The booke of the common prayer and administracion of the sacramentes, and other rites and ceremonies of the Churche: after the vse of the Churche of England.

❧❧ SAINCT AN∣drewes daye.

At the Communion.

* 1.1MAny tymes haue they fought against me from my youth vp: may Israel nowe saye.

Yea many a tyme haue they vexed me from my youth vp: but they haue not preuailed against me.

The plowers plowed vpon my backe: and made long forowes.

But the righteous Lorde: hath hewen the snares of the vngodly in pieces.

Let them be counfounded and turned backward: as ma∣ny as haue euill will at Sion.

Let them be euen as the grasse growyng vpon the house toppes: whiche withereth afore it be pluckt vp.

Wherof the mower filleth not his hande: neyther he that bindeth vp the sheues, his bosome.

So that they whiche goe by, saye not so muche: as the Lorde prosper you, we wishe you good lucke in the name of the Lorde.

Glory be to the father, and to the sonne: and to the holy gost.

As it was in the beginnyng, is nowe and euer shalbe: worlde without ende. Amen.

The Collect.

ALmightie God, whiche haste geuen suche grace to thy Apostle saincte Andrewe, that he counted the sharpe and painful death of the crosse to be an high honour, and a great glory: Graunt vs to take & esteme al troubles and ad∣uersities whiche shall come vnto vs for thy sake, as thinges profitable for vs toward the obtayning of euerlasting lyfe: through Iesus Christe our Lorde.

The Epistle.

* 1.2YF thou knowledge with thy mouthe, that Iesus is the Lorde, and beleue in thy heart, that God rai∣sed hym vp from death, thou shalt bee safe. For,

to beleue with the heart iustifieth: and to knowledge with the mouth maketh a manne safe. For the scripture sayeth: whosoeuer beleueth on him shal not be confounded: There is no dyfference betwene the Iewe and the Gentile. For one is Lord of al, which is riche vnto al that cal vpō him. For whosoeuer doeth call on the name of the Lorde, shall be safe. How then shal they cal on him, on whom they haue not beleued? How shall they beleue on hym, of whom they haue not heard? How shall they heare without a preacher? And how shall they preache, excepte they be sent? As it is written: how beautifull are the feete of them which bryng tidinges of peace, and bring tidinges of good thinges? But they haue not al obeyed to the gospel, for Esay saith: Lord, who hath beleued our sayinges? So thē, faith cummeth by hearing, and hearing cummeth by the worde of God. But I aske: haue they not heard? no doubte their sounde wente out into all landes, and their wordes into the endes of the world. But I demaund whether Israel did knowe or not? first Moses sayeth: I will prouoke you to enuye, by them that are no people, by a folishe nacion I wyll angre you. E∣say after that is bolde, and sayeth: I am found of them that sought me not: I am manifest vnto them that asked not af∣ter me. But against Israel he sayeth: all daye long haue I stretched furth my handes vnto a people that beleueth not, but speaketh against me.

The Gospell.

AS Iesus walked by the sea of Galile,* 1.3 he sawe two brethren: Simon, whiche was called Peter, & An∣drew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fyshers) and he sayeth vnto them: folowe me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. And they streight way left their nettes, and folowed him. And when he was gone furth from thence, he sawe other two brethrē, Iames the sonne of Zebede, and Ihon his brother, in the ship with Zebede theyr father, mendyng theyr nettes, and he called them. And they immediately lefte the shippe and theyr father, and folowed hym.

Saincte Thomas the Apostle.

¶ At the Communion.

* 1.4BLessed are all they that feare the Lorde: and walke in his wayes.

For thou shalt eate the labors of thine handes: O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be.

Thy wyfe shall be as the fruitfull vine: vpon the walles of thyne house.

Thy children lyke the Oliue braunches: round about thy table.

Loe, thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth the Lord.

The Lorde from out of Sion, shall so blesse thee: that thou shalt see Ierusalem in prosperitie all thy lyfe long.

Yea that thou shalt see thy childers children: and peace vpon Israel.

Glory be to the father, and to the sonne: and to the holy gost.

As it was in the beginnyng, is nowe and euer shalbe: worlde without ende. Amen.

The Collect.

ALmightie euerliuing God, whiche for the more confir∣macion of the fayth, didst suffer thy holy Apostle Tho∣mas, to be doubtfull in thy sonnes resurreccion: graunt vs so perfectly, and without al doubt to beleue in thy sōne Ie∣sus Christe, that our fayth in thy sight neuer be reproued: heare vs, O Lorde, through the same Iesus Christe: to whom with thee and the holy gost be all honour. &c.

The Epistle.

* 1.5HOw ye are not straungers nor foreiners: but cite∣zens with the sainctes, and of the householde of God, and are builte vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophetes, Iesus Christe himselfe beeing the head corner stone: in whom what building soe∣uer is coupled together, it groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde, in whom ye also are built together, to be an ha∣bitacion of God through the holy gost.

The Gospell.

THomas one of the twelue,* 1.6 whiche is called Di∣dimus, was not with them when Iesus came. The other disciples therfore sayde vnto hym: we haue seen the Lord. But he sayd vnto them: except I see in his handes the printe of the nay∣les, and put my finger into the printe of the nayles, and thrust my hande into his syde, I will not beleue. And after eight dayes, againe his disciples were within, and Tho∣mas with them. Then came Iesus when the doores were shut, and stode in the middes, and saied: peace be vnto you. And after that, he sayed to Thomas: bryng thy finger hi∣ther, and see my handes, and reache hither thy hande, and thrust it into my syde, and be not faythlesse, but beleuyng. Thomas aunswered and sayed vnto hym: my Lorde and my God. Iesus sayed vnto hym: Thomas, because thou haste seen me, thou haste beleued: blessed are they that haue not seen, & yet haue beleued. And many other sygnes truely dyd Iesus in the presence of his disciples, whiche are not written in this booke. These are written that ye myght be∣leue that Iesus is Christ the sonne of God, and that (in be∣leuyng) ye myght haue lyfe through his name.

¶The conuersion of Saincte Paule.

At Mattyns.

The .ii. Lesson. Act .xxii. vnto. they heard hym.

I Will geue thankes vnto thee, O Lorde,* 1.7 with my whole hearte, euen before the Gods, wyll I syng prayse vnto thee.

I will wurshippe towarde thy holy temple, and prayse thy name, because of thy louing kindnes and trueth: for thou haste magnified thy name, and thy worde aboue all thynges.

When I called vpon thee, thou heardest me: and enduedst my soule with muche strength.

All the kinges of the earth shall prayse thee, O Lorde:

for they haue heard the wordes of thy mouth.

Yea, they shall sing in the wayes of the Lorde: that great is the glory of the Lorde.

For though the Lorde be hye, yet hath he respecte vnto the lowly: as for the proude, he beholdeth them a farre of.

Though I walke in the middest of trouble, yet shalt thou refreshe me: thou shalt stretche forth thine hande vpon the furiousnesse of myne enemies, and thy ryght hande shall saue me.

The Lorde shall make good his louing kindnes toward me: yea thy mercy, O Lorde, endureth for euer, despyse not then the workes of thyne owne handes.

Glory be to the father, and to the sonne: and to the holy gost.

As it was in the beginnyng, is nowe and euer shalbe: worlde without ende. Amen.

The Collect.

GOD whiche haste taught all the worlde, through the preaching of thy blessed Apostle Sainct Paule: graunt we beseche thee, that we whiche haue his woonderfull con∣uersion in remembraunce, may folowe and fulfill the holy doctrine that he taught: through Iesus Christe our Lorde.

The Epistle.

