then art thou Helias he saieth I am not Art thou the Prophet he aunswered no. Then sayd they vnto him what art thou that we may geue an aunswere vnto thē that sent vs what sayest thou of thy selfe he saide I am the voyce of a cryer in the wildernes make straight the way of the lord as said the prophet Esay And they which were sente were of the Phariseis and they asked hym and sayde vnto hym Why baptisest thou then if thou bee not Christ nor Helias nether that Prophet Iohn aunswered them saying I baptise with water but there stādeth one among you whom ye know not he it is whiche though he came after me was before me whose shoe latchet I am not worthy to vnlooce These thynges were done at Bethabara beyond Iordan where Iohn did Baptise ¶ Christmas daye ¶ The Collecte ALmightie God which hast geuē vs thy onely begottē sonne to take our nature vpon him and this day to bee borne of a pure virgin Graunt that we being regenerate and made thy childrē by adopcion and grace may dayly be renued by thy holy spirite through thesame oure Lord Iesus Christ who lyueth and reygneth with c. Amen ¶ The Epistle Hebre. i. GOd in times past diuersly and many wayes spake vnto the fathers by Prophetes but in these laste daies he hath spoken to vs by his owne sōne whō he hath made heyre of al thinges by whom also he made the world Whiche sonne beyng the bryghtnes of hys glory and the veri ymage of his substaūce ruling al thinges with the worde of his power hath by his owne person purged our sinnes and sitteth on the right hand of the maiestye on high being so much more excellent then the Aungels as he hathe by inheritaunce obteyned a more excellent name then they For vnto whiche of the Aungels saide he at any tyme Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten thee And agayn I wil be his father and he shal be my sōne And again when he bringeth in the first begotten sonne into the worlde he sayth and let al the Aūgels of God worship him And vnto the Aungels he sayth He maketh his Aungels spirites his ministers a flame of fire But vnto the sonne he sayeth thy seate O god shal be for euer and euer The scepter of thy kingdom is ryght scepter Thou hast loued righteousnes and hated iniquitie wherfore God euen thy God hath annoynted thee with oyle of gladnes aboue thy felowes And thou Lorde in the beginning hast layd the foundacyon of the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy handes They shall peryshe but thou endurest But they all shall waxe olde as dooeth a garmente and as a vesture shalte thou chaunge them and thei shal be chaunged But thou art euen thesame and thy yeares shall not fayle The Gospell Iohn i. IN the beginnyng was the word and the word was with God and God was the word The same was in the beginnyng with God All thynges were made by it and without it was made nothyng that was made In it was lyfe and the life was the light of men and the light shineth in the darkenes and the darkenes cōprehended it not There was sent frō God a mā whose name was Iohn Thesame came as a witnesse to beare witnesse of the lyghte that all men throughe him mighte belieue He was not that lyghte but was sent to beare witnesse of the lyghte That lyghte was the true lyght whyche lyghteth euery man that cometh into the worlde He was in the world and the worlde was made by him and the worlde knewe him not He came among hys owne and his owne receyued him not But as many as receyued him to thē gaue he power to be made sōnes of God euen them that beleued on hys name whych were borne not of bloude nor of the wyll of the fleshe nor yet of the wyll of man but of God And the same word became fleshe dwelt among vs and we saw the glory of it as the glory of the only begotten sonne of the father full of grace and trueth ¶ Sainct Stephens daye ¶ The Collecte GRaunt vs O Lorde to learne to loue oure enemies by the example of thy martyr Sainct Stephē who prayed for hys persecutours to thee whiche lyuest c. Then shall folow a Collecte of the Natiuitie whiche shal be sayde continually vnto Neweyeares daye ¶ The Epistle Actes vii ANd Stephen being full of the holy ghost loked vp stedfastly with his eyes into heauen and saw the glory of God Iesus standyng on the ryght hand of God said behold I seethe heauens opē the sonne of man standing on the right hand of God Then they gaue a shoute with a loude voyce stopped their eares ranne vpon him all at once and cast him out of the citie and stoned hym And the witnesses layd downe theyr clothes at a yong mans feete whose name was Saule And they stoned Stephen callyng on and saying Lord Iesu receyue my spirite And he kneled downe and cryed with a loude voyce Lord laye not thys synne to theyr charge And when he had thus spoken he fell a slepe ¶ The Gospell Mathew xxiii BEholde I sende vnto you Prophetes and wyse menne and Scribes and some of them ye shall kil and crucifye and some of them shall ye scourge in youre Sinagogues and persecute them from citie to citie that vpon you maye come all the ryghteous bloude whiche hathe been shed vpon the earthe from the bloud of ryghteous Abel vnto the bloud of Zacharias the sonne of Barachias whom ye shew betwene the temple and the aultare Verely I say vnto you all these thynges shall come vpon thys generacyon O Ierusalem thou that killest the Prophetes and stonest them whiche are sent vnto thee howe often woulde I haue gathered thy children together euen as the henne gathereth her chickens vnder her winges ye would not Behold your house is left vnto you desolate For I say vnto you ye shall not see me henceforth til that ye say Blessed is he the cometh in the name of the lord Sainct Iohn Euangelistes day ¶ The Collecte MErciful lord we beseche thee to cast thy bright beames of lighte vpon thy Churche that it beyng lightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Euangeliste Iohn maye attayne to thy euerlastyng giftes Throughe Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ¶ The Epistle i. Iohn i. THat whiche was from the begynnyng whyche we haue hearde whyche we haue seene with oure eyes whiche we haue loked vpon and our handes haue handled of the worde of life And the life appeared and we haue seen and beare witnes and shew vnto you that eternall lyfe whiche was with the father and appeared vnto vs. That whiche we haue seene and hearde declare we vnto you that ye also maye haue felowship with vs and that oure felowship may bee with the father and his sonne Iesus Chiste And this
we wryte vnto you that ye may reioyce and that your ioye may bee full And this is the tidinges which we haue heard of him and declare vnto you that God is light and in him is no darkenes at al. If we say we haue felowship with him and walke in darkenes we lie and doe not the trueth But and if we walke in lyght euen as he is in lighte then haue we felowship with him and the bloud of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from al synne If we saye we haue no sinne we deceiue our selues and the truth is not in vs. If we knowledge oure sines he is faithfull and iuste to forgeue vs our sinnes and to clense vs fom al vnrighteousnes If we say we haue not sinned we make him a lyer and hys worde is not in vs. ¶ The Gospell Iohn xxi IEsus sayd vnto Peter folow thou me Peter turned about and saw the disciple whom Iesus loued folowing which also leaned on his breast at supper sayed lord which is he that betrayeth thee when Peter therfore saw him he sayd to Iesus Lord what shall he here doe Iesus sayd vnto hym if I wil haue him to tary till I come what is that to thee Folowe thou me Thē went this saying abroad among the brethrē that that disciple should not die Yet Iesus sayd not to him he shall not die but if I will that he tarye till I come what is that to thee The same disciple is he which testifieth of these thinges and wrote these thinges we knowe that his testimony is true There are also manye other thynges which Iesus did the whiche if they shoulde bee written euery one I suppose the world coulde not conteine the bokes that should be written ¶ Thinnocentes day ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God whose praise this day the yong Innocentes thy witnesses haue confessed and shewed forth not in speakyng but in dying mortify and kil all vices in vs that in our conuersacion oure life maye expresse thy faythe whyche with oure tonges we due confesse throughe Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Apo. xiiii I Loked and loe a lambe stode on the mount Sion and with him an hundred and .xliiii. thousand hauing his name his fathers name written in their foreheades And I heard a voyce from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voice of a great thūder And I heard the voyce of harpers harpyng with theyr harpes And they song as it were a new song before the seate and before the .iiii. beastes and the elders and no man could learne the song but the hundred fourtye and .iiii. thousande whiche were redemed from the earth These are they whiche were not defiled with women for they are virgins These folow the lambe whersouer he goeth These were redemed from menne beyng the firste fruites vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes was founde no gyle for they are without spot before the throne of God ¶ The Gospell Math. ii THe Angel of the lord appeared to Ioseph in a slepe saying arise take the child and his mother flee into Egipt be thou there til I bring thee worde For it will come to passe the Herode shall seke the childe to destroye him So when he awoke he toke the childe and his mother by night and departed into Egipt and was there vnto the death of Herod that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lorde by the Prophet saying oute of Egipt haue I called my sonne Then Herod when he saw that he was mocked of the wise menne he was exceading wroth and sent forth menne of warre and slewe al the children that were in Bethleem and in all the coastes as many as were two yeares olde or vnder according to the time which he had diligently knowen out of the wisemen Then was fulylled the which was spokē by the Prophet Ieremy wheras he sayd In Rama was there a voyce heard lamentacyon weping and great mourning Rachel wepyng for her children and woulde not bee comforted because they were not The Sunday after Christmas daye ¶ The Collecte Almightye God whiche hast geuen vs. c. As vpon Christmas daye ¶ The Epistle Gala. iiii ANd I say that the heire as long as he is a childe differeth not from a seruaunt though he bee Lord of all but is vnder tutours and gouernours vntyll the