that is a righteous Iudge shall giue me at that day not to mee onely but to all them that loue his comming Doe thy diligence that thou mayest come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsaken me and loueth this present world and is departed vnto Thessalonica Crescens is gone to Galatia Titus vnto Dalmatia onely Lucas is with me Take Marke and bring him with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministration And Tychicus haue I sent vnto Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troada with Carpus when thou commest bring with thee and the bookes but spectally the parchment Alexander the Coppersmith did me much evil the Lord reward him according to his vee ves of whom bee thou ware also for the hath greatly with sâ—ood our wordes The Gospel THe Lord appointed other seuentie and two also Luck 10.1 and sent them two and two before him into euery city and place whither he himselfe would come Therefore he said vnto them The haruenst is great but the labourers are few Pray ye therefore the Lord of the haruest to sende foorth labourers into his harusest Goe your wayes behold I send you forth as lambes among woulues Beare no Wallet neighter scrip nor shooes and salute noman by the way Into whatsoeuer house ye enter first say no man be to this house And if the sonne of peace be thre your peace shall rest vpon him if not if shall returne to you againe And in the same house tarie still eating and drinking such as they giue For the labourer is worthie of his reward Simon and Iude Apostles The Collect. ALmightie God which hast builded thy congregation vpon the foundation of the Apostles Prophets Iesus Christ himselfe being the head corner stone Graunt vs so to bee ioyned together in vnitie of spirit by their doctrine that we may be made an holy temple acceptable to thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Episile IVdas the seruant of Iesus Christ Inde 1. the brother of Iames to them which are called and sanctified in GOD the Father and preserued in Iesus Christ mercie vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation it was needefull for mee to write vnto you to exhort you that yee should continually labour in the faith which was once giuen vnto the Saintes For there are certaine vngodly men craftily crept in of which it was written aforetime vnto such iuvgement They turne the grace of our God into wantonnesse and denie God which is the onely Lord and our Lord Iesus Christ My minde is therefore to put you in remembrance forasmuch as yee once know this how that the Lord after that hee had deliuered the people out of Egypt destroyed them which after beleeued not The angels also which kept not their first state but left their owne habitation hee hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darknes vnto the indgement of the great day Euen as Sodom and Gomorrhe and the cities about them which is like maner defiled themselves with fornication and folowed strange slesh are set forth for an example and suffer the pain of eternall fire Like wife these being deceiued by dreames defile the flesh despise rulers and speake euill of them that are in authoritie The Gospel THis commaund I you Ioh. 15.17 that yee loue together If the world hate you yee know it hated mee before it hated you If yee were of the world the world would loue his owne howbeit because yee are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you out of the worlde therefore the worlde heateth you Remember the word that I sayd vnto you The seruant is not greater then the Lorde If they haue persecuted mee they will also persecute you If they haue kept my saying they will keepe yours also But all these things will they doe vnto you for my Names sake because they haue not knowen him that sent mee It I had not come and spken vnto them they should haue had no sinne but now haue they nothing to cloke their sinne withall Hee that hateth mee hateth my Father also If I had not done among them the workes which none other man did they should haue had no sinne but now haue they both seene and hated not onely me but also my father But this happeneth that the saying might be fulfilled that is written in theâ—e lawe They hated me without a cause But when the comforter is come whom I will send you from the Father euen the spirit of trueth which proceedeth of the Father he shall testifie of me And ye shal beare witnesse also because ye haue bene with me from the beginning All Saintes The Collect. ALmighty God which hast knit together thy elect in one Communion and fellowship in the mysticall body of thy sonne Christ our Lord graunt vs grace so to follow thy holy Saints in al vertuous and godly liuing that wee may come to those vnspeakeable ioyes which thou hast prepared for them that vnfainedly loue thee through Iesus Christ Lord. Amen The Epistle BEhol Apoc. 7.2 I Iohn saw another Angel ascend from the rising of the sunne which had the seale of the liuing God and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure Angels to whom power was giuen to hurt the earth and the sea saying Hurt not the earth neigher the sea neither the trees till we haue sealed the seruants of our God in their foreheads And I heard the number of them which were sealed and there were sealed an hundred and fortie and foure thousand of all the tribes of the children 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 Aster were saled xii M. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Simeon 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 Ieseph were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed xii M. After this I beheld and loe a great multitude which no man can number of all nations and people and tongues stood before the seate and before the Lambe clothed with long white garments and Palmes in their hands and cryed with a loud voyce saying Saluation be ascribed to him that sitteth vpon the seate of our God and vnto the Lambe And all the Angels stood in the compasse of the seate and of the Elders and the foure beasts and fell before the seate on their faces and worshipped God saying Amen Blessing and glory and wisedome and thankes and honour and power and might be vnto our God for euermore Amen The Gospel IEsus seeing the people Maâ— 5.1 went vp into a mountaine and when hee was set his Disciples came
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And after the second Lesson shal be vsed and said Benedictus in English as followeth BLessed bee the Lord God of Israel for hee hath visited and redeemed his people Benedictus And hath raised vp a mighty saluation for vs in the house of his servant David As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets which have beene since the world began That wee should be saued from our enemies and from the hands of all that hate vs. To performe the mercie promised to our forefathers and to remember his holy couenant To performe the oth which hee sware to our forefather Abraham that he would give vs. That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies might serve him without feare In holinesse and righteousnesse before him all the dayes of our life And thou childe shalt be called the Prophet of the highest for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes To giue knowledge of saluation vnto his people for the remission of their sinnes Through the tender mercie of our God whereby the day spring from an high hath visited vs. To giue light to them that sit in darkenes and in the shadowe of death and to guide our feete into the way of peace Glory be to the father and to the sonne c As it was in the beginning is now c. Or this C. Psalme Iubilate Deo O Be ioyfull in the Lord all yee lands rerue the Lord with gladnesse and come before his presence with a song Iubilate Deo Be ye sure that the Lord he is God it is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture O goe your way into his gates with thankesgiuing and into his courts with praise be thankefull vnto him speake good of his Name For the Lord is gracious his mercie is euerlasting and his trueth endureth from generation to generation Glory be to the father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Then shall be said the Creede by the Minister and the people standing I Beleeue in God the Father almighty maker of heaven and earth and in Iesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord which was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the virgine Marie suffered vnder Ponce Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into hell The third day he rose againe from the dead He ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty From there shall hee come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholike Church the communion of Saints the forgiuenes of sinnes there surreection of the body and the life cuerlasting Amen And after that these prayers following aswell at Euening prayer as at Morning prayer all deuoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a lowde voice The lord be with you Answere And with the spirit The Minister Let vs pray Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Then the Minister Clerkes and people shall say the Lords prayer in English with a loud voice Our Father which art in heauen c Then the Minister standing vp shall say O Lord shew thy mercie vpon vs. Answere And grant vs thy saluation Priest O Lord saue the king Answere And mercifully heare vs when we call vpon thee Priest Indue thy minister with righteousnesse Answere And make thy chosen people ioyfull Priest O Lord saue thy people Answere And blesse thine inheritance Priest Giue peace in our time O Lord. Answere Because there is none other that fighteth for vs but onely thou O God Priest O God make clene our hearts within vs. Answere And take not thy holy spirit from vs. Then shall followe three Collects The first of the day which shall be the same that is appointed at the Communion The second for peace The thirde for grace to liue well And the two last Collects shall neuer alter but dayly be said at Morning prayer throughout all the yeere as followeth The second Collect for peace O God which art authour of peace ana louer of concorde in knowladge of whome standeth our eternall life whole seruice is perfect freedome defende vs thy humble seruants in all assaults of our enemies that Wee surely trutstting in thy defence may not feare the power of any aduersaries through the might of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The third Collect for grace O Lord our heauenly father almighty and euerlasting God which hast safely brought vs to the beginning of this day defend vs in the same with thy mighty power and graunt that this day we fall into no sinne neither run into any kinde pf danger but that all our doings may be ordered by thy gouernance to doe alwayes that is rightcous in thy sight through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An order for Euening prayer throughout the yeere The Priest shall say Our father which art in heauen c Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answere And our mouth shalll shew foorth thy prayse Priest O God make speed to saue vs. Answere O Lord make haste to helpe vs. Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Some and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning isnow and euer shal be world without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lord. Then the Psalmes in order as they be appointed in the table for Psalmes except there be proper psalmes appointed for that day Then a lesson of the old Testa-ment as is appointed like wise in the Kalender except there be proper lessons appointed for that day After that Magnificat in English as followeth My soule doeth magnifie the Lord and my spirit hath reioiced in God my Sauiour Magnificat Luke I. For he hath regarded the lowlinesse of his handmaiden For beholde from hencefoorth all generations shall call mee blessed For he that is mighty hath magnified me and holy is his Name And is mercie is on them that feare him throughout all generations He hath she wed streenth with his arme he hath srattcred the proud in the imagination of their hearts He hath put downe the mighty from their seate and hath exalted the humble and meeke He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away He remembring his mercie hath holpen his seruant Israel as hee promised to our forefathers Abraham and his seede for ever Glory be to the Father and to the Some c As it was in the beginning is now c Or else this Psalme O Sing vnto the Lord a new song for he hath done marucilous things Cantate Domino Psal 98. With his owne right hand and with his holy arme hath hee gotten himnselfe the victory The lorde declared his salution his righteousnesse hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen The hath remembred his mercie and trueth toward the house of Isreal
