him and set him vp for euer O ye Sunne and Moone speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer O ye starres of heauen speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye showers and dewe speake good of the lord praise him and set him vp for euer O ye windes of God speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye fyre and heate prayse ye the Lord praise him and set him vp for euer O ye winter and summer speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye dewes and frostes speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye frost and colde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye yse and snowe speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye nyghtes and dayes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye lyght and darkenes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye lightenynges and cloudes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O let the earth speake good of the Lorde yea let it prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye mountaynes and hilles speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye grene thinges vpon the earth speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye welles speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye seas and floudes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye whales and all that moue in the waters speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye foules of the ayre speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye beastes and cattell speake ye good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye children of menne speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O let Israel speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set him vp for euer O ye priestes of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye seruauntes of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye spirites and soules of the righteous speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye holy and humble men of heart speake ye good of the Lorde prayse ye him and set him vp for euer O Ananias Asarias and Misael speake ye good of the Lorde prayse ye him and set him vp for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe c. And after the second lesson throughout the whole yere shall be vsed Benedictus dominus deus Israel c. in Englishe as foloweth BLessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redemed his people And hath lyfted vp an horne of saluacion to vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which hath been sence the worlde began That we should be saued from oure enemyes and from the handes of all that hate vs. To performe the mercy promised to our fathers and to remembre his holy couenaunt To perfourme the othe whiche he sware to our father Abraham that he would geue vs. That we being deliuered out of the handes of oure enemies might serue him without feare In holynesse and righteousnes before him all the dayes of our lyfe And thou child shalt be called the Prophete of the highest for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes To geue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remission of their sinnes Through the tendre mercy of our God whereby the daye spring from an high hath visited vs. To geue light to them that sit in darkenes in the shadowe of death and to guide our fete into the way of peace Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. Then shall be sayed dayly through the yere the prayers folowyng aswell at Euensong as at Mattyns all deuoutly knelyng Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Then the minister shall say the Crede and the Lordes prayer in Englishe with a loude voyce c. Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Priest O Lorde shewe thy mercy vpon vs. Aunswere And graunte vs thy saluacion Priest O Lorde saue the kyng Aunswere And mercifully heare vs when we call vpon thee Priest Indue thy ministers with ryghteousnes Aunswere And make thy chosen people ioyfull Priest O Lorde saue thy people Aunswere And blesse thyne inheritaunce Priest Geue peace in our time O Lorde Aunswere Because there is none other that fyghteth for vs but only thou O God Priest O God make clene our heartes within vs. Aunswere And take not thyne holy spirite from vs. Priest The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ¶ Then shall dayly folowe three Collectes The firste of the daye which shal be the same that is appoynted at the Cōmunion The second for peace The third for grace to lyue well And the two laste Collectes shall neuer alter but dayly be sayed at Mattyns throughout all the yere as foloweth The priest standing vp and saying Let vs pray ¶ Then the Collect of the daye ¶ The second Collect for peace O God which art author of peace louer of concorde in knowledge of whom standeth our eternall lyfe whose seruice is perfecte fredome defende vs thy humble seruaūtes in all assaultes of our enemies that we surely trustyng in thy defence may not feare the power of any aduersaries through the might of Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ The thyrd Collect for grace O Lord our heauenly father almighty and euerlyuyng God whiche haste safely brought vs to the beginning of this day Defend vs in the same with thy mighty power graunt that this day we fall into no sinne neither runne into any kinde of daunger but that all our doinges may be ordred by thy gouernaunce to doe alwayes that is ryghteous in thy sight through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ⧠AN ORDRE ⧠For Euensong throughout the yere ¶ The priest shall saye ⧠OVRE FATHER c Then lykewyse he shall saye O God make spede to saue me Aunswere O Lorde make haste to helpe me Priest Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lorde And from Easter to Trinitie Sonday Alleluya As before is appoynted at Mattyns Then Psalmes in ordre as they be appoynted in the Table for Psalmes except there be
before rebuked him that he should holde his peace But he cryed so muche the more thou sonne of Dauid haue mercye on me And Iesus stode styll and commaunded hym to bee brought vnto hym And when he was come nere he asked him saying what wilt thou that I doe vnto thee and he sayd Lorde that I may receyue my sight And Iesus sayd vnto him receiue thy sight thy fayth hath saued thee And immediatly he receyued his sight and folowed hym praysing God And al the people when they sawe it gaue praise vnto God ¶ The first day of Lent commonly called Ashwednesdaye O Lord rebuke me not in thyne indignacion neyther chasten me in thy displeasure Haue mercy vpon me O Lorde for I am weake O Lorde heale me for my bones are vexed My soule also is soore troubled but Lorde howe long wilt thou punishe me Turne thee O Lorde and delyuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercies sake For in death no man remembreth thee and who wyll geue thee thankes in the pyt I am wery of my groning euery night washe I my bed and water my couche with my teares My beautie is gone for very trouble and worne awaye because of all myne enemyes Awaye fro me all ye that worke vanitie for the Lorde hath heard the voyce of my wepyng The Lorde hath heard my peticion the Lorde wyll receyue my prayer All myne enemies shal be confounded and sore vexed they shal be turned backe and put to shame sodainly Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God which hatest nothing that thou haste made and doest forgeue the synnes of al them that be penitent Create and make in vs newe and contrite heartes that we worthely lamenting our synnes and knowlegyng oure wretchednes may obtayne of thee the God of all mercy perfecte remission and forgeuenesse through Iesus Christe The Epistle TVrne you vnto me with all your heartes with fasting weping and mourning rent your heartes and not your clothes Turne you vnto the Lorde your God for he is gracious mercifull long sufferyng and of great compassion and ready to pardon wickednes Then no doubt he also shall turne and forgeue and after his chastening he shall let your increase remaine for meate and drinke offeringes vnto the Lorde youre God Blowe out with the trompet in Sion proclaime a fastyng call the congregacion and gather the people together warne the congregacion gather the elders bring the childrē and sucklinges together Let the brydgrome go furth of his chambre and the bride out of her closet Let the priestes serue the Lorde betwene the Porche and the alter weping and saying be fauorable O Lorde be fauorable vnto thy people let not thyne heritage be brought to suche confusion leste the heathen be Lordes therof Wherfore should they say among the Heathen where is nowe theyr God The Gospell WHen ye faste bee not sad as the Hipocrites are for they disfigure theyr faces that it may appeare vnto men howe that they fast Verely I say vnto you they haue theyr rewarde But thou when thou fasteste annoynte thyne head and washe thy face that it appeare not vnto men howe that thou fasteste but vnto thy father whiche is in secrete and thy father whiche seeth in secrete shall reward thee openly Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth where the rust and moth doth corrupt and where theues breake through and steale But laye vp for you treasures in heauen where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt where theues doe not breake through nor steale For where your treasure is there wil your heartes be also ¶ The first Sonday in Lent BLessed is he whose vnryghteousnesse is forgeuen and whose synne is couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the Lorde imputeth no sinne and in whose spirite there is no guile For while I helde my tongue my bones consumed awaye thorough my dayly complayning For thy hande is heauy vpon me both daye and night and my moysture is lyke the drought in Somer I will knowlage my sinne vnto thee and mine vnrighteousnes haue I not hyd I sayd I will confesse my