tyme that the father hath appointed Euen so we also when we were children were in bondage vnder the ordeinaunces of the worlde But when the time was full come God sent his sonne made of a woman and made bond vnto the lawe to redeme them whyche were bonde vnto the lawe that we throughe eleccion myghte receyue the inherytaunce that belongeth vnto the naturall sonnes Because ye are sonnes God hath sente the spirite of hys sonne into oure heartes whyche cryeth Abba father Wherefore nowe thou art not a seruaunte but a sonne If thou be a sonne thou art also an heyre of God through Christe The Gospell Math. i THis is the boke of the generacion of Iesus Christe the sonne of Dauid the sonne of Abraham Abraham begat Isaac Isaac begat Iacob Iacob beegat Iudas and hys brethren Iudas begat Phares and Zaram of Thamar Phares begat Esrom Esrom begat Aram Aram begat Aminadab Aminadab begat Naasson Naasson begat Salmon Salmon begat Boos of Rahab Boos begat Obed of Ruth Obed begat Iesse Iesse begat Dauid the kyng Dauid the king begat Salomon of her that was the wife of Vrie Salomon begat Roboam Roboam begat Abia Abia begat Asa Asa begat Iosaphat Iosaphat begat Ioram Ioram begat Osias Osais begat Ioatham Ioatham begat Achas Achas begat Ezechias Ezechias begat Manasses Manasses begat Amon Amō begat Iosias Iosias begat Iechonias and his brethren about the tyme that they were caried away to Babilon And after they were broughte to Babilon Iechonias begat Salathiel Salathiel begat zorobabel zorobabel begat Abiud Abiud begat Eliachim Eliachim begat Azor Azor begat Sadoc Sadoc begat Achin Achin begat Eliud Eliud begat Eleasar Eleasar begat Matthan Matthan begat Iacob Iacob begat Ioseph the husband of Mary of whom was borne Iesus euen he that is called Christ And so all the generacions frō Abraham to Dauid are .xiiii. generaciōs And from Dauid vnto the captiuitie of Babilon are .xiiii. generacions And frō the captiuite of Babilō vnto Christ are .xiiii. generaciōs The byrth of Iesus Christ was on this wise When hys mother Mary was maried to Ioseph beefore they came to dwell together she was founde with childe by the holye gost Then Ioseph her husband because he was a ryghteous man and would not putte her to shame was mynded priuely to departe from her But whyle he thus thoughte beholde the Aungell of the Lorde appeared vnto hym in slepe saying Ioseph thou sōne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Marye thy wyfe for that whiche is conceiued in her cometh of the holy gost She shal bring
furth a sonne and thou shalt call hys name Iesus for he shall saue hys people from their sinnes Al this was done that it might be fulfilled whiche was spoken of the Lorde by the Prophete saying Beholde a mayde shall be with childe and shasll bryng foorth a sonne and they shall call hys name Emanuell whiche if a man interprete is asmuche to saye as God with vs. And Ioseph assone as he a woke out of slepe did as the Aungell of the Lord had bidden him and he toke his wyfe vnto hym and knew her not til she had brought forth her fyrst begotten sonne and called his name Iesus ¶ The Cyrcumcision of Christ ¶ The Collect. ALmightie God whiche madest thy blessed sonne to be circumcised and obedient to the law for man graunte vs the circumcision of the spirite that our heartes and all our membres being mortifyed from all worldlye and carnal lustes may in al thynges obey thy blessed wil through thesame thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Rom. iiii BLessed is that man to whom the Lorde will not impute sinne Came this blessednes then vpon the vncyrcumcision or vpon the cyrcumcision also for we say that fayth was rekoned to Abraham for righteousnes How was it then rekoned when he was in the cyrcumcision or when he was in the vncircumcisiō not in tyme of cyrcumcision but when he was yet vncyrcumcised And he receiued the sygne of cyrcumcision as a seale of the righteousnes of fayth which he had yet beeyng vncyrcumcised that he should be the father of al them that belieue though they be not cyrcumcised that righteousnes might bee imputed to them also and that he might bee the father of cyrcumcision not vnto them onely which came of the cyrcumcised but vnto thē also that walke in the steppes of the faythe that was in oure father Abraham beefore the tyme of cyrcumcision For the promyse that he shoulde be heyre of the worlde happened not to Abraham or to hys sede through the lawe but through the ryghteousnesse of fayth For if they whiche are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayn and the promise of none effecte ¶ The Gospell Luke ii ANd it fortuned assone as the Angels wer gone away from the shepeheardes into heauen they saide one to another let vs goe now euen vnto Bethleem and see this thing that we heare saye is happened whiche the Lorde hath shewed vnto vs. And they came with hast and found Mary and Ioseph and the babe layde in a maunger And when they had seene it they published abroade the saying that was tolde them of that chylde And all they that heard it wondred at those thinges which were tolde them of the shepeheardes But Mary kept all those sayinges and pondred them in her hearte And the shepeheardes returned praysyng and laudyng God for all the thynges that they had hearde and seene euen as it was tolde vnto them And when the eyght daye was come that the chylde should bee circumcised hys name was called Iesus whyche was named of the Aungell before he was conceyued in the wombe Yf there bee a Sundaye betwene the Epiphanye and the Circumcision then shal be vsed the same Collecte Epistle Gospell at the communion whiche was vsed vpon the daye of Circumcision ¶ The Epiphanie ¶ The Collecte O God whiche by the leadyng of a starre diddest manyfeste thy onely begotten sonne to the Gentyles Mercifullye graunte that we whiche knowe thee nowe by fayth maye after thys lyfe haue the fruicion of thy glorious Godhead throughe Chryste oure Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephe. iii. FOr thys cause I Paule am a prysoner of Iesus Chryst for you Heathen yf ye haue heard of the ministracion of the grace of God whiche is geuen me to you warde For by reuelacion shewed he the misterye vnto me as I wrote afore in fewe wordes whereby when ye reade ye maye vnderstande my knowledge in the misterie of Christe whiche mistery in tymes paste was not opened vnto the sonnes of men as it is nowe declared vnto his holye Apostles and Prophetes by the spirite that the Gentiles should be inheritours also and of the same body partakers of hys promyse of Christe by the meanes of the gospell whereof I am made a minister accordyng to the gyfte of the grace of God whyche is geuen vnto me after the woorkyng of hys power Vnto me the leaste of all saynctes is thys grace geuen that I shoulde preache among the Gentyles the vnsearcheable ryches of Chryste and to make all menne see what the felowship of the mistery is whyche from the beginning of the worlde hathe been hid in God whiche made all thynges throughe Iesus Christe to the entent that nowe vnto the rulers and powers in heauenly thynges myght be knowen by the congregacyon the manifolde wysedome of God according to the eternall purpose which he wroughte in Christe Iesu our Lorde by whō we haue boldenes and entraunce with the cōfidence whiche is by the fayth of hym ¶ The Gospell Mat. ii WHen Iesus was borne in Bethleem a cytie of Iury in the tyme of Herod the kyng Beholde there came wise menne from the Easte to Ierusalem saying where is he that is borne kyng of the Iewes For we haue seen hys starre in the Easte and are come to wurshippe hym When Herod the kyng had hearde these thynges he was troubled and all the citie of Ierusalē with hym And when he had gathered all the chiefe priestes and Scribes of the people together he demaunded of them where Chirste shoulde bee borne And they sayde vnto him at Bethleem in Iury. For thus it is wrytten by the Prophete And thou Bethleem in the lande of Iury arte not the leaste among the Princes of Iuda for oute of thee there shal come vnto me the capitayne that shall gouerne my people Israel Then Herode when he had priuely called the wyse menne he enquired of them dylygently what tyme the starre appeared and he bad them goe to Bethleem and sayde goe youre waye thether and searche diligently for the chylde And when ye haue founde hym bryng me woorde agayne that I maye come and wurshyp hym also When they had hearde the kyng they departed and loe the starre whyche they sawe in the Easte wente before them tyll it came and stoode ouer the place wherein the childe was When they sawe the starre they were exceadyng glad and wente into the house and founde the chylde with Marye hys mother and fell downe flat and wurshipped him and opened theyr treasures and offered vnto hym gyftes Golde Frankyncense and Mirre And after they were warned of God in slepe that they should not goe again to Herode they returned into their own countrey another way ¶ The first Sunday after the Epiphanie ¶ The Collecte LOrde we beseche thee mercifully to receiue the praiers of thy people which cal vpon thee and graunt that thei may both perceiue and know what thynges they oughte
