,$ ^ j ; W&h&^&$2^;W^ '^jlM^:'''^ - THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, and adminijl ration of THE SACRAMENTS, AND OTHER R ITE S AND CEREMONIES OF Cfmrcl), ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND : together with the PSALTER OR PSALMS O F DAVID, POINTED AS THEY ARE TO BE SUNG OR SAID IN CHURCHES. LONDON: Printed by Millar Ritchie, FOR J. GOOD, BOND STREET, AND E. HARDING, PALL MALL. 1794. CONTENTS. Preface. Concerning the Service of the Church. Concerning Ceremonies, &c. The Order how the Pfalter is appointed to be read. The Order how the reft of the Holy Scripture is appointed to be read. Tables and Rules for the Feafts and Fafts throughout the whole year. A Table of proper LefTbns and Pfalms. The Calendar, with a Table of LefTons. The Thirty-nine Articles of the Chriftian Religion. The Order for Morning Prayer. The Order for Evening Prayer. The Creed of St. Athanafius. The Litany. Prayers and Thankfgivings upon feveral Occa ons. The Collects, Epiftles, and Gofpels, to be ufed at the Miniftration of the Holy Communion throughout the year. The Order of the Minillration of the Holy Communion. The Order of Baptifm, both public and private. The Order of Baptifm of fuch as are of riper years. The Catechifm, with the Order for Confirmation of Children. The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony. Vifitation of the Sick, and Communion of the Sick. The Order for the Burial of the Dead. Thankfgiving for Women after Child-bearing. A Commination, or Denouncing of God's Anger and Judgements againft Sinners. The Pfalter. Forms of Prayer to be ufed at Sea. A Form of Prayer with Thankfgiving for the Fifth Day of November A Form of Prayer with Fafting for the Thirtieth Day of January. A Form of Prayer and Thankfgiving for the Twenty-ninth Day of May. A Form of Prayer with Thankfgiving for the Twenty-fifth Day of Odlober. A New Verfion of the Pfalms of David. A Companion to the Altar. 2000366 PREFACE. IT hath been the wifdom of the Church of England, ever fince the firfl compiling of her Public Liturgy, to keep the mean between the two extremes, of too much ftiffnefs in refuiing, and of too much eafinefs in admitting, any variation from it. For, as on the one fide common experience (heweth, that where a change hath been made of things advifedly eftablimed (no evident neceffity fo requiring; fundry inconveniences have thereupon enfued ; and thole many times more and greater than the evils that were intended to be remedied by fuch change. So on the other fide, the particular form of Divine Wormip, and the Rites and Ceremonies ap- pointed to be ufed therein, being things in their own nature indifferent, and alterable, and fo acknowledged; it is but reasonable, that upon weighty and im- portant confiderations, according to the various exigency of times and occafions, fuch changes and alterations fhould be made therein^ as to thofe that are in place of Authority ihould from time to time feem either neceffary or expedient. Ac- cordingly we find, that in the Reigns of feveral Princes of bleffed memory fince the Reformation, the Church, upon juft and weighty confiderations her thereunto moving, hath yielded to make fuch alterations in fome particulars, as in their re- fpe&ive times were thought convenient Yet fo, as that the main Body and Effen- tials of it, (as well in the chiefeft materials, as in the Frame and Order thereof) have ftill continued the fame unto this day, and do yet ftand firm and unfhaken, notwithftanding all the vain attempts and impetuous affaults made againft it, by fuch men as are given to change, and have always difcovered a greater regard to their own private fancies and interefts, than to that duty they owe to the public. By what undue means, and for what mifchievous purpofes, the ufe of the Litu'rgy, (though enjoined by the Laws of the Land, and thoie Laws never yet repealed) came, during the late unhappy confufions, to be difcontinued, is too well knowrt to the world, and we are riot willing here to remember. But when, upon his Majefty's happy Reftoration, it feemed probable that amongft other *things, the ufe of the Liturgy would alfo return of courfe (the fame having never been legally abolilh- ed,) unlefs fome timely means were ufed to prevent it ; thofe men who under the late ufurped powers had made it a great part of their bufinefs to render the people dif- affected thereunto, law themfelves, in point of Reputation and Intereft, concerned (unlefs they would freely acknowledge themfelves to have erred, which fuch men are very hardly brought to do] with their unnoft endeavours to hinder the reftitution thereof. In order whereunto divers Pamphlets were published againft the book of Common Prayer, the old objections muftered up, with the addition of fome new ones, more than formerly had been made, to make the number fwell. In fine, great importunities were ufed to his Sacred Majefty, that the laid Book might be revifed, and fuch Alterations therein, and Additions thereunto made, as fhould be thought requifite for the eafe of tender Confciences. Whereunto his Majefty, out of his pious inclination to give fatisfadlion (fo far as could be reafonably ex- pected) to all his fubjecls, of what perfuafion foever, did gracioufly condefcend. In which review we have endeavoured to obferve the like moderation, as we find to have been ufed in the like cafe in former times. And therefore of the fundry a 2 vi PREFACE. alterations propofed unto us, we have rejected all fuch as were either of dangerous confequence (as fecretly ftriking at fome eftablifhed Doctrine, or laudable Practice of the Church of England, or indeed of the whole Catholick Church of Chrift,) or elfe of no confequence at all, but utterly frivolous and vain. But fuch Alterations as were tendered to us (by what Perfons, under what pretences, or to what purpofe foever tendered) as feemed to us in any degree requifite or expedient, we have willingly, and of our own accord affented unto: not enforced fo to do by any ftrength of Argument, convincing us of the neceffity of making the faid Alterations. For we are fully perfuaded in our judgements (and we here profefs it to the world,) that the book as it ftood before eftablifhed by Law, doth not contain in it any thing contrary to the word of God, or to found Doctrine, or which a godly man may not with a good Confcience ufe and fubmit unto, or which is not fairly de- fenfible againft any that (hall oppofe the fame ; if it (hall be allowed fuch juft and favourable conftruction, as in common equity ought to be allowed to all Human Writings, efpecially fuch as are fet forth by Authority, and even to the very beft Tranflationsofthe holy Scripture itfelf. Our general aim therefore in this undertaking was, not to gratify this or that party, in any their unreafonable demands ; but to do that, which to our bcft un- derftandings, we conceived might moft tend to the Prefervation of peace and unity in the Church ; the procuring of Reverence, and exciting of Piety and Devotion in the publick Worfhip of God; and the cutting offoccalion from them that feek oc- cafion of cavil, or quarrel againft the Liturgy of the Church. And as to the feveral variations from the former Book, whether by Alteration, Addition, or othenvife, it lhall iufficeto give this general account: That moft of the Alterations were made, either rirft for the better direction of them that are to officiate in any part of Di- vine Service ; which is chiefly done in the Calendars and Rubricks; or fecondly, for the more proper expreffing of fome words, or phrafes of ancient ufage, in terms more fuitable to the language of the prefent times, and the clearer explanation of fome other words and phrafes, that were either of doubtful lignitication, or otherwife liable to mifconftruction ; or thirdly, for a more perfect rendering of fuch portions of holy Scripture, as are inferted'into the Liturgy; which, in the Epiftles and jofpels especially, and in fundry other places, are now ordered to be read accord- ing to the laft Tranflation ; and that it was thought convenient, that fome Prayers and Thankfgivings, fitted to fpecial occafions, fhould be added in their due places, particularly for thofe at Sea, together with an office for the Baptifm of fuch as are ot Riper Years; which, although not fo necefTary when the former Book was com- piled, yet by the growth of Anabaptifm, through the licentioufnefs of the late times crept in amongl^us, is now become ncceffary, and may be always ufeful for the baptizing of Natives in our Plantations, and 'others converted to the faith. If any man, who (hall defire a more particular account of the feveral Alterations in any part of the Liturgy, (hall take the pains to compare the prefent Book with the former; we doubt not but the reafon of the change may eafily appear. And having thus endeavoured to difcharge our duties 'in this weighty affair, as in rf God, and to approve our fincerity therein (fo far as lay in us) to the jnlcicnces of all men; although we know it' impoffible (in fuch variety of appre- enlions, humours, and intercfts, as are in the world) to pleafe all ; nor can expeft at men ot factious, peevifh, and perverfe fpirits, (hould be fatistied with any thing it can be done in this kind by any other than themfelves; vet we have good hope, that what is here prcfentcd, and have been by the Convocations of both Pro- ^s with great diligence examined and approved, will be alfo well accepted and approved by all fobcr, peaceable, and truly confcientious Sons of the Church of Ungland. CONCERNING THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH. T. HERE was never any thing by the wit of man fo well devifed, or fo fure eftabiifhed, which in continuance of time, hath not been corrupted ; as, among other things, it may plainly appear by the Common Prayers in the Church, com- monly called Divine Service. The firft original and ground whereof, if any man would fearch out by the ancient Fathers, he fhall find, that the fame was not ordained but of a good purpofe, and for a great advancement of godlinefs. For they fo ordered the matter, that all the whole Bible for the greateft part thereof) fhould be read over once every Year; intending thereby, that the Clergy, andefpe- cially fuch as were Minifters in the Congregation, fhould (by often reading and meditation in God's word) be ftirred up to godlinefs themfelves, and be more able to exhort others by wholefome Doctrine, and to confute them that were adverfaries to the truth ; and further, that the people (by daily hearing of the holy Scripture read in the Church) might continually profit more and more in the knowledge of God, and be the more inflamed with the love of his true Religion. But thefe many years pafled, this godly and decent Order of the ancient Fathers hath been fo altered, broken, and neglected, by planting in uncertain Stories and Legends, with multitude ofRefponds, Verfes, vain Repetitions, Commemorations, and Synodals ; that commonly, when any Book of the Bible was begun, after three or four Chapters were read out, all the reft were unread. And in this fort the Book of Ifaiah was begun in Advent, and the Book of Genefis in Septuagefirna, but they were only begun, and never read through. After like fort were other Books of holy Scripture ufed. And moreover, whereas St. Paul would have fuch language fpoken to the people in the Church, as they might underftand, and have profit by hearing the fame; the Service in this Church of England, thefe many years hath been read in Latin to the people, which they underftand not ; fo that they have heard with their ears only, and their heart, fpirit and mind, have not been edified thereby. And furthermore, notwithstanding that the ancient Fathers have divided the Pfalms into feven portions, whereof every one was called a No&urn ; now of late time a few of them have been daily faid, and the reft utterly omitted. Moreover, the number and hardnefs of the rules, called the Pie and the manifold changings of the Service, was the caufe, that to turn the Book only was fo hard and intricate a matter, that many times there was more bufmefs to find out what fhould be read, than to read it when it was found out. Thefe inconveniences therefore confidered, here is fet forth fuch an Order, whereby the fame fhall be redrefled. And, for a readinefs in this matter, here is drawn out a Calendar for that purpofe, which is plain and eafy to be underftood ; wherein (fo much as may be) the reading of the holy Scripture is fo fet forth, that all things fhall be done in order, without breaking one piece from another. For this caufe be cut off Anthems, Refponds, Invitatories, and fuch like things as did break the continual courfe of the reading of the Scripture. Yet, becaufe there is no remedy, but that of necefTity, there muft be fome rules; therefore certain rules are here fet forth ; which, as they are few in number, fo they are plain and eafy to be underftood. So that here you have an Order for Prayer, and for the reading of the holy Scripture, much agreeable to the mind and purpofe viii OF CEREMONIES. of the old Fathers, nnd a great deal more profitable, and commodious than that which of late was ufed. It is more profitable, becaufe here are left out many things, whereof fome are untrue, fome uncertain, fome vain and fuperftitiot.s ; and nothing is ordained to be read, but the very pure Word of God, the holy Scripture, or that which is agreeable to the fame ; and that in fuch a Language, and Order, as is molt eafy and plain for the underftanding both of the Readers and Hearers. It is alfo more commodious, both for the fliortnefs thereof, and for the plainnefs of the Order, and for that the rules be few and eafy. And whereas heretofore there hath been great diverfity in faying and Tinging in Churches within this Realm; fome following Salisbury Ufe, fome Hereford Ufe, and fome the Ufe of Bangor, fome of York, fome of Lincoln; now from hence- forth nil the whole Realm (hall have but one Ufe. And forafmuch as nothing can be fo plainly fet forth, but doubts may arife in the ufe and practice of the fame ; to appeafe all fuch diverfity (if any arife) and for the refolutionof all doubts concerning the manner how to understand, do, and exe- cute the things contained in this Book, the parties that fo doubt, or diverfely take any thing, lhall ahvay refort to the Bifliop of the Diocefe, who, by his difcretion, (hall take order for the quieting and appealing of the fame; fo that the fame order be not contrary to any thing contained in this Book. And if the Bifhop of the Diocefe be in doubt, then he may fend for the refolution thereof to the Archbifhop. ' THOUGH it be appointed, That all things (hall be read and fung in the * Church, in the Englifh Tongue, to the end that the congregation may be thereby * edified ; yet it is not meant but that when men fay Morning and Evening Prayer privately, they may fay the fame in any language that they themfelves do un- ' derftand. * And all Priefts and Deacons are to fay daily the Morning and Evening Prayer, either privately or openly, not being let by ficknefs, or fome other urgent caufe. ' And the Curate that miniftereth in every Parifh Church or Chapel, being ' at home, and not being otherwife reafonably hindered, mail fay the fame in * the Parim Church or Chapel where he miniftereth ; and fhall caufe a Bell to be ' tolled thereunto a convenient time before he begin, that the people may come to * hear God's Word, and to pray with him.' HOF CEREMONIES, WHY SOME BE ABOLISHED, AND SOME RETAINED. OF fuch Ceremonies as be ufed in the Church, and have had their beginning by the Inftitution of man, fome at the firft were of godly intent and purpofe devifed, and yet at length turned to vanity and fuperftition : Some entered into the Church by indifcreet Devotion, and fuch zeal as was without knowledge ; and for becaufe they were winked at in the beginning, they grew daily to more and more Abufes, which not only for their unprofitablenefs, but alfo becaufe they have much blinded the people, and obfcured the glory of God, are worthy to be cut away, and clean rejected. Others there be, which although they have been devifed by man, yet it is thought good to retain them ftill, as well for a decent Order in the Church (for the which they were firft devifed) as becaufe they pertain to edification, whereunto all things done in the Church (as the Apoftle teacheth) ought to be referred. And although the keeping or omiting of a Ceremony, in itfelf confidered, is but a fmall thing ; yet the wilful and contemptuous tranfgreflion and breaking of a common Order and Difcipline, is no fmall offence before God, " Let all things be done among you," faith Saint Paul, " in a feemly and due Order." The OF CEREMONIES. ix appointment of which Order pertaineth not to private men ; therefore no man ought to take in hand, nor prefume to appoint or alter any public or common Order in Chrift's Church, except he be lawfully called and authorifed thereunto. And whereas, in this our time, the minds of men are fo diverfe, that fome think it a great matter of confcienceto depart from a piece of the leaft of their Ceremonies, they be fo addi&ed to their old Cuftoms ; and again, on the other fide, fome be fo new-fangled, that they would innovate all things, and fo defpife the old, that nothing can like them but that is new. It was thought expedient, not fo much to have refpect how to pleafe and fatisfy either of thefe parties, as how to pleafe God and profit them both. And yet, left any man Ihould be offended, whom good reafon might fatisfy, here be certain caufes rendered, why fome of the accuftomed Ceremonies be put away, and fome retained and kept Mill. Some are put away, becaufe the great excefs and multitude of them hath fo in- creafed in thefe latter days, that the burden of them was intolerable ; whereof Saint Auguftine in his time complained, that they were grown to fuch a number, that the eftate of Chriftian people was in worfe cafe concerning that matter, than were the Jews. And he counselled, that fuch yoke and burden fhould be taken awav, as time would ferve quietly to do it. But what would Saint Auguftine have faid, if he had feen the Ceremonies of late days ufed among us; whereunto the mul- titude ufed in his time was not to be compared r This our exceffive multitude of Ceremonies was fo great, and many of them fo dark, that they did more con- found and darken, than declare and fet forth Chrift's benefits unto us. And befides this, Chrift's Gofpel is not a Ceremonial Law (as much of Mofes' Law was) but it is a Religion to ferve God, not in bondage of the figure or fhadow, but in the freedom of the fairit ; being content only with thofe Ceremonies, which do ferve to a decent Order, and godly Difcipline, and fuch as be apt to ftir up the dull mind of man to the remembrance of his duty to God, by fome notable and fpecial fignification, whereby he might be edified. Furthermore, the moft weighty caufe of the abolifhment of certain Cetemonies was, That they were fo far abufed, partly by the fuperftitious blindnefs of the rude and unlearned, and partly by the infatiable avarice of fuch as fought more their own lucre, than the Glory of God, that the abufcs could not wtll be taken away, the thing remain- ing ft ill. But now as concerning thofe perfons, which peradventure will be offended, for that fome of the Old Ceremonies are retained ftill: If they confider, that without fome Ceremonies it is not pofiible to keep any Order or quiet Difcipline in the Church, they mail eafily perceive juft caufe to reform their judgements. And if they think much, that any of the old do remain, and would rather have all dc- viied anew: then fuch men granting fome Ceremonies convenient to be had, furely where the old may be well ufed, there they cannot reafonably reprove the old only for their age, without bewraying of their own folly. For in fuch a cafe they ou^ht rather to have reverence unto them for their Antiquity, if they will declare themfelves to be more ftudious of Unity and Concord, than of Innovations and New- fanglenefs, which (as much as may be with true fetting forth of Chrift's Re- ligion) is alway to be efchewed. Furthermore, fuch mail have no juft caufe with the Ceremonies referved to be offended. For as thofe be taken away which were moft abufed, and did burden men's confcienccs without any Caufe ; fo the other that remain, are retained for a Difcipline and Order, which (upon juft caufes) may be altered and changed, and therefore are not to be efteemed equal with God's Law. And moreover, they be neither dark nor dumb Ceremonies, but are fo fet forth, that every man may underftand what they do mean, and to what ufe thev do ferve. So that it is not like that they, in time to come, mould be abufed as others have been. And in thefe our doings we condemn no other Nations, nor prefcribe any thing but to our own people only: for we think it convenient that every Country HOW THE HOLY SCRIPTURE IS TO BE READ. fhould ufe fuch Ceremonies as they fhall think beft to the fetting forth of God's Honour and Glory, and to the reducing of the people to a moft perfed and godly living, without Error or Superftition ; and that they fhould put away other things, which, from time to time, they perceive to be moft abufed ; as in men's Ordi- nances it often chanceth diverfly in divers Countries. * THE ORDER HOW THE PSALTER IS APPOINTED TO BE READ. THE Pfalter fhall be read through once every Month, as it is there appointed, both for Morning and Evening Prayer. But in February it fhall be read only to the twenty-eighth, or twenty-ninth 'Day of the Month. And whereas, January, March, May, July, Auguft, Oftober, and December, have one and thirty days apiece : It is Ordered, That the fame Pfalms fhall be read the laft day of the faid Months, which were read the day before: fo that the Pfalter may begin again the firft day of the Month next enfuing. And whereas the CXIX Pfalm is divided into twenty-two Portions, and is over long to be read at one tme : it is fo ordered, tha* at one time fhall not be read above four or five of the faid Portions. And at the end of every Pfalm, and of every fuch part of the CXIX Pfalm, fhall be repeated this Hymn : Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghojl : As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever Jh all be: world without end. Amen. Note, That the Pfalter followeth the Divifion of the Hebrews, and the Tranfla- tion of the great Englilh Bible, fet forth and ufed in the Time of King Henry the Eighth, and Edward the Sixth. 1 THE ORDER HOW THE REST OF HOLY SCRIPTURE IS APPOINTED TO BE READ. THE Old Teftament is appointed for the firft LefTons at Morning and Evening Prayer ; fo as the moft part thereof will be read over every year once, as in the Calendar is appointed. The New Teftament is appointed for the fecond Leflbns at Morning and Evening Prayer, and fhall be read over orderly every year thrice, befides the Epiftles and Gofpels ; except the Apocalypfe, out of which there are only certain proper LefTons appointed upon divers Feafts. And to know what Leflbns fhall be read ever}' day, look for the day of the Month in the Calendar following, and there ye fhall find the Chapters that fhall be read for the Leflbns both at Morning and Evening Prayer; except only the Moveable Feafts, which are not in the Calendar, and the Immoveable, where there is a blank left in the Column of Leflbns; the proper Leflbns for all which days are to be found in the Table of proper Leflbns. And note, That whenfoever proper Pfalms or Leflbns are appointed, then the Pfalms and Leflbns of ordinary courfe appointed in the Pfalter and Calendar (if they be different) fhall be omitted for that time. Note alfo, That the Collect, Epiftle, and Gofpel, appointed for the Sunday, fhall ferve all the Week after, where it is not in this Book otherwife ordered. TABLES AND RULES FOR THE MOVEABLE AND IMMOVEABLE FEASTS, TOGETHER WITH THE DAYS OF FASTING OR ABSTINENCE, THROUGH THE WHOLE YEAR. RULES TO KNOW WHEN THE MOVEABLE FEASTS AND HOLY DAYS BEGIN. EASTER-DAY, on which the reft depend, is always the Firft Sunday after the Full Moon, which happens upon, or next after, the Twenty-firft Dav of March. And if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Eafter-day is the Sun- day after. Advent Sunday is always the neareft Sunday to the Feaft of Saint Andrew, whether before or after. Septuagefima **| - f~ Nine "^ Sexagefima I jfr J Eight \ Weeks before Quinquagefima j c } Seven f Eafter. Quadrageiima J w L Six j Rogation Sunday "^ f~ Five Weeks "^J Afcenfion-day v . J Forty Days I aft er Whitfunday f \ Seven Weeks f Eafter. Trinity Sunday j \^_ Eight Weeks J A TABLE OF ALL THE FEASTS THAT ARE TO BE OBSERVED IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. L L Sundays in the Year. fThe Circumcifion of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. The Epiphany. The Converfion of St. Paul. The Purification of the Blefled Virgin. S. Matthias the Apoftle. The Annunciation of the Blefled Virgin. S. Mark the Evangelift. S. Philip and S. James the Apoftles. The Afcenfion of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. S. Barnabas. The Nativity of S. John Baptift. S. Peter the Apoftle. S. James the Apoftle. S. Bartholomew the Apoftle. S. Matthew the Apoftle. S. Michael and all Angels. S. Luke the Evangelift. S. Simon and S. Jude the Apoftles. All Saints. S. Andrew the Apoftle. S. Thomas the Apoftle. The Nativity of our Lord. S. Stephen the Martyr. S. John the Evangelift. _The Holy Innocents. Monday and Tuefday in Eafter Week. Monday and Tuefday in Whitfun Week. A TABLE OF THE VIGILS, FEASTS, AND DAYS OF ABSTINENCE,, TO BE OBSERVED IN THE YEAR. o I Th Nativity of our Lord. The Purification of the Blefled Virgin Mary. The Annunciation of the Blefled Virgin. Eafter-day. XT~~ T nri * :r . _r ^ e Evens or Vigils before Afcenfion-day. Pentecoft. S. Matthias. S. John Baptift. S. Peter. S. James. the S. Bartholomew. S. Matthew. S. Simon and S. Jude. S. Andrew. S. Thomas. All Saints. NOTE. That if any ofthefe Feaft-days fall upon a Monday, then the Vigil or Faft-day (hall be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon the Sunday next before it. "PROPER LESSONS, &c. DAYS OF FASTING OR ABSTINENCE. I. The Forty Days of Lent. fl . The firft Sunday in Lent. 2. The Feaft of Pentecoft. 3. September 14.. 4. December 13. III. The Three Rogation-days, being the Monday, Tuefday, and Wednefday, be- fore Holy Thurfday, or the Afcenfion of our Lord. IV. All the Fridays in the Year, except Chriftmas-day. CERTAIN SOLEMN DAYS FOR WHICH PARTICULAR SERVICES ARE APPOINTED. I. The Fifth Day of November, being the Day kept in Memory of the Papifts' Confpiracy. II. The Thirtieth Day of January, being the Day kept in Memory of the Martyr- dom of King Charles the Firft. III. The Nine and Twentieth Day of May, being the Day kept in Memory of the Birth and Return of King Charles the Second. IV. The Twenty-fifth Day of Odober, being the Day on which his Majefty began his Happy Reign. PROPER LESSONS TO BE READ AT MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER On the Su ND A YS, and other Ho IY-DAYS, throughout the Year. I LESSONS proper Cor S U N D A YS. Sundays of Adv 2 I Matt in i. Ifaialv i 5 * Evtnfong. Ifaiah 2 24 Sunday after Afr.cn /ion- day. Whitfunday. I Mat tins. 12 I Evcnfong. 13 3 2 5 26 i Leflbn Deu.i6/v.i8 Ifaiah 11 Sund.af.ChriJl. i 3 37 38 2 Leflbn Trinity Sunday i Leflbn Afts 10 v. 34. Gcnef. i Afts 19 tov.2i Genef. 18 2 4 l 43 2 Leflbn Matt. 3 i John 5 Sunday! after the Epiphany. Sundays afttr i 44 46 Trinity. 2 3 5> 55 1 i 2 Jofh. JO Judg. 4 Jo(hua23 Judges 5 4 57 58 3 i Sam. 2 i Sam. 3 5 59 64 4 12 '3 6 65 66 5 i . i Leffon. j 9 ch. 7 /0v. 30. rover. 55. 2 Leffon. John .v. 43. S. John. Afccfllion Day. i Leffon. Ecclef. 5 Ecclef. 6 i Leffon. Deut. 10 2 Kin. 2 2 Leffon. Innocents-day Rev. i Jer. 3i./ov.i8. Rev. 22 Wifd. i 2 Leffon. Monday in Luke 24. v. 44. Eph. 4 /0v. 1 7. Cncumcifion. Whitfun Week. i Leffon. Gen. 17 Dfut 10. v.i2. i Leffon. Gen. it /ov.io Num. n.v.iS 2 Leffon. Rom. 2 Coloff. 2 to v. 30. Ep,phany. 2 Leffon. i Cor. 12 iCor. 14/07.26 i Leffon. Ifaiah 60 Ifaiah 49 JWrfav IR 2 Leffon. Lukes- /0v.23 Jeh.2. to v. 12. Whitjin Week. Conner Ron of i Leffon. iSam.ig.v.iS. Deut. Q S. /W. I Leffon-. Wifd. 5 Wifd. 6 2 Leffon. S. Barnabas . iThef.5.v.ij. /ov. 24. u i Joh. 4. /0v. 1 4 2 Leffon. A&S22/OV.22. Ads 26 i Leffon. Ecclus. 10 Ecclus. i a Purification of the Virgin Mary Wifd 9 Wifd. 12 2 Leffon. Afts 14 Ats 15. /ov-36 S. Matthias. 19 Ecclus. i i Leffon. Malachi 3 Malachi 4 Annunciation of our Laj\. Wcdnefdav I:- fore Eajltr. Ecclus. 2 3 2 Leffon. S. Peter i Leffon. 2 Leffon. Mitth. 3 Ecclus. 15 Afts 3 Mat. 14. /0v. 1 3 Ecclus. 19 Ads 4 i Leffon. 2 Leffon. Hofea 13 John 11. v.45. Hofea 14 S. James. S. Bartholo- Ecclus. ii Ecclus 22 Thurfday before Eajler. mew. S. Matthew. Ecclus.24 35 Ecclus.29 1 Leffon. Daniel 9 Jrem. 31 S. Michael. 2 Leffon. Good Friday. i Leffon. 2 Leffon. John 13 Gen. 22. /ov. 20 John 18 Ifaiah 53 i Pet. 2 i Leffon. 2 Leffon. S. liiJk. S. S/mo/7 and Gen. 32 Afts 12 /ov. 20 Ecclus. 51 Dan. io.ver.5 Jude v.6./oi6 Job i a/?rr c9 20 21 22 23 2 4 2 5 26 28 i Leff. s Gen. a. 4 6 8 2 4 6 8 o 2 2 4 26 28 30 32 34 37 39 4t 43 45 47 49 Exo. i. 3 5 7 9 - Epipktny. Lucian. Hilary S 1 Prifca V Fabian B Agnes V L Vincent lG>-)tx:?. o/ '.-(S.Paul } tf. CAarV. : -(Martyr. MARCH hath XXXI Days. MORNING PRAVLR. EVENING PRAYER. i 1 i i i i i i 2 142 3 s s 11 5 ti 1 Jj ,d 2 C 3 1 ;* 6 b 7; C 8 d 9 c f ' g 2 A 3b ,c 5 6 c 7 f 8 g 9 f o b 1 C 2 d 3 e 4 5 g 6A 7 b 8 c 9 ^ jo e J* f David. Chad. i Leir. Dcu.i5 17 19 21 24 26 28 3 32 Joftl.2 4 6 g 2 Leff Luk.i2 '3 4 J 5 17 18 9 20 21 22 2 3 T U 4 Johni 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 H 12 *3 J 4 *5 16 17 18 i Leff. Dtu.i6 18 20 22 25 27 *9 3 1 33 Jofh.i. 3 5 7 9 Ja a 3 ,. 3 5 7 9 1 1 13 15 17 J 9 21 Ruth 2 ,s. 4 , 4 2 Leff. Eph.6. Phil i 2 3 4 Col. i 2 3 4 iTh.i 2 3 4 s Th S ,. J, *. 3 4 /> 6 aTi. i. 2 3 4 Tit. i. 2, 3 Phile. Heb.i. 2 Pe^eT (tua Greg. 24 Jud. 2 1 8 10 J 4 16 18 Edw. Bene- ~(d,6 Faft fin nun (cfr* Ruth i ,cJ\ 3 FEBRUARY hath XXV 11 1 Days; And in every Leap Year XXIX Days. MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PRAYER. i 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 1 O 1 2 1 3 4 :i '/ 18 ! 9 20 21 22 8 3 - 1 -'.T 86 2- 2S ig d- e j f Faft. *u,ifi ta . 31ar B. i Led. x. 10. 12 11 18 20 22 24 33 Lev.! 8. 30 N'U. 1! J 3 16 ao 23 ' 24 27 3' 35 Deut. i 3 5 7 9 ri 3 z Leff. Mark j 2 3 4 i 7 8 9 to 11 12 3 4 i L- -39 i. .39. 2 3 4 1 7 8 9 10 1 1 Mar. 7. Leff. Ex.it. 3 '5 i? 9 21 *3 3* 34 Lev. 19 26 Nu. 12 M i? H 23 25 3 3 2 36 D.-ut.a 4 6 8 10 12 14 i Leff. Co. 13 *4 15 16 sCor.i 2 3 4 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 Gal i. z 3 4 I Eph.i. 2 3 4 5' Ro.ii. I b a e : e,- f- \gatha. A - b. d e'- f 8 A b c 1 d c fj 8 A b c j falent'ii. j Faft. S. Mat- (thias APRIL hat i XXxX Days. MORNING 1 EVENING PRAYER. 1 PRAYER. 2 18 7 15 4 1 2 9 7 6 3 ! 10 1 1 12 3 4 '5 16 '7 18 '9 20 21 22 *3 24 2 5 26 2 7 28 29 30 K' ! i Leff. ,Sa. 5 . 7 9 1 1 '3 15 17 9 21 2 3 25 2 LeflT. Joh. 19 20 21 Aasi. 2 3 4 1 7 8 9 10 r i 12 >,1 4 5 16 J 7 18 19 2(3 21 22 23 24 2 5 27 i Leff. i Sa. 6. 8 10 12 ; 6 4 18 20 22 24 26 28 S s 3 ,. 3 5 r 9 it J 3 *5 J 7 19 31 23 iKin.i 3 5 T 2 Leir Heb. 3 . 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 Jam. i. 2 3 4 i Pet. i ^ 3 4 a Pet.i a 3 i Jtfh.i 3 4 2, 3 foh b Rich. c'S.Amb 1 e f i i b; c d - f 2 9 2Sa. 2. 4 c A j. g d^lphe. e f 10 12 A S. Geo k l6 l8 20 22 c'S.MarA d (Ev. f iKin 2 J 6 4 1 MAY hath XXXI. Days. 2 6 8 1C 1 1 it i b d'lnvent. e(ofCrofs MOR PR/ i Led iKin.i 10 12 18 20 82 2Kin. fi 4 NING .YER. EVENING PRAYER. .2 Leff Aas2* Matt, i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 4 16 1 7 - 18 20 21 22 2 3 24 25 26 27 28 Mark! i Leff tiKin.c 1 1 13 17 19 21 zKin.i 3 5 7 9 n 3 '5 '7 21 2 3 25 Ezra 3 5 7 - Neh. i 4 6 9 3 Efth. a i 2 Leff. Jude. 1 Rom.i 2 3 4 I 7 8 9 10 12 15 l6 iCor.i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 3 4 g ! S. John A(Port L. b ! 3 tj~ fi 8 k 12 j 16 18 20 22 8 9 a 26 -7 28 29 [O t Dunftan h Ezra i 4 6 9 Neh.2. 10 Efth. i 3 dim: e _ f Auguft. g Ve. Bedc A b'K. Char. c'fN. & R. JULY hath XXXI MORNING PRAYER. )ays. EVEP PRA JING VER. 2 Leff. Phil, i 2 3 4 Col. i 2 3 2 3 4 5 i Th. i 2 2> 3 4 5 6 aTi. i 2 4 .-, (. 7 8 9- 10 i '.> .j M '5 l6 i' i 2 5 26 27 28 29 | i Leff. Pro. 11 13 9 21 2 3 25 2 7 Eccl.i 3 5 7 9 11 Jer.i. 3 5 7 9 11 2 Leff. Luk.13 18 20 21 22 23 24 John i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 i Leff. Pro. 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 3 Eccl. 2 1 8 10 JerA. 8 10 12 \Vif.V. M. b c Tranfl. d(Maitin. f \ \ J jSwithun. b | e Margar. g S. Mary b pfft cS. 7a. dS. Anne. 5 '7 21 23 25 12 3 17 18 19 16 18 20 22 26 28 3 r,t. 4 i. 2. 3 Phile. Heb. i 2 3 f f n , 1 JUNE hath XXX Days. MOP PR/ i Leff Efth. . 7 9 Job 2 i i 8 10 | 18 4 16 '9 21 1 2 3 20, 27 29 3 33 35 37 39 4 1 Pro. i 3 5 7 9 NING LYER. 1 EVENING 1 PRAYER. i e Nicom. .2 Leff , Mark a 3 4 7 8 9 10 ii 12 13 4 ;i Luke i 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 i Leff Efth. 6 8 Job i 3 5 7 9 11 3 '5 17, 18 20 22 v 30 3 2 34 36 38 4 42 'ro. 2 4 6 8 10 2 Leff. iCo.i 5 16 2Cor.i 2 3 4 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 G,', 3 , 2 3 4 5 6 Eph.i 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 10 12 13 4 >5 16 17 18 9 20 21 22 23 24 2.5 26 27 28 2 9 30 1 A b Boniface c f AS.Earna!, b (Ap *l gS.Alban. cJTr.K.Ed. f Faft g S. John \ (Bap. (j eS Pttei. f AUGUST hath XXXI Days. MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PRAYER. 2 3 4 5 6J 7 8 9 o i 2 r i 7 8 19 , 20^ 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 / 28 29 3" 3> c Lammas j i Leff. Jer. 29 3 33 3.5 37 39 4* V 6 5 52 Lam. 2 Ezek.2 6 ;i 34 Dan. 2 4 6 8 10 12 Ho.2,3 *.' 10 12 2 Leff. Joh.20 21 Aa$ i 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 3 M 15 16 17 18 J 9 zo 21 22 2 3 24 25 26 27 28 Matt, i i Leff. Jer. 30 32 34 36 38 4 42 44 47 49 5 l Lam. i 3 Ezek.3 7 H 33 Dan. i 3 5 7 9 11 Hof i 2 Leff. Heb. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Jam. i 2 3 4 5 i Pet. i 2 3 4 5 2 Pet.i 2 3 ijoh.i 2 3 4 2 ,3 fob Jude Rom.i f ^ Transfig. a Name of c (Jefus e S.Lauren, f I i f [ 1 (Faft e 5. Earth. f(A. & M. 4 7 9 11 J 3 a S. Auguft. cS. John i beheaded c SEPTEM BER hath XX "MORNING" PRAYER. X Day ~EVE PRA ~Leff. Joel i. 3 \mos2 4 6 8 Obad. l- 2 >3 tfic. i 3 5 7 Nah. 2 Hab. i 3 Zeph.2 Hag. i Zee. i 4> 5 7 9 11 J 3 Mai. i 3 Toh. i 3 6 ^TNG~ YER. t Led. Rom. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 3 4 J 5 16 iCor.i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 it 12 3 '4 *5 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1C 1 1 1 2 13 '4 15 16 IJ t8 1 9 2O] 21 22 23 24 *5 26 27 28 29 3 1 A b c d e f s A b c d e f B A b c d e f .1 b C d e f g Giles, A i Lett. Hof.i4 Joel 2. Amosi 3 5 7 9 Jona. i Mic 4 , 4 6 Nah. i 3 Hab. 2 Zeph.i Hag. 2 Ze.a, 3 6 8 10 12 M Mai. 2 Tob.2 4 2 Leff. Matt. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 '3 J 4 :| 7 18 '9 20 22 2 3 24 2 5 26 27 28 Marki 2 3 Snurch. Vativ. of V. Mar. Holy. (Crofs Lambert Faft S. Matth. -(A.&M. S. Cypr. S. Mich. S. Jerom. NOVEMBER hath XXX Days. MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PRAYER. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 l6 l8 I All Saints Leff. Eccl 16 18 20 22 24 2 7 2 9 3i 33 35 37 39 4' 43 45 47 49 5 Bar. 2 4 6 B.&D Ifaia 2 2 Leff. Luk.iS *9 20 21 22 23 24 (ohn i 2 3 4 i 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 J 4 15 16 *7 18 9 20 21 Aa i Leff. Eccl 17 19 21 2 3 25'013 28 30/(Jl8 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46/020 48 5 Bar. i. 3 5 Hi. Su. Ifaia. i 3 5 7 9 1 1 3 2 Leff Col. 2. 3 4 Th. i 2 3 4 5 2Th. 1 ,T!., 2, 3 4 i 2 Ti. 1 2 3 4 Tit. i 2. 3 Phile. Heb. i 2 3 4 .5 6 [ i. Pap. Con. > Leonard. 1 a ?'s.Martin. ^ 3 Britius. i Machut. f Hugh, B. bEdm. K. d Cecilia, e Clemen, f 3^> g Catherin ^ ^ 8 10 12 b d Faft e S. Andr. OCTOE ER ha ~MOR PRA h XXXI Days. VING I EVENING YER. 1 PRAYER. 1 2 3 4 I 7 8 9 10 1 1 1 2 '3 '4 iti 18 20 21 22 4 S 27 28 29 3 A b c d e f b c d t I b c a e f g A b c d 1 e 1 .1 s Remig. b i Leff. Tob. 7 9 1 1 13 [udit.i 3 5 7 9 1 1 2 Leff. Mark 4' 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 '3 i Leff, rob. 8 10 12 udit2 4 6 8 10 1 2 2 Leff. iCo.i6 zCor.i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 =' Faith V. S. Dennis '5 Wif. i. 3 5 7 9 n 15 19 16 L.i. 39 1.^.39 2 3 4 I 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 '3 M 16 17 Wif. 2 I 8 10 12 l6 l8 Eccl. i 3 5 7 9 1 1 3 1 1 GaL 5 1 2 3 4 Eph. i 2 3 4 5 6 Phi], i 2 3 Co,S Tr. k Ed. Etheldr. 5. Luke, v Evan. Crifpin. 4 6 8 10 12 M Faft S. Simon } (&.Jvde Faft DECEMBER hath XXXI Days. MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PKAYEX. i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 J 4 1 5 16 i? 18 J 9 20 21 20 2 3 2 -1 2 .- 26 28 29 3 31 f Leff. Ifai.i 4 ! 16 18 2 Leff. Afts2 1 3 4 7-i i Leff. Ifai.i5 7 9 22 :i 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 a 4 8 50 5 2 54 56 60 62. 64 66 Leff! Heb. 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 Jam. i 2 3 4 5 i Pct.t 2 3 4 ,pL 2 ijoh.i 3 4 5 2 John J 3 John tjude. A, b c d l f K A b c d e g A b c c g ^ b ( A 2 3 2 a 27 29 3i 33 35 37 39 4 43 45 47 49 5i 53 55 57 59 61 6-3 Nicholas ^onc. of (V. Mar. V 9 10 11 12 13 M J 5 16 J 7 18 '9 20 21 22 23 2 .4 25 26 2 7 *8 Lucy, V- Sapi- ^entia Faft 5. Thomas -(A.&M. Faft Chrijlmas S. Supke. S.Jok. Ev Innocent. Silvcfter 60 TABLE to find EASTER-DAY from th prefent Time, till the Year 1899 inclufive according to the foregoing Calendar. T THIS Table contains fo much of the Calendar as is neceffar _. for the determining of Eaftei' c to find which, look for th o. Golden Number of the Year in < jthe firft ColumH of the Table - againft which ftands the Day o a the Pafchal Full Moon; then 5 look in the third Column fo ? the Sunday Letternext after the Day of the Full Moon, and the Day of the Month ftanding i,C againft that Sunday Letter is 22 DiEafkr-day. If the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, then 24 F 25 G 26 A 2?;B 8C 29JD Apr. i (according to the firft Rule) the next Sunday after isEafter-day To find the Golden Number or Piime, add one to the Year of our I.oid, and then divide by 19; the Remainder, if any ; is the Golden Number; but if nothing remained), then 19 is the Golden Number. 2 A TofindtheDominicalorSun- day Letter, according to theCa- lendar, until the year 1799 in- clufive, add to the Year of : O T^ 6 E jour Lord its fourth Part,L 7 F pmittingFra6tions,and alfo L 8 G (the Number i ; divide theL|j? - A Sum by 7 ; and if there is jp B i no Remainder, then A MJclC ~ the Sunday Letter: But if gig any Number remaineth, then the Letter ftanding againft thatNumberin the fmall annex- 15 G ed Table, is the Sunday Letter. 16 A For the next Century, that is, from the Year 1800 till the C JYear 1899 inclufive, add to the D current Year only its fourth Part, and then divide by 7, and proceed as in the laft Rule. Note, That in all Biffextile 23 A or Leap Years, the Letter found as above will be the Sunday 25 C Letter from the intercalated Day exclufwe, to the End of the Year. 0^> O 2^0* O eowcoeoog wh. z II 5 O%U3 3 . - c .. .--'_ __ ^ OHO. oL5.sLo.cLa. cLjj a.c-_ c.S.a.a.0. 3AIjn[DUI A TABLE ot the WU\ g CALENDAR. '793 794 1796 797 1798 1799 1800 1 8o 3 18=4 1 1312 423 i.J 17 26 7 8A G 3 i H fan. 27 Feb. 16 Mar. Jan.24 Feb. i Jan. 2 Feb. Jan. 29 2 Ma 4 Feb. o 9 r. 5 Apr.ao >.i8| 5 oMar.27 ill a 6Mar. 2 26 Apr.i Mar. 4 ai 6Jtb rl May 5 Apr. 2 8 6 May 18 II May 9' Tune 8 12 June i 14 May 2 4 27 June 6 ir Dec. 29 27 Dec. 3 Dec. A TABLE of the MOVEABLE FEASTS, according to the feveral Days that EASTER can poffibly fall upon. 5 I ^ 1 II r| |i |s II Hi . o- H P- ^ 5' "~ i v ~ p tV 5 *? ^ *H- *7^ n v< 3 *? ' *< -"-i *? s r O ' 5 March 22 , Jan. 18 Febr. 4 Apr. 26 Apr. 30 May 10 27 Nov. 29 2,1 1 19 5 27 May i i j 2 7 3 M 1 20 6 28 2 12 2 7 Dec. i 2 5 2 21 7 2 9 3 3 *7 2 26 2 22 8 3 4 4 27 3 27 2 23 9 May i 5 26 Nov. 27 28 2 24 10 2 6 6 26 28 29 2 2 5 11 3 7 7 26 29 3 2 26 12 4 8 8 26 3 3 l 2 2? 13 5 9 9 26 Dec. i April i 3 28 4 6 10 26 2 2 3 2 9 >5 7 11 i 26 3 2 3 30 16 8 12 2 25 Nov. 27 4 3 3 17 9 2 3 25 28 3 Febr. i 18 10 14 2 4 25 29 6 3 2 '9 11 >5 2,5 25 3 7 3 3 20 12 16 96 Dec. i 8 4 21 '3 17 7 25 2 9 5 92 18 28 25 3 10 6 *3 '5 19 29 Nov. 2 7 1 1 7 24 16 ao 3^ 24 28 12 8 25 '7 21 3 l 24 29 13 9 26 18 22 [une i M 10 27 19 23 2 24 Dec. "i 15 5 n 28 20 24 3 24 2 l6 5 12 March i 21 4 2 4 3 17 3 '3 2 22 26 5 23 Nov. 27 l8 5 4 3 23 27 6 23 28 *9 5 4 24 28 7 23 29 20 5 16 5 25 eg 8 2 3 3 21 5 >7 6 26 30 9 23 Dec. i 22 6 18 7 27 3 1 10 2 q 2 23 6 '9 8 28 [une i 1 1 2 3 3 24! 