is hee which was ordained of God to be the iudge of the quick and the deade To him geue all the prophetes witnes that through hys name whosoeuer beleueth in him shall receyue remission of syns ¶ The Gospell Luke xxiii BEhold two of the Disciples went that same day to a towne called Emaus which was from Ierusalem about .lx. furlongs and they talked together of all the thinges that had happened And it chaunced while they commoned together and reasoned Iesus hymselfe drew nere went with them But their eyes were holden that they should not know him And he sayd vnto them what maner of communications are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke and are sad And the one of them whose name was Cleophas aunswered and sayd vnto him art thou onely a straunger in Ierusalem and hast not knowen the things which haue chaunced ther in these daies He said vnto them what thinges And they sayd vnto hym of Iesus of Nazareth which was a Prophet mighty in deede and word before God and all the people and how the hie Priestes and our rulers deliuered him to be condemned to death haue crucified him But we trusted that it had bene he which should haue redemed Israel And as touching all these thinges to day is euen the third day that they were done Yea and certaine women of our company made vs astonied which came earely vnto the sepulchre found not his body and came saying that they had seene a vision of angels which said that he was aliue And certain of them which were with vs went to the sepulchre and found it euen so as the women had sayd but him they saw not And he sayd vnto them O fooles and flow of hart to beleue all that the Prophets haue spoken ought not Christ to haue suffered these things and to enter into his glory And he began at Moises and all the Prophets and interpreted vnto them in all scriptures which were written of hym And they drewe nye vnto the towne which they went vnto And he made as though he wold haue gon further And they constrained him saying abide with vs for it draweth towards night the day is far passed And he went in to tary with them And it came to passe as he sat at meat with them he tooke bread blessed it and brake gaue to them And their eies were opened they knew him he vanished out of their sight and they said betwene themselues did not our harts burne within vs while he talked with vs by the way and opened to vs the scriptures And they rose vp the same houre and returned to Ierusalem and found the eleuē gathered together them that were with them saying the Lord is risen in deede hath appeared vnto Simon And they told what things were done in the way and how they knew him in breaking of bread ¶ The Tuesday in Easter weeke The Epistle Actes xiii YE men and brethren children of the generation of Abraham and whosoeuer among you feareth God to you is this woord of saluation sent For the inhabiters of Ierusalem and their rulers because they knew him not nor yet the voices of the Prophets which are read euery Sabboth day they haue fulfilled them in condemning him And whē they found no cause of death in him yet desired they Pilate to kill him And when they had fulfilled all that was written of hym they tooke hym downe from the tree and put hym in a Sepulchre But God raysed him agayne from death the third day and he was sene many daies of them which went with him frō Galile to Ierusalem which ar witnesses vnto the people And we declare vnto you how that the promis which was made vnto the fathers god hath fulfilled vnto their children euen vnto vs in that he raised vp Iesus again Euen as it is written in the second Psalme thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee As concerning that he raised him vp from death now no more to returne to corruption he sayd on this wise The holy promises made to Dauid wyll I geue faithfully vnto you Wherefore he sayth also in an other place Thou shalt not suffer thine holy one to see corruptiō For Dauid after that he had in his time fulfylled the wyll of God fell on sleepe and was layd vnto his fathers and saw corruption But he whom God raised againe saw no corruption Be it knowen vnto you therfore ye men and brethren that through this man is preached vnto you forgeuenes of sinnes that by him all that beleue are iustified from al things from which ye could not be iustified by the law of Moises Beware therfore least that fall on you which is spoken of in the Prophets behold ye despisers wonder and perish ye for I do a worke in your daies which ye shal not beleue though a man declare it vnto you ¶ The Gospell Luke xxiiii IEsus stood in the middest of his Disciples and sayd vnto thē peace be vnto you It is I feare not But they were abashed and afraide and supposed that they had sene a spirit And he said vnto them why are ye troubled and why do thoughts arise in your harts Behold my handes and my feete that it is euen I my selfe Handle me and see for a spirit hath no flesh and bones as ye see me haue And when he had thus spokē he shewed them his hands his feete And while they yet beleued not for ioy and wondered he sayd vnto them Haue ye here any meate And they offered him a peece of broyled fysh and of a hoony combe And he tooke it and did eate before them And he said vnto thē these are the words which I spake vnto you whyle I was yet with you That all must needes be fulfylled which were wrytten of me in the law of Moyses and in the Prophets and in the Psalmes Then opened he their wits that they might vnderstand the scriptures said vnto them Thus it is wrytten thus it behoued Christ to suffer and to rise againe from death the third day and that repentaunce remission of syns should be preached in his name among all nacions and must begin at Ierusalem And ye ar witnes of these things ¶ The first Sunday after Easter The Epistle i. Iohn v. ALl that is born of God ouercōmeth the world And this is the victory that ouercōmmeth the world euen our fayth Who is he that ouercōmeth the world but he that beleueth that Iesus is the son of God This Iesus Christ is he that came by water and bloud not by water onely but by water and bloud And it is the spirit that beareth witnes because the spirit is truth For there are three which beare record in heauen the father the word and the holy Ghost these three are one And ther are three which beare record in earth the spirit water and bloud and these three are one
prophet For this is hee of whom it is written Behold I sende my Messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee ¶ The fourth Sunday in Aduent The Epistle Phillip iiii REioyce in the Lord alway and againe I say reioyce Let your softnes be knowen to all men the Lord is euen at hand Be careful for nothing but in all prayer and supplication let your peticions be manyfest vnto God wyth geuing of thankes And the peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding keepe your harts and mynds through Christ Iesu ¶ The Gospell Iohn i. THis is the recorde of Iohn when the Iewes sent Priestes and Leuites from Ierusalem to aske him what art thou And he confessed and denyed not and said plainely I am not Christ And they asked him what then art thou Helias And he sayd I am not Art thou that Prophet And he answered no. Then said they vnto him what art thou that we may geue an answer bnto thē that sent vs What saiest thou of thy selfe He said I am the voice of a Cryar in the wildernes make straight the way of the Lord as said the Prophet Esay And they which were sent were of the Phariseis and they asked him and sayde vnto him Why baptisest thou then if thou be not Christ nor Helias neither that Prophet Iohn answered thē saying I baptise with water but ther standeth one among you whom ye know not he it is which though he came after me was before me whose shooe latchet I am not worthye to vnloose These thinges were done in Bethabara beyond Iordan wher Iohn did baptise ¶ Christmas day The Epistle Hebrues i. GOd in times past diuersly many waies spake vnto the Fathers by Prophetes but in these last daies he hath spoken vnto vs by his own sonne whom he hath made Heire of al things by whom also he made the worlde Which Sonne being the bryghtnes of his glory and the very image of his substaunce ruling al things with the word of his power hath by his own person purged our sins sitteth on the right hand of the maiestie on hie being so much more excellent then the Angels as he hath by inheritaunce obteined a more excellent name thē they For vnto which of the Angels sayd he at any time Thou art my Sonne this day haue I begotten thee And againe I wyl be his Father and hee shall be my Sonne And agayne when hee bryngeth in the first begotten Sonne into the worlde he sayth and let all the Angels of God woorship hym And vnto the Angels hee sayth hee maketh hys Angels spirites and hys Ministers a flame of fire But vnto the Sonne he sayth thy seate O God shall be for euer