godlinesse Grant this O mercifull Father for thy deare sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Immediatly after the Collects the Priest shal reade the Epistle beginning thus The Epistle written in the Chapter of And the Epistle ended he shall say the Gospel beginning thus The Gospel written in the Chapter of And the Epistle and Gospel being ended shal be said the Creede I Beleeue in one God the Father Almightie maker of heauen and earth and of al things visible and inuisible and in one Lord Iesus Christ the only begotten sonne of God begotten of his Father before al worlds God of God light of light very God of very God begottē not made being of one substance with the father by whom al things were made who for vs men for our saluation came downe from heauen was incarnate by the holy Ghost of the virgin Marie and was made man and was crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate Hee suffered and was buried and the third day hee rose againe according to the Scriptures and ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of the Father And hee shal come againe with glorie to iudge both the quicke and the dead Whose kingdome shall haue no ende And I beleeue in the holy Ghost the Lord and giuer of life who proceedeth from the father and the soone who with the father and the soone together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophets And I beleeue one Catholique and Apostolique Church I acknowledge one baptisme for the remission of sinnes And I looke for the refurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come Amen After the Creede if there be no Sermon shall follow one of the Homilies alreadie set foorth or hereafter to bee set foorth by common authoritie After such Sermon Homilie or exhortation the Curate shall declare vnto the people whether there be any holy dayes or fasting dayes the week folowing and earnestly exhort them to remember the poore saying one or moe of these sentences following as he thinketh most conuenient by his discretion Let your light shine before men that they may see your good workes and glorifie your Father which is in heauen Matth. 5. Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon the earth where the rust and moth doeth corrupt and where theeues breake through and steale but lay vp for your selues treasures in heauen where neither rust nor moth doeth corrupt where theeues doe not breake through and steale Matth. 6. Whatsoever ye would that men should doe vnto you euen so doe vnto them for this is the Law and the Prophets Matth. 7. Not euery one that saith vnto me Lord Lord shal enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heauen Matth. 7. Zache stood forth and said vnto the Lord Behold Lord the halfe of my goods I giue to the poore and if I haue done any wrong to any man I restore foure folde Luke 19. Who goeth a warefare at any time of his owne cost who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof Or who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milke of the slocke 1. Cor. 9. If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall things is it a great matter if we shall reape your worldly things 1. Cor 9. Doe yee not knowe that they which minister about holy things liue of the sacrifice and they which wait of the altar are partakers with the altar euen so hath the Lord al 's ordeined that they which preach the Gospel should liue of the Gospel 1. Cor 9. He that soweth little shall reape little and he that soweth plenteously shal reape plenteously Let euery man doe according as he is disposed in his heart not grudging or of necessitie for God loueth a cheerefull giuer 2. Cor. 9. Let him that is taught in the word minister vnto him that teacheth in all good things Be not deceiued God is not mocked For whatsoeuer a man soweth that shall he rcape Gal. 6. While we haue time let vs doe good vnto all men and specially vnto them which are of the houshold of faith Gal. 6. Godlinesse is great riches if a man be content with that he hath for we brought nothing into the world neither may we cary any thing out 1. Tim. 6. Charge them which are rich in this world that they bee ready to giue and glad to distribute laying vp in store for themselues a good foundation against the time to come that they may attaine eternall life 1. Tim. 6. God is not vnrighteous that hee will forget your workes and labour that proceedeth of loue which loue ye haue shewed for his names sake which haue ministred vnto the saints and yet doe minister Heb. 6. To doe good and to distribute forget not for with such sacrifices God is pleased Heb. 13. Who so hath this worlds good and seeth his brother haue neede and shuttreth vp his compassion from him how dwelleth the loue of God in him 1. Ioh. 3. Giue almes of thy goods and turne neuer thy face from any poore man and then the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee Tob. 4. Bee merciful after thy power If thou hast much giue plenteously If thou hast little doe thy diligence gladly to giue of that little for so gatherest thou thy selfe a good reward in the day of necessitie Tob. 4. He that hath pitie vpon the poore lendeth vnto the Lord and looke what he layeth out it shall payd him againe Prou. 19. Blessed be the man that prouideth for the sicke and needie the lord shall deliuer him in the time of trouble Psal 41 Then shall the Churchwardens or some other by them appointed gather the deuotion of the people and put the same into the poore mans boxe and vpon the offring dayes appointed euery man and woman shall pay to the Curate the due accustomed offrings After which done the Priest shal say ¶ Let vs pray for the whole state of Christs Church militant here in earth Almightie and everliving God Isthere be no Almes giuen vnto the poore then shall the words of accepting our Almes be left out vnsaid which by the holy Apostle hast taught vs to make prayers and supplications and to giue thankes for all men wee humbly beseech thee mostmercifully to accept our Almes and to receiue these our prayers which we offer vnto thy diuine maiestle beseeching thee to inspire continually the vniuersall Church with the spirit of trueth vnitic and concord and graunt that al they that doe confesse thy holy name may agree in the truth of thy holy word and liue in vnitie and godly loue We beseech thee also to saue and defend all Christian kings princes and gouernours and spccially thy seruant Iames our king that vnder him we may bee godly and quietly gouerned and graunt vnto his whole counsaile and to all
God to call mee Question My good childe knowe thhis that thou art not able to doe these things of thy selfe nor to walke in the comandements of God and to serue him without his speciall grace which thou must learne at all times to call for by diligent prayer Let me heare threfore if thou canst the Lords prayer Answere OUr Father which art in heauen hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdome come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Giue vs this day our dayly bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not into temptation but deliuer vs from euill Amen Question What desirest thou of God in this prayer Answere I desire my Lord God our heauenly Father who is the giuer of all goodnesse to send his grace vnto mee and to all people that wee may worship him serue him and obey him as we ought to doe And I pray vnto God that he will send vs all things that be needfull both for our soules and bodies and that hee will bee mercifull vnto vs and forgiue vs our sinnes and that it will please him to saue and defend vs in all dangers ghostly and bodily and that hee will keepe vs from all sunne and wickednesse and from our ghostly enemie and from euerlasting death And this I trust hee will doe of his mercy and goodnesse through our Lord Iesus Christ And therefore I say Amen So be it Question HOw many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church Answere Two onely as generally necessary to saluation that is to say Baptisme and the Supper of the Lord. Question What meanest thou by this word Sacrament Answere I meane an outward and visible signe of an inward and spirituall grace giuen vnto vs ordained by Christ himselfe as a meanes whereby wee receiue the same and a pledge to assure vs thereof Question How many parts be there in a Sacrament Answere Two the outward visible signe and the inward spirituall grace Question What is the outward visible signe or forme in Baptisme Ansvvere Water wherein the person baptized is dipped or sprinkled with it In the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Question What is the inward and spirituall grace Ansvvere A death vnto sinne and a new-birth vnto righteousnesse for being by nature borne in sinne and the children of wrath we are hereby made the children of grace Question What is required of persons to be baptized Ansvvere Repentance whereby they forsake sinne and faith wherby they stedfastly beleeue the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament Question Why theu are Infants baptized when by reason of their tender age they cannot performe them Ansvvere Yes they doe performe them by their Sureties who promise and vowe them both in their names which when they come to age themselues are bound to performe Question Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Suuppet ordained Ansvvere For the continuall remembrance of the Sacrifice of the death of Christ and the benefits which we receiue thereby Question What is the outward part or signe of the Lords Supper Answere Bread and Wine which the Lorde hath commaunded to be receiued Question What is the inward part or thing signified Answere The Body and Blood of Christ which are verely and indeed taken receiued of the faithfull the Lords Supper Question What are the benefits whereof we are partakers therby Answere The strengthening and refreshing of our soules by the body and blood of Christ as our bodies are by the bread wine Question What is required of them which come to the Lordes Supper Answere To examine themselues whether they repent them truely of their former sinnes stedfastly purposing to leade a newe life haue a liuely faith in Gods mercy through Christ with a thankefull remembrance of his death and be in charity with all men So soone as the children can say in their mother tongue the Articles of the faith the Lords prayer the tenne Commandements and also can answere to such questions of this short Catechisme as the Bishop or such as hee shall appoint shall by his discretion appose them in then shall they bee brought to the Bishop by one that shall be his Godfather or Godmother that euery childe may haue a witnesse of his confirmation And the Bishiop shall confirme them on this wise ⧠Confirmation or laying on of hands OUr helpe is in the Name of the Lord. Answere Which hath made Heauen and Earth Minister Blessed be the Name of the Lorde Answere Henceforth world without ende Minister Lorde heare our prayers Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Let vs pray ALmightie and euerliuing GOD who hast bouchsafed to regenerate these thy seruants by water and the holy Ghost and hast giuen vnto them forgiuenesse of all their sinnes strengthen them wee beseech thee O Lord with the holy Ghost the Comforter and daily encrease in them thy manifolde giftes of grace the spirit of wisedome and vnderstanding the spirit of counsaile and ghostly strenghth the spirit of knowledge and true godlinesse and fulfill them O Lord with the spirit of thy holy feare Amen Then the Bishop shall lay his hand vpon euery childe seuerally saying Defend O Lord this childe with thy heauenly grace that hee may continue thine for euer and daily increase in thy holy spirit more and more vntill hee come vnto thy euerlasting kingdome Amen Then shall the Bishop say Let vs pray ALmightie and euerliuing GOD which makest vs both to will and to do those things that be good and acceptable vnto thy Maiestie wee make our humble supplications vnto thee for these children vpon whome after the example of the holy Apostles wee haue layde our handes to certifie them by this signe of thy fauour and gracious goodnesse toward them let thy fatherly hand we beseech 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 obtaine the euerlasting life through our Lord Iesus Christ who with thee and the holy Ghost liueth and reigneth one God world without end Amen Then the Bishop shall blesse the children saying thus The blessing of God Almightie the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost bee vpon you and remaine with you for cuer Amen The Curate of euery Parish or some other at his appointment shall diligently vpon Sundayes and Holy dayes halfe an houre before Euensong openly in the Church instruct and examine so many children of his Parish sent vnto him as the time will serue and as he shall thinke conuenient in some part of this Catechisme And all Fathers Mothers Masters and Dames shall cause their children seruants and prentices which haue not learned their Catechisme to come to the Church at the time appointed and obediently to heare and be ordered by the Curate vntill such time as they haue learned all that is here appointed for them to
one of you so loue his owne wife euen as himselfe Like wise same Saint Paul writing to the Colossians Colos 3. speaketh thus to all men that be married Ye men loue your wiues and be not bitter vnto them Heare also what S. Peter the Apostle of Christ 1. Pet. 3. which was himselfe a maried man sayed vnto all men that are maried Yee husbands dwell with your wiues according to knowledge giuing honor vnto the wife as vnto the weaker vessel and as heires together of the grace of life so that your prayers be not hindred Hitherto yee haue heard the duetie of the hunsband toword the wife Now likewife ye wiues heare and learne your dueties towards your husbands euen as it is plainely set foorth in holy Scripture Saint Paul Ephes 5. in the forenamed Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth you thus Ye women submit your selues vnto your owne husbands as vnto the Lord. For the husband is the wiues head euen as Christ is the head of the Church and hee is also the Sauiour of the whole body Therefore as the Church or Congregation is subiect vnto Christ So likewise let the wiues also be in subietion vnto their owne hubands in all things And againe hee sayth Let the wife reuerence her husband And in his Epistle to the Colossians S. Paul giueth you this short lesson Ye wiues submit your selues vnto your owne husbands as it is conuenient in the Lord. Saint Peter also doth instruct you very godly thus saying Let wiues be subiect to their owne husbandes so that if any obey not the worde they may bee wonne without the worde by the conuersation of the wiues while they beholde your chaste conuersation coupled with feare Whole apparell let it not bee outward with broyded haire and trimming about with golde either in putting on of gorgeous apparell but let the hid man which is in the heart bee without all corruption so that the spirite be milde and quiet which is a precious thing in the sight of God For after this maner in the olde time did the holy women which trusted in God apparell themselues being subiect to their owne husbandes as Sara obeyed Abraham calling him Lord whose daughters yee are made doing well and not being dismayed with any feare The new married persons the same day of their marriage must receiue the holy Communion The order for the visitation of the sicke The Priest entring into the sicke persons house shall say ¶ Peace be in this house and to all that dwell in it When he commeth into the sicke mans presence he shall say kneeling downe REmember not Lorde our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers Spare vs good Lord spare thy people whome thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and bee not angry with vs for euer Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Ameu Minister O Lord saue thy seruant Answere Which putteth his trust in thee Minister Send him helpe from thy holy place Answere And euermore mightily defend him Minister Let the enemie haue none aduantage of him Answere Nor the wicked approch to hurt him Minister Be vnto him O Lord a strong towre Answere From the face of his enemie Minister O Lord heare our prayers Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Minister O Lord looke downe from heauen beholde visite and relieue this thy seruant Looke vpon him with the eyes of thy mercy giue him comfort and sure confidence in thee defend him from the danger of the enemie and keepe him in perpetuall peace and safetie through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen HEare vs Almightie and most mercifull God and Sauiour extende thy accustomed goodnesse to this thy seruant which is grieued with sickenesse visite him O Lorde as thou diddest visite Peters wiues mother and the Captaines seruant So visite and restore to this sicke pecson his former health if it bee thy will or els giue him grace so to take thy visitation