He sayd vnto him thou hast sayd When they were eatyng Iesus tooke bread and when he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to the discyples and sayde Take eate thys is my bodye And he toke the cup and thanked and gaue it them saying drynke ye all of thys For thys is my bloude whych is of the newe testamēt that is shed for many for the remission of synnes But I saye vnto you I wyl not drynke hencefoorth of this fruite of the vyne tree vntyll that day when I shall drinke it newe with you in my fathers kingdome And when they had said grace they went out vnto mount Oliuete Then saith Iesus vnto them al ye shall be offended because of me thys night For it is written I will smite the shepehearde and the shepe of the flocke shal be scatered abroade but after I am risen againe I wil goe before you into Galile Peter aunswered and sayd vnto him though all men be offended because of thee yet wyll not I be offended Iesus sayde vnto hym verely I saye vnto thee that in this same nighte before the cocke krowe thou shalt denye me thryse Peter sayde vnto him yea though I should dye with thee yet wil I not denye thee lykewise also sayd all the disciples Then came Iesus with them vnto a farme place whyche is called Gethsemane and sayde vnto the disciples Sit ye here whyle I goe and praye yonder And he toke with hym Peter and the twoo sonnes of Zebede and began to waxe sorowful and heauie Then sayd Iesus vnto them My soule is heauie euen vnto the death Tarye ye here and watche with me And he went a litle farther and fel flat on his face and prayed saying O my father if it be possible let this cup passe from me neuerthelesse not as I wil but as thou wilt And he came vnto the dyscyples and founde them aslepe and sayde vnto Peter what coulde ye not watche with me one houre watche and praye that ye enter not into temptacion the spirite is willing but the flesh is weake He went awaye once agayne and prayed saying O my father if this cup may not passe away from me except I drincke of it thy wil be fulfilled and he came and found them aslepe againe for theyr eyes were heauie And he left them and went agayne and prayed the thirde tyme saying the same wordes Then commeth he to his dyscyples and sayeth vnto them Slepe on nowe and take your reste Behold the houre is at hande and the sonne of man is betrayed into the handes of synners Ryse let vs be going behold he is at hand that dothe betray me Whyle he yet spake loe Iudas one of the number of the .xii. came and with hym a greate multitude with sweordes staues sent from the chiefe priestes and elders of the people But he that betrayed hym gaue them atoken saying whomsoeuer I kysse thesame is he holde him fast And furthwith he came to Iesus and sayd haile Maister and kyssed him And Iesus sayd vnto him frende wherfore art thou come Then came they and layd handes on Iesus toke hym And behold one of them which were with Iesus stretched out his hande and drewe his sweorde and stroke a seruaunte of the hye priest smote of hys eare Then sayde Iesus vnto hym put vp thy sweorde into the sheath for al they that take the sweord shal perish with the sweord Thynkest thou that I cannot nowe pray to my father he shall geue me euen nowe more then .xii. legions of Angels But how then shal the scriptures be fulfylled For thus muste it be In that same houre sayd Iesus to the multitude Ye be come out as it were to a thefe with sweordes and staues for to take me I sate dayly with you teaching in the temple ye toke me not But all this is doone that the scriptures of the prophetes myght be fulfilled Then al the disciples forsoke him and fled And they toke Iesus and led hym to Cayphas the hye priest where the Scribes and the Elders were assembled But Peter folowed hym a farre of vnto the hye priestes palace and went in and sate with the seruauntes to see the end The chiefe priestes the elders al the counsel sought false witnes against Iesus for to put him to death but found none yea when many false witnesses came yet found they none At the last came .ii. false witnesses sayde This felowe sayde I am able to destroye the temple of God and to build it agayne in .iii. dayes And the chiefe prist arose said vnto him answerest thou nothing Why doe these beare witnes against thee But Iesus helde his peace And the chiefe priest answered saide vnto him I charge thee by the liuing God that thou tell vs whether thou be Christ the sonne of God Iesus said vnto him thou hast said Neuerthelesse I saye vnto you hereafter shall ye see the sōne of man sitting on the right hande of power and cummyng in the cloudes of the skie Then the hye priest rēt his clothes saying he hath spoken blasphemie what nede we of any moe witnesses Beholde now ye haue heard hys blasphemie what thynke ye they aunswered and sayde he is worthy to dye Then did they spit in hys face buffeted him with fistes And other smote hym on the face with the palme of their handes saying tel vs thou Christ who is he that smote thee Peter sate without in the palace and a damosell came to hym saying thou also waste with Iesus of Galilee but he denied before thē al saying I wot not what thou saiest When he was gone out into the porche another wēche saw hym said vnto them that were there This felow was also with Iesus of Nazareth And again he denied with an othe saying I doe not knowe the man And after a while came vnto him they that stode by and sayd vnto Peter suerly thou art euen one of them for thy speche bewrayeth thee Then began he to curse and to sweare that he knewe not the man And immediatlye the cocke krewe And Peter remembred the woorde of Iesu which sayd vnto hym before the cocke krowe thou shalt denye me thrise and he wēt out and wept bitterly When the mornyng was come all the chiefe Priestes and the Elders of the people held a counsel against Iesus to put him to death brought him bound and delyuered hym vnto Poncius Pilate the deputie Then Iudas which had betrayed hym seeing that he was condemned repented himselfe and brought againe the .xxx. plates of siluer to the chiefe priestes and elders saying I haue sinned betraying the innocente bloud And they sayde what is that to vs See thou to that And he cast downe the siluer plates in the temple and departed went and hanged hymselfe And the chiefe priestes toke the syluer plates and sayde It is not lawfull for to put them into the treasure because it is the
shrynking children so he was theyr sauiour In theyr troubles he was also troubled with them and the Aungell that went furth from his presence deliuered them Of very loue and kyndenes that he had vnto them he redemed them He hath borne them and caried them vp euer sence the worlde began But after they prouoked him to wrath vexed his holy mynde he was their enemy fought against them himselfe Yet remēbred Israel the olde time of Moses his people saying where is he that broughte them from the water of the sea with them that fed hys shepe where is he that hath geuen his holy spirite among them he led them by the ryghthand of Moses with hys gloryous arme deuiding the water before them wherby he gate hym selfe an euerlastyng name he led them in the depe as an horse is led in the playn that they should not stomble as a tame beast goeth in the fielde and the breath geuen of God geueth hym reste Thus O God hast thou led thy people to make thy selfe a gloryous name withall Looke down then from heauen and beholde the dwellyng place of thy sanctuary thy glory How is it that thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercies and thy louing kindnes wil not be intreated of vs yet art thou our father For Abraham knoweth vs not neither is Israell acquaynted with vs But thou Lord art oure father and redemer and thy name is euerlastyng O Lorde wherfore hast thou led vs out of thy way wherfore hast thou hardened our heartes that we feare thee not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake and for the generacion of thyne herytage Thy people haue had but alitle of thy Sanctuary in possession for oure enemies haue troden downe the holy place And we were thyne from the begynning when thou wast not theyr Lorde for they haue not called vpon thy name The Gospell AFter two dayes was Easter and the dayes of swete bread And the hye priestes and the Scribes sought how they myght take hym by crafte and put him to death But they sayd not in the feast day lest any busines arise among the people And whē he was at Bethanie in the house of Simon the leper euen as he sate at meate there came a woman hauyng an Alabaster boxe of oyntmente called Narde that was pure and costlye and she brake the boxe and powred it on hys heade And there were some that were not contente within themselues and sayde what neded this waste of oyntmente for it myghte haue bene solde for more then .ccc. pence and haue bene geuen vnto the poore And they grudged against her And Iesus sayde let her alone why trouble ye her She hath done a good worke on me for ye haue poore with you alwaies whensoeuer ye wyll ye maye do them good but me haue ye not alwaies She hath done that she could she came afore hande to anointe my bodye to the burying Verely I saye vnto you whersoeuer thys Gospell shal be preached throughout the whole worlde thys also that she hath doone shal be rehearsed in remembraunce of her And Iudas Iscaryoth one of the .xii. wente awaye vnto the hye Priestes to betraye hym vnto them When they heard that they were glad promised that they would geue hym money And he sought how he might cōueniently betray him And the first day of swete bread when they offered Passeouer hys disciples sayd vnto hym where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayste eate the passeouer And he sente foorthe two of hys disciples and sayde vnto them goe ye vnto the citie and there shal mete you a man bearing a pitcher of water folowe hym And whithersoeuer he goeth in say ye vnto the goodmanne of the house the maister saith where is the geast chamber where I shall eate Passeouer with my disciples And he wil shewe you a great parlor paued prepared there make ready for vs. And his dysciples went furth and came into the citie found as he had sayde vnto them and they made ready the Passeouer And when it was nowe euentide he came with the xii And as they sate at borde and did eate Iesus saide verely I say vnto you one of you that eateth with me shall betray me And they began to be sory to saye to hym one by one is it I an other sayd is it I he aunswered sayd vnto them it is one of the .xii. euē he that dippeth with me in the platter The sonne of man truely goeth as it is written of hym but woe to that man by whome the sonne of man is betrayed Good were it for that man if he had neuer bene borne And as they did eate Iesus toke bread when he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue to them and sayd Take eate thys is my body And he toke the cup and when he had geuen thankes he toke it to them and they all dranke of it And he said vnto thē This is my bloud of the newe testamente whyche is shed for many Verely I saye vnto you I wil drynke no more of the fruite of the vine vntyll that day that I drynke it newe in the kyngdome of God And when they had sayde grace they wente oute to mounte Olyuete And Iesus sayeth vnto them al ye shal be offended because of me thys nighte For it is written I will smite the shepeheard the shepe shal be scatered but after that I am risen again I wil go into Galile before you Peter said vnto him though al men be offēded yet wil not I. And Iesus saith vnto him verely I say vnto thee that this day euen in this night before y e cocke krow twise thou shalt deny me thre times But he spake more vehemētly no if I should die with thee I wyl not denye thee Likewise also said they all And they came into a place which was named Gethsemany and he sayde to hys discyples sit ye here whyle I goe asyde and praye And he taketh with hym Peter and Iames Iohn and began to waxe abashed and to be man agony and said vnto them My soule is heauy euen vnto the death tary ye here and watche And he went foorth a litle and fell down flat on the grounde and prayed that if it were possible the houre might passe from hym And he sayde Abba father al thinges are possible vnto thee take away this cup frō me neuerthelesse not that I wil but that thou wilte bee doone And he came and founde them sleping and sayth to Peter Simon slepest thou Couldest not thou watche one houre watche ye and pray lest ye enter into temptacion the spirite truely is ready but the fleshe is weake And agayn he went asyde and prayed and spake thesame wordes And he returned and founde them aslepe agayne for theyr eyes were heauie neither wiste they what to aunswere hym And he came the thirde tyme and sayd vnto them
wrapped it in a lynnen clothe and layed it in a sepulchre that was hewen in stone wherein neuer man before had been layde And that daye was the preparyng of the Sabboth and the Sabboth drue on The women that folowed after whiche had come with him from Galile behelde the sepulchre and howe his bodye was layde And they returned and prepared swete Odours oyntmentes But rested on the Sabboth daye accordyng to the commaundemente At Euensong The first lesson Lamenta .iii. vnto the ende On good Fryday At Mattyns The first lesson Gen. xxii Vnto the ende The Collect. ALmyghtie God we beseche thee graciously to beholde this thy famely for the whiche oure Lorde Iesus Christe was contented to be betrayed and geuen vp into the handes of wicked men and to suffer death vpon the crosse who liueth and reigneth c. At the Communion MY God my God loke vpon me why hast thou forsakē me and art so farre from my health and from the wordes of my complainte O my God I cry in the day time but thou hearest not and in the night season also I take no rest And thou continuest holy O thou worship of Israel Our father 's hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou diddest deliuer them They called vpon thee and were helped they put theyr trust in thee and were not confounded But as for me I am a worme and no manne a verye skorne of men and the out cast of the people All they that see me laugh me to skorne they shote out their lippes and shake the head saying He trusted in God that he woulde deliuer hym let hym deliuer him if he will haue him But thou arte he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe thou waste my hope when I hanged yet vpon my mothers brestes I haue been left vnto thee euer sence I was borne thou art my God euen from my mothers woumbe O goe not from me for trouble is here at hande and there is none to helpe me Many Oxen are come about me fatte Bulles of Basan close me in on euery syde They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a rampyng and roaryng Lyon I am powred out like water and all my bones are out of ioynte my hearte also in the middes of my body is euen lyke melting waxe My strength is dried vp like a potsherd and my tongue cleaueth to my gummes and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death For many dogges are come about me and the coūsaile of the wicked lay siege against me Thei pearced my handes and my fete I may tell all my bones they stande staring and loking vpon me They part my garmentes among them and cast lottes vpon my vesture But be not thou farre from me O Lorde thou arte my succour haste thee to helpe me Deliuer my soule from the sworde my derling from the power of the dogge Saue me from the Lyons mouthe thou haste hearde me also from among the hornes of the Vnicornes I wil declare thy name vnto my brethren in the middes of the congregacion wil I prayse thee O praise the Lorde ye that feare him magnifie him all ye of the sede of Iacob and feare ye hym all ye sede of Israel For he hath not despised nor abhorred the lowe estate of the poore he hath not hid his face from him but when he called vnto him he heard him My praise is of thee in the great congregaciō my vowes will I performe in the sight of them that feare him The poore shall eate be satisfied they that seke after the Lorde shall praise hym your hearte shall liue for euer All the endes of the worlde shall remembre themselues and be turned vnto the Lorde and all the kynreds of the nations shall worship before him For the kingdome is the Lordes and he is the gouernour among the people All suche as be fatte vpon earth haue eaten and worshipped All they that go downe into the dust shall kneele before him and no man hath quickened his owne soule My seede shall serue hym they shal be counted vnto the Lorde for a generacion They shall come and the heauens shall declare hys righteousnes vnto a people that shal be borne whome the Lorde hath made Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. ¶ After the .ii. Collectes at the Communion shal be sayed these .ii. Collectes folowyng The Collect. ALmyghty and euerlastynge God by whose spirite the whole body of the Churche is gouerned sanctified receiue our supplicacions and prayers whiche we offre before thee for all estates of men in thy holy congregacion that euery membre of thesame in his vocacion and ministerye may truly and godly serue thee through our Lorde Iesus Christe MErcifull God who haste made al men and hatest nothyng that thou haste made nor wouldest the deathe of a synner but rather that he should be cōuerted and liue haue mercy vpon all Iewes Turkes Infidels and Heretikes and take from thē all ignoraunce hardnes of hearte and contempt of thy word And so fetche them home blessed Lorde to thy flocke that they may be saued among the remnant of the true Israelites and be made one folde vnder one shepehearde Iesus Christ our Lorde who lyuethe and reigneth c. The Epistle THe lawe whiche hath but a shadowe of good thynges to come and not the very fashion of thinges themselues can neuer with those sacrifices whiche they offre yere by yere continually make the commers therunto perfite For would not then those sacrifices haue ceased to haue been offred because that the offerers once purged shoulde haue had nomore conscience of synnes Neuerthelesse in those sacrifices is there mencion made of synnes euerye yeare For the bloud of Oxen and of Goates cannot take awaye sinnes Wherfore whē he commeth into the worlde he sayeth Sacrifice offeryng thou wouldest not haue but a body hast thou ordayned me Burnt offeringes also for sinne haste thou not allowed Then sayd I loe I am here In the beginning of the booke it is written of me that I should do thy will O God Aboue when he sayth Sacrifice and offeryng burnt sacrifices and synne offeringes thou wouldest not haue neither haste thou allowed them whiche yet are offered by the lawe then sayed he loe I am here to do thy will O God he taketh away the first to establishe the later by the whiche will we are made holy euen by the offering of the body of Iesu Christ once for all And euery priest is ready dayly ministring and offerynge often times one maner of Oblacion which can neuer take away synnes But this man after he hath offered one sacrifice for sinnes is set downe for euer on the ryghte hande of God and from henceforth tarieth tyll his foes be made his foote stoole For with one offeryng hath he made perfect for euer them that are sanctified The holy goste hymself also beareth vs record euen when he told