and euer The scepter of thy kingdome is a right scepter Thou hast loued righteousnes and hated iniquitie wherfore God euen thy God hath annoynted thee with oyle of gladnesse aboue thy felowes And thou Lord in the beginning hast layde the foundation of the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy handes They shall perish but thou endurest but they all shall waxe olde as doth a garment and as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them and they shall bee chaunged But thou art euen the same and thy yeares shall not fayle ¶ The Gospell Iohn i. IN the beginning was the word and the word was with God God was the word The same was in the beginning with god Althings were made by it without it was made nothing that was made In it was life the life was the light of men and the light shineth in the darknes the darknes comprehended it not There was sent from God a man whose name was Iohn The same came as a witnes to beare wytnes of the lyght that all men through him might beleue He was not that light but was sent to beare witnes of the light That lyght was the true light which lyghtneth euery man that commeth into the world He was in the worlde and the world was made by hym and the worlde knewe hym not He came amonge hys owne and his own receiued him not But as many as receiued him to them gaue he power to bee made the sonnes of God euen them that beleued on hys name whych were borne not of bloude nor of the wyll of the flesh nor yet of the wyll of man but of god And the same word became flesh and dwelt among vs we saw the glory of it as the glory of the onely begotten Sonne of the Father ful of grace and truth ¶ Saint Stephens day The Epistle Actes vii ANd Steuen being full of the holy Ghost looked vp stedfastelye with his eyes into heauen and sawe the glorye of God Iesus standing on the right hande of God and sayde beholde I see the heauens open and the sonne of man standing on the right hande of god Then they gaue a shoute with a loude voice and stopped theyr eares and ran vpon him al at once and cast him out of the City and stoned him And the wytnesses layd downe their clothes at a yong mans frete whose name was Saule And they stoned Steuen callyng on and saying Lord Iesu receyue my spirite And he kneeled down cryed with a loude voyce Lord laye not this synne to their charge And when he had thus spoken he fell a sleepe ¶ The Gospell Math. xxiii BEholde I send vnto you Prophets and wise men and Scribes and some of them ye shal kil and crucify and some of them shall ye scourge in your Sinagogs and persecute them from city to city that vpon you may come all the righteous bloude which hath bene shed vpon the earth from the bloude of righteous Abell vnto the bloud of Zacharias the Sonne of Barachias whom ye slew betwene the temple and the aulter Verelye I saye vnto you all these things shall come vpon this generation O Ierusalem Ierusalem thou that killest the Prophets and stonest them which are sent vnto thee how often would I haue gathered thy children together euen as the Hen gathereth her Chicknes vnder her wings and ye would not Behold your house is left vnto you desolate For I saye vnto you ye shall not see me hence forth tyll ye say blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lord. ¶ Saint Iohn Euangelistes day The Epistle i. Iohn i. THat whych was from the beginning whych we haue hearde which we haue seene with our eyes which wee haue looked vpon and our hands haue handeled of the worde of lyfe And the life appeared and we haue sene and beare wytnes and shewe vnto you that eternall life which was with the Father and appeared vnto vs That which wee haue seene and heard declare we vnto you that ye also may haue felowshyp with vs and that our felowship may be with the Father and hys Sonne Iesus Christ And this we write vnto you that ye may reioyce and that your ioye may be full And this is the tidinges
geuen thankes he gaue it to them and they all drauke of it And he said vnto them this is my bloud of the new testament which is shed for many Verely I say vnto you I wyll drinke no more of the fruite of the vine vntill that day that I drinke it newe in the kingdome of god And when they had said grace they went out to the mount Oliuete And Iesus said vnto them all ye shal be offended because of me this night For it is written I will smite the shephard and the sheepe shal be scattered but after that I am risen againe I wil go into Galile before you Peter sayde vnto him and though all men be offended yet wyll not I. And Iesus sayd vnto him verely I say vnto thee that thys day euen in this night before the Cocke crowe twise thou shalt deny me three times But hee spake more vehemently no if I should dye with thee I will not deny thee Likewise also said they all And they came into a place which is named Gethsemane and he sayd to his Disciples sit ye here while I go asyde and praye And he taketh wyth hym Peter Iames and Iohn and began to waxe abashed and to be in an agony and sayd vnto them my soule is heauy euen vnto the death tary ye here and watch And he went foorth a litle and fell downe flat on the ground and praied that if it wer possible the hour myght passe from him And he said Abba father al things are possible vnto thee take away this cup from me neuertheles not as I wyll but that thou wilt be done And he came and found them sleeping and sayd to Peter Simon sleepest thou Couldest not thou watch one houre Watch ye and pray least ye enter into temptacion the spirite truly is ready but the flesh is weake And againe he went aside and praied spake the same words And he returned and found them a slepe again for their eies wer heauy neither wist they what to answer him And he came the third time and he said vnto them sleepe hence forth and take your ease it is inough The houre is come behold the sonne of man is betrayed into the handes of sinners Rise vp let vs go Lo he that betrayeth me is at hand And immediately while he yet spake cōmeth Iudas which was one of the twelue and with him a great nūber of people with swordes and staues frō the hie priestes and Scribes Elders And he that betraied hym had geuen them a generall token saying whosoeuer I do kisse the same is he take lead him away warely And assoone as he was come he goeth straight way to him and saith vnto him Maister maister and kissed him and they laid their hands on him and tooke him and one of them that stood by drew out a sword smot a seruaunt of the hie prieste cut of his eare And Iesus answered said vnto them ye be come out as vnto a theefe with swordes and staues for to take me I was dayly with you in the temple teaching ye tooke me not but these things come to passe that the scripture should be fulfilled And they al forsooke him and ran away And ther folowed him a certain yong man clothed in linnen vpon the bare and the yong men caught him and he left his linnen garment and fled from them naked And they led Iesus away to the hye priest of all and with hym came all the hye Priestes and the Elders the scribes And Peter folowed him a great way of euen till he was come into the palace of the hye priest and he sat with the seruauntes and warmed him selfe at the fire And the hie Priestes all the counsell sought for witnes agaynst Iesus to put him to death and found none for many beare false wines against hym but their witnesses agreed not together And there arose certaine and brought false witnes against him saying we heard him say I wyll destroy this temple that is made with hands within three daies I wil build an other made without hands But yet their witnesses agreed not together And the hie priest stood vp among them and asked Iesus saying aunswerest thou nothing how is it that these bear witnes against thee But he held his peace answered nothing Againe the hie priest asked him and said vnto him art thou Christ the sonne of the blessed And Iesus said I am And ye shall see the sonne of man sytting on the right hand of power and comming in the cloudes of heauen Then the hie priest rent his clothes and sayd what neede we any further of witnesses ye haue heard blasphemy what thinke ye And they all condemned hym to be worthy of death And some began to spit at him and to couer his face and to beat him with fistes and to say vnto hym arede and the seruants buffeted him on the face And as Peter was beneath in the palace there came one of the wenches of the hie priest and when shee saw Peter warming hymselfe she looked on hym and said wast not thou also with Iesus of Nazareth he denied saying I know him not neither wote I what thou saiest And he went out into the porch the cock crew and a damosell when she saw him began againe to say to them that stood by this is one of them And he denied it againe anon after they that stood by said againe vnto Peter surely thou art one of them for thou art of Galile and thy speech agreeth therto But he began to cursse and to sweare saying I know not this man of whom ye speake And again the cock crew and Peter remembred the word that Iesus had sayd vnto hym before the cocke crow twise thou shalt deny me three times And he began to weepe ¶ The Tuesday before Easter The Epistle Esay i. THe lord God hath opened mine eare therfore can I not say nay neyther with draw my self but offer my back vnto the smiters and my cheekes to the nippers I turne not my face fro shame spitting and the lord God shall helpe me Therefore shall I not be confounded I haue hardened my face lyke a flynte stone for I am sure that I shall not come to confusion He is at hand that iustifieth me who wyll then go to law with me Let vs stād one against another if ther be any that wil reason with me let him come here forth to me Behold the Lord God standeth by me what is he then that can condemne me Lo they shal be lyke as an olde cloth the moth shal eate them vp Therfore who soeuer feareth the Lord among you let him heare the voice of his seruant Whoso walketh in darknes no light shineth vpon him let him put his trust in that name of the Lord hold him vp by his God but take hede ye al kindle a fire of the wrath of God stir vp the coales
