daye testifyeth that he praysed the LORDE which seueÌ„ tymes he dyd not appoynt in one part of the day but in diuers tymes as in the mornyng in the mydday at nyght Vespere mane et meridie narrabo et annuÌ„ciabo et exaudiet voceÌ„ meaÌ„ After whoÌ„ Daniel accustomed throse in the daye on his knees to praye Of whom S Cipriane doth testify it was takeÌ„ that these houres of prime the thyrd the syxt the nynth to be vsed in the church which thing I thynke not to be true that onely of hym this vse was takeÌ„ but also of the other which we haue rehersed which were before hym Saynt Ierome accordingly to Daniels maner and custome of prayer dyd diuide the day in thre houres and that by ymitacion of the examples of the newe testament that is in the mornyng which is the thyrde houre in the which tyme the holy ghost inspired the Apostles and in the syxte houre that is at dynner tyme. As Peter dyd whiche intendynge to catchis meate about the syxt houre ascended into the garret to pray And their houre at which tyme Peter Iohn ascended into the temple to praye which houre was called the ix houre of prayer Occasion taken by these places of scripture and by the examples also of the same it to be thought that these houres hath 〈◊〉 in the church Aue gracia plena dnÌ„e tecum Ecce ancilla dniÌ„ fiat c. O Lorde open thou my lyppes And then shall my mouth shew forth thy prayse O God bende thy selfe into my helpe For hast the to helpe me Glorye be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it Prayse ye the Lorde ¶ The inuytatory Math. xi ¶ Come vnto me all ye that laboure and are ladeÌ„ and I shall refreshe you ¶ The .xciiii. Psalme Venite exultemus COme and let vs ioyfully gyue thankes vnto the Lorde let vs reioyce in God our saueoure let vs approche vnto his presence with prayse and thankes geuynge syng we vnto hym in psalmes ¶ Come vnto me all ye that laboure and are laden and I shall refresh you For God is a great Lorde and a great Kynge ouer all goddes whych shall not forsake hys people in whose power are all the costes of the earth and he beholdeth the toppes of the mountaynes ¶ And I shall refreshe you The see is hys for he hath made it and hys haÌ„des hath facyoned the earth also come therfore and let vs worshyppe and fall downe before the Lorde which hath made vs for he is our Lorde God and we are hys people and the shepe of his pasture ¶ Come vnto me Nowe yf ye heare his voyce se that you hardeÌ„ not your hertes as they dyd in the tyme of temptacioÌ„ in wyldernes bytterly murmurynge agaynst god where your fathers tempted me and prouoked me to anger yet sawe they my workes ¶ And I shall refreshe you Fourty yeares was I a neyghboure vnto thys generatioÌ„ wherfore I sayd euer theyr hartes are gone from me they knowe not my wayes to whoÌ„ I swore in my greate anger that they shulde not entre into my rest ¶ Come vnto me all ye Glory be to the father c. As it was in the. c. ¶ The hymne Veni creator spiritus COme holy goost O creatour eternall In our myndes to make visitation And fulfyll thou wyth grace supernall Our hartes that be of thy creacion Which of Christe the comforter arte named Thou the gyfte of the God moost hyest The lyuynge well and charite inflamed The spirituall vnction that mans soule delytest Thou which arte seueÌ„folde in gyfte of munificeÌ„se And of God the father the fynger full of myght Enrychynge tonges with speches and eloquence Accordynge to the father to the promyse ful ryght Gyue lyght of our sences darkened with ignoraunce And into our hertes infounde perfyte loue Our infirme nature gyuen to fleshly pleasaunce Strength in godlynesse by thy power aboue Repell the goostly enemy that he haue no power And gyue vs peace in our conscience Be thou our gyde and go vs before That we maye auoyde synne our soules pestileÌ„ce Thou sprete of truth graunte vs thorow the Of the father to haue the knowlegynge and also of the sonne And that thou of them bothe procedest in deite Make vs to beleue in euery tyme and season Prayse be to the father wyth the sonne And to the holy spirite also be prayse Of whose graces as he hathe done Iesus Christe maye sende vs alwayes ¶ The â—… Psalme Verba mea auribus HEare my wordes O Lorde consyder my callynge O marke the voyce of my peticioÌ„ my kynge and my God for vnto the wyll I make my prayer Heare my voyce betymes O Lorde for early in the mornynge wyll I get me vnto the yee that wyth dyligence For thou arte not the God that hath pleasure in wyckednesse there maye no vngodly persone dwel wyth the. Such as be cruell maye not stande in thy syghte thou arte an enemy vnto all wycked doers Thou destroyest the lyers the Lord abhorreth the blody thursty and deceytfull But as for me I wyll come into thy house euen vpon the multitude of thy mercy and in thy feare wyll I worshyppe towarde