disciples and sayde Take eate thys is my body And he toke the cuppe and thanked and gaue it them sayde Drynke ye all therof Thys is my bloude of the new testament that shal be shed for many for the remission of synnes This do in the remembraunce of me These wordes marke well and let no vayne nor carnall reason seduce the. But let fayth be thy guyde in thys matter for reason can not apprehende the knowelege of fayth for fayth is aboue reason it excedeth reason it dependeth not of reason Fayth as saynt Paule Heb. ii doth defyne is a sure confidence of thynges whych are hoped for and a certaynte of thynges which are not sene Which fayth also as saynte Paule doth testifye Rom. x. commeth vnto vs by hearynge and hearyng commeth by the worde of God Thy reason and wytte therfore captyue in the obsequy of Christe and styre vp and quycken thy fayth by the hearynge of the worde of God The worde of God as it is aboue mencioned doth declare that Christe takynge the breade sayde it was his body Seynge then that gods worde dothe saye that Christ dyd transmute the substaunce of the breade into hys body Geue a fayth to it though reason can not attayne the knowlege of it and cease accordynge to resons motion to questiō as the Caphernaites dyd When they asked of Christe howe can thys man geue vs hys fleshe to eate for ther is nothynpe vnpossible to god In these wordes of Christ thou mayest note the institucion of the consecracion of the body of Christe and the auctoure and founder of the same The auctoure and founder of the same was no lyghte fantasyed man He was no lyenge man he was no man that by settynge forthe of a newe secte or of a newe opinion soughte hys owne glorye But it was Iesus Christ the sonne of the eternall lyuynge God God and man in whom was euerlastynge wysedom wythout decaye Euerlastyng constancy wythout mutabilite he beynge not only true but also the very truthe whome the voyce of the father from heauen dyd commende sayenge Thys is my deare sonne in whō I delyte heare hym Whē therfore Christ beyng both true the very truth in whom was no doublenes of spech but playnes and simplicite whom the father speakyng from heuen wylled vs to heare takyng the bread and blessyng it sayd This is my body and blessyng the cup sayd Thys is my bloud We ought as Christ is playne true and wythout doublenes so wythout tropys methaphors similitudes signifycacions and all other crafty quyddities and logicall intencions playnly truly and without doublenes to take and receaue the wordes as Christ hath spoken them Christ playnly by demonstracion takyng the bread sayde This is my body What shuld we then enterpryse to say agaynst hym that there was not his body The institution then of the cōsecracion of the body of Christ was by the worde of Christ sayeng This is my body This body in the forme of bread of Christ consecrated for as much as he was then departynge from them and from theyr eyes that mortall and sensible body shuld be substracted he distrybuted then beyng present wyth them his bodye in that forme and sort of the which after his departyng they shuld take no mistrust But that by theyr fayth they myght se hym alwayes present By the which they shuld take comforte and also by the contemplacion of that alwayes to haue a fressh memoriall or remembraunce of his passion and death Wherfore he sayd to thē Lu. xxii This do you in the remembraunce of me In these wordes we are not only monyshed to haue a contynual remembraūce of Christes death but also it is omytted vs as for a cause of that same remembraunce For Christe sayde hoc facite This do you Obserue therfore diligent reader and note that Christ had as I haue aboue sayde geuen them his body they receyued it he wylled them that they shulde do it in the remembraunce of hym What shuld they do that they receyued at Christes hand What receyued they at Christies hand they receyued his very body Then Christ wold they shuld do this that is to receyue his body and not only a pece of bread in the remembraunce of him It maye be further questioned where shuld they haue Christes body he beyng ascended into the heauens syttyng on the ryght hande of his father Verely in the Sacramēt of the alter by his power now consecrated as it was before his power beyng no lesse now then it was thē for he that wylled them to receyue his body and drynke his bloud in the remembraūce of hym wrought then and nowe also by his power worketh the consecracion of his owne body or els how shuld they do that thyng which Christ wylled thē to do Actū xxii That the very body of Christ was receyued of the Apostles and of other Christians after that he was ascended it is manifest not onely in the Actes of the Apostles but also in other places as