sinnes vnto the Lorde and so thou forgauest the wickednesse of my sinne For this shall euery one that is Godly make his prayer vnto thee in a time when thou maiest be founde but in the great water floudes they shall not come nye him Thou art a place to hyde me in thou shalt preserue me from trouble thou shalt compasse me about with songes of deliueraunce I will enforme thee and teache thee in the waye wherin thou shalt go and I will guyde thee with mine eye Be not ye lyke horsse and Mule whiche haue no vnderstanding whose mouthes must be holden with bitte and bridle leste they fall vpon thee Great plagues remaine for the vngodly but whoso putteth his trust in the Lorde mercy embraceth hym on euery side Be glad O ye righteous and reioyce in the Lorde and be ioyfull all ye that are true of heart Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. O Lorde whiche for oure sake dyddeste faste fortye dayes and fourtye nyghtes Geue vs grace to vse suche abstinence that our fleshe beeyng subdued to the spirite wee maye euer obeye thy Godlye mocyons in righteousnes and true holynes to thy honour and glorye whiche liuest and reignest c. The Epistle WE as helpers exhort you that ye receyue not the grace of god in vain For he saith I haue heard thee in a tyme accepted and in the daye of saluacyon haue I succoured thee Beholde nowe is that accepted tyme beholde nowe is that day of saluacion Let vs geue no occasyon of euill that in oure office be founde no faute but in all thinges let vs behaue our selues as the ministers of God In much pacience in affliccions in necessities in anguishes in stripes in priesōmētes in strifes in labours in watchynges in fastynges in purenes in knowledge in long suffering in kyndenes in the holy goste in loue vnfayned in the worde of trueth in the power of God by the armour of ryghteousnes of the ryghte hande and on the lefte by honour and dyshonour by euyll reporte and good reporte as deceiuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and beholde we lyue as chastened and not kylled as sorowyng and yet alwaye mery as poore and yet make manye ryche as hauyng nothyng and yet possessing all thinges The Gospell THen was Iesus led awaye of the spirite into wyldernesse to bee tempted of the deuyll And when he had fasted fourty daies and fourty nightes he was at the laste an hungred And when the tempter came to hym he sayde if thou bee the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made breade But he aunswered and sayd it is
the wildernes to satysfye these And he asked them how many loaues haue ye They sayde seuen And he cōmaunded the people to sit downe on the ground And he tooke the seuen loaues And when he had geuen thankes he brake and gaue to hys disciples to sette before them And they did set thē before the people And they had a fewe small fishes And when he had blessed he commaunded them also to be set before them And they dyd eate and were suffysed And they tooke vp of the broken meate that was left seuen baskettes full And they that did eate were about foure thousande And he sent them awaye The eyght Sonday after Trinitie Sonday ¶ At the Communion THou arte my porcyon O Lorde I haue promised to kepe thy lawe I made mine humble peticion in thy presence with my whole heart O be mercifull vnto me accordyng vnto thy woorde I cal mine owne waies to remembraunce and turne my feete into thy testimonies I made haste and prolonged not the tyme to keepe thy commaundementes The congregacions of the vngodly haue robbed me but I haue not forgotten thy lawe At midnight will I ryse to geue thankes vnto thee because of thy righteous iudgementes I am a companyon of all them that feare thee and kepe thy commaundementes The earth O Lorde is full of thy mercie O teache me thy statutes Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be world without ende Amen The Collect. GOd whose prouidēce is neuer deceiued we humbly beseche thee that thou wilt put away from vs all hurtful thinges and geue those thinges which be profitable for vs Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle BRethren we are debters not to the fleshe to liue after the flesh For if ye liue after y e flesh ye shal dye But if ye through the spirite doe mortifye the deedes of the body ye shall liue For as many as are led by the spirite of god they are the sonnes of God For ye haue not receyued the spirite of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receyued the spirite of adopcion wherby we crie Abba father The same spirite certifieth our spirite that we are the sonnes of God If we be sonnes then are we also heires the heires I meane of god heyres annexed with Christ if so be that we suffre with hym that we may bee also glorifyed together with hym The Gospel BEware of false Prophetes whiche come to you in shepes clothing but inwardly they are rauening wolues Ye shal know thē by theyr fruites Do men gather Grapes of thornes Or Figges of Thystles Euen so euerye good tree bryngeth furth good fruites But a corrupte tree bringeth furth euill fruites A good tree can not bryng furth bad fruites neyther can a bad tree bryng furth good fruites Euerye tree that bryngeth not furth good fruite is hewen downe and caste into the fyer Wherefore by theyr fruites ye shall knowe them Not euery one that sayeth vnto me Lorde Lord shall entre into the kyngdome of heauen but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heauen he shall entre into the kingdome of heauen ¶ The .ix. Sonday O Lord thou hast delt graciously with thy seruaunt according vnto thy woorde O learne me true vnderstandyng and knoweledge for I haue beleued thy commaundementes Before I was troubled I went wrong but nowe I haue kept thy woorde Thou art good and gracious O teache me thy statutes The proude haue imagined a lye agaynst me but I wil kepe thy commaundementes with my whole heart Theyr hearte is as fatte as braune but my delyte hath bene in thy lawe It is good for me that I haue beene in trouble That I may learne thy statutes The lawe of thy mouthe is dearer vnto me then thousandes of golde and siluer Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be world without ende Amen The Collect. GRaunt to vs lord we beseche thee the spirite to thinke and dooe alwayes suche thynges as bee ryghtfull that we whiche cannot be without thee may by thee be hable to lyue accordyng to thy will Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde The Epistle BRethren I would not that ye should be ignoraunt how that our fathers were all vnder the cloude all passed through the sea and were al baptised vnder Moses in the cloude in the sea and did all eate of one spirituall meate dyd all drynke of one spirituall drynke And they dranke of the spirituall rocke that folowed them whiche Rocke was Christ But in many of them had God no delight For they were ouerthrowen in the wildernesse These are ensaumples to vs that we should not lust after euil thinges as they lusted And that ye should not be worshippers of ymages as were some of them accordyng as it is written The people sate downe to eate and drynke and rose vp to playe Neyther let vs bee defyled with fornycacion as some of them were defyled with fornicacion and fel in one daye three and twentie thousande Neyther lette vs tempt Christ as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpentes Neyther murmure ye as some of them murmured were destroyed of the destroyer All these thynges happened vnto them for ensaumples But are written to put vs in remembraunce whome the endes of the worlde are come vpon Wherefore lette hym that thynketh he standeth take hede lest he fall There hath none other temptacion taken you but suche as foloweth the nature of man But God is faythfull whiche shall not suffer you to bee tempted aboue your strength but shal in the middes of the temptacion make a way that ye may be hable to beare it The Gospell IEsus sayde vnto hys disciples There was a certayne ryche manne whiche had a Stewarde and the same was accused vnto hym that he hadde wasted hys goodes And he called hym and sayde vnto hym howe is it that I heare thys of thee Geue accomptes of thy Stewardship for thou mayst be no longer Stewarde The Stewarde sayde within hymselfe what shall I doe For my maister taketh away from me the Stewardship I can not digge and to begge I am ashamed I wote what to do that when I am put out of the Stewardship they may receiue me into theyr houses So when he had called all his Masters debters together he sayed vnto the first how much owest thost vnto my Master And he sayed an hundred tunnes of oyle And he sayde vnto him take thy Bill and sitte downe quickely and wryte fiftie Then sayde he to an other howe muche owest thou And he sayde an hundred quarters of wheate He sayde vnto him take thy bil and write foure skore And the Lorde commended the vniuste Stewarde because he had done wisely For the children of this world are in their nacion wiser then the
