¶ The Treasure of Gladnesse.
SAith the prophete:Ose 1 [...] Take these words wt you, whē you tourne vnto yt lord, and say vnto him: O forgyue vs all our sinnes, receaue vs graciously, as for the workes of our handes, we wil no more call vpon, for it is thou that arte our god, thou shewest mercy vnto the fatherlesse.Iohn 14
Saith Christ: If ye aske oughte of the father in my name, it shalbe giuen you.
Aske and haue, seeke andMat [...]7 finde, knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.
The prayer.
O most mercifull God, & louing father: I besech thee for thy sonne Christs sake heare my prayer. O receaue mee graciously, & forgyue me all my sinnes: and from henceforth gyue me thy holy Angell to conduct mee: And strengthen mee with these vertues: to wythstande the deuill, the world, and the appetites of the synnefull fleshe these armures, the grace of thy holy spirit, y• mighty vertue. [Page 3] O write in my harte thy holy worde, thy law, & cōmaundements put vpon me y• brest plate of righteousenesse, directe my life, & conuersacion accordinge to thi gospel of peace Geue me y• shield of faith to fight against sinne, and desperation, y• helmete of health vnto my saluatiō, through the merites of thy dearely beloued son Iesus Christ, the whiche liueth, & raigneth god wyth thee, & the holy ghost in glory. Amen.
O Lord god mercyfull Father the author, & gouernor of all creatures, [Page] the geuer of al wisdō, I pore wretched sinner beseching thee for thy sōns Christes sake, y• thou wilt vouchsafe to poure vpō me thy holi spyrite, to work in my mynde, hart & soule, thy wil & pleasure to do at all tymes: so that I maye walke in this world to thy honor, professinge vnfaynedly, the gospel of thy sōne, & wlake accordīg therafter, vnto my saluacion, throughe the merits of thy sonne my lords and sauior Iesu Christe the whiche is with thee in heauen gloryfied. Amen.
An other prayer.
O lord god, father, for thy sonne Christes sake haue mercy vpon me & forgeue me al my sinnes, & from henceforth take from me all rancor, and swellinge of my hart, & creat in me a new spirite, an vprighte harte, such a harte as may feare thy rigorous iudgemente, a harte to lamente my vnkindenesse, & sinnefull life. O lorde geue me such an hart as may loue, & fere the aboue al things, suche an harte as alwaye trusteth in thee, suche an harte as maye pa [...]ciently [Page] beare thy correction yea such an hart as may praise and thanke thee, O Lorde god, father, sonne & holy ghoste? O lorde geue mee such an hart as will gladly forgeue, such a harte as will do good for yll, such a hart as wil hurte no man, such a harte as euer doth truly beleue in y• passion, death, and resurrection of Iesu Christe vnto my saluacion, Amen.
O lord haue mercy vpon all people. Amen.
Our father which arte. &c.
The Crede.
My Testament.
THis I make my Testament, and laste will: in the name of the eternall liuynge God: the father, the sonne & the holy ghost: in whose name I was baptized. InMath. 2 [...] marc. 16 whome onely I hope. and beleue to be saued. Amen. First I bequethe my soule into thy hands: O god. father: sonne, & holy Ghost.Gyne [...] Esa [...]e 53 Iohn 16
Thou hast first made me and thou hast gyuen thy sonne to becom man: and died for my sinnes & for the [Page] sinnes of the people, O fatherIohn 1 [...] for thy sonnes sake haue mercy vpon me.
O lorde Iesu Christ, thou1 Petri 1 sonne of god, thou haste boughte me with thy preciousHeb 10 bloud.
By one oblacion sufficiently,Act 1 for all that beleue in thee.
O Christ, god and man,Iohn 14 which art in heauen, haue m [...]rcy vpon me, & be thou my mercifull mediator for me vnto thy father, that I m [...]y be saued.
O holy Ghost god, coequal with the father and the sōne, haue mecry vpō me, [Page 6] worke thy deuine power in me, through thy gracious inspiracion, draw me vnto Iesu Christ, yt I may find fauor & be saued. Amē
The second part.
As concerninge my body:Gen 1. 13 that I bequeath vnto the earth frō whence it came.Eccl 40
My confession.
I knowledge, and confesse with al my hart, that I am a sinner, yea such a sinner as hath neede of the grace mercy, and fauour of God.
My faith ioyned with hope.
I beleue, that the lord will haue mercy vpon me: for hee hath first made me, &Gen 2 [Page] if it shal please him he may saue mee, This I beleue, whether I liue, or dy: I am the lordes.
My Hope.
I hope that I shall finde bothe grace & mercy for my sinnes of God y• father euen for Iesu Christs sake: in him I beleue, he is my redemer: he lyueth euer, and euer.
He maketh intercessionRom 8 for sinners.
So this I know that nowIohn 2 I am a corruptible bodye, but I hope through Christ to rise an in corruptyble body, Now a mortal body: [Page 7] but through Christ and his merites, I hope to haue an immortall body.
Nowe an earthly bodye:i Cor 13 then a heauenly body.
For as many as shalbe sauedMath 13 shal shine in the kingdom of God: as bright as y• sunne, this my faith & hope I lay vp in my minde the mind of my soule trusting only to be saued through y• merites of Iesu Christ godMarci 16 & man, which is in heauen.
From whence we loke a gain, the which shal chāge our vile body, & mak it like his own most glorious body:Phi [...] where by he is able to [Page] subdue al things vnto him self. O Christ haue mercy vpō me, thou hast redemed me, O Christe saue me.
Say I will the Crede.
THe glas, wherin we should behold our in firmities proceding to vs orygynally of our naturall father Adam. He first brought sinne inGen 3 to this world: In so muche that sinne, and death wentRom 5 ouer al men, as saith ye prophetPsa 52 Ephe [...] Dauid: we are conceiued in sinne. And wee are borne into this world, the [Page 8] children of wrath, fulfilledIob 14 with much mysery: & haue but a short tyme to liue.
Earth we are, and to theGen [...] earth we shal turne again.
All flesh is as grasse, andEsa 40 the glory of man is as the floure of the grasse.
And also great trauailesEccl 40 are created for al men, frō the day that they go out of their mothers belly, til the tyme that they bee buryed in the earthe, the mother of all things.
We are all sinners, vncleane,Esa 6 [...] Eccl 7 vnrighteous. Not one iust vpon the earth y• doth good and sinneth not.
And when we are departedEccles 9 out of this world, there is no remedy for our saluacion of any thing that may be done. The prophet DauidPsalm 49 saith. No man may deliuer his brother from hel, neither make agremēt vnto God for him. We nowe mai clerely se in what case al mākind is in naturally, al sinfull, infected by nature vnto the dying of the soule and body: and snared alwaies with the snares of our ennemy the deuell, the world, and the fleshe. This is the mortall bataile, the which taketh vs captiues [Page 9] into that sorowful prison of hell.
Wher the wormes of tormenteMatt [...] neuer dye, and the fier neuer goth out.
And there continually,Apo 2 [...] to remaine in euerlasting dampnacion, in that woful second death. O vaine mā, O most miserable, o earth, a shes, dust, O vain beutie, O vain proud hart, o worldly couetous mind, O worldly glory, O gold & mony, O what profiteth all the pleasures of this worlde? youth, beutie, riches, landes, rentes, frendes, polling, falshed, wrōg gotten [Page] goods, sūptuous buyldīges, curious apparel, & costlye fare, or long tyme in this world liuing viciously & dy vngodly. Now se then all the glory of this world wherto it hath, & doth brīg al mankind, euen into the euerlastinge fier of Hell, with the great rich mā spoken of in the gospell. TherforeLuke 1 [...] loue not the world, nether the things that are in the world. If any mā loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not in him, for all that is in the world, is the luste of the fleshe, and the lust of the eyes, & the pride [Page 16] of life, whiche is not of the father, but of y• world. The world passeth away, & the lustes there of: but he thatI [...]hn [...] fulfilleth the will of god, bideth for euer, saith Iohn. Lay frō you the old man, whiche marres hym selfe through deceuable lustes.Ephe 4 And againe he saithe: who so is godly, holdeth himself content with that he hath. For we brought no thyng into this world, & we shall [...]ary nothing out So then whē we haue foode & r [...]ymtē, set vs therwith be cōtent: for t [...]ey that wold be worldly rich, fal into temptacion, [Page] and into the snares of foolishnes, and noisome lustes: which drown mē in destruction, & dampnaciō couetousnes is the rote of [...] Timo 6 all euel saith sainct Paul, and he that trusteth in hisProue 11 riches shall haue a fall▪
Gather not treasure vpōMat 6 erth, where ruste, and mothes corrupte for where your hart is there is your treasure also.