6 20 9 29 12 22 Nov. 27 21 10 3 3 3 22 28 NOTE. That in a Biflextile, or Leap Year, the Number of Sundays after Epiphany will be the fame as if Eafter-day had fallen one Day later than it really does : and for the fame reafon one Day muft, in every Leap Year, be added to the Day of the Month given by the Table for Septuagefima Sunday: and the like muft be done for the Firft Day of Lent (commonly called Afh Wednefday) unlefs the Table gives fome Day in the Month of March for it ; for in that Cafe the Day given by the Table is the right Day. :| fipPI^J^tjJ'iP^fs :3 Is !tt!ii!K^1:3?a!li ^ 2 g j js^l S3 *! a S l***2 ;jj J " s s |5 ^* ^'S^ 2j5 u S"^o ^te"? g.i jfy^ s S~ y j "* w P.O, >< ^ w EQS^j'-O^i a 2-3 s&'^^.-^'-^W ! o Sund.Lct. |QwtaCKuQwfeOrefixed in the Calendar 1 1600 1700 800 o cLS, o n any given Year of our Lord, confifting of en- C C ire hundred yeais, and 1900 2OOO 100 200 2300 2400 2500 2600 2700 2800 B 600! o i 5 2 i[, n all the intermediate Years betwixt that and 1700 i 5300 16 he next Hundredth 2900 000 100 200 33 3400 35 3600 3700 1800 1900 i 2 54 55 17 Year following, look in the Second Column of J OOO 2 1 7 Table II. for the given 3 800 900 .000 .1OO 4200 4300 4400 45 4600 21OO 2200 2 3 57 5800 18 18 Year, confifting of en- tire Hundreds, and note 2QOO CQOO tri Number or PvnVipr 4700 4800 4900 5000 5100 5200 6100 53005400 55 5600 B2400 2 5 00 2600 2700 B2800 5 oy u ^ 36000 6100 6200 6300 86400 K) 1! 20 which ftands againft it in the Third Column ; then in Table III. look for the fame Number in the Column under any 57 5800 5900 )OOC 6200 ^3 6400 6500 !_ 2 9 00 6 6500 21 given Golden Number, 6600 6700 680 6 9 oc 7000 7100! ' 00 l73c 7400 3000 31 6 6600 22 6700 23 which when you have found, guide your eye 3 3200 00 fide-ways to the left 750 760 77 7 8cc 79 oc 8ooc 8ioc 1820C 8300 8400 33 3400 6900 23 7OOO 2< hand, and in the Firft Column you will find 7 IOC 850 Sec. 35 OC B 72002- which that GoldenNum- 1 or Sunday 3700 9 380010 7300 25 740035 ber ought to be prefix- ed in the Calendar dur- TO find the Dominica Letter for any given Year of our Lord, add to the Year its fourth Part, omit- 3900:10 B 4000 o 7500 26 ing that Period of One B 7600 26 Hundred Years. ting Fraftioos, and alfo the Number 4100 i 770026 The Letter B prefixed which in Table I. ftandct i at the Top' 42OO 2 78o< 3 .,- to certain Hundredth of the Co umn, wherein the NumbeV 4300 2 790028 Years in Table 11. de- of Hundreds contained in that given B 4400 2 B 8000(27 notes thofe Years which Year is found : divide the Sum by 7, 45 3 8ico 2 g are ftill to be accounted and if there is i o Remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter; but if any Num- ber remaineih, then the Letter which 4600 3 47 4 84800' 4 830029 B 8400 2 c Biffextileor Leap Years in the New Calendar; whereas all the other , (landeth under that Number, at the Top of the Table, is th> Sunday 4900 4 5000, 5 8 5 o< &c. > C Hundredth Years are to be accounted only com- Letter. 5100' 6 mon Years. TABLE III. 1 ' . in c 5" - GOLDEN NUMBERS. i &L GOLDEN NUMBERS. c_ r> s i" 2 f ? i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 i to P ? 1 1 1 B 14 M .6 17 18 March 21 C 8 10 n 2 P. r < * ifi 6 17 March 21 c 2 8 9 1C i i g 23 4 5 26 March 22 D Q 2C i 12 2? 4 1 T ik - 18 March 22 D 2" 1C 2 1 2 13 24 5 ib 27 March 23 March 24 March 25 E F G 11 1 2 21 >. 2 23 2 3 4 1 3 i 5 6 7 It 1 - i a it 8 9 1C '9 ID 21' March 23 March 24 March 25 I G o 2 1 2 i 2 23 a 4 5 '4 26 27 b 7 B 18 19 29 March 26 March 27 A R 13 24 2-" 5 6 16 i? 2- ?.8 8 u 9 .'.C c 1 . i I 2 23 March 26 March 27 A B a 4 '4 25 -6 6 7 7 18 28 tg 9 10 20 21 i 2 March 28 March 29 March 30 C D E 15 l6 26 27 28 7 8 9 18 1 9 2C 9 i 10 1 2 > 1 22 23 1 i a H 1 2 4 2> '.6 March 28 March 29 March 30 C D E a b 7 1 6 17 18 28 B 9 1C 20 21 e i 2 1 1 1 2 '3 2 3 24 3 4 5 March 31 April i April 2 April 3 April 4 F G A B C 8 22 29 C 2 3 1C 1 1 12 a 4 2 1 22 23 24 2 2 3 4 5 6 '3 M 15 16 17 24 2- 28 7 8 9 16 '7 '.8 9 27 '.3 29 i March 31 April 1 April 2 April 3 April 4 G A B C 8 9 1C 11 1 2 2C 21 22 c i 3 1 1 1 . 24 2,5 3 4 6 4 i -j 16 18 25 .6 6 7 8 9 10 April 5 April 6 April 7 April 8 April 9 D E F G A 23 25 26 27 4 i 7 8 J 5 16 17 18 26 2" 28 29 O 7 8 9 10 11 18 2C 21 22 2 9 O 1 2 3 12 13 21 >2 23 2 4 25 2 3 4 5 6 April 5 April 6 April 7 April 8 April 9 D F G A ' j M 17 24 2 26 28 5 6 7 8 9 ib 7 18 20 28 29 O 1 8 9 1C 12 '9 2C 2 1 22 23 o i 2 3 4 n 12 April 10 April 11 April 12 April 13 April 14 I 1 28 tg 9 i 2 3 2Z 21 22 -3 24 1 2 4 12 ig H 16 23 24 2 5 27 4 8 5 16 17 18 9 ?6 27 29 o 7' 8 9 o i April 10 April 11 April 12 April 13 April 14 B C D E F 18 '9 20 21 22 C 1 B 3 1 2 13 22 23 24 3 4 13 M 16 17 2 4 ''5 26 27 28 s 7 8 9 16 18 2O April 1.5 April 16 April 17 April 17 2 B B 3 4 5 4 i 23 26 -7 6 7 8 17 18 28 29 9 11 20 21 22 i 2 3 2 3 4 April 15 April 16 April 17 April 17 G A B B 24 4 5 6 '5 16 17 18 26 27 28 29 7 8 9 10 18 19 20 21 29 i 2 1C 1 1 12 13 21 22 23 April 18 C 6 17 28 9 20 i 12 2 3 4 '5 April 18 C 26 _ _ _ April 18 C 7 18 29 10 2lj 2 13 M! 5 16 April 18 C 27 8 1 9 c 11 22 3 H 25 ARTICLES AGREED UPON BY THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF BOTH PROVINCES, AND THE WHOLE CLERGY, IN THE CONVOCATION HOLDEN AT LONDON, IN THE YEAR 1562, FOR THE AVOIDING OF DIVERSITIES OF OPINIONS, AND FOR THE STABLISHING OF CONSENT TOUCHING TRUE RELIGION. [ Reprinted by His Majefty's Commandment, with His Royal Declaration prefixed thereunto. ] HIS MAJESTY'S DECLARATION. J3EING by God's Ordinance, according to our juft Title, Defender of the Faith, and Supreme Governor of the Church, within thefe our Dominions, We hold it moll agreeable to this our Krngly Office, and our own Religious Zeal, to conferve and maintain the Church committed to Our Charge, in the unity of true Religion, and in the bond of Peace : and not to fuffer unneceflary Difputations, Altercations, or Queftions, to be raifed, which may nourifti Faction both in the Church and Commonwealth. We have therefore upon mature Deliberation, and with the Advice of fo many of our Bifhops as might conveniently be called together, thought fit to make this Declaration following. That the Articles of the Church of England (which have been allowed and authorized heretofore, and which our Clergy generally have fubfcribed unto) do contain the true Doctrine of the Church of England, agreeable to God's Word: which We do therefore Ratify and Confirm, requiring all our loving Subjects to continue in the uniform profeflion thereof, and prohibiting the leaft difference from the faid Articles, which to that end We command to be new printed, and this our Declaration to be Publifhed therewith. That we are Supreme Governor of the Church of England ; And that if any Difference arife about the external Policy, concerning Injunctions, Canons, and other Conftitutions whatfoever thereto belonging, the Clergy in their Convocation is to order and fettle them, having firft obtained leave under Our Broad Seal fo to do, and We approving their faid Ordinances and Conftitutions ; providing that none be made contrary to the JLaws and Cuftoms of the Land. That out of Our Princely Care, that the Churchmen may do the Work which is proper unto them, the Bimops and Clergy, from time to time in Convocation, upon their humble defire, (hall have Licence' under Our Broad S eal, to deliberate pf, and to do all fuch things, as being made plain by them, and aflented unto ARTICLES OF RELIGION. xxiii by Us, (hall concern the fettled continuance of the Doctrine and Difcipline of the Church of England now Eftablifhed ; from which We will not endure any varying or departing in the leaft Degree. That for thepreient, though fome Differences have been ill raifed, yet We take comfort in this, that all Clergv-men within Our Realm, have always mod willing- ly fubfcribed to the Articles Eftablifhed, which is an Argument to 'Us, that they all agree in the true ufual, literal meaning of the faid Articles, and that even in thofe curious Points in which the prefent Differences lie, Men of all forts take the Articles of the Church of England to be for them ; which is an Argument again, that none of them intend any Defertion of the Articles Eftablifhed. That therefore in thefe both curious and unhappy Differences, which have for fo many hundred Years, in different Times and Places exerciled the Church of Chrift, We will that all further curious fearch be laid afide, and thefe Difputes fhut up in God's promifes, as they be generally fet forth to Us in the holy Scrip- tures, and the general meaning of the Articles of the Church of England accord- ing to them. And that no man hereafter fhall either Print or Preach to draw the Article afide any way, but fhall fubmit to it in the plain and full meaning thereof; and fhall not put his own Senfe or Comment to be the meaning of the Article, but fhall take it in the Literal and Gramatical Senfe. That if any publick Reader in either Our Univerfities, or any Head or Mafterof a College, or any other perfon refpedively in either of them, fhall affix any new Senfe to any Article, or fhall publickly Read, Determine or Hold any publick Dif- putation, or fuffer any fuch to be Held either way, in either the Univerfities or Col- leges refpedively; or if any Divine in the Univerfities fhall Preach or Print any thing either way, other than is already Eftablifhed in Convocation with Our Royal Affent ; he or they the Offenders fhall be liable to Our Difpleafure, and the Churches Cenfure in our Commiffion Ecclefiaftical, as well as any other : And we will fee there fhall be due Execution upon them. ARTICLES OF RELIGION. J. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity THERE is but one living and true God, everlafting, without body, parts, or paffions ; of infinite power, wifdom, and goodnefs, the Maker and Preferver of all things both vifible and invifible. And in unity of this God- head there be three Perfons of one fubftance, power and eternity ; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghoft. II. Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man. THE Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlafting of the Father, the very and eternal God, of one fubftance with the Father, took man's nature in the womb of the bleffed Virgin, of her fubftance : fo that two whole and perfect natures, that is to fay, the Godhead and Manhood, were joined together in one Perfon, never to be divided, whereof is one Chrift, very God and very man, XXIV ARTICLES OF RELIGION. who truly fuffered, was crucified, dead and buried, to reconcile his Father to us, and to be a facrifice, not only for original guilt, but alfo for actual fins of Men. III. Of the going down of Chrift into Hell AS Chrift died for us, and was buried : fo alfo is it to be believed, that he went down into hell. IV. Of the RefurrecJion of Chrijl. CHRIST did truly rife again from death, and took again his body, with flefli, bones, and all things appertaining to the Perfection of Man's nature, wherewith he afcended into Heaven, and there fitteth until he return to judge all Men at the laft day. V. Of the Holy Ghojl. THE Holy Ghoft, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of one Sub- ftance, Majefty and Glory, with "the Father and the Son, very and eternal God. VI. Of the Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation. HOLY Scripture containeth all things neceffary to Salvation : fo that whatfo- ever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it fhould be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requifite or neceflary to Salvation. In the Name of the holy Scripture we do underftand thofe Canonical Books of the Old and New Teftament, of whofe Authority was never any doubt in the Church. f OF THE NAMES AND NUMBER OF THE CANONICAL BOOKS. Genefis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, Deuteronomium, Jofue, Judges, Ruth, The I Book of Samuel, The II. Book of Samuel, The I. Book of Kings, The I. Book of Chronicles, The II. Book of Chronicles, Thel.BookofEfdras, The II. BookofEfdras, TheBookofHefter, The Book of Job, The Pfalms, The Proverbs, Ecclefiaftes or Preacher, Cantica, or Songs of Solomon, Four Prophets the greater, Twelve Prophets the lefs. The II. Book of Kings, And the other Books (as Hierome faith) .the Church doth read for example of life, and inftrudlion of manners ; but yet doth it not apply them to eftablifh any Doctrine ; fuch are thefe following. The 1 1 1. BookofEfdras, The IV. BookofEfdras, The Book of Tobias, The Book of Judith, The reft of the Book of Hefter, The Book of Wifdom, Jefus the Son of Sirach, Baruch the Prophet, The Song of the Three Children, The Story of Sufanna, Of Bell and the Dragon, The Prayer of Manafies, The I. Book of Maccabees, The II. Book of Maccabees. All the Books of the New Teftament, as they are commonly received, we do receive and account them Canonical. _ _ VII. Of the Old Tejlament. _l H Old Teftament is not contrary to the New : for both in the Old and New leftament, everlafting life is offered to mankind by Chrift, who is the only Me- diator between God and man, being both God and man. Wherefore they are not ARTICLES OF RELIGION. vxx to be heard, which feign that the old Fathers did look only for tranfitory promifes. Although theLawgiven fromGodbyMofes, astouching Ceremonies and Rites, do not bind Chriftian men, nor the Civil Precepts thereof ought of necefllty to be received in any Commonwealth: yet notwithftanding, no Chriftian man whatfoever is free from the obedience of the Commandments which are called Moral. VIII. Of the Three Creeds. THE Three Creeds, Nice Creed, Athanafius's Creed, and that which is com- monly called the Apoftles Creed, ought throughly to be received and believed: for they may be proved by moft certain warrants of holy Scripture. IX. Of Original or Birth Sin. ORIGINAL Sin ftandeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians do vainly talk) but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is ingendred of the offspring of Adam, whereby man is very far gone from original righteoufnefs, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, fo that the flefh lufteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore in every perfon bom into this world, it deferveth God's wrath and damnation. And this infection of nature doth remain, yea, in them that are regenerated, whereby the luft of the fletli, called in Greek, $gtfytutHntyifefr which fome do expound the wifdom, fome fenfuality, fome the affection, fome the defire of the flefh, is not fubject to the Law of God. And although there is no condemnation for them that believe and are baptized, yet the Apoftle doth confefs that concupifcence and luft hath ofitfelf the nature of fin. X. Of Fr THE condition of man after the Fall of Adam, is fuch, that he cannot turn and prepare himfelf by his own natural ftrength and good works to Faith and calling upon God : Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleafant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Chrift preventing us, that we may have a good-will, and working with us when we have that good-will. X I . Of the Juftification of Man. WE are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift by Faith, and not for our own works or defervings. Where- fore, that we are juftified by Faith only, is a moft wholefome Doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is expreffed in the Homily of Juftification. XII. Of Good Works. ALBEIT that good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Juftification, cannot put away our fins, and endure the feverity of God's judg- ment ; yet are they pleafing and acceptable to God in Chrift, and do fpring out neceflarily of a true and lively Faith, infomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known, as a tree difcerned by ths fruit. XIII. Of Works before Jujlification. WORKS done before the grace of Chrift, and the infpiration of his Spirit, are not pleafant to God, forafmuch as they fpring not of Faith in Jefu Chrift, neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the School- Authors fay) deferve grace of congruity : yea, rather for that they are not done as God hath willed and commanded them to be done, we doubt not but they have the -nature of fin. XIV. Of Works of Supererogation. VOLUNTARY Works befides, over and above God's Commandments, which they call Works of Supererogation, cannot be taught without arrogancy and impiety. For by them men do declare, That they do not only render unto xxvi ARTICLES OF RELIGION. God as much as they are bound to do, but that they do more for his fake than of bounden duty is required : Whereas Chrift faith plainly, When ye have done all that are commanded to you, fay, We are unprofitable fervants. XV. Of Chrtjl alone without Sin. CHRIST in the truth of our nature, was made like unto us in all things (fin only except) from which he was clearly void, both in his flefh, and in his fpirit. He came to be a Lamb without fpot, who by facrifice of himfelf once made, (hould take away the fins of the world : and fin (as St. John faith) was not in him. But all we the reft (although baptized and born again in Chrift) yet offend in many things, and if we fay we have no fin, we deceive ourfelves, and the truth is not in us. XVI. Of Sin after Baptifm. NOT every deadly fin willingly committed after baptifm, is fin againft the Holy Ghoft, and unpardonable. Wherefore the grant of Repentance is not to be denied to fuch as fall into fin after Baptifm. After we have received the Holy Ghoft, we may depart from grace given, and fall into fin, and by the grace of God (we may) arife again, and amend our lives. And therefore they are to be con- demned, which fay they can no more fin as long as they live here, or deny the place of forgivenefs to fuch as truly repent. XVII. Of Predejlination and Election. PREDESTINATION to life, is the everlafting purpofe of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath conftantly decreed by his Counfel, fecret to us, to deliver from curfe and damnation, thofe whom he hath chofen in Chrift out of mankind, and to bring them by Chrift to everlafting falva- tion, as veflels made to honour. Wherefore they which be endued with fo ex- cellent a benefit of God, be called according to God's purpofe by his Spirit work- ing in due feafon: they through grace obey the calling: they be juftified freely: they be made fons of God by adoption : they be made like the image of his only begotten Son Jcfus Chrift: they walk religioufly in good works, and at length by God's mercy they attain to everlafting felicity. As the godly condderation of Predeftination and our Election in Chrift, is full of fweet, pleafant, and unfpeakable comfort to godly perfons, and fuch as feel in themfelves the working of the Spirit of Chrift, mortifying the works of the fleih, and their earthly members, and drawing up their minds to high and heaven- ly things, as well becaufe it doth greatly eftablifli and confirm their Faith of eternal falvation, to be enjoyed through Chrift, as becaufe It doth fervently kindle their love towards God. So, for curious and carnal perfons, lacking the Spirit of Chrift, to have continually before their eyes the fentence of God's Predeftination, is a moft dangerous downfall, whereby the Devil doth thruft them either into defperation, or into wretchlefnefs of moft unclean living, no lefs perilous than de- fpe ration. Furthermore, we muft receive God's promifes in fuch wife as they be generally fet forth to us in holy Scripture. And in our doings, that Will of God is to be followed, which we have exprefly declared unto us in the word of God. XVIII. Of Obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of Chrljl. THEY alfo are to be had accurfed, that prefume to fay, That every man (hall be faved by the Law or Seel which he profefleth, fo that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the Light of Nature. For holy Scripture doth fet out unto us only the. Name of Jefus Chrift, whereby men mult be faved. ARTICLES OF RELIGION. xxvii XIX. Of the Church. THE vifible Church of Chrift is a Congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly miniftred, ac- cording to Chrift's Ordinance, in all thofe things that of neceflity are requisite to the fame. As the Church of Hierufalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, have erred, fo alfo the Church of Rome hath erred, not only in their living and manner of Ceremonies, but alfo in matters of Faith. XX. Of the Authority of the Church. THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and Authority in Controverfies of Faith : And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it fo expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore although the Church be a Witnefs and a Keeper of holy Writ, yet as it ought not to decree any thing againft the fame, fo befides the fame ought it net to enforce anything to be believed for neceflity of Salvation. XXI. Of the Authority of General Councils. GENERAL Councils may not be gathered together without the Command- ment and Will of Princes. And when they be gathered together (forafmuch as they be an Aflembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God) they may err, and fometime have erred, even in things pertaining unto God. Wherefore things ordained by them asnecelfary to Salvation, have neither ftrength nor authority, unlefs it may be declared that they be taken out of holy Scripture. XXII. Of Purgatory. THE Romifli Doclrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping, and Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques, and alfo Invocation of Saints, is a fond thing, vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God. XXIII. Of Miniftring in the Congregation. IT is not lawful for any man to take upon him the Office of Publick Preach- ing, or Miniftring the Sacraments in the Congregation, before he be lawfully called, and fent to execute the fame. And thofe we ought to judge lawfully called and fent, which be chofen and called to this Work by men who have publick Au- thority given unto them in the Congregation, to call and fend Minifters unto the Lord's Vineyard. XXV. Of Speaking in the Congregation in fuch a Tongue as the People under- Jiandeth. IT is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the Cuftom of the Primitive Church, to have Publick Prayer in the Church, or to Miniftcr the Sacraments in a Tongue not underfunded of the People. XXV. Of the Sacraments. SACRAMENTS ordained of Chrift, be not only Badges or Tokens of Chriftian men's Profeffion : but rather they be certain fure Witnelfcs, and effectual figns of Grace, and God's good will towards us, by the which he doth work in- vifibly in us, and 'doth not only quicken, but alfo ftrengthen and confirm our Faith in him. There are two Sacraments ordained of Chrift our Lord in the Gofpel, that is to fay, Baptifm, and the Supper of the Lord. Thofe five commonly called Sacraments, That is to fay, Confirmation, Penance Orders, Matrimony, and Extreme Unftion, are not to be counted for Sacraments of the Gofpel, being fuch as have grown, partly of the corrupt following of the Apoftles, partly are ftates of life allowed by the Scriptures : but yet have not like xxviii ARTICLES OF RELIGION. nature of Sacraments with Baptifm and the Lord's Supper, for that they have not any vifible Sign or Ceremony ordained of God. The Sacraments were not ordained of Chrift to be gazed upon, or to be carried about, but that \ve fliould duly ufe them. And in fuch only as worthily received the fame, they have a wholefome effect or operation : but they that receive them unworthily, purchafe to themfelves damnation, as St. Paul faith. XXVI. Of the Unworthinefs of the Minijlers, which hinders not the effect of the Sacraments. ALTHOUGH in the Vifible Church the evil be ever mingled with the good, and fome time the evil have chief Authority, in the Miniftration of the Word and Sacraments: yet forafmuch as they do not the fame in their own name, but in ChrilVs, and do Minifter by his Commiffion and Authority, we may ufe their Miniftry, both in hearing the Word of God, and in receiving of the Sacraments. Neither is the effect of Chrift's Ordinance taken away by their vvickednefs, nor the grace of God's gifts diminifhcd from fuch, as by faith and rightly do receive the Sacraments miniftred unto them, which be effectual, be- caufe of Chrift's Inftitution and Promife, although they be miniftred by evil men. Ncverthelefs, it appertaineth to the Difcipline of the Church, that enquiry be made of evil Miniftcrs, and that they be accufed by thofe that have knowledge of their offences; and finally being found guilty, by juft judgment be depofed. XXVII. Of Baptifm. BAPTISM is not only a Sign of Profeffion, and Mark of Difference, where by Chriftian men are difcerned from others that be not Chriftened: but it is alfo a Sign of Regeneration or New Birth, whereby, as by an Inftrument, they that receive Baptifm rightly, are grafted into the Church : the promifes of the forgive- nefs of fin, and of our adoption to be the Sons of God by the Holy Ghoft, arc vifibly Signed and Sealed : Faith is confirmed, and Grace increafed by Virtue of Prayer unto God. The Baptifm of young Children is in any wife to be retained in the Church, as moft agreeable with the Inftitution of ChriiV. XXVIII. Of the Lord's Supper. THE Supper of the Lord is not only a Sign of the love that Chriftians ought to have among themfelves one to another: but rather it is a Sacrament of our Re- demption by Chrift's death: Infomuch that to fuch as rightly, worthily, and with Faith receive the fame, the Bread which we break, is a partaking of the Body of Chrift : and likewife the Cup of Bleffing, is a partaking of the Blood of Chrift. ^ Tranfubftantiation (or the change of the fubftance of Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by holy Writ : but it is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occafion to many Superftitions. The Body of Chrift is given, taken, and eaten in the Supper only after an heaven- ly and fpiritual manner. And the mean whereby the Body of Chrift is received and eaten in the Supper, is Faith. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was not by Chrift's Ordinance referved, carried about, lifted up, or worfhipped. XXIX. Of the Wichd, winch eat not the Body of Chriji in the ufe of the Lord's Supper. THE Wicked and fuch as be void ofa lively Faith, although they do carnally and vifibly prefs with their teeth, (as St. Auguftine faith) the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Chrift: yet in no wife are they partakers of Chrift, but rather to their condemnation do eat and drink the Sign or Sacrament of fo great a thing. ARTICLES OF RELIGION. xxJx XXX. Of both Kinds. THE Cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the Lay People : For both the parts of the Lord's Sacrament by Chrift's Ordinance and Commandment, ought to be miniftred to all Chriftian men alike. XXXI. Of the one Oblation of Chrift fnijhed upon the Crofs. THE Offering of Chrift once made, is that perfect Redemption, Propitiation, and Satisfaction for all the fins of the whole world, both Original and Aclual, and there is none other Satisfaction for fin, but that alone. Wherefore the Sacrifices of Mafles, in the which it was commonly faid, that thePrieft did offer Chrift for the quick and the dead, to have remiflion of pain or guilt, were blafphemous Fables, and dangerous Deceits. XXXII. Of the Marriage of Prie/ts. BISHOPS, Priefts, and Deacons, are not commanded by God's Law, either to vow the eftate of fingle life, or to abftain from Marriage : Therefore it is law r ful for them, as for all other Chriftian men, to Marry at their own difcretion, as they (hall judge the fame to ferve better to godlinefs. XXXIII. Of Excommunicate P erf ens, how they are to be avoided. THAT perfon which by open Denunciation of the Church is rightly cut off from the Unity of the Church, and Excommunicated, ought to be taken, of the whole multitude of the faithful, as an Heathen and Publican, until he be openly reconciled by Penance, and received into the Church by a Judge that hath Au- thority thereunto. XXXIV. Of the Traditions of the Church. IT is not neceffary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places one, or ut- terly like; for at all times they have been divers, and may be changed according to the diverfity of Countries, Times, and Men's Manners, fo that nothing be or dained againft God's \Vord. \Vhofoever, through his private Judgment, willing- ly and purpofely doth openly break the Traditions and Ceremonies of the Church, which be not repugnant to the \Vord of God, and be ordained and approved bv common Authority, ought to be rebuked openly, (that other may fear to do the like) as he that offendeth againft the common Order of the Church, and hurteth the Authority of the Magiftrate, and woundeth the Confciences of the weak Brethren. Every particular or National Church hath Authority to ordain, change, and abo- 15(h Ceremonies or Rites of the Church, ordained only by man's Authority, fo that all things be done to edifying. XXXV. Of Homilies. THEfecond Book of Homilies, thefeveral Titles whereof we have joyned under this Article, doth contain a godly and wholfome Doctrine, and neceffary for thefe Times, as doth the former Book of Homilies, which were fet forth in the Time of Edward the Sixth ; and therefore we judge them to be read in Churches by the Minifters, diligently and diftinclly, that they may be underfunded of the People. f OF THE NAMES OF THE HOMILIES. 1 Of Alms-doing. 2 Of the Nativity of Chrift. i3OfthePaffionof Chrift. 1 4 Of the Rcfurreftion of Chrift. 15 Of the worthy receiving ot the Sacra- ment of the Body and Blood of Chrift. 1 6 Of the Gifts of the Holy Ghoft. 17 For the Rogation-days. 1 8 Of the State of Matrimony. 19 Of Repentance. 20 Againft Idlenefs. 21 Againft Rebellion. 3 Of Repairing and 4 Of good Works, 1 OF the right Ufe of the Church. 2 Againft Peril of Idolatry. - J keeping clean of Churches, firft of Fafting. 5 Againft Gluttony and Drunkennefs. 6 Againft excefs o? Apparel. 7 Of Prayer. 8 Of the Place and Time of Prayer. 9 That Common Prayers and Sacraments loO ought to be Miniftered in a known Tongue Of the Reverent Eftimation of God's Word. xxx ARTICLES OF RELIGION. XXXVI. Of Consecration of Bijhops and Mimjlers. THE Book of Confecration of Arch-Bifhops and Bi(hops, and Ordering of Priefts and Deacons, lately fct forth in the time of Edward the Sixth, and confirm- ed at the fame time by Authority of Parliament, doth contain all things neceffary to fuch Confecration and Ordering : neither hath it any thing that of itfelf is fuperftitious and ungodly. And therefore whofoever are Confecrated or Ordered according to the Rites of that Book, fince the Second Year of the forenamed King Edward, unto this time, or hereafter fhall be Confecrated or Ordered according to the fame Rites, we decree all fuch to be rightly, orderly, and lawfully Confecrated and Ordered. XXXVII. Of the Civil Magi/f rates. THE Queen's Majefty hath the chief Power in this Realm of England, and other her Dominions, unto whom the chief Government of all Eftates of this Realm, whether they be Ecclefiaftical or Civil, in all Caufes doth appertain, and is not, nor ought to be fubjecl to any Foreign Jurifdiction. Where we attribute to the Queen's Majefty the chief Government, by which Titles we understand the Minds of fome flanderous Folks to be offended : we give not to our Princes the miniftring either of God's Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions alfo lately fct forth by Elizabeth our Queen do moft plainly teftify : but that only Prerogative which we fee to have been given always to all godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God himfelf, that is, that they fhould rule all Eftates and Degrees committed to their Charge by God, whether they be Ecclefiaftical or Temporal, and reftrain with the Civil Sword the ftubborn and evil doers. The Bifhop of Rome hath no Jurisdiction in this Realm of England. The Laws of the Realm may punifh Chriftian men with Death for heinous and grievous Offences. It is lawful for Chriftian men, at the Commandment of the Magiftrate, to wear weapons, and ferve in the Wars. XXXVIII. Of Chriftian Men's Goods which are net common. THE Riches and Goods of Chriftians are not common, as touching the Right, Title, and Poffeffion of the fame, as certain Anabaptifts do falfely boaft. Not- withftanding, every Man ought of fuch things as he poffeffeth, liberally to give Alms to the Poor, according to his ability. XXXIX. Of a Cbrlftian Mans Oath. AS we confefs that vain and ram Swearing is forbidden Chriftian men by our Lord Jefus Chrift, and James his Apoftle: So we judge that Chriftian Religion doth not prohibit, but that a man may fwear when the Magiftrate requireth, in a Caufe of Faith and Charity, fo it be done according to the Prophets teaching, in Juftice, Judgment, and Truth. THE RATIFICATION. THIS Book of Articles before Rehearfed, is again Approved, and Allowed to be Holden and Executed within the Realm, by the Affent and Confent of our So- vereign Lady ELIZABETH, by the Grace of God, of England, France, and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c. which Articles were deliberately Read, and Confirmed again by the Subfcription of the Hand of the Arch-Bifhop and Bifhops of the Upper Houfe, and by the Subfcription of the whole Clergy of the Nether Houfe in their Convocation, in the Year of our Lord, 1571. THE ORDER FOR MORNING. PRAYER, DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. H At the beginning of Morning Prayer, the Mini/ler Jhall read with a loud voice fome one or more of thefe fentences of the fcriptures that follow : and then he Jhall fay that which is written after the faid fentences. "X7I7HEN the wicked man turneth away from his wickednefs that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he mall fave his foul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27. I acknowledge my tranfgreflions, and my fin is ever before me. Pfal. li. 3. B 2 MORNING PRAYER. Hide thy face from my fins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Pfal. li. 9. The facrifices of God are a broken fpirit : a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not defpife. Ver. 17. Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious and merciful, flow to anger, and of great kind- nefs, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13. To the Lord our God belong mercies and for- giveneffes, though we have rebelled againft him : neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he fet before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. Lord, correft me, but with judgement ; not in thine anger, left thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Pfal. vi. i. Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. St. Matth. iii. 2. 1 will arife and go to my father, and will fay unto him, Father, I have finned againft heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy fon. St. Luke xv. 18, 19. Enter not into judgement with thy fervant, O Lord ; for in thy fight mall no man living be juf- tified. Pfal. cxliii. 2. If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive our- felves, and the truth is not in us : but if we con- fefs our fins, he is faithful and juft to forgive us MORNING PRAYER. 3 our fins, and to cleanfe us from all unrighteouf- nefs. i St. John i. 8, 9. DEARLY beloved brethren, the fcripture moveth us in fundry places to acknowledge and confefs our manifold fins and wickednefs, and that we fhould not diflemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father, but confefs them with an humble, lowly, peni- tent, and obedient heart, to the end that we may obtain forgivenefs of the fame by his infinite goodnefs and mercy. And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our fins before God, yet ought we moft chiefly fo to do, when we aflemble and meet together, to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to fet forth his moft worthy praife, to hear his moft holy word, and to alk thofe things which are requifite and neceflary, as well for the body as the foul. Wherefore I pray and befeech you, as many as are here prefent, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, faying after me. H A general Confejfion to be faid of the whole congre- gation, after the Mini/ler, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and moft merciful Father, We have erred and ftrayed from thy ways like loft fheep : We have followed too much the devices and defires of our own hearts : We have offend- B 2 4 MORNING PRAYER. ed againft thy holy laws : We have left undone thofe things which we ought to have done ; And we have done thofe things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miferable of- fenders. Spare thou them, O God, which con- fefs their faults : Reftore thou them that are peni- tent ; According to thy promifes, declared unto mankind in Chrift Jefu our Lord. And grant, O moft merciful Father, for his fake, That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and fober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. I The Abfolution or Remiffion of fins, to be pronounced by the Prieft alone, ftanding ; the people ftill kneel- ing. ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, who defireth not the death of a fm- ner, but rather that he may turn from his wick- ednefs, and live; and hath given power and com- mandment to his Minifters, to declare and pro- nounce to his people, being penitent, the abfolu- tion and remiffion of their fins: He pardoneth , and abfolveth all them that truly repent, and un- feignedly believe his holy Gofpel. Wherefore let us befeech him to grant us true repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that thofe things may pleafe him which we do at this prefent, and that the reft of our life hereafter may be pure and holy, MORNING PRAYER. 5 fo that at the laft we may come to his eternal joy, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. H The people Jhall anfwer here, and at the end of all other prayers, " Amen." 1 Then the Minijler Jhall kneel, and fay the Lord's Prayer with an audible voice ; the people alfo kneel- ing, and repeating it with him, both here, and wherefoever elfe it is ufed in divine fervice. OUR Father, which art in heaven ; hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trefpafles, as we forgive them that trefpafs againft us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deli- ver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. f Then likewife he Jhall fay, O Lord, open thou our lips. Anfw. And our mouth mall mew forth thy praife. Prieft. O God, make fpeed to fave us. Anfw. O Lord, make hafte to help us. H Here all Jlanding up, the Priejl Jhall fay, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghoft ; Anfw. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever fiiall be : world without end. Amen. B 3 6 MORNING PRAYER. Prieft. Praife ye the Lord. Anfw. The Lord's Name be praifed. f Then Jhall be Jaid or Jung this Pfalm following; except on Eafler-day, upon which another Anthem is appointed; and on the nineteenth day of every month it is not to be read here, but in the ordinary courje of the Pfalms. Venite, exultemus Domino. Pfalm xcv. O COME, let us fing unto the Lord : let us heartily rejoice in the ftrength of our falvation. Let us come before his prefence with thankf- giving : and fhew ourfelves glad in him with pfalms. For the Lord is a great God : and a great King above all gods. In his hand are all the corners of the earth: and the ftrength of the hills is his alfo. The fea is his, and he made it : and his hands prepared the dry land. O come, let us worfhip, and fall down : and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God : and we are the people of his pafture, and the fheep of his hand. To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts : as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wildernefs ; MORNING PRAYER. 7 When your fathers tempted me: proved me, and faw my works. Forty years long was I grieved with this genera- tion, and faid : It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways. Unto whom I fware in my wrath: that they mould not enter into my reft. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghoft ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever mall be : world without end. Amen. 1 Then Jhall follow the Pfalms in order as they are appointed. And at the end of every Pfalm through- out the year, and likewife at the end of Benedicite, Benediflus, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis, Jhall be repeated, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghoft ; Anfw. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever fhall be : world without end. Amen. f Then Jhall be read diftinElly, zuith an audible voice, the jirft lejfon, taken out of the Old Tejlament, as is appointed in the Kalendar, (except there be pro- per lejfons ajjigned for that day) he that readeth, fo Jlanding, and turning himfelf, as he may beft be heard of all fuck as are prefent. And after that, Jhall be faid or fung, in Englijh, the Hymn called Te Deum laudamus, daily throughout the year. B 4 8 MORNING PRAYER. I Note, that before every leffon the Mini/ler Jhall fay, 66 Here beginneth fuck a chapter, or verfe of fuck a chapter of fuch a book :" and after every leffbn, " Here endeth the firjl, or the fecond lejfon" Te Deum laudamus. WE praife thee, O God : we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worfhip thee : the Father everlafting. To thee all angels cry aloud : the heavens, and all the powers therein. To thee Cherubin and Seraphin : continually do cry, Holy, holy, holy : Lord God of Sabaoth. Heaven and earth are full of the majefty : of thy glory. The glorious company of the apoftles: praife thee. The goodly fellowfhip of the prophets : praife thee. The noble army of martyrs : praife thee. The holy church throughout all the world: doth acknowledge thee ; The Father : of an infinite majefty ; Thine honourable, true : and only Son ; Alfo the Holy Ghoft : the Comforter. Thou art the King of Glory : O Chrift. Thou art the everlafting Son : of the Father. MORNING PRAYER. 9 When thou tookeft upon thee to deliver man : thou didft not abhor the virgin's womb. When thou hadft overcome the fharpnefs of death: thou didft open the kingdom of heaven to all believers. Thou fitted at the right hand of God : in the glory of the Father. We believe that thou fhalt come: to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee, help thy fervants : whom thou haft redeemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy faints : in glory everlafting. O Lord, fave thy people : and blefs thine he- ritage. Govern them : and lift them up for ever. Day by day : we magnify thee ; And we worfhip thy Name : ever world with- out end. Vouchfafe, O Lord : to keep us this day with- out fin. O Lord, have mercy upon us : have mercy up- on us. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us: as our truft is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trufted : let me never be confounded. 10 MORNING PRAYER. 1 Or this canticle, Benedicite, omnia opera Domini. O ALL ye works of the Lord, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye angels of the Lord, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye heavens, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye waters, that be above the firmament, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye powers of the Lord, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye fun and moon, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye ftars of heaven, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye fhowers and dew, blefs ye the Lord: praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye winds of God, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye fire and heat, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye winter and fummer, blefs ye the Lord: praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye dews and frofts, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye frofts and cold, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye ice and fnow, blefs ye the Lord: praife him, and magnify him for ever, MORNING PRAYER. 11 O ye nights and days, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye light and darknefs, blefs ye the Lord: praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye lightnings and clouds, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O let the earth blefs the Lord: yea, let it praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye mountains and hills, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye green things upon the earth, blefs ye the Lord: praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye wells, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye feas and floods, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye fowls of the air, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye beafts and cattle, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye children of men, blefs ye the Lord: praife him, and magnify him for ever. O let Ifrael blefs the Lord: praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye priefts of the Lord, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. 12 MORNING PRAYER. O ye fervants of the Lord, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye fpirits and fouls of the righteous, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye holy and humble men of heart, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. O Ananias, Azarias, and Mifael, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghoft ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever mall be : world without end. Amen. H Thenjhall be read, in like manner, the fecond lejjbn, taken out of the New Teftament. And after that, the hymn following ; except when thatjhall happen to be read in the chapter for the day, or for the gof- pel on St. John the Baptift's day. Benedittus. St. Luke i. 68. BLESSED be the Lord God of Ifrael : for he hath vifited and redeemed his people ; And hath raifed up a mighty falvation for us : in the houfe of his fervant David ; As he fpake by the mouth of his holy pro- phets : which have been fmce the world began ; That we fhould be faved from our enemies: and from the hands of all that hate us ; To perform the mercy promifed to our forefa- thers : and to remember his holy covenant ; MORNING PRAYER. 13 To perform the oath which he fware to our forefather Abraham : that he would give us ; That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies : might ferve him without fear ; In holinefs and righteoufnefs before him: all the days of our life. And thou, child, fhalt be called the Prophet of the Higheft : for thou fhalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways ; To give knowledge of falvation unto his peo- ple : for the remiffion of their fins, Through the tender mercy of our God : where- by the day-fpring from on high hath viiited us ; To give light to them that fit in darknefs, and in the fhadow of death: and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghoft ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever mall be : world without end. Amen. f Or this Pfalm. Jubilate Deo. Pfalm c. O BE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands : ferve the Lord with gladnefs, and come before his prefence with a fong. Be ye fure that the Lord he is God : it is he that hath made us, and not we ourfelves, we are his people, and the fheep of his pafture. 14 MORNING PRAYER. go your way into his gates with thankfgiving, and into his courts with praife : be thankful unto him, and fpeak good of his name. For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlaft- ing: and his truth endureth from generation to generation. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghoft ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever {hall be : world without end. Amen. H Then Jhall be fung or faid the Apq/lles Creed by the Mini/ler, and the people, ftanding ; except only fuch days as the Creed of Saint Athanafms is ap- pointed to be read. 1 BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth : And in Jefus Chrift his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghoft, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried ; He defcended into hell, The third day he rofe again from the dead; He afcended into heaven, And fitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he (hall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghoft ; The holy Catho- lic Church ; The communion of faints ; The for- givenefs of fins; The refurreftion of the body, And the life everlafting. Amen. Jefut Chriji.] In Vita Claud. Cjef. Vide Suetoniut, and Pliny's Teftimonics, Lib. loand 15. MORNING PRAYER. 15 f And after that, thefe Prayers following, all de- voutly kneeling ; the Minifter jirjl pronouncing with a loud voice, The Lord be with you. Anfw. And with thy Spirit. Minifter. H Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Chrift, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. 1 Then the Minifter, Clerks, and People, fhall fay the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice. OUR Father, which art in heaven ; Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our tref- pafles, As we forgive them that trefpafs againft us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen. f Then the Priejl Jlanding up, Jhall fay, O Lord, mew thy mercy upon us. Anfw. And grant us thy falvation. Prieft. O Lord, fave the king. Anfw. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Prieft. Endue thy minifters with righteoufnefs. Anfw. And make thy chofen people joyful. Prieft. O Lord, fave thy people. Anfw. And blefs thine inheritance. Dailv bread.'] The bread neceflary for our fubfiftence. See Dr. Willan'j Hiftoiy of Chrift. p. 117. i6 MORNING PRAYER. Prieft. Give peace in our time, O Lord. Anfw. Becaufe there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Prieft. O God, make clean our hearts within us. Anfw. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. f Then Jhall follow three Colletts ; the Jirjl of the day, which Jhall be the fame that is appointed at the Communion ; the fecond for peace ; the third for grace to live well. And the two laft Colled s Jhall never alter, but daily be faid at Morning Prayer throughout all the year, as followeth, all kneeling. f THE SECOND COLLECT, FOR PEACE. O GOD, who art the author of peace, and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom ftand- eth our eternal life, whofe fervice is perfeft free- dom ; defend us thy humble fervants in all aflaults of our enemies, that we furely trufting in thy de- fence, may not fear the power of any adverfaries, through the might of Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. 1 THE THIRD COLLECT, FOR GRACE. O LORD, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlafting God, who haft fafely brought us to the beginning of this day ; defend us in the fame with thy mighty power, and grant that this day we fall into no fin, neither run into any kind of danger ; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy fight, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. MORNING PRAYER. 17 f In choirs and places where they fing, here followeth the Anthem. 1 Then thefejive Prayers follozuing are to be read here, except when the Litany is read; and then only the two lajl are to be read, as they are there placed. HA PRAYER FOR THE KING'S MAJESTY. O LORD, our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only ruler of princes, who doft from thy throne behold I all the dwellers upon earth; Moft heartily we befeech thee with thy favour to behold our moft gracious Sovereign Lord King GEORGE, and fo replenilh him with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that he may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way : Endue him plenteoufly with heavenly gifts; grant him in health and wealth long to live; ftrengthen him that he may vanquifh and overcome all his enemies ; and finally after this life, he may attain everlafting joy and felicity, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. f A PRAYER FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY. ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all good- nefs, we humbly befeech thee to blefs our gracious Queen CHARLOTTE, his Royal Highnefs GEORGE Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family : En- due them with thy Holy Spirit ; enrich them with thy heavenly grace ; profper them with all hap- pinefs ; and bring them to thine everlafting king- dom, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. C i8 MORNING PRAYER. f A PRAYER FOR THE CLERGY AND PEOPLE. ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who alone workeft great marvels; Send down upon our bi- fhops and curates, and all congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace ; and that they may truly pleafe thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy bleffing.' Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jefus Chrift. Amen. H A PRAYER OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM. ALMIGHTY God, who haft given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common fupplications unto thee, and doft promife that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt grant their requefts ; Fulfil now, O Lord, the defires and petitions of thy fervants, as may be moft expedient for them ; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlafting. Amen, 2 COR. xiii. 14. THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the fellowfhip of the Holy Ghoft, be with us all evermore. Amen. Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout the Year. Holy Spirit.'] No one can receive the word of God but by the Holy Spirit. LUTHE R. [ 19 ] THE ORDER FOR EVENING PRAYER, DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ' H At the beginning of Evening Prayer, the Minijler Jhall read with a loud voice fome one or more of thefe fentences of the fcriptures that follow : and then he Jhall fay that which is- written after the faid fentences. T7[7HEN the wicked man turneth away from his wickednefs that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he mall fave his foul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27. I acknowledge my tranlgreflions, and my fin is ever before me. Pfal. li. 3. Hide thy face from my fins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Ver. 9. The facrifices of God are a broken fpirit : a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not defpife. Ver. 17. Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious and merciful, flow to anger, and of great kind- nefs, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13. To the Lord our God belong mercies and for- giveneffes, though we have rebelled againft him : C 2 I 20 EVENING PRAYER. neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he fet before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. Lord, correft me, but with judgement ; not in thine anger, left thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Pfal. vi. i. Repent ye ; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. St. Matth. iii. 2. 1 will arife and go to my father, and will fay unto him, Father, I have finned againft heaven, and before thee, and am no .more worthy to be called thy fon. St. Luke xv. 18, 19. Enter not into judgement with thy fervant, O Lord ; for in thy fight fhall no man living be juf- tified. Pfal. cxliii. 2. If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive our- felves, and the truth is not in us : but if we con- fefs our fins, he is faithful and juft to forgive us our fins, and to cleanfe us from all unrighteouf- nefs. i St. John i. 8, 9. DEARLY beloved brethren, the fcripture moveth us in fundry places to acknowledge and confefs our manifold fins and wickednefs, and that we mould not diffemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father, but confefs them with an humble, lowly, peni- tent, and obedient heart, to the end that we may obtain forgivenefs of the fame by his infinite goodnefs and mercy. And although we ought at m EVENING PRAYER. 21 all times humbly to acknowledge our fins before God, yet ought we moft chiefly fo to do, when we affemble and meet together, to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to fet forth his moft worthy praife, to hear his moft holy word, and to afk thofe things which are requifite and necefiary, as well for the body as the foul. Wherefore I pray and befeech you, as many as are here prefent, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, faying after me. 1 A general ConfeJ/ion to be faid of the whole congre- gation> after the Mini/ler, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and moft merciful Father, We have erred and ftrayed from thy ways like loft fheep : We have followed too much the devices and defires of our own hearts: We have offend- ed againft thy holy laws : We have left undone thofe things which we ought to have done ; And we have done thofe things which we ought not to have done ; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miferable of- fenders. Spare thou them, O God, which con- fefs their faults : Reftore thou them that are peni- tent; According to thy promifes, declared unto mankind in Chrift Jefu our Lord. And grant, O moft merciful Father, for his fake, That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and fober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. C 3 i 22 EVENING PRAYER. f" The Abfolution or Remiffion of fins, to be pronounced by the Priejl alone, Jlanding ; the people ftill kneel- ing. ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, who defireth not the death of a {in- ner, but rather that he may turn from his wick- ednefs, and live ; and hath given power and com- mandment to his Minifters, to declare and pro- nounce to his people, being penitent, the abfolu- tion and remiffion of their fins : He pardoneth and abfolveth all them that truly repent, and un- feignedly believe his holy Gofpel. Wherefore let us befeech him to grant us true repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that thofe things may pleafe him which we do at this prefent, and that the reft of our life hereafter may be pure and holy, fo that at the laft we may come to his eternal joy, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. H Then the Minifter jhall kneel, and fay the Lord's Prayer ; the people alfo kneeling, and repeating it with him. OUR Father, which art in heaven ; hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trefpafles, as we forgive them that trefpafs againft us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deli- ver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and EVENING PRAYER. 23 the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Then likewife he Jhall fay, O Lord, open thou our lips. Anfw. And our mouth fhall fliew forth thy praife. Prieft. O God, make fpeed to fave us, Anfw. O Lord, make hafte to help us. 1 Here all ftanding up, the Prieft Jhall fay, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghoft; Anfw. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever mail be : world without end. Amen. Prieft. Praife ye the Lord. Anfw. The Lord's Name be praifed. H Then Jhall be faid or Jung the Pfalms in order as they are appointed. Then a lejfon of the Old Tefta- ment, as is appointed: and after that, Magnificat (or the Song of the blejfed Virgin Mary) in Englijh, as follow eth. MAGNIFICAT. St. Luke i. 46. MY foul dotn magnify the Lord : and my fpi- rit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the lowlinefs of his hand- maiden. For behold, from henceforth: all generations ftiall call me blefled. For he that is mighty hath magnified me : and holy is his Name. C 4 24 EVENING PRAYER. And his mercy is on them that fear him : throughout all generations. He hath fhewed ftrength with his arm: he hath fcattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their feat : and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things : and the rich he hath fent empty away. He remembering|Jiis mercy, hath holpen his fervant Ifrael : as he promifed to our forefathers, Abraham and his feed for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghoft ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever ihall be : world without end. Amen. 1 Or elfe this Pfalm ; except it be on the nineteenth day of the month, when it is read in the ordinary courfe of the Pfalms. Cantate Domino. Pfalm xcviii. O SING unto the Lord a new fong: for he hath done marvellous things. With his own right hand, and with his holy arm : hath he gotten himfelf the vi6lory. The Lord declared his falvation : his righteouf- nefs hath he openly fhewed in the fight of the heathen. EVENING PRAYER. 25 He hath remembered his mercy and truth to- ward the houfe of Ifrael : and all the ends of the world have feen the falvation of our God. Shew yourfelves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands: fing, rejoice, and give thanks. Praife the Lord upon tfte harp: fing to the harp with a pfalm of thankfgiving. With trumpets alfo and mawms: O fhew your- felves joyful before the Lord the King. Let the fea make a noife, and all that therein is: the round world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together befor the Lord: for he cometh to judge the earth. With righteoufnefs (hall he judge the world: and the people with equity. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghoft; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever mall be: world without end. Amen. H Then a lejfon of the New Teftament, as it is ap- pointed: and after that, Nunc dimittis, (or the ;fong of Simeon) in Engli/h, as followeth. Nunc dimittis. St. Luke ii. 29. LORD, now letteft thou thy fervant depart in peace: according to thy word. For mine eyes have feen: thy falvation, Which thou haft prepared : before the face of all people; i 'velfth day n snrl 26 EVENING PRAYER. To be a light to lighten the Gentiles : and to be the glory of thy people Ifrael. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghoft ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever fhall be : world without end. Amen. H Or elfe this Pfalm; except it be on the twelfth day of the month. Deus mifereatur. Pfalm Ixvii. GOD be merciful unto us, and blefs us : and {hew us the light of his countenance, and be mer- ciful unto us. That thy way may be known upon earth : thy faving health among all nations. Let the people praife thee, O God: yea, let all the people praife thee. O let the nations rejoice and be glad : for thou ftialt judge the folk righteoufly, and govern the na- tions upon earth. Let the people praife thee, O God: yea, let all the people praife thee. Then fhall the earth bring forth her increafe : and God, even our own God, fhall give us. his bleffing. God fhall blefs us: and all the ends of the world fhall fear him. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghoft ; EVENING PRAYER. 27 As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever fliall be : world without end. Amen. f Then Jhall be faid or fung the Apojlles Creed by the Minifter, and the people, Jlanding. I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth : And in Jefus Chrift his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghoft, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried ; He defcended into hell, The third day he rofe again from the dead ; He afcended into heaven, And fitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he mall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghoft ; The holy Catho- lic Church ; The communion of faints ; The for- givenefs of fins; The refurreftion of the body, And the life everlafting. Amen. 1 And after that, thefe Prayers following, all de- voutly kneeling ; the Minifter Jirfl pronouncing with a loud voice, The Lord be with you. Anfw. And with thy Spirit. Minifter. f Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Chrift, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. 28 EVENING PRAYER. ' 1 Then the Minifter, Clerks, and People, Jhall fay the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice. OUR Father, which art in heaven ; Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our tref- pafles, As we forgive them that trefpafs againft us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen. 1 Then the Prieft Jlanding up, Jhall fay, O Lord, fhew thy mercy upon us. Anfw. And grant us thy falvation. Prieft. O Lord, fave the king. Anfw. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Prieft. Endue thy minifters with righteoufnefs. Anfw. And make thy chofen people joyful. Prieft. O Lord, fave thy people. Anfw. And blefs thine inheritance. Prieft. Give peace in our time, O Lord. Anfw. Becaufe there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Prieft. O God, make clean our hearts within us. Anfw. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. f Then Jhall follow three Collects; thefrjl of the day; the fecond for peace; the third for aid againfl all perils, as hereafter followeth : which two laft Col- lefts Jhall be daily faid at Evening Prayer, without alteration. Fromevil.'] From the evil one. See a note in Dr. Willan's Hiftory of Chrift. p. 37. EVENING PRAYER. 29 SECOND COLLECT AT EVENING PRAYER. O GOD, from whom all holy defires, all good counfels, and all juft works do proceed; Give unto thy fervants that peace which the world can- not give, that both our hearts may be fet to obey thy commandments, and alfo that by thee we be- ing defended from the fear of our enemies, may pafs our time in reft and quietnefs, through the merits of Jefus Chrift our Saviour. Amen. H THE THIRD COLLECT, FOR AID AGAINST ALL PERILS. LIGHTEN our darknefs, we befeech thee, O Lord, and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night, for the love of thy only Son our Saviour, Jefus Chrift. Amen. H In choirs and places where they Jing, here Jolloweth the Anthem. ? A PRAYER FOR THE KING'S MAJESTY. O LORD, our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only ruler of princes, who doft from thy throne be- hold all the dwellers upon earth ; Moft heartily we befeech thee with thy favour to behold our moft gracious Sovereign Lord King GEORGE, and fo replenifh him with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that he may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way : Endue him plenteoufly with heavenly gifts, grant him in health and wealth long to live ; ftrengthen him that he may van- 30 EVENING PRAYER. quifli and overcome all his enemies; and finally after this life, he may attain everlafting joy and felicity, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. f A PRAYER FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY. ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all good- nefs, we humbly befeech thee to blefs our gracious Queen CHARLOTTE, his Royal Highnefs GEORGE Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family : En- due them with thy Holy Spirit ; enrich them with thy heavenly grace ; profper them with all hap- pinefs ; and bring them to thine everlafting king- dom, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. ! A PRAYER FOR THE CLERGY AND PEOPLE. ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who alone workeft great marvels ; Send down upon our bi- fhops and curates, and all congregations commit- ted to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace ; and that they may truly pleafe thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy bleffing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Ad- vocate and Mediator, Jefus Chrift. Amen. 1 A PRAYER OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM. ALMIGHTY God, who haft given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common fupplications unto thee, and doft promife, that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt grant their requefts ; Fulfil now, O Lord, the defires and petitions of thy fervants, as may be moft expedient for them; granting us EVENING PRAYER. 31 in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlafting. Amen. 2 COR. xiii. 14. THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the fellowfhip of the Holy Ghoft, be with us all evermore. Amen. Here endcth the Order of Evening Prayer throughout the Year. THE CREED OF Sj. ATHANASIUS. 1 Upon thefe feafts, Chriftmas-day, the Epiphany, St. Matthias, Eajler-day, Afcenfion-day y W/iitfunday, St. John Baptift, St. James, St. Bartholomew, St. Matthew, St. Simon and St. Jude, St. An- drew, and upon Trinity -Sunday, Jhall be fung, or faid, at Morning Prayer, in/lead of the Apoftles Creed, this Confejfwn of our Chriftian faith, com- monly called the Creed of St. Athanafms, by the Minifler and people, Jlanding. Quicunque vult. WHOSOEVER will be faved: before all things it is neceflary that he hold the Catholic faith. Which faith, except every one do keep whole and undefiled: without doubt he mall perifh everlaftingly. And the Catholic faith is this : That we wor- fhip one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity ; 32 THE CREED OF ST. ATHANASIUS. Neither confounding the perfons : nor dividing the fubftance. For there is one perfon of the Father, another of the Son : and another o^the Holy Ghoft. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft is a|l one: the Glory equal, the Majefty co-eternal. Such as the Father is, fuch is the Son: and fuch is the Holy Ghoft. The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate : and the Holy Ghoft uncreate. The Father incomprehenfible, the Son incom- prehenfible : and the Holy Ghoft incomprehen- fible. The Father eternal, the Son eternal : and the Holy Ghoft eternal. And yet they are not three eternals : but one eternal. As alfo there are not three incomprehenfibles, nor three uncreated : but one uncreated, and one incomprehenfible. So likewife the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty : and the Holy Ghoft Almighty. And yet they are not three Almighties: but one Almighty. So the Father is God, the Son is God: and the Holy Ghoft is God. And yet they are not three Gods: but one God. THE CREED OF ST. ATHANASIUS. 33 So likewife the Father is Lord, the Son Lord : and the Holy Ghoft Lord ; And yet not three Lords : but one Lord. For like as we are compelled by the Chriftian verity: to acknowledge every Perfon by himfelf to be God and Lord ; So are we forbidden by the Catholic religion: to fay, There be three Gods, or three Lords. The Father is made of none : neither created, nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone : not made, nor created, but begotten. The Holy Ghoft is of the Father, and of the Son : neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding. So there is one Father, not three Fathers ; one Son, not three Sons : one Holy Ghoft, not three Holy Ghofts. And in this Trinity none is afore, or after other : none is greater, or lefs than another ; But the whole three Perfons are co-eternal to- gether : and co-equal. So that in all things, as is aforefaid : the Unity in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity is to be wor- fhipped. He therefore that will be faved : muft thus think of the Trinity, D 34 THE CREED OF ST. ATHANASIUS. Furthermore, it is neceffary to everlafting falva- tion : that he alfo believe rightly the incarnation of our Lord Jefus Chrift. For the right faith is, that we believe and con- fefs : that our Lord Jefus Chrift, the Son of God, is God and man; God of the fubftance of the Father, begotten before the worlds : and man of the fubftance of his mother, born in the world ; Perfeft God, and perfeft man : of a reafonable foul, and human flefh fubfifting ; Equal to the Father, as touching his God- head : and inferior to the Father, as touching his manhood. Who although he be God, and man : yet he is not two, but one Chrift ; One ; not by converfion of the Godhead into flefh : but by taking of the manhood into God ; One altogether ; not by confufion of fub- ftance : but by unity of perfon. For as the reafonable foul and flefh is one man : fo God and man is one Chrift. Who fuffered for our falvation : defcended into hell, rofe again the third day from the dead. He afcended into heaven, he fitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty: from whence he Ihall come to judge the quick and the dead. THE CREED OF ST. A T H A N A S I U S. 35 At whofe coming all men mall rife again with their bodies: and fhall give account for their own works. And they that have done good, fhall go into life everlafting : and they that have done evil, into everlafting fire. This is the Catholic faith : which except a man believe faithfully, he cannot be faved. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghoft ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever fhall be : world without end. Amen. 1 Here followeth the Litany, or General Supplication, to be Jung or faid after Morning Prayer, upon Sundays, Wednefdays, and Fridays, and at other times, when itjhall be commanded by the Ordinary. O GOD the Father of heaven : have mercy upon us miferable fmners. O God the Father of heaven : have mercy upon us miferable fmners. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: have mercy upon us miferable fmners. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world : have mercy upon us miferable fmners. O God the Holy Ghoft, proceeding from the Father, and the Son : have mercy upon us mife- rable fmners. D 2 3 6 THE LITANY. O God the Holy Ghoft, proceeding from the Father, and the Son : have mercy upon us mife- rable fmners. O holy, blefled, and glorious Trinity, three Perfons, and one God : have mercy upon us mi- ferable fmners. O holy, blefled, and glorious Trinity, three Perfons, and one God : have mercy upon us mi- ferable finners. Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our fore -fathers, neither take thou vengeance of our fins : fpare us, good Lord, fpare thy people whom thou haft redeemed with thy moft precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Spare us, good Lord. From all evil and mifchief, from fin, from the crafts and aflaults of the devil, from thy wrath, and from everlafting damnation, Good Lord, deliver us. From all blindnefs of heart ; from pride, vain- glory, and hypocrify ; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitablenefs, Good Lord, deliver us. From fornication, and all other deadly fin; and from all the deceits of the world, the flem, and the devil, Good Lord, deliver us. THE LITANY. 37 From lightning and tempeft ; from plague, peftilence, and famine ; from battle and murder, and from fudden death, Good Lord, deliver us. From all fedition, privy confpiracy, and rebel- lion ; from all falfe do&rine, herefy, and fchifm ; from hardnefs of heart, and contempt of thy word and commandment, Good Lord, deliver us. By the myftery of thy holy incarnation; by thy holy nativity and circumcifion ; by thy bap- tifm, fafting, and temptation, Good Lord, deliver us. By thine agony and bloody fweat ; by thy crofs and paffion ; by thy precious death and bu- rial ; by thy glorious refurre&ion and afcenfion ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghoft, Good Lord, deliver us. In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our wealth; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment, Good Lord, deliver us. We finners do befeech thee to hear us, O Lord God, and that it may pleafe thee to rule and govern thy holy church univerfal in the right way ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. D 3 8 THE LITANY. That it may pleafe thee to keep and ftrength- en in the true worfhipping of thee, in righte- oufnefs and holinefs of life, thy fervant GEORGE, our moft gracious King and Governor; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to rule his heart in thy faith, fear, and love, and that he may ever- more have affiance in thee, and ever feek thy honour and glory ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to be his defender and keeper, giving him the victory over all his enemies ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to blefs and preferve our gracious Queen CHARLOTTE, his Royal High- nefs GEORGE, Prince of Wales, and all the Roy- al Family; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to illuminate all bi- fhops, priefts, and deacons, with true knowledge and underftanding of thy word, and that both by their preaching and living they may fet it forth, and mew it accordingly ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to endue the lords of the council, and all the nobility, with grace, wifdom, and underftanding ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. THE LITANY. 39 That it may pleafe thee to blefs and keep the magiftrates, giving them grace to execute juftice, and to maintain truth ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe "thee to blefs and keep all thy people ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to give to all thy peo- ple increafe of grace, to hear meekly thy word, and to receive it with pure affe&ion,. and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to bring into the way of truth all fuch as have erred, and are deceived ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to ftrengthen fuch as do ftand, and to comfort and help the weak-hearted, and to raife up them that fall, and finally to beat down Satan under our feet ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord, D 4 40 THE LITANY. That it may pleafe thee to fuccour, help, and comfort all that are in danger, neceflity, and tri- bulation ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to preferve all that tra- vel by land or by water, all women labouring of child, all lick perfons and young children, and to mew thy pity upon all prifoners and captives ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to defend and provide for the fatherlefs children and widows, and all that are defolate and oppreffed ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to have mercy upon all men; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to forgive our enemies, perfecutors, and flanderers, and to turn their hearts ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to give and preferve to our ufe the kindly fruits of the earth, fo as in due time we may enjoy them ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to give us true repent- ance, to forgive us all our fins, negligences and ignorances, and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy holy word ; THE LITANY. 41 We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. Son of God : we befeech thee to hear us. Son of God : we befeech thee to hear us. O Lamb of God : that takeft away the fins of the world ; Grant us thy peace. O Lamb of God : that takeft away the fins of the world ; Have mercy upon us. O Chrift, hear us. O Chrift, hear us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Chrift, have mercy upon us. Chrift, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. f The n Jhall the Prieji, and the people with him, fay the Lord's Prayer. OUR Father, which art in heaven ; Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our tref- paffes, As we forgive them that trefpafs againft us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Prieft. O Lord, deal not with us after our fins. Anfw. Neither reward us after our iniquities. 42 THE LITANY. H Let us pray. O GOD merciful Father, that defpifeft not the fighing of a contrite heart, nor the defire of fuch as be forrowful ; Mercifully affift our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and ad- verfities whenfoever they opprefs us ; and graci- oufly hear us, that thofe evils which the craft and fubtilty of the devil or man worketh againft us, be brought to nought, and by the providence of thy goodnefs they may be difperfed, that we thy fervants being hurt by no perfecutions, may ever- more give thanks unto thee in thy holy church, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. O Lord, arife, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's fake. O GOD, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us the noble works that thou didft in their days, and in the old time before them. O Lord, arife, help us, and deliver us for thine honour. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghoft ; Anfw. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever fhall be : world without end. Amen. From our enemies defend us, O Chrift. Gracioufly look upon our affliftions. Pitifully behold the forrows of our hearts. Mercifully forgive the fins of thy people. THE LITANY. 43 Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. % O Son of David, have mercy upon us. Both now and ever vouchfafe to hear us, O Chrift. Gracioufly hear us, O Chrift, gracioufly hear us, O Lord, Chrift. Prieft. O Lord, let thy mercy be {hewed upon us; Anfw. As we do put our truft in thee. f Let us pray. WE humbly befeech thee, O Father, merci- fully to look upon our infirmities ; and for the glory of thy Name, turn from us all thofe evils that we moft righteoufly have deferved ; and grant, that in all our troubles we may put our whole truft and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore ferve thee in holinefs and purenefs of living, to thy honour and glory, through our only Mediator and Advocate, Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. H A PRAYER OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM. ALMIGHTY God, who haft given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common fupplications unto thee, and doft promife that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt grant their requefts ; Fulfil now, O Lord, the defires and petitions of thy fervants, as may be moft expedient for them ; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlafting. Amen. 44 THE LITANY. 