.j. soÌ„daye after Easter daye called lowe SoÌ„daye The .j. Pystel of IohnÌ„ the .v. cha E MOste dere beloued brethren all that is borne of god ouercommeth the worlde and this is the victorye that ouercommeth the worlde euen our fayth who is that ouercoÌ„meth the world but he which beleueth the Iesus is the sonne of god This Iesus Christ is he that came by water and blode not by water only but by water and blode it is the spirite that beareth wytnes because the spryte is trueth for there are .iij. which beare recorde in heueÌ„ the father / the worde the holy ghost these .iij. are one for there are .iij. whiche beare recorde in earth The spirite the water / and bloude and these .iij. are one / if we receyue the wytnesse of meÌ„ the witnesse of god is greter for this is the wytnesse of god which he testyfyed of his sonne He the beleueth on the sonne of God / hath wytnesse in hym selfe ¶ The Gospell on the .j. Sonday after Easter day called lowe sonday the .xx chapiter of IohnÌ„ E THe same daye at nyght whiche was the morowe after the Saboth daye when the dores were shut where the discyples were assembled togyther for feare of the Iewes came Iesus and stode in the myddes and sayde to them Peace be with you and when he had so sayde he shewed vnto them his haÌ„des and his syde Then were the discyples glad when they sawe the Lorde Then sayde Iesus to them agayne Peace be with you As my father sent me euen so sende I you when he had sayde that he brethed on them and sayd vnto them Receyue the holy ghost who soeuers synnes ye remytte they are remytted vnto them who soeuers synnes ye retayne they are retayned but Thomas one of the twelue called Didimus was not with theÌ„ when Iesus came the other disciplâ—s sayd vnto hym We haue sene the lorde and he sayd vnto them excepte I se in his handes the prynte of the nayles and put my fynger in the hooles of the nayles truste my hande into hys syde I wyll not beleue And after .viij. dayes agayne his disciples were within Thomas with theÌ„ Then came Iesus when the dores were shut stode in the myddes and saide Peace be with you after that sayde he to Thomas brynge thy fynger hyther and se my handes and brynge thy hande and thruste it into my syde and be not faythlesse but beleuyng Thomas answered and sayd vnto hym my lorde and my god Iesus sayd vnto him Thomas because thou haste sene me therfore thou beleuest Happy are they the hath not sene yet beleue And many other sygnes dyd Iesus in the presence of his discyples which are not wryteÌ„ in this boke These are wryten that ye myght beleue that Iesus is Christ the sonne of maÌ„ and that in beleuynge ye myght haue lyfe thorowe hys name ¶ The Pystle on the .ij. Sondaye after Easter day the .j. pystle of Peter the .ij. chapiter C. MOoste dere beloued brethren Chryste suffered for vs leuynge vs an ensample that ye shulde folowe his steppes which did no synne neyther was there gyle fouÌ„de in his mouth which when he was reuyled reuyled not agayne wheÌ„ he suffered he threatened not but commytted the cause to hym the iudgeth ryghtouslye which his owne selfe bare our synnes in his body on the tree that we shulde be delyuered from synne shulde lyue in right wisnes by whose strypes ye were healed for ye were as shepe goynge astraye but are nowe returned vnto the shepeherde and byshop of youre soules ¶ The Gospel on the .ij. Sonday after Easter daye The .x. chapiter of IohnÌ„ C. IEsus sayd to his disciples I am the good shepherde the good shepherde gyueth his lyfe for his shepe an hyred seruaunte which is not the shepherd neyther the shepe are his owne seyeth the wolfe comming and leueth the shepe and flyeth and the wolfe cascheth them scattereth the shepe The hyred seruaunt flyeth because he is an hyred seruauÌ„te careth not for the shepe I am the good shepherd and knowe myne and am knowen of myne As my father knoweth me euen so knowe I my father And I giue my lyfe for the shepe and other shepe I haue which are not of this folde them also must I bryng that they may heare my voyce that there maye be one floke one shepherde ¶ The Pystle on the .iij. Sonday after Easter day The .j. Pystle of Peter the .ij. chapiter C. MOst dere beloued brethren I beseche you as straungers pylgrymes abstayne frome flesshlye lustes whyche fyght agaynst the soule and se that ye haue honest conuersacioÌ„ amonge the Gentyles that they whiche backebyte you as euyll doers maye se your good workes and prayse God in the daye of visitacyon submyt your selues vnto all maner ordynaunce of man for the Lordes sake whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto the cheyfe heed eyther vnto the rulers as vnto theym that are sent of hym for the punysshemente of euyll doers but for the lande of theym that doo well for so is