strength He hath made the rounde worlde so sure that it cannot be moued Euer sence the worlde beganne hath thy seate been prepared thou art from euerlasting The fluddes are risen O Lorde the fluddes haue lyfte vp theyr noyse the fluddes lyft vp theyr waues The waues of the sea are mightie and rage horribly but yet the Lorde that dwelleth on hygh is mightier Thy testimonies O Lorde are very sure holynesse becommeth thine house for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. O God the king of glory whiche haste exalted thine only sonne Iesus Christe with great triumphe vnto thy kingdom in heauen we beseche thee leaue vs not comfortles but sende to vs thine holy gost to comforte vs and exalte vs vnto thesame place whither our sauiour Christe is gone before who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle THe ende of all thinges is at hande be ye therfore sobre and watche vnto praier But aboue all thinges haue feruent loue among your selues for loue shall couer the multitude of synnes Be ye herberous one to another without grudgeing As euery man hath receiued the gift euen so minister thesame one to another as good ministers of the manifold grace of God If any man speake let hym talke as the wordes of God If any manne minister let him do it as of the habilitie whiche God ministreth vnto hym that God in all thinges may be gloryfied through Iesus Christe to whome be prayse and dominion for euer and euer Amen The Gospell WHen the comforter is come whom I will sende vnto you from the father euen the spirite of trueth whiche procedeth of the father he shall testifye of me And ye shall beare witnes also because ye haue been with me from the beginning These thinges haue I sayd vnto you because ye should not bee offended They shall excommunicate you yea the time shal come that whosoeuer killeth you wil thinke that he doeth God seruice And suche thinges will they do vnto you because they haue not knowen the father neither yet me But these thinges haue I told you that whan the tyme is come ye maye remembre then that I tolde you These thinges sayde I not vnto you at the beginning because I was present with you ¶ Whitsonday ¶ Proper psalmes and lessons at Mattyns Psalm xlviii The seconde lesson Act. x. Then Peter opened his mouth vnto the ende Psalm lxvii The seconde lesson Act. x. Then Peter opened his mouth vnto the ende Psalm cxlv The seconde lesson Act. x. Then Peter opened his mouth vnto the ende ¶ At the Communion REioyce in the Lorde O ye righteous for it becommeth well the iust to be thankfull Prayse the Lorde with harpe syng psalmes vnto hym with the lute and instrument of tenne stringes Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song sing prayses lustely vnto hym with a good courage For the worde of the Lorde is true and all his workes are faythfull He loueth righteousnes and iudgement the earth is full of the goodnes of the Lorde By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made and all the hostes of them by the breath of his mouth He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpon a heap and layeth vp the depe as it were in a treasure house Let all the earth feare the Lorde stande in awe of hym all ye that dwell in the worlde For he spake and it was done he commaunded and it stoode faste The Lorde bringeth the counsayll of the heathen to nought and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effect and casteth out the counsayles of princes The counsaill of the Lorde shall endure for euer and the thoughtes of his heart from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people whose God is the Lorde Iehouah and blessed are the folke that haue chosen hym to bee theyr inheritaunce The Lorde loked downe from heauen and beheld all the children of menne from the habitacion of his dwellyng he considereth all them that dwell in the earth He fashioneth all the heartes of them and vnderstandeth all theyr workes There is no king that can be saued by the multitude of an hoste neyther is any myghtie man delyuered by muche strength A horse is counted but a vayne thing to saue a man neither shall he deliuer any man by his great strength Beholde the iye of the Lorde is vpon them that feare him and vpon them that put theyr trust in his mercy To deliuer theyr soules from death and to feade them in the tyme of derth Our soule hath paciently taryed for the Lorde for he is our helpe and our shielde For our heart shal reioyce in him because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercifull kyndenes O Lord be vpon vs lyke as we haue put our trust in thee Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. GOd which as vpon this daye haste taught the heartes of thy faithfull people by the sending to them the light of thy holy spirite Graunt vs by thesame spirite to haue a ryght iudgement in all thynges and euermore to reioyce in his holy coumforte through the merites of Christe Iesus our sauiour who liueth and reigneth with thee in the vnitie of thesame spirite one God worlde without ende The Epistle WHen the fiftie dayes were come to an ende they were all with one accorde together in one place And sodenly there came a sounde from heauen as it had been the comming of a mighty winde and it filled all the house where they sate And there appered vnto thē clouen tonges lyke as they had been of fyre and it sate vpon eche one of them and they were al filled with the holy gost and began to speake with other tonges euen as thesame spirite gaue them vtteraunce There were dwellyng at Ierusalem Iewes deuoute men out of euery nacion of them that are vnder heauen When this was noised about the multitude came together and were astonied because that euery man heard thē speake with his owne language They wondred all merueiled saying among themselfes beholde are not all these whiche speake of Galile And howe heare we euery man his owne tong wherin we were borne Parthians and Medes and Elamites and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia and of Iewry of Capadocia of Pontus and Asia Phrigia and Pamphilia of Egipte and of the parties of Libia whiche is besyde Siren and straungers of Rome Iewes and Proselites Grekes and Arrabians we haue heard them speake in our owne tongues the great workes of God The Gospell IEsus sayde vnto his disciples If ye loue me kepe my commaundementes and I wil pray the father he shall geue you an other comforter that he maye abyde with you for euer euen the spirite of trueth whome the worlde canne not receyue because the
had not on a wedding garment he said vnto him frende howe cammest thou in hither not hauyng a weddyng Garment And he was euen speacheles Then sayd the Kyng to the mynisters take and bynde hym hand and foote and caste hym into vtter darckenesse there shal be wepyng and gnashyng of teeth For many be called but fewe are chosen ¶ The. xxi Sondaye PRynces haue persecuted me without cause but my heart standeth in awe of thy wordes I am as glad of thy worde as one that fyndeth great spoyles As for lies I hate and abhorre them But thy lawe do I loue Seuen tymes a daye do I prayse thee Because of thy righteous iudgementes Greate is the peace that they haue which loue thy lawe and they are not offended at it Lorde I haue loked for thy sauyng health and doen after thy commaundementes My soule hath kepte thy testymonyes and loued them exceadyngly I haue kepte thy commaundementes and testymonies for all my wayes are before thee Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. GRaunte wee beseche thee mercyfull Lorde to thy faythfull people pardon and peace that they may be clensed from all their sinnes and serue thee with a quyete mynde Through Iesus Christ oure Lorde The Epistle MY brethren be strong through the Lord through the power of hys myght Put on all the armoure of God that ye maye stande agaynst the assaultes of the deuyll for we wrestle not agaynste bloude and fleshe but agaynst rule against power agaynst worldly rulers euen gouerners of the darckenes of this worlde agaynst spirituall craftinesse in heauenly thynges Wherfore take vnto you the whole armoure of God that ye may be able to resyst in the euyll daye and stande perfecte in all thynges Stande therfore and your loynes gyrde with the trueth hauyng on the breste plate of ryghteousnes and hauing shoes on your feete that ye maye be prepared for the gospell of peace Aboue all take to you the shilde of fayth wherwith ye maye quenche all the fiery dartes of the wycked And take the helmet of saluacion and the sworde of the spirite which is the worde of God And praie alwaies with all maner of praier supplicacion in the spirite and watch therunto with all instaunce and supplicacion for al sayntes and for me that vtteraunce maye be geuen vnto me that I maye open my mouth frely to vtter the secretes of my gospell wherof I am a messenger in bōdes that therin I may speake freely as I ought to speake The Gospell THere was a certayne Ruler whose sonne was sycke at Capernaum Assene as the same hearde that Iesus was come out of Iewry into Galile he went vnto him besought him that he would come doune and heale hys sonne For he was euen at the pointe of death Then sayed Iesus vnto hym except ye see signes and wonders ye wyll not beleue The Ruler saieth vnto him Syr come doune or euer that my sōne dye Iesus saieth vnto hym go thy waye thy sonne lyueth The man beleued the worde that Iesus had spoken vnto hym And he went hys waye And as he was goyng doune the seruauntes mette hym and told hym saying thy sonne liueth Then enquyred he of them the houre when he beganne to amende And they said vnto him yesterdaye at the seuenth houre the feuer left hym So the father knewe that it was the same houre in the whiche Iesus sayd vnto hym Thy sonne lyueth and he beleued and all hys housholde Thys is againe the seconde miracle that Iesus did when he was come out of Iewry into Galile ¶ The. xxii Sondaye LEt my complaynte come before thee O Lorde Geue me vnderstandyng accordyng vnto thy worde O let my supplicacion come before thee Delyuer me according to thy worde My lyppes shall speake of thy praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes Yea my toungue shall sing of thy worde For all thy commaundementes are righteous Let thyne hande helpe me For I haue chosen thy commaundementes I haue longed for thy sauing healthe O Lorde And in thy lawe is my delight O lette my soule lyue and it shall prayse thee And thy iudgementes shall helpe me I haue gone astraye lyke a shepe that is lost O seke thy seruaunte for I doe not forget thy commaundementes Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee to kepe thy housholde the churche in contynuall godlynes that through thy proteccion it maye be free from all aduersyties and deuoutly geuen to serue thee in good workes to the glory of thy name Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde The Epistle I Thanke my God with all remembraunce of you alwayes in all my prayers for you and praye with gladnes Because ye are come into the felowshyp of the Gospell from the fyrst daye vnto nowe And am surelye certyfyed of thys that he whyche hath begon a good worke in you shall performe it vntyll the day of Iesus Christe as it becommeth me so iudge I of you all because I haue you in my hearte forasmuche as ye are all companions of grace with me euen in my bondes and in the defendyng and stablishing of the Gospell for God is my recorde howe greately I longe after you all from the very hearte rote in Iesus Christ And thys I praye that your loue may increase yet more and more in knowledge in all vnderstandyng that ye maye accepte the thynges that are moste excellente that ye may be pure and suche as offend no man vntyll the daye of Christe beeyng fylled with the fruite of righteousnes which commeth by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and praise of God The Gospell PEter sayde vnto Iesus Lorde howe oft shall I forgeue my brother if he synne agaynst me tyll seuen times Iesus saieth vnto him I saye not vnto thee vntyll seuen tymes but seuentie tymes seuen times Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen lykened vnto a certayne man that was a kyng which woulde take accoumptes of his seruauntes And when he had begon to recken one was broughte vnto hym whyche ought him tenne M. talentes but forasmuche as he was not able to paye his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde and hys wyfe and children and all that he had and payment to be made The seruaunt fell doune and besoughte hym saying syr haue pacience with me and I wyll paye thee all Then had the Lorde pytye on that seruaunt and loced hym and forgaue him the debt So the same seruaunt went out and founde one of his felowes which ought hym an C. pence and he layed handes on hym and toke hym by the throte saying paye that thou owest And hys felowe fell doune and besoughte him saying haue pacience with me and I wyll
catholyke Churche the Cōmunion of Saintes Remission of sinnes Resurreccion of the fleshe and euerlasting lyfe after death Aunswere I beleue Then the minister shall put the white vesture commonly called the Crisome vpon the childe saying TAke this whyte vesture for a token of the innocencie whiche by goddes grace in the holy sacramente of Baptysme is geuen vnto thee and for a sygne wherby thou arte admonyshed so long as thou shalte liue to geue thy selfe to innocencie of liuing that after this transitory lyfe thou mayest be partaker of the lyfe euerlastyng Amen ¶ Let vs pray ALmightie and euerlastyng God heauenlye father wee geue thee humble thankes that thou haste vouchesaued to call vs to the knoweledge of thy grace and fayth in thee Increase and confirme this fayth in vs euermore Geue thy holy spirite to thys infante that he being borne agayne and being made heire of euerlasting saluacyon throughe oure Lorde Iesus Christe may continue thy seruaunte and attaine thy promises through the same our Lorde Iesus Christe thy sonne who liueth and reygneth with thee in vnitie of the same holy spirite euerlastinglye Amen Then shall the minister make this exhortacion to the Godfathers and Godmothers FOr asmuche as thys chylde hathe promysed by you to forsake the deuill and all his woorkes to beleue in God and to serue him you must remember that it is your partes and duetie to see that this infante be taught so soone as he shal be hable to learne what a solemne vowe promyse and professyon he hath made by you and that he maye knowe these thinges the better ye shall call vpon him to heare sermons And chiefly ye shall prouide that he may learne the Crede the Lordes prayer and the ten commaundementes in the Englishe tongue and al other thynges which a christian man ought to knowe and beleue to his soules health and that this child may be vertuously brought vp to leade a godly and a christian life Remembring alway that baptisme doeth represent vnto vs oure profession whiche is to folowe the example of our sauiour Christ and to be made lyke vnto him that as he died and rose agayne for vs so shoulde we whiche are baptised dye from sinne and rise agayne vnto righteousnes continually mortifying al our euil and corrupt affeccions and daily proceding in al vertue and godlines of liuyng c As in publyke Baptisme ¶ But yf they whiche bryng the infantes to the churche doe make an vncertayne aunswere to the priestes questions and saye that they cannot tell what they thought dyd or sayed in that great feare and trouble of mynde as oftentymes it chaunseth Then let the priest Baptise hym in forme aboue wrytten concerninge publyke Baptime sauing that at the dyppyng of the childe in the fonte he shal vse this forme of wordes IF thou be not Baptised alreadye N. I Baptize thee in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holye gost Amen The water in the fonte shal be chaunged euery moneth once at the least and afore any chyld be Baptised in the water so chaūged the priest shal saye at the fonte these prayers folowyng O Most mercyfull God our sauiour Iesu Christ who haste ordeyned the elemente of water for the regeneracion of thy faythfull people vpon whom beinge baptised in the riuer of Iordan the holye goste came downe in lykenes of a dooue Sende downe we beseche thee the same thy holy spirite to assist vs and to be present at thys our inuocacion of thy holy name Sanctifie ✚ this foūtain of baptisme thou that art the sanctifier of al thinges that by the power of thy word all those that shall be baptised therein may be spiritually regenerated and made the children of euerlastyng adopcion Amen O mercyful God graunt that the olde Adam in them that shal be baptised in this fountayne may be so buried that the newe man may be raysed vp agayne Amen Graunt that all carnall affeccions maye die in them and that all thynges belongyng to the spirite maye lyue and growe in them Amen Graunte to all them whiche at this fountayne forsake the deuill and all his workes that they maye haue power and strength to haue victorye and to triumph against him the worlde and the fleshe Amen Whosoeuer shall confesse thee o lord recognise him also in thy kingdome Amen Graunt that al sinne and vice here maie be so extinct that they neuer haue power to raigne in thy seruauntes Amē Graunte that whosoeuer here shall begynne to be of thy flocke may euermore continue in the same Amen Graunt that all they whiche for thy sake in this lyfe do denie and forsake themselfes may wynne and purchase thee O lorde whiche art euerlasting treasure Amen Graunte that whosoeuer is here dedicated to thee by our office and ministerie may also be endewed with heauenlye vertues and euerlastinglye rewarded through thy mercy O Blessed lorde God who doest lyue and gouerne all thinges worlde without ende Amen The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ALmightie euerliuing God whose moste derely beloued sonne Iesus Christ for the forgeuenes of our sinnes did shead out of his most precious syde both water and bloud and gaue cōmaundemēt to his disciples that they should goe teache all nacions and Baptise them in the name of the father the sonne and the holy goste Regarde we beseche thee the supplycacions of thy congregacion and graunte that all thy seruauntes whiche shall bee Baptized in this water prepared for the ministracion of thy holy sacrament may receiue the fulnesse of thy grace and euer remaine in the noumbre of thy faithful and elect chyldren through Iesus Christ our Lorde ⧠CONFIRMACION ⧠wherin is conteined a Cathechisme for children TO th ende that confirmacion may be ministred to the more edifying of suche as shall receyue it accordyng to Saint Paules doctrine who teacheth that all thynges shoulde be doen in the church to the edificacion of the same it is thought good that none hereafter shall be confirmed but suche as can saye in their mother tong tharticles of the fayth the lordes prayer the ten commaūdemētes And can also aunswere to suche questions of this short Cathechisme as the Bushop or suche as he shall appoynte shall by hys discrecion appose them in And thys ordre is moste conueniente to be obserued for diuers consideracions ¶ First because that when children come to the yeres of discrecion and haue learned what their Godfathers and Godmothers promised for them in Baptisme they maye then themselfes with their owne mouthe and with their owne consent openly before the churche ratifie and confesse the same and also promise that by the grace of God they wyll euermore endeuour themselues faythfully to obserue and kepe suche thinges as they by their owne mouth and confession haue assented vnto ¶ Secondly for asmuche as confirmacion is ministred to them that be Baptised that by imposicion of handes and prayer they may receyue strength and