2 COR. xiii. 14. THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the fellowfhip of the Holy Ghoft, be with us all evermore. Amen. Here endeth the Litany. PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, TO BE USED BEFORE THE TWO FINAL PRAYERS OF THE LITANY, OR OF MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER. PRAYERS. f FOR RAIN. O GOD heavenly Father, who by thy Son Je- fus Chrift haft promifed to all them that feek thy kingdom, and the righteoufnefs thereof, all things neceffary to their bodily fuftenance ; Send us, we befeech thee, in this our neceffity, fuch moderate rain and mowers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort, and to thy honour, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. H FOR FAIR WEATHER. O ALMIGHTY Lord God, who for the fin of man didft once drown all the world, except eight perfons, and afterward of thy great mercy didft promife never to deftroy it fo again ; We humbly befeech thee, that although we for our iniquities have worthily deferved a plague of rain and waters; yet upon our true repentance thou wilt Didjl once drown all the world.~\ See Genefis, chap. vii. PRAYERS. 45 fend us fuch weather, as that we may receive the fruits of the earth in due feafon, and learn both by thy puniihment to amend our lives, and for thy clemency to give thee praife and glory, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. f In the time of dearth and famine. O GOD heavenly Father, whofe gift it is, that the rain doth fall, the earth is fruitful, beafts in- creafe, and fifhes do multiply ; Behold, we be- feech thee, the affliftions of thy people, and grant that the fcarcity and dearth (which we do now moft juftly fuffer for our iniquity) may through thy goodnefs be mercifully turned into cheapnefs and plenty, for the love of Jefus Chrift our Lord; to whom with thee, and the Holy Ghoft, be all honour and glory, now and for ever. Amen. H Or this. O GOD merciful Father, who in the time of Elifha the prophet didft fuddenly, in Samaria, turn great fcarcity and dearth into plenty and cheapnefs ; Have mercy upon us, that we who are now for our fins punifhed with like adverfity, may likewife find a feafonable relief: Increafe the fruits of the earth by thy heavenly benedi&ion; and grant that we, receiving thy bountiful liberality, may ufe the fame to thy glory, the relief of thofe that are needy, and our own comfort, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. 46 PRAYERS. H In the time of war and tumults. O ALMIGHTY God, King of all kings, and Governor of all things, whofe power no creature is able to refift, to whom it belongeth juftly to punifh fmners, and to be merciful to them that truly repent; Save and deliver us, we humbly befeech thee, from the hands of our enemies; abate their pride, afiwage their malice, and con- found their devices, that we, being armed with thy defence, may be preferved everrn.pre from all perils, to glorify thee, who art the only giver of all viftory, through the merits of thy only Son Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. H In the time of any common plague or Jicknefs. O ALMIGHTY. God, who in thy wrath didft fend a plague upon thine own people in the wil- dernefs, for their obftinate rebellion againft Mofes and Aaron, and alfo in the time of king David didft flay with the plague of peftilence threefcore and ten thoufand, and yet remembering thy mercy didft fave the reft ; Have pity upon us miferable fmners, who now are vifited with great ficknefs and mortality ; that like as thou didft then accept of an atonement, and didft command the deftroy- ing angel to ceafe from puniming ; fo it may now pleafe thee to withdraw from us this plague and grievous ficknefs, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Obftinate rebellion againft Mofes and Aaron. ~] See Numbers, chap. xvi. PRAYERS. 47 1 In the Ember Weeks, to be faid every day, for thofe that are to be admitted into holy orders. ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who haft purchafed to thyfelf an univerfal church by the precious blood of thy dear Son; Mercifully look upon the fame, and at this time fo guide and govern the minds of thy fervants the bifhops and paftors of thy flock, that they may lay hands fud- denly on no man, but faithfully and wifely make choice of fit perfons to ferve in the facred miniftry of thy church. And to thofe which fhall be or- dained to any holy function, give thy grace and heavenly benediftion, that both by their life and doftrine they may fet forth thy glory, and fet for- ward the falvation of all men, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. I Or this. ALMIGHTY God, the giver of all good gifts, who of thy divine providence haft appointed divers orders in thy church; Give thy grace, we humbly befeech thee, to all thofe who are to be called to any office and adminiftration in the fame ; and fo replenifh them with the truth of thy doc- trine, and endue them with innocency of life, that they may faithfully ferve before thee, to the glory of thy great Name, and the benefit of thy holy church, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. 48 PRAYERS, f A PRAYER FOR THE HIGH COURT OF PARLIA- MENT, TO BE READ DURING THEIR SESSION. MOST gracious God, we humbly befeech thee, as for this kingdom in general, fo efpecially for the High Court of Parliament, under our moft reli- gious and gracious King at this time affembled : That thou wouldft be pleafed to direct and profper all their confultations, to the advancement of thy glory, the good of thy church, the fafety, honour, and welfare of our Sovereign and his kingdoms ; that all things may be fo ordered and fettled by their endeavours, upon the beft and fureft founda- tions, that peace and happinefs, truth and juftice, religion and piety, may be eftablifhed among us for all generations. Thefe and all other necefia- ries for them, for us, and thy whole church, we humbly beg in the name and mediation of Jefus * Chrift our moft bleffed Lord and Saviour. Amen. f A COLLECT OR PRAYER FOR ALL CONDITIONS OF MEN, TO BE USED AT SUCH TIMES WHEN THE LITANY IS NOT APPOINTED TO BE SAID. O GOD, the Creator and Preferver of all man- kind, we humbly befeech thee for all forts and conditions of men, that thou wouldft be pleafed to make thy ways known unto them ; thy faving health unto all nations. More efpecially we pray for the good eftate of the Catholic church ; that it may be fo guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profefs and call themfelves PRAYERS. 49 Chriftians, may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of fpirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteoufnefs of life. Finally, we commend to thy fatherly goodnefs, all thofe who are any ways afflifted or diftreffed in mind, body, or eftate, [*efpecially thofe for whom our prayers are defired] that it may pleafe thee to comfort and relieve them according to their feveral neceffities, giving them patience under their furferings, and a happy iffue out of all their affliftions. And this we beg for Jefus Chrift his fake. Amen. f A PRAYER THAT MAY BE SAID AFTER ANY OF THE FORMER. O GOD, whofe nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive ; Receive our humble petitions ; and though we be tied and bound with the chain of our fins, yet let the pitifulnefs of thy great mercy loofe us, for the honour of Jefus Chrift our Mediator and Advocate. Amen. THANKSGIVINGS. f A-GENERAL THANKSGIVING. ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy fervants do give thee moft humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodnefs and loving * This to be faid when any defire the prayers of the congregation. 5 o THANKSGIVINGS. kindnefs to us, and to all men ; [*particularly to thofe who defire now to offer up their praifes and thankfgivings for thy late mercies vouchfafed unto them.] We blefs thee for our creation, preferva- tion, and all the bleffings of this life, but above all for thine ineftimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jefus Chrift ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And we befeech thee give us that due fenfe of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thank- ful, and that we may mew forth thy praife not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our- felves to thy fervice, and by walking before thee in holinefs and righteoufnefs all our days, through Jefus Chrift our Lord ; to whom with thee and the Holy Ghoft be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. HFoR RAIN. O GOD our heavenly Father, who by thy gra- cious providence doft caufe the former and the latter rain to defcend upon the earth, that it may bring forth fruit for the ufe of man ; We give thee humble thanks that it hath pleafed thee in our great neceffity to fend us at the laft a joyful rain upon thine inheritance, and to refrefli it when it was dry, to the great comfort of us thy unworthy fervants, and to the glory of thy holy * This to be faid when any that have been prayed for defire to return praife. THANKSGIVINGS. 51 Name, through thy mercies in Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. H FOR FAIR WEATHER. O LORD God, who haft juftly humbled us by thy late plague of immoderate rain and waters, and in thy mercy haft relieved and comforted our fouls by this feafonable and bleffed change of weather; We praife and glorify thy holy Name for this thy mercy, and will always declare thy loving kindnefs from generation to generation, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. H FOR PLENTY. O MOST merciful Father, who of thy gra- cious goodnefs haft heard the devout prayers of thy Church, and turned our dearth and fcarcity into cheapnefo and plenty ; We give thee humble thanks for this thy fpecial bounty, befeeching thee to continue thy loving kindnefs unto us, that our land may yield us her fruits of increafe, to thy glory, and our comfort, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. f FOR PEACE AND DELIVERANCE FROM OUR ENE- MIES. O ALMIGHTY God, who art a ftrong tower of defence unto thy fervants againft the face of their enemies ; We yield thee praife and thankf- giving for our deliverance from thofe great and apparent dangers wherewith we were compafled. We acknowledge it thy goodnefs that we were E 2 52 THANKSGIVINGS. not delivered over as a prey unto them ; befeech- ing thee ftill to continue fuch thy mercies to- wards us, that all the world may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. H FOR RESTORING PUBLIC PEACE AT HOME. O ETERNAL God our heavenly Father, who alone makeft men to be of one mind in a houfe, and ftilleft the outrage of a violent and unruly people ; We blefs thy holy Name, that it hath pleafed thee to appeafe the feditious tumults which have been lately raifed up amongft us ; moft humbly befeeching thee to grant to all of us grace, that we may henceforth obediently walk in thy holy commandments, and leading a quiet and peaceable life in all godlinefs and honefty, may continually offer unto thee our facrifice of praife and thankfgiving for thefe thy mercies to- wards us, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. I FOR DELIVERANCE FROM THE PLAGUE, OR OTHER COMMON SlCKNESS. O LORD God, who haft wounded us for our fins, and confumed us for our tranfgreffions by thy late heavy and dreadful vifitation, and now in the midft of judgment remembering mercy, haft redeemed our fouls from the jaws of death; We offer unto thy fatherly goodnefs ourfelves, our fouls and bodies, which thou haft delivered, THANKSGIVINGS. 53 to be a living facrifice unto thee, always praifmg and magnifying thy mercies in the midft of thy church, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. H Or this. WE humbly acknowledge before thee, O moft merciful Father, that all the punifhments which are threatened in thy law, might juftly have fall- en upon us by reafon of our manifold tranfgref- fions and hardnefs of heart. Yet feeing it hath pleafed thee of thy tender mercy, upon our weak and unworthy humiliation, to affwage the conta- gious ficknefs wherewith we lately have been fore afflicted, and to reftore the voice of joy and health into our dwellings ; We offer unto thy Divine Majefty the facrifice of praife and thankf- giving, lauding and magnifying thy glorious Name for fuch thy prefervation and providence over us, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE COLLECTS, EPISTLES, AND GOSPELS, TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 1 Note, that the CoUett appointed for every Sunday, or for any holy -day that hath a vigil or eve, Jhall be faid at the Evening Service next before. The jirft Sunday in Advent. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may caft away the works of darknefs, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this E 3 54 THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. mortal life (in which thy Son Jefus Chrift came to vifit us in great humility) that in the laft day, when he mall come again in his glorious Majefty, to judge both the quick and dead, we may rife to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft, now and ever. Amen. K This Colled is to be repeated every day with the other Colletts in Advent, until Chriftmas-Eve. THE EPISTLE. Rom. xiii. 8. OWE no man any thing, but to love one ano- ther : for he that loveth another, hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou malt not commit adulte- ry, Thou malt not kill, Thou malt not fteal, Thou fhalt not bear falfe witnefs, Thou mall not covet ; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this faying, namely, Thou fhalt love thy neighbour as thyfelf. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour, therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of fleep : for now is our falvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far fpent, the day is at hand ; let us therefore call off the works of darknefs, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honeftly as in the day, not in rioting and drunkennefs, not in chambering and wanton- nefs, not in ftrife and envying. But put ye on THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 55 the Lord Jefus Chrift, and make not provifion for the flefh, to fulfil the lufts thereof. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. xxi. i. WHEN they drew nigh unto Jerufalem, and were come -to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then fent Jefus two difciples, faying unto them, Go into the village over againft you, and ftraightway ye mall find an afs tied, and a colt with her : loofe them, and bring them unto me. And if any man fay ought unto you, ye mall fay, The Lord hath need of them ; and ftraightway he will fend them. All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was fpoken by the Pro- phet, faying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Be- hold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and fitting upon an afs, and a colt the foal of an afs. And the difciples went, and did as Jefus commanded them, and brought the afs, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they fet him thereon. And a very great multitude fpread their garments in the way;* others cut down branches from the trees, and ftrawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went be- fore, and that followed, cried, faying, Hofanna to the Son of David : Blelfed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord ; Hofanna in the higheft. And when he was come into Jerufalem, all the city was moved, faying, Who is this? And the multitude faid, This is Jefus the Pro- * This was ufual at the inauguration of kings. See i Kings ix. 13. 56 THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. phet of Nazareth of Galilee. And Jefus went into the temple of God, and caft out all them that fold and bought in the temple, and over- threw the tables of the money-changers, and the feats of them that fold doves, and faid unto them, It is written, My houfe mall be called the houfe of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves. The fecond Sunday in Advent. THE COLLECT. BLESSED Lord, who haft caufed all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning ; Grant that we may in fuch wife hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digeft them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word we may embrace, and ever hold faft the blefled hope of everlafting life, which thou haft given us in our Saviour Jefus Chrift. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Rom. xv. 4. WHATSOEVER things were written afore- time, were written for our learning; that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Now the God of patience and confolation grant you to be like-minded one to- wards another, according to Chrift Jefus: That ye may with one mind, and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift. Wherefore receive ye one another, as Chrift alfo received us, to the glory of God. Now I THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 57 fay, that Jefus Chrift was a minifter of the cir- cumcifion, for the truth of God, to confirm the promifes made unto the fathers : And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy, as it is written, For this caufe I will confefs to thee among the Gentiles, and fmg unto thy Name. And again he faith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praife the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and laud him, all ye people. And again, Efaias faith, There mall be a root of Jefle, and he that mall rife to reign over the Gentiles, in him mall the Gentiles truft. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghoft. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xxi. 25. AND there mall be figns in the fun, and in the moon, and in the ftars; and upon the earth diftrefs of nations, with perplexity, the fea and the waves roaring ; mens hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after thofe things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven mail be fhaken. And then mall they fee the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory. And when thefe things begin to come to pafs, then look up, and lift up your heads : for your redemption draweth nigh. And he fpake to them a parable, Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees; When they now moot forth, ye fee and 58 THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. know of your own felves that fummer is now nigh at hand. So likewife ye, when ye fee thefe things come to pafs, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I fay unto you, This generation mail not pafs away, till all be fulfilled : heaven and earth mall pafs away ; but my words mall not pafs away. The third Sunday in Advent. THE COLLECT. O LORD Jefu Chrift, who at thy firft coming didft fend thy meflenger to prepare thy way be- fore thee ; Grant that the minifters and ftewards of thy myfteries may likewife fo prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the difobedient to the wifdom of the juft, that at thy fecond coming to judge the world, we may be found an acceptable people in thy fight, who liveft and reigneft with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE, i Cor. iv. i. LET a man fo account of us, as of the minif- ters of Chrift, and ftewards of the myfteries of God. Moreover, it is required in ftewards, that a man be found faithful. But with me it is a very fmall thing, that I fhould be judged of you, or of man's judgment :* yea, I judge not mine own felf. For I know nothing by myfelf, yet am I * The very fmalleft of all things. See the original. THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 59 not hereby juftified ; but he that judgeth me, is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darknefs, and will make manifeft the counfels of the hearts; and then mail every man have praife of God. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. xi. 2. NOW when John had heard in the prifon the works of Omit, he fent two of his difciples, and faid unto him, Art thou he that mould come, or do we look for another? Jefus anfwered and faid unto them, Go and fhew John again thofe things which ye do hear and fee : The blind receive their fight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleanfed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raifed up, and the poor have the Gofpel preached to them. And bleffed is he whofoever mall not be offended in me. And as they departed, Jefus be- gan to fay unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wildernefs to fee ? A reed fhaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to fee ? A man clothed in foft raiment ? behold, they that wear foft clothing are in kings houfes. But what went ye out for to fee? A prophet? yea, I fay unto you, and more than a prophet. For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I fend my meffenger before thy face, which mall prepare thy way before thee. 60 THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. THE COLLECT. O LORD, raife up (we pray thee) thy power, and come among us, and with great might fuccour us; that whereas through our fins and wicked- nefs we are fore let and hindered in running the race that is fet before us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may fpeedily help and deliver us, through the fatisfaftion of thy Son our Lord ; to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghoft, be honour and glory, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Phil. iv. 4. REJOICE in the Lord alway ; and again I fay, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be care- ful for nothing: but in every thing by prayer and fupplication with thankfgiving, let your re- quefts be made known unto God. And the peace of God which paffeth all underftanding, mall keep your hearts and minds through Chrift Je- fus. THE GOSPEL. St. John i. 19. THIS is the record of John, when the Jews fent Priefts and Levites from Jerufalem, to afk him, Who art thou ? And he confefled, and de- nied not; but confeffed, I am not the Chrift. And they alked him, What then ? Art thou Eli- as? And he faith, I am not. Art thou that Prophet? And he anfwered, No. Then faid they unto him. Who art thou ? that we may give THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 6l an anfwer to them that fent us. What fayeft thou of thyfelf ? He faid, I am the voice of one cry- ing in the wildernefs, Make ftraight the way of the Lord, as faid the prophet Efaias : And they which were fent, were of the Pharifees. And they afked him, and faid unto him, Why baptizeft thou then, if thou be not that Chrift, nor Elias, neither that Prophet? John anfwered them, faying, I baptize with water : but there ftandeth one among you, whom ye know not. He it is, who coming after me, is preferred before me, whofe fhoes latchet I am not worthy to unloofe. Thefe things were done in Bethabara beyond Jor- dan, where John was baptizing. 1 The nativity of our Lord, or the birth- day of CHRIST, commonly called Chri/imas-day. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who haft given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure virgin ; Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit, through the fame our Lord Jefus Chrift, who liveth and reigneth with thee, and the fame Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Heb. i. i. GOD, who at fundry times, and in divers manners, fpake in time paft unto the fathers by 62 CHRISTMAS-DAY. the prophets, hath in thefe laft days fpoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom alfo he made the worlds. Who being the brightnefs of his glory, and the exprefs image of his perfon, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himfelf purged our fins, fat down on the right hand of the Majefty on high : Being made fo much better than the angels, as he hath by inhe- ritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels faid he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he mall be to me a Son ? And again, when he bringeth in the firft -begotten into the world, he faith, And let all the angels of God worfhip him. And of the angels he faith, Who maketh his angels fpirits, and his minifters a flame of fire. But unto the Son he faith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever ; a fceptre of righte- oufnefs is the fceptre of thy kingdom. Thou haft loved righteoufnefs, and hated iniquity ; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladnefs above thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning haft laid the foundation of the earth ; and the heavens are the works of thine hands. They fhall perifh, but thou remaineft ; and they all fhall wax old as doth a garment ; and as a vefture {halt thou fold CHRISTMAS-DAY. 63 them up, and they 3 fhall be changed ; but thou art the fame, and thy years fhall not fail. THE GOSPEL. St. John i. i. IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The fame was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made, that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light mineth in darknefs, and the darknefs comprehended it not. There was a man fent from God, whofe name was John. The fame came for a witnefs, to bear witnefs of the light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that light, but was fent to bear witnefs of that light. That was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the fons of God, even to them that believe on his Name : which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flefh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flefh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth. 64 ST. STEPHEN'S DAY. THE COLLECT. GRANT, O Lord, that in all our fufferings here upon earth, for the teftimony of thy truth, we may ftedfaftly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory that fhall be revealed ; and being filled with the Holy Ghoft, may learn to love and blefs our perfecutors by the example of thy firft Martyr Saint Stephen, who prayed for his murderers to thee, O bleffed Jefus, who ftandeft at the right hand of God to fuccour all thofe that fuffer for thee, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. H Then Jhall follow the Colled of the Nativity, which Jhall be faid continually unto New-year's Eve. For the EPISTLE. A6ls vii. 55. STEPHEN being full of the Holy Ghoft, looked up ftedfaftly into heaven, and faw the glory of God, and Jefus ftanding on the right hand of God, and faid, Behold, I fee the hea- vens opened, and the Son of man ftanding on the right hand of God. Then they cried out with a loud voice, and flopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, and caft him out of the city, and ftoned him : and the witneffes laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whofe name was Saul. And they ftoned Stephen, calling upon God, and faying, Lord Jefus, re- ceive my fpirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice. Lord, lay not this fin to S T. S T E P H E N ' S D A Y. 65 their charge. And when he had faid this, he fell afleep. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. xxiii. 34. BEHOLD, I fend unto you prophets, and wife men, and fcribes ; and fome of them ye fhall kill and crucify; and fome of them fhall ye fcourge in your fynagogues, and perfecute them from city to city; that upon you may come all the righte- ous blood fhed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zacharias, fon of Barachias, whom ye flew between the temple and the altar. Verily I fay unto you, all thefe things fhall come upon this generation. O Jerufalem, Jerufalem, thou that killeft the pro- phets, and ftoneft them which are fent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not ! Behold, your houfe is left unto you defolate. For I fay unto you, ye fhall not fee me henceforth, till ye fhall fay, Blefled is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord. St. John the Evangelijl's day. THE COLLECT. MERCIFUL Lord, we befeech thee to caft thy bright beams of light upon thy church, that it being enlightened by the doftrine of thy blefled Apoftle and Evangelift Saint John, may fo walk in the light of thy truth, that it may at length F 66 ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST'S DAY. attain to the light of everlafting life, through Je- fus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE, i St. John i. i. THAT which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have feen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the word of life (for the life was manifefted, and we have feen it, and bear witnefs, and fhew unto you that eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifefted unto us) ; that which we have feen and heard, de- clare we unto you, that ye alfo may have fellow - Ihip with us ; and truly our fellowfhip is with the Father, and -with his Son Jefus Chrift. And thefe things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. This then is the mefiage which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darknefs at all. If we fay that we have fellowfhip with him, and walk in darknefs, we lye, and do nbt the truth : but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowfhip one with another, and the blood of Jefus Chrift his Son cleanfeth us from all fin. If we fay that we have no fin, we de- ceive ourfelves, and the truth is not in us. If we confefs our fins, he is faithful and juft to for- give us our fins, and to cleanfe us from all un- righteoufnefs. If we fay that we have not finned, we make him a liar, and his Word is not in us. ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST'S DAY. 67 THE GOSPEL. St.Johnxxi. 19. JESUS faid unto Peter, Follow me. Then Peter turning about, feeth the difciple whom Je- fus loved, following, which alfo leaned on his breaft at flipper, and faid, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee ? Peter feeing him, faith to Jefus, Lord, and what fhall this man do? Jefus faith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? Follow thou me. Then went this faying abroad among the brethren, that that difciple mould not die : yet Jefus faid not unto him, He fhall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? This is the difciple which teftifieth of thefe things, and wrote thefe things, and we know that his tefti- mony is true. And there are alfo many other things which Jefus did, the which if they fhould be written every one, I fuppofe that even the world itfelf could not contain the books that fhould be written. The Innocents day. THE COLLECT. O ALMIGHTY God, who out of the mouths of babes and fucklings haft ordained ftrength, and madefi infants to glorify thee by their deaths ; Mor- tify and kill all vices in us, and fo ftrengthen us by thy grace, that by the innocency of our lives, and conflancy of our faith even unto death, we F 2 68 THE INNOCENTS DAY. may glorify thy holy Name, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. For the EPISTLE. Rev. xiv. i. I LOOKED, and lo, a Lamb flood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thoufand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder : and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps : and they fung as it were a new fong before the throne, and before the four beafts, and the elders ; and no man could learn that fong, but the hundred and forty and four thoufand, which were redeemed from the earth. Thefe are they which were not defiled with women, for they are virgins : thefe are they which follow the Lamb whitherfoever he goeth : thefe were redeemed from among men, being the firft-fruits unto God, and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile ; for they are without fault before the throne of God. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. ii. 13. THE angel of the Lord appeared to Jofeph in a dream, faying, Arife, and take the young child, and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word ; for Herod will feek the young child, to deftroy him. When he arofe, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt, and was there THE INNOCENTS DAY. 69 until the death of Herod ; that it might be ful- filled which was fpoken of the Lord by the pro- phet, faying, Out of Egypt have I called my Son. Then Herod, when he faw that he was mocked of the wife -men, was exceeding wroth, and fent forth, and flew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coafts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wife- men. Then was fulfilled that which was fpoken by Jeremy the prophet, faying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, becaufe they are not. ^ The Sunday after Chriftmas-day. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who haft given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure virgin ; Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit, through the fame our Lord Jefus Chrift, who liveth and reigneth with thee, and the fame Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Gal. iv. i. NOW I fay, that the heir as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a fervant, though yO THE SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS-DAY. he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and gover- nors, until the time appointed of the father. Even fo we, when we were children, were in bon- dage under the elements of the world : but when the fulnefs of the time was come, God fent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of fons. And be- caufe ye are fons, God hath fent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Fa- ther. Wherefore thou art no more a fervant, but a fon ; and if a fon, then an heir of God through Chrift. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. i. 18. THE birth of Jefus Chrift was on this wife: When as his mother Mary was efpoufed to Jofeph (before they came together) me was found with child of the Holy Ghoft. Then Jofeph her hufband being a juft man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on thefe things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, faying, Jofeph, thou fon of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghoft. And me mall bring forth a Son, and thou {halt call his name Jefus ; for he fhall fave his people from their fins. (Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was fpoken of the THE SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS-DAY. 7! Lord by the prophet, faying, Behold, a virgin fhall be with child, and {hall bring forth a Son, and they fhall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted, is, God with us) Then Jofeph being raifed from fleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife : and knew her not till me had brought forth her firft- born Son ; and he called his name JESUS. The Circumcifion of Chrift. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who madeft thy bleffed Son to be circumcifed, and obedient to the law for man ; Grant us the true circumciiion of the Spirit, that our hearts and all our members being mortified from all worldly and carnal lufts, we may in all things obey thy bleffed will, through the fame thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Rom. iv. 8. BLESSED is the man to whom the Lord will not impute fin. Cometh this bleffednefs then up- on the circumcifion only, or upon the uncircum- cifion alfo? For we fay that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteoufnefs. How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcifion, or in uncircumcifion ? not in circumcifion, but in un- circumcifion. And he received the fign of cir- cumcifion, a feal of the righteoufnefs of the faith, which he had yet being uncircumcifed ; that he might be the father of all them that believe, F 4 72 THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST. though they be not circumcifed ; that righteouf- nefs might be imputed unto them alfo : and the father of circumcifion to them who are not of the circumcifion only, but alfo walk in the fteps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcifed. For the promife, that he mould be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his feed, through the law, but through the righteoufnefs of faith. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promife made of none effeft. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke ii. 15. AND it came to pafs, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the mepherds faid one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethle- hem, and fee this thing which is come to pafs, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with hafte, and found Mary and Jo- feph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had feen it, they made known abroad the faying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it, wondered at thofe things which were told them by the fhepherds. But Mary kept all thefe things, and pondered them in her heart. And the fhepherds returned, glorifying and praifing God for all the things that they had heard and feen, as it was told unto them. And when eight days were accomplifhed for the circumcifmg of the child, his name was called .Adoration of tike Slk 2'*tZ. a* Z&e^ct c/iree/v AJ.2^2.^Jfar^i^ JFZett Street anct J-C*BeiiJ THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST. 73 JESUS, which was fo named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. H The fame Colled, Epiftle, and Gofpel, Jhall ferve for every day after , unto the Epiphany. The Epiphany, or the Manifeftation of Chrijl to the Gentiles. THE COLLECT. O GOD, who by the leading of a ftar didft manifeft thy only begotten Son to the Gentiles; Mercifully grant, that we which know thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Ephef. iii. i. FOR this caufe, I Paul, the prifoner of Jefus Chrift for you Gentiles ; if ye have heard of the difpenfation of the grace of God, which is given me to you-ward : How that by revelation he made known unto me the myftery (as I wrote afore in few words, whereby when ye read ye may under- ftand my knowledge in the myftery of Chrift) which in other ages was not made known unto the fons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy Apoftles and Prophets by the Spirit ; That the Gentiles mould be fellow-heirs, and of the fame body, and partakers of his promife in Chrift, by the Gofpel : whereof I was made a minifter, ac- cording to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effe&ual working of his power. 74 THEEPIPHANY. Unto me, who am lefs than the leaft of all faints, is this grace given, that I mould preach among the Gentiles the unfearchable riches of Chrift; and to make all men fee, what is the fellowfhip of the myftery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jefus Chrift : To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places, might be known by the Church the manifold wifdom of God, according to the eternal purpofe which he purpofed in Chrift Jefus our Lord. In whom we have boldnefs and accefs with confidence by the faith of him. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth ii. i. WHEN Jefus was born in Bethlehem of Ju- dea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wife-men from the eaft to Jerufalem, faying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have feen his ftar* in the eaft, and are come to worfhip him. When Herod the king had heard thefe things, he was troubled, and all Jerufalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priefts and fcribes of the people to- gether, he demanded of them where Chrift mould be born. And they faid unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea : For thus it is written by the prophet, And thou, Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the leaft among the princes of Juda : for out * Some aftrologers fay every man has a ruling ftar. See Pliny, lib. 2. cap. 8. THE EPIPHANY. 75 of thee fliall come a Governor that fhall rule my people Ifrael. Then Herod, when he had privily called the wife-men, enquired of them diligently what time the ftar appeared. And he fent them to Bethlehem, and faid, Go, and fearch diligently for the young child, and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worfhip him alfo. When they had heard the king, they departed ; and lo, the ftar which they faw in the eaft went before them, till it came and flood over where the young child was. When they faw the ftar, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the houfe, they faw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worfhipped him : And when they had opened their treafures, they pre- fented unto him gifts, gold, and frankincenfe, and myrrh. And being warned of God in a dream, that they fhould not return to Herod, they de- parted into their own country another way. The jirft Sunday after the Epiphany. THE COLLECT. O LORD, we befeech thee mercifully to re- ceive the prayers of thy people which call upon thee, and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and alfo may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the fame, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. 