THE TENOR ✚ Mornyng and Euenyng prayer and Communion, set forthe in foure partes, to be song in churches, both for men and children, wyth dyuers other godly prayers & Anthems, of sundry mens doynges.
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Tenor
Morning prayer.
This tenor is for men.
[...] COme let vs sing vnto the Lord let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our saluation let vs come before his presence with thankes geuing and shew our selues glad in him with psalmes. For the Lord is a great god and a great kinge aboue all gods in his handes are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hils is his also. The sea is his and he made it and his handes prepared the dry land. O come let vs worship and fall downe and knele before the Lord our maker. For he is the Lord our god and we [Page] [...] are the people of his pasture and the shepe of his handes. To day if ye wyl heare his voyce harden not your harts, as in the prouocatiō, and in the daye of temptacion in the wildernes when your fathers tempted me, proued me and saw my workes. Forty yeares long was I greued with this generation and sayd it is a people that do erre in theyr hartes, for they haue not knowne my wayes. Vnto whome I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. Glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning is now and euer shalbe world without end. Amen.
❧ Te deum laudamus.
This Contra tenor is for Men
[...] WE knowledge thee to be the Lord all the erth doth worship thee ye father euerlasting to the all aungels cry aloud the heauens and all the powers therin. To thee cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry: holy, holy, holy, Lord god of Sabaoth, Heauen and earth are ful of the maiesty of thy glory. ij the glorious cōpany of the Apostles prayse thee. The goodly felowship of the prophets prayse thee. The noble armie of Martirs prayse thee. The holy church through [Page] [...] out all the world doth knowledge thee: The father of an infinite maiestye, thy honourable true and onely sonne, also the holye Ghoste the comforter, thou arte the kinge of Glorye, O Christe, thou arte the euerlastynge sonne of the father. When thou tookest vpon thee to delyuer manne, thou didst not abhorre the Virgins wombe, when thou hadst ouercome the sharpenes of death, thou diddest open the kyngdome of Heauen to all beleuers. Thou syttest on the ryghte hande of God in the glorye of the father, we beleue that thou shalte come to be our iudge: we therfore praye thee helpe thy [Page] [...] seruauntes whome thou hast redemed with thy precious bloud▪ make them to be numbred wyth thy sayntes in glory euerlasting. O lord saue thy people▪ and blesse thine heritage gouerne them & lift them vp for euer. Day by day we magnify thee, and we worship thy name euer world without end. Vouchesafe O Lord to kepe vs this daye without sinne: O Lord haue mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy be lightened vpō vs, as our trust is in thee. O Lord in thee haue I trusted, let me neuer be confounded, be confounded.
Benedictus.
This tenor is for Men
[...] BLessed be the Lord god of Israell for he hath visited and redemed his people & hath raised vp a mightye saluation for vs, in the house of hys seruaunte Dauid. As he spake by the mouth of hys holye Prophetes whyche hath bene since the world began. That we should be saued from our ennemies, and from the handes of al that hate vs. To performe the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy couenaunt. To performe the othe which he sware to our father Abraham, that he would geue vs. That we being deliuered out of the handes of our enemies [Page] [...] might serue him without feare. In holines and rightwisenes before him al the dayes of my life. And thou childe shalt be called the Prophet of the highest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes. To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, for the remission of theyr sinnes, through the tender mercy of our God whereby the day spring from an hye hath visited vs. To geue light to them that sit in darknes, and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feete into the way of peace. Glory be to the father, and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning is now, and euer. [Page] [...] shalbe world without end. Amen.
The Letany.
This Tenor is for Men.
[...] O God the father of heauen, haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners. O God the sonne redemer of the world, haue mercy. &c. O God the holy ghost proceding from the father and the son. haue mercy. &c. O holy blessed and glorious Trinity thre parsons and one God haue mercy. &c. Spare vs good Lord. Good Lorde deliuer vs. We beseche thee to heare vs good Lorde. Son of God we besech thee to heare vs. Graunt vs thy peace. Haue [Page] [...] mercy vpon vs, O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs.
The lordes prayer
This tenor is for Men
[...] OVr father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name. Thy kingdome come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Geue vs this day our dayly bread. And forgeue vs our trespaces as we forgeue them that trespace agaynst vs and let vs not be led into temptation: but deliuer vs from euill. Amen.
The Communion.
This tenor is for men.
[...] LOrd haue mercy vpon, vs and encline oure hartes to kepe this law. Lord haue mercy vpon vs: and write all these thy lawes in our harts we besech thee
The Crede
This tenor is for Men
[...] THe father almighty maker of heauen and earth and of all thinges visible and inuisible. And in one Lord Iesu Christ the onely begoten sonne of God begotten of his [Page] [...] father before all worlds, God of God, light of lyght, very god of very God begotten not made being of one substance with the father, by whome al thynges were made: who for vs men and for our saluation came downe from heauen, and was incarnated by the holy ghost of the Virgin Mary and was made man, and wad crucefied also for vs vnder Poncius Pilate He suffred and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the scriptures. And ascended into heauen into heuen, and sitteth at the right hand of the father. And he shall come agayne with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead, whose [Page] [...] kingdome shal haue no end, shal haue no end. And I beleue in the holy ghost the Lord and geuer of life, who procedeth from the father and the sonne together is worshipped and glorisied, who spake by the Prophets. And I beleue one Catholike and Apostolike Churche I acknowledge one baptisme for the remission of synnes, and I looke for the resurrection of the deade: And the life of the worlde to come. Amen.
A thankes geuing for the poore
This Tenor is for Men.
[...] LEt your light so shine before men that they may see your [Page] [...] good workes and glorify your father which is in heauen.
The Sanctus
This tenor is for Men
[...] HOly, holy, holy, Lord god of hostes. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hostes, holy, holy, holy Lord god of hostes: heauen and earth are ful of thy glory. ij ij Glory be to thee, O Lord most hye. ij ij ij ij
The Communion.
This tenor is for Men
[...] ANd in earth peace, good wil towards mē: we praise thee, we [Page] [...] blesse thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we geue thankes to thee, for thy greate glory for thy greate glory. O Lord god heauenly king god the father almighty, O Lord the onely begotten sonne, Iesus Christ O Lord God lambe of God, sonne of the father: ij which sakest away the sins of the world haue mercy vpon vs. Thou that takest away the sinnes of the world, receiue our prayers. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the father. ij haue mercy vpon vs. ij For thou onely art holy, thou onely art the Lord, thou onely O Christ with the holy ghost art most hygh in the [Page] [...] glory of god the father, In the glory of god the father. Amen.
A Prayer.
This tenor is for Men
[...] REioyce in the Lord alwayes. And again I say reioyce let your softnes be known vnto al mē for the Lord is euen at hand, for the Lord is euen at hand, Be not carefull ij but in all thinges, ij let your peticion, and prayer: and supplication, with geuinge of thankes ij be knowne before god. And the peace of god whiche passeth all vnderstanding, all vnderstanding kepe your hartes and mindes. ij in Christ Iesu our [Page] [...] Lord. Amen.
Euening Praier.
This tenor is for men.
[...] MY soule doth magnify the Lorde and my sprite hath reioysed in god my sauior. For he hath regarded the lowlines of his handmayden. For behold from henceforth all generations shall cal me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that feare him throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arme he hath scattered [Page] [...] the proud in the imaginations of theyr hartes. He hath put downe the mighty from theyr seate, and hath exalted the humble and meeke He hath filled the hungry with good things and the riche he hath sent empty away. He remembring his mercy hath holpen his seruaunt Israel, as he promised to our fore fathers Abraham and hys seede for euer. Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holye ghoste. As it was in the beginninge is nowe and euer shalbe worlde without end. Amen.
Nunc dimittis
This tenor is for Men
[...] LOrd now lettest thou thy seruauntes depart in peace according to thy worde. For myne eyes haue sene thy saluation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lighten the Gentils and to be the glory of thy people Israell. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to ye holy ghost. As it was in the beginning, and is now and euer shalbe world without end. Amen, Amen
An other Magnificat
This tenor is for men.
[...] MY soule doth magnify the Lord and my sprite hath reioysed [Page] [...] in God my sauiour. For he hath regarded the lowlines of his handmayden. For behold from hence forth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is his name And his mercy is on them that feare him throughout all generations He hath shewed strength with his arme, he hath scattred the proud in the imaginations of their hartes. He hath put down the mighty from their seate, and hath exalted the humble and meke. He hath filled the hungry with good thinges and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembringe hys mercye hath holpen hys seruaunte Israell, [Page] [...] as he promised to our fathers Abraham and hys seede for euer. Glory be to the father and to the son, & to the holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and euer shalbe, world without end. Amen.
❧ Nunc dimittis.
This tenor is for Men
[...] LOrd now lettest thy seruauntes depart in peace according to thy worde. For myne eyes haue sene thy saluation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people. To be a light to lighten the Gentils & to be the glory of thy people Israell. Glory be to ye father & to the son, & to ye holy ghost. As it was in the [Page] [...] beginning, is now & euer shalbe world without end. Amen,
A godly prayer
This tenor is for Men.
[...] LEt all the Congregation that is within this place cry vnto God that holy Lord, to sende vs of hys grace. Blessed be the Lorde our God, and blessed be hys name, now blessed be our sauior, that bought vs from all payne O Lord, now harken vnto vs, and graunt vs our request, we pray thee yt thou woldest vouchesafe to bring vs to thy rest: O most gracious sauior, thou art all only god: yu didst redeme vs wt thy deth wt sheding of thy blud. Now let [Page] [...] vs through thy precious death be of thy holy elect for who that beleueth not of thee, shalbe from thee reiect, We sing prayses vnto our God with thankes vnto our Lord, because he hath so blessed vs, that we do know his word. Also Lord God, now guide vs so we may do thy will like those that most do loue the Lord in being faythfull stil, Our tonges shalbe our instrument, our hartes shall shew our voice, and all the powers within our brestes in God they shall reioyce. Graūt vs that we may kepe alwayes thy holy statutes tenne: preserue our Queene Elizabeth: all people say. Amen.
A morning prayer in foure partes.
This tenor is for children.
[...] O Come let vs sing vnto the Lord, let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our saluation. Let vs come before his presence with thankes geuing, and shew our selfe glad in him with Psalmes. For the Lorde is a great God, and a great king aboue all gods. In his hande are al the corners of the earth, and the strength of the hils is his also. The sea is his & he made it, & his hands prepared the dry land. O come let vs worship & fall down and knele before the Lord our maker, for he is the Lord our God, and [Page] [...] we are the people of his pasture and the sheepe of his handes. To day if ye will heare his voyce hardē not your hartes as in the prouocation and in the day of temptation in the wildernes, when your fathers tēpted me, proued me and saw my workes. Forty yeares long was I greaed with this generations, and sayd it is a people that do erre in their hartes, for they haue not known my wayes, vnto whome I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning is now and euer shalbe world without end. Amen
Te Deum laudamus
This tenor is for Men.
[...] WE knowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth woorship thee the father euerlasting. To thee al angels cry aloud, the heauens & all the powers therin. To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry. Holy, holy, holy. Lord god of Sabaoth. Heauen and earth are ful of the maiesty of thy glory. The glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee. The goodly felowship of the prophets prayse thee. The noble army of Martyrs prayse thee. The holy church [Page] [...] thorow out all the world doth knowledge thee, the father of an infinite maiesty: Thy honorable true and onely sonne, Also the holy ghost the comforter. Thou art the king of glory, O Christ Thou art the euerlasting sonne of the father. When thou tokest vpon thee to deliuer man thou didst not abhorre the virgins wombe: When thou hadst ouercome the sharpenes of death, thou didst open the kingdome of heauen to all beleuers. Thou sittest on the right hand of god in the glory of the father, we beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge. We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruaunts whome thou hast redemed [Page] [...] with thy precious bloud. Make them to be numbred with thy saintes in glory euerlasting. O Lord saue thy people and blesse thine heritage. Gouerne them and lift them vp for euer. Day by day we magnifye thee. And we worship thy name euer world without end. Vouchsafe O Lord to kepe vs this day without sinne. O Lord haue mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpon vs, as our trust is in thee. O Lord in thee haue I trusted, let me neuer be confounded.
Benedictus.
This tenor is for Men
[...] FOr he hath visited and redemed his people and hathe lifted vppe an horne of saluation to vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid. As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophetes which hath bene since the world began, that we should be saued from our enemies, and from the hands of al ye hate vs. To performe the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy couenaunte, to perfourme the othe whiche he sware to our fathers Abraham, that he woulde geue vs. That we being deliuered oute of the handes of our enemies mighte serue hym wythout [Page] [...] feare. In holynes and ryghteousenes before hym all the dayes of our lyfe. And thou chylde shalte bee called the Prophette of the hyghest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways. To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people for the remission of theyr sinnes. Through the tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spring from an high hath visited vs, to geue light to them that sit in darkenes and in the shadow of death, and to guide our fete into the way of peace. Glorye be to the father and to the sonne and to the holye ghoste As it was in the beginninge, is now, and euer shalbe world [Page] [...] without end Amen.
The Communion.
This tenor is for Men
[...] LOrd haue mercy vpon vs: and enclyne our hartes to keepe thys lawe. Lorde haue mercye vppon vs: and write all these thy lawes in our hartes we beseche thee.
The Crede
This tenor is for Men
[...] THe father almighty maker of heauen and earth and of all thinges visible and inuisible. And in [Page] [...] Lord Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of god begotten of his father before al worlds, god of god, light of light, very god of very god. begottē not made, being of one substance with the father: by whom al things were made, who for vs men and for our saluation came downe from heauen, and was incarnate by the holy ghost of the virgine Mary and was made man, and was crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate he suffred, and was buried and the third day he rose againe according to the scriptures, and ascended into heauen: and sitteth at the right hand of the father, and he shal come againe with glory to iudge [Page] [...] both the quicke and the dead, and I beleue in the holy ghost, the Lord and geuer of life. Who procedeth from the father and the sonne, who with the father & the son together is worshipped & glorified, who spake by the Prophets. And I beleue one catholike & Apostolik church, I acknowledge one Baptisme for the remission of sinnes: and I looke for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
A thankes geuing for the poore
This tenor is for Men
[...] LAy not vp for your selues treasure vpon the earth where the rust and moth doth corrupt, and where theues breake through and [Page] [...] steale. But lay vp for your selues treasure in heauen, where neither ruste nor mothe doth corrupte, and where theeues doo not breake through nor steale.
The Sanctus
This Tenor is for Men.
[...] HOly, holy, holy, Lord God of hostes, heauen and earth are ful of thy glory, glory be to thee, O Lord most hygh: Glory be to thee O Lord, most high
The Communion.
This tenor is for Men
[...] ANd in earth peace good will towardes men, we praise thee [Page] [...] we blesse thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we geue thanks to thee for thy great glory. O Lord god heauēly king, God the father almighty. Lord the onely begotten sonne Iesu Christ, O Lord god lambe of god son of the father, that takest away the sinnes of the world, haue mercy vpon vs thou that takst away the sinnes of the worlde, receiue our prayer: thou that sittest at the right hand of god the father, haue mercy vpon vs. For thou onely art holy, thou onely art the Lord, thou onely O Christe, with the holy ghost art most high in the glory of god the [...]ther. Amen.
A godly prayer
This tenor is for Men.
[...] PRaise we the Lorde at all times, at all times. Prayse we the Lord at al times, at all tymes. Let our mouthes saye wel by the Lorde, at all tymes, at all tymes. That our soules maye be reioysed by the Lorde, at all tymes, at all tymes. Meeke menne shall heare and reioyce in the Lord, at all tymes, at all tymes, at all tymes.
Euening Praier.
This tenor is for men.
[...] MAnd my sprite hath reioysed in God my sauiour. For he hath regarded the lowlines of hys handemayden. For beholde from hencefoorth all generations shall call me blessed For he that is mightye hath magnified me, and holye is hys name And hys mercye is on them that feare hym throughoute all generations. He hath shewed strength wyth hys arme he hath scattered the proude in the imaginacion of theyr harts. He hath put downe the mighty from theyr seate, and hath exalted the humble and meeke. [Page] [...] He hath filled the hungry with good things and the riche he hath sente empty away. He remembring his mercy hath holpē his seruaunt Israel, as he promised to our father Abrahā & his seede for euer: Glory be to the father & to the sonne & to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning and is now & euer shalbe world with out end. Amē.
