are all men that truste in hym Dūe quid multip psal iij. LOrde se what a sorte there are that trouble me full many there are that ryse agaynst me Many there are that thynke thus vpon my soule surely there is no helthe to be loked for from god vnto this man But thou lorde thou art my helpe my glory thou liftest vp my heade The lorde I called vpon with my prayer and he answered me euen from his holye hyll Selah I shall lye downe and sleape I my selfe shal vpwake me for the lorde susteyneth me I shall not feare ye thousandes of folke althoughe they be sege me rounde aboute Aryse lorde saue me my god thou shalt ●yue all my enemyes such a clap on th●yr chekes that a non the tethes of these vngodly shall be broken It is the lordes properte to saue thy people it behoueth to be holpen endued with thy benefites ¶ Non nobis dn̄e psal C.xv. NOt to vs lorde not to vs but to thy name gyue the glory and prayse for thy mercy and for thy trouthes sake Wherfore then sholde the gentyles saye where is nowe theyr god When our god is in the heuens he dothe what so euer lyketh hym Theyr ymages are but golde and syluer euen the very worke of mannes hande They haue mouthes and yet speake they not eyes and se not eares and heare not nose and smell not They haue handꝭ and nothynge fele they feate and go not with theyr throte make they no noyse Unto these ydols are they lyke that make them and as many as truste vnto them But Israell truste thou in the lorde for he helpeth them and is theyr shylde Ye of the house of Aharon se that ye truste in the lorde for he is their helpe their shylde Ye worshipers of the lorde se that ye truste in the lorde for he is to them helpe defender The lorde wyll haue vs in mynde it is he that wyll do good he wyll do good to the house of Israel to the house of Aharon He wyll be benyficiall to the worshypers of the lord as wel to the lytell as to the grete The lord mought increase his good mynd towarde you towarde you and towarde your chyldrene Ye are they to whom the lorde doth good which hath made heuen and the erthe The heuens the verye heuens are the lordes but therthe hath he geuen to the chyldren of men The deed in no maner of wyse shall prayse the lorde neyther they that go downe to the place of scilence But we shall magnyfye and prayse the lorde frome this tyme in to euerlastyng ¶ praise ye the lord The Antheme To the romans xv ¶ We the which are stronge sayth paule ought to beare the frailnes of them which are weake and not to stonde in our owne conceytes ¶ The Chap. Roma xv LEt euery man please his neyghbour vnto his welthe and edefyenge for Christe pleased not hym selfe but as it is wryten The rebukes of them which reuyled that fell vpon me Thankꝭ be to god BLessed be god father almyghty whihath strēghened his feble flocke with stedfast faythe and bolde spirite to bere his crosse burden and youke These ar the last dayes perelous frely Christes gospell to professe come downe lorde shortly to iudge vs. and take vs from this heuenes Amen ¶ The versicle What thynge is precyous in godes sighte Thaūswer The deth of his faithful mē ¶ The songe of our Lady My soule magnyfieth the Lorde And my spirite reioyseth in god my sauyour For he hathe loked on the poore degre of his hande mayden Beholde nowe from thence forthe shall al generations call me blessed For he that is myghty hathe magnyfied me wherfore blessed be his name And his mercye is ouer theym that feare hym throughoute all generations He hathe declared his myghte by his power he hath dyspersed the proude men by the vayne study of theyr owne hertes He hathe plucked downe men of power from theyr seates and hathe lyfted vp the poore lowlyones The hungry men he hathe satisfied with goodnes and them that appered ryche he hathe lefte voyde He hathe taken vp Israell his seruaunte thynkynge vpon hym to be saued for his mercyes sake Lyke as he promysed to our fathers as to Abraham to his seade for euermore Glorye be to the father c The Anthem Luke the .j. .ij. SOmtyme the scrypture with the gospell was so fre that they were preached of the mouthes of holy women as of our blyssed lady of Anna phāneles doughter of the foure doughters of phyllyp but now beholde sayth the lorde by his prophete Amos I shal sende an hūgre in to the erthe not the hungre for bodely fode nor thirst for water but hungre and thurste to here the worde of the lorde and men shall go frome the one see to the other cōpassynge aboute frome the northe to the easte sekynge the worde of the lorde they shal not fynde it ¶ The versycle Oh lorde sende vs the preachers of thy worde Thanswere And geue vs grace to beleue it amē orati O mercyful father which by thy worde madeste all thynges and by it shalt vnmake agayne at the tyme appoynted and with thy fearfull worde dydeste caste downe Adam with thy confortable worde lytfedest hym vp agayne also thrughe thy worde thou hast declared thy wyl geuen vs the knowlege of the by the fathers and ꝓphetes at the last by thyn owne sonne christ sendyng hym to preache it as a thīg soo necessarye that without it there is no knowlege of the no faythe no saluation no helthe wherfore we beseche the for thy wordes
sake and for thy glory therin to set vp thy worde againe make it be knowne which of so longe tyme hath ben darkened with mennes dreames and thruste downe with mennes wordes and mennes lawes so that throughe thy worde nowe at the last we myght knowe thy wyll from mennes pleasures and fynally to beleue onely thy worde and do thy wyll by thy Sonne our lorde Iesu. Amen ¶ The Complene ¶ Conuerte nos TUrne vs to the O god our sauiour And turne thy wrathe from vs. O god bende thy selfe in to my helpe Lorde haste the to pelpe me Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy Ghoste As it was in the begynnyng as it is nowe and euer shall be Amen Prayse ye the lorde ¶ Usquequo psalmus .xiij. Howe longe lorde wylte thou tarye wylte thou forget me for euer how longe wylte thou turne thy face fro me How longe shall I thus studye musynge with my selfe fyllynge my herte dayly full of sorowe How longe shall myne enemye be thus exalted ouer me Beholde and answere me lorde my god● kepe me wakyng least the slumbre of deth cume vpon me Ye leaste perauenture myne enemye may say I p̄uailed agaynst hī for yf I fall my troubelers wyl reioyce But I trust in thy mercy my herte shal be glad of thy helpe I shall gyue thankes to my lorde for he hathe rewarded me ¶ Iudica me AUenge me o God and defende my cause from thungodly folke delyuer me from the decey●efull and naked man For thou art my God and my strengthe wherfore hast thou put me awaye wherfore go I thus mornynge my enemye oppressynge me Make thy lighte and thy faithfulnes to shyne vpō me let these thynges lede me vnto thy holy hyll and let thē lede me to thy tabernacles That I might ons come to the altare of God euen the god of gladnes author of my ioye to prayse and to magnifie the with herp god my god Wherfore art thou deiecte my soule thus trobled in me trust in God for yet wyll I magnifie hym for the helpe wherwith he hathe made glad my face and shewed hym selfe to be my god Sepe expugnauerunt psalmus C.xxix GReuouslye haue they vexed me euen frō my yonght now let Israell speke Greuously haue they vexed me euē fro my yonght but yet they p̄uaile not against me Upon my bak these ploughmē ploughed and haue cut forthe theyr long vorowes But the ryghtwyse lorde hathe cut away the bondes of these vngodlye They shall be shamed and put to flyghte who so euer hateth Syon They shall be as grasse that groweth vpō the house rygges whiche is withered before it be pulled vp With the whiche neyther the reaper fylleth his handes nor yet the gatherer fylleth his armes Neyther the goers foreby so regarded them as to saye ones god blesse you or we wyll wysshe you in the name of the lorde Domine non psal C.xxxj LOrde my herte is not proude neither loke I a lofte I take not stoughtly vpon me in greate maters nether presume I in meruelous thynges aboue my estate But verelye I repressed and put my soule to scilence lyke a weanlynge from the mothers teare euen lyke a weanlynge in very deade Let Israell wayte and truste vpon the lorde from this tyme in to euerlastynge Glory be to the father c. ISraell in scrypture betokeneth the electe chyldren of god whiche when they are in the moste extremeste affly●cion lykely to be forsakē of god and man then haue they goddes helpe moste present yf theyr faith ra●le not The chap. ij par ij WHen we are driuen to suche an harde straynie that we can not tel what to do then only is there left vs this last shyfte present helpe to lyfte vp one tyes vnto the lorde Thankes be to God ¶ The hymne WOrshype we the spirite purely which moued Simeon the sage In his armes to take reuerently Our sauiour yet tender of age When his father and his mother Presented theyr yonge chylde Iesus Simeon amonge al other praysed the lorde sayenge thus ¶ Nunc dimittis NOW lettest thou thy seruant departe o lorde accordynge to thy promyse in pece For myne iyes haue sene the sauiour sent from the. Whom thou haste set forthe in the presens of all people To be a lyghte lyghtynge the Gentilles and to be the glory of thy people Israell Glory be to the father c. As it was c. ¶ The Antheme AH how fearefull a iudgment is it to be reiecte and caste from the lorde not to be called his people which iudgmēt is now fallen vpon the Iewes which somtyme were called his people of Israell The versicle Kepe vs Iesu confirmed in thy worde Thanswere Holde vs to thy trouthe cast vs not from ye. Amen ¶ The Prayer O Lorde Iesu restore Israell we praye the ye restore the hoole worlde teachyng vs which the spirit of thy trouth that we allwith one mynde and one assent myght rūne af●er the gloryfie thy name Graūte vs o mercifull sauyour that we myght se the gloriouse takinge vp againe of Israel whiche shall be to the worlde as a new rysynge agayne from death to lyfe that thus all the hooll worlde myght lyue vnder the alone moste perfiteste herdman and thou moughtest raygne in vs all to whom with the father with the holy ghoste be glory honor impery and rule into the worlde of worldes Amen ¶ Salue Rex HAyle Iesu Christe kynge of mercye our lyfe our swetnes and our hope we salute the vnto the we crye whiche are the banysshed chyldren of Eue vnto the we syghe sobbynge and wepynge in this ●ale of wretchednes haste the therfore our mediator turne vnto vs those thy mercyfull eyes O Iesu all prayse worthy shew vs the presence of thy father after this out larie O gentle O mercyful O swete Iesu Christe ¶ The versicle In al our trouble heuenes Thanswer O Iesu our helthe and glory succoure vs. ¶ The prayer O Iesu Christe the sonne of god our redemer which deiectedest hūbledst thy selfe from the gloryous state and shape of thy godhed vnto the shape of oure vyle seruytude because thou woldest reconsyle vs the chyldren of wrathe vnto thy father and so make vs the chyldren of grace we beseche the graunte vs that we moughte euer fele euen the thy very selfe to be oure presente medyator before our father for all ghostly gyftes whom we knowledg with perfite faith to be our sauiour whiche art the lyuely God with the Father and the holy ghoste leuynge and raygnynge in to the worlde of worldes Amen ¶ Here foloweth the seuen Psalmes in Englysshe Domine ne in furore the fyrste Psalmus sextus AH lorde rebuke me not in thy wrathe nether chasten me in thyne anger But deale fauourably with me o lorde for ful sore brokē am I heale me lorde for my bones are all to shaken My soule trēbleth sore but lorde how longe Turne the Lorde and
O lorde I beseche the let the wyllynge sacrifices of my mouth be accepted and teche me thy pleasures I my selfe bryng my lyfe euer in to peryll but yet thy lawe do I not forget These proude vngodly haue set snares for me but yet I swarued not from thy cōmaundementes I haue chalenged thy testymonyes for my ꝑpetuall herytage for they are my hertꝭ ioye I haue bowed downe my hert to do thy ordynaūces ye that for euer without ende The frantyke harde necked do I hate thy lawe haue I loued Thou art my lurkynge place my shelde I wayte for thy promyses Auoyde fro me ye hurtfull men I shall kepe the p̄ceptes of my god Strengthen me accordynge to thy promyses that I may lyue let me not shamed disapoīted of my hope Stay thou me and I shal be saued and I shall delyte besyly in thy ordynaūces Thou shalt trede downe all that erre from thy ordynaūces for all these crafty mennes studye is to deceyue with lyes Lyke rust thou rubbedest away all those proude vngodly of the erth wherfor I loued thy testīonies My flesshe trēbled for feare of the I feare thy iudgementes All my mynde was to do equite ryghtwysnes leue me not to myne vniuste vexers Delyght thy seruaunt with good thingꝭ leest these vngodly make me sorowfull with their iniuryes My eyes dasled lokyng vp for thy sauynge helpe waytyng for the ꝓmyses of thy ryghtwisnes Deale with thy seruaūt mercyably instructe me with thy ordynaunces I am thy seruaūt make me to vnderstāde know thy testimonyes It is tyme lorde to do iudgemēt for they haue scatered abrode thy lawe And therfore I loued thy p̄ceptes aboue golde and precious stones And for this I knowlege all thy cōmaūdementꝭ to be rightwise I hate euery false path Merueylous are thy testimonyes wherfore my soule obserueth them To cōme but to the dore of thy scripture lyghteneth gyueth vnderstondyng to the vnlerned I drewe in my breth fayntly for that I laboured so sore to attayne vnto Beholde haue thy preceptes mercy vpon me accordyng to thy iudgemētes wherwith thou gouernest the louers of thy name Rule my steps after thy pleasures suffer no iniquite to haue dominiō ouer me Redeme me frō the iniuryes of men and I shal kepe thy cōmaūdemētes Make thy face to shyne vpon thy seruāt instruct me in thy ordynaūces Stremes of water gusshed out of my eyes bycause I se men not obseruynge thy lawe Ryghtwyse art thou o lord ryght are thy iudgemētes Thou hast cōmaūded in thy testimonyes ▪ ryghtwysnes faythfulnes moost chyefly My zele to thy worde killed me bycause my pursuers forgat it Thy wordes are purely tryed lyke as with fyre thy seruāt loueth them I was a lytel on an abiect but yet forgate I not thy cōmaundementes Thy ryghtwysnes is euerlastyng thy lawe is the very trewth Than afflictiō heuynes had taken me than thy cōmaūdemētes refresshed me The beleuyng of thy ꝓmyses is euerlastyng ryghtwisnes gyue me vnderstandyng of this and I shall lyue I called vpon the with al my hert graūte me lord and I shall obserue thy ordinaūces I called vpō the saue thou me I shall kepe thy testimonyes I preuente the dawnyng of the day crye vnto the I wayte for thy ꝓmyses My eyes preuēted the watches that I myght be occupyed in thy plesures Heare me lord for thy mercies sake quicken me after thy pleasures My pursuers layde theyr owne fautꝭ vpō my neck but they ar gone farre backe frō thy lawe Thou art present o lorde and all thy preceptes are the very selfe trouthe I knewe this before of thy testymonies for thou hast stablisshed them to abyde for euer Beholde my affliction defende me for I forget not thy lawe Defende my cause and delyuer me quicken me after thy promyses Helthe is farre frō the vngodly for they regarde not thy ordynaūces Bounteous is thy gentylnes o lorde quicken me at thy pleasure Many ther are that persecute me and are against me yet haue I not swarued frō thy testymonyes I se these malycious men and it irked me bycause they obserued not thy sayinges Thou seest that I loue thy cōmaūdementes lorde for thy mercyes sake quicken me The begynnynge of thy wordes is trouth and the iudgementes of thy ryghtwysnes standeth for euer The ouermost in au●horite persecuted me fautles my hert feared at thy wordꝭ I am as glad of thy plesures as one that had foūde many proyes I hate and abhor lyes I loue thy lawe Seuen tymes in the day I prayse the for thy rightwyse iudgemētes The louers of thy lawe shall haue moche felicite quietnes and no hurte at all I trust vpon thy helpe lorde gyue diligēce to thy preceptes My soule obserueth thy tessymonyes loueth them greatly I obserue thy cōmaundementes and thy testimonyes for all my wayes are open vnto the. Let my cryenge ascende in to thy presence o lord make me ryghtly to vnderstande thy wordes Let my depe desyre cōme in to thy syght delyuer me accordyng to thy ꝓmyses My lyps shall poure forth thy prayse thou shalt īstruct me in thy ordynaūces My tung shall speake of thy pleasures for all thy p̄ceptes are ryghtwisnes Let thy hande helpe me for I haue chosen thy cōmaūdemētes I desyred thy sauyng helpe lord and thy lawe is my delyte My soule shall lyue prayse the and thy iudgementes shall be my helpe I am strayed lyke a lost shepe seke thou thy seruant for thy cōmaundementes haue I not forgoten ¶ The Antheme God cōmaūded man first of all not to taste of the tree of knowlege of good euyll willyng that it sholde not lye in mannes wyll and power of hym selfe to knowe good frō euyll but the knowlege sholde be gyuen man thorowe goddes worde to the which worde he cōmaunded vs also neyther to adde any thynge nor to take from it no not to do without it that thynge whiche appereth ryght in our eyes ¶ The versycle Blessed is that man o lorde whome thou learnest ¶ Thanswere Ye and whome thou teachest with thy worde ¶ The prayer O God almyghty all alone suffycyent for vs all to be holpen and to gyue vs all thynges we beseche the for thy sone Iesus Chrystes sake and for the glorye of thy worde to puryfye our hertes with thy spiryte of fayth that we myght knowe thy worde heare thy voyce beleue it whiche assureth vs frely to be made ryghtwyse by thy fauoure and mercye thorowe the redempcyon that is in Chryst Iesu our seate of mercy thorowe fayth in his blode Amen ¶ Esaye .lix. Lo the lorde is yet alyue whose power is not so mynysshed but he may vs yet saue neyther are his eares soo stopped but he wyll vs yet heare Prayse ye the lorde ¶ Here foloweth the psalmes of the passyon of Chryst. ¶ The argument in to the .xxij. psalme ¶ Here Dauid declareth hym selfe playnly to be the very
fygure of Chryste Wherfore fyrste of all he syngeth and expresseth his great deiection and downe fall and anone after his exaltacyon his encrease and purchasynge of his kyngdome euen to the vttermost partes of the lande and the contynuaunce therof vnto the worldes ende ¶ Deus deus meꝰ respice Psal. xxij MY god my god lo wherfore forsakest thou me how farre is thyne helpe from myne out cryenge My god shall I thꝰ crye and call vpon the all daye and yet wylt thou not heare shall I crye all nyght and neuer cease Ueryly yet art thou that holy one whiche dwellest in Israell extollynge the with prayse Our father 's trusted vpon the they trusted vpon the and thou delyuerdest them They cryed vnto the and were delyuered they trusted vpon the were not shamed But as for me I am but a worme and no man euen the very opprobrye of the men and an abiecte from the vylest folke All that se me made but a laughyng stock on me they mocked me with theyr lyppes and wagged theyr heddes at me Sayinge this vyleyn referred all thynges to the lorde let hym now delyuer hym yf he wyll for he loueth hym well But yet thou arte he whiche leddest me out of my mothers wombe myne owne refugy euen from my mothers teates As soone as I came in to this worlde I was layde in thy lappe thou art my God euen from my mothers wombe Go thou not farre from me for my trouble draweth nygh neyther is there any man that wyll helpe There are beset me rounde aboute greate sturdy steares ye the fatte bulles of Bashan haue hedged me in Lyke a rorynge lyon pantynge and gapynge for his proye theyr mouthes are open vpon me naked before them I sanke awaye lyke water all my bones shoke out of ioynte my hert within me melted away lyke waxe The moystur of my body was dryed vp and I was lyke a potsherde my tung cleued to the sydes of my mouth thou hast drest me to my graue For euen lyke dogges they came aboute me the chyrche of noyous men hedged me in they dygged thorowe my handes fete A man myght haue tolde all my bones they gasyng vpon me thus pytyles entreated toke theyr pleasure They parted my ouer clothes to them self and for my other cote they casted dyce But thou oh lorde be not farre o my strengthe haste the to cōme helpe me Delyuer my lyfe from the deth stroke and my deare soule from the woodnes of these dogges Saue me from the mouthes of these lyons and defende my poore simplenes from the hornes of these vnicornes I shall sprede thy name among my bretherne in the myddes of the congregacyon I shall prayse the. I saye ▪ ye that feare the lorde se that ye prayse hym all ye of the sede of Iacob gloryfye hym all ye of the progeny of Israel feare hym For he hath not despised nor abhorred the troublous affliction of the poore in no maner of wyse turneth he his face from hym but whan he cryed vnto hym he herd hym I shall prayse the in the greate congregacyon I shall ꝑforme my vowes before his worshyppers The meke men shall eate be satisfyed they that seke the lorde shall prayse hym theyr herte shall lyue and ioye for euer The dwellers in thextreme partes of the erth shall remembre themselues and be turned to the lorde and all hethen nations shall fall downe before the. For the kyngdome is the lordes and he is lorde ouer al nations All the ryche men of the erth shall eate and do hym homage they shal be bowed downe before hym and descende in to theyr graues for they may not prolonge ony lyfe to thyyr soules But theyr postertie shall serue hym shall be nombred to the lorde for euer And thus theyr chylders chylderne shall shewe the ryghtwisnes whiche he hath gyuen to the people whiche is yet to be borne ¶ Dn̄s regit me Psal. xxiij THe lorde is my pastoure and feader wherfore I shall not wante He made me to feade in a full plentuous batle groūde and dyd dryue retche me at leyser by the swete ryuers He restored my lyfe and led me by the pathes of ryghtwisnes for his names sake Ye yf I shold go thorowe the myddes of deth yet wolde I fere none euyll for thou art with me thy staffe and thy shepe hoke conforte me Thou shalt sprede garnysshe me a table ye and that in the syght of myn ennemyes thou shalt souple my heed with oyntment and my full cuppe shall laugh vpon me Ye and thy mercy and gentylnes shall folowe me al my lyfe I shall syt in the house of the lorde a longe tyme. ¶ Dīn est terra Psal. xxiiij THe erth is the lordes and all that is conteyned in it the rounde worlde and all that inhabyte it For in the see hath he set her foūdacyons hath buylded her aboue the flodes Who shall clymme in to the hyll of the lorde or who shall abyde in his holy place An innocent in his dedes and he that is pure in herte that hath not extolled hym self proudly vnto vanite neyther hath sworne for ony disceyte This mā shal be fed with the blessyng of the lorde with the mercy of god his sauyour This is the nacion gyuē all vnto hym seketh hī this is the very ryght Iacob Selah Oh ye gates lyfte vp your selues ye gates euerlastynge be ye opened this gloryous kyng shall inentre Who is this kyng that is so gloryous it is the myghty valyaunt lorde noble in power a lord excellēt ī strength to wage batayle Oh ye gates lyfte vp your selfe ye gates euerlastyng be ye opened the gloryous kyng shall inentre Who is this kyng that is so gloryous it is the lorde of hostes it is he that is this gloryous kyng Sela. ¶ Ad te dn̄e leuaui Psal. xxv UNto the oh lorde I lyfte vp my mynde my god I trust in the let me not be shamed lest myne ennemyes reioyse vpon me For they shall not be shamed who so euer depēde vpon the but they shall be shamed that wrongfully hurt innocentes Shewe me thy wayes lord and wonte me to thy pathes Lede me forth for thy faythfull truthes sake acquaynte me with the for thou art god my sauyour of whome I depende perpetually Lorde remembre thy mercy thy gracyous fauour for in these thynges thou excellest euen frō the begynnynge But the synnes of my youthe with my vngodlynes also remēbre thou not remembre me accordynge to thy goodnes for thy mercyes sake oh lorde Good and ryghtwyse is the lorde wherfore he wyll instructe and teche synners the waye He wyll make the lowlyones to go in ryghtly and in good ordre and wyll teache meke men his waye All the pathes of the lorde are mercy and faythfulnes to those men whiche kepe touche and conuenaunte with hym For thy names sake oh lorde forgyue me my wyckednes for it
is very moche Who so euer that man be that feareth the lorde he shall teache hym the chosen ryght waye His mynde shall enioye good thinges and his posterite shall possesse the lande as ryght herytage The lorde is a secrete sure thynge to them that feare hym and them shall he make to knowe his conuenaunte and promyse Myne eyes shall be euer vpon the lorde for he wyll drawe my fete out of the nette Beholde me and haue mercy vpon me for I am alone forsaken full of affliction The sorowfull syghes of my herte encrease more more lede me out of myne anguysshe Beholde my poore state and my heuynes forgyue me all my synnes Consyder my ennemyes for they are full many and with furyous hatred they pursue me Kepe my soule and delyuer me leest I be shamed for I haue put my trust in the. Defende me that I may lyue ryghtly hurtynge no man for of the do I depende Redeme and lose Israell oh god from all his aduersytees ¶ Iudica me dn̄e Psal. xxvj BE iudge for me lorde for I am purposed to lyue innocently and whyles I trust in the lorde I shall not wauer Proue me lorde and serche me trye my reynes and my herte lyke as metall with fyre For thy mercy is euer before myne eyen I lede my lyfe in thy faythfulnes I haue not delyghted in the company of vayne men neyther haue I associated my selfe with these holowe subtyle men I hate the chyrche of hurtfull and noyous men neyther haue I conspyred with the vngodly I shall endeuer my handes to be pure voyde all disceyte thy altare oh lorde shall I go aboute To synge thy prayse to shewe forth what so euer wonderfull dede thou hast done Lorde dere beloued is thy house vnto me the seate of thy beautefull