76 THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. THE EPISTLE. Rom. xii. i. I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye prefent your bodies a living facrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reafonable fervice. And be not conformed to this world ; but be ye transformed by the re- newing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfe6l will of God. For I fay, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himfelf more highly than he ought to think, but to think foberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the meafure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all mem- bers have not the fame office ; fo we being many, are one body in Chrift, and every one members one of another. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke ii. 41. NOW his parents went to Jerufalem every year at the feaft of the paflover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerufalem, after the cuftom of the feaft. And when they had ful- filled the days, as they returned, the child Jefus tarried behind in Jerufalem, and Jofeph and his mother knew not of it. But they fuppofmg him to have been in the company, went a day's jour- ney, and they fought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerufalem, feeking him. THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 77 And it came to pafs that after three days they found him in the temple, fitting in the midft of the doftors, both hearing them, and afking them queftions.* And all that heard him were afto- nifhed at his underftanding and anfwers. And when they faw him, they were amazed: and his mother faid unto him, Son, why haft thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have fought thee forrowing. And he faid unto them, How is it that ye fought me ? wift ye not that I muft be about my Father's bufinefs? And they underftood not the faying which he fpake unto them. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was fubje6l unto them : but his mother kept all thefe fayings in her heart. And Jefus increafed in wifdom and ftature, and in fa- vour with God and man. The fecond Sunday after the Epiphany. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who doft govern all things in heaven and earth ; Merci- fully hear the fupplications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Rom. xii. 6. HAVING then gifts, differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophefy, let us prophefy according to the proportion of faith ; or miniftry, let us wait on our miniftering; or he * See Dr.Willan's notes in p. 14 and 30 of his Hiftory of Chrift. 78 THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. that teacheth, on teaching ; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation : he that giveth, let him do it with fimplicity ; he that ruleth, with diligence ; he that fheweth mercy, with chearfulnefs. Let love be without diffimulation. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affeftioned one to another with brotherly love, in honour preferring one another: not flothful in bufmefs ; fervent in fpirit ; ferving the Lord ; re- joicing in hope ; patient in tribulation ; continu- ing inftant in prayer ; diftributing to the neceflity of faints ; given to hofpitality. Blefs them which perfecute you; blefs, and curfe not. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Be of the fame mind one towards another. Mind not high things, but condefcend to men of low eftate. THE GOSPEL. St. John ii. i. AND the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jefus was there. And both Jefus was called and his difci- ples to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jefus faith unto him, They have no wine. Jefus faith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee ? mine hour is not yet come. His mother faith unto the fervants, Whatfoever he faith unto you, do it. And there were fet there fix water-pots of ftone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 79 two or three firkins apiece. Jefus faith unto them, Fill the water-pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And he faith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feaft. And they bare it. When the ruler of the feaft had tafted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was (but the fer- vants which drew the water knew) the governor of the feaft called the bridegroom, and faith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth fet forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is worfe : but thou haft kept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Jefus in Cana of Galilee, and manifefted forth his glory, and his difciples believed on him. The third Sunday after the Epiphany. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dangers and neceflities ftretch forth thy right hand to help and defend us, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Rom. xii. 16. BE not wife in your own conceits. Recom- penfe to no man evil for evil. Provide things ho- neft in the fight of all men. If it be poffible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourfelves, but rather give place unto wrath ; for it is written, 8O THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, faith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirft, give him drink : for in fo doing thou malt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not over- come of evil, but overcome evil with good. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. viii. i. WHEN he was come down from the moun- tain, great multitudes followed him. And be- hold, there came a leper and worfhipped him, faying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canft make me clean. And Jefus put forth his hand and touched him, faying, I will ; be thou clean. And im- mediately his leprofy was cleanfed. And Jefus faith unto him, See thou tell no man, but go thy way, fhew thyfelf to the prieft, and offer the gift that Mofes commanded, for a teftimony unto them. And when Jefus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion befeeching him, and faying, Lord, my fervant lieth at home fick of the palfy, grievoufly tormented. And Jefus faith unto him, I will come and heal him. The cen- turion anfwered and faid, Lord, I am not worthy that thou ftiouldft come under my roof; but fpeak the word only, and my fervant mall be healed. For I am a man under authority, having foldiers under me : and I fay unto this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my fervant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jefus heard it, he marvelled, and faid to THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 8l them that followed, Verily I fay unto you, I have not found fo great faith, no not in Ifrael. And I fay unto you, that many fhall come from the eaft and weft, and mall fit down with Abraham, and Ifaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom fhall be caft out into outer darknefs: there fhall be weeping and gnaming of teeth. And Jefus faid unto the cen- turion, Go thy way, and as thou haft believed, fo be it done unto thee. And his fervant was healed in the felf-fame hour. The fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. THE COLLECT. O GOD, who knoweft us to be fet in the midft of fo many and great dangers, that by reafon of the frailty of our nature we cannot always ftand upright ; Grant to us fuch ftrength and protection, as may fupport us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Rom. xiii. i. LET every foul be fubjecT: unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God : the powers that be, are ordained of God. Whofo- ever therefore refifteth the power, refifteth the ordinance of God : and they that refift, fhall re- ceive to themfelves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? do that which G 82 THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY, is good, and thou fhalt have praife of the fame : for he is the minifter of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the fword in vain : for he is the minifter of God, a revenger to execute wrath up- on him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye muft needs be fubjecl;, not only for wrath, but alfo for con- fcience fake. For, for this caufe pay you tribute alfo ; for they are God's minifters, attending con- tinually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all their dues ; tribute to whom tribute is due, cuftom to whom cuftom, fear to whom fear, ho- nour to whom honour. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. viii. 23. AND when he was entered into a fhip, his difciples followed him. And behold, there arofe a great tempeft in the fea, infomuch that the fhip was covered with the waves : but he was afleep. And his difciples came to him, and awoke him, faying, Lord, fave us, we perifh. And he faith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arofe, and rebuked the winds and the fea, and there was a great calm. But the men marvelled, faying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the fea obey him ! And when he was come to the other fide into the coun- try of the Gergefenes, there met him two pof- fefled with devils, coming out of the tombs, ex- ceeding fierce, fo that no man might pafs by that THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 83 way. And behold, they cried out, faying, What have we to do with thee, Jefus thou Son of God ? art thou come hither to torment us before the time ? And there was a good way off from them an herd of many fwine, feeding. So the devils be- fought him, faying, If thou caft us out, fuffer us to go away into the herd of fwine. And he faid unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of fwine : and behold, the whole herd of fwine ran violently down a fteep place into the fea, and perifhed in the wa- ters. And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the poflelfed of the de- vils. And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jefus: and when they faw him, they be- fought him that he would depart out of their coafts. The Jifth Sunday after the, Epiphany. THE COLLECT. O LORD, we befeech thee to keep thy Church and houfhold continually in thy true religion; that they who do lean only upon the hope of thy heavenly grace, may evermore be defended by thy mighty power, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Col. iii. 12. PUT on therefore (as the cleft of God, holy and beloved) bowels of mercies, kindnefs, hum- G 2 84 THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. blenefs of mind, meeknefs, long-fuffering, for- bearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel againft any; even as Chrift forgave you, fo alfo do ye. And above all thefe things, put on charity, which is the bond of perfetnefs. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which alfo ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Chrift dwell in you richly in all wifdom, teach- ing and admoniming one another in pfalms, and hymns, and fpiritual fongs, fmging with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatfoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jefus, giving thanks to God, and the Father by him. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. xiii. 24. THE kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man, which fowed good feed in his field. But while men flept, his enemy came and fowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was fprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares alfo. So the fervants of the houfholder came, and faid unto him, Sir, didft not thou fow good feed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares ? He faid unto them, An enemy hath done this. The fervants faid unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up ? But he faid, Nay ; left while ye gather up the tares, ye root up alfo the wheat with them. THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 85 Let both grow together until the harveft ; and in the time of harveft I will fay to the reapers, Ga- ther ye together firft the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. The fixth Sunday after the Epiphany. THE COLLECT. O GOD, whofe bleffed Son was manifefted, that he might deftroy the works of the devil, and make us the fons of God, and heirs of eternal life; Grant us, we befeech thee, that having this hope, we may purify ourfelves, even as he is pure ; that \vhen he mail appear again with power and great glory, we may be made like unto him in his eternal and glorious kingdom, where with thee, O Father, and thee, O. Holy Ghoft, he liveth and reigneth ever, one God, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE, i St. John iii. i. BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath beftowed upon us, that we fhould be called the fons of God : therefore the world knoweth us not, becaufe it knew him not. Beloved, now are \ve the fons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we fhall be : but we know, that when he mall appear, we fhall be like him; for we fhall fee him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him, purifieth himfelf, even as he is pure. Whofoever committed! fin, tranfgreffeth G 3 86 THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. alfo the law : for fin is the tranfgreflion of the law. And ye know that he was manifefted to take away our fins ; and in him is no fin. Who- foever abideth in him, finneth not: whofoever finneth, hath not feen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you : he that doth righteoufnefs is righteous, even as he is righ- teous. He that committeth fin is of the devil : for the devil finneth from the beginning. For this purpofe the Son of God was manifefted, that he might deftroy the works of the devil. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. xxiv. 23. THEN if any man mail fay unto you, Lo, here is Chrift, or there : believe it not. For there fhall arife falfe Chrifts and falfe prophets, and fhall {hew great figns and wonders ; info- much that (if it were poflible) they mall deceive the very cleft. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore, if they fhall fay unto you, Behold, he is in the defert, go not forth : behold, he is in the fecret chambers, believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the eaft, and fhineth even unto the weft : fo lhall alfo the coming of the Son of Man be. For wherefoever the carcafe is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of thofe days, fhall the fun be darkened, and the moon fhall not give her light, and the ftars fhall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens fhall be THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 8/ fhaken. And then fhall appear the fign of the Son of Man in heaven : and then fhall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they fhall fee the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And he fhall fend his angels with a great found of a trumpet, and they fhall gather together his cleft from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. The Sunday called Septuagefima, or the third Sunday before Lent. THE COLLECT. O LORD, we befeech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people, that we, who are juftly punifhed for our offences, may be mercifully de- livered by thy goodnefs, for the glory of thy Name, through Jefus Chrift our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft ever, one God, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE, i Cor. ix. 24. KNOW ye not, that they which run in a race, run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain* And every man that ftriveth for the maftery, is temperate in all things : Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I therefore fo run, not as uncer- tainly ; fo fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into fub- jeftion, left that by any means, when I have 88 SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY. preached to others, I myfelf fhould be a caft- away. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. xx. i. THE kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an houfholder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he fent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and faw others ftanding idle in the market-place, and faid unto them, Go ye alfo into the vineyard, and what- foever is right I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went out about the fixth and ninth hour, and did likewife. And about the ele- venth hour he went out, and found others ftanding idle, and faith unto them, Why ftand ye here all the day idle ? They fay unto him, Becaufe no man hath hired us. He faith unto them, Go ye alfo into the vineyard, and whatfoever is right, that mall ye receive. So when even was come, the Lord of the vineyard faith unto his fteward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, be- ginning from the laft unto the firft. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.* But when the firft came, they fuppofed that they fhould have received more ; and they likewife received every man a penny. And when they had received it, they murmured againft the good man of the * A denarius, a Roman coin, in value 'bout eight-pence. SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 89 houfe, faying, Thefe laft have wrought but one hour, and thou haft made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. But he anfwered one of them, and faid, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didft not thou agree with me for a penny? Take that thine is, and go thy way : I will give unto this laft even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, becaufe I am good? So the laft {hall be firft, and the firft laft: for many be called, but few chofen. The Sunday called Sexagefima, or the fecond Sunday before Lent. THE COLLECT. O LORD God, who feeft that we put not our truft in any thing that we do ; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended againft all adverfity, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. 2 Cor. xi. 19. YE fuffer fools gladly, feeing ye yourfelves are wife. For ye fuffer if a man bring you into bon- dage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himfelf, if a man fmite you on the face. I fpeak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak : howbeit, whereinfo- ever any is bold (I fpeak foolifhly) I am bold alfo. Are they Hebrews ? fo am I : are they Ifraelites ? fo am I : are they the feed of Abra- ham ? fo am I : are they minifters of Chrift ? (I gO SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. fpeak as a fool) I am more : in labours more abun- dant ; in ftripes above meafure ; in prifons more frequent ; in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty ftripes fave one; thrice was I beaten with rods ; once was I ftoned ; thrice I fuffered ftiipwreck. A night and a day I have been in the deep: in journeyings often; in perils of waters ; in perils of robbers ; in perils by mine own countrymen ; in perils by the heathen ; in perils in the city ; in perils in the wildernefs ; in perils in the fea ; in perils among falfe brethren ; in wearinefs and painfulnefs ; in watchings often ; in hunger and thirft; in fallings often; in cold and nakednefs ; befides thofe things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not ? If I muftneeds glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. The God and Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, which is blefled for evermore, knoweth that I lye not. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke viii. 4. WHEN much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he fpake by a parable: A fower went out to fow his feed; and as he fowed, fome fell by the way-fide, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air de- voured it; and fome fell upon a rock, and as foon as it was fprung up, it withered away, be- caufe it lacked moifture ; and fome fell among SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. gi thorns, and the thorns fprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and fprang up, and bare fruit an hundred-fold. And when he had faid thefe things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And his difciples afked him, faying, What might this parable be? And he faid, Unto you it is given to know the myfteries of the kingdom of God : but to others in parables ; that feeing they might not fee, and hearing they might not underftand. Now the parable is this : The feed is the word of God;* thofe by the way-fide are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, left they fhould believe, and be faved. They on the rock are they, which when they hear, receive the word with joy; and thefe have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns, are they, which when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, and riches, and pleafures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good ground, are they, which in an honeft and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. The Sunday called Quinquagejima, or the next Sunday before Lent. THE COLLECT. O LORD, who haft taught us, that all our do- ings without charity are nothing worth ; Send thy """He that foweth the good feed is the Son of Man. Matth. xiii. 37. , 92 QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY. Holy Ghoft, and pour into our hearts that moft excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace, and of all virtues, without which whofoever li- veth is counted dead before thee. Grant this for thine only Son Jefus Chrift's fake. Amen. THE EPISTLE, i Cor. xiii. i. THOUGH I fpeak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am be- come as founding brafs, or a tinkling cymbal : And though I have the gift of prophefy, and un- derftand all myfteries, and all knowledge ; and though I have all faith, fo that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing : And though I beftow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity fuffereth long, and is kind ; charity envieth not ; charity vaunteth not itfelf, is not puffed up, doth not behave itfelf unfeemly, feeketh not her own, is not eafily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; bear- eth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never fail- eth : but whether there be prophefies, they mall fail; whether there be tongues, they fhall ceafe; whether there be knowledge, it fhall vanifh away. For we know in part, and we prophefy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part fhall be done away. When I QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 93 was a child, I fpake as a child, I underftood as a child, I thought as a child ; but when I became a man, I put away childifh things. For now we fee through a glafs darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part ; but then fhall I know even as alfo I am known. And now, abideth faith, hope, charity, thefe three ; but the greateft of thefe is charity. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xviii. 31. THEN Jefus took unto him the twelve, and faid unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerufalem, and all things that are written by the prophets con- cerning the Son of Man fhall be accomplifhed. For he fhall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and fhall be mocked, and fpitefully entreated, and fpit- ted on: And they fhall fcourge him, and put him to death; and the third day he fhall rife again. And they underftood none of thefe things : and this faying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were fpoken. And it came to pafs, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man fat by the way -fide begging : and hearing the multitude pafs by, he afked what it meant. And they told him, that Jefus of Na- zareth paffeth by. And he cried, faying, Jefus, thou fon of David, have mercy on me. And they which went before rebuked him, that he mould hold his peace : but he cried fo much the more, Thou fon of David, have mercy on me. And 94 QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY. Jefus flood and commanded him to be brought unto him : and when he was come near, he alk- ed him, faying, What wilt thou that I fhould do unto thee? And he faid, Lord, that I may re- ceive my fight. And Jefus faid unto him, Re- ceive thy fight > thy faith hath faved thee. And immediately he received his fight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they faw it, gave praife unto God. The Jirjl day of Lent, commonly called AJh-wednefday. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who hateft nothing that thou haft made, and doft forgive the fins of all them that are penitent; Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we wor- thily lamenting our fins, and acknowledging our wretchednefs, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfeft remiffion and forgivenefs, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. II This Colled is to be read every day in Lent, after the Colled appointed for the day. For the EPISTLE. Joel ii. 12. TURN ye even to me, faith the Lord, with all your heart, and with fafting, and with weeping, and with mourning. And rent your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord yaur God: for he is gracious and merciful, flow to anger, and of great kindnefs, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return, THE FIRST DAY OF LENT. 95 and repent, and leave a blefling behind him, even a meat-offering and a drink-offering unto the Lord your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion, fanlify a faft, call a folemn affembly, gather the people, fan6lify the congregation, affemble the elders, gather the children, and thofe that fuck the breafts ; let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her clofet; let the priefts, the minifters of the Lord, weep be- tween the porch and the altar, and let them fay, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen mould rule over them : Wherefore mould they fay among the people, Where is their God? THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. vi. 16. WHEN ye faft, be not as the hypocrites, of a fad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to faft. Verily I fay unto you, they have their reward. But thou, when thou fafteft, anoint thine head, and wafh thy face, that thou appear not unto men to faft, but unto thy Father which is in fecret ; and thy Father which feeth in fecret, fhall reward thee openly. Lay not up for yourfelves treafures upon earth, where moth and ruft doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and fteal. But lay up for yourfelves treafures in heaven, where neither moth nor ruft doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor fteal. For 96 . THE FIRST DAY OF LENT. where your treafure is, there will your heart be alfo. The jirft Sunday in Lent. THE COLLECT. O LORD, who for our fake didft faft forty days and forty nights ; Give us grace to ufe fuch abftinence, that our flefh being fubdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteoufnefs and true holinefs, to thy honour and glory, who liveft and reigneft with the Father and the Holy Ghoft, one God, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE. 2 Cor. vi. i. WE then as workers together with him, be- feech you alfo, that ye receive not the grace of God in vain : (For he faith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of falvation have I fuccoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time ; behqld, now is the day of falvation) Giv- ing no offence in any thing, that the miniflry be not blamed ; but in all things approving ourfelves as the minifters of God, in much patience, in affliftions, in neceffities, in diftreffes, in ftripes, in imprifonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in failings ; by purenefs, by know- ledge, by long-fuffering, by kindnefs, by the Holy Ghoft, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteoufnefs on the right hand and on the left, THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. 97 by honour and difhonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live ; as chaftened, and not killed ; as forrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet pofleffing -all things. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. iv. i. THEN was Jefus led up of the Spirit into the wildernefs, to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fafted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. And when the tempt- er came to him, he faid, If thou be the Son of God, command that thefe ftones be made bread. But he anfwered and faid, It is written, Man mall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and fetteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and faith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, caft thy- felf down ; for it is written, He mall give his an- gels charge concerning thee; and in their hands they mall bear thee up, left at any time thou dafh thy foot againft a ftone. Jefus faid unto him, It is written again, Thou malt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again the devil taketh him up into an ex- ceeding high mountain, and fheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them ; SI faith unto him, All thefe things will I give H 98 THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT. thee, if thou wilt fall down and worfhip me. Then faith Jefus unto him, Get thee hence, Sa- tan; for it is written, Thou (halt wormip the Lord thy God, and him only malt thou ferve. Then the devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came and miniftered unto him. The Second Sunday in Lent. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who feeft that we have no power of ourfelves to help ourfelves ; Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our fouls ; that we may be defended from all adver- fities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may aflault and hurt the foul, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE, i Theff. iv. i. WE befeech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jefus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk, and to pleafe God, fo ye would abound more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jefus. For this is the will of God, even your fanftification, that ye mould abftain from forni- cation; that every one of you (hould know how to poflefs his veflel in fanftification and honour; not in the luft of concupifcence, even as the Gen- tiles, which know not God : that no man go be- yond and defraud his brother in any matter; be- caufe that the Lord is the avenger of all fuch, THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. 99 as we alfo have forewarned you, and teftified. For God hath not called us unto uncleannefs, but unto holinefs. He therefore that defpifeth, defpi- feth not man, but God, who hath alfo given un- to us his Holy Spirit. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. xv. 21. JESUS went thence, and departed into the coafts of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a wo- man of Canaan came out of the fame coafts, and cried unto him, faying, Have mercy on me, Lord, thou fon of David : my daughter is griev- oufly vexed with a devil. But he anfwered her not a word. And his difciples came and befought him, faying, Send her away ; for fhe crieth after us. But he anfwered and faid, I am not fent, but unto the loft fheep of the houfe of Ifrael. Then came fhe and worfhipped him, faying, Lord, help me. But he anfwered and faid, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to caft it to dogs. And fhe faid, Truth, Lord ; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their mafters ta- ble. Then Jefus anfwered and faid unto her, O woman, great is thy faith ! be it unto thee, even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. The Third Sunday in Lent. THE COLLECT. WE befeech thee, Almighty God, look up- on the hearty defires of thy humble fervants, and H 2 100 THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. ftretch forth the right hand of thy Majefiy, to be our defence againft all our enemies, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Ephef. v. i. BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear children ; and walk in love, as Chrift alfo hath loved us, and hath given himfelf for us, an offer- ing and a facrifice to God, for a fweet-fmelling favour. But fornication and all uncleannefs, or covetoufnefs, let it not be once named amongft you, as becometh faints; neither filthinefs, nor foolifh talking, nor jefting, which are not conve- nient; but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean perfon, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Chrift, and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words : for becaufe of thefe things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of difobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them ; for ye were fome- times darknefs, but now are ye light in the Lord : walk as children of light ; (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodnefs, and righteoufnefs, and truth,) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowihip with the unfruitful works of darknefs, but rather reprove them : For it is a fhame eventofpeak of thofe things which are done of them in fecret. But all things that are re- proved, are made manifeft by the light : for what- THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. 1O1 foever doth make manifeft, is light. Wherefore he faith, Awake thou that fleepeft, and arife from the dead, and Chrift fhall give thee light. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xi. 14. JESUS was cafting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pafs when the devil was gone out, the dumb ipake; and the people won- dered. But fome of them faid, He cafteth out devils through Beelzebub, the chief of the devils. And others tempting him, fought of him a fign from heaven. But he knowing their thoughts, faid unto them, Every kingdom divided againft itfelf, is brought to defolation; and a houfe divided againft a houfe, falleth. If Satan alfo be divided againft himfelf, how fhall his kingdom ftand? becaufe ye fay, that I caft out devils through Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub caft out devils, by whom do your fons caft them out ? therefore fhall they be your judges. But if I with the finger of God caft out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. When a ftrong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace ; but when a ftronger than he fhall come upon him, and over- come him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trufted, and divideth his fpoils. He that is not with me, is againft me : and he that gathereth not with me, fcattereth. When the un- clean fpirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, feeking reft ; and finding H 3 102 THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. none, he faith, I will return unto my houfe whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it fwept and garnifhed. Then goeth he and taketh to him feven other fpirits more wicked than hitn- felf, and they enter in, and dwell there; and the laft ftate of that man is worfe than the firft. And it came to pafs as he fpake thefe things, a certain woman of the company lift up her voice, and faid unto him, Blefied is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou haft fucked. But he faid, Yea, rather blefled are they that hear the Word of God, and keep it. The Fourth Sunday in Lent. THE COLLECT. GRANT, we befeech thee, Almighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily de- ferve to be punifhed, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved, through our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Gal. iv. 21. TELL me, ye that defire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law ? For it is written, that Abraham had two fons, the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman. But he who was of the bond-woman, was born after the flefh ; but he of the free-woman was by promife. Which things are an allegory : for thefe are the two covenants ; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agan For this Agar is THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 103 mount Sinai in Arabia, and anfwereth to Jerufa- lem, which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerufalem, which is above, is free; which is the mother of us all. For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that beareft not ; break forth and cry, thou that travaileft not : for the defolate hath many more children than me which hath an hufband. Now we, brethren, as Ifaac was, are the children of promife. But as then, he that was born after the flefh, perfecuted him that was born after the Spirit ; even fo it is now. Never- thelefs, what faith the Scripture? Caft out the bond-woman and her fon ; for the fon of the bond- woman mail not be heir with the fon of the free- woman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free. THE GOSPEL. St. John vi. i. JESUS went over the fea of Galilee, which is the fea of Tiberias. And a great multitude follow- ed him, becaufe they faw his miracles which he did on them that were difeafed. And Jefus went up into a mountain, and there he fat with his difciples. And the paffover, a feaft of the Jews, was nigh. When Jefus then lift up his eyes, and faw a great company come unto him, he faith unto Philip, Whence mall w.e buy bread that thefe may eat ? (And this he faid to prove him ; for he himfelf knew what he would do.) Philip an- H 4 104 THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. fwered him, Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not fufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his difciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, faith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley-loaves, and two fmall fifties: but what are they among fo many? And Jefus faid, Make the men fit down. Now there was much grafs in the place. So the men fat down in number about five thoufand. And Je- fus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he diftributed to the difciples, and the difciples to them that were fet down, and likewife of the fifhes, as much as they would. When they were filled, he faid unto his difciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be loft. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve bafkets with the fragments of the five barley-loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then thofe men, when they had feen the miracle that Jefus did, faid, This is of a truth that Prophet that mould come into the world. The Fifth Sunday in Lent. THE COLLECT. WE befeech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon thy people ; that by thy great good- nefs they may be governed and preferved ever- more, both in body and foul, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 105 THE EPISTLE. Heb. ix. 11. CHRIST being come an high Prieft of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect ta- bernacle, not made with hands ; that is to fay, not of this building; neither by the blood of goats, and calves; but by his own blood he enter- ed in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the afhes of an heifer fprinkling the unclean, fan6lifieth to the purifying of the flefh ; how much more mall the blood of Chrift, who, through the eternal Spirit, offer- ed himfelf without fpot to God, purge your con- fcience from dead works to ferve the living God? And for this caufe he is the Mediator of the new teftament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the tranfgreffions that were under the firft teftament, they which are called might receive the promife of eternal inheritance. THE GOSPEL. St. John viii. 46. JESUS faid, Which of you corivinceth me of fm ? And if I fay the truth, why do ye not be- lieve me? He that is of God, heareth God's words; ye therefore hear them not, becaufe ye are not of God. Then anfwered the Jews, and kid unto him, Say we not well, that thou art a Samaritan,* and haft a devil ? Jefus anfwered, I iiave not a devil ; but I honour my Father, and r^e do difhonour me. And I feek not mine own 1 Our Lord having combated their prejudices, they look upon him as an enemy. 1O6 THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. glory; there is one that feeketh and judgeth. Verily, verily, I fay unto you, If a man keep my faying, he mall never fee death. Then faid the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou haft a devil : Abraham is dead, and the prophets ; and thou fayeft, If a man keep my faying, he mall never tafte of death. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the pro- phets are dead : whom makeft thou thyfelf ? Je- fus anfwered, If I honour myfelf, my honour is nothing; it is my Father that honoureth me, of whom ye fay, that he is your God : yet ye have not known him ; but I know him : and if I mould fay, I know him not, I mall be a liar like unto you; but I know him, and keep his faying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to fee my day, andi he faw it, and was glad. Then faid the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and haft thou feen Abraham ? Jefus faid unto them, Verily, verily, I fay unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Then took they up 1 fto'nes to c aft at him: but Jefus hid himfelf, and went out of the temple. The Sunday next before Eafter. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who of thy tender love towards mankind, haft fent thy Son, our Saviour Jefus Chrift, to take upon him our flefh, and to furTer death upon the crofs, that all mankind mould follow the example of his great THE SUNDAY, NEXT BEFORE EASTER. humility; Mercifully grant that we may both fol- low the example of his patience, and alfo be made partakers of his refurreftion, through the fame Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Phil.-ii. 5. LET this mind be in you, which was alfo in Chrift Jefus : who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God; but made himfelf of no reputation, and took up<- on him the form of a fervant, and was made in the likenefs of men : and being found in fafhion as a man, he humbled himfelf, and became obe- dient unto death, even the death of the crofs. Wherefore God alfo hath highly exalted him, and given him a Name which is above every name ; that at the Name of Jefus every knee mould bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue mould confefs that Jefus Chrift is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. xxvii. i. WHEN the morning was come, all the chief priefts and elders of the people took counfel againft Jefus, to put him to death. And when they had bound him, they led him away, and deli- vered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas who had betrayed him, when he faw that he was condemned, repented himfelf, and brought again the thirty pieces of filver to the chief 108 THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. priefts and elders, faying, I have finned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they faid, What is that to us ? fee thou to that. And he caft down the pieces of filver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himfelf. And the chief priefts took the filver pieces, and faid, It is not lawful for to put them into the treafury, becaufe it is the price of blood. And they took counfel, and bought with them the potter's field to bury ftrangers in. Wherefore that field was call- ed. The field of blood, unto this day. (Then was fulfilled that which was fpoken by Jeremy the prophet, faying, And they took the thirty pieces of filver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Ifrael did value, and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.) And Jefus flood before the go- vernor; and the governor afked him, faying, Art thou the King of the Jews ? And Jefus faid unto him, Thou fayeft. And when he was accufed of the chief priefts and elders, he anfwered nothing. Then faith Pilate unto him, Heareft thou not how many things they witnefs againft thee? And he anfwered him to never a word, infomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. Now at that feaft the governor was wont to releafe unto the people a prifoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable prifoner, called Barabbas. Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate faid unto THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. them, Whom will ye that I releafe unto you? Barabbas, or Jefus which is called Chrift? For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. When he was fet down on the judgement-feat, his wife fent unto him, faying, Have thou no- thing to do with that juft man: for I have fuffered many things this day in a dream becaufe of him. But the chief priefts and elders perfuaded the multitude that they fhould afk Barabbas, and de- ftroy Jefus. The governor anfwered and faid un- to them, Whether of the twain will ye that I releafe unto you ? They faid, Barabbas. Pilate faith unto them, What fhall I do then with Jefus, which is called Chrift ? They all fay unto him, Let him be crucified. And the governor faid, Why, what evil hath he done? but they cried out the more, faying, Let him be crucified. When Pilate faw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and warned his hands before the multitude, faying, I am innocent of the blood of this juft perfon : fee ye to it. Then anfwered all the people, and faid, His blood be on us, and on our children. Then releafed he Barabbas unto them : and when he had fcourged Jefus, he delivered him to be crucified. Then the foldiers of the governor took Jefus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of foldiers. And they ftripped him, and put on him a fcarlet robe. And 11O THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, faying, Hail, King of the Jews ! And they fpit upon him, and took the reed, and fmote him on the head. And after that they had mock- ed him, they took the robe off from him, and put his .own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name ; him they compelled to bear his crofs. And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to fay, A place of a fcull, they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall : and when he had tafted thereof, he would not drink. And they crucified him, and parted his garments, cafting lots : that it might be fulfilled, which was fpoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vefture did they caft lots. And fitting down, they watched him there ; and fet up over his head his accufation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then were there two thieves crucified with him ; one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that pafled by reviled him, wagging their heads, and faying, Thou that deftroyeft the tem- ple, and buildeft it in three days, fave thyfelf : if thou be the Son of God, come down from the crofs. Likewife alfo the chief priefts mocking THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. Ill him, with the fcribes and elders, faid, He faved others, himfelf he cannot fave : if he be the king of Ifrael, let him now come down from the crofs, and we will believe him. He trufted in God ; let him deliver him now, if he will have him : for he faid, I am the Son of God. The thieves alfo, which were crucified with him, caft the fame in his teeth. Now from the fixth hour there was darknefs over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jefus cried with a loud voice, faying, " Eli, Eli, lama fabachthani ?" that is to fay, My God, My God, why haft thou for- faken me ? Some of them that ftood there, when they heard that, faid, This man calleth for Elias. And ftraightway one of them ran, and took a fpunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The reft faid, Let be, let us fee whether Elias will come to fave him. Jefus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghoft. And behold, the vail of the temple * was rent in twain from the top to the bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent, and the graves were opened, and many bo- dies of faints which flept, arofe, and came out of the graves after his refurre&ion, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watch- ing Jefus, faw the earthquake, and thofe things * The vail or curtain which parted the fanftuary from the holy of holies. 112 MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. that were done, they feared greatly, faying, Truly this was the Son of God. Monday before Eafler. For the EPISTLE. Ifaiah Ixiii. i. WHO is this that cometh from Edom with dyed garments from Bozrah ? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatnefs of his ftrength? I that fpeak in righteoufnefs, mighty to fave. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine -fat ? I have trodden the wine-prefs alone, and of the people there was none with me : for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury, and their blood mall be fprinkled upon my gar- ments, and I will ftain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and there was none to help ; and I wondered that there was none to uphold : therefore mine own arm brought falvation unto me, and my fury it upheld me. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their ftrength to the earth. I will mention the loving-kindnefies of the Lord, and the praifes of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath beftowed on us, and the great goodnefs towards the houfe of Ifrael, which he hath beftowed on them, according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving-kindneffes. For he MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. 113 faid, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie : fo he was their Saviour. In all their affliftion he was afflifted, and the angel of his pre- fence faved them: in his love, and in his pity he redeemed them, and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit ; therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought againft them. Then he remembered the days of old, Mofes and his people, faying, Where is he that brought them up out of the fea with the fhepherd of his flock ? Where is he that put his Holy Spirit within him ? that led them by the right hand of Mofes with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himfelf an everlafting Name ? That led them through the deep as an horfe in the wilder- nefs, that they fhould not ftumble ? As a beaft goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caufed him to reft : fo didft thou lead thy people, to make thyfelf a glorious Name. Look down from heaven, and behold from the habita- tion of thy holiriefs, and of thy glory : Where is thy zeal, and thy ftrength, the founding of thy bowels, and of thy mercies towards me? are they reftrained? Doubtlefs thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Ifrael acknowledge us not : thou, O Lord, art our Fa- ther, our Redeemer, thy Name is from everlafting. O Lord, why haft thou made us to err from thy I 114 MONDAY BEFORE EASTER, ways? and hardened our hearts from thy fear? Return for thy ferv ants' fake, the tribes of thine inheritance. The people of thy holinefs have poffefled it but a little while : our adverfaries have trodden down thy fanduary. We are thine : thou never bareft rule over them ; they were not called by thy Name. THE GOSPEL. St. Mark xiv. i. AFTER two days was the feaft of the paffo- ver, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priefts and the fcribes fought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. But they faid, Not on the feaft-day, left there be an up- roar of the people. And being in Bethany, in the houfe of Simon the leper, as he fat at meat, there came a woman having an alabafter-box of ointment of fpikenard, very precious ; and me brake the box, and poured it on his head. And there were fome that had indignation within them- felves, and faid, Why was this wafte of the oint- ment made? For it might have been fold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor: and they murmured againft her. And Jefus faid, Let her alone ; why trou- ble ye her? me hath wrought a good work on me : for ye have the poor with you always, and whenfoever ye will, ye may do them good ; but me ye have not always. She hath done what (he could ; me is come aforehand to anoint my body MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. 115 to the burying. Verily I fay unto you, Wherefo- ever this Gofpel fhall be preached throughout the whole world, this alfo that fhe hath done fhall be fpoken of for a memorial of her. And Judas If- cariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priefts to betray him unto them. And when they heard it, they were glad, and promifed to give him money i And he fought how he might conve- niently betray him. And the firft day of un- leavened- bread, when they killed the paffover, his difciples faid unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayeft eat the paffover? And he fendeth forth two of his difciples, and faith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there fhall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water ; follow him: and wherefoever he fhall go in, fay ye to the good man of the houfe, The Mafter faith, Where is the gueft -chamber, where I fhall eat the paffover with my difciples ? And he will mew you a large upper room furnimed, and pre- pared: there make ready for us. And his difci^ pies went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had faid unto them : and they made ready the paffover. And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. And as they fat, and did eat, Jefus faid, Verily I fay unto you, one of you which eateth with me, fhall betray me. And they began to be forrowful, and to fay unto him one by one, Is it I? and another faid, Is it I? And he an- I 2 Il6 MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. fwered and faid unto them, It is one of the twelve that dippeth with me in the dim. The Son of Man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but wo to that man by whom the Son of Man is be- trayed : good were it for that man if he had never been born. And as they did eat, Jefus took bread, and blefled, and brake it, and gave to them, and faid, Take, eat : this is my body. And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them : and they all drank of it. And he faid unto them, This is my blood of the New Teftament, which is fried for many. Verily I fay unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. And when they had fung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. And Jefus faith unto them, All ye fhall be offended becaufe of me this night : for it is written, I will finite the fhepherd, and the fheep mall be fcattered. But after that I am rifen, I will go before you into Galilee. But Peter faid unto him, Although all fhall be offended, yet will not I. And Jefus faith unto him, Verily I fay unto thee, that this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou malt deny me thrice. But he fpake the more vehemently, If I mould die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wife. Likewife alfo faid they all. And they came to a place which was named Gethfemane: and he MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. 117 faith to his difciples, Sit ye here, while I {hall pray. And he taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and began to be fore amazed, and to be very heavy, and faith unto them, My foul is ex- ceeding forrowful unto death ; tarry ye here, and watch. And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed, that if it were poffible, the hour might pafs from him. And he faid, Abba, Father, all things are poffible unto thee ; take away this cup from me ; neverthelefs, not what I will, but what thou wilt. And he cometh and findeth them fleeping, and faith unto Peter, Simon, fleepeft thou? couldeft not thou watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, left ye enter into temptation : the ipirit truly is ready, but the flefh is weak. And again he went away, and prayed, and fpake the fame words. And when he returned, he found them afleep again ; for their eyes were heavy : neither wift they what to anfwer him. And he cometh the third time, and faith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your reft: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of finners. Rife up, let us go; lo, he that betray - eth me is at hand. And immediately, while he yet fpake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with fwords and ftaves, from the chief priefts, and the fcribes, and the elders. And he that betrayed him, had given them 13 Il8 MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. a token, faying, Whomfoever I fhall kifs, that fame is he ; take him, and lead him away fafely. And as foon as he was come, he goeth ftraight- way to him, and faith, Mafter, mafter ; and kiffed him. And they laid their hands on him, and took him. And one of them that flood by, drew a fword, and fmote a fervant of the high prieft, and cut off his ear. And Jefus anfwered and faid unto them, Are ye come out as againft a thief, with fwords and with ftaves, to take me ? I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not : but the Scriptures muft be fulfilled. And -they all forfook him, and fled. And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth caft about his naked body ; and the young men laid hold on him : and he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. And they led Jefus away to the high prieft : and with him were af- fembled all the chief priefts, and the elders, and the fcribes. And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high prieft ; and he fat with the fervants, and warmed himfelf at the fire. And 4he chief priefts, and all the coun- fel fought for witnefs againft Jefus to put him to death, and found none. For many bare falfe wit- nefs againft him, but their witnefs agreed not to- gether. And there arofe certain, and bare falfe witnefs againft him, faying, We heard him fay, I will deftroy this temple that is made with hands, MONDAY -BEFORE EASTER. 119 and within three days I will build another made without hands. But neither fo did their witnefs agree together. And the high prieft flood up in the midft, and alked Jefus, faying, Anfwereft thou nothing ? what is it which thefe witnefs againft thee ? But he held his peace, and anfwered nothing. Again the high prieft afked him, and faid unto him, Art thou the Chrift, the Son of the Bleffed? And Jefus faid, I am; and ye fhall fee the Son of Man fitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high prieft rent his clothes, and faith, What need we any further witneffes? ye have heard the blafphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. And fome began to fpit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to fay unto him, Prophefy : and the fervants did ftrike him with the palms of their hands. And as Peter was beneath in the pa- lace, there cometh one of the maids of the high prieft ; and when me faw Peter warming himfelf, me looked upon him, and faid, And thou alfo waft with Jefus of Nazareth. But he denied, faying, I know not, neither underftand I what thou fayeft. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. And a maid faw him again, and began to fay to them that flood by, This is one of them. And he denied it again. And a lit- tle after, they that flood by faid again to Peter, I 4 120 TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER. Surely thou art one of them; for thou art a Galilean, and thy fpeech agreeth thereto. But he began to curfe and to fwear, faying, I know not this man of whom ye fpeak. And the fecond time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jefus faid unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou {halt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. Tuefday before Rafter. For the EPISTLE. Ifaiah 1. 5. THE Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back to the fmiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair : I hid not my face from mame and fpitting. For the Lord God will help me, therefore mall I not be confounded : therefore have I fet my face like a flint, and I know that I mail not be afhamed. He is near that juftifieth me; who will contend with me? let us ftand together : who is mine adverfary ? let him come near to me : behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that mail condemn me? Lo, they all (hall wax old as a garment : the moth mall eat them up. Who is among you that fear- eth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his fer- vant, that walketh in darknefs, and hath no light? let him truft in the Name of the Lord, and ftay upon his God. Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compafs yourfelves about with fparks; walk TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER. 121 in the light of your fire, and in the fparks that ye have kindled. This fhall ye have of mine hand, ye fhall lie down in forrow. THE GOSPEL. St. Mark xv. i. AND ftraightway in the morning, the chief priefts held a confultation with the elders and (bribes, and the whole council, and bound Jefus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pi- late. And Pilate afked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he anfwering, faid unto him, Thou fayeft it. And the chief priefts accufed him of many things : but he anfwered nothing. And Pilate afked him again, faying, Anfwereft thou no- thing? behold how many things they witnefs againft thee. But Jefus yet anfwered nothing: fo that Pi- late marvelled. Now at that feaft he releafed unto them one prifoner, whomfoever they defired. And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made infurreftion with him, who had committed murder in the infurreftion. And the multitude crying aloud, began to defire him to do as he had ever done unto them. But Pilate anfwered them, faying, Will ye that I re- leafe unto you the King of the Jews? (For he knew that the chief priefts had delivered him for envy.) But the chief priefts moved the people, that he fhould rather releafe Barabbas unto them. And Pilate anfwered, and faid again unto them, What will ye then that I fhall do unto him whom 122 TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER. ye call the King of the Jews ? And they cried out again, Crucify him. Then Pilate faid unto them, Why, what evil hath he done ? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. And fo Pilate, willing to content the people, releafed Ba- rabbas unto them, and delivered Jefus, when he had fcourged him, to be crucified. And the fol- diers led him away into the hall, called Pretorium; and they call together the whole band. And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head : and began to falute him, Hail, King of the Jews ! And they fmote him on the head with a reed, and did fpit upon him, and bowing their knees, worfhipped him. And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who paffed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alex- ander and Rufus, to bear his crofs. And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a fcull. And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh; but he received it not. And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, cafting lots upon them, what every man mould take. And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. And the fuperfcription of his accufation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. And with him TUESDAY &ETORE EASTER. 123 they crucify two thieves, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. And the Scrip- ture was fulfilled, which faith, And he was number- ed with the tranfgreffors. And they that pafled by railed on him, wagging their heads, and faying, Ah, thou that deftroyeft the temple, and buildeft it in three days, fave thyfelf, and come down from the crofs. Likewife alfo the chief priefts mock- ing, faid among themfelves, with the fcribes, He faved others ; himfelf he cannot fave. Let Chrift the King of Ifrael defcend now from the crofs, that we may fee and believe. And they that were crucified with him, reviled him. And when the fixth hour was come, there was darknefs over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jefus cried with a loud voice, fay- ing, " Eloi, Eloi, lama fabachthani ?" which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why haft thou forfaken me? and fome of them that flood by, when they heard it, faid, Behold, he calleth Elias. And one ran and filled a fpunge full of vinegar,* and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, faying, Let alone; let us fee whe- ther Elias will come to take him down. And Je- fus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghoft. And the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. And when the centurion, which .flood over againft -him, faw * The fponge was fixed on a ftem of hyflbp, which grows very high in Judea. 124 WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. that he fo cried out, and gave up the ghoft, he faid, Truly this man was the Son of God. Wcdnefday before Eafler. THE EPISTLE. Heb. ix. 16. WHERE a teftament is, there muft alfo of neceffity be the death of the teftator: for a tefta- ment is of force after men are dead; otherwife it is of no ftrength at all whilft the teftator liv* eth. Whereupon, neither the firft teftament was dedicated without blood : for when Mofes had Ipoken every precept to all the people, according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water and fcarlet wool and hyflbp, and fprinkled both the book and all the people, faying, This is the blood of the teftament, which God hath enjoined unto you. Moreover, he fprinkled likewife with blood both the taberna- cle, and all the veflels of the miniftry. And almoft all things are by the law purged with blood ; and without fhedding of blood is no re- miffion. It was therefore neceflary that the pat- terns of things in the heavens mould be purified with thefe; but the heavenly things themfelves with better facrifices than thefe. For Chrift is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true, but into heaven itfelf, now to appear in the prefence of God for us; nor yet that he mould offer himfelf often, as the high prieft entereth into the holy place WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. 125 every year with blood of others : for then muft he often have fuffered fmce the foundation of the world; but now once in the end of the world, hath he appeared to put away fin by the facrifice of himfelf. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement: fo Chrift was once offered to bear the fins of many ; and unto them that look for him, mall he appear the fe- cond time without fin unto falvation. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xxii. i. NOW the feaft of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Paffover. And the chief priefts and fcribes fought how they might kill him ; for they feared the people. Then entered Satan into Judas furnamed Ifcariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priefts and cap- tains how he might betray him unto them. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him mo- ney. And he promifed, and fought opportunity to betray him unto them in the abfence of the multitude. Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the paffover muft be killed. And he fent Peter and John, faying, Go, and prepare us the paffover, that we may eat. And they faid unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? And he faid unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there mall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water ; follow him into the 126 WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. houfe* where he entereth in: And ye fhall fay un- to the good man of the houfe, The Matter faith unto thee, Where is the gueft-chamber, where I fhall eat the paffover with my difciples? And he fhall fhew you a large upper room furnimed ; there make ready. And they went, and found as he had faid unto them : and they made ready the paffover. And when the hour was come, he fat down, and the twelve Apoftles with him. And he faid unto them, With defire I have defired to > eat this paffover with you before I fuffer. For I fay unto you, I will pot any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and faid, Take this, and divide it among yourfelves. For I fay unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God fhall come. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, faying, This is my body, which is given for you : this do in remembrance of me. Likewife alfo the cup after fupper, faying, This cup is the new teftament in my blood, which is fhed for you. But behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me, is with me on the table. And truly the Son of Man goeth, as it was determined ; but wo unto that man by whom he is betrayed. And they began to enquire among themfelves, which of them it was that mould do this thing. And there was alfo a ftrife among them, which of * The houfes were looked on as common right at the paffover. WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER* i-2j them fhould be accounted the greateft. And he faid unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercife lordfhip over them, and they that exercife autho- rity upon them, are called benefaftors. But ye mail not be fo : but he that is greateft among you, kt him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth ferve. For whether is greater, he that fitteth at meat, or he that ferveth ? is not he that fitteth at meat ? But I am among you, as he that ferveth. Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me ; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and fit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Ifrael. And the Lord faid, Simon, Si- mon, behold, Satan hath defired to have you, that he may fift you as wheat : but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not ; and when thou art converted, ftrengthen thy brethren. And he faid unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prifon and to death. And he faid, I tell thee, Peter, the cock mall not crow this day, before that thou fhalt thrice deny that thou knoweft me. And he faid unto them, When I fent you without purfe, and fcrip, and fhoes, lacked ye any thing ? And they faid, Nothing. Then faid he unto them, But now, he that hath a purfe, let him take it, and likewife his fcrip : and he that hath no fword, let him fell his garment, and buy one. For I fay 128 WEDNESDAY B E F O RE E A ST E R. unto you, That this that is written, muft yet be accomplifhed in me, And he was reckoned among the tranfgreffors : for the things concerning me have an end. And they faid, Lord, behold, here are two fwords. And he faid unto them, It is enough. And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives, and his difciples alfo followed him. And when he was at the place, he faid unto them, Pray, that ye enter not into temptation. And he was withdrawn from them about a ftone's caft, and kneeled down and prayed, faying, Father, if thou be willing, re- move this cup from me: neverthelefs, not my will, but thine be done. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven ftrengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed more earneftly ; and his fweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. And when he rofe up from prayer, and was come to his difciples, he found them fleeping for forrow, and faid unto them, Why fleep ye ? rife and pray, left ye en- ter into temptation. And while he yet fpake, be- hold, a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jefus to kifs him. But Jefus faid unto him, Judas, betrayeft thou the Son of Man with a kifs ? When they who were about him faw what would follow, they faid unto him, Lord, fhall we finite with the fword ? And one of them fmote WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. 12g fervant of the high prieft, and cut off his right ear. And Jefus anfwered and faid, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him. Then Jefus faid unto the chief priefts, and cap- tains of the temple, and the elders who were come to him, Be ye come out as againft a thief, with fwords and ftaves ? When I was daily with you in the temple, ye ftretched forth no hands againft me: but this is your hour, and the power of darknefs. Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high prieft's houfe : and Peter followed afar off. And when they had kindled a fire in the midft of the hall, and were fet down together, Peter fat down among them. But a certain maid beheld him, as he fat by the fire, and earneftly looked upon him, and faid, This man was alfo with him. And he denied him, faying, Woman, I know him not. And after a little while another faw him, and faid, Thou art alfo of them. And Peter faid, Man, I am not. And about the fpace of one hour after, another confidently affirmed, faying, Of a truth this fellow alfo was with him ; for he is a G^ali- lean. And Peter faid, Man, I know not what thou fayeft. And immediately, while he yet fpake, the cock crew. And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had faid unto him, Before the cock crow, thou (halt deny me thrice. K 130 THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER, And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. And the men that held Jefus mocked him, and fmote him. And when they had blindfolded him, they ftruck him on the face, and afked him, faying, Pro* phefy, who is it that fmote thee? And many other things blafphemoufly fpake they againft him. And as foon as it was day, the elders of the peo- ple, and the chief priefts, and the fcribes came together, and led him into their council, faying, Art thou the Ghrift? tell us. And he faid unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: and if I alfo afk you, ye will not anfwer me, nor let me go. Hereafter mall the Son of Man fit on the right hand of the power of God. Then faid they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he faid unto them, Ye fay that I am. And they faid, What need we any further witnefs? for we ourfelves have heard of his own mouth. Thurfday before Eajler. THE EPISTLE, i Cor. xi. 17. IN this that I declare unto you, I praife you not; that ye come together, not for the better, but for the worfe. For firft of all, when ye come together in the Church, I hear that there be divi- fions among you, and I partly believe it. For there muft be alfo herefies among you, that the; who are approved, may be made manifeft amoni you. When ye come together therefore into on< place, this is not to eat the Lord's fupper: For ii THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. 13! eating, every one taketh before other his own fup- per ; and one is hungry, and another is drunken. What, have ye not houfes to eat and to drink in? or defpife ye the Church of God, and fhame them that have not? What {hall I fay to you? fhall I praife you in this? I praife you not. For I have received of the Lord that which alfo I de- livered unto you, That the Lord Jefus, the fame night in which he was betrayed, took bread ; and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and faid, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the fame manner alfo he took the cup, when he had fupped, faying, This cup is the new teftament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do Ihew the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore, whofoever fhall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, fhall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himfelf, and fo let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh un- worthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to him- felf, not difcerning the Lord's body. For this caufe many are weak and fickly among you, and many fleep. For if we would judge ourfelves, we mould not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chaftened of the Lord, that we K 2 132 THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. fhould not be condemned with the world. Where- fore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. And if any man hun- ger, let him eat at home; that ye come not toge- ther unto condemnation. And the reft will I fet in order when I come. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xxiii. i. THE whole multitude of them arofe, and led him unto Pilate. And they began to accufe him, faying, We found this fellow perverting the na- tion, and forbidding to give tribute to Cefar, fay- ing, that he himfelf is Chrift a king. And Pilate afked him, faying, Art thou the king of the Jews ? And he anfwered him, and faid, Thou fayeft it. Then faid Pilate to the chief priefts, and to the people, I find no fault in this man. And they were the more fierce, faying, He ftir- reth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. When Pilate heard of Galilee, he afked whe- ther the man were a Galilean. And as foon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurifdiftion, he fent him to Herod, who himfelf was alfo at Jerufalem at that time. And when Herod faw Je- fus, he was exceeding glad; for he was defirous to fee him of a long feafon, becaufe he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have feen fome miracle done by him. Then he queftioned with him in many words; but he anfwered him THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. 133 nothing. And the chief priefts and fcribes flood and vehemently accufed him. And Herod with his men of war fet him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and fent him again to Pilate. And the fame day Pilate and Herod were made friends together; for before they were at enmity between themfelves. And Pilate when he had called together the chief priefts, and the rulers, and the people, faid unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and behold, I having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching thofe things whereof ye accufe him : No, nor yet Herod : for I fent you to him ; and lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. I will therefore chaftife him, and releafe him. For of neceflity he muft releafe one unto them at the feaft. And they cried out all at once, faying, Away with this man, and re- leafe unto us Barabbas: (who for a certain fedi- tion made in the city, and for murder, was caft in prifon.) Pilate therefore willing to releafe Je- fus, fpake again to them. But they cried, fay- ing, Crucify him, crucify him. And he faid unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done ? I have found no caufe of death in him : I will therefore chaftife him, and let him go. And they were inftant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified: and the voices of 134 THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. them, and of the chief priefts prevailed. And Pilate gave fentence, that it fhould be as they re- quired. And he releafed unto them him that for fedition and murder was caft into prifon, whom they had defired ; but he delivered Jefus to their will. And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the crofs, that he might bear it after Jefus. And there fol- lowed him a great company of people, and of women, which alfo bewailed and lamented him. But Jefus turning unto them, faid, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for your- felves, and for your children. For behold, the days are coming, in the which they fhall fay, Blefled are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave fuck. Then Ihall they begin to fay to the mountains, Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do thefe things in a green tree, what fhall be done in the dry? And there were alfo two other ma- Iefa6tors led with him to be put to death. And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified him ; and the male- faclors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then faid Jefus, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and caft lots. And the people flood beholding ; and the rulers alfo with them derided THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. 135 him, faying, He faved others; let him fave him- felf, if he be Chrift, the chofen of God. And the foldiers alfo mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, and faying, If thou be the king of the Jews, fave thyfelf. And a fuperfcrip- tion alfo was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. And one of the malefaaors, which were hanged, railed on him, faying, If thou be Chrift, fave thyfelf, and us. But the other anfwering, rebuked him, faying, Doft not thou fear God, feeing thou art in the fame con- demnation ? And we indeed juftly ; for we re- ceive the due reward of our deeds, but this man hath done nothing amifs. And he faid unto Je- fus, Lord, remember me when thou comeft into thy kingdom. And Jefus faid unto him, Verily I fay unto thee, To-day malt thou be with me in paradife. And it was about the fixth hour: and there was darknefs over all the earth, until the ninth hour. And the fun was darkened, and the vail of the temple was rent in the midft. And when Jefus had cried with a loud voice, he faid, Father, into thy hands I commend my fpirit: and having faid thus, he gave up the ghoft. Now when the centurion faw what was done, he glori- fied God, faying, Certainly this was a righteous man. And all the people that came together to that fight, beholding the things that were done, K 4 136 GOOD FRIDAY. fmote their breafts, and returned. And all his ac- quaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, flood afar off, beholding thefe things. Good Friday. THE COLLECTS. ALMIGHTY God, we befeech thee gracioufly to behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jefus Chrift was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to fuffer death upon the crofs, who now liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft ever, one God, world without end. Amen. ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, by whofe Spirit the whole body of the church is governed and fan&ified; Receive our fupplications and prayers, which we offer before thee for all ef- tates of men in thy holy Church, that every member of the fame, in his vocation and miniftry, may truly and godly ferve thee, through our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift. Amen. O MERCIFUL God, who haft made all men, and hateft nothing that thou haft made, nor wouldeft the death of a finner, but rather that he fhould be converted, and live; Have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Hereticks, and take from them all ignorance, hardnefs of heart, and contempt of thy Word; and fo fetch them home, bleffed Lord, to thy flock, that they may be faved among the remnant of the true Ifrael- ' GOOD FRIDAY. 137 Ites, and be made one fold under one Shep- herd, Jefus Chrift our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Heb. x. i. THE law having a fhadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with thofe facrifices, which they offered year by year continually, make the comers there- unto perfect : for then would they not have ceafed to be offered ? becaufe that the worfhippers once purged, fhould have had no more confcience of fins. But in thofe facrifices there is a remem- brance again made of fins every year. For it is not poffible that the blood of bulls and of goats mould take away fins. Wherefore when he com- eth into the world, he faith, Sacrifice and offer- ing thou wouldeft not, but a body haft thou pre- pared me : In burnt -offer ings and facrifices for fin thou haft had no pleafure : Then faid I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God. Above, when he faid, Sacrifice and offering, and burnt-offerings, and offering for fin thou wouldeft not, neither hadft pleafure therein, which are offered by the law ; then faid he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the firft, that he may eftablifh the fecond. By the which will we are fanftified, through the offering of the body of 138 GOOD FRIDAY. Jefus Chrift once for all. And every pried ftandeth daily miniftering, and offering oftentimes the fame facrifices, which can never take away fins. But this man, after he had offered one facrifice for fins, for ever fat down on the right hand of God ; from henceforth expe&ing till his enemies be made his footftool. For by one offer- ing he hath perfefted for ever them that are fanc- tified : whereof the Holy Ghoft alfo is a witnefs to us : For after that he had faid before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after thofe days, faith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them ; and their fins and iniquities will I remem- ber no more. Now where remiffion of thefe is, there is no more offering for fin. Having there- fore, brethren, boldnefs to enter into the holieft by the blood of Jefus, by a new and living way, which he hath confecrated for us, through the vail, that is to fay, his flem ; and having an high Prieft over the houfe of God ; let us draw near with a true heart, in full affurance of faith, having our hearts fprinkled from an evil con- fcience, and our bodies warned with pure water. Let us hold faft the profeflion of our faith with- out wavering; (for he is faithful that promifed;) and let us confider one another to provoke unto love, and to good works ; not forfaking the affem- bling of ourfelves together, as the manner of GOOD FRIDAY. 139 fome is; but exhorting one another: and fo much the more, as ye fee the day approaching. THE GOSPEL. St. John xix. i. PILATE therefore took Jefus, and fcourged him. And the foldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a pur- ple robe, and faid, Hail, King of the Jews ! and they fmote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and faith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Then came Jefus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate faith unto them, Behold the man ! When the chief priefts there- fore and officers faw him, they cried out, fay- ing, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate faith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him : for I find no fault in him. The Jews anfwered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, becaufe he made himfelf the Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard that faying, he was the more afraid ; and went again into the judgement- hall, and faith unto Jefus, Whence art thou? but Jefus gave him no anfwer. Then faith Pilate unto him, Speakeft thou not unto me? knoweft thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to releafe thee ? Jefus anfwered, Thou couldeft have no power at all againft me, ex- cept it were given thee from above : therefore he 14O GOOD FRIDAY. that delivered me unto thee hath the greater fin. And from thenceforth Pilate fought toreleafe him: but the Jews cried out, faying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cefar's friend: Whofo- ever maketh himfelf a king, fpeaketh againft Cefar. When Pilate therefore heard that faying, he brought Jefus forth, and fat down in the judge- ment-feat, in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the paffover, and about the fixth hour: and he faith unto the Jews, Behold your king ! But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate faith unto them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priefts anfwered, We have no king but Cefar. Then de- livered he him therefore unto them to be cruci- fied : and they took Jefus, and led him away. And he bearing his crofs, went forth into a place called The place of a fcull, which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha: where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either fide one, and Jefus in the midft. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the crofs; and the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jefus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in He- brew, and Greek, and Latin. Then faid the chief priefts of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, GOOD FRIDAY. The king of the Jews ; but that he faid, I am the king of the Jews. Pilate anfwered, What I have written, I have written. Then the foldiers, when they had crucified Jefus, took his garments, (and made four parts, to every foldier a part) and alfo his coat : now the coat was without feam, woven from the top throughout.* They faid there- fore among themfelves, Let us not rend it, but caft lots for it, whofe it mall be: that the Scrip- ture might be fulfilled, which faith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vefture they did caft lots. Thefe things therefore the foldiers did. Now there ftood by the crofs of Jefus, his mother, and his mother's fitter, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jefus therefore faw his mother, and the difciple (land- ing by whom he loved, he faith unto his mo- ther, Woman, behold thy fon. Then faith he to the difciple, Behold thy mother. And from that hour that difciple took her unto his own home. After this Jefus knowing that all things were now accomplifhed, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, faith, I thirft. Now there was fet a veffel full of vinegar : and they filled a fpunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyffop, and put it to his mouth. When Jefus therefore had received the vinegar, he faid, It is finifhed: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghoft. The Jews * Jofephus obferves that the high priefts robes were woven entire, in one piece. 142 EASTER-EVEN. therefore, becaufe it was the preparation, that the bodies fhould not remain upon the crofs on the fabbath-day, (for that fabbath-day was an high day) befought Pilate that their legs might be broken,* and that they might be taken away. Then came the foldiers, and brake the legs of the firft, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jefus, and faw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs. But one of the foldiers with a fpear pierced his fide, and forthwith came thereout blood and water. And he that faw it bare record, and his record is true : and he knoweth that he faith true, that ye might believe. For thefe things were done, that the Scripture mould , be fulfilled, A bone of him mall not be broken. And again, another Scripture faith, They fhall look on him whom they pierced. Eafter-Even. THE COLLECT. GRANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blefled Son our Saviour Jefus Chrift ; fo by continual mortifying our corrupt affe&ions, we may be buried with him ; and that through the grave and gate of death, we may pafs to our joyful refurreftion, for his merits, who died, and was buried, and rofe again for us, thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. * It was ufual to break the legs of perfons crucified, to haften their death. TA30M<& TEDK EASTER-EVEN. 143 THE EPISTLE, i St. Pet. iii. 17. IT is better, if the will of God be fo, that ye fuffer for well-doing, than for evil-doing. For Chrift alfo hath once fuffered for fins: the juft for the unjuft ; (that he might bring us to God,) being put to death in the flefh, but quickened by the Spirit : by which alfo he went and preach- ed unto the fpirits in prifon; which fometime were difobedient, when once the long-fuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing; wherein few, that is, eight fouls, were faved by water. The like figure where- unto, even baptifm, doth alfo now fave us, (not the putting away the filth of the flefh, but the anfwer of a good confcience towards God,) by the refurreftion of Jefus Chrift: Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers being made fubjeft unto him. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. xxvii. 57. WHEN the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Jofeph, who alfo him- felf was Jefus' difciple. He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jefus. Then Pilate com- manded the body to be delivered. And when Jofeph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock ; and he rolled a great {tone to the door of the fepul- 144 EASTER-DAY. chre, and departed. And there was Mary Mag- dalene, and the other Mary, fitting over againft the fepulchre. Now the next day that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priefts and Pharifees came together unto Pilate, faying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver faid, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rife again. Command therefore that the fepulchre be made fure until the third day, left his difciples come by night and fteal him away, and fay unto the people, He is rifen from the dead : fo the laft error fhall be worfe than the firft. Pilate faid unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as fure as you can. So they went and made the fepulchre fure, fealing the ftone, and fetting a watch. Eafter-Day. 1 At Morning Prayer, in/lead of the Pfalm [" come let us" &;.] thefe Anthems Jhall be Jung or faid. CHRIST our pafibver is facrificed for us: there- fore let us keep the feaft ; Not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickednefs : but with the unlea- vened bread of fincerity and truth, i Cor. v. 7. CHRIST being raifed from the dead, dieth no more : death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto fin once : but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Jii ' EASTER-DAY. 145 Likewife reckon ye alfo yourfelves to be dead indeed unto fin : but alive unto God through Je- fus Ghrift our Lord. Rom. vi. 9. CHRIST is rifen from the dead : and become the firft-fruits of them that flept. For fince by man came death: by man came alfo the refurfeclion of the dead. For as in Adam all die : even CD in Chrift mall all be made alive, i Cor. xv. 20. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghoft ; Anfwer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever mail be : world without end. Amen. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only -be- gotten Son Jefus Chrift, haft overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlafting life ; We humbly befeech thee, that as by thy fpecial grace preventing us, thou doft put into our minds good de- fires ; fo by thy continual help we may bring the fame to good effeft, through Jefus Chrift our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, and the Holy Ghoft ever, one God, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Col. iii. i. IF ye then be rifen with Chrift, feek thofe things which are above, where Chrift fitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affeftion on things above, not on things on the earth: For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Chrift in L 146 EASTER-DAY. God. When Chrift, who is our life, fhall ap- pear, then fhall ye alfo appear with him in glory. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth ; fornication, uncleannefs, inordinate affeftion, evil concupifcence, and covetoufnefs, which is idolatry: For which things fake the wrath of God cometh on the children of difo- bedience. In the which ye alfo walked fome time, when ye lived in them. THE GOSPEL. St. John xx. i. THE firft day of the week cometh Mary Mag- dalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the fepulchre, and feeth the ftone taken away from the fepulchre. Then fhe runneth and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other difciple whom Jefus loved, and faith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the fepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went forth, and that other difciple, and came to the fepulchre. So they ran both together ; and the other difciple did out-run Peter, and came firft to the fepulchre ; and he ftooping down and looking in, faw the linen clothes lying ; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter fol- lowing him, and went into the fepulchre, and feeth the linen clothes lie; and the napkin that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itfelf. Then went in alfo that other difciple which came MONDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. 147 firft to the fepulchre, and he faw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the Scripture, that he muft rife again from the dead. Then the difci- ples went away again unto their own home. Monday in Eafter-Week. \ THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who through thy only- begotten Son Jefus Chrift, haft overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlafting life; We humbly befeech thee, that as by thy f^ecial grace preventing us, thou doft put into our minds good defires, fo by thy > continual help we may bring the fame to good effecl;, through Jefus Chrift our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, and the Holy Ghoft ever, one God, world without end. Amen. For the EPISTLE. A6ls x. 34. PETER opened his mouth, and faid, Of a truth I perceive that God is no refpefter of per- fons; but in every nation, he that feareth him, and worketh righteoufnefs, is accepted with him. The word which God fent unto the children of Ifrael, preaching peace by Jefus Chrift; (he is Lord of all;) that word (I fay) ye know, which was publifhed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the Baptifm which John preached: How God anointed Jefus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghoft, and with power; who went bout doing good, and healing all that were op- a 148 MONDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. preffed of the devil : for God was with him. And we are witneffes of all things which he did, both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerufalem; whom they flew, and hanged on a tree: Him God raifed up the third day, and fhewed him openly; not to all the people, but unto witneffes chofen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rofe from the dead. And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to teftify that it is he who was ordained of God to be the judge of quick and dead. To him give all the prophets witnefs, that through his Name, whofoever believeth in him fhall receive remiflion of fins. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xxiv. 13. BEHOLD, two of his difciples went that fame day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerufalem about threefcore furlongs. And they talked together of all thefe things which had hap- pened. And it came to pafs, that while they communed together, and reafoned, Jefus himfelf drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden, that they fhould not know him. And he faid unto them, What manner of com- munications are thefe, that ye have one to ano- ther, as ye walk and are fad? And the one of them, whofe name was Cleopas, anfwering, faid unto him; Art thou only a ftranger in Jerufalem, arid haft not known the things which are come to MONDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. 149 pafs there in thefe days? And he faid unto them, What things ? And they faid unto him, Con- cerning Jefus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word, before God and all the people : And how the chief priefts and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. But we trufted that it had been he who fhould have redeemed Ifrael: and befide all this, to-day is the third day fince thefe things were done. Yea, and certain women alfo of our company made us aftonifhed, who were early at the fepulchre ; and when they found not his body, they came, faying, that they had alfo feen a vifion of angels, which faid that he was alive. And certain of them who were with us went to the fepulchre, and found it even fo as the women had faid; but him they faw not. Then he faid unto them, O fools, and flow of heart to believe all that the prophets have fpoken ! Ought not Chrift to have fuffered thefe things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Mofes, and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himfelf. And they drew nigh unto the village whither they went; and he made as though he would have gone farther: But they conftrained him, faying, Abide with us; for it is towards evening, and the day is far fpent. And he went in to tarry with them. And it came to pafs, as he 150 TUESDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. fat at meat with them, he took bread, and blefled it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him, and he vanimed out of their fight. And they faid one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures? And they rofe up the fame hour, and returned to Jerufalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, faying, The Lord is rifen in- deed, and hath appeared to Simon. And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. Tuejday in Eafter-Week. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who through thy only- begotten Son Jefus Chrift haft overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlafting life ; We humbly befeech thee, that as by thy f^ecial grace preventing us, thou doft put into our minds good defires, fo by thy continual help we may bring the fame to good effect, through Jefus Chrift our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft ever, one God, world without end. Amen. For the EPISTLE. A6ls xiii. 26. MEN and brethren, children of the ftock of Abraham, and whofoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this falvation fent. TUESDAY IN EASTER-WEEK, 15! For they that dwell at Jerufalem, and their ru- lers, becaufe they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every fab- bath-day, they have fulfilled them in condemn- ing him. And though they found no caufe of death in him, yet defired they Pilate that he mould be {lain. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a fepulchre. But God raifed him from the dead : And he was feen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerufalem, who are his wit- neffes unto the people. And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promife which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the fame unto us their children, in that he hath raifed up Jefus again; as it is alfo written in the fecond Pfalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he raifed him up from the dead, now no more to return to cor- ruption, he faid on this wife, I will give you the fure mercies of David. Wherefore he faith alfo in another Pfalm, Thou malt not fuffer thine Holy One to fee corruption. For David, after he had ferved his own generation by the will of God, fell on fleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and faw corruption: But he whom God raifed again, faw no corruption. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this L 4 152 TUESDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. man is preached unto you the forgivenefs of fins: and by him all that believe are juftified from all things, from which ye could not be juftified by the law of Mofes. Beware therefore, left that come upon you, which is fpoken of in the pro- phets; Behold, ye defpifers, and wonder, and perifh ; for I work a work in your days, a work which ye mall in no wife believe, though a man declare it unto you.* THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xxiv. 36. JESUS himfelf flood in the midft of them, and faith unto them, Peace be unto you. But they were terrified and affrighted, and fuppofed that they had feen a fpirit. And he faid unto them, Why are ye troubled, and why do thoughts arife in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myfelf: handle me, and fee; for a fpirit hath not flefh. and bones, as ye fee me have. And when he had thus fpoken, he (hew- ed them his hands and his feet. And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he faid unto them, Have ye here any meat? And they gave him a piece of a broiled fim, and of an .honey-comb. And he took it, and did eat be- fore them. And he faid unto them, Thefe are the words which I fpake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things muft be fulfilled which were written in the law of Mofes, and in the Prophets, and in the Pfalms concerning me. Then * Habakkuk i. 5. THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 153 opened he their underftanding, that they might underftand the Scriptures ; and faid unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Chrift to fuffer, and to rife from the dead the third day; and that repentance and remiffion of fins mould be preached in his Name among all na- tions, beginning at Jerufalem. And ye are wit- neffes of thefe things. The Firft Sunday after Eafter. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY Father, who haft given thine only Son to die for our fins, and to rife again for our j uftification ; Grant us fo to put away the leaven of malice and wickednefs, that we may alway ferve thee in purenefs of living and truth, through the merits of the fame thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE, i St. John v. 4. WHATSOEVER is born of God, overcom- eth the world; and this is the viftory that over- cometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believ- eth that Jefus is the Son of God? This is he that came by water and blood, even Jefus Chrift; not by water only, but by water and blood : and it is the Spirit that beareth witnefs, becaufe the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear re- cord in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghoft: and thefe three are one. And 154 THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. there are three that bear witnefs in earth, the fpirit, and the water, and the blood : and thefe three agree in one. If we receive the witnefs of men, the witnefs of God is greater: for this is the witnefs of God, which he hath teftified of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God, hath the witnefs in himfelf: he that believeth not God, hath made him a liar, becaufe he be- lieveth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life ; and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son, hath life; and he that hath not the Son, hath not life. THE GOSPEL. St. John xx. 19. THE fame day at evening, being the firft day of the week, when the doors were fhut, where the difciples were aflembled for fear of the Jews, came Jefus and flood in the midft, and faith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had fo faid, he (hewed unto them his hands and his fide. Then were the difciples glad when they faw the Lord. Then faid Jefus to them again, Peace be unto you : As my Father hath fent me, even fo fend I you. And when he had faid this, he breathed on them, and faith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghoft. Whofefoever fins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whofefoever fins ye retain, they are retained. THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 155 THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who haft given thine only Son to be unto us both a facrifice for fin, and alfo an enfample of godly life; Give us grace, that we may always moft thankfully receive -that his ineftimable benefit, and alfo daily endeavour our- felves to follow the bleffed fteps of his moft holy life, through the fame Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE, i St. Pet. ii. 19. THIS is thank worthy, if a man for confcience toward God endure grief, fuffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if when ye be buffetted for your faults, ye mall take it patiently? But if when ye do well, and fuffer for it, ye take it patiently; this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: becaufe Chrift alfo fuf- fered for us, leaving us an example, that ye mould follow his fteps : Who did no fm, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he fuffered, he threatened not ; but committed himfelf to him that judgeth righteoufly : Who his ownfelf bare our fins in his own body on the tree ; that we being dead to fin, fhould live unto righteouf- nefs : by whofe ftripes ye were healed. For ye were as fheep going aftray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bifhop of your fouls. 156 THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. THE GOSPEL. St. John x. 11. JESUS faid, I am the good fhepherd: the good fhepherd giveth his life for the fheep. But he that is an hireling, arid not the fhepherd, whofe own the fheep are not, feeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the fheep, and fleeth ; and the wolf catcheth them, and fcattereth the fheep. The hireling fleeth, becaufe he is an hireling, and careth not for the fheep. I am the good fhep- herd, and know my fheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even fo know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the fheep. And other fheep I have, which are not of this fold; them alfo I muft bring,* and they mall hear my voice; and there mall be one fold, and one fhepherd. The Third Sunday after Rafter. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who fheweft to them that be in error the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of righteouf- nefs ; Grant unto all them that are admitted into the fellowfhip of Chrift's religion, that they may efchew thofe things that are contrary to their profeffion, and follow all fuch things as are agree- able to the fame, through our Lord Jefus Chrift. Amen. *Johnxi. 52. THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 157 THE EPISTLE, i St. Pet. ii. n. DEARLY beloved, I befeech you as ftrangers and pilgrims, abftain from flefhly 1 lifts, which war againft the foul ; having your converfation honeft among the Gentiles; that whereas they fpeak againft you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they mall behold, glorify God in the day of vifitation. Submit yourfelves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's fake; whether it be to the king, as fupreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are fent by him, for the punifhment of evil-doers, and for the praife of them that do well. For fo is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to filence the ignorance of foolifh men : as free, and not ufmg your liberty for a cloke of malicioufnefs ; but as the fervants of God. Honour all men: Love the brotherhood : Fear God : Honour the king. THE GOSPEL. St. John xvi. 16. JESUS faid to his difciples, A little while and ye mail not fee me; and again, a little while and ye mall fee me ; becaufe I go to the Father. Then faid fome of his difciples among themfelves, What is this that he faith unto us, A little while and ye mall not fee me; and again, a little while and ye mall fee me; and, Becaufe I go to the Father ? They faid therefore, What is this that he faith, A little while? we cannot tell what he faith. Now Jefus knew that they were defirous 158 THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. to afk him, and faid unto them, Do ye enquire among yourfelves of that I faid, A little while and ye fhall not fee me; and again, a little while and ye mail fee me? Verily, verily I fay unto you, that ye fhall weep and lament, but the world mail rejoice: and ye mail be forrowful, but your forrow fhall be turned into joy. A woman, when me is in travail, hath forrow, becaufe her hour is come: but as foon as me is delivered of the child, me remembereth no more the anguifh, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have forrow ; but I will fee you again, and your heart fhall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. The Fourth Sunday after Ea/ler. THE COLLECT. O ALMIGHTY God, who alone canft order the unruly wills and affeftions of finful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandeft, and defire that which thou doft promife; that fo among the fun- dry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may furely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. St. James i. 17. EVERY good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variablenefs, neither fha- THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 159 dow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we fhould be a kind of firft-fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be fwift to hear, flow to fpeak, flow to wrath ; for the wrath of man worketh not the righteoufnefs of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthinefs and fuperfluity of naughtinefs, and receive with meeknefs the ingrafted Word, which is able to fave your fouls. THE GOSPEL. St. John xvi. 5. JESUS faid unto his difciples, Now I go my way to him that fent me, and none of you afk- eth me, Whither goeft thou ? But becaufe I have faid thefe things unto you, forrow hath filled your heart. Neverthelefs, I tell you the truth ; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will fend him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of fin, and of righteoufnefs, and of judgement : Of fin, becaufe they believe not on me : Of righteoufnefs, becaufe I go to my Father, and ye fee me no more : Of judgement, becaufe the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to fay unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for he fliall not fpeak of himfelf; but whatfoever he fhall hear, that fliall he fpeak : and he will fhew l6o THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. you things to come. He (hall glorify me : for he Ihall receive of mine, and mall mew it unto you. All things that the Father hath, are mine : there- fore faid I, that he mall take of mine, and mail mew it unto you. The Fifth Sunday after Eafter. THE COLLECT. O LORD, from whom all good things do come ; Grant to us thy humble fervants, that by thy holy infpiration we may think thofe things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the fame, through our Lord Jefus Chrift. Amen. THE EPISTLE. St. James i. 22. BE ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own felves. For if any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glafs. For he beholdeth himfelf, and goeth his way, and ftraightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whofo looketh into the perfeft law of liberty, and continueth therein: he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man fhall be blefled in his deed. If any man among you feem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Pure religion, and unde- filed before God and the Father, is this, To vifit THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. l6l the fatherlefs and widows in their affli&ion, and to keep himfelf unfpotted from the world. THE GOSPEL. St. John xvi. 23. VERILY, verily I fay unto you, Whatfoever ye fhall afk the Father in my Name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye afked nothing in my Name: Afk, and ye fhall receive, that your joy may be full. Thefe things have I fpoken unto you in proverbs : the time cometh when I mall no more fpeak unto you in proverbs, but I fhall mew you plainly of the Father. At that day ye fhall afk in my Name : and I fay not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you; for the Father himfelf loveth you, becaufe ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. His difciples faid unto him, Lo, now fpeakeft thou plainly, and fpeakeft no proverb. Now are we fure, that thou knoweft all things, and needeft not that any man mould afk thee: by this we believe that thou cameft forth from God. Jefus anfwered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye fhall be fcattered every man to his own, and fhall leave me alone : and yet I am not alone, becaufe the Father is with me. Thefe things I have fpoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In ihe world ye fhall M l62 ASCENSION-DAY. have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. Afcenfion-Day. THE COLLECT. GRANT, we befeech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only-begotten Son our Lord Jefus Chrift to have afcended into the heavens; fo we may alfo in heart and mind thi- ther afcend, and with him continually dwell, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft, one God, w r orld without end. Amen. For the EPISTLE. Afts i. i. THE former treatife have I made, O Theo- philus, of all that Jefus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghoft had given commandments unto the Apoftles whom he had chofen : To whom alfo he fhewed himfelf alive after his paflion, by many infallible proofs; being feen of them forty days, and fpeaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God : and being affembled together with them, commanded them, that they mould not depart from Jerufa- lem, but wait for the promife of the Father, which, faith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye mail be baptized with the Holy Ghoft not many days hence. When they therefore were come toge- ther, they afked of him, faying, Lord, wilt thou ASCENSION-DAY. 163 at this time reftore again the kingdom to Ifrael? And he faid unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the feafons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye mall receive power after that the Holy Ghoft is come upon you; and ye mall be witneffes unto me, both in Jerufalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermoft part of the earth. And when he had fpoken thefe things, while they be- held, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their fight. And while they looked fted- faftly toward heaven, as he went up, behold, two men flood by them in white apparel ; which alfo faid, Ye men of Galilee, why ftand ye gazing up into heaven? This fame Jefus which is taken up from you into heaven, mall fo come in like man- ner, as ye have feen him go into heaven. THE GOSPEL. St. Mark xvi. 14. JESUS appeared unto the eleven as they fat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardnefs of heart, becaufe they believed not them which had feen him after he was rifen. And he faid unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gofpel to every creature. He that believeth, and is baptized, mall be faved; but he that believeth not, mall be damned. And thefe figns mall follow them that believe: In my Name mall they caft out devils ; they mall fpeak with new tongues; they mall take up ferpents, M 2 164 SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION-DAY. and if they drink any deadly thing, it fhall not hurt them; they fhall lay hands on the fick, and they fhall recover. So then after the Lord had fpoken unto them, he was received up into hea- ven, and fat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with figns following. Sunday after Afcenfion-Day. THE COLLECT. O GOD the King of glory, who haft exalted thine only Son Jefus Chrift with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven ; We befeech thee, leave us not comfortlefs ; but fend to us thine Holy Ghoft to comfort us, and exalt us unto the fame place whither our Saviour Chrift is gone be- fore, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft, one God, world without end. Ameri. THE EPISTLE, i St. Pet. iv. 7. THE end of all things is at hand; be ye there- fore fober, and watch unto prayer. And above all things have fervent charity among yourfelves: for charity {hall cover the multitude of fins. Ufe hofpitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even fo minifter the fame one to another, as good Rewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man fpeak, let him fpeak as the oracles of God : If any man mi- WHIT-SUNDAY. 165 nifter, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth; that God in all things may be glorified through Jefus Chrift; to whom be praife and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. THE GOSPEL. St. John xv. 26. and part of Chap. xvi. WHEN the Comforter is come, whom I will fend unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeded! from the Father, he mall teftify of me. And ye alfo mall bear witnefs, becaufe ye have been with me from the begin- ning. Thefe things have I fpoken unto you, that ye mould not be offended. They fhall put you out of the fynagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whofoever killeth you, will think that he doeth God fervice. And thefe things will they do unto you, becaufe they have not known the Father, nor me: but thefe things have I told you, that when the time fhall come, ye may re- member that I told you of them. Whit -Sunday. THE COLLECT. GOD, who as at this time didft teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by the fending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us by the fame Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy com- fort, through the merits of Chrift Jefus our Sa- viour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the M 3 l66 WHIT-SUNDAY. unity of the fame Spirit, one God, world with- out end. Amen. For the EPISTLE. Acls ii. i. WHEN the day of Pentecoft was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place: And fuddenly there came a found from heaven, as of a rufhing mighty wind, and it filled all the houfe where they were fitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues, like as of fire, and it fat upon each of them: and they were all filled with the Holy Ghoft, and began to fpeak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerufalem Jews, de- vout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noifed abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, becaufe that every man heard them fpeak in his own lan- guage. And they were all amazed, and marvel- led, faying one to another, Behold, are not all thefe which fpeak Galileans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mefopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Afia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and Grangers of Rome, Jews and Profelytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them fpeak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. WHIT-SUNDAY. l6j THE GOSPEL. St. John xiv. 15. JESUS faid unto his difciples, If ye love me, keep my commandments: and I will pray the Father, and he mail give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, becaufe it feeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and mail be in you. I will not leave you comfort- lefs; I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world feeth me no more; but ye fee me: becaufe I live, ye (hall live alfo. At that day ye mail know, that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my command- ments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me, mall be loved of my Father; and I will love him, and will manifeft myfelf to him. Judas faith unto him, (not Ifca- riot) Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifeft thy- felf unto us, and not unto the world? Jefus an- fwered and faid unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words; and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not, keep- eth not my fayings: and the word which ye hear, is not mine, but the Father's which fent me. Thefe things have I fpoken unto you, be- ing yet prefent with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghoft, whom the Father will l68 MONDAY IN WHITSUN-WEEK. fend in my Name, he fhall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, what- foever I have faid unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you : not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid* Ye have heard how I faid unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, becaufe I faid, I go unto the Fa- ther: for my Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it come to pafs, that when it is come to pafs, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me command- ment, even fo I do. Monday in WhitJun-Week. THE COLLECT. GOD, who as at this time didft teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by the fending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us by the fame Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy com- fort, through the merits of Chrift Jefus our Sa- viour ; who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the fame Spirit, one God, world with- out end. Amen. MONDAY IN W H IT S U N-W E E K. 169 For the EPISTLE. Acls x. 34. THEN Peter opened his mouth and faid, Of a truth I perceive that God is no refpefter of perfons ; but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteoufnefs, is accepted with him. The word which God fent unto the children of Ifrael, preaching peace by Jefus Chrift (he is Lord of all); that word, I fay, ye know, which was publiihed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptifm which John preached: How God anointed Jefus of Naza- reth with the Holy Ghoft, and with power; who went about doing good,* and healing all that were oppreffed of the devil : for God was with him. And we are witneffes of all things which he did, both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerufalem; whom they flew, and hanged on a tree : Him God raifed up the third day, and fhewed him openly ; not to all the people, but unto witnefTes chofen before of God; even to us who did eat and drink with him after he rofe from the dead. And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to teftify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. To him give all the prophets witnefs, that through his Name, whofoever be- lieveth in him, fhall receive remiflion of fins. While Peter yet fpake thefe words, the Holy Ghoft fell on all them who heard the Word. And * What pen can defcribe a greater character than thefe few words exhibit ? 