Nunc dimittis
This tenor is for men.
[...] LOrd now lettest thou thy seruaunt depart in peace according to thy promise▪ For myne eyes hath sene the sauior: whome thou hast prepared before all people. A light for the [Page] [...] lightening of the heathen, and for the prayse of the people of Israell. Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holye ghoste. As it was in the beginning as it is now and euer shalbe. Amen.
Another Magnificat
This tenor is for Men
[...] MY soule doth magnify the Lorde and my sprite reioysed in god my sauiour. For he hath regarded the lowlines of his handmayden. For behold from henceforth all generations shall cal me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is his [Page] [...] name, and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that feare him throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength wyth hys arme he hath scattered the proude in the imaginacion of theyr harts of their hartes He hath put downe the mighty, he hath put downe the mighty from theyr seate, and hath exalted the humble and meeke the humble and meeke. He hath filled the hungry with good things wyth good thinges and the riche he hath sente empty away. He remembringe hys mercy hath holpen his seruaunt Israel, hath holpen his seruant Israel, as he promised, as he promised to our father Abraham [Page] [...]to our father Abraham and his sede for euer, and his sede for euer. Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning is now and euer shalbe and euer shalbe world without ende. Amen.
Nunc dimittis
This Tenor is for Men.
[...] LOrd now lettest thou thy seruaunt depart in peace according to thy woord, according to thy woord. For mine eyes haue sene thy saluation, thy saluation: which thou hast prepared before the face of all thy people. To be a light to lighten the Gentils, and to be the glory [Page] [...] of thy people Israel, of thy people Israel, Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and euer shalbe ij world without end. Amē.
Venite exultemus.
This morning prayer is for chidren.
[...] O Come let vs sing vnto the Lorde, lette vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our saluation Let vs come before his presence with thankesgeuing, and shewe ourselues glad in him with Psalmes. For the Lord is a great God and a great kinge aboue all gods. In his hands are all the corners of [Page] [...] the earth are al the corners of the earth. And the strength of the hils is his also. The sea is his and he made it and his hands prepared the dry lande. O come let vs worship and fal down ij and knele before the Lord our maker. ij for he is the Lord our God. ij And we are the people of his pasture ij and the shepe of his handes. To day if ye will heare his voyce harden not your hartes as in the prouocation and in the day of temptation in the wildernes, when your fathers tempted me, proued me and saw my workes. ij Forty yeares long was I greued [Page] [...] with this generations, and sayd it is a people that do erre in their hartes, for they haue not known my wayes, vnto whom I sware in my wrath, I sware in my wrath ij yt they should not enter into my rest. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shalbe world without end. ij Amen.
Te Deum laudamus
This tenor is for Men.
[...] WE knowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee which arte the father euerlastynge. To thee al aungels cry [Page] [...] aloude, the heauens and all the powers therein. To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry. Holy, holy, Lord god of Sabaoth ij Heauen and earth are ful of the maiesty of thy glory. The glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee. The goodlye fellowship of the Prophetes prayse thee. The noble armye of Martyrs prayse thee. The holy Churche throughe all the worlde doth knowledge thee. The father of an infinite maiestye. Thy honourable true and onely sonne. Also the holy ghost the comforter, thou art the king of glory O Christ, thou art the euerlasting son of the father [Page] [...] of the father. When thou tookest vpon thee to deliuer man, thou didst not abhorre the virgins wōbe: whā yu hadst ouercome the sharpnes of death, thou didst open the kyngdome of heauen to all beleuers. Thou sittest at ye right hand of God in ye glory of the father ij:
[...] We beleue that yu shalt come to be our iudge. We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruantes whom thou hast redemed wt thy precious bloud. Make them to be numbred wyth thy sayntes in glory euerlastyng. O Lorde saue thy people, and blesse thyne heritage ij gouerne thē & lift them vp for euer. ij Day by day we [Page] [...] magnify thee and we worship thy name euer world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord to kepe vs this day with out sinne, O Lord haue mercye vpon vs, haue mercy vpon vs, O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpon vs, as our truste is in thee. O Lord in thee haue I trusted, let me neuer be confounded. ij
Benedictus.
This tenor is for Men
[...] BLessed be the Lorde God of Israell, for he hath visited and redemed his people: And hath raysed vp a mighty saluation for vs, in the house of his seruaunt [Page] [...] Dauid. As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophetes, which hathe bene since the world began: That we should be saued from our enemies, and from the handes of all that hate vs. To performe the mercy promised to our fathers, to our fathers, and to remember hys holy couenaunt ij To performe the othe which he sware to our father Abraham that he would geue vs ij That we beyng deliuered deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, ij myght serue hym wythout feare, in holines and righteousnes before hym: in holines and righteousnes before hym ij all the dayes of our lyfe. And [Page] [...] thou chyld shalt be called the prophet of the highest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, of the Lord, to prepare his wayes. To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, for the remission of their sinnes Through the tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spring from an high ij hath visited vs. To geue light to them that sit in darknes, and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feete into the way of peace and to guide our fete into the way of peace. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost: As it was in the beginning and is now and euer shalbe, world without end, Amen.
The Communion.
This Tenor is for children.
[...] LOrd haue mercy vpon vs, and enclyne our hartes to kepe this law. Lord haue mercy vpon vs, and write al these thy lawes in our hartes we besech thee
The Communion.
This Tenor part is for children
[...] THe father almighty, maker of heauen and earth, and of all thyngs visible and inuisible: and in one Lord Iesu Christ, the onely begotten son of god, begotten [Page] [...] of hys father before al worldes: God of god, lyght of lyght very God of very God, begotten not made, beyng of one substaunce wyth the father, by whom al thyngs were made: who for vs men and for our saluation came down from heauen, and was incarnate by the holy ghost of the virgin Mary, and was made man. And was crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate: He suffred and was buried, and the third day he rose agayne accordyng to the scriptures. And ascended into heauen, and sitteth at the right hand of God the father: and he shal come agayne wyth glory to iudge both the quick and the dead, [Page] [...] whose kingdome shal haue no end. And I beleue in the holy ghost, the Lord and geuer of life, who procedeth from the father and the son, who with the father and the son, together is worshipped and glorifyed, who spake by the prophets. And I beleue one catholike and Apostolike church. I acknowledge one baptisme for the remission of sins and I looke for the resurrection of the deade and the life of the worlde to come. Amen.
The Sanctus
This tenor is for children.
[...] HOly, holy, holy, Lord God of hostes, heauen and earth are [Page] [...] ful of thy glory, glory be to thee O Lord most high, glory▪ be to thee O Lord most hygh.
The Communion.
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[...] ANd in earth peace, good wil towardes men, we prayse thee, we blesse thee, we worshippe thee, we glorify thee: we geue thanks to thee, for thy great glory. O Lord God, heauenly kyng God the father almighty: O lord ye onely begotten son Iesu Christ, O Lord God, lamb of God, son of ye father, that takest away the syns of the world, haue mercy vpō vs, thou that [Page] [...] takest away ye sins of ye world, haue mercy vpō vs: thou ye takest away the sins of ye world, receyue our prayer: Thou yt sitst at ye right hand of God the father ij haue mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpon vs: for thou onely art holy, art holy, art holy, yu only art ye Lord: ij yu only O Christ wt the holy ghost art most high, in the glory of God the father. Amen.
Euening Praier.
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[...] MY soule doth magnify the Lorde, and my spirite reioysed in God my sauiour. For he hath regarded the lowlines [Page] [...] of his handmaidē. For behold frō henceforth al generations shal cal me blessed▪ For he that is mightye hath magnified me, & holy is hys name And hys mercye is on them that feare hym throughoute all generations. He hath shewed strength wyth hys arme, ij he hath scattered the proud in theimaginacion of theyr harts. He hath put down he hath put down ij the mighty from theyr seat, & hath exalted the humble & meeke. He hath filled the hungry with good things & the rich he hath sent empty away. He remēbring his mercy hath holpē his seruant Israell. As he promised to our father Abraham [Page] [...] and to his seede for euer, ij & to his seede for euer. Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning is now and euer shalbe world wythout end, world without end. Amen.
Nunc dimittis
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[...] LOrd now let thy seruant depart in peace according to thy word: for mine eyes haue sene, ij thy saluation. Which thou hast prepared before the face of al people. To be a light to lighten [Page] [...] the Gentils, and to be the glory, & to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghost: As it was in the beginning is now and euer shalbe world without end, world without end. Amen.
A prayer
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[...] RElieue vs O Lord that are weak and feble. ij and shew thy greate mercy, and shew thy great mercy vnto thy poore people. Turne thou our harts O Lord ij & we shal turned be, regard our sighes & sobs, which frō [Page] [...] our hartes do flow, forget our former crimes. ij yt we may cleaue to thee that we may cleaue to thee, and worke in thy vineyard where vertues al do grow, ij do thys for vs O Lord, that are weake and feable and shewe thy greate mercye vnto thy poore people ij greate is thy pitye Lorde thoughe dayelye wee offende. ij And stayest thy wrathefull hande, and amids thyne yre, on mercy stil thou thinkest. ij O Lord we wil amend, forgeue and spare vs now, and as we do deserue Relieue thou vs O Lord that are weake and feeble. ij [Page] [...] ij And shew to vs thy great mercye: ij and shewe thy great mercy vnto thy poore people Releue thou vs, O Lord, that are weake and feble, ij and shewe thy mercye to thy people. Relieue thou vs O Lorde that are weake and feeble, and shew thy great mercy vnto thy poore people, shew mercy to thy people. Amen
A prayer
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[...] HEare the voyce and prayer of thy seruauntes, of thy seruaunts, that they make before thee [Page] [...] thys day that mine eyes may be open toward this house, night and day ij euer towardes this place, ij of which thou hast said my name shalbe there, and when thou hearest haue mercy on them, and when thou hearest haue mercy on them. ij ij
A prayer.
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[...] O Eternall God almighty, iust and holy, whose name is the Lord God of hostes, to thee O lord we cal & cry for mercy, for mercy: to thee O Lord we cal & cry for mercy, for mercy: for mercy: against thee we haue offēded, we & our fathers haue [Page] [...] sinned, we haue done vniustly, we haue cōmitted iniquitie, now graūt to vs O Lord thy great mercy, now graunt to vs O Lord thy great mercy, for great is our miserie, great is our miserie, great is our miserie. Saue thy people O Lord and blesse thine own inheritaunce, despyse not the workes of thine own hands, because we be sinfull, thou shalt be called mercifull, because we be sinful, thou shalt be called merciful, because we be sinfull, thou shalt be called mercifull, forgeue vs now for the glory of thy holy name, forgeue vs now for the glory of thy holy name, that we may know thou art more mercifull then we deserue. [Page] [...] We shall geue thankes to thee O Lorde, and reioyce in thy laude and prayse for euermore: We shall geue thankes to thee O Lord, and reioyce in thy laude and prayse, in thy laude and prayse, for euermore, for euermore. Amen.
A prayer.
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[...] O Lord in thee is al my trust, geue eare vnto my wofull cryes: refuse me not that am vniust, but bowing down thy heauenly eyes. Behold how I do stil lament, my sinnes wherin I thee offēd: O Lord for thē shall I be shent, sith thee [Page] [...] to please I do entend. No no not so, thy wil is bent, to deale with sinners in thine yre: But when in hart they shal repent, thou grauntst with spede their iust desire. To thee therfore still shal I cry. To wash awaye my sinful crime. Thy bloud O Lord is not yet dry, but that it may helpe me in time. Hast nowe O Lord, hast now I say, to poure on me the gifts of grace, that when this life must flit away, in heauen with thee I may haue place, where thou dost raigne eternaly, wyth god whych once did downe thee send: where aungels sing continually to thee be prayse world without end. Amen.
The Anthem.
This Tenor part is for children
[...] REmember not O Lord God our old iniquities, but let thy mercy spedely preuent vs, for we be very miserable, ij ij helpe vs God our sauiour. ij and for the glory of thy name deliuer vs. Be mercy ful and forgeue our synnes for thy names sake, ii Be mercifull and forgeue our sinnes for thy names sake, let not the wycked people saye ij where is their God, ij we be thy people and the shepe of thy pasture, we shal geue thankes vnto thee for euer. ij [Page] [...] ij from age to age we shal set forth thy laude and prayse. To thee be honour and glorye, ij worlde without end. ij To the be honour and glorye world without end. ij Amen.
A Prayer.
This Tenor part is for Men S
[...] I Geue you a new commaundement, that ye loue one another euen as I haue loued you. ij ij By this all men shall know yt ye are my Disciples, ij if ye loue one another, ij [Page] [...] euen as I haue loued you. ij ij ij By
[...] YF ye loue me kepe my cōmaundements: And I wil pray the father, & he shal geue you another comforter, that he may byde with you for euer, ij euen ye sprite of truth, the sprite of truth, euen the sprite of truth, the sprite of truth, the sprite of truth. that
The Anthem
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[...] PRayse we the father, the son and the holy ghost: ij we magnify hym, we glorify hym, and superexalt [Page] [...] hym, world without end, and superexalt hym ij for most prayse worthy art thou O Lord ij most glorious most worthy, most worthy, to he superexalted, to be superexalted to be superexalted for euer, and euer. for
The Anthem.
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[...] PRayse the Lord O our soules, and all that is within vs, prayse his holy name, prayse the Lord O our soules, & forget not al his benefites. The Lord is ful of compassion & mercy, long suffering & ful of great goodnes.
A prayer
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[...] SVbmit your selues one to another, in the feare of God speaking vnto your selues in psalmes and hymnes, and spiritual songs, and spiritual songs, singing & making melody to the Lord, and making melody to the Lord with your harts, geuing thanks always for althings ij vnto God the father almighty. In the name of our Lord Iesus Christ. ij Iesus Christ, of our Lord Iesus Christ. Singing
The Anthem.
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[...] SHew vs O Lord the light of thy coūtenance ye we being deliuered deliuered from the darkenes of our harts may come to the very light. ij which is Christ. And thou Lord preserue vs. ij while we be waking. ij And kepe vs while we be sleping, that we may wake with Christ, wake with Christ. And take rest in peace. And thou
A prayer.
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[...] REioyce in the Lord alwayes, & againe I say reioyce, let your [Page] [...] softnes, be known vnto al men, for the lord is euen at hand ij be not careful ij▪ But in all things ij let your peticions & prayer & supplicatiō wt geuing of thanks. ij be known before god. And the peace of god which passeth all vnderstanding, al vnderstanding, kepe your harts and minds ij. In Christ Iesu our Lord. Amen.
A prayer
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[...] I Geue you a new commaundement, that ye loue one another, that ye loue one another, euen as I haue loued you, euen as I haue loued you. By this al men [Page] [...] shal know that ye are my disciples, if ye loue one ano+ther, if ye loue one another euen as I haue loued you, euen as I haue loued you, By this al men shal knowe that ye are my disciples, if ye loue one another, if ye loue one another, euen as I haue loued you, euen as I haue loued you, euen as I haue loued you.
Exaudîat te Dominus
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[...] IN trouble & aduersity, in trouble and aduersity the Lord wil heare the Lord wil here thee still, wil heare thee stil, the maiestie [Page] [...] of Iacobs God, the maiestie of Iacobs of Iacobs God, wil thee defend from ill, will thee defend from ill, will thee defend, will thee defend from ill, and send thee frō hys holy place, his helpe at euery nede, hys helpe at euery nede, and so in Sion, & so in Sion, and so in Sion stablishe thee and make thee strong in dede, in dede, and make thee strong in dede, and make thee strong in deede.
A prayer
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[...] MOst blessed Lord Iesu graunt me thy grace alway & with me worke vnto thend: And that I may euer desire, & wil that is most [Page] [...] pleasaunt and acceptable vnto thee, thy will be my wil, and my wil alway to follow thy will. Be there alway in me one wil in me one wil and one desire with thee, so that I may haue no power to wil but euen as thou wilt graunt me aboue al things aboue al things that can be desired, that can be desired, ij for thou Lord art the very peace of the hart, and the perfect rest of body and soule both of body and soule for thou Lord art the very peace of the harte and the perfect rest of body and soul for euermore.
A Prayer.
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[...] TVrn thou vs O good Lord ij & so shal we be turned be fauourable O good lord be fauorable to thy people which turne to thee in weping fasting and praying for thou art a merciful god ij ful of cōpassiō lōg suffering ij long suffering and of great pity Spare thy people good lord ij & let not thyne heritage be brought to confusiō. Hear vs good lord for thy mercy is great ij & after the multitude of thy mercies looke vpon vs.