thy holy temple Lede me O Lorde in thy ryghteousnesse because of myne enemyes make the way playne before me For there is no faythfulnesse in theyr mouthes they dissemble in theyr hertes theyr throte is an open sepulcre wyth theyr tonges they deceyue Punyshe them O God that they maye perysh in theyr owne ymaginacions cast them out because of the multitude of theyr vngodlynesse for they rebell agaynste the. Agayne let all them that put theyr trust in the reioyce yet let them euer be geuynge thankes because thou defendest them that they whyche loue thy name maye be ioyfull in the. For thou Lorde gyuest thy blessynge vnto the ryghteous wyth the fauourable kyndnesse thou defendest hym as wyth a shelde Glorye be to the father and to c. As it was in the begynnynge and as it is c. ¶ The .xxiiij. Psalme Ad te domine VNnto the O Lorde I lyfte vp my soule my God I truste in the oh let me not be confounded Lest myne enemyes triumphe ouer me for al they that hope in the shall not be ashamed But suche as be scornefull despysers wythoute a cause they shal be put to confusyon Shewe me thy wayes O Lorde and teache my the pathes Lede me in thy truth and lerne me for thou arte the God of my saluacion and in the is all my hope all daye longe Call vnto remembraunce O Lorde thy tender mercyes and thy louynge kyndnesses which haue ben euer of olde Oh remember not my synnes and the offences of my youth but accordyng to thy mercy thynke vppon me O Lorde for thy goodnesse Oh howe frendlye and ryghteous is the Lorde therfore
death to gyue our fete into the waye of peace Glory be to the father and to the sōne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it ¶ The antheme ¶ Christ moost mercyfull hath redemed vs let vs reioyce and alwayes geue thankes to God ¶ The versycie ¶ O Lorde heare my prayer ¶ The answere ¶ And let my crye come vnto the. ¶ The prayer GOd almyghty and oure mercyfull father which hast so excedyngly loued vs thy chosen chyldren that thou woldest vouchesafe to gyue vs thy only and welbeloued sonne Iesus Christ our sauyour to suffre death for our synnes so that all that stedfastlye beleue in hym myghte not peryshe but haue lyfe euerlastynge we besech the for thy abundaunt mercy and for the inestimable loue which thou barest to thy sonne Christ our sauyour gyue vs of thy grace poure thy fauour into oure hartes that we maye beleue feale and knowe perfytely that thou only arte our God our father and to vs an almyghty helper delyuerer a sauyour from synne frō all the deuelysh powers of hell and of the worlde and from death and that by thy sonne our Lorde Iesu Christe So be it ¶ The memory of the holy goost ¶ The antheme ¶ Come holy spirite of God inspire thou the hertes of them that beleue in the and kyndle in them the fyre of thy loue ¶ The versycle ¶ Sēde forth thy spirite they shal be made new ¶ The answere ¶ For so renuest thou the soule of man ¶ The prayer O God which hast instructed the hartes of the faythfull by the inspiracion of the holy goost graunt that we in thesame spyryte maye fauoure the truth and euermore reioyce in hys holy consolaciō By Christ our lord So be it ¶ A memory of the moost holy Trinite ¶ The antheme Delyuer vs saue vs iustify vs O blessed Trinite ¶ The versycle Blesse we the father the sonne with the holy gooste ¶ The answere Prayse we hym and exalte we hym euermore ¶ The prayer ALmyghty euerlastynge God which hast graunted to thy seruauntes thorow confession of the true fayth for to acknowlege the glorye of the eternall trinite and to honoure the one god in thy almyghty maiesty we besech the that through our stedfastnesse in the same fayth we maye be alwayes defended from all aduersytie which lyuest and reygnest one God worlde wythout ende So be it ¶ A memory of our Lady ¶ The antheme ¶ O glorious mother of God O perpetuall vyrgyn Mary which dyddest beare the Lord of al lordes and alone of all other dydest gyue sucke vnto the kynge of angels we beseche the of thy pytie to haue vs in remembraunce and to make intercession for vs vnto Christ that we beyng supported by his helpe maye come vnto the kyngdom of heauē ¶ The versycle O holy mother of God perpetuall vyrgyn Mary ¶ The answere Praye for vs vnto the Lorde Iesus Christe ¶ The prayer GRaunt we beseche the O Lorde God that thy seruauntes maye enioye contynuall helth of body and soule and throughe the gracious intercession of blessed Mary perpetuall virgyn that we maye be delyuered from thys present heuynes and to haue the fruycion of the eternall gladnesse By Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ A memory of all sayntes ¶ The antheme ¶ All ye blessed sayntes and electe seruauntes of God haue vs in remembraunce before God that through the helpe of youre prayers it maye please hym vs to assocyate wyth you ¶ The versycle ¶ Reioyce