the seate were foure beastes full of eyes before and behynde And the firste beaste was lyke a Lion and the second beaste like a Calfe and the third beast had a face as a man and the fourth beaste was lyke a flying Egle. And the foure beastes had eche of them syxe wynges about hym and they were full of eyes within And they did not rest day neyther night saying Holy holy holy Lorde God almightye whiche was and is and is to come And when those beastes gaue glori and honor and thankes to hym that sat on the seate whiche liueth for euer and euer the .xxiiii. elders fell down before him that sat on the throne and worshypped hym that lyueth for euer and caste theyr crownes before the throne saying thou art worthy O lorde our god to receyue glory and honoure and power for thou hast created al thinges and for thy willes sake they are and were created ¶ The Gospell Iohn iii. THere was a mā of the Phariseis named Nichodemus a ruler of the Iewes The same came to Iesus by nighte and sayd vnto him Rabbi we know that thou art a teacher come from god for no man coulde doe suche miracles as thou doest excepte God were wyth hym Iesus aunswered and sayed vnto him Verelye verely I saye vnto thee excepte a man be borne from aboue he cannot see the kyngdome of God Nichodemus sayd vnto hym howe can a man bee borne when he is older can he entre into hys mothers wombe and bee borne agayne Iesus aunswered verely verely I saye vnto thee excepte a mā be borne of water and of the spirite he cannot entre into the kyngdome to God That whiche is borne of the flesh is fleshe And that whiche is borne of the spirite is spirite Meruaile not thou that I sayed to thee ye muste bee borne from aboue The wynd bloweth where it lusteth and thou hearest the sounde thereof but thou canst not tell whence it cometh nor whether he goeth So is euery one the is borne of the spirite Nichodemus aunswered and said vnto him how can these thynges be Iesus aunswered and said vnto hym arte thou a maister in Israel and knowest not these thynges Verely verely I say vnto thee we speake that we knowe and testifye that we haue seene and ye receyue not our witnesse Yf I haue tolde you earthly thynges and ye beleue not howe shall ye beleue if I tell you of heauenlye thynges And no man ascendeth vp to heauen but he that came downe from heauen euen the sonne of man whiche is in heauen And as Moyses lyfte vp the serpent in the wyldernesse euen so muste the sonne of man bee lyfte vp that whosoeuer beleueth in hym peryshe not but haue euerlastyng lyfe ¶ The first Sunday after Trinitie Sundaye ¶ The Collecte GOd the strength of al thē that trust in thee mercyfully accept our prayers And because the weakenes of our mortall nature can doe no good thing without thee graunt vs the helpe of thy grace that in keping of thy commaundementes we may please the both in wil and dede through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle i. Ioh. iiii DEarely beloued let vs loue one another for loue cometh of god And eueri one that loueth is borne of god and knoweth god He that loueth not knoweth not God for god is loue In this appeareth loue of God to vs warde because that God sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde that we myghte lyue through hym Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sente hys sonne to be the agremente for oure synnes Dearely beloued if God so loued vs we ought also one to loue another No man hath seen God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect in vs. Nereby know we that we dwel in him and he in vs because he hath geuen vs of hys spirite And we haue seen and doe testifie that the father sente the sonne to be the Sauiour of the world whosoeuer cōfesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God And we haue knowen and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in hym Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we should trust in the day of Iudgement For as he is euē so are we in thys worlde There is no feare in loue but perfecte loue casteth out feare for feare hath painfulnes He that feareth is not perfect in loue We loue him for he loued vs first If a man say I loue god and yet hate his brother he is a lyer For how can he that loueth not hys brother whom he hath seen loue God whom he hath not seen And thys commaundemente haue we of hym that be which loueth God should loue hys brother also ¶ The Gospell Luke xv THere was a certayne riche manne whiche was clothed in purple and fyne whyte and fared deliciouslye euerye daye And there was a certayne begger named Lazarus which laye at hys gate full of sores desyryng to bee refresshed with the crumines which fell from the ryche mans boarde and no man gaue vnto hym The dogges came also and lycked hys sores And it fortuned that the begger dyed and was caried by the Aungels into Abrahams bosome The ryche man also dyed and was buried And beeing in hell in tormentes he lyfte vp his eyes and sawe Abraham afarre of and Lazarus in hys bosome and he cryed and sayde Father Abraham haue mercye on me and sende Lazarus that he maye dyppe the typpe of hys fynger in water and cole my tong for I am tormented in thys flame But Abraham sayde Sonne remembre that thou in thy life tyme receiuedst thy pleasure and contrariwyse Lazarus receyued payne But nowe he is coumforted and thou art punyshed Beyonde all thys betwene vs and you there is a greate space sette so that they whyche woulde goe from hence to you cannot neither maye come from thence to vs. Then he sayed I praye thee therefore father sende hym to my fathers house for I haue fiue brethrē for to warne them left they come also into this place of tormente Abraham sayde vnto hym they haue Moyses and the Prophetes let them heare thē And he sayde naye father Abraham but if one come vnto them from the dead they will repent He sayde vnto hym Yf they heare not Moyses and the Prophetes neither wil they belieue though one rose from death agayne The second Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. LOrde make vs to haue a perpetuall feare and loue of thy holye name for thou neuer faylest to helpe and gouerne them whome thou dooest bryng vp in thy stedfast loue Graunt this c. ¶ The Epistle i. Ioh. iii. MErueyle not my brethren though the world hate you We know that we are translated from death vnto lyfe because we loue the brethren He that loueth
and gaue to hys disciples to sette before them And they did set them beefore the people And they hadde a fewe finall fishes And when he had blessed he commaunded them also to bee set before them And they did eate and were suffised And they toke vp of the broken meate that was lefte seuen baskets full And they that did eate were about foure thousande And he sente them awaye ¶ The eyght Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte GOd whose prouidēce is neuer deceyued we humblye beseche thee that thou wilt put away frō vs al hurtfull thynges and geue those thynges whiche bee profitable for vs Through Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ro. viii BRethren we are debters not to the flesshe to lyue after the flesshe For yf ye lyue after the flesshe ye shall dye But yf ye through the spirite doe mortyfye the dedes of the body ye shal lyue For as many as are lead by the spirite of God they are the sonnes of God For ye haue not receyued the spirit of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receiued the spirit of adopcyon wherby ye crye Abba father The same spirite certifyeth our spirite that we are the sonnes of God Yf we bee sonnes then are we also heyres the heyres I meane of God and heires annexed with Christe yf so be that we suffre with him that we may be also glorifyed together with hym ¶ The Gospell Mar. vii BEware of false prophetes whiche come to you in shepes clothing but inwardly they are rauenyng wolues Ye shall know them by their fruites Doe men gather grapes of thornes Or figges of thistles Euen so euery good tree bringeth foorth good fruites But a corrupt tree bringeth foorth euell fruites A good tree cannot bring forth had fruites nether can a bad tree bryng forth good fruites Euery tree that bringeth not forth good fruite is bewen downe and cast into the fire Wherefore by theyr fruites ye shall know them Not euery one that faythe vnto me Lord Lord shal entre into the kingdom of heauen but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heauen he shall entre into the kyngdome of heauen ¶ The ninth Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte GRaunt to vs Lord we beseche thee the spirite to thynke and doe alwayes such thinges as be rightfull that we which cannot be without thee may by thee bee hable to lyue according to thy will Through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle i. Corin. x BRethrē I would not that ye should beignoraunt how that our fathers were al vnder the cloud and al passed throughe the sea were all baptised vnder Moses in the cloud and in the sea did all eate of one spirituall meate and dyd all drinke of one spirituall drinke And they dranke of the spiritual rocke that folowed them whiche rocke was Christe But in many of them had God no delight For they were ouerthrowen in the wildernes These are ensamples to vs that we shoulde not lust after euill thinges as they lusted And that ye shoulde not bee worshippers of ymages as were some of them accordyng as it is written The people satte downe to eate and drinke rose vp to playe Nether let vs be defiled with fornicacion as some of them were defiled with fornicacyon fell in one day three twentie thousand Nether let vs tempt Christe as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpentes Nether murmure ye as some of them murmured were destroyed of the destroyer All these thinges happened vnto them for ensamples But are written to put vs in remembraunce whō the endes of the world are come vpon Wherfore let him that thinketh he standeth take hede lest he fal There hath none other temptacion taken you but suche as folowed the nature of man But God is faythfull whiche shall not suffer you to be tempted aboue your strength but shal in the middes of temptacion make a way that ye may be hable to beare it ¶ The Gospell Luke xvi IEsus sayd to hys disciples There was a certain riche man which had a Stewarde and the same was accused vnto hym that he had wasted hys goodes And he called him said vnto him howe is it that I heare this of thee Geue accoūptes of thy Stewardship for thou maist be no lōger Steward The Steward said within himselfe What shall I doe for my mayster taketh away from me the Stewardshyppe I cannot digge to begge 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 whē he had called al his masters debters together he said vnto the first how much owest thou vnto my maister And he sayde an hundred tunnes of oyle And he said vnto him take thy bill sit down quickely and write fiftie Thē said he to another how much owest thou And he said an hundred quarters of wheate He sayd vnto him take thy bill write foure score And the Lorde commended the vniust Steward because he had done wiselye For the childrē of this world are in their nacion wiser then the childrē of light And I say vnto you Make you frēdes of the vnryghteous Mammon that when ye shall haue nede they may receue you into euerlasting habitacions The tenth Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. Let thy merciful eares O Lord be open to the prayers of thy humble seruauntes that they may obtein their peticions make them to aske suche thynges as shall please thee through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle i. Cori. xii COncerning spiritual thinges brethren I would not haue you ignoraunte Ye know that ye were Gentiles and wente your wayes vnto dumme ymages euen as ye wer led Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man speakyng by the spirite of God defyeth Iesus Also no mā can say that Iesus is the lord but by the holi gost There are diuersities of giftes yet but one spirite And there are differences of administracions yet but one Lord. And there are diuerse maners of operaciōs and yet but one God which worketh all in all The gifte of the spirite is geuen to euery man to edifye withall For to one is geuen through the spirite the vtterance of wisdom To another is geuen the vtteraunce of knowledge by thesame spirite To another is geuen fayth by thesame spirite To another the gift of healing by thesame spirite To another power to doe miracles To another to prophecie To another judgemēt to discerne spirite To another diuerse tongues To another the interpretacion of tongues But these all worketh the selfe same spirite deuyding to euerye man a sauerall gyft euen as he will ¶ The Gospell Luke xix ANd when he was come nere to Hierusalem he beheld the citie and wept on it saying If thou hadst knowen those thinges whiche belong vnto thy peace euen in this thy day thou wouldest take hede But now are they