The cōfortable counsel of our ghostly father, the vndefiled priest: & bisshop ofLuke 1. 9 our soules Iesu Christe y• sonne of God.
The which of his bountious [Page 11] liberality preacheth to vs the gospel, sayinge repent, & eleue the ghospel,Ma [...]ke [...] Iohn 1 [...] walk while ye haue light, least darknes com vpō you.
Come all vnto mee thatMatth 1 [...] labour, and are laden, I will refresh you
Aske and haue, seeke andMark [...] [...]inde, knocke and it shalbe [...]ened vnto you.
This saith good councel,Rom 1 [...] the holy scriptures for our comfort are written,
Turne vnto the LordeIoel 11. thy God, for he is gracious and mercifull, greate in compassion, long suffering, and redy to parddn [Page] wickednes.
S [...]ke the lord while heEsa 55 maye be founde, call vpon him while he is nye.
S [...]y not, tush the mercyEccles. [...] of the lord is great, he shal forgyue mee my sinnes, [...]e they neuer so manye. But truly as he is mercifull, so goeth wrath from him.
Therefore make no taryyng, tou [...]ne to the lorde, and put not of from d [...]ye, to day, Therefore forsake thy sinnes, and praye that thy sinnes maye be forgiuenE [...]cl 11 thee.
To repent is the gifte of god.
It is the louing kindnesRom [...] of god that leadeth to repentaunce.
Godly sorow causeth repentaunce,2 Cor 5▪ but worldly sorow causeth death.
When ye turne vnto theOsie▪ [...] Lord your god, say. O forgyue vs all our sinnes, receiue vs graciously: As for the workes of our handes, we will cal no more vpon.
The Confession of the penitent sinner, conceiued throughe faith, ioyned with a stronge hope in Christes merites.
WE are al sinners,Rom [...] & haue neede of the glori of god. Vnto the O most mercifull Father, and louinge lorde, I a wretch most vile knowlege me a sinner, yea Lorde I am suche a sinnerMala [...] 2 Ps [...] 1 as hath neede of thy grace mercy & fauor the law of works do condempne me▪ O lord in thy sight ther is no man righteous.
O wretched man that I am: who shall delyuer me frō the body of this death? I thanke god throwe IesuRom 5 [Page 13] my Lord, for he is the seedGen [...] of the woman.
Whom god, the father promised that should tread down the head of Sathan.G [...]
Christ is the seed in whō all nacions of the worlde shalbe blessed. Christ is he that defendeth his people from Hell and Sathan.Gen 4 [...] Proue 10
Christ is the blessinge of god by the which all nacions of the worlde shalbePsal 10▪ made riche.
He is the greate Kyng ouer2 Re 2 [...] all the earthe.
He is a shilde vnto themPsa 10 [...] that t [...]ust in him.
He shall forgeue all trespases,Psa [...] [Page] & heale al [...]firmites, and he shall redeme vs frō death. Christ is he that defendethPsa 3 his people, & blesseth them. Christ is our sauingPsal 18 health and sanctifier.
Christ is hee in whomPsal 22 alone our fathers trusted, and he delyuered them. Christ is gentle, blessed is the man that trusteth in him. Christ is he, euen thePsa 34 lord with whom is mercy and plenteous redempciō.
He is a true god, andPsa. 119 a liuyng god, and an euerlastyng Kinge.
Who so [...]u [...]r forsaketh him, shall be confounded & [Page 14] cursed: but blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Christ is the lord, theIere 17 very con [...]uites of y• water of lyfe.
He is the sonne that is borne, and gyuen vnto vs, vpon his shoulders shall the Kyngdom lye, he shall be called with his owne name, the wōderous geuer of councels, the mightie god, the euerlasting father the Prince of peace.
Our righteous maker,Iere 23 as he saith by y• Prophet, I am euen he that for my owne sake, taketh awayeEsa 4 [...] thine offences. I will no [Page] more thynke on them.
I will geue myne honorEsa 48 to none other. I am y• first, and the last.
Tourne vnto mee allEsa 4 [...] ends of the erth, & be saued
I am the true god, andEsa 45 sauiour, without me there is none other god. Al souls are mine, like as y• father is mine.Esechi 8
I am he ye redemeth thee
Thou shalt haue noneOsie 7. 13. other sauior, but only me.
Tourne vnto me, and [...]acha 1 I wil tourne vnto you.
I will not the death ofEsech 19 a sinner I had rather that he wyll tourne, & besaued.
¶ The newe testament.
TO fulfyll the promiseGen [...] of the father, and the prophesi of the Prophetes forEsa [...]. [...] 22. 53. Ebru [...] our sanctuacion.
Saith Paule, God in time past, diuersly and manye wayes spake vnto the fathers by Prophetes, but in these laste dayes he hathe spokē vnto vs by his sonne
Whome God the father hath made heir of al thīgs.
Christ the only begottenEsaie 1 [...] Gen 3 sonne of God. And sprang of y• rote of Iesse, became man in the wombe of theLuke [...] Luke [...] woman Mary the virgyn.
And borne in Bethelem the lord and sauiour, he is the Emanuel, he is the veryEsaie. 12 Messias, that is to saye, Christe, he shall saue his people from their sinnes.Iohn 4 Esaie 61
He preached glad tydynges, he byndeth vp the wounded harte, he deliuereth y• captiues, he openeth the prison to them that are bound, that he might declare y• acceptable yeare of y• lorde. Saith Christ, y• Iohn 6 Mat 28 words that I speak, is spirite, and lyfe.
To mee (saieth Christ) isIohn 3 gyuen al powers in heauē and earth.
God so loued the world, that he gaue his onely begotten sonne, that who so euer beleueth in him, shoulde not perishe, but haue euerlastyng lyfe.
The father spake fromMatth 1 [...] heauen, saying: this is my dearly beloued sonne, hear ye him. Father, this is life euerlastyng, to know theeIohn 1 [...] that thou art the true god, and whom thou hast sent, Iesu Christ.
What so euer the fatherIohn [...] doth, so doth y• sonne also, for as the father raiseth vp the dead, and maketh thē liue, euen so the sonne maketh [Page] lyuing whom he will that they all might honor the sonne, euen as they honor the father.
I am the resurrectiō andIohn 11 the lyfe.
If ye aske the father aughtIohn 16 in my name ye shal receaue it, that your ioy may be perfet.
If you beleue in meeIohn 6 you shall be saued.
I am the waye, the truthIohn 14 and the life, without mee commeth no man too the father.
I came into this worldLuke 1 [...] to seeke and saue that that was lost.
I cam not to cal y• rightousMat [...] but sinners to repentance.
Whosoeuer beleueth in mee I wyll raise him vnto euerlastinge life.
I haue gyuen my life forIohn. 3. [...]▪ the worlde.
Come vnto me all ye y• Ihon. vi Math. 1 [...] labour, and are laden, and I wyll refresh you.
Who soeuer loueth mee, shal be loued of my father.
If ye beleue in me I wilIhon. 14 make you free, yea except you beleue that I am hee, ye shal d [...]e in your sinnes.Ihon. vii [...] Math. [...].
The Apostles and Prophets.
THis cōfessed Peter,Mat [...] thou arte Chryst the sonne of the lyuinge God.Iohn [...]