in the Lorde you that be iustifyed ¶ The answere ¶ And be you all glad that in herte be rectifyed ¶ The prayer WE besech the good Lorde that thou beyng pleased with the prayer of all thyne holy sayntes wylt bothe graunt vs pardon of our defautes and gyue vs also perpetuall remedy for them By Christe our Lorde So be it ¶ A memory of the passion of Christ HE that is the greate profounde sapience And diuine truth of the father on hye Which for mankynde of his benyuolēce Hymselfe hath made both God and man verely Was sold and bought by the Iewes trayterously And about mydnyght perturbed and taken And of hys disciples anone forsaken ¶ The versycle ¶ We worshyp the Christ with prayse benedictiō ¶ The answere ¶ For thou redemest the world by thy holy passiō ¶ The prayer LOrde Iesu Christe sonne of the lyuynge God set thy holy passion death betwene thy iudgement and our soules both now and at the houre of death and more ouer vouchesaufe to graunte vnto the lyuynge mercy grace to the deade pardon and reste to thy holy churche peace and concorde and to vs synners lyfe ioye euerlastynge whyche lyuest and reygneste God wyth the father and the holy goost worlde wythout ende So be it The glorious passyon of oure Lorde Iesu Christ delyuer vs from fearfull heuynes and brynge vs to the ioyes of paradyse So be it ¶ A memory of the compassion of our Lady ¶ The antheme HOly Mary of all godly women the godlyest Praye for vs of all holy women the holyest That he oure prayers accepte maye in good wyse Which of the was borne reygneth aboue the skyes By whose charite and mercyfull grace Our greuous synnes maye take no place ¶ The versycle ¶ Holy mother of God and virgyn perpetuall ¶ The answere ¶ Praye thou for vs to the Lorde celestiall ¶ The prayer HOly Lorde Iesu sonne of the moost swete vyrgyn Mary whych suffredest death for vs vpon a crosse shew vnto vs thy mercye and graunt vnto vs and vnto all that deuoutly haue in remembraunce the compassiō of thy moost holy mother by her prayer prosperous lyfe in thys present world and through thy grace eternall glorye in the worlde to come wherin thou doest reygne one god with the father the holy goost world with out ende So be it The glorious passion of a vyrgyns sonne Bryng vs to the blysse of the heuenly kyngdom So be it ¶ The pryme O God bende thyselfe into my helpe Lorde hast the to helpe me Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it Prayse ye the Lorde COme holy goost O creatoure eternall In our myndes to make vysytacion And fulfyll thou wyth grace supernall Our hartes that be of thy creacion Remembre Lorde authour of saluacion That somtyme of a vyrgyne pure Wythout helpe of mans operacion Thou tokest vpon the our frayle nature And as thou of thy clemēcy mere mercy specyal Aboue her desertes hast chosen amonge all other And toke her to such fauoure and grace supernal That thou woldest be her sonne and she to be thy mother So we besech the Christ moost tender Graunt that thy seruauntes with a deuout moode Maye oftymes swetely remember The effusion of thy precyous bloude O vyrgyne Mary moost
for his mercy endureth for euer But as for Pharao and his he ouerthrew theÌ„ in the reed see for his mercy endureth for euer Which led his people thorow the wyldernesse for his mercy endureth for euer Which smote great kynges for his mercye endureth for euer â—ee and slew myghty kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Sion kynge of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for euer And Og the kynge of Basan for his mercy endureth for euer And gaue awaye theyr lande for an heritage for his mercy endureth for euer Euen for an heritage vnto Israell his seruaunt for his mercy endureth for euer Which remembred vs when we were in trouble for hys mercy endureth for euer And hath redemed vs from our enemyes for hys mercy endureth for euer Which geueth foode vnto all fleshe for his mercy endureth for euer O geue ye thankes vnto the God of heauen for hys mercy endureth for euer O thanke the Lorde of all Lordes for his mercye endureth for euer Glory be to the father and to c. As it was in the begynnynge c. ¶ The antheme O Howe muche ought we to geue thankes to God which hath not spared his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all and he borne of an immaculate virgyn was made man redemed vs froÌ„ our vayne conuersacioÌ„ whych we receaued by the tradicioÌ„ of theyr fathers not with corruptyble syluer and golde but wyth the precyous bloude of Christ as of a lambe vndefyled and wythout spot to hym therfore be continuall prayse whose mercy endureth for euer ¶ Matthew .i. Chapter THe Angell of the lorde appeared vnto Ioseph in a dreame sayenge Ioseph the sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto the Marye thy wyfe for that which is conceaued in hyr is of