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1570
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A primer and a Cathechisme, and also the notable fayres in the Kalender set forth by the Quenes maiesty to betaught vnto children
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Grace before Dinner.
O Most gracious god andlouinge Father, whiche
mercifully feedest all liuing
creatures, we beseethe thee
blesse vs and al these thy giftes,
whiche wee at this present
shall receiue at thy bou~teous
hande, for the refreshinge
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of oure hungrye bodies.And giue vs grace to
doe all thinges vnto the glorye
of thy holye name, thorowe
Iesus Christ oure
Lorde. Amen.
Grace after Dinner.
NOwe you haue well refreshedyoure bodies remember
the lamentable afflictions
and myseryes of
manye thousandes of youre
neighbours and brethren in
Christe visited by the hande
of God, some withe mortall
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Plagues and diseases somewith imprisonmentes, some
with extreme pourtye, and
necessity, so that eyther they
cannot, or they haue not to
feede on as you haue donne
remember this therefore how
much & how deepely ye presente
are bound to the goodnes
of god for youre healthe,
wealth libertie, and manye
other his benefites giuen
vnto you.Responce.
Grace & thanks be now vnto
him & alwaies, for these
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and all other his benefites,so mercifully, louinglye, abboundantly
powred vpo~ vs.
Grace before meate.
REceiue your meate withoutgrudginge.
Take heede ye neuer abuse
the same.
Geue thankes to god for
euery thinge.
And alway praise his holy
name.
Who doth not so is sore to
blame.
No euill ensample se that
ye geue.
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Thus dothe godes wordeteach vs to liue.
Grace before Supper.
GEue thankes to god withone accord.
For that shall be set one this
boarde.
And bee not carefull what
to eate.
To eche thinge liuing the
Lord sendes meate.
For foode he will not see
you perishe.
But will you feede foster
and cherishe.
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Take well in worth thathe hath sent.
And at this time be therewith
content.
Praising God.
Grace after Supper.
NOwe that youre bodiesrefreshed bee. And that
of food is lefed some store.
Thinke ye then on the miserye,
of suche as goe from
dore to dore, and want that
you haue had at will, Hauinge
not therewith to sustaine
there hungrye bodies
for to fill: but in the streates
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lie and complaine, pitie therforetheir paine and greefe.
And ease ye them with some
releife.
Blessed be the father celestiall:
That hath vs fedde
withe materiall breade: Beseching
him to blesse vs all.
And send vs his kingedome
when we be deade.
A prayer at your vprisinge.
O Lord God my heauenlyFather I most humblye
thanke thee that thou
of thy fatherlye goodnesse
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hast vouchedsafe to defendeme this night from all euill
I most entirely beseche thee
to preserue mee also this
daye both from sufferinge &
doynge anye euill and to geue
me grace so to walke in ye
lighte of thy holye worde, yt
I may bringe forth the fruites
of the same vnto the glorye
of thy blessed name, and
the profite of my neighbour
Amen.
A praier to be saide when we go to bedde.
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I Thanke the O heauenlyFather by thy dearelye
beloued sone Iesus
Christ our Lord & Sauiour
that of thy free mercye thou
hast preserued me this daye
from al hurtes & daungers
vouchsafe also I most humbly
beseche thee to kepe me
this nighte and to saue mee
from al mine enemies both
bodely and ghostlye geue to
my bodye quietnes & sleepe
but let my minde continuallye
watche vnto the thinke
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one thee, and thy holye lawethat when ye cherefull light
of the day shall springe and
appeare, I beiynge whole
both in body and mind may
ioyfully rise againe be thankefull
vnto the, & diligently
walke in my vocation vnto
the glorye of thy blessed name
and the commoditie of
my neighbour, throughe Iesus
Christ thy sonne. Amen.
Sentences of the holy Scripture.
If the vngodly will tourneawaye from all his sinnes
D.i.
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that hee hath done & keepemy commaundementes and
doe the thinge that is equall
and righte doubtles he shall
liue, & not die, As for all his
sinnes yt hee did before, they
shall not be thoughte vpon
but in his righteousnesse
that he hathe donne he shall
lyue, for I haue no pleasure
in the Deathe of a sinner
Saithe the Lorde God but
rather yt he conuerte & liue.
Wherfore be conuerted and
turne ye clene fro~ all youre
wickednesse, so shall there
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no sinne do you harme.Tourne you vnto me saith
the Lorde of Hostes, and I
will tourne me vnto you.
Except ye repent, ye shall
al perishe saith Christ.
There shalbe ioy in the
presence of the Aungels, of
God ouer one Sinner that
repenteth.
Amende your liues for the
kingdome of god is at hand.
A sorowfull spirite is a
sacrifice to God, despise not
O God, humble and contrit
hartee.
D.ii.
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Let the vngodlye man forsakehis owne waies, & the
vnrighteous his owne imaginations
& tourne againe
vnto the lord, so shall he bee
mercifull vnto him & to our
God, for he is readye to forgeue.
Tourne you vnto mee
saith the lord with all your
hartes, with fastinge, weeping
and mourning.
Rent your heartes, & not
youre clothes. Tourne you
vnto the Lorde youre God,
for he is gracious, & mercyfull,
longe sufferinge and of
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greate compassion, and readyto pardon wickednes.
Make no tarying to tourne
vnto the Lorde, and put not
of from daye to daye, or sodenly
shall his wrathe come
and in time of vengeaunce
he shall destroy thee.
Turne vs O God our sauioure,
and let thine anger
cease from vs. Co~uerte thou
me and I shall be conuerted
for thou art my Lorde God.
If we knowledge our
sinnes, God is faithfull and
iust to forgeue vs oure sins
D.iii.
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and to cleanse vs from allvnrighteousnes.