By that same Iesu Christe were al things made, both in heauen and earth, saiethIohn 1 Iohn, he is the only begotten sonne of god, full of truth: of his fullenesse we al haue receyued grace forIohn 1 Iohn 1 grace, he is the lambe of God that taketh away the sinnes of the worlde.I [...]hn 1
By him are we made the sōnes of god, so we beleueIohn 1 in his name.
He is the baptiser with the holy ghoste.
He is the true light ye lightteth al men that come intoEsa 2 [...] this worlde.
This is our Captaine &Esa 25 our sauiour to deliuer vs.
This is the lorde our god in whom we put our trust, he shal heale vs. this is the lorde that we haue waitedEsa 4 [...] for, let vs reioyce in his saluacion.
For he hath taken vpon him our dyseases, and hath borne away our sorowes,
He was offered for vs, itEsa 53 was his pleasure, he was woūded for our iniquities, and brused for our sinnes.
He shall buyld vp y• tēpleZacha [...] [Page] of the Lorde, he shall beare the p [...]yse, he shal [...]e a priest vpon his throne.
He shalbe magnified vntoMala. 5 the farthest parte of the worlde.
He taketh away y• sinnes of the people, he shall makeEsay. 5 [...] intercession for y• misdoers. Throughe hym the LordeEsa. [...] pardoneth all oure synnes. Where is there such a godMala. 7 as t [...]ou y• pardone the wickednesse, and forgeuest the sinnes of thy people he shal saue the people from theyrMath. i. G [...]ne. i Luke. ii Luke 24 sinnes.
Christ the sonne of God. He became man borne in [Page 19] to the world.
Wee proued hym a very man.
He was slain after y• flesh, [...]. Peter [...] but quicke after the spirit.
Wee proued hym God byThou, x [...] wonders,
So to cōclude he came intoGene. [...] this world to do the will of god his father.
To saue as many as beleueth,Ihon. iii he sealled vp our redemption in hys merytes with his precious bloud vpon the [...]lter the crosse sai [...]ng nowe it is fenished.
He was buried, & he rose.Ihon. 19 Ihon. 29 againe the third day, perfecte God & perfecte man, [Page] one christ, was cōuersant wyth hys Apostes, xl. daies after his resurrection.Ma [...]ke 16
And then was taken vp into heauē, perfit God and perfit man: one Christe.Iohn 16
Then he sent doune the holy ghoste accordynge to hys sonnes promise.
The catholicke church
Christ is the head whiche saithe.
The actes of the Apostles.
WHen Iesus hath spokenAct [...] vnto them, he was taken vp, and a cloude receiued hym from their sight. And while they loked after hi [...] as he wēt in y• heuen. Behold ther stood by them two men in white garmētes, which also said: Ye men of Galiley, why stand ye gazing vp into the heauen: this Iesus whiche is taken vp from you into heauen, shal come euen so as ye haue sene hym go intoAct 2 heauen.
The Apostles receyue theAct. 1 holy ghost: and they began to preache wt other tounges: euē as the spirit gaue them vtteraunce.
Saieth god I wil powre ofAct, 1 my sp [...]rit vpon all fleshe & they shall prophesye. this Iesus, hath god raised vp wherof we al ar witnesses.
The lorde saide vnto myAct. 2 Psa. x. lorde syt thou on my right hande vnt [...]ll I make thyne ennemyes thy foote stoole.
God hath made the same Iesus whome the IewesAct. 2 crucified, lorde, and Christ.
He is the true sauiour ofIhon. iiii. Acc. 4. the world neyther is there [Page 21] saluacion in any other neither any other name gyuē wherin we must be saued.
Christe dwelleth not inAct. [...] temples made with hands as he saieth by ye Prophet:Esa. 66 heauen is my seat and the earth is my foote stoole.
He is not worshiped with handes: as thoughe he had need of any mā: for in hym we liue, moue, & haue our be [...]yng.Eccle. 1 [...] Psal. 11 [...]
Our God is in heauen, & bothe whatsoeuer lyke the hym.
God is a spirite, and theyIhon. iiii. that worship hym, must [...] worship hym in spirit, and [Page] truth.
Christ is ordeined of godAct 10 to be y• iudge of the liuing, and of the dead.
The father hath giuen alIohn 5 Iudgement vnto the sōne, that all maye honour the sonne as they honour the father.
And all the ProphetesAct 10 witnes that throughe his name al they that beleue in hys name shal receyue y• remission for their sinnes
We beleeue to be sauedAct 15 throughe the grace of the lorde Iesu Christe like asIohn 5 they also.
V [...]rili verili I sai vnto you [Page 22] who so heareth my worde, and beleueth him that sēt me, hath euerlasting life, and cōmeth not into danenaciō but is passed through from death vnto life. Whē Paul had receaued y• holyAct▪ ghost, this he cōfessyd, preched, and said I put a part to preche y• ghospel of God which he promised before by his Prophets in y• holyGene [...] Esa 7. 11▪ Math 1 Rom 1 scriptures of his sonne.
Iesus Christ is the lorde by whō we receaued grace
Christ is the mercy seateRom [...] through faith in his bloud.
Christ Iesu was gyuen for our synnes, and raised [Page] vp for our righteousnesse,
Iustified throughe faitheRom. 5. wee haue peace with God by our lorde Iesu Christe Christ is our atone makerRom. 5. wee reioyce in the hope of the glory for to com whych god shall gyue vs.
Christ died for vs.
Rom. 5 Rom. 5We wer reconciled vnto god by y• death of his sōne: we reioyce in god through our Lorde Iesus Christ, by whom we haue receyued the atonment, we ar saued frō wrath by christ, we are made righteous throughe the bloud of Christ.
The rewarde of sinne isRom. 6 [Page 23] death but the gift of god is euerlasting life, by Christe our Lord.
O wretched man that IRom. [...] am, who shall delyuer mee from y• body of this death? I thanke god through Iesu Christ our Lord.
There is no dampnationRom. [...]. vnto them that are in christ Iesu, which walk not after y• flesh, but after the sprite: christ hath made me fre frō the law of sinne and death.
Christe is the ende of theRom. 10 lawe vnto ryghteousnesse: for euery one that beleueth whether we liue or dye, weRom. 14▪ are the Lordes.
To the Corinthians.
God is faithful by whomi Cor 1 we are called vnto y• felosh [...]pp of his sonne Iesusi Cor 1 Christe.
Christe is our wisdom,i Cor 3 righteousnes, sanctifienge and redemption
Other foundacion can no man lay, thē y• which is layde: which is Christ. we are Godds labourers: ye are Gods husbandrye: ye are Gods buyldynge.
Christ our Ester lambe isCor 3 offered vp for vs.
Wee are washed, we arei Cor 6 sanctified, we are iustifiedi Cor 8 by our lord Iesus Christ. [Page 24] There is but one god, euē the father by whom are all things, and our lord Iesu Christe, by whom are all thinges and wee by him.
Christ is ye spirituall rockei Cor [...] of whom our fathers eate,i Cor [...] and dranke of.
No man can saie y• Christ is the lord, but by the holy ghoste.
Christ died for our sinnes,Luke 24 Iohn 1 [...] i Cor 3 i Cor [...] and was buried, and that he rose agayne the thirde daye, accordinge to the scriptures.
Christe is becom the firsti Cor [...] fruyts of them that slepe, As al dye in Adam: so shall [Page] be made aliue all in christ.i. Cor. 15 Ose. xiii. 2. Cor. 1 2. Cor. [...] Iohn. iiii.
Agaynst sinne, deathe, hell, and the lawe thanks be to god christe is our victory thankes be to god wt geueth vs victorie, the lord is a spirit: and where the spirit of the lord is: there is libertie.
We beleue and therfore2. Cor. 4 we speake, we knowe that he whiche raysed vp the lorde Iesus Christe shall rayse vs vp by the meanes of Iesu.
If any man be in Christ:2. Cor. 5 he is a new creature, God hath lowed Christ to be the righteous sacrifice for our [Page 25] sinnes.