tabernacle also Take not away my soule with the vngodly neyther yet my lyfe with these blody men In whose handes disceyte is turned canuast theyr ryght hande is full of brybes But I lyue harmeles and innocently redeme me and haue mercy vp●n me My fote is fastened in a place well worthy for me in the cōgregacions I shall magnifye and prayse the lorde ¶ Dn̄s illuminatio Psal. xxvij THe lord is my light my sauīg helth of whome than shall I be afrayde The lorde is the stronge defence of my lyfe of whome than shall I be afrayde Whan the noyous harmefull men which were myne aduersaryes fall vpon me to deuour my flesshe than shall they smyte them selfe agaynst the rocke and fall Ye and yf they pytche felde bende theyr ordynaunce agaynst me yet shall not my herte feare Yf batayle be bente agaynst me yet shall I trust to the promyse of god One peticyon asked I of the lorde whiche I wyll folowe vpon that is I myght syt in the house of the lorde all dayes of my lyfe Where I myght beholde the beautefull regaltye of the lorde and visyte his holy temple For he hath hydde me as though I were in his tabernacle in tyme of persecucion he shall hyde me in the preuy place of his tente and shall lyfte me vp in to a rocke He shall gyue me the ouer hande of myne ennemyes whiche haue compassed me in and I shall offre ioyfull sacryfyces I shall synge playe the psalmes before the lorde Lorde heare my voyce I call vpon the haue mercy vpon me and answere me My herte thought vpon the I sought to se the it is the lorde that I seke Turne not thy face from me suffer not thy seruaunt to slyde in thy wrathe hytherto hast thou ben my helper cast me not now awaye neyther forsake me oh god my sauyoure For where my father and my mother fayled me there the lorde gathered me to hym Lorde teache me thy waye and leade me forth in the ryght pathe from theym that laye awayte for me Let them not take theyr pleasure vpon me whiche are my troublous ennemyes lyenge wytnesses stode togyder styffe agaynst me Whose violence had greuously oppressed me had I not beleued to enioye those thynges whiche are good amonge the lyuynge men Depende and wayte thou vpon the lorde be thou strōge it is he that shal strengthen thy herte depende vpon the lorde ¶ Ad te dn̄e clamabo Psal. xxviij UPon the lorde do I call whiche art my stronge defence despyse me not neyther forsake thou me oneles I be lyke men let downe in to theyr graues Heare my prayer whyles I crye vnto the and lyfte vp my handes vnto thy holy temple Plucke me not in to vengeaunce with the vngodly with those whiche study for shrewednes spekyng peasably with theyr neyghbours whyles they nourysshe euyll in theyr hertes Gyue them as they deserue and after theyr malycyous study gyue them after theyr dedes acquyte them theyr deseruynge For they regarded not the workes and dedes of the lorde he shall therfore destroye them and not edyfye them Praysed be the lorde for he hathe herde the depe desyres of my mynde The lorde is my strengthe he is my buckler in hym trusted my hert and I was holpen wherfore my hert reioyseth and I shall magnyfye hym in my songe The lorde is theyr strengthe and a sauyng power to preserue his anoynted Saue thy people do good to thy heritage fede and gouerne them and lyfte them vp for euermore ¶ Afferte dn̄o filij dei Psal. xxix GYue vnto the Lorde ye that excell in myghty power gyue ye vnto the lorde honour and the prayse of his power Gyue the lord worshyp worthy his name honour the lorde in his holy kynges hall The voyce of the lorde is in the watery cloudes god whose maieste is to be feared with reuerence thondreth the lorde is declared vpon great waters The voyce of the lorde is passynge stronge the voyce of the lorde is full of maieste The voyce of the lorde smyteth togyther ceder trees the lorde breaketh togyther the ceders of Libani He maketh the mountaynes of Libani and Hireion to leape togyther lyke calues they ranne togyther lyke the calues of vnicornes The voyce of the lorde casteth and cutteth forth fyry lyghtenynges The voyce of the lorde maketh the deserte to quake the lorde made euen the deserte of Kades to tremble The voyce of the lorde maketh hartes and does to grone to braye vncouereth the thycke wodes whiche all maketh for his prayse to be sayd in his temple The lorde ruleth ouer the vniuersall flode the lorde there kepeth residence a kyng euerlastyng The lorde mynystreth strength to his people the lorde is benefycyall to his people gyuynge them prosperous peace ¶ Exaltabo te dn̄e Psal. xxx I Shall exalte the lorde for thou hast exalted me hast not made my ennemyes to reioyse vpon me Oh lord my god I haue called vpon the thou hast healed me Lorde thou hast led my soule forth of my graue thou hast restored my lyfe lest I sholde haue gone downe in to the pyt
Ye sayntes of the lorde synge vnto hym a prayse se that ye sprede his holy memoryall For it is but a moment that his wrath endureth but lōge is the lyfe that cōmeth of his beniuolence Wepyng waylyng cōmeth in at the euen tide but anone after gladnes aryseth with the mornyng Whan all thingꝭ were ꝓsperous about me I thought with my self that I shold neuer slyde Lorde of thy good wyll thou stablysshdest my kyngdom lyke an hyll for as soone as thou hadst turned away thy face I was astonyed troubled The lorde called I vpon to the lorde did I make my prayer I said with my self what ꝓfyteth my lyf yf I be put now in to my graue shall the dust of my karcas magnyfye the or yet declare thy faythfulnes Heare lorde haue mercy vpon me lorde be thou my helpe Thou hast turned my mournyng in to ioye thou hast shaken me out of my mournyng sacke and clothed me with gladnes Wherfore my tunge shall synge thy prayse and shall not cease lorde my god I shall magnyfye the with prayse in to euerlastynge In te dn̄e speraui Psal. xxxj IN the oh lord haue I trusted let me neuer be shamed for thy ryghtwisnes sake delyuer me Bowe downe thyne eare vnto me spede the to delyuer me be thou my stony rocke whervpon I myght syt fast be thou my strōge defēced castell wherin thou mayst p̄serue me For thou art my rocke my bulwarke wherfore lede thou me forth for thy names sake take the charge of me Lede me forth of the nette whiche they haue set so p̄uely for me for thou art my strēgth I betake my spiryte in to thy handes for thou shalt redeme me lord my god whiche kepest true promyse at all tymes Prayse ye the lorde ¶ The prayer of the prophete Ionas delyuered out of the whales bely IOnas prayed vnto the lorde his god in the whales bely sayinge in my affliction I cryed vnto the lorde he answered me Euen from the bely of hell I cryed and thou herdest my voyce for thou haddest throwen me forth in to the myddes of the depest of the see and the waters closed me aboute all thy great waues flodes wente ouer me And I thought sayinge with my selfe I am cast out of thy syght I shall neuermore se thy holy tēple for waters haue compassed me in euen vp to my soule The darke depthe closed me in the foule stynkynge wedes of the see couered my heed I sanke downe vnder the foūdacyons of the hylles so that the waters barred me out from therthe for euer but thou madest my lyfe to aryse from dethe O lorde my god whan my soule fayled me yet I remēbred the lorde and my prayer came vnto thy holy temple They that are gyuen to vanite and lyes haue lost theyr mercy from god but I shal offer vnto the lowde prayse and shall perfourme my vowes to the lorde whiche is a sauyour for the lorde cōmaunded the fysshe anone she cast out Ionas vpon the drye lande ¶ A Dialoge Wherin the Chylde asked certeyn Questions answereth to the same The question SPeke my deare chylde what art thou The answer As concerninge my fyrste byrthe I am a creature of God endued with wytte reason the sonne of Adam as towchinge my newe secunde byrthe I knowlyge my selfe to be a Christiane The question Wherfore sayst that thou art a christiane The answere Because I am christened in the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy goste The quest what is Baptysme the ans It ia called of Paule the lauer or water of rygeneration by the which euery one that beleueth is receyued cōsecrated in to the felawshyp of Christes church to be partaker of lyfe euerlastynge Quest. In whom beleuest thou Answ. I beleue in god the father almyghty and so furthe as it standeth in my Crew Quest. What is Fayth Answ. Fayth as sayth Paule is a sure cōfidence of thynges whiche are hoped for and a certayntie of thynges whiche are not sene that is to saye an ernest and a fast cleuyng to the worde of the lyuyng god with an vndoubtynge trust of his ꝓmesses and no lesse feare of his thretenynges Quest. How many goddes are there Ans. There is but