* 1.8ANd Saul yet breathyng out threatnynges, and slaughter againste the Disciples of the Lorde, wente vnto the hye priest, and desired of hym let∣ters to carye to Damasco, to the Sinagoges: that if he founde any of this way (whether they were menne or women) he might bring them bound vnto Ierusalem. And whē he iourneyed, it fortuned that as he was come nigh to Damasco, sodenly there shyned rounde aboute hym a light from heauen, and he fel to the earth, & heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said:

what art thou Lorde? And the Lorde sayde: I am Iesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kicke against the pricke. And he both trēbling and astonied, sayed: Lord, what wilt thou haue me to doe? And the Lord sayed vnto him: arise and goe into the citie, & it shalbe tolde thee what thou must doe. The men whiche iourneied with him, stode amased, hearing a voyce, but seeing no man. And Saul a∣rose from the earth, and when he opened his iyes, he sawe no man: But they led hym by the hande, and brought hym into Damasco. And he was three daies without sight, and neither did eate nor drinke. And there was a certaine disci∣ple at Damasco, named Ananias, & to him sayed the Lord in a vision: Ananias? and he sayd: behold, I am here Lord. And the Lord sayde vnto him: arise and goe into the strete (whiche is called streight) and seke in the house of Iudas, after one called Saul of Tharsus. For beholde, he prayeth, and hath seen in a vision a manne named Ananias, cum∣ming in to him, & putting his handes on him, that he might receiue his sight. Then Ananias aunswered: Lord, I haue heard by many of this man, how muche euill he hath done to thy sainctes at Ierusalem: & here he hath aucthoritie of the hye priestes, to bind al that call on thy name. The Lord sayd vnto him: go thy way, for he is a chosē vessel vnto me, to beare my name before the Gentiles, and kinges, and the childrē of Israel. For I wil shewe him, how great thinges he must suffer for my names sake. And Ananias went his way, and entred into the house, and put his hādes on him, and sayd: brother Saul, the Lord that appeared vnto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sēt me, that thou mightest receiue thy sight, & be filled with the holy gost. And imme∣diately there fel frō his iyes as it had been scales, & he recei∣ued sight, and arose, and was baptised, and receiued meate, and was coumforted. Then was Saul a certayne dayes with the disciples whiche were at Damasco. And straight way he preached Christe in the Sinagogues, howe that he was the sonne of God. But all that hearde him were ama∣sed, and sayde: is not this he that spoyled them whiche cal∣led on this name in Ierusalem, and came hither for that in∣tent,

that he might bring them bound vnto the hie priestes? But Saul encreased the more in strength, and confounded the Iewes whiche dwelt at Damasco, affirming that this was very Christe.

The Gospell.

* 1.9PEter aunswered and sayd vnto Iesus: behold, we haue forsaken all, and folowed thee: what shal we haue therfore? Iesus sayde vnto them: Verely I say vnto you, that when the sonne of man shall sit in the seate of his Maiestie, ye that haue folowed me in the regeneracion, shall syt also vpon twelue seates, and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel. And euery one that forsaketh house, or brethren, or systers, or father, or mother, or wyfe, or children, or landes, for my names sake, shall receiue an hun∣dred folde, and shall inherite euerlastyng lyfe. But many that are first shalbe last, and the last shalbe first.

¶At Euensong.

¶The seconde lesson. Actes .xxvi. vnto the ende.

¶The Purification of. S. Mary the virgin.

* 1.10BEhold (nowe) prayse the Lord all ye seruauntes of the Lorde, ye that by night stand in the house of the Lorde: (euen in the courtes of the house of our God.)

Lifte vp youre handes in the Sanctuary: and prayse the Lorde.

The Lord that made heauē and earth: geue thee blessing out of Sion.

Glory be to the father, and to the sonne. &c.

As it was in the beginning, is nowe, and euer. &c.

The Collect.

ALmightie and euerlasting God, we humbly beseche thy Maiestie, that as thy onely begotten sonne, was this daye presented in the Temple, in the sub∣staunce

of our fleshe: so graunt that we maye bee presented vnto thee with pure and cleare mindes: By Iesus Christe our Lorde.

The Epistle.

The same that is appoynted for the Sonday.

The Gospell.

WHen the time of their Purificacion (after the law of Moses) was come,* 1.11 they broughte hym to Ie∣rusalem, to presente hym to the Lorde (as it is written in the lawe of the Lorde: euerye manne childe that firste openeth the matrix, shalbe called holye to the Lord:) and to offer (as it is sayde in the law of the lord) a payre of turtle Dooues, or two young Pigions. And be∣holde, there was a man in Hierusalem, whose name was Simeon. And the same man was iust and godly, and loked for the consolation of Israel, and the holy gost was in him. And an aunswere had he receiued of the holy goste, that he should not see death, except he first saw the Lordes Christ. And he came by inspiracion into the temple.

¶Sainct Mathies day.

DElyuer me, O Lorde, from the euill manne:* 1.12 and preserue me from the wicked manne.

Which imagine mischiefe in theyr heartes: and stirre vp strife all the day long.

They haue sharpened theyr tongues lyke a Serpente: Adders poyson is vnder theyr lippes.

Kepe me, O Lord, from the handes of the vngodly: pre∣serue me from the wicked men, whiche are purposed to o∣uerthrowe my goinges.

The proude haue layed a snare for me, and spred a net a∣brode with coardes: yea, and set trappes in my way.

I sayd vnto the Lord, thou art my God: heare the voice of my prayers, O Lorde.

O Lorde God, thou strength of my health: thou haste co∣uered my head in the day of battayl.

Let not the vngodly haue his desire, O Lord: let not his mischieuous imaginacion prosper, lest they be to proude.

Lette the myschiefe of theyr owne lyppes fall vpon the head of them: that cumpasse me about.

Lette hoate burnyng coales fall vpon them: let them be caste into the fyer, and into the pyt, that they neuer ryse vp agayne.

A manne full of woordes shall not prosper vpon the yearth: euill shall hunte the wicked persone, to ouerthrowe hym.

Sure I am that the Lorde will auenge the poore: and maynteyne the cause of the helpelesse.

The righteous also shall geue thankes vnto thy name: and the iust shall continue in thy sight.

Glory be to the father, and to the sonne: and to the holy gost.

As it was in the begynnyng, is nowe, and euer shalbe: world without ende. Amen.

The Collect.

ALmightye God, whiche in the place of the traytor Iu∣das, didst chose thy faythfull seruaunte Mathie, to bee of the noumber of thy twelue Apostles: Graunte that thy church being alway preserued from false Apostles, may be ordred and guided by faythfull and true pastors: Through Iesus Christ our Lorde.

The Epistle.

* 1.13IN those dayes, Peter stode vp in the middes of the disciples, and sayd: (the number of na∣mes that were together, were about an .c. and xx.) Ye men and brethren, this scripture must nedes haue beene fulfilled, whiche the holye goste, through the mouth of Dauid, spake before of Iudas, which was guide to them that toke Iesus. For he was nū∣bred with vs, and had obteyned felowship in this ministra∣cion.

And the same hath nowe possessed a plat of grounde, with the rewarde of iniquitie: and when he was hanged, he burst a sunder in the middes, and all hys bowels gushed oute: And it is knowen vnto all the inhabiters of Hieru∣salem: in so muche that the same fielde is called, in theyr mother tongue, Acheldama, that is to say, the bloude field. For it is written in the booke of Psalmes: hys habitacion be voyde, and no man be dwelling therin, and hys busshop∣rike let an other take. Wherfore, of these men whiche haue companied with vs (all the time that the Lorde Iesus had all his conuersacion among vs, beginnyng at the baptisme of Iohn vnto that same day, that he was takē vp from vs) must one be ordeyned, to be a witnes with vs of hys resur∣reccion. And they appoynted two, Ioseph whiche is called Barsabas (whose syrname was Iustus) and Mathias. And when they prayed, they sayde: Thou Lorde, whiche knowest the heartes of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take the roume of this mini∣straciō and Apostleship, from which Iudas by transgressi∣on fell, that he might goe to his owne place. And they gaue furth theyr lottes, and the lot fell on Mathias, and he was coumpted with the eleuen Apostles.

The Gospell.

IN that tyme Iesus aunswered, and sayde:* 1.14 I thanke thee (O father) lord of heauē and earth, because thou haste hyd these thynges from the wyse and prudente, and hast shewed them vnto babes: verely father, euen so was it thy good pleasure. All thinges are geuen ouer vnto me of my father. And no man knoweth the sonne, but the father: neyther knoweth anye manne the father, saue the sonne, and he to whomesoeuer the sonne will open him. Come vnto me all ye that labour and are laden, and I wil ease you. Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me, for I am meke and lowly in heart, and ye shall fynde rest vnto your soules, for my yoke is easye, and my burden is light.

The Annunciation of the virgin Marie.

¶At the Communion.

* 1.15LOrd, I am not hye minded: I haue no proud lookes.

I doe not exercise myself in great maters: whiche are to hye for me.

But I refrayne my soule, and kepe it low, like as a childe that is wayned from his mo∣ther: yea, my soule is euen as a wayned childe.

O Israell trust in the Lorde: from this time furth, for e∣uermore.

Glory be to the father, and to the sonne. &c.

As it was in the beginning. &c. Amen.

The Collect.

WE beseche thee lord, powre thy grace into our heartes, that as we haue knowen Christ thy sonnes incarnaci∣on, by the message of an Angel: so by his crosse and passion, we may be broughte vnto the glorye of hys resurreccyon: Through the same Christ our Lorde.

The Epistle.