chosen of god The souldiours also mocked him and came and offered him viniger and said if thou be the king of the Iewes saue thy selfe And a superscription was written ouer him with letters of Greeke and Latin and Hebrue Thys is the king of the Iewes And one of the euyll doers which were hanged rayled on him saying If thou be Christ saue thy selfe vs But the other aunswered rebuked him saying fearest thou not God seeing thou art in the same damnatiō we are righteously punished for we receiue according to our dedes but this mā hath done nothing amisse And he sayd vnto Iesus Lord remember me when thou commest into thy kingdom And Iesus sayd vnto hym verely I say vnto thee to day shalt thou be with me in paradise And it was about the syxt hour ther was a darknes ouer all the earth vntill the ninth houre the sun was darkned and the vaile of the temple did rent euē through the midst And whē Iesus had cried with a loud voice he said Father into thy hands I cōmend my spirit And when he thus had said he gaue vp the gost When the Centurion saw what had happened he glorifed God saying verely this was a righteous man And all the people that came together to that syght and saw the things which had hapned smot their brestes and returned And al his acquaintance and the women that folowed him frō Galile stood a far of beholding these things And behold ther was a man named Ioseph a Counsailer he was a good man and a iust the same had not consented to the counsell deede of them which was of Aramathia a City of the Iewes which also wayted for the kingdome of God he went vnto Pilat and begged the body of Iesus and tooke it down wrapped it in a lynnen cloth and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewē in stone wherein neuer man before had bene laid And that day was the preparing of the Sabboth and the Saboth drew on The women that followed after which had come with him from Galile beheld the sepulchre how hys body was layd And they returned and prepared swete odours and oyntments but rested on the Sabboth day according to the commaundementes ¶ Good Friday The Epistle Hebru x. THe law which hath but a shadow of good things to come and not the very fashyon of things them selues can neuer with those Sacrifyces which they offer yeare by yeare continually make the commers therunto perfite For would not then those Sacrifices haue ceased to haue bene offered because that the offerers once purged should haue had no more conscience of synnes Neuertheles in those Sacrifices is ther mencion made of synnes euery yeare For the bloud of Oxen and Goates cannot take away synnes Wherfore when he commeth into the world he sayth Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not haue but a body hast thou ordained me Burnt offeringes also for sinne hast thou not allowed Then sayd I lo I am here In the beginning of the booke it is written of me that I should do thy wyll O god Aboue when he saith Sacrifice and offering and burnt sacrifices and sinne offeringes thou wouldest not haue neither hast thou alowed them which yet are offered by the law then sayd he Loe I am here to do thy wyll O God He taketh away the fyrst to establish the latter by the which wyll we are made holye euen by the offering of the body of Iesu Christ once for all And euery Priest is ready daylye ministring and offering often tymes one manner of oblation which can neuer take away syns But thys man after he had offered one sacrifice for syns is set down for euer on the right hand of God and from henceforth tarieth tyll his foes be made hys footestole For with one offering hath he made perfect for euer them that are sanctified The holy Ghost him selfe also beareth vs record euen when he told before Thys is the Testament that I wyll make vnto them After those daies sayth the Lord I wil put my lawes in their hartes and in their minds wyl I write them and theyr synnes and iniquities wyll I remember nomore And where remission of these things is there is no more offering for syns Seing therefore brethren that by the meanes of the bloud of Iesu we haue liberty to enter into the holy place by the new and liuing way which he hath prepared for vs through the vaile that is to say by his flesh And seing also that we haue an hie priest which is ruler ouer the house of God let vs draw nye with a true hart in a sure fayth sprinckled in our harts from an euil conscience and washed in our bodies with pure water let vs keepe the profession of our hope without wauering for he is faithfull that promised let vs consider one another to the entent that we may prouoke vnto loue to good works not forsaking the felowship that we haue among our selues as the maner of some is but let vs exhort one another that so much the more because ye see that the day draweth nie ¶ The Gospell Iohn xviii WHen Iesus had spoken these words he went forth with his disciples ouer the broke Cedron wher was a garden into the which he then entred with his disciples Iudas which also betraied him knew the place for Iesus oft times resorted thether with his Disciples Iudas then after he had receiued a band of men ministers of the hye priests Pharisies came thether with lanterns and fyrebrands and weapons And Iesus knowing all things that should come on him went foorth and sayd vnto them whom seeke ye They aunswered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus said vnto them I am he Iudas also which betrayed him stood with them Assone thē as he had said vnto them I am he they went backward fell to the ground Then asked he them againe Whom seeke ye They sayd Iesus of Nazareth Iesus aunswered I haue told you that I am he If ye seeke me therfore let these go their way that the saying myght be fulfylled which he spake Of them which thou gauest me haue I not lost one Then Simon Peter hauing a sword drew it smote the hie Priests seruaunt and cut of his right eare The seruantes name was Malchus Therfore sayd Iesus vnto Peter put vp thy sword into thy sheath shall I not drinke of the cup which my father hath geuen me Then the company the captayn and the ministers of the Iewes tooke Iesus bound him and led him away to Annas first for he was father in law to Caiphas which was the hie priest the same yere Caiphas was he that gaue counsel to the Iewes that it was expedient that one man should die for the people And Simon Peter folowed Iesus so dyd another Disciple that disciple was knowen to the hie priest went in with Iesus into the palace of the hye Priest But