Christ became pore, that2 Cor 28 throughe his pouertye we might be made riche.
God is able to make you [...] Cor 9 riche in all grace.
Let hym that reioyseth,2 Cor 11 reioyce in the Lord.
Christ gaue hym selfe forGala [...] our sinnes, that he myghte deliuer vs from this presēt euell worlde, we beleue to be made ryghteous by theGala 2 faith of Christe, and not by the deedes of the lawe, I caste not awaye the grace of God.
Christ hath deliuered vsGala. 3 from the cursse of the lawe [Page] where he becam a cursse for vs.
Christ is ye sede in whomGala 3 Gene 3 Gala 3 the Promyse was made.
Ye are all the children of god by faith in Iesu christ
We are ye heires of GodGala 4 Gala 5 throughe Christ, they that are Christs, haue crucified the fleshe with the lustes, and desyres.
God hath blessed vs in allEphe [...] maner of spiritual thinges by our lorde Iesu Christ. In Christ we haue redēpcion: & through his bloude the forgyuenes of sinnes.
By Christ we are come toEphe 1 the inheritaunce, by grace [Page 26] are we saued through faithEphe 2 in Christ: and not of works Wee are created in Iesu Christe vnto good workes, that wee shoulde walke in theēe. W were fare of, butE [...]he [...] nowe are we made nighe by the bloud of Christ.
God made al things througheEphe [...] our lord Iesus christ
Christe came down intoEphe 4 the lowest part of the earth
Let vs forgeue one an other,Ephe 4 as god hath forgiuen vs in Christe Iesu.
Christe is the hed of theEphe [...] Hh [...] [...] congregacion, let al tongs confesse that Iesu Christ is the lord, vnto the prayse [Page] of the father.
I counte all thynges lostPhil. iii for Christes sake.
Kepe your harts & mindsPhil. i [...]i in Iesu Christ
Christ is the image of theColos. i inu [...]sible God, firste begotten before all creatures.
By Christe all thingesColos. i were created bothe things in heauen and earthe, and in him al things haue their beinges.
Christ is our richesse. InColos. ii Christ is hidde all the treasures of wisdom and know ledge.
As ye haue receiued ChristColos. ii Colos. ii Iesu the lord, euen so walk [Page 27] in hym wyth geuynge of thankes.
Seke those thynges thatColos. iii are aboue where Christe is sittinge on the right hande of god.
Whatsoeuer ye do in wordColos. i [...] or work, do all in the name of our Lord Iesu Christ, & geuinge thankes vnto god the father by him.
In christ dwelleth all theColos. ii fulnesse of the godhead bodely. Christ our lord is our hope. Christ hath deliuered vs from the wrath to come. We optayne saluation by the meanes of Iesu Christ [...]. Thes. [...] our Lord.
I cam into the world toLuke 9 saue that was loste (saieth Christe) for this is a truei Tim 1 saienge and by al meanes worthy to be receiued, that Christ Iesus came into the worlde to saue sinners.
Christ is the only medyatouri Tim 2 betwene god and vs. He hath gyuen him self a raunsom for all men.
Christ hath taken away2 Tim 1 the power of deathe: and brought life and immortality.Tim [...] GOD was shewed in the fleshe, he was Iustified in the spirite, was sene of angels, was preched vn to the heathē, was beleued [Page 28] in the world, was receyuedi Tim [...] vp in glory. Iesus Christe being of y• seede of Dauid, rose again from the dead, accordynge to my gospell. If wee deny hym, he will deny vs.
Christ shal come to iudgei Tim 24 the liuyng, and the dead.
God hath purged vs a2 Timo 1 peculier p [...]ople vnto hym selfe. Christ hath saued vs accordyng to his mercy.
Christ hath sprinkled vsi Peter 2 with his bloud. Christ hath redemed vs with his bloud
By Christ wee obtainePeter 1 mercy, Christ is the bishop & shepherd of our soules. [Page] I haue geuen my lyfe forIohn 10 my shepe, saithe Christe, h [...] bare our sinnes in his bodi vpō the tre, that we should be saued from synne.
Christ hath ones suffredi Peter 2 for oure sinnes to bring vs to god.
Christ was slain after the1 Peter 3 fleshe: but quickened after the spirite.
Wee loue, and beleue ini. Peter. i Iohn 20 Christ Iesu, though we see him not.
Christ hath clensed vs frōi. Iohn 1 al sinnes in his own bloud.
If we knowledge ourei. Iohn i synnes, he is faythfull and iust to forgeue vs our sins.
Christe appeared to take1. Iohn. [...] away our synnes.
Christe the sonne of god1. Iohn. [...] appeared to lose the bands of the Deuil.
God loued vs: & hath sent his son into this world that we might liue through him
Christ hathe made the agrement1. Iohn. 4 for our sinnes.
It is the spirit of god that1. Iohn. 4 confesseth Christe to come in the flesh.
It is y• spirit of error y• denieth1 Iohn. 4 christ to com in ye flesh
We know that the sonne1. Iohn. [...] of God is come▪ and that he hathe geuen vs a mynde to know him, which is true [Page] God hath spoken vnto vsHeb 2 by hys sonne, whom hee hath made heire of all thinges, by whom also hee made the world.
Hee hath purged vs fromHeb 2 all sinnes in hys owne personne, and nowe sitteth on the high maiesty.Heb [...]
He hath tasted death for all men.
The sonne of God shalbeEsa [...] Heb 2. [...] Heb 7 our sauiour, hee is the high priest of our profession, hee is the priest euerlastyng, & therefore he is able to saue euer all that come to God by hym, he liueth euer andHeb 7 maketh intercessiō for vs, [Page 30] he hath promysed to writeHeb [...] his lawe in our hartes, and he wil be our god, and wee shalbe hys people
He wilbe mercyful vntoHeb 9 our sinnes.
Without bloudshedyngeHeb 9 Iohn 16 is no remyshion
Christ hath apeared onceHeb 9 to put sinne to flyghte, by the offerynge vp of hym self.
We are saued, and madeHeb 10 righteous by the offerynge vp of ye body of christ for al.
He is the mediator of theHeb 1 [...] new testament.
Therefore, by him let vsHeb 4. 13 offer vp alwaye vnto God, [Page] the sacrifice of prayse: that is to saye: the frute of those lippes whiche confesse hys holy name, and to do good vnto all people: wyth suche sacrifices god is plesed.
If ye will haue wisdom,Iacob. 12 aske it of god.
God hath chosen the poreIacob. 2 [...] of thys worlde: whyche hee hath made rich in faith and heirs of the kīgdom, which he promised vnto thē that loue him.
Christ loued vs, and washedApoca. i shed our sinns away in his own bloud.
He is the first and the lastApoca. i of our saluation.
I was dead, and am a liueApo [...] for euermore saith he.
I haue the key of hel and death.
Whiche openeth, and noApo. xiii man shutteth: a [...] shutteth and no man openeth. Hee is the kinge of all kynges, and Lorde of all Lordes, which only hath immortality, to whome with the father and the holy ghoste be all honoure and glorye for euer and euer. Amen.
The prayer.
O Most mercifull god & louing Father I besech [Page] thee for thy sonne Christes sake graunte mee to court with prudent mynd, those thinges which may please thee. To serch theē wisely, to know thē truly, & to fulfil thē perfitly to y• laude & glory of thy name: Order my liuing so, ye I may do y• which yu requirest of mee. And giue mee grace that I may knowe it, & haue wil & power to do it. And that I may obtaine those thinges which be most conuenient for my saluation. O good Lord make my wayes sure & streight to thee, ye I falle not by aduersity, or pouerty. [Page 32] But heauenly father that art only the rich God, vouchsafe to geue me alwayes sufficient being for my soule, & body, & for all my houshold that thou hast geuen mee. And geue mee grace euer to reioyce in thee, & that I may neuer sorowe for nothing, but for those thinges ye drawe mee from thee. Iet all worldly thinges be vile vnto me for the. And be yu good lord my special cōfort aboue thē al, set me not be mery with ye loye ye is wt out the. And let mee desire nothing besides thee, let that labour delite [Page] mee which is for thee. And let all the reast wearye me which is not in thee, make me to lyfte my harte often times to thee. And when I fall, make mee to thyncke on thee with a stedfast purpose of amendemente. O my God make me humble withoute fayninge: merye withoute lightenesse: sadde withoute mistruste, sober without dulnesse: true with out doublenes: fering thee wythoute desperation, trustinge in thee without presumption: Telling my neiboures faults without dissimulation, teachinge them [Page 33] with wordes & examples [...] without any mocking, pacient without any grudgyng, & pure without corruptiō, perfit wil to know thee, diligēt to seeke thee [...] contricion to please thee [...] & finally, hope to embrace thee, O father for the precious merits of thy sonne graunte, and geue it mee. Amen.
¶ The prayer of our Lord.
O Lord god our heauenlyE [...]he [...] father, which art in [Page] heauen, in thy sempiternal glory: vouchsafe to loke vpō vs with the eies of mercy for we are all wretched by nature.
O Father, thys worldlye lyfe is the kingdom of all wretchednesse, sorows, care and calamitie. TherforeApo [...] deare Father powre forth thy holy spirit vppon vs, to [...]eare vs a newe into thy heauenly kingdome to doo thy will, to thy honoure and glorye for euer and euer.
O Lord, god our father, thy wil is best: therfore euer do thy wil in vs, kepe vs from that horible sinne of swearyng: cursinge: & grutchinge: and mollifie our hard hartes with thyIohn 3 grace, that wee may doo thy wil at al times in this world, to thy honour.
O Lord, god, our father,Iohn 9 geu [...] vs thy sonne Ies [...] christ through the holy ghost to our saluacion, his [...]ssion, death, and resurr [...]tion alwaies written in our hartes, with thankes [Page] geuyng, and geue vs euerMatth 6 sufficient liuynge for our bodies.
O Lorde God our father haue mercy vpon vs, enlarge thy holy grace, inMat 7 vs that we may gladly forgeue al our offenders: that we may haue remyssion of thee.
O Lorde God our father, wee knowledge to the our weaknes & our infirmities: therfore haue mercy [Page 35] vppon vs, and deliuer vsGala [...] frō all temptacions of the deuyll and the fleshe.
O Lord, God our father, I beseche thee for thy sonne Christes sake, haue mercy vpon me, and vpon all people that do call to thee. Kepe, and defend our bodyes, and soules, from sinne, Hell, death, and dampnacyon, and brynge vs into euerlastyng life, in ioye, and glorye throughe the merites of thy sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen.
The salutacion euer to God.
HAyle our Father, God almyghtie, full of all grace, mercy and comforte.Act 1 [...]
Thy sonne Iesu Chr [...]ste very God, and mā, is w [...]th thee in heauen.
Blessed bee thy name O father, bothe in heauen aboue, & in earth amongest all nacions, by thy onely sonne our Lord.
And Lord God holy ghost, haue mercy vpon me: And worke alwaye thy diuine power in me, right faithe, hope, and charitie, & fruteful in al good workes, and saued, by y• merites of Iesu [Page 38] Christe. Amen,
An nother salutacion vnto Christe.
HAil Iesu Christ, thou only sōne of god, the euerlasting father. Hayle Iesu Christe, byIohn 1 whom al things wer crea [...]ed and made, both in heauen and earth.
[...]ud in whom all. thingsCol 2 haue their beings.
Hayle Iesu Christe, theGene; seede of the womanne that treadeth downe the head of sathan, the spouse of my soule most good and gracious,
Hayle Iesu Christe the Prophecy of the prophetsEsay. 53▪ moste desirable.
Hayle Iesu Christe, theLuke. 12. sonne of Mary the virgin, most gloryous.Iohn 2
Hayle Iesu Christe ouri Titus 2 only mediator, and frende moste surest.i Titus 6
Hayle Iesu Christ, king of al Kinges, and lorde of al lords, and god immortal most mightie.
Hayle Iesu Christ, king of angels, our lord and sauiorHeb 1 moste perfite.
Hayle Iesu Christe, ourCor 15 Oze 1 only victory, agaynst sine, death, & Hel, most valiāte.
Hayle Iesu Christe the teacher of thapostles, most wisest and the comforter, of the martyrs most valiaunte: Haue mercy vpon me, O sweete Iesu Christ my lorde, receyue my bodye and soule into thy hande, and forgeue me all my sinnes, O lorde Christe, thou haste redemed me, O Iesu that art in heauē, very god and man, haue mercye vpon me and saue me. Amen.
O Benygne Father of heauen, god of consolacion, haue merci [Page] vpon mee for thy sonne Christs sake: and with thy holy spirit illumynate my hearte, soule, and minde: then shal my mouth shewe forth thy prayse.
Thy will to do, god bende thy self into my helpe, that I maye loue thee aboue al things, and lord haste thee to helpe me.
Glory be to the father,Matth 28 to the sonne, and to the holy ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now and euer shal be. So be it.
The Inuocation.
Lord haue mercy.
GOd is agreat Lord, and agreat Kinge, al mighty, al mercifull, all good, and true, he is a liuinge God, & a mercifull father.
God so loued the worlde,Iohn 3 that he gaue hys onely be gotten sonne, that whosoeuer beleuethe in hym, shoulde not perishe, but haue euerlasting lyfe.
In this apeareth y• loue [...] Joh 4 of God to vs ward, not that wee loued God, but [Page] God loued vs, because hee sent his onely sonne into this worlde, that we might lyue throughe him.
IF God bee on our side,Rom 8 who can be against vs, the whiche spared not his owne sonne, but gaue him for vs all, howe shal not he with him geue vs al things also.
WE are wasshed, we1 Cor 5 are sanctified, we are redemed and made righteous, throughe our Lorde [Page 39] Iesus Christ.
Glory be to the father &c.
The anthem.
GOd loued mann so tenverlye,John [...] that he gaue his onlye sonn: vppon him he tooke our humanitie, to be our full r [...]demption.
Glory be to god, the eternall father.
Glory to his sonne oure only mediator.
Glory to the holy ghoste our comfortor.
Glory to the trinitye the true god and sauiour.
The hymme.
The mercy that &c.Eccl 13
The psalme.
O Lord Iesu Christ the sonne of God, thou anoynted kyng ouer Syon, he are me, and haue mercy vpon me.
Thou arte my glorye O, Lord Christe, saue me for thy names sake, delyuer me by thy power.
Healthe, and saluacion is thine, therfore power forthe thy mercy vpon thy people.
Oure fathers trusted in thee, and thou del [...]uredest them, O lorde Christ, and trust is in thee, O lord saue thou me,
O lord let thy mercy and [Page 40] gentlenesse followe me all the daies of my life. Glory be to &c.
The anthem
THe mercye that a man hath is to his neighbor but the mercy of god is vpon all flesh.
Thanks be to god.
The anthem
O Lorde god of powers, who may be compared vnto thee, in maiesty, faith and truth, wherwith thou art assisted on euery side.
H [...]ue mercy vppon me O lord, accordyng to that great merci of thine which [Page] is infinitie.
O Lord refresh my soule and dyrecte my lyfe in the right way, graūt it me for thy righteousnes.
Inducte and teach me thy trueth, I am willing to be thy seruaunt.
O lorde forsake not mee thine image & handy work good lorde forgeue me all my sinnes: lorde my truste is in thee, let me neuer be asshamed: but haue mercy vpon me and saue me.
Glory be &c.
The anthem.
EYes hath not sene, neyther cares hathe not [Page 41] heard the glorye that God hath appoynted for all that loue him.
Thankes be to God.
The anthem.
O Lorde Iesus Christe [...] Esay. 5 [...] sprinckle thou me with the holy ghoste, that sweet ysop of grace.
O create in mee a newe harte, and a right spirite, to laud, and prayse thee, O loord, God.
O Lord, tourn me whole to thee, take my sinnes awaye▪ O lambe of God.
Heale mee O lorde and I shal be whole, saue thow [Page] me good lord, and I shalbe saued, thou arte my prayse in whome I hope, Iesus Christ my rocke of stone.
Glory be &c.
The anthem.
HE hath taken vpponEsaye 53 him our diseases, and wounded for our offēces, & through him the lord pardoneth all our sinnes.
The aunswere
THis is the ston refusedAct 4 of you builders, the which is becom the hed corner stone. Neither is there saluation in any other. Nether any other name geuē wherin we must be saued. [Page 42] Thankes be to God.
The Prayer.
Our father &c.
The versicle.
Lorde let vs not be led into temptacion
Answer.
But deliuer vs from al euyl. Amen.
The blessyng.
OURE father for thyIohn 11 sonne Christes sake, baptyse vs wyth thy holy ghost, that we may be children of the kyngdome of thy sonne.
The lesson.
FOr ther is no mā made righteous in ye sight of God, by the dedes of the law. For if righteousnesse came by the dedes of the lawe, then died Christe in vaine.
The answere
CHrist, thou sōn of God, thou bishop, & shepherd of our soules, haue mercy vpon vs
The peticion
For without deseruynge are wee made righteous, euen by his grace throughe the redemption that is done by Christ Iesu the lambe vndefiled, the [Page 43] which was ord [...]y [...]ed before the world was made, that we should be saued by him
The Chapiter.
HE is the end of the laweRom 10 vnto righteousnesse, for euery one that beleueth.
The conclusion.
WE are redemed, andIohn 19 Heb 9. 10 made ryghteous, by the offering vp of the body & bloud of Christe once for all.
Glorye be to the father, and to the sonne and to the holy ghost. &c.
The anthem
BY Christe wee haue redēption,Ephe [...] & throughe hys [Page] bloude, the redemption for our sinnes.
Thankes bee vnto God the Father, the sonne, and the holye ghoste, in whose name we were baptised.
WE thanke thee GodMatth 28 the eternal father the creatour of heauen & earth we worship thee lord Iesu Christe sonne of god, by whom all thynges were created and made.
Thou arte the kynge of glory O lorde Christ, thou arte the light and lyfe of men.
Thou tookest not disdain [Page 44] to take vpon thee our nature, to saue & de yuer vs from sinne, death, hel: and dampnacion.
Thou arte the only mediator, betwene the father and vs for our saluacion.
Thou arte the onlye sauior of the people, thou haste bought vs with thy precious bloud O Christ.
Thou haste made the satisfaction for vs & our sīns, in offering vp of thy bodye once for all.
O lorde Christe, thoui Cor 1 [...] diedst for vs & our sinns, and waste buried, and rose again the third daye accordyng [Page] to the scripturs.
Thou ascendedst vp into heauē very God, and man, and sittest on y• right hand of God in the glory of the Father.
Thou arte our aduocate, thou arte righteous, thou obtaynes [...]e grace for our sinnes▪
Thou art our Priest [...], thou arte the mercy seate, through faith in thy bloud.
Heauen and earth is fulfilled, with thy grace, and mercy.
Al the Angels of God do worship, and praise thee.
Saying, holye arte thou [Page 45] sonne of God.
Holy arte thou lambe of God whiche was killed, & arte alyue.
Holye arte thou whicheApo [...] was, is, and is to come.
All the Apostles doo confesseAct 4 thee to be the onelye sauiour of the worlde, O Lorde Christe.
And all the holy Prophets,Esay [...] Prophecied in thee to be saued, and in none other,
All the martires trust inAct 1. 7. 1 [...] Esay [...] thee to be saued, and confessed thee to be in heauen very God and man, and not in temples made with [Page] handes.Act 10
And faithful people trust in thee to besaued O lorde Iesu Christ.
We beleue that thou shaltMatth 24 Iohn 11 come to be our iudge.
Therfore wee beseeche thee to shewe thy merciful kindnesse vpon all people that truste in thee to be saued.
O lord make them to be numbred with thy saints in ioye and blysse euerlasting.
O lorde Iesus, lette not [...]. Peter 1 sinnes lose me, whom thou haste bought with thy pretious bloud.
O Lorde God thou holye ghoste, haue mercye vpon me, and worke thy deuineAct 17. grace in me, so that I may be saued, through our lorde Iesu Christ.
O lorde Iesu Christ thatPsa; art in heauen very god and man, our euerlasting priest and iudge, haue mercy vppon me.
The Anthem.
OVR conuersacion is in heauen, from whence we loke for the sauior Iesu Christe the lorde: whyche shal chaung our vile body, that it may be lyke fashioned vnto hys glorious body, [Page] accordyng, wherebye hee is able too subdue all things vnto him self.
The thankes and prayse
Praise the Lord of heauē my soule, all the secret powers of my hart, geue thou thankes vnto the lord
My soule magnyfy thou the Lorde: and forget not so mani his great benifits.
The whiche forgeueth thee al thy sinns, & healeth all thyne Infirmyties.
Blessed is the man to whome the lord pardoneth sinnes.
Glory be to the father & to the sonne &c.
THe Lorde our God isIoel▪ gracious & mercifull: hee is of greate compassion, longe suffering, and redy to pardō wickednesse
THankes be euer vnto the lorde our God, the which is euer more m [...]lde, and mercifull.
Thankes be euer vnto the lord our God, y• which vnto vs is a sauiour, by whom wee escape y• death. O lord h [...]ue mercy vpon vs and be gracyous vnto vs, that thy worde, and will, might be knowne, & do [...]n, in all the worlde. [Page] Glory be to the &c.
The Anthem.
BLessed be God, & the [...] Peter. 1 father of our lord Iesu Christ, which accordinge to his great mercye, hath begotten vs again vnto a liuelye hope, by the resurrection of Iesu Christe for euer.
PRayse be euer vnto the lord our God, whych is God of all gods.
VVHyche created all thynges wyth hys worde
WHiche created Adam vnto his Image and lykenesse, and gaue in him the spirit of life.
WHyche doeth greate thynges for the pleasure of Adam and his posteritye.
VVhyche hathe sente redemption vnto his people.
VVhiche geueth life & foode to euery creature.
WHich helpeth vs, and deliuereth, vs from sinne, death & hel, & geueth vs lyfe & redemption.
WHiche pardoneth all our sinnes, & healeth all our diseases, of soule and bodye, and none but hee, whose mercy is euerlasting.
Praise bee vnto the lord our God, his merciful blessinge is spred ouer vs, his true promises stande for euer.
Praise the lorde, all ye Angelles, magnify him all ye heau [...]ns.
Prayse the Lorde all his workes, in euery where of his domynyon.
O ye kyngs, and Princes of the earth, ye rulers and all people, praise ye the holy name of the Lorde.
The lyuinge God onely is worthy alwayes to bee praysed, and magnyfie [...] worlde without end.
Glory be to the father & to the sonne &c.
The Anthem.
WE optayne saluacion by y• meanes of Iesu Christ our Lord.
Thankes he to God.
The aunswere
And graunt me my desier
The prayer
O Lrd God, our merciful father: I poore wretched siner, come vnto thee in the name of thy dearly beloued sonne Iesu Christe, besechynge thee for his sake take mercy, pyty, and compassion vpon me, and caste all my synnes out of thy syght, and saue mee, thorow the merits of thy sonne: which reigneth god with thee, [...] [Page 50] wyth the holye ghoste in glory for euer. Amen.
An other prayer.
O Lorde God our father, whiche hast loued vs & gyuen vs euerlastyng consolaciō, in good hope, throughe faith in Iesu Christ, for whose sake, father I beseche thee gyue al the professours of thy gospel, thy holye spirite to leade and gouerne vs to thy honour and glory, and to be saued through the merites of thy sonne Iesus Christe, our mediatour and aduocate. Amen.
An nother prayer.
LOrde God, father almyghtye, God of all grace, mercy and cōforte, I wretched sinner be seche thee for thy sōn christ sake: haue mercy vpon me, and geue thy holye aungel charge ouer mee, to keepe and defende my bodye and soule from all myne ennemyes: & geue me alwayee a plenteous lyuing for me and all my housholde, and be saued through y• merits of Iesu Christe. Amen.