namely fyrst in the fyrst epistle of Saynt Paule to the Corinthians In the which place Saynt Paule exortynge them from ydolatry certyfyeth them that as yet the hath no tēptacion ouertaken them but such as foloweth the nature of man Wherfore he wylleth them not only to flye from ydolatry but al so from the partakyng of ydolatytes that is from such meates as were offred to ydols Which vyce he counteth not to folow the nature of man but rather to come of deuelyssh malyte Now to auoyde the partakyng of ydolatytes He compareth or rather maketh asimilitude of the LORDES table and the table of the deuell declaryng that as the partakers of the body of Christ are one body in Christ so the partakers of ydolatytes be one body in the deuell and begynneth his purpose after this maner Wherfore my dearly beloued flye from ydolatrye or flye from the worshyppyng of ydols I speake sayeth he vnto them which haue discrecion Iudge ye what I saye the cuppe of thankesgyuyng wherwith we geue thankes is it not the partakyng of the bloud of Christ The bread that we breake is it not the partakyng of the body of Christ For we many are one breade and one body in as muche as we all are partakers of one breade For the profe of his sentence that is that the receyuers of the one or of the other are in the felowshyp of the same he sayeth Beholde Israell after the flesshe They that eate the sacrifyces are not they partakees of the aulter And then he cometh to the other party in the which after he had declared that the offrynges of the Heathen were to deuels and not to God He sayeth nowe wold I not that ye shuld be in the felowshyppe of deuels And why Bycause these can not stande togyther and immediatly he sayeth Ye can not drynke of the cuppe of the LORDE and of the cuppe of the deuels ye cā not be partakers of the LORDES table and of the table of
the supper of the LORDE in the which amonge many goodly sentences of the Sacrament as indede there is plentye he hathe thys sentence Christe thys sacrament sometyme doth call hys body sometyme hys fleshe bloude somtyme bread Thys commen bread the chaunged into flesh and bloude doth procure lyfe c. Although thys is very manifestly spoken yet more playnlyer he speketh in another sentence Thys bread sayeth he that the Lorde gaue vnto his disciples throughe the omnipotency of the worde chaunged not in figure or in outwarde forme but in nature is made flesh and as in the person of Christ the manhode was seue and the Godhed hyd so in the visible Sacramente the deuyne nature inuisible infundeth hymselfe to the intente that vnto the Christian religion about the Sacramentes shulde be deuotion Is not thys as playnly spoken as any man can speake To thys man beynge so auncient an holy martyr we shuld and ought to gyue credence before v C. Swynglins or any such other Yet that we maye se the argument of many good men which yet were in dyuers tymes some other shal be recyted S. Ambrose differreth not in sentence from these he sayde Because that by the death of the LORDE we are delyuered of it we declare oure selues to be myndefull in that we eate his bodye and drynke hys bloude whych were offred for vs. In the .vi. boke of the sacramentes he doth treate of the same also He also sayeth yf the worde of Helyas was of such power that he causeth the fyre to come downe from heauen Shall not the worde of Christ be of such power that it shal chauÌ„ge the substaunce of thynges that is the substaunce of breade wyne into the substaunce of hys bodye and bloude It is rede of all the workes of the worlde that he sayde the word they were made Therfore the worde of God that is the sonne of God whyche coulde of nothynge make all thynges that were can not he chasige the thynges that be into it that they were not Thou seest gentle reader the sentence of S. Ambrose thou mayest perceaue that he agreeth wyth thother S. Hierome also a man both of great learnynge and holynes dissenteth not from thys doctryne he sayeth After that the figuratyue Easter was fulfylled and Chryste wyth hys Apostles hadde eaten the Easterlambe he toke the breade whych conforteth the herte of man and went to the true Sacrament of Easter that euen as in the prefiguracion of hym Melchysedech the preste of the hygh God dyd offrynge bread and wyne he also wolde set forth the truthe of his body and bloud Saynt Austen also a famouse man bothe of lyfe and of lernyng varyeth not from those men but saythe thys in the forme of breade wyne whych we se we do honour thynges that we do not se that is the body and bloude of Christ Beholde the sentences both faythfull and godly And for as muche as the wrytters of them were men to be reputed and not disdayned esteme them of authorite S. Gregory also