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
Bethany in the house af Simon the Leper ther came vnto him a woman hauing an Alablaster boxe of precious ointmēt poured it on his head as he sat at the bord but whē his disciples saw it they had indignacion saying wherto serueth this wast This ointment might haue ben wel sold geuē to the poore When Iesus vnderstood that he said vnto thē why trouble ye the woman for she hath wrought a good worke vpō me For ye haue the poore alwaies with you but me ye shal not haue alwaies And in that she hath cast this ointment on my body she did it to bury me verely I say vnto you whersoeuer this gospel shal be preached in al the world ther shal also this be told that she hath don for a memoriall of her Then one of the .xij. which was called Iudas Iscarioch went to the chiefe Priests sayd vnto them What wyl ye geue me I will deliuer him vnto you And they appoynted vnto him .xxx. peeces of syluer And from that time forth he sought oportunitye to betray him The first day of sweete bread the Disciples came to Iesus saying to him Where wylt thou that we prepare for thee to eate the Passeouer And he said go into the Citie to such a man and say vnto him the Maister sayth my time is at hand I wyl keepe my Easter by thee with my Disciples And the disciples dyd as Iesus had appointed them and they made ready the Passeouer When the euen was come he sat downe with the .xii. And as they did eate he sayde Verely I say vnto you that one of you shall betray me And they were exceeding sorowfull and began euery one of them to say vnto him Lord is it I He aunswered and said he that dippeth his hand with me in the dish the same shall betray me The sonne of man truly goeth as it is written of him but wo be vnto that man by whom the Sonne of man is betrayed It had bene good for that man if he had not bene borne Then Iudas which betrayed him answered said Maister is it I He said vnto him thou hast said when they were eating Iesus tooke bread when he had geuen thanks he brake it gaue it to the disciples and sayd Take eate this is my body And he tooke the cup and thanked gaue it to them saying drinke ye al of this for this is my bloud which is of the newe testament that is shed for many for the remission of sins But I say vnto you I wil not drinke hence forth of this fruit of the vine tree vntil the day when I shal drink it new with you in my fathers kingdome And when they had said grace they went out vnto mount Oliuet Then sayd Iesus vnto them all ye shall be offended because of me this night For it is written I wil smite the shepherd the sheepe of the flocke shal be scattered abroad but after I am risen againe I will go before you into Galile Peter answered said vnto him though all men be offended because of thee yet will I not be offended Iesus said vnto him verely I say vnto thee that in this same night before the Cock crow thou shalt deny me thrise Peter said vnto him yea though I should dye with thee yet will I not deny thee likewise also said al the disciples Then came Iesus with thē vnto a farme place which is called Gerhsemane and said vnto the disciples Sit ye here while I go pray yonder And he toke with him Peter the two sonnes of Zebede began to waxe sorowful and heauy Then said Iesus vnto them My soul is heauy euē vnto the death Tary ye here and watch with me And he went a litle farther fel flat on his face and prayed saying O my father if it be possible let this cup passe from me neuertheles not as I wyll but as thou wilt And he came vnto the disciples found thē a sleepe said vnto Peter what could ye not watch with me one hour watch and pray that ye enter not into temptacion the spirit is willing but the flesh is weake He went away once again and praied saying O my father if this cup may not pas away frō me except I drink of it thy will be fulfilled and he came found them a sleepe againe for their eies were heauy And he left thē went again praied the third time saying the same words Then cōmeth he to his disciples sayd vnto them sleepe on now and take your rest Behold the houre is at hand and the Sonne of man is betrayed into the handes of synners Ryse let vs be goyng behold he is at hand that doth betray me While he yet spake loe Iudas one of the number of the twelue came with hym a great multitude with swordes staues sent from the chiefe Priestes Elders of the people But he that betrayed him gaue them a token saying Whom soeuer I kisse the same is he hold him fast And forthwith he came to Iesus and sayd hayle Maister kissed him And Iesus sayd vnto him Friend wherefore art thou come Then came they layd hands on Iesus tooke him And behold one of them that were with Iesus stretched out his hand drew his sword and stroke a seruant of the hye Priest smote of his eare Then sayd Iesus vnto him put vp thy sword into the sheath for all that take the sword shall perish with the swoord Thinkest thou that I cānot now pray to my Father he shal geue me euen now more then xij legions of Angels But how thē shal the scriptures be fulfilled For thus must it be In that same houre sayd Iesus to the multitude Ye be come out as it were to a theefe wyth swordes staues for to take me I sat dayly with you teaching in the temple ye tooke me not But all this is done that the scriptures of the Prophetes myght be fulfilled Then all the disciples forsooke him and fled And they tooke Iesus lead him to Caiphas the hye Priest wher the Scribes and the Elders were assembled But Peter followed hym a farre of vnto the hye Priests palace and went in sat wyth the seruants to see the end The chiefe Priests Elders and all the counsel sought false witnes against Iesus to put him to death but found none yea when many false witnesses came yet found they none At the last came .ij. false witnesses said this felow said I am able to destroy the temple of God and to builde it again in three daies And the chiefe priest arose and said vnto him answerest thou nothing Why do these beare witnes against thee But Iesus held his peace And the cheife priest answered said vnto him I charge thee by that liuing God that thou tel vs whether thou be Christ the sōne of god Iesus said vnto him thou hast said
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