one god alone for all sufficient which hath his beyng of hym selfe al creatures haue their being of him Quest. How many ꝑsons then ar there in the godhed Ans. There are thre parsons whiche are god the father god the sonne and god the holye ghoste thre parsons in Trinite one god in essence Quest. what is god Ans. God is he of whose goodnes and by whose power I am perswaded and assured through my faith to receiue al that good is vnto whō also I flee in all aduersities and perelles as vnto a present and al alone suffecient helpe for me he paciently a bydeth our turnynge from synne full of mercy gentle goad redye alwayes to forgyue and suffreth no synne to be vnpunyshed and that in to the thyrde and fourthe generatiō vntyll none of that synful stocke be lefte alyue Quest. In whom beleuest thou I pray tell me agayne Ans. I beleue I say in god the father almyghty maker of heuen and erathe in Iesu Christ his only sonne our lord c. as it stōdeth in my Crew Quest. What meaneste thou by this fyrste article A. I beleue y● he is my god mercyful father vnto me tēderyng me as his dere beloued chylde and to be euermore vnto me an almighty helper Quest. what meanest thou by the seconde thyrde fourthe v.vi c. articles Ans. I beleue that Christe was conceyued borne and suffred for my synnes that he went downe to hel for my sake to delyuer me thense al them that truely beleue that he rose to make me ryghtwyse Quest. What thynge worketh this faythe in the Ans. It worketh in me loue to god to my neyghbours as to my selfe and so chaūgeth me in to a newe man that nowe I beleuynge and knowynge god to haue shewed so excedyng loue for me studye to do his cōmaundemētes and am full heuy in my herte that I can not fulfyll them Quest. Why what ar his cōmaūdemētes Ans. These are his cōmaundemētes fyrste thus saith god Exo. xx I am the lorde thy god Thou shalt haue none other goddꝭ in my syghte The .ij. cōmaundemēt Thou shalt make the no grauē or carued image nether ony similitude that is in heuen aboue either ī therthe beneth or in the water that is benethe therthe Se that thou nether bowe thy selfe vnto them nor yet serue them for I the lorde god am a gelows god punishe the synne of the fathers vpon the chyldren vnto the thyrde fourth generaciō of thē that hate me yet shewe I mercy vnto thousādꝭ amōge them that loue me kepe my cōmaundemētꝭ ¶ The thyrde cōmaundement Thou shalt not take the name of the lorde thy god in vayne
for the lorde wyll not rekē hym gyltlesse that taketh his name ī vane ¶ The fourth cōmaundment Remembre the saboth daye that thou sanctifiest it ¶ The fyfte cōmaundment Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thou mayste lyue longe vpon the lande whiche the lorde thy god geueth the. The sixte cōmaundement Thou shalt not kyl The seuenth cōmaundement Thou shalt not breke wedloke The eayght cōmaundemēt Thou shalt not stele The .ix. cōmaūdemēt Thou shalt beare no false wytnesse agaīst thy neyghbour The tenth cōmaundemēt ¶ Thou salte not couet thy neyghbours house neyther shalt thou desyre thy neyghbours wyfe his man seruant his mayde his oxe his asse or any thynge that is his Quest. What meanest thou by the fyrste cōmaundement Answ. I know therby that I am cōmaunded to beleue to truste to cleue to the lorde which promyseth hym selfe to be my god to worshipe and to loue hym alone with all my herte mynde and power of my soule and that it is he onely of whom al godnes is geuen me and vnto whom I muste fle and call vpon in all my troble for he only delyuereth me Quest. what meanest thou by the secunde cōmaūdement Ans. Euen as the wordes shew playnly for whē the lorde spoke vnto you sayth Moysed in the fourth of deutronomie then se ye no image or simylytude of hym leaste ye deceyued sholde make you images The voice of his wordes ye herde but as for ony shap or similitude of him in no maner of wyse haue ye sene ye shal not make you syluer goddes neyther golden goddes shall ye make you Exodi the xx.c Also ye shall make me an altare of Erth but yf ye wyl neades make it of stones yet shal ye not hewe them for yf ye set any instrument of yerne to them then shall they be defyled All this I beleue was ernestly spoken with so many wordes to auoide al karuynge and curyosite in settynge forth of imagꝭ to be worshypped as gods when Chri●t declarynge the same sayde that the very true worshipers ar they that worship the father in spirite of truthe for god is a spyrite Ioh the .iiij. Q. For as much thā as god is a spirite and maye not be imagined of our wyttes howe shall we knowe hym Ans. Faythe and truste fynde hym when we are in parell and shew hym vnto vs and yet this fayth to fynde hym muste he geue vs for yf we gete vs a fayth of our owne fasshonynge wherby we beleue and truste in ony other thynge then god then make we vs an ydole for it is the faythe and trust only in our hertes that maketh other god or ydole for yf oure faythe and truste be ryght and pure then haue we the very true god but yf it be false and fayned then muste we neades fayne vs a false and a lyenge god for true fayth and god ar ioyned to gyder with one knotte so that in what so euer thynge thou trustest and beleauest that same is thy god here now maist thou well se that in these two fyrst cōmaūdmētꝭ god requireth asketh all our hoole hertes and in the thyrde he asketh our mouthes and tongues to be vsed for his prayse and holynes of his name Q. Why what meanest thou by the thyrde cōmaundemēt An. Then take I the the name of god in vayne when I vse to confyrme a lye or to hurte my neighbour ye when neither by it god is glorified nor yet my neighbour by it ꝓfited Also yf I fle not to him for helpe in my trouble nor thanke hym for his benefites in my prosperite welthe then take I his name in vayne Also if I entende do not all thyngꝭ for his names glory then take I his name in vayne Q. What meanest thou by the fourth cōmaundemēt A. I sanctifye the Sabboth daye when I gyue my selfe whole to heare the holy scripture taughte me or to reade it and so occeupye my mynde in it or when I geue my selfe to any other holye workes or as Esaye faythe when I ceasse to do myne owne wyll or to folowe my nowne wayes although they appere to me ryght gloriouse and good for thus me thynketh the Prophete expoundeth this poynte of the lawe in the .lviij. chapitour And for the fulfyllynge of these two laste named Preceptes we praye sayeng Thy name be halowed and thy wyl be fulfylled and not oures Thus mayste thou se these fyrste foure preceptes to pertayne to the glorye of God and to the halowynge of his name ¶ The Question Wherfore then commaundeth he the other syxe The answere For our neyghbours helthe and profite to serue them and especiallye our Father and Mother whom nexte god we oughte to honoure to reuerence to obaye to counforte to helpe and to folowe theyr godlye monycyons and instructions ¶ The Question What meanest thou by the other An. That in no maner of wyse I shulde hurte my neyghbour But to do to hym as I wolde be done vnto no not to desyre or to couet any thynge of his The Quest. why is thought then synne The Answere Ye verely for so expoundeth our sauiour that saw in the fyfte chapitour of Mathew sayenge that who so euer casteth his lye wātonly vpon a nother mans wyfe desyryng hir hath cōmytted aduoutry with hir alredye in his herte Quest. Why are we all synners then and haue we all broken godꝭ cōmaundemētes Ans. We are all synners and haue neade of the mercy of god yf we were not all synners the mercy of god shold take none effecte in vs wherfore the scrypture concludeth that all men are synners that as manye as shall be saued sholde be saued by goddes mercye onely ¶ A prayer for the molifieng and suplyeng of our harde hertes the lyghtnynge of our blynde hertes and the true cōuertyng of our impenitente hertes O Most mercyfull father which by the mouthe of our swete sauyoure Iesu Christe saydeste vnto vs. Math. vij Aske and it shall be geuen vnto you seke and ye shall fynde knocke and it shall be opened vnto you psal C.xlij. Here I beseche the my prayer receyue my supply catyon in to thyne cares for thy trouthes sake heare me in thy ryghtwysnes Da. ix For not in our ryghtwisnes do we lay forth our prayers before the our most blessed father but in thy mandfolde mercyes .ij. Cor. j. Heare therfore our prayers oh father of mercies god of al cōsolacion Haue mercy vpon vs thy most wretched chyldren and vpon me most wretched of all lorde father I aske the mercy Molifie and make softe our harde hertes ble●sed father whiche be indured hardened with the cursed custome of synne and wretchednes myne most harde of al lorde father I aske y● mercy Molifie them bl●●sed father with the swete due of thy grace fulfyll thy promesse made vnto vs by thy prophet Hieremie Hie. xxxvi Take away from vs moste blessed father this stonyshe herte and geue vs a flesshen herte a softe herte an