a man of good authoritye followed the same trade sayenge As the diuinitie of the worde doth fyll all the worlde so in many places is the body of Christe consecrated and yet be there not many bodyes of Christe but one body and one bloude Eusebius Emisenus also a maÌ„ not to be despysed sayth thys The inuisible prest with his worde by a secret power doth chauÌ„ge the visible creatures into the substauÌ„ce of hys body and bloude pondre nowe gentle readers the vnyforme consent of these doctours which as for a certayne of them althoughe they were in dyuers tymes and contryes yet the holy goost theyr scole mayster and the mayster of truth taught them all as concernynge the poyntes of our fayth one lesson of truth So that they all do agre in thys truth that in the Sacrament of the aulter is the very body of Christe Many mo mayebe rehersed that do agre in thys poynte whyche playnly were ynough to fyll a hole boke Therfore shall they be omytted trustynge that these fewe yf theyr auncient holynes and learnynge be pondered with the places of scripture aboue rehersed are sufficiente to staye a Christians herte yf he be not already drowned in heresye Seyng then that the scriptures which can not be but one and these famouse doctours agreyng to the same do teache that in the sacrament of the aulter is the body of Christe Let euery true Christian not with a dissemblyng mouth for feare of payne but with an vnfayned herte for the loue of the trouthe not onely professe but also beleue that in that sacramente is the very bodye of Christe Thys sacramente consecrated not by the power of the minister the preste but by the power of God workyng in hys word spokeÌ„ of the prest people shuld frequeÌ„t for the purpose for them whych Christ dyd institue it Christ when he habâ—â— consecrated hys body delyuered it to hys Apostles sayde Thys do you in the remembraunce of me Then shulde all Christians frequent this sacrament for the remaÌ„braunce of Christ To what remeÌ„braunce of Christ Verely to the remeÌ„braunce of hys death That euery ChristiaÌ„ seynge or receyuyng his body shuld remeÌ„bre alwayes haue before theyr eyes that Christes body for they sake whych of themselues were vnable and vnsufficient to make amendes was delyuered to his enemyes and for theyr offence whyche they by none of theyr merites coulde put awaye was he whypped and scourged beaten and deluded nayled on the crosse and wyth a spere thorowe the herte perced and thys frely oute of that swete vessell to wass he awaye the offence he shed water and bloude Thys to them by hys passion redemed and by the same to the father reconcyled he hathe gyuen the meryte of his passion which vnfaynedly hath is and shal be sufficient for the synnes of all the worlde for he sayde Thys is my body whych for you shal be delyuered And thys is my bloude which for you shal be shed After this sorte al ye Christians when you se or receyue the Sacrament haue of Christ such a remembraunce and forget not to be thankefull For to this purpose you shuldese or receyue it and not to make a gasyng stocke of it when you haue sene you haue all done So that you thynke you haue no more to do but to se it or to receyue it And this that thankeful remembraunce of that blessed death or passion with the acknowlegyng of the frutes and benefytes of the same is forgotten and though as no parte of our duetye which of trouth is the chefe parte of our duetie as often as we by fayth do se the body of our sauyour Christ in that Sacrament And further when the death of Christ is thus remembred then shulde men also remembre that as Saynt Peter sayth i. Pet. iii. Christ hath suffred leauing an ensample vnto you that you shuld folowe his steppes which is as he dyd beare the Crosse
haue mercy on vs. Lorde haue mercy on vs. Christ haue mercy on vs. Lorde haue mercy on vs. Our father And leade But delyuer vs. c. ¶ The versycle We haue offended with our father ¶ The answere We haue done wronge and commytted iniquetie ¶ The versycle Lorde do not with vs accordynge to our synnes ¶ The answere Nether rewarde thou vs after our vngodlynesse ¶ The versycle Lorde shewe vs thy mercye ¶ The answere And geue vs thy sauynge helthe ¶ The versycle And let thy mecy come vpon vs Lorde ¶ The answere Thy sauynge helth accordynge to thy promyse ¶ The versycle Lorde saue the Kynge and the realme ¶ The answere And heare vs in the daye where in we call vnto ye. ¶ The versycle Let thy prestes do on iustice ¶ The answere And let thy sayntes reioyce ¶ The versycle For oure brothers and systers ¶ The answere Saue O God thy seruauntes both men and wemen that trust in the. ¶ The versycle Let vs praye for all Christen people ¶ The answere Lorde saue thy people and blesse thyne