Elizabethan Prayer Book: Morning and Evening Prayer (1559)

Opening Rubrics and Sentences

THE ORDRE WHERE MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

SHALBE USED AND SAYDE.

¶ The Morning and Evening praier shalbe used in the accustomed place of the churche, chapel, or Chauncell, except it shalbe otherwise determined by the ordinary of the place: and the chauncels shall remain, as they have done in tymes past.

And here is to be noted, that the Minister at the time of the communion, and at all other tymes in hys ministracion, shall use suche ornamentes in the church, as wer in use by aucthoritie of parliament in the second yere of the reygne of king Edward the.VI. according to the acte of parliament set in the beginning of thys booke.

¶ AN ORDRE FOR MORNING

PRAYER DAYLY THROUGHOUT THE YERE.

At the beginning both of Morning Prayer, and lykewyse of Evening Prayer, the Minister shall reade with a lowde voyce, some one of these sentences of the Scriptures that folowe. And then he shall say that, which is written after the said sentences.

AT what tyme soever a synner doth repent him of his sin from the bottome of hys harte; I wil put al his wickednes out of my remembraunce sayeth the Lord.

I do know mine awne wickednes, and my syne is alwaies against me.

Turne thy face awaye from our sinnes (O lorde) and blotte out all our offences.

A sorowful spirite is a sacrifice to God: despise not (O Lorde) humble and contrite hartes.

Rende your hartes, and not your garmentes, and turne to the Lorde your God, because he is gentle and mercyful, he is pacient and of muche mercie, and such a one that is sory for your afflictions.

To the, O Lorde God belongeth mercies and forgevenes: for we have gone away from the, and have not harkened to thy voice, whereby we myght walcke in thy lawes, whiche thou hast appoincted for us.

Correct us, O Lorde, and yet in thy judgement, not in thy furie, least we shoulde be consumed and brought to nothyng.

Amende your lives, for the kyngdome of God is at hande.

I will go to my father, and say to him, father, I have sinned against heaven, and againste the, I am no more worthy to be called thy sonne.

Entre not in to judgement wyth thy servaunts, O Lorde, for no fleshe is rightous in thy sight.

If we saye that we have no synne, we deceyve ourselves, and there is no truthe in us.

The Exhortation

DERELY beloved Brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sondry places, to acknowledge and confesse our manifolde sinnes and wickednes, and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of almighty God our heavenly father, but confesse them with an humble, lowly, penitent and obedient harte to the ende that we may obtaine forgevenes of the same by his infinite goodnesse and mercie. And although we ought at all tymes humbly to knowledge* our synnes before God, yet ought we moste chiefly so to doe, when we assemble and mete toguether, to rendre thankes for the greate benefites that we have received at his handes, to sette furth his moste worthie praise, to heare his moste holye worde, and to aske those thynges whiche be requisite and necessarie, aswel for the bodye as the soule. wherfore I praye and beseche you, as many as be here presente, to accompany me wyth a pure harte and humble voice, unto the throne of the heauenly grace, saying after me.

The General Confession

A generall confession, to be saide* of the whole congregacion after the minister, knelyng.

ALMIGHTIE and most merciful father, we have erred and straied from thy waies, lyke lost shepee we have folowed to much the devises and desires of our owne hartes. We have offended against thy holy lawes: We have left undone those thinges whiche we ought to have done, and we have done those thinges which we ought not to have done, and there is no health in us, but thou, O Lorde, have mercy upon us miserable offendours. Spare thou them O God, whiche confesse their faultes. Restore thou them that be penitent, accordyng to thy promises declared unto mankynde, in Christe Jesu our Lorde. And graunt, O most merciful father, for his sake, that we may hereafter lyve a godly, ryghtuous, and sobre life, to the glory of thy holy name. Amen.

The Absolution

The absolution[, or remission of sins,]* to be pronounced by the Minister alone.

ALMIGHTY God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which de sireth not the deathe of a sinner, but rather that he maye turne from his wickednesse and lyve: and hath geven power and commaundement to hys Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people beyng penitent, the absolution and remission of their synnes: he pardoneth and absolveth all them which truly repent, and unfeinedly beleve his holy gospel. Wherefore we beseche him to graunt us true repentaunce and hys holy spirite, that those thynges may please hym, whych we doe at thys present, and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last we may come to his eternall ioye, through Jesus Christe our lorde.