that after this paineful life ended he may dwell with thee in life euerlasting Then shall the Minister exhort the sicke person after this forme or other like DEarely beloued know this that Almightie God is the Lord of life and death and ouer all things to them perteyning as youth strength health age weakenesse sickenes Wherefore whatsoeuer your sikenesse is know you certainely that it is Gods visitation And for what cause so euer this sicknesse is sent vnto you whether it be to try your patience for the example of other and that your faith may bee found in the day of the Lord laudable glorious honourable to the increase of glory and endlesse felicitie or els it be sent vnto you to correct and amend in you whatsoeuer doeth offend the eyes of your heauenly Father know you certainly that if you truely repent you of your sinnes and beare your sicknesse patiently trusting in Gods mercy for his deare Sonne Iesus Christes sake and render vnto him humble thankes for his fatherly visitation submitting your selfe wholly vnto his will it shall turne to your profite and helpe you foward in the right way thatleadeth vnto life euerlasting If the person visited be very sicke then the Curate may ende his ex hortation in this place Take therefore in good woorth the chastisement of the Lorde For whom the Lorde loueth hee chastiseth yea as Saint Paul saith he scourgeth euery sonne which hee receiueth If ye endure thastisement he offreth himself vnto you as vnto his owne children What sonne is he that the father chastiseth not If ye be not vnder correction where of all true children children are partakers then are yee bastards not children Therfore seeing that when our carnall fathers do correct vs we reuerently obey them shall we not now much rather be obedient to our spirituall Father so liue And they for a few dayes doe chastise vs after their owne pleasure but he doeth chastise vs for our profite to the intent hee may make vs partakers of his holines These words good brother are Gods wordes and written in holy Scripture for our comfort and instruction that wee should patiently and with thankesgiuing beare our heauenly Fathers correction whensoeuer by any maner of aduersitie it shall please his gracious goodnesse to visite vs. And there should be no greater comfort to Christian persons then to bee made like vnto Christ by suffering patiently aduersities troubles sickenesses For he himselfe went not vp to ioy but first hee suffered paine he entred not into his glory before he was crucified So truely our way to eternall ioy is to suffer here with Christ and our doore to enter into eternall life is gladly to die with Christ that we may rise againe from death and dwel with him in euerlasting life Now therefore taking your sickenesse which is thus profitable for you patiently I
of this Realme safely maintained and last of all all estates and people thereof in true obedience and charitie vnited and knit together Grant this O God for thy onely Sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The third Collect. PReuent vs O Lorde in all our doing with thy most Gracious favour and further vs with thy continuall helpe that in all our woorkes begunne continued and ended in thee wee may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtaine Euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Then shall follow the Benediction as thus THe grace of our Lord Iesus Christ 2. Cor. 13 and the loue of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all euermore Amen The order where Morning and Euening Prayer shall be vsed and said THE morning and Euening Prayer shal be vsed in the accustomed place of the Church Chappell or Chancell except it shall be otherwise determined by the Ordinary of the place And the chancels shall remaine as they haue done in times past And here is to be noted that the Minister at the time of the Communion and at all other times in his ministration shall vse such ornaments in the Church as were in vse by authoritie of Parliament in the second yeere of the raigne of King Edward the sixt according to the Acte of Parliament set in the beginning of this Booke An order for Morning prayer daily throughout the yeere At the beginning both of Morning prayer and like wise of Euening prayer the Minister shall reade with a lowd voyce some one of these sentences of the Scriptures that follow And then he shall say that which is written after the said sentences AT what time soeuer a sinner doeth repent him of his sinne from the bottome of this heart I will put all his wickednesse out of my remembrance saith the Lord. Eze. xviij I doe knowe mine owne wickednesse and my sinne is alway against me Psal Lj. Turne thy face away from our sinnes O Lord and blot out all our offences Psal Lj. A sorrowfull spirit is a sacrifice to God despise not O Lord humble and contrite hearts Psal Lj. Rent your hearts and not your garments and turne to the Lord your God because hee is gentle and mercifull he is pacient and of much mercy and such a one that is sory for your afflictions Ioel ij To thee O Lord God belongeth mercy and forgiuenesse Danâ—x for we haue gone away from thee and haue not hearkned to thy voyce whereby wee might walke in thy Lawes which thou hast appointed for vs. Correct vs O Lord and yet in thy iudgement not in thy fury lest we should be consumed and brought to nothing 〈◊〉 x. Amend your liues for the kingdome of God is at hand Maâ—h iij. I will go to my father and say to him Father I huve sinned against heaven and against thee I am no more worthy to be called thy sonne Luke xv Enter not into Iudgement with thy seruants O Lord for no flesh is righteous in thy sight Psal exliij If wee say that we haue no sinne wee deceiue our selues and there is no trueth in vs. i. Iohn j. DEarely beloued brethren the scripture mooueth vs in sundry places to acknowledge and confesse our manifolde sinnes and wickednes and that wee should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heauenly Father but confesse them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the ende that wee may obtaine forgiuenesse of the same vy his infinite goodnesse and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sinnes before God yet ought wee most chiefly so to doe when wee assemble and meete together to render thankes for the great benefits that we haue received at his hands to set foorth his most worthy prayse to heare his most holy word and to aske those things which be requisite and necessary aswell for the body as the soule Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as be here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voyce vnto the Throne of the heauenly grace saying after me A generall confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister kneeling ALmighty and most mercifull Father wee have erred and strayed from thy wayes like lost sheepe wee haue followed too much the deuices and desires of our owne hearts we have offended against thy holy Lawes we have left vndone those things which wee ought to have done and we haue done those things which wee ought not to haue done and there is no health in vs but thou O Lord haue mercy upon vs miserable offenders spare thou them O God which confesse their faults restore thou them that be penitent according to thy promises vnto mankinde in Christ Iesu our Lord and graunt O most mercifull Father for his sake that we may hereafter liue a godly righteous and sober life to the glory of thy holy Name Amen The absolution or remission of sinnes to be pronounced by the Minister alone ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ which desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that hee may turne from his wickednesse and liue and hath giuen power and commandement to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sinnes hee pardoneth and absolueth all them which truely repent and vnfainedly beleeue his holy Gospel Wherefore we beseech him to graunt vs true repentance and his holy spirit that those things may please him which wee doe at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last wee may come to his eternallioy through Iesus Christ our Lord. The people shall answere Amen Then shall the Minister begin the Lords prayer with a lowd voyce OUr Father which art in heaven halowed ve thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen Give vs this day our daily bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse vs. And leade vs not into temptation But deliver vs from evil Amen Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answere And our mouth shall shew foorth thy prayse Priest O God make speed to save vs. Answere O Lord make haste to helpe vs. Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Prayse ye the Lord. Then shall be said or sung this Psalme following O Come let vs sing unto the Lord let vs heartily reioyce in the strength of our salution Veniâ—e exul 〈◊〉 Let vs come before his presence with thankesgiuing and shew our selves glad in him with Psalmes For the Lord is a great God and a great King avoue all gods In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is
his also The Sea is his and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land O come let vs worship and fall downe and kneele before the Lord our maker For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheepe of his handes To day if ye will heare his voyce harden not your hearts as in the prouocation and as in the day of temptation in the wildernes When your fathers tempted me proued mee and saw my workes Fourtie yeeres long was I grieued with this generation and said it is a people that doe erre in their hearts for they have not knowen my wayes Vnto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall bee world without and Amen Then shall follow eertaine Psalmes in order as they be appointed in a table made for that purpose except there be proper Psalmes appointed for that day And at the end of euery Psalme throughout the yeere and likewise in the end of Benedictus Benedicite Magnisicat and Nunc dimittis shal be repeated Glory be to the Father c As it was in the c. Then shall be read two Lessons distinctly with a lowd voyce that the people may heare The first of the old Testament The second of the New like as they bee appointed in the Kalender except there be proper Lessons assigned for that day the Minister that readeth the Lesson standing and turning him so as hee may best beheard of all such as be present And before euery Lesson the Minister shall say thus The first second third or fourth Chapter of Genesis or Exodus Matthew Marke or other like as is appointed in the Kalender And in the end of euery Chapter hee shall say Here endeth such a Chapter of such booke And to the end the people may the better heare in such places where they do sing there shal the Lessons be song in a plaine tune after the maner of distinct reading and likewise the Epistle Gospel After the first Lesson shall follow Te Deum laudamus in English dayly throughout the whole yeere WE prayse thee O God we knowledge thee to be the Lord. Te Deum laudamus All the earth doeth worship thee the Father euerlasring To thee all Angelscry alowd the heauens and all the powers therein To thee Cherubin Seraphin continually do cry Holy holy holy Lord God of Sabaoth Heauen and earth are full of the Maiestie of thy glory The glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee The goodly felowship of the Prophets prayse thee The noble army of Martyrs prayse thee The holy Church throughout all the world doeth knowledge thee The Father of an infinite Maiestie Thine honourable true and onely Sonne Also the holy Ghost the Comforter Thou art the King of glory O Christ Thou art the euerlasting Sonne of the Father When thou tookest vpon thee to deliver man thou diddest not abhorre the Virgins wombe When thou haddest overcome the sharpenesse of death thou diddest open the kingdome of heauen to all beleeuers Thou sittesst at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father We beleeve that thou shalt come to be our Iudge We therefore pray thee helpe thy seruants whom thou hast redeemed with thy prerious blood Make them to bee numbred with thy Saints in glory everlasting O Lord saue thy people and blesse thine heritage Gouerne them and lift them vp for ever Day by day we magnifie thee And we worship thy Name ever world without end Vouchsafe O Lord to keepe vs this day without sinne O Lord haue mercy vponv us haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpon vs as our trust is in thee O Lord in thee have I trusted let me neuer be confounded ¶ Or this Canticle Benedicite omnia opera c. O All ye works of the Lord blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer Benedicite O yee Angels of the Lord blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye heaueus blesse the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for ever O ye waters that be aboue the firmament blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for ever O all ye powers of the Lord blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye Sunne and Moone blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye starres of heauen blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye showres and deaw blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye windes of God blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye fire and heate blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye winter and sommer blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye deawes and frosts blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye frost and colde blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye yce and snowe blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye nights and dayes blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye light and darkenes blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye lightnings and cloudes blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O let the earth blesse the Lord yea let it praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye mountaines and hilles blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O all ye greene things vpon the earth blesse ye the Lord pratse him and magnifie him for euer O ye welles blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye Seas and floods blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye Whales and al that moue in the waters blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for evur O all ye foules of the aire blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O all ye beasts and cattell blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for eur O yee children of men blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O let Israel blesse the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye Priestes of the Lord blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye seruants of the Lord blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye spirits soules of the righteous blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye holy and humble men of heart blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O Ananias Azarias and Misael blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for ever Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now
