The .xxv. Sunday. The Collect. STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people: that they plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded: through Jesus Christ our Lord'. The Epistle. BEHOLD, the time cometh, saith the Lord, that I will raise up the righteous branch he David, which King shall bear rule, and of" shall prosper with wisdom, and shall set up equity and righteousness again in earth. In his time shall Juda be saved, and Israel shall dwell without fear: And this is the name, that they shall call him, even the Lord our Righteousness. And therefore behold, the time cometh, saith the Lord, that it shall be no more said, The Lord liveth, which brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt: but, The Lord liveth, which brought forth, and led the seed of the house of Israel out of the North land, and from all countries where I have scattered them: and they shall dwell in their own land again. The Gospel. WHEN Jesus lift up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto John vi. him: he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? This he said to prove him, for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him: Two .c. penny worth of bread are not sufficient for them, that every man may take a little. One of his Disciples (Andrew Simon Peter's brother) said unto him: There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are they among so many? And Jesus said: Make the people sit down. There was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the bread, and when he had given thanks, he gave to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down. And likewise of the fishes, as much as they would. When they had eaten enough, he saith unto his disciples: Gather up the broken meat which remaineth, that nothing be lost. And they gathered it together, and filled .xii. baskets with the broken meat of the five barley loaves, which broken meat remained unto them that had eaten. Then those men (when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did) said: This is of a truth the same Prophet that should come into the world. If there be any mo Sundays before Advent Sunday, to supply the same shall be taken the service of some of those Sundays, that were omitted between the Epiphany and Septuagesima. [Grafton and 1596, Amen.] [The reference is omitted. Grafton, Jer. xxiii.] [ These words have been transposed.] [1578, the Collect, Epistle and Gospel.] [LITURG. QU. ELIZ.] 11 Rom. x. Math. iv. Saint Andrew's day. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, which didst give such grace unto thy holy apostle saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him without delay: Grant unto us all, that we being called by thy holy word, may forthwith give over our selves, obediently to follow thy holy commandments: through the same Jesus Christ our Lord'. The Epistle. IF thou knowledge with thy mouth, that Jesus is the Lord, and believe in thy heart that God raised him up from death, thou shalt be safe. For to believe with the heart justifieth, and to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe. For the Scripture saith: Whosoever believeth on him, shall not be confounded. There is no difference between the Jew and the Gentile. For one is Lord of all, which is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever doth call on the name of the Lord, shall be safe. How then shall they call on him, on whom they have not believed? How shall they believe on him, on whom they have not heard? How shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, without they be sent ? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of them, which bring tidings of peace, and bring tidings of good things. But they have not all obeyed to the gospel. For Esay saith: Lord, who' hath believed our sayings? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing cometh by the word of God. But I ask, have they not heard? No doubt their sound went out into all lands, and their words into the ends of the world. But I demand, whether Israel did know or not? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to envy by them that are no people, by a foolish nation I will anger you. Esay after that is bold, and saith: I am found of them that sought me not: I am manifest unto them that asked not after me. But against Israel he saith: All day long have I stretched forth my hands unto a people that believeth not, but speaketh against me. The Gospel. As Jesus walked by the sea of Galile, he saw two brethren, Simon, which was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, (for they were fishers) and he saith unto them: Follow me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. And when he was gone forth from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebede, and John his brother, in the ship, with Zebede their father, mending their nets, and he called them, and they immediately left the ship, and their father, and followed him. ['Grafton, Amen.] [ Grafton, is.] ¶ Saint Thomas the Apostle. The Collect. ALMIGHTY everliving God, which for the more confirmation of the faith, didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son's resurrection: grant us so perfectly, and without all doubt to believe in thy Son Jesus Christ, that our faith in thy sight never be reproved: hear us, O Lord, through the same Jesus Christ: to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour. &c. The Epistle. Now are ye not strangers, nor foreigners, but citizens with the saints, Ephe. ii. and of the household of God: and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles, and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head corner stone: in whom what building soever is coupled together, it groweth unto an holy temple of the Lord: in whom also ye are built together, to be an habitation of God through the Holy Ghost. The Gospel. THOMAS One of the twelve, which is called Didimus, was not with John xx. them, when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him: We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them: Except