1 70 MONDAY IN W H I T S U N - W E E K. they of the circumcifion, who believed, were aftonifhed, as many as came with Peter, becaufe that on the Gentiles alfo was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghoft : for they heard them fpeak with tongues, and magnify God. Then anfwered Peter, Can any man forbid water, that thefe mould not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghoft as well as we ? And he commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. THE GOSPEL. St. John iii. 16. GOD fo loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whofoever believeth in him, mould not perifh, but have everlafting life. For God fent not his Son into the world to con- demn the world, but that the world through him might be faved. He that believeth on him, is not condemned: but he that believeth not, is condemned already ; becaufe he hath not believed in the Name of the only-begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darknefs rather than light, becaufe their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil, hateth the light; nei- ther cometh to the light, left his deeds mould be reproved. But he that doeth truth, cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifeft, that they are wrought in God. TUESDAY IN W H I T S U N-W E E K. THE COLLECT. GOD, who as at this time didft teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by the fending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us by the fame Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort, through the merits of Chrift Jefus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the fame Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. For the EPISTLE. Als viii. 14. WHEN the Apoftles, who were at Jerufa- lem, heard that Samaria had received the Word of God, they fent unto them Peter and John; who when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghoft : (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them; only they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Jefus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghoft. THE GOSPEL. St. John x. i. VERILY, verily I fay unto you, He that en- tereth not by the door into the flieepfold, but climbeth up fome other way, the fame is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door, is the fhepherd of the fheep : to him the porter openeth, and the fheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own fheep by name, and lead- 17 2 TRINITY SUNDAY. eth them out. And when he putteth forth his own fheep, he goeth before them, and the fheep follow him; for they know his voice: and a Granger will they not follow; but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of ftrangers. This parable fpake Jefus unto them : but they underftood not what things they were which he fpake unto them. Then faid Jefus unto them again; Verily, verily I fay unto you, I am the door of the fheep : All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the fheep did not hear them. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he fhall be faved, and mail go in and out, and find pafture. The thief cometh not but for to fteal, and to kill, and to deftroy : I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. Trinity Sunday. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who haft given unto us thy fervants grace by the confeffion of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majefty to worfhip the Unity ; We befeech thee, that thou wouldeft keep us ftedfaft in this faith, and evermore defend us from all adverfities, who liveft and reigneft, one God, world without end. Amen. TRINITY SUNDAY. 173 For the EPISTLE. Rev. iv. i. AFTER this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the firft voice which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which faid, Come up hither, and I will mew thee things which muft be hereafter. And immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was fet in heaven, and one fat on the throne : and he that fat was to look upon like a jafper and a fardine ftone; and there was a rain- bow round about the throne, in fight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were four and twenty feats ; and upon the feats I faw four and twenty elders fitting, clothed in white raiment ; and they had on their heads crowns of gold: And out of the throne proceeded light- nings, and thunderings, and voices. And there were feven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the feven fpirits of God. And before the throne, there was a fea of glafs, like unto cryftal. And in the midft of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beafts full of eyes before and behind: and the firft beaft was like a lion, and the fecond beaft like a calf, and the third beaft had a face as a man, and the fourth beaft was like a flying eagle. And the four beafts had each of them fix wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they reft not day and night, faying, Holy, 174 TRINITY SUNDAY. holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come. And when thofe beafts give glory, and honour, and thanks to him that fat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, the four and twenty elders fall down before him that fat on the throne, and worfhip him that liveth for ever and ever, and caft their crowns before the throne, faying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power; for thou haft created all things, and for thy pleafure they are and were created. THE GOSPEL. St. John iii. i. THERE was a man of the Pharifees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: the fame came to Jefus by night, and faid unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do thefe miracles, that thou doeft, except God be with him. Jefus anfwered and faid unto him, Verily, verily I fay unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot fee the kingdom of God. Nicodemus faith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he "enter the fecond time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jefus anfwered, Verily, verily I fay unto thee, Except a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the king- dom of God. That which is born of the flem, is flem; and that which is born of the Spirit, is fpirit. Marvel not that I faid unto thee, Ye THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 175 muft be born again. The wind bloweth where it lifteth, and thou heareft the found thereof, but canft not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth ; fo is every one that is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus anfwered and faid unto him, How can thefe things be? Jefus anfwered and faid unto him, Art thou a mafter of Ifrael, and knoweft not thefe things ? Verily, verily I fay unto thee, We fpeak that we do know, and teftify that we have feen; and ye receive not our witnefs. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not; how mall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? And no man hath afcended up to hea- ven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of Man, who is in heaven. And as Mofes lifted up the ferpent in the wildernefs,* even fo muft the Son of Man be lifted up: that whofo- ever believeth in him, mould not perifh, but have eternal life. The Fir/I Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. O GOD, the ftrength of all them that put their truft in thee, mercifully accept our prayers; and becaufe through the weaknefs of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping thy commandments we may pleafe thee, both in will and deed, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. * See Numb. xxi. 8, 9. 176 THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. THE EPISTLE, i St. John iv. 7. BELOVED, let us love one another: for love is of God, and every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God. He that lov- eth not, knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifefted the love of God towards us, becaufe that God fent his only -begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and fent his Son to be the pro- pitiation for our fins. Beloved, if God fo loved us, we ought alfo to love one another. No man hath feen God at any time. If we love one ano- ther, God dwelleth in us, and his love is per- fefted in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us; becaufe he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have feen and do teftify that the Father fent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whofoever mail confefs that Jefus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldnefs in the day of judge- ment; becaufe as he is, fo are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfecl love cafteth out fear; becaufe fear hath torment: he that fear- eth, is not made perfect in love. We love him, THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 177 becaufe he firft loved us. If a man fay, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother, whom he hath feen, how can he love God, whom he hath not feen? And this commandment have we from him. That he who loveth God, love his brother alfo. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xvi. 19. THERE was a certain rich man, who was" clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared fump- tuoufly every day. And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate full of fores, and defiring to be fed with the crumbs, which fell from the rich man's table : moreover, the dogs came and licked his fores. And it came to pafs, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bofom: the rich man alfo died, and was buried: and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and feeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bofom. And he cried, and faid, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and fend Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abra- ham laid, Son, remember that thou in thy life- time received!! thy good things, and likewife Lazarus evil things ; but now he. is comforted, and thou art tormented. And befides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: fo that they who would pafs from hence to you N 178 THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. cannot; neither can they pafs to us, that would come from thence. Then he faid, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldeft fend him to my father's houfe : for I have five brethren ; that he may teftify unto them, left they alfo come into this place of torment. Abraham faith unto him, They have Mofes and the prophets ; let them hear them. And he faid, Nay, father Abraham; but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he faid unto him, If they hear not Mofes and the prophets, neither will they be per- fuaded, though one rofe from the dead. The Second Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. O LORD, who never faileft to help and go- vern them whom thou doft bring up in thy ftedfaft fear and love; Keep us, we befeech thee, under the proteftion of thy good providence, and make us to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE, i St. John iii. 13. MARVEL not, my brethren, if the world hate you. We know that we have pafled from death unto life, becaufe we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death. Whofoever hateth his brother, is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love of God, becaufe he laid down his life for us: and THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 179 we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whofo hath this world's good, and feeth his brother have need, and fhutteth up his bowels of compaffion from him; how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue ; but in deed, and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and mall affure our hearts before him. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Be- loved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God. And whatfoever we afk, we receive of him, becaufe we keep his commandments, and do thofe things that are pleaf- ing in his fight. And this is his commandment, That we mould believe on the Name of his Son Jefus Chrift, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his com- mandments, dwelleth in him, and he in him : and hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xiv. 16. A CERTAIN man made a great fupper, and bade many; and fent his fervant at fupper-time to fay to them that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ready. And they all with one confent began to make excufe. The firft faid unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I muft needs go and fee it ; I pray thee have me N 2 l8o THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. excufed: And another faid, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them ; I pray thee have me excufed : And another faid, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that fervant came, and fhewed his lord thefe things. Then the mafter of the houfe, being angry, faid to his fervant, Go out quickly into the flreets and lanes of the city, and bring in hi- ther the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the fervant faid, Lord, it is done as thou haft commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord faid unto the fervant, Go out into the high-ways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my houfe may be filled : For I fay unto you, that none of thofe men which were bidden, fhall tafte of my fupper. The Third Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. O LORD, we befeech thee mercifully to hear us ; and grant that we, to whom thou haft given an hearty defire to pray, may by thy mighty aid be defended and comforted in all dangers and ad- verfities, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE, i St. Pet. v. 5. ALL of you be fubjet one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God refifteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Hum- ble yourfelves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time ; cafting THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. l8l all your care upon him, for he careth for you. Be fober, be vigilant; becaufe your adverfary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about feeking whom he may devour : whom refift ftedfaft in the faith ; knowing that the fame affliftions are ac- complifhed in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Chrift Jefus, after that ye have fuffered a while, make you perfect, fta- blifh, ftrengthen, fettle you. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xv. i. THEN drew near unto him all the publicans and fmners for to hear him. And the Pharifees and fcribes murmured, faying, This man receiv- eth fmners, and eateth with them. And he fpake this parable unto them, faying, What man of you having an hundred fheep, if he lofe one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilder- nefs, and go after that which is loft, until he find it ? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his moulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neigh- bours, faying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my fheep which was loft. I fay unto you, That likewife joy mall be in heaven over one fmner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine juft perfons, which need no repentance. Either what woman, having ten pieces of filver, N 3 l82 THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. if me lofe one piece, doth not light a candle, and fweep the houfe, and feek diligently till {he find it ? And when {he hath found it, me calleth her friends and her neighbours together, faying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had loft. Likewife, I fay unto you, There is joy in the prefence of the angels of God over one finner that repenteth. The Fourth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. GOD, the proteftor of all that truft in thee, without whom nothing is ftrong, nothing is holy ; Increafe and multiply upon us thy mercy ; that thou being our ruler and guide, we may fo pafs through things temporal, that we finally lofe not the things eternal: Grant this, O heavenly Fa- ther, for Jefus Chrift's fake our Lord. Amen, THE EPISTLE. Rom. viii. 18. 1 RECKON that the fufferings of this prefent time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which mall be revealed in us. For the earneft expectation of the creature waiteth for the mani- feftation of the fons of God. For the creature was made fubjecl; to vanity, not willingly, but by reafpn of him who hath fubjefted the fame in hope : becaufe the creature itfelf alfo mail be delivered from the bondage of corruption, into (the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth, and THE FOURTH SUN DAY AFTER TRINITY. 183 travaileth in pain together until now: And not only they, but ourfelves alfo, which have the firft-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourfelves groan within ourfelves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke vi. 36. BE ye therefore merciful, as your Father alfo is merciful. Judge not, and ye mall not be judged : condemn not, and ye mail not be con- demned : forgive, and ye mall be forgiven : give, and it mail be given unto you; good meafure, prefled down, and fhaken together, and running over, mall men give into your bofom. For with the fame meafure that ye mete withal, it mall be meafured to you again. And he fpake a parable unto them ; Can the blind lead the blind ? mail they not both fall into the ditch ? The difciple is not above his mafter ; but every one that is per- fect mall be as his mafter. And why beholdeft thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceiveft not the beam that is in thine own eye ? Either how canft thou fay to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyfelf beholdeft not the beam that is in thine own eye ? Thou hypocrite, caft out firft the beam out of thine own eye, and then malt thou fee clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. N 4 184 THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. THE COLLECT. GRANT, O Lord, we befeech thee, that the courfe of this world may be fo peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully ferve thee in all godly quietnefs, through Jefus Chrifl our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE, i St. Pet iii. 8. BE ye all of one mind, having compaffion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be cour- teous, not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwife, bleffing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye mould inherit a bleffing. For he that will love life, and fee good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they fpeak no guile: Let him efchewevil, and do good; let him feek peace, and enfue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers : but the face of the Lord is againft them that do evil. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good ? But and if ye fuffer for righteoufnefs' fake, happy are ye : and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; but fanftify the Lord God in your hearts. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke v. i. IT came to pafs, that as the people prefled upon him to hear the Word of God, he flood by the lake of Gennefareth, and faw two mips THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 185 ftanding by the lake ; but the fifhermen were gone out of them, and were wafhing their nets. And he entered into one of the fhips, which was Si- mon's, and prayed him that he would thruft out a little from the land : and he fat down, and taught the people out of the mip. Now when he had left fpeaking, he faid unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon anfwering, faid unto him, Mafler, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing, neverthelefs, at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they inclofed a great multitude of fifties, and their net brake. And they beckoned unto their part- ners which were in the other mip, that they mould come and help them. And they came, and filled both the mips, fo that they began to fink. When Simon Peter faw it, he fell down at Jefus J knees, faying, Depart from me, for I am a finful man, O Lord. For he was aftonifhed, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fifties which they had taken ; and fo was alfo James and John, the fons of Zebedee, which were partners with Si- mon. And Jefus faid unto Simon, Fear not, from henceforth thou fhalt catch men. And when they had brought their fhips to land, they forfook all, and followed him. l86 THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. THE COLLECT. O GOD, who haft prepared for them that love thee, fuch good things as pafs man's underftanding; Pour into our hearts fuch love toward thee, that we loving thee above all things, may obtain thy promifes, which exceed all that we can defire, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Rom. vi. 3. KNOW ye not, that fo many of us as were baptized into Jefus Chrift, were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptifm into death ; that like as Chrift was raifed up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even fo we alfo mould walk in newnefs of life. For if we have been planted together in the likenefs of his death, we mall be alfo in the likenefs of his refurre&ion : knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of fin might be deftroyed, that henceforth we fhould not ferve fin. For he that is dead, is freed from fin. Now if we be dead with Chrift, we believe that we ftiall alfo live with him; knowing that Chrift being raifed from the dead, dieth no more ; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto fin once; but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewife reckon ye alfo yourfelves to be dead indeed unto fin; but alive unto God, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 187 THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. v. 20. JESUS faid unto his difciples, Except your righteoufnefs fhall exceed the righteoufnefs of the fcribes and Pharifees, ye fhall in no cafe enter into the kingdom of heaven. Ye have heard that it was faid by them of old time, Thou malt not kill : and whofoever fhall kill, fhall be in danger of the judgement. But I fay unto you, that whofoever is angry with his brother without a caufe, fhall be in danger of the judgement : and whofoever fhall fay to his brother, Raca, fhall be in danger of the council: but whofoever fhall fay, Thou fool, fhall be in danger of hell- fire.* Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remembereft that thy brother hath ought againft thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, firft be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adverfary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; left at any time the adverfary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be caft into prifon. Verily I fay unto thee, Thou fhalt by no means come out thence, till thou haft paid the utter- moft farthing. The Seventh Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. LORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things; Graft in our * Gehenna. See Dr. Willan's Hiftory of the Miniftry of Jefus Chrift, p. 34. l88 THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. hearts the love of thy Name, increafe in us true religion, nourifh us with all goodnefs, and of thy great mercy keep us in the fame, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Rom. vi. 19. I SPEAK after the manner of men, becaufe of the infirmity of your flem : For as ye have yielded your members fervants to uncleannefs, and to ini- quity, unto iniquity ; even fo now yield your members fervants to righteoufnefs, unto holinefs. For when ye were the fervants of fin, ye were free from righteoufnefs. What fruit had ye then in thofe things, whereof ye are now afhamed? for the end of thofe things is death. But now being made free from fin, and become fervants to God, ye have your fruit unto holinefs, and the end everlafting life. For the wages of fin is death : but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. THE GOSPEL. St. Mark viii. i. IN thofe days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jefus 'called his difci- ples unto him, and faith unto them, I have com- paffion on the multitude, becaufe they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: and if I fend them away fafting to their own houfes, they will faint by the way; for divers of them came from far. And his difciples anfwered him. From whence can a man fatisfy thefe men THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 189 with bread here in the wildernefs? And he afked them, How many loaves have ye? And they faid, Seven. And he commanded the people to fit down on the ground : And he took the feven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, arid gave to his difciples to fet before them; and they did fet them before the people. And they had a few fmall fifties; and he bleffed, and commanded to fet them alfo before them. So they did eat, and were filled : and they took up of the broken meat that was left, feven bafkets. And they that had eaten were about four thoufand. And he fent them away. The Eighth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. O GOD, whofe never-failing providence or- dereth all things both in heaven and earth; We humbly befeech thee to put away frojn us all hurtful things, and to give us thofe things which be profitable for us, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Rom. viii. 12. BRETHREN, we are debtors, not to the fleih, to live after the flefh: For if ye live after the fleih, ye fhall die; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye fhall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the fons of God. For ye have not received the fpirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have 190 THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. received the fpirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itfelf beareth witnefs with our fpirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Chrift : if fo be that we fuffer with him, that we may be alfo glorified together. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. vii. 15. BEWARE of falfe prophets, which come to you in fheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye fhall know them by their fruits: Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thirties? even fo every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit; neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down, and caft into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye fhall know them. Not every one that faith unto me, Lord, Lord, fhall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. The Ninth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. GRANT to us, Lord, we befeech thee, the Spirit to think and do alway fuch things as be rightful ; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY, THE EPISTLE, i Cor. x. i. BRETHREN, I would not that ye fhould be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all pafled through the fea; and were all baptized unto Mofes in the cloud, and in the fea; and did all eat the fame fpiritual meat, and did all drink the fame fpiritual drink: (for they drank of that fpiritual Rock that followed them; and that Rock was Chrift.) But with many of them God was not well pleafed ; for they were overthrown in the wildernefs. Now thefe things were our examples, to the intent we mould not luft after evil things, as they alfo lufted. Neither be ye idolaters, as were fome of them: as it is written, The people fat down to eat and to drink, and rofe up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as fome of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thoufand. Neither let us tempt Chrift, as fome of them alfo tempted, and were deftroyed of ferpents. Neither murmur ye, as fome of them alfo murmured, and were deftroyed of the deftroyer. Now all thefe things happened unto them for enfamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Where- fore let him that thinketh he ftandeth, take heed left he fall. There hath no temptation taken you, but fuch as is common to man: but God is faith- ful, who will not fuffer you to be tempted above 192 THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. that ye are able; but will with the temptation alfo make a way to efcape, that ye may be able to bear it. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xvi. i. JESUS faid unto his difciples, There was a certain rich man who had a fteward; and the fame was accufed unto him, that he had wafted his goods. And he called him, and faid unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an ac- count of thy ftewardfhip; for thou mayeft be no longer fteward. Then the fteward faid within himfelf, What mall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the ftewardfhip: I cannot dig, to beg I am afhamed. I am refolved what to do, that when I am put out of the ftewardfhip, they may receive me into their houfes. So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and faid unto the firft, How much oweft thou unto my lord? And he faid, An hundred meafures of oil. And he faid unto him, Take thy bill, and fit down quickly, and write fifty. Then faid he to ano- ther, And how much oweft thou? And he faid, An hundred meafures of wheat.* And he faid unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourfcore. And the lord commended the unjuft fteward, be- caufe he had done wifely: for the children of this world are in their generation wifer than the children of light. And I fay unto you, Make to yourfelves friends of the mammon of unrighte- * Ewlov xc8?, 850 bufhels. THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 193 oufnefs ; that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlafting habitations. The Tenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. LET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble fervants ; and that they may obtain their petitions, make them to afk fuch things as mall pleafe thee, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE, i Cor. xii. i. CONCERNING fpiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that yp were Gentiles, carried away unto thefe dumb idols, even as ye were led. Wherefore I give you to underftand, that no man fpeaking by the Spirit of God, calleth Jefus accurfed; and that no man can fay that Jefus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghoft. Now there are diverfities of gifts, but the fame Spirit. And there are differences of adminiilrations, but the fame Lord. And there are diverfities of operations, but it is the fame God, who worketh all in all. But the mani- feftation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wifdom; to another the word of knowledge by the fame Spirit; to another faith by the fame Spirit; to another the gifts of heal- ing by the fame Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another dif- O 194 THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. cerning of fpirits ; to - another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues. But all thefe worketh that one and the felf-fame Spirit, dividing to every man feverally as he will. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xix. 41. AND when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, faying, If thou hadft known, even thou, at leaft in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days fhall come upon thee, that thine enemies fhall caft a trench about thee, and compafs thee round, and keep thee in on every fide, and fhall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee: and they fhall not leave in thee one ftone upon another; becaufe thou kneweft not the time of thy vifitation. And he went into the temple, and began to caft out them that fold therein, and them that bought, faying unto them, It is written, My houfe is the houfe of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. And he taught daily in the temple. The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. O GOD, who declareft thy Almighty power moft chiefly in fhewing mercy and pity; Merci- fully grant unto us fuch a meafure of thy grace, that we running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promifes, and be made THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 195 partakers of thy heavenly treafure, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE, i Cor. xv. i. BRETHREN, I declare unto you the Gofpel which I preached unto you, which alfo ye have received, and wherein ye ftand; by which alfo ye are faved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unlefs ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you firft of all, that which I alfo received, how that Chrift died for our fins, according to the Scriptures; and that he was buried; and that he rofe again the third day, according to the Scriptures ; and that he was feen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that he was feen of above five hundred brethren at once ; of whom the greater part remain unto this prefent; but fome are fallen afleep : After that he was feen of James; then of all the Apof- tles: And laft of all he was feen of me alfo, as of one born out of due time : For I am the leaft of the Apoftles, that am not meet to be called an Apoftle, becaufe I perfecuted the Church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace, which was beftowed upon me, was not in vain ; but I laboured more abun- dantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. Therefore whether it were I, or they, fo we preach, and fo ye be- lieved. O 2 196 THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xviii. 9. JESUS fpake this par-able unto certain which trufted in themfelves, that they were righteous, and defpifed others : Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharifee, and the other a Publican. The Pharifee flood and prayed thus with himfelf; God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjuft, adulte- rers, or even as this Publican : I faft twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I polfefs, And the Publican ftaiiding afar off, would not lift up fo much as his eyes unto heaven, but fmote upon his breaft, faying, God be merciful to me a fmner. I tell you, this man went down to his houfe juf- tified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himfelf, mall be abafed; and he that humbleth himfelf, (hall be exalted. The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who art always more ready to hear, than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we defire, or deferve; Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy, forgiving us thofe things whereof our confcience is afraid, and giving us thofe good things which we are not worthy to afk, but through the merits and mediation of Jefus Chrift thy Son our Lord. Amen. THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 197 . THE EPISTLE. 2 Cor. iii. 4. SUCH truft have we through Chrift to God- ward: Not that we are fufficient of ourfelves to think any thing as of ourfelves; but our fuffici- ency is of God. Who alfo hath made us able minifters of the New Teftament; not of the let- ter, but of the Spirit: for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life. But if the miniftration of death written and engraven in ftones was glorious, fo that the children of Ifrael could not ftedfaftly behold the face of Mofes for the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done away; how fhall not the miniftration of the Spirit be rather glorious? For if the miniftration of con- demnation be glory, much more doth the minif- tration of righteoufnefs exceed in glory. THE GOSPEL. St. Mark vii. 31. JESUS departing from the coafts of Tyre and Sidon, came unto the fea of Galilee, through the midft of the coafts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his fpeech ; and they befeech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him afide from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he fpit, and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, he fighed, and faith unto him, " Ephphatha," that is, Be opened. And ftraightway his ears were opened, and the firing of his tongue was loofed, and he fpake 198 THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. plain. And he charged them that they fhould tell no man: but the more he charged them, fo much the more a great deal they publifhed it, and were beyond meafure aftonimed, faying, He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to fpeak. The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and merciful God, of whofe only gift it cometh, that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable fervice ; Grant, we befeech thee, that we may fo faithfully ferve thee in this life, that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly promifes, through the merits of Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Gal. iii. 16. TO Abraham and his feed were the promifes made. He faith not, And to feeds, as of many ; but as of one, And to thy feed, which is Chrift. And this I fay, That the covenant that was con- firmed before of God in Chrift, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot difannul, that it fhould make the promife of none effecT:. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promife ; but God gave it to Abra- ham by promife. Wherefore then ferveth the law? It was added becaufe of tranfgreffions, till the feed fhould come, to whom the promife was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 199 of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a media- tor of one; but God is one. Is the law then againft the promifes of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given, which could have given life, verily righteoufnefs mould have been by the law. But the Scripture hath concluded all under fin, that the promife by faith of Jefus Chrift might be given to them that believe. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke x. 23. BLESSED are the eyes which fee the things that ye fee. For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have defired to fