O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners Remember not lord our offences nor the offences of our forefather neither take thou vengeaunce of our synnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed with thy most precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From al euil and mischiefe from synne from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnacion Good Lorde delyuer vs. From all blindnes of heart from pryde vayne glory and hipocrisy from enuy hatered and malice and al vncharitablenes Good lorde delyuer vs. From fornicacion and al other deadly synne and from al the deceites of the worlde the flesh and the deuil Good Lord delyuer vs. From lightninges tempestes from plage pestilence famine from battayle murther and from sodayne death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedicion and priuie conspiracie from the tiranny of the Bishop of Rome all his detestable enormities from all false doctrine and heresy from hardnes of hearte and contempt of thy woord and commaundement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnacion by thy holy Natiuitie and Cyrcumcision by thy Baptysme fastyng and temptacion Good Lord deliuer vs. By thyne agony and bloudy sweat by thy crosse passion by thy precious death buriall by thy glorious resurreccion and ascencion and by the coming of the holy ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulacion in al time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day of iudgement Good lord deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseche thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it way please thee to rule and gouerne thy holye churche vniuersally in the right way We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to kepe Edwarde the sixth thy seruaunt our kyng and gouernour We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his hearte in thy fayth feare and loue that he maye always haue affyaunce in thee and euer seke thy honour and glory We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be hys defender and keper geuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseche thee to heare vs good lord That it may please thee to illuminate all Bisshops Pastours Ministers of the Church with true knowledge vnderstanding of thy word that both by theyr preachyng and liuing they may set it furth and shewe it accordyngly We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to endue the Lordes of the counsayle and all the nobilitie with grace wysdome and vnderstanding We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and kepe the Magistrates geuing them grace to execute iustice and to mayntayn trueth We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and kepe all thy people We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue to all nacions vnitie peace and concord We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue vs an hearte to loue and dreade thee and diligently to liue after thy commaundementes We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue all thy people encrease of grace to heare mekely thy woord and to receiue it with pure affeccion and to bring furth the fruites of the spirite We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to bring in to the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthē such as do stand to comfort and helpe the weake harted to rayse them vp that fall finally to beate down Satan vnder out fete We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour helpe and comforte all that be in daunger necessitie and tribulacion We beseche thee to heare vs good lord That it may please thee to preserue all that trauayle by land or by water all weomen labouryng of child all sicke persons and yong children and to shewe thy pietie vpon all priesoners and captiues We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to defende and prouyde for the fatherles children and widdowes and all that be desolate and oppresed We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all menne We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgeue our enemies persecutours and slaunderers and to turne their heartes We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to geue and preserue to our vse the kindly fruites of the earth so as in due tyme we maye enioye them We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue vs true repentaunce to forgeue vs all our synnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amend our lyues according to the holy worde We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. O lambe of God that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde Graunt vs thy peace O lambe of God that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion But delyuer vs from euill The versicle O Lorde deale not with vs after our synnes The aunswere Neyther rewarde vs after our iniquities ¶ Let vs praye O God merciful father that despysest not the sighing of a contrite hearte nor the desyre of such as be sorowful mercifully assist oure prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersyties whensoeuer they oppresse vs. And graciously heare vs that those euils whiche the craft and subtiltie of the deuil or man worketh against vs be brought to naught and by the prouidence of thi goodnes they may be dispersed the we thy seruauntes beyng hurt by no persecucions may euermore geue thankes vnto thee in thy holy churche through Iesu Christ our Lorde O Lord aryse helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy names sake O
thee to kepe thy houshold the churche in continuall godlines that through thy proteccyon it maye bee free from all aduersities and deuoutlye geuen to serue thee in good workes to the glory of thy name Thorow Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Philip. i. I Thanke my God with all remēbraunce of you alwayes in al my prayers for you pray with gladnes because ye are come into the felowship of the gospell frō the firsteday vntil now And am surely certified of thys that he which hath begon a good worke in you shall perfourme it vntil the day of Iesus Christe as it becometh me that I shoulde so iudge of you all because I haue you in my heart forasmuch as ye are al companions of grace with me euē in my bondes and in the defending and establishing of the gospel for god is my recorde how greatly I long after you all from the very heart roote in Iesus Christe And thys I praye that your loue may encrease yet more and more in knowledge and in al vnderstanding that ye may accept the thynges that are most excellent that ye may be pure and such as offende no man vntil the day of Christ beeing filled with the fruite of righteousnes which cometh by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and prayse of God ¶ The Gospell Mathew xviii PEter said vnto Iesus Lord how oft shal I forgeue my brother if he sinne against me till seuen times Iesus saith vnto him I say not vnto the vntil seuen times but seuenty times seuē times Therefore is the kyngdome of heauen lykened vnto a certayne man that was a kyng whiche would take accoumptes of his seruaūtes And whē he had begon to reckon one was brought vnto him which ought him ten thousand talētes but forasmuch as he was not hable to pay his lord commaunded him to be solde and his wife and childrē and all that he had and payment to be made The seruaunt fel down besought him saying Syr haue pacience wyth me and I wil pay thee al. Then had the lord pietie on that seruaunt and losed him and forgaue him the debte So the same seruaunt went out found one of his felowes which ought him an hundred pence and he laid handes on hym toke him by the throte saying pay that thou owest And his felow fel down besought hym saying haue pacience with me and I wil pay thee all And he would not but went cast him into priesō til he should pay the debte So whē his felowes saw what was done they wer very sory and came and tolde vnto their Lord all that had happened Then his Lord called him and sayd vnto hym O thou vngracious seruaunt I forgaue thee al that debte when thou desiredst me shouldest not thou also haue had cōpassion on thy felow euen as I had pietie on thee And his lord was wroth and deliuered him to the Tailers til he should pay all that was due vnto him So likewise shal my heauēly father doe also vnto you if ye from your heartes forgeue not euery one his brother their trespasses The .xxiii. Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte GOd our refuge and strength whiche art the author of al godlynes be ready to heare the deuoute prayers of the Churche and graunt that those thinges which we aske faythfully we maye obtayne effectually Through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Phil. iii. BRethren be folowers together of me looke on them whiche walke euen so as ye haue vs for an ensample For many walke of whō I haue told you often and now tel you weping that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christ whose ende is damnaciō whose bely is their God and glory to their shame which are worldly minded But our conuersacion is in heauē from whence we loke for the sauiour euen the Lorde Iesus Christ which shal chaunge our vile body the he may make it lyke vnto his glorious bodye accordyng to the working wherby he is hable also to subdue all thynges vnto hymselfe ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxii THen the phariseis weut out toke counsaill how they might tāgle him in his wordes And they sent out vnto him their disciples with Herodes seruauntes saying Master we knowe that thou art true teachest the way of god truely nether carest thou for any mā for thou regardest not the outward apearaūnce of men Tei vs therefore how thinkest thou Is it lawful that tribute be geuē vnto Cesar or not But Iesus perceiuing their wickendnes said why tēpt ye me ye ypocrites Shew me the tribute moneye And they toke hym a peny And he said vnto thē whose is this image and superscripcion they sayd vnto him Ceasars Then said he vnto them geue therefore vnto Ceasar the thinges which are Ceasars and vnto god those thinges whiche are gods When they heard these wordes thei merueiled and left him and went theyr waye ¶ The .xxiiii. Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte LOrd we beseche thee assoile thy people frō their offences that through thy bountifull goodnes we maye be deliuered from the bandes of all those synnes which by our frailtie we haue committed Graunt this c. ¶ The Epistle Colossi i. WE geue thankes to God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christ alwaies for you in our prayers for we haue heard of your fayth in Christ Iesu and of the loue which ye beare to all sainctes for the hopes sake whiche is layed vp in store for you in heauen of which hope ye heard before by the true worde of the gospel which is come vnto you euen as it as fruitfull and groweth as it is also among you from the daye in the whiche ye heard of it and had experience in the grace of god thoughe the truth as ye learned of Epaphra our deare felow seruaūt which is for you a faithfull minister of Christe whiche also declared vnto vs your loue which ye haue in the spirite For thys cause we also euer sence the daye we hearde of it haue not ceased to praye for you to desire that ye might be fulfilled with the knowledge of hys wyl in all wysedome and spiritual vnderstanding that ye might walke worthi of the Lord that in all thynges ye may please being fruitful in all good woorkes and increasyng in the knowledge of God strengthéd with al might through his glorious power vnto all pacience and long suffering with joyefulnes geuing thankes vnto the father whiche hath made vs mete to bee partakers of the inheritaunce of sainctes in lyght ¶ The Gospell Math. ix WHyle Iesus spake vnto the people behold there came a certain ruler and worshipped him saying my daughter is euen nowe deceased but come lay thy hand vpō her and she shal liue And Iesus arose and folowed him and so did his disciples And beholde a woman whiche was diseased with an issue of bloud twelue yeres came behind him and touched the hemme of his
vesture For she sayed within her selfe If I maye touche but euen his vesture onelye I shal be safe But Iesus turned him about and whē he saw her he sayed daughter be of good comfort thy fayth hath made thee safe And the woman was made whole euen the same time And whē Iesus came into the rulers house and saw the mynstrelles and people makyng a noyse he sayed vnto them geat you hence for the mayde is not dead but slepeth And they laughed him to scorne But when the people were put forth he went in and toke her by the hande and sayed damosell arise And the damosel arose And this noyse was abrode in all that lande ¶ The .xxv. Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. STiere vp we beseche thee O lord the willes of thy faithfull people that thei plenteously bringing forth the fruite of good woorkes maye of thee bee plenteouslye rewarded through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ier. xxiii BEholde the tyme commeth sayeth the Lord that I wil rayse vp the righteous braunche of Dauid whiche king shall beare rule and he shall prosper with wisedome and shall sette vp equitie and ryghteousnesse agayne in earth In his tune shall Iuda be saued and Israell shall dwell withoute feare And thys is the name that they shall call hym euen the LORDE oure ryghteousnesse and therefore behold the time commeth sayeth the Lorde that it shall bee no more sayede the Lorde lyueth whiche broughte the children of Israel oute of the lande of Egipte But the Lorde lyueth whiche broughte forth and lead the seede of the house of Israel oute of the North land and from al contreyes where I haue scattered them and thye shall dwell in theyr owne lande agayne ¶ The Gospell Iohn vi WHen Iesus lift vp his eyes and saw a great company come vnto him he saith vnto Philip whēce shall we bye bread that these maye eate This he sayd to proue him for he himselfe knewe what he woulde dooe Philip aunswered hym two hundreth penyworth of bread are not sufficient for them that euerye man may take a little One of his disciples Andrew Sunō Peters brother sayed vnto hym There is a lad here whiche hath fiue barley loaues and two fishes but what are they among so many And Iesus said make the people sit downe There was much grasse in the place So the men sate down in numbre about fiue thousand And Iesus toke the bread and when he had geuen thankes he gaue to the disciples the disciples to them that were set downe And likewyse of the fisshes as much as they would When they had eaten ynoughe he sayeth vnto hys disciples Gather vp the broken meate which remayneth that nothing be lost And they gathered it together and filled twelue baskets with the broken meate of the fiue barley loaued whiche broken meate remayned vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seen the miracle that Iesus did sayd this is of a trueth thesame prophete that should come into the worlde Yf there be any moe Sundaies beefore Aduente Sunday to supply thesame shal be taken the seruice of some of those Sundaies that were omitted betwene the Epiphanie and Septuagesima ¶ Sainct Andrewes daye ¶ The Collect. ALmightie god which didst geue suche grace vnto thy holy Apostle Sainct Andrewe that he redely obeyed the calling of thy sonne Iesus Christe folowed him without delaye Graunte vnto vs al that we being called by thy holy word may furth with geue ouer our selues obedyently to folowe thy holy commaundementes throughe the same Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Roma x. IF thou knowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the lord and belieue in thy heart that god raised him vp from death thou shalte be safe For to belieue with the hearte iustifieth and to knoweledge with the mouth maketh a man safe For the scripture faieth whosoeuer belieueth on him shal not be confounded There is no difference betwene the Iewe and the Gentile For one is Lord of all which is riche vnto al that cal vpon hym For whosoeuer doeth call on the name of the Lorde shal be safe How then shall they call on him on whom they haue not beleued How shal they belieue on him on whom they haue not heard How shall they heare without a preacher And howe sall they preache without they be sent As it is written howe beautifull are the fete of them whiche bring tidinges of peace and bryng tydinges of good thynges But the haue not all obeyed to the gospell For Esay sayth Lord who hath belieued our sayinges so then fayth cometh by hearyng and hearyng commeth by the worde of God But I aske haue they not heard no doubt their sound went out into all landes and their wordes into the endes of worlde But I demaund whether Israel did knowe or not Fyrst Moses saieth I will prouoke you to enuy by them that are no people by a foolishe nacion I wyll anger you Esay after that is bolde and sayeth I am founde of them that soughte me not I am many feste vnto them that asked not after me But agaynste Israel he sayeth All day long