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 saynt Mathias the apostles day. The. i. chapiter of the Actes of the Apostles. C.

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PEter stode vp ī the myddes of the discyples & sayde (the nombre of the names were aboute an hondred & twēty) ye mē & brothrene / this scry¦pture muste nedes be fulfylled / which the holy ghoste thorowe the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas / whiche was guyde to thē that toke Iesus / for he was nombred with vs / & obtayned foloweshype in this mynystracyon / & he hathe nowe possessed a plot of groūd with the reward of īiquyte / & when he was hāged / braste asonder in the myddes / & all his bowel∣les gusshed out / & as it is knowē vnto all the inhaby∣ters of Ierusalē. In so moch that that felde is called

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in theyr inother tonge Acheldema / that is to say the bloody felde. It is wrytten in the boke of Psalmes his habytacyon be voide / & no man be dwellyng therī and his byshopricke let another take. Uvherfore of these men / which haue {con}panyed with vs (al the tyme that the lord Iesus went in & out amōge vs / begyn∣nynge at te baptyme of Iohan vnto the same daye that he was taken vp from vs) must one be ordeyned to it a wytnes with vs of his Resurreccyō. And they appoynted. ij. Ioseph colled barsabas / whose surna∣me was Iust{us} / & Mathyas / and they prayed sayeng Thou lord which knowest the hertesofal mē / shewe whether thou hast chosen of these two / that the owne maye take the roume of this mynystracyō / & Apostle suyp frō the which Iudas by transgressyō fel / that he myght go to his owne place / & they gaue forth theyr lottes & the lote fell on Mathias / and he was coūted with the eleuen Apostles.

¶ The Gospel on saynt Mathias the Apostles daye / The. xi. chapiter of Mathewe. D.

THen Iesus answered and sayde I prayse the O father lorde of heuen & erthe / bycause thou haste hyd these thynges from the wyse and prudent / and hast opened them vnto babes / euen so father / for so it pleased the al¦thynges are gyuen vnto me of my fa∣ther / & no man knoweth the sone / but the father / ney∣ther knoweth any man the father / saue the sone & he to whome the sone wyll opē hym. Come vnto me all ye that labour and are ladē / and I wyl ease you / take my yoke on you and lerne of me / for I am meke and lowely in herre / and ye shall fynde rest vnto your sou¦les / for my yoke is easy / and my burthen is lyght.