❧ CONTRA TENOR.
✚ Mornyng and Euenyng prayer and Communion, set forthe in foure partes, to be song in churches, both for men and children, wyth dyuers other godly prayers & Anthems, of sundry mens doynges.
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Secundus Contra tenor
❧ Venite exultemus.
This Contra tenor is for men.
[...] COme let vs syng vnto the Lord, let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our saluation, let vs come before hys presence with thanks geuing, and shew our selues glad in hym with psalmes. For the Lord is a great God, and a great kyng aboue all gods: in his hands are all the corners of the earth, and the strength of the hils is his also. The sea is his and he made it, and hys handes prepared the dry land. O come let vs worship and fal down, and knele before the Lord our maker For he is the Lord our god, and we are [Page] [...] the people of his pasture and the shepe of his handes to day if ye will heare his voyce harden not your hartes as in the prouocation and in the day of temptation in the wildernes whē your fathers tempted me proued me and saw my workes, forty yeres longe was I greued with that generation, and sayd it is a people that doe erre in their hartes for they haue not knowne my wayes vnto whome I sware in my wrath that they should not enter in to my rest, glorye be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost: As it was in the beginning is now and euer shalbe world without end Amen.
¶ Morning prayer
❧ Te deum laudamus.
This Contra tenor is for Men.
[...] WE prayse thee O god we knowledge thee to be the Lorde. All the earth doth worship thee, the father euerlasting. To thee all Aungels cry aloud, the heauens and all the powers therein. To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry. Holy, holy, holy, Lord god of Sabaoth. Heauen and earth are ful of the maiesty of thy glory, the glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee, the goodly felowship of the Prophets prayse thee. The noble army of Martirs [Page] [...] prayse thee. The holy church throughout all the world doth knowlege thee the father of an infinite maiesty the honorable true and onely sonne, also the holy ghost the comforter, thou art the king of glory, O Christ, thou art the euerlasting son of the father. When thou tookest vpon thee to deliuer man, thou diddest not abhorre the virgins womb, when thou hadst ouercome the sharpenes of death, thou didst open the kingdom of heauen to al beleuers. Thou sittest on the right hād of god in the glory of the father, we beleue yt thou shalt come to be our iudge we therfore pray thee helpe thy seruauntes, whom thou hast redemed [Page] [...] with thy precious bloud, make them to be nombred with thy sayntes in glory euerlasting. O Lord, saue thy people and blesse thine heritage gouerne them and lift them vp for euer. Day by day we magnify thee, and we worship thy name euer world with out end. Vouchesafe, O Lord, to kepe vs this day without sin: O lord haue mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpon vs, as our truste is in thee. O Lorde in thee haue I trusted, let me neuer be confounded.
Benedictus.
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[...] BLessed be the Lorde God of Israel, for he hath visited & redemed his people. And hath raysed vp a mighty saluation for vs, in the house of hys seruaunt Dauid. As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which hath bene since the world begā. That we should be saued frō our enemies, & from the handes of all that hate vs. To perform the mercye promised to our father and to remember his holy couenant. To perform the oth which he sware to our father Abraham, that he woulde geue vs. That we being deliuered out of the hands of our enemyes, might serue him with [Page] [...] out feare. In holines and right wisenes before him all the dayes of our life. And thou child shalt be called the prophet of the hiest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes. To geue knowledge of saluation vnto hys people, for the remission of theyr sinnes Through the tender mercy of our god wherby the daye springe from an hye hath visited vs. To geue light to them that sit in darkenes, and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feete into the way of peace. Glory be to the father, and to the sonne, and to the holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning is now and euer shalbe world without end. Amen.
The Letany.
This Contra tenor is for Men.
[...] O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners. O God the sonne redemer of the world, haue mercy. &c. O god the holy ghost proceding from the father and the sonne &c. O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie, three persons and one God. &c. Spare vs good Lord. Good Lord deliuer vs We besech thee to heare vs good Lord. Sonne of God we besech thee to heare vs. Graunt vs thy peace. Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ hear vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue [Page] [...] mercy vpon vs.
The Lords prayer
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[...] OVr father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name Thy kyngdome come. Thy wyll bee done in earth as it is in heauen. Geue vs this day our dayly breade. and forgeue vs our trespasses, as we forgeue them that trespace against vs. And let vs not be ledde into temptation: but deliuer vs from euil. Amen.
The Communion.
This Contra tenor is for men
[...] LOrd haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hartes to kepe this law. Lord haue mercy vpon vs, & wryte al these thy lawes in our hartes we beseche thee.
The Communion.
This Contra tenor is for Men.
[...] THe father almighty maker of heauen & earth, and of al things visible and inuisible, and in one Lord Iesu Christ, the onely begotten sonne of God, begotten of his father before all worldes, God of God, light of light, very god of [Page] [...] very God begotten, not made being of one substaunce with the father by whome all thinges were made: who for vs men, and for our saluation came down from heauen, and was incarnate by the holy Ghost of the virgin Mary, and was made man: and was crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate. He suffred and was buried, & the third day he rose again according to the scriptures▪ And ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of the father, And he shall come agayn with glory to iudge both the quick and the dead, whose kingdome shall haue no end, shall haue no end. I beleue in the holy ghoste, the Lord [Page] [...] and geuer of life who procedeth from the father and the sonne together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the Prophets And I beleue one catholike and apostolike church I acknowlege one baptisme for the remission of sinnes, and I loke for the resurrection of the dead: And the life of the world to come. Amen.
A thankes geuing for the poore
This contra tenor is for men.
[...] Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heauen.
The Sanctus
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[...] Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hostes: Holy, holy, Lord god of hostes, holy, holy, Lord God of hostes: heauen & earth are full of thy glory ij ij Glory be to thee, O Lord most hye. ij ij ij ij ij
The Communion.
This contra tenor is for men.
[...] ANd in earth peace, good will towardes men: we prayse thee, we blesse thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we geue thankes to thee, for thy great glory for thy great glory. Lord God heauenly [Page] [...] king, God the father almighty, O Lord the only begotten son, Iesus Christ. O Lord God, Lambe of God, son of the father, ii which takest away the sinnes of the world, haue mercy vpon vs. Thou that takest away the sinnes of the world, receiue our prayers. Thou that sittest at the right hand of god the father ij haue mercy vpon vs. For thou onely art holy, thou onely art the Lord, thou onely (O Christ) with the holy ghost art most hye in the glory of god the father: in the glory of God the father. Amen.
A prayer.
This Contra tenor is for men.
[...] REioyce in the Lord alwayes. And agayn I say reioice, let your softnes be known vnto all men, for the Lord is euen at hand, for the Lord is euen at hand. Be not careful, be not carefull, but in all thinges, let your petitiōs let your peticions and prayer: and supplicatiō, with geuing of thanks ij be knowne before God. And the peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding kepe your hartes and mindes ij ij in Christ Iesu our Lord. Amen.
Euening Praier.
This Contra tenor is for men.
[...] MY soule doth magnify the Lorde, & my sprite reioyseth in God my Sauiour. For he hath regarded the lowlines of his hand maiden. For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty, hath magnified me and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that feare him throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arme, he hath scattered the proud in the imaginations of theyr harts. He hath put downe the [Page] [...] mighty from theyr seate, and hath exalted the humble and meke. He hath filled the hungry with good thinges and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembring his mercy hath holpen his seruaunt Israel: As he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seede for euer. Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy Ghost. As it was in the begynnyng and is now and euer shalbe, world wyth out end. Amen.
❧ Nunc dimittis.
This Contra tenor is for Men.
[...] LOrde nowe lettest thou thy seruaunte departe in peace according [Page] [...] to thy word. For myne eyes haue sene thy saluacion, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people. To be a lighte to lighten the Gentils, and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning, & is now and euer shalbe world without end. Amen.
An other Magnificat
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[...] MY soule doth magnify the Lord and my spirite hath reioysed in God my sauior. For he hath regarded the lowlines of [Page] [...] his handmayden. For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnifyed me, and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that feare him throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arme, he hath scattered the proude in the imaginations of theyr hartes. He hath put down the mighty from theyr seate, and hath exalted the humble and meke. He hath filled the hungry wyth good thinges and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembring his mercy hath holpen his seruaunt Israell, as he promised to our fathers Abraham and his seede for euer. [Page] [...] Glory be to the father and to the son and to the holye Ghost: As it was in the beginning, is nowe and euer shall be, worlde without ende. Amen.
Nunc dimittis
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[...] LOrd now let thy seruaunt depart in peace, according to thy word For mine eies haue sene thy saluation: which thou hast prepared before the face of al people. To be a light to lighten the Gentils, and to be the glory of thy people Israell. Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning is now [Page] [...] and euer shalbe world without end. Amen.
A godly prayer
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[...] LEt all the Congregation that is within this place cry vnto God that holy Lorde, to sende vs of hys grace. Blessed be the Lorde our God, and blessed be hys name, now blessed be our Sauior, that bought vs from all payn: O Lord, now harken vnto vs, & graunt vs our request we pray thee yt thou wouldest vouchsafe to bring vs to thy rest: O most gracious sauior, thou art all only god: yu didst redeme vs wt thy death wt sheding of thy blod. Now let [Page] [...] vs through thy precious death be of thy holy elect for who that beleueth not of thee, shalbe from thee reiect. We sing prayses vnto our God with thankes vnto our Lord, because he hath so blessed vs that we do know his worde. Also Lord God, now guide vs so we may do thy will like those that most do loue the Lord in being faythful stil. Our tonges shalbe our instrument, our harts shal shew our voice, and all the powers within our brests in god they shal reioyce. Graunt vs that we may kepe alwayes thy holy statutes ten: defend and saue Elizabeth our Quene: all people say Amen.
A morning prayer in foure partes.
This Contra tenor is for children.
[...] O Come let vs sing vnto the Lord, let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our saluation. Let vs come before his presence with thankes geuing and shew ourselues glad in him with Psalmes. For the Lord is a great God, and a great king aboue all gods. In his hande are all the corners of the earth, & the strength of the hils is his also. The sea is his & he made it, and his hands prepared the dry land. O come let vs worship & fal down and knele before the Lord our maker, for he is the Lord our God, and [Page] [...] we are the people of his pasture and the shepe of his handes. To day if ye will heare his voyce, harden not your harts, as in the prouocation and in the day of temptation in the wildernes, when your fathers tēpted me, proued me and saw my workes. Fortye yeares long was I greued with this generation and sayd it is a people that do erre in theyr hartes for they haue not knowne my wayes, vnto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. Glory be to the father & to the sonne and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning is now and euer shalbe world without end. Amen.
Te Deum
This Contra tenor is for men.
[...] WE knowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee, the father euerlasting. To thee all aungels cry aloude the heauens and all the powers therein. To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually doo crye. Holye, holy, holy, Lorde God of Sabaoth. Heauen and earth are full of the maiesty of thy glory The glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee. The goodly felowship of the Prophets prayse thee. The noble army of Martirs prayse thee. [Page] [...] The holy church through out all the world doth knowledge thee, the father of an infinite maiestie. Thy honorable true and onely son. Also the holy ghost the comforter. Thou art the king of glory, O Christ. Thou art the euerlasting sonne of the father. When thou tokest vpon thee to deliuer man thou didst not abhorre the virgines womb, when thou hadst ouercome the sharpenes of death, thou didst open the kingdome of heauē to all beleuers. Thou sittest on the right hand of God in the glory of the father, we beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge. We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruauntes whome thou hast redemed [Page] [...] with thy precious bloud. Make them to be numbred with thy saints in glory euerlasting O Lord saue thy people and blesse thine heritage gouerne them and lift them vp for euer. Day by day we magnify thee and we worship thy name euer world without end. Vouchesafe O Lord to kepe vs this daye without sinne. O Lorde haue mercye vpon vs haue mercy vpon vs. O Lorde let thy mercye lighten vppon vs, as our truste is in thee. O Lorde in thee haue I trusted let me neuer be confounded
Benedictus.
This Contra tenor is for Men.
[...] FOr he hath visited and redemed his people, and hathe lifted vp an horne of saluation to vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid. As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets which hathe bene since the worlde beganne, that we shoulde bee saued from our enemies, and from the handes of all that hate vs. To performe the mercye promysed to our fathers, and to remember hys holy coueuaunte, to perfourme the othe whyche hee sware to oure father Abraham, that hee woulde geue vs. That we beynge deliuered out of the [Page] [...] handes of oure enemyes myght serue hym wyth out feare, in holynes and ryghteousnes before hym all the dayes of our lyfe. And thou chylde shalte be called the Prophette of the hyghest, for thou shalte goe before the face of the Lorde to prepare hys wayes, to geue knowledge of saluation vnto hys people, for the remyssion of theyr sinnes. Throughe the tender mercye of our God whereby the daye spring from an hygh hath visited vs, to geue light to them that sit in darkenes and in the shadow of death and to guide our fete into the way of peace. Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghost. [Page] [...] As it was in the begynnyng is now, and euer shalbe, world wythout end. Amen. Heath Sing the Letany as it is before.
The Communion.
This Contra tenor is for men.
[...] LOrd haue mercy vpon vs: and encline our hartes to kepe this law. Lord haue mercy vpon vs: and write all these thy lawes in our harts we besech thee.
The Communion.
This contra tenor is for men.
[...] THe father almighty maker of heauen and earth: and of all [Page] [...] things visible and inuisible, and in one Lord Iesu Christ the onely begottten son of God, who for vs men and for our saluation came downe from heauen, and was incarnate by the holy ghost of the virgin Mary and was made man, and was crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate, he suffred, and was buried, and the third day he arose againe according to the scriptures, and ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of the father, and he shall come agayne with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead, and I beleue in the holy Ghost, the Lord and geuer of life. Who procedeth from the father [Page] [...] and the sonne, who with the father and the sonne together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the prophetes. And I beleue one catholike and Apostolike church, I acknowledge one baptisme for the remission of sinnes, and I looke for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come Amen.
A thankes geuing for the poore
This Contra tenor is for men.
[...] LAy not vp for your selues treasure vpō erth wher the rust and moth doth corrupt, & wher theues break through & steale. But lay vp for your selues tresure in heauē wher [Page] [...] neyther rust nor moth doth corrupt, and where theues do not breake through nor steale.
The Sanctus
This contra tenor is for men.
[...] HOly, holy, holy, Lorde God of hostes. Heauen and earth are full of thy glory: glory be to thee O lord most hygh: Glory be to thee, O Lord most hye.
The Communion.
This Contra tenor is for children.
[...] ANd in earth peace, good will towards men, we prais thee, we bles thee, we worship thee, we glorify [Page] [...] thee, we geue thankes to thee for thy great glory Lord the onely begotten sonne Iesu Christ, thou that takst away the sins of the world, receiue our prayer, thou that sittest at the right hand of god the father, haue mercy vpon vs. For thou onely arte holye, thou onely art the Lord, thou only O Christ, with the holy ghost art most high in the glory of God the father. Amen
A godly prayer
This Contra tenor is for men.
[...] PRaise we the Lord at all times, at all times. Prayse we the Lorde at all tymes, at all tymes. Let our [Page] [...] mouthes say well by the Lorde at all tymes, at all tymes. That our soules may be reioysed by the Lord at all times, at all times. Meeke men shall heare and reioyce in the Lorde, at all times, at all times, at all times.
Euening Praier.
This contra tenor is for men.
[...] MAnd my sprite hath reioysed in god my sauior. For he hath regarded the lowlines of his hand maiden. For behold from hence forth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is [Page] [...] mighty hath magnified me & holye is his name, & his mercy is on them that fear him throughout al generations. He hath shewed strēgth with his arme he hath scatered the proud in the imaginatiō of their hartes. He hath put downe the mighty from their seate & hath exalted ye hūble and meeke, he hath filled the hungry with good things & the rich he hath sente emptye awaye. He remembringe hys mercye hath holpen his seruaunt Israell as he promised to oure fathers Abraham and his seede for euer. Glorye bee to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginnynge and is nowe and euer▪ [Page] [...] shalbe world without end. Amen.
❧ Nunc dimittis.
This Contra tenor is for men.
[...] LOrde now lettest thou thy seruaunt departe in peace according to thy promisse. For mine eies hath sene thy sauiour, whom thou hast prepared before al people. A light for the lightning of the heathen & for the prayse of ye people Israell Glorye be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost: As it was in the beginning as it is now and euer shalbe. Amen.