the wyll of GOD that ye put to sylence the ignorauncy of the folyshe men as free not as hauyng the libierte for a cloke of malycyousnes but euen as the seruauntes of god honour al men loue brotherly felysshyp feare god honour the Kynge seruauntes obey your masters with all feare not onely yf they be good curteous but also though they be froward for it coÌ„meth of grace in Christ Iesus our lord ¶ The Gospell on the .iij. Sondaye after Easter daye the .xvj. Chapiter of IohnÌ„ D. IEsus sayde to hys dyscyples after a whyle ye shall not seme agayne after a whyle ye shall se me for I go to the father then sayd some of hys discyples betwene theÌ„ selues what is this that he sayeth vnto vs. After a whyle ye shal not se me and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me and that I go to the father They sayd therfore what is thys that he sayd sayth after a whyle we can not tell what he sayeth Iesus perceyued that they wolde axe hym sayd vnto them This is it that ye enquyre of betwene your selues that I said after a whyle ye shal not seme agayn after a whyle ye shal se me Verelye verelye I saye vnto you ye shall wepe and lameÌ„te and the worlde shall reioyce ye shall sorow but your sorowe shall be turned to ioy A woman when she trauayleth hath sorowe bycause her houre is come but as sone as she is delyuered of the chylde remembreth no more the anguysshe for ioye the a man is borne into the worlde And ye nowe are in sorowe but I wyl se you agayne And your hertes shal reioyce and your ioye shall no man take from you ¶ The Pystle on the .iiij. Sondaye after Easter daye The .j. Chapyter of Iames. C MOst dere beloued brethren euery good gyfte euery perfyte gyfte is frome aboue
muche haye in the place And the men sat doune in nombre about fyue thousand Iesus toke the breade and gaue thankes And gaue to the disciples And his dyscyples to theym that were set downe And lykewyse of the fyshes as much as they wolde wheÌ„ they had eaten ynough he sayde vnto his disciples gather vp the broken meate that remayeth the nothyng be lost They gathered it togyther and fylled .xij. baskettes with the broken meate of the v. Barlye loues whiche broken meate remayned vnto theym that had eaten Then those men when they had sene the myracle that Iesus dyd sayde This is of a trueth the prophet whiche shall come into the worlde ¶ The Pystle on passion Sonday The .ix. chapiter to the Hebrues C. BRethren Christ beyng an hye preest of good thynges to come came by a greter and a more perfite tabernacle nat made with handes that is to saye not of this maner bilding nether by the bloude of Gotes / and Calues / but by his owne blode / he entred ones for al in to the holy place and founde eternal redempcion for if the bolde of Oxen of Gotes / and the ashes of an Heyfer when it was spryncled / purified the vnclene as touching the purefyieng of the flesshe / howe muche more shal the blode of Christ which thorowe the eternal spirite offred hym selfe without spot to god pourge our conscyences from deade workes for to serue the liuyng god / for this cause is he the mediatoure of the newe Testament that thorowe death which chauÌ„sed for the redempcyon of those transgressyons that were in the fyrst Testament they which were called myght receyue the promyse of eternal inheritaunce ¶ The Gospell on Passyon Sondaye The .viij. chapiter of Iohan. F. IEsus sayde vnto the company of the Iewes and the hye preestes whyche of you can rebuke me of synne / yf I saye the trueth / why do not ye beleue me / he that is of god / hearâ—th goddes wordes ye therfore heare them not / because ye are not of God Then answered the Iewes and sayde vnto hym saye we not well that thou arte a Samaritayne and hast the deuyll Iesus answered I haue not the deuyl but I honoure my father and ye haue dyshonoured me I seke not myne owne prayse but there is one that seketh and iudgeth Verely verely I say vnto you yf a maÌ„ kepe my sayenges he shal neuer se deth ThaÌ„ sayd the Iewes to hyÌ„ now knowe we that thou hast the deuyll AbrahaÌ„ is dead also the prophetes and yet the sayest yf a maÌ„ do kepe my sayenge he shall neuer taste death art thou greater then our father Abraham whiche is dead and the prophetes are deade whom makest thou thy selfe Iesus answered yf I honoure my selfe my honoure is nothyng worth it is my father that honoureth me which ye saye is your god / yet haue ye not knowen hym but I knowe him yf I shuld say I knowe him not I shuld be a lyer lyke vnto you but I knowe hym kepe hys sayeng your father AbrahaÌ„ was glad to se my day and he sawe it reioysed Then sayd the Iues vnto hyÌ„ Thou art not yet .l. yere old hast thou sene AbrahaÌ„ Iesus said vnto theÌ„ Verely verely I say vnto you yer Abraham was I am Then toke they vp stones to cast at hyÌ„ but Iesus hyd hyÌ„ selfe weÌ„t out of the teÌ„ple ¶ The Pystle on Palme SoÌ„day The .ij. Cha. to the Philyp A BRethren let the same mynde be in you the which was in Christ Iesu which seinge in the shape of god thought it not robbery to be equall with god Neuerthelesse he made hym selfe of no reputacyon toke on hym the shape of a seruaunt became lyke vnto men and was fouÌ„de in his apparell as a maÌ„ he huÌ„bled hym selfe became obedieÌ„t vnto death eueÌ„ the death of the crosse wherfore god hath exalted hym gyueÌ„ hym a name aboue al names that in the name of Iesus shuld euery knee bowe both of thynges in heuen thynges in erth thynges vnder earth and that all tonges shulde confesse that Iesus Christ is the lorde vnto the prayse of God the father ¶ The passyon on Palme sonday The .xxvj. chap. of Math. A IEsus sayde vnto his dyscyples ye know that after .ij. dayes shal be Easter the sonne of man shall be delyuered for to be crucifyed then assembled togyther the chefe prestes the scribes the elders of the people into the palays of the hye preest which was called Cayphas helde a couÌ„sell how they myght take Iesus by subtylte kyll hym but they sayd not on the holy daye lest any trouble aryse agaynst the people when Iesus was in Bethany in the house of SymoÌ„ the lepper there came vnto him a woman whiche had an alabaster boxe of precyous oyntmeÌ„â— powred it on his heade as he sat at the bourde when his discyples sawe that they had indygnacyon sayenge what neded this wast thys oyntment myght haue ben well solde gyuen to the poore when Iesus vnderstode that he sayde to them why trouble ye the womaÌ„ She hath wrought a good worke vpon me for ye shall haue poore folke alwayes with you / but me shall ye not haue alwayes And in that she casted this oyntmente on my body she dyd it to burye me withall Verely I saye vnto you where soeuer thys gospell shal be preached throughout all the worlde there shall also this that she hath done be tolde for a memoryall of her Then one of the twelue called Iudas yscarioth went vnto the chefe prestes sayd what wyll you gyue me and I wyll delyuer hym vnto you they appoynted vnto hym thyrty peces of syluer froÌ„ the tyme he soughte oportunite to betraye hym The fyrst day of swete bread the disciples came to Iesus saying vnto hym where wylte thou that we prepare for the to eate the Pascall lambe and he sayd go into the cytye vnto suche a man saye vnto hym the mayster sayth my tyme is at hande I wyll kepe myn Easter at thy house with my discyples and the disciples dyd as Iesus had apoynted them and made redye the Easter lambe when the euen was come he sat downe with the .xij. And as they dyd eate he sayd Verely I say vnto you that one of you shall betraye me and they were excedynge sorowful and began euery one of them to saye vnto him is it I master he answered and sayd He that depeth his hand with me in the dyshe shal betraye me the soÌ„ne of man goeth as it is wrytten of hym but wo be to that man by whom the sonne of man shal be betrayed it had bene good for that man yf he had neuer ben borne Then Iudas which betrayed hym answered and sayd Is it I master he sayd vnto him thou hast sayd as they dyde eate Iesus toke breade and gaue thankes brake it gaue it to the dyscyples
with the ghost / prophesyed sayeng Blessed be the Lord of Israel for he hath visited redemed his people ¶ The Pystle on S. Peter and Paules daye The .xij. Chapyter of the Actes of the Apostles A IN that tyme Herode the kynge layd handes on certayn of the coÌ„gregacyon to vexe theÌ„ / he kylled Iames the brother of Iohan with a swerde and because he sawe that it pleased the Iewes he proceded further / toke Peter also Then were the dayes of the swete bread / and when he had caught him / he put hym in Pryson / and delyuered hym to .iiij. quaternyons of souldyours to be kept / entendynge after Easter to brynge him forth to the people / Then was Peter kept in pryson / but prayer was made withoute ceasynge of the congregacyon vnto God for hym / when Herode wolde haue brought him out vnto the people / the same nyght slept Peter betwene two souldyoures / bounde with two chaynes / and the kepers before the dore kepte the Pryson beholde the angell of the lorde was there presente lyght shyned in the lodge smote Peter on the syde styred hym vp sayenge â–ª Aryse vp quyckely the chaynes fel of froÌ„ his haÌ„des the angell sayd vnto him / gyrde thy selfe bynde on thy sandalles so he dyd he sayde vnto him cast on thy mantell about the folowe me he came folowed hym wyste nat that it was trueth which was done by the angel but thought he had sene a vysyon when they were paste the fyrste the secoÌ„de watche they came vnto the Irongate that ledeth vnto the cytye which opened to them by his owne accorde And they weÌ„t out passed thorow one strete by by the Angel departed froÌ„ him And wheÌ„ Peter came to hym selfe he sayd now I knowe of a suertye that the lord hath sent his Angel hath delyuered me froÌ„ the haÌ„d of Herode froÌ„ al the waytiÌ„g for of the people of the Iues ¶ The gospel on s Peter Paules daye ye. xvj cha of Mat. C WHen Iesê° came into the costes of the ryte which is called Cesarea Philyppy he asked his discyples sayenge whoÌ„ do men say that I the son of man am They sayd some say that thou arte IohnÌ„ baptyst some Helias some Ieremias or one of the prophetes He sayd vnto them but whoÌ„ say ye that I am Simon Peter answered sayd Thou art Christ the sonne of the lyuynge god And Iesus answered sayd vnto hym Happy art thou Simon the son of Ionas for flessh bloud hath not opened vnto the that but my father which is in heueÌ„ And I say vnto the that thou art Peter vpoÌ„ this rocke I wyl buld my coÌ„gragacioÌ„ the gates of hel shal not preuayle agaynst it I wyl gyue vnto the the keyes of the kyngdome of heueÌ„ whatsoeuer thou byndest vpoÌ„ earth shal be bouÌ„d iÌ„ heueÌ„ whatsoeuer thou losed on erth / shal be losed in heueÌ„ ¶ The Pystle on the coÌ„memoracion of s Paul the .ij. chapiter to the Galathyans B I Cercyfye you brethren that the Gospel which was preched of me was not after the maner of men neyther receyued I it of man neyther was I taught it but receyued it by the reuelacioÌ„ of Iesus Christ ye haue herde of my coÌ„uersacion in tymes past in the Iewes wayes how that beyond mesure I persecuted the coÌ„gregacion of god spoyled it preuayled in the Iewes law aboue many of my coÌ„panioÌ„s which were of myne owne nacioÌ„ was as muche more feruent mayntener of the tradicions of the elders but wheÌ„ it pleased god which seperated me froÌ„ my mothers woÌ„be called me by his grace / for to declare his son by me that I shuld preache him amonge the hetheÌ„ / immediatly I coÌ„mened not of the matter with flesshe bloude / neyther returned to Ierusalem to theÌ„ which were Apostles before me / but went my wayes into Arabia came agayne vnto DamascoÌ„ Then after iij. yere I returned to Ierusalem to se Peter abode with him .xv. dayes none other of the Apostles sawe I saue Iames the lordes brother the thynges which I wryte beholde / god knoweth I lye not After that I went into the costes of Syria Cilicia was vnknowen as touchynge my person vnto the coÌ„gregacyons of Iewry which were in Christ but they herde onely that he which persecuted vs iÌ„ tyme past now precheth the fayth which before he destroyed / they gloryfyed god on my behalfe ¶ The gospell on the Commemoracion on saynt Paule The xix Chapyter of Mathewe D PEter sayd vnto Iesê° / behold we haue forsaken c. ye shall fynde this gospell on the conuersion of S. Paule Folio l. ¶ The Pistle on the vysitacion of our Lady Cantic ii I Am the floure of the felde Lylyes of the valeys / the Lylye amonge thornes so is my loue amonge the doughters As the Apple tree amonge the trees of the wode / so is my beloued amonge the sonnes in his shadow was my desyre to sytte for his fruyte was swete to my mouth He broughte me vnto his wyne seller / his behauer to me ward was louely / behold my beloued sayd to me vp haste my loue / my done my beutifull come for nowe is wynter gone / rayne departed past the floures appere in oure countre the tyme is come to cut the vynes The voyce of the Turtyl done is herd in our laÌ„d the fyggetre hath brought forth her fygges / the vyne blossomes gyue a sauour vp haste my loue my doue in the holes of the rocke secrete places of the walles shew me thy face and let me heare thy voyce for thy voyce is swete and thy fasshyon beautyfull ¶ The gospell on the visitacyon of our lady the .j. cha of Luke D MAry arose in those dayes and wente into the mountaynes with haste into a Cytye of Iewry entred into the house of zachary saluted Elyzabeth and it fortuned as Elyzabeth herde the salutacyon of Mary the babe spronge in her belly Elyzabeth was fylled with the holy ghoste and cryed with a loude voyce sayd Blessed art thou amoÌ„ge womeÌ„ blessed is the fruyt of thy woÌ„be whense happeneth this to me that the mother of my lorde shuld come to me Lo as sone as the voyce of this salutacioÌ„ souÌ„ded in myne eares the babe lept in my belly for ioye blessed art thou that beleuest for those thinges shal be perfourmed which were tolde the froÌ„ the Lorde And Mary sayde My soule magnyfyeth the Lord my spyryte reyioseth in God my sauyour ¶ The Pystle on relyke Sondaye Eccle. xliiij THese are the men of mercy whose ryghteousnes are not forgotten Goodnesse abyde with the sede of them / theyr kynsfolke are an holy inherytaunce theyr sede hath stande in witnesses and the sonnes of them abyde vnto the