DEarely beloued brethre~
the Scripture mouethe
vs in sundrye places to acknowledge
& confesse oure
manifolde sinnes and wickednes
and that we shoulde
not dissemble nor cloke the~
before the face of almightye
god our heuenly father but
confesse them with an humble
lowly penitent and obedient
hart, to the ende that
wee maye obtaine forgeuenes
of the same by his infinite
goodnesse, and mercy
and althoughe we ought at
al times humbly to acknowledge
oure sinne before god
yet ought we moste chieflye
so to do when they assemble
& meete together, to render
thankes for the great benefites
that we haue receued
at his handes to sette forthe
his moste worthy praise, to
heare his most holy worde, &
to aske those thinges which
be requisit and necessary as
well for the body as ye soule
Wherefore I praye & besech
D.iiii.
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you, as manye as bee hearepresent, to accompanye mee
with a pure harte and humble
voice vnto the throne of
the heauenly grace saing.
A confession of sinnes.
ALmightye & most mercyfullfather I haue erred
and strayed from thy waies
like a loste sheepe, I haue folowed
to muche the deuises
and desires of mine owne
hearte, I haue offended againste
thy holye lawes, I
haue lefte vndonne those
thinges whiche I oughte to
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haue done, and I haue donethose thinges whiche I
ought not to haue done and
there is no healthe in mee:
but thou O Lord haue mercy
vpon me miserable offender.
Spare thou mee O
god which confesse my faultes,
Restore thou me that
am penitente accordinge to
thy promises declared vnto
mankinde in Christ Iesu
oure Lorde. And graunte
O most mercifull father for
his sake, that I maye hereafter
lyue a godlye, righteous
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& sober lyfe to the gloryof thy holy name. Amen.
Or els this prayer folowing
ALmightye GOD, the Fatherof oure Lorde Iesus
Christ whiche desirest not
the deathe of a Sinner, but
rather thet he maye tourne
from his wikednes and liue
and hathe geuen power and
commandement to thy ministers
to declare and pronounce
to the people beinge
penitent, the absolution and
remission of their sinnes and
pardonest and absolueste all
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them which truelye repenteand vnfainedlye beleue his
holy gospell, I beseethe thee
to graunte mee true repentaunce
and thy holye spirite
that those thinges may please
thee, whiche I doe at this
present & that the reste of my
life hereafter maye be pure
and holy, so that at the laste
I maye come to thy eternall
ioye throughe Iesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
OUr Father which art
in Heauen, halowed
be thy name. Thy kingdom
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come. Thy will bee done inearth as it is in heauen.
Giue vs this day our dayly
breade. And forgeue vs our
treaspasses, as we forgeeue
them that trespasse againste
vs And let vs not be leadde
into temptation. But deliuer
vs from euill. Amen.
Then saye.
O Lord ope~ thou my lipsAnd my mouthe shal
shew forth thy praise.
O God make speede to saue
mee.
O Lord make hast to helpe
me.
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Glory be.&c. As it was.&c.Venite. Psalm. xcv.
O Come lette vs singe vntothe Lorde, let vs hartelye
reioyce in the strength
of our saluation.
Let vs come before his
presence with thanckes geuinge
and shewe our selues
glad in him with psalmes.
For the Lorde is a greate
GOD, and a greate Kinge
boue all gods.
In his handes are al the
corners of the Earthe, and
the strengthe of the hilles
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is his alsoThe sea is his and he made
it, and his handes prepared
the dry land.
O come let vs worshippe
and fall down & knele before
the Lord our maker.
For he is the Lorde our
god, and wee are the people
of his pasture, & the sheepe
of his handes.
To day if ye will heare his
voice, harden not your hartes
as in the prouocation, &
as in the daye of temptatio~
in the wildernes.
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When your fathers temptedme proued me and sawe
my workes.
Forty yeares long was I
greeued withe this generation,
and saide it is a people
that doe erre in their hartes
for they haue not knowen
my waies.
Vnto whome I sware in
my wrath that they shoulde
not enter into my rest.
Glory be.&c. As it was.&c.
Beatus vir. Psalm.i.
BLessed is that man thathathe not walked in the
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counsaile of the vngodlyenor stande in the waye of
sinners, and hathe not sitte
in the seat of the scornefull.
But his delighte is in the
lawe of the Lord, and in his
law will he exercise himselfe
both day and nighte.
And he shalbe like a tree
planted by the water side
that will bringe forthe his
fruite in due season.
His leafe also shall not wither,
and loke what so euer
he doth it shall prosper.
As for the vngodly it is
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not so withe them, but theyare like ye chaffe whiche the
wind scattereth away from
the face of the earth.
Therfore the vngodlye shal
not be able to stande in the
iudgemente neither the sinners
in the congregation of
the righteous.
But the Lorde knowethe
the way of the righteous &
the way of the vngodly shal
perishe. Glory be.&c. As it was.&c.
Domine quid. Psalm.iij.
LOrde, howe are they increasedE.i.
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that trouble me.Manye are they that rise
against me.
Manye one there be that
saye of my soule there is no
helpe for him in his God.
But thou O Lord, art my
defender, thou arte my worship,
and the lifter vp of my
heade.
I did call vpon the lorde
with my voice, and he harde
me out of his holy hill.
I layd me downe and slepte
and rose againe for that the
lord sustained me.
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I will not be afraid often thousand of people that
haue set themselues against
me rounde about.
Vp lorde and helpe me, O
my God, for thou smitest all
myne enemyes vppon the
cheke bone thou hast broke~
the teth of the vngodly.
Saluation belongeth vnto
the lorde, and thy blessinge
is vpon the people.
Glory be.&c. As it was.&c.
Cum inuocarem. Psalm.iiii.
HEare mee when I callO GOD, of my righteousnes
E.ii.
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thou haste set me atliberty when I was in trouble,
haue mercy vpon me, &
harken vnto my prayer.
O ye sonnes of men, how
long will ye blaspheme min
honour, and haue such pleasure
in vanity and seeke after
leasing.
Knowe this also that the
Lord hath chosen to himself
the man that is godly when
I call vpon the Lorde he wil
heare me.
Stande in awe and sinne
not co~mon with your owne
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hart, and in your Chamberand be still.
Offer to god the sacrifice of
righteousnes and put youre
truste in the Lord.
There be manye that wil
say, who will shewe vs any
good.
Lord lift thou vp the light
of thy cou~tenance vpon vs.
Thou hast put gladnes in
my harte since the time that
their Corne and Wine and
Oyleincreased.
I will laye mee downe in
peace and take my reste, for
E.iii.
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it is thou Lord onelye thatmakest me dwell in safetye,
Glory be.&c. As it was.&c.
The first lesson taken out of Exodus.xx.
REmember that thou kepeholye the Sabaoth daye
six dayes thou shalt labour
and doe all that thou haste
to doe: but the seuenth daye
is the Sabaoth of the Lord
thy god in it thou shalte doe
no manner of worke thou &
thy sonne: & thy Daughter
thy manseruaunte, and thy
maideseruant, thy cattell, &
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the straunger that is witheinthy gates for in six dayes
the lorde made heauen and
earthe the sea and all that in
them is, and rested the seuenthe
daye. Wherefore the
Lorde blessed the seuenthe
day and halowed it.
Te Deum Laudamus.
WE praise thee, O Godwe knowledg the to be
the lorde.
All the earth doth worshipe
thee the father euerlasting.
To thee all Aungelles cry aloude
E.iiii.
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the Heauens and allthe powers therein:
To the Cherubin and Seraphin
continually do cry.
Holye, Holye, Holye, Lord
God of sabaoth.
Heauen and earth are full
of the maiestie of thy glory.
The glorious companye of
the Apostles praise thee.
The goodlye felowship of
the Prophetes praise thee.
The noble armie of Martirs
praise thee.
The Holye Church thorowout
all the worlde doth
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knowledge thee.The father of an infinite
Maiestie.
Thy honorable, true, and
onely sonne.
Also the holy ghoste, the
comforter.
Thou art the kinge of glorie
O Christ.
Thou art the euerlasting
sonne of the father.
When thou tokeste vppon
thee to deliuer manne thou
diddest not abhorre the virgins
Wombe.
When thou haddeste ouercome
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ye sharpenes of deathethou didst open ye kingdome
of heauen to all beleuers.
Thou sitteste one the righte
hande of God, in the glorye
of the father.
We beleue that thou shalte
come to be our iudge.
We therefore praye thee
helpe thy seruantes whome
thou hast redemed with thy
precious bloud.
Make them to be numbred
withe thy Sainctes in glory
euerlasting.
O Lorde saue thy people.
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And blesse, thine heritage.Gouerne them and lifte
them vp for euer.
Day by day we magnifie
thee.
And we worshipe thy name
euer world without ende.
Vouchsafe O Lorde to keepe
vs this daye without sinne.
O Lorde haue mercy vppon
vs haue mercy vppon vs.
O Lord let thy mercye
lighten vpo~ vs as our trust
is in thee.
O Lorde in thee haue I
trusted let me neuer be confounded.
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Or this Canticle.
Benedicite.
O Al ye workes of ye Lordblesse ye the lord: praise
him & magnify him for euer
O ye angels of ye lord blesse
ye the Lorde: praise ye him
and magnifye him for euer.
O ye Heauens, blesse ye the
lord: praise him and magnifye
him for euer.
O ye waters that be aboue
the firmament, blesse ye the
Lorde: praise him and magnifye
him for euer.
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O all ye powers of the lordblesse ye the lord: praise him
and magnify him for euer.
O ye sunne & Moone, blesse
ye the Lorde: praise ye him
and magnify him for euer.
O ye Starres of Heauen,
blesse ye the lord: praise him
and magnifie him for euer.
O ye showers & dew, blesse
ye the Lorde: praise ye him
and magnifye him for euer.
O ye windes of God, blesse
ye the Lorde: praise ye him and
magnifie him for euer.
O ye Fire and Heate, blesse
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ye the lorde: praise ye himand magnifie him for euer.
O ye winter and Sommer,
blesse ye the lord praise him
and magnifie him for euer.
O ye Dewes and Frostes
blesse ye the lord praise him
and magnifie him for euer.
O ye Frost and Cold, blesse
ye the lord praise him and
magnifie him for euer.
O ye Ise and snowe, blesse
ye the lorde: praise ye him
and magnifie him for euer.
O ye Nightes and Dayes,
blesse ye the lord: praise him
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and magnifie him for euer.O ye Lighte and Darknes,
blesse yee the lord praise him
and magnifie him for euer.
O ye lighteninges & clouds
blesse ye the lord, praise him
and magnify him for euer.
O let the Earth, blesse the
lorde, yea, let it praise him. &
magnifie him for euer.
O ye Mountaines & Hilles,
blesse ye the lord: praise him
and magnifye him for euer.
O all ye grene thinges, vpon
the Earth, blesse ye the
lorde, praise him and magnify
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him for euer.O ye Welles, blesse ye the
Lorde: praise him and magnify
him for euer.
O ye Seas and flouddes,
blesse ye the lorde praise him
and magnify him for euer.
O ye Whales and all that
moue in the Waters, blesse
ye the Lord: praise him and
magnify him for euer.
O al ye Foules of the aire
blesse ye the lord: praise him
and magnify him for euer.
O all ye Beastes & Cattell,
blesse ye the lord: praise him
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and magnify him for euer.O ye Children of menne
blesse ye the lord, praise him
and magnify him for euer.
O let Israell, blesse the
Lorde: yea, let it praise him
and magnifye him for euer.
O ye Priestes of the Lord
blesse ye the lord: praise him
and magnify him for euer.
O ye seruantes of the lord
blesse ye the lord: praise him
and magnify him for euer.
O ye Spirites and Soules
of the righteous, blesse ye
the Lorde, praise him and
F.i.
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magnifie him for euer.O ye Holy and humble men
of harte blesse ye the Lorde
praise him and magnify him
for euer.
O Ananias, Azarias, and
Misaell, blesse ye the Lord
praise him & magnifie him
for euer.
Glory be.&c. As it was.&c.
The seconde lesson taken out of the. v. Chapter of the gospell of. S. Mathew.
WHen Iesus sawe ye people,he went vp into a
Mountaine, & whe~ he
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was set, his Disciples cameto him, and after that he
had opened his mouthe hee
taughte them sayinge blessed
are the poore in spirite
for theirs is the kingedome
of Heauen. Blessed are they
that mourne. For they shall
receiue comfort. Blessed are
the meeke, for they shall receiue
the inheritance of the
erth blessed are they whiche
hunger & thirste after righteousnes
for they shalbe satisfied.
Blessed are the mercifull
for they shall obtaine
F.ii.
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mercy. Blessed are the purein hart for they shall se God
Blessed are ye peace makers
for they shall be called the
children of god. Blessed are
they which suffer persecution
for righteousnes sake for
theirs is the kingedome of
heauen, blessed are ye when
men reuile you & persecute
you and shall falselye say all
manner of euill sayinges againste
you for my sake reioyce
& be glad, for great is
your reward in heauen. For
so persecuted they the Prophetes,
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whiche were beforeyou. Ye are the Salte of the
earth. But if the Salt haue
loste his saltnes, what shall
be seasoned therewith. It
is thenceforthe good for nothing
but to be cast out, and
to be troden downe of men.
Ye are the light of ye worlde
A Citie that is set on an hill
cannot be hidde neither doe
men lighte a Candell & put
it vnder a Bushell, but on a
Candellsticke, and it geueth
light vnto all that are in the
house. Let youre lighte so
F.iii.
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shine before men, that theymay see youre good workes
and gloryfye youre Father
which is in heauen.
Benedictus.Luke.i.
BLessed be the lord god ofIsraell, for he hath visited
and redemed his people
And hath raised vp a mightye
saluation for vs, in the
house of his seruant Dauid
As he spake by the mouth
of his holy prophets which
haue bene since the world
began.
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That wee shoulde be sauedfrom our enemies & from ye
handes of all that hate vs.
To performe the mercye
promised to our forefathers
and to remember his holye
couenaunt.
To performe ye othe whiche
he sware to oure forefather
Abraha~ yt he wold geue vs.
That we being deliuered
out of the handes of our enemies
might serue him without
feare.
In holines and righteousnesse
before him all the
F.iiij.
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dayes of our life.And thou childe shalt be
called the prophet of the highest
for thou shalt goe before
the face of the Lorde to
prepare his wayes.
To geue knowledge of saluation
vnto his people, for
the remissio~ of their synnes.
Thorowe the tender mercy
of oure God, whereby the
day springes from an highe
hath visited vs.
To geue light to the~ that
sit in darkenes and in ye shadow
of death, & to guid our
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feete into the way of peace.Glory be.&c. As it was.&c.
Or els this Psalm.
Iubilate deo. Psalm.C.
O Be ioyfull in the Lordeall ye Landes serue
the Lord with gladnes, and
come before his presence
with a songe.
Be ye sure that the Lorde
he is god it is he that hathe
made vs, and not wee oure
selues we are his people, &
the shepe of his pasture.
O goe your waye into his
gates with thankes geuing
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And into his Courtes withpraise be thankful vnto him
& speake good of his name.
his mercy is euerlastinge, &
his truth endureth from generation
to generation.
Glory be.&c. As it was.&c.
The Creede.
I Beleue in god the Fatheralmightye, maker of Heauen
and earth: And in Iesus
Christe his onely sonne
our Lorde.&c.
Lorde haue mercye vpo~ vs.
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Christ haue mercy vpon vsLord haue mercy vpon vs.
Our Father which art.&c.
O Lorde shewe thy mercye
vpon vs.
And grau~te vs thy saluatio~
O Lorde saue the Queene.
And mercifullye heare vs
when we call vpon thee.
Indue thy ministers with
righteousnes.
And make thy chosen people
ioyfull.
O Lorde saue thy people.
And blesse thine inherita~ce.
Geue peace in our time O
lorde.
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Bicause there is none otherthat fighteth for vs but only
thou O God.
O God make clene our
hartes within vs.
And take not thine holye
spirite from vs.
Then say the Collect that pertayneth
vnto that Sonday which
Collect also shall serue for the first
Collect all the weeke followinge.
The second Collect for Peace.
O God which arte the aucthorof peace & louer of concorde
in knowledge of who~
standeth oure eternall lyfe,
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whose seruice is perfect fredomedefende vs thy humble
seruants in all assaultes
of our enemies, that we surelye
trusting in thy defence
may not feare the power of
anye aduersaryes, thorowe
the mighte of Iesus Christe
our Lord.
The third Collect for grace.
O Lord our heauenlye fatheralmighty and euer
lastinge God, whiche haste
safely brought vs to the beginninge
of this day, defende vs in the same with thy
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mighty, power and grauntethat this daye, wee fall into
no sinne neither runne into
any kinde of daunger, but
that all our doinges may be
ordered by thy gouernance
to doe alwayes that is righteous
in thy sighte thorowe
Iesus Christe our Lorde.
Amen.
The .iiij. Collect for the Queene.
O Lorde Iesus Christemost highe most mighty
Kinge of Kinges, Lorde of
Lords the onely ruler of all
Princes, the very Sonne of
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God, on whose right handesitting dost from thy throne
behold al the dwellers vpo~
Earthe, with moste lowelye
heartes, wee beseeche thee
vouchsafe with fauourable
regard to beholde our moste
Gracious Soueraigne Ladye
Queene Elizabeth & so
replenishe her with ye grace
of thy holy spirite that shee
maye alwaye encline to thy
will and walke in thy waye
keepe her farre from ignoraunce
but thorow thy gracious
gifte let prudence and
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godlye knoweledge alwayeabounde in her Royall hart
so instruct her O Lorde Iesu
raigninge vppon vs in
earthe that her noble Grace
may alway obey thy godlye
maiestie in feare and dreade
endue her plentifullye with
heauenly giftes graunt her
in health and wealthe long
to liue heape glory and honour
vpo~ her glad her with
the ioye of thy countenance
so strength her that she may
vanquishe and ouercome al
her and our foes & be dread
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and feard of al the enemiesof this Realme and finallye
after this life, that she maye
attayne euerlastinge ioye &
felicitie. Amen.
O God the Father of Heauen
haue mercy vpo~ vs
miserable sinners.
O God the father of heauen haue
mercy vpo~ vs miserable sinners.
O God the Sonne redemer
of the worlde, haue mercye
vpon vs miserable sinners.
O God the sonne redemer of thee
world haue mercy vpon vs miserable
sinners.
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O God the holy ghoste procedingfrom the Father and
the sonne haue mercy vpon
vs miserable sinners.
O God the holye ghoste proceading
from the Father and the son
haue mercye vpo~ vs miserable.&c
O Holye blessed & glorious
Trinitye, thre persons and
one God haue mercye vpon
vs miserable sinners.
O holye blessed, and glorious
Trinitie, three persons and one
God, haue mercy vpon vs.&c
Remember not Lorde oure
offences nor the offences of
our forfathers, neither take
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thou vengeance of oure sinnes:Spare vs good Lorde
spare thy people who~ thou
hast redemed with thy most
precious bloude, and be not
angry with vs for euer.
Spare vs good Lord.
From all euill & mischiefe
from sinne, from the craftes
and assaultes of the Deuill,
from thy wrathe,and from
euerlasting dampnation.
Good Lord deliuer vs.
From all blindenes of harte
from pride vaine glory, and
hypocrisy from enuy hatred
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and malice, and al vncharitablenes.Good Lord deliuer vs.
From all fornication and al
other deadlye sin, and from
al the deceipts of the world
the fleshe and the Deuill.
Good Lord deliuer vs.
From lighteninges & tempests,
from plage, pestilence
and famine, from battaile
and murther, and from sodaine
death.
Good Lord deliuer vs.
From all sedicion and priuy
co~spiracye from all false
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doctrine and Heresye, fromhardnes of hearte, and contempt
of thy word and commaundement.
Good Lord deliuer vs.
By the misterye of thy holy
incarnation by thy holy natiuity
and Circumcision, by
thy Baptisme, fastinge, and
temptacion.
Good Lord deliuer vs.
By thine agony and bloudy
sweate, by thy Crosse & passion:
by thy precious deathe
and buriall, by thy glorious
resurrection, and assention,
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and by the comminge of theholy ghost.
Good Lord deliuer vs.
In all time of our tribulation,
in all time of our wealth
in the houre of deathe and
in the daye of iudgement.
Good Lord deliuer vs.
We sinners doe besech thee
to heare vs O lorde God
and that it maye please thee
to rule, and gouerne thy holy
church vniuersally in the
right way.
We beseeche thee to heare vs.&c.
That it maye please thee to
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keepe and strengthen in thetrue worshipping of thee in
righteousnes and holynes
of life, thy seruaunte Elizabeth
oure moste gracious
Quene and gouernour.
We beseche thee to heare vs.&c.
That it maye please thee to
rule her hearte in thy faithe
feare and loue, and that she
maye euermore haue affiaunce
in the, and euer seeke
thy honour and glory.
We beseche thee to heare vs.&c.
That it maye please thee to
be her defender and keeper
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geuing her the victory oueral her enemies.
We beseche thee to heare vs.& c.
That it maye please thee to
illuminate all Bishops, Pastoures
and ministers of the
Church, with trewe knowledge
and vnderstanding of
thy word, and that both by
their preaching and liuinge
they maye set it forthe and
shew it accordingly.
We beseche thee to heare vs.&c.
That it maye please thee to
indue the lords of the counsayle,
and all the Nobilitie,
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with grace wisedom andvnderstandinge.
We beseche thee to heare vs.&c.
That it maye please thee to
blesse and keepe the Magistrates
geuinge them grace
to execute Iustice, and to
maintaine truth.
We besech thee to heare vs.&c.
That it maye please thee to
blesse & kepe all thy people.
We besech thee to heare vs.&c.
That it may please thee to
geue to all Nations unitie,
peace and concorde.
We besech thee to heare vs.&c.
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That it maye please thee togeue vs an hart to loue and
dreade thee, and diligentlye
to lyue after thy commaundementes.
We beseche thee to heare vs. &c.
That it maye please thee to
geue all they people increase
of grace to here mekelye
thy worde & to receaue it wt
pure affectio~, and to bringe
forth ye fruites of the spirite.
We beseeche thee to heare vs.&c.
That it maye please thee to
bring into ye waye of truthe
all suche as haue erred and
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are deceiued.We besech thee to heare vs.&c.
That it maye please thee to
strengthen such as do stand
and to comforte and helpe
the weake harted, and to
raise vp them that fall, and
finallye to beate down Sathan
vnder our feete.
We beseeche thee to heare vs. &c.
That it maye please thee to
succour helpe and comforte
all that be in daunger, necessitie
and tribulation.
We beseche thee to heare vs.&c.
That it maye please thee to
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preserue al that trauaile byland or by water al women
labouring of childe, all sicke
persons and young children
and to shew thy pitye vpon
all prisoners and captiues.
We beseche thee to heare vs.&c.
That it maye please thee to
defende and prouide for the
Fatherles Childre~ and widowes
and all that be desolate
and oppressed.
We beseche thee to heare vs. &c.
That it maye please thee to
haue mercy vppon all men.
We beseeche thee to heare vs. &c.
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That it maye please thee toforgeue our enemies persecutors
& sclaunderers and
to tourne their hartes.
We beseeche thee to heare vs.&c.
That it maye please thee to
geue & preserue to oure vse
the kindelye fruites of the
earthe, so as in dewe tyme
we may enioye them.
We beseeche thee to heare vs &c.
That it maye please thee to
geeue vs true repentaunce
to forgeue vs al our sinnes,
negligences & ignorances,
and to endewe vs with the
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grace of thy holy spirite, toamend our liues accordinge
to thy holy worde.
We beseche thee to heare vs. &c.
Sonne of God, we beseeche
thee to heare vs.
Sonne of god wee beseeche the to
heare vs.
O la~be of god, that takest away
the sinnes of ye worlde.
Graunt vs thy Peace.
O la~mbe of god, that takest away
the sinnes of ye worlde.
Haue mercy vpon vs.
O Christ heare vs.
O Christ heare vs.
Lord haue mercy vpon vs.
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Lord haue mercy vpon vs.Christ haue mercy vpon vs.
Christ haue mercy vpon vs.
Lord haue mercy vpon vs.
Lordhaue mercy vpon vs.
Our father whiche. &c.
And lead vs not into temptation.
But deliuer vs from euill. Amen.
O Lord deale not with vs after
oure sinnes.
Neither rewarde vs after
pure iniquities.
Let vs praye.
O God mercyfull Father,that despiseste not the
sighing of a contrite harte,
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nor the desire of suche as besorowfull mercifully assiste
oure prayers that we make
before the in all oure troubles
and aduersities when
so euer they oppresse vs.
And gratiously heare vs
that those euils, whiche the
crafte and subtilty of the deuil
or man worketh against
vs be broughte to naughte,
and by the prouide~ce, of the
goodnes they maye bee dispersed,
that we thy serua~ts,
being hurt by no persecutio~
may euermore geue thanks
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vnto the in thy holy Churchthrough Iesus Christe oure
Lorde. Amen.
O lord arise helpe vs, & deliuer
vs for thy names sake.
O God, we haue hard with
our eares and oure fathers
haue declared vnto vs the noble
works that thou diddest
in their dayes, & in the olde
time before them.
O lorde arise helpe vs, and
deliuer vs for thine honour.
Glory be. &c. As it was. &c.
From our enemies defende
vs O Christ.
H.i.
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Graciously loke vpon ourafflictions.
Pitifully behold the sorowes
of our hartes.
Mercifullye forgeue the sinnes of
thy people.
Fauourably with mercye
heare our prayers.
O Sonne of Dauid, haue mercye
vpon vs.
Bothe now and euer vouchsafe
to heare vs O Christe.
Graciously heare vs O Christ.
Graciously heare vs O lorde
Christ.
O Lorde, lette thy mercy be
shewed vpon vs.
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The Aunswere.
As we do put our trust in thee.Let vs praye.
WE humblye beseche theO Father mercifullye
to loke vp oure infirmities
and for the glorye of thy names
sake, tourne from vs
all those euils that we most
righteouslye haue deserued
and graunt that in all oure
troubles we maye put oure
whole truste and confydence
in thy mercye, and euermore
serue thee, in holynes
and purenes of lyuinge
H.ii.
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to thy honoure and glorye:through our only mediator
and aduocate Iesus Christe
our Lord. Amen.
For rain, if the time require
O God heauenlye Father,which by thy sonne Iesus
Christe haste promised
to all the~ that seke thy kingdome
and the righteousnes
therof all things necessarye
to their bodely sustenaunce
sende vs we beseeche thee in
this our necessity suche moderate
rain & showers, that
we may receiue the fruites
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of the earth to our comforteand to thy honoure through
Iesus Christe oure Lorde.
For faire weather.
O Lorde God, whiche forthe sin of ma~ didste once
drowne all the worlde excepte
eyghte parsones and
afterward of thy great mercy
diddest promise neuer to
destroy it so again, we humbly
beseche the, yt althoughe
we for oure iniquities haue
worthely deserued this plague
of raine & waters, yet
vpon our true repentaunce
H.iii.
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thou wilt send vs such weather,wherby we may receiue
the fruites of the earthe
in dewe season: and learne
bothe by thy punishment to
amend our liues and for thy
cleme~cy to geeue the praise
and glorye, throughe Iesus
Christ our lord. Amen.
In the tyme of Dearthe and Famine.
O GOD heauenly Fatherwhose gifte it is, that
the raigne dothe fall, the
earth is fruitfull, beastes increase
and Fishes do multiplye:
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beholde wee beseechethee, the afflictions of thy
people, and graunt that the
scarsitie and dearth, whiche
we do now most iustlye suffer
for oure iniquitye, maye
throughe thy goodnes, bee
mercyfully turned into chepenesse
and plentye, for the
loue of Iesus Christe oure
lord to whom with the and
the holy ghost.&c.
In the tyme of warre.
O Almightye God, Kyngeof all kinges and gouernoure
of all thinges, whose
H.iiii.
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power no creature is ableto resiste, to whom it belongeth
iustlye to punnishe sinners,
& to be merciful to the~
that truelye repe~t saue & deliuer
vs, we humbly beseche
the, from the handes of our
enemies: abate their Pride
asswage their malice & confound
their deuises, that we
being armed wt thy defence
may be preserued euermore
fro~ all perils, to gloryfy the
which art the onelye geuer
of al victory thorow the merites,
of thy onely sonne Iesus
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Christ our Lord. Amen.In the time of any common plague, or sickenes.
O Almightye God, whichin thy wrath in the time
of king Dauid, diddest slea
with the plage of pestilence
thre score and ten thousande
and yet reme~bring thy mercy
didst saue the reste, haue
pitie vpon vs miserable sinners,
that nowe are visited
with great sickenes & mortalitie,
that like as thou diddest
then commaunde thine
Aungel to cease from punishing,
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so it may now pleasethe, to withdrawe from vs
this Plague and greeuous
syckenesse: throughe Iesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
After the sermon or homely.
GRaunt wee beseche theealmightye God, that the
woordes whiche wee haue
hearde this daye with oure
outward eares may thorow
thy grace, bee so grafted inwardlye
in oure heartes,
that they may bringe forthe
in vs, the fruites of good
liuinge, to the honoure and
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praise of thy name, thoroweIesus Christe oure Lorde
Amen.
The Letany shall euer end with this Collect followinge.
ALmighty God whichehaste geue~ vs grace at
this time with one accorde
to make oure common
supplicatio~s vnto thee, and
doeste promise, that when
two or three be gathered together
in thy name, thou
wilt grau~te their requestes
fulfyll now O Lord the desires
& petitions of thy seruauntes
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as may be most expedientfor them graunting
vs in this worlde knowledge
of thy truthe, and in
the world to come life euerlastinge.
Amen.
O Lorde ope~ thou my lips.
And my mouthe shall
shew forth thy praise.
O God make spede to saue
mee.
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O lorde make haste to helpemee.
Glory be.&c. As it was. &c.
Praise we the Lorde.
Confitebor tibi. Psalm. i.
I Wyll geue thankes vntothe lorde with my whole
harte secretly among the
faithfull, & in ye congregatio~.
The workes of the Lorde
are greate soughte oute of
all them that haue pleasure
therin.
His worke is worthye to
be praised & had in honour,
and his righteousnes endureth
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for euer.The mercifull and gracious
Lord hath so done hys
maruaylous woorkes, that
they oughte to be had in remembraunce.
He hath geuen meate vnto
them that feare him, hee
shall euer bee mindefull of
his couenaunt.
He hath shewed his people
the power of his workes
that he maye geue them the
heritage
of the Heathen.
The workes of his handes
are veritie and iudgement,
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all his commaundementesare true.
They stand faste for euer
and euer, and are donne in
truth and equitie.
Hee hathe sente redemption
vnto his people: hee hathe
commaunded his couenant
for euer, holye and reuerent
is his name.
The feare of the Lorde is
the beginning of wysedome
a good vnderstanding haue
al they yt do therafter ye praise
of it endureth for euer.
Glory be.&c. As it was. &c.
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Beatus vir. Psalm. xij.
BLessed is that man thatfeareth the Lord he hath
great delite in his co~maundementes.
His seede shalbe mightye
vpon earth: the generation
of ye faithfull shalbe blessed
riches & plenteousnes shall
be in his house, & his righteousnes
endureth for euer.
Vnto the godly there ariseth
vp a light in the darkenes,
he is mercifull, louinge
and righteous.
A good man is mercyfull
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and lendeth and will guidehis wordes with discretion.
For he shal neuer be moued
and his righteousnesse shall
be had in an euerlasting remembraunce.
He shall not be a fraide of
anye euill tidinges, for his
hart standeth fast and beleueth
in the Lord.
His hart is stablished and
will not shrinke vntill he see
his desire vpo~ his enemies.
He hath dispersed abroade
and geuen to the poore, and
his righteousnesse remaineth
I.i.
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for euer his horne shalbe exalted with honour.
The vngodly shall see it, &
it shall greeue him he shall
gnashe with his teeth, and
consume away, the desire of
the vngodly shall perishe.
Glory be &c. As it was. &c.
The firste lesson taken oute of the first Chapter of the Prouerbes.
WIsedome cryethe withoute,and putteth forthe
her voyce in the streates.
She calleth before the congregation,
in the open gates,
and sheweth her words
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thorowe the citie saynge, Oye children how long wil ye
scorners delight in scorning
and the vnwise be enemies
vnto knowledge. O tourne
you vnto my correction. Loe
I will expresse my mind vnto
you and make you vnderstande
my wordes Seinge
then that I haue called, and
ye refuse it. I haue stretched
oute my hande, and no man
regarded it, but all my counsailes
haue ye dispised, and
set my correction at naught
therefore shall I also laugh
I.ii.
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in your destruction & mockeyou when the thinge that
ye feare cometh vpon you.
Euen when the thinge that
ye bee afraide of fallethe in
sodainlye lyke a storme and
your misery lyke a tempeste
yea when trouble and heauines
cometh vpon you the~
they shall seeke me earelye
but they shall not finde me.
And that because they hated
knowledge & receiued
not the feare of the Lorde
but abhorred my counsayle
and dispised my correction.
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Magnificat anima. Luke .i.
MY soule doth magnifyethe Lord.
And my spirit hath reioyced
in god my sauiour.
For he hath regarded the
lowlines of his handmaide~.
For beholde from henceforthe
all generations shall
call me blessed.
For he that is mightye
hath magnified me and holy
is his name.
And his mercy is on them
that feare him throughoute
all generations.
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He hathe shewed strengthwith his arme he hath scattered
the proude in the imagination
of their hartes.
He hath put downe ye mighty
from their seat, and hathe
exalted the humble & meke.
He hath filled the hungrye
with good thinges, and the
riche he hathe sent empty awaye.
He remembringe his mercy
hath holpen his seruaunt
Israell as hee promised to
oure forefather Abraham &
his sede for euer
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Glory be. &c. As it was.&c.Cantate. Psalm. xcviij.
O Singe vnto the Lordea newe song, for he hath
done meruailous thinges.
With his owne right hande
& with his holy arme hathe
he begotten himself the victory.
The Lord declared his saluation,
his righteousnesse
hath he openly shewed in ye
sight of the Heathen.
He hath remembred his
mercye and truthe towarde
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the house of Israell, and allthe endes of the world haue
seene the saluation of oure
God.
Shewe your selues ioyfull
vnto the Lord all ye landes,
singe, reioyce, and giue
thankes.
Praise ye lord vpo~ the harpe
Singe to the harpe, with a
Psalme of thankesgeuinge.
With trompets also and
shawmes, O shewe youre
selues ioyful before the lord
the kinge.
Let the sea make a noise
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and all that therein is, theround worlde, and they that
dwell therin.
Let the flouddes clap their
handes and let the hilles be
ioyfull together before the
lord, for he is come to iudge
the earth.
With righteousnes shall
he iudge the world and the
people with equitye.
Glory be. &c. As it was. &c.
The second lesson taken out of the xx. Chapter to the Romaines.
I Beseche you brethren, bythe mercifullnes of God,
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that you make your bodyesa quicke sacrifice, holye and
acceptable vnto God which
is your reasonable seruing
of god, and fashion not your
selues like vnto this worlde
but be you chaunged in your
shape by ye opening of your
minde, that ye may proue
what thinge that good & acceptable
and perfect will of
God is.
For I say, thorow the grace
that vnto me geuen is to euery
man amonge you that
no ma~ stand hie in his owne
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conceit more than it becommethhim to esteme of himselfe
but to iudge of himself
that he be gentle and sober
according as God hath delte
to euery man the measure of
faith, for as we haue manye
members in one bodye, and
all members haue not one
office so we being many are
one body in Christ and euery
man amonge our selues
one anothers members.
Nunc dimittis. Luke.ij.
LOrde now letteste thouthy seruaunte departe in
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peace, accordinge to thyworde.
For mine eyes haue seene
thy saluation.
Which thou hast prepared
before the face of all people
To be a lighte to lighten
the gentils, & to be the glorye
of the people Israell.
Glory be. &c. As it was. &c.
Or ells this Psalm
Deus miseriatur nostri Psal .lxvij.
GOD bee mercifull vntovs & blesse vs: and shew
vs ye light of his cou~tenance
and be mercifull vnto vs.
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That thy way maye bee
knowen vpon earth and thy
sauinge healthe amonge al
nations.
Let the people praise thee
O God, yea let al the people
praise thee.
O let the nations reioice
and be glad, for thou shalte
iudge the folke righteously
and Gouerne the Nations
vpon earth.
Let the people praise thee
O God: Let all the people
praise thee.
Then shal the earth bringe
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forthe her increase and Godeuen oure owne God, shall
giue vs his blessing.
God shall blesse vs and al
the endes of the world shal
feare him.
Glory be to to the Father. &c.
As it was in the begin. &c.
O GOD from who~ all holy
desires all good counsayles
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and all iuste workesdoe procede geeue vnto thy
seruaunts that peace which
the world cannot geue, that
both our hartes maye be set
to obey thy co~maundementes
and also that by thee we being
defended from the feare
of oure enemies maye passe
our time in reste and quietnes
thorowe the merites of
Iesus Christ our Sauioure
Amen.
A Prayer for the Quene.
MOste mercifull Fatherall wee thy seruauntes
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by duetye and Children bygrace, doe beseche the moste
humblye to preserue Elizabeth
thy daughter and seruante,
and oure Quene and
gouernoure, Sowe in her
good Lorde, such seede of
vertue nowe in her younge
age that many yeares this
realme may enioye muche
fruite of this thy blessinge
in her thorow Iesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
For one that is sore sicke.
HEare vs almightye andmost mercifull God and
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sauiour extend thy accostomedgoodnes to thy serua~t
N. whiche is greeued with
sickenesse, visite him O lord
as thou dideste visite Peters
wiues mother and the
Captaines seruaunte, So
visite and restore vnto this
sicke persone, his former
healthe if it be thy will or
else geeue him grace so to
take thy visitacion that after
this painfull life ended
he maye dwell with thee in
life euerlasting.
Other generall Collects.
K.i.
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ASsiste vs mercyfullye OLord in these our supplications
& prayers, and dispose
ye way of thy seruaunts
towards the attainment of
euerlastinge saluation, that
among all the changes and
chances of this mortall lyfe
they maye euer be defended
by thy most gracious & ready
helpe, thorow Christ our
Lord.
O Almighty Lord and euerlasting
God vouchsafe
we beseche thee to directe,
sanctifie, and gouerne
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both our hartes and bodiesin the waies of the lawes
and in the workes of thy co~maundements
that thorow
thy most mighty protection
both here and euer we may
be preserued, both in bodye
& soule, thorow oure Lorde
and sauioure Iesu Christe.
Amen.
For aide against all perills.
LIghten our darkenesse,we beseche thee O lord
& by thy great mercy defend
vs from all perills and
daungers of this nighte for
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the loue of thy onelye sonneoure sauiour Iesus Christe
Amen.
GRaunte to vs Lorde, wee
beseeche thee: thy spirite
to thinke, and doe alwayes
suche thinges as be rightefull,
that we whiche cannot
bee withoute thee, maye by
thee bee able to liue accordinge
to thy will thorow Iesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
The blessinge.
THe peace of God whichepassethe all vnderstandinge
kepe oure hartes and
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mindes in the knowledge &loue of God, and of his
Sonne Iesus Christe oure
Lord.
And the blessing of God almightye,
the Father the
Sonne, and the holy
Ghost, be amonge
vs remaine
with vs alwaies
Amen.