Psal xlv Psal lxxxv The first lesson Esai ix vnto the ende The seconde lesson Mat. i. vnto the ende ¶ At the fyrst Communion O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song for he hath done meruaylous thynges With his owne right hand with his holy arme hath he gotten hymselfe the victorie The lord declared his saluacion his righteousnes hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hath remembred his mercie and trueth towarde the house of Israell and all the endes of the worlde haue seene the saluacion of our God Shewe your selues ioyfull vnto the Lorde all ye landes syng reioyce and geue thankes Prayse the lorde vpon the Harpe sing to the Harpe with a Psalme of thankesgeuing With trumpettes also and shawmes O shewe your selues ioyfull before the Lorde the kyng Lette the sea make a noyse and all that therein is the rounde worlde and they that dwell therein Let the fluddes clap theyr handes and let the hilles bee ioyfull together before the Lorde for he is come to iudge the earth With righteousnes shal he iudge the world and the people with equitie Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. GOd which makeste vs gladde with the yerely remembraunce of the birth of thy onelye sonne Iesus Christe graunt that as we ioyfully receiue him for our redemer so we may with sure confidence beholde hym when he shall come to be our iudge who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle THe grace of God that bringeth saluacion vnto all menne hath appeared and teacheth vs that we should denie vngodlines and worldly lustes and that we should liue soberly and righteousely and godly in this present world looking for that blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and of our sauiour Iesu Christ whiche gaue himselfe for vs to redeme vs from all vnrighteousnes and to pourge vs a peculiare people vnto hymselfe feruently geuen vnto good woorkes These thynges speake and exhorte and rebuke with all feruentnes of commaundyng See that no manne despise thee The Gospell ANd it chaunsed in those dayes that there went out a commaundemēt from Augustus the Emperour that all the worlde shoulde be taxed And this taxing was the firste and executed when Sirenius was lieutenaunt in Siria And euery man went vnto his owne citie to be taxed And Ioseph also ascended from Galile out of a citie called Nazareth into Iewry vnto the citie of Dauid which is called Bethleem because he was of the house and linage of Dauid to bee taxed with Mary his spoused wife whiche was with chylde And it fortuned that while they were there her tyme was come that she shoulde be deliuered And she brought furth her first begotten sonne and wrapped him in swadling clothes layed him in a Maunger because there was no roume for them in the Inne And there were in the same region shepeheardes watching and keping theyr flocke by night And loe the Angel of the lord stoode harde by them and the brightnesse of the lorde shone rounde about them and they were sore afrayed And the Angel saied vnto them Be not afrayde for behold I bring you tydinges of great ioy that shall come to all people for vnto you is borne this daye in the citie of Dauid a sauiour whiche is Christ the lord And take this for a sygne ye shal fynde the childe wrapped in swadlyng clothes and layde in a maūger And straight way there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenly souldiers praysyng god and saying Glory to god on hye and peace on the earth and vnto men a good will ¶ At the seconde Communion O Lord our gouernour how excellent is thy name in all the worlde thou that haste set thy glory aboue the heauens Out of the mouth of very babes and suckelynges hast thou ordayned strength because of thyne enemies that thou mightest still the enemye and the auenger For I will considre thy heauens euen the woorkes of thy fyngers the Moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned What is man that thou art so myndefull of hym and the sonne of man that thou visitest him Thou madest him lower then the Angels to croune him with glorye and worship Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the workes of thy handes and thou haste put all thynges in subieccion vnder his feete All shepe and oxen yea and the beastes of the fielde The foules of the ayre and the fishes of the sea and whatsoeuer walketh thorowe the pathes of the seas O Lorde our gouernoure howe excellent is thy name in all the worlde Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmyghtie God which haste geuen vs thy only begotten sonne to take our nature vpon hym and this daye to be borne of a pure virgin Graunt that we being regenerate and made thy children by adoption and grace maye dayly be renued by thy holy spirite throughe the same our Lorde Iesus Christe who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle GOD in tymes paste dyuerslye and manye wayes spake vnto the fathers by Prophetes but in these last dayes he hath spoken to vs by his owne sōne whom he hath made heyre of all thinges by whom also he made the worlde Whiche sonne being the brightnesse of his glory and the very image of his substaunce rulyng all thynges with the worde of his power hath by hys owne person pourged our synnes and sytteth on the ryght hand of the maiestie on hygh being so muche more excellent then the Angels as he hath by inheritaunce obtayned a more excellente name then they For vnto whiche of the Angels sayed he at any time Thou art my sonne thys daye haue I begotten thee And agayne I wyll be his father and he shall bee my sonne And agayne when he bryngeth in the firste begotten sonne into the worlde he sayeth and let all the Angels of God wurship hym And vnto the Angels he sayethe He maketh his Angels spirites and hys ministers a flame of fyre But vnto the sonne he sayethe thy seate O God shal 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 anointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy felowes And thou Lorde in the beginning haste layed the foundacion of the earthe the heauens are the workes of thy handes They shal perish but thou endurest But they all shall waxe olde as doeth a garmente and as a vesture shalte thou chaunge them and they shal be chaunged But thou art euen the same and thy yeares shall not fayle The Gospell IN the beginning was the worde and the worde was with God and God was the worde Thesame was in the beginning with God All thinges were made by it without it was
inheritaunce that belongeth vnto the naturall sonnes Because ye are sonnes God hath sent the spirite of hys sonne into oure heartes whiche cryeth Abba father Wherfore now thou arte not a seruaunte but a sonne If thou bee a sonne thou art also an heyre of GOD through Christ The Gospell THis is the boke of the generaciō of Iesus Christ the sonne of Dauid the sonne of Abrahā Abraham begat Isaac Isaac begat Iacob Iacob begat Iudas his brethren Iudas begat Phares Zaram of Thamar Phares begat Esrō Esrom begat Aram Arā begat Aminadab Aminadab begat Naasson Naasson begat Salmō Salmō begat Boos of Rahab Boos begat Obed of Ruth Obed begat Iesse Iesse begat Dauid y e king Dauid the king begat Salomō of her that was the wife of Vrie Salamō begat Roboam Roboam begat Abia Abia begat Asa Asa begat Iosaphat Iosaphat begat Ioram Ioram begat Osias Osias begat Ioatham Ioatham begat Achas Achas begat Ezechias Ezechias begat Manasses Manasses begat Amon Amon begat Iosias Iosias begat Ieconias and his brethren about the tyme that they were caryed awaye to Babilon And after they were brought to Babilon Ieconias begat Salathiell Salathiell begate Zorobabel Zorobabel begat Abiud Abiud begate Eliachim Eliachim begat Azor Azor begat Sadoc Sadoc begat Achin Achin begat Eliud Eliud begat Eleasar Eleasar begat Matthan Matthan begat Iacob Iacob begat Ioseph the husbande of Marie of whome was borne Iesus euen he that is called Christe And so all the generacyons from Abrahā to Dauid are .xiiii. generacions And from Dauid vnto the captiuitie of Babilon axe .xiiii. generacions And from the captiuitie of Babilon vnto Christe are .xiiii. generacions The birth of Iesus Christe was on thys wyse When hys mother Mary was maryed to Ioseph beefore they came to dwell together she was founde with childe by the holy goste Then Ioseph her husbande because he was a righteous manne and woulde not put her to shame was minded prieuely to departe from her But whyle he thus thought behold the Angel of the lord appeared vnto hym in slepe saying Ioseph thou sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Mary thy wyfe for that which is conceiued in her cummeth of the holye goste She shall bring furth a sonne and thou shalt call hys name Iesus for he shall saue his people from theyr sinnes All thys was doone that it mighte be fulfilled whiche was spoken of the lorde by the Prophete saying Beholde a mayde shall bee with chylde and shall brynge foorthe a sonne and they shall call hys name Emanuell whiche if a manne interprete is asmuche to say as God with vs. And Ioseph assone as he awoke out of slepe did as the Angel of the lorde had bidden him and he toke hys wyfe vnto hym and knew her not til she had brought furth her first begotten sonne and called his name Iesus ¶ The Circumcision of Christ At Mattins The first lesson Gene. xvii vnto the ende The seconde lesson Rom. ii vnto the ende At the Communion I Was glad when they sayde vnto me we wil goe into the house of the Lorde Our feete shall stande in thy gates O Ierusalem Ierusalem is buylded as a citie that is at vnytye in it selfe For thither the Tribes goe vp euen the Tribes of the Lorde to testifye vnto Israell to geue thankes vnto the name of the Lorde For there is the seate of iudgemente euen the seate of the house of Dauid O pray for the peace of Ierusalem they shall prosper that loue thee Peace be within thy walles and plenteousnes within thy palaces For my brethren and companions sakes I will wishe thee prosperitie Yea because of the house of the Lorde our God I wil seke to doe thee good Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie God which madest thy blessed sonne to be circumcised and obedyente to the lawe for manne graunte vs the true circumcision of thy spirite that our heartes and all our members being mortifyed from all worldly and carnall lustes may in all thinges obey thy blessed wil through the same thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle BLessed is that man to whome the Lord wil not impute sinne Came this blessednes then vpō the vncircūcisiō or vpō the circūcisiō also for we say that fayth was rekoned to Abrahā for righteousnes How was it then rekoned when he was in the circumcision or when he was in the vncircumcisyon not in the tyme of circumcision but when he was yet vncircumcised And he receyued the sygne of circumcision as a seale of the righteousnesse of faith which he had yet being vncircumcised that he should bee the father of all them that beleue though they bee not circumcised that righteousnes myght be imputed to them also and that he myghte bee the father of circumcision not vnto them onely whiche came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision For the promyse that he shoulde bee the heyre of the worlde happened not to Abraham or to his seede through the law but through the righteousnes of faythe For if they whiche are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayne and the promise of none effect The Gospell ANd it fortuned assoone as the Angels were gone awaye from the shepeheardes into heauen they sayde one to another let vs goe nowe euen vnto Bethleem and see thys thyng that wee heare say is happened which the lord hath shewed vnto vs. And they came with haste and founde Marye and Ioseph and the Babe laide in a maunger And when they had sene it they published abroade the saying whiche was tolde them of that childe And all they that heard it wondered at those thinges whiche were tolde them of the shepeheardes But Mary kepte all those sayinges and pondered them in her heart And the shepheardes returned praising and lauding God for all the thynges that they had hearde and seene euen as it was tolde vnto them And when the eyght daye was come that the childe shoulde be circumcised hys name was called Iesus whiche was named of the Angell before he was conceiued in the woumbe ¶ At Euensong The first lesson Deute x. And now Israel vnto the ende The seconde Lesson Coloss ii vnto the ende ¶ The Epiphanie At Mattins The first Lesson Esai .lx. vnto the ende The seconde lesson Luke .iii. And it fortuned vnto the ende At the Communion O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song syng vnto the Lorde all the whole yearth Syng vnto the Lorde and prayse hys name be telling of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare hys honour vnto the Heathen and hys woonders vnto all people For the lorde is great and cannot woorthely be praysed he is more to be feared then all Goddes As for all the Goddes of the Heathen they bee but ydolles but it is the Lorde that made
and soughte hym And it fortuned that after three dayes they founde him in the temple sytting in the middest of the doctours hearyng them and posing them And all that heard hym were astonied at his vnderstanding and answers And when they saw hym they meruailed and his mother sayd vnto him Sonne why haste thou thus dealte with vs Beholde thy father I haue sought thee sorowing And he sayd vnto them how happened it that ye sought me wiste ye not that I muste go about my fathers busines And they vnderstode not that saying which he spake vnto them And he went downe with thē and came to Nazareth and was obedient vnto them but his mother kept all these sayinges together in her heart And Iesus prospered in wisdome and age and in fauour with god and men ¶ The second Sonday THe foole hath sayd in his heart there is no god They are corrupte and become abhominable in theyr doinges there is not one that doeth good no not one The lorde loked downe from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that woulde vnderstand and seeke after God But they are all gone out of the waye they are altogether become abominable there is none that doeth good no not one Their throte is an open sepulchre with their tongues thei haue deceyued the poyson of Aspes is vnder theyr lippes Theyr mouth is full of curssyng and bitternes theyr feete are swift to shed bloud Destruccion and vnhappines is in theyr wayes and the way of peace haue they not knowen there is no feare of God before theyr eyes Haue they no knowlege that they are all suche woorkers of mischiefe eating vp my people as it were bread and call not vpon the Lorde There were they brought in great feare euen where no feare was for god is in the generacion of the righteous As for you ye haue made a mocke at the counsayl of the poore because he putteth his trust in the lorde Who shall geue saluacion vnto Israell out of Sion when the lorde turneth the captiuitie of his people then shall Iacob reioyce and Israell be glad Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God which dooest gouerne all thinges in heauen and earthe mercifully heare the supplicacions of thy people and graunt vs thy peace all the dayes of our lyfe The Epistle SEing that we haue dyuerse gyftes according to the grace that is geuen vnto vs if any man haue the gift of prophecy let hym haue it that it be agreeing to the faith Let hym that hath an office waite on his office Let hym that reacheth take hede to his doctrine Let hym that exhorteth geue attendaunce to his exhortacion If any man geue let hym do it with singlenes Let him that ruleth doe it with diligence If any man shew mercy let him do it with cherefulnes Let loue bee with out dissimulacion Hate that whiche is euill and cleaue vnto that whiche is good Be kynde one to an other with brotherly loue In geuing honour goe one before an other Be not slothefull in the busines which ye haue in hād Be feruēt in the spirite Apply your selues to the time Reioyce in hope Be pacient in tribulacion Continue in praier Distribute vnto the necessitie of the sainctes Be ready to harbour Blesse them whiche persecute you blesse I say and curse not Be mery with them that are mery wepe also with them that wepe bee of like affeccion one towardes another Bee not hie minded but make youre selues equall to them of the lower sorte The Gospell ANd the third daye was there a mariage in Cana a citie of Galile and the mother of Iesus was there And Iesus was called and his disciples vnto the mariage And when the wine fayled the mother of Iesus saide vnto him thei haue no wine Iesus said vnto her woman what haue I to doe with thee mine houre is not yet come His mother said vnto the ministers whatsoeuer he sayeth vnto you do it And there were standyng there vi waterpottes of stone after the maner of the purifying of the Iewes conteyning .ii. or .iii. fyrkyns a peece Iesus sayde vnto them fill the watter pottes with water And they filled them vp to the brimme And he saide vnto them draw out now and beare vnto the Gouernour of the feast And thei bare it When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was turned into wine and knewe not whence it was but the ministers whiche drewe the water knewe he called the bridegrome and sayd vnto him Euerie man at the beginning doth set forth good wine and when men be dronke then that which is woorse but thou haste kepte the good wine vntill now This beginning of miracles did Iesus in Cana of Galile and shewed his glorye and his disciples beleued on him ¶ The .iii. Sonday LOrde who shal dwelle in thy tabernacle who shal reste vpon thy holye hill Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupte lyfe and dothe the thing whiche is right and speaketh the truthe from his hearte He that hath vsed no deceyt in his tongue nor done euil to his neighbour and hath not slaundered his neighbours He that setteth not by hymselfe but is lowelye in his owne iyes and maketh much of them that feare the lorde He that sweareth vnto his neyghbour and disapointeth hym not though it were to his owne hinderaunce He that hath not geuen his money vnto vsury nor taken rewarde against the innocente Whoso dothe these thinges shall neuer fall Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God mercyfullye looke vpon oure infirmities and in all our daungiers and necessities stretche foorthe thy ryghte hande to helpe and defende vs through Christe our Lorde The Epistle BE not wise in your owne opinions Recompence to no man euill for euill Prouide aforehande thynges honest not onely before God but also in the syghte of all men If it be possible as much as is in you liue peaceably with all menne Dearely beloued auenge not youre selues but rather geue place vnto wrath For it is written vengeaunce is myne I will rewarde sayth the lorde Therfore if thyne enemie hunger feede him if he thirst geue him drynke For in so dooyng thou shalte heape coales of fyre on his heade Be not ouercome of euill but ouercome euill with goodnes The Gospell WHen he was come downe from the mountayne muche people folowed hym And beholde there came a Leper and wurshipped him saying Maister if thou wilte thou canst make me cleane And Iesus putte foorth his hande and touched hym saying I will be thou cleane and immediatelye his Leprosye was cleansed And Iesus said vnto him see thou tel no manne but goe and shew thy selfe to the priest offer the gift that Moses cōmaunded to be offered for a witnesse vnto them And when Iesus was entred