If we receiue the witnes of men the witnes of God is greater For this is the witnes of God that is greater which he testified of his sonne He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the witnes in himselfe He that beleueth not God hath made him a lier because he beleueth not the record that God gaue his sonne And this is the record how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternal life this life is in his sonne He that hath the sonne hath life and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not life ¶ The Gospell Iohn xx THe same day at night which was the fyrst day of the Sabboths when the doers were shut where the Disciples were assembled together for feare of the Iewes came Iesus and stood in the middest sayd vnto them Peace be vnto you And when he had so sayd he shewed vnto them hys hands and hys side Then wer the disciples glad when they saw the Lord Then said Iesus vnto them againe Peace be vnto you As my Father sent me euen so send I you also And when he had sayd these wordes he breathed on them and sayd vnto them receiue ye the holy ghost Whosoeuers syns ye remit they are remitted vnto them And whosoeuers syns ye retaine they are retayned ¶ The second Sunday after Easter The Epistle i. Peter ii THis is thanke worthy if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe and suffer wrong vndeserued For what praise is it if whē ye be buffeted for your faultes ye take it paciently But if when ye do well ye suffer wronge and take it paciently then is there thanke with god For hereunto verely were ye called For Christ also suffered for vs leauing vs an ensample that we shuld folow his steps which did no sin neither was ther guile found in his mouth which whē he was reuiled reuiled not again when he suffred he threatned not but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously which his own selfe bare our sins in his body on the tree that we being deliuered from syn should liue vnto righteousnes By whose strips ye were healed For ye were as shepe going astray but are now turned vnto the shepehard and Bishop of your soules ¶ The Gospell Iohn x. CHrist sayd vnto his Disciples I am the good shephard a good shephard geueth hys lyfe for the sheepe An hyred seruaunt and hee which is not the shepheard neither the shepe are his own seeth the Woolfe comming and leaueth the shepe and fleeth and the Woolfe catcheth and scattereth the sheepe The hyred seruaunt fleeth because he is an hyred seruaunt and careth not for the sheepe I am the good shepheard and know my sheepe and am knowen of mine as my father knoweth me euen so know I also my father And I geue my life for the sheepe and other sheepe I haue which are not of this folde Them also must I bring and they shall heare my voyce and there shall be one folde and one shepheard ¶ The third Sunday after Easter The Epistle .i. Peter ii DErely beloued I besech you as straungers and pilgrimes abstaine from fleshly lusts which fight against the soule and see that ye haue honest conuersation among the Gentyls that wher as they backbite you as euil doers they may see your good workes and prayse God in the day of visitacion Submit your selues therfore to euery man for the Lords sake whether it be vnto the king as vnto the chiefe head either vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punishment of euyl doers but for the laud of them that do wel for so is the wl of God that with wel doing ye may stop the mouthes of folish ignorant men as free not as hauing the liberty for a clock of maliciousnes but euen as the seruants of god Honour all men loue brotherly felowship feare God honour the king ¶ The Gospell Iohn xvi IEsus sayd to his disciples After a while ye shal not see me and again after a while ye shal see me for I go to the Father Then said some of his disciples betwene themselues what is this that he saith vnto vs after a while ye shall not see me againe after a while ye shal see me that I go to the father They said therfore what is this that he saith after a wyle We cannot tell what he saith Iesus perceyued that they would aske him and sayd vnto them ye enquire of this betwene your selues because I said after a while ye shal not see me and again after a while ye shall see me Verely verely I say vnto you ye shall weepe and lament but contrarywise the world shal reioyce Ye shal sorow but your sorow shal be turned into ioy A woman when she trauaileth hath sorow because her houre is come but assoone as she is delyuered of the Child shee remēbreth no more the anguish for ioy that a man is borne into the world And ye now therfore haue sorow but I will see you againe and your hearts shal reioyce and your ioy shall no man take from you ¶ The fourth Sunday after Easter The Epistle Iames. i. EVery good gift euery perfect gift is from aboue and commeth down from the father of lights with whō is no variablenes neither shadow of chaunge Of his own wil begat he vs with the word of truth that we should be the first fruites of his creatures Wherfore deare brethren let euery man be swift to heare slow to speeke slow to wrath For the wrath of man worketh not that which is righteous before god Wherfore lay apart al filthines and superfluity of maliciousnes and receiue with mekenes the word that is graffed in you which is able to saue your soules ¶ The Gospell Iohn xvi IEsus said vnto his disciples now I go my way to him that sent me none of you asketh me whether I go But because I haue said such things vnto you your harts are ful of sorow Neuertheles I tel you the truth it is expedient for you that I go away For if I go not away the cōforter will not come vnto you But if I depart I wil send him vnto you And when he is come he will rebuke the world of synne and of righteousnes and of iudgement Of syn because they beleue not on me Of righteousnes because I go to my father and ye shal see me no more Of iudgement because the prince of this world is iudged already I haue yet many things to say vnto you but ye cannot beare them away now how be it when he is come which is the spirit of truth he wyll leade you into all truth He shall not speake of him selfe but whatsoeuer he shall heare that shall he speake and he wyll shew you things to come He shal glorify me for he shal receyue of mine and shal shew vnto you Althinges that the Father hath are mine therefore sayd I vnto you that he
shall take of mine and shew vnto you ¶ The fyft Sunday after Easter The Epistle Iames. i. SEe that ye be doers of the worde and not hearers onely deceiuing your own selues For if any man heare the word and declareth not the same by hys workes he is like vnto a man beholding his bodely face in a glas For assoone as he hath looked on himself he goeth his way and forgetteth immediatly what his fashion was But whoso looketh in the perfect law of liberty and continueth therein if he be not a forgetfull hearer but a doer of the worke the same shal be happy in his deede If any man among you seeme to be deuout and refrayneth not his tounge but deceyueth his owne hart this mans deuotion is in vayne Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God the father is this to visyt the fatherles widdowes in their aduersity and to keepe him selfe vnspotted of the world ¶ The Gospell Iohn xvi VErely verely I say vnto you whatsoeuer ye aske the father in my name he wil geue it you Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my name Aske and ye shall receiue that your ioy may be ful These things haue I spokē vnto you by prouerbes The time wil come when I shall no more speake vnto you by prouerbes but I shall shew you plainly frō my father At that day shal ye aske in my name And I say vnto you that I will speake vnto my father for you For the father himselfe loueth you because ye haue loued me haue beleued that I cam out frō god I went out frō the father cam into the world Again I leaue the world go to the father His Disciples said vnto him Lo now thou talkest plainly and speakest no prouerbe Now are we sure that thou knowest althings and nedest not that any man should aske thee any question therfore beleue we that thou cammest from god Iesus answered thē now ye do beleue Behold the houre draweth nie and is already come that ye shal be scattered euery man to his owne and shall leaue me alone And yet I am not alone for the Father is with me These wordes haue I spoken vnto you that in me ye might haue peace for in the world shal ye haue tribulacion but be of good chere I haue ouercome the world ¶ Ascention day The Epistle Actes i. IN the former treatise deare Theophilus we haue spoken of al that Iesus began to do teach vntil the day in which he was takē vp after that he through the holy ghost had geuen commaundements vnto the Apostles whom he had chosen to whom also he shewed himselfe aliue after his passion and that by many tokens appearing vnto them forty daies speaking of the kingdom of God and gathered them together and commaunded them that they should not depart from Ierusalem but to waite for the promise of the father wherof saith he ye haue heard of me For Iohn truly baptised with water but ye shal be baptised with the holy ghost after these few daies When they therfore wer come together they asked of him saying Lord wilt thou at this time restore againe the kingdome of Israel And he said vnto them it is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power But ye shall receaue power after the holy ghost is come vpō you And ye shall be witnes vnto me not onely in Ierusalem but also in all Iewry in all Samaria and euen vnto the worlds end And when he had spoken these thinges while they beheld he was taken vp on hye and a cloud receiued him vp out of theyr sighte And while they looked stedfastly vp toward heauen as he went behold two men stood by thē in white aparel which also said ye men of Galile why stand ye gasing vp into heauen This same Iesus which is takē vp from you into heauen shal come euē as ye haue sene him go into heauen ¶ The Gospell Mark. xv IEsus appeared vnto the eleuen