is hee which was ordained of God to be the iudge of the quick and the deade To him geue all the prophetes witnes that through hys name whosoeuer beleueth in him shall receyue remission of syns ¶ The Gospell Luke xxiii BEhold two of the Disciples went that same day to a towne called Emaus which was from Ierusalem about .lx. furlongs and they talked together of all the thinges that had happened And it chaunced while they commoned together and reasoned Iesus hymselfe drew nere went with them But their eyes were holden that they should not know him And he sayd vnto them what maner of communications are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke and are sad And the one of them whose name was Cleophas aunswered and sayd vnto him art thou onely a straunger in Ierusalem and hast not knowen the things which haue chaunced ther in these daies He said vnto them what thinges And they sayd vnto hym of Iesus of Nazareth which was a Prophet mighty in deede and word before God and all the people and how the hie Priestes and our rulers deliuered him to be condemned to death haue crucified him But we trusted that it had bene he which should haue redemed Israel And as touching all these thinges to day is euen the third day that they were done Yea and certaine women of our company made vs astonied which came earely vnto the sepulchre found not his body and came saying that they had seene a vision of angels which said that he was aliue And certain of them which were with vs went to the sepulchre and found it euen so as the women had sayd but him they saw not And he sayd vnto them O fooles and flow of hart to beleue all that the Prophets haue spoken ought not Christ to haue suffered these things and to enter into his glory And he began at Moises and all the Prophets and interpreted vnto them in all scriptures which were written of hym And they drewe nye vnto the towne which they went vnto And he made as though he wold haue gon further And they constrained him saying abide with vs for it draweth towards night the day is far passed And he went in to tary with them And it came to passe as he sat at meat with them he tooke bread blessed it and brake gaue to them And their eies were opened they knew him he vanished out of their sight and they said betwene themselues did not our harts burne within vs while he talked with vs by the way and opened to vs the scriptures And they rose vp the same houre and returned to Ierusalem and found the eleuē gathered together them that were with them saying the Lord is risen in deede hath appeared vnto Simon And they told what things were done in the way and how they knew him in breaking of bread ¶ The Tuesday in Easter weeke The Epistle Actes xiii YE men and brethren children of the generation of Abraham and whosoeuer among you feareth God to you is this woord of saluation sent For the inhabiters of Ierusalem and their rulers because they knew him not nor yet the voices of the Prophets which are read euery Sabboth day they haue fulfilled them in condemning him And whē they found no cause of death in him yet desired they Pilate to kill him And when they had fulfilled all that was written of hym they tooke hym downe from the tree and put hym in a Sepulchre But God raysed him agayne from death the third day and he was sene many daies of them which went with him frō Galile to Ierusalem which ar witnesses vnto the people And we declare vnto you how that the promis which was made vnto the fathers god hath fulfilled vnto their children euen vnto vs in that he raised vp Iesus again Euen as it is written in the second Psalme thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee As concerning that he raised him vp from death now no more to returne to corruption he sayd on this wise The holy promises made to Dauid wyll I geue faithfully vnto you Wherefore he sayth also in an other place Thou shalt not suffer thine holy one to see corruptiō For Dauid after that he had in his time fulfylled the wyll of God fell on sleepe and was layd vnto his fathers and saw corruption But he whom God raised againe saw no corruption Be it knowen vnto you therfore ye men and brethren that through this man is preached vnto you forgeuenes of sinnes that by him all that beleue are iustified from al things from which ye could not be iustified by the law of Moises Beware therfore least that fall on you which is spoken of in the Prophets behold ye despisers wonder and perish ye for I do a worke in your daies which ye shal not beleue though a man declare it vnto you ¶ The Gospell Luke xxiiii IEsus stood in the middest of his Disciples and sayd vnto thē peace be vnto you It is I feare not But they were abashed and afraide and supposed that they had sene a spirit And he said vnto them why are ye troubled and why