for you This doe ye in the remembraunce of me After thesame maner also he toke the cup when supper was done saying this cup is the newe testament in my bloud This dooe as oft as ye drinke it in remembraunce of me For as often as ye shall eate this bread and drinke this cuppe ye shall shewe the Lordes death tyll he come Wherfore whosoeuer shall eate of this bread or drinke of the cuppe of the Lorde vnworthely shal be giltie of the bodye and bloud of the Lorde But let a man examin himselfe and so let hym eate of the bread and drinke of the cup. For he that eateth and drynketh vnworthely eateth and drinketh his owne damnacion because he maketh no difference of the Lordes body For this cause many are weake sicke among you and many slepe For if we had iudged our selfes we should not haue been iudged But when we are iudged of the Lorde we are chastened that we should not be damned with the worlde Wherfore my brethren when ye come together to eate tary one for an other If any man hongre let him eate at home that ye come not together vnto condemnacion Other thynges will I set in ordre when I come The Gospell THe whole multitude of them arose and led hym vnto Pylate And they began to accuse hym saying we found this felowe peruertyng the people and forbyddyng to paye tribute to Cesar saying that he is Christ a king And Pilate apposed him saying art thou the king of the Iewes he answered hym sayed thou sayest it Then sayed Pilate to the hye priestes and to the people I fynd no faut in this man And they were the more fierce saying he moueth the people teaching throughout all Iury and began at Galile euen to this place Whē Pilate heard mencion of Galile he asked whether the man were of Galile And assone as he knewe that he belonged vnto Herodes iurisdiccion he sente hym to Herode whiche was also at Ierusalē at that time And when Herode saw Iesus he was excedyng glad for he was desyrous to see him of a long season because he had heard many thynges of him he trusted to haue seen some miracle done by hym Then he questioned with hym many wordes But he answered him nothing The hye priestes and Scribes stode furth accused him straightly And Herode with his men of warre despised him And when he had mocked hym he arayed hym in whyte clothing and sent hym again to Pylate And thesame daye Pylate and Herode were made frendes together For before they were at variaunce And Pylate called together the hye priestes and the rulers and the people and sayd vnto them ye haue brought this man vnto me as one that peruerteth the people and behold I examine hym before you and finde no faute in this man of those thynges wherof ye accuse hym no nor yet Herode For I sent you vnto him and loe nothing worthy of death is done vnto him I will therfore chasten hym and let hym looce For of necessitie he must haue let one looce vnto them at that feast And all the people cryed atonce saying awaye with him and deliuer vs Barrabas whiche for acertayne insurreccion made in the citie and for a murther was cast in prison Pilate spake againe vnto thē willing to let Iesus looce But they cryed saying crucifye hym crucifye him He sayed vnto them the thirde time what euill hat he done I finde no cause of death in hym I wyll therfore chasten him and let hym go And they cryed with loude voyces requiring that he myght be crucified And the voyces of them and of the hye priestes preuayled And Pilate gaue sentence that it should be as they required and he let looce vnto them him that for insurreccion and murther was cast into prison whom they had desired he deliuered to them Iesus to do with hym what they would And as they led hym awaye they caught one Symon of Ciren comming out of the field and on him layde they the crosse that he myght beare it after Iesus And there folowed him a great company of people and of women which bewailed and lamented him But Iesus turned backe vnto them and sayed ye daughters of Ierusalem wepe not for me but wepe for your selfes and for your children For behold the dayes will come in the whiche they shall saye Happy are the baren the woumbes that neuer bare and the pappes whiche neuer gaue sucke Then shall they begyn to say to the mountaynes fall on vs and to the hylles couer vs. For if they do this in a grene tree what shall be done in the dry And there were two euill doers led with him to be slaine And after that thei were come to the place whiche is called Caluarie there they crucified hym and the euill doers one on the right hand and the other on the left Then sayd Iesus father forgeue them for they wote not what they do And they parted his rayment and cast lottes And the people stoode and behelde And the rulers mocked hym with them saying he saued other men lette hym saue himselfe yf he be very Christe the chosen of God The souldiers also mocked hym and came and offred hym vinegre and sayd if thou be the kyng of the Iewes saue thy selfe And a superscripcion was writtē ouer hym with letters of Greke and Latin and Hebrue This is the king of the Iewes And one of the euil doers whiche were hanged railed on him saying If thou be Christe saue thy selfe and vs. But the other answered and rebuked him saying fearest thou not God seyng thou art in thesame damnacion we are righteously punished for we receyue accordyng to our dedes but this man hath done nothing amisse And he sayde vnto Iesus Lorde remembre me when thou comest into thy kyngdome And Iesus sayd vnto him verely I say vnto thee to day shalt thou be with me in Paradise And it was about the .vi. houre and there was darknesse ouer all the earth vntill the .ix. houre and the Sonne was darkened And the vayle of the temple did rente euen through the middes And when Iesus had cryed wyth a loude voyce he sayed Father into thy handes I commend my spirite And when he thus had sayed he gaue vp the goste When the Centurion sawe what had happened he glorified God saying verely this was a righteous man And all the people that came together to that syght and sawe the thinges which had happened smote their brestes and returned And all his acquaintaunce and the women that folowed him from Galile stode a farre of beholdynge these thynges And beholde there was a man named Ioseph a counsailor and he was a good man and a iust thesame had no consented to the counsaile and dede of them whiche was of Aramathia a citie of the Iewes whyche same also waited for the kingdome of God he wente vnto Pylate and begged the body of Iesus and tooke it downe and
commaundementes His seede shal be mightie vpon yearthe the generacion of the faythefull shal be blessed Riches and plenteousnes shal be in his house and hys righteousnes endureth for euer Vnto the Godly there ariseth vp lyght in the darkenes he is mercifull louing and righteous A good man is mercifull and lendeth and wyll guyde his wordes with discrecion For he shall neuer be moued and the righteous shal be had in euerlasting remembraunce He will not bee afrayed for any euyl tydynges for hys hearte standeth fast and beleueth in the Lorde His hearte is stablyshed and will not shrynke vntill he see his desire vpon his enemyes He hath sparsed abroade and geuē to the poore and hys righteousnes remaineth for euer his horne shal bee exalted with honor The vngodlye shall se it and it shall greue him he shall gnashe with his teeth and consume awaye the desyre of the vngodly shall perishe Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now and euer c. The Collect. Almightie father c. As at the second Communion on Easter day The Epistle ALl that is borne of GOD ouercommeth the world And this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde euen our faith Who is it that ouercommeth the worlde but he whiche beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This Iesus Christe is he that came by water and bloude not by water onely but by water and bloud And it is the spirite that beareth witnesse because the spirite is truethe For there are three whiche beare recorde in heauen the father the woorde and the holy ghoste and these three are one And there are three whiche beare recorde in yearth the spirite and water and bloude and these three are one If wee receyue the witnes of menne the witnes of God is greater For this is the witnes of God that is greater whiche he testified of his sonne He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the witnes in hymselfe He that beleueth not God hath made hym a lyer because he beleueth not the recorde that God gaue of his sonne And this is the record how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall life and this lyfe is in his sonne He that hath the sonne hath lyfe and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not lyfe The Gospell IHesame daye at nyghte whiche was the first day of the Sabbothes whē the dores were shut where the disciples were assembled together for feare of the Iewes came Iesus and stode in the middes and sayd vnto them Peace be vnto you And when he had so sayde he shewed vnto them his handes and his syde Then were the disciples glad when they sawe the Lorde Then sayde Iesus to them againe Peace be vnto you As my father sent me euen so sende I you also And when he had saide those wordes he breathed on them and saide vnto them receyue ye the holy gost Whosoeuers synnes ye remytte they are remytted vnto them And whosoeuers synnes ye retaine they are retained ¶ The second Sondaye after Easter HAste thee O God to deliuer me Make haste to helpe me O Lorde Let them bee ashamed and confounded that seke after my soule lette them be turned backeward and put to confusion that wishe me euill Let them for their reward be soone brought to shame that crye ouer me there there But let all those that seke thee be ioyfull and gladde in thee and let al suche as delight in thy saluacion say alway the Lorde be praysed As for me I am poore and in misery Haste thee vnto me O God Thou art my helpe and my redemer O Lorde make no long tarying Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche haste geuen thy holy sonne to be vnto vs both a sacrifice for synne and also an example of Godly lyfe Geue vs the grace that we may alwayes moste thankfully receiue that his inestimable benefite and also dayly indeuour our selfes to folowe the blessed steppes of his moste holy lyfe The Epistle THis is thanke worthy yf a manne for conscience toward God indure griefe and suffre wrong vndeserued For what prayse is it yf when ye bee buffeted for your fautes ye take it paciently But and if when ye doe well ye suffre wrong and take it paciently then is there thāke with God For hereunto verely were ye called For Christe also suffered for vs leauyng vs an ensample that ye shoulde folowe his steppes whiche dyd no synne neyther was there guyle found in his mouth which when he was reuiled reuiled not againe when he suffered he threatned not but committed the vengeaunce to hym that iudgeth righteously which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree that we being deliuered from sinne should lyue vnto righteousnes By whose stripes ye were healed For ye were as shepe goyng a stray But are nowe turned vnto the shepheard and bishop of your soules The Gospell CHriste sayed to his disciples I am the good shepheard a good shepheard geueth his lyfe for the shepe An hired seruaunte he whiche is not the shepheard neyther the shepe are his owne seeth the wolfe commyng and leaueth the shepe and flieth and the wolfe catcheth and skattreth the shepe The hired seruaunt flyeth because he is an hired seruaunte and careth not for the shepe I am the good shepheard and knowe my shepe and am knowen of myne As my Father knoweth me euen so knowe I also my Father And I geue my lyfe for the shepe and other shepe I haue whiche are not of this folde Them also must I bryng and they shall heare my voyce and there shal be one folde and one shepheard ¶ The .iii. Sonday VNto thee O God doe we geue thankes yea vnto thee doe we geue thankes Thy name also is so nye and that doe thy wonderous workes declare When I receiue the congregacion I shal iudge accordyng vnto right The earth is weake and all the inhabitours therof I beare vp the pillers of it I sayed vnto the fooles deale not so madly and to the vngodly set not vp your horne Sette not vp youre horne on hye and speake not with a stiffe necke For promocion commeth neither from the East nor from the West nor yet from the Southe And why GOD is the iudge he putteth downe one and setteth vp an other For in the hande of the Lorde there is a cup and the wine is red it is full mixte and he poureth out of thesame As for the dregges therof all the vngodly of the yearth shall drinke them and sucke them out But I will talke of the God of Iacob and prayse hym for euer All the hornes of the vngodly also will I breake and the hornes of the righteous shal be exalted Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the
beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God which shewest to all men that be in errour the light of thy trueth to the intent that they may returne into the waye of righteousnes Graunte vnto all them that be admitted into the felowship of Christes religion that they may exchewe those thinges that be contrarye to their profession and folowe all suche thinges as bee agreable to thesame through our Lorde Iesus Christe The Epistle DErely beloued I beseche you as straungiers and pilgriemes abstaine frō fleshly lustes which fight against the soule and see that ye haue honest conuersacion among the Gentiles that where as they backbite you as euill doers they may see youre good workes and prayse God in the day of visitacion Submyt your selfes therfore vnto all maner ordinaunce of man for the Lordes sake whether it bee vnto the kyng as vnto the chiefe head either vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punishment of euil doers but for the laude of them that do well For so is the wil of God that with well doing ye may stop the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunte men as free and not as hauyng the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but euen as the seruauntes of God Honour all menne loue brotherly felowship feare God honor the Kyng The Gospell IEsus sayed to his disciples After a while ye shal not see me and againe after a while ye shall see me for I go to the father Then sayed some of his disciples betwene themselfes what is this that he sayeth vnto vs after a while ye shall not see me and againe after a while ye shall see me and that I go to the father They sayed therfore what is this that he sayeth after a while We cānot tell what he sayth Iesus perceyued that they would aske hym and sayed vnto them ye inquire of this betwene your selfes because I sayed after a whyle ye shall not see me and againe after a while ye shall see me Verely verely I saye vnto you ye shall wepe and lament but contrary wyse the worlde shall reioyce Ye shal sorowe but your sorowe shal be turned to ioy A woman when she trauayleth hath sorowe because her houre is come But assone as she is deliuered of the childe she remembreth no more the anguishe for ioy that a manne is borne into the worlde And ye nowe therfore haue sorowe but I wyll see you againe and your heartes shall reioyce and youre ioy shall no manne take from you ¶ The .iiii. Sonday GOD standeth in the congregacion of princes He is iudge emong Gods Howe long will ye geue wrong iudgement and accept the persons of the vngodly Defende the poore and fatherlesse see that suche as bee in nede and necessitie haue right Deliuer the outcast and poore Saue them from the hande of the vngodly They will not be learned nor vnderstande but walke on still in darkenesse all the foundacions of the earth be out of course I haue sayed ye are Gods and ye all are children of the the moste highest But ye shall dye lyke men and fal lyke one of the princes Arise O God and iudge thou the earth For thou shalt take all the Heathen to thyne inheritaunce Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche doest make the myndes of all faythfull menne to be of one wyll graunte vnto thy people that they maye loue the thyng whiche thou commaundest and desyre that whiche thou doest promes that emong the sundery and manifolde chaunges of the worlde our heartes may surely there be fixed where as true ioyes are to be founde Through Christe our Lorde The Epistle EVery good gifte and euery perfect gifte is from aboue commeth doune from the father of lightes with whom is no variablenes neither is he chaūged vnto darkenes Of his owne will begate he vs with the worde of trueth that we shoulde be the firste fruites of his creatures Wherfore dere brethren let euery man be swift to heare slowe to speake slowe to wrathe For the wrathe of man worketh not that which is righteous before God Wherfore laye aparte all filthines and superfluitie of maliciousnes receiue with mekenes the word that is graffed in you whiche is able to saue your soules The Gospell IEsus sayed vnto his disciples nowe I goe my way to him that sent me and none of you asketh me whither I goe But because I haue sayed suche thynges vnto you your heartes are full of sorow Neuertheles I tell you the truth it is expedient for you that I go away For if I go not away that comforter will not come vnto you But if I depart I will sende hym vnto you And when he is come he will rebuke the worlde of sinne and of righteousnes and of iudgement Of synne because they beleue not on me Of righteousnes because I go to my father and ye shall see me nomore Of Iudgement because the Prince of this worlde is iudged already I haue yet many thinges to saye vnto you but ye cannot beare them awaye nowe howbeit when he is come which is the spirite of trueth he will leade you into all trueth He shall not speake of himselfe but whatsoeuer he shall heare that shall he speake and he will shewe you thynges to come He shall glorifie me for he shall receyue of myne and shall shewe vnto you All thinges that the father hath are mine therfore sayed I vnto you that he shall take of mine and shewe vnto you ¶ The .v. Sonday O Howe amiable are thy dwellynges Thou Lorde of Hostes My soule hath a desyre and longing to entre into the courtes of the Lorde My heart and my flesh reioyce in the lyuing God Yea the Sparowe hath foūd her an house and the Swalow a nest where she may lay her young Euen thy altares O Lorde of Hostes my king and my God Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be alwaye praysing thee Blessed is that manne whose strength is in thee In whose heart are thy wayes Whiche goyng through the vale of misery vse it for a well and the pooles are filled with water They will goe from strength to strength and vnto the God of Gods appeareth euery one of them in Sion O Lorde God of Hostes heare my prayer Hearken O God of Iacob Behold O God our defender and loke vpon the face of thyne anoynted For one day in thy courtes is better then a thousande I had rather be a doore keper in the house of my God then to dwell in the tentes of vngodlynes For the Lorde God is a light and defence the Lorde will geue grace and worship and no good thyng shall he withholde from them that liue a godly lyfe O Lorde God of Hostes blessed is the manne that putteth his trust in thee Glory be to the father and to