* 1.16GOd spake once agayne vnto Ahaz, saying: require a token of the lord thy god, whether it be toward the depth beneath, or towarde the heighte aboue. Then sayde Ahaz: I will require none, neyther will I tempte the lorde. And he sayde: hearken to, ye of the house of Dauid, is it not ynoughe for you, that ye bee grie∣uous vnto men, but ye must grieue my god also? And ther∣fore the Lorde shall geue you a token: Beholde, a virgin shall conceiue and beare a sonne, and his mother shall call his name Emanuel. Butter and Hony shall he eate, that he may know to refuse the euil and choose the good.

The Gospell.

* 1.17ANd in the sixth moneth, the Aungell Gabriell was sent from god vnto a citie of Galile, named Naza∣reth, to a virgin spoused to a mā, whose name was

Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, and the virgins name was Mary. And the Angel went in vnto her & said: Hayle ful of grace the Lorde is with thee: Blessed art thou among wo∣men. When she sawe hym, she was abashed at hys saying: and cast in her mind, what maner of salutacion that should be. And the Angel sayd vnto her: feare not Mary, for thou hast found grace with god: Beholde, thou shalt conceiue in thy wombe, and beare a sonne, and shalt call his name Ie∣sus: He shalbe great, & shalbe called the sonne of the hygh∣este. And the Lorde God shall geue vnto hym, the seate of his father Dauid, and he shall reigne ouer the house of Ia∣cob for euer, and of his kingdome there shall be none ende. Then sayd Mary vnto the Angel: How shal this be, seeing I know not a man? And the Angel answered and said vn∣to her: the holy gost shall come vpon thee, and the power of the highest shall ouershadow thee. Therfore also that holy thing whiche shal be borne, shalbe called the sonne of God. And beholde, thy cosin Elizabeth, she hath also conceiued a sonne in her age. And this is her sixth moneth, which was called baren: for with god shall nothing be vnpossible. And Mary sayd: beholde the handmayde of the Lorde: be it vn∣to me, accordyng to thy woorde. And the angel departed from her.

¶Sainct Markes day.

LOrd I call vpon thee, hast thee vnto me: and con∣sidre my voyce when I crye vnto thee.* 1.18

Let my prayer be set furth in thy sighte as the incense: and let the liftyng vp of my handes be an euening Sacrifice.

Set a watche, O Lorde, beefore my mouth: and kepe the doore of my lippes.

O let not myne hearte be enclyned to any euill thyng: let me not be occupyed in vngodly woorkes, with the men that woorke wickednesse, leste I eate of suche thynges as please them.

Let the righteous rather smite me frendely: and reproue me.

But let not theyr precyous Balmes breake myne head: yea I will pray yet agaynst theyr wickednes.

Let theyr iudges be ouerthrowen in stonye places: that they may heare my woordes, for they are swete.

Our bones lye scattered before the pitte: Lyke as when one breaketh and heweth wood vpon the earth.

But myne eyes looke vnto thee, O Lord God: in thee is my trust, O cast not out my soule.

Kepe me from the snare, whiche they haue layed for me: and from the trappes of the wicked dooers.

Let the vngodly fall into theyr owne nettes together: and let me euer escape them.

Glory be to the father, and to the sonne: and to the holy gost.

As it was in the begynnyng, is nowe, and euer shalbe: world without ende. Amen.

The Collect.

ALmyghtye GOD, whiche haste instructed thy holye Churche, with the heauenly doctrine of thy Euangelist Sainct Marke: geue vs grace so to bee establyshed by thy holy gospel, that we be not, like chyldren, caried away with euery blast of vayne Doctrine: Through Iesus Christ our Lorde.

The Epistle.

* 1.19VNto euerye one of vs is geuen grace accor∣dyng to the measure of the gyfte of Christe. Wherfore he sayth: when he went vp an hie, he led captiuitie captiue, & gaue gyftes vnto menne. That he ascended, what meaneth it, but that he also descended first into the low∣est partes of the earth? he that descended, is euen the same also that ascēded vp aboue all heauens, to fulfil al thinges. And the very same made some Apostles, some Prophetes, some Euangelistes, some shepeheardes and teachers: to the edifying of the Saintes, to the woorke & ministracion, euen to the edifying of the body of Christe, till we all come to the vnitie of faith, & knowledge of the some of god, vnto a per∣fect man, vnto the measure, of the full perfect age of Christ.

That we hencefurth should be no more children, wauering and caried about with euery winde of doctrine, by the wyli∣nes of men, through craftines, wherby they lay awayte for vs, to deceiue vs. But let vs folowe the trueth in loue, and in all thinges grow in him, which is the head, euen Christ, in whom if al the body be coupled & knit together, through∣out euery ioynte, wherwith one ministreth to an other (ac∣cording to the operacion, as euery parte hath his measure) he encreaseth the body, vnto the edifying of it selfe through loue.

The Gospel.

I Am the true vine,* 1.20 and my father is an husband man. Euery braunche that beareth not fruite in me, he wil take away. And euery braunche that beareth fruite, will he pourge, that it may bring furth more fruite. Now are ye cleane through the woordes whiche I haue spoken vnto you. Byde in me and I in you. As the braunche cannot beare fruite of it selfe, except it bide in the vine: no more can ye, except ye abyde in me. I am the vine, ye are the braunches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth furth muche fruite. For without me can ye do nothing. If a man byde not in me, he is cast furth as a braunche, and is withered: And men gather them, and cast them into the fyer, and they burne. If ye bide in me, and my woordes abyde in you, aske what ye will, and it shall be dooen for you. Herein is my father glorifyed, that ye beare muche fruite, and become my Disciples. As the father hath loued me, euen so haue I also loued you. Continue ye in my loue. If ye kepe my commaundementes, ye shall bide in my loue, euen as I haue kept my fathers commaundementes, and abyde in hys loue. These thynges haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remayne in you, and that your ioye might be full.

¶Sainct Philip and Iames.

¶At Mattins.

The seconde lesson. Actes .viii. vnto. when the Apostles.

¶At the Communion.

* 1.21BEholde, howe good and ioyfull a thyng it is: bre∣thren to dwell together in vnitie.

It is like the precious oyntment vpon the head, that ran down vnto the beard: euen vnto Aarons bearde, and went downe to the skirtes of hys clothing.

Like the dewe of Hermon: which fell vpon the hil of Si∣on.

For there the Lorde promised hys blessyng: and lyfe for euermore.

Glory be to the father, and to the sonne: and to the holy gost.

As it was in the begynnyng, is nowe, and euer shall be: worlde without ende. Amen.

The Collect.

ALmightie God, whome truely to knowe is euerlasting lyfe: Graunte vs perfectlye to knowe thy sonne Iesus Christe, to be the way, the trueth, and the lyfe, as thou haste taught saint Philip, and other the Apostles: Through Ie∣sus Christe our Lorde.

The Epistle.

* 1.22IAmes the seruaunt of God, and of the Lord Ie∣sus Christe, sendethe greetyng to the .xii, Tribes which are scatered abroade. My brethren, count it for an exceding ioye, when ye fall into dyuerse temptacions: Knowing this: that the trying of your fayth, gendreth pacience: and let pacience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfecte, and sound, lacking nothing. If any of you lacke wisedome, let hym aske of hym that geueth it: euen God, whiche geueth to all men indifferentlye, and cas∣teth no man in the teeth, and it shalbe geuen hym. But let hym aske in fayth, and wauer not: for he that doubteth, is lyke a waue of the sea, whiche is tost of the windes, and ca∣ried with violence. Neither let that manne thynke, that he shall receiue any thing of the Lorde. A waueryng mynded man, is vnstable in all his wayes. Let the brother whiche

is of lowe degree, reioyce when he is exalted. Agayne, let him that is riche, reioyce when he is made lowe. For euen as the flower of the grasse, shall he passe awaye. For as the sunne riseth with heate, and the grasse withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the beautye of the fashyon of it perisheth: euen so shall the riche manne peryshe in hys wayes. Happy is the man that endureth temptacion: For when he is tried, he shall receyue the croune of lyfe, whiche the Lorde hath promised to them that loue him.

The Gospell.

ANd Iesus sayed vnto his disciples:* 1.23 let not youre hearte be troubled. Ye beleue in God, beleue also in me. In my fathers house are many Mansions. If it were not so, I woulde haue tolde you. I goe to prepare a place for you. And yf I goe to prepare a place for you, I will come againe and receiue you, euen vnto my selfe: that where I am, there may ye be also. And whither I goe, ye knowe, and the waye ye knowe. Thomas sayeth vnto him: Lorde, we knowe not whether thou goest. And howe is it possible for vs to knowe the waye? Iesus saieth vnto him: I am the waye, & the trueth, & the lyfe: No man cometh vnto the father but by me: if ye had knowen me, ye had knowen my father also: And nowe ye knowe him, and haue seen him. Philip sayeth vnto him: Lorde shewe vs the father, and it suffiseth vs. Iesus sayeth vnto him: haue I bene so long time with you, and yet haste thou not kno∣wen me? Philip, he that hath sene me, hath sene my father, and howe sayest thou then, shewe vs the father? Beleuest thou not that I am in the father, & the father in me? The woordes that I speake vnto you, I speake not of my selfe: But the father that dwelleth in me, is he that doeth the workes. Beleue me that I am in the father, and the father in me. Orels beleue me for the workes sake. Verely, vere∣ly, I say vnto you: he that beleueth on me, the workes that I doe, the same shall he doe also, and greater workes then these shall he doe, because I go vnto my father. And what∣soeuer ye aske in my name, that will I doe, that the father may be gloryfied by the sonne. Yf ye shall aske anye thyng in my name, I will do it.