An nother prayer.
O Father, of our lorde Iesus Christe, father of mercye, and God of my life: I beseeche thee for thy sonne Christes sake haue mercy vpon mee, and vpon the housholde that thou haste geuen mee: and poure thy wholsome benefites vpon vs sufficientlye for oure lyuinge: for oure soule and body.
O thou great ryche husbande man: let thy greate riches riche our pouertye, thy merci bear our sinnes, thy grace beare and comfort our frailnesse.
Thy holy Angell kepe vs from Sathan, and from all euyll: that our conuersacion may be honest, faith full, and plenty in all good workes, & be saued throgh the merits of Iesus Christ our Lorde.
An other prayer.
O Lord Iesu Christe: thou hast saied, that whoso asketh, shall receiue: seke, and he shalle fynde: knocke, & it shalbe opened. O Lorde haue mercy vpon mee, and g [...]ue [Page 52] mee thy holye spirite of grace, to aske suche things as it may please thee, and onely in thee to seeke my sauacion, and to seeke thy honor and glory. And geue me an harte to repente my sinfull life knowledginge throughe faithe, and hope vpon the gate thy merites, by the whiche I maye enter into thy Kingdome, O Lorde Iesu Christe, and be saued.
An other prayer.
O Lorde God, father, I beseche thee for thy sonne Christes sake, powre vppon mee thy holye spirite of grace, and w [...]sdome to gouerne, and lead my body, and soule in thy worde, and cōmaundements, and that I may attain euerlasting life by Christ our Lord. Amen.
O Lorde God our father almyghty.
O Lord Iesu Christ thou sonne of God.
O Lord, God holy ghost.
O Lorde God holy trinitie three persōnes, and one God almyghty.
IN whose name we wer baptized.
O Lorde Iesu Christe the sonne of God, by whome, heauen, and earth was created, and made.
CHriste that treadeth downe the head of sathan.
ANd suffer not Sathan, sinne, deathe, neither Hell to haue power ouer vs
CHrist, of whom all the Prophets Prophec [...]ed of.
CHriste whiche arte the will, and substaunce of thef a ther.
WOrke thy grace in vs, and graffe vs in thee.
CHriste which arte the sonne of the highest God, and becamest man in the wombe of Mary the virgin: through the operacion of the holy ghoste.
CHrist that art God, of the substaunce of the father, before all worldes: and man of the substaunce of thy mother, borne into this worlde, perfite God, and perfite manne one Christ.
CHriste whiche arte the light & lyfe of all men, the lambe of God that taketh away the sinns of the world.
ANd in thy bloudye merites take away all our synnes.
O Lorde Iesu Christe thou chaungedst water into wine.
To the borne blynde, thou gauest sight.
The deafe to heare.
The dombe to speake.
The lame to goe.
The dead to rise.
The leprous clensed.
The deuels cast out.
And pardonest sinnes, and healest all diseases of soule and body.
ANd tourne vs whole to the, declare thy deuine mercye vppon vs: lyghten oure natural [...] blyndnesse, throughe thy grace: open our hard hartes: and grosse eares to heare and reade thy worde, that heauenlye voyce, and to beleue, and folow it in our liuyng and conuersation. O sonne of Dauid.
O moste mightye kyng, [Page] vs stronge throughe faith to confesse thy name to thy honoure: make our soules vpright in thee.
Raise vs vp from deadly sinne, vnto saluacion, caste out the deuell out of our hartes, and clense vs from all diseases of soule and body, be thou our shepherd bee thou our defender, be thou on our side: saue vs.
O Lorde Christe, thou hast created vs, thou haste died for our sinnes vpon the aulter of the crosse, to reconcile and saue vs, and to deliuer vs from y• wrath of thy father.
Haue mercy vpon mee and vpon all people.
O Christ, be alwaies our merciful mediator vnto th [...] father for vs, y• wee poore wretched sinners may find grace, mercy and fauour, & be saued throgh the, vertue of thy merits, O Christ
The Anthem.
CHriste died for our sinnes,Rom 8 and is risen vp agayne: whiche is also on the righthande of God, and maketh intercession for vs.
Glory be to the father and to the sonne. &c.
The verse
CHriste GOD and man, whiche arte in heauen, on the right hande of God the father, coequall in glorye,
Haue mercye vpon mee, and vppon all people that call to thee, thou knowest oure neade O Lorde, for damnation is of our selues but grace, mercye and saluation is of thee, and for thy sake.
The prayer.
O Lorde Iesu Christ, thou sonne of god, I bowe the knees of my hart vnto thy goodnesse [Page 57] praying thee as thou haste created me, and becammest man, and diedst for mee, and arte now in heauen, perfet God, and man sytting vpon the mercy seate: Beholde me with the eyes of thy mercy, conducte me so y• in the truthe I may walke, setting forth thy gloryous worde plenteously to thy honour, and prayse. O Christe Iesus whiche reignest God with the father, and the holy Ghoste for euer and euer. Amen.
The prayer for the after none.
GOD bende thy selfe into my helpe, that I may drade thee aboue all thinges, and gyue me grace to loue thee, to repent my sinnes, and to amende my lyuinge: lorde make haste to succoure mee.
Glory be to the father, and to the sonne &c.
The prayers
O LORD thou arte My defendo [...]: my worship, and the lifter vp of my head, health, and saluation commethe [Page 58] of thee O Christe: therfore thy blyssenge be vpon thy people.
O Lorde Iesu Christe, my kyng, and my God, vnto thee I make my prayer
O Lord lead me into thy righteousnesse because of mine enn emyes.
O faithfull people, offer the sacrifice of righteousnesse, and put your truste in the Lorde.
O Christe, turne to mee those mercyfull eyen, by the which thou perdonest sinnes, & sauesh thy people.
O Lorde sesse thou not to be mercyfull vnto mee, [Page] let thy goodnesse folow me, al the daies of my lyfe.
Thou arte my maker, and my sauiour. O leaue me not neither forsake me swete Iesus.
I am willing to bee thy seruaunt. my harte desiereth to loue thee, my soule which thou hast redemed desiereth to praise thee.
O Lorde Iesus let not the sinnefulnesse of my lyfe leese me.
But haue mercy vpō me, and saue mee.
O Lord absolue me from all those sinnes whiche I knowe not. And from all [Page 59] them which I haue boldly commited So shall I bee clene from all sinnes.
O Lorde Christe thou art the porcion of mine herytage: the cuppe wherof I drynke, and the lifter vp of my heade, for in thy power is health, and saluacion.
Glory be to the father & to the sonne &c.
The Chapiter.
CHrist was once offered vpon the Aulter the crosse to take awaye the sinnes of many, And vnto them that looke [Page] for hym, he shall appeare without sinne, vnto saluacion.
The hymne
IEsus, thou seest what neede I haue.
I haue none els to complayne vnto,
Thy grace and mercy I doo craue.
To be my guyde where euer I goe.
Iesus my soule & body into thy handes I betake.
For with thy bloud thou haste me bought.
S [...]ue me for thy mercy sake.
Vnto thy ymage thou haste mee wrought.
Glory be to the father, & to the sonne &c.
The Chapter
IF we sinne, we haue an aduocate with the father, euen Iesus Christ which is righteous, and he it is that opteyneth grace for our sinnes.
The bequeste,
NOW Lorde God; heauenly father I bequeath my soule and body into thy handes: [Page] hopyng, and beleuyng to be saued throughe the merits of thy onely sonne Iesus Christe my Lorde, and sauiour: whom thou, deare father, haste prepared, and set vp in heauen very God and man, to be thy mercy seate, throughe faith in his bloud.
Thus throwe the operacion of the holy ghost, y• eyes of my soule behold, thee my redemption in thy onelye sonne Iesus Christe my Lorde.
Glory bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghost, Amen.