do thoughts arise in your harts Behold my handes and my feete that it is euen I my selfe Handle me and see for a spirit hath no flesh and bones as ye see me haue And when he had thus spokē he shewed them his hands his feete And while they yet beleued not for ioy and wondered he sayd vnto them Haue ye here any meate And they offered him a peece of broyled fysh and of a hoony combe And he tooke it and did eate before them And he said vnto thē these are the words which I spake vnto you whyle I was yet with you That all must needes be fulfylled which were wrytten of me in the law of Moyses and in the Prophets and in the Psalmes Then opened he their wits that they might vnderstand the scriptures said vnto them Thus it is wrytten thus it behoued Christ to suffer and to rise againe from death the third day and that repentaunce remission of syns should be preached in his name among all nacions and must begin at Ierusalem And ye ar witnes of these things ¶ The first Sunday after Easter The Epistle i. Iohn v. ALl that is born of God ouercōmeth the world And this is the victory that ouercōmmeth the world euen our fayth Who is he that ouercōmeth the world but he that beleueth that Iesus is the son of God This Iesus Christ is he that came by water and bloud not by water onely but by water and bloud And it is the spirit that beareth witnes because the spirit is truth For there are three which beare record in heauen the father the word and the holy Ghost these three are one And ther are three which beare record in earth the spirit water and bloud and these three are one
geuen thankes he gaue it to them and they all drauke of it And he said vnto them this is my bloud of the new testament which is shed for many Verely I say vnto you I wyll drinke no more of the fruite of the vine vntill that day that I drinke it newe in the kingdome of god And when they had said grace they went out to the mount Oliuete And Iesus said vnto them all ye shal be offended because of me this night For it is written I will smite the shephard and the sheepe shal be scattered but after that I am risen againe I wil go into Galile before you Peter sayde vnto him and though all men be offended yet wyll not I. And Iesus sayd vnto him verely I say vnto thee that thys day euen in this night before the Cocke crowe twise thou shalt deny me three times But hee spake more vehemently no if I should dye with thee I will not deny thee Likewise also said they all And they came into a place which is named Gethsemane and he sayd to his Disciples sit ye here while I go asyde and praye And he taketh wyth hym Peter Iames and Iohn and began to waxe abashed and to be in an agony and sayd vnto them my soule is heauy euen vnto the death tary ye here and watch And he went foorth a litle and fell downe flat on the ground and praied that if it wer possible the hour myght passe from him And he said Abba father al things are possible vnto thee take away this cup from me neuertheles not as I wyll but that thou wilt be done And he came and found them sleeping and sayd to Peter Simon sleepest thou Couldest not thou watch one houre Watch ye and pray least ye enter into temptacion the spirite truly is ready but the flesh is weake And againe he went aside and praied spake the same words And he returned and found them a slepe again for their eies wer heauy neither wist they what to answer him And he came the third time and he said vnto them sleepe hence forth and take your ease it is inough The houre is come behold the sonne of man is betrayed into the handes of sinners Rise vp let vs go Lo he that betrayeth me is at hand And immediately while he yet spake cōmeth Iudas which was one of the twelue and with him a great nūber of people with swordes and staues frō the hie priestes and Scribes Elders And he that betraied hym had geuen them a generall token saying whosoeuer I do kisse the same is he take lead him away warely And assoone as he was come he goeth straight way to him and saith vnto him Maister maister and kissed him and they laid their hands on him and tooke him and one of them that stood by drew out a sword smot a seruaunt of the hie prieste cut of his eare And Iesus answered said vnto them ye be come out as vnto a theefe with swordes and staues for to take me I was dayly with you in the temple teaching ye tooke me not but these things come to passe that the scripture should be fulfilled And they al forsooke him and ran away And ther folowed him a certain yong man clothed in linnen vpon the bare and the yong men caught him and he left his linnen garment and fled from them naked And they led Iesus away to the hye priest of all and with hym came all the hye Priestes and the Elders the scribes And Peter folowed him a great way of euen till he was come into the palace of