the gouernaunce of his holy spirite sekyng alwaies his glorie and seruing hym duely in our vocacion with thankes geuing This if we doe Christe will deliuer vs from the curse of the lawe and from the extreme malediccion whiche shal lyght vpon them that shal bee set on the left hand and he will set vs on his right hand and geue vs the blessed benediccion of his father commaunding vs to take possession of his glorious kyngdome vnto the whiche he vouchsafe to bring vs all for his infinite mercie Amen ¶ Then shall they all kneele vpon theyr knees And the prieste and clearkes kneeling where they are accustomed to saye the letanie shall saye this psalme HAue mercie vpon me O God after thy greate goodnesse according vnto the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences Washe me throwly fro my wickednes and clense me from my synne For I knowlage my faultes and my sinne is euer before me Against thee only haue I synned and done this euill in thy syght that thou myghtest bee iustified in thy saying and clere when thou art iudged Behold I was shapen in wickednes and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me But loe thou requirest trueth in the inward partes and shalte make me to vnderstande wysedome secretelye Thou shalt pourge me with Hope and I shall bee cleane thou shalt washe me and I shall bee whyter then snowe Thou shalte make me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones whiche thou haste broken maye reioyce Turne thy face from my synnes and putte out all my mysdedes Make me a cleane hearte O God and renue a ryght spirite within me Caste me not awaye from thy presence and take not thy holy spirite from me O geue me the coumforte of thy helpe agayne and stablishe me with thy free spirite Then shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shall bee conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloud giltinesse O God thou that art the god of my health and my toungue shall syng of thy righteousnesse Thou shalt open my lippes O Lorde my mouthe shall shewe thy prayse For thou desyreste no sacrifice els woulde I geue it thee but thou deliteste not in burnt offeryng The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirite a broken and a contrite herte O God shalt thou not despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the walles of Hierusalem Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifyce of righteousnesse with the burnt offerynges and oblacions then shall they offre young bullockes vpon thyne aultare Glorye be tho the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the begynning is nowe euer shal be worlde without ende Amen ¶ Lorde haue mercy 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 delyuer vs from euil Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruauntes Aunswere Whyche put theyr trust in thee Minister Sende vnto them helpe from aboue Aunswere And euermore mightily defende them Minister Helpe vs O God our sauiour Aunswere And for the glory of thy names sake delyuer vs be mercyfull vnto vs synners for thy names sake Minister O Lorde heare my prayer Aunswere And let my crye come to thee Let vs praye O Lord we besech thee mercifully heare our praiers and spare all those whiche confesse theyr synnes to thee that they whose consciences by synne are accused by thy mercyfull pardon may be absolued through Christe oure Lorde Amen O Most mightie God and mercyfull father whiche hast compassion of al menne and hateste nothing that thou haste made which wouldeste not the death of a synner but that he should rather turne from synne bee saued mercyfully forgeue vs our trespasses receyue and coumforte vs which be grieued and weried with the burdē of our synne Thy propertie is to haue mercie to thee onely it apperteineth to forgeue sinnes spare vs therfore good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed Enter not into iudgement with thy seruauntes which be vyle yearth and myserable synners But so turne thy ire from vs which mekely knowlege our vilenes and truly repent vs of our fautes so make haste to helpe vs in thys worlde that wee maye euer lyue with thee in the worlde to come through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen Then shall thys antheme be sayde or song TVrne thou vs good Lorde and so shall we be turned bee fauourable O Lorde bee fauourable to thy people which turne to thee in weping fasting and praying for thou art a merciful god full of compassion long sufferyng and of a great pietie Thou sparest when we deserue punishemente and in thy wrathe thynkest vpon mercy Spare thy people good Lorde spare them and lette not thyne heritage bee broughte to confusion Heare vs O Lorde for thy mercy is greate and after the multitude of thy mercyes looke vpon vs. ⸫ ⧠OF CEREMONIES ⧠Why some be abolished and some retayned OF suche Ceremonies as be vsed in the Churche and haue had their beginnyng by thinstitucion of man Some at the first were of godly intent and purpose deuised and yet at length turned to vanitie and supersticiō Some entred into the Church by vndiscrete deuocion and suche a zele as was without knowleage and forbecause they were winked at in the beginning they grewe dayly to more and more abuses whiche not onely for their vnprofitablenesse but also because they haue muche blynded the people and obscured the glory of God are worthy to be cut away and cleane reiected Other there be whiche although they haue been deuised by man yet it is thought good to reserue them still aswell for a decent ordre in the Churche for the whiche they were first deuised as because they pertaine to edificacion Wherunto all thynges doen in the Churche as the Apostle teacheth ought to be referred And although the kepyng or omittyng of a ceremonie in it selfe considered is but a small thing Yet the wilful and contēptuous transgression and breaking of a common ordre and discipline is no smal offence before God Let al thinges bee done emong you sayeth Saincte Paule in a semely and due ordre The appointemēte of the which ordre pertaineth not to priuate menne Therfore no manne ought to take in hande nor presume to appointe or alter any publike or common ordre in Christes Churche excepte he be lawfully called and autorized therunto And whereas in this our tyme the myndes of menne bee so diuerse that some thynke it a greate matter of conscience to departe from a peece of the leaste of theyr Ceremonies they bee so addicted to theyr olde customes and agayne on the other syde some bee so newe fangle that they woulde innouate all thyng and so doe despyse the olde that nothyng canne lyke them but that is newe It was thought expediente not so muche to haue respecte howe to please and satisfye eyther of these
