Here begynneth the pystles and gospels, of euery Sonday, and holy daye in the yere

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Title: Here begynneth the pystles and gospels, of euery Sonday, and holy daye in the yere
Publication: [Imprinted at Rowen :: S.n.],; The yere of our lorde. M.D.xxxviij. [1538]
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¶ The Pystel on Saint Nicolas day. Ecclia. xliiij

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BEholde an excelent preest which is in his dayes pleased god / and was founde ryghteous / and ī tyme of wrathe made an atonemente: lyke to hym there is nat founde / that kept the lawe of the most hyest And he was in couenaunt with hym / & in his fleshe he wrote the couenaunte / & in tyme of tē∣ptacyon he was foūde faythfull. Ther¦fore he made hym a couenaunte with an othe that na¦cyons shulde be blyssed in his syght / & that he shulde be multipled as the duste of the erth / he knewe hym in his blyssynges & gaue hym an inherytaunce and he kept hym thorowe his mercy / that he foūde grace in the eyes of god. An euerlastynge couenaunte dyd he make hym / & gaue hym the office of the hye preest / he made hī happy in glory / in fayth / & ī softnes / he made hym holy / & chose hī out of all f••eshe.

¶ The Gospel on Saynt Nicolas day. the. xxv. cha. of Mathew. B

IEsus sayde vnto his discyples. A certayne man redy to take his iourney to astraunge countre / called his seruauntes to hym / and delyuered to thē his / goodes / & vnto one he gaue. v. talētes / to another. ij. & to another one / to euery mā after his abilyte / & strayte waye de∣parted. Then he that had receaued the. v. talētes wēt & bestowed thē / & wan other. v. lykewyse he that recea¦ued. ij. gayned other. ij. but he that receaued one / wēt & dygged a pytte ī the erth & hyd his maysters money After a lōge seasō / the lord of those seruaūtes came & rekened with thē. Thē cā he that had receaued. v. ta∣lētes & brought other fyue sayēg. Mayster thou dely∣uerdest vnto me fiue talētes / lo I haue gayned with thē. v. mo Thē his mayster sayd vnto him well good seruaunte & faythfull / thou haste bē faythfull ī lytell / I wyll make the rular ouer moche. Entre into thy

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masters ioye / also he that receaued two talētes / came & sayde / mayster / thou delyueredest vnto me. ij. talē∣tes ••o I haue wonne two other with thē / & his may∣ster sayde vnto hym wel good seruaunte & faythful I wyl make the rular ouer moch go ī / ī to thy maysters ioye.