[The primer in English.]

The Dirige .

BLessed is he that considereth the pore , the Lorde shall delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble .

Thou shalt preserue hym and kepe him aliue , he shal make him to prosper vpon erth , & shal not deliuer him to the wyl of his enemyes .

The Lord shal refeesh him when he lyeth sycke vpon his bedde , yea , thou makest his bed in all his sickenes .

I sayed Lorde be mercifull vnto my soule , for I haue synned agaynst the.

Myne enemies speake euil vpon me : when shal he die , & when shal his name perish .

Thoughe he came into se , yet mened he falshed in his hert ●●apyng myschife vpp●● hym selfe .

●●l thei that hate me , runne in together agaynste me , & ymagined euil agaynst me .

Thei haue geuen a wycked sentence vpon me , when he lyeth , he shal rise vp nomore .

Yea , euen myne owne famylier frendes whom I trusted which did eat my b●●d hath lift vp his hele against me .

But be thou merciful vnto me ( O Lord ) raise thou me vp , and I shal reward them .

By this I knowe thou fauorest me , that mine enemy shal not triumph ouer me .

●hou hast holden me , because of myne innocencie , and set me before thy face for euer .

O blessed be the Lord God of Israel from henseforth & euermore , so be it , so be it 〈◊〉 Heale my soule Lord , for I haue synned agaynst the.

Quemadmodum desi .

Lyke as the hart desyreth the waterbrokes , so longeth my soule after the o God .

My soule is thrustye for God , euen for the liuing fountayn , when shal I come and behold the face of God .

My teares are my meate day and nyght whyle it is daily saied vnto me , where is no we thy God .

Now when I thinke ther●pon I poure out my hart 〈…〉 selfe , for 〈…〉 … ld● 〈…〉 immortalitee .

But when this corruptible shal put on incorrupcion and this mortall shall put on immortalitee , then shal that worde bee fulfylled whiche is wrytten . Deathe is swalowed vp in victory

Answere We shall all be brought before the iudgement seate of Chryst wher euery one of vs shall geue accomptes for him self vnto God .

Versicle . And he shal rewarde euery man accordynge to his dedes .

… ion. Where euery man shall geue accompte .

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I Wolde not brethren that ye shulde be ignoraunt concernynge theim that are fallen a sleye , that ye sorowe not as other do whiche haue no hope , for yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose againe . Euen so they also whiche slepe by Iesus shal God brynge with him , for this we saye vnto you in the worde of th● Lorde , that we which lyue and are remayninge in the comminge of the Lorde , shal not come yer they whiche slepe , for the Lorde shall come downe from heauen with a shoute and voice of the Archaungell and with the trompe of GOD , and the deade in Chryst ●hall arise fyrste , then shall we whiche lyue and remayne , be caught vp with theim also in the … es to mete the Lorde in the a●●…e , and so shal we euer be with the ●orde . Wherfore conforte your selues one another with these wordes .

〈…〉 . Nowe is Christ risen from the dead and is become the fyrst frutes of them that slepe , for by one man commeth deathe , & by one man the resurrecion of the dead , for as they all die in Adam , so shall they al be made a lyue in Christ but euery one in his order

Versicle . The firste is Christ , then they that belonge vnto Christ when he commeth .

Repetition . Euery one in his order .

〈◊〉 Nowe Christ Ie●●s , we most humbly beseche & thou which art come to redeme wretches from synne & thraldome , wilt then cast away them whom thou hast so derely redemed .

〈◊〉 O Lorde deliuer me from euerlasting death at the dredfull day when heauen & earth shal be altered , whiles thou shalte come to iudge the worlde .

The a … My brused .

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Miserere mei deus .

Anth . My brused bones Lorde shal be refreshed . Heare my prayer .

¶ 〈…〉 Te decet hymnus .

THou ( O God ) arte praysed in Sion , & to the is the vowe perfourmed Thou hearest the prayer , therfore commeth al fleshe vnto the.

Our misdedes preuayle against vs , oh be thou merciful vnto our sinnes .

●lessed is the man whom thou chosest & receiuest vnto the , that he maye dwell in thy court : he shal be satisfied with the his webbe .

While I was yet takinge my rest he hewed me of , & made an ende of me in one daye .

〈◊〉 thought , I wolde haue lyued vnto the morowe , but he brused my bones lyke a Lyon , and made an ende of me in one day .

Then chattered I lyke a swalowe , and like a crane and mourned as 〈◊〉 doue .

I lift vp mine e●●● into the hight O Lord ( s●●● I ) violence is done vn●o me , be thou su●●tie for me .

What shal I speke or say that he may do this that I may lyue out all my yeres , yea , in the bitternes of my lyfe .

Verely ( Lorde ) men must liue in bitternes , and al my lyfe must I passe ouer them , for thou raysest , me and wakenest me , but I wil be well content with this bytternes .

Neuerthelesse my conuersacion hath so pleased the that thou wouldest not make an ende of my life , so that thou hast cast my sinnes behinde thy backe .

●or hell prayseth not the death doth not magnifie ye●hey that go downe into the graue prayse not thy truth , but the lyuinge : yea , the lyuing acknowledge the lyke as I dooe this day , the father telleth his chyldren of thy faythfulnes .

Deliuer vs ( O Lord ) and we wyl sing prayses in thi house all the daies of oure life .

〈◊〉 . From the gates of hell , Lorde deliuer them .

〈◊〉 . Let euery spirits geue prayse vnto the Lord

Ps Laudate dnm de celis .

Ver. From the gates of hel .

Answer . Lord deliuer their soules .

An … . I am the resurreccion & life , he that beleueth in me , yea although he were deade , yet shall he liue , and whosoeuer liueth and beleueth in me , shall not se euerlastynge death .

Psalme ●● Benedictus dns .

Lorde haue mercy on vs .

Christ haue mercy on vs .

L●●de haue mercy on vs .

Our father . And leade vs not . But deliuer vs .

¶ The ●●●● Psalme

Exaltabo

commynge of thy sonne our Lorde Chryst , we with all other faythful people may be graciously brought vnto ioyes euerlastinge , whiche shalt come to iudge both the quicke and deade . By Christ our Lorde . Amen .

FINIS .