seruauntes thy worke theyr children thy glorie And the glorious maiestie of the lorde our god be vpon vs prosper thou the worke of our handes vpon vs o prosper thou our handy worke The second Venite exultemus psal xcv O Come let vs synge vnto the Lorde let vs hertely reioyce in the strength of oure saluacion let vs come before his presence with thankes geuing and shewe our selfe glad in him with psalmes For the Lorde is a great kinge aboue all goddes In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hylles is hys also The sea is hys and he made it and his handes prepared the drye lande O come let vs worshyppe and falle downe before the Lorde our maker For he is the Lorde our God and we are the people of hys pasture and the shepe of his handes To day if ye wil heare his voyce harden not your hartes as in the prouocacion and as in the daye of tentacion in the wildernes when youre fathers tempted me proued me sawe my workes Fourtie yeares long was I greued with the generacion sayde it is a people that do erre in theyr hertes for they haue not knowen my wayes Vnto whom I sware in my wrath that they shoulde not enter into my rest ¶ The third Iubilate deo psal C. O Be ioyfull in the Lorde all ye landes serue the Lorde with gladnesse come before hys presence with a song Be ye sure that the Lorde he is God It is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are hys people the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye into his gates with thankesgeuing and into his courtes wyth prayse be thankeful vnto hym and speake good of hys name For the Lord is gracious hys mercy is euerlastyng his truthe endureth from generacion to generacion The fowerth Benedic anima mea psal ciii PRayse the lorde O my soule al that is within me prayse hys holy name Prayse the Lorde O my soule and forget not all hys benefytes Whiche forgeueth al thy sinne and healeth all thyne infyrmyties Whyche saueth thy lyfe from destrucciō and crowneth the with mercye and louynge kyndnesse Whiche satisfyeth thy mouth with good thynges makyng the yonge and lustye as an Aegle The lorde executeth ryghteousnesse and iudgement for all them that are oppressed with wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses hys workes vnto the chyldren of Israel The lorde is full of compassion and mercy long suffring and of great goodnes He wil not alway be chiding neyther kepeth he his anger for euer He hath not dealt wyth vs after our synnes nor rewarded vs accordyng to our wickednesses For loke howe hye the heauen is in comparison of the earth so greate is hys mercy also towarde them that feare him Loke howe wyde also the East is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yea lyke as a father pytieth hys owne children euen so is the lorde merciful vnto thē that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust The dayes of man are but as grasse for he florisheth as a floure of the fielde For as sone as the winde goth ouer it it is gone and the place therof shall knowe it no more But the mercifull goodnesse of the lorde endureth for euer and euer vpō them that feare hym and hys ryghteousnes vpon childres children Euen vpon suche as kepe hys couenaunt and thinke vpon hys commaundementes to do them The lorde hath prepared hys seate in heauen and his kyngdom ruleth ouer all O prayse the lorde ye Angels of hys ye that excell in strength ye that fulfill hys commaundement and herken vnto the voyce of hys wordes O prayse the Lord al ye his hostes ye seruauntes of hys that do hys pleasure O speake good of the lorde all ye workes of hys in all places of hys dominyon prayse thou the lorde O my soule Let vs pray O Almyghtie mercifull lorde whiche geuest vnto thy elect people the holy gooste as a sure pledge of thy heauenly kyngdom Graunte vnto vs o lorde this holy spirite that he may beare witnes with our spirite that we be thy children and heyres of thy kyngdom and that by the operacion of this spirite we may kyl all carnall lustes vnlawfull pleasures concupiscence euell affeccions contrary vnto thy wil by our sauioure and lorde Iesu Christ Amen The Letany O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the father of heauen haue mercye vpon vs myserable synners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs myserable sinners O God the holy gost procedyng from the father the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost procedyng from the father and the sonne haue mercie 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 thre persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners Holy virgin Mary mother of God our sauiour Iesu Christ Pray for vs. All holy Angels and Archangelles and all holy orders of blessed spirites Pray for vs. All holy Patriarkes Prophetes Apostles and Martyrs Confessours and Virgins and all the blessed company of heauē Pray for vs. Remembre not Lorde oure offences nor the offences of oure forefathers neyther take thou vengeaunce of our sinnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed with thy moste precious bloude and be not angrye with vs for euer Spare vs good lorde From all euel and mischiefe from synne from the craftes assautes of the deuyl frō thy wrath and from euerlasting damnacion Good lorde deliuer vs. From blindnesse of heart from pryde vayneglory and hipocrisy from enuy hatred and malyce and all vncharitablenesse Good lorde deliuer vs. From fornicacion and all deadly synne and from all the deceiptes of the worlde the flesshe and the deuyll Good lorde delyuer vs. From lightening and tempest from plage pestilence and famine from battayle and murder from sodeyne death Good lorde delyuer vs. From all sedicion and pryuye conspiracy from the tyranny of the byshop of Rome and all hys detestable enormities frō all false doctrine and heresy from al hardnes of heart and contempt of thy worde and commaundement Good lorde delyuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnacion by thy holy Natiuitie circumcision by thy baptisme fastyng and temptacion Good lorde delyuer vs By thyne agony and bluddy sweat by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and buryall by thy glorious resurrection and ascencion by the cummyng of the holy gost Good lorde delyuer vs. In al tyme of our tribulacion to all tyme of our welth in the houre of death in the day of iudgement Good lorde delyuer vs. We synners do beseche the to heare
vs O lorde God and that it maye please the to rule and gouerne thy holy churche vniuersall in the ryght way We beseche the to heare vs good lord That it may please the to kepe Edward the sixt thy seruaunt our kyng and gouernour We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to rule his heart in thy fayth feare and loue that he maye euer haue affiaunce in the and euer seke thy honor and glory We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to be his defender keper geuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to kepe the noble Quene Katherine dowagier in thy feare and loue geuing her increace of all godlynesse honor and children We beseche the to heare vs Good lorde That it may please the to preserue the lady Maries grace the lady Elizabethes grace and the Lorde Protectors grace We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to illuminate all byshopes pastours and mynisters of the Churche with true knowledge and vnderstandyng of thy worde and that both by their preaching and lyuyng they may set it furthe and shewe it accordyngly We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to endue the lordes of the counsayl and al the nobilitie with grace wisdom and vnderstandyng We beseche the to heare vs Good lorde That it may please the to blesse and kepe the magistrates geuing them grace to execute iustice and to mayntayne truthe We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to blesse and kepe all thy people We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to geue to all nacions vnitie peace and concorde We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to geue vs an hearte to loue and dreade the and diligently to lyue after thy commaundemente We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to geue all thy people increase of grace to heare mekely thy worde and receyue it with pure affeccion and to bring furth the fruites of the spirite We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to bring into the way of truthe all suche as haue erred and are deceyued We beseche the to heare vs good lord That it maye please the to strengthen suche as do stande and comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to rayse vp them that fall and finally to beate downe Satan vnder our feete We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to succour helpe and comfort all that be in daunger necessitie and trybulacion We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to preserue all that trauayle by lande or by water all women labourynge of childe all sicke persons yong children and to shew thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captiues We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to defend and prouide for the fatherles children and widowes all that be desolate and oppressed We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to haue mercy vpon all men We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to forgeue our enemies persecutours and sclaunderous to turne their heartes We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to geue to our vse the kindely fruites of the yearth so as in due tyme we may enioy them and to preserue them We beseche the to heare vs good lorde That it may please the to geue to vs true repentaunce to forgeue vs al our synnes negligences and ignoraunces to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amende oure lyues accordyng to thy holy worde We beseche the to heare vs good lorde Sonne of God we beseche the to heare vs. Sonne of god we beseche the to heare vs. O lambe of God that takest away the synnes of the worlde Graunte vs thy peace O lambe of