myne iyes cease from theyr office Wherfore then oh lorde doste thou not put awaye myne iniquity And yf thou put it out accordinge to the multytude of thy mercyes yet washe me from myne iniquite For yet am I not perfeytly purefyed finisshe thy worke take awaye the hole offence and also the payne that is due vnto the crime encrease thy lyght with in me Kendle myne herte with thy loue cherite put out al feare for perfayte loue sendeth awaye feare Let the loue of the worlde the loue of the flesshe the loue of vayne glorye the loue of my selfe vtterly departe fro me yet styll more more wash me from myne iniquite by the which I haue offended agayn●t my neighbour and clense me from my synne that I haue committed agaynste god I wolde haue the put a way not only the faute payne that foloweth it but also the occasion and nouryshment of synne Washe me I saye with the wa●er of thy gracyous fauoure with water of which he that drinketh shall not thyrst for euer but it shall be made in hym a fontayne of lyuynge water runnynge in to euer lastynge lyfe Washe me with the comfortable waters of thy holye scriptures that I maye be nūbred among them vnto whom thou saydest Now are ye clene for my wordes which I haue spokē vnto you Io. xiij For I knowlege myne inyquyte and my synne is euer before myne iyes ¶ Although through the beholding of thy mercy and compassions I may be bolde ●o flye vnto the oh lorde yet wyl I not come as the Pharise whiche prayed not but rather praysed hym selfe despised his neighboure but I come vnto the as the publican Lu. xviij which durst not lyfte vp his iyes vnto Heauen For I also do knowlege myne inyquyte and whyles I pondre my synnes I dare not lyfte vp myne lyes but humbelynge my selfe with the Publicane I saye God be mercyfull to me a synner My soule wauereth betwene hope feare and somtyme for the feare of my synnes whiche I feale and knowlege to be in me I am ready to despayre somtyme throughe the hope of thy mercy I am lyfted vp and conforted Neuerthelesse because that thy mercy is greater thē my misery I wyl euer lorde truste in the and wyll synge oute thy plentuous compassyons for euer For I knowe that thou desyrest not the deathe of a synner but rather that he were conuerted and that he wolde knowlege his iniquite and forsake his synne and so come to the that he maye lyue ¶ My god graunte me that I maye lyue in the for I knowlege my wyckednesse I knowe what a greuous burthen it is how copious how ieoperdious I am not ignoraunt of it I hide it not but set it euē before myne eies that I maye washe it with my teares and knowlege vnto the Lorde myne vnryghtwysnesse agaynste my selfe And also my synne which I haue proudly done agaynste the is euer agaynst me and therfore it is agaynste me because I haue sinned agaynst the it is truly against me for it is euē against my soule accuseth me euer before the my iudge condēpneth me euer in euery place and it is so agaynste me that it is euer before my face and stondeth but agaynst me that my prayer maye not perce through vnto the that it myght take thy mercy fro me hynder thy mercye that it can not come at me therfore do I trēble and therfore do I morne besechyng thy mercy Therfore oh lorde as thou hast gyuen this grace vnto me to knowe my wickednesse and to bewayle my synne euē so accomplysh this thy beneuolence gyuynge me a ꝑfayte fayth drawyng me vnto thy sonne which hath made a ful satisfactiō for all my sinnes Geue me lorde this precious gyfte for euery good gyfte and euery parfeyte gyfte is from aboue comyng from the father of lyght Agaynst the only haue I synned haue done that which is euyll in thy sight that thou maist be iustified in thy wordꝭ mayst haue the victorie when thou art iudged ¶ I haue ouermoch sinned vnto the alone for thou cōmaundedst me that I sholde loue the for thy selfe shold loue al creatures for thy sake But I haue loued a creature more then that louynge it euen for it selfe What is synne but to loue a creature for it selfe and what is that but to do agaynst the Surely he y● loueth a creature for it selfe maketh that creature his God And therfore haue I synned agaynste the onely for I haue made a creature my god So haue I caste the awaye and haue ben iniurious only to the for I haue not offended agaynste ony creature in that I haue set my truste or confidence in it For it was not cōmaunded me that I sholde loue ony creature for it selfe Yf thou haddest cōmaūded me that I sholde haue loued an aungell onely for hym selfe and I had loued mony for it selfe then no doubte I had offended agaynst the angell But sith y● thou only art to be loued for thy selfe that is to say without ony respecte other of good or euyll and euery creature is to be loued in the for thy sake Therfore haue I surely offended onely agaynst the for I haue loued a creature for it selfe ¶ But yet haue I worse done for I haue synned euen ī thy syght I was nothīg asshamed to synne before thy face Oh merciful god how many synnes haue I done in thy syght which I wolde in no wyse haue done before mortal mē yea that I wolde not in ony case that men sholde knowe I feared men more then the for I was blinde loued blyndnes so did I nether se nor ones cōsidre the. I had only fleshly eyes therfore did I only feare and loke on men whiche ar flesh But thou lokedst on al my synnes and numbred them therfore I can nether hyde them frō the nether turne my backe and flye from thy face ¶ Whether shall I go from thy spirite and whether shall I flye from thy face what shall I then do whether shall I turne me whome shall I fynde to be my defender whom I praye you but the my god who is so good who is so gētle who is so mercyfull for thou passest without comparisō al creatures in gentlenesse It is one of thy chyefest propertyes to forgeue and be mercifull for throughe mercy and forgeuenesse thou dost most declare thy almyhgtynesse I graunt lorde that I haue offended only agaynst the and haue done that whiche is euyll in thy syght Haue mercy therfore on me expresse thy puysaunce in me that thou mayst be iustified ī thy wordꝭ for thou hast sayde that thou camest not to cal that rightwise but synners vnto repentaunce Iustifie me lorde accordyng to thy wordes call me receyue me and gyue me grace to do true workes of repentaūce For this cause wast thou crucyfied deade and buryed Thou saydest also Iohn̄ iij. whē I am lyfted vp from of the
am the waye truth and lyfe he is the very truthe of whom all truthe is named in heuen and in earthe this is it that thou haste loued and in it only haste thou delyted for thou dydeste fynde it pure and with out spotte and woldeste that it shulde dye for synners Kepe therfore Oh god this truthe beholde I am a greate synner in whome thou mayste kepe it to whome thou mayst forgeue many synnes whome thou mayste purifye in the bloude of thy Chryste and whome thou mayste redeme through his passion why Oh Lorde hast thou geuē me this knowlege of thi sonne and this fayth of hym Because I sholde se my redempcyon and not to attayne it that I myght by that meanes be the more vexed with sorowe God forbyd But rather that I maye perceyue the remission of my synnes purchased by Christes bloude and so by his grace maye obteyne it Purge me therfore redeme me oh lorde for thou hast vttered vnto me the vnknowne and secret poyntes of thy wysdome that this knowlege maye helpe me and brynge me vnto health for truely the Phylosophers neuer knewe these thyngꝭ they were vnknowne vnto them yea and vtterly hyd frō them And no man knewe these thynges excepte a fewe whom thou louedste entyrelye before thy sonnes incarnacyon ¶ The moste curious serchers of the worlde I meane the wyse men of this worlde lifted vp theyr eyes aboue heuen yet coulde not fynde this thy wysdom for thou haste hyd these thynges from the wyse and prudente and haste opened them vnto babes that is to hūble fysshers and thy holy propehtes which also haue vttered them vnto vs. And so hast thou vttered the vnknowne and secrete thynges of thy wysdom and of thy scryptures vnto me why do I knowe them in vayne I knowe theym surelye in vayne if they profyt me not vnto my helth and saluacion For the philosophers when they knewe god by his meruelous creatures they gloryfied hym not as god neyther were thankefull but vexed full of vanities in theyr imaginacyons and theyr folysshe hertes were blynded When they counted them selues wyse they became foles Wylt thou suffer me lorde to be of theyr numbre God forbyd For thou arte euen mercye it selfe which