about the multitude came together were astonyed because that euery man heard them speake wyth hys own language They wondred all marueled saying among thēselues behold are not al these which speake of Galile And how heare we euery man his own toūg wherin we wer born Parthians Medes and Elamites and the inhahiters of Mesopotamia of Iewry and of Capadocia of Pontus Asia Phrigia and Pamphilia of Egipt of the parties of Libia which is beside Siren straungers of Rome Iewes Proselites Greekes and Arabians we haue heard them speake in our own toungs the great workes of God. ¶ The Gospell Iohn xiiii IEsus said vnto his disciples If ye loue me kepe my cōmaundements I wil pray the father he shall geue you another comforter that he may abide with you for euer euen the spirit of truth whō the world cannot receiue because the world seeth him not neither knoweth him But ye know him for he dwelleth with you and shal be in you I will not leaue you comfortles but wil come to you Yet a litle while and the worlde seeth me no more but ye see me For I liue and ye shall lyue At that day shall ye know that I am in my father and you in me I in you He that hath my commaundements and keepeth them the same is he that loueth me And he that loueth me shal be beloued of my father and I wil loue him and wil shew mine own selfe vnto him Iudas saith vnto him not Iudas Iscarioth Lord what is done that thou wilt shew thy selfe vnto vs and not vnto the world Iesus answered and said vnto them if a man loue me he will keepe my sayings and my Father wyll loue him and we wyll come vnto him and dwell with him He that loueth me not keepeth not my sayinges And the word which ye heare is not mine but the fathers which sent me These things haue I spoken vnto you being yet present with you But the comforter which is the holy ghost whom my Father wyll sende in my name he shall teach you althinges and bring althinges to your rememberaunce whatsoeuer I haue said vnto you Peace I leaue with you my peace I geue vnto you Not as the world geueth geue I vnto you Let not your harts be greued neither feare Ye haue heard how I said vnto you I go and come againe vnto you Yf ye loued me yee would verely reioyce because I sayd I go vnto the Father For the Father is greater then I. And now I haue shewed you before it came that when it is come to passe ye might beleue Hereafter wyll I not talke many wordes vnto you For the Prince of this world commeth and hath nought in me But that the world may know that I loue the Father And as the Father gaue me commaundement euen so do I. ¶ The Monday in whitson weeke The Epistle Actes x. THen Peter opened his mouth said of a truth I perceiue that there is no respect of persons wyth God but in all people he that feareth him worketh righteousnes is accepted with him Ye know the preaching that God sent vnto the chyldren of Israel preaching peace by Iesus Christ which is Lord ouer althinges which preaching was published throughout all Iewry and began in Galile after the baptisme which Iohn preached how God annointed Iesus of Nazareth with the holy Ghost with power Which Iesus went about doyng good and healyng all that were oppressed of the deuyll For God was with him And we are witnesses of althings which he did in the land of the Iewes and at Ierusalem whom they slew and hanged on a tree Hym God raysed vp the third day and shewed him openly not to all the people but vnto vs witnesses chosen before of God for the same entent which dyd eate and drinke with him after hee rose from death And he commaunded vs to preache vnto the people and to testify that it is he which was ordayned of God to be the Iudge of the quick and the dead To hym geue all the Prophetes wytnes that through his name whosoeuer beleueth in hym shall receiue remission of syns While Peter yet spake these wordes the holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the preaching And they of the circumcision which beleued were astonied as many as came with Peter because that on the Gentiles also was shed out the gift of the holy ghost For they heard them speake with toūgs and magnify god Then answered Peter can any man forbid water that these should be baptised which haue receiued the holy Ghost as well as we And he commaunded them to be baptised in the name of the lord Then prayed they him to tary a few dayes ¶ The Gospell Iohn iii. SO God loued the world that he gaue hys onely begotten sonne that whosoeuer beleueth in him shuld not perish but haue euerlasting life For God sent not his sonne into the world to condemne the world but that the world through him might be saued But he that beleueth on him is not condemned But he that beleueth not is condempned all redy because he hath not beleued in the name of the onely begotten sonne of god And this is the condempnacion that light is come into the world and men loued darknes more thē light because their dedes were euil For euery one that doth euil hateth the light neither cōmeth to the light least his deedes should be reproued But he that doth the truth commeth to the lyght that his deedes may be knowen how that they are wrought in God. ¶ The Tuesday sn whitsun weeke The Epistle Actes viii WHen the Apostles which were at Ierusalem heard say that Samaria had receiued the woord of God they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn Which whē they were come down praied for them that they might receiue the holy Ghost For as yet he was come on none of them but they were baptised onely in the name of Christ Iesus Then they layd their handes on them and they receiued the holy Ghost ¶ The Gospell Iohn x. VErely verely I say vnto you he that entreth not in by the doore into the shepefold but climeth vp some other way the same is a theefe a murtherer But he that entreth in by the doore is the Shepheard of the sheepe To him the porter openeth the sheepe heare his voice he calleth his own shepe by name and leadeth them out And when he hath sent forth his owne shepe he goeth before them the shepe folow him for they know his voice A straunger wyl they not folow but wyll flee from hym for they know not the voyce of straungers This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto thē but they vnderstood not what things they were which he spake vnto them Then sayd Iesus vnto them againe Verely verely I say vnto you I am the doore of the shepe Al euen as many as came before me ar theues murtherers but the shepe