the hye priest and he sat with the seruauntes and warmed him selfe at the fire And the hie Priestes all the counsell sought for witnes agaynst Iesus to put him to death and found none for many beare false wines against hym but their witnesses agreed not together And there arose certaine and brought false witnes against him saying we heard him say I wyll destroy this temple that is made with hands within three daies I wil build an other made without hands But yet their witnesses agreed not together And the hie priest stood vp among them and asked Iesus saying aunswerest thou nothing how is it that these bear witnes against thee But he held his peace answered nothing Againe the hie priest asked him and said vnto him art thou Christ the sonne of the blessed And Iesus said I am And ye shall see the sonne of man sytting on the right hand of power and comming in the cloudes of heauen Then the hie priest rent his clothes and sayd what neede we any further of witnesses ye haue heard blasphemy what thinke ye And they all condemned hym to be worthy of death And some began to spit at him and to couer his face and to beat him with fistes and to say vnto hym arede and the seruants buffeted him on the face And as Peter was beneath in the palace there came one of the wenches of the hie priest and when shee saw Peter warming hymselfe she looked on hym and said wast not thou also with Iesus of Nazareth he denied saying I know him not neither wote I what thou saiest And he went out into the porch the cock crew and a damosell when she saw him began againe to say to them that stood by this is one of them And he denied it againe anon after they that stood by said againe vnto Peter surely thou art one of them for thou art of Galile and thy speech agreeth therto But he began to cursse and to sweare saying I know not this man of whom ye speake And again the cock crew and Peter remembred the word that Iesus had sayd vnto hym before the cocke crow twise thou shalt deny me three times And he began to weepe ¶ The Tuesday before Easter The Epistle Esay i. THe lord God hath opened mine eare therfore can I not say nay neyther with draw my self but offer my back vnto the smiters and my cheekes to the nippers I turne not my face fro shame spitting and the lord God shall helpe me Therefore shall I not be confounded I haue hardened my face lyke a flynte stone for I am sure that I shall not come to confusion He is at hand that iustifieth me who wyll then go to law with me Let vs stād one against another if ther be any that wil reason with me let him come here forth to me Behold the Lord God standeth by me what is he then that can condemne me Lo they shal be lyke as an olde cloth the moth shal eate them vp Therfore who soeuer feareth the Lord among you let him heare the voice of his seruant Whoso walketh in darknes no light shineth vpon him let him put his trust in that name of the Lord hold him vp by his God but take hede ye al kindle a fire of the wrath of God stir vp the coales
a wedding garment And he was euen spechles Then sayde the kyng to the ministers Take and bynde hym hand foote and cast hym into vtter darknes there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth For many are called but few be chosen ¶ The .xxi. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Ephe. vi MY brethren be strong through the Lord thorow the power of his myght Put on all the armour of God that ye may stand agaynst all the assaultes of the Deuyll For we wrestle not agaynst bloud and fleshe but agaynst rule agaynst power against worldly rulers euen gouernors of the darknes of this world agaynst spirituall craftynes in heauenly thinges Wherfore take vnto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to resist in the euyll day and stand perfect in althinges Stand therfore and your loines gyrt with the truth hauing on the brest plate of righteousnes hauing shoes on you feete that ye may be prepared for the Gospel of peace Aboue all take to you the shield of fayth wherewith ye may quentch all the firy dartes of the wicked And take the helmet of saluation and the sword of the spirit which is the woord of god And pray alwaies with al maner of praier and supplication in the spirit and watch therunto with all instaunce and supplications for all Sayntes and for me that vtterance may be geuen vnto me that I may open my mouth freely to vtter the secretes of my Gospel wherof I am a messenger in bondes that therein I may speake freely as I ought to speake ¶ The Gospel Iohn iiii THere was a certayne Ruler whose sonne was sicke at Capernaum assoone as the same heard that Iesus was come out of Iewry into Galile hee went vnto hym and besought hym that he would come downe and heale his sonne for he was euen at the poynt of death Then sayd Iesus vnto him except ye see signes and wonders ye wyl not beleue The ruler sayd vnto him Syr come downe or euer that my sonne dye Iesus said vnto him go thy way thy sonne lyueth The man beleued the woord that Iesus had spoken vnto hym And he went hys way and as hee was going downe the seruauntes met hym and told hym saying thy sonne lyueth Then enquired hee of them the houre when he began to amende And they sayd vnto him yesterday at the seuenth houre the feuer left him So the father knew that it was the same houre in the which Iesus sayd vnto him Thy sonne lyueth And he beleued and all his houshold This is agayne the seconde myracle that Iesus dyd when hee was come out of Iewry into Galile ¶ The .xxiii. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Phi. i. I Thanke my God with all remembraunce of you alwaies in all my praiers for you and pray with gladnes Because ye are come into the felowship of the Gospell from the fyrst day vntill now And am surely certified of this that hee which hath begone a good woorke in you shall performe it vntill the day of Iesus Christ as it becommeth me that I should so iudge of you all because I haue you in my hart for somuch as ye are all companions of grace with me euen in my bonds and in the defending and establishing of the gospell for God is my record how greatly I longe after you all from the verye hart roote in Iesus Christ And thys I praye that your loue may encrease yet more more in knowledge and in all vnderstanding that ye may accept the thinges that are most excellent that ye may be pure and such as offend no man vntyll the day of Christ being fylled with the fruit of righteousnes which commeth by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and prayse of God. ¶ The Gospell Math. xviii PEter sayd vnto Iesus Lord how ofte shall I forgeue my brother if he synne against me til seuen times Iesus saith vnto him I say not vnto thee vntill seuen tymes but seuenty tymes seuen tymes Therefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine man that was a king which would take accoumptes of his seruaunts And when he had begon to recken one was brought vnto hym which oughte him tenne thousande talentes but forasmuch as hee was not able to pay his Lord commaunded him to be solde and hys wyfe and children and all that he had and payment to be made The seruaunt fell downe and besought hym saying Syr haue pacience wyth me and I wyll pay thee all Then had the Lord pity on that seruaunt and loosed hym and forgaue hym the debt So the same seruaunt went out and found one of hys fellowes whych ought hym an hundred pence and he layde handes on hym and tooke hym by the throte saying paye that thou owest And hys fellow fell downe and besought hym saying haue pacience with me and I wyll pay thee all And he would not but went and cast him into pryson tyll hee should pay the debt So when hys fellowes saw what was done they were verye sorye and came and tolde vnto theyr Lorde all that had happened Then the Lorde called hym and sayde vnto hym O thou vngracious seruaunt I forgaue thee all that debt when thou desyredst me shouldest not thou also haue had compassion on thy fellowe euen as I had pitye on thee And hys Lord was wrothe and delyuered hym to the Iailers tyll hee shoulde paye all that was due vnto hym So lykewyse shall my heauenly Father doo also vnto you if ye from your hartes forgeue not euery one his brother their trespasses ¶ The .xxiii. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Philip. iii. BRethren be followers together of me and looke on them whych walke euen so as ye haue vs for an ensample For many walke of whom I haue told you often and now tell you weeping that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christ whose ende is damnation whose belly is their God glory to their shame which are worldly mynded But our conuersation is in heauen from whence we looke for the sauiour euen the Lord Iesus Christ which shall chaunge our vyle body that he may make it lyke vnto hys gloryous body according to the working whereby he is able also to subdue all thinges vnto hym selfe ¶ The Gospell Math. xxii THen the Pharisies went out and tooke counsayl how they might tangle hym in his wordes And they sent out vnto hym their disciples wyth Herodes Seruauntes saying Mayster wee knowe that thou art true and teachest the way of God truly neyther carest thou for anye man for thou regardest not the outwarde appearaunce of men Tell vs therefore how thinkest thou is it lawfull that tribute be geuen vnto Ceasar or not But Iesus perceyuing theyr wickednes sayde Why tempt ye me you hipocrites shew me the tribute money And they tooke hym a peny And he sayd vnto them whose is this image and superscription They sayd vnto hym Ceasars Then sayd hee vnto them geue therefore