I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days, again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Then came Jesus, when the doors were shut, and stood in the midst, and said: Peace be unto you. And after that he said to Thomas: Bring thy finger hither, and see my hands, and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side, and be not faithless, but believing. Thomas answered, and said unto him: My Lord, and my God. Jesus said unto him: Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. And many other signs truly did Jesus, in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that (in believing) ye might have life through his name. The Conversion of Saint Paul. The Collect. GOD, which hast taught all the world through the preaching of thy blessed Apostle saint Paul: grant we beseech thee, that we which have his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may follow and fulfil thy holy doctrine that he taught: through Jesu Christ our Lord". [1596, & euerliuing.] [* 1596, may neuer.] Acts ix. 1 Math. xix. The Epistle. AND Saul yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the Disciples of the Lord, went unto the high Priest, and desired of him letters, to carry to Damasco to the Synagogues: that if he found any of this way (were they men, or women,) he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. And when he journeyed, it fortuned that as he was come nigh to Damasco, suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven, and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice, saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said: What art thou Lord? And the Lord said: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: It is hard for thee to kick against the prick. And he, both trembling and astonied, said: LORD, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him: Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. The men which journeyed with him, stood amazed, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. And Saul arose from the earth, and when he opened his eyes, he saw no man. But they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damasco. And he was .iii. days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. And there was a certain disciple at Damasco, named Ananias, and to him said the Lord in a vision: Ananias: and he said: Behold, I am here, Lord. And the Lord said unto him: Arise, and go into the street (which is called straight) and seek in the house of Judas, after one called Saul of Tharsus. For behold, he prayeth, and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias, coming in to him, and putting his hands on him, that he might receive his right. Then Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem. And here he hath authority of the high priests, to bind all that call on thy name. The Lord said unto him: Go thy way, for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel. For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake. And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house, and put his hands on him, and said: Brother Saul, the Lord that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And immediately there fell from his eyes, as it had been scales, and he received sight, and arose, and was baptized, and received meat, and was comforted. Then was Saul a certain days with the disciples, which were at Damasco. And straightway he preached Christ in the Synagogues, how that he was the Son of God. But all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that spoiled them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the high priests? But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damasco, affirming that this was very Christ. The Gospel. PETER answered, and said unto Jesus: Behold we have forsaken all, [Grafton, i. A misprint.] and followed thee, what shall we have therefore? Jesus said unto them: Verily I say unto you, that when the Son of man shall sit in the seat of his majesty, ye that have followed me in the regeneration, shall sit also upon twelve seats, and judge the twelve Tribes of Israel. And every one that forsaketh house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundred fold, and shall inherit everlasting life: but many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first. ¶ The Purification of saint Mary the Virgin. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, we humbly beseech thy Majesty, that as thy only begotten Son was this day presented in the Temple in sub-' stance of our flesh: so grant that we may be presented unto thee with pure and clear minds. By Jesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle. I The 'same that is appointed for the Sunday. The Gospel. WHEN the time of their Purification (after the law of Moses) was Luke ii. come, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every man child that first openeth the matrix, shall be called holy to the Lord,) and to offer (as it is said in the law of the Lord) a pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons. And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Symeon. And the same man was just and godly, and looked for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Ghost was in him. And an answer had he received of the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, except he first saw the Lord Christ. And he came by inspiration into the temple. ¶ S. Mathie's day. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, which in the place of the traitor Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Mathie to be of the number of thy twelve Apostles: Grant that thy church being alway preserved from false Apostles, may be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors: Through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle. In those days Peter stood up, in the mids of the Disciples and said: Acts i. the number of names that were together, were about an .c.xx. Ye men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the [ Grafton, the twelve.] [1578, The same Epistle appoynted ye Sunday before.] |