The people shal aunswere.

Amen.

The Lord's Prayer

Then shall the Minister heginne the Lordes Prayer wyth a loude voice.

OUR Father, whiche arte in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kyngdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Geve us this day our dayly breade. And forgeve us our trespasses, as we forgeve them that trespasse against us. And lead us not into temptacion. But deliver us from evil. Amene.

The Opening Versicles

Then likewise he shall saye.

O Lord, open thou our lippes.

Aunswere. And our mouthe shall shewe furth thy prayse.

Prieste. O God, make spede to save us.

Aunswere. Lord, make haste to helpe us.

Prieste. Glory be to the father, and to the sonne [: and to the holye Ghoste]*.

As it was in the beginning, [is nowe and ever shalbe: worlde without ende. Amen.]*

Praise ye the Lorde.

* Replaced by "&c." in 1604.

The Venite

Then shalbe sayde or song, this Psalme folowyng.

O COME let us syng unto the lord: let us hartely rejoyce in the strength of our salvacion.

Let us come before his presence wyth thankesgevinge: and shewe oureselfe* gladde in hym wyth Psalmes.

For the Lorde is a great god: and a greate Kynge, above all goddes:

In his hand are al the corners of the earth: and the strength of the hilles is his also.

The Sea is his, and he made it and his handes prepared the drie lande.

O come, let us worshippe and fal doune: and knele before the lorde 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 wyl heare his voyce, harden not your hartes: as in the provocacion, and as in the daie of temptacion in the wildernesse.

When your fathers tempted me: proved me, and sawe my workes.

Fortie yere long was I greved with this generacion, and saide: it is a people that doe erre in their hartes: for they have not knowen my wayes.

Unto whom I sware in my wrath that the shoulde not enter into my rest.

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

As it was in the beginning, is now, &c.

The Psalms

Then shal folowe certeyn Psalmes in order, as they bene appoincted in a table made for that pourpose, excepte there be proper Psalmes appointed for that day, and at thend of everye Psalme throughout the yere, and likewise in thende of Benedictus, Benedicite, Magnificat, and Nunc Dimittis, shal be repeated.

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

The First Lesson

Then shalbe redde two lessons distinctly with a loude voyce, that the people may heare. The first of the olde Testament, the seconde of the newe, Lyke as they he appointed by the Kalender, except there be proper Lessons, assigned for that daye: the Minister that readeth the Lesson, standyng and turning him so as he may best be heard of all such as be present, And before every lesson, the Minister thai saye thus. The fyrst, second, thyrd, or fourth chapiter of Genesis or Exodus, Mathewe, Marke, or other like, as is appoincted in the Kalender, And in thend of everye chapiter, he shal saye,

¶ Here endeth such a Chapiter of suche a Booke.

And (to the ende the people maye the better heare) in suche places where they do synge, there shall the lessons be songe in a plaine tune after the maner of distinct readinge: and likewise the Epystle and gospell.

After the firste lesson shall folowe, Te deum laudamus in Englyshe dayly throughe the whole yere.

Te Deum

Te Deum.

We prayse the, O God, we knoweledge the to be the Lorde

All the earth doth worship the, the Father everlastynge.

To the al Aungels crye aloude, the heavens and all the powers therein.

To thee Cherubin, and Seraphin, continually do crye.

Holy, holy, holy, Lorde God of Sabaoth.

Heaven and earth are ful of the majestye of thy glory.

The glorious company of the Apostles prayse the.

The goodly felowship of the Prophetes prayse the.

The noble armye of Martyrs, prayse the.

The holye Churche through out al the worlde dothe knowledge [acknowledge] the.

The father of an infinite Majestye.

Thy honourable true, and onely sonne.

Also the holy ghost the comforter.

Thou art the kyng of glory, O Christe.

Thou arte the everlastynge sonne of the father.

When thou tokest upon the to deliver man, thou diddest not abhore the virgins wombe.

When thou haddeste overcome the sharpnes of death thou diddest open the kyngdome of heaven to al belevers.

Thou syttest on the ryght hand of God, in the glorye of the father.

We beleve that thou shalt come to be our judge. We therefore pray the, helpe thy servants whom thou hast redemed wyth thy precious bloude.

Make them to be numbred with thy saintes, in glorye everlasting.

O Lord save thy people: and blesse thine heritage.

Govern theme and lifte them up for ever.

Day by day we magnifye the.

And we worshyp thy name ever world without ende.

Vouchsafe, O Lorde, to kepe us thys daye withoute synne.

O Lorde, have mercy upon us, have mercie upon us.

O Lorde, let thy mercy lyghten upon us: as our trust is in the.

O Lorde, in the have I trusted: let me never be confounded.

Benedicite

Or this canticle, Benedicite omnia opera Domini domino.

O ALL ye worckes of the Lorde, blesse ye the Lorde: praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Aungels of the Lord, blesse ye the Lorde: praise ye him, and magnifye him for ever.

O ye heavens, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse him, and rnagnifye him for ever.

O ye waters that be above the firmamente, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse him, and magnifye him for ever.

O all ye powers of the lord, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse hyrn, and magnifie him for ever.

O ye Sonne, and Mone, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse hym, and magnifie him for ever.

O ye starres of heaven, blesse ye the Lorde: praise him, and magnifie him for ever.

O ye showers, and dewe, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse him, and magnifie him for ever.

O ye windes of God, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse him, and magnifye him for ever.

O ye fyre and heate, blesse ye the Lord: praise him, and magnifie him for ever.

O ye Winter and Sommer, blesse ye the Lorde: praise him, and magnifye him for ever.

O ye dewes and frostes, blesse ye the Lorde: praise him, and magnifie him for ever.

O ye froste and cold, blesse ye the Lorde: praise him, and magnifie him for ever.

O ye Ice and Snowe, blesse ye the Lorde: praise him, and magnifie him for ever.

O ye nightes and daies, blesse ye the Lord: praise him, and magnifie him for ever.

O ye light and darknes, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse him, and magnifie him for ever.

O ye lyghtenynges and cloudes, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse him, and magnifie him for ever.

O let the earth blesse the Lorde: yea, let it praise hyrn, and magnifie hyrn for ever.

O ye mountaynes and hills: blesse ye the Lorde, prayse hym, and magnifie hym for ever.

O al ye grene thynges upon the earthe, blesse ye the Lord praise him, and magnifie hym for ever.

O ye welles, blesse ye the Lorde: praise him, and magnyfie hym for ever.

O ye Seas, and fluddes, blesse ye the Lorde: praise hym, and magnifie hym for ever.

O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse him, and magnifie him for ever.

O all ye foules of the aire, blesse ye the lord, praise him, and magnifie him for ever.

O all ye beastes, and cattell, blesse ye the Lorde: praise him, and magnifye him for ever.

O ye children of men blesse ye the Lord: praise him, and magnifye him for ever.

O let Israel blesse the Lorde: praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye prestes of the lord, blesse ye the Lord: prayse hym, and magnifye him for ever.

O ye servauntes of the Lord, blesse ye the Lord: prayse him, and magnifye him for ever.

O ye sprites and soules of the righteous, blesse ye the Lord: prayse him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye holy and humble men of herte blesse ye the Lord: praise him, and magnifye him for ever.

O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, blesse ye the lord: prayse him, and magnifye him for ever.

Glory be to the father, and to the Sonne [: and to the holye Ghoste]*.

As it was in the begynninge, is nowe, [and ever, etc]*.

* Replaced by "&c." in 1604.

The Second Lesson

And after the second lesson shalbe used and sayde Benedictus, in Englyshe, as foloweth,

Benedictus

BLESSED be the Lord God of Israell: for he hath visited and redemed his people;

And hath raised up a mighty salvacion for us: in the house of hys servaunt David;

As he spake bi the mouth of his holy prophetes: which have benne sence the worlde began;

That we should be saved from our enemyes: and from the handes of al that hate us;

To performe the mercy promised to our forfathers: and to remember his holy covenant;

To perfourme the othe whiche he sware to our forefather Abraham: that he would geve us;

That we beyng delivred out of the handes of oure enemies: might serve him withoute feare

In holynesse and ryghtuousnesse before hym: all the dayes of our lyfe.

And thou Chylde, shalt be called the Prophete of the hyghest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde to prepare hys wayes;

To geve knowledge of salvacion unto hys people: for the remission of theyr synnes,

Through the tender mercie of our God: whereby the day spring from on hyghe, hath visited us;

To geve light to them that sitte in darckenes, and in the shadowe of death: and to guyde our feete into the waye of peace.

Glory be to the father, and to the sonne, [and to the holy Gost]*.

As it was in the beginning, is now, [and ever shalbe: worlde wythout ende. Amen.]*

* Replaced by "&c." in 1604.

Or this Psalme.

Jubilate Deo

O be joyfull in the Lorde (al ye landes:) serve the Lorde wyth gladnes, and come before hys presence wyth a song.

Be ye sure that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are hys people, and the shepe of his pasture.

O go your way into his gates wyth thankesgeving, and into his courtes wyth prayse: be thanckefull unto hym, and speake good of hys name.

For the Lorde is gracious, his mercy is everlastyng: and his truth endureth from generacion to generacyon.

Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the, &c. Amen.

The Creed

Then shal be sayd the Crede, by the Minister and the people, standyng.

I BELEVE in God the father almightie maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ hys onely sonne our Lorde, which was conceived by the holy ghoste, borne of the Virgen Mary. Suffred under Ponce Pylate, was crucified dead and buried, he descended into Helle. The thirde daye he rose agayn from the deade. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the ryghte hande of God the Father almightie. From thence he shall come to judge the quicke and the deade. I beleve in the holy Ghoste. The holy Catholique Churche. The communion of sainctes. The forgevenesse of sinnes. The resurrection of the body. And the life everlasting. Amen.

The Lesser Litany and Suffrages

And after that, these prayers folowyng, aswell at Evenyng praier as at Mornyng prayer: al devoutlye knelyng. The Minister firste pronouncinge with a loude voyce.

The Lorde be with you.

Answer. And with thy spirite.

Minister. Let us praie.

Lorde have mercy upon us.

Christ have mercy upon us.

Lorde have mercy upon us.

Then the Minister, Clarkes, and people; shall saye the Lordes praier in Englyshe, with a loud voice.

Oure father Which, &c.

Then the Minister; standing up shal say.

O lorde, shewe thy mercy upon us.

Aunswere. And graunte us thy salvacion.

Prieste. O Lorde save the Queene.

Aunswere. And mercifully here us when we call upon the.

Prieste. Endue thy ministers with rightuousnes.

Aunswere. And make thy chosen people joyful.

Prieste. O Lorde save thy people.

Aunswere. And blesse thyne enheritaunce.

Prieste. Geve peace in our tyme, O Lorde.

Aunswere. Because there is none other that fyghteth for us, but onely thou, O God.

Prieste. O God make clene our hartes with in us.

Aunswere. And take not thy holy spirite from us.

The Collects

Then shal folowe three Collectes. The firste of the daye, whiche shall be the same that is appoincted at the Communion, The seconde for peace, The thirde for Grace to live wel. And the two leaste Collectes shal never altre, but dayly be sayde at Mornyng praier, throughoute al the yere, foloweth.

¶ The seconde Collecte for Peace.

O GOD, whiche art authour of peace, and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal lyfe, whose service is perfect fredom; defend us thy humble servaunts in al assaultes of our enemies that we surely trusting in thy defence, may not feare the power of any adversaries: through the might of Jesu Christ our lord, Amen.

The thirde Collecte for Grace.

O LORDE our heavenly father, almightie and everlastyng God, whiche hast safely broughte us to the begynnyng of thys day: defende us in the same wyth thy myghtye power, and graunte that this daie we fall into no synne, nether rune into any kinde of daunger: but that al our doinges may be ordred by thy governaunce, to doe alwayes that is rightuous in thy sighte: through Jesus Christe our Lorde. Amen.

Opening Rubrics and Sentences

AN ORDER

FOR EVENING PRAIER

THROUGHOUT THE YERE.

The Lord's Prayer

The Priest shal saie.

OUR Father, which, &c.

Then likewise he shal saye.

The Opening Versicles

O Lord open thou our lippes.

Aunswere. And our mouth shall shewe furth thy prayse.

Priest. O God make spede to save us.

Aunswere. Lord, make haste to helpe us.

Priest. Glory be to the father, and to the sonne: and to the holy ghoste. As it was in the beginninge, is nowe, and ever shal be: worlde wythout ende. Amen.

Praise ye the Lorde.

The Psalms

Then Psalmes in ordre, as they be appoincted in the Table for Psalmes, except there be proper Psalmes appointed for that day. Then a Lesson of the olde Testament, as is appointed likewise in the kalender, except there be propre lessons appointed for that day. After that, Magnificat in Englishe, asfoloweth.

Magnificat

MY soule doeth magnifie the Lorde.

And my sprit hath rejoysed in god my saviour.

For he hath regarded the loweliries of his handmaiden.

For beholde from hencefurth al generacions 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 generacions.

He hath shewed strength with his arme; he hath scatered the proude in the imagination of their hertes.

He hath put downe the mightye from theyr seate: and hath exalted the humble and meke.

He hath filled the hungry with good thinges: and the ryche he hath sent empty away.

He remembring his mercy, hath holpen his servaunte Israel as he promysed to our forefathers, Abraham and his sede for ever.

Glory be to the Father, and to the sonne, [and to the holy Ghoste]*.

As it was in the beginninge, is nowe, [and ever shalbe, world without ende. Amen.]*

Cantate Domino

Or the xcviii. Psalme Cantate domino canticum nouum.

O SINGE unto the Lorde a newe songe: for he hath done marveilous thinges.

With his owne right hande, and with his holy arme: hath he gotten him selfe the victorye.

The Lord declared his salvacion: his righteousnes hath he openly shewed in the syght of the Heathen.

He hath remembred his mercy and truthe towarde the house of Israel: and all the endes of the worlde haue sene the salvacion of our God.

Shewe your selfes joyfull unto the Lorde, all ye landes: synge, rejoyce and geve thankes.

Prayse the Lorde upon the harpe: synge to the harp with a Psalme of thankesgeving.

With trumpettes also and shawmes: O shewe your selfes joyfull before the Lord the kynge.

Let the Sea make a noyse, and all that therein is: the rounde worlde and they that dwell therin.

Let the floudes clappe their handes, and let the hylles be joyful togyther before the Lord: for he is come to judge the earth.

With righteousnes shal he judge the worlde: and the people with equitie.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne, [and to the holy Ghoste.]* As it was in the beginninge, is nowe, [and ever shalbe, worlde without ende. Amen.]*

The Second Lesson

Then a lesson of the new testament. And after that (Nunc dirnittis) in Englyshe, asfoloweth.

Nunc dimittis

LORDE, nowe lettest thou thy servaunt departe in peace: according to thy worde.

For myne eyes have sene: thy salvacion.

Whiche thou haste prepared: before the face of all people;

To be a lyght to lyghten the Gentiles: and to be the glorye of thy people Israell.

Glorye be to the father, and to the sonne, [and to the holy ghoste.]*

As it was in the beginning, is nowe, [and ever shall be, worlde withoute ende. Amen.]*

Or els thys Psalme, Dens misereatur nostri in Englyshe.

Deus misereatur

GOD be merciful unto us, and blesse us: and shew us the light of his countenaunce, and bee mercifull unto us.

That thy way maie be knowen upon earth: thy savinge healthe amonge all nacions.

Let the people praise thee O God: yea, let all the people praise thee.

O let the nacions rejoyce and be glad: for thou shalte judge the folke righteouslye, and governe the nacions upon earth.

Let the people praise thee, O God: let all the people praise thee.

Then shall the earth bringe foorth her increse: and God, even our owne God, shall geve us his blessinge.

God shall blesse us: and all the endes of the worlde shall feare him.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

The Creed

Then shal folow the Crede, with other prayers, as is before appoynted at Morning prayer, after Benedictus. And with the Collectes: Fyrste of the day, the seconde of peace, the thyrde for ayde agaynste all peryls, as hereafter foloweth, whiche two last Collectes shabe daylye sayde at Evenyng Prayer wythout alteracion.

The Collects

The seconde Collecte at Evenynge Prayer.

O GOD, from whome all holy desires, all good counsailes, and all just woorkes do procede: geve unto thy servauntes that peace, whiche the worlde cannot geve: that bothe our hertes may be set to obey thy commaundementes, and also that by thee, we beynge defended from the feare of our enemies, may passe our time in rest and quietnes. Through the merites of Jesus Chryste our saviour. Amen.

The thyrde Collecte for ayde, against all peryls.

LYGHTEN oure darckenesse, wee beseche thee (O Lorde,) and by thy greate mercye defende us from all perils and daungers of this nyghte, for the lone of thy onely sonne oure Savioure Jesus Christe. Amen.

In the feastes of christmas, the Epiphany, S. Mathye, Easter, the Assencion, Pentecost, S. John Baptyst, S. James, S. Bartholomew, S. Mathew, S. Simon, and Jude, S. Andrew, and Trinitie Sonday: Shalbe songe or sayde immediatly after Benedictus, thys confession of our Christen faythe.

WHOSOEVER wyll be saved: before all thynges it is necessarye that he holde the catholyke faythe.

Whiche Faithe, excepte everye one dooe kepe holy, and undefyled: withoute doubt he shall perysh everlastingly.

And the Catholyke Faythe is this: that we worshyp one God in Trinitie, and trinitie in unitie.

Neyther confounding the persons: nor devidinge the substaunce.

For there is one persone of the Father, an other of the Sonne: and another of the holy ghost.

But the Godhed of the Father, of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghost, is al one: the glory equall, the majesty coeternall.

Suche as the Father is, such is the sonne: and suche is the holy ghost.

The father uncreate, the sonne uncreate: and the holy ghoste uncreate.

The Father incomprehensible, the sonne incomprehensible: and the holy Ghoste incomprehensible.

The father eternall, the sonne eternall: and the holye Ghoste eternall.

And yet they are not thre eternalles: but one eternall.

As also there be not thre incomprehensibles, nor thre uncreated: but One uncreated, and one incomprehensible.

So likewyse the Father is almighty, the sonne almighty: and the holy ghoste almighty.

And yet are not there thre Almighties, but one almighty.

So the father is God, the sonne is God: and the holye Ghoste is God.

And yet are they not thre Gods: but one God.

So lykewyse the father is Lord, the sonne Lorde: and the holy ghoste Lorde.

And yet not thre Lordes: but one Lord.

For like as we be compelled by the Christian verity: to acknowledge every person by hym selfe to be God, and Lorde.

So are we forbidden by the Catholique Religion: to say there be thre Gods, or thre Lordes.

The father is made of none: neyther created, nor begotten.

The sonne is of the Father alone: not made, nor created, but begotten.

The holye Ghoste is of the Father, and of the Sonne: neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceding.

So there is one father, not thre fathers, one sonne, not thre sonnes: one holy Ghost, not thre holy Ghostes.

And in this trinitie, none is afore, or after other: none is greater, nor lesse than other.

But the whole thre persons: be coeternall toguether and coequall.

So that in all thinges as is aforesayde: the Unitye in Trinitie, and the Trinitie in unitie is to be worshypped.

He therefore that wil be saved: must thus thincke of the Trinitie.

Furthermore, it is necessarye to everlasting salvation: that he also beleve rightlye in the Incarnation of oure Lorde Jesu Christ.

For the right Faythe is, that we beleve and Confesse: that oure Lorde Jesus Christe the sonne of God, is God and Man;

God of the Substaunce of the father, begotten before the worldes: and man of the substauce of his mother, borne in the worlde.

Perfect god, and perfect man of a reasonable Soule, and humaine flesh subsistynge.

Equal to the father as touchyng his godhead: and inferior to the father, touchyng his manhode.

Who although he be God and man: yet he is not two, but one Christ.

One; not by conversion of the Godhead into fleshe: but by taking of the manhode into God;

One altogether, not by confusion of Substaunce: but by unitie of person.

For as the reasonable soule and flesh is but one man: so God and man is but one Christ.

Who suffred for our salvation: descended into hell, rose againe the thirde day from the deade.

He ascended into heaven: he sitteth bn the ryghte hand of the father, God Almighty, from whence he shall come to judge the quicke and the dead.

At whose comming all men shal rise againe with their bodies and shall geve accompt for their owne worckes.

And they that have done good, shall go into life everlasting and they that have done evel, into everlastyng fyre.

This is the Catholike faith, whiche except a man beleve faithfully, he can not be saved.

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

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

Thus endeth the order of Morning and Eveninge Prayer through the whole yere.