At Mattyns.

¶The seconde lesson. Actes .xiiii. vnto the ende.

¶At the Communion.

* 1.24I Cried vnto the Lord with my voyce: yea euen vnto the Lorde did I make my supplicacion.

I powred out my complayntes before hym: and shewed him of my trouble.

When my spirit was in heauines, thou kne∣west my path: in the waye wherein I walked, haue they prieuely layed a snare for me.

I looked also vpon my righthande: and see, there was no man that would knowe me.

I had no place to flye vnto: and no manne cared for my soule.

I cryed vnto thee, O Lord, and said: Thou art my hope and my porcion in the lande of the lyuyng.

Consider my complaynt: for I am brought very lowe.

O delyuer me from my persecutours: for they are to strong for me.

Bryng my soule out of prieson, that I maye geue than∣kes vnto thy name: which thing if thou wilte graunte me, then shall the righteous resorte vnto my company.

Glory be to the father. &c.

As it was in the beginning. &c.

The Collect.

LOrde almyghtie, whiche haste indued thy holy Apostle Barnabas, with singuler giftes of thy holy gost: let vs not be destitute of thy manyfolde giftes, nor yet of grace to vse them alwaye to thy honoure and glory: Through Ie∣sus Christ our Lorde.

The Epistle.

* 1.25TYdynges of these thinges came vnto the eares of the congregacion, which was in Ierusalem. And they sent furth Barnabas, that he should goe vn∣to Antioche. Whiche when he came, and had seen

the grace of God, was glad and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart, they would continually cleaue vn∣to the Lorde. For he was a good man, and full of the holy gost and of fayth, and muche people was added vnto the Lorde. Then departed Barnabas to Tharsus, for to seke Saul. And when he had found him, he brought him vnto Antioche. And it chaunsed, that a whole yere they hadde theyr conuersacion with the congregacion there, & taught muche people, insomuche that the disciples of Antioche were the first that were called Christen. In those dayes came Prophetes from the citie of Hierusalem vnto Anti∣oche. And there stode vp one of them, named Agabus, and signified by the spirite, that there should be greate dearth throughout all the world, which came to passe in the Em∣peroure Cladius dayes. Then the disciples, euery manne according to his habilitie, purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewry: which thing they also dyd, and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul.

The Gospell.

THys is my commaundement,* 1.26 that ye loue toge∣ther, as I haue loued you: Greater loue hath no man, then this: that a man bestowe his lyfe for his frendes. Ye are my frendes, yf ye doe what∣soeuer I commaunde you. Hencefurth call I you not ser∣uauntes, for the seruaunte knoweth not what his Lorde doeth. But you haue I called frendes: for all thinges that I haue heard of my father, haue I opened to you: ye haue not chosen me, but I haue chosen you, and ordayned you to goe and bryng furth fruite, and that your fruite shoulde remayne: that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my name, he maye geue it you.

¶At Euensong.

¶The second lesson. Act. xv. (vnto) After certayne dayes.

¶Saynct Iohn Baptist.

¶Proper lessons at Mattyns.

The first lesson. Malach. iii vnto the ende.

The seconde lesson. Mat. iii. vnto the ende.

At the communion.

HEare my prayer, O Lorde, and considre my desire:* 1.27 herken vnto me for thy trueth and righteousnes sake.

And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt: for in thy sight shall no man ly∣uing be iustified.

For the enemy hath persecuted my soule, he hath smittē my life down to the ground: he hath laied me in the dark∣nes, as the men that haue been long dead.

Therfore is my spirite vexed within me: and my heart within me is desolate.

Yet doe I remembre the tyme past, I muse vpon all thy workes: yea I exercise my selfe in the workes of thy hādes.

I stretche forth my handes vnto thee: my soule gaspeth vnto thee, as a thristie lande.

Heare me, O Lord, and that soone, for my spirite wereth faynte: hide not thy face from me, lest I be lyke vnto them that goe downe into the pitte.

O let me heare thy louynge kindenesse betymes in the morning, for in thee is my trust: shewe thou me the waye that I shoulde walke in, for I lift vp my soule vnto thee.

Delyuer me, O Lorde, from myne enemies: for I flye vn∣to thee to hyde me.

Teache me to doe the thing that pleaseth thee, for thou art my God: let thy louing spirite leade me forth vnto the lande of righteousnes.

Quicken me, O Lorde, for thy names sake: and for thy righteousnes sake bring my soule out of trouble.

And of thy goodnes slay mine enemies: and destroie all them that vexe my soule, for I am thy seruaunt.

Glory be to the father. &c.

As it was in the beginning. &c.

The Collect.

ALmyghtie God, by whose prouidence thy seruaunte Iohn Baptiste was wonderfully borne, and sente to prepare the waye of thy sonne our sauiour by preachynge of penaunce: make vs so to folowe hys doctrine and holy lyfe, that we may truly repent according to his preachyng and after his example constantly speake the trueth, boldly

rebuke vice, and paciently suffer for the truethes sake: through Iesus Christe our lorde.

The Epistle.

BE of good there my people,* 1.28 O ye Prophetes com∣fort my people, sayeth your God, comforte Ierusa∣lem at the heart, and tell her, that her trauayle is at an ende, that her offence is pardoned, that she hath receiued of the Lordes hand sufficiēt correccion for all her sinnes. A voyce crieth in wildernes, prepare the waye of the Lorde in the wildernes, make straight the path for our God in the deserte. Lette all valleys be exalted, and e∣uery mountayne and hyll be layed lowe: whatso is croked let it be made straight, and lette the rough be made playne fieldes. For the glory of the Lorde shall appeare, and all fleshe shall at once see it: for why, the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it. The same voyce spake. Now cry. And the Prophete aunswered: what shall I cry? that all fleshe is grasse, & that all the goodlynes thereof is as the floure of the fielde. The grasse is withered, the floure falleth a way. Euen so is the people as grasse, whē the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them. Neuerthelesse, whether the grasse wyther, or that the floure fade away, yet the worde of our God endureth for euer. Go vp vnto the hie hill (O Sion) thou that bringest good tidynges, lift vp thy voyce with power, O thou preacher Ierusalem: Lift it vp without feare, and say vnto the cities of Iuda: Beholde your God: beholde, the Lorde God shall come with power, and beare rule with hys arme. Beholde, he bryngeth hys treasure with him, and his workes go before him. He shall feede his flocke lyke an heardman. He shall gather the lambes toge∣ther with his arme, and carye them in his bosome, and shall kyndely entreate those that beare yong.

The Gospell.

* 1.29ELizabethes tyme came that she should be deliue∣red, and she brought furth a sonne. And her neigh∣bours and her cosins hearde howe the Lord had shewed greate mercye vpon her, and they reioysed wyth her. And it fortuned that in the eight day they came to cir∣cumcise the childe: & called his name Zacharias, after the name of his father. And his mother answered, & sayd: not soo, but he shall be called Iohn. And they sayed vnto her. There is none in thy kinred that is named w^t this name. And they made signes to his father, howe he woulde haue him called. And he asked for writing tables, and wrot, say∣ing: his name is Iohn. And they meruayled all. And hys mouthe was opened immediatly, & his tonge also, and he spake & praysed God. And feare came on al thē that dwelt nye vnto them. And all these sayinges were noysed abrode throughout all the hyll countrey of Iury, and al they that heard them laied thē vp in their heartes, saying: what ma∣ner of chylde shall thys be? And the hande of the Lorde was with him. And his father Zacharias was filled with the holy gost, and prophecied, saying: Praysed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redemed his people. And hathe raysed vp an horne of saluacion vnto vs, in the house of his seruaunt Dauid. Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy Prophetes, which were sence the world began. That we should be saued from our enemies, & from the hand of all that hate vs. That he would deale merci∣fully with our fathers, & remembre his holy couenaunte. And that he woulde performe the othe which he sware to our father Abrahā for to geue vs. That we deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, myght serue hym wythout feare, all the dayes of our lyfe, in such holines and righte∣ousnes as are acceptable before him. And thou child shalt be called the prophete of the hiest, for thou shalte goe be∣fore the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes: to geue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remissiō of sinnes. Through the tendre mercy of our God, wherby the day spring frō an hie hath visited vs. To geue light to thē that sate in darkenes, & in the shadowe of death, to guyde our feete into the waye of peace. And the child grewe and waxed strong in spirite, and was in wildernes tyll the day came, when he should shewe himselfe vnto the Israelites.

Proper lessons at Euensong.

The first lesson. Malach. iii. vnto the ende.

The seconde lesson. Mat. xiiii. (vnto) when Iesus hearde.

¶Sainct Peters day.

At Mattyns.

The seconde lesson Act. iii. vnto the ende.

At the Communion.

BLessed be the Lorde my strengthe:* 1.30 whyche tea∣cheth my handes to warre, and my fyngers to fyght.

My hope, and my fortresse, my castle, and delyuerer, my defender in whome I truste: whiche subdueth my people that is vnder me.

Lorde, what is man that thou hast suche respect vnto hym? or the sonne of man, that thou so regardest him?

Manne is lyke a thyng of naughte: his tyme passeth a∣waye lyke a shadowe.

Bowe thy heauens, O Lorde, and come downe: touche the mountaynes and they shall smoke.

Caste furthe the lyghtnynge, and teare them: shote out thyne arrowes and consume them.

Sende downe thyne hand from aboue: delyuer me and take me out of the great waters, frō the hande of straunge children.

Whose mouth talketh of vanitie: and their right hande is a right hande of wickednes.

I wyll syng a newe songe vnto thee, O God: and syng prayses vnto thee vpon a ten stringed Lute.

Thou that geueste victorye vnto kynges: and haste de∣lyuered Dauid thy seruaunt from the peryll of the sworde.

Saue me, and delyuer me from the hande of straunge children: whose mouth talketh of vanitie, and their right hande is a right hand of iniquitie.

That our sonnes maye growe vp as the yong plantes: and that our doughters maye be as the pollyshed corners of the temple.

That our garners may be full and plenteous with all maner of store: that our shepe may bring furth thousandes and ten thousandes in our stretes.

That our Oxen maye be strong to labor, that there bee no decay: no leading into captiuitie, and no complainyng in our stretes.

Happy are the people that bee in suche a case: yea blessed are the people whiche haue the Lorde for their God.

Glory be to the father, and to the sonne. &c.

As it was in the beginning. &c.

The Collect.

ALmightie God whiche by thy sonne Iesus Christ hast geuen to thy Apostle sayncte Peter many excellente giftes, and commaundedst him earnestly to fede thy flocke: make we beseche thee, all byshops and pastors diligently to preache thy holy worde, and the people obedientlye to folowe the same, that they may receyue the croune of euer∣lasting Glorye, through Iesus Christ our Lorde.

The Epistle.

* 1.31AT the same tyme Herode the kynge stretched furthe his handes to vexe certayne of the con∣gregacion. And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde. And because he saw that it pleased the Iewes, he proceded farther and tooke Peter also. Then were the dayes of swete breade. And when he had caught him, he put him in prison also, & delyuered him to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kept, entending after Easter to bryng him furthe to the people. And Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was made with out ceassing, of the congregacyon vnto God for him. And when Herode would haue brought him out vnto the people, the same night slept Peter betwene two souldi∣ers bounde with two chaynes: And the kepers before the dore, kept the prison. And beholde the angell of the Lorde was there present, and a lyght shyned in the habitacion. And he smote Peter on the side, and stiered him vp, saying: aryse vp quickely. And his chaines fel of from his handes. And the angell sayd vnto him: gyrde thy selfe, and bind on thy sandales. And so he dyd. And he sayeth vnto him: cast thy garment aboute thee and folowe me. And he came out and folowed him, and wyst not that it was trueth whiche

was done by the angell, but thought he had seen a vision. When they were past the first and the second watche, they came vnto the yron gate, that leadeth vnto the citie, which opened to them by the owne accorde. And they went out, and passed thorowe one strete, and furthwith the angel de∣parted from hym. And when Peter was come to himselfe, he sayd: now I know of a suertie that the Lord hath sente hys angell, and hathe delyuered me out of the hande of Herode, and from all the waytyng for of the people of the Iewes.

The Gospell.

WHen Iesus came into the coastes of the citie which is called Cesaria Philippi,* 1.32 he asked his disciples, sayinge: whome do men saye that I the sonne of man am? They sayed: some saye that thou art Iohn Baptiste, some Helias, some Ieremias, or one of the noumbre of the prophetes. He sayeth vnto them: but whome say ye that I am? Simon Peter aunswered, and sayed: Thou art Christ the sonne of the lyuing God. And Iesus answered, and said vnto hym. Happy art thou Simon the sonne of Ionas, for fleshe and bloude hath not opened that vnto thee: but my father which is in heauen. And I say also vnto thee, that thou art Peter: and vpon this rocke I wyl buylde my congregaci∣on. And the gates of hel shall not preuail agaynst it. And I wil geue vnto thee the keyes of the kingdome of heauen. And whatsoeuer thou byndest in earth, shalbe bounde in heauen: and whatsoeuer thou locest in earth, shalbe loced in heauen.

At Euensong.

The seconde lesson Act. iiii. Vnto the ende.

¶ Sainct Marye Magdalene.

PRayse the Lorde, O my soule:* 1.33 whyle I lyue wil I prayse the Lord, yea as long as I haue any being I wyll syng prayses vnto my God.

O put not your trust in princes: nor in any childe of man,

for there is no helpe in them.

For when the breath of man goeth furth, he shall turne agayne to his yearth: and then all his thoughtes peryshe.

Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for his helpe: and whose hope is in the Lorde his God.

Whiche made heauen and yearth, the sea and all that therin is: whiche kepeth his promise for euer.

Whiche helpeth them to right that suffre wrong: which fedeth the hungry.

The Lorde loceth menne out of pryson: the Lorde ge∣ueth sight to the blinde.

The Lorde helpeth them vp that are fallen: the Lorde careth for the righteous.

The Lorde careth for the straungers, he defendeth the fatherles and wydowe: as for the waye of the vngodlye, he turneth it vp side downe.

The Lorde thy God, O Sion, shalbe king for euermore: and throughout all generacions.

Glory be to the father. &c.

As it was in the. &c. Amen.

The Collect.

MErcifull father geue vs grace, that we neuer presume to sinne through the example of anye creature, but if it shall chaunce vs at any tyme to offende thy dyuine maiestie: that then we maye truly repent, and lament the same, after the example of Mary Magdalene, and by lyue∣lye faythe obtayne remission of all oure sinnes: throughe the onely merites of thy sonne oure sauiour Christ.

The Epistle.

* 1.34WHosoeuer findeth an honest faithful womā, she is muche more worth then pearles. The heart of her husbande maie safely trust in her, so that he shall fall in no pouertie. She wil doe him good and not euil, all the dayes of her lyfe. She occupieth woll and flaxe, and laboureth gladlye with her handes. She is lyke a mar∣chauntes ship that bryngeth her vitayles frō a farre. She is vp in the night season to prouide meat for her houshold,

and foode for her maydens. She considereth lande and by∣eth it, & with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vine∣yarde. She girdeth her loynes with strengthe, and coura∣geth her armes. And yf she perceyue that her huswifery doeth good, her candle goeth not out by night. She layeth her fingers to the spindle: and her hand taketh hold of the distaffe. She openeth her hande to the poore, yea she stret∣cheth furth her handes to suche as haue nede. She feareth not that the colde of winter shall hurt her house, for all her houshold folkes are clothed with skarlet. She maketh her selfe fayre ornamentes, her clothing is white silke and pur∣ple. Her husband is much set by in the gates, whē he sitteth among the rewlers of the lande. She maketh cloth of silke and selleth it, and deliuereth girdles vnto the marchaunt. Strength & honour is her clothing, & in the latter day she shall reioyce. She openeth her mouth with wisdome, and in her tongue is the lawe of grace. She looketh wel to the wayes of her housholde: and eateth not her breade with y∣dlenes. Her children shall arise, and call her blessed: and her husbande shal make muche of her. Many doughters there be that gather ryches together: but thou goest aboue them al. As for fauour it is deceitpfull, & beutie is a vaine thing: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, she is woorthy to be praysed. Geue her of the fruite of her handes, and lette her owne workes prayse her in the gates.

The Gospell.