O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners Remember not lord our offences nor the offences of our forefather neither take thou vengeaunce of our synnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed with thy most precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From al euil and mischiefe from synne from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnacion Good Lorde delyuer vs. From all blindnes of heart from pryde vayne glory and hipocrisy from enuy hatered and malice and al vncharitablenes Good lorde delyuer vs. From fornicacion and al other deadly synne and from al the deceites of the worlde the flesh and the deuil Good Lord delyuer vs. From lightninges tempestes from plage pestilence famine from battayle murther and from sodayne death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedicion and priuie conspiracie from the tiranny of the Bishop of Rome all his detestable enormities from all false doctrine and heresy from hardnes of hearte and contempt of thy woord and commaundement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnacion by thy holy Natiuitie and Cyrcumcision by thy Baptysme fastyng and temptacion Good Lord deliuer vs. By thyne agony and bloudy sweat by thy crosse passion by thy precious death buriall by thy glorious resurreccion and ascencion and by the coming of the holy ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulacion in al time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day of iudgement Good lord deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseche thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it way please thee to rule and gouerne thy holye churche vniuersally in the right way We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to kepe Edwarde the sixth thy seruaunt our kyng and gouernour We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his hearte in thy fayth feare and loue that he maye always haue affyaunce in thee and euer seke thy honour and glory We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be hys defender and keper geuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseche thee to heare vs good lord That it may please thee to illuminate all Bisshops Pastours Ministers of the Church with true knowledge vnderstanding of thy word that both by theyr preachyng and liuing they may set it furth and shewe it accordyngly We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to endue the Lordes of the counsayle and all the nobilitie with grace wysdome and vnderstanding We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and kepe the Magistrates geuing them grace to execute iustice and to mayntayn trueth We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and kepe all thy people We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue to all nacions vnitie peace and concord We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue vs an hearte to loue and dreade thee and diligently to liue after thy commaundementes We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue all thy people encrease of grace to heare mekely thy woord and to receiue it with pure affeccion and to bring furth the fruites of the spirite We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to bring in to the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthē such as do stand to comfort and helpe the weake harted to rayse them vp that fall finally to beate down Satan vnder out fete We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour helpe and comforte all that be in daunger necessitie and tribulacion We beseche thee to heare vs good lord That it may please thee to preserue all that trauayle by land or by water all weomen labouryng of child all sicke persons and yong children and to shewe thy pietie vpon all priesoners and captiues We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to defende and prouyde for the fatherles children and widdowes and all that be desolate and oppresed We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all menne We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgeue our enemies persecutours and slaunderers and to turne their heartes We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to geue and preserue to our vse the kindly fruites of the earth so as in due tyme we maye enioye them We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue vs true repentaunce to forgeue vs all our synnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amend our lyues according to the holy worde We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. O lambe of God that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde Graunt vs thy peace O lambe of God that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion But delyuer vs from euill The versicle O Lorde deale not with vs after our synnes The aunswere Neyther rewarde vs after our iniquities ¶ Let vs praye O God merciful father that despysest not the sighing of a contrite hearte nor the desyre of such as be sorowful mercifully assist oure prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersyties whensoeuer they oppresse vs. And graciously heare vs that those euils whiche the craft and subtiltie of the deuil or man worketh against vs be brought to naught and by the prouidence of thi goodnes they may be dispersed the we thy seruauntes beyng hurt by no persecucions may euermore geue thankes vnto thee in thy holy churche through Iesu Christ our Lorde O Lord aryse helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy names sake O
vnperfectly but then shall I know euen as I am knowen Now abideth faith hope and loue euen these three but the chiefe of these is loue ¶ The Gospell Luk. xviii IEsus toke vnto hym the .xii. and sayde vnto them beholde we goe vp to Ierusalem and all shall bee fulfylled that are wrytten by the Prophetes of the sonne of manne For he shall bee delyuered vnto the Gentiles and shal bee mocked and despitefully intreated and spitted on And whē they haue scourged hym they wyll putte hym to deathe and the third day he shal ryse agayne And they vnderstode none of these thynges And thys saying was hyd from them so that they perceyued not the thynges whiche were spoken And it came to passe that as he was come nyghe to Hieritho a certayne blynd manne satte by the hye waye syde beggyng And when he heard the people passe by he asked what it mente And they sayde vnto hym that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And be cryed saying Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And they whyche wente before rebuked hym that he shoulde bolde hys peace But he cryed so muche the more thou sonne of Dauid haue mercye on me And Iesus stode styll and commaunded hym to bee broughte vnto hym And when he was come nere he asked hym saying what wylte thou that I doe vnto thee and he sayde Lorde that I myghte receyue my syghte And Iesus sayde vnto hym receyue thy syghte thy faythe hathe saued thee And immediately he receyued hys syght and folowed hym praysyng God And all the people when then saw it gaue prayse vnto God ¶ The firste daye of Lent ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and euerlastyng God whiche hatest nothing that thou hast made and doest forgeue the synnes of al them that bee penitente Create and make in vs newe and contrite heartes that we worthelye lamentyng oure sinnes and knowledging oure wretchednes may obtayne of thee the God of all mercye perfecte remission and forgeuenesse throughe Iesus Christe ¶ The Epistle Ioel. ii TVrne you vnto me with al your heartes with fastyng weping and mourning rente your heartes and not your clothes Turne you vnto the Lorde youre God for he is gracious and merciful long suffering and of great compasson and ready to pardō wickednes Then no doubt he also shal turne and forgeue and after his chastening he shall let youre encrease remayne for meate and drinke offeringes vnto the lord your god Blow out with the trompet in Sion proclaime a fastyng call the congregacion and gather the people together warne the congregacyon gather the elders bryng the chyldren and suckelynges together Let the bridegrome goe forth of hys chambre and the bride oute of her closet Let Priestes serue the Lorde betwene the Porche and the alter weping and saying bee fauourable O Lorde bee fauourable vnto thy people let not thyne heritage be brought to such confusion lest the Heathen be Lordes thereof Wherefore shoulde they say among the Heathen where is nowe theyr God ¶ The Gospell Math. vi WHen ye faste bee not sad as the Hipocrites are for they diffigure their faces that it maye appeare vnto men how that they fast Verely I saye vnto you they haue their rewarde But thou when thou fastest annoynt thyne head washe thy face that it appeare not vnto men howe thou fastest but vnto thy father which is in secret thy father which seeth in secret shal reward thee openly Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth where the rust and moth both corrutp and where theues breake through and steale But lay vp for you treasures in heauen where neither ruste nor moth doeth corrupt and where theues doe not breake throughe nor steale For where youre treasure is there wyll your heartes be also ¶ The first Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collect. O Lord which for our sake didst fast fortye dayes and fortie nightes Geue vs grace to vse such abstinence that our fleshe being subdued to the spirite we maye euer obey thy Godly mocions in righteousnes and true holines to thy honour and glory which liuest and reygnest