IF we knowledge oure synns, Iesus Christ the euerlastinge priest is iust, and ready to pardone, and forgeue vs our sinnes.
The aunswere
[...]I Christe wee haue redemption & through his bloude the forgeuenesse of our synnes.
LOrd Iesus Christ sōne of God, thou redeamer of the worlde haue mercy.
Our father which arte inMatth 5. heauen. &c.
For he is in heauen very God, and man, with the father gloryfied.
His name be praised euer that was borne of the virgin Marye.
Iesus Christe thou sonne of the liuing God, Iesus of [Page 62] Nazareth Kynge of the Iewes. Sonne of Dauid [...] the lambe of God, the sauiour of the worlde.
O Lorde Iesus Christe God and man, whiche shalt com to be our Iudge.
The prayer.
O Lorde Iesus Christe that arte in heauen perfit God, and man heare my prayers, haue mercy vpon me, and pray vnto thy father for me, be [Page] thou my mercifull mediator vnto thy father, that I myght finde mercy for my sinnes at al tymes. and thy holy aungell to guide mee all dayes of my life, and at the generall day of iudgement, that I mai be partaker of that ioyfull voyce of thine, saying: come hether ye blessed, & possesse euerlasting life. Amen.
Thankes or praise
I Thanke thee, good lord, that thou haste created me vnto thine Image, and haste geuen me a soule liuing with reason and vnderstanding.
I thanke thee O God euerlastinge father, thou hast geuen thy onely sonne to becom man, and to dye for the sinnes of y• people that they might be saued.
I thanke thee O Lorde God, thou haste taken me out of the duste of ignorance, and haste gyuen, me, the euāgelicall know [...]edge, thy worde, and thy sonne,
I thanke thee, Lorde Iesus Christe, thou haste redemed me.
I thanke thee, Lorde god holy ghoste that thou hast, [Page] and doste enspire, and stir me to faith, hope, and repentaunce, and to seke my saluacion in Iesus Christ. [...] Cor 12.
The conclusion
I Thanke thee, O holy, glorious, & blessed trynytye, with al my whole harte, for all the benefits that thou haste giuē me. For in the tyme of ignoraunce thou hast geuen me knowledge, in the time of nede, thou haste gyuen me comforte, & necessaries sufficient. And in trouble deliueraunce: in sicknes, health: O [...]olye. God, allmighty, all merciful, good [Page 64] and true: haue mercy vpon mee, and vpon al the children that thou haste geuen mee: and euer geue vs alwayes thy gracious comforte, necessary for soule, and body that wee fall not in thy displeasaunce: but haue mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpon al people, and direct our life, and conuersacion to thy honour, al the dayes of our life, that wee may say euer.
Glory be to thee O father, to the sonne, and to the holy ghoste.
If God be on our side,Rom 4 who con be against vs? the [Page] which spared not his owne sonne, but hath gyuen him for vs all, how shall not he with him giue vs al things also.
The prayer
O Lorde Iesus Christ, be thou on my side, all the dayes of my life, thou arte the gift of the father to saue sinners, I beseche the Iesus, saue thou mee, and deliuer mee from all euyl both ghostly, and bodely now and euer to praise and worship thee in this, & in the worlde to come Amen.
An nother prayer.
O LORD God, holy ghoste, haue mercy vpon mee, Inspire, and conducte mee, and leade me, so that mine ennemye Sathan, nether the worldlyngs neuer see mee fall: but when I fall through nature, O holy ghoste, take me to thee▪ through thy diuine grace, and mercy, & drawe me. & all people vnto our Lorde Iesu Christ, that we might finde a sauiour, and be saued. Amen.
The xii Articles of the Christen faith, with an exposicion.
HE is a true God: and a liuing God, and a mercifull father.
There is but one god,Cor 8 euen the father by whō are all thynges. And one Lorde Iesus Christe, by whome are all thinges.Luke 12
Accordyng vnto the promiseGen [...] of god the father, And to ful fill the prophesyeEsay 5. 11 of the Prophetes
The sōne of God becamMatth [...] man, borne into this world to saue ye people from their sinnes, nether is there saluacionAct 4 in any other.
CHriste died for vs & ouri Cor 1 Osay 1 [...] sines, & was buried. And y• third day he rose frō death, by the glory of the father, according to the scripturs.
IF we sinne, we haue ani Iohn 2 aduocate with y• father, [Page] euen Iesus Christ, y• which is righteous, & he obteineth grace for our sinnes,
THe father iudgethe noIohn. 5. man, but hath geuen ouer al Iudgement vnto the sonne.
THe which is coequallMat 24. [...]5 God with ye father and the sonne, the whiche isAct 2 procedyng.
The whiche is the spirite of knowledge, & wisdom, trueth & cōforte, which theIohn 14. worlde knoweth hym not nether can receyue hym
THat is to saye the congregacion1 Cor [...] or assemblie of faithfull is the churche of God gouerned by the holy ghoste, Christe is the hed.
That is to saye: as manyIohn 10 Rom 8 as are sanctified, & gouerned by the holy ghoste are partakers of the kyngdome of goddes glory: throughe the merites of Christ. Where I am thereIohn 17 shall you be, saith Christe.
Throughe him the LordeEsay 15. pardoneth all sinnes.
I B [...]leue that all mankyndeMath 25 shal rise, both body, & soule, to receyue the Iudgement of Christe.Iohn 11
The conclusion.
I Beleue in God the father,Gene 1 who hath made me and all the world.
ANd thirdly in God theIohn 19 holy ghost: who hath, & doth sanctify mee, and all the ele [...]te people of God.
THe sonne is full God, of the father begotten
I saye not three Goddes: but one God almyghty.
THe maker, norisher,Esay 4 [...] and gouernour of all, both in heauen, and earth
Glory be to the father and to the sonne &c.
An exhortacion vnto the Lordes supper.
AND the way to theMatth 28 supper is, too examyn our conscience, knowledgynge our selfes [Page] vnto God, repentynge ourIohn 14 former life, askyng mercy of god y• father for Christs sake
And gladlye forgeue allMat [...] thine offenders.
Saieth he the words thatIohn. 6 I spake are spirit & lifeMath 18 When you shall se the bread: behold it with your natural eyes, as said christ it is bread: but spiritually lifte vp your hartes into heauen, where Christ, godAct 1. and man is syttyng on the right hand of God.
God wilbe worshiped inIohn [...] spirite, and truth.
Thankes.
O Father, I hartelyColo [...] thanke thee, whiche haste geuen thy sōne to take vpon him our naturall bodye, whiche body was once offered vntoIohn 1 [...] thee vpon the Aulter the crosse for sinners, for their health, welth, & saluacion.
When ye see the wyne beholde it with your natural eyes, as Christe saide it▪ is wine
Thankes.
SAying, I thanke thee, deare father, that thou didst not spare thy sonne Iesus Christe, to shed his bloud vpon the aulter the crosse, for to washe awaye my sinnes: I beseche thee father, that ye crucifieng of his body, & the shedynge of his bloud, may be meritorious to my saluacion.
Haue mercy vpon vs.
Haue mercy vpon vs.
Haue mercy vpon vs.
The prayer.
O Holy father, of heauen, I beseche thee for thy sōne Christs sake, haue mercy vppon mee, & vpon all people and forgeue vs all our sinnes.
And from hence forth geue thy holy Angell the charge of vs, to kepe our soules, and bodies blamelesse vnto the comming of thy sonne Iesus Christe, our sauiour, Amen.
Excepte ye eate the fleshe of theIohn 6 sonne of man and drinke hys bloud, there is no life in you.
SPyrytually to eate the body of Christ, god & man, fleshe, bloud and bone, & to drinke his bloud: is, faithfully to beleue y• the body of Christ was crucified, & bloud shed for our saluacion.
And to receyue y• Lordes supper, euen for a token of this fayth, and saluacion in Christes merites, and shall euer declare ChristesLuke. 22. death out of the scripture with thankes geuyng, vntil he come. But if yeei Cor 6. haue any other eatynge, it is playne Idolatry.