God that takest away 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 which art in heauen With the residue of the pater noster And suffre vs not to be led in to temptacion But delyuer vs from euyll Amen ¶ The versicle O lorde deale not with vs after our synnes ¶ The answere ¶ Neyther rewarde vs after our iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull father the dispysest not the sighing of a cōtrite hearte nor the desyre of suche as be sorowfull mercifully assist our prayers that we make before that in all oure troubles and aduersities when soeuer they oppresse vs. And graciously heare vs that those euils whiche the crafte and subteltie of the Deuyll or manne worketh against vs be brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnes they may be dispersed that we thy seruauntes being hurte by no persecucions may euermore geue thankes vnto the in thy holy Churche thorough Iesu Christ our lorde O lorde arise helpe vs and delyuer vs for thy names sake O God we haue hearde with our eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes that thou dyddest in their dayes in the olde tyme before them O lord arise helpe vs and delyuer vs for thy honour Glory to the father the sonne to the holy gost as it hath bene from the beginning is and shal be euer world without ende Amen From our enemyes defende vs O Christ Graciously loke vpon our affliccions Pitifully beholde the dolour of our heart Mercyfully forgeue the synnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers O sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both nowe and euer vouchesaufe to heare vs Christ Graciously heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Lorde Christ ¶ The versicle O lord let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. ¶ The answere As we do put our trust in the. ¶ Let vs pray WE humbly beseche the O father mercifully to looke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy names sake turne from vs all those euylles that we moost ryghteously haue deserued Graunt this O lorde God for our mediatour and aduocate Iesu Christes sake Amen O God whose nature and propertie is euer to haue mercy and to forgeue receyue oure humble peticion and though we be tied and bound with the chayne of our synnes yet let the pityfulnes of thy great mercy leuse vs for the honour of Iesus Christes sake our mediatour aduocate Amen ALmyghty and euerliuyng God whiche onely workest greate meruayles sende downe vpon oure byshoppes and curates and all congregacions committed to their charge the healthfull spirit of thy grace and that they may truly please the poure vpon
them the continuall dewe of thy blessing Graunt this o lorde for the honour of our aduocate mediatour Iesu Christ Amen WE beseche the O Lorde to shewe vpon vs thyne exceding great mercye whiche no tonge can worthely expresse and that it may please the to delyuer vs from all oure synnes and also from the paynes that we haue for them deserued Graunte this O lord through our mediatour and aduocate Iesu Christ Amen GRaunt we beseche the O almighty God that we in our trouble put our whole confidence vpon thy mercy that we agaynst all aduersitie be defended vnder thy protection Graunte this O lorde God for our mediatour and aduocate Iesu Christes sake Amen ALmighty God whiche hast geuen vs grace at thys tyme with one accord to make our commune supplicacions vnto the and doest promyse that whē two or .iii. be gathered in thy name thou wilt graunt their requestes fulfil now O lorde the desires and peticions of thy seruauntes as may be best expedient for them grauntyng vs in thys worlde knowledge of thy truthe and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen The prayer of our Lord. OVr father whiche arte in heauen halowed be thy name Thy kyngdome come Thy wil be done in yearth as it is in heauen Geue vs this day our daily bread And forgeue vs our trespaces as we forgeue them that trespasse agaynst vs. And let vs not be led into temptacion But delyuer vs from euill Amen ¶ The Crede or .xii. articles of the Christen fayth I Beleue in God the father almyghty maker of heauen and yearth And in Iesu Christ hys only sonne our Lorde Whyche was conceyued of the holye gost borne of the virgin Mry Suffered vnder Ponce Pylate was crucified dead buryed and descended in to hell And the thirde day he rose agayne from death He ascended into heauen and sytteth on the righte hande of god the father almightie From thence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead I Beleue in the holye goste The holy Catholycke churche The Communion of saynctes the forgeuenes of synnes The resurreccion of the body And the life euerlastyng Amen ¶ The .x. commaundementes of almighty God THou shalte haue none other goddes in my syghte Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage neyther any similitude that is in Heauē aboue eyther in the earth beneth or in the waters vnder the earthe Thou shalte not worshippe them neyther serue them for I the Lord thy god am a gelouse God vysitte the synne of the fathers vpon the childrē vnto the thyrd fourth generacion of theym that hate me and shewe mercy vnto thousandes in them that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy god in vayne Remember the Sabboth daye that thou sanctifie it Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes maye be long in the lande whiche the Lorde thy god geueth the. Thou shalte not kyll Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalte not steale Thou shalt not beare false wytnesse agaynste thy neyghboure Thou shalte not couet thy neyghboures house neyther shalt thou couet thy neyghbours wife or hys manne seruaunte or hys mayde or his Oxe or his asse or what soeuer thy neyghbour hath The places of baptysme Go ye therefore Math. xxviii and teache all nacions baptisynge them in the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy gooste Teaching them to obserue al thinges whatsoeuer I haue commaunded you Go ye in to al the world preach the gospel to all creatures Marke xv he that beleueth is baptised shal be saued But he that beleueth not shal be dampned Knowe ye not that al we which are baptysed into Iesu Christ Roma vi are baptised to dye with hym For ye are al children of god because ye beleue in Christ Iesu Gal. iii. For all ye that are baptysed haue put on Christ For the supper of the lord Math. xxvi When they were eatynge Iesus toke breade and whan he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to the dysciples sayde Take eate this is my body And he toke the cuppe and thanked and gaue it them saying Drinke ye all of this for this is my bloude whiche is of the newe testamente that is shed for many for the remission of synnes Marke xiiii And as they did eate Iesus toke breade and whan he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue to them and sayd Take eate thys is my bodie And he toke the cup and whē he had geuen thankes he toke it to them and they all dranke of it and he sayde vnto them Thys is my bloud of the newe testament whiche is shed for many And he toke breade and when he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue vnto them saying Luke xxii Thys is my body whiche is geuen for you This do in the remembraunce of me Lykewise also when he had supped he toke the cuppe saying This cup is the newe testament in my bloud whiche is shed for you That which I delyuered vnto you I receyued of the lorde i. Cor. xi For the Lord Iesu the same night in whiche he was betrayed toke breade and when he had geuen thankes he brake it and sayde Take ye and eate this is my bodye whiche is broken for you This do ye in the remembraunce of me After the same maner also he toke the cup when supper was doen saying this cup is the newe Testament in my bloud Thys dooe as oft as ye drinke it in remembraunce of me For as often as ye shall eate this bread and drinke of this cup ye shall shewe the Lordes deathe tyll he come Wherfore whosoeuer shall eate of thys breade or drynke of the cuppe of the Lord vnworthelye shal be gyltie of the body and blood of the Lorde But let a man examin hymselfe and so let hym eate of the bread drinke of the cup. For he that eateth and drinketh vnworthely eateth drinketh hys owne dānacion because he maketh no difference of the Lordes body For this cause many are weake sicke amonge you manye slepe For yf we had iudged ourselues ▪ we shoulde not haue ben iudged Finis ¶ Imprinted at London in Flete strete at the signe of the Sunne ouer agaynste the Conduyte by Edwarde Whit-churche the .v. daye of Nouember in the yeare of oure Lord. 1547. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum
Shewe thy seruaunt the light of thy couÌ„tenaunce and saue me for thy mercies sake Let me not be confounded O lord for I haue called vpon the let the vngodly be put to confusion be put to sileÌ„ce in the graue Let the liyng lippes be put to silence whiche cruelly disdaynefully spitefully speake agaynst the righteous O how pleÌ„tiful is thy goodnes whiche thou hast layd vp for theÌ„ that feare the and that thou hast prepared for them that put theyr trust in the euen before the soÌ„nes of men Thou shalt hyde theÌ„ priuely by thyne owne presence froÌ„ the prouokyng of all menne thou shalt kepe theÌ„ secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues Thankes be to the Lorde for he hath shewed me merueilous great kyndnes in a strong cytie And when I made hast I sayd I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes Neuertheles thou heardest the voyce of my prayer when I cried vnto the. O loue the lord all ye his saintes for the lorde preserueth them that are faythful and pleÌ„teously rewardeth he the proude doer Be strong and he shal stablishe your heart all ye that put your trust in the lord The fowerth Beati quorum psal xxxii BLessed is he whose vnrighteousnes is forgeuen and whose synne is couered Blessed is the man vnto whoÌ„ the lord imputeth no sinne and in whose spirit there is no guile For while I helde my tongue my bones coÌ„sumed away thorow my dayly complainyng For thy hand is heuy vpoÌ„ me day night and my moysture is like the drouth in summer I wyll knowledge my synne vnto the myne vnrighteousnes haue I not hid I sayd I wyl confesse my synnes vnto the lord so thou forgauest the wickednes of my siÌ„ne Sela. For this shall euerye one that is godly make his praier vnto the in a tyme when thou mayest be found but in the great water fluddes they shal not come nigh him Thou art a place to hide me in thou shalt preserue me froÌ„ trouble thou shalt coÌ„passe me aboute with songes of deliueraunce Sela I wyll enfourme the teache the in the way wherin thou shalt goo and I wyll guyde the with myne eye Be ye not like horse and Mule whiche haue no vnderstandyng whose mouthes must be holden with bitte and bridle lest they fal vpon the. Great plages remayne for the vngodly but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord mercye embraceth him on euery syde Be glad O ye righteous and reioyce in the lord and be ioyful al ye that are true of heart Let vs pray O Mercifull father by whose power and strength we may ouer come our enemies both bodily and ghostly graunt vnto vs O Lorde that accordyng to oure promyse made in Baptisme we may ouercome the chief enemies of our soule that is the desyres of the world the pleasures of the fleshe and the suggestions of the wicked spirite and so after leade our liues in holynes and righteousnes that we may serue the in spirit and in trueth that by our sauiour lord Iesu Christ AmeÌ„ The letany c. As on monday Let vs pray O Almightye God merciful lord whiche geuest c. On the thursday The fyrst Benedicam dominum Psal xxxiiii I Wyl alway geue thaÌ„kes vnto the lorde his prayse shall euer be in my mouth My soule shall make her bost in the lord the humble shal heare therof and be glad O praise the lord with me and let vs magnifye his name together I sought the Lord he heard me yea he deliuered me out of al my feare They had an eye vnto him were lightened theyr faces wer not ashamed Lo the poore crieth the lord heareth him yea and saueth him out of al his troubles The Angel of the lord tarieth rouÌ„d about them that feare him and deliuereth them O taste see how gracious the Lorde is blessed is the man that trusteth in him O feare the lorde ye that be his sainctes for they that feare him lacke nothyng The lyons do lacke and suffre hunger but they whiche seke the Lorde shall want no maner of thyng that is good Come ye children herken vnto me I wyl teache you the feare of the lord What man is he that lusteth to liue and would fayne see good dayes Kepe thy tong froÌ„ euil and thy lippes that they speake no guile Eschewe euil and do good seke peace and insue it The eyes of the Lorde are ouer the righteous and his eares are open vnto theyr praiers The countenaunce of the lorde is against theÌ„ that do euil to rote out the remeÌ„braunce of them froÌ„ of the yearth The righteous crye the Lord heareth them and deliuereth theÌ„ out of al theyr troubles The lorde is nigh vnto theÌ„ that are of a contrite heart wyl saue suche as be of an humble spirite Great are the troubles of the righteous but the lord deliuereth him out of al. He kepeth all his bones so that not one of them is broken But misfortune shal slay the vngodly they that hate the righteous shal be desolate The lorde deliuereth the soules of his seruauntes all they that put theyr trust in him shal not be destitute The second Nolite emulare psal xxxvii FRet not thy selfe because of the vngodly neither be thou enuious against the euil doers For they shal sone be cut doune like the grasse be withered eueÌ„ as the grene herbe Put thou thy trust in the lord and do good dwel in the lande verely thou shalt be fed Delite thou in the lorde and he shall geue the thy heartes desyre Commit thy way vnto the lord and put thy trust in him and he shal bryng it to passe He shal make thy righteousnes as clere as the light and thy iust dealyng as the noone day Holde the styl in the Lorde and abyde pacientely vpon him but grieue not thy selfe at him whose way doeth ê“spere against the man that doth after euil couÌ„sailes Leaue of froÌ„ wrathe and let go displeasure fret not thy selfe els shalt thou be moued to do euil Wicked doers shal be roted out and they that paciently abide the lord those shal inherite the land Yet a lytle while the vngodly shal be cleane gone thou shalte loke after his place and he shal be away But the meke spirite shal possesse the yearth and shal be refreshed in the multitude of peace The vngodly seketh counsail against the iust and gnasheth vpon him with his teethe The Lorde shal laugh him to scorne for he hath seene that his day is commyng The vngodly haue drawen out the swearde haue bended theyr bowe to cast doune the pore and neady and to slaye suche as be of right conuersacion Theyr swearde shal go thorow theyr owne heart and theyr bowe shal be broken A smal thing that the righteous hath is better then great riches of the vngodly For the armes of the vngodly shal be broken and the Lord vpholdeth