An other Magnificat
This Contra tenor is for Men.
[...] LOrd now lettest thou thy seruaunt depart in peace, according to thy word, according to thy word For mine eyes haue sene thy saluation, thy saluation. Which thou hast prepared before the face of all thy people, people, and to be the glory of thy people Israel, Israell, of thy people Israell. Glory be to the father, and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost, glory be to the father, and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning is now in the beginning, is now and euer shalbe, and euer shalbe world without end. Amen.
❧ Venite exultemus.
This Contra tenor is for children.
[...] O Come let vs sing vnto the Lorde, let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our saluation Let vs come before his presence with thankesgeuing, and shew ourselues glad in him with Psalms. For the Lord is a great God, and a great king aboue all gods. In his handes are all the corners of the earth, ij And the strength of the hilles is hys also: the sea is hys and he made it, and hys handes prepared the drye land. O come let vs worship & fal down ij [Page] [...] and knele before the Lord our maker ij for hee is the Lord our god ij And we are the people of hys pasture of his pasture & the sheepe of hys handes. To day if ye will heare his voyce harden not your hartes as in the prouocation and in the daye of temptation, in the wildernes when your fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my works. Forty yeres lōg was I greued wyth this generation and sayde it is a people that doo erre in theyr hartes for they haue not known my waies vnto whō I sware in my wrath I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my reste. [Page] [...] Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghost, as it was in the beginning is now and euer shalbe world without ende, is now and euer shalbe world without end. ij Amen
Te Deum laudamus
This contra tenor is for men.
[...] WE knowledge thee to be the Lord, all the earth doth worship thee which art the father euerlasting. To thee al aungels cry aloud the heauēs and al the powers therin. To thee Cherubin [Page] [...] and Seraphin continually do cry. Holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth. Heauen and earth are full of the maiesty of thy glory. The glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee. The godly felowship of the prophetes prayse thee. The noble armie of martirs praise thee. The holy church throughout all the world doth knowledge thee. The father of an infinite maiesty. Thy honorable true and onelye sonne. Also the holy ghost the comforter, thou arte the king of glory; O Christe, thou art the euerlasting sonne of the father. When thou tookest vpon thee to deliuer man [Page] [...] thou didst not abhor the virgins wōb: when yu hadst ouercome the sharpnes of death, thou didest open the kingdome of heauen to all beleuers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the glory of the father. We beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge. We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruaunts whom thou hast redemed with thy precious bloud make them to be numbred with thy saints in glory euerlasting O lord saue thy people, and blesse thine heritage ij gouerne thē and lift thē vp for euer. ij Day by day we magnify thee and we worship thy name euer world with out ende. [Page] [...] vouchsafe O Lord to kepe vs this day without sinne, O Lord haue mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpon vs, as our truste is in thee. O Lord in thee haue I trusted, let me neuer be confounded. ij
Benedictus.
This Contra tenor is for children.
[...] BLessed be the Lord God of Israell, for he hath visited and redemed his people. And hath raised vp a myghtye saluation for vs, in the house of his seruaunt Dauid. As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophetes, which hathe bene [Page] [...] since the world began: That we should be saued from our enemies and from all that hate vs. To performe the mercy promised to our fathers, to our fathers. And to remember his holy couenaunte. To performe the othe which he sware to our father Abraham, that he woulde geue vs, that he would geue vs. That we beyng deliuered deliuered out of the handes of our enemies of our enemies might serue him without feare. In holines and righteousnes, in holines and righteousnes before him al the dayes of our life. And thou child shalt be called the prophet of the highest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde, [Page] [...] to prepare hys wayes. To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, for the remission of theyr sinnes. Through the tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spring from an high ij hath visited vs: To geue light to thē that sit in darknes, and in the shadow of death, & to guide our feete into the way of peace, ij ij Glory be to the father, and to the son and to the holy ghost: As it was in the beginning & is now, & euer shalbe, world without end. Amen.
The Communion.
This contra tenor is for chidren
[...] LOrd haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hartes to keepe this law. Lord haue mercy vpon vs, and write all these thy lawes in our hartes we besech thee.
The Communion.
This Contra tenor is for children.
[...] THe Father almighty, maker of heauen and earth, and of all thing visible and inuisible: and in one Lord Iesu Christ, the onely begotten son of god, begotten of his father before all worldes: God of god, light of light, very god [Page] [...] of very God begotten not made being of one substaunce with the father, by whome all thinges were made: who for vs men and for our saluation, came downe from heauen, and was incarnate by the holy ghost of the virgin Mary, and was made man. And was crucified also for vs vnder Pontious Pilate. He suffred and was buried, and the third day he rose agayne accordinge to the scriptures, And ascended into heauen, and sitteth at the right hand of the father: and he shall come agayne with glory to iudge both the quicke and the deade, whose kingdome shal haue no end. ij And I beleue in the [Page] [...] holy ghost the Lord and geuer of life who procedeth from the father and the sonne, who with the father and the sonne, together, is worshipped and glorified who spake by the prophets. And I beleue one catholike and Apostolike church I acknowledge one baptisme for the remission of sinnes and I looke for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
The Sanctus
This contra tenor is for children.
[...] HOly, holy, holy, Lord God of Hostes, heauen and earth are full of thy glory, glory be to thee O [Page] [...] Lord most high. ij
The Communion.
This contra tenor is for chidren
[...] ANd in earth peace, good will towards men, we prayse thee, we blesse thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we geue thanks to thee for thy greate glory: O Lord God heauenly king God the father almighty: O lord the only, begotten sōne Iesu Christ, O Lord God lambe of God, son of the father that takest away the sinnes of the world haue mercy vpō vs, thou ye takest away the sins of ye world, haue mercy vpō vs: thou ye takest away [Page] [...] the sinnes of the world, receiue our prayer. Thou sittest at ye right hand of god ye father haue mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpō vs, for thou onely art holy, art holy. Thou only art the Lord: yu onely O Christ ii wt the holy ghost art most high, in the glory of God the father. Amen.
Euening Praier.
This contra tenor is for children.
[...] MY soule doth magnify the Lord, and my sprite reioysed in God my sauiour. For he hath regarded the lowlines of his handmayden, for behold from henceforth, all generations shall [Page] [...] call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified mee, and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that feare him, throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arme, he hath shewed strength with his arme ij he hath scateered the proude in the imaginations of theyr hartes: He hath put downe, ij the mightye from theyr seate, and hath exalted the humble and meke. He hath filled the hungry with good things and the riche he hath sent empty away. He remembring his mercy hath holpen his seruaunt Israell. As he promised to our fathers Abraham, and to hys [Page] [...] sede for euer, and to hys sede for euer. ij Glory be to the father, and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost, As it was in the beginninge is nowe and euer shalbe, ij worlde wythout end. Amen
Nunc dimittis
This Contra tenor is for children
[...] LOrd now let thy seruaunte depart in peace according to thy word for mine eies haue sene ij thy saluation. Which thou hast prepared before the face of al people. To be a light ij to lighten the Gentils, and to be the glory, [Page] [...] and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost: As it was in the beginning, is now and euer shal be, ii world without end. Amen.
A Prayer.
This Contra tenor is for children
[...] RElieue vs O lord yt ar weak & feble: relieue vs O lord yt are weak & feble, & shew thy great mercy, and shew thy great mercy to thy people, turn yu our harts, turn yu our harts O lord ij & we shal turned be: regard our sighes & sobs, which from our hartes do flow, forget our former crimes ij yt we may cleue to [Page] [...] thee ij cleaue to thee, & work in thy vineyard where vertues al doe grow, ij do this for vs O lord that ar weak & feble, & shew thy great mercy vnto thy poore people ij great is thy pity lord though daily we offend, ij offend, and staiest thy wrathful hād, and amids thine ire, on mercy stil thou thinkest ij O Lord we wyll amende, forgeue and as we doe deserue. Relieue thou vs O Lorde that are weake and feble, ij ij And shew to vs thy greate mercye, and shewe thy greate mercye, and shew thy mercye vnto [Page] [...] thy poore people. Releue thou vs O Lord, that are weake and feble, ij and shew thy mercy to thy people. Relieue thou vs O Lord that are weake and feble. And shew thy mercy vnto thy poore people shew mercy to thy people. Amen.
A godly prayer
This contra tenor is for children.
[...] HEare the voyce and prayer of thy seruauntes, of thy seruantes, that they make before thee this day, that thine eyes may be open towards this house night and day, euer toward this place, ij. of which thou hast sayd my name [Page] [...] shalbe there, ij and when thou hearest haue mercy on them ij And when thou hearest haue mercy vpon them.
A prayer.
This Contra tenor is for children.
[...] O Eternall god almighty, iust and holy, whose name is the lord God of hostes, to thee O Lord we cal & cry for mercy for mercy, to thee O Lord we cal & cry for mercye, for mecy, for mercy: against thee we haue offended, we and our fathers haue sinned, we haue done vniustly we haue committed iniquity, [Page] [...] now graunt to vs O Lord thy great mercy, now graunt to vs O Lord thy great mercy, for great is our misery, ij great is our misery. Saue thy people O Lorde and blesse thyne owne inheritaunce, despise not the workes of thyne owne handes because we be sinful thou shalt be called merciful, because we be sinful, thou shalt be called merciful, because we be sinful thou shalt be called merciful, forgeue vs now for the glory of thy holy name, forgeue vs now for the glory of thy holy name, that we may know thou arte more merciful then we deserue. We shal geue thankes to thee O Lorde, and reioyse in thy [Page] [...] laude & prayse for euermore, we shal geue thankes to thee O Lord and reioyce, in thy laud and prayse, in thy laud and prayse, for euermore, for euermore. Amen.
A godly prayer
This contra tenor is for children.
[...] O Lord in thee is al my trust, geue eare vnto my woful cryes, refuse me not that am vniust, but bowing downe thy heauenly eyes. Behold how I do stil lament, my synnes wherin I thee offēd: O Lord for them shal I be shente, sith thee to please I do intend No, no, not so, thy wil is bent, to deale with synners [Page] [...] in thine ire: but when in hart they shall repent, thou grauntest with spede theyr iust desire. To thee therfore still shall I cry, To wash away my sinfull crime. Thy bloud O Lord is not yet dry, but that it may helpe me in time. Hast now O Lord, hast now I say, to poure on me the giftes of grace, that when this life must flit away, in heauen with thee I may haue place, where thou doost raygn eternally, with God which once did downe thee send: where aungels sing continually to thee be prayse world without ende. Amen.
The Anthem
This Contra tenor is for children.
[...] REmember not O Lord God our old iniquities but let thy mercy spedely preuent vs, for we be very miserable ij ij help vs God our sauiour ij & for the glory of thy name deliuer. vs. Be mercifull and forgeue our sinnes for thy names sake. ij Be merciful and forgeue our sinnes for thy names sake. Let not the wicked people say ij where is their God ij we be thy people and the shepe of his pasture, we shal geue thankes vnto thee for euer. ij ij from age to age we shall [Page] [...] set forth thy laude and prayse. To thee be honor and glory ij world without end ij To thee be honor and glory, world without end. ij Amen.
A godly prayer
This Contra tenor is for Men.
[...] I Geue you a new commaundemente, that ye loue one another euen as I haue loued you. By this all men shall know that ye are my disciples that ye are my disciples if ye loue one another. ij Euen as I haue loued you. ij ij By
[...] YF ye loue me kepe my commaundements. And I wil pray the father, & he shal geue you another cōforter, yt he may byde with you for euer, euen the spirite of truth, euen ye sprite of truth ij That
The Anthem
This Contra tenor is for men.
[...] PRayse we the father, the son and the holy ghost prayse we ye father, the son & the holy ghost, we magnify him, we glorify him, and superexalt him, world without end, ij for most prayse worthy art thou O Lord [Page] [...] most glorious, most worthy, most glorious, most worthy, to be superexalted, for euer and euer. for
The Anthem
This Contra tenor is for men.
[...] PRayse the Lord O our soules, and al that is within vs, prayse his holy name, prayse the Lord O our soules, and forget not al his benefites The Lord is ful of compassion and mercy, longe suffering and full of great goodnes
The Anthem
This Contra tenor is for Men.
[...] SVbmit your selues one to another, in the feare of God speaking vnto your selues, in psalmes and himnes, and spirituall songes, and spiritual songs, singing & making melody to the Lord, with your harts, geuing thanks alwayes alwayes for al things ij vnto God the Father almightye, ij In the name of our Lorde Iesus Christ the Lord, Iesus Christ Iesus Christ.
A prayer.
This contra tenor is for Men.
[...] SHew vs O Lord the light of thy countenaunce, that we being [Page] [...] deliuered deliuered from the darkenes of our harts may come to the very light. ij which is christ. And thou Lord preserue vs preserue vs, while we bee wakyng. ij and keepe vs while we bee sleping that we maye wake, that we maye wake with Christ and take rest in peace.
A prayer.
This contra tenor is for Men.
[...] REioyce in the Lord alwayes, & again I say reioyce let your softnes be knowne vnto al men, for the Lord is euen at hand ij Be not careful ij but in al thing, let your petitiōs ij & prayer & supplicatiō, [Page] [...] with geuing of thanks, ij be known before God. And ye peace of god whych passeth all vnderstanding kepe your hartes and mindes. ii ij In Christ Iesu our Lord. Amen.
A prayer
This Contra tenor is for Men
[...] I Geue you a new commaundement that ye loue one another that ye loue one another. Euen as I haue loued you. By this all men shal know that ye are my disciples, if you loue one another, if you loue one another, euen as I haue loued you, ij euen as I haue loued you, [Page] [...] Euen as I haue loued you. By this al men shal know that ye are my disciples if ye loue one another if ye loue one another. Euē as I haue loued you, euen as I haue loued you, euen as I haue loued you, euen as I haue loued you.
Exaudiat te Dominus
This Contra tenor is for Men
[...] IN trouble and aduersity the Lord wil here thee still the maiesty of Iacobs God Iacobs God wil thee defend from ill and send thee from his holy place his helpe at euery nede and so in Syon [Page] [...] stablish thee and make thee strong in dede.
A Prayer.
This Contra tenor is for children
[...] MOst blessed Lord Iesu graunt me thy grace alway vnto the end, graunt me thy grace alway vnto the end and that I may desire, and wil that I may euer desire & wil. That is most pleasaunt and acceptable vnto thee thy wil be my wil and my wil alway to folow thy wil be there alway in me one wil let there be alway in me one wil and one desire with thee and one desire with thee, so that I haue [Page] [...] no power to wil. But euen as thou wilt, Graunt me aboue all things that can be desired that can be desired, that can be desired, for thou Lord art the very peace of the hart & the perfect rest both of body & soule & the perfect rest both of body and soule, for thou Lord art the very peace of the hart and the perfect rest both of body and soule, for euermore.
A Prayer.
This Contra tenor is for children
[...] TVrne thou vs O good Lord. ii and so shall we be turned be fauourable O lord be fauourable to thy people which [Page] [...] turne to thee in weping fasting and praying for thou art a mercifull God ij full of compassion long suffering. ij long sufferinge & of great pity. Spare thy people good Lord ij ij and let not thine heritage be brought to confusion heare vs good Lord for thy mercy is great. ij ij and after the multitude of thy mercy looke vpon vs.
❧ MEDIVS
✚ Mornyng and Euenyng prayer and Communion, set forthe in foure partes, to be song in churches, both for men and children, wyth dyuers other godly prayers & Anthems, of sundry mens doynges.
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Medius.
Venite exultemus.
Medius. Mornyng prayer for men.
[...] COme let vs syng vnto the Lord, let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our saluation: let vs come before hys presence with thankesgeuyng, and shew your selues glad in hym wyth psalmes. For the Lord is a great God and a great kyng aboue al gods: in his hand are al the corners of ye earth and the strength of the hils is his also, the sea is his and he made it, and his hands prepared the dry land, O come let vs worship and fal downe and knele before the Lord our maker. For he is the Lord our god [Page] [...] and we are the people of his pasture, and the shepe of his handes. To day if you wil heare his voyce, harden not your hartes, as in the prouocation, and in the day of temptation in the wildernes, where your fathers tempted me, proued me and saw my workes. Forty yeres long was I greued with this generation and said, it is a people that do erre in their harts, for they haue not knowne my wayes, vnto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest. Glory be to the father and to the son, & to the holy gost: as it was in the beginning is now & euer shalbe, world without end. Amen.
¶ Te deum laudamus.
❧ This Meane part is for men.
[...] WE praise thee O God, We knowledge thee to be the Lord: al the earth doth worship thee the father euerlastyng, To thee al aungels cry aloud, the heauens and al the powers therin. To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth. Heauen and earth are ful of the maiestye of thy glory, ij The glorious company of the Apostels praise thee the goodly fellowship of the Prophetes praise thee: The noble army [Page] [...] of martirs prayse thee. The holy church throughout al the world doth knowledge thee, the father of an infinite maiesty, thy honorable true and onely sonne, also the holy ghost the comforter. Thou art the kyng of glory O Christ: thou art the euerlastyng sonne of the father. When thou tokest vpō thee to deliuer man: thou diddest not abhorre the Virgines wombe, when thou hadst ouercome the sharpnes of death, thou dydst open the kyngdom of heauen to all beleuers. Thou sittest on the ryght hand of God in the glory of the father: We beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge: we therfore pray thee helpe thy [Page] [...] seruauntes whom thou hast redemed wyth thy precious bloud, make them to be numbred with thy saintes in glory euerlastyng. O Lord saue thy people, and blesse thine heritage, gouerne them and lift them vp for euer, day by day we magnify thee, and we worship thy name euer world without ende. Vouchsafe O Lord to kepe vs thys day without sinne. O Lord haue mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpon vs, as our trust is in thee. O Lord in thee haue I trusted, let me neuer be confounded, be confounded.
❧ Benedictus.
❧ This Meane is for men.
[...] BLessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redemed hys people. And hath raised vp a mighty saluation for vs, in the house of his seruant Dauid. As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, which hath ben since the world began That we should be saued from our enemies, and from the handes of all that hate vs. To performe the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy couenant. To perform the othe which he sware to our father Abraham that he would geue
[...] vs. That we beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies might serue hym wythout feare. In holines and righteousnes before him al the dayes of our lyfe. And thou child shalt be called the prophet of the highest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare hys wayes. To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, for the remission of their synnes. Through the tender mercy of our god: wher by the day spring from an hie, hath visited vs. To geue light to them that sit in darknes and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feete into the way of peace. Glory be to the father, and to the sonne, and [Page] [...] to the holy ghost: As it was in the beginning is now and euer shalbe, world without end. Amen.
❧ The Letany
This Meane is for men.
[...] O God the father of heauen, haue mercy vpon vs, miserable synners. O God the sonne redemer of the world, haue mercy. &c. O God ye holy ghost proceding from the father and the son &c. O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie, three persons and one God. &c. Spare vs good Lord. Good Lord deliuer vs. We besech thee to heare vs good Lord. Sonne of God we beseche [Page] [...] thee to heare vs. Graunt vs thy peace Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs.
❧ The Lordes prayer.
This Meane part is for men.
[...] OVr father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy wil be done, in earth as it is in heauen, geue vs this day our daily bread, and forgeue vs our trespaces, as we forgeue them yt trespas against vs, & let vs not be led into tēptation, but deliuer vs from euil. Amen.
The Communion.
❧ This Meane part is for men.
[...] LOrd haue mercy vpon vs, and encline our hartes to kepe this law. Lord haue mercy vpon vs, and wryte all these thy lawes in our hattes we beseche thee.
The Communion.
❧ This Meane is for men.
[...] THe father almighty, maker of heauen and earth, and of all things visible and inuisible, and in one Lord Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of God, begotten [Page] [...] of hys father before all worlds, God of God, light of lyght, very God of very God, begotten not made, beyng of one substance with the father by whom all▪ things were made, who for vs men and for our saluation, came downe from heauen, and was incarnate by the holy ghost of the virgin Mary and was made man, and was crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate, he suffred and was buried, and the third day he rose agayne according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heauen, and setteth at the right hand of the father, and he shal come agayne with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead, whose kingdom [Page] [...] shal haue no end. And I beleue in the holy ghost, the Lord & geuer of lyfe: who procedeth from the father and the sonne, together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the Prophets. And I beleue one catholike and apostolike church, I acknowledge one baptisme for the remission of sinnes, and I loke for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
❧ A thankesgeuyng for the poore.
❧ This Meane part is for men.
[...] Let your light so shyne before mē that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heauen.
Sanctus
[...] Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of host, holy, holy, Lord god of host, holy holy, Lord god of host. Heauē & earth are ful of thy glory ij Glory be to thee O Lord most hie. Glory be to thee O lord most hie. Glory be to thee O Lord most hye, O Lord most hie. Glory be to thee O Lord most hie, O Lord most hie.
The Communion.
❧ This Meane is for men.
[...] ANd in earth peace good wyll towardes men we prayse thee, we blesse thee we worship thee, we glorifye thee, we geue thankes to thee for thy great glory, for [Page] [...] thy great glory O Lord God heauenly kyng, God the father almighty, O Lord the onely begotten sonne Iesu Christ, O Lord God, lamb of God, sonne of the father, ij which takest away the sins of the world, haue mercy vpon vs, thou that takest away the sinnes of the world receiue our prayers, thou that sittest at the right hand of God the father, thou that sittest at the right hand of God the father, haue mercy vpon vs, for thou onely art holy, thou onely art ye Lord, thou onely O Christ with the holy ghost art most hiest, in the glory of God the father. ij Amen.
❧ A Prayer.
This Meane is for men.
[...] REioyce in the Lord alwayes, & againe I say reioyce, reioyce, let your softnes be known to all men, for the Lord is euen at hand ij Be not careful but in al thyngs let your petition and prayer and supplication wyth geuyng of thanks ij be known before God. And the peace of god which passeth al vnderstanding vnderstanding kepe your harts and mynds kepe your harts and mynds ij In Christ Iesu our Lord. Amen.
¶ Euening Prayer
This Meane part is for men.
[...] MY soule doth magnify the Lord and my sprite reioyseth in God my sauiour. For he hath regarded the lowlines of hys handmayden. For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mightie, hath magnifyed me, and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that feare him, throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with hys arme, he hath scattered the proud in their imaginations of their hartes. He hath put downe [Page] [...] the mightie frō their seates, and hath exalted the humble and meke. He hath filled the hungry with good things and the riche he hath sent emptie away. He remembring his mercy hath holpen his seruaūt Israell as he promysed to our forefathers, Abraham and his sede for euer. Glory be to the father, and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost, As it was in the beginning, and is now & euer shalbe world without end. Amen.
❧ Nunc dimittis.
❧ This Meane part is for men.
[...] LOrde now lettest thou thy seruaunt departe in peace accordyng [Page] [...] to thy worde. For myne eyes haue sene thy saluation. Which thou hast prepared before the face of al people. To be a lyght to lyghten the gentils, and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost. As it was in the begynnyng and is now, and euer shal be world without end. Amen. Amen
❧ An other Magnificat.
This Meane part is for men.
[...] MY soule doth magnify the Lord, and my sprite hath reioysed in God my sauiour, for he hath regarded the lowlines [Page] [...] of his handmaiden. For behold frō henceforth al generations shal cal me blessed. For he that is mightie, hath magnified me, and holy is hys name, and his mercy is on them that feare hym throughout al generations. He hath shewed strength wyth hys arme, he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hartes. He hath put down ye mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble and meke. He hath fylled the hungry with good thinges, and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembryng his mercy hath holpen his seruant Israel: as he promised to our father Abraham & hys sede for euer. Glory be to [Page] [...] the father, and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and euer shall be, world without end. Amen.
❧ Nunc dimittis.
❧ This Meane part is for men.
[...] LOrd now let thy seruaunt depart in peace, according to thy word. For myne eyes haue sene thy saluation: which thou hast prepared before the face of al people. To be a lyght to lyghten the Gentils, and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginnyng is now, and euer shal be world without end. Amen.
❧ A godly Prayer.
This Meane part is for men.
[...] LEt al the congregation that is within this place, cry vnto God that holy Lord, to send vs of hys grace. Blessed be the Lorde oure God, and blessed bee hys name, now blessed be our sauior, that bought vs from al payn. O Lord, now harken vnto vs, & graūt vs our request, we pray thee that thou wouldst vouchsafe to bryng vs to thy rest: O most gratious sauior, thou art al only god: yu didst redeme vs wt thi deth, wt sheding of thy blod. Now let vs through thy precious death, be of thy holy elect, for who that beleueth [Page] [...] not of thee shal be from thee reiect. We sing prayses vnto our god, with thanks vnto our Lord, because he hath so blessed vs, that we do know hys worde. Also Lord God now guide vs, so we may do thy will lyke those that most do loue the Lord in beyng faithfull stil. Our tonges shalbe an instrument, our hartes shal shew our voyce: and al the powers within our brestes, in god they shal reioyce. Graunt vs that we may kepe alwayes, thy holy statutes ten: defend and saue Elizabeth our Quene, all people say. Amen.
❧ A mornyng prayer in foure partes.
This Meane part is for children.
[...] O Come let vs syng vnto the Lord, let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our saluation: let vs come before his presence with thankes genyng, and shew our selues glad in hym wyth psalmes. For the Lord is a great God, and a great kyng aboue al gods, in his hand are all the corners of the earth, and the strength of the hils is his also. The sea is his and he made it, and his handes prepared the dry land. O come let vs worship and fal downe, and knele before the Lord our maker: for he is the Lord our god [Page] [...] and we are the people of hys pasture and the shepe of hys hands. To day yf ye will heare his voyce, harden not your hartes as in the prouocation, and in the day of temptation in the wildernes, whē your fathers tempted me, proued me, & saw my workes. Forty yeres long was I greued wyth this generation, and sayd, it is a people that do erre in their harts, for they haue not known my wayes, vnto whō I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. Glory be to the father and to the son, and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be, world without end. Amen.
❧ Te Deum laudamus.
This Meane part is for men.
[...] WE knowledge thee to be the Lord, all the earth doth worship thee the father euerlasting. To thee al angels cry aloud, the heauens and al the powers therin. To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth. Heauē and earth are ful of the maiestie of thy glory. The glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee. The goodly felowship of the Prophetes prayse thee. The noble army of Martirs prayse thee. The holy church [Page] [...] thorowout al the world doth knowledge thee, the father of an infinite maiesty. Thy honorable true and onely sonne, also the holy ghost the comforter. Thou art the kyng of glory O Christ. Thou art the euerlasting sonne of the father. When thou tokest vpon thee to deliuer man, thou didst not abhorre the virgins wombe. When thou hadst ouercome the sharpnes of death, thou didst open the kyngdom of heauen to al beleuers. Thou sittest on the right hand of God, in the glory of the father We beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge. We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruants whom thou hast redemed wyth thy precious bloud. [Page] [...] Make them to be numbred with thy sainctes in glory euerlastyng. O Lord saue thy people, and blesse thyne heritage. Gouerne thē & lift them vp for euer. Day by day we magnify thee, and we worship thy name euer world wythout end. Vouchsafe O Lord to kepe vs this day with out synne. O Lord haue mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lightē vpon vs as our trust is in thee. O Lord in thee haue I trusted let me neuer be confounded.
Benedictus.
This Meane is for men.
[...] FOr he hath visited and redemed hys people, and hath lifted [Page] [...] vp an horne of saluation to vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid. As he spake by the mouth of hys holy Prophetes, which hath bene synce the world beganne, that we should be saued from our enemies, and from the handes of al that hate vs. To performe the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember hys holy couenaunt, to performe the othe whiche he sware to oure fathers Abraham, that he would geue vs. That we beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies myght serue hym without feare: in holynes and righteousnes before hym al the dayes of our lyfe, And thou chylde shalt be called the Prophete [Page] [...] of the hiest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes, to geue knowledge of saluatiō vnto hys people for the remissiō of their sinnes. Through the tēder mercy of our God, wherby the day spryng frō an high hath visited vs, to geue light to them that sytte in darknes, & in the shadow of death, and to guide our feete into the way of peace. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holye ghost. As it was in the beginnyng is nowe, and euer shal be world without end. Amen.
❧ Syng the Letany as it is before.
The Communion.
This Meane part is for men.
[...] LOrd haue mercy vpon vs, and enclyne our hartes to kepe this law. Lord haue mercy vpon vs, and write all these thy lawes in our hartes we besech thee.
The Communion.
❧ This Meane is for men.
[...] THe father almighty maker of heauen and earth and of al thinges visible and inuisible, and in one Lord Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of God, begotten of his [Page] [...] father before al worlds, God of God, light of light, very God of very God, begotten not made, beyng of one substaunce with the father, by whom al things were made, who for vs men and for our saluacion came down from heauen and was incarnate by the holy ghost of the virgine Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate. He suffreo and was buried, and the third day he arose agayn accordyng to the scriptures, and ascended into heauen, and sitteth at the right hand of the father, & he shal come agayne with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead. And I beleue in the holy ghost, the Lord [Page] [...] and geuer of lyfe, who procedeth from the father and the son, who with the father and the sonne together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the prophets. And I beleue one catholike and apostolike church I acknowledge one baptisme for the remission of synnes, and I loke for the resurrection of the dead, and the lyfe of the world to come. Amen.
❧ An other thankesgeuyng for the poore.
This Meane part is for men.
[...] LAy not vp for your selues treasure vpon the earth, where the rust and moth doth corrupt, and where theues breake thorough and steale, but lay vp for your [Page] [...] selues treasure in heauen, where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt, and theues do not breake through nor steale.
The Sanctus.
[...] HOly, holy, holy, Lord god of hostes. Heauē & earth are ful of thy glory. Glory be to thee O Lord most hie, glory be to thee O Lord most hye.
The Communion.
This Meane part is for men.
[...] ANd in earth peace, good wil towardes men, we prayse thee, we blesse thee, we worshyp thee, [Page] [...] we glorify thee, we geue thanks to thee for thy great glory. O Lord god heauenly kyng, God the father almighty Lord, the onely begotten son Iesu Christ. O Lord god, lamb of God, son of the father, that takest away the sins of the world, haue mercy vpō vs, thou that takest away the syns of the world receiue our prayer, thou that sittest at the right hād of God the father, haue mercy vpon vs, for thou onely art holy, thou onely art the Lord, thou onely O Christ with the holy ghost art most high, in the glory of God the father. Amen.
❧ A godly Prayer.
This Meane part is for men.
[...] PRayse we the Lord at al tymes, at all tymes. Prayse we the Lord at al tymes, at al tymes. Let our mouthes say wel by the Lord, at al tymes, at al tymes. That our soules may be reioyced by the Lord at al tymes, at al tymes. Meke men shall heare and reioyce in the Lord at al tymes, at al tymes, at al tymes.
❧ Euenyng prayer.
❧ This Meane part is for men.
[...] MAnd my sprite hath reioysed in god my sauiour. For he hath regarded the lowlines of his handmayden. [Page] [...] For behold from henceforth al generations shal cal me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is hys name. And his mercy is on them that feare hym throughout al generations. He hath shewed strength wyth hys arme, he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hartes. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted ye hūble and meke. He hath fylled the hungry wyth good thinges, and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembryng hys mercy hath holpen his seruant his seruant Israel. As he promised to our fathers Abraham, & his seede for euer. Glory be [Page] [...] to the father & to the sonne, & to the holy ghost: As it was in the beginning and is now, and euer shal be, world without end. Amen.
❧ Nunc dimittis.
This Meane part is for men.
[...] LOrd now lettest thou thy seruants depart in peace, accordyng to thy promise. For mine eyes hath sene the sauiour: whom thou hast prepared before all people. A lighte for the lightning of the heathen, & for the prayse of the people of Israel Glorye be to the father & to the son, and to the holy ghost: As it was in the beginning as it is now & euer shal be. Amen.
❧ An other Magnificat.
This Meane is for men.
[...] MY soule doth magnify the Lord, and my sprite reioysed in God my sauiour. For he hath regarded the lowlines of his handmayden. For behold from henceforth al generations shal cal me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is his name, and his mercy is on them that feare hym, throughout al generations. He hath shewed strength with hys arme, he hath scattered the proude in the imaginations of their hartes. He hath put down the mightye, [Page] [...] he hath put downe the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble & meke. He hath fylled the hungry, he hath fylled the hungry with good thynges, and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembryng hys mercy hath holpen his seruaunt Israel, hath holpen his seruaunt Israel, as he promised to our father Abraham, and hys seede for euer. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning, as it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be, world without end. Amen.
❧ Nunc dimittis.
This Meane part is for men.
[...] LOrd now lettest thou thy seruants depart in peace, accordyng to thy worde, accordyng to thy worde. For mine eyes hath sene thy saluation: thy saluation. Which thou hast prepared before the face of all thy people. To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, of thy people Israel, of thy people Israel. Glory be to the father & to the son, and to the holy ghost: glory be to the father & to the sonne, & to the holy ghost: As it was in the beginnyng, as it was in the beginning is now & euer shal be, world without end. Amen.
❧ Mornyng prayer
This Meane part is for children.
[...] O Come let vs syng vnto the Lord, let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our saluation Let vs come before hys presence with thanks geuyng, and shew our selues glad in hym wyth psalmes. For the Lord is a great God, and a greate kyng aboue all gods. In hys handes are all the corners of the earth, are all the corners of the earth. And the strength of the hils is hys also. The sea is hys and he made it, and hys handes prepared the dry land. O come let vs worship and fal down ij [Page] [...] and knele before the Lord our maker ij For he is the Lord our God, for he is the Lord our God, and we are the people of hys pasture, of hys pasture, and the shepe of his hāds. To day if ye wil heare hys voyce, harden not your hartes as in the prouocation, and in the day of temptation in the wildernes, when your fathers tempted me, proued me and saw my workes. Forty yeres long was I greued wyth this generation and sayd, it is a people that doth erre in their hartes, for they haue not knowne my wayes. Vnto whom I sware in my wrath, I sware in my wrath, that they shoulde not enter into my rest, into [Page] [...] my rest. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost: As it was in the beginnyng is now, & euer shal be, world without end ij Amen.
❧ Te Deum laudamus.
This Meane part is for children
[...] WE knowledge thee to be the Lord, all the earth doth worship thee which art the father euerlastyng. To thee al aungels cry aloud, the heauens and al the powers therin. To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry. Holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth, ij [Page] [...] ij Heauen and earth are full of the Maiesty of thy glorye. The gloryous companye of the Apostles prayse thee. The goodly fellowshyppe of the Prophetes prayse thee. The noble armye of Martyrs prayse thee. The holye churche throughout al the world doth knowledge thee. The father of an infinite maiestie. Thy honorable true and onely sonne. Also the holy ghost the comforter, thou art the kyng of glory O Christ, thou art the euerlastyng sonne of the Father. When thou tookest vpon thee to deliuer man, thou diddest not abhorre the Virgines wombe: when thou hadst ouercome [Page] [...] the sharpnes of death, thou dydst open the kyngdome of heauen to al beleuers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the glory of the father We beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge. We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruaunts whom thou hast redemed wyth thy precious bloud. Make them to be numbred with thy saintes in glory euerlasting, euerlasting. O Lord saue thy people and blesse thine heritage Gouerne them and lyfte them vp for euer. Day by daye we magnifye thee, and we worshyp thy name euer worlde wythout ende. Vouchsafe O Lord to kepe vs thys day wythout synne, O Lord haue [Page] [...] mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpō vs, as our trust is in thee. O Lord in thee haue I trusted, let me neuer be confounded. ij
❧ Benedictus.
❧ This Meane part is for children
[...] BLessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redemed his people: and hath raised vp a mighty saluation for vs in the house of hys seruaunt Dauid. As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets which hath bene since the world began. That we should be saued from our enemies, and from [Page] [...] the handes of al that hate vs. To performe the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember hys holy couenaunt. To performe the othe which he swore to our father Abraham that he would geue vs, that he would geue vs. That we beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies myght serue hym without feare. In holines and righteousnes ij before hym al the dayes of our lyfe. And thou child shalte be called the Prophet of the hyest. For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord ij to prepare his wayes. To geue knowledge of saluation vnto hys people for the remission of their syns, through [Page] [...] the tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spring frō an hygh, spring frō an hye, hath visited vs. To geue light to thē that sit in darknes ij ij & in the shadow of death, & to guide our fete into ye way of peace. ij Glory be to the father and to the son & to the holy ghost: as it was in the beginning is now & euer shalbe, world without ende. Amen.
The Communion.
This Meane part is for children.
[...] LOrd haue mercy vpon vs, & enclyne our hartes to kepe this law. Lord haue mercy vpon vs, [Page] [...] and wryte al these thy lawes in our hartes we besech thee.
❧ The Communion.
This Meane part is for children.
[...] THe father almighty, maker of heauen and earth, and of al thynges visible and inuisible: And in one Lord Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of God, begotten of hys father before al worldes, God of god, lyght of lyght, very God of very God begotten not made, beyng of one substaunce wyth the father by whom al thyngs were made, who for vs men and for our saluation came downe from heauen and was incarnate by the holy [Page] [...] ghost of the Virgine Mary and was made man. And was crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate, he suffred and was buried. And the third day he arose agayne, accordyng to the scriptures. And ascended into heauen, and sitteth at the right hand of god the father. And he shall come agayne wyth glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead, whose kingdō shal haue none end ij And I beleue in the holy ghost the Lord and geuer of lyfe. Who procedeth from the father and the sonne, who with the father and the sonne together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the Prophets. And I beleue one catholyke [Page] [...] and apostolike church, I acknowledge one baptisme for the remission of synnes. And I loke for the resurrection of the dead & the life of the world to come. Amen.
The Sanctus.
[...] HOly, holy, holy, Lord God of hostes, heauen and earth are ful of thy glory Glory be to thee O Lord most hygh, ij
The Communion.
❧ This Meane is for children.
[...] ANd in earth peace, good wyll towardes men, we prayse thee, [Page] [...] we blesse thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we geue thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord god heauēly king, god the father almighty. O Lord the only begotten son Iesu Christ. O Lord God, lamb of God, son of the father yt takest a way the sins of the world haue mercy vpō vs. Thou that takest a way the sins of the world haue mercy vpon vs, thou that takest a way ye sins of the world, receiue our prayer: thou that sitst at the right hand of God the father, haue mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpon vs. ij For thou onely art holye. Thou onely art the Lord. Thou onely O Christ, O Christ, with the holy ghost art most hygh, in [Page] [...] the glory of God the father. Amen.
❧ Euenyng prayer
This Meane part is for children.
[...] MY soule doth magnify the Lorde, and my sprite reioyseth in god my sauiour. For he hath regarded the lowlynes of hys handmayden, for behold from henceforth al generations shal cal me blessed. For he that is mightye hath magnified me and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that feare hym throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength wyth hys arme, he hath [Page] [...] shewed strength with his arme ij he hath scattered ye proud in the imaginations of their hartes. He hath put down he hath put, he hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meke. He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rych he hath sent empty away. He remembring his mercy hath holpen his seruant Israel. As he promised to our fathers Abraham, & to his sede for euer. ij Glory be to the father & to the sonne & to the holy ghost: as it was in the beginning is now & euer shalbe, is now & euer shalbe, world without end, world without end. Amen.
❧ Nunc dimittis.
This Meane part is for children.
[...] LOrde now let thy seruaunt departe in peace, accordyng to thy worde, for myne eyes haue sene, for myne eyes haue sene thy saluation, which thou hast prepared before the face of al people. To be a lyght to be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glorye ij of thy people Israel. Glory be to the father and to the son, & to the holy ghost: as it was in the beginning, is now, and euer shal be, world without end, Amen.
A Prayer.
This Meane part is for children.
[...] RElieue vs O Lorde that are weake and feble, ij and shew thy great mercye, and shew thy great mercy vnto thy poore people. Turne thou our harts O Lord ij and we shal turned be, regard our sighes & sobbes which from our harts do flow: forget our former crymes ij that we may cleaue to thee, cleue to thee, and work in thy vineyard, where vertues all do grow ij Do thys for vs O Lord, that are weake [Page] [...] and feble. And shew thy great mercy vnto thy poore people, ij. Great is thy pity Lord though dayly we offend. ii thou stayest thy wrathful hand, and amyddes thyne ire, on mercy styl thou thynkest ij O Lord we wyl amend, forgeue and spare vs now and as we do desyre. Relieue thou vs O Lord that are weak & feble and feble. Relieue yu vs O Lord that are weake and feble, ii and shew to vs thy great mercy, and shew thy great mercy, & shew thy great mercye to thy poore people. Releue thou vs O Lord that are weake & feble. ii. [Page] [...] and shew thy mercy to thy people: Relieue thou vs O Lord that are weake and feble, and shew thy great mercy vnto thy poore people, shew mercy to thy people. Amen.
❧ A Prayer.
❧ This Meane is for children.
[...] HEare the voyce and prayer of thy seruantes, that they make before thee this day, that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, this house night & day euer toward this place ij of which thou hast said my name shal be there, ij and when thou hearest haue mercy on them, [Page] [...] ij and when thou hearest, and when thou hearest haue mercy on them.
A prayer.
This Meane part is for children
[...] O Eternal God almighty iust and holy, whose name is the Lord god of hostes, to thee O Lord we cal and cry for mercy, for mercy, to thee O Lord we cal and cry for mercy, for mercy, for mercy: against thee we haue offended, we and our fathers haue synned, we haue done vniustly, we haue committed iniquity, now graunt to vs O Lord thy great mercy, now graunt to vs O [Page] [...] Lord thy great mercy for great is our misery, great is our misery, great is our misery. Saue thy people O Lord, and blesse thyne owne inheritaunce. Dispyse not the workes of thine owne handes. Because we be synful thou shalt be called merciful, because we be sinful thou shalt be called merciful, because we be sinful yu shalt be called merciful, forgeue vs now for the glory of thy holy name, forgeue vs now for the glory of thy holy name. That we may know thou art more merciful thē we deserue. We shal geue thanks to thee O Lord and reioyce, in thy laud and prayse for euermore, we shal geue thankes to thee O Lord, and [Page] [...] reioyce in thy laud and prayse, in thy laud and prayse, for euermore, for euermore. Amen.
A Praier.
This Meane part is for children
[...] O Lord in thee is al my trust, geue eare vnto my woful cryes, refuse me not that am vniust, but bowyng down thy heauenly eyes. Behold how I do stil lament, my sinnes wherin I do offend: O Lord for them shal I be shent: sith thee to please I do intend. No, no, not so, thy wil is bent, to deale with sinners [Page] [...] in thine ire, but when in hart they shal repent, thou grauntst wyth spede their iust desire, to thee therfore still shall I cry to wash away my synful cryme. Thy bloud O Lord is not yet dry, but that it may help me in tyme. Hast now O Lord, hast now I say, to poure on me the giftes of grace, that when this lyfe must flit away, in heauen wyth thee we may haue place, where thou doost raigne eternally, wyth god which once down did thee send where angels sing continually to thee be prayse world without end. Amen.
The Anthem.
This Meane part is for children.
[...] REmember not O Lord God our old iniquity, but let thy mercy spedely preuent vs, for we be very miserable, for we be very miserable, ij help vs god our sauiour ij and for the glory of thy name deliuer vs. Be merciful and forgeue our synnes for thy names sake, ij be merciful and forgeue our synnes for thy names sake, let not the wycked people say, ij where is their god ij we be thy people and the shepe of thy pasture. We shal geue thankes vnto thee for euer. ij ij. from age to age we [Page] [...] shal set forth thy laud & prayse. To thee be honor & glory, ij world without end ij. to thee be honor & glory, world without end, world without end Amen.
The Anthem.
This Meane part is for men.
[...] I Geue you a new commaundement, that ye loue one another, ii euen as I haue loued you. By this al men shal know that ye are my disciples, shal know that ye are my disciples, if ye loue one another ij euen as I haue loued you, ij ij By this
[...] YF ye loue me kepe my commaundements, and I wyl pray the father and he shal geue you another comforter, that he may byde with you for euer, with you for euer, euen the spirit of truth ij euen the sprite of truth, the spirit of truth.
The Anthem.
This Meane part is for Men.
[...] PRayse we the father the sonne, and the holy ghost ii we magnify him, we glorify him, & superexalt him world without end, ii ii for most prayse [Page] [...] worthy art thou O Lord ij most glorious, most worthy, to be superexalted for euer and euer.
A Prayer.
This Meane part is for Men.
[...] PRayse the Lord O our soules, and al that is within vs prayse hys holy name, prayse the Lord O our soules, and forget not al hys benefites. The Lord is ful of compassion and mercy, long suffering and ful of great goodnes.
A Prayer.
[...] SVbmit your selues one to another in the feare of god speakyng vnto your selues ii in psalmes and hymnes and spiritual songs: syngyng and makyng melody to ye Lord ii with your harts ii geuing thāks all wayes for all things vnto God the father almighty ii Almighty In the name of our Lord Iesus Christ.
❧ A Prayer.
❧ This Meane part is for men.
[...] SHew vs O Lord the lyght of thy countenance, that we being deliuered from the darkenes of our hartes [Page] [...] may come to ye very light ij which is Christ: and yu Lord preserue vs while we be wakyng ij & kepe vs while we be slepyng, yt we may wake wt Christ, wake wt Christ, & take rest in peace. And
A Prayer.
This Meane part is for Men.
[...] REioyce in ye Lord always, & again I say reioyce, reioyce: Let your softnes be known to al men, for ye lord is euē at hand ij Be not careful, but in al thyngs let your petitions & prayer, & supplication wyth geuing of thanks ij Be known before god, and ye peace of god which passeth al vnderstādyng, vnderstāding, kepe your harts & minds [Page] [...] kepe your harts & minds ij in Christ Iesu our lord. Amen.
A Prayer.
This Meane part is for Men
[...] I Geue you a new commaundement that ye loue one another, euen as I haue loued you, By thys al men shal know that ye are my disciples, by this al men shal know that ye are my disciples, if ye loue one another, euē as I haue loued you, euē as I haue loued you, euē as I haue loued you. By this al mē shal know yt ye are my disciples, by this al men shal know that ye are my Disciples. If ye loue one another, Euen as I haue loued [Page] [...] you, euen as I haue loued you, euen as I haue loued ii you, euen as I haue loued you.
Exaudiat te Dominus.
This Meane part is for men.
[...] IN trouble and aduersity in trouble and aduersity and aduersity the Lorde wil heare thee still the maiesty the maiesty of Iacobs God of Iacobs god wil thee defend from ill wil thee defend fō il from il and send thee from hys holy place his holy place his helpe at euery neede and so in Sion stablishe thee and make thee [Page] [...] strong in dede, and make thee strong in dede, and make thee strong in dede, and make thee strong in deede.
A prayer.
This Meane part is for chyldren.
[...] MOst blessed Lord Iesu graunt me thy grace alway with me, worke in me, and perseuer wyth me vnto the ende, and that I may euer desire, and wil euer desire and wil euer desire, and wil That is most pleasant and acceptable vnto thee. Thy will be my wil and my wil alway to follow thy wil, be there alway in me one wyl, [Page] [...] and one desire wt thee, so yt I may haue no power to wil, but euē as yu wilt and wilt not graunt me aboue al things, graūt me aboue al things, that can be desired, yt can be desired, that I may rest me in thee: for thou lord art the very peace of the hart, & the perfect rest both of body & soule, for thou Lord art the very peace of ye hart, & the perfect rest both of body and soule for euermore.
A prayer.
This Meane part is for chyldren.
[...] TVrne thou vs O good Lord and so shal we be turned be fauourable O Lord be fauourable [Page] [...] vnto thy people which turne to thee in weping fasting and praying, for thou art a mercifull God. ij Full of compassion, long suffering, ful of compassion long suffering and of a great pity. Spare thy people good Lord, and let not thyne heritage be brought to confusion, hear vs our good Lord. For thy mercy is great and after the multitude of thy mercies looke vpon vs.
BASSVS ✚ Mornyng and Euenyng prayer and Communion, set forthe in foure partes, to be song in churches, both for men and children, and also to play on instrumēts with diuers other godly prayers & Anthems, of sundry mens doynges.
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❧ Venite exultemus.
Bassus. Morning praier.
[...] COme let vs sing vnto the Lord: let vs hertely reioyce in the strength of our saluation. Let vs come before his presence with thankes geuing, and shew our selfes glad in him with Psalmes. For the Lorde is a great God and a great king aboue all gods. In his hands are all ye corners of the earth and the strength of the hils is his also. The sea is his & he made it and his handes prepared the drie land. O come let vs worship & fal down and knele before the Lorde our maker. For he is the Lord our God, [Page] [...] And we are the people of his pasture and the shepe of his handes. T [...] day if ye will heare his voyce harden not your hertes, as in the prouocation, and in the day of temptation in the wildernes whē your fathers tempted me, proued me and saw my workes. Fortie yeares long was I greued with this generation and said it is a people that do erre in their hertes, for they haue not knowen my waies▪ Vnto whome I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy Gost. As it was in the beginning, is nowe and euer shalbe world without ende Amen.
❧ Te deum laudamus.
❧ Bassus for men.
[...] WE praise thee, O God, We knowledge thee to be the Lord, all the earth doth worship thee, the father euerlastinge, To thee all Angels cry a loud the heauens and al the powers therin. To thee Cherubin and Seraphin, cōtinually do cry, holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth. Heauen and earth are full of the maiestie of thy glory, of thy glory. The glorious companie of the Apostles praise the. The goodly felowship of the Prophetes praise the. The noble armie [Page] [...] of Martirs praise the. The holy church throughout al the world doth knowledge the: the father of an infinite maiestie, thy honorable true and onely sonne, also the holy ghost the cofmorter, thou art the king of Glory, O Christ, thou art the euerlasting sonne of the father. When thou tokest vpon thee to deliuer man, thou didst not abhorre the Virgins wombe, when thou hadest ouercome the sharpenes of death, thou didest open the kingdome of Heauen to all beleuers. Thou sittest on the right hand of God in the glory of the father, we beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge: we therfore pray thee helpe thy [Page] [...] seruauntes, whom thou hast redemed with thy precious bloud, make them to be numbred with thy saints in glory euerlasting. O lord, saue thy people: and blesse thine heritage, gouerne them & lift them vp for euer. Day by day we magnifie thee, and we worship thy name euer world without ende. Vouchsafe, O Lorde, to kepe vs this day without sinne: O Lord haue mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpon vs, as our trust is in thee. O Lord in thee haue I trusted, let me neuer be confounded, be confounded.
¶ Benedictus dominus.
Bassus. Morning praier.
[...] BLessed be the Lord God of Israell: for he hath visited and redemed his people. And hath raised vp a mightie saluation for vs, in the house of his seruaūt Dauid. As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which hath bene since the world began. That we should be saued from our ennemies, and from the handes of all that hate vs. To performe the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy couenant. To performe the othe which he sware to our father Abrahā, that he would [Page] [...] geue vs. That we beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies might serue him without feare. In holines and rightwisenes before him all the daies of our life. And thou child shalt be called the Prophet of the hiest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his waies. To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, for the remissiō of theyr sinnes. Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the day spring from an hie hath visited vs. To geue light to thē that sit in darknes, and in the shadow of death, & to guide our feete into the way of peace. Glory be to the father, and to the sonne, [Page] [...] and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning is nowe, and euer shalbe world without end. Amen.
❧ The Letanie.
❧ Bassus for men.
[...] O God the father of heauen, haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners. O God the sonne redemer of the world, haue mercy &c. O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne &c. O holy blessed and glorious Trinite thre parsons and one God &c. Spare vs good Lorde. Good Lorde [Page] [...] deliuer vs. We besech thee to heare vs good Lord. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. Graunt vs thy peace. haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs.
❧ The Lordes praier.
❧ Bassus for men.
[...] OVr father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name. Thy kingdome come. Thy wyll be done in earth as it is in heauē. Geue vs this day our daylie bread. [Page] [...] And forgeue vs our trespaces, as we forgeue them that trespace against vs. And let vs not be led into temptation: but deliuer vs from euill. Amen.
¶ The Communion.
❧ Bassus for men.
[...] LOrd haue mercy vpon vs, and encline oure hertes to kepe this lawe.
[...] Lorde haue mercy vpon vs: & writ all these thy lawes in our hertes we beseche thee.
[...] ANd in earth peace, good wil towards mē: we praise thee, we blesse thee, we worship thee, we glorifie thee, we geue thanks to the, for thy great glory for thy great glory. O Lord God heauenly king, God the father almightie, O Lord the only begotten sonne, Iesu Christ. O Lord God lame of God, sonne of the father: sonne of the father, which takest away the sinnes of the world, haue mercy vpon vs. Thou that takest away the sinnes of the world, receceiue our praiers. Thou that sittest at the right hande of God the father ij. haue mercy vpon [Page] [...] vs, haue mercy vpon vs: For thou onely art holy, thou onely art the Lord, thou onely (O Christ) with the holy ghost art most high in the glory of God the father: In the glory of God the father. Amen.
❧ The crede.
❧ Bassus for men.
[...] THe father almightie maker of heauen and earth, and of all thinges visible and inuisible. And in one Lorde Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of God begotten of his father before all worldes, God of God, light of light, very God of very God begottē, not made being of one substance [Page] [...] with the father, by whome all thinges were made: who for vs men, and for our saluation came downe from heauen, & was incarnate by the holy ghost of the virgin Mary, and was made man: & was crucifide also for vs vnder Poncius Pilate. He suffred and was buried, & the third day he rose againe according to the scriptures. And ascended into heauen, in to heauen, and sitteth at the right hand of the father. And he shall come againe with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead, whose kingdome shall haue no ende, shall haue no ende. And I beleue in the holy ghost, the Lord and geuer of life, who procedeth [Page] [...] from the father and the sonne together is worshipped and glorifide, who spake by the Prophets. And I beleue one catholike & apostolik Church: I acknowledge one Baptisme for the remission of sinnes, and I loke for the resurrection of the dead: And the life of the world to come. Amen.
[...] Let your light so shine before mē, that they may se your good works and glorifie your father which is in heauen.
[...] Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hostes: Holy, holy, Lorde God of hostes, holy, holy, Lord God of hostes: heauen and earth are full of thy glory. ij. ij.
[...] Glory be to thee, O Lord most hie. ij. ij. ij. ij.
[...] REioyce in the Lord alwaies. And again I say reioyce let your softnes be knowen vnto all men, for the Lorde is euen at hand, for the Lord is euen at hand. Be not carefull but in all thinges, let your peticion, let your petition and praier: and supplication, with geuing of thankes be knowen before God. And [Page] [...] the peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding, all vnderstanding kepe your hertes and mindes, ij. in Christ Iesu our Lord: Amen.
❧ The Euening praier.
❧ Bassus for men.
[...] MY soule doth magnifie the Lord, & my sprite reioyseth in God my sauior. For he hath regarded the lowlines of his [Page] [...] handmaiden. For behold from hence forth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mightie, hath magnified me, and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that feare him thorowout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arme, he hath scattered the proude in their imaginacions of their hertes. He hath put downe the mightie from their seates, and hath exalted the humble and meke. He hath filled the hungery with good thinges and the riche he hath sent emptie away. He remembring his mercy hath holpen his seruaūt Israell as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seede for [Page] [...] euer. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy Ghost, As it was in the beginninge, is nowe and euer shalbe, world without ende Amen.
¶ Nunc dimittis.
❧ Bassus for men.
[...] LOrd nowe lettest thou thy seruaunt depart in peace, accordyng to thy word. For mine eies haue sene thy saluation: which thou hast prepared before the face of al people. To be a light to lightē the Gentils, and to be the glory of thy people Israell. Glory be to the [Page] [...] father and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning, & is nowe and euer shalbe wolrd without ende. Amen. Amen.
❧ Another Magnificat.
❧ Bassus for men.
[...] MY soule doth magnifie the Lord, & my sprite hath reioysed in God my sauior. For he hath regarded y• lowlines of his hand maiden. For behold from henceforth all generations shall call [Page] [...] me blessed. For he that is mightie hath magnified me, and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that feare him throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arme, he hath scattered the proude in their imaginations of their hertes. He hath put downe the mightie from their seate, and hath exalted the humble and meke. He hath filled the hungry with good thinges: and the riche he hath sent emptie away. He remembring his mercy hath holpē his seruaūt Israell, as he promised to our fathers Abraham and his sede for euer. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy Ghost. As it [Page] [...] was in the beginning, is nowe, and euer shall be, worlde without ende. Amen.
❧ Another Nunc dimittis.
[...] LOrd nowe let thy seruaunt depart in peace, accordinge to thy word. For mine eies haue sene thy saluation: which thou hast prepared before the face of al people. To be a light to lightē the Gentils, and to be the glory of thy people Israell. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shalbe world without ende. Amen.
¶ A Godly prayer.
❧ Bassus for men.
[...] LEt all the Congregation that is within this place cry vnto God that holy Lorde, to send vs of his grace. Blessed be the Lorde oure God, and blessed be hys name, now blessed be our sauior, that bought vs from al paine. O Lord, now harken vnto vs, & graūt vs our request, we praye thee yt thou woldest vouchesafe to bring vs to thy rest: O most gratious sauior, yu art all only god: yu didst redeme vs wt thy deth wt sheding of thy blod. Now let vs through thy precious death, be of thy holy elect, for who that beleueth [Page] [...] not of thee, shall be from thee reiect. We sing praises vnto our God with thākes vnto our Lord, because he hath so blessed vs, that we do know his word. Also Lord God, now guide vs so we may do thy will like those that most do loue the Lord in being faithful stil. Our tonges shalbe our instrument, our hertes shall shewe our voice, and al the powers within our brestes in God they shal reioyce. Graūt vs that we may kepe alwaies thy holy statutes ten: defende & saue Elizabeth our Quene: all people say Amen.
❧ Venite exultemus
¶ A morning praier in foure partes.
❧ This Bassus is for children. Venite exultemus.
[...] O Com let vs sing vnto the Lord, let vs hartely reioyce in the strēgth of our saluation. Let vs come before his presence with thankes geuing, and shew our selfe glad in him with Psalmes. For the Lord is a great God, and a great king aboue all gods. In his hande are all the corners of the earth, & the strength of the hils is his also. The sea is his & he made it, & his hands prepared the drie land. O come let vs worship & fal down [Page] [...] and knele before the Lord our maker, for he is the Lord our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the shepe of his handes. To day if ye will heare his voice, harden not your herts, as in the prouocacion and in the day of temptation in the wildernes, when your fathers tēpted me, proued me and sawe my workes. Fortie yeares long was I greued with this generation, & said it is a people that do erre in their hertes, for they haue not knowen my waies, vnto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. Glory be to the father and to the Sonne, and to the holy Ghost. As it was in the [Page] [...] beginning is now and euer shalbe world without ende. Amen.
¶ Te deum.
❧ Bassus for men.
[...] WE knowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee the father euerlastyng. To thee all angels cry aloude, the heauens and all the powers therin. To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of sabaoth. Heauē and earth are full of the maiestie of thy glory. The glorious company of the Apostels praise thee. The goodly felowship of the Prophetes praise thee. The noble armie of Martirs praise thee. The holy church [Page] [...] thorowout all the world doth knowledge thee, the father of an infinite maiestie: Thy honorable true and onely sonne. Also the holy gost the comforter. Thou art the king of glory, O Christ. Thou art the euerlasting sonne of the father. When thou tokest vpon the to deliuer man, thou didst not abhorre the virgins wombe: when thou hadst ouercome the sharpenes of death, thou didst open the kingdome of heauen to all beleuers. Thou sittest on the right hand of God in the glory of the father, we beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge. We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruauntes whom thou hast redemed [Page] [...] with thy precious blod. Make them to be numbred with thy saints in glory euerlasting. O Lorde saue thy people & blesse thine heritage. Gouerne them and lift them vp for euer. Day by day we magnifie thee. And we worship thy name euer world without ende. Vouchsafe O Lord to kepe vs this day without sinne. O Lord haue mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpō vs, as our trust is in thee. O Lorde in thee haue I trusted, let me neuer be confounded.
❧ Benedictus.
❧ Bassus for men.
[...] FOr he hath visited and redemed his people, and hath lifted vp an horue of saluation to vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid. As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophetes whiche hath bene sins the world began, that we should be sauid from our enemies, and from the handes of all that hate vs. To performe the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remembre his holie couenaunt, to perfourme the othe whiche he sware to oure fathers Abraham, that he woulde [Page] [...] geue vs. That we beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies might serue him without feare in holines and righteousnes before him al the daies of our life. And thou child shalt be called the Prophet of the hiest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his waies to geue knowledge of saluatiō vnto his people, for the remissiō of their sinnes. Through the tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spring from an high hath visited vs, to geue light to them that sat in darknes & in the shadow of death, and to guid our feete into the waye of peace. Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy [Page] [...] ghost. As it was in the beginning, is nowe, and euer shall be worlde without ende. Amen.
❧ Sing the Letanie, as it is before.
¶ The Communion.
❧ Bassus for men.
[...] LOrd haue mercy vpon vs: and encline our herts to kepe this lawe. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs: and write all these thy lawes in our herts we besech thee.
[...] THe father almightie maker of heauen and earth: and of al thinges visible and inuisible. And in one Lorde Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of God begotten of his father before al worldes, God of, God light of light, very God, of very God. Begotten, not made, beyng of one substaunce with the father: by whom all thinges were made, who for vs men and for our saluation came downe from heauen: and was incarnate by the holy ghost of the virgin Mary and was made man, & was crucified also for vs. Vnder Poncius Pilate, he suffred and was [Page] [...] buried, & the third day he arose again according to the scriptures, & ascēded into heauē: & sitteth at ye right hand of the father, & he shall come againe wt glory to iudge both ye quick & the dead, & I beleue in the holy gost, y• lord & geuer of life Who procedeth frō ye father & the sonne, who wt the father & the sonne together is worshipped & glorified, who spak by the Prophets. And I beleue one catholik & apostolick church, I acknowledge one Baptisme for the remission of sinnes: and I looke for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
❧ An Offetorie.
[...] LAie not vp for your selues treasure vpon the earth where the rust and moth doth corrupt, and where theues breake through and steale. But laye vp for your selues treasure in heauen, where neyther rust nor mothe doeth corrupte, and where theues do not breake through nor steale.
❧ The Sanctus.
[...] Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hostes: heauen and earth are full of thy glory: glory be to thee, O Lord most highe: Glorie be to thee, O Lorde, most highe.
[...] ANd in earth peace, good will towardes men, we praise thee, we blesse thee, we worship thee, we glorifie thee, we geue thankes to thee for thy great glory. O Lord God heauenly king, God the father almightie Lord the only begottē sonne Iesu Christ, O lord God lābe of god, son of the father, yt takst away yt sins of ye world, haue mercy vpō vs: yu that takst awai ye sins of ye world, receaue our praier: yu yt sittest at ye right hād of god ye father, haue mercy vpō vs. For yu only art holy, yu only art ye lord, yu only o Christ, wt ye holy gost art most high in ye glory of god ye father, Amē,
[...] PRaise we the Lorde at all times at all times. Praise we the Lorde at all times, at all times. Let our mouthes say well by the Lorde: at all times, at all times. That our soules may be reioysed by the Lorde at all times, at all times. Meke men shall here and reioyce in the Lorde, at all tymes, at all tymes at all tymes.
Magnificat.
❧ For the Euenyng praier.
❧ Bassus for men.
[...] MAnd my sprit hath reioysed in god my sauior. For he hath regarded the lowlines of his hand maiden. For behold from hence forth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mightie hath magnified me, and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that feare him throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength wt his arme. He hath scatered the proude in the imaginacion of their hertes. He hath put downe the mightie from their seate, and [Page] [...] hath exalted the humble and meke. He hath filled the hungry with good thinges, and the riche he hath sent emptie away. He remēbring his mercy hath holpē his seruant Israel. As he promised to our fathers Abraham and his seed for euer. Glorye be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning, and is now, and euer shalbe world without ende Amen.
❧ Nunc dimittis.
[...] LOrde now lettest thou thy seruaunt depart in peace, according to thy promise. For mine eies hath sene [Page] [...] the sauior: whom thou hast prepared before all people. A light for to lightening of the heathen, and for the praise of the people of Israell. Glory be to the father, and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning, as it is nowe, and euer shalbe. Amen.
❧ Another Magnificat.
[...] MI soule doth magnifie the Lorde, and my sprit hath reioyced in God my sauior. For he hath regarded the lowlines of his hand maiden, for behold from hence forth all generations shall call [Page] [...] me blessed. For he that is mightie hath magnified me, and holy is his name. And his mercy is one them that feare him through out all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arme: he hath scattered the proud, in the imagination of their herts. He hath put down the mightie frō their seat, & hath exalted the humble & meke. He hath filled the hungry he hath filled ye hūgry wt good things, & the rich he hath sent emptie away. He remēbring his mercy hath holpē his seruāt Israel, hath holpē his seruāt Israel, as he promised, as he promised to our fathers Abrahā to our fathers Abrahā & his seed for euer, & his seed [Page] [...] for euer. Glory be to the father & to ye son, & to the holy gost. As it was in the beginning, & is now, & euer shalbe world wtout ende Amen.
❧ Nunc dimittis.
❧ Bassus for men.
[...] LOrd now lettest yu thy seruāt depart in peace, according to thy word according to thy word. For mine eies haue sene thy saluatiō thy saluatiō: which yu hast prepared before ye face of all thy people. To be a light to lightē the Gētils, of thy people Israell, of thy people Israell. Glory be to ye father, & to ye son, & to ye holy gost. As it was in ye beginning, is now and euer shalbe world wtout end Amen.
¶ Venite exultemus.
This Bassus part is for children.
[...] O Cum let vs sing vnto the Lorde, let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our saluatiō Let vs come before his presence with thankesgeuing, and shewe ourselues glad in him with Psalmes. For the Lord is a great God, and a great king aboue all gods. In his handes are all the corners of the earth, are all the corners of the earth. And the strength of the hils is his also: the sea is his and he made it, and his handes prepared the drie land O come let vs worship & fal down ij.
[...] And knele before the Lord our maker. ij.
[...] For he is the Lorde our God, ij. and we are the people of his pasture, of his pasture, and the shepe of his handes. To day if ye wil here his voice harden not your herts as in ye prouocaciō and in the day of temptacion in the wildernes. When your fathers tempted me, proued me and saw my workes. Fortie yeares long was I greued with this generation, & said it is a people that doth erre in their herts, for they haue not knowen my waies. Vnto whome I sware in my wrath I sware in my wrath that they should not enter [Page] [...] into my rest. Glory be to the father, and to the sonne, & to the holy ghost. As it was in the beginning is now, & euer shalbe, is now & euer shalbe world wtout end. ij. Amen.
❧ Te deum laudamus.
[...] WE knowledge thee to be the Lorde. All the earth doeth worship thee, which art the father euerlasting. To thee all angels cry a loude the heauens & all the powers there in. To the Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry. Holy, holy, lord God of sabaoth holy, holy, Lorde God of sabaoth. Heauen and earth are full of the [Page] [...] maiestie of thy glory. The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee. The godly felowship of the Prophets praise thee. The noble armie of martirs praise thee. The holy Churche throughout all the world doth knowledge thee. The father of an infinite maiestie. Thy honorable trew and only sonne. Also the holy ghost the cōforter, thou art the king of glory, O Christ, thou art the euerlasting son of the father of the father of the father. Whē yu tokest vpon thee to deliuer mā yu dedist not abhorre the virgins wōbe: whā yu hadst ouercome ye sharpnes of death, thou didest open the kingdome of heauen to all beleuers. [Page] [...] Thou sittest at ye right hand of God in ye glory of ye father, ij.
[...] We beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge. We therfore pray the helpe thy seruantes whom thou hast redemed wt thy precious blod make them to be numbred with thy saintes in glory euer lasting. O Lord saue thy people thy people, & blesse thine heritage ij. gouerne thē & lift them vp for euer. ij. Day by day we magnifie the and we worship thy name euer worlde without ende. Vouchsaf, O Lord to kepe vs this day without sinne, O Lord haue haue mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpon vs, O Lorde let thy mercy [Page] [...] lighten vpon vs, as our trust is in thee. O Lorde in thee haue I trusted, let me neuer be confounded. ij
❧ Benedictus.
❧ This Base part is for children.
[...] BLessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redemed hys people: And hath raysed vp a mighty saluation for vs, in the house of hys seruant Dauyd. As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophetes, which hath bene since the world began: That we should be saued from our enemies, and from the handes of all that hate vs. To performe [Page] [...] the mercy promysed to our fathers, to our fathers, and to remember his holy couenaunt. ij To performe the othe whych he sware to our father Abrahā yt he wold geue vs. ij. That we beyng deliuered deliuered oute of the handes of our enemies, out of the handes of our enemies, might serue hym wythout feare: in holynes and righteousnes before hym: in holynes and righteousnes before hym ij all the dayes of our lyfe. And thou childe shalt be called the Prophet of the highest, for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord, of the Lord, to prepare hys wayes. To geue knowledge of saluation [Page] [...] vnto his people, for the remission of their sinnes: through the tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spring frō an high ij hath visited vs: To geue light to them that syt in darknes, and in the shadow of death, and to guide our fete into the way of peace, in to the way of peace. Glory be to the father, and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost: As it was in the beginning is now, and euer shalbe, world with out end, Amen.
❧ The Communion.
❧ Bassus for chyldren.
[...] LOrd haue mercy vpon vs, and encline our hartes to kepe [Page] [...] this law. Lord haue mercy vpon vs, and wryte all these thy lawes in our hartes we besech thee.
❧ The Communion.
❧ This Base is for children
[...] THe father almighty, maker of heauen and earth, and of all thyng visible and inuisible: and in one Lord Iesu Christ, the onely begotten son of god, begotten of hys father before al worlds: God of god, lyght of lyght, very God of very God, begotten not made, beyng of one substaunce wyth the father, by whom all thyngs were made: who for vs men and for our [Page] [...] saluation, came down from heauen, and was incarnate by the holy ghost of the virgine Mary, and was made man. And was crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate: He suffred and was buried, and the third day he rose agayne accordyng to the scriptures. And ascended into heauen, and sitteth at the ryght hand of God the father: and he shall come agayne with glory to iudge both the quick and the dead, whose kyngdom shall haue no end: And I beleue in the holy ghost, the Lord and geuer of lyfe, who procedeth from the father & the son, who with the father and the son, together, is worshipped and glorified who [Page] [...] spake by the Prophets. And I beleue one catholike I a knowledge one baptisme for the remission of syns, and I loke for the resurrection of the dead, and the lyfe of the world to come. Amen
❧ The Sanctus.
[...] HOly, holy, holy, Lord God of hostes, heauen and earth are ful of thy glory, glory be to thee O Lord most hygh, glory be to thee O Lord most hygh.
[...] ANd in earth peace, good wyll towardes men, we prayse thee, we blesse thee, we worshyp [Page] [...] thee, we glorify thee: we geue thanks to thee for thy great glory. O Lord God, heauenly kyng God the father almighty: O lord the only begotten son Iesu Christ, O Lord God, lamb of God, son of ye father, that takest away the syns of the world, haue mercy vpō vs, thou that takest away ye sins of ye world, haue mercy vpō vs: thou yt takest away the sins of ye world receiue our prayer: Thou yt sitst at ye right hand of God the father, haue mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpō vs: for thou only art holy, art holy. Thou only art ye Lord: thou only O Christ wt the holy ghost art most high, in the glory of God the father. Amen.
Magnificat
¶ For the Euening prayer.
❧ This Base part is for children.
[...] MY soule doth magnify the Lord, and my spirite reioysed in God my sauiour. For he hath regarded the lowlynes of hys handmayden, for behold from henceforth, al generations shal call me blessed For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is his name. And hys mercy is on them that feare hym, throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arme, he hathe scattered the proud in the imaginations of their hartes: He hathe put [Page] [...] downe ij the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble and meeke. He hath fylled the hungry with good things, and the riche he hath sent empty away: He remembring his mercy hath holpen his seruaunt Israel. As he promysed to our fathers Abraham, and to hys sede for euer, and to hys sede for euer. ij.
[...] Glory be to the Father, and to the son, and to the holy ghost: as it was in the begynnyng is now, and euer shal be, worlde without ende, world wythout ende. Amen.
❧ Nunc dimittis.
❧ Bassus for chyldren.
[...] LOrd now let thy seruant depart in peace according to thy word: for myne eyes haue sene ij thy saluation. Which thou hast prepared before the face of al people. To be a light to lighten the gentils, and to be the glory, and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the father and to the sonne, and to the holy ghost: As it was in the beginnyng, as it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be, world without end. Amen.
¶ A Prayer.
[...] RElieue vs O lord yt are weak & feble: relieue vs O lord yt are weak & feble, & shew thy great mercy, & shew thy great mercy vnto thy poore people, turne yu our harts O Lorde ij & we shal turned be, regard our sighes & sobs, which frō oure harts do flow, forget our former crimes ij. yt we may cleue to thee ij yt we may cleaue to thee, & work in thy vineyard where vertues al do grow, ij do this for vs O Lord, do this for vs O Lord that are weake and feble and shew thy great mercy vnto thy poore people ij great is thy pity Lord though daily we offend: ij thou staiest thy wrathful [Page] [...] hand, and amids thyne yre, on mercy styl thou thinkest ij O Lord we wyl amend, forgeue and spare vs now, and as we do deserue. Relieue thou vs O Lord that are weake and feble ij ij And shew to vs thy great mercy: and shew thy great mercy, and shew to vs thy great mercy vnto thy poore people. Releue thou vs O Lord, that are weake and feble ij and shew thy mercy to thy people. Relieue thou vs O Lord that are weake & feble, and shew thy great mercy vnto thy poore people, shew mercy to thy people. Amen.
❧ A Prayer.
❧ This Base is for children
[...] HEare the voyce and prayer of thy seruaunts, of thy seruaunts, that they make before thee this day, that thyne eyes may be open toward this house nyght and day, euer towardes this place, ij of which yu hast said my name shal be there, my name shal be there, my name shal be there, & when thou hearest, haue mercy on them, and whē thou hearest haue mercy on them ij
❧ A Prayer.
This Base part is for children.
[...] O Eternal god almighty, iust and holy, whose name is the Lord God of hostes, to thee O Lord we cal & cry for mercy, for mercy, to thee O Lord we cal & cry for mercy, for mercy, for mercy: against thee we haue offēded, we & our fathers haue synned, we haue done vniustly, we haue cōmitted iniquity, now graūt to vs O Lord thy great mercy, now graunt to vs O Lord thy great mercy, for great is our misery, great is our misery, great is our misery. Saue thy people O Lord and blesse thine own inheritaunce, despyse not the workes of thyne owne hands, because we be sinful, thou shalt [Page] [...] be called merciful, because we be sinful, thou shalt be called merciful because we be synful, thou shalt be called merciful, forgeue vs now for the glory of thy holy name, forgeue vs now for the glory of thy holy name, that we may know thou art more mercyful then we deserue. We shall geue thankes vnto thee O Lorde, and reioyce in thy laud and prayse for euermore: We shal geue thankes to thee O Lord, and reioyse in thy laud and prayse, in thy laud and prayse, for euermore, for euermore. Amen
A Prayer.
❧ Bassus for chyldren.
[...] O Lord in thee is al my trust, geue eare vnto my woful cryes: refuse me not that am vniust, but bowing downe thy heauenly eyes. Behold how I do stil lament, my sinnes wherin I thee offēd: O Lord for them shal I be shent, sith thee to please I do intend. No, no, not so, thy wyl is bent, to deale with sinners in thyne yre: but when in hart they shal repent, thou grauntst with spede their iust desyre. To thee therfore stil shal I cry: To wash away my sinful cryme. Thy bloud O Lord is not yet dry, but that it may helpe me in tyme. Hast now O Lord, hast now I say, to poure on [Page] [...] me the gifts of grace, that when this lyfe must flit away, in heauen wyth thee I may haue place, where thou doost raigne eternally, wyth God which once did down thee send: where angels sing continually to thee be prayse world without end. Amen.
❧ The Anthem
❧ This Base part is for chyldren.
[...] REmember not O Lord God our old iniquity, but let thy mercy spedely preuent vs, for we be very miserable, ij helpe vs god our sauiour, ij and for the glory of thy name delyuer [Page] [...] vs. Be mercyfull and forgeue our synnes for thy names sake: ij be merciful and forgeue our synnes for thy names sake, let not the wicked people say, ij where is their god ij we be thy people and the shepe of thy pasture, we shal geue thanks vnto thee for euer. ij ij from age to age we shal set forth thy laud & prayse. To thee be honor & glory, ij world without end. ij To thee be honor & glory, world without end, world without end. Amen.
❧ A Prayer.
❧ This Base is for men.
Shepard.
[...] I Geue you a new commaundemente, that ye loue one another euen as I haue loued you. ij By this all men shall knowe that ye are my Disciples, if ye loue one another, one another, ij euen as I haue loued you. ij ij ij By
[...] YF ye loue me kepe my cōmaundements: And I wyl pray ye father, & he shal geue you another cōforter, yt he may byde with you for euer, may byde with you for euer, euen the spirite of truth, the sprite of truth. ij
¶ The Anthem.
This Base part is for men.
[...] PRayse we the father, the son and the holy ghost: ij we magnify hym, we glorify hym, and super-exalt hym, world without end, ij for most praise worthy art thou O Lord ij most glorious most worthy, most worthy, to be superexalted, to be superexalted for euer, & euer
❧ The Anthem
[...] PRayse the Lord O our soules, and all that is with in vs, prayse his holy name, prayse the [Page] [...] Lord O our soules, & forget not all his benefits. The Lord is ful of compassion & mercy, long suffering & ful of great goodnes
❧ The Anthem
❧ This Base part is for men.
[...] SVbmit your selues one to another, in the feare of God speaking vnto your selues in psalmes and hymnes, and spiritual songs, and spiritual songs, singing & making melody to the Lord, and makyng melody to the Lord with your harts, geuyng thanks always for al thinges vnto God the father almighty, almighty. In the name [Page] [...] of our Lord Iesus Christ. ij
A Prayer.
Bassus for men.
[...] SHew vs O Lord ye light of thy coūtinance, that we beyng deliuered deliuered deliuered, from the darknes of our harts, may come to the very light which is Christ. And yu Lord preserue vs, & thou Lord preserue vs while we be wakyng. ij and kepe vs while we be slepyng, that we may wake with Christ wake with Christ, and take rest in peace.
❧ A Prayer.
This Base part is for men.
[...] REioyce in the Lord alwaies, & again I say reioyce, let your softnes, be known to al mē, for the Lord is euen at hand. ij Be not careful but in al things, let your petitions, ij and praier and supplication, wt geuing of thanks, be known before god. And ye peace of god which passeth al vnderstanding, al vnderstanding, kepe your harts and mynds ij In Christ Iesu our Lord. Amen.
❧ A Prayer.
❧ This Base is for men.
[...] I Geue you a new commaundement, that ye loue one another, that ye loue one another, [Page] [...] euen as I haue loued you, euen as I haue loued you. By this al men shal know, that ye are my disciples, yf ye loue one another, if ye loue one another, euen as I haue loued you, euē as I haue loued you, euē as I haue loued you. By this al mē shal know that ye are my disciples, if ye loue one another, if ye loue one another, euē as I haue loued you, euen as I haue loued you, euen as I haue loued you, euen as I haue loued you.
¶ Imprinted at London by Iohn Day, dwellyng ouer Aldersgate beneath Saint Martins. 1565.
¶ These bookes are to be sold at his Shop, vnderneath the Gate.
Bassus
In nomine of master Tauerners
This Basse is for children
[...] IN trouble & aduersity the Lord wil heare thee still, will heare thee stil the maiestye of Iacobs god, of Iacobs god, wil thee defend from il, from il, and send thee from his holy place, his helpe at euery nede, his help at euery nede, and so in Sion, and so in Sion, stablish thee and make thee stronge in dede and make thee strong in deede.
A prayer
This Basse is for children
[...] MOst blessed Lord Iesu graunt me thy grace alway vnto [Page] [...] the end. And that I may euer desire & wil, desire and wil, that is most pleasaunt and acceptable vnto thee, thy wil be my wil ii and my wil alway to follow thy wil, be there alway in me one wil and one desire with thee, so that I may haue no power to wil but euen as thou wilt. Graunt me aboue al things ij that can bee desired that can bee desired, ij for thou Lord art ye very peace, for yu Lord art the very peace of the hart and the perfect rest both of body and soule for thou Lord art the very peace for thou Lord art the very peace of the hart, and the perfect rest both of body and soule for euermore.
A prayer
This Base is for children
[...] TVrn thou vs O good Lord ij and so shal we be turned, be turned be fauorable O Lord be fauorable to thy people which turn to thee in weping fasting & praying For thou art a merciful god ij ful of compassion long suffering ij & of great pity. Spare thy people good lord ij And let not thine he ritage be broght to confusion, heare vs good lord For thy mercy is great. ij And after the multitude of thy mercies looke vpon vs.