doth neuer vtterly forsake any man Fauoure therfore lorde fauour and spare thy seruaunt and cōmaunde hym to be of the numbre of thy babes that the vnknowne secretes of thy wysdom whiche thou haste opened to hym maye leade hym vnto the fountayne of wysdome whiche is an hye that thou mayste be praysed in the worke of thy mercye whiche thou doste exercyse towardes thy seruante Lorde whiche neuer forsakest them that truste in the. Sprynkle me Lorde with ysope and so shall I be clene thou shalt washe me and then shall I be whytter then snowe ¶ Because lorde that thou haste loued the truthe and haste opened vnto me the vnknowne secretes of thy wisdom I am wel counforted and I trust that thou wylt not cast me out of thy fauoure but thou wylte sprynkle me with ysope and soo shall I be clensed Ysope is a lowe herbe it is hote and of a good sauour whiche sygnyfyeth nothynge els but thy onely sone our lord Iesu chryst which humbled hym self vnto deth euen vnto the deth of the crosse Which with the hete of his feruent charyte loued vs and washed vs from our synnes in his bloude Which with the redolent sauoure of his beneuolence and ryghtuousnes replenyshed the hole worlde Therfore with this ysope shalte thou spryncle me when thou poureste vpon me the vertue of his bloude when Chryste thrughe fayth shall dwell in me when thrughe loue I am ioyned with hym when I shall countrefayte his humylyte and passyon then shall I be clensed frome all myne vnclennes Then shalte thou washe me with myne owne teares which flowe out of the loue of christ then shall I syghe vntyll I be werye I shall water my bed euery nyght with my teares so that it shall swymme in them then shalte thou wasshe me and I shall be whytter then snowe Snowe is whyte and colde but lorde yf thou spryncle me with ysope I shall be more whyter then snowe for I shall be thrughly endued with thy splendent light whiche passeth all bodelye wytnesse And when I am enflamed with that lyght I shall forsake all my carnall cōcupiscences colde vnto worldly thigꝭ ēflamed vnto heuēly Unto my hearynge shalte thou geue ioye and gladnes my brosed bones shall be refreshed ¶ Then lorde shall I pray vnto the erly that is in the begynnyge of thy lyght shalt thou heare my voyce and I shal heare what the lorde god shall speake in me for he shall speake peace for his people and shall geue me peace Lorde thou shalte geue me peace for I haue trusted in the vnto my hearyng shalt thou geue ioy and glagdnesse when I shall heare that confortable wordes that marie herde And what herde marie I speake of that marye which sate at the fete of Iesus mat xxvj what herde she Thy fayth hath saued the go thy wayes in peace Let me also heare that the thefe herde this daye shalte thou be with me in paradyse then shall I haue ioye for the remyssyon of my synnes and gladnesse for thy bounteous and lyberall promyses shall I not reioyce and be glad when thou shalt gyue me two folde for all my synnes then shall I begynne to taste how swete the lorde is then shall I lerne to be cōuersant in heuenly thīgꝭ and shall saye with the prophete how great and copious is that swetenesse lorde which thou haste layde vppe for theym that feare the. Then shall I reioyse and be glad and my brosed bones shall be refresshed What are the bones whiche sustayne the flesshe but the powers of oure soule and reason that bere vp the fraylte of oure flesshe that he runne not hedlonge in to all vyces that a man fall not hole in to vanite and so consume awaye These bones I saye are sore brosed for the reason is very weake and the wyll is prone ready to all myschyef for euen nowe the fleshe obeyeth not reason but reason muste obaye the flesshe so that I can not resist vyce for my bones at brosed And why are they brosed for they haue forsaken the the fountaine of liuyng water and haue dygged for them selues cesterns full of chynnes whiche can holde no waters for they are not filled with thy grace withoute whiche no man can lyue well for without the we can do nothyng They trusted in theyr owne power which is no power and therfore decayed they in theyr owne folysshnesses Therfore let thy power come oh lorde and then shal these brosed bones be refresshed let thy grace come that faith which worketh through loue Let thy powers and giftes assist me and then my brosed bones shall be refreshed for my reason shall be mercy my memorye glad and my wyll full of ioye And thus shall they all
thou wast not sent but vnto the shepe that were peryshed of the house of Israel What sholde this woman do when she herde these wordes verelye euen dyspeyre as concernynge the grace that she requyred and yet dispeyred she not but trustynge in thy mercye prayed yet agayne sayenge Lorde helpe me vnto whose importunyte Lorde thou answeredst it is not good to take the chyldrens breede and caste it to houndes as thoughe thou sholdest haue geuē her a full answere and sayd departe from me you Canaanites ar dogges ye are Idolatres the precious gyftes of heuenly fauour perteyne not vnto you I ought not to take them away from the iewes which worship tho true and liuyng god and to geue them to such dogges as ye are whiche worshyp ydols and deuyls What shalt thou now do thou woman of Canaan thou mayste nowe be a shamed and gette the away for the lorde is angry not with the alone but also thy hole nacyon Oh lorde god who wolde not haue bene cōfounde haue pyked hym away at these thy wordes who wolde not haue mumbled and grudged agaygst the who wolde not haue iudged the to be cruell And yet did this woman contynue styll in prayer She cast not away hir confydence she toke not these harde wordes heuelye she was not angry but she hūbled hir self the more and abode styll in hir petycyon and sayde with good fyaunce It is truthe lorde that thou sayest but I axe no breed I axe not the fauoure that the chyldrene sholde haue I am a lytle whelpe and desyre the cromes which fal frō the childrens table Let them floryshe aboundde with myracles other gracioꝰ fauours but let not me be destitute of thꝭ crūme of grace that my doughter maye be delyuerd frome the fendes possessyon for the whelpes do eate of the crūmes which fall from theyr masters tables Beholde what faythe what trust and what humylyte was in this woman therfore thou not dyspleased with her importunate instaunce but reioysynge in her excellent cōstauncye dydst saye O woman greate is thy fayth be it vnto the as thou wylte Why are these thynges wryten lord god that we may lerne to trust in the that we may humbly and deuoutlye contynew in prayer for thou wylte geue it yf men be greadye But the kyngdome of heuen suffereth vyolence and they that make vyolence vnto it catche it for what thynges so euer are wryten are wryten for our lernynge that thrughe patience and confort of the scryptures we maye haue hope Caste me not therfore lorde from thy face which stonde wepynge and waylynge daye and nyght before thy face not that thou sholdest delyuer me frome the bodelye oppressyon of deuylles but that thou wylte delyuer my soule frome his spyrytuall power and domynyon Let me not be shamed O swete Iesu for in the onely haue I trusted I haue no helthe nor confort but in the o lorde for all haue forsaken me euen my bretherne ●hildrē haue cast me of myn own bowels abhorre me I haue none other helper but only the Cast me not therfore away frō thy face and take not thy holye spirite fro me There is no man which can say that Iesus is the lorde but the holy ghost therfore yf I cal vpon the lorde Iesu that do I in the holy ghoste Yf I be sorye for my synnes whiche are passed yf I are forgyuenesse this do I verely by the holy ghoste Therfore I beseche the take not fro me thy holye ghoste but that it maye be with me and laboure with me for we wote not what to desyre as we ought to do But the spirite helpeth our infirmities and maketh intercessiō for vs that is maketh vs to praye with suche sorowfull groninges as can not be expressed with tungue therfore take not awaye this thy holye spirite fro me that he maye teache me to praye and helpe me in my laboure and maye cause me to contynue in prayers and teares that at the lengthe I maye fynde fauoure before thy face and maye serue the all dayes of my lyfe Make me agayne to reioyse in thy sauynge healthe and strengthen me with a pryncypall spirite ¶ It is a great thyng that I desyre o lord how be it sith thou art god a great Lorde and kynge ouer all goddes he dothe the iniurie which asketh smal thynges of the. All transytory and corruptible thynges ar but small in thy syghte but spirituall and euerlastyng thynges are great precious Take away the spirite and soule from the bodye and what remayneth but most vile dunge