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
thynke ye of Christe whose sonne is he They sayd vnto him the sonne of Dauid He sayde vnto them howe then doth Dauid in spirite call hym Lorde saying The Lorde sayde vnto my Lorde sit thou on my ryghte hande tyll I make thyne enemyes thy footestoole If Dauid then call hym Lorde howe is he then hys sonne And no man was able to aunswere him any thing neither durst any man from that day furth aske hym any mo questions The .xix. Sondaye I Call with my whole hearte heare me O Lord I wyll kepe thy statutes Yea euen vpon thee do I call helpe me and I shall kepe thy testymonies Early in the morning do I crie vnto thee for in thy worde is my truste Myne tyes preuente the nyghte watches that I myghte be occupyed in thy wordes Heare my voyce O Lorde accordying vnto thy louyng kyndnesse quycken me accordyng as thou art wont They drawe nye that of malice persecute me and are farre from thy lawe Be thou nye at hande O Lorde For al thy commaundementes are true As concernyng thy testymonyes I haue knowen long since that thou hast grounded them for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the begynning is nowe c. The Collect. O GOD for asmuche as without thee we are not able to please thee Graunt that the workyng of thy mercye maye in all thynges directe and rule oure heartes Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle THys I saye and testyfie through the Lorde that ye hencefurth walke not as other Gentyles walke in vanytie of their mynde whyle they are blynded in their vnderstanding beyng farre from a godly lyfe by the meanes of the ignorauncie that is in them and because of the blyndenesse of their heartes whiche beyng past repentaunce haue geuen themselues ouer vnto wantonnes to worke all maner of vncleannes euen with gredynes But ye haue not so learned Christe If so be that ye haue hearde of him haue been taught in hym as the trueth is in Iesu as concernyng the conuersacyon in tyme paste to laye frō you that olde man whiche is corrupte accordyng to the deceiueable lustes To be renued also in the spirite of your minde and to putte on that newe man which after God is shapen in ryghteousnes and true holynes Wherfore put awaye lying and speake euery man trueth vnto hys neighbour forasmuche as we are membres one of a nother Be angrye and synne not Let not the Sunne go doune vpon your wrath neither geue place to the backbiter Lette hym that stole steale nomore but lette him rather laboure with his handes the thing which is good that he maye geue vnto hym that nedeth Let no fylthy communicacion procede out of your mouth But that whiche is good to edifie withall as oft as nede is that it maye mynyster grace vnto the hearers And greue not ye the holy spirite of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the daye of redempcion Let all bytternesse and fearcenesse and wrath and roaryng and cursed speakyng be put awaye from you with all malyciousnes Be ye curteous one to another mercyfull forgeuyng one another euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you The Gospell IEsus entred into a shyppe and passed ouer and came into hys owne Cytie And beholde they broughte to him a manne sycke of the Palsey lying in a bed And when Iesus sawe the fayth of them he said vnto the sicke of the Palsey Sōne bee of good there thy synnes be forgeuen thee And beholde certayne of the Scrybes sayd within themselues this manne blasphemeth And when Iesus sawe their thoughtes he saide wherfore thynke ye euil in your heartes whether is it easyer to say thy sinnes be forgeuen thee or to saye arise and walke But that ye maie knowe that the sonne of manne hathe power to forgeue sinnes in yearth Then saieth he vnto the sycke of the Palsey Aryse take vp thy bed and go vnto thine house And he arose and departed to his house But the people that sawe it merueiled and glorifyed God which had geuen suche power vnto men The .xx. Sondaye O Considre myne aduersitie and deliuer me For I do not forget thy lawe Auenge thou my cause and deliuer me quycken me according vnto thy worde Health is farre from the vngodly For they regarde not thy statutes Greate is thy mercy O Lorde quicken me as thou art wonte Many there are that trouble me and persecute me yet do not I swarue from thy testymonies It greueth me when I see the trangressors because they kepe not thy lawe Consider O Lord howe I loue thy commaundementes O quicken me accordyng to thy louyng kyndnesse Thy worde is true from euerlastyng All the iudgementes of thy righteousnes endure for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the begynning is nowe c The Collect. ALmighty and mercyful God of thy bountefull goodnes kepe vs from all thynges that maye hurte vs that we beyng ready both in bodye and soule maye with free heartes accomplyshe those thynges that thou wouldest haue doen Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle TAke hede therfore howe ye walke circumspectelye not as vnwise but as wisemen winnyng occasion because the dayes are euyll Wherfore be ye not vnwise but vnderstand what the wyll of the Lorde is and be not dronken with wyne wherin is excesse But be fylled with the spirite speaking vnto your selues in Psalmes and Hymnes and spirituall songes synging and makyng melody to the Lorde in your heartes geuing thankes alwaies for all thynges vnto God the father in the name of oure Lord Iesus Christ submittyng your selues one to another in the feare of God The Gospell IEsus sayed to hys discyples The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a manne that was a kyng which made a Mariage for his sonne and sente furth his seruauntes to call them that were bid to the weddyng and they woulde not come Agayne he sent furth other seruauntes saying Tell them which are bydden beholde I haue prepared my diner mine Oxen and my fatlynges are kylled and all thynges are ready come vnto the Mariage But they made light of it and went their waies One to hys farme place another to his Marchaundise and the remnaunte toke his seruauntes and intreated them shamefullye and siewe them But when the Kyng heard therof he was wrothe and sent furth hys menne of warre and destroyed those murtherers and brent vp their citie Then said he to his seruauntes the Maryage in dede is prepared but they which were bidden were not worthy Go ye therfore out into the hye wayes and as many as ye finde bid them to the Mariage And the seruauntes went furth into the hye wayes and gathered together all as many as they coulde fynde both good and bad and the wedding was furnished with geastes Then the kyng came in to se the geastes and when he spied there a man which
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