haue I stretched forth my handes vnto a people that belieueth not but speaketh agaynste me ¶ The Gospell Mat. iiii AS Iesus walked by the Sea of Galile he sawe two brethren Simon whiche was called Peter and Andrew his brother castyng a nette into the Sea for they were fisshers and he sayeth vnto them folowe me and I wil make you to become fisshers of men And they streight waye left their nettes and folowed him And when he was gone furth from thence he sawe other two brethen Iames the sonne of zebede and Iohn hys brother in the ship with zebede their father mendyng their nettes and he called them And they immediatly lefte the ship and their father and folowed him Sainct Thomas the Apostle ¶ The Collecte ALmighty euerliuing god which for the more confirmacion of the faith didst suffre thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy sonnes resurreccion graunt vs so perfectly and without all doubt to beleue in thy sonne Iesus Christ that our fayth in thy syght neuer be reproued heare vs O lord through the same Iesus Christ to whom wyth thee and the holy gost be all honour c. ¶ The Epistle Ephe. ii NOwe are ye not straungers nor foreyners but citezens with the sainctes and of the housholde of God and are built vpon the foundacion of the Apostles and Prophetes Iesus Chrst himself being the head corner stone in whom what building soeuer is coupled together it groweth vnto an holy temple of the Lord in whom also ye are built together to be an habitacion of God through the holy gost ¶ The Gospell Iohn xx THomas one of the twelue which is called Didimus was not with them when Iesus came The other disciples therefore sayd vnto him we haue seen the Lord. But he sayd vnto
Communion eyther by one of them or els by one of the Minissters or by the Prieste hym selfe all kneling humbly vpon their knees ALmightie god father of our lord Iesus Christ maker of al thinges iudge of al men we knowledge bewayle our manifold sinnes and wickednesse whiche we from tyme to tyme moste greuously haue committed by thought worde and dede agaynste thy deuyne Maiestie prouokyng moste iustly thy wrath and indignacion agaynst vs we doe earnestly repent be heartelry sory for these our misdoynges the remembraunce of them is grieuous vnto vs the burthe of them is intollerable haue mercye vpon vs haue mercye vpon vs moste mercifull father for thy sonne oure Lorde Iesus Chriestes sake forgeue vs all that is past graunt that we may euer hereafter serue and please thee in newnesse of lyfe to the honor and glorye of thy name Through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shal the Priest or the Bishop being present stand vp and turning himselfe to the people says thus ALmightie God our heauenly father who of hys great mercy hath promised forgeuenes of sinnes to al them whiche with hartie repentaunce and true fayth turne vnto him haue mercye vpon you pardon deliuer you frō all your sinnnes confirme and strength you in all goodnes and bryng you to euerlastyng lyfe through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ¶ Then shall the priest also saye Heare what comfortable wordes our sauiour Christ saith to all that truely turne to hym Come vnto me all that trauayle and be heauy laden and I shal refreshe you So God loued the world that he gaue his onely begotten sonne to th end that al that beleue in him should not peryshe but haue lyfe euerlastyng ¶ Heare also what Sainct Paul sayeth This is a true saying a worthy of al men to be receyued that Iesus Christ came into the world to saue synners ¶ Heare also what Sainct Iohn sayeth Yf anye man synne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ righteous and he the propiciacyon for our synnes After the which the priest shall procede saying Lyft vp your heartes Aunswere We lyfte them vp vnto the Lorde Prieste Let vs geue thankes vnto our Lorde God Aunswere It is mete and right so to doe Prieste It is very mete righte and oure bounden duetie that we should at al times and in al places geue thankes vnto thee O Lorde holy father almightie euerlasting god ¶ Here shall folowe the proper Preface accordyng to the tyme if there be any specially appointed or els immediatly shall folowe Therefore with Aungels c. ¶ Propre Prefaces Vpon Christmas daye and seuen dayes after BEcause thou diddest geue Iesus Christe thine onely sonne to bee borne as thys daye for vs who by the operacion of the holy ghoste was made very man of the substaunce of the Vyrgyn Marye his mother and that without spot of sinne to make vs cleane from all sinne Therfore c. ¶ Vpon Easter day and seuen dayes after BVt chieflye are we bounde to prayse thee for the glorious resurreccion of thy sonne Iesus Christe our Lord for he is the very Paschal lābe which was offered for vs hath taken awaye the sinne of the worlde who by hys death hath destroyed death and by hys risyng to lyfe agayne hathe restored to vs euerlastyng lyfe Therfore c. ¶ Vpon the Ascencion daye and seuen dayes after THroughe thy moste deare beloued sonne Iesus Christ our Lord who after his most glorious resurrecciō manifestly appeared to al his apostles and in their sight ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thether might we also ascend and reigne with him in glory Therfore with c. ¶ Vpon whitsonday and sixe dayes after THrough Iesus Christe our Lorde accordyng to whose most true promise the holye ghoste came downe this daye frō heauen with a sodain great sound as it had been a mightie wind in the likenes of fiery tonges lightyng vpon the Apostles to teache them and to leade them to all trueth geuyng them bothe the gyft of diuerse languages and also boldenes with feruent zeale constantly to preache the Gospell vnto all nacions whereby we are brought out of darkenes and errour into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee and of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therfore with c. ¶ Vpon the feast of Trinitie onely IT is verye mete righte and our bounden duetie that me should at all tunes and in all places geue thankes to thee O Lorde almightie and euerlasting God which art one God one lord not one onely person but three persones in one substaunce for that which we beleue of the glory of the father the same we beleue of the sonne and of the holy ghost without anye difference or inequalitie Therfore with c. ¶ After which Preface shall folowe immediately ¶ Therfore with Angelles and Archangelles and with all the company of heauen we laude and magnifie thy glorious name euermore praysing thee and saying Holy holy holy Lorde God of hostes heauen and earth are full of thy glory glory be to thee O Lord most high Then shall the Priest kneeling downe at Gods borde saye in the name of all them that shall receiue the Communion thys prayer folowing WE doe not presume to come to this thy Table O mercifull Lord trusting in our owne righteousnes but in thy manifolde great mercies we be not worthy so much as to gather vp the crūmes vnder thy table but thou arte the same Lorde whose propertie is alwayes to haue mercy graunt vs therfore gracious Lorde so to eate the fleshe of thy dere sonne Iesus Christ and to drinke his bloud that our sinfull bodies may be made cleane by his body our soules wasshed through his most precious bloud and that we may euermore dwel in him and he in vs. Amen ¶ Then the Priest standing vp shal say as foloweth ALmightie God our heauenly father which of thy tender mercy diddest geue thyne onely sonne Iesus Christ to suffre death vpon the crosse for our redempcion who made there by his one oblacion of himselfe once offered a full perfecte and sufficient sacrifice oblacion and satisfaccyon for the synnes of the whole world and did institute and in his holy Gospel commaund vs to continue a perpetuall memorye of that hys precious death vntyll hys comyng agayne Heare vs O mercifull father we beseche thee graunte that we receiuing these thy creatures of bread wine according to thy sonne our Sauiour Iesu Christes holy institucion in remembraūce of his death and passion may be partakers of his most blessed body and bloud who in the same nyght that he was betrayed tooke bread and when he hadde geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to hys Disciples saying Take eate this is my body which is geuen for you Doe this in remēbraunce of me Lykewyse after supper he tooke the cup and when he had geuen thankes he gaue it to thē saying
in al thinges how to doe our dueties truely to walke in our vocacion and that also we maye expresse in our liuing those thinges that we do know that we be not only knowers of thy worde good Lorde but also bee workers of the same by our sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen Saterdaye O Alimightie god which hast prepared euerlasting life to all those that be thy faythfull seruauntes graunt vnto vs lord sure hope of the life euerlasting that we beeyng in thys miserable worlde may haue some tast and felyng of it in our heartes and that not by our deseruing but by the merites deseruing of our sauiour and lord Iesu Christ Amē O Mercifull god our only aide succour strength at al tymes graunt vnto vs O lord the in the tyme of prosperitie we be not proude and so forgeat thee but that with our whole power and strength we waye cleane vnto thee and in the time of aduersitie that we fal not to infidelitie and desperacion but that alwaies with a constant faith we may cal for helpe vnto the graunt this O lord for our aduocate sake and sauioure Iesu Christ Amen Sunday O Almightie and mercyful lorde which geuest vnto thy elect people the holy gost as a sure pledge of thy heauenly kingdom Graunt vnto vs O Lord this holy spirite that he may beare witnes with our spirite that we bee thy children and heyres of thy kyngdom and that by the operacion of thys spirite we way kyl all carnall lustes vnlawfull pleasures concupiscence euill affeccions contrary vnto thy wil by our Sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen ¶ A prayer for trust in God THe beginning of the fal of man was trust in himselfe The beginning of the restoring of mā was distruste in him selfe trust in god O most gracious most wise guide our sauiour Christ which doest leade them the right way to immortal blessednes which truely and vnfainedly trusting in thee committe them selfe to thee Graunt vs that like as we bee blynde and feeble in deede so we maye take and repute oure selues that wee presume not of oure selues to see to oure selues but so farre to see that alwaye we maye haue thee before our eyes to folowe thee beeyng our guide to be ready at thy call most obediently and to commit our selues wholy vnto thee that thou which onely knowest the way mayest leade vs thesame waye vnto our heauenly desyres To thee with the father and the holy goste be glory for euer Amen ¶ A prayer for the concorde of Christes Churche ARise lorde let thyne enemyes be scattered thy haters put to flight the righteous and Christes disciples make pleasaunt and mery let thē sing prayses pleasaunte songes vnto thee let them blowe abrode thy magnificence let them most highly auaunce thy maiestie let thi glory grow let the kingdom of Christ from heauen among the chosen be enlarged be thou the father of the fatherles the iudge of the widdowes and the protectour of thē namely whom the world forsaketh whose conscyences be troubled whom the worlde pursueth for Christes sake which be nedy and wrapped ful of mysery In thy house O Lorde let vs dwell in peace and concord geue vs all one heart one mynd one true interpretacion vpō thy word Plucke of the bandes aswel from the consciences as from the bodyes of the miserable captiues of thē also which as yet be hedged in within the listes of death and vnaduisedly striue agaynst grace How drye Lorde is the flocke of thine heritage I pray thee powre down largely the showres of thi graces let a more plenteous fruitefulnes chaunce let thy people be strengthened with thy spirite Graunt vs lord thy worde aboundauntly so that there may be many preachers of thy Gospell which may within them selues holily conspire and agree Let the Churche the spouse of Chryste deale large spoyles of the conquered Sathan All that beeleue in thee by Chryste O Lorde GOD of health moughte lifte thee vp with prayses myghte renoume thee and extoll thee We be entered into the voyage of saluacyon Conducte vs luckelye vnto the porte that beyng deliuered by thee from the very death we may escape and come to the very lyfe Fynyshe the thyng that thou hast begonne in vs make vs to increase from fayth to fayth leaue vs not to oure owne will and choise for it is slippery redy to fall To the thunderboltes of thy word put violence that we may geue the glory to thee alonely Geue to thy people courage and power to withstand sinne and to obey thy woorde in all thinges O Lorde God most glorious and excellent ouer all ¶ A Prayer against the enemies of Christes trueth DElyuer me O lorde from the vngodly and stiffe necked persons for thou seest how in theyr heartes they ymagine mischiefe and haue great pleasure to picke quarelles theyr tongues bee more sharpe than any adders sting and vnder theyr lyppes lurketh poison of adders But O merciful Lord let me not fal into theyr handes that they handle not me after theyr owne lustes Thou onely arte my God thou muste heare my pieteous plaint Lord that rulest all together that art the strength and power of my defence bee thou as a sallet on my head whensoeuer the vngodlye shall assault me neyter suffer thou not the wicked thus to prosper in their matters Suffer not their croked and malicious stomackes to encrease and spitefullye reuyle thee Looke vpon thy poore wretches cause and ridde me oute of these dayly greuaunces then shall I with a ryght vp hearte and pleasaunt countenaunce extoll and magnifie thy holye name Amen ¶ A Prayer for pacience in trouble NOwe haste thou O Lorde humbled and plucked me downe I dare now vnnethes make my prayers vnto thee for thou art angry with me but not without my deseruing Certaynly I haue sinned Lord I confesse it I will not denye it But Oh my god pardon my trespasses release my dettes render nowe thy grace agayne vnto me stop my woundes for I am al to plaged and beatē yet lord this notwithstanding I abide paciently and geue mine attēdaunce on thee cōtinually wayting for reliefe at thy hand and that not withoute skyll for I haue receyued a token of thy fauoure and grace towardes me I meane thy worde of promyse concernyng Christ who for me was offered on the crosse for a raunsome a sacrifice and pryce for my synnes wherfore accordyng to that thy promyse defende me Lorde by thy right hād and geue a gracious eare to my requestes for all mans stayes are but vayne Beate downe therefore myne enemyes thyne owne selfe with thy power whyche arte myne onely ayder and protectour O Lord god almightye Amen ¶ A Prayer to be sayde at nyghte goyng to bed O Mercifull Lorde God heauenly father whether we slepe or wake liue or die we are alwaies thine Wherfore I beseche thee heartely that thou wilt vouchsafe to take care and charge of me and not to suffre me to perishe in the woorkes of darkenesse but to kindle the lyghte of thy countenaunce in my hearte that thy godly knowledge may dayly increase in me thorow a ryght and pure faithe that I may alwayes be founde to walke and lyue after thy will and pleasure thorowe Iesus Christ oure Lorde and Sauioure Amen ¶ A Prayer to be sayde at the houre of death O Lorde Iesu whiche arte the only health of all men liuyng and the euerlastyng lyfe of them whiche dye in faith I wretched sinner geue submitte my self wholy vnto thy most blessed wil. And I being sure that the thing cannot perish which is committed vnto thy mercy willingly now I leaue this frayle and wicked fleshe in hope of the resurrection whyche in better wise shall restore it to me agayne I beseche thee most merciful lord Iesus Christ that thou wilt by thy grace make strong my soule against al tēptacions and that thou wilt couer defēd me with the buckler of thy mercye against all the assaultes of the deuil I see and knowledge that there is in my selfe no helpe of saluacyon but all my confidence hope trust is in thy most mercyfull goodnes I haue no merites nor good workes which I may allege before thee Of sinnes and euil workes alas I see a great heape but through thy mercy I trust to be in the numbre of thē to whom thou wilt not impute theyr synnes but take and accept me for righteous and iust to be the inheritour of euerlastyng lyfe Thou mercifull Lorde werte borne for my sake thou didst suffre both hunger thirste for my sake thou didst preache teache thou didst pray and fast for my sake thou didst all good workes dedes for my sake thou sufferedst moste greuous paines and tormentes for my sake And finally thou gauest thy most precious body to die and thy bloud to be shed on the crosse for my sake Now most mercifull sauiour lette all these thinges profite me whyche thou freely haste geuen me that hast geuen thy selfe for me Let thy bloud clēse and wash away the spottes foulenesse of my sinnes Let thy righteousnes hyde and couer my vnrighteousnes Let the merites of thy passion bloud be the satisfaccion for my sinnes Geue me lorde thy grace that my fayth saluacion in thy bloud wauer not in me but euer bee firme and constant that the hope of thy mercy life euerlasting neuer decaie in me that charitie waxe not colde in me finallye that the weakenesse of my fleshe bee not ouercome with the feare of death Graunt me mercyfull sauiour that when death hathe shut vp the eyes of my bodye yet that the eyes of my soule may still behold loke vpon thee that whē deathe hath taken away the vse of my tongue speache yet that my heart may cry and say vnto thee In manus tuas domine commendo spiritum meum that is to saie O lorde into thy handes I geue and committte my soule Dommine Iesu accipe spiritum meum Lorde Iesu receyue my soule vnto thee Amen ¶ Imprinted at London in Fletestrete at the signe of the Sunne ouer agaynste the Conduyte by Edward Whytchurche
speake euery man truth vnto hys neighbour forasmuche as we are membres one of another Be angry sinne not Let not the sunne go downe vpon youre wrathe neither geue place to the backbyter Let hym that stole steale nomore but let hym rather laboure with his handes the thing which is good that he may geue vnto him that nedeth Let no filthy communicacion procede out of your mouth but that which is good to edifye withal as ofte as nede is that it may minster grace vnto the heaters And grieue not the holye spirite of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the day of redempcion Let all bitternes and fiercenes and wrath and roaryng and cursed speakyng be put awaye from you with al maliciousnes Be ye curteous one to another mercyfull forgeuyng one another euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you ¶ The Gospell Math. ix IEsus entred into a shyp passed ouer and came into hys owne citie And beholde they brought to hym a man sicke of the paulsey lying in a bedde And when Iesus sawe the fayth of them he sayde to the sycke of the Paulsey Sonne bee of good there thy sinnes bee forgeuen thee And behold certayn of the Scribes sayde within themselues this man blasphmeth And when Iesus sawe theyr thoughtes he sayd wherefore thinke ye euill in youre heartes Whether is it easier to say thy sinnes bee forgeuen thee or to saye aryse and walke But that ye maye knowe that the sonne of man hathe power to forgeue sinnes in earth Then sayeth he to the sicke of the Paulsey Aryse take vp thy bed and goe vnto thyne house And he arose and departed to his house But the people that saw it meruayled and glorified God which hath geuen such power vnto menne ¶ The .xx. Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and merciful God of thy bountifull goodnes Kepe vs from all thinges that may hurt vs that we being ready both in body and soule maye with fre heartes accomplishe those thinges that thou wouldest haue done thorow Iesus Christe oure Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephe. v TAke hede therfore howe ye walke circumspectly not as vnwyse but as wise menne redemyng the time because the dayes are euill Wherefore bee ye not vnwise but vnderstande what the will of the Lorde is and bee not dronken with wine wherin is excesse But be fylled with the spirite speakyng vnto your selues in Psalmes and Nimnes and spirituall songes syngyng and makyng melody to the lord in your heartes geuing thankes alwayes for all thynges vnto God the father in the name of our Lorde Iesus Chryste submitting your selues one to another in the feare of God ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxii IEsus saide to hys disciples The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a man that was a Kyng whyche made a mariage for his sonne and sent furthe hys seruauntes to call them that were bydden to the wedding and they would not come Agayne he sent furth other seruauntes saying Tell them whiche are bidden beeholde I haue prepared my diner myne Oxen and my fatlynges are kylled and all thynges are ready come vnto the manage But they made lyght of it and went theyr wayes One to hys farme place another to his marchaundise and the remnaunt toke his seruauntes intreated them shamefully and flewe them But when the kyng heard thereof he was wroth and sente furth his men of warre and destroied those murtherers and brēt vp theyr city Then said he to his seruauntes the mariage in dede is prepared but they whiche were bidden were not worthy Goe ye therfore oute into the hye wayes and as many as ye fynd byd them to the mariage And the seruauntes went furth into the hye wayes and gathered together all as many as they coulde fynde bothe good and bad and the wedding was furnished with geastes Then the kyng came in to see the geastes and when he spyed there a man whiche had not on a wedding garmente he said vnto hym frend how camest thou in hither not hauing a wedding garment And he was euen specheles Then said the king to the ministers take and bind him hand and foote and cast hym into vtter darkenes there shal be wepyng and gnashyng of teeth For many bee called but few are chosen The .xxi. Sundaye aftter Trinitie ¶ The Collecte GRaunte we beseche thee mercifull Lorde to thy faythfull people pardon and peace that they maye be clensed from all theyr sinnes and serue thee with a quiet mynde through Iesus Christe oure Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephe. vi MY brethren bee strong throughe the Lorde and through the power of hys myghte Put on all the armour of God that ye may stand against all the assaultes of the deuill for we wrestle not agaynste bloud and fleshe but against rule againste power agaynste worldlye rulers euen gouernours of the darkenes of thys worlde againste spirituall craftines in heauenlye thynges Therefore take vnto you the whole armour of God that ye may be hable to resiste in the euyll day and stande perfect in all thynges Stande therfore and your loynes gyrd with the trueth hauyng on the brestplate of ryghteousnesse and hauyng shooes on youre feete that ye maye bee prepared for the gospell of peace Aboue all take to you the shyelde of faythe wherewith ye maye quenche all the fyery dartes of the wicked And take the helmet of saluacyon and the sweord of the spirite which is the worde of God And pray alwaies with all maner of prayer and supplycacion in the spirite and watche therunto with all instaunce and supplicacion for all sainctes and for me that vtteraunce may be geuen vnto me that I may open my mouthe freely to vtter the secretes of my gospell wherof I am a messenger in bondes that therein I may speake freely as I ought to speake ¶ The Gospell Iohn iiii THere was a certayn ruler whose sōne was sycke at Capernaū A ssone as thesame hearde that Iesus was come out of Iewry into Galile he went vnto him and besought him that he woulde come downe and heale his sonne For he was euen at the poynte of death Then said Iesus vnto him except ye see signes and wonders ye will not beleue The ruler sayd vnto hym Sir come downe or euer that my sonne dye Iesus sayeth vnto him Goe thy waye thy sonne liueth The man beeleued the word that Iesus had spoken vnto him he went his way And as he was going downe the seruauntes met hym and tolde hym saying thy sonne liueth Then enquired be of thē the houre when he began to amende And they sayde vnto him yesterday at the seuenth houre the feuer lefte him So the father knewe that it was the same houre in the whych Iesus sayde vnto him thy sonne liueth and he beleued and all his housholde This is agayn the second miracle that Iesus did when he was come out of Iewry into Galile ¶ The .xxii. Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte LOrde we beseche
sufficient correccion for al her sinnes A voice cried in wildernesse prepare the way of the lord in the wyldernes make streight the path of oure God in the deserte Let al valleyes be exalted euery moūtaine hil be layed low whatso is croked let it be made strayght let the rough be made playne fieldes For the glory of the Lorde shal appeare and al flesh shal at once see it for why the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it Thesame voice spake Now crye And the Prophet aūswered what shal I cry that al fleshe is grasse that al the goodlines therof is as the floure of the field The grasse is withered the floure falleth awaye Euen so is the people as grasse whē the breath of the lorde bloweth vpō thē Neuertheles whether the grasse wither or the the floure fade away yet the word of our god endureth for euer Go vp vnto the hie hil O siō thou that bringest good tidinges lifte vp thy voyce with power O thou preacher Ierusalem lifte it vp without feare and say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde your god beholde the lord god shall come with power beare rule with his arme Beholde he bryngeth hys treasure with hym his workes goe before him He shal fede his flocke like an heardmā He shal gather the lambes together with hys arme and cary them in hys bosome and shal kindly intreate those that beare yong ¶ The Gospell Luke i. ELizabethes time came the she suould bee deliuered and she broughte foorth a sonne And her neyghbours and her cosins heard how the lord had shewed great mercy vpon her and reioised with her And it fortuned that in the eight day thei came to circumcise the childe and called his name zachary after the name of his father And his mother aunswered and sayd not so but his name shal be called Iohn And they sayed vnto her There is none in thy kynred the is named with thys name And they made signes to his father howe he woulde haue him called And he asked for writing tables and wrote saying hys name is Iohn And they meruayled all And hys mouth was opened immediatlye and his tong also and he spake praised god And feare came on all them that dwelt nye vnto hym And all these sayinges was noised abroade throughout al the hie countrey of Iewry and they the heard them layd them vp in their heartes saying what maner of child shal this be And the hand of the lord was with hym And his father zacharias was filled with the holy gost and prophecied saying Praised be the lord God of Israell for he hath visited redemed his people And hath raised vp an horne of saluaciō vnto vs in the house of his seruāt Dauid Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which were sence the world began That we should be saued frō our enemies and frō the hand of al the hate vs. That he would deale mercifully with our fathers and remembre his holy couenaūt And he would perfourme the othe whiche he sware to our father Abrahā for to forgeue vs. That we beyng delyuered out of the handes of our enemies myghte serue hym without feare al the dayes of our life in such holinesse righteousnes as are acceptable for him And thou child shalt be called the Prophete of the hiest for thou shalt goe before the face of the lord to prepare his wayes To geue knowledge of saluacyon vnto his people for the remissiōn of synnes Through the tender mercy of our god whereby the day spring frō an high hath visited vs. To geue light to thē that sate in darkenes and in the shadow of death to guide our fete into the way of peace And the child grew waxed strong in spirite and was in wyldernes til the daye came when he should shewe hymselfe vnto the Israelites Sainct Peters daye ¶ The Collect. ALmightie god whiche by the sonne Iesus Christ hast geuen to thy Apostle Saincte Peter many excellente giftes and commaundest hym earnestly to fede thy stocke make we beseche thee al Bisshops and Pastours diligently to preache thy holy worde and the people obedientlye to folowe the same that they may receyue the crown of euerlastyng glory though Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Actes xii AT the same time Herode the king stretched forth hys handes to vexe certaine of the congregaciō And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn with the sweord And beecause he sawe it pleased the Iewes he proceded farther and tooke Peter also Then were the dayes of swete bread And when he had caught him he put him in prieson also delyuered hym to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kepte entending after Easter to bring him forth to the people And Peter was kept in prieson but prayer was made without ceasing of the congregacyon vnto god for hym And whē Herode would haue broughte hym out vnto the people thesame nyghte slepte Peter betwene two souldiers boūd with two chaines and the kepers before the dore kept the prieson And behold the Aungel of the lorde was there present and a light shined in the habitacion And he smote Peter on the side and styrred hym vp saying arise vp quickely And his chaines fel from his handes And the Aungel s ayd vnto hym gyrd thy selfe and binde on thy sandales And he so did And he sayth vnto him cast thy garment about thee folow me And he came out folowed him and wist not that it was trueth whiche was done by the Aungel but thought he had seen a vision When they were past the first second watche they came vnto the yron gate that leadeth vnto the citie whiche opened to them by the own accord And they went out passed thorow one strete and forth with the Angel departed from him And when Peter was come to himselfe he sayd nowe I know of a suretie that the lord hath sent his Aungell and hath deliuered me out of the hande of Herode and from all the wayting of the people of the Iewes ¶ The Gospell Mat. xvi WHen Iesus came into the coastes of the Citie which is called Cesarea Philippi he asked hys disciples saying whom doe men say that I the sonne of man am They sayed Some saye that thou art Iohn Baptist some Helias some Ieremias or one of the prophetes He saith vnto thē but whō say ye that I am Simō Peter aunswered and said Thou art Christ the sōne of the liuing god And Iesus aūswered and sayd vnto hym Happy art thou Simō the sonne of Ionas for fleshe and bloud hath not opened that vnto thee but my father whiche is in heauen And I say vnto thee the thou art Peter and vpon this rocke I wil build my cōgregaciō And the gates of hell shall not preuaile against it And I wil geue vnto thee the keies of the kyngdome of heauen And whatsoeuer thou bindest in earth shall be bounde in
the vyrgyn Marye that he suffered vnder Poncyus Pylate was crucifyed dead and buryed that he wente downe into hell and also did ryse agayn the thyrd daye that he ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of god the father almightie and from thence he shall come agayne at the ende of the worlde to iudge the quicke and the dead And doe you in hys name belieue in the holy ghost The holy Catholyque Church The Communion of Sainctes The remyssyon of synnes Resurreccyon and euerlastyng lyfe after deathe ¶ Aunswere All thys I stedfastly belieue ¶ Let vs praye ALmightie and euerlastyng God heauenly father we geue thee humble thankes for that thou haste vouchsaued to cal vs to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee encrease this knowledge and cōfyrme thys faythe in vs euermore Geue thy holye spyrite to thys infante that he beyng borne agayne and beeyng made heyre of euerlastyng saluacyon throughe oure Lorde Iesus Christ may continue thy seruaunt and attaine thy promise throughe thesame oure Lorde Iesus Christ thy sonne who liueth and reigneth with thee in the vnytie of the same holye spirite euerlastyngly Amen Then shall the Minister make this exhortacion to the Godfathers and Godmothers FOrasmuche as thys chylde hathe promised by you to forsake the deuyll and all hys workes to belieue in God and to serue hym you muste remembre that it is youre parte and duetye to see that thys infant bee taughte so soone as he shal be hable to learne what a solemne vowe promyse and profession he hathe made by you and that he maye knowe these thinges the better ye shall call vpon him to heare sermons And chiefly ye shall prouide that he maye learne the Crede the Lordes prayer and the ten Commaundementes in the englyshe tong and all other thynges whiche a christian man ought to knowe and belieue to his soules health and that this child may be vertuously brought vp to leade a godly and a christen lyfe Remembring alwaye that Baptisme doth represent vnto vs our profession whiche is to folowe the exaumple of oure sauioure Christe and bee made lyke vnto hym that as he died and rose agayn for vs so should we whyche are baptised dye from synne and rise agayne vnto righteousnes continually mortifying all oure euill and corrupte affeccyons and daylye procedyng in all vertue and Godlynes of liuyng And so furth as in Publyque Baptisme But yf they which bryng the infantes to the Church doe make an vncertayn aunswere to the priestes questions and saye that they cānot tell what they thought did or sayd in that great feare and trouble of mynde as oftentimes it chaunceth then let the priest baptise hym in fourme aboue written concernyng Publique baptisme sauyng that at the dyppyng of the childe in the Fonte he shall vse thys fourme of woordes If thou be not Baptised already N. I Baptise thee in the name of the father and of the Sonne and of the holy Goste Amen ¶ Confirmacion wherin is conteyned a Cathechisme for children TO the end that Confirmacion may be ministred to the more edifying of such as shall receiue it accordyng vnto S. Paules doctrine who teacheth that all thynges shoulde bee done in the Churche to the edificacyon of the same it is thought good that none herafter shal be confirmed but suche as can saye in theyr mother tong the Articles of the faythe the Lordes prayer and the .x. Commaundementes And can also aunswere to such questyons of thys shorte Cathechisme as the Bisshoppe or such as he shall appoynt shall by hys discretion appose them in And thys ordre is most conuenient to bee obserued for diuerse consideracions Fyrst because that when children come to the yeres of discretion and haue learned what theyr Godfathers and Godmothers promised for thē in Baptysme they may then themselues with theyr owne mouth with theyr owne consent openly before the Churche ratifye and confirme thesame and also promise that by the grace of God they wyll euermore endeuoure themselues faythfully to obserue and kepe such thynges as they by theyr owne mouthe and confession haue assented vnto Secondly forasmuch as Confirmacion is ministred to them that bee Baptised that by imposicion of handes and prayer they maye receyue strength and defence against all temptacyons to sinne and the assaultes of the world and the Deuil it is most mete to be minystred when childrē come to that age that partly by the fraylty of theyr owne fleshe partly by the assaultes of the world and the Deuill they begyn to be in daunger to fall into sondrye kyndes of synne Thirdly for that it is agreable with the vsage of the Church in times past wherby it was ordeyned that Confirmacion shoulde be ministred to them that were of perfect age that they being instructed in Chrystes religion shoulde openlye professe theyr owne fayth and promise to be obedient vnto the will of God And that no man shall thynke that anye detriment shall come to chyldren by deferryng of theyr Confyrmacion he shal knowe for trueth that it is certayne by Goddes woorde that chyldren beeyng baptised haue all thynges necessarie for theyr saluacyon and be vndoubtedly saued A Cathechisme that is to say an instruccion to be learned of euery childe before he be brought to be Confirmed of the Bysshop Question What is your name Aunswere N. or M. Question Who gaue you thys name Aunswere My godfathers and godmothers in my Baptisme wherin I was made a member of Chryst the childe of God and an inheritour of the kingdome of heauen Question What did your godfathers and godmothers then for you Aunswere They dyd promyse and vowe three thynges in my name First that I shoulde forsake the deuill and all hys workes and pompes the vanities of the wicked worlde and all the synful lustes of the flesshe Secondly that I shoulde beleue al the articles of the christen faith And thirdly that I should kepe Goddes holy wil and commaundementes and walke in thesame all the dayes of my lyfe Question Doest thou not thinke that thou art bounde to beleue and to doe as they haue promised for thee Aunswere Yes verely And by Gods helpe so I wil. And I hertelye thanke oure heauenly father that he hath called me to thys state of saluaciō through Iesus Christ our sauiour And I pray god to geue me his grace that I maye continue in the same vnto my lyues ende Question Rehearse the articles of thy beliefe Aunswere I Beleue in god the father almightie maker of heauen of earth And in Iesus Christ his only sonne our lorde Whiche was conceyued of the holye ghoste borne of the of virgin Mary Suffred vnder Pōce Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into hell The thyrde daye he rose agayne from the dead He ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hande of god the father almightie From thence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleue in the holy gost The holy Catholyke Churche
he thou mercyfull vnto our synnes Blessed is the man whom thou chosest and receauest vnto thee he shall dwell in thy court and shal be satisfyed with the pleasures of thy house euen of thy holy temple Thou shalt shew vs wonderful thinges in thy righteousnes O god of our saluacion thou that art the hope of al the endes of the earth and of them that remayne in the broade sea Which in his stength setteth fast the mountaynes and is gyrded about with power Whiche stilleth the ragyng of the sea and the noyse of hys waues and the madnes of his people They also that dwel in the vttermost partes of the earth shal be afraid at thy tokens thou that makest the outgoinges of the morning and euening to prayse thee Thou visitest the earth and blessest it thou makest it very plenteous The ryuer of God is full of water thou preparest theyr corne for so thou prouidest for the earth Thou watrest her forowes thou sendest raine into the litle valleys therof thou makest it softe with the droppes of rayne and blessest the increase of it Thou crownest the yeare with thy goodnesse and thy cloudes droppe fatnes They shal drop vpon the dwellinges of the wildernes and the litle hylles shall reioyce on euery syde The foldes shal be ful of shepe the valleys also shall stand so thicke with corne that they shall laugh and syng Iubilate deo psal lxvi O Be ioyefull in god all ye landes syng prayses vnto the honer of his name make his praise to be glorious Say vnto god O howe wonderfull art thou in thy workes thorowe the greatnes of thy power shal thine enemyes be founde lyers vnto thee For al the world shal Worship thee syng of thee and praise thy name O come hither and beholde the woorkes of God howe wonderfull he is in his doing towarde the children of men He turned the sea into drye lande so that they went thorowe the water on foote there did we reioyce therof He ruleth with his power for euer hys eyes beholde the people and such as wil not beleue shal not be able to exalte themselues O prayse oure God ye people and make the voice of hys prayse to be heard Which holdeth our soule in lyfe and suffereth not our fete to slyp For thou O god hast proued vs thou also hast tryed vs lyke as siluer is tryed Thou broughtest vs into the snare and layd trouble vpon our loynes Thou sufferedst men to ryde ouer our heades we wente thorow fyre and water and thou broughtest vs oute into a welthy place I will goe into thy house with burnt offerynges and wil pay thee my vowes which I promysed with my lippes and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I will offre vnto thee fat burnte sacrifices with the insence of rammes I wil offre bullockes and goates O come hither and harken al ye that feare god and I wil tell you what he hath done for my soule I called vnto him with my mouth and gaue him praises with my tongue If I encline vnto wickednes with my heart the lord will not heare me But god hath heard me and consydered the voyce of my prayer Praised be god which hath not cast out my praier nor turned hys mercy fro me Deus miscreatur nostri Psal lxvii GOd be mercifull vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lyghte of hys countenaunce and be mercifull vnto vs. That thy waye maye be knowen vpon earth thy sauyng health among al nacions Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nacions reioice and be glad for thou shalt iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacions vpon earth Let the people prayse thee O god let al the people prayse thee Then shal the earth bryng furthher increase and God euen our own god shall geue vs hys blessing God shal blesse vs and al the endes of the world shal feare hym Exurgat deus Psalm lxviii Mornīg prayer LEt God aryse and let hys enemyes be scatered lette them also that hate hym flye before hym Lyke as the smoke vanisheth so shalt thou dryue them awaye and lyke as waxe melteth at the fier so let the vngodly peryshe at the presence of god But let the righteous be glad and reioice before God let them also be mery and ioyfull O sing vnto god and syng prayses vnto hys name magnifie him that rideth vpon the heauens as it were vpon an horse prayse him in his name yea and reioice before hym He is a father of the fatherles and defendeth the cause of widowes euen god in his holy habitacion He is the god that maketh men to be of one mynde in an house bringeth the priesoners out of captiuitie but letteth the runneagates continue in scarcenes O god when thou wentest furth before the people when thou wentest through the wildernes The earth shoke and the heauens dropped at the presence of Ood euen as Sinay also was moued at the presence of god which is the god of Israel Thou O god sendest a gracious rayne vpon thine enheritaunce and refreshedst it when it was wery Thy congregacions shall dwell therein for thou O God hast of thy goodnes prepared for the poore The Lord gaue the worde greate was the companye of the preachers Kinges with their armies did flie and were discomfited and they of the housholde deuyded the spoile Though ye haue lyen among the pottes yet shall ye be as the winges of a doue that is couered wyth syluer wynges and her fethers lyke golde When the almightie scattered kynges for theyr sake then were they as white as snowe in Salmon As the hill of Basan so is gods hill euen an highe hill as the hyll of Basan Why hop ye so ye high hilles this is gods hil in the which it pleaseth hym to dwell yea the Lorde wyll abide in it for euer The charettes of god are .xx. M. euen thousandes of Angels and the Lorde is emong them as in the holy place of Sinay Thou art gone vp on high thou hast led captiuitie captiue and receiued giftes for men yea euē for thine enemies that the Lorde God might dwell among them Praised be the lord daily euen the god which helpeth vs and powred his benefites vpon vs. He is our god euen the god of whom commeth saluaciō god is the lord by whom we escape death God shal wounde the head of hys enemyes and the heary scalpe of such a one as goeth on styll in his wyckednes The Lord hath sayd I wil bring my people again as I did from Basan myne own wyll I bryng agayne as I did some tyme from the depe of the sea That thy fote may be dipped in the bloud of thine enemiesand that the tongue of thy dogges maye be redde throughe thesame It is wel seen O god how thou goest how thou my god and kyng goest in the sanctuary The fingers goe before the minstrels folowe after in the
whole study care in keping of thy holy lawe And that we may laboure and trauaile for oure necessities in this lyfe like the birdes of the ayre and the lilies of the fielde without care For thou hast promised to bee carefull for vs and hast commaunded that vpō thee we should cast all our care which liuest and reignest world without end Amen A prayer necessarye for all persones O Mercifull God I a wretched bed sinner reknowledge my selfe bounde to kepe thy holy commaundementes but yet vnable to perfourme them and to bee accepted for iuste without the righteousnes of Iesu Christe thy onely sonne who hath perfectly fulfilled thy lawe to iustify al men that beleue and trust in him Therefore graunt me grace I beseche thee to bee occupyed in dooynge of good woorkes whyche thou commaundeste in holye Scrypture all the dayes of my lyfe to thy glorye and yet to truste onelye in thy mercy in Christes merites to be pourged from my sinnes and not in my good workes be they neuer so many Geue grace to loue thy holy word feruently to searche the Scritptures diligentlye to reade them humblye to vnderstand them truely to liue after them effectually Order my life to O Lorde that it be alway acceptable vnto thee Geue me grace not to reioyce in any thing that displeaseth thee but euermore to delyte in those thynges that please thee be they neuer so contrarye to my desyres Teache me so to praye that my peticions may be graciously hearde of thee Kepe me vpryghte among diuersitie of opinions and iudgementes in the worlde that I neuer swarue from thy trueth taught in holye scripture In prosperitie O Lorde saue me that I waxe not proude In aduersitie helpe me that I neither dispayre nor blaspheme thy holye name but taking it pacientlye to geue thee thankes and trust to be deliuered after thy pleasure When I happen to fall into synne thorowe frayltie I beseche thee to woorke true repentaunce in my hearte that I may be sorye withoute desperacion trust in thy mercye without pres umpcion that I maye amende my lyfe and become truely religious without hipocrisie lowlye in hearte without faynyng faythfull and trustie withoute deceitpte merye withoute lightnesse sad without mistrust sober without slouthfulnes content with mine owne without couetousnes To tell my neighbour his faultes charitably without dissimulacion To instructe my housholde in thy lawes truelye To obeye oure Kyng and all gouernours vnder him vnfaynedlye To receiue all lawes and cōmon ordinaunces which disagreeth not from thy holy woord obediently To paye euerye man that which I owe vnto him truely To backebyte no man nor slaunder my neyghboure secretlye and to abhorre all vyce louing all goodnes earnestlye O Lorde graunte me thus to doe for the glory of thy holy name Amen ¶ A prayer necessary to be sayd at all tymes O Bountiful Iesu O swete sauiour O Christ the sonne of God haue pietie vpon me mercifully heare me and despyse not my prayers Thou hast created me of nothing thou hast redemed me frō the bondage of synne death and hell neither with golde nor siluer but with thy most precious body once offered vpō the crosse thine own blud shed once for al for my raūsome therfore cast me not away whō thou by thy great wisdom hast made despise me not whom thou hast redemed with such a precious treasure Nor let my wickednes destroy that which thy goodnes hath builded Now whiles I liue O Iesu haue mercye on me for if I dye out of thy fauour it wil be to late afterwarde to call for thy mercy whiles I haue time to repent loke vpon me with thy merciful eyes as thou didst vouchsafe to loke vpon Peter thyne Apostle that I maye bewayle my sinfull life and obtein thy fauour and dye therin I reknowoledge that if thou shouldest deale with me according to verye iustice I haue deserued euerlasting deathe Therefore I appeale to thy high throne of mercy trusting to obteyn Gods fauoure not for my merites but for thy merites O Iesu who hast geuen thy selfe an acceptable sacrifice to thy father to appease his wrath and to bring all sinners truely repenting and amending theyr euil life into hys fauour agayn Accept me O lorde among the number of them that shal be saued forgeue me my sinnes geue me grace to leade a godly innocēt life graūt me thy heauēly wisdō inspire my heart with fayth hope charitie geue me grace to bee hūble in prosperitie paciēt in aduersitie obedient to my rulers faithful vnto thē that trust me dealing truely with al men to liue chastly in wedlocke abhorre adulterye fornicacion al vnclēnes to do good after my power vnto al mē to hurt no man the thy name may be glorified in me during this presēt life that I afterward may obtein euerlasting life thorow thi merci the merites of thi passiō amē ¶ Certayne prayers taken oute of the seruice dayly vsed in the Quenes house Mondai ALmighty god the father of mercy god of al comfort the which onely forgeuest sinne forgeue vnto vs our synnes good Lorde forgeue vnto vs our sinnes that by the multitude of thy mercies they maye be couered not imputed vnto vs by the operacion of the holy ghoste we maye haue power and strength herafter to resist synne by our sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen Tuesday O Lord God which despysest not a contrite heart forgeattest the sinnes and wickednes of a sinner in what houre soeuer he doth mourne lament his olde maner of liuing Graunt vnto vs O lord true contricion of heart that we may vehemently despyse our synneful life past and wholely be conuerted vnto thee by our Sauiour and Lord Iesus Christ Amen Wednesdaye O Mercifull father by whole power strength we may ouercome our enemies both bodely gostly graunte vnto vs O Lorde that accordyng to oure promyse made in baptisme we may ouercome the chief enemies of our soule that is the desires of the world the pleasures of the flesh the suggestions of the wicked spirit so after leade our liues in holines righteousnes the we may serue thee in spirit in trueth that by our sauiour lord Iesus Christ Amen Thursdaye O Almightie euerlasting god which not onelye geuest euerye good and perfite gifte but also encreasest those giftes the thou hast geuē we most humbly beseche thee mercifull God to encreafse in vs the gifte of faith that we maye truly beleue in thee in thy promises made vnto vs that neither by our negligence nor infirmitie of the fleshe nor by greuousnes of temptacion nether by the subtil craftes assaultes of the deuil we be drieuen from fayth in the bloud of our sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen Fryday GRaunt vnto vs O mercifull God we most hartely beseche thee knowledge and true vnderstandyng of thy word that all ignoraūce expelled we may knowe what thy wil pleasure is