as they sat at meate and cast in their teeth their vnbeliefe and hardnes of hart because they beleued not them which had seene that he was risen again from the dead and he said vnto them Go ye into al the world preach the Gospel to all creatures he that beleueth is baptised shal be saued but he that beleueth not shal be damned And these tokens shal folow them that beleue In my name they shal cast out deuils they shal speake with new tonges they shal driue away serpents if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt thē They shal lay theyr hand of the sick they shal recouer So then when the Lord had spoken vnto them he was receiued into heauen and is on the right hand of god And they went forth and preached euery where the Lord working with them and confirming the woord with miracles folowing ¶ The Sunday after the Ascencion day The Epistle i. Peter iiii THe end of all things is at hand be ye therfore sober and watch vnto praier But aboue all things haue feruent loue among your selues for loue shal couer the multitude of synnes Be ye herberous one to another without grudging As euery mā hath receued the gift euen so minister the same one to another as good ministers of the manifold graces of god If any man speake let him talke as the words of god If any mā minister let him do it as of the hability which god ministreth to him that God in al things may be glorified through Iesu Christ to whom be praise dominion for euer euer ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv WHen the Comforter is come whom I wil send vnto you from the father euen the spirit of truth which procedeth of the father he shal testify of me And ye shal beare witnes also because ye haue bene with me from the beginning These things haue I said vnto you because ye should not be offended They shal excommunicate you Yea the time shal come that whosoeuer killeth you wil thinke that he doth God seruice And such things wyl they do vnto you because they haue not knowen the father neither yet me But these thinges I haue told you that when the time is come ye may remember then that I told you ¶ VVhitsonday The Epistle Actes ii WHen the fifty dayes were at an ende they were all with one accord together in one place sodaynly ther came a sound frō heauen as it had bene the comming of a mighty winde it filled all the house where they sat And there appeared vnto them clouen toūgs like as they had bene of fire and it sat vpon ech one of them they were all filled with the holy Ghost began to speake with other tounges euen as the same spirit gaue them vtteraunce Then were dwelling at Ierusalem Iewes deuout men out of euery nation of them that are vnder heauen When this was noysed
about the multitude came together were astonyed because that euery man heard them speake wyth hys own language They wondred all marueled saying among thēselues behold are not al these which speake of Galile And how heare we euery man his own toūg wherin we wer born Parthians Medes and Elamites and the inhahiters of Mesopotamia of Iewry and of Capadocia of Pontus Asia Phrigia and Pamphilia of Egipt of the parties of Libia which is beside Siren straungers of Rome Iewes Proselites Greekes and Arabians we haue heard them speake in our own toungs the great workes of God. ¶ The Gospell Iohn xiiii IEsus said vnto his disciples If ye loue me kepe my cōmaundements I wil pray the father he shall geue you another comforter that he may abide with you for euer euen the spirit of truth whō the world cannot receiue because the world seeth him not neither knoweth him But ye know him for he dwelleth with you and shal be in you I will not leaue you comfortles but wil come to you Yet a litle while and the worlde seeth me no more but ye see me For I liue and ye shall lyue At that day shall ye know that I am in my father and you in me I in you He that hath my commaundements and keepeth them the same is he that loueth me And he that loueth me shal be beloued of my father and I wil loue him and wil shew mine own selfe vnto him Iudas saith vnto him not Iudas Iscarioth Lord what is done that thou wilt shew thy selfe vnto vs and not vnto the world Iesus answered and said vnto them if a man loue me he will keepe my sayings and my Father wyll loue him and we wyll come vnto him and dwell with him He that loueth me not keepeth not my sayinges And the word which ye heare is not mine but the fathers which sent me These things haue I spoken vnto you being yet present with you But the comforter which is the holy ghost whom my Father wyll sende in my name he shall teach you althinges and bring althinges to your rememberaunce whatsoeuer I haue said vnto you Peace I leaue with you my peace I geue vnto you Not as the world geueth geue I vnto you Let not your harts be greued neither feare Ye haue heard how I said vnto you I go and come againe vnto you Yf ye loued me yee would verely reioyce because I sayd I go vnto the Father For the Father is greater then I. And now I haue shewed you before it came that when it is come to passe ye might beleue Hereafter wyll I not talke many wordes vnto you For the Prince of this world commeth and hath nought in me But that the world may know that I loue the Father And as the Father gaue me commaundement euen so do I. ¶ The Monday in whitson weeke The Epistle Actes x. THen Peter opened his mouth said of a truth I perceiue that there is no respect of persons wyth God but in all people he that feareth him worketh righteousnes is accepted with him Ye know the preaching that God sent vnto the chyldren of Israel preaching peace by Iesus Christ which is Lord ouer althinges which preaching was published throughout all Iewry and began in Galile after the baptisme which Iohn preached how God annointed Iesus of Nazareth with the holy Ghost with power Which Iesus went about doyng good and healyng all that were oppressed of the deuyll For God was with him And we are witnesses of althings which he did in the land of the Iewes and at Ierusalem whom they slew and hanged on a tree Hym God raysed vp the third day and shewed him openly not to all the people but vnto vs witnesses chosen before of God for the same entent which dyd eate and drinke with him after hee rose from death And he commaunded vs to preache vnto the people and to testify that it is he which was ordayned of God to be the Iudge of the quick and the dead To hym geue all the Prophetes wytnes that through his name whosoeuer beleueth in hym shall receiue remission of syns While Peter yet spake these wordes the holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the preaching And they of the circumcision which beleued were astonied as many as came with Peter because that on the Gentiles also was shed out the gift of the holy ghost For they heard them speake with toūgs and magnify god Then answered Peter can any man forbid water that these should be baptised which haue receiued the holy Ghost as well as we And he commaunded them to be baptised in the name of the lord Then prayed they him to tary a few dayes ¶ The Gospell Iohn iii. SO God loued the world that he gaue hys onely begotten sonne that whosoeuer beleueth in him shuld not perish but haue euerlasting life For God sent not his sonne into the world to condemne the world but that the world through him might be saued But he that beleueth on him is not condemned But he that beleueth not is condempned all redy because he hath not beleued in the name of the onely begotten sonne of god And this is the condempnacion that light is come into the world and men loued darknes more thē light because their dedes were euil For euery one that doth euil hateth the light neither cōmeth to the light least his deedes should be reproued But he that doth the truth commeth to the lyght that his deedes may be knowen how that they are wrought in God. ¶ The Tuesday sn whitsun weeke The Epistle Actes viii WHen the Apostles which were at Ierusalem heard say that Samaria had receiued the woord of God they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn Which whē they were come down praied for them that they might receiue the holy Ghost For as yet he was come on none of them but they were baptised onely in the name of Christ Iesus Then they layd their handes on them and they receiued the holy Ghost ¶ The Gospell Iohn x. VErely verely I say vnto you he that entreth not in by the doore into the shepefold but climeth vp some other way the same is a theefe a murtherer But he that entreth in by the doore is the Shepheard of the sheepe To him the porter openeth the sheepe heare his voice he calleth his own shepe by name and leadeth them out And when he hath sent forth his owne shepe he goeth before them the shepe folow him for they know his voice A straunger wyl they not folow but wyll flee from hym for they know not the voyce of straungers This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto thē but they vnderstood not what things they were which he spake vnto them Then sayd Iesus vnto them againe Verely verely I say vnto you I am the doore of the shepe Al euen as many as came before me ar theues murtherers but the shepe