c. ¶ The Epistle ii Cor. vi WE as helpers exhorte you that ye receyue not the grace of God in vayne For he saith I haue heard thee in a time accepted and in the dai of saluacion haue I succoured thee Beholde nowe is that accepted tyme beholde now is that day of saluacion Let vs geue none occasion of euill that in our office be founde no faulte but in all thynges let vs behaue our selues as the ministers of God In muche pacience in affliccions in necessities in anguishes in stripes in prisonmentes in stryfes in labours in watchinges in fastinges in purenes in knowledge in long sufferyng in kyndnes in the holy gost in loue vnfayned in the worde of trueth in the power of God by the armoure of ryghteousnes of the righte hande and of the left by honour and dishonour by euill report and good reporte as deceyuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and beholde we lyue as chastened and not kylled as sorowing and yet alway mery as poore and yet make mani riche as hauing nothing and yet possessing all thynges ¶ The Gospell Mat. iiii THen was Iesus led away of the spirite vnto wildernesse to be tempted of the deuill And when he had fasted fortie dayes and forty nightes he was at the last an hungred And when the tempter came to hym he sayed yf thou bee the sonne of God commaunde that these stones bee made bread But he aunswered sayed it is written man shall not liue by bread onely but by euery woorde that procedeth oute of the mouth of god Then the deuil taketh hym vp into the holy citie and setteth hym on a pinacle of the temple and saith vnto hym yf thou be the sonne of God cast thy selfe down headlong For it is written he shall geue hys Aungelles charge ouer thee and with their handes they shal holde thee by leste at any tyme thou dashe thy foote against a stone And Iesus sayd vnto hym it is written agayne Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God Agayne the deuil taketh him vp into an exceading highe mountayne and shewed hym all the kingdomes of the world and the glory of them and sayeth vnto him all these will I geue thee yf thou wilt fal downe and worship me Then sayeth Iesus vnto him Auoyde Sathā for it is written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy god and him only shalt thou serue Then the deuil leaueth hym and beholde the Angels came and ministred vnto hym The second Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collecte ALmightie god which doest see that we haue no power of oure selues to helpe oure selues kepe thou vs both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our soules that we maye be defended from al aduersities which may happen to the body and from al euil thoughtes whiche maye assaulte and hurte the soule hrough Iesus Chryste
c. ¶ The Epistle i. thes iii WE beeseche you brethren and exhorte you by the lord Iesus that ye encrease more more euē as ye haue receyued of vs how ye ought to walke and to please God For ye know what cōmaundementes we gaue you by our Lorde Iesus Chryste For thys is the wyl of God euen your holynes that ye should absteyne from fornicacion and that euery one of you should knowe howe to kepe his vessel in holynes and honour and not in the lust of concupisence as doe the Heathen whiche knowe not God that no man oppresse and defraude hys brother in bargayninq beecause that the Lorde is the auenger of all suche thinges as we tolde you before and testified For god hath not called vs vnto vnclennes but vnto holynesse He therfore that despiseth despiseth not man but God whiche hath sent hys holy spirite among you ¶ The Gospell Math. xv IEsus went thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre Sidō and behold a woman of Canaā whiche came oute of thesame coastes cryed vnto hym saying haue mercye on me O Lorde thou sonne of Dauid My doughter is piteously vexed with a deuyll But he aunswered her nothyng at all And his disciples came and besougt hym saying send her awaye for she cryeth after vs. But he aunswered and sayd I am not sent but to the lost shepe of the house of Israel Then came the and worshipped him saying Lorde helpe me He aunswered said it is not mete to take the childrens bread and cast it to dogges She aunswered and said trueth lord for the dogges eate of the crummes which fal from their maysters table Then Iesus aunswered and said vnto her O Womā great is thy fayth be it vnto thee euē as thou wilte And her doughter was made whole euen thesame tyme. ¶ The thyrd Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collect. We beseche thee almightie god loke vpon the heartye desyres of thy humble seruauntes and stretche forth the right hande of thy maiestie to be our defence agaynst al our enemies through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephesi v BE you the folowers of God as dere children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue hymself for vs an offering a sacrifice of a swete sauour to God As for fornicacion and al vnclennesse or couetousnes let it not be once named among you as it becommeth Sainctes or filthinesse or foolyshe talking or iesting whiche are not comely but rather geuing of thankes For thys ye knowe that no whoremonger eyther vncleane person or couetous person whiche is a worshypper of ymages hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christe and of God Lette no man deceyue you with vayne wordes For because of suche thynges cometh the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience Be not ye therfore companions of them Ye mere sumtimes darkenes but now are ye light in the Lord walke as children of lighte for the fruite of the spirite consisteth in all goodnes righteousnes trueth Accept that which is pleasing vnto the Lord haue no felowship with the vufruitful workes of darkenes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those thynges which are done of them in secrete but all thinges when they are brought forth by the lyghte are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifest thesame is light wherfore he sayeth a wake thou that slepest and stande vp from death and Christ geue thee lyght ¶ The Gospell Luke xi IEsus was casting of a Deuill that was dumme And when he had cast oute the deuill the dumme spake and the people wondered But some of them sayed he casteth out deuils throughe Beelzebub the chiefe of the deuils And other tempted hym and required of him signe from heauen But he knowing their thoughtes sasyd vnto them Euery kingdome deuyded agaynst it selfe is desolate and one house doeth fall vpon another If Sathan also be deuided agaynst hymselfe howe shal hys kyngdome endure Because ye say I cast out deuils through Beelzebub If I by the helpe of Beelzebub cast out deuils by whose helpe do your children cast them out Therefore shall they bee youre iudges But if I with the finger of God cast out deuils no doubt the kingdom of God is come vpon you Whē a strong man armed watcheth hys house the thinges that he possesseth are in peace But when a stronger then he cometh vpō hym and ouercometh hym he taketh from hym al his harnesse wherin he trusted deuideth his goodes He that is not with me is agaynste me And he that gathereth not with me scatereth abroade When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man he walketh through drye places seking reste And when he findeth none he sayeth I wil returne agayn into my house whence I came oute And when he cometh he findeth it swepte garnished Then goeth he and taketh to hym seuen other spirites worse then himself and they entre in and dwel there And the ende of that mā is worse thē the beginning And it fortuned the as he spake these thinges a certayne woman of the companye lyfte vp her voyce and sayed vnto hym happy is the wombe that bare thee and the pappes whiche gaue thee sucke But he sayd yea happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it The fourth Sunday in Lent ¶ The Collecte GRaunte we beseche thee almightie god that we which for our euil dedes are worthely punisshed by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieued throughe oure Lorde Iesus Chryst ¶ The Epistle Gala. iiii TEll me ye that desyre to bee vnder the lawe doe ye not heare of the lawe for it is wrytten that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bondmayde the other by a free woman Yea and he whiche was borne of the bondwoman was borne after the fleshe but he whiche was borne of the freewoman was borne by promes which thinges are spoken by an allegory For these are two Testamentes the one from the mounte Sina whiche gendreth vnto bondage whiche is Agar For mount Sina is Agar in Arabia and bordreth vpō the citie which is now called Ierusalem and is in bondage with her children But Ierusalem whyche is aboue is fre which is the mother of vs al. For it is written Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children breake foorth and crye thou that trauaylest not For the desolate hath many moe chyldren then she whiche hath an husband Brethren we are after Isaac the chyldren of promesse But as then he that was borne after the flesshe persecuted hym that was borne after the spirite Euen so is it nowe Neuerthelesse what sayeth the scrypture putte awaye the bondwoman and her sonne For the sonne of the bondwoman shall not bee heyre with the sonne of the free woman So then brethren we are not children of the bond womā but of the free woman ¶ The Gospell Iohn vi IEsus departed ouer the sea of Galile whiche
