22 dd The Gospel upon the Purification of our Lady, or Candlemas day. And after the dayes were fully ended of her purification Lev. 12, 6. according to the law of Moyses, they caried him into Hierusalem, to present him to our Lord 23as it is written in the law of our Lord, That every male opening the matrice, shal be called holy to the Lord.Exo. 13, 2.
Nu. 8, 16. 24and to give a sacrifice *Lev. 12, 8. according as it is written in the law of our Lord, a paire of turtles, or two yong pigeons. 25And behold there was a man in Hierusalem named Simeon, and this man was just and religious, expecting the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was in him. 26And he had receaved an answer of the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death unles he saw first the ee See John. 1, 21 and 41. Christ of our Lord. 27And he came in Spirit into the temple. And when his parents brought in the child Jesus, to doe according to the custome of the Law for him, 28he also tooke him into his armes, and blessed God, and said,
Nunc dimittis at Complin.29Now thou doest dimisse thy servant O Lord, according to thy word in peace.
30Because mine eyes have seen thy Salvation,
31Which thou hast prepared before the face of al Peoples:
32A light to the revelation of the Gentils, & the glorie of thy People Israel.✠
The Ghospel upon sunday within the Octave of Christmas33And his father and mother were marveling upon those things which were spoken concerning him. 34And Simeon blessed them, and said to Marie his mother: Behold this is set ″ unto the ruine, and unto the resurrection of many in Israel, & for a signe which shal be contradicted, 35and [1] thine owne soule shal a sword pearce, that out of many harts cogitations may be revealed. 36And there was Anne a prophetisse, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was farre striken in dayes, and had lived with her husband seven yeares from her virginitie. 37And she was ″ a widow until eightie and foure yeares; who departed not from the Temple, ″ by fastings and prayers λατρευουσα serving night and day. 38And she at the same houre sodenly comming in, confessed to our Lord; and spake of him to al that expected the redemption of Israel. 39And after they had wholy done al things according to the law of our Lord, they returned into Galilee, into their citie Nazareth.
40And the childe grew, and waxed ′strong in spirit′ strong: ful of wisedom, and the grace of God was in him.✠ 41And his parents went every yeare unto Hierusalem, Exo. 23, 15. 34, 17.
Deu. 16, 1. at the solemne day of Pasche. 42 ff The Ghospel upon the first Sunday after the Epiphany. And when he was twelve yeares old, they going up into Hierusalem according to the custome of the festival day; 43and having ended the dayes, when they returned, the child Jesus remained in Hierusalem: and his parents knew it not. 44And thinking that he was in the companie, they came a dayes journey, and sought him among their kinsfolke and acquaintance. 45And not finding him, they returned into Hierusalem, seeking him. 46And it came to passe, after three dayes they found him in the Temple sitting in the middes of the Doctours, hearing them and asking them. 47And al were astonished that heard him, upon his wisedom & answers.
48And seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: Sonne, why hast thou so done to us? behold thy father and I sorowing did seeke thee. 49And he said to them: What is it that you sought me? did you not know, that I must be about those things, which are my
- ↑ Simeon prophecied not only of Christ but of our B. Lady: specially of her sorowes, wherein she was alwayes partaker with our saviour, from his flight into Aegypt even to his death.