the wildernes to satysfye these And he asked them how many loaues haue ye They sayde seuen And he cōmaunded the people to sit downe on the ground And he tooke the seuen loaues And when he had geuen thankes he brake and gaue to hys disciples to sette before them And they did set thē before the people And they had a fewe small fishes And when he had blessed he commaunded them also to be set before them And they dyd eate and were suffysed And they tooke vp of the broken meate that was left seuen baskettes full And they that did eate were about foure thousande And he sent them awaye The eyght Sonday after Trinitie Sonday ¶ At the Communion THou arte my porcyon O Lorde I haue promised to kepe thy lawe I made mine humble peticion in thy presence with my whole heart O be mercifull vnto me accordyng vnto thy woorde I cal mine owne waies to remembraunce and turne my feete into thy testimonies I made haste and prolonged not the tyme to keepe thy commaundementes The congregacions of the vngodly haue robbed me but I haue not forgotten thy lawe At midnight will I ryse to geue thankes vnto thee because of thy righteous iudgementes I am a companyon of all them that feare thee and kepe thy commaundementes The earth O Lorde is full of thy mercie O teache me thy statutes Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be world without ende Amen The Collect. GOd whose prouidēce is neuer deceiued we humbly beseche thee that thou wilt put away from vs all hurtful thinges and geue those thinges which be profitable for vs Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle BRethren we are debters not to the fleshe to liue after the flesh For if ye liue after y e flesh ye shal dye But if ye through the spirite doe mortifye the deedes of the body ye shall liue For as many as are led by the spirite of god they are the sonnes of God For ye haue not receyued the spirite of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receyued the spirite of adopcion wherby we crie Abba father The same spirite certifieth our spirite that we are the sonnes of God If we be sonnes then are we also heires the heires I meane of god heyres annexed with Christ if so be that we suffre with hym that we may bee also glorifyed together with hym The Gospel BEware of false Prophetes whiche come to you in shepes clothing but inwardly they are rauening wolues Ye shal know thē by theyr fruites Do men gather Grapes of thornes Or Figges of Thystles Euen so euerye good tree bryngeth furth good fruites But a corrupte tree bringeth furth euill fruites A good tree can not bryng furth bad fruites neyther can a bad tree bryng furth good fruites Euerye tree that bryngeth not furth good fruite is hewen downe and caste into the fyer Wherefore by theyr fruites ye shall knowe them Not euery one that sayeth vnto me Lorde Lord shall entre into the kyngdome of heauen but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heauen he shall entre into the kingdome of heauen ¶ The .ix. Sonday O Lord thou hast delt graciously with thy seruaunt according vnto thy woorde O learne me true vnderstandyng and knoweledge for I haue beleued thy commaundementes Before I was troubled I went wrong but nowe I haue kept thy woorde Thou art good and gracious O teache me thy statutes The proude haue imagined a lye agaynst me but I wil kepe thy commaundementes with my whole heart Theyr hearte is as fatte as braune but my delyte hath bene in thy lawe It is good for me that I haue beene in trouble That I may learne thy statutes The lawe of thy mouthe is dearer vnto me then thousandes of golde and siluer Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be world without ende Amen The Collect. GRaunt to vs lord we beseche thee the spirite to thinke and dooe alwayes suche thynges as bee ryghtfull that we whiche cannot be without thee may by thee be hable to lyue accordyng to thy will Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde The Epistle BRethren I would not that ye should be ignoraunt how that our fathers were all vnder the cloude all passed through the sea and were al baptised vnder Moses in the cloude in the sea and did all eate of one spirituall meate dyd all drynke of one spirituall drynke And they dranke of the spirituall rocke that folowed them whiche Rocke was Christ But in many of them had God no delight For they were ouerthrowen in the wildernesse These are ensaumples to vs that we should not lust after euil thinges as they lusted And that ye should not be worshippers of ymages as were some of them accordyng as it is written The people sate downe to eate and drynke and rose vp to playe Neyther let vs bee defyled with fornycacion as some of them were defyled with fornicacion and fel in one daye three and twentie thousande Neyther lette vs tempt Christ as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpentes Neyther murmure ye as some of them murmured were destroyed of the destroyer All these thynges happened vnto them for ensaumples But are written to put vs in remembraunce whome the endes of the worlde are come vpon Wherefore lette hym that thynketh he standeth take hede lest he fall There hath none other temptacion taken you but suche as foloweth the nature of man But God is faythfull whiche shall not suffer you to bee tempted aboue your strength but shal in the middes of the temptacion make a way that ye may be hable to beare it The Gospell IEsus sayde vnto hys disciples There was a certayne ryche manne whiche had a Stewarde and the same was accused vnto hym that he hadde wasted hys goodes And he called hym and sayde vnto hym howe is it that I heare thys of thee Geue accomptes of thy Stewardship for thou mayst be no longer Stewarde The Stewarde sayde within hymselfe what shall I doe For my maister taketh away from me the Stewardship I can not digge and to begge I am ashamed I wote what to do that when I am put out of the Stewardship they may receiue me into theyr houses So when he had called all his Masters debters together he sayed vnto the first how much owest thost vnto my Master And he sayed an hundred tunnes of oyle And he sayde vnto him take thy Bill and sitte downe quickely and wryte fiftie Then sayde he to an other howe muche owest thou And he sayde an hundred quarters of wheate He sayde vnto him take thy bil and write foure skore And the Lorde commended the vniuste Stewarde because he had done wisely For the children of this world are in their nacion wiser then the
Christ our Lorde The Epistle I Desyre that you faynt not because of my tribulacions that I suffer for your sakes whiche is youre prayse For thys cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe which is father ouer al that is called father in heauē and in yearth that he woulde graunte you accordyng to the riches of his glorye that ye may be strengthed with might by hys spirite in the inner manne that Christe maye dwell in your heartes by fayth that ye being rooted and grounded in loue myght be able to comprehend with al saintes what is the bredth and length depth and heigth and to know the excellent loue of the knowledge of Christe that ye myght be fulfilled with all fulnes which commeth of God Vnto him that is able to do exceadyng aboundantlye aboue all that wee aske or think according to the power that worketh in vs be praise in the congregacion by Christ Iesus throughout all generacions from tyme to tyme. Amen The Gospell ANd it fortuned that Iesus went into a Citie called Naim and many of hys disciples went wyth him and muche people When he came nie to the gate of the citie beholde there was a dead man caried out which was the only sonne of hys mother and she was a wedowe muche people of the citie was with her And when the Lorde sawe her he had compassion on her and sayed vnto her weepe not And he came nye and touched the coffen and they that bare hym stode still And he sayde yong man I saye vnto thee aryse And he that was dead sate vp and began to speake And he delyuered him to his mother And there came a feare on them all And they gaue the glory vnto God saying A great Prophet is rysen vp among vs and God hath visited his people And this rumor of him wēt forth throughout al Iewrye and throughout al the regions which lye round about ¶ The .xvii. Sondaye THy testimonies are wonderfull therfore doeth my soule kepe them When thy word goeth forth it geueth lyghte and vnderstanding euen vnto the symple I opened my mouth and drue in my breath for my delyte was in thy commaundementes O looke thou vpon me and be mercyfull vnto me as thou vsest to do vnto those that loue thy name Order my steppes in thy worde and so shall no wyckednes haue dominion ouer me O delyuer me from the wrongfull dealinges of menne and so shall I kepe thy commaundementes Shewe the light of thy countenaunce vpon thy seruaunt and teache me thy statutes Myne iyes gushe out with water because men kepe not thy lawe Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the. c. As it was in the begynning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. LOrde we praye thee that thy grace maie alwayes preuent and folowe vs and make vs continually to be geuen to all good workes through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle I whiche am a prisoner of the Lordes exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocacion wherwyth ye are called with all lowlines and mekenes with humblenes of mind forbearyng one another through loue and be delygente to kepe the vnytie of the spirite through the bonde of peace being one body and one spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of your callyng Let there be but one Lorde one faith one baptisme one God and father of all which is aboue all and through all and in you all The Gospell IT chaunced that Iesus went into the house of one of the chiefe Phariseis to eate bread on the Sabboth daye and they watched him And beholde there was a certaine manne before hym whiche had the dropsye And Iesus aunswered and spake vnto the lawiers and Phariseis saying Is it lawefull to heale on the Sabboth daye And they helde theyr peace And he toke him and healed hym and let him go and answered them saying which of you shall haue an Asse or an Oxe fallen into a pyt and will not straygth waye pul hym out on the Sabboth daye And they coulde not aunswere him againe to these thinges He put forth also a similitude to the geastes when he marked howe they preaced to be in the hiest roumes said vnto them when thou art biddē of any man to a wedding sit not doune in the highest roume lest a more honorable man then thou be bidden of him and he that bad him and thee come and saye to thee geue thys man roume and thou then begyn with shame to take the lowest roume But rather when thou art bidden go and sit in the lowest roume that whē he that bad thee commeth he may saie vnto thee frend sit vp hier Then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe shal be brought lowe and he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted ¶ The .xviii. Sondaye RIghteous art thou O Lorde and true is thy iudgement The testymonies that thou hast cōmaunded are exceadyng righteous and true My zeale hath euen consumed me because myne enemyes haue forgotten thy wordes Thy worde is tried to the vttermost and thy seruaunt loueth it I am small and of no reputacion yet do not I forgette thy commaundementes Thy ryghteousnes is an euerlasting righteousnes and thy lawe is the trueth Trouble and heauynes haue taken holde vpon me yet is my delight in thy commaundementes The ryghteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlastyng O graunt me vnderstanding and I shall lyue Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynning c. The Collect. LOrde wee beseche thee graunte thy people grace to auoyde the infeccions of the deuyll and with pure hearte and mynde to folowe thee the onely God Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde The Epistle I Thanke my God alwayes on your behalfe for the grace of God which is geuen you by Iesus Christe that in all thynges ye are made ryche by hym in all vtteraunce and in all knowledge by the whiche thynges the testimonye of Iesus Christe was confirmed in you so that ye are behynde in no gyfte waityng for the apperyng of oure Lorde Iesus Christe which shall also strength you vnto the ende that ye maye be blameles in the daye of the commyng of oure Lord Iesus Christe The Gospell When the Phaciseis had heard that Iesus did put the Saduce is to silence they came together and one of them which was a Doctor of lawe asked hym a question tempting him and saying Maister whiche is the greatest Cōmaundemēt in the lawe Iesus said vnto him Thou shalt loue the lorde thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule and with al thy minde Thys is the first and greatest commaundement And the seconde is lyke vnto it Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the Prophetes While the Phariseis were gathered together Iesus asked them saying what
vnto the sainctes For there are certain vngodly men craftely crept in of whiche it was written afore tyme vnto suche iudgement They turne the grace of our God vnto wantonnes and denye God which is the only lorde and our lorde Iesus Christ My minde is therfore to putte you in remembraunce for as muche as ye once knowe this howe that the lorde after that he had deliuered the people out of Egypt destroyed them whiche afterward beleued not The Angels also whiche kept not theyr firste estate but lefte their owne habitacion he hath reserued in euerlastyng chaines vnder darknes vnto the iudgement of the great daye euen as Sodom and Gomor and the Cities aboute them whiche in lyke maner defiled themselues with fornicacion and folowed straunge fleshe are set furth for an exaumple and suffre the paine of eternall fyre lykewyse these being deceyued by dreames defile the fleshe despise rulers and speake euell of them that are in auctoritie The Gospell THis commaunde I you that ye loue together If the world hate you ye know that it hated me before it hated you If ye were of the worlde the world would loue his owne howbeit because ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you out of the worlde therfore the worlde hateth you Remembre the worde that I sayed vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then the lorde If they haue persecuted me they wil also persecute you If they haue kepte my saying they will kepe yours also But all these thinges will they doe vnto you for my names sake because they haue not knowen him that sente me If I had not come and spoken vnto them they shoulde haue had no synne but nowe haue they nothing to cloke theyr synne with all He that hateth me hateth my father also If I had not done among them the workes whiche none other man did they should haue had no synne But nowe haue they both seen and hated not onely me but also my father But this happeneth that the saying might be fulfilled that is written in theyr lawe They hated me without a cause But when the comforter is come whom I will sende vnto you from the father euen the spirite of trueth whiche procedeth of the father he shal testifie of me And ye shall beare witnes also because ye haue been with me from the beginning ¶ All Sainctes Propre lessons at Mattyns The first lesson Sapi. iii. vnto blessed is rather the Baren The second lesson Hebre. xi xii Sainctes by fayth subdued vnto If ye endure chastisyng At the Communion O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song let the congregacion of sainctes prayse hym Let Israell reioyce in him that made him and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in theyr kyng Let them prayse his name in the daunce let them syng prayses vnto him with tabret and harpe For the Lord hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the meke hearted Let the sainctes be ioyfull with glory let them reioyce in their beddes Let the prayses of God be in theyr mouth and a two edged sworde in their handes To be auenged of the heathen and to rebuke the people To bynde theyr kynges in chaynes and theyr nobles with lynkes of yron That they may be auenged of them as it is written suche honour haue all his Sainctes Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie GOD whiche haste knitte together thy electe in one Cōmunion and felowship in the misticall body of thy sonne Christe our Lorde graunt vs grace so to folow thy holy Sainctes in all vertues and godly liuyng that we maye come to those vnspeakeable ioyes whiche thou hast prepared for all them that vnfaynedly loue thee through Iesus Christe The Epistle BEholde I Iohn sawe an other Angel ascend from the rysyng of the Sunne whiche had the seale of the liuing God and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure Aungels to whō power was geuen to hurte the earth and the sea saying Hurte not the earth neyther the sea neyther the trees tyll we haue sealed the seruauntes of our God in theyr foreheades And I heard the noumbre of thē whiche were sealed there were sealed an C. and xliiij M. of all the tribes of the childrē of Israel Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Aser were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Neptalim were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Symeon were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Leui were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Isachar were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed .xii. M. Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed xii M. After this I behelde and loe a great multitude which no manne could nombre of all nacions and people and tongues stode before the seate and before the lambe clothed with long white garmentes and Palmes in theyr handes and cried with a loude voyce saying saluacion be ascribed to hym that sitteth vpon the seate of our god and vnto the lambe And all the Angels stode in the compasse of the seate and of the elders of the foure beastes and fell before the seate on their faces and worshipped God saying Amē Blessing and glory and wisedome and thankes and honour and power and might be vnto our God for euermore Amen The Gospell IEsus seing the people wēt vp into the mountaine and when he was set his disciples came to hym after that he hadde opened his mouth he taughte them saying Blessed are the poore in spirite for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen Blessed are they that morne for they shall receyue comfort Blessed are the meke for they shal receyue the enheritaunce of the earth Blessed are they whiche hunger and thirst after righteousnes for they shall be satisfyed Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtaine mercy Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Blessed are the peace makers for they shal be called the children of God Blessed are they whiche suffre persecucion for righteousnes sake for theirs is the kyngdome of heauē Blessed are ye when men reuile you and persecute you and shall falsly saye all maner of euill sayinges against you for my sake reioyce and be glad for great is youre rewarde in heauen For so persecuted they the Prophetes whiche were before you ¶ Propre lessons at Euensong The first lesson Sapi. v. vnto His iealosy also The second lesson Apoca. xix vnto And I saw an Angell stand ⧠THE SVPPER ⧠of the Lorde and the holy Communion commonly called the Masse SO many as intende to bee partakers of the holy Communion shall sygnifie their names to the Curate ouer night or els in the morning afore