mā is preached vnto you forgeuenes of sinnes and that by hym al that beleue are iustifyed from al thinges from whiche ye coulde not be iustifyed by the law Moses Beware therfore lest that fall on you whiche is spoken of in the prophetes beholde ye despisers and wonder and perishe ye for I doe a worke in youre dayes whiche ye shall not beleue though a man declare it vnto you ¶ The Gospell Lu. xxiiii IEsus stode in the middes of his disciples and sayde vnto them peace bee vnto you It is I feare not But they were abashed and afraide and supposed that they had seene a spirite And he sayd vnto them why are ye troubled why doe thoughtes arise in youre heartes Beholde my handes and my feete that it is euen I my selfe Handle me and see for a spirite hath no fleshe and bones as ye see me haue And when he had thus spoken he shewed them hys handes and hys feete And while they yet beleued not for ioye and wondred he sayde vnto them Haue ye here any meate And they offered him a piece of a broiled fishe and of an Honey combe And he tooke it and did eate before them And he sayd vnto them these are the wordes which I spake vnto you while I was yet with you That all muste nedes be fulfilled whiche were written of me in the law of Moses in the prophetes and in the Psalmes Then opened he their wittes that they myght vnderstande the Scriptures and sayde vnto them Thus it is written and thus it behoued Christ to suffre and to ryse again from death the third day and that repentaunce and remission of sinnes shoulde bee preached in hys name among al nacions and must begin at Ierusalem And ye are wytnesses of these thynges ¶ The first Sundaye after Easter ¶ The Collecte Almightie God c. As at the Communion on Easter daye ¶ The Epistle i. Iohn v. AL that is borne of god ouercometh the world And thys is the victorye that ouercometh the world euē our faith Who is he that ouercometh the world but he that beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This Iesus Christ is he that came by water and bloude not by water onely but by water and bloud And it is the spirite that beareth witnes because the spirite is trueth For there are three which beare recorde in heauen the father the word and the holy gost and these three are one And there are three which beare recorde in earth the spirite and water and bloud and these three are one If we receyue the witnesse of menne the witnesse of God is greater For this is the witnes of god that is greater which he testified of hys sonne He that beleueth on the sonne of god hath the witnesse in hymselfe He that beleueth not god hath made hym a lyer because he beleueth not the recorde that God gaue of his sonne And this is the record how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall lyfe and thys lyfe is in hys sonne He that hathe the sonne hathe lyfe and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not lyfe ¶ The Gospell Ion. xx THesame daye at nyght whiche was the fyrst daye of the Sabbothes when the dores were shut where the disciples were assembled together for feare of the Iewes came Iesus stode in the middes and sayde vnto them Peace bee vnto you And when he had so sayd he shewed vnto thē hys handes and hys syde Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord. Then sayd Iesus to them agayne Peace be vnto you As my father sent me euen so sende I you also And when he had sayde these wordes he breathed on them and sayde vnto them receyue ye the holy goste Whosoeuers sinnes ye remitte they are remitted vnto them And whosoeuers synnes ye retayne they are retayned ¶ The second Sunday after Easter ¶ The Collecte ALmightie God which hast geuen thy holy sonne to be vnto vs both a sacrifice for synne and also an example of godly life Geue vs the grace that we maye alwayes most thankfully receyue that hys inestimable benefyte and also dayly indeuoure oure selues to folowe the blessed steppes of hys most holy lyfe ¶ The Epistle i. Pete ii THis is thanke worthy yf a man for conscience toward God endure griefe and suffre wrong vndeserued For what praise is it if when ye be buffeted for youre faultes ye take it paciently But and if when ye doe well ye suffre wrong take it paciently thē is there thanke with God For hereunto verely were ye called For Christ also suffered for vs leauing vs an ensaūple that ye should folow his steppes which did no sinne neither was there guyle founde in his mouthe which when he was reuiled reuiled not agayne whē he suffered he threatned not but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth rightously which his owne self bare our sinnes in hys body on the tree that we beyng deliuered from synne shoulde lyue vnto ryghteousnesse By whose stripes ye were healed For ye were as shepe going astray but are now turned vnto the shepeheard and bysshop of youre soules ¶ The Gospell Iohn x. CHrist said vnto his disciples I am the good shepeheard a good shepeheard geueth hys life for the shepe An hyred seruaunt and he which is not the shepeheard nether the shepe are his own seeth the wolfe coming and leaueth the shepe and fleeth and the wolfe catcheth and skattereth the shepe The hired seruaunt fleeth because he is an hired seruaunt and careth not for the shepe I am the good shepeheard know my shepe am knowen of mine As my father knoweth me euē so know I also my father And I geue my lyfe for the shepe and other shepe I haue which are not of this folde Them also must I bryng and they shal heare my voice and there shal be ohe folde and one shepeheard The third Sunday after Easter ¶ The Collect. ALmightie god which shewest to al men that be in errour the lyght of thy trueth to the entent that they may returne into the way of righteousnesse Graunt vnto all thē that be admitted into the felowship of Christes religiō that they may exchew those thinges the be contrary to their profession and folowe all suche thynges as be agreable to the same through our Lorde Iesus Christ ¶ The Epistle i. Pete ii DErely beloued I beseche you as straungers and pilgremes abstain frō fleshly lustes which fighte against the soule and see that ye haue honest conuersacion among the gentiles that wheras they backbite you as euil doers thei may see your good workes and prayse god in the daye of visitacion Submytte youre selues therfore to euery man for the lordes sake whether it be vnto the kyng as vnto the chief head eyther vnto rulers as vnto them the are sent of hym for the punishment of euyll doers but for the laude of thē that doe wel For so is the
Iesus Christe whiche is father of all that called father in heauen and in earth that he woulde graunte you accordyng to the riches of hys glory that ye maye bee strengthed with myghte by hys spirite in the inner man that Chryste may dwell in your heartes by faythe that ye being rooted and grounded in loue might be hable to comprehend with all Sainctes what is the bredthe lengthe depthe and height and to know the excellent loue of the knowledge of Christe that ye might be fulfilled with all fulnesse whyche cometh of God Vnto hym that is hable to doe excedyng aboundauntly aboue all that wee aske or thinke according to the power that worketh in vs be prayse in the congregacion by Chryst Iesus throughout all generacyons from time to tyme. Amen ¶ The Gospell Luke vii ANd it fortuned that Iesus wente into a cytie called Naim and many of hys disciples wente with hym and muche people When he came nye to the gate of the citye beholde there was a dead man caryed oute whyche was the onely sonne of his mother and she was widowe and muche people of the cytye was with her And when the Lord saw her had compassion on her and sayde vnto her wepe not And he came nye and touched the coffen and they that bare hym stode styll And he sayde yong man I saye vnto thee aryse And he that was dead sat vp and beegan to speake And he delyuered hym to hys mother And there came a feare on them all And they gaue the glory vnto God saying A great Prophet is risen vp among vs and God hathe visited hys people And thys rumoure of hym went forthe throughout all Iewry and throughout all the regions whyche lye rounde aboute ¶ The .xvii. sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte LOrd we pray thee that thy grace may alwayes preuent and folow vs and make vs continually to be geuē to all good workes throughe Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephe. iiii I Whiche am a priesoner of the Lordes exhort you that ye walke worthy of the vocacyon wherwith ye are called with all lowlines mekenes with humblenes of mynde forbearyng one another through loue and be diligēt to kepe the vnitie of the spirite throughe the bonde of peace beeyng one body and one spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of youre callyng Let there be but one Lorde one faythe one baptisme one God and father of all whiche is aboue all and througbe all and in you all ¶ The Gospell Luke xiii IT chaunced that Iesus wente into the house of one of the chiefe Phariseis to eate bread on the Sabboth day and they watched him And beholde there was a certayne man before him which had the dropsye And Iesus answered and spake vnto the Lawiers and Phariseis saying Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabboth daye And they helde their peace And he toke hym and healed hym and let hym goe and aunswered them saying which of you shal haue an Asse or an Oxe fallen into a pitte and wil not strayght way pull hym out on the Sabboth day And they coulde not aunswer hym agayn to these thynges He put foorth also a similitude to the geastes whē he marked how they preaced to be in the highest roumes and sayd vnto them when thou art bidden to a wedding of any man syt not downe in the hiest roume lest a more honorable man then thou be biddē of hym and he that bad him and thee come and say to thee geue this man roume and thou begin with shame to take the lowest roume But rather when thou arte bidden goe and sit in the lowest roume that when he that bad thee cometh he may saye vnto thee frend sit vp hyer Then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe shall bee broughte lowe and he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted ¶ The .xviii. Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. LOrd we beseche thee graunte thy people grace to auoid the infeccions of the deuil and with pure hearte mind to folow thee the onely god through Iesus Christ our lord ¶ The Epistle i. Corin. i I Thanke my god alwayes on your behalfe for the grace of god which is geuē you by Iesus Christ that in all thynges yeare made ryche by him in al vtteraunce and in all knowledge by the whyche thynges the testimonye of Iesus Christe was confyrmed in you so that ye are behynde in no gyfte waytyng for the appearyng of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste whyche shall also strength you to the ende that you maye bee blameies in the day of the comyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxii WHen the Phariseis had heard that Iesus dyd put the Saduceis to silence they came together and one of them whiche was a doctor of law asked him a question tempting him and saying Maister whiche is the greatest commaundemente in the lawe Iesus sayde vnto him Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule and with all thy mynde This is the first and greatest commaundemente And the second is lyke vnto it Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy self In these two commaundementes hang all the lawe and the Prophetes Whyle the Phariseis were gathered together Iesus asked them saying what thinke ye of Christ whose sonne is he They sayde vnto him the sonne of Dauid He sayde vnto them how then doeth Dauid in spirite cal him Lord saying The Lorde sayd vnto my Lorde sit thou on my righte hand tyll I make thine enemies thy fotestole If Dauid then call hym Lord how is he then his sonne And no man was hable to aunswer him any thing neither durst any man from that daye foorth aske hym any moe questions ¶ The .xix. Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. O God forasmuch as withoute thee we are not hable to please thee Graūt that the working of thy mercy may in all thynges direct and rule out heartes Throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Eph. iiii THis I saye and testifie throughe the Lord that ye hencefoorthe walke not as other Gentyles walke in vanitye of theyr mynde whyle they are blynded in theyr vnderstanding beeyng farre from a Godly lyfe by the meanes of the ignoraunce that is in them and because of the blyndnesse of theyr heartes whiche beeyng past repentaunce haue geuen themselues ouer vnto wantonnes to woorke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredines But ye haue not so learned Christe If so bee that ye haue hearde of hym and haue been taught in him as the trueth is in Iesu as concerning the conuersacion in times past to lay from you the olde man whiche is corrupt according to the deceiuable lustes To be renued also in the spirite of your mind and to put on that new man whiche after God is shapen in righteousnes and true holynes Wherfore put a way lying and