the beginning of Matins or immediatly after And if any of those be an open and notorious euill liuer so that the congregacion by hym is offended or haue doen any wrong to his neighbours by worde or dede The Curate shall cal hym aduertise hym in any wise not to presume to the lordes table vntill he haue openly declared hymselfe to haue truly repented and amended his former naughtie life that the congregacion maie thereby be satisfied whiche afore were offended and that he haue recompensed the parties whom he hath dooen wrong vnto or at the least bee in full purpose so to doe as sone as he conueniently maie ⧠The same ordre shal the Curate vse with those betwixt whom he perceiueth malice and hatred to reigne not suffering them to bee partakers of the Lordes table vntill he knowe them to bee reconciled And yf one of the parties so at variaunce be content to forgeue from the botome of his hearte all that the other hath trespaced against him and to make amendes for that he hymselfe hath offended and the other partie will not bee perswaded to a godly vnitie but remayne still in his frowardnes and malice The Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent persone to the holy Communion and not hym that is obstinate ⧠Vpon the daie and at the time appointed for the ministracion of the holy Communion the Priest that shall execute the holy ministery shall put vpon hym the vesture appoincted for that ministracion that is to saye a white Albe plain with a vestement or Cope And where there be many Priestes or Deacons there so many shal be ready to helpe the Priest in the ministracion as shal bee requisite And shall haue vpon them lykewyse the vestures appointed for their ministery that is to saye Albes with tunacles Then shall the Clearkes syng in Englishe for the office or Introite as they call it a Psalme appointed for that daye The priest standyng humbly afore the middes of the Altar shall saie the Lordes prayer with this Collect. ALmightie GOD vnto whom all heartes bee open and all desyres knowen and from whom no secretes are hid clense the thoughtes of our heartes by the inspiracion of thy holy spirite that we may perfectly loue thee and worthely magnifie thy holy name Through Christ our Lord. Amē Then shall he saye a Psalme appointed for the introite whiche Psalme ended the Priest shall saye or els the Clearkes shall syng iij. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. iij. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. iij. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. Then the Prieste standyng at Goddes borde shall begin Glory be to God on high The Clearkes And in yearth peace good will towardes men We praise thee we blesse thee we worship thee we glorifie thee we geue thankes to thee for thy greate glory O Lorde GOD heauenly kyng God the father almightie O Lorde the only begotten sonne Iesu Christ O Lorde GOD Lambe of GOD sonne of the father that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercie vpon vs thou that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde receyue our prayer Thou that sittest at the righte hande of God the father haue mercie vpon vs For thou onely art holy thou onelye art the Lorde Thou onelye O Christe with the holye Ghoste arte moste highe in the glory of God the father Amen Then the priest shall turne hym to the people and saye The Lorde be with you The Aunswere And with thy spirite The Priest Let vs praye Then shall folowe the Collect of the daye with one of these two Collectes folowing for the Kyng ALmightie God whose kyngdom is euerlasting and power infinite haue mercie vpon the whole congregaciō and so rule the heart of thy chosen seruaūt Edward the sixt our kyng and gouernour that he knowyng whose minister he is maye aboue all thinges seke thy honour glory and that we his subiectes duely consydering whose auctoritie he hath maye faithfully serue honour humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed word and ordinaunce Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde who with thee and the holy ghost liueth and reigneth euer one God worlde without ende Amen ALmightie and euerlasting GOD wee bee taught by thy holy worde that the heartes of Kynges are in thy rule and gouernaunce and that thou doest dispose and turne them as it semeth best to thy godly wisedom We humbly beseche thee so to dispose and gouerne the heart of Edward the sixt thy seruaunt our Kyng and gouernour that in all his thoughtes wordes and workes he maye euer seke thy honour and glory and study to preserue thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and Godlynes Graunt this O merciful father for thy dere sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen The Collectes ended the priest or he that is appointed shall reade the Epistle in a place assigned for the purpose saying The Epistle of sainct Paule written in the Chapiter of to the The Minister then shall reade thepistle Immediatly after the Epistle ended the priest or one appointed to reade the Gospell shall saye The holy Gospell written in the Chapiter of The Clearkes and people shal aunswere Glory be to thee O Lorde The Priest or deacon then shall reade the Gospell After the Gospell ended the priest shall begin I beleue in one God The Clearkes shall syng the rest The father almightie maker of heauen and yearth and of all thinges visible and inuisible And in one Lorde Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of God begotten of his father before all worldes God of GOD light of light very God of very God begotten not made beeyng of one substaunce with the father by whom all thinges were made who for vs men and for our saluacion came downe from heauen and was incarnate by the holy Ghoste of the Virgin Mary and was made manne and was Crucified also for vs vnder Poncius Pilate he suffered and was buried and the thirde daie he arose again according to the scriptures and ascended into heauē and sitteth at the right hande of the father And he shall come again with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead And I beleue in the holy ghost the Lorde and geuer of life who procedeth frō the father and the sonne who with the father and the sonne together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophetes And I beleue one Catholike and Apostolike Churche I acknowlege one Baptisme for the remission of synnes And I loke for the resurreccion of the deade and the lyfe of the worlde to come Amen ¶ After the Crede ended shall folowe the Sermon or Homely or some porcion of one of the Homelies as they shal be hereafter deuided wherin if the people bee not exhorted to the worthy receyuing of the holy Sacrament of the bodye and bloude of our sauiour Christ then shall the Curate geue this exhortacion to those that be minded to receiue the same DErely beloued in the Lord ye that minde
obteigne remission of our sinnes and al other benefites of his passion And here wee offre and present vnto thee O Lord oure selfe oure soules and bodies to be a reasonable holy and liuely sacrifice vnto thee humbly besechyng thee that whosoeuer shal bee partakers of thys holy Communion maye worthely receiue the moste precious body and bloude of thy sonne Iesus Christe and bee fulfilled with thy grace and heauenly benediction and made one bodye with thy sonne Iesu Christe that he maye dwell in them and they in hym And although we be vnworthy through our manyfolde synnes to offre vnto thee any Sacrifice Yet we beseche thee to accepte this our bounden duetie and seruice and commaunde these our prayers and supplicacions by the Ministery of thy holy Angels to be brought vp into thy holy Tabernacle before the syght of thy diuine maiestie not waying our merites but pardoning our offences through Christe our Lorde by whom and with whom in the vnitie of the holy Ghost all honour and glory be vnto thee O father almightie world without ende Amen Let vs praye AS our sauiour Christe hath commaunded and taught vs we are bolde to saye Our father whiche art in heauen halowed be thy name Thy Kyngdome come Thy wyll be doen in yearth as it is in heauen Geue vs this daye our dayly breade And forgeue vs our trespaces as wee forgeue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not into temptacion The Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Then shall the priest saye The peace of the Lorde be alwaye with you The Clearkes And with thy spirite The Priest CHrist our Pascal lābe is offred vp for vs once for al when he bare our sinnes on his body vpō the crosse for he is the very lambe of God that taketh away the sinnes of the worlde wherfore let vs kepe a ioyfull and holy feast with the Lorde Here the prieste shall turne hym towarde those that come to the holy Communion and shall saye YOu that do truely and earnestly repent you of your synnes to almightie God and be in loue and charitie with your neyghbours and entende to leade a newe life folowing the cōmaundementes of God and walkyng from hencefurth in his holy wayes drawe nere and take this holy Sacrament to your comforte make your humble confession to almightie God and to his holy churche here gathered together in his name mekely knelyng vpon your knees Then shall this generall Confession bee made in the name of all those that are minded to receyue the holy Communion eyther by one of them or els by one of the ministers or by the Prieste hymselfe all kneling humbly vpon their knees ALmightie GOD father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ maker of all thinges iudge of all menne we knowlege and bewayle our manifold sinnes and wyckednes whiche we from tyme to tyme most greuously haue committed by thoughte woorde and dede agaynste thy diuine maiestie prouokyng moost iustely thy wrath and indignacion againste vs we do earnestly repent and be hartely sory for these oure misdoinges the remembraunce of them is greuous vnto vs the burthen of them is intollerable haue mercie vpon vs haue mercie vpon vs moste mercifull father for thy sonne our Lorde Iesus Christes sake forgeue vs all that is past and graunt that we may euer hereafter serue and please thee in newnes of life to the honour and glory of thy name Through Iesus Christe our Lorde Then shall the Prieste stande vp and turning hymselfe to the people say thus ALmightie GOD our heauenly father who of his great mercie hath promysed forgeuenesse of synnes to all them whiche with heartye repentaunce and true fayth turne vnto hym haue mercy vpon you pardon and deliuer you from all your sinnes confirme and strengthen you in all goodnes and bring you to euerlasting lyfe through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest also saye Heare what coumfortable woordes our sauiour Christe sayeth to all that truely turne to him Come vnto me all that trauel and bee heauy laden and I shal refreshe you So God loued the world that he gaue his onely begotten sonne to the ende that all that beleue in hym shoulde not perishe but haue lyfe euerlastyng Heare also what saynct Paule sayeth This is a true saying and worthie of all men to be receyued that Iesus Christe came into this worlde to saue sinners Heare also what sainct Iohn saieth If any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christe the righteous and he is the propiciacion for our sinnes Then shall the Prieste turning hym to gods boord knele down and saye in the name of all them that shall receyue the Communion this prayer folowing WE doe not presume to come to this thy table o mercifull lorde trustinge in our owne righteousnes but in thy manifold and great mercies we be not woorthie so muche as to gather vp the cromes vnder thy table but thou art the same lorde whose propertie is alwayes to haue mercie Graunte vs therefore gracious lorde so to eate the fleshe of thy dere sonne Iesus Christe and to drinke his bloud in these holy Misteries that wee maye continually dwell in hym and he in vs that oure synful bodyes may bee made cleane by his body and our soules washed through his most precious bloud Amen Then shall the Prieste firste receiue the Communion in both kindes himselfe and next deliuer it to other Ministers yf any be there present that they may bee ready to helpe the chiefe Minister and after to the people ¶ And when he deliuereth the Sacrament of the body of Christ he shall saye to euery one these wordes The body of our Lorde Iesus Christ which was geuen for thee preserue thy bodye and soule vnto euerlastyng lyfe And the Minister deliuering the Sacrament of the bloud and geuing euery one to drinke once and no more shall saye The bloud of our Lord Iesus Christe whiche was shed for thee preserue thy bodye and soule vnto euerlastinge lyfe If there be a Deacon or other Priest then shall he folowe with the Chalice and as y e prist ministreth the Sacramēt of the body so shal he for more expedicion minister y e Sacrament of the bloud in fourme before written In the Communion tyme the Clearkes shall syng O lambe of god that takeste awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercie vpon vs. O lambe of god that takeste awaye the synnes of the worlde graunt vs thy peace Beginning so soone as the Priest doeth receiue the holy Communiō and when the Communiō is ended then shal the Clarkes syng the post Communion ¶ Sentēces of holy scripture to be said or song euery daie one after the holy Communion called the post Communion If any man will folowe me let him forsake hymselfe and take vp his crosse and folowe me Whosoeuer shall indure vnto th ende he shal be saued Praysed be the Lorde god of Israell for he hath visyted and redemed his people
thy mercy and euermore serue thee in purenes of lyuyng to thy honour and glory through our onely mediator and aduocate Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ALmightie God which haste geuen vs grace at this tyme with one accorde to make oure commune supplicacions vnto thee and doest promise that whan two or three be gathered in thy name thou wylt graunte theyr requestes fulfill nowe O Lorde the desyres and peticions of thy seruauntes as may be moste expedience for them grauntyng vs in this worlde knowlege of thy trueth and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen ⸪ ⧠OF THE ADMI ⧠nistracion of publyke Baptisme to be vsed in the Churche IT appeareth by auncient wryters that the Sacrament of Baptisme in the olde tyme was not commōlye ministred but at two tymes in the yeare at Easter and whitsontyde at whiche tymes it was openlye ministred in the presence of all the congregacion Whiche custome nowe beeynge growen out of vse although it cannot for many consideracions be well restored agayne yet it is thought good to folowe the same as nere as conueniently maye be Wherfore the people are to be admonished that it is moste conueniente that Baptisme shoulde not be ministred but vpon Sondayes and other holye dayes when the moste numbre of people maye come together As well for that the congregacion there present maye testifie the receyuyng of them that be newely Baptised into the numbre of Christes Churche as also because in the Baytisme of Infantes euery manne present maye be put in remembraunce of his owne profession made to God in hys Baptisme For whiche cause also it is expedient that Baptisme be ministred in the Englishe tounge Neuerthelesse yf necessitie so require children oughte at all tymes to be Baptised eyther at the Churche or els at home ⧠PVBLIKE BAPTISME ⧠When there are children to be Baptised vpon the Sonday or holy daye the parentes shall geue knowlege ouer nyght or in the mornyng afore the beginnyng of Mattens to the curate And then the Godfathers Godmothers and people wyth the children muste be ready at the churche doore either immediatly afore the last Canticle at Mattens or els immediatly afore the last Canticle at Euensong as the Curate by hys discrecion shal appoynte And then standyng there the pryest shall aske whether the chyldren bee Baptised or no. If they aunswere No. Then shall the priest saye thus DEare beloued forasmuche as al men be conceyued and borne in sinne and that no man borne in synne can entre into the kyngdom of God except he be regenerate and borne a newe of water and the holy ghost I beseche you to cal vpon God the father through our Lord Iesus Christ that of his bounteouse mercy he wyl graūt to these childrē that thing whiche by nature they cannot haue that is to saye they maye be Baptized with the holy ghost and receyued into Christes holy churche and bee made lyuely membres of the same Then the priest shall saye Let vs praye ALmyghtie and euerlasting God which of thy iustice dyddest destroy by floudes of water the whole worlde for sinne except .viii. persones whome of thy mercy the same tyme thou diddest saue in the Arke And when thou dyddest drowne in the reade sea wicked King Pharao with all his armie yet at the same time thou diddest lead thy people the children of Israel safely through the myddes therof whereby thou diddest figure the washing of thy holy baptisme by the baptisme of thy welbeloued sonne Iesus Christ thou diddest sanctifie the flud Iordan all other waters to this misticall washing away of sinne we beseche thee for thy infinite mercies that thou wilte mercifully looke vpon these children and sanctifie them with thy holy gost that by this holsome lauer of regeneration whatsoeuer synne is in them maye be washed cleane away that they beyng deliuered from thy wrath may be receyued into tharke of Christes Church and so saued from peryshing and being feruente in spirite stedfaste in fayth ioyfull through hope rooted in charite maye euer serue thee And finally attayne to euerlasting lyfe with all thy holy and chosen people This graunte vs we beseche thee for Iesus Christes sake our Lord. Amen ¶ Here shall the prieste aske what shal be the name of the childe and when the Godfathers and Godmothers haue tolde the name then he shall make a crosse vpon the childes foreheade and breste saying ¶ N. Receyue the signe of the holy Crosse both in thy forehead and in thy breste in token that thou shalt not be ashamed to confesse thy faith in Christ crucified and manfully to fyght vnder his banner agaynst sinne the worlde and the deuill and to continewe his faythful soldiour and seruaunt vnto thy lyfes ende Amen And this he shall doe and saye to as many children as bee present to be Baptised one after another Let vs praye ALmightie and immortall God the ayde of al that nede the helper of all that flee to thee for succour the life of them that beleue and the resurreccion of the deade we call vpon thee for these infantes that they cummyng to thy holy Baptisme may receyue remission of their sinnes by spirituall regeneracion Receyue them O Lorde as thou haste promised by thy welbeloued sonne saying Aske and you shall haue seke and you shall finde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you So geue nowe vnto vs that aske Lette vs that seke finde open thy gate vnto vs that knocke that these infantes maye enioy the euerlasting benediccion of thy heauenly washing and may come to the eternall kyngdome whiche thou haste promysed by Christe our Lorde Amen Then let the prieste lokyng vpon the children saye I Commaunde thee vnclene spirite in the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy goste that thou come oute and departe from these infantes whom our Lorde Iesus Christe hathe vouchesaued to call to his holye Baptisme to be made membres of his bodye and of his holye congregacion Therefore thou cursed spirit remembre thy sentence remembre thy iudgement remembre the daye to be at hand wherin thou shalt burne in fyre euerlasting prepared for thee and thy Aungels And presume not hereafter to exercise anye tirannye towarde these infantes whom Christe hathe bought with his precious bloud and by this his holy Baptisme calleth to be of his flocke Then shall the priest saye The Lorde be with you The people And with thy spirite The Minister ¶ Heare nowe the gospell written by S. Marke AT a certayne tyme they broughte children to Christe that he shoulde touche them and hys dysciples rebuked those that broughte them But when Iesus sawe it he was displeased and sayed vnto them suffre litle children to come vnto me and forbyd them not for to suche belongeth the kyngdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doeth not receyue the kyngdome of God as a litle child he shall not entre therin And when he had taken them vp in his armes he
put his handes vpō them and blessed them After the gospell is reade the minister shall make thys briefe exhortacion vpon the wordes of the gospell FRendes you heare in thys gospell the wordes of oure Sauiour Christe that he commaunded the children to be brought vnto hym howe he blamed those that woulde haue kept them from hym howe he exhorteth all menne to folowe their innocencie Ye perceyue howe by hys outwarde gesture and dede he declared hys good wyll towarde them For he embraced them in his armes he laied his handes vpon thē and blessed thē doubte ye not therfore but earnestlye beleue that he will lykewyse fauourably receiue these presente infantes that he will embrace them with the armes of hys mercy that he will geue vnto them the blessing of eternall lyfe and make them partakers of his euerlasting kyngdome Wherfore we beeing thus perswaded of the good will of our heauenlye father toward these infantes declared by his sonne Iesus Christ And nothyng doubting but that he fauourablye alloweth thys charitable woorke of ours in bringyng these children to his holy baptisme let vs faythfully and deuoutely geue thankes vnto him And saye the prayer whiche the Lorde himselfe taught And in declaracion of our fayth let vs also recyte the articles conteyned in our Crede Here the minister with the Godfathers Godmothers and people present shall saye ¶ Our father whiche arte in heauen halowed bee thy name c. And then shall say openly I beleue in God the father almightie c. The priest shall adde also this prayer ALmyghtie and euerlasting God heauenly father wee geue thee humble thankes that thou haste vouchsaued to call vs to knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Increace and cōfirme this faith in vs euermore Geue thy holy spirit to these infantes that they maye bee borne agayne and be made heyres of euerlasting saluacion through our Lorde Iesus Christe Who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy spirite nowe and for euer Amen Then let the Priest take one of the children by the right hande thother being brought after him And cūming into the churche towarde the fonte saye THe Lorde vouchsafe to receyue you into hys holy housholde and to kepe and gouerne you alway in the same that you may haue euerlasting lyfe Amen Then standing at the fonte the priest shall speake to the Godfathers and Godmothers on this wise WElbeloued frendes ye haue brought these children here to bee Baptised ye haue prayed that oure Lorde Iesus Christe woulde vouchsafe to receiue them to laye hys handes vpon them to blesse them to release them of theyr synnes to geue them the kyngdome of heauen and euerlastyng lyfe Ye haue hearde also that our Lorde Iesus Christ hath promised in his gospel to graunt all these thinges that ye haue prayed for which promise he for his parte wil moste surely kepe and perfourme Wherefore after this promise made by Christe these infantes must also faithfully for theyr parte promise by you that be their suerties that they wil forsake the deuill and all hys woorkes and constantlye beleue Gods holy woorde and obediently kepe his commaundementes Then shall the prieste demaunde of the childe whiche shall be firste Baptised these questyons folowyng firste namyng the childe and saying N. Doeste thou forsake the deuil and all his woorkes Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doeste thou forsake the vayne pompe and glorie of the worlde with all the couetous desyres of the same Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doeste thou forsake the carnall desyres of the fleshe so that thou wilt not folowe nor be led by them Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doeste thou beleue in God the father almightie maker of heauen and yearth Aunswere I beleue Minister Doest thou beleue in Iesus Christe his onely begotten sonne our lord and that he was conceiued by the holy gost borne of the virgin Mary that he suffered vnder Poncius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went down into hell and also did ryse agayne the thirde day that he ascended into heauen sitteth on the right hande of God the father almightie And from thence shall come agayne at the ende of the worlde to iudge the quicke and the dead Doest thou beleue this Aunswere I beleue Minister Doeste thou beleue in the holy Goste the holy Catholyke Churche the Communion of Sainctes Remissyon of Sinnes Resurreccion of the fleshe and euerlastyng lyfe after death Aunswere I beleue Minister What doest thou desyre Aunswere Baptisme Minister Wilt thou be Baptised Aunswere I will ¶ Then the priest shall take the childe in his handes and aske the name And namyng the chylde shall dippe it in the water thryse First dipping the rightside Second the leftside The thirde time dipping the face towarde the fonte So it be discretely and warely done saying ¶ N. I Baptize thee in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen ¶ And if the childe be weake it shall suffice to powre water vpon it saying the foresayde woordes N. I Baptize thee c. Then the Godfathers and Godmothers shall take and laye theyr handes vpon the chylde and the minister shall put vpon hym hys whyte vesture commonly called the Crisome And say Take thys whyte vesture for a token of the innocencye whiche by Gods grace in this holy sacramente of baptisme is geuen vnto thee and for a sygne wherby thou art admonished so long as thou liuest to geue thy selfe to innocencie of liuing that after thys transitory lyfe thou mayest be partaker of the life euerlasting Amen Then the Priest shall annoynte the infante vpon the head saying ALmightie God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christ who hath regenerate thee by water and the holye goste and hath geuen vnto thee remission of all thy sinnes he vouchesaue to annoynte thee with the vnccyon of hys holy spirite and bring thee to the inheritance of euerlasting lyfe Amen When there are many to be Baptised this ordre of demaunding Baptisyng puttyng on the Crisome and enoyntyng shal be vsed seuerally with euery childe Those that be first Baptised departyng from the fonte and remaynyng in some conuenyente place within the Churche vntill all bee Baptised At the laste ende the priest callyng the Godfathers and Godmothers together shall say this short exhortacion folowing FOr asmuche as these children haue promised by you to forsake the deuil and all his woorkes to beleue in God and to serue hym you muste remember that it is youre partes and duetie to see that these infantes bee taughte so soone as they shal be hable to learne what a solemne vowe promyse and professyon they haue made by you And that they maye knowe these thynges the better ye shall call vpon them to heare sermons and chiefely you shall prouyde that they maye learne the Crede the Lordes prayer and the ten commaundementes in thenglishe tonge and al other thinges whiche a Christian manne oughte to knowe and beleue to
catholyke Churche the Cōmunion of Saintes Remission of sinnes Resurreccion of the fleshe and euerlasting lyfe after death Aunswere I beleue Then the minister shall put the white vesture commonly called the Crisome vpon the childe saying TAke this whyte vesture for a token of the innocencie whiche by goddes grace in the holy sacramente of Baptysme is geuen vnto thee and for a sygne wherby thou arte admonyshed so long as thou shalte liue to geue thy selfe to innocencie of liuing that after this transitory lyfe thou mayest be partaker of the lyfe euerlastyng Amen ¶ Let vs pray ALmightie and euerlastyng God heauenlye father wee geue thee humble thankes that thou haste vouchesaued to call vs to the knoweledge of thy grace and fayth in thee Increase and confirme this fayth in vs euermore Geue thy holy spirite to thys infante that he being borne agayne and being made heire of euerlasting saluacyon throughe oure Lorde Iesus Christe may continue thy seruaunte and attaine thy promises through the same our Lorde Iesus Christe thy sonne who liueth and reygneth with thee in vnitie of the same holy spirite euerlastinglye Amen Then shall the minister make this exhortacion to the Godfathers and Godmothers FOr asmuche as thys chylde hathe promysed by you to forsake the deuill and all his woorkes to beleue in God and to serue him you must remember that it is your partes and duetie to see that this infante be taught so soone as he shal be hable to learne what a solemne vowe promyse and professyon he hath made by you and that he maye knowe these thinges the better ye shall call vpon him to heare sermons And chiefly ye shall prouide that he may learne the Crede the Lordes prayer and the ten commaundementes in the Englishe tongue and al other thynges which a christian man ought to knowe and beleue to his soules health and that this child may be vertuously brought vp to leade a godly and a christian life Remembring alway that baptisme doeth represent vnto vs oure profession whiche is to folowe the example of our sauiour Christ and to be made lyke vnto him that as he died and rose agayne for vs so shoulde we whiche are baptised dye from sinne and rise agayne vnto righteousnes continually mortifying al our euil and corrupt affeccions and daily proceding in al vertue and godlines of liuyng c As in publyke Baptisme ¶ But yf they whiche bryng the infantes to the churche doe make an vncertayne aunswere to the priestes questions and saye that they cannot tell what they thought dyd or sayed in that great feare and trouble of mynde as oftentymes it chaunseth Then let the priest Baptise hym in forme aboue wrytten concerninge publyke Baptime sauing that at the dyppyng of the childe in the fonte he shal vse this forme of wordes IF thou be not Baptised alreadye N. I Baptize thee in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holye gost Amen The water in the fonte shal be chaunged euery moneth once at the least and afore any chyld be Baptised in the water so chaūged the priest shal saye at the fonte these prayers folowyng O Most mercyfull God our sauiour Iesu Christ who haste ordeyned the elemente of water for the regeneracion of thy faythfull people vpon whom beinge baptised in the riuer of Iordan the holye goste came downe in lykenes of a dooue Sende downe we beseche thee the same thy holy spirite to assist vs and to be present at thys our inuocacion of thy holy name Sanctifie ✚ this foūtain of baptisme thou that art the sanctifier of al thinges that by the power of thy word all those that shall be baptised therein may be spiritually regenerated and made the children of euerlastyng adopcion Amen O mercyful God graunt that the olde Adam in them that shal be baptised in this fountayne may be so buried that the newe man may be raysed vp agayne Amen Graunt that all carnall affeccions maye die in them and that all thynges belongyng to the spirite maye lyue and growe in them Amen Graunte to all them whiche at this fountayne forsake the deuill and all his workes that they maye haue power and strength to haue victorye and to triumph against him the worlde and the fleshe Amen Whosoeuer shall confesse thee o lord recognise him also in thy kingdome Amen Graunt that al sinne and vice here maie be so extinct that they neuer haue power to raigne in thy seruauntes Amē Graunte that whosoeuer here shall begynne to be of thy flocke may euermore continue in the same Amen Graunt that all they whiche for thy sake in this lyfe do denie and forsake themselfes may wynne and purchase thee O lorde whiche art euerlasting treasure Amen Graunte that whosoeuer is here dedicated to thee by our office and ministerie may also be endewed with heauenlye vertues and euerlastinglye rewarded through thy mercy O Blessed lorde God who doest lyue and gouerne all thinges worlde without ende Amen The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ALmightie euerliuing God whose moste derely beloued sonne Iesus Christ for the forgeuenes of our sinnes did shead out of his most precious syde both water and bloud and gaue cōmaundemēt to his disciples that they should goe teache all nacions and Baptise them in the name of the father the sonne and the holy goste Regarde we beseche thee the supplycacions of thy congregacion and graunte that all thy seruauntes whiche shall bee Baptized in this water prepared for the ministracion of thy holy sacrament may receiue the fulnesse of thy grace and euer remaine in the noumbre of thy faithful and elect chyldren through Iesus Christ our Lorde ⧠CONFIRMACION ⧠wherin is conteined a Cathechisme for children TO th ende that confirmacion may be ministred to the more edifying of suche as shall receyue it accordyng to Saint Paules doctrine who teacheth that all thynges shoulde be doen in the church to the edificacion of the same it is thought good that none hereafter shall be confirmed but suche as can saye in their mother tong tharticles of the fayth the lordes prayer the ten commaūdemētes And can also aunswere to suche questions of this short Cathechisme as the Bushop or suche as he shall appoynte shall by hys discrecion appose them in And thys ordre is moste conueniente to be obserued for diuers consideracions ¶ First because that when children come to the yeres of discrecion and haue learned what their Godfathers and Godmothers promised for them in Baptisme they maye then themselfes with their owne mouthe and with their owne consent openly before the churche ratifie and confesse the same and also promise that by the grace of God they wyll euermore endeuour themselues faythfully to obserue and kepe suche thinges as they by their owne mouth and confession haue assented vnto ¶ Secondly for asmuche as confirmacion is ministred to them that be Baptised that by imposicion of handes and prayer they may receyue strength and
say Amen So be it ¶ So soone as the children can say in their mother tongue tharticles of the faithe the lordes praier the ten commaundementes and also can aunswere to suche questions of this short Cathechisme as the Bushop or suche as he shall appointe shall by his discrecion appose them in then shall they bee brought to the Bushop by one that shal bee his godfather or godmother that euery childe maye haue a wittenesse of his confirmacion ¶ And the Bushop shal confirme them on this wyse ¶ Confirmacion Our helpe is in the name of the Lorde Aunswere Whiche hath made bothe heauen and yearth Minister Blessed is the name of the lorde Aunswere Henceforthe worlde without ende Minister The lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite Let vs praye ALmightie and euerliuing God who hast vouchesafed to regenerate these thy seruauntes of water the holy gost And hast geue vnto thē forgeuenesse of al their sinnes Sende downe from heauen we beseche thee O lorde vpon them thy holy gost the coumforter with the manifolde giftes of grace the spirite of wysedom and vnderstanding The spirite of councell and gostly strength The spirite of knowledge and true godlinesse and fulfyll them O lorde with the spirite of thy holy feare Aunswere Amen Minister Signe them o lorde and marke them to be thine for euer by the vertue of thy holy crosse and passion Confirme and strength them with the inwarde vnccion of thy holy goste mercifully vnto euerlasting lyfe Amen Then the Bushop shall crosse them in the forehead and laye his hande vpon their heade saying N. I signe thee with the signe of the crosse and laye my hande vpon thee In the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And thus shall he doe to euery childe one after another And whan he hath layed his hande vpon euery childe then shall he say The peace of the Lorde abyde with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ¶ Let vs praye ALmightie euerliuing God whiche makest vs bothe to wil and to doe those thinges that bee good and acceptable vnto thy maiestie we make our humble supplicaciōs vnto thee for these children vpon whome after the example of thy holy Apostles we haue layed our handes to certify them by this signe of thy fauour and gracious goodnes towarde them leat thy fatherly hande we beseche thee euer be ouer them let thy holy spirite euer bee with them and so leade them in the knowledge and obedience of thy worde that in the end they may obteine the life euerlasting through our Lorde Iesus Christ who with thee the holy gost liueth reigneth one god world without ende Amen Then shall the Bushop blisse the children thus saying The blessing of God almightie the father the sonne and the holy gost be vpon you and remayne with you for euer Amen The curate of euery parish once in sixe wekes at the least vpon warning by him geuen shall vpon some Soonday or holy day halfe an houre before euensong openly in the churche instructe and examine so many children of his parishe sent vnto him as the time wil serue and as he shall thinke conueniente in some parte of this Cathechisme And all fathers mothers maisters and dames shall cause their children seruauntes and prentises whiche are not yet confirmed to come to the churche at the daye appointed and obedientlye heare and be ordered by the curate vntyll suche time as they haue learned all that is here appointed for them to learne ¶ And whansoeuer the Bushop shall geue knowledge for children to be brought afore him to any conuenient place for their confirmacion Then shall the curate of euery parishe eyther bring or sende in writing the names of all those children of his parishe whiche can say tharticles of theyr faith the lordes praier the ten commaundementes And also howe many of them can aunswere to thother questions conteined in this Cathechisme ¶ And there shal none be admitted to the holy communion vntyll suche time as he be confirmed ⧠THE FORME OF ⧠Solemnizacion of Matrimonie ¶ First the bannes must be asked three seueral Sondayes or holy dayes in the seruice tyme the people being present after the accustomed maner And if the persones that would be maried dwel in diuers paryshes the bannes must be asked in both paryshes and the curate of the one paryshe shall not solemnize matrimonie betwixt them without a certificate of the bannes beyng thrise asked from the curate of thother paryshe At the daye appointed for Solemnizacion of matrimonie the persones to bee maried shall come into the bodye of the Churche with theyr frendes and neyghbours And there the priest shall thus saye DErely beloued frendes we are gathered together here in the sight of God and in the face of his congregacion to ioyne together this man and this woman in holy matrimonie whiche is an honorable estate instituted of God in paradise in the time of mans innocencie signifying vnto vs the mistical vnion that is betwixt Christ and his churche whiche holy estate Christe adorned and beutifyed wyth his presence and first miracle that he wrought in Cana of Galile and is commended of Saincte Paule to be honourable emong all men and therfore is not to be enterprised nor taken in hande vnaduisedly lightely or wantonly to satisfie mens carnall lustes appetites lyke brute beastes that haue no vnderstandyng but reuerently discretely aduisedly soberly and in the feare of God Duely cōsideryng the causes for the whiche matrimonie was ordayned One cause was the procreacion of children to be brought vp in the feare and nurture of the Lorde and prayse of God Secondly it was ordeyned for a remedye against synne and to auoyde fornicaciō that suche persons as be maried might lyue chastly in matrimony and kepe themselfes vndefiled membres of Christes body Thirdely for the mutuall societie helpe and comfort that the one ought to haue of the other both in prosperitie and aduersitie Into the which holy estate these two persons present come now to be ioyned Therfore yf any man can shewe any iust cause why they may not lawfully be ioyned so together Lette him nowe speake or els hereafter for euer hold his peace And also speakyng to the persons that shal be maried he shall say I require and charge you as you will aunswere at the dreadfull daye of iudgemente when the secretes of all heartes shal be disclosed that if eyther of you doe knowe any impediment why ye may not be lawfully ioyned together in matrimonie that ye confesse it For be ye well assured that so many as be coupled together otherwayes then Gods worde doth allowe are not ioyned of God neither is their matrimonie lawfull At whiche day of mariage if any man doe allege any impediment why they may not be coupled together in matrimonie And will be bound sureties with him to the parties or els put in a caucion to the full value of suche
strength He hath made the rounde worlde so sure that it cannot be moued Euer sence the worlde beganne hath thy seate been prepared thou art from euerlasting The fluddes are risen O Lorde the fluddes haue lyfte vp theyr noyse the fluddes lyft vp theyr waues The waues of the sea are mightie and rage horribly but yet the Lorde that dwelleth on hygh is mightier Thy testimonies O Lorde are very sure holynesse becommeth thine house for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. O God the king of glory whiche haste exalted thine only sonne Iesus Christe with great triumphe vnto thy kingdom in heauen we beseche thee leaue vs not comfortles but sende to vs thine holy gost to comforte vs and exalte vs vnto thesame place whither our sauiour Christe is gone before who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle THe ende of all thinges is at hande be ye therfore sobre and watche vnto praier But aboue all thinges haue feruent loue among your selues for loue shall couer the multitude of synnes Be ye herberous one to another without grudgeing As euery man hath receiued the gift euen so minister thesame one to another as good ministers of the manifold grace of God If any man speake let hym talke as the wordes of God If any manne minister let him do it as of the habilitie whiche God ministreth vnto hym that God in all thinges may be gloryfied through Iesus Christe to whome be prayse and dominion for euer and euer Amen The Gospell WHen the comforter is come whom I will sende vnto you from the father euen the spirite of trueth whiche procedeth of the father he shall testifye of me And ye shall beare witnes also because ye haue been with me from the beginning These thinges haue I sayd vnto you because ye should not bee offended They shall excommunicate you yea the time shal come that whosoeuer killeth you wil thinke that he doeth God seruice And suche thinges will they do vnto you because they haue not knowen the father neither yet me But these thinges haue I told you that whan the tyme is come ye maye remembre then that I tolde you These thinges sayde I not vnto you at the beginning because I was present with you ¶ Whitsonday ¶ Proper psalmes and lessons at Mattyns Psalm xlviii The seconde lesson Act. x. Then Peter opened his mouth vnto the ende Psalm lxvii The seconde lesson Act. x. Then Peter opened his mouth vnto the ende Psalm cxlv The seconde lesson Act. x. Then Peter opened his mouth vnto the ende ¶ At the Communion REioyce in the Lorde O ye righteous for it becommeth well the iust to be thankfull Prayse the Lorde with harpe syng psalmes vnto hym with the lute and instrument of tenne stringes Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song sing prayses lustely vnto hym with a good courage For the worde of the Lorde is true and all his workes are faythfull He loueth righteousnes and iudgement the earth is full of the goodnes of the Lorde By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made and all the hostes of them by the breath of his mouth He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpon a heap and layeth vp the depe as it were in a treasure house Let all the earth feare the Lorde stande in awe of hym all ye that dwell in the worlde For he spake and it was done he commaunded and it stoode faste The Lorde bringeth the counsayll of the heathen to nought and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effect and casteth out the counsayles of princes The counsaill of the Lorde shall endure for euer and the thoughtes of his heart from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people whose God is the Lorde Iehouah and blessed are the folke that haue chosen hym to bee theyr inheritaunce The Lorde loked downe from heauen and beheld all the children of menne from the habitacion of his dwellyng he considereth all them that dwell in the earth He fashioneth all the heartes of them and vnderstandeth all theyr workes There is no king that can be saued by the multitude of an hoste neyther is any myghtie man delyuered by muche strength A horse is counted but a vayne thing to saue a man neither shall he deliuer any man by his great strength Beholde the iye of the Lorde is vpon them that feare him and vpon them that put theyr trust in his mercy To deliuer theyr soules from death and to feade them in the tyme of derth Our soule hath paciently taryed for the Lorde for he is our helpe and our shielde For our heart shal reioyce in him because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercifull kyndenes O Lord be vpon vs lyke as we haue put our trust in thee Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. GOd which as vpon this daye haste taught the heartes of thy faithfull people by the sending to them the light of thy holy spirite Graunt vs by thesame spirite to haue a ryght iudgement in all thynges and euermore to reioyce in his holy coumforte through the merites of Christe Iesus our sauiour who liueth and reigneth with thee in the vnitie of thesame spirite one God worlde without ende The Epistle WHen the fiftie dayes were come to an ende they were all with one accorde together in one place And sodenly there came a sounde from heauen as it had been the comming of a mighty winde and it filled all the house where they sate And there appered vnto thē clouen tonges lyke as they had been of fyre and it sate vpon eche one of them and they were al filled with the holy gost and began to speake with other tonges euen as thesame spirite gaue them vtteraunce There were dwellyng at Ierusalem Iewes deuoute men out of euery nacion of them that are vnder heauen When this was noised about the multitude came together and were astonied because that euery man heard thē speake with his owne language They wondred all merueiled saying among themselfes beholde are not all these whiche speake of Galile And howe heare we euery man his owne tong wherin we were borne Parthians and Medes and Elamites and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia and of Iewry of Capadocia of Pontus and Asia Phrigia and Pamphilia of Egipte and of the parties of Libia whiche is besyde Siren and straungers of Rome Iewes and Proselites Grekes and Arrabians we haue heard them speake in our owne tongues the great workes of God The Gospell IEsus sayde vnto his disciples If ye loue me kepe my commaundementes and I wil pray the father he shall geue you an other comforter that he maye abyde with you for euer euen the spirite of trueth whome the worlde canne not receyue because the
vnto the sainctes For there are certain vngodly men craftely crept in of whiche it was written afore tyme vnto suche iudgement They turne the grace of our God vnto wantonnes and denye God which is the only lorde and our lorde Iesus Christ My minde is therfore to putte you in remembraunce for as muche as ye once knowe this howe that the lorde after that he had deliuered the people out of Egypt destroyed them whiche afterward beleued not The Angels also whiche kept not theyr firste estate but lefte their owne habitacion he hath reserued in euerlastyng chaines vnder darknes vnto the iudgement of the great daye euen as Sodom and Gomor and the Cities aboute them whiche in lyke maner defiled themselues with fornicacion and folowed straunge fleshe are set furth for an exaumple and suffre the paine of eternall fyre lykewyse these being deceyued by dreames defile the fleshe despise rulers and speake euell of them that are in auctoritie The Gospell THis commaunde I you that ye loue together If the world hate you ye know that it hated me before it hated you If ye were of the worlde the world would loue his owne howbeit because ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you out of the worlde therfore the worlde hateth you Remembre the worde that I sayed vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then the lorde If they haue persecuted me they wil also persecute you If they haue kepte my saying they will kepe yours also But all these thinges will they doe vnto you for my names sake because they haue not knowen him that sente me If I had not come and spoken vnto them they shoulde haue had no synne but nowe haue they nothing to cloke theyr synne with all He that hateth me hateth my father also If I had not done among them the workes whiche none other man did they should haue had no synne But nowe haue they both seen and hated not onely me but also my father But this happeneth that the saying might be fulfilled that is written in theyr lawe They hated me without a cause But when the comforter is come whom I will sende vnto you from the father euen the spirite of trueth whiche procedeth of the father he shal testifie of me And ye shall beare witnes also because ye haue been with me from the beginning ¶ All Sainctes Propre lessons at Mattyns The first lesson Sapi. iii. vnto blessed is rather the Baren The second lesson Hebre. xi xii Sainctes by fayth subdued vnto If ye endure chastisyng At the Communion O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song let the congregacion of sainctes prayse hym Let Israell reioyce in him that made him and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in theyr kyng Let them prayse his name in the daunce let them syng prayses vnto him with tabret and harpe For the Lord hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the meke hearted Let the sainctes be ioyfull with glory let them reioyce in their beddes Let the prayses of God be in theyr mouth and a two edged sworde in their handes To be auenged of the heathen and to rebuke the people To bynde theyr kynges in chaynes and theyr nobles with lynkes of yron That they may be auenged of them as it is written suche honour haue all his Sainctes Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie GOD whiche haste knitte together thy electe in one Cōmunion and felowship in the misticall body of thy sonne Christe our Lorde graunt vs grace so to folow thy holy Sainctes in all vertues and godly liuyng that we maye come to those vnspeakeable ioyes whiche thou hast prepared for all them that vnfaynedly loue thee through Iesus Christe The Epistle BEholde I Iohn sawe an other Angel ascend from the rysyng of the Sunne whiche had the seale of the liuing God and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure Aungels to whō power was geuen to hurte the earth and the sea saying Hurte not the earth neyther the sea neyther the trees tyll we haue sealed the seruauntes of our God in theyr foreheades And I heard the noumbre of thē whiche were sealed there were sealed an C. and xliiij M. of all the tribes of the childrē of Israel Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Aser were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Neptalim were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Symeon were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Leui were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Isachar were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed .xii. M. Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed xii M. After this I behelde and loe a great multitude which no manne could nombre of all nacions and people and tongues stode before the seate and before the lambe clothed with long white garmentes and Palmes in theyr handes and cried with a loude voyce saying saluacion be ascribed to hym that sitteth vpon the seate of our god and vnto the lambe And all the Angels stode in the compasse of the seate and of the elders of the foure beastes and fell before the seate on their faces and worshipped God saying Amē Blessing and glory and wisedome and thankes and honour and power and might be vnto our God for euermore Amen The Gospell IEsus seing the people wēt vp into the mountaine and when he was set his disciples came to hym after that he hadde opened his mouth he taughte them saying Blessed are the poore in spirite for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen Blessed are they that morne for they shall receyue comfort Blessed are the meke for they shal receyue the enheritaunce of the earth Blessed are they whiche hunger and thirst after righteousnes for they shall be satisfyed Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtaine mercy Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Blessed are the peace makers for they shal be called the children of God Blessed are they whiche suffre persecucion for righteousnes sake for theirs is the kyngdome of heauē Blessed are ye when men reuile you and persecute you and shall falsly saye all maner of euill sayinges against you for my sake reioyce and be glad for great is youre rewarde in heauen For so persecuted they the Prophetes whiche were before you ¶ Propre lessons at Euensong The first lesson Sapi. v. vnto His iealosy also The second lesson Apoca. xix vnto And I saw an Angell stand ⧠THE SVPPER ⧠of the Lorde and the holy Communion commonly called the Masse SO many as intende to bee partakers of the holy Communion shall sygnifie their names to the Curate ouer night or els in the morning afore
the gouernaunce of his holy spirite sekyng alwaies his glorie and seruing hym duely in our vocacion with thankes geuing This if we doe Christe will deliuer vs from the curse of the lawe and from the extreme malediccion whiche shal lyght vpon them that shal bee set on the left hand and he will set vs on his right hand and geue vs the blessed benediccion of his father commaunding vs to take possession of his glorious kyngdome vnto the whiche he vouchsafe to bring vs all for his infinite mercie Amen ¶ Then shall they all kneele vpon theyr knees And the prieste and clearkes kneeling where they are accustomed to saye the letanie shall saye this psalme HAue mercie vpon me O God after thy greate goodnesse according vnto the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences Washe me throwly fro my wickednes and clense me from my synne For I knowlage my faultes and my sinne is euer before me Against thee only haue I synned and done this euill in thy syght that thou myghtest bee iustified in thy saying and clere when thou art iudged Behold I was shapen in wickednes and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me But loe thou requirest trueth in the inward partes and shalte make me to vnderstande wysedome secretelye Thou shalt pourge me with Hope and I shall bee cleane thou shalt washe me and I shall bee whyter then snowe Thou shalte make me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones whiche thou haste broken maye reioyce Turne thy face from my synnes and putte out all my mysdedes Make me a cleane hearte O God and renue a ryght spirite within me Caste me not awaye from thy presence and take not thy holy spirite from me O geue me the coumforte of thy helpe agayne and stablishe me with thy free spirite Then shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shall bee conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloud giltinesse O God thou that art the god of my health and my toungue shall syng of thy righteousnesse Thou shalt open my lippes O Lorde my mouthe shall shewe thy prayse For thou desyreste no sacrifice els woulde I geue it thee but thou deliteste not in burnt offeryng The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirite a broken and a contrite herte O God shalt thou not despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the walles of Hierusalem Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifyce of righteousnesse with the burnt offerynges and oblacions then shall they offre young bullockes vpon thyne aultare Glorye be tho the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the begynning is nowe euer shal be worlde without ende Amen ¶ Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Christe haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But delyuer vs from euil Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruauntes Aunswere Whyche put theyr trust in thee Minister Sende vnto them helpe from aboue Aunswere And euermore mightily defende them Minister Helpe vs O God our sauiour Aunswere And for the glory of thy names sake delyuer vs be mercyfull vnto vs synners for thy names sake Minister O Lorde heare my prayer Aunswere And let my crye come to thee Let vs praye O Lord we besech thee mercifully heare our praiers and spare all those whiche confesse theyr synnes to thee that they whose consciences by synne are accused by thy mercyfull pardon may be absolued through Christe oure Lorde Amen O Most mightie God and mercyfull father whiche hast compassion of al menne and hateste nothing that thou haste made which wouldeste not the death of a synner but that he should rather turne from synne bee saued mercyfully forgeue vs our trespasses receyue and coumforte vs which be grieued and weried with the burdē of our synne Thy propertie is to haue mercie to thee onely it apperteineth to forgeue sinnes spare vs therfore good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed Enter not into iudgement with thy seruauntes which be vyle yearth and myserable synners But so turne thy ire from vs which mekely knowlege our vilenes and truly repent vs of our fautes so make haste to helpe vs in thys worlde that wee maye euer lyue with thee in the worlde to come through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen Then shall thys antheme be sayde or song TVrne thou vs good Lorde and so shall we be turned bee fauourable O Lorde bee fauourable to thy people which turne to thee in weping fasting and praying for thou art a merciful god full of compassion long sufferyng and of a great pietie Thou sparest when we deserue punishemente and in thy wrathe thynkest vpon mercy Spare thy people good Lorde spare them and lette not thyne heritage bee broughte to confusion Heare vs O Lorde for thy mercy is greate and after the multitude of thy mercyes looke vpon vs. ⸫ ⧠OF CEREMONIES ⧠Why some be abolished and some retayned OF suche Ceremonies as be vsed in the Churche and haue had their beginnyng by thinstitucion of man Some at the first were of godly intent and purpose deuised and yet at length turned to vanitie and supersticiō Some entred into the Church by vndiscrete deuocion and suche a zele as was without knowleage and forbecause they were winked at in the beginning they grewe dayly to more and more abuses whiche not onely for their vnprofitablenesse but also because they haue muche blynded the people and obscured the glory of God are worthy to be cut away and cleane reiected Other there be whiche although they haue been deuised by man yet it is thought good to reserue them still aswell for a decent ordre in the Churche for the whiche they were first deuised as because they pertaine to edificacion Wherunto all thynges doen in the Churche as the Apostle teacheth ought to be referred And although the kepyng or omittyng of a ceremonie in it selfe considered is but a small thing Yet the wilful and contēptuous transgression and breaking of a common ordre and discipline is no smal offence before God Let al thinges bee done emong you sayeth Saincte Paule in a semely and due ordre The appointemēte of the which ordre pertaineth not to priuate menne Therfore no manne ought to take in hande nor presume to appointe or alter any publike or common ordre in Christes Churche excepte he be lawfully called and autorized therunto And whereas in this our tyme the myndes of menne bee so diuerse that some thynke it a greate matter of conscience to departe from a peece of the leaste of theyr Ceremonies they bee so addicted to theyr olde customes and agayne on the other syde some bee so newe fangle that they woulde innouate all thyng and so doe despyse the olde that nothyng canne lyke them but that is newe It was thought expediente not so muche to haue respecte howe to please and satisfye eyther of these