spirit of God they are the sons of god For ye haue not receiued the spirit of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receiued the spirit of adoption wherby ye cry Abba father The same spirit certifieth our spirit that we are the sonnes of god If we be sonnes then are we heires the heires I meane of God and heires annexed with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may be glorified together with him ¶ The Gospell Math. vii BEware of false Prophetes which come to you in shepes clothing but inwardly they are rauening wolues Ye shall know them by theyr fruites Do men gather grapes of thornes or figs of thistles euen so euery good tree bringeth forth good fruites but a corrupt tree bringeth foorth euil fruits A good tree can not bring forth bad fruits neither can a bad tree bring forth good fruites Euery tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewen down and cast into the fire Wherfore by their fruites ye shall know thē Not euery one that saith vnto me Lord Lord shal enter into the kingdom of heauen but he that doth the will of my father which is in heauen he shal enter into the kingdom of heauen ¶ The .ix. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle i. Cor. x. BRethren I would not that ye should be ignoraunt how that our fathers were all vnder the cloude and all passed through the sea and were all baptised vnder Moyses in the cloud and in the sea and did all eate of one spirituall meate and did all drinke of one spiritual drinke And they dranke all of one spiritual Rocke that folowed them which Rocke was Christ But in many of them had God no delight For they wer ouerthrowē in the wildernes These are ensamples to vs that we should not lust after euyll thinges as they lusted And that ye should not be worshippers of images as were some of them according as it is written The people satte downe to eate and drinke and rose vp to playe Neyther let vs be defiled wyth fornication as some of them were defiled with fornication and fell in one day three and twenty thousande Neyther let vs tempt Christ as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpentes Neyther murmur yee as some of them murmured and were destroyed of the Destroyer All these thinges happened vnto them for ensaumples But are wrytten to put vs in remembraunce whom the endes ot the worlde are come vpon Wherfore let him that thinketh he standeth take heede least he fall There hath none other temptacion taken you but such as folowed the nature of man But God is faithfull which shall not suffer you to be tempted aboue your strength but shall in the middest of temptacion make away that you may be able to beare it ¶ The Gospell Luke xvi IEsus said to his disciples There was a certain rich man which had a steward and the same was accused vnto him that he had wasted his goodes And he called him and said vnto him how is it that I heare this of thee Geue accoumpts of thy Stewardship for thou mayest be no longer Steward The Steward sayd within thy selfe what shall I do for my maister taketh away from me the stewardshyp I cannot dyg to beg I am ashamed I wote what to do that when I am put out of the stewardship they may receaue me into theyr houses So when he had called all his maisters detters together he sayd vnto the fyrst how much owest thou vnto my master And he said an hundred tunnes of oyle And he sayd vnto him take thy byl and sit downe quickly and write fifty Then sayd he to another how much owest thou and he said an hundred quarters of wheate He sayd vnto him take thy byl and write foure score And the Lord commended the vniust steward because he had done wysely For the children of this world are in their nation wiser then the childrē of light And I say vnto you Make you friends of the vnrighteous Mammon that when ye shall haue nede they may receiue you into euerlasting habitacions ¶ The .x. Sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle i. Cor. xii COncerning spirituall things brethren I would not haue you ignoraunt Ye know that ye were Gentils and went your way vnto dum Images euen as ye were lead Wherefore I declare vnto you that no man speaking by the spirit of God defieth Iesus Also no man can say that Iesus is the Lord but by the holy Ghost Ther are diuersities of giftes yet but one spirit And ther are differences of administrations and yet but one lord And there are diuers maners of operations yet one God which worketh al in all The gift of the spirit is geuen to euery man to edefy withal For to one is geuen through the spirite the vtterance of wysdome To another is geuen the vtterance of knowledge by the same spirit To another is geuen fayth by the same spirit To another the gift of healyng by the same spirit To another power to doo miracles To another prophecy To another iudgement to discerne spirites To another diuers toungs To another the interpretacion of tounges by these all worketh the selfe same spirite deuidyng to euerye man a seuerall gyft euen as he wyll ¶ The Gospell Luke xix ANd when he was come neare to Ierusalem he beheld the city wept on it saying If thou haddest knowen those thynges which belong vnto thy peace euē in this thy day thou wouldest take hede But now are they hid from thine eyes For the daies shall come vnto thee that thy enemies shal cast a banke about thee and compasse thee round keepe thee in on euery side and make thee euen with the ground and thy children which are in thee And they shall not leaue in thee one stone vpon another because thou knowest not the tyme of thy visitation And he went into the temple and began to cast out them that solde therein and them that bought saying vnto them It is written my house is the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theeues And he taught dayly in the temple ¶ The .xi. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle i. Cor. i. BRethren as pertayning to the Gospell which I preached vnto you which ye haue accepted in the which ye continue by the which ye are also saued I do you to weete after what maner I preached vnto you if ye keepe it except ye haue beleued in vaine For first of al I deliuered vnto you that which I receiued how that Christ died for our syns agreing to the scriptures And that he was buried that he rose againe the third day according to the scriptures And that he was sene of Cephas then of the twelue After that he was seene of mo thē fiue hundred brethren at once of which many remayne vnto this day and many are fallen a sleepe After that appeared he to Iames then to all the Apostels And
haue crucified the flesh with the affections and lustes ¶ The Gospel Luke xvii ANd it chaunced as Iesus went to Ierusalem that he passed through Samaria and Galile And as he entred into a certaine town there met him ten men that were Lepers which stood a farre of and put forth their voyces and sayd Iesus Maister haue mercy on vs When he saw them he sayd vnto them go shew your selues vnto the Priestes And it came to passe that as they went they were cleansed And one of them when hee saw that hee was clensed turned back againe and wyth a loud voice praised God and fell downe on his face at his feete and gaue him thankes And the same was a Samaritane And Iesus answered and said are there not ten clensed but where are those nine There are not found that returned againe to geue God prayse saue onely thys Straunger And he sayd vnto hym aryse go thy way thy faith hath made thee whole ¶ The .xv. Sunday after Trinity Sunday The Epistle Gala. iii. YE see how large a Letter I haue written to you with mine own hand As many as desire with outward appearaunce to please carnally the same constraine you to be circumcised onely least they should suffer persecution for the Crosse of Christ For they them selues which are circumcised keepe not the law but desyre to haue you circumcised that they might reioyce in your flesh God forbid that I shuld reioyce but in the crosse of our Lord Iesu Christ wherby the world is crucified vnto me I vnto the world For in Christ Iesu neither circumcision auaileth any thing at al nor vncircumcision but a new creature And as many as walke according vnto this rule peace be on them and mercy and vpon Israell that partaineth to god From hence forth let no man put me to busines For I beare in my body the markes of the Lord Iesu Brethren the grace of our lord Iesu Christ be with your spirit Amen ¶ The Gospell Math. vi NO man can serue two maisters for either he shal hate the one and loue the other or els leane to the one and despise the other yee cannot serue God and Mamon Therefore I say vnto you be not carefull for your lyfe what ye