heretage and rule them and exalte them euermore ¶ The versycle Lorde sende peace through thy vertue ¶ The answere And great abundaunce in euery countre ¶ The soules of all faythfull departed by the mercy of God let them rest in peace ¶ The versycle Lorde heare my prayer ¶ The answere And geue hearynge to my clamoure ¶ For remyssion of synnes GOd to whom it is apropryed to be mercyfull euer and to spare take our prayer and and let thy pytiefull mercye assoyle them that are bonde wyth the chayne of synners By Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ For mercy LOrde we beseche the to shewe vnto vs thyn vnspekable mercy that thou both purge vs from all our synnes and mercyfullye delyuer vs from the payne that we deserue for the same By Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ For the kynge LOrde God of hoostes kynge most myghty and stronge by whom kynges do reygne in whose handes are the hertes of all kynges Graunte vnto thy welbeloued seruaunt H. our kynge continuall helth of body and soule that his harte alwayes enclynynge to wholsome and godlye counsayles and the enemyes of the common welthe beynge vanquyshed we maye lōge inioye vnder him perpetuall peace and brotherly concorde By Christ our Lorde So be it ALmighty eternal god which alone doest great wonders graūt vnto thy seruauntes the bysshoppes to al congregacions cōmytted vnto thē the sprete of grace that in the truth they maye please the powre out on thē the perpetuall dewe of thy benediction By Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ For the people and all estates FOr thy pytie Lorde we besech the to louse the bandes of all our synnes through the prayer of the blessed glorious virgyn Mary wyth al thy sayntes kepe vs thy seruauntes oure kynge and all Christē people in al holynesse all that by kynred of bloude familiaritye confessiō or prayer be alyed vnto vs clense them Lorde of all vyces lyghte thē with vertues peace and helth geue vnto vs auoyde from vs all our enemyes as well visible as inuisible geue thy charyty to our frendes and to our enemyes expell all pestylence and famyne to all christē people quycke dead graunt lyfe endles rest By Christ our lorde So be it ¶ For Charytye O God which doste powre the gyftes of charytye into the hartes of the faytfull through grace of the holy gooste graunt vnto thy seruauntes both men and women for whō we praye vnto thy mercy helth of body and soule that they maye loue the wyth all theyr power and perform wyth al loue the thynges that be pleasyng to the. By Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ For peace O God from whome all holy desyres all good counsels and all iuste workes do procede gyue vnto vs the same peace which the worlde cannot geue that our hartes beynge obedyent to thy commaundementes and the feare of our enemyes takē awaye our tyme may be peasyble through thy proteccion By Christ our Lorde ¶ For the soules departed GOd that arte creatoure and redemer of all faythfull people graunte vnto the soules of all true beleuers beynge deade remyssion of all theyr synnes that through deuoute prayers they maye attayne thy gracyous pardon which they haue alwaye desyred By Christ oure Lorde ☞ So be it ☜ * ¶ An instruction of the maner in hearynge of the Masse shewynge howe and to what intente it shulde be herde the whiche instruction I haue by occasion preuented with a declaracion to the instablyshmente of the Christen fayth concernynge the Sacramēt of as the aulter whyche is consecrated in the Masse THe order taken of me in thys prymer moost deare reader setteth here followynge certayne meditacions to be sayd at the sacrynge as we cal it of the masse in the masse tyme which masse is a consecracion of the body and bloude of Christ by the power of God workynge secretly in the wordes that are spoken of the prest and institute for a specyall memory of Christes passion set forth wyth certayne ceremonies and deuoute suffragies to the enkyndlynge and styryng vp of the deuocions or deuoute myndes not only of the prest but also of the hearers to the entent that they maye impende a dew honoure as concernynge theyr deuty to the same blessed sacrament And for as much as dyuers people dyuersly do heare it some for custome some by shame cōpelled some wyth smale deuocion some cōtented to heare and se what the prest doth thynketh it ynoughe to be present in the churche whyle it is a doyng but not so many as I wolde wyshe doth heare the same to the ende that Christe dyd ordeyne it to be done for And specyally a great sorte which is worst of all maketh this moste holy sacrament of no estimacion nor reuerence pernycyously affyrmynge that in that sacrament is not the presence of the body and bloude of Christe I haue thought it conuenyente and some what necessarye both to make a declaracyon to the deuoute readers of the fayth that belongeth to the same and also to geue instruccyon to what vse or purpose they shulde frequent the consecracyon and mynistracyon of it Whiche entrepryse gentle readers I take in hande not because thynke my selfe of such excellent iudgement and learnynge that I can exquysytely and suffycyently declare and satysfye the reader of the misteryes of so excellent and hygh sacrament but that onely I wolde shewe some token of my deuty to my euen Christen in the distribucion vnto hym of suche talent whyche God hath lente me And fyrst shall I reherse the scriptures whych the sacramentaries go aboute to enstablyshe theyr hereticall opinion as concernynge the body of Christ presence of the same sacrament declarynge such places of scripture that they haue chosen in theyr owne natyue sence the hereby may appere both that they distort the scripture for theyr singuler opyniō also that theyr opiniō
the deuels So nowe deare reader what expresse sentence Paule hath wrytten of the bodye and bloud of Christ which after my censure is of suche strength for the presence of the body of Christ in the Sacrament that it can not be iustlye resysted Yet not withstandynge yf ye luste not to geue credyte to my exyle and weke iudgement geue credēce to the iudgement of Chrisostome Ierome Ambrose Theophelacte Thomas and Erasmus which expoundyng this place I am sure do take Saynt Paule here to haue spoken of the bodye and bloud of Christ Whose sentences I wold haue here inferred but for auoydyng of prolixite let the learned search the Doctours and trye the truth In the second chapter to the Corinthians Saynt Paule also after he had rebuked the enormityes and abuses of the Corinthians about the receyuyng of the body of Christ he taught them the true vse of it In the settyng forth of the which he maketh a very euydent mencion of the same body of Christ which document and learnyng which ordinaunces also that he delyuered them he certifyeth them that he receyued it of the LORDE after the rehersall of the wordes of Christ which I desyre the diligent reader there to reade he doth inferre godly monicions for the receyuyng of the body of Christ and declareth the daunger of the euell receyuer sayeng Who so euer shal eate of this bread and drynke of this cuppe of the LORDE vnworthely shal be gylty of the body and bloud of the LORDE But let a man examyne him selfe and so let him eate of thys breade and drynke of this cuppe For he that eateth and drynketh vnworthely eateth and drynkethe his owne dampnacion bycause he maketh no difference of the LORDES bodye I can not a lytle meruayle that mē so malyciously and erroniously wyl fal from the trueth hauynge suche a clere sentence of Saynt Paule which so manifestly doth declare and open the veryte of the body of Christe in the Sacramente that to a Christian reader as I suppose there is no doute nor diffycultye as concernynge hys fayth in this matter left vndesolued Yet althoughe thys place be so good and full of strengthlest shulde offende wyth prolixite or discorage wyth tediousnes brefly nothynge with me two thynges in S. Paule I hertely desyre you pondre hys sentence Fyrste note that where as saynt Paule in the begynnyng of his sentence speakynge of the sacrament accordynge to our sensible knowlege doth call that breade in the ende of the sentence as an exposicion to hys fyrst worde calleth it the body bloude of Christ And in the last sentēce where that he sayeth that the vnworthy receauer of the bread doth receaue it to hys damnacion subuertynge the cause addeth an exposicion of hys worde and sayeth Because he maketh no difference of the Lordes bodye Note then and beholde that S. Paule dothe not call the sacrament onely bread But also namynge the same calleth it the body and bloude of the Lorde and the LORDES body So breade it maye be called accordynge to our sensible knowlege for we se nothynge but bread we tast nothynge but breade we fele nothynge but breade but by faythe we beleue the bodye of Christe and no bread for bread hath no place wyth the body of Christe The other that I do note is of the vnworthynes of the receauyng and of the paynes taxed for the same S. Paule counceleth the receauers of thys sacrament to examen themselues left they shulde receaue it vnworthelye for in so doynge they shall receaue it to theyr damnacion and be gyltye of the bodye and bloude of the LORDE because they make no difference of the body of the LORDE Now yf ther be not the body of Christe in the sacrament of the alter why dothe Paule councell the receauers to examen themselues shulde they do for to eate a pece of bread Or why more for the eatynge of thys breade then of other bread Further how shuld a mā eate a pece of bread vnworthely except ye wyl say that he hath taken excesse of it or as the commē sayenge is that a man is vnworthy to eate of the bread because he laboureth not for it which vnworthynes taketh no place here in thys matter Moreouer yf ther be not the body of Christ but breade why shuld the receauers for the receauynge of a pece of bread be gylty of the body and bloude of the LORDE And how shulde they receaue it to theyr dampnacion There is no comparyson betwexte the facte and the payne yf it be nothynge but breade I suppose that the iustice of god wyll not make a man gylty of the bodye and bloude of the Lorde for eatyng of a pece of bread wythout an ordinaunce or a law goyng before Also howe in the receyuyng of a pece of bread shuld the reaceyuers make difference of the body of the Lorde yf the body of the LORDE be not there But for as much as S Paule willeth vs not to receyue the Sacrament vnworthely for yf we do we receyue it to our dānaciō bycause we make no dyfferēce of the body of the LORD I take it that in the sacramēt of the aulter is the very body of Christ in the respect of whom we receyue it worthely or vnworthely and by whose presence yf we receyue it with the examynacion of our selues we make a dyfference of the body of the LORDE And for as much as Christ blessyng the bread and geuyng it to his Apostles sayd This is my body I beleue that in the Sacramēt is his body for sure I am that he beyng the truth can not lye Yet for as much as the malyce of heresy is not so sone quenched but alwayes seketh to withstand the truth and peraduēture as the Pharisyes dyd agaynst Christ not hauyng what to saye to hym fel to calumniacion So wyll they yet and wyll saye although it hath ben so taken for a smale tyme yet we haue swerued from the prymatyue church Therfore we shall here inferre the sentences of some of the eldest and most auncient Doctours of the church which were very nygh to the primatyue church by whose vniforme consent we maye perceyue the trouth of the matter to be the surer Tertullyan one of the auncient wryters of Christes church nexte to the Apostles agaynst Marcio an here lyke sayth these wordes Christ when he had sayd that hartely he desyred to eate the Easter with his disciples The bread taken distrybuted to his Apostles He made his body sayeng This is my body Yf this auncient wryter beyng so nygh to the prymatyue church which knewe the very truth as it was receyued of the Apostles And knewe also howe they dyd sayth confyrmably to our fayth to our vnderstandyng of the scripture it is an argument that we are in a good way and that we truly do interpretate the scripture although a sorte whotelynges thynke the contrary Saynte Cyprian also a holy martyr and an auncient wryter maketh a hole sermon of
Lyke the dew of Hermon which fel vpon the hyll of Sion For there the Lorde promysed his blessynge and lyfe for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to c. As it was in the begynnynge and as it is c. The C.xxxiij Psalme Ecce nunc benedicite BEholde o prayse the Lorde all ye seruauntes of the Lorde Ye that stande in the house of the Lorde in the house of our God O lyft vp your handes in the nyght to the sanctuary and prayse the Lorde The Lorde which made heauen and earth blesse the out of Sion Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to c. As it was in the begynnynge and as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it ¶ The antheme ¶ RemeÌ„ber not o Lorde the faultes ether of vs or of our parentes nether take thou veÌ„geauÌ„ce on oure synnes spare o Lorde spare thy people which thou hast redemed with thy precious bloud be neuermore angre with vs but mercyfully heare vs cryenge vnto the. And graunt also all the sayntes besely to pray for vs and vouchsafe mercyfully to heare vs by Christ our Lorde So be it ¶ The signification of thys worde Letany ¶ Mamercus Bysshoppe of Vienne what tyme that a terriblâ— earthquake fellin his prouynce Leo the fyrst then beynge bisshop of Rome caused the people to assemble to go togyther to a long Araye prayeng and callyng vpon God which thyng now we cal procession â–ª bycause we vse in the same to procede or go forth Here of it came that when any greuous plage was eyther sende by god among the people or any sodeyn chaunse of gladnesse chaunsed procession hath alwayes ben vsed somtyme to pacify gods wrath and somtyme to thanke him of his benefettes For this cause dyd Agapeâ—us bysshop of Rome fyrst institute that procession shulde be done euery sondaye throughout the yere and after him Gregory in the tyme of a common pestileÌ„ce caused more solempne ordre and syngynge to be vsed therin and ordeyned this seruyce called Letany which is a greke worde and as much in Englyssh to say as suplycacion or prayer wherof it hath taken his name bycause that in our generall processions and rogacion dayes prayer and supplycacion is made vnto God for the people and for al estates accordyng to the counsayle of Saynt Paule 1. Timothei ii and dyuers other examples of scriptures LOrde haue mercy on vs. Christ haue mercy on vs. Lorde haue mercy on vs. God the father of heauen haue mercy on vs. Goddes sonne redemer of the worlde Haue mercy on vs. God the holy goost Haue mercy on vs. Holy Trinite one God haue mercy on vs. Holy Mary vyrgyn and mother of God Praye for vs. Saynt Mychael praye for vs. Saynt Gabriel praye for vs. Saynt Raphael praye for vs. All holy angels and archangels praye for vs. All order of holy spretes praye for vs. Saynt Ihon baptiste praye for vs. All holy Patryarches Prophetes praye for vs. Saynt Peter praye for vs. Saynt Paule praye for vs. Saynt Andrewe praye for vs. Saynt Ihon praye for vs. Saynt Iames. praye for vs. Saynt Thomas praye for vs. Saynt Phylyp praye for vs. Saynt Iames. ☞ ☜ praye for vs. Saynt Matthewe praye for vs. Saynt Bartholome praye for vs. Saynt Symon praye for vs. Saynt Tathe praye for vs. Saynt Mathye praye for vs. Saynt Barnabe praye for vs. Saynt Marke praye for vs. Saynt Luke praye for vs. All holy Apostles and euangelistes praye for vs All holy disciples and innocentes praye for vs. Saynt Steuen praye for vs. Saynt Clement praye for vs. Saynt Timothe praye for vs. Saynt Dionise praye for vs. All holy martyrs praye for vs. All holy confessors praye for vs. Saynt Anne praye for vs. Saynt Elizabeth praye for vs. Saynt Mary Magdalene praye for vs. Saynt Martha praye for vs. All holy vyrgyns praye for vs. All holy sayntes praye for vs. Be mercyfull spare vs Lorde FroÌ„ all euell Lorde delyuer vs. FroÌ„ the waytes of the deuell Lorde delyuer vs. From endles dampnacion Lorde delyuer vs. FroÌ„ imminet parel of our synne lorde delyuer vs. From the assaultes of deuels lorde delyuer vs. From the sprete of fornication lorde delyuer vs. FroÌ„ the desyre of vayne glory lorde delyuer vs. FroÌ„ all vnclenes of body soule lorde delyuer vs. From wrath and hate and all euell wyll lorde delyuer vs. From vnclene thoughtes lorde delyuer vs. From blyndnes of harte lorde delyuer vs. From lyghtenynge and tempest lorde delyuer vs. FroÌ„ sodeyne vnprouyded death lord delyuer vs. By the mystery of thy holy incarnacion lordr delyuer vs. By thy natiuite lorde delyuer vs. By thy circumcision lorde delyuer vs. By thy baptyme lorde delyuer vs. By thy fastynge lorde delyuer vs. By thy crosse and passion lorde delyuer vs. By thy precious death lorde delyuer vs. By thy glorious resurrccion lorde delyuer vs. By thy meruelous ascencion lorde delyuer vs. By the grace of thy holy goost lorde delyuer vs. In the houre of death lorde succoure vs. In the daye of iudgement lorde delyuer vs. We synners praye the to heare vs. That thou geue vs peace we pray the to heare vs That thy mercy and thy pytie maye euer preserue vs we praye the to heare vs. That thou vouchsaufe to gouerne and kepe thy church we praye the to heare vs. That thou geue peace concorde and victorye to oure kynge and princes we praye the to heare vs. That thou kepe all our byshoppes and prelates in holy religion we praye the to heare vs. That thou kepe al the congregacion of sayntes in thy holy seruice we praye the to heare vs. That thou preserue all ChristeÌ„ people which thou hast redemed wyth thy precyous bloude we praye the to heare vs. That thou geue all our benefactours euerlastyng benefytes we praye the heare vs. That thou wylt delyuer the soules of vs and oure parentes from eternall damnation we praye the to heare vs. That thou vouchsafe to geue and preserue the frutes of the earth we praye the to heare vs. That thou vouchsafe to cast vpon vs thy mercyfull eyes we praye the to heare vs. That thou do cause the obsequy of oure seruyce to be acceptable we praye the to heare vs. That thou do plucke vp our myndes vnto heaueÌ„ly desyres we praye the to heare vs. That thou vouchsaufe to beholde and releue the mysery of the poore and the captiue we praye the. That thou geue euerlastyng rest to al that beleue in the both quycke and dead we pray the to heare That thou vouchsafe to heare vs we praye the to heare vs. Sonne of God we praye the to heare vs. Sonne of God we praye the to heare vs. Sonne of God we praye the to heare vs. O Lambe of God that takest awaye the synne of the worlde heare vs Lorde O Lambe of God that takest awaye the synne of the worlde spare vs Lorde O Lambe of God that takest awaye the synne of the worlde