the holy goost she shall brynge forth a sonne and thou shalte call hys name Iesus for he shall saue hys people from theyr synnes ¶ Thankes be to God ¶ The hymne LEt vs prayse the Lorde omnipotent Which on hys people is so tender Magnifye hym wyth harte diligent For due thankes we can not render From the heauens he descended In the wombe of a virgyne pure He shed his bloude our fautes to amende And of our sycke soules dyd the cure No thy chylde o mother make thy peticion Our infirmite hauynge in remembraunce That he by grace maye amende our condicion And thou by prayer to make intretaunce Now Christ which hast payde the pryce Of our synne and preuaricacion Se vs not dampned in ony wyse Whych thou hast bought by thy passion O vyrgyne Mary moost gracyous O mother of Christ incomperable To thy swete sonne praye for vs That he in deathes houre be fauorable Glory be to the sonne of myghtes moost That of a vyrgyn chast was bore Glory to the father and to the holy goost To them be praysynge for euermore So be it ¶ The versycle ¶ Grace in thy vysage encreaseth euermore ¶ The answere ¶ Thou hast ben blessed of God therfore ¶ The antheme ¶ O Lorde moost c. ¶ The songe of the blessed Mary Magnificat anima MY soule magnifyeth the Lorde And my sprete hath reioyced in God my sauioure For he hath loked on the lowe degre of his hande mayden beholde now from hens forth shall all generacions call me blessed For he that is myghtye hath done to me greate thynges and blessed is hys name And his mercy is alwayes on theÌ„ that feare hym through out all generacions He hath shewed strength wyth his arme he hathe scatered them that are proude in the ymaginacioÌ„ of theyr hartes He that put downe the myghty from theyr seates and hath exalted them of lowe degre He hath fylled the hongry wyth good thynges hath sent awaye the rych empty He hath remembred mercy and hath holpeÌ„ his seruaunt Israell Euen as he promysed to our fathers Abraham to his sede for euer Glorye be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it ¶ The antheme O Lorde moost mercyfull God whyche of thy mere mercy hast chosen the blessed vyrgyne Mary to by the mother of thy sonne Iesus Christe whom thou so enkyndlest wyth thy loue replenyshedest hyr wyth grace that not onlye hyr mouth but also hyr soule dyd magnifye the o lorde set forth thy prayses Graunt vs Lorde to haue a feruent loue towardes the that fayned deuocion set asyde we maye also wyth our soules magnifye the and geue continuall thankes for the redempcion that we haue by Iesus Christ ¶ The versycle ¶ Lorde God heare my prayer ¶ The answere ¶ And let my crye come to the. ¶ The prayer O Lorde whych by the annunciation of thy angell hast gyuen vs knowlege of the incarnacion of thy sonne Christ poure thy grace in to oure hertes that we trustynge in him through his passion and death maye be broughte to the glorye of the last resurrection By the same our lorde Iesus Christ whiche lyueth and reygneth one God with the father and the holy gooste worlde wythout ende So be it ¶ The memory of the holy goost ¶ The antheme ¶ Come holy spirite of God inspire thou the hertes of them that beleue in the and kyndle in them the fyre of thy holy loue ¶ The versycle ¶ Sende forth thy spirite and they shal be made newe ¶ The answere ¶ For so renuest thou the soule of man ¶ The prayer O God which hast instructed the hertes of the faythfull by the inspiracion of the holy goost graunt that we in the same spirite maye fauoure the truth and euermore reioyce in his holy consolacion By Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ A memory of the moost holy Trinite ¶ The antheme ¶ Delyuer vs saue vs iustifye vs O blessed Trinite ¶ The versycle ¶ Blesse we the father and the sonne wyth the holy goost ¶ The answere ¶ Prayse we hym and exalte we hym euermore ¶ The prayer ALmyghty and euerlastynge God whyche hast grauÌ„ted to vs thy seruauÌ„tes through confession of true fayth for to acknowlege the glory of the eternal Trinite and to honoure the one God in thy almyghty maiesty we besech the that through our stedfastnesse in the same fayth we maye be alwayes defended from al aduersitie whiche lyuest and reygnest one God worlde wythout ende So be it ¶ A memory of our Lady ¶ The antheme ¶ O glorious mother of god o perpetual vyrgyn Mary whych dydest beare the lorde of al lordes alone of all other dydest gyue sucke vnto the kyng of angels we beseche the of thy pytie to haue vs in remembraunce and to make intercession for vs vnto Christe that we beynge supported by his helpe maye come vnto the kyngdome of heauen ¶ The versycle O holy mother of God perpetuall vyrgyn Mary ¶ The answere Praye for vs vnto the Lorde Iesus Christe ¶ The prayer GRaunt we beseche the O Lorde God that thy seruauntes maye