ANd one of the Phariseis desired Iesus that he woulde eate with him.* 1.35 And he went into the Pha∣riseis house, and sate downe to meate. And behold a woman in that citie (whyche was a synner) assone as she knewe that Iesus sate at meate in the Phariseis house, she brought an Alabaster boxe of oyntemente, and stode at his feete behind him weping, and began to washe his feete with teares, and dyd wype them with the heares of her head, and kyssed his feete, and anoynted them with the oyntment. When the Pharisee (which had bidden him) saw that, he spake within himselfe, saying: if this mā were

a prophete, he would surely knowe who and what maner of woman this is that touched him, for she is a sinner. Iesus aunswered and sayed vnto him: Simon, I haue some∣what to say vnto thee. And he said: Maister say on. There was a certayne lender whiche had two debters, the one ought him fiue hundreth pence, and the other fiftie. When they had nothing to pay, he forgaue them bothe. Tell me therfore, whiche of them will loue him most? Simon aun∣swered, and sayd: I suppose that he to whome he forgaue moste. And he sayd vnto him: thou hast truely iudged. And he turned to the woman, and sayde vnto Simon: Seeste thou this woman? I entred into thy house, thou gauest me no water for my feete: but she hath washed my feete with teares, and wiped them with the heares of her head. Thou gaueste me no kysse: but she sence the tyme I came in, hath not ceassed to kysse my feete. My head with oyle thou didst not anoint, but she hath anointed my feete with ointment. Wherfore I say vnto thee: many sinnes are forgiuē her, for she loued much. To whome lesse is forgeuē, the same doeth lesse loue. And he said vnto her: thy sinnes are forgeuē thee. And they that sate at meate with him, began to say within themselues. Who is this which forgeueth sinnes also? And he sayd to the woman. Thy fayth hath saued thee: go in peace.

¶ Sainct Iames the Apostle.

* 1.36O Prayse the Lorde of heauen: prayse him in the height.

Prayse him all ye angels of his: prayse him all his hoste.

Praise him Sunne and Moone: praise ye him all ye starres and lyght.

Prayse him all ye heauens: and ye waters that be aboue the heauens.

Let them prayse the name of the Lorde: for (he spake the woorde, and they were made) he commaunded, and they were created.

He hath made them fast for euer and euer: he hath geuen them a lawe, whiche shall not be broken.

Prayse the lord vpō the earth, ye dragons, and al depes.

Fyre, and hayle, snowe and vapours, wynd and storme: fulfillyng hys worde.

Montaynes and all hilles: fruitful trees and al Ceders. Beastes and all cattell: wormes and fethered foules.

Kinges of the earth and all people: princes and all the Iudges of the worlde.

Youngmen and maydens, olde men and children, prayse the name of the lorde: for his name onely is excellente, and his prayse aboue heauen and earth

He shal exalt the horne of his people, al his sainctes shal prayse him: euen the children of Israel, euen the people that serueth him.

Glory be to the father. &c.

As it was in the beginning. &c.

The Collect.

GRaunt, O merciful God, that as thyne holye Apostle Iames leauing his father and al that he had, without delay, was obediente vnto the calling of thy sonne Iesus Christ, and folowed him: So we forsaking al worldly and carnal affeccions, may be euermore ready to folow thy cō∣maundementes: through Iesus Christ our Lorde.

The Epistle.

IN those dayes came prophetes from the citie of Ierusalem vnto Antioche.* 1.37 And there stode vp one of them, named Agabus, and signified by the spirite, that there shoulde bee greate derthe throughout al the worlde, which came to passe in the Emperour Claudius dayes. Then the dis∣ciples, euery man according to his habilitie, purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren whiche dwelt in Iewry, whiche thing they also did, and sent it to the elders, by the handes of Barnabas and Saul.* 1.38 At the same time Herod the kinge stretched furthe his handes to vexe certaine of the congregaciō. And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sweord. And because he sawe that it pleased the Iewes, he proceded farther and toke Peter also.

The Gospell.

* 1.39THen came to hym the mother of zebedes chil∣dren, with her sonnes, wurshipping him, and desiring a certayne thing of him. And he saied vnto her: what wilt thou? She said vnto him: Graunt that these my two sonnes may sit, the one on thy right hand, & the other on thy left, in thy kyng∣dome. But Iesus answered, and sayd: ye wot not what ye aske. Are ye able to drinke of the cup that I shall drinke of, and to be baptised with the baptisme that I am baptised with? They sayd vnto him: we are: He sayd vnto them: ye shal drinke in dede of my cup, & be baptized with the bap∣tisme that I am baptised with: but to sit on my right hāde, and on my lefte, is not myne to geue: but it shall chaunce vnto thē that it is prepared for of my father. And when the ten heard this, they dysdayned at the two brethren. But Iesus called them vnto him, & said: ye knowe that the prin∣ces of the nacions haue dominion ouer thē, and they that are greate men, exercise authoritie vpon them. It shall not be so among you. But whosoeuer wil be great among you, let him be your minister: & whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, lette him be your seruaunt. Euen as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto, but to ministre, and to geue his lyfe a redempcion for many.

Sainct Bartholomewe.

* 1.40NOt vnto vs (O Lord) not vnto vs, but vnto thy name geue the praise: for thy louing mer∣cy and for thy truethes sake.

Wherfore shall the heathen say: where is now their God?

As for our God he is in heauen: he hath done whatsoeuer pleased hym.

Their Idoles are siluer and golde: euen the woorke of mens handes.

They haue mouthes and speake not: eyes haue they and see not.

They haue eares, and heare not: noses haue they and smell not.

They haue handes and handle not: feete haue they and walke not, neyther speake they through their throte.

They that make them are lyke vnto them: and so are all suche as put their trust in them.

But the house of Israell, trust thou in the Lorde: he is their succour and defence.

Ye house of Aaron put your trust in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.

Ye that feare the Lorde, trust ye in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.

The Lorde hath bene myndfull of vs, and he shall blesse vs: euen he shall blesse the house of Israell, he shall blesse the house of Aaron.

He shall blesse thē that feare the Lorde: both small and greate.

The Lorde shall encreace you more and more: you and your children.

Ye are the blessed of the Lord: whiche made heauen and yearth.

All the whole heauens are the Lordes: the yearth hath He geuen vnto the children of men.

The dead prayse not thee (O Lord): neither al they that goe downe into the silence.

But we wyll prayse the Lorde: from this time foorth for euermore.

Glory be to the father, and to the sonne. &c.

As it was in the beginning. &c. Amen.

The Collect.

O Almyghtie and euerlasting God, whiche hast geuen grace to thy apostle Bartholomewe truelye to beleue and to preache thy worde: graūt we beseche thee, vnto thy churche, both to loue that he beleued, & to preache that he taught: through Christe our Lorde.

The Epistle.

BY the handes of the Apostles were manye sygnes and wonders shewed among the people.* 1.41 And they were all together with one accorde in Salomons

porche. And of other durst no man ioine hymselfe to them: neuertheles the people magnified them. The noumber of thē that beleued in the Lord, both of men & weomē, grewe more & more: in so muche that they brought the sicke into the stretes, and laied them on beddes and couches, that at the least way the shadow of Peter, whē he came by, myght shadow some of them (and that they might al be deliuered from their infirmites.) There came also a multitude out of the cities rounde about, vnto Ierusalem, bringyng sicke folkes, and them which were vexed with vncleane spirites: And they were healed euery one.

The Gospell.

* 1.42ANd there was a stryfe amonge them which of them shoulde seme to be the greateste. And he sayd vnto them: the kynges of nacions reigne ouer them, and they that haue authoritie vpon them are called gracious Lordes: But ye shal not be so. But he that is greatest among you, shalbe as the younger: and he that is chiefe, shal be as he that doeth mi∣nister. For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at meate: But I am among you, as he that ministreth. Ye are they, which haue bidden with me in my temptacions. And I appointe vnto you a kingdome, as my father hath appoynted to me, that ye may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome, & sit on seates iudgeing the twelue Tribes of Israell.

¶Sainct Mathewe.

* 1.43O Prayse the lorde all ye heathen: prayse him al ye nacions.

For his mercifull kindnes is euer more and more to warde vs: and the trueth of the Lorde endureth for euer.

Glory be to the father, and to the sonne: and to the holy gost.

As it was in the beginnyng, is nowe, and euer shalbe: worlde without ende. Amen.

The Collect.

ALmightie God, whiche by thy blessed sonne diddest call Mathewe from the receipte of custome to be an A∣postle and Euāgelist: Graunt vs grace to forsake all coue∣tous desyres and inordinate loue of riches, and to folowe thy sayed sonne Iesus Christ: who lyueth and reigneth. &c.

The Epistle.

SEyng that we haue suche an office,* 1.44 euen as God hath had mercye on vs, we go not out of kynde, but haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye, and walke not in craftines, neyther handle we the worde of God deceiptfully, but open the trueth, & reporte our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God. If our gospell be yet hid, it is hid among them that are lost, in whom the God of this worlde hath blinded the mindes of them, whiche beleue not, leste the light of the gospell of the glory of Christe (whiche is the image of God) should shyne vnto them. For we preache not our selues, but Christe Ie∣sus to be the Lorde, and oure selues, youre seruauntes, for Iesus sake. For it is God that commaunded the light to shyne out of darkenes, whiche hath shyned in our heartes, for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Iesus Christe.

The Gospell.

ANd as Iesus passed forth from thence,* 1.45 he sawe a man (named Mathewe) sitting at the receipt of custome, and hesaid vnto him: folow me. And he arose and folowed him. And it came to passe as Iesus sate at meate in his house: beholde, many Pu∣blicans also and sinners that came, sate downe with Iesus and his disciples. And when the Phariseis sawe it, they said vnto his disciples: why eateth your Maister with Pu∣blicanes and sinners? But when Iesus heard that, he saied vnto them: They that be strong nede not the phisicion, but they that are sicke. Goe ye rather and learne what that meaneth: I wil haue mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but synners to repentaunce.

Sainct Michael and all Angels.

¶At the communion.

* 1.46PRayse the Lorde (ye seruauntes) O prayse the name of the Lorde.

Blessed be the name of the Lorde: from this tyme furth for euermore.

The Lordes name is praysed: from the rysyng vp of the Sunne, vnto the goyng downe of the same.

The Lorde is hye aboue all heathen: and his glory a∣boue the heauens.

Who is lyke vnto the Lorde our God, that hath his dwellyng so hye: and yet humbleth hymselfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and earth?

He taketh vp the symple out of the dust: and lifteth the poore out of the myre.

That he may set hym with the princes: euen with the princes of his people.

He maketh the baren woman to kepe house: and to be a ioyfull mother of children.

Glorye be to the father, and to the sonne. &c.

As it was in the beginning, is nowe, and euer. &c.

The Collect.

EVerlasting God, whiche haste ordained and constituted the seruices of all Angels and men in a wonderfull or∣dre: mercifully graunt that they whiche alwaye doe thee seruice in heauen, may by thy appointment succour and de∣fende vs in earth: through Iesus Christe our Lorde. &c.

The Epistle.

* 1.47THere was a great battaile in heauen: Michael and his Angels fought with the Dragō, and the Dra∣gon fought & his Angels, and preuayled not, nei∣ther was theyr place found any more in heauen. And the great Dragon, that olde serpent, called the deuill and Sa∣thanas, was cast out, whiche deceiueth all the worlde. And he was cast into the earth, and his Angels were cast out also with him. And I heard a loude voyce, saying: in heauē is nowe made saluacion and strength, and the kyngdom

of our God, and the power of his Christ. For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe, whiche accused them before our God day and night. And they ouercame hym by the bloud of the lambe, and by the worde of their testimony, and they loued not their liues vnto the death. Therfore reioyce hea∣uens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe vnto the inhabitours of the earth, and of the sea: for the deuill is come downe vn∣to you, which hath great wrathe, because he knoweth that he hathe but a shorte tyme.

The Gospell.

AT thesame time came the disciples vnto Iesus saying:* 1.48 who is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen? Iesus called a childe vnto hym, and sette hym in the myddest of them, and sayed: Verely I saye vnto you, excepte ye turne and become as children, ye shall not entre into the kyngdome of heauen. Whosoeuer therfore humbleth hymselfe as this childe, thesame is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen. And whosoeuer receyueth suche a childe in my name, re∣ceiueth me. But whoso doth offende one of these lytleons whiche beleue in me, it were better for hym that a milstone were hanged aboute his necke, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe vnto the worlde, because of of∣fences: necessary it is that offences come: But woe vnto the manne, by whom the offence cometh. Wherfore, yf thy hande or thy foote hynder thee, cut him of, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to entre into lyfe halt or maimed, rather then thou shouldest (hauing two hādes or two fete) be cast into euerlasting fyre. And yf thine iye offende thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to entre into life with one iye, rather then (hauing .ij. iyes) to be cast into hell fyre. Take hede that ye despise not one of these lytleons. For I saye vnto you: that in heauen theyr Angels doe alwayes beholde the face of my father, whiche is in heauen.

¶Sainct Luke Euangelist.

BY the waters of Babylon we sate downe & wept:* 1.49 when we remembred (thee O) Sion.

As for our harpes we hanged them vp: vpon

the trees that are therin.

For they that led vs away captiue, required of vs then a song and melodye in our heauines: syng vs one of the songes of Sion.

Howe shall we syng the Lordes song: in a straunge lande?

If I forget thee, O Ierusalem: let my ryght hande forget her cunning.

If I doe not remembre thee, let my tong cleaue to the rose of my mouth: yea yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth.

Remembre the chyldren of Edom, O Lorde, in the day of Ierusalem, howe they sayed: downe with it, downe with it euen to the grounde.

O daughter of Babylon, wasted with miserie: yea hap∣pye shal he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast serued vs.

Blessed shall he be, that taketh thy chyldren: and thro∣weth them against the stones.

Glorye be to the father, and to the sonne. &c.

As it was in the beginning, is nowe, and euer. &c.

The Collect.

ALmightie God whiche calledst Luke the phisicion, whose prayse is in the gospell, to be a phisicion of the soule: it may please thee by the holsome medicines of his doctrine, to heale al the diseases of oure soules: through thy sonne Iesus Christe oure Lorde.

The Epistle.

WAtche thou in all thinges, suffre affliccions, doe the worke throughly of an Euangelist,* 1.50 fulfyll thyne office vnto the vtmoste: be sobre. For I am nowe ready to be offred, and the tyme of my departing is at hād. I haue fought a good fyght, I haue fulfilled my course, I haue kept the faith. Frō hencefurth there is layed vp for me a crowne of righteous∣nes whiche the Lorde (that is a righteous iudge) shal geue me at that day: not to me only, but vnto all them also that loue his comming. Doe thy diligence, that thou mayst come

shortly vnto me. For Demas hath forsaken me, and loueth this presente worlde, and is departed vnto Thessalonica. Crescens is gone to Galacia, Titus vnto Dalmacia, only Lucas is with me. Take Marke and bring him with thee, for he is profitable vnto me for the ministracion. And Ty∣chicus haue I sent to Ephesus: The cloke that I left at Troada with Carpus, when thou commest, bring with thee, and the bookes, but specially the parchement. Alexan∣der the coppersmith did me muche euill: the Lord rewarde hym accordyng to his dedes, of whom be thou ware also: For he hath greatly withstande our wordes.

The Gospell.

THe Lorde appointed other seuenty (and two) also,* 1.51 and sente them two and two before hym into euery citie and place, whither he hymselfe woulde come. Therfore saied he vnto them: the haruest is greate, but the labourers are fewe. Praye ye therfore the Lorde of the haruest, to sende furthe labourers into his haruest. Go your wayes: beholde, I sende you foorth as lambes among wolues. Beare no wallet, neyther scrip, nor shoes, and sa∣lute no man by the waye: into whatsoeuer house ye entre, fyrst saye, peace be to this house. And yf the sonne of peace be there, your peace shal rest vpon him: if not, it shal returne to you agayne. And in thesame house tary styll, eating and drinkyng suche as they geue. For the labourer is worthy of his reward.

¶Symon and Iude Apostles.

O Prayse God in his holynes:* 1.52 prayse hym in the firmament of his power.

Prayse him in his noble actes: prayse hym ac∣cordyng to his excellent greatnesse.

Prayse hym in the sounde of the trumpet: prayse hym vpon the lute and harpe.

Prayse hym in the cymbales and daunse: prayse hym v∣pon the stringes and pipe.

Prayse hym vpon the well tuned cymbales: prayse hym

vpon the loud cymbales.

Let euery thing that hath breth, prayse the lord.

Glorye be to the father, and to the sonne. &c.

As it was in the beginning, is nowe, and euer. &c.

The Collect.

ALmightie God, whiche hast builded the congregacion vpon the foundacion of the Apostles and prophetes, Iesu Christ hymselfe beyng the head corner stone: graunte vs so to bee ioyned together in vnitie of spirite by theyr doctrine, that we maye be made an holye temple acceptable to thee: through Iesu Christe oure Lorde.

The Epistle.