duste and a vayne shadowe therfore euen so muche dyfference there is betwene the spirite and the body as it is betwene the body and his shadowe so maye I conclude that he whiche asketh bodely thynges asketh but vayne tryfles but he that desyreth spiritual thynges doth surelye desyre greate thynges but specallye he that desyreth thy sauyng healthe What is thy sauynge healthe but Iesus thy sonne whiche is very god and euerlastynge lyfe why shall I not then aske of the this thy sauyour syth thou art a myghty and most lyberall father whiche gauest hym vnto the deathe of the crosse for me Nowe syth thou hast so offered him for me why shold I be a shamed to aske hym of the It is a greate and noble presente neyther am I worthy to haue suche a gyfte how be it it becometh thy worthye lyberalite to gyue suche noble gyftes for this therfore thyne ineffable gentlenes I dare p̄sume to come boldely vnto the and to desyre thy sauyng healthe in whome I myght f●lly reioyce ¶ For yf of his carnall father ony sonne aske fyshe wyll he reache hym a serpen●●● And yf he aske an egge wyll he gyue hym a scorpion or if he aske breed wil he geue hym a stone Nowe yf carnall fathers beyng euell synners wyll geue vnto theyr chyldre good gyftes whiche they haue receyued of the howe moche more thou heuenlye father whiche of thyne owne substance arte good and wylte geue a good spirite to them that desyre it of the Behol●e thy sonne whiche is returned from a farre cuntrey sorowyng and repentyng asketh of the the fyshe of faythe for as the fyshe lyeth secrete vnder the water euen so is faythe or suche thynges as are not sene be asketh I say a true fayth that he may reioyce in thy sauyng helth wi●t thou re●ch him a serpent wilt thou geue hym the venome of vnfaythfulnes which procedeth frō the olde and croked serpent the deuyl I desyre of the o lorde the egge of hope that euē as out of an egge we hope for a chykē so thrugh hope that thou wylte graunte me to come vnto the syghte of thy sauynge healthe that oute of my hope maye come this holsome syght as the chycke doth out of the egge I desyre the egge of hope that my soule throughe hope maye be sustayned in this vale of teares may reioyce in thy sauing helth wylt thou geue me the scorpyon
delyuer my soule saue me for thy mercys sake For they verely that ar in this dedely anguysshe can not thynke vpon the in this helly paynes who may prayse the I am wery with synghyng I shal water my bed euerynyght with my teares so that it shal swymme in them My face is wrinkled dryed vp with care anger my enemyes haue made it full thynne with trouble Auoyde fro me ye workers of wyckednes for the lorde hathe herde my complayntes poured out with wepynges The lorde hath herde my depe desyre the lorde hath receyued my petition All myn enemyes shall be shamed and astonyed they shal be put to flyghte and confounded sodenly Beati quorum psal xxxij BLessed is he whose vngodlynes is for geuen and whose synnes are couerd Blessed is the man to whom the lorde rekeneth not his synne neither is there in his spirite ony dessemlynge defayte Whiles nowe I helde my peace dayly musinge with my selfe other whiles cryed oute my bones wasted for sorow For day and nyghte thy hande pressed me downe my moister was dried vp lyke as one tosted in the myddes of somer Selah I shall knowledge my synne shall not hyde my wyckednes I thought sayeng with my selfe I shal cōfesse my vngodlynes which is agaynste me to the lord thou euen strayght forgauest me my wickednes which openeth her selfe by my outward synne Selah For the whiche euen euery saynte shal praye vnto the in tyme of besechynge then yf afflyccion come vpon hym lyke a great swellynge floude yet shall it not touche hym Thou arte my defender from tribulation thou shalt kepe me shalte make me glad excedyngly for my delyueraunce Selah I shall instructe the and teache the the way wherupon thou may ūgo I shal coūsell the se for the right well Se that ye be not as horse or mule whiche are vnreso●able whose chawes muste be refrayned with bye brydle lest they stryue agaynste the. Many so●owes fal vpon the vngodly but hym that trusteth in the Lorde mercy closeth rownd aboute ●e glad t●erfore in ●he lorde and retoyse ye ryghtwise make ye mery all faythfull and vpryght in her●e ¶ Domine ne the seconde PUnysshe me not lorde of indignation nether chasten me in thy wrathe For thy arrowes are sore smyten in to me and the desease whiche thou hast cast vpon me presseth me downe sore There is no healthe in my flesshe for thy wrath there is no rest in my bones for my synnes For my synnes haue pressed downe my heade lyke an heuy burden they are heuyer then I maye beare My olde preuy sores festred within now are they broken forthe for myne owne folysshnes I am depressed and sore broken I walke in contynuall mornynge For a foule botche occupyeth all my thyghes so that there is no helth ī my flesshe I am feble sore broken I gnasted with my tethe for sorow of my herte Lorde al my desyres are before the and my sorowful syghes ar not vnknowne vnto the. My herte trembeleth and panteth for sorowe my strengthe fayleth me and euen the very syght of myn iyes ceasse from theyr offyce My frendes and my felowes stode agaynst my wounde and my nyghe kynsfolke stode all a farre In the meane season they that soughte my lyfe made snares for me they that hūted for my faute spoke desaite why speringe to desayue me contynually But I as it hadde ben one deffe herde nothynge at al and as a dumme man opened not ones my mouth I was as one that herde not and as one that had not a worde in his mouthe to answere for hym selfe For the Lorde do I abyde thou shalt answere for me lorde my god For I sayd with my selfe these men parauenture wyll reioyse vpon me and as soone as my fote begynne to slyde thy shal runne vpon me For I am but an haltynge creple redy euer to fall my sorowe neuer goeth fro me I confesse my vngodlines I sorow for my synnes But in the meane ceason my enemes lyue were stronge euen they whiche persue me falsely ar encresed in power Whiche acquite me euell for good and are agaynste me because I soughte studeously to profyte them Forsake me not lorde be not farre fro me my God Spede the to helpe me lorde my sauynge helthe Miserere mei deus psal li. HAue mercy vpon me God for thy fauourable goodnes for thy great mercyes sake wype away my synnes And yet agayne washe me more fro my wykednes make me cleane fro my vngodlynes For my greuous synnes do I knowledge my vngodlynes is euer before myne iyes Agaynste the agaynste the one●y haue I synned and that that sore offendeth the haue I done wherfore very iuste shalte thou be knowne in thy wordis pure when it shal be iudged of the. Lo I was fashoned in wyckednes and my mother conceyued me polluted with synne But lo thou woldest trowthe to occupye rule in my inwarde par●es thou shewedste me wysdom which thou woldest to sytte in the secretes of my herte Sprinkle me with ysope and so shall I be clene thou shalt wasshe me then shall I be whytter then snowe Poure vpon me ioye and gladnes make my bones to reioyse which thou hast smite Turne thy face fro my synnes and wype awaye all my wyckednes A pure herte create in me o lorde and a stedfaste ryghte spirite make a new within me Cast me not away thy holy ghost take not fro me Make me agayne to reioyse whyle thou bryngest me thy sauynge healthe and let thy chyef gouernynge fre spirite strengthen and lede me I shall instructe cursed and shrewed men in thy waye and vngodlye men shall be conuerted vnto the Delyuer me from the synne of murdther o god o god my sauyour and my tongue shall triumphe vpon thy mercy wherwith thou makest me ryghtwyse Lorde open my lyppes and then my mouth shal shew forthe thy prayse For as for sacrifices thou delyghtest not in them or els I had offred them and as for brent sacrifices thou regardest them not Acceptable sacrifices to god is a broken spirite a cōtrite and a deiected herte thou shalte not despyse O god Deale gētly of thy fauourable beniuolence with syon let the walles of Hierusalem be edified preserued Then shalt thou delyghte in the very sacrifices in the ryghte brente sacrifice and in the oblacion of ryghtwysnes then shall they laye vpon thy altare the very oxen Domine exaudi psal c.ij. LOrde heare my prayer and suffer my depe desyre to come vnto ye. Hyde not thy face fro me in tyme of my trybulation bowe downe thyn eare vnto me in the day when I call vpon the haste the to graūt me For my dayes verely are vanysshed awaye lyke smoke my bones ar dried vp lyke a stone My herte is smyttē thrugh lyke grasse and is wythered awaye in so muche as I forsoke to take myne owne meate I was so dried vp with my sorowful