sufficient correccion for al her sinnes A voice cried in wildernesse prepare the way of the lord in the wyldernes make streight the path of oure God in the deserte Let al valleyes be exalted euery moūtaine hil be layed low whatso is croked let it be made strayght let the rough be made playne fieldes For the glory of the Lorde shal appeare and al flesh shal at once see it for why the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it Thesame voice spake Now crye And the Prophet aūswered what shal I cry that al fleshe is grasse that al the goodlines therof is as the floure of the field The grasse is withered the floure falleth awaye Euen so is the people as grasse whē the breath of the lorde bloweth vpō thē Neuertheles whether the grasse wither or the the floure fade away yet the word of our god endureth for euer Go vp vnto the hie hil O siō thou that bringest good tidinges lifte vp thy voyce with power O thou preacher Ierusalem lifte it vp without feare and say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde your god beholde the lord god shall come with power beare rule with his arme Beholde he bryngeth hys treasure with hym his workes goe before him He shal fede his flocke like an heardmā He shal gather the lambes together with hys arme and cary them in hys bosome and shal kindly intreate those that beare yong ¶ The Gospell Luke i. ELizabethes time came the she suould bee deliuered and she broughte foorth a sonne And her neyghbours and her cosins heard how the lord had shewed great mercy vpon her and reioised with her And it fortuned that in the eight day thei came to circumcise the childe and called his name zachary after the name of his father And his mother aunswered and sayd not so but his name shal be called Iohn And they sayed vnto her There is none in thy kynred the is named with thys name And they made signes to his father howe he woulde haue him called And he asked for writing tables and wrote saying hys name is Iohn And they meruayled all And hys mouth was opened immediatlye and his tong also and he spake praised god And feare came on all them that dwelt nye vnto hym And all these sayinges was noised abroade throughout al the hie countrey of Iewry and they the heard them layd them vp in their heartes saying what maner of child shal this be And the hand of the lord was with hym And his father zacharias was filled with the holy gost and prophecied saying Praised be the lord God of Israell for he hath visited redemed his people And hath raised vp an horne of saluaciō vnto vs in the house of his seruāt Dauid Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which were sence the world began That we should be saued frō our enemies and frō the hand of al the hate vs. That he would deale mercifully with our fathers and remembre his holy couenaūt And he would perfourme the othe whiche he sware to our father Abrahā for to forgeue vs. That we beyng delyuered out of the handes of our enemies myghte serue hym without feare al the dayes of our life in such holinesse righteousnes as are acceptable for him And thou child shalt be called the Prophete of the hiest for thou shalt goe before the face of the lord to prepare his wayes To geue knowledge of saluacyon vnto his people for the remissiōn of synnes Through the tender mercy of our god whereby the day spring frō an high hath visited vs. To geue light to thē that sate in darkenes and in the shadow of death to guide our fete into the way of peace And the child grew waxed strong in spirite and was in wyldernes til the daye came when he should shewe hymselfe vnto the Israelites Sainct Peters daye ¶ The Collect. ALmightie god whiche by the sonne Iesus Christ hast geuen to thy Apostle Saincte Peter many excellente giftes and commaundest hym earnestly to fede thy stocke make we beseche thee al Bisshops and Pastours diligently to preache thy holy worde and the people obedientlye to folowe the same that they may receyue the crown of euerlastyng glory though Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Actes xii AT the same time Herode the king stretched forth hys handes to vexe certaine of the congregaciō And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn with the sweord And beecause he sawe it pleased the Iewes he proceded farther and tooke Peter also Then were the dayes of swete bread And when he had caught him he put him in prieson also delyuered hym to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kepte entending after Easter to bring him forth to the people And Peter was kept in prieson but prayer was made without ceasing of the congregacyon vnto god for hym And whē Herode would haue broughte hym out vnto the people thesame nyghte slepte Peter betwene two souldiers boūd with two chaines and the kepers before the dore kept the prieson And behold the Aungel of the lorde was there present and a light shined in the habitacion And he smote Peter on the side and styrred hym vp saying arise vp quickely And his chaines fel from his handes And the Aungel s ayd vnto hym gyrd thy selfe and binde on thy sandales And he so did And he sayth vnto him cast thy garment about thee folow me And he came out folowed him and wist not that it was trueth whiche was done by the Aungel but thought he had seen a vision When they were past the first second watche they came vnto the yron gate that leadeth vnto the citie whiche opened to them by the own accord And they went out passed thorow one strete and forth with the Angel departed from him And when Peter was come to himselfe he sayd nowe I know of a suretie that the lord hath sent his Aungell and hath deliuered me out of the hande of Herode and from all the wayting of the people of the Iewes ¶ The Gospell Mat. xvi WHen Iesus came into the coastes of the Citie which is called Cesarea Philippi he asked hys disciples saying whom doe men say that I the sonne of man am They sayed Some saye that thou art Iohn Baptist some Helias some Ieremias or one of the prophetes He saith vnto thē but whō say ye that I am Simō Peter aunswered and said Thou art Christ the sōne of the liuing god And Iesus aūswered and sayd vnto hym Happy art thou Simō the sonne of Ionas for fleshe and bloud hath not opened that vnto thee but my father whiche is in heauen And I say vnto thee the thou art Peter and vpon this rocke I wil build my cōgregaciō And the gates of hell shall not preuaile against it And I wil geue vnto thee the keies of the kyngdome of heauen And whatsoeuer thou bindest in earth shall be bounde in
so shall my woordes please hym my ioye shal be in the Lorde As for sinners they shal be consumed oute of the earthe and the vngodly shall come to an ende prayse thou the lord O my soule prayse the Lorde Confitemini domino psalm cv Mornīg prayer O Geue thankes vnto the Lord and cal vpon his name tell the people what thinges he hath done O let youre songes be of him and prayse hym and let youre talkyng be of all his wonderous workes Reioyce in his holy name let the hearte of them reioyce that seeke the Lorde Seke the Lorde and his strength seke his face euermore Remembre the meruaylous workes that he hathe doone his wonders and the iudgementes of his mouth O ye seede of Abraham his seruaunt ye children of Iacob his chosen He is the Lorde oure God his iudgementes are in all the worlde He hathe been alway mindfull of his couenaunt and promyse that he made to a thousand generacyons Euen the couenaunte that he made with Abraham and the othe that he swore vnto Isaac And appoynted thesame vnto Iacob for a lawe and to Israel for an euerlastyng Testament Saying vnto thee wyll I geue the land of Canaan the lot of your enheritaunce When there was yet but a few of them and they straungers in the lande What tyme as they wente from one nacyon to another from one kingdom to another people He suffred no man to doe them wrong but reproued euen kinges for theyr sakes Touche not myne annoynted and doe my Prophetes no harme Moreouer he called for a dearth vpon the land and destroyed all the prouision of bread But he had sent a man before them euen Ioseph whyche was solde to be a bond seruaunt Whose feete they hurte in the stockes the yron entred into his soule Vntyll the tyme came that hys cause was knowen the worde of the Lord tryed hym The king sent and delyuered hym the Prince of the people let him goe free He made him Lorde also of his house and ruler of all hys substaunce That he myght enfourme his Princes after hys wyll and teache his Senatours wysedome Israel also came into Egipt and Iacob was a straunger in the lande of Ham. And he encreased hys people excedyngly and made them stronger then their enemyes Whose heart turned so that they hated his people and dealt vntruely with hys seruauntes Then sent he Moses his seruaunt and Aaron whom he had chosen And these shewed his tokens among them and wonders in the lande of Ham. He sente darkenes and it was darke and they were not obedyent vnto hys worde He turned their waters into bloud and slew their fishe Their land brought forth frogges yea euē in their kinges chambres He spake the word and there came all maner of flies and lyce in all theyr