euerlasting and they that haue done euil into euerlasting fire This is the Catholique faith which except a man beleeue faithfully he cannot be saued Glory be to the Fathet and to the Sonne amp c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Thus endcth the order of Morning and Euening prayer throughout thewhole yeere Here followeth the Letanie to be vsed vpon Sundayes Wednesdayes and Fridayes and at other times when it shal be commanded by the Ordinary O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs iniscrable sinners O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercie vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue Mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitic three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercie vpon vs miscrable sinners Remember not Lord our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeance of our sins spare vs good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lord. From all cuill and mischicfe from in sinne from the craftes and assaults of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnation Good Lord deliuer vs. From all blindnesse of heart from pride baine glory and hypocrisie from enuie hatred and malice and all vncharitablenesse Good Lord deliuer vs. From fornication and all other deadly sinne and from all the deceits of the world the flesh and the deuill Good Lord deliuer vs. From lightning and tempest from plague pestilence and famine from battell and murther and from sudden death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedition and priuie conspiracie from all false doctrine and heresie from hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy word and commandement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mystery of thy holy incarnation by thy holy natiuitie and circumcision by thy baptisme fasting and temptation Good Lord dcliuer vs. By thine agonie and bloody sweat by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and buriall by thy glorious resurrection and ascension and by the comming of the Holy Ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulation in all time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day ofiudgement Good Lord deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseech thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it may please thee to rule and gouerne holy Church vmuerfally in the right way We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to keepe and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousnesse and holinesse of life thy seruant Iames our most gracious King and gouernour We beseech thec to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith feare and loue and that he may euermore haue affiance in thee and euer seeke thy honour and glory We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be his defender and Keeper giuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and preserue our gracions Queene Anne Prince Henry and the rest of the King and Queenes Royall issue We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops Pastours and Ministers of the Church with true knowledge and vnderstanding of thy worde and that both by their prcaching and liuing they may set it foorth and shew it accordingly We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to indue the Lords of the Counsaile and all the Nobilitie with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe the Magistrates giuing them grace to execute Iustice and to maintayne trueth We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe all thy people We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all nations vnity peace and concord We beseeth thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs an heart to loue and dreade thee and diligently to line after thy commaundements We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all thy people increase of grace to heare meekely thy word and to receiue it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as doe stande and to comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to raise vp them that fall and finally to beate downe Satan vuder our feete We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour help and comfort all that be in danger neressitie and tribulation We befeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to preserue all that trauaile by lande or by water all women labouring of childe all sicke persons and yong children and to shewe thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captiues We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to defende and prouide for the fatherlesse children and widowes and all that bee desolate and oppressed We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all men We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgiue our enemies persecuters and s slanderers and to turne their hearts We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue and preserue to our bse the kindely fruits of the earth so as in due time wee may enioy them We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs true repentance to forgive vs all our sinnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy Spirit to amend our liues according to thy holy word We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. Some of God We beseech thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseech thee to heare vs. O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Grant vs thy peace O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Haue mercie vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue
that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision For the promise that hee should bee heire of the world happened not to Abraham or to his seede through the Law but through the righteousuesse of faith For if they which are of the Law be heires then is faith but vaâ—e and the promise of none effect The Gospel ANd it fortuned assoone as the Angels were gone away from the shepherds into heauen Luk. 2.15 they saide one to another Let vs goe euen now vnto Bethlehem and see this thing that we heare say is happened which the Lord hath shewed vnto vs. And they came with haste and found Marie Ioseph and the babe laide in a maâ—ger And when they had seene it they published abroad the saying that was tolbe them of that child And all they that heard it Wondered at those things which were told them of the shepheards But Marie kept all these sayings and pondred them in her heart And the shepheards returned praising and lauding God for all the things that they had heard and seene euen as it was tolde vnto them And when the eight day was come that the child should bee circumcised his name was called Iesus which was named of the Angell before hee was conceiued in the wombe If there be a Sunday between the Epiphanie and the Circumcision then shall bee vsed the same Collect Epistle and Gospel at the Communion which was vsed vpon the day of Circumcision The epiphanie The Collect. O God which by the leading of a starre diddest mamfest thy onely begotten sonne to the Gentiles mercifully grant that we which know thee now by faith may after this life haue the fruition of thy glorious Godhead through Christ our Lord Amen The Epistle FOr this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus Christ for you heathen Eph. 3.1 if yee haue heard of the ministration of the grace of God which is giuen mee to youward For by reuelation shewed he the mysterie vnto me as I wrote afore in fewe words wherby when ye reade ye may vnderstand my knowledge in the mysterie of Christ which mysterie in times past was not opened vnto the sonnes of men as it is now declared vnto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit that the Gentiles should bee inheriters also and of the same bodie and partakers of his promise of Christ by the meanes of the Gospel where of I am made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God which is giuen vnto me after the working of his power Vnto me the least of all Saints is this grace giuen that I should preath among the Gentiles the vnsearcheable riches of Christ and to make all men see what the fellowship of the mysterie is which from the beginning of the world hath beene hid in God which made all things through Iesus Christ to the intent that nowe vnto the rulers and powers in heauenly things might bee knowen by the congregation the manifold wisedome of God according to the eternall purpose which he wrought in Christ Iesus our Lord by whom we haue boldnesse and entrance with the confidence which is by the faith of him The Gospel WHen Iesus was borne in Bethlehem acitie of Iurie Man 2.1 in the time of Herode the King behold there came wife men from the East to Hierusalem saying Where is he that is borne King of the Iewes for we haue feeue his starre in the East and are come to worshippe him When Herod the King had heard these things he wastroubled and all the Citie of Hierusalem with him And when hee had gathered all the chiefe Prists and Scribes of the people together he demanded of them where Christ should be borne And they said vnto him At Bethlehem in Iurie for thus it is written by the Prophet And thou Bethlehem in the land of Iurie art not the least among the princes of Iude For out of thee shall come vnto mee the captaine that shall gouerne my people Israel Then Herode when he had priuily called the wife men hee enquired of them diligently what time the starre appeared And he bad them goe to Bethlehem and sayde Goe your way thither and search diligently for the childe and when yee haue found him bringe mee worde againe that I may come and worship him also When they had heard the king they departed and loe the starre which they saw in the East went before them til it came and stood ouer the place wherein the childe was when they saw the starre they wereexteeding glad and went into the house and found the childe with Mary his mother and felldowne flat and worshipped him and opened their treasures and offered vnto him gifts gold frankencense myrrhe And after they were warued of God in a sleepe that they should not go againe to Herode they returned into their owne Country another way The first Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. LOrd wee beseech thee mercifully to receiue the prayers of thy people which call vpon thee and graunt that they may both perceiue and knowe what things they ought to doe also haue grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen The Epistle I Beseech you therefore brethren by the mercifulnesse of God Rom. 12.1 that ye make your bodies a quicke sacrifice holy acceptable vnto God which is your reasoÌ„able seruing of GOd And fashion not your selus like vnto this word but be ye changed in your shape by the renuing of your mind that ye may prooue what thing that good and acceptable and perfect will of God is For I say through the grace that vnto me giuen is to euery man among you that no man stand high in his owne conceite more then it becommeth him to esteeme of himselfe but so iudge of himselfe that he be gentle and sober according as God hath dealt to euery man the measure of faith For as we haue many members in one body and all members haue not one office So we being many are one body in Christ and euery man among our selues one anothers members The Gospel THE father and mother of Iesus went to Hierusalem Luke 2.43 after the custome of the feast day And when they had fulfilled the dayes as they returned home the childe Iesus abode still at Hierusalem and his father anb mother knew not of it but they supposing him to haue beene in the companie came a days Iourney and sought him among their kinsefolke and acquaintance and when they found him not they went backe againe to Hierusalem and sought him And it fortuned that after three dayes they found him in the temple sitting in the middest of the doctors hearing them and posing them And all that heard him were astonied at his vnderstanding and answeres And when they saw him they marueiled And his mother sayd vnto him sonne why hast thou thus dealt with vs behold thy father and I haue sought thee sorowing And he
together to eate tarie one for another If any man hunger let him eate at home that ye come not together vnto condemnation Other things will I set in order when I come The Gospel THe whole multitude of them arose Luk. 23.1 and led him vnto Pilate And they began to accuse him saying We found this fellow peruerting the people and forbidding to pay tribute to Cesar saying that hee is Christ a King And Pilate apposed him saying Art thou the King of the Iewes Hee answered him and sayd Thou sayest it Then said Pilate to the hie Priests and to the people I finde no fault in this man And they were the more fierce saying He mooueth the people teaching thorowout all Iurie and began at Galilee euen to this place When Pilate heard mention of Galilee hee asked whether the man were of Galilee And assoone as he knew that hee belonged vnto Herods Iurisdiction he sent him to Herode which was also at Hierusalem at that time And when Herode sawe Iesus hee was exceeding glad for hee was desirous to see him of a long season because hee had heard many things of him and he trusted to haue seene some miracles done by him Then he questioned with him many words but he answered him nothing The high Priests and Scribes stood foorth and accused him straitly And Herode with his men of warre despised him And when hee had mocked him hee arayed him in white clothing and sent him againe to Pilate And the same day Pilate and Herode were made friendes together for before they were at variance And Pilate called together the high Priests and the Rulers and the people and sayde vnto them Yee haue brought this man vnto me as one that peruerteth the people and beholde I examine him before you and finde no fault in this man of those things whereof yee accuse him no nor yet Herode For I sent you vnto him and loe nothing worthie of death is done vnto him I will therefore chasten him and let him loose For of necessitie hee must haue let one loose to them at that feast And all the people cried at once saying Away with him and deliuer vs Barabbas which for a certain insurrection made in the city and for a murder was cast into prison Pilate spake againe vnto them willing to let Iesus loose But they cried saying Crucifie him crucifie him Hee sayde vnto them the third time What euill hath hee done I finde no cause of death in him I will therefore chasten him and let him goe And they cried with loud voyces requiring that he might be crucified And the voyces of