* 1.53IVdas the seruaunte of Iesu Christe, the brother of Iames: to them whiche are called and sanctified in God the father, & preserued in Iesu Christe: Mercy vnto you, and peace, and loue be multiplied. Beloued, when I gaue all diligence to wryte vnto you of the common sal∣uacion, it was nedefull for me to write vnto you, to ex∣hort you that ye shoulde continuallye laboure in the faith, whiche was once geuen vnto the sainctes. For there are certain vngodly men craftely crept in, of whiche it was written afore tyme vnto suche iudgement. They turne the grace of our God vnto wantonnes, and denye God (which is the only lorde) and our lorde Iesus Christ. My minde is therfore to putte you in remembraunce, for as muche as ye once knowe this, howe that the lorde (after that he had deliuered the people out of Egypt) destroyed them whiche afterward beleued not. The Angels also whiche kept not theyr firste estate, but lefte their owne habitacion, he hath reserued in euerlastyng chaines vnder darknes, vnto the iudgement of the great daye: euen as Sodom and Gomor, and the Cities aboute them, whiche in lyke maner defiled themselues with fornicacion, and folowed straunge fleshe, are set furth for an exaumple, and suffre the paine of eter∣nall fyre: lykewyse these being deceyued by dreames, defile the fleshe, despise rulers, and speake euell of them that are in auctoritie.

The Gospell.

THis commaunde I you, that ye loue together.* 1.54 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the worlde, the world would loue his owne: howbeit, because ye are not of the worlde, but I haue chosen you out of the worlde, therfore the worlde hateth you. Remem∣bre the worde that I sayed vnto you: the seruaunt is not greater then the lorde. If they haue persecuted me, they wil also persecute you. If they haue kepte my saying, they will kepe yours also. But all these thinges will they doe vnto you for my names sake, because they haue not knowen him that sente me. If I had not come and spoken vnto them, they shoulde haue had no synne: but nowe haue they no∣thing to cloke theyr synne with all. He that hateth me, ha∣teth my father also. If I had not done among them the workes whiche none other man did, they should haue had no synne. But nowe haue they both seen and hated: not onely me, but also my father. But this happeneth that the saying might be fulfilled that is written in theyr lawe. They hated me without a cause. But when the comforter is come, whom I will sende vnto you from the father, euen the spirite of trueth (whiche procedeth of the father) he shal testifie of me. And ye shall beare witnes also, because ye haue been with me from the beginning.

¶ All Sainctes,

Propre lessons at Mattyns.

The first lesson Sapi. iii. vnto blessed is rather the Baren.

The second lesson. Hebre. xi.xii. Sainctes by fayth subdued vnto If ye endure chastisyng.

At the Communion.

O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song:* 1.55 let the con∣gregacion of sainctes prayse hym.

Let Israell reioyce in him that made him: and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in theyr kyng.

Let them prayse his name in the daunce: let them syng prayses vnto him with tabret and harpe.

For the Lord hath pleasure in his people: and helpeth

the meke hearted.

Let the sainctes be ioyfull with glory: let them reioyce in their beddes.

Let the prayses of God be in theyr mouth: and a two edged sworde in their handes.

To be auenged of the heathen: and to rebuke the people.

To bynde theyr kynges in chaynes: and theyr nobles with lynkes of yron.

That they may be auenged of them, as it is written: suche honour haue all his Sainctes.

Glorye be to the father, and to the sonne. &c.

As it was in the beginning, is nowe, and euer. &c.

The Collect.

ALmightie GOD, whiche haste knitte together thy e∣lecte in one Cōmunion and felowship in the misticall body of thy sonne Christe our Lorde: graunt vs grace so to folow thy holy Sainctes in all vertues, and godly liuyng, that we maye come to those vnspeakeable ioyes, whiche thou hast prepared for all them that vnfaynedly loue thee: through Iesus Christe.

The Epistle.

* 1.56BEholde, I Iohn sawe an other Angel ascend from the rysyng of the Sunne, whiche had the seale of the liuing God, and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure Aungels (to whō power was geuen to hurte the earth and the sea) saying: Hurte not the earth neyther the sea, neyther the trees, tyll we haue sealed the seruauntes of our God, in theyr foreheades. And I heard the noumbre of thē whiche were sealed, & there were sealed an .C. and xliiij.M. of all the tribes of the childrē of Israel.

Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed xii.M.

Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed xii.M.

Of the tribe of Gad were sealed xii.M.

Of the tribe of Aser were sealed xii.M.

Of the tribe of Neptalim were sealed xii.M.

Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed xii.M.

Of the tribe of Symeon were sealed xii.M.

Of the tribe of Leui were sealed xii.M.

Of the tribe of Isachar were sealed xii.M.

Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed .xii.M.

Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed xii.M.

Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed xii.M.

After this I behelde, and loe, a great multitude (which no manne could nombre) of all nacions, and people, and tongues, stode before the seate, and before the lambe, clo∣thed with long white garmentes, and Palmes in theyr handes, and cried with a loude voyce, saying: saluacion be ascribed to hym that sitteth vpon the seate of our god, and vnto the lambe. And all the Angels stode in the compasse of the seate, and of the elders, & of the foure beastes, and fell before the seate on their faces, and worshipped God, saying: Amē. Blessing and glory, and wisedome, and thankes, and honour, and power, and might be vnto our God for euer∣more. Amen.

The Gospell.

IEsus seing the people, wēt vp into the mountaine:* 1.57 and when he was set, his disciples came to hym, & after that he hadde opened his mouth, he taughte them, saying: Blessed are the poore in spirite, for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen. Blessed are they that morne: for they shall receyue comfort. Blessed are the meke: for they shal receyue the enheritaunce of the earth. Blessed are they whiche hunger and thirst after righteousnes: for they shall be satisfyed. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtaine mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peace makers: for they shalbe called the children of God. Blessed are they whiche suffre persecucion for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kyngdome of heauē. Blessed are ye when men reuile you, and persecute you, and shall falsly saye all maner of euill sayinges against you for my sake: reioyce and be glad, for great is youre rewarde in heauen. For so persecuted they the Prophetes whiche were before you.

¶ Propre lessons at Euensong.

The first lesson. Sapi. v. (vnto) His iealosy also.

The second lesson. Apoca. xix. (vnto) And I saw an Angell stand.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Sepe expug∣nauerunt. psal. cxxix.
• * 1.2

  Roma x.
• * 1.3

  Math. iiii.
• * 1.4

  B〈…〉〈…〉 omnes psal. cxxviii.
• * 1.5

  Ephes. ii.
• * 1.6

  John. xx.
• * 1.7

  Confitebor tibi. psal. cxxxviii.
• * 1.8

  Actes. ix.
• * 1.9

  Math. xix.
• * 1.10

  Ecce nunc be¦nedicite. psal cxxxiiii.
• * 1.11

  Luc. ii.
• * 1.12

  Eripe me. psal. cxl.
• * 1.13

  Actes. i.
• * 1.14

  Math. xi.
• * 1.15

  Domine non est exal. psal. cxxxi.
• * 1.16

  Esai. vii.
• * 1.17

  Luc. i.
• * 1.18

  Domine cla∣maui. psalm. cxli.
• * 1.19

  Ephes. iiii.
• * 1.20

  Iohn xv.
• * 1.21

  Ecce quam bonum. psal. cxxxiii.
• * 1.22

  James .i.
• * 1.23

  Iohn. xiiii.
• * 1.24

  Voce mea ad dominum. Psal. cxlii.
• * 1.25

  Act. xi.
• * 1.26

  Iohn. xv.
• * 1.27

  Domine ex∣audi. Psal. cxliii.
• * 1.28

  Esai. xl.
• * 1.29

  Luc. i.
• * 1.30

  Benedictus dominus. psal. cxliiii.
• * 1.31

  Actes .xii.
• * 1.32

  Mat. xvi.
• * 1.33

  Lauda ani∣ma mea. Psal. cxlvi.
• * 1.34

  Prou. xxxi
• * 1.35

  Luc. vii.
• * 1.36

  Laudate do∣minum de celis. Psal. cxlViii
• * 1.37

  Act. xi.
• * 1.38

  Actes. xii.
• * 1.39

  Math .xx.
• * 1.40

  Non nobis domine. Psal. cxv.
• * 1.41

  Actes. v.
• * 1.42

  Luke. xxii.
• * 1.43

  Leudate do∣minum om∣nes Gentes. psal. CxVii.
• * 1.44

  ii. Cor. iiii.
• * 1.45

  Math. ix.
• * 1.46

  Landate pueri Psal. cxiii.
• * 1.47

  Apoca. xii.
• * 1.48

  Math. xviii.
• * 1.49

  Super flumine psal. cxxxvii.
• * 1.50

  ii. Timo. iiii.
• * 1.51

  Luc. x.
• * 1.52

  Laudate do∣minum. Psal. cl.
• * 1.53

  Iude .i.
• * 1.54

  Iohn .xv.
• * 1.55

  Cantate do∣mino. Psal. cxlix.
• * 1.56

  Apoca. vii.
• * 1.57

  Math. v.