the beginning of Matins or immediatly after And if any of those be an open and notorious euill liuer so that the congregacion by hym is offended or haue doen any wrong to his neighbours by worde or dede The Curate shall cal hym aduertise hym in any wise not to presume to the lordes table vntill he haue openly declared hymselfe to haue truly repented and amended his former naughtie life that the congregacion maie thereby be satisfied whiche afore were offended and that he haue recompensed the parties whom he hath dooen wrong vnto or at the least bee in full purpose so to doe as sone as he conueniently maie ⧠The same ordre shal the Curate vse with those betwixt whom he perceiueth malice and hatred to reigne not suffering them to bee partakers of the Lordes table vntill he knowe them to bee reconciled And yf one of the parties so at variaunce be content to forgeue from the botome of his hearte all that the other hath trespaced against him and to make amendes for that he hymselfe hath offended and the other partie will not bee perswaded to a godly vnitie but remayne still in his frowardnes and malice The Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent persone to the holy Communion and not hym that is obstinate ⧠Vpon the daie and at the time appointed for the ministracion of the holy Communion the Priest that shall execute the holy ministery shall put vpon hym the vesture appoincted for that ministracion that is to saye a white Albe plain with a vestement or Cope And where there be many Priestes or Deacons there so many shal be ready to helpe the Priest in the ministracion as shal bee requisite And shall haue vpon them lykewyse the vestures appointed for their ministery that is to saye Albes with tunacles Then shall the Clearkes syng in Englishe for the office or Introite as they call it a Psalme appointed for that daye The priest standyng humbly afore the middes of the Altar shall saie the Lordes prayer with this Collect. ALmightie GOD vnto whom all heartes bee open and all desyres knowen and from whom no secretes are hid clense the thoughtes of our heartes by the inspiracion of thy holy spirite that we may perfectly loue thee and worthely magnifie thy holy name Through Christ our Lord. Amē Then shall he saye a Psalme appointed for the introite whiche Psalme ended the Priest shall saye or els the Clearkes shall syng iij. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. iij. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. iij. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. Then the Prieste standyng at Goddes borde shall begin Glory be to God on high The Clearkes And in yearth peace good will towardes men We praise thee we blesse thee we worship thee we glorifie thee we geue thankes to thee for thy greate glory O Lorde GOD heauenly kyng God the father almightie O Lorde the only begotten sonne Iesu Christ O Lorde GOD Lambe of GOD sonne of the father that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercie vpon vs thou that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde receyue our prayer Thou that sittest at the righte hande of God the father haue mercie vpon vs For thou onely art holy thou onelye art the Lorde Thou onelye O Christe with the holye Ghoste arte moste highe in the glory of God the father Amen Then the priest shall turne hym to the people and saye The Lorde be with you The Aunswere And with thy spirite The Priest Let vs praye Then shall folowe the Collect of the daye with one of these two Collectes folowing for the Kyng ALmightie God whose kyngdom is euerlasting and power infinite haue mercie vpon the whole congregaciō and so rule the heart of thy chosen seruaūt Edward the sixt our kyng and gouernour that he knowyng whose minister he is maye aboue all thinges seke thy honour glory and that we his subiectes duely consydering whose auctoritie he hath maye faithfully serue honour humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed word and ordinaunce Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde who with thee and the holy ghost liueth and reigneth euer one God worlde without ende Amen ALmightie and euerlasting GOD wee bee taught by thy holy worde that the heartes of Kynges are in thy rule and gouernaunce and that thou doest dispose and turne them as it semeth best to thy godly wisedom We humbly beseche thee so to dispose and gouerne the heart of Edward the sixt thy seruaunt our Kyng and gouernour that in all his thoughtes wordes and workes he maye euer seke thy honour and glory and study to preserue thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and Godlynes Graunt this O merciful father for thy dere sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen The Collectes ended the priest or he that is appointed shall reade the Epistle in a place assigned for the purpose saying The Epistle of sainct Paule written in the Chapiter of to the The Minister then shall reade thepistle Immediatly after the Epistle ended the priest or one appointed to reade the Gospell shall saye The holy Gospell written in the Chapiter of The Clearkes and people shal aunswere Glory be to thee O Lorde The Priest or deacon then shall reade the Gospell After the Gospell ended the priest shall begin I beleue in one God The Clearkes shall syng the rest The father almightie maker of heauen and yearth and of all thinges visible and inuisible And in one Lorde Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of God begotten of his father before all worldes God of GOD light of light very God of very God begotten not made beeyng of one substaunce with the father by whom all thinges were made who for vs men and for our saluacion came downe from heauen and was incarnate by the holy Ghoste of the Virgin Mary and was made manne and was Crucified also for vs vnder Poncius Pilate he suffered and was buried and the thirde daie he arose again according to the scriptures and ascended into heauē and sitteth at the right hande of the father And he shall come again with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead And I beleue in the holy ghost the Lorde and geuer of life who procedeth frō the father and the sonne who with the father and the sonne together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophetes And I beleue one Catholike and Apostolike Churche I acknowlege one Baptisme for the remission of synnes And I loke for the resurreccion of the deade and the lyfe of the worlde to come Amen ¶ After the Crede ended shall folowe the Sermon or Homely or some porcion of one of the Homelies as they shal be hereafter deuided wherin if the people bee not exhorted to the worthy receyuing of the holy Sacrament of the bodye and bloude of our sauiour Christ then shall the Curate geue this exhortacion to those that be minded to receiue the same DErely beloued in the Lord ye that minde
THrough thy moste dere beloued sonne Iesus Christe our Lord who after his moste glorious resurrecciō manifestly appered to all his disciples and in theyr sighte ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thither mighte we also ascende and reigne with him in glory Therefore c. ¶ Vpon Whitsondaye THroughe Iesus Christe our Lorde accordynge to whose moste true promyse the holy Ghoste came doune this daye from heauen with a sodaine great sounde as it had been a mightie wynde in the lykenes of fiery toungues lightynge vpon the Apostles to teache them and to leade them to all truethe geuyng them bothe the gifte of diuerse languages and also boldnes with feruente zeale constantly to preache the Ghospell vnto all nacions whereby we are brought out of darkenes and error into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee and of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therfore c. ¶ Vpon the feast of the Trinitie IT is very meete righte and our bounden duetie that we should at all tymes and in all places geue thankes to thee O Lorde almightie euerlastinge God which arte one God one Lorde not one onely person but three persones in one substaunce For that whiche we beleue of the glory of the father thesame we beleue of the sonne and of the holy ghoste without any difference or inequalitie whom the Angels c. After whiche preface shall folowe immediatly Therfore with Angels and Archangels and with al the holy companie of heauen we lande and magnifye thy glorious name euermore praysyng thee and sayinge ¶ Holy holy holy Lorde God of Hostes heauen and earth are full of thy glory Osanna in the higheste Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde Glory to thee O lorde in the highest This the Clearkes shall also syng ¶ When the Clearkes haue doen syngyng then shall the Priest or Deacon turne hym to the people and saye Let vs praye for the whole state of Christes churche ¶ Then the Priest turning hym to the Altar shall saye or syng plainly and distinctly this prayer folowyng ALmightie and euerlyuyng God whiche by thy holy Apostle haste taught vs to make prayers and supplicacions and to geue thankes for all menne We humbly beseche thee moste mercyfully to receyue these our prayers whiche we offre vnto thy diuine Maiestie besechyng thee to inspire continually the vniuersall churche with the spirite of truethe vnitie and concorde And graunt that all they that doe confesse thy holye name maye agre in the trueth of thy holye worde and liue in vnitie and godly loue Speciallye wee beseche thee to saue and defende thy seruaunte Edwarde our Kynge that vnder him we maye be Godly and quietely gouerned And graunte vnto his whole coūsaile and to all that bée put in authoritie vnder hym that they maye truely and indifferently minister iustice to the punishment of wickednesse and vice to the maintenaunce of Goddes true religion and vertue Geue grace O heauenly father to all Bishoppes Pastors and Curates that they maie bothe by their life and doctrine set furthe thy true liuely worde and rightely and duely administer thy holye Sacramentes And to all thy people geue thy heauenly grace that with meke hearte and due reuerence they maye heare and receiue thy holy worde truely seruynge thee in holynes and righteousnes all the dayes of their lyfe And wee moste humbly beseche thee of thy goodnes O Lorde to coumforte and succoure all thē whych in this transitory lyfe bee in trouble sorowe nede sycknes or any other aduersitie And especially we commend vnto thy mercifull goodnes thys congregacion whyche is here assembled in thy name to celebrate the commemoracion of the moste glorious deathe of thy sonne And here wee doe geue vnto thee moste high praise heartie thankes for the wonderfull grace and vertue declared in all thy sainctes from the begynninge of the worlde And chiefly in the glorious and most blessed virgin Mary mother of thy sonne Iesu Christ our Lord and God in the holy Patriarches Prophetes Apostles and Martirs whose examples O Lorde and stedfastnes in thy faythe and keping thy holye commaundementes graunte vs to folowe We commende vnto thy mercye O Lord all other thy seruauntes whiche are departed hence from vs with the signe of fayth and nowe do reste in the slepe of peace Graunte vnto them we beseche thee thy mercy and euerlastyng peace and that at the daie of the generall resurreccion we and all they whyche bee of the misticall body of thy sonne maye altogether bee set on his right hand and heare that his most ioyful voice Come vnto me O ye that be blessed of my father and possesse the kingdome whiche is prepared for you from the begynning of the worlde Graunte this O father for Iesus Christes sake our onely mediatour and aduocate O God heauenly father whiche of thy tender mercie diddeste geue thine only sonne Iesu Christ to suffer deathe vpon the crosse for our redempcion who made there by his one oblacion once offered a full perfect and sufficiente sacrifyce oblacion and satisfaccion for the sinnes of the whole worlde and did institute and in his holy Ghospell commaunde vs to celebrate a perpetuall memorye of that his precious deathe vntyll his comming againe Heare vs o mercifull father we beseche thee and with thy holy spirite and worde vouchsafe to bl ✚ esse and sanc ✚ tifie these thy gyftes and creatures of breade and wyne that they maye be vnto vs the bodye and bloud of thy moste derely beloued sonne Iesus Christe Who in the same nyghte that he was betrayed tooke breade and when he had blessed and geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to hys disciples saiynge Take eate this is my bodye whiche is geuen for you do this in remembraunce of me Likewyse after supper he toke the cuppe and whē he had geuen thankes he gaue it to them saiyng drynke ye all of this for this is my bloude of the newe Testament whyche is shed for you and for many for remission of sinnes do this as oft as you shall drinke it in remembraunce of me These wordes before rehersed are to be saied turning still to the Altar without any eleuacion or shewing the Sacrament to the people WHerefore O Lorde and heauenly father accordyng to the Instytucyon of thy derely beloued sonne our sauioure Iesu Christe we thy humble seruauntes doe celebrate and make here before thy diuine Maiestie with these thy holy giftes the memory all whyche thy sonne hath willed vs to make hauing in remembraunce his blessed passion mightie resurreccion and glorious ascencion renderynge vnto thee moste heartye thankes for the innumerable benefytes procured vnto vs by thesame entyerely desyrynge thy fatherly goodnes mercifully to accepte thys our Sacrifice of praise and thankes geuinge moste humblye besechinge thee to graunte that by the merites and deathe of thy sonne Iesus Christ and through faith in his bloud wee and all thy whole church may