of thy blessynge ¶ The answere ¶ The grace of the holy spirite Pourge and illumyne our harte and wyt ¶ The .iii. lesson Deut. v. THese are the commaundementes ordynaunces and lawes whych the Lorde our God hath commaunded that ye shuld learne thē and do them in the lande whyther ye go to possesse it that thou mayest feare the Lorde thy God kepe all his ordynaunces and commaundementes which I commaunde the thou thy chyldren thy chyldrens chyldren all the dayes of your lyfe that you maye lyue longe Heare thou o Israell and take hede that thou do thereafter that it may go well with the and the thou mayest multyply greatly as the Lorde God of the fathers hath promysed the a lande that floweth with mylke and hony Heare O Israell the Lorde our God is one God onely and thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God wyth all thy harte with all thy soule with al thy myght And those wordes whych I commaunde the thys daye shalt thou take into thy harte And shalt reherse them vnto thy chyldren and shalte talke of them when thou syttest in thy house whan thou walkest by the waye whan thou lyest downe and whan thou rysest vp thou shalt bynde them for a sygne vpon thyne hande they shall be a token of remembraunce before thyne eyes and thou shalte wryte thē vpon the postes of thy house and vpon thy gates Thou Lorde haue mercy on vs. Prayse we God ¶ The responce ¶ Heare o thou Israel the preceptes of thy Lord God and in thy hart wryte thē as in a boke and I wyll gyue to the a lande flowynge mylke hony ¶ The verie ¶ Take hede therfore and heare my voyce and I wyl be an enemy to thyne enemyes ¶ The repeticion ¶ And I wyll gyue the a lande flowynge mylke and hony Glory be to the father and to c. And I wyl geue c. ¶ The songe of Augustyn and Ambrose The deum laudamus WE prayse the O God we knowlege the to be the Lorde All the earth do worshyp the which arte the father euerlastynge To the crye forthe all angels the heauens and al the powers therin To the thus cryeth Cherubyn and Seraphyn contynually Holy art thou Holy art thou Holy art thou Thou art the Lorde God of hoostes Heauen and earth are fulfylled wyth the glory of thy maiestye The glorious company of the Apostles prayse ye. The goodly fellowshyppe of the prophetes worshyppe the. The fellowshyppe of the martyrs prayse the. The holy congregacion of the faythfull throughout all the worlde magnifye the. They knowledge the to be the father of an infinite maiestye They knowlege thy honourable and onely sonne They knowlege the holy goost to be a comforter Thou arte the kynge of glory O Christ Thou arte the euerlastynge sonne of the father Thou whan thou shuldest take vpon the oure nature to delyuer man dyddest not abhorre the vyrgyns wombe Vvhan thou haddest ouercome the sharpnes of death thou opendest the kyndome of heauens to them that beleued in the. Thou syttest on the ryght hande of God in the glory of the father We beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge Wherfore we praye the helpe thy seruauntes whō thou hast redemed with thy precyous bloude Make thē to be nombred with thy sayntes in ioye euerlastynge O Lorde saue thy people blesse thyne heritage Gouerne also lyft thē vp into blysse euerlasting We prayse the euery daye and we worshyppe thy name euer worlde wythout ende O Lorde let it be thy pleasure to kepe vs thys daye wythout synne O Lorde haue mercye vpon vs haue mercye vppon vs. O Lorde let thy mercy lyghten vpon vs euen as we truste in the. O Lorde I trust in the let me neuer be confoūded ¶ Betwene Septuagesima Easter this psalme followynge is sayde in the stede of Te deum ¶ The .li. psalme Haue mercye vpon me c. Seke it in the seuen psalmes it is in the fourthe psalme ¶ Thys worde laudes is as much to saye as prayse And the seruyce followynge is called so because it contayneth onely the mere laudes and prayse of Christ and the vyrgyn his mother ¶ The versycle ¶ Holy mother of God make thy petycion ¶ The answere ¶ That we maye deserue Christes promyssion The laudes O God bende thyselfe in to my helpe Lorde hast the to helpe me Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is now and euer shal be So be it ¶ The Ciij Psalme Benedic anima mea PRayse the Lorde O my soule and al that is wythin me prayse his holy name Prayse the Lorde o my soule and forget not all hys benefytes Whiche forgeueth all thy synnes and healeth all thyne infyrmytes Which saueth thy lyfe from destruction crowneth the with mercy and longe kyndnesse Which satisfyeth thy desyre wyth good thynges makynge the yonge and lusty as an egle The Lorde executeth ryghteousnesse iudgemēt for all them that suffre wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses hys workes vnto the chyldren of Israell The Lorde is full of compassion and mercy long suffrynge and of great goodnesse He wyll not alwaye be chydynge nother