them and of the high Priestes preuailed And Pilate gaue sentence that it should bee as they required and hee let loose vnto them him that for insurrection and murder was cast into prison whom they had desired And hee deliuered to them Iesus to doe with him what they would And as they led him away they caught one Simon of Cyrene comming out of the fielde and on him layed they the Crosse that hee might beare it after Iesus And there followed him a great companie of people and of women which bewailed and lamented him But Iesus turned backe vnto them and sayde Yee daughters of Hierusalem weepe not for me but weepe for your selues and for your children For behold the dayes will come in the which they shall say Happie are the barren and the wombes that neuer bare and the pappes which neuer gaue sucke Then shall they begin to say to the mountaines Fall on vs and to the hils Couer vs. For if they doe this in a greene tree what shal be done in the drie And there were two euil doers led with him to bee slaine And after that they were come to the place which is called Caluarie there they crucified him and the euill doers one on the right hand and the other on the left Then said Iesus Father forgiue them for they wot not what they doe And they parted his rayment and cast lots and the people stoode and beheld And the Rulers mocked him with them saying He saued other men let him saue himselfe if he be verie Christ the chosen of God The souldiers also mocked him and came and offered him vineger and said If thou bee the King of the Iewes saue thy selfe And a superscription was written ouer him with letters of Greeke and Latine and Hebrewe This is the King of the Iewes And one of the euill doers which were hanged rayled on him saying If thou bee Christ saue thy selfe and vs. But the other answered and rebuked him saying Fearest not thou GOD seeing thou art in the same damnation Wee are righteously punished for wee receiue according to our deedes but this man hath done nothing amisse And hee said vnto Iesus Lord remember mee when thou commest into thy kingdome And Iesus sayde vnto him Verily I say vnto thee to day shalt thou be with mee in Paradise And it was about the sixt houre and there was a darkenesse ouer all the earth vntill the ninth houre and the Sunne was darkened and the vaile of the Temple did rent euen through the middes And when Iesus had cryed with a lowde voyce hee said Father into thy hands I commend my spirit And when he thus had said hee gaue vp the ghost When the Centurion sawe what had happened hee glorified God saying Verily this was a righteous man And all the people that came together to that sight and sawe the things which had happened smote their breasts and returned And all his acquaintance and the women that follwed him from Galilee stood a farre off beholding these things And behold there was a man named Ioseph a counsailor and he was a good man and a iust the same had not consented to the counsaile and deed of them which was of Arimathea a citie of the Iewes which same also waited for the kingdome of God he went vnto Pilate and begged the body of Iesus and tooke it downe and wrapped it in a linnen cloth and laide it in a Sepulchre that was hewen in stone wherein neuer man before had beene laid And that day was the preparing of the Sabboth and the Sabboth drew on The women that followed after which had come with him from Galilee beheld the sepulchre and how his body was laid And they returned and prepared sweete odours and oyntments but rested on the Sabboth day according to the commandement On good Friday The Collect. ALmightie God we beseech thee graciously to behold this thy family for the which our Lord Iesus Christ was contented to be betrayed and giuen vp into the hands of wicked men to suffer death vpon the crosse who liueth and reigneth c. ALmightie and euerlasting God by whose spirite the whole bodie of the Church is gouerned and sanctified Receiue our supplications and praiers which we offer before thee for all estates of men in thy holy congregation that euerie member of the same in his
spirit that beareth witnesse because the spirit is trueth For there are three which beare record in heauen the Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these three are one And there are three which beare record in earth the Spirit Water and Blood and these three are one If we receiue the witnesse of men the witnes of God is greater for this is the witnesse of God which he testified of his Sonne He that beleeueth on the Sonne of God hath the witnesse in himselfe He that beleeueth not God hath made him a liar because he beleeueth not the record that God gaue of his Sonne And this is the record how that God hath giuen vnto vs eternall life and this life is in his Sonne He that hath the Sonne hath life and he that hath not the Sonne of God hath not life The Gospel THe same day at night Iohn 20.19 which was the first day of the Sabboths when the doores were shut where the disciples were assembled together for feare of the Iewes came Iesus and stood in the mids and said vnto them Peace be vnto you And when hee had so said hee shewed vnto them his handes and his side Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord. Then said Iesus to them againe Peace be vnto you As my Father sent me euen so send I you also And when he had said these words he breathed on them and said vnto them Receiue yee the holy Ghost Whosoeuers sinnes yee remit they are remitted vnto them and whosoeuers sinnes ye retaine they are retained The ij Sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmighty God which hast giuen thine only Son to bee vnto vs both a sacrifice for sinne and also an ensample of godly life giue vs the grace that wee may alwayes most thankefully receiue that his inestimable benefit and also dayly endeuour our selues to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life The Epistle THis is thanke worthy 1. Pet. 2.16 if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe and suffer wrong vndeserued For what praise is it if when ye be buffeted for your faults ye take it patiently But and if when yee doe well yee suffer wrong and take it patiently then is there thanke with God for hereunto verily were yee called For Christ also suffered for vs leauing vs an example that yee should follow his steps which did no sinne neither was there guile found in his mouth Which when he was reuiled reuiled not againe when he suffered he threatened not but committed the vengeance to him that iudgeth righteously Which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree that we being deliuered from sinne should liue vnto righteousnes by whose stripes yee were healed For yee were as sheepe going astray but are now turned vnto the Shepheared and Bishop of your soules The Gospel CHrist said Iohn 10.11 I am the good Shepheard A good Shepheard giueth his life for the sheepe An hired seruant and hee which is not the shepheard neither the sheepe are his owne seeth the woolfe comming and leaueth the sheepe and fleeth and the woolfe catcheth and scattereth the sheepe The hired seruant fleeth because hee is an hired seruant and careth not for the sheepe I am the good Shepheard and know my sheepe and am knowen of mine As my Father knoweth me euen so know I also my Father And I giue my life for the sheepe And other sheepe I haue which are not of this folde them also must I bring and they shall heare my voyce and there shall bee one folde and one Shepheard The third sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmightie God which shewest to all men that be in errour the light of thy trueth to the intent that they may returne into the way of righteousnes grant vnto al them that be admitted into the fellowship of Christes religion that they may eschew those things that be coutrary to their profession follow all such things as be agreeable to the same through our Lord Iesus Christ The Epistle DEarely beloued 1. Pet. 2.11 I beseech you as strangers and pilgrimes absteine from fleshly lustes which fight against the soule and see that ye haue honest conuersation among the Gentiles that whereas they backbite you as euil doers they may see your good works and praise God in the day of visitation Submit your selues therefore euery man for the Lords sake whether it be vnto the king as vnto the chiefe head either vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punishment of euill doers but for the laud of them that doe well For so is the wil of God that with well doing ye may stop the mouthes of foolish and ignorant men as free and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnesse but euen as the seruants of God Honour all men Loue brotherly fellowshippe Feare God Honour the King The Gospel IEsus said to his disciples Iohn 16.16 After a while ye shal not see me and againe after awhile yee shall see mee for I goe to the Father Then sayd some of his Disciples betweene themselues What is this that hee sayeth vnto vs After a while shall not see me and againe after a while ye shal see me and that I go to the father They said therefore What is this that hee sayeth After a while Wee can not tell what he sayeth Iesus perceiued that they would aske him and sayd vnto them Yee enquire of this betweene your selues because I sayd After a while ye shall not see me and Againe After a while ye shal see me Verily verily I say unto you Yee shall weepe and lament but contrariwise the world shall reioyce Ye shal sorrow but your sorrow shal be tnrned to ioy A woman when the traueileth hath sorrow because her houre is come but assoone as she is deliuered of the childe she remembreth no more the anguish for ioy that a man is borne into the world And ye now therefore haue sorrow but I will see you againe and your heart shall reioyce and your ioy shall no man take from you The fourth sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmightie God which doest make the mindes of all faithfull men to be of one will graunt vnto thy people that they may loue the thing which thou commandest and desire that which thou doest promise that among the sundry and manifold changes of the worlde our heartes may surely there be fixed whereas true ioyes are to be found through Christ our Lord. The Epistle EVery good gift Iam. 1.17 and euery perfect gift is from aboue and commeth downe from the Father of lights with whom is no variablenesse neither shadowe of change Of his owne will begate he vs with the worde of trueth that wee shoulde bee the first fruites of his creatures Wherefore deare brethren let euery man bee swift to heare slowe to speake slow to wrath for the wrath of man worketh not that which is righteous
heauen we beseech thee leaue vs not â—oÌ„fortlesse but send to vs thine holy Ghost to comfort vs and exalt vs vnto the same place whither our Sauiour Christ is gone before who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle THe end of al things is at hand Be ye therfore sober 1. Pet 47. and watch vnto prayer But aboue all things haue feruent loue among your selues For loue shal couer the multitude of sins Be ye barberous one to another wtout grudging As euery man hath receiued the gift euen so minister the same one to another as good ministers of the manifold graces of God If any man speake let him talke as the words of God If any man minister let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth to him that God in all things may be glorified through Iesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion for euer and euer Amen The Gospel WHen the comforter is come Ioh. 15.26 whom I will send vnto you from the Father euen the Spirit of trueth which proceedeth of the Father he shall testifie of me and ye shall beare witnes also because ye haue These things haue I sayd vnto you beacause ye should not be offended They shal excoÌ„municate you yea the time shall come that whosoeuer killeth you will thinke that he doth God seruice And such things will they doe vnto you because they haue not knowen the Father neither yet me But these things haue I tolde you that when the time is come ye may remember then that I tolde you Whitsunday The Collect. GOd which as vpon this day hast taught the hearts of thy faithfull people by the sending to them the light of thy holy Spirit Grant vs by the same Spirit to haue a right iudgement in all things and euermore to reioyce in his holy comfort through the merits of Christ Iesu our Sauiour who liueth and reigneth with thee in the vnitie of the same Spirit one GOD world without end Amen The Epistle WHen the fiftie dayes were come to an ende Acts 2.1 they were al with one accord together in one place and suddenly there came a found from heauen as it had bene the comming of a mightie winde and it filled all the house where they sate And there appeared vnto them clouen tongues like as they had beene of fire it sate vpon each one of them and they were all filled with the holy Ghost and began to speake with other tongues euen as the same Spirit gaue them vtterance Then were dwelling at Hierusalem Iewes deuout men out of euery nation of them that are vnder heauen When this was noysed about the multitude came together and were astonied because that euery man heard them speake with his owne language They wondered all and marueilled saying among themselues Beholde are not all these which speake of Galilee And how heare we euery man his owne tongue wherein we were borne Parthians and Medes and Elamites and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia and fo Iury and of Cappadocia of Pontus and Asia Phrygia and Pamphylia of Egypt and of the partes of Libya which is beside Cyrene strangers of Rome Iewes and Proselites Creetes Arabians we haue heard them speake in our owne tongues the great works of God The Gospel IEsus sayd vnto his disciples Ioh. 14.15 If yee loue me keepe my commaundements and I will pray the father and he shall giue you another comforter that hee may abide with you for euer euen the spirit of trueth whom the world can not receiue because the world seeth him not neither knoweth him But yee know him for he dwelleth with you and shall be in you I will not leaue you comfortlesse but will come to you Yet a little while and the world seeth me no more but ye see me For I liue and ye shall liue That day shall ye know that I am in my father and you in me and I in you He that hath my commandements keepeth them the same is he that loueth me And he that loueth me shal be loued of my Father and I wil loue him and will shew mine owne selfe vnto him Iudas saith vnto him not Iudas Iscariot Lord what is done that thou will shew thy selfe vnto vs and not vnto the world Iesus answered and sayd vnto him If a man loue me he will keepe my sayings and my Father will loue him and we wil come vnto him and dwell with him Hee that loueth me not keepeth not my sayings And the word which ye heare is not mine but the Fathers which sent me These things haue I spoken vnto you being yet present with you but the Comforter which is the holy Ghost whom my Father wil send in my Name he shall teach you all things bring all things to your remembrance whatsoeuer I haue said vnto you Peace I leaue with you my peace I giue vnto you not as the world giueth giue I vnto you Let not your hearts be grieued neither feare Ye haue heard how I said vnto you I goe and come againe vnto you If yee loued mee ye would verily reioyce because I said I go vnto the Father For the Father is greater then I. And now haue I shewed you before it come that when it is come to passe yee might beleeue Hereafter will I not talke many words vnto you for the prince of this world commeth and hath nought in me but that the world may know that I loue the Father And as the Father gaue mee Commandement euen so do I. Munday in Whitsun vveeke The Collect. GOd which as vpon this day hast taught the hearts of thy faithfull c. As vpon Whitsunday The Epistle THen Peter opened his mouth Act. 10.34 and saide Of a trueth I perceiue that there is no respect of persons with God but in all people hee that feareth him and worketh righteousnes is accepted with him Ye know the preaching that God sent vnto the children of Israel preaching peace by Iesus Christ which is Lorde ouer all things Which preaching was published thorowout all Iurie and began in Galilee after the Baptisme which Iohn preached how God anoynted Iesus of Nazareth with the holy Ghost and with power Which Iesus went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the deuil for God was with him And we are witnesses of all things which he did in the land of the Iewes and at Hierusalem whom they flew and hanged on a tree him God raised vp the thirde day and shewed him openly not to all the people but vnto vs witnesses chosen before of God for the same intent which did eate and drinke with him after hee arose from death And hee commanded vs to preach vnto the people and to testifie that it is he which was ordeined of God to be the iudge of quicke and dead To him giue all the Prophets witnesse that through his Name whosoeuer beleeueth in him shall receiue remission of sinnes While Peter yet spake these wordes
were all vnder the cloud and al passed through the sea and were all baptized vnder Moses in the cloud and in the Sea and did all eate of one spiritual meat and did all drinke of one spiritual drinke and they dranke of the spiritual rocke that folowed them which rock was Christ But in many of them had God no delight for they were ouerthrowen in the wildernes These are ensamples to vs that we should not lust after euil things as they lusted and that yee should not be worshippers of images as were some of them according as it is written The people sate downe to eate drinke and rose vp to play Neither let vs bee defiled with fornication as some of them were defiled with fornication and fell in one day three and twentie thousand Neither let vs tempt Christ as some of them tempted and were destroyed of servents Neither murmure yee as some of them murmured and were destroyed of the destroyer All these things happened vnto them for ensamples but are written to put vs in remembrance whom the endes of the world are come vpon Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall There hath none other tentation taken you but such as followeth the nature of man But God is faithfull which shall not suffer you to bee tempted aboue your strength but shall in the midst of temptation make a way that ye may bee able to beare it The Gospel Iesus saide vnto his disciples Luke 16.1 There was a certaine rich man which had a steward and the same was accused vnto him that hee had wasted his goods And he called him and sayd vnto him How is it that I heare this of thee Giue accompts of thy steward ship for thou mayest be no longer Steward The Steward said within himselfe What shall I doe For my master taketh away from me the Stewardship I cannot dig to beg I am ashamed I wote what to doe that when I am put out of the stewardship they may receiue me into their houses So when he had called all his masters debters together he sayd vnto the first How much owest thou vnto my master And he sayd An hundred tunnes of oile And he sayd vnto him Take thy bill and sit downe quickely and write fiftie Then said he to anothers How much owest thou And he sayd An hundred quarters of wheate Hee sayd vnto him Take thy bill and write foure score And the Lord commended the vniust Steward because he had done wisely For the children of this worlde are in their nation wiser then the children of light And I say vnto you make you friends of the vnrighteous Mammon that when yee shall haue neede they may receiue you into euerlasting habitations The x. Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. Let thy mercifull eares O Lorde bee open to the prayers of thy humble seruants And that they may obtaine their petitions make them to aske such thing as shall please thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle COncerning spirituall things 1. Cor. 12.1 brethren I would not haue you ignorant Ye know that yee were Gentiles and went your wayes vnto dumbe images even as yee were led Wherefore I declare vnto you that no man speaking by the spirite of God defieth Iesus Also no man can say that Iesus is the Lord but by the holy Ghost There are diversities of gifts yet but one spirit And three are differences of administrations and yet but one Lord. And there are differences of administrations and yet but one Lord. And there are diuers manners of operations and yet but one God which worketh all in all The gift of the spirit is giuen to euery man to edifie withall For to one is giuen through the spirite the vtterance of wisedome to another is giuen the vtterance of knowledge by the same spirite to another is giuen faith by the same spirite to another the gift of healing by the same spirite to another power to doe miracles to another to prophesie to another iudgement to discerne spirits to another diuers tongues to another the interpretation of tongues And these all worketh the selfe same spirit diuiding to euery man a seuerall gift euen as he will The Gospel AND when hee was come neere to Hierusalem Luke 19.41 hee behelde the citie wept on it saying If thou haddest knowen those thinges which belong vnto thy peace euen in this thy day thou wouldest take heed but nowe are they hid from thine eyes For the dayes shal come vnto thee that thine enemies shall cast a banke about thee compasse thee round and keepe thee in on euery side and make thee euen with the ground and thy children which are in thee And they shall not leaue in thee one stone vpon another because thou knowest not the time of thy visitation And he went into the Temple began to cast them out that sold therein and them that bought saying vnto them It is written My house is the house of prayer but yee haue made it a denne of theeues And hee taught dayly in the Temple The xj Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GOD which declarest thy almightie power most chiefly in she wing mercie and pitie giue vnto vs abundantly thy grace that wee running to thy promises may be made partakers of thy heauenly treasure through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BRethern 1. Cor. 15.1 as pertaining to the Gospel which I preached vnto you which ye haue also accepted and in the which ye continue by the which yee are also saued I doe you to wit after what maner I preached vnto you if yee keepe it except yee haue beleeued in baine For first of all I deliuered vnto you that which I receiued howe that Christ died for our sinnes agreeing to the Scriptures and that hee was buried and that he arose againe the third day according to the Scriptures and that he was seene of Cephas then of the twelue after that hee was seene of moe then fiue hundreth brethren at once of which many remaine vnto this day and niany are fallen a sleepe After that appeared hee to Iames then to all the Apostles last of all he was seene of me as of one that was borne out of due time For I am the least of the Apostles which am not worthy to be called an Apostle because I haue persecuted the Congregation of God But by the grace of God I am that I am his grace which is in me was not in vaine But I laboured more abundantly then they all yet not I but the grace of God which is with me Therefore whether it were I or they so we preached so ye haue beleeued The Gospel CHrist tolde this parable vnto certaine which trusted in themselues that they were perfect Luke 18.9 and despised other Two men went vp into the temple to pray the one a Pharisee and the other a Publicane The Pharisee stoode and prayed thus with himselfe GOD
beloued forasmuch as all men bee conceiued borne in sinne and that our Sauiour Christ faith None can enter into the kingdome of God except hee bee regenerate and borne anew of water and of thr holy Ghost I beseech you to call vpon God the Father through our Lord Iesus Christ that of his vounteous mercie hee will graunt to these children that thing which by nature they cannot haue that they may bee baptized with water and the holy Ghost and reciued into Christes holy Church and be made liuely members of the same Then shall the Priest say Let vs pray ALmightie and euerlasting God which of thy great mercy diddest faue Noe and his family in the Arke from perishing by water and also diddest safly leade the children of Israel thy people through the red sea figuring thereby thy holy baptisme by the baptisme of thy welbeloued sonne Iesus Crist diddest sanctifie the flood Iordan all other waters to the mysticall washing away of fsainne we beseech thee for thine infinite mercies that thou wilt mercifully looke vpon these children sanctifie them and wash them with the holy Ghost that they being deliuered from thy wrath may be receiued into the Arke of Christs Church and being stedfast in faith ioyfull through hope and rooted in charitie may so passe the waues of this troublesome world that finally they may come to the land of eueriasting life there to raigne with thee world without ende through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmightie and immortall God the aid of all that need the helper of all that slee to thee for succour the life of them that beleeue and the resurrectiō of the dead we call Vpon thee for these insants that thay comming to thy holy Baptisme may receiue remission of their sinnes by spirituall regeneration Receiue them O Lord as thou hast promised by thy melbeloued sonne saying Aske and you shall haue seeke and you shall finde knocke and it shall be opened vnto you So giue now vnto vs that aske let vs that seeke finde open the gate vnto vs that knocke that these infantes may enioy the euerlasting benediction of thy heauenly washing and may come to the eternall kingdome which thou hast promised by Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest say Heare the words of the Gospel written by S. Marke in the tenth Chapter AT a certaine time they brought children to Christ that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that bought them But when Iesus saw it hee was displeased and said vnto them Suffer little children to come vnto mee and forbid them not for to such belongeth the kingdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doth not receiue the kingdome of God as a little childe hee shall not enter therein And when hee had taken them vp in his armes hee put his hands vpon them and blessed them After the Gospel is read the Minister shall make this briefe exhortation vpon the words of the Gospel FRiends you heare in this Gospel the words of our Sauiour Christ that hee commanded the children to be brought vnto him how hee blamed those that woulde haue kept them from him how he exhorteth all men to follow their innocencie You perceiue howe by his outward gestuce and deede he declare his good will toward them for he imbraced them in his armes he laid his handes vpon them and blessed them Doubt ye not therefore but earnestly beleeue that he will like wise fauourably receiue these Present infants that he will imbrace them with the armes of his mercy that he will giue vnto them the blessing of eternall life and make them partakers of his euerlasting kingdome Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of our heauenly Father toward these infants declared by his sonne Iesus Christ and nothing doubting but that he fauourably alloweth this charitable worke of ours in bringing the children to his holy baptisme let vs faithfully and deuoutly giue thankes vnto him and say ALmightie and euerlasting God heauenly Father wee giue thee humble thankes that thou hast vouchsafed to call vs to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Encrease this knowledge and confirme this faith in vs euermore Giue thy holy spirit to these infants that they may bee borne againe and be made heires of euerlasting saluation through our Lord Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy spirit now and for euer Amen Then the Priest shall speake vnto the Godfathers and Godmothers on this wise WElbeloued friends ye haue brought these children here to be baptized ye haue prayed that our Lord Iesus Christ would vouchsafe to receiue them to lay his handes vpon them to blesse them to release them of their sinnes to giue them the kingdome of heauen and euerlasting life Ye haue hear also that our Lord Iesus Christ hath promised in his Gospel to grant all these things that ye haue prayed for which promise he for his part will most sarely keepe and performe Wherefore after this promise made by Christ these infants must also faithfully for their part promise by you that be their sureties that they will forsake the deuill and all his workes and constantly be leeue Gods holy word and obediently keepe his commandements Then shall the Priest demaund of the Godfathers and Godmothers these questions following Doest thou forsake the deuill and all his works the vaine pompe and glory of the world with al eouetous desires of the same the carnall desires of the flesh so that thou wilt not folow nor be led by them Answere I forsake them all Minister Doest thou beleeue in God the Father almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely begotten Sonne our Lord And that hee was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the virgin Mary that he susstreb vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead buried that he went downe into hell and also did rise againe the third day that he afrended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father almightie and from thence shall come againe at the end of the world to iudge the quicke and the dead And doest thou beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholique Church the communion of Saintes the remission of sinnes the resurrection of the flesh and euerlasting life after death Answere All this I stedfastly beleeue Minister wilt thou be baptized in this faith Answere That is my desire Then shall the Priest say O Mercifull God graunt that the old Adam in these children may be so buried that the new man may be raised vp in them Amen Graunt that all carnall affections may dye in them and that all things belonging to the spirit may liue and grow in them Amen Grant that they may haue power and strength to haue victorie and to triumph against the deuil the world and the flesh Amen Grant that whosoeuer is here dedicated to thee by our office and ministerie may also bee indued with heauenly vertues