therefore let vs serue hym all the dayes of our life in holines and righteousnes accepted before hym Happie are those seruauntes whome the Lorde when he cummeth shall fynde wakyng Be ye readye for the sonne of manne wyll come at an hower when ye thinke not The seruaunte that knoweth hys maisters wyll and hath not prepared hymselfe neyther hath doen accordynge to his will shal be beaten with many stripes The howre cummeth and now it is when true woorshippers shall woorship the father in spirite and truethe Beholde thou art made whole sinne no more leste any wurse thing happen vnto thee If ye shall continue in my worde then are ye my very disciples and ye shall knowe the trueth and the trueth shall make you free While ye haue lighte beleue on the lyght that ye may be the children of light He that hath my commaundementes and kepeth them thesame is he that loueth me If any man loue me he will kepe my woorde and my father will loue hym and we will come vnto hym and dwell with him If ye shal byde in me and my woorde shal abyde in you ye shall aske what ye will and it shall bee doen to you Herein is my father glorified that ye beare muche fruite and become my disciples This is my commaundement that you loue together as I haue loued you If God be on our syde who can be against vs whiche did not spare his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Goddes chosen it is GOD that iustifyeth who is he that can condemne The nyghte is passed and the daye is at hande let vs therfore caste away the dedes of darkenes and put on the armour of light Christe Iesus is made of GOD vnto vs wisedome and righteousnes and sanctifying and redempcion that accordyng as it is written he whiche reioyceth shoulde reioyce in the Lorde Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of GOD and that the spirite of GOD dwelleth in you yf any manne defile the temple of GOD him shall God destroy Ye are derely bought therfore glorifie God in your bodies and in your spirites for they belong to God Be you folowers of God as deare children and walke in loue euen as Christe loued vs and gaue hymselfe for vs an offeryng and a Sacrifice of a swete sauoure to God Then the Priest shall geue thankes to God in the name of all them that haue communicated turning hym first to the people and saying The Lorde be with you The Aunswere And with thy spirite The Priest Let vs praye ALmightie and euerlyuynge GOD wee moste hartely thāke thee for that thou hast vouch safed to feede vs in these holy Misteries with the spirituall foode of the moste precious body bloude of thy sonne our sauiour Iesus Christ and hast assured vs duely receyuing the same of thy fauour and goodnes toward vs and that we be very membres incorporate in thy Mistical bodie which is the blessed companye of all faithfull people and heyres throughe hope of thy euerlastynge kingdome by the merites of the moste precious deathe and passion of thy deare sonne We therefore moste humbly beseche thee O heauenly father so to assiste vs wyth thy grace that we may cōtinue in that holy felowship and doe all suche good woorkes as thou haste prepared for vs to walke in through Iesus Christe our Lord to whom with thee and the holy goste bee all honour and glorye worlde without ende Then the Prieste turning hym to the people shall let them depart with this blessing The peace of GOD which passeth all vnderstandyng kepe your heartes and mindes in the knowledge and loue of GOD and of his sonne Iesus Christ our lord And the blessing of God almightie the father the sonne the holy gost be emonges you and remayne with you alway Then the people shall aunswere Amen Where there are no clearkes there the Priest shall saye all thynges appointed herefor them to syng When the holy Communion is celebrate on the workedaye or in priuate howses Then may be omitted the Gloria in excelsis the Crede the Homely and the exhortacion beginning Dearely beloued c. ¶ Collectes to be sayed after the Offertory when there is no Communion euery suche day one ASsist vs mercifully O Lord in these our supplicaciōs and prayers and dispose the way of thy seruauntes toward the attainement of euerlasting saluacion that emonge all the chaunges and chaunces of this mortall life thei may euer be defended by thy moste gracious and readye helpe throughe Christe our Lorde Amen O Almightie Lorde and euerlyuyng GOD vouchesafe we beseche thee to direct sanctifye and gouerne bothe our heartes and bodies in the wayes of thy lawes and in the woorkes of thy commaundementes that through thy most mightie proteccion both here and euer we may be preserued in body and soule Through our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe Amen GRaunt we beseche thee almightie god that the wordes whiche wee haue hearde this daye with our outwarde eares may throughe thy grace bee so grafted inwardly in our heartes that they may bryng foorth in vs the fruite of good lyuynge to the honoure and prayse of thy name Through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen PReuente vs O lorde in all our doinges with thy moste gracious fauoure and further vs with thy continuall helpe that in al our workes begonne continued and ended in thee we may glorifye thy holy name and finally by thy mercy obteine euerlasting lyfe Through c. ALmightie God the fountayne of all wisdome whyche knowest our necessities before we aske and our ignoraunce in asking we beseche thee to haue compassion vpon our infirmities and those thinges whiche for our vnwoorthines we dare not and for our blyndnes we cannot aske vouchsaue to geue vs for the woorthines of thy sonne Iesu Christe our Lorde Amen ALmightie god whiche haste promised to heare the petitions of them that aske in thy sonnes name we beseche thee mercifully to incline thyne eares to vs that haue made nowe our prayers and supplicacions vnto thee and graunte that those thinges which we haue faithfullye asked accordyng to thy will maye effectually be obteyned to the reliefe of oure necessitye and to the settyng foorth of thy glorie Throughe Iesus Christe our Lorde For rayne O God heauenly father whiche by thy sonne Iesu Christ haste promised to all thē that seke thy kingdom the righteousnes therof al thinges necessary to the bodely sustenaunce send vs we beseche thee in thys our necessitie suche moderate rayne and showers that we maie receiue the fruites of the earth to our comforte and to thy honor Through Iesus Christ our Lorde For fayre wether O Lorde God whiche for the sinne of manne didst once drowne all the worlde excepte eight persons and afterwarde of thy great mercie didste promise neuer to destroy it so agayn We humbly beseche
thy mercy and euermore serue thee in purenes of lyuyng to thy honour and glory through our onely mediator and aduocate Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ALmightie God which haste geuen vs grace at this tyme with one accorde to make oure commune supplicacions vnto thee and doest promise that whan two or three be gathered in thy name thou wylt graunte theyr requestes fulfill nowe O Lorde the desyres and peticions of thy seruauntes as may be moste expedience for them grauntyng vs in this worlde knowlege of thy trueth and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen ⸪ ⧠OF THE ADMI ⧠nistracion of publyke Baptisme to be vsed in the Churche IT appeareth by auncient wryters that the Sacrament of Baptisme in the olde tyme was not commōlye ministred but at two tymes in the yeare at Easter and whitsontyde at whiche tymes it was openlye ministred in the presence of all the congregacion Whiche custome nowe beeynge growen out of vse although it cannot for many consideracions be well restored agayne yet it is thought good to folowe the same as nere as conueniently maye be Wherfore the people are to be admonished that it is moste conueniente that Baptisme shoulde not be ministred but vpon Sondayes and other holye dayes when the moste numbre of people maye come together As well for that the congregacion there present maye testifie the receyuyng of them that be newely Baptised into the numbre of Christes Churche as also because in the Baytisme of Infantes euery manne present maye be put in remembraunce of his owne profession made to God in hys Baptisme For whiche cause also it is expedient that Baptisme be ministred in the Englishe tounge Neuerthelesse yf necessitie so require children oughte at all tymes to be Baptised eyther at the Churche or els at home ⧠PVBLIKE BAPTISME ⧠When there are children to be Baptised vpon the Sonday or holy daye the parentes shall geue knowlege ouer nyght or in the mornyng afore the beginnyng of Mattens to the curate And then the Godfathers Godmothers and people wyth the children muste be ready at the churche doore either immediatly afore the last Canticle at Mattens or els immediatly afore the last Canticle at Euensong as the Curate by hys discrecion shal appoynte And then standyng there the pryest shall aske whether the chyldren bee Baptised or no. If they aunswere No. Then shall the priest saye thus DEare beloued forasmuche as al men be conceyued and borne in sinne and that no man borne in synne can entre into the kyngdom of God except he be regenerate and borne a newe of water and the holy ghost I beseche you to cal vpon God the father through our Lord Iesus Christ that of his bounteouse mercy he wyl graūt to these childrē that thing whiche by nature they cannot haue that is to saye they maye be Baptized with the holy ghost and receyued into Christes holy churche and bee made lyuely membres of the same Then the priest shall saye Let vs praye ALmyghtie and euerlasting God which of thy iustice dyddest destroy by floudes of water the whole worlde for sinne except .viii. persones whome of thy mercy the same tyme thou diddest saue in the Arke And when thou dyddest drowne in the reade sea wicked King Pharao with all his armie yet at the same time thou diddest lead thy people the children of Israel safely through the myddes therof whereby thou diddest figure the washing of thy holy baptisme by the baptisme of thy welbeloued sonne Iesus Christ thou diddest sanctifie the flud Iordan all other waters to this misticall washing away of sinne we beseche thee for thy infinite mercies that thou wilte mercifully looke vpon these children and sanctifie them with thy holy gost that by this holsome lauer of regeneration whatsoeuer synne is in them maye be washed cleane away that they beyng deliuered from thy wrath may be receyued into tharke of Christes Church and so saued from peryshing and being feruente in spirite stedfaste in fayth ioyfull through hope rooted in charite maye euer serue thee And finally attayne to euerlasting lyfe with all thy holy and chosen people This graunte vs we beseche thee for Iesus Christes sake our Lord. Amen ¶ Here shall the prieste aske what shal be the name of the childe and when the Godfathers and Godmothers haue tolde the name then he shall make a crosse vpon the childes foreheade and breste saying ¶ N. Receyue the signe of the holy Crosse both in thy forehead and in thy breste in token that thou shalt not be ashamed to confesse thy faith in Christ crucified and manfully to fyght vnder his banner agaynst sinne the worlde and the deuill and to continewe his faythful soldiour and seruaunt vnto thy lyfes ende Amen And this he shall doe and saye to as many children as bee present to be Baptised one after another Let vs praye ALmightie and immortall God the ayde of al that nede the helper of all that flee to thee for succour the life of them that beleue and the resurreccion of the deade we call vpon thee for these infantes that they cummyng to thy holy Baptisme may receyue remission of their sinnes by spirituall regeneracion Receyue them O Lorde as thou haste promised by thy welbeloued sonne saying Aske and you shall haue seke and you shall finde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you So geue nowe vnto vs that aske Lette vs that seke finde open thy gate vnto vs that knocke that these infantes maye enioy the euerlasting benediccion of thy heauenly washing and may come to the eternall kyngdome whiche thou haste promysed by Christe our Lorde Amen Then let the prieste lokyng vpon the children saye I Commaunde thee vnclene spirite in the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy goste that thou come oute and departe from these infantes whom our Lorde Iesus Christe hathe vouchesaued to call to his holye Baptisme to be made membres of his bodye and of his holye congregacion Therefore thou cursed spirit remembre thy sentence remembre thy iudgement remembre the daye to be at hand wherin thou shalt burne in fyre euerlasting prepared for thee and thy Aungels And presume not hereafter to exercise anye tirannye towarde these infantes whom Christe hathe bought with his precious bloud and by this his holy Baptisme calleth to be of his flocke Then shall the priest saye The Lorde be with you The people And with thy spirite The Minister ¶ Heare nowe the gospell written by S. Marke AT a certayne tyme they broughte children to Christe that he shoulde touche them and hys dysciples rebuked those that broughte them But when Iesus sawe it he was displeased and sayed vnto them suffre litle children to come vnto me and forbyd them not for to suche belongeth the kyngdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doeth not receyue the kyngdome of God as a litle child he shall not entre therin And when he had taken them vp in his armes he
put his handes vpō them and blessed them After the gospell is reade the minister shall make thys briefe exhortacion vpon the wordes of the gospell FRendes you heare in thys gospell the wordes of oure Sauiour Christe that he commaunded the children to be brought vnto hym howe he blamed those that woulde haue kept them from hym howe he exhorteth all menne to folowe their innocencie Ye perceyue howe by hys outwarde gesture and dede he declared hys good wyll towarde them For he embraced them in his armes he laied his handes vpon thē and blessed thē doubte ye not therfore but earnestlye beleue that he will lykewyse fauourably receiue these presente infantes that he will embrace them with the armes of hys mercy that he will geue vnto them the blessing of eternall lyfe and make them partakers of his euerlasting kyngdome Wherfore we beeing thus perswaded of the good will of our heauenlye father toward these infantes declared by his sonne Iesus Christ And nothyng doubting but that he fauourablye alloweth thys charitable woorke of ours in bringyng these children to his holy baptisme let vs faythfully and deuoutely geue thankes vnto him And saye the prayer whiche the Lorde himselfe taught And in declaracion of our fayth let vs also recyte the articles conteyned in our Crede Here the minister with the Godfathers Godmothers and people present shall saye ¶ Our father whiche arte in heauen halowed bee thy name c. And then shall say openly I beleue in God the father almightie c. The priest shall adde also this prayer ALmyghtie and euerlasting God heauenly father wee geue thee humble thankes that thou haste vouchsaued to call vs to knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Increace and cōfirme this faith in vs euermore Geue thy holy spirit to these infantes that they maye bee borne agayne and be made heyres of euerlasting saluacion through our Lorde Iesus Christe Who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy spirite nowe and for euer Amen Then let the Priest take one of the children by the right hande thother being brought after him And cūming into the churche towarde the fonte saye THe Lorde vouchsafe to receyue you into hys holy housholde and to kepe and gouerne you alway in the same that you may haue euerlasting lyfe Amen Then standing at the fonte the priest shall speake to the Godfathers and Godmothers on this wise WElbeloued frendes ye haue brought these children here to bee Baptised ye haue prayed that oure Lorde Iesus Christe woulde vouchsafe to receiue them to laye hys handes vpon them to blesse them to release them of theyr synnes to geue them the kyngdome of heauen and euerlastyng lyfe Ye haue hearde also that our Lorde Iesus Christ hath promised in his gospel to graunt all these thinges that ye haue prayed for which promise he for his parte wil moste surely kepe and perfourme Wherefore after this promise made by Christe these infantes must also faithfully for theyr parte promise by you that be their suerties that they wil forsake the deuill and all hys woorkes and constantlye beleue Gods holy woorde and obediently kepe his commaundementes Then shall the prieste demaunde of the childe whiche shall be firste Baptised these questyons folowyng firste namyng the childe and saying N. Doeste thou forsake the deuil and all his woorkes Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doeste thou forsake the vayne pompe and glorie of the worlde with all the couetous desyres of the same Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doeste thou forsake the carnall desyres of the fleshe so that thou wilt not folowe nor be led by them Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doeste thou beleue in God the father almightie maker of heauen and yearth Aunswere I beleue Minister Doest thou beleue in Iesus Christe his onely begotten sonne our lord and that he was conceiued by the holy gost borne of the virgin Mary that he suffered vnder Poncius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went down into hell and also did ryse agayne the thirde day that he ascended into heauen sitteth on the right hande of God the father almightie And from thence shall come agayne at the ende of the worlde to iudge the quicke and the dead Doest thou beleue this Aunswere I beleue Minister Doeste thou beleue in the holy Goste the holy Catholyke Churche the Communion of Sainctes Remissyon of Sinnes Resurreccion of the fleshe and euerlastyng lyfe after death Aunswere I beleue Minister What doest thou desyre Aunswere Baptisme Minister Wilt thou be Baptised Aunswere I will ¶ Then the priest shall take the childe in his handes and aske the name And namyng the chylde shall dippe it in the water thryse First dipping the rightside Second the leftside The thirde time dipping the face towarde the fonte So it be discretely and warely done saying ¶ N. I Baptize thee in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen ¶ And if the childe be weake it shall suffice to powre water vpon it saying the foresayde woordes N. I Baptize thee c. Then the Godfathers and Godmothers shall take and laye theyr handes vpon the chylde and the minister shall put vpon hym hys whyte vesture commonly called the Crisome And say Take thys whyte vesture for a token of the innocencye whiche by Gods grace in this holy sacramente of baptisme is geuen vnto thee and for a sygne wherby thou art admonished so long as thou liuest to geue thy selfe to innocencie of liuing that after thys transitory lyfe thou mayest be partaker of the life euerlasting Amen Then the Priest shall annoynte the infante vpon the head saying ALmightie God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christ who hath regenerate thee by water and the holye goste and hath geuen vnto thee remission of all thy sinnes he vouchesaue to annoynte thee with the vnccyon of hys holy spirite and bring thee to the inheritance of euerlasting lyfe Amen When there are many to be Baptised this ordre of demaunding Baptisyng puttyng on the Crisome and enoyntyng shal be vsed seuerally with euery childe Those that be first Baptised departyng from the fonte and remaynyng in some conuenyente place within the Churche vntill all bee Baptised At the laste ende the priest callyng the Godfathers and Godmothers together shall say this short exhortacion folowing FOr asmuche as these children haue promised by you to forsake the deuil and all his woorkes to beleue in God and to serue hym you muste remember that it is youre partes and duetie to see that these infantes bee taughte so soone as they shal be hable to learne what a solemne vowe promyse and professyon they haue made by you And that they maye knowe these thynges the better ye shall call vpon them to heare sermons and chiefely you shall prouyde that they maye learne the Crede the Lordes prayer and the ten commaundementes in thenglishe tonge and al other thinges whiche a Christian manne oughte to knowe and beleue to
say Amen So be it ¶ So soone as the children can say in their mother tongue tharticles of the faithe the lordes praier the ten commaundementes and also can aunswere to suche questions of this short Cathechisme as the Bushop or suche as he shall appointe shall by his discrecion appose them in then shall they bee brought to the Bushop by one that shal bee his godfather or godmother that euery childe maye haue a wittenesse of his confirmacion ¶ And the Bushop shal confirme them on this wyse ¶ Confirmacion Our helpe is in the name of the Lorde Aunswere Whiche hath made bothe heauen and yearth Minister Blessed is the name of the lorde Aunswere Henceforthe worlde without ende Minister The lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite Let vs praye ALmightie and euerliuing God who hast vouchesafed to regenerate these thy seruauntes of water the holy gost And hast geue vnto thē forgeuenesse of al their sinnes Sende downe from heauen we beseche thee O lorde vpon them thy holy gost the coumforter with the manifolde giftes of grace the spirite of wysedom and vnderstanding The spirite of councell and gostly strength The spirite of knowledge and true godlinesse and fulfyll them O lorde with the spirite of thy holy feare Aunswere Amen Minister Signe them o lorde and marke them to be thine for euer by the vertue of thy holy crosse and passion Confirme and strength them with the inwarde vnccion of thy holy goste mercifully vnto euerlasting lyfe Amen Then the Bushop shall crosse them in the forehead and laye his hande vpon their heade saying N. I signe thee with the signe of the crosse and laye my hande vpon thee In the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And thus shall he doe to euery childe one after another And whan he hath layed his hande vpon euery childe then shall he say The peace of the Lorde abyde with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ¶ Let vs praye ALmightie euerliuing God whiche makest vs bothe to wil and to doe those thinges that bee good and acceptable vnto thy maiestie we make our humble supplicaciōs vnto thee for these children vpon whome after the example of thy holy Apostles we haue layed our handes to certify them by this signe of thy fauour and gracious goodnes towarde them leat thy fatherly hande we beseche thee euer be ouer them let thy holy spirite euer bee with them and so leade them in the knowledge and obedience of thy worde that in the end they may obteine the life euerlasting through our Lorde Iesus Christ who with thee the holy gost liueth reigneth one god world without ende Amen Then shall the Bushop blisse the children thus saying The blessing of God almightie the father the sonne and the holy gost be vpon you and remayne with you for euer Amen The curate of euery parish once in sixe wekes at the least vpon warning by him geuen shall vpon some Soonday or holy day halfe an houre before euensong openly in the churche instructe and examine so many children of his parishe sent vnto him as the time wil serue and as he shall thinke conueniente in some parte of this Cathechisme And all fathers mothers maisters and dames shall cause their children seruauntes and prentises whiche are not yet confirmed to come to the churche at the daye appointed and obedientlye heare and be ordered by the curate vntyll suche time as they haue learned all that is here appointed for them to learne ¶ And whansoeuer the Bushop shall geue knowledge for children to be brought afore him to any conuenient place for their confirmacion Then shall the curate of euery parishe eyther bring or sende in writing the names of all those children of his parishe whiche can say tharticles of theyr faith the lordes praier the ten commaundementes And also howe many of them can aunswere to thother questions conteined in this Cathechisme ¶ And there shal none be admitted to the holy communion vntyll suche time as he be confirmed ⧠THE FORME OF ⧠Solemnizacion of Matrimonie ¶ First the bannes must be asked three seueral Sondayes or holy dayes in the seruice tyme the people being present after the accustomed maner And if the persones that would be maried dwel in diuers paryshes the bannes must be asked in both paryshes and the curate of the one paryshe shall not solemnize matrimonie betwixt them without a certificate of the bannes beyng thrise asked from the curate of thother paryshe At the daye appointed for Solemnizacion of matrimonie the persones to bee maried shall come into the bodye of the Churche with theyr frendes and neyghbours And there the priest shall thus saye DErely beloued frendes we are gathered together here in the sight of God and in the face of his congregacion to ioyne together this man and this woman in holy matrimonie whiche is an honorable estate instituted of God in paradise in the time of mans innocencie signifying vnto vs the mistical vnion that is betwixt Christ and his churche whiche holy estate Christe adorned and beutifyed wyth his presence and first miracle that he wrought in Cana of Galile and is commended of Saincte Paule to be honourable emong all men and therfore is not to be enterprised nor taken in hande vnaduisedly lightely or wantonly to satisfie mens carnall lustes appetites lyke brute beastes that haue no vnderstandyng but reuerently discretely aduisedly soberly and in the feare of God Duely cōsideryng the causes for the whiche matrimonie was ordayned One cause was the procreacion of children to be brought vp in the feare and nurture of the Lorde and prayse of God Secondly it was ordeyned for a remedye against synne and to auoyde fornicaciō that suche persons as be maried might lyue chastly in matrimony and kepe themselfes vndefiled membres of Christes body Thirdely for the mutuall societie helpe and comfort that the one ought to haue of the other both in prosperitie and aduersitie Into the which holy estate these two persons present come now to be ioyned Therfore yf any man can shewe any iust cause why they may not lawfully be ioyned so together Lette him nowe speake or els hereafter for euer hold his peace And also speakyng to the persons that shal be maried he shall say I require and charge you as you will aunswere at the dreadfull daye of iudgemente when the secretes of all heartes shal be disclosed that if eyther of you doe knowe any impediment why ye may not be lawfully ioyned together in matrimonie that ye confesse it For be ye well assured that so many as be coupled together otherwayes then Gods worde doth allowe are not ioyned of God neither is their matrimonie lawfull At whiche day of mariage if any man doe allege any impediment why they may not be coupled together in matrimonie And will be bound sureties with him to the parties or els put in a caucion to the full value of suche
which confession the priest shall absolue hym after this forme and the same forme of absolucion shall be vsed in all pryuate confessions OVre Lorde Iesus Christe who hath lefte power to his Churche to absolue all sinners whiche truely repente and beleue in hym of his great mercye forgeue thee thyne offences and by his autoritie committed to me I absolue thee from all thy sinnes in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And then the priest shall saye the Collecte folowyng Let vs praye O Moste mercifull God whiche accordyng to the multitude of thy mercies doest so put awaye the sinnes of those which truely repent that thou remēbrest thē nomore open thy iye of mercy vpon this thy seruaunt who moste earnestly desireth pardon and forgeuenesse Renue in him moste louing father whatsoeuer hath been decayed by the fraude and malice of the deuill or by his owne carnal wil and frailnes preserue and continue this sicke membre in the vnitie of thy Churche consider his contricion accept his teares aswage his payne as shal be seen to thee moste expediente for hym And forasmuche as he putteth hys full trust only in thy mercy Impute not vnto hym his former sinnes but take him vnto thy fauour through the merites of thy most derely beloued sōne Iesus Christ Amen Then the minister shall saye this Psalme IN thee O Lorde haue I put my trust lette me neuer be put to confusion but ridde me and deliuer me in thy righteousnes enclyne thyne eare vnto me and saue me Be thou my strong holde wherunto I may alwaye resorte thou haste promysed to helpe me for thou art my house of defence and my castell Deliuer me O my God out of the hande of the vngodly out of the hande of the vnrighteous and cruell manne For thou O Lorde God art the thyng that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Through thee haue I been holden vp euer since I was borne thou arte he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe my prayse shal be alwaye of thee I am become as it were a monster vnto many but my sure trust is in thee Oh let my mouth be filled with thy prayse that I maye syng of thy glory and honour all the daye long Cast me not awaye in the tyme of age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me For myne enemies speake against me and they that lay waite for my soule take their counsayle together saying God hath forsaken hym persecute hym and take him for there is none to deliuer him Goe not ferre from me O God my God haste thee to helpe me Let them be confounded and perishe that are agaynste my soule let them be couered with shame and dishonoure that seke to doe me euill As for me I wyll paciently abyde alwaye and wyll prayse thee more and more My mouth shall dayly speake of thy righteousnesse and saluacion for I knowe no ende therof I will goe forth in the strength of the Lorde God and will make mencion of thy righteousnesse onely Thou O God haste taught me from my youth vp vntill nowe therfore will I tell of thy wondreous workes Forsake me not O God in myne olde age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generacion thy power to all thē that are yet for to come Thy righteousnesse O God is very high and greate thynges are they that thou haste done O God who is lyke vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities haste thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refreshe me yea and broughtest me from the depe of the earth agayne Thou haste brought me to great honour and comforted me on euery syde Therfore will I praise thee thy faythfulnes O God playing vpon an instrument of musicke vnto thee wyll I syng vpon the harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lippes will be fayne when I syng vnto thee and so will my soule whom thou haste deliuered My tounge also shall talke of thy ryghteousnesse all the daye long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seke to doe me euill Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnyng c. Addyng this antheme O Saueour of the worlde saue vs whiche by thy crosse and precious bloud haste redemed vs helpe vs we beseche thee O God Then shall the minister saye THe almyghty Lord whiche is a moste strong tower to all thē that put their trust in hym to whom al thinges in heauen in earth and vnder earth doe bowe and obey be nowe euermore thy defence and make thee know and fele that there is no other name vnder heauen geuen to man in whome and through whome thou mayest receyue helth and saluation but onely the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe Amen ¶ If the sicke person desyre to be annoynted then shall the priest annoynte hym vpon the forehead or breast onely makyng the signe of the crosse saying thus AS with this visible oyle thy body outwardelye is annoynted so our heauenly father almightie god graunt of his infinite goodnes that thy soule inwardly may be annointed with the holy gost who is the spirite of al strength comfort reliefe and gladnes And vouchesafe for his great mercy if it be his blessed will to restore vnto thee thy bodely health and strength to serue hym and sende thee release of all thy paynes troubles and diseases both in bodye and mynde And howsoeuer his goodnes by his diuine and vnsearcheable prouidence shal dispose of thee we his vnworthy ministers and seruauntes humbly beseche the eternall maiestie to doe with thee accordyng to the multitude of his innumerable mercies and to pardone thee all thy synnes and offences committed by all thy bodely sences passions and carnall affeccions who also vouchesafe mercifullye to graunt vnto thee gostly strēgth by his holy spirite to withstand ouercome al tēptacions assaultes of thine aduersary that in no wise he preuaile againste thee but that thou maist haue perfect victory triumph against the deuil sine deth through Christ our lord Who by his deth hath ouercomed the prince of death with the father the holy gost euermore liueth reigneth god world without end Amen HOw long wilt thou forget me O Lord for euer how long wilt thou hyde thy face from me How long shal I seke counsel in my soule be so vexed in myne heart how long shal myne enemie tryūphe ouer me Consider and heare me O Lord my God lighten myne eyes that I slepe not in death Lest myne enemy say I haue preuayled agaynste hym for if I be cast down they that trouble me will reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercy and my hearte is ioyful in thy saluacion I will sing of the lorde because he hath delte so louyngly with me Yea I wil prayse the name of the lord the most higheste Glory be to the father
c. As it was in the beginning c. The Communion of the sicke FOrasmuche as all mortall men be subiect to many sodain perilles diseases and syckenesses and euer vncerteyne what tyme they shall departe out of this lyfe Therefore to the intente they may be alwayes in a redynesse to dye whensoeuer it shall please almyghtye God to call them The curates shall diligētly from time to time but specially in the plague time exhorte theyr parishoners to the ofte receiuing in the churche of the holy Communion of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christe whiche if they doe they shall haue no cause in theyr sodayne visitacion to be vnquieted for lacke of the same But if the sycke person be not hable to come to the churche and yet is desyrous to receyue the Communion in his house then he must geue knowlege ouer night or els early in the morning to the curate sygnifying also how many be appoynted to communicate with him And if the same day there be a celebracion of the holy Communion in the churche then shal the priest reserue at the open communion so muche of the sacrament of the body and bloud as shall serue the sicke person and so many as shal Communicate with him if there be any And so soone as he conuenientlye may after the open Communion ended in the churche shall goe and minister the same firste to those that are appoynted to communicate with the sicke if there be any and last of al to the sicke persone himselfe But before the Curate distribute the holy Communion the appoynted generall confessyon must be made in the name of the communicantes the curate adding the absolucion with the comfortable sentences of scripture folowyng in the open Communion and after the communion ended the Collecte Almightie and euerliuyng God we moste hartely thanke thee c. ¶ But if the day be not appoynted for the open communion in the churche then vpon conuenient warning geuen the curate shal come and visite the sicke person afore noone And hauing a conuenient place in the sycke mannes house where he may reuerentely celebrate with all thynges necessary for the same and not being otherwise letted with the publike seruice or any other iust impediment he shall there celebrate the holy communion after suche forme and sorte as herafter is appoynted THE CELEBRAcion of the holy Communion for the sicke O Prayse the Lorde all ye nacions laude hym all ye people for hys mercifull kyndenes is confirmed towarde vs and the trueth of the Lorde endureth for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Without any more repeticion The Priest The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite Let vs praye ALmyghtye euerlyuyng God maker of mankynde whiche doeste correct those whome thou doest loue and chastisest euery one whome thou dost receiue we beseche thee to haue mercie vpon thys thy seruaunt visited with thy hand and to graunt that he may take his sickenes paciently and recouer his bodily health if it be thy gracyous will and whansoeuer his soule shall departe from the body it may without spotte be presented vnto thee through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen The Epistle MY sonne despise not the correccion of the lorde neyther faynt whē thou art rebuked of him for whom the lorde loueth him he correcteth yea and he scourgeth euery sonne whome he receiueth The Gospel Verely verely I saye vnto you he that heareth my woorde and beleueth on him that sente me hath euerlasting lyfe and shall not come vnto damnacyon but he passeth from death vnto life The Preface The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ¶ Lift vp your heartes c. Vnto the ende of the Cannon ¶ At the time of the distribucion of the holy sacrament the priest shal first receiue the Communion hymselfe after minister to them that be appoynted to communicate with the sycke if there be any and then to the sicke person And the sicke person shal alwayes desire some eyther of his owne house or els of hys neighbours to receiue the holy Communion with hym for that shall bee to hym a singuler great coumfort and of theyr parte a great token of charitie ¶ And if there bee moe sycke persons to be visited the same day that the Curate dooeth celebrate in anye sycke mannes house then shall the curate there reserue so much of the sacrament of the body and bloud as shall serue the other sicke persons and suche as be appoynted to communicate with them if there bee anye And shall immediatly cary it and minister it vnto them ¶ But if any man eyther by reason of extremitie of sickenesse or for lacke of warnyng geuen in due tyme to the curate or by any other iuste impediment doe not receiue the sacrament of Christes body bloud then the curate shall instruct him that if he doe truely repent him of his sinnes and stedfastly beleue that Iesus Christ hath suffered death vpon the crosse for hym and shed hys bloud for hys redempcion earnestly remembring the benefites he hath therby and geuing him heartie thankes therfore he doth eate and drynke spiritually the body and bloud of our sauiour Christ profitably to his soules health althoughe he dooe not receyue the sacramente with his mouth ¶ When the sicke persone is visited and receiueth the holy Communion all at one tyme then the priest for more expedicion shall vse this order at the visitacion The Antheme Remember not Lorde c. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euil Amen Let vs pray O Lorde looke downe from heauen c. With the first parte of the exhortacion and all other thynges vnto the Psalme In thee O Lorde haue I put my trust c. And if the sicke desyre to be annoyncted then shall the Prieste vse the appoynted prayer without any Psalme ⧠THE ORDRE FOR ⧠the Buriall of the dead The priest metyng the Corps at the Churche stile shall say Or els the priestes and clearkes shall syng and so goe eyther into the Churche or towardes the graue I Am the resurreccion and the lyfe sayth the Lorde he that beleueth in me yea though he were dead yet shall he lyue And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth in me shall not dye for euer I Knowe that my redemer lyueth and that I shall ryse out of the earth in the last day and shal be couered again with my skinne and shall see God in my fleshe yea and I my selfe shall beholde hym not with other but with these same iyes WE brought nothyng into this world neyther may we carye any thyng out of this worlde The Lorde geueth and the Lorde taketh away Euen as it pleaseth the