quarters He gaue them hayle stones for rayne and slambes of fyre in theyr lande He smote their vines also and fig trees and destroied the trees that were in their coastes He spake the woorde and the greshoppers came Caterpillers innumerable did eate vp all the grasse in theyr lande and deuoured the fruite of their grounde He smote al the fyrst borne in their lande euen the chief of all their strength He broughte them forth also with siluer and golde there was not one feble person among their tribes Egipt was glad at their departyng for they were afrayd of them He spred oute a cloude to bee a coueryng and fier to geue light in the night season At theyr desyre he broughte quayles and he fylled them with the bread of heauen He opened the rocke of stone and the waters flowed out so that ryuers ran in the drye places For why he remembreth hys holy promyse and Abraham his seruaunt And he brought forth his people with ioye and hys chosen with gladnes And gaue them the landes of the Heathen and they toke the labours of the people in possession That they might kepe hys statutes obserue hys lawes Confitemini domino psal cvi Euening prayer O Geue thankes vnto the lord for he is gracious and hys mercy endureth for euer Who can expresse the noble actes of the lord or shew forth all hys prayse B1essed are they that alwaye kepe iudgemente and dooe righteousnes Remembre O lorde accordyng to thy fauoure that thou bearest vnto thy people O visite me with thy saluacion That I may see the felicitie of thy chosen and reioyce in the gladnes of thy people and geue thankes with thine enheritaunce We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done amysse and dealt wickedly Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egipt neyther kepte they thy greate goodnes in remembraunce but were disobedient at the sea euen at the redde sea Neuertheles he helped them for his names sake that he might make his power to be knowen He rebuked the red sea and it was dried vp so he led them through the depe as through a wildernes And he saued them from the aduersaries hand and deliuered them from the hande of the enemye As for those that troubled them the waters ouerwhelmed them there was not one of them lefte Then beleued they his wordes and sang praise vnto him But within a whyle they forgatte his workes and would not abyde hys counsayle But lust came vpon them in the wildernes and they tempted god in the deserte And he gaue them their desire and sent leanesse wythall into their soule They angred Moses also in the tentes and Aaron the sainct of the Lorde So the earth opened and swalowed vp Dathan and couered the congregacion of Abiram And the fier was kiendled in their companye the flame brent vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molten ymage Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a calf that eateth haye And they forgat god their Sauioure whiche had done so great thynges in Egipt Wonderous woorkes in the lande of Ham and fearefull thynges by the red sea So he said he would haue destroied them had not Moyses his chosē stand before him in the gappe to turne away hys wrathfull indignacion leste he shoulde destroye them Yea they thought scorne of that pleasaunt land and gaue no credence vnto hys worde But murmured in their tentes and harkened not vnto the voyce of the Lorde Then lift he vp his hand against them to ouerthrow them in the wildernes To cast out their sede among the nacions and to scatter them in the landes They ioyned themselues vnto Baal Peor and eate the offerynges of the dead Thus they prouoked hym vnto anger with their own inuencions and the plague was great among them Then stode vp Phinees prayed so the plague ceased And that was coumpted vnto him forrighteousnes amōg all posterities for euermore They angred hym also at the waters of stryfe so that he punished Moses for theyr sakes Because they prouoked hys spirite so that he spake vnaduisedly wyth hys lyppes Neyther destroyed they the Heathen as
the Lorde commaunded them But were mingled among the Heathen and learned their workes Insomuch that thei worshipped their ydols which turned to their own decay yea thei offred their sonnes and daughters vnto deuilles And shed innocente bloud euen the bloud of their sonnes and of their daughters whom thei offered vnto the ydols of Canaan and the lande was defiled with bloud Thus were they stayned with their owne woorkes and went a whoring with their own inuencions Therfore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people insomuch that he abhorred hys owne enheritaunce And he gaue them ouer into the hand of the Heathen and they that hated them were Lordes ouer them Their enemyes oppressed them had them in subieccyon Many a tyme did he deliuer thē but they rebelled against him with their owne inuencions and were brought downe in their wyckednesse Neuerthelesse when he saw their aduerstie he heard their complaynte He thoughte vpon his couenaunt and pitied them according vnto the multitude of his mercies yea he made all those that had led them awaye captiue to pitie them Deliuer vs O lord oure god and gather vs frō among the Heathen that we may geue thankes to thy holy name and make our boast of thy prayse Blessed be the Lord god of Israel from euerlasting and worlde without ende and let all people saye Amen Confitemini domino Psal cvii. Mornīg prayer O Geue thankes vnto the lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Let them geue thankes whom the Lorde hath redemed and deliuered from the hande of the enemye And gathered them out of the landes from the East and from the west from the North and from the South They went astraye in the wildernes out of the way and founde no citie to dwel in Hungry and thirstie their soule faynted in them So they cryed vnto the lord in their trouble and he delyuered them from their distresse He led them furth by the ryght way that they might goe to the citie where they dwelt O that men would therfore praise the lorde for his goodnes and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men For he satisfied the emptie soule and filleth the hungrye soule with gladnes Such as sit in darkenes and in the shadow of death being fast bounde in miserye and yron Because they rebelled against the wordes of the lord and lightly regarded the counsayle of the most high He also brought down their heart thorow heauines they fell down and there was none to helpe them vp So when they cryed vnto the lord in their trouble he deliuered them out of their distresse For he brought them out of darkenes and out of the shadowe of death and brake their bondes in sundre O that men would therfore prayse the lord for his goodnes and declare the wonders that he doth for the childrē of men For he hath broken the gates of brasse and smytten the barres of yron in sundre Foolysh men are plaged for their offence and because of their wickednes Their soule abhorred al maner of meate and they were euen hard at deathes dore So when they cried vnto the lord in their trouble he deliuered them out of their distresse He sent hys worde and healed them and they were saued from their destruccion O that mē would therfore praise the lord for his goodnes and declare the wonders that he dooeth for the chyldren of men That they would offer vnto hym the sacrifice of thankes geuing and tell out hys workes with gladnes They that goe down to the sea shippes and occupy their busynes in great waters These men see the workes of the lord and his wonders in the depe For at hys worde the stormy winde aryseth which lifteth vp the waues therof They are caryed vp to heauen and downe agayne to the depe theyr soule melteth away because of the trouble They rele to and fro and stacker like a dronken man and are at their wyttes ende So when they crye vnto lord in their trouble he deliuereth them out of their distresse For he maketh the storme to ceasse so that the waues therof are styll Then are they glad because they be at rest and so he bringeth them vnto the hauen where they would be O that men would therefore prayse the lorde for his goodnes and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men They that would exalte hym also in the congregacyon of the people and prayse hym in the seate of the elders Which turneth the fluddes into a wildernes and drieth vp the water sprynges A fruitefull land maketh he barren for the wickednes of them that dwell therein Againe he maketh the wyldernes a standing water and water sprynges of a drye grounde And there he setteth the hungry that they may build them a citie to dwell in That they may sowe their lande and plante vineyardes to yelde them fruites of encrease He blesseth them so that they multiply excedingly and suffereth not their cattell to decrease And agayne when they are minished and broughte lowe through oppression through plage or trouble Though he suffre them to be euil intreated through Tirantes let thē wander out of the waye in the wildernes Yet helpeth he the poore out of miserye and maketh hym housholdes like a flocke of shepe The righteous will consider thys and reioyce and the mouth of al wickednes shal be stopped Whoso is wise will ponder these thynges and they shall vnderstand the louing kindnes of the Lord. Paratum cormeum psal cviii Euenīg prayer O God my heart is ready my heart is ready I will syng and geue prayse with the best member that I haue Awake thou lute and harpe I my selfe wil awake right early I wil geue thankes vnto thee O Lord among the people I wil sing prayses vnto thee among the nacions For thy mercy is greater then the heauens and thy truth reacheth vnto the cloudes Set vp thy self O god aboue the heauens and thy glory aboue al the earth That thy beloued may be deliuered let thy righte hand saue them and heare thou me God hath spoken in his holines I wil reioyce therfore and denide Sichem and mete out the valey of Sucoth Gilead is mine and Manasses is mine Ephraim also is the strength of mine head Iuda is my lawe geuer Mcab is my washepot ouer Edom will I cast out my shoe vpon the Philistines will I tryumphe Who wyll leade me into the strong citie and who wyll bring me into Edom Hast not thou forsakē vs O god and wilt not thou god goe furth with our hostes O helpe vs against the enemy for vain is the helpe of mā Through god we shall doe great Actes and it is he that shall treade down our enemies Deus laudem psal cix HOld not thy tong O god of my prayse for the mouth of the vngodlye yea and the mouth of the deceitfull is opened vpon me And they haue spoken against me with false