shall eate or drinke or yet for your body what rayment you shall put on Is not the lyfe more woorth then meate and the body more of value then raiment Behold the foules of the ayre for they sow not neither do they reape nor cary into barens and your heauenly father feedeth them Are ye not much better then they Which of you by taking carefull thought can adde one cubite vnto hys stature And why care ye for rayment Consider the Lillies of the field how they growe they labour not neither do thy spinne And yet I say vnto you that euen Salomon in all his roialtye was not clothed lyke one of these Wherefore if God so cloth the grasse of the field which though it stand to day is to morowe cast into the fornace shall he not much more do the same for you O ye of little fayth Therefore take no thought saying what shall we eate or what shall we drinke or where with shall we be cloathed after all these things do the Gentiles seeke For your heauenlye Father knoweth that ye haue neede of all these thinges But rather seeke yee fyrst the kyngdome of God and the righteousnes therof and all these things shall bee ministred vnto you Care not then for the morowe for to morowe day shall care for it selfe sufficient vnto the day is the trauaile thereof ¶ The .xvi. Sunday after Trinity Sunday The Epistle Ephe. iii. I Desire that you faynt not because of my tribulations that I suffer for your sakes which is your prayse For thys cause I bowe my knees vnto the Father of our lord Iesus Christ which is Father of al that is called Father in heauen and in earth that he would graunt you according to the ritches of his glory that ye may be strengthned with might by his spirit in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hartes by fayth that ye being rooted and grounded in loue might be able to comprehende with all Saintes what is the bredth length depth and height and to know the excellēt loue of the knowledge of Christ that ye might be fulfilled with all fulnes which commeth of god Vnto hym that is able to do exceding aboundantly aboue all that we aske or thinke according to the power that worketh in vs be prayse in the congregacion by Christ Iesus throughout all generations from time to time Amen ¶ The Gospell Luke vii ANd it fortuned that Iesus went into a city called Naim and many of his disciples went with him and much people When he came nye to the gate of the City behold there was a man caried out which was the onely Sonne of his mother and she was a widow and much people of the City was with her And when the Lord saw her he had compassion on her and sayd vnto her weepe not And he came nie and touched the coffin and they that bare him stood still And he sayde yong man I say vnto thee arise And hee that was dead sat vp and began to speake And he deliuered him to his mother And there came a feare on them all And they gaue the glory vnto God saying a great Prophet is risen vp amonge vs and God hath visited his people And this rumour of him went foorth throughout all Iewry and throughout all the regions which lye rounde about ¶ The .xvii. sunday after Trinitie Sunday The Epistle Ephc. iiii I Which am a prisoner of the Lordes exhort you that ye walke woorthy of the vocation wherwith ye are called with all lowlynes and meekenes with humblenes of mind forbearing one another through loue and be diligent to keepe the vnity of the spirit through the bond of peace being one body and Spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of your calling Let there be but one Lord one fayth one Baptisme one God and Father of all which is aboue all and through all and in you all ¶ The Gospell Luke xiiii IT chaunced that Iesus went into the house of one of the chiefe Pharises to eate breade on the Sabboth day and they watched him And behold there was a certaine man before him which had the dropsy And Iesus aunswered spake vnto the Lawiers and Phariseis saying is it lawfull to heale on the Sabboth day And they helde their peace And he tooke hym and healed him and let him goe and answered them saying which of you shal haue an asse or an Oxe fallen into a pyt and wyll not straight way pull him out on the Sabboth day And they could not aunswer him againe to these thinges He put forth also a similitude to the geastes when he marked how they preased to be in the highest roumes and sayd vnto them When thou
a wedding garment And he was euen spechles Then sayde the kyng to the ministers Take and bynde hym hand foote and cast hym into vtter darknes there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth For many are called but few be chosen ¶ The .xxi. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Ephe. vi MY brethren be strong through the Lord thorow the power of his myght Put on all the armour of God that ye may stand agaynst all the assaultes of the Deuyll For we wrestle not agaynst bloud and fleshe but agaynst rule agaynst power against worldly rulers euen gouernors of the darknes of this world agaynst spirituall craftynes in heauenly thinges Wherfore take vnto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to resist in the euyll day and stand perfect in althinges Stand therfore and your loines gyrt with the truth hauing on the brest plate of righteousnes hauing shoes on you feete that ye may be prepared for the Gospel of peace Aboue all take to you the shield of fayth wherewith ye may quentch all the firy dartes of the wicked And take the helmet of saluation and the sword of the spirit which is the woord of god And pray alwaies with al maner of praier and supplication in the spirit and watch therunto with all instaunce and supplications for all Sayntes and for me that vtterance may be geuen vnto me that I may open my mouth freely to vtter the secretes of my Gospel wherof I am a messenger in bondes that therein I may speake freely as I ought to speake ¶ The Gospel Iohn iiii THere was a certayne Ruler whose sonne was sicke at Capernaum assoone as the same heard that Iesus was come out of Iewry into Galile hee went vnto hym and besought hym that he would come downe and heale his sonne for he was euen at the poynt of death Then sayd Iesus vnto him except ye see signes and wonders ye wyl not beleue The ruler sayd vnto him Syr come downe or euer that my sonne dye Iesus said vnto him go thy way thy sonne lyueth The man beleued the woord that Iesus had spoken vnto hym And he went hys way and as hee was going downe the seruauntes met hym and told hym saying thy sonne lyueth Then enquired hee of them the houre when he began to amende And they sayd vnto him yesterday at the seuenth houre the feuer left him So the father knew that it was the same houre in the which Iesus sayd vnto him Thy sonne lyueth And he beleued and all his houshold This is agayne the seconde myracle that Iesus dyd when hee was come out of Iewry into Galile ¶ The .xxiii. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Phi. i. I Thanke my God with all remembraunce of you alwaies in all my praiers for you and pray with gladnes Because ye are come into the felowship of the Gospell from the fyrst day vntill now And am surely certified of this that hee which hath begone a good woorke in you shall performe it vntill the day of Iesus Christ as it becommeth me that I should so iudge of you all because I haue you in my hart for somuch as ye are all companions of grace with me euen in my bonds and in the defending and establishing of the gospell for God is my record how greatly I longe after you all from the verye hart roote in Iesus Christ And thys I praye that your loue may encrease yet more more in knowledge and in all vnderstanding that ye may accept the thinges that are most excellent that ye may be pure and such as offend no man vntyll the day of Christ being fylled with the fruit of righteousnes which commeth by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and prayse of God. ¶ The Gospell Math. xviii PEter sayd vnto Iesus Lord how ofte shall I forgeue my brother if he synne against me til seuen times Iesus saith vnto him I say not vnto thee vntill seuen tymes but seuenty tymes seuen tymes Therefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine man that was a king which would take accoumptes of his seruaunts And when he had begon to recken one was brought vnto hym which oughte him tenne thousande talentes but forasmuch as hee was not able to pay his Lord commaunded him to be solde and hys wyfe and children and all that he had and payment to be made The seruaunt fell downe and besought hym saying Syr haue pacience wyth me and I wyll pay thee all Then had the Lord pity on that seruaunt and loosed hym and forgaue hym the debt So the same seruaunt went out and found one of hys fellowes whych ought hym an hundred pence and he layde handes on hym and tooke hym by the throte saying paye that thou owest And hys fellow fell downe and besought hym saying haue pacience with me and I wyll pay thee all And he would not but went and cast him into pryson tyll hee should pay the debt So when hys fellowes saw what was done they were verye sorye and came and tolde vnto theyr Lorde all that had happened Then the Lorde called hym and sayde vnto hym O thou vngracious seruaunt I forgaue thee all that debt when thou desyredst me shouldest not thou also haue had compassion on thy fellowe euen as I had pitye on thee And hys Lord was wrothe and delyuered hym to the Iailers tyll hee shoulde paye all that was due vnto hym So lykewyse shall my heauenly Father doo also vnto you if ye from your hartes forgeue not euery one his brother their trespasses ¶ The .xxiii. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Philip. iii. BRethren be followers together of me and looke on them whych walke euen so as ye haue vs for an ensample For many walke of whom I haue told you often and now tell you weeping that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christ whose ende is damnation whose belly is their God glory to their shame which are worldly mynded But our conuersation is in heauen from whence we looke for the sauiour euen the Lord Iesus Christ which shall chaunge our vyle body that he may make it lyke vnto hys gloryous body according to the working whereby he is able also to subdue all thinges vnto hym selfe ¶ The Gospell Math. xxii THen the Pharisies went out and tooke counsayl how they might tangle hym in his wordes And they sent out vnto hym their disciples wyth Herodes Seruauntes saying Mayster wee knowe that thou art true and teachest the way of God truly neyther carest thou for anye man for thou regardest not the outwarde appearaunce of men Tell vs therefore how thinkest thou is it lawfull that tribute be geuen vnto Ceasar or not But Iesus perceyuing theyr wickednes sayde Why tempt ye me you hipocrites shew me the tribute money And they tooke hym a peny And he sayd vnto them whose is this image and superscription They sayd vnto hym Ceasars Then sayd hee vnto them geue therefore
is layd vp for me a crowne of righteousnes which the Lord that is a righteous iudge shal geue to me at that day not to mee onelye but to all them that loue hys comming Do thy diligence that thou mayest come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsaken me and loueth this present world and is departed vnto Thessalonica Cresens is gone to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia onely Lucas is with me Take Marke and bring him with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministration and Tichicus haue I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troada with Carpus when thou commest bringe with thee and the bookes but specially the parchment Alexander the Coppersmith did me much euill the Lord reward hym according to hys deedes of whom be thou ware also For he hath greatly withstood our woords ¶ The Gospel Luke x. THe Lord appoynted other seuentye also and sent them two and two before him into euerye Citye and place whyther hee hym selfe woulde come Therefore he sayd vnto them the haruest is great but the labourers are few Pray ye therefore the Lord of the haruest to send foorth labourers into the haruest Go your waies behold I sende you foorth as Lambes among Wolues beare no wallet neither scrip nor shoes and salute no man by the way into whatsoeuer house you enter fyrst say peace be to this house And if the son of peace be there your peace shall rest vpon him if not it shal returne to you againe And in the same house tary styll eating and drinking such as they geue for the labourer his worthy of his reward ¶ Simon and Iudes day Apostles The Epistle Iude. i. IVdas the seruaunt of Iesu Christ the brother of Iames to them which are called and sanctifyed in God the Father and preserued in Iesu Christ Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue al diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation it was needefull for me to wryte vnto you to exhort you that ye should continually labour in the fayth which was once geuen vnto the Sayntes For there are certayne vngodly men craftely crept in of which it was written afore tyme vnto such iudgement They turne the grace of our God vnto wantones and deny God which is the onely Lord and our Lord Iesu Christ My minde is therfore to put you in remēbraunce for asmuch as ye once know this how that the Lord after that he had deliuered the people out of Egipt destroied thē which after beleued not The Angels also which kept not their first state but left their own habitaciō he hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darknes vnto the iudgement of the great day euen as Sodom and Gomor the Cities about them which in lyke maner defiled themselues with fornication and followed straunge flesh are set foorth for an example suffer the payne of eternall fire lykewise these being deceiued by dreames defyle the flesh despyse rulers and speake euyll of them that are in aucthority ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv THis I commaund you that ye loue together If the world hate you ye know it hated me before it hated you If ye were of the world the world would loue his own how be it because ye are not of the world but I haue chosen you out of the world therfore the world hateth you Remember the word that I sayd vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then hys lord If they haue persecuted me they wyll persecute you if they haue kept my saying they wyl keepe yours also But all these things wyll they do vnto you for my names sake because they haue not knowen him that sent me If I had not come and spoken vnto them they should haue had no synne but now haue they nothing to cloke theyr synne withall He that hateth me hateth my Father also If I had not done among them the woorkes which none other man did they should haue had no synne But now haue they both seene and hated not onely me but also my Father But this happeneth that the saying might be fulfylled that is written in their law They hated me without a cause But when the comforter is come whom I wyll sende vnto you from the Father euen the spirit of truth which proceedeth of the Father hee shall testifie of me And ye shall beare witnes also because ye haue beene with me from the beginning ¶ All Saintes day The Epistle Apo. vii BEholde I Iohn saw another Angel ascend from the rising of the Sunne which had the seale of the lyuing God and hee cryed with a loud voyce to the foure Aungels to whom power was geuen to hurt the earth and the Sea saying hurt not the earth neither the Sea neither the trees tyll we haue sealed the Seruauntes of our God in their foreheades And I heard the number of them which were sealed and there were sealed an C. and .xliiij. thousande of all the Tribes of the children of Israel Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed xij M. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Asset were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Neptalim were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Leui were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Isachat were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed .xij. M. After this I behelde and lo a great multitude which no man can number of all nacions and people and tounges stoode before the seate and before the Lambe and clothed with long white garmentes and Palmes in their handes and cried with a loud voice saying saluacion be ascribed to him that sitteth vpon the seate of God and vnto the Lambe And all the Aungels stood in the compasse of the seate and of the elders and the foure beastes and fell before the seate on their faces and worshipped God saying Amen Blessing and glory and wisdome and thankes and honour and power and mighte be vnto our God for euermore Amen ¶ The Gospell Math. v. IEsus seing the people went vp into the mountaine and when hee was set hys Disciples came to hym and after that hee had opened his mouth he taught them saying Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen Blessed are they that mourne for they shall receiue comfort Blessed are the meeke for they shall receyue the inheritaunce of the earth Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after ryghteousnes for they shall bee satisfied Blessed are the mercyfull for they shall obtayne mercye Blessed are the pure in hart for they shall see god Blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called the chyldren of god Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen Blessed are ye when men reuyle you and persecute you and shall falsely say all maner of euyl sayinges agaynste you for my sake Reioyce and bee glad for great is your reward in heauen for so persecuted they the Prophetes which were before you FINIS ⧠Imprinted at London by Iohn Awdely dwelling in little Britaine streete without Aldersgate