and euerlastingly rewarded through thy mercie O blesssed Lord God who doest liue and gouerue all things world without end Amen ALmighty euerliuing God whose most dearly beloued Sonne Iesus Christ for the forgiueness of our sinnes did shed out of his most precious side both water and blood and gaue commandement to his Disciples that they should goe teach all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Regard we beseech thee the spplications of thy congregation and grant that all thy seruants which shall be baptized in this water may receiue the fulnesse of thy grace and euer remaine in the number of thy faithfull and elect children through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Then the Priest shall take the child in his hands and aske the name And naming the child shall dip it in the water so it bediscreetly and warily done saying N. I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And if the childe be weake it shall suffice to powre water vpon it saying the foresaid words N. I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen Then the Priest shall make a Crosse vpon the childes forehead saying WE receiue this childe into the Congregation of Christ flocke and doe signe him with the signe of the Crosse in token that here after he shall not be ashamed to confesse the faith of Christ crucified and manfully to fight vnder his banner against sinne the world and the deuill and to continue Christs faithfull souldier and seruant vnto his liues end Amen Then shall the Priest say SEeing now dearely beloued brethren that these children bee regenerate and grafted into the bodie of Christs congregation let vs giue thanks vnto God for these benefits and with one accorde make our prayers vnto Almightie God that they may leade the rest of their life according to this beginning Then shall be said Our Father Which art in heauen c. Then shall the Priest say WE yeeld thee heartie thanks most merciful father that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this infant with thy holy spirit to receiue him for thine owne child by adoption and to incorporate him into thy holy congregation And humbly wee beseech thee to graunt that he being dead vnto sinne and liuing vnto righteousnes and being buried with Christ in his death may crucifie the old man and vtterly abolish the whole body of sinne that as hee is made partaker of the death of thy sonne so he may be partaker of his resurrection so that finally with the residâ—e of thy holy Congregation hee may be inheritout of thine euerlasting kingdome through Christ our Lord Amen At the last ende the Priest calling the Godfathers and Godmothers together shall say this exhortation following FOrasmuch as these children haue promised by you to forsake the deuil and at his workes to beleeue in God and to serue him you must remember that it is your parts and dueties to see that these infants be taught so soone as they shall bee able to learne what a solemne vowe promise and profession they haue made by you And that they may know these things the better ye shall call vpon them to heare Sermons and chiefly you shall prouide that they may learne the Creede the Lords prayer and 〈◊〉 ten Commaundements in the English tongue and all other things which a Christian man ought to know and beleeue to his soules health and that these children may bee vertuously brought vp to leade a godly and a Christian life remembring alwayes that Baptisme doeth represent vnto vs our profession which is to follow the example of our Sauiour Christ and to be made like vnto him that as he died and rose againe for vs so should wee which are baptized die from sinne and rise againe vnto righteousnes continually mortifying all our euil and corrupt affections and dayly proceeding in all bertue and godlinesse of liuing The Minister that command that the children be brought to the Bishop to be confirmed of him so soone as they can say in their vulgar tongue the Articles of the faith the Lords prayer and the ten Commandements and be further instructed in the Catechisme set forth for that purpose according as it is there expressed ¶ Of them that are to be baptized in priuate houses in time of necessitie by the Minister of the Parish or any other lawfull Minister that can be procured The Pastours and Curates shall often admonish the people that they deferre not the Baptisme of Infants any longer then the Sunday or other Holy day next after the childe be borne vnlesse vpon a great and reasonable cause declared to the Curate and by him approued And also they shall warne them that without great cause necessitie they procure not their children to be baptized at home in their houses And when great need shall compell them so to do then Baptisme shal be administred on this fashion First let the lawfull Minister and them that be present call vpon God for his grace and say the Lords prayer if the time wil suffer And then the child being named by some one that is present the said lawfull Minister shal dip it in water or powre water vpon it saying these words N I baptize thee in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And let them not doubt but that the childe so baptized is lawfully and sufficiently baptized and ought not to be baptized againe But yet neuerthelesse if the child which is after this sort baptized doe afterward liue it is expedient that it bee brought into the Church to the intent that if the Priest or Minister of the same parish did himselfe baptize that childe the Congregation may be certified of the true forme of Baptisme by him priuately before vsed Or if the childe were baptized by any other lawfull Minister that then the Minister of the Parish where the childe was borne or Christened shall examine and try whether the childe be lawfully baptized or no. In which case if those that bring any childe to the Church doe answere that the same childe is already baptized then shall the Minister examine them further saying By whom was the childe baptized Who was present when childe was baptized And because some things Essentiall to this Sacrament may happen to be omitteb through feare or haste in such times of extremitie therefore I demaund further of you With what matter was the child baptized With what words was the child baptized Whether thinke you the childe to bee lawfully and perfectly baptized And if the Minister shall finde by the answeres of such as bring the childe that all things were done as they ought to be then shall not he Christen the childe againe but shall receiue him as one of the slocke of the true Christian people saying thus I Certifie you that in this case all is
well done and according vnto due order concerning the baptizing of this childe which being borne in original sinne and in the wrath of God is now by the lauer of regeneration in baptisme receiued into the number of the children of God and heires of euerlasting life For our Lord Iesus Christ doeth not deny his grace and merey vnto such Infants but most louingly doeth call them vnto him as the holy Gospel doeth witnesse to our comfort on this wise AT a certaine time they brought children vnto Christ that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them But when Iesus saw it Marke 10.13 he was displeased said vnto them Suffer little children to come vnto me and forbid them not for to such belongeth the kingdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doeth not receiue the kingdome of God as a little childe hee shall not enter therein And when hee had taken them vp in his armes he put his hands vpon them and blessed them After the Gospel is read the Minister shall make this exhortation vpon the wordes of the Gospel FRiends you heare in this Gospel the words of our Sauiour Christ that the commanded the children to be brought vnto him how hee blamed those that would haue kept them from him how hee exhorted all men to follow their innocencie Yee perceiue how by his outward gesture and deede he declared his good will towarde them For hee embraced them in his armes he laide his hands vpon them and blessed them Doubt yee not therefore but earnestly beleeue that hee hath like wise fauourably receiued this present infant that hee hath imbraced him with the armes of his mercie that hee hath giuen vnto him the blessing of eternall life and made him partaker of his euerlasting kingdome Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of our heauenly Father declared by his sonne Iesus Christ towards this infant let vs faithfully and deuoutly giue thanks vnto him say the prayer which the Lord himselfe thaught and in declaration of our faith let vs recite the Articles conteined in our Creede Here the Minister with the Godfathers and Godmothers shall say ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. Then shall the Priest demaund the name of the childe which being by the Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced the Minister shall say Doest thou in the name of this child forsake the Deuil and all his workes the baine pompe and glory of the world with all the couetous desires of the same the carnall desires of the 〈◊〉 and not to follow and be led by them Answere I forsake them all Minister Doest thou in the name of this childe professe this faith to beleeue in God the Father Almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely begotten sonne our Lord And that he was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the Virgin Marie that he suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went downe into hel and also did rise againe the third day that hee ascended into heauen and fitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty and from thence he shal come againe at the end of the world to iudge the quicke and the dead And doe you in his name beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholike Church the Communion of Saints the remission of sinnes reserrection and euerlasting life after death Answere All this I stedfastly beleeue Let vs pray ALmightie and euerlasting God heauently father wee giue thee humble thankes for that thou hast vouchsafed to call vs to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Increase this knowledge confirme this faith in vs euermore giue thy holy spirite to this infant that hee being borne againe and being made heire ot euerlasting saluation through our Lord Iesus Christ may continue thy seruant attaine thy promise through the same our Lord Iesus Christ thy sonne who liueth and reigneth with thee in the vnitie of the same holy spirit euerlastingly Amen Then shall the Minister make this exhortation to the Godfathers and Godmothers FOrasmuch as this childe hath promised by you to forsake the deuill and all his workes to beleeue in God and to serue him you must remember that it is your part and duetie to see that this infant be taught so soone as he shall bee able to learne what a solemne vowe promise and profession he hath made by you And that he may know these things the better ye shall call vpon him to heare Sermons and chiefly you shall prouide that hee may learne the Creede the Lords Prayer and the ten commandements in the English tongue and all other things which a Christian man ought to know and beleeue to his soules health and that this childe may bee vertuously brought vp to lead a godly and a Christian life remembring alway that Baptisme doeth represent dnto vs our profession which is to follow the example of our Saniour Christ and bee made like vnto him that as hee died and rose againe for vs so should wee which are baptized die from sinne and rise againe vnto righteousnesse continually mortifying all our euill and corrupt affections and dayly proceeding in all vertue and godlinesse of liuing And so foorth as in Publique Baptisme But if they which bring the Infants to the Church doe make such vncertaine answeres to the Priests questions as that it cannot appeare that the childe was baptized with water In the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the Holy Ghost which are Essential parts of Baptisme then let the Priest baptize it in forme aboue written concerning Publique Baptisme sauing that at the dipping of the childe in the Font hec shall vse this forme of wordes IF thou be not already baptized N. I baptized thee in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen ⧠The Order of Confirmation or laying on of hands vpon children baptized and able to render an account of their faith according to the Catechisme following TO the end that Confirmation may be ministred to the more edifying of such as shall receiue it according to Saint Pauls doctrine who teacheth that all things should be done in the Church to the edificatiō of the same it is thought good that none hereafter shall be Confirmed but such as can say in their mother tongue the Articles of the faith the Lords Prayer and the tenne Commandements and can also answere to such questions of this short Catechisme as the Bishop or such as he shall appoint shall by his discretion appose him in And this order is most conuenient to be obserued for diuers considerations First bccause that when children come to the yeeres of discretion and haue learned what their Godfathers and Godmothers promised for them in Baptisme they may then themselues with their owne mouth and with their owne consent openly before the Church ratifie and confirme the same and also promise