wyll he kepe his angre for euer He hathe not delte wyth vs after our synnes nor rewarded vs accordynge to our wyckednesse For loke how hygh heauen is in comparyson of the earth so greate is his mercy also toward them that feare hym Loke howe wyde the east is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yee loke as a father pytyeth his owne chyldrē euē so the Lorde is mercyfull vnto thē that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust That a man in his tyme is but as grasse flouryssheth as a floure in the felde For as sone as the wynd goeth ouer it it is gone and the place therof knoweth it nomore But the mercyfull goodnesse of the Lorde endureth for euer euer vpon thē that feare hym and his ryghteousnesse vpon theyr chyldrens chyldrē Such as kepe his couenaunt and thynke vpō his commaundementes to do them The Lorde hath prepared his seate in heauē and hys kyngdome ruleth ouer all O prayse the Lorde ye angels of hys ye that be myghty in strength fulfyllynge hys commaundemētes that mē may heare the voyce of his wordes O prayse the Lorde all ye his hostes ye seruaūtes of his that do hys pleasure O speake good of the Lorde al ye workes of his in euery place of hys dominion O my soule prayse thou the Lorde Glory be to the father and to the sōne and to the holy goost As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it ¶ The songe of thre chyldren PRayse ye the Lorde al his workes paryse and extoll hym for euer Ye angelles of his prayse the Lorde ye heauens prayse the Lorde
reputacion and toke vpon hym the nature of a seruaunt became lyke another man was foūde in hys shape as a man he humbled hymselfe and became obediēt vnto the death euē the death of the Crosse so that Christ in thys estate was full of infyrmities was passible mortall in al thynges as Paule sayeth founde as man onely that in hym was no synne Wherfore when the disciples murmured that Mary Magdalene dyd poure the swete and precious oyntment vpō Christes heade he sayde Ye shall haue poore men wyth you alwayes to whome whan yelyst ye maye do good but me a poore man and a passible man as I am now to whome you may do suche corporall obsequye you shall not haue alwayes For Christe after hys resurreccion had no mortall body no passible body no bodye indued or infected wyth infirmities but he had then an immortall body an impassible body and a glorifyed body in the whyche body he beynge present wyth hys disciples and speakynge wyth thē counted hym as though he had not ben with thē For as Luke .xxiiii. reherseth he sayde these be the wordes whych I spake vnto you whyle I was yet wyth you For it must be all fulfylled that was wrytten of me in the lawe of Moyses in the Prophetes and in the Psalmes Note deligently how Christe sayeth whyle I was wyth you countynge hym selfe not then to be wyth them wyth whome he was present to whō he then spake bycause thē he had not a such lyke body whych then indued wyth infyrmityes as theyrs were but an immortall and inpassible body By thys texte euydentlye may be proued the ryght true vnderstandynge of the other texte whych they falsly do allege whych is that Christ is not nor wyl be wyth vs alwayes wyth a presence of a mortall body or of a despecte body But he is wyth vs by hys power and wyth a presence of an immortall body What shulde I stande in rehersall of many of theyr wrested aucthorities which a very yong reader may sone deprehend that they are not taken in theyr natyue sēce Yf the places of theyr auctorities be so exyle and feble much more is theyr carnall blynde reasōs which take none effecte in matters of fayth are very feble Wherfore I thynke it but wast labour to reherse any more of thē seynge they are but freuolous and maye sone be assoyled of any true christian Yet these to reherse I haue thought it expedient to the intent that the reader maye knowe and perceyue by wrastyng of these auctorities that al the other that they alleage for this purpose be of lyke condicion Wherfore yf ther be any auctoryte or reson brought or made agaynst you suspecte it and thynke as you maye very well that it is false though you for lacke of learnyng or knowledge can not deprehende the falshed therof or discusse the partes of it The truth of this is and hath ben euer sence Christes supper certaynly euident and voyde of al doute to the which with mekenesse do reade the scriptures deferrynge the power of theyr owne wyttes and wholy commyttyng them selues and theyr vnderstādyng to god and to the instrucciō of the grace of his holy spirite For in the vnderstandyng of the scriptures all fantasies quyddities and inuencions of mens braynes in the whiche some of late dayes to depely haue laboured repelled and forsaken in whose place are the substanciall truth simplicite goddes grace to be receyued amplexed christes wordes syncerly to interpretate They were to nyse in theyr prety lytle fayth which so properly denyenge the possibilyte of Goddes power enterprysed with a quydditye to chaunge Christes worde that where as Christ sayd by manyfest sentence This is my body They saye that he wolde haue sayde this signifyeth my body But Christ at that tyme was no babe he coulde well speake that that he meaned or thought specially to his Apostles to whome it was geuen to knowe the misteries of thē kyngdom of god Luc. viii And to whom he vsed no parables but expounded of his owne mouth Or els they were very nye of Christes councell when they can at the least they take vpon thē to knowe Christes thought hauyng no parte of his worde to declare the same to them yee they seme to make Christ such one that he wolde saye one thynge and thynke another and in conclusion his word to be clene contrary to his thought What shuld I stāde so long in the cōfutacion of theyr vayn reasōs in this lytle thyng which deare reader I set forth only for a moniciō of such heresies and for a confirmacion of the truth to the vnlearned that they by this maye learne to beware of theyr deuelyssh reasons and be confirmed in the true waye and be enstablyshed in the same And not for an absolute or exquisyte worke which asketh much more learnyng and wysdome in sentence then I haue here expressed Yet notwithstanding for the fauour of the vpright truth and settyng forth of the same all theyr heretical inuencions and tryflyng reasons omytted and set aparte I wyll in this matter set forth grosly playnly that I maye instruct the rude by Christes acte word and learnyng Fyrst as saynt Paule sayeth The shadowes and figures are gone and we haue the bodye we haue not therfore the fygure of Christes body and bloud but the selfe same thyng Exodi xvi We haue not Manna as the Iewes had in deserte We haue not the shewe bread of the Temple for that manufact temple and the golden table are passed We haue not the bread that Hely had prepared by the aungell which strengthed him forty dayes .iii. Reg. xix Neyther haue we the bread and wyne that Melchysidech the prest of the hyest offered vnto Abraham Gene. xiiii For these are passed and gone afore as shadowes and figures and in theyr stedes haue succeded the veryte for Christe hath fulfylled all the lawe prophetes that were of hym in hymselfe and his actes why then shuld we abyde any mo fygures of him except the estate and condiciō of our church be no perfecter then the Iewes sinagoge which had nothyng but fygures but that cā not be Wherfore I let passe this Iewes interpretacion of Christes wordes with all theyr fygures and wyl declare by these wordes the acte learning of Christ that in that most blessed Sacrament is not as in a fygure the very body and bloud of Christ For he beyng the wysdom of the father and very God equall with the father knowyng all thynges to come by his euerlastyng knowledge he perceyued the tyme to draw neare in the which he wolde suffre he sayd to his disciples Mat. xxvi Ye knowe that after two dayes shal be easter and the sonne of man shal be delyuered to be crucifyed And I haue hertely desyred to eate thys easter lambe with you before I suffre Thē he syttynge with his apostles toke the breade gaue thankes and brake it and gaue it to the
wyll he teache synners in the waye He leadeth the symple aryght and such as be meke them learneth he his wayes All the wayes of the Lorde are very mercye and faythfulnesse vnto such as kepe hys testamēt and couenaunte For thy name sake O Lorde be mercyfull vnto my synne for it is greate What so euer he be that feareth the Lord he shal shew hym the waye that he hath chosen His soule shall dwell at ease and his sede shall possesse the lande The Lorde is a sure grounde vnto thē that feare hym and he sheweth them his couenaunt Myne eyes are euer lokynge vnto the Lorde for he shall plucke my fete out of the net Tourne the vnto me and haue mercy vpō me for I am desolate and in mysery The sorowes of my herte are great O brynge me out of my troubles Loke vpon myne aduersitie and myserie and forgyue me all my synnes Consyder howe myne enemyes are many bere a malicious herte agaynst me O kepe my soule and delyuer me let me not be cōfounded for I haue put my trust in the. Let innocensye and ryghteous dealynge wayte vpon me for my hope is in the. Delyuer Israel O God out of all hys trouble Glory be to the father c. As it was in the be c. ¶ The .lxxxv. Psalme Inclina domine BOwe downe thyne eare O Lorde heare me for I am confortlesse and poore O kepe my soule for I am holy my God helpe thy seruaunt that putteth his trust in the. Be mercyfull vnto me O Lorde for I call dayly vpon the. Conforte the soule of thy seruaunt for vnto the O Lorde do I lyfte vp my soule For thou Lorde arte good and gracyous and of great mercy vnto all the that call vpon the. Gyue eare Lorde vnto my prayer pondre myne humble desyre In the tyme of my trouble I call vpon the for thou hearest me Amonge the goddes there is none lyke the o lorde there is not one that can do as thou doest All nacions whome thou hast made shall come and worshyppe before the O Lorde and shall gloryfye thy name For thou arte greate and thou doest wonderous thynges thou art God alone Lede me in thy waye O lorde that I may walke in the truth o let my hart delyte in fearyng thy name I thanke the o Lorde my god with all my harte and wyll prayse thy name for euer For great is thy mercy towarde me thou hast delyuered my soule out of the depe of hell O God the proude are rysen agaynst me and the congregacion of the myghty seketh after my soule and set not the before theyr eyes But thou O Lorde God arte full of compassion and mercye longe sufferynge greate in goodnesse and truthe O turne the thē vnto me and haue mercye vpon me gyue thy strength vnto thy seruaunte helpe the sonne of thy hande mayden Shewe some token vpon me in good that they which hate me maye se it and be ashamed because thou Lorde hast helped me and conforted me Glory be to the father and to c. As it was in the begynnynge c. ¶ The antheme ¶ O wonderfull exchaunge the creatour of man kynde takynge vppon hym a lyuynge body hath not disdayned to be borne of a vyrgyn And he beynge made man wythout sede of man hath commytted to vs hys godhede ¶ The versycle ¶ Holy mother of god and vyrgyn perpetuall ¶ The answere ¶ Praye thou for vs to our Lorde god celestiall ¶ The pater noster OVr father which arte in heauen hallowed be thy name Thy kyngdom come Thy wyll be fulfylled as well in earth as it is in heauen Gyue vs thys daye our dayly breade And forgyue ys oure trespasses as we forgyue them that trespasse agaynst vs. And let vs not be led into temptacion But delyuer vs from euell So be it ¶ The blessynge ¶ Lorde we beseche the of thy blessynge ¶ The answere ¶ Wyth a blessynge perpetuall Blesse thou vs father eternall ¶ The fyrst lesson WE knowe that what so euer the lawe sayeth it sayth it vnto them which are vnder the lawe that euery mouth maye be stopped and that all the worlde maye be detter vnto God because that by the dedes of the law no fleshe maye be iustifyed in hys syght for by the lawe cometh but the knowlege of synne But now wythout addyng to of the law is ryghteousnesse which auayleth before God declared hauynge wytnesse of the lawe and the prophetes But I speake of the ryghteousnesse before God whyche cometh by the fayth on Iesus Christ vnto all and vpon all that beleue For here is no dyfference for they are all synners and wante the prayse that god shulde haue of them But wythout deseruynge are they made ryghteous euen by hys grace thorow the redempcion that is done by Christ Iesu whome god hath set forthe for a mercye seate thorow faythe in hys bloude to shew the ryghteousnes whych auayleth before hym in that he forgyueth the synnes which were done before vnder the sufferaunce of God which he suffered that at thys tyme he myght shewe the ryghteousnesse whyche auayleth before hym that he onely myght be ryghteous and the ryghteous maker of hym whych is of the fayth on Iesus Christe Thou Lorde haue mercy on vs. Thanke we God ¶ The responce ¶ Yf we were reconcyled vnto god by the death of his sonne when we were yet enemyes much more shall we be saued by hym now that we are reconsyled By whom we haue now receyued the attonemēt ¶ The verse ¶ Not onely that but we reioyce also in God thorow our Lorde Iesus Christ ¶ The repeticion ¶ By whom we haue now receyued the attonemēt ¶ The blessynge ¶ Lorde we beseche the of thy blessynge ¶ The answere ¶ O God the onely begotten sonne helpe vs and blesse vs in euery tyme and season ¶ The seconde lesson WHen thou prayest thou shalt not be as the ypocrytes are For they loue to stand and praye in the synagoges and in the corners of the stretes to be sene of men Verely I saye vnto you they haue theyr rewarde But whē thou pray est entre into thy chambre and shutte thy dore to the and praye to thy father which is in secret and thy father whych seeth in secrete shal rewarde the openly And when ye praye bable not much as the Heathen do For they thynke that they shall be hearde for theyr much bablynges sake Be not ye lyke thē therfore For your father knoweth wherof ye haue nede before ye aske of hym Thou Lorde haue mercy on vs. Thanke we God ¶ The responce ¶ What so euer ye desyre in your prayer Beleue that ye shall receaue it and you shal haue it ¶ The versycle ¶ And whan ye stande praye forgyue yf ye haue ought agaynste ony man that your father also in heauen maye forgyue you your trespasses ¶ The repeticion ¶ Beleue that ye shall c. ¶ The blessynge ¶ Lorde we beseche thē