Diues [et] pauper

Caplm .x.

DIues. Sythen the sabbot of dayes was moste solempne in the olde lawe / for it was not lefull that daye to go ouer a thousan¦de pass / ne to dyght theyr mete / & mo¦re ouer y^t daye were offred two lam∣bes passynge the comon sacrefyce that was done euery daye / sythen than the solempnyte of the sabbottes is trans∣lated in the newe lawe in to the son∣daye / why is not the sondaye as wor∣shypfull in the newe lawe / as was the sabbot in the olde lawe. For as that was called the sabbot of our lor¦de / also the sondaye is called the daye of our lorde passynge all other dayes And yet we haue in the yere many dayes more solempne than is the son∣daye. ¶Pauper. All the festes of the newe lawe that ben the dayes and the sabbottes of our lorde. For alle tho ben of hym selfe in hym selfe / or ellys of hym selfe in his sayntes. In the olde lawe was no feste of our lor∣de but only the sabbot / whiche was ha¦lowed in mynde of the creacōn of the worlde / & in mynde y^t god the .vij. day cessed of creacyon. And also than to thanke hym for his endelesse good∣nesse that he shewed to mankynde in his creacyon whan he made all bode¦ly & vysyble creatures to serue man / & man to serue hym here in grace & after in the blysse of heuen without en¦de Other festes of the olde lawe were but solēpnytees & myndes of auentu∣res & prosperytes y^• felle to the Iewes in tyme of the olde lawe. And therfor the sabbot amonges them was moost solempne. And amonges vs also the

sondaye is moost solempne and holy for the grete dedes and wondres that god dyde in the sondaye. But for as moche as it cometh ofte we make it not alwaye lyke solempne / for it fal∣leth the sondaye in whiche god she∣wed his wondres / as Esterdaye Wyt∣sondaye to be more solempne than other comon sondayes. Other festes also as Crystmasse daye & Epypha∣nye daye / in as moche as they ben our lordes dayes & come but ones in the yere / therfore we make more solemp∣nyte in tho dayes / than we doo co∣monly on the sondaye. And so we do in many other festes / for all they be festes and dayes of our lorde. Neuer∣thelesse ther is no daye so solempne in themselfe as the sondaye / for that is alwaye solempne for y^• wondres that god dyde therin. Other dayes somty∣me ben solempne / and somtyme not solempne after that the festes therin falle by chaūgynge of the yere / so that other dayes haue noo solempnyte of themselfe by custome ne by lawe / but only by fallynge of festes as the yere chaungeth. The thursdaye was so∣me tyme as holy as the sondaye / for Cryste styed vp that daye to the he∣uen. And than began the processyon that we vse on the sondaye / for than Cryste wente in processyon with his dyscyples out of Ierusalem in to the mounte of Olyuete / and there he sty∣ed vp in the syght of theym all. And the crosse y^• is borne byfore vs in y^• pro∣cessyon / betokeneth that Cryste deyed on the crosse / and afterwarde he aro∣se ayen from deth to lyfe. And on the holy thursdaye wente he byfore his dyscyples ledyng them vnto the moū¦te of Olyuete. But for as moche as many newe festes comen on / and it was greuous for to kepe two dayes so lempne euery woke / therfore the so∣lempnyte of the thursdayes cessed / & the processyon in mynde of Crystes as¦cen s;yon was translated in to the son¦daye ¶Diues. Therfor me thynketh that the sondaye sholde be the more solempne. ¶Pauper. So it is / and so it ought for to be moost halowed thoughe holy chirche doo not alwaye than moost solempnyte / for that daye is ordeyned for reste in the newe lawe both to man and beest / as the sabbot was ordeyned for reste in y^e olde lawe.