hee it is that ovteineth grace for our sinnes For hee was wounded for our offences Esai 53. smitten for our wickednesse Let vs therefore returne vnto him who is the merciful receiuer of all true penitent snners afsuring our selues that he is ready to receiue vs most willing to pardon vs if we come vnto him wiht faithfull repentance if we will submit our selues vnto him from henceforth walk in his wayes Matt. 11. if wee will take take his easie yoke and light burden vpon vs to follow him in lowlines patience and charitie and bee ordered by the gouernance of his holy spirite seeking alwayes his glory and seruing him duely in our vocation with thankesgiuing This if wee doe Christ will deliuer vs from the curse of the law and from the extreme maledirtion Which shalt light vpon them that shal be set on the left hand and he will set vs on his right hand Marr. 25. and giue vs the blessed benediction of his father commaunding vs to take possession of his glorious kingdome vnto the which he vouchsafe to bring vs all for his infinite mercie Then shalt they all kneele vpon their knees and the Priest and Clarkes kneeling where they are accustomed to say the Letanie shalt say this Psalme Miserere mei Deus HAue mercy vpon me Misere mei Psal 51 O God after thy great goodnesse according to the multitude of thy mercies doe away mine offences Wash mee throughly from my wickednesse and cleanse me from my smne For I knowledge my faultes and my sinne is euer before me Against thee onely haue I finned and done this euill in thy sight that thou mightest bee iustified in thy saying and cleare when thou art iudged Behold I was sapen in wickednesse and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me But loe thou requirest trueth in the inward partes and shalt make me to vnderstand wise dome secretly Thou shalt purge me with Hysope and I shalt be cleane thou shalt wash me and I shal be whiter then snow Thou shalt make mee heare of ioy and gladnesse that the bones Which thou hast broken may reioyce Turne thy face from my smnes and put out all my misdeedes Make mee a cleane heart O God and renew a right spirit Within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me O giue me the confort of thy helpe againe and stablish me with thy free spirit Then shalt I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloodgiltinesse O God thou that are the God of my health and my tongue shalt sing of thy righteousnesse Thou shalt open my lips O Lord my mouth shalt shew thy prayse For thou desirest no sacrifice else would I giue it thee but thou delightest not in burnt offering The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the walles of Hierusalem Then shalt thou bee pleased with the sacrifice of righteousnesse with the burnt offerings and oblations then shal they offer yong bullocke vpon thine altar Glorie be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lord saue thy seruants Answere Which put their trust in thee Minister Send vnto them helpe from aboue Answere And euermore mightily defend them Minister Helpe vs O God our Sauiour Answere And for the glorie of thy names sake deliur vs bee mercifull vnto vs sinners for thy names sake Minister O Lord heare our prayer Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Let vs pray O Lord wee beseech thee mercifully heare our prayers and spare all those which confesse their sinnes to thee that they whose cosciences by sinne are accused by thy mercifull pardon may bee absolued through Christ our Lord. Amen O Most mightie God and mercifull Father Which hast compassion of all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made Which wouldest not the death of a sinner but that hee should rather turne from sinne and be saued mercifully forgiue vs our trespasses receiuc and comfort vs Which bee grieued and wearied with the burden of our sinne Thy propertie is to haue mercie to thee onely it appertaineth to forgiue snnes Spare vs there fore good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed enter not into iudgement with thy seruants which bee vile earth and miserable sinners but so turne thine yre from vs Which meekely knowledge our vilenesse and truely repent vs of our faultes so make haste to helpe vs in this world that we may euer liue with thee in the world to come through Iesus Chrift our Lord Amen Then shalt the people say this that followeth after the Minister TUrne thou vs O good Lord and so shalt we bee turned be fauourable O Lord be fauourable to thy people which turne to thee in weeping fasting and praying for thou art a mercifull God ful of compassion long suffering and of great pitie Thou sparest when wee deserue punishment and in thy wrath thinkest vpon mercie spare thy people good Lord spare them and let not thine heritage be brought to confusion Heare vs O Lord for thy mercie is great and after the multitude of the mercies looke vpon vs. THE Psalter or Psalmes of David after the Translation of the great Bible Pointed as it shalt be sung or said in Churches * ⎠* ¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie ANNO 1603. ¶ Cum priuilegio Moneth The j. day The Psalmes of Dauid Beatus vir qui non abijt Psal j BLessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsaile of the vngodly Morning prayer nor stand in the way of sinners and hath not sit in the seate of the scornefull But his delight is in the lawe of the Lorde and in his law will he exercise himselfe day and night And he shal be like a tree planted by the water side that will bring toorth his fruit in due season His lease also shalt not wither and looke whatsoeuer hee doeth it shalt prosper As for the vngodly it is not so with them but they are like the chaffe which the winmde scattereth away from the face of earth Therefore the vngodly shalt not bee able to stande in the iudgement neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous and the way of the vngodly shalt perish Quare fremuerunt gentes Psal ij Why doe the heathen so furiously rage together why doe the people imagine vaine thing The kings of the earth stand vp and the rulers take counsaile together against the Lord against his anointed Let vs breake their bondes asuuder
that thou hast done O consider this yee that forget God lest I plucke you away and there be none to deliuer you Who so offereth me thankes and prayse honoureth me and to him that ordereth his conuersation right will I shew the saluation of God Miserere mei Deus Psal 51 HAue mercie vpon mee O God after thy great goodnesse according to the multitude of the mercies doe away mine offences Wash me thoughly from my wickednesse and clense mee from my sinne For I knowledge my faultes my sin is euer before me Aganst thee onely haue I sinned and done this euil in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying and cleare when thou art iudged Behdold I mas shapen in wickednesse in sinne hath my mother couceiued me But loc thou requirest trueth in the inward partes and shall make me to vndestand wisedome secretly Thou shalt purge me with Hysope and I shall be cleane thou shall wash me and I shal be whiter then snowe Thou shalt make me heare of ioy and gladnesse that the bones which thou hast broken may reioyce Turne thy face from my sinnes and put out all my misdeedes Make mee a cleane heart O God and renew a rght spirit within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me O giue me the comfort of the helpe againe and stablish me with thy free spirit Then shall I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloodgiltinesse O God thou that art the God of my health my tongue shal sing of thy righteousnes Thou shall open my lips O Lord and my month shall shew thy prayse For thou desirest no sacrifice els would I giue it thee but thou delightest not in burnt offerings The sacrfice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shall thou not despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the Walles of Hierusalem Then shall thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousnesse with the burnt offerings and oblations then shall they offer yong bullocks vpon thine altar Quid gloriaris Plal. 52. WHy boastest thou thy selfe thou tyrant that thou canst doe mischiefe Whereas the goodnesse of God endureth yet dayly Thy tongue imagineth wickednesse and with lies thou cuttest like a sharpe rasor Thou hast loued vnrighteousnesse more then goodnesse and to talke of lies more then righteousnesse Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that may doe hurt O thou false tongue Therefore shall God destroy thee for euer hee shall take thee and plucke thee out of thy dwlling and roote thee out of the land of the liuing The roghteous also shall see this and feare and sal laugh him to scorne Loe this is the man that tooke not Goo for his strength but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches and strengthened himselfe in his wickednesse As for me I am like a greene Oliue tree in the house of God my trust is in the tender mercie of God for euer euer I will alwayes giue thankes vnto thee for that thou halst done and I will hope in thy name for thy saints like it well Dixit insipiens psal 53. THe foolish bodie hath sayd in his heart there is no God Euening prayer Corrupt are they and become abominable in their wickednsse there is none that doeth good God looked down from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that would vnderstand and seeke after God But they are all gone out of the way they are altogethee become abominable there is also none that doeth good no not one Are not they without vnderstanding that worke wickednesse eating vp my people as if they would eate bread they haue not called vpon God They were aftaide where no feare was for God hath broken the bones of him that besieged thee thou hast pnt them to confision because God hath despised them Oh that the Saluation were giuen vnto Israel out of Sion Oh that the Lord would deliuer his people out of captiuitie Then should Iacob reioyce and Israel should bee right glad Deus in nomine Psal 54 SAue me O God for thy names sake and auenge mee in thy strength Heare my prayer O God hearken vnto the words of my mouth For strangers are risen vp against me and tyrants which haue not God before their eyes seeke after my soule Beholde God is my helper the Lorde is with them that vphold my soule Hee shall rewarde euill vnto mine enemies destroy thou them in thy trueth An offering of a free heart will I giue thee and prayse thy name O Lord because it is so comfortable For hee hath deliuered me out of all my trouble and mine eye hath seene his desire vpon mine enemies Exaudi Deus Psal 55 HEare my prayer O God and hide not thy selfe from my petition Take heede vnto me and heare me howe I mourne in my prayer and am vexed The enemine crieth so and the vngodly commeth on so fast for they are minded to doe me some mischiefe so maliciously are they set against me My heart is disquieted within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me Fearefulnesse and trembling are come vpon mee and an horrible dread hath ouerwhelmed me And I sayde Oh that I had wings like a Doue for then would I slee away and be at rest Loe then would I get me away farre off and remaine in the wildernesse I would make haste to escape because of the stormie wind and tempest Destroy their tongues O Lord and diuide them for I haue spied vnrighteousnesse and strife in the citie Day and night they goe about within the walles threof misehiefe also and sorow are in the middes of it Wickednesse is therein deceite and gutle go not out of their streetes For it is not an open enemie that hath done me this dishonour for then I could haue borne it Neither was it mine aduersarie that did magnifie himselfe against me for then peraduenture I would haue hid my selfe from him But it was euen thou my companion my guide and mine owne famihar friend Wee tooke sweete counsell together walked in the house of God as friends Let death come hastily vpon them let them goe downe quicke into hell for wickednesse is in their dwellings and among them As for mee I will call vpon God and the Lord shall saue me In the euening morning and at noone day will I pray and that instantly and he shall heare my voyce It is hee that hath deliuered my soule in peace from the battaile that was against me for thre were many with me Yea euen God that endureth for euer shall shall heare me and bring them downn for they will not turne nor feare God Hee laid his hands vpon such as be at peace with him and he brake his couenant The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter hauing warre in his heart his words were smoother then oyle
thy dearely beloued Sonne Iesus Christ my only Sauiour and redeemer and I most humbly beseech thee for his sake to be mercifull vnto mee and to cast all my sinnes out of thy sight and remembrance through the merits of his bloody death and passion Powre vpon me O Lord thy holy spirit of wisedome and grace gouerne and leade me by thy holy word that it may be a lanterne vnto my feete and a light vnto my steps Shew thy mercie vpon me and so lighten the naturall blindnes and darkenesse of my heart through thy grace that I may dayly bee renewed by the same spirit and grace By the which O Lord purge the grossenes of my hearing vnderstanding that I may profitably reade heare and vnder stand thy word and heauenly will beleeue and practise the same in my life and conuersation and euermore hold fast that blessed hope of euerlasting life Mortifie and kill all vite in mee that my life may expresse my faith in thee mercifully heare the humble suite of thy seruant and grant me thy peace all my dayes Graciously pardon mine infirmities and defend mee in all dangers of body goods and name but most chiefly my soule against all assaults temptations accusations subtill baites and sleights of that old enemie of mankind Satan that roaring Lion euer seeking whom he may deuoure And here O Lord I prostrate with most humble mind craue of thy diuing Maiestie to bee mercifull vnto the vniuersall Church of thy Sonne Christ and specially according to my bounden duety beseech thee for this sake to blesse saue and defend the principall memeber thereof thy seruant our most deare and Souercigne Lord King Iames encrease in his royal heart true faith godly â—eale and loue of the same And grant him victorie ouer all his enemies a long prosperous and honourable life vpon earth a blessed ende and life euerlasting Moreouer O Lorde graunt vnto his Maiesties most honourable Counsellours and euery other member of this thy Church of England that thy and we in our seuerall callings may truely and godly serue thee Plant in our hearts true feare and honour of thy Name obedience to our Prince and loue to our neighbours Increase in vs true faith and religion Replenish our mindes with all goodnesse and of thy great mercie keepe vs in the same till the end of our lines Giue vnto vs a godly zeale in prayer true humilitie in prosperitie perfect patience in aduersitie and continuallioy in the holy Ghost And lastly I commend vnto thy fatherly protection all that thou hast giuen me as wife children and seruants Aide me O Lord that I may gouerne norish bring them vp in thy feare and seruice And forsmuch as in this world I must alwayes be at warre and strife not with one sort of enemies but with an infinitie number not onely with flesh and blood but with the deuill which is the prince of darknesse and with wicked men executors of his most damnable will Grant me therefore thy grace that being armed with thy defence I may stand in this battel with an inuincible constaucie against all corruption which I am compassed with on euery sde vntil such time as I hauing ended the combate which during this life I must sustaine in the ende I may attaine to thy heauenly rest which is prepared for mee and all thine elect through Christ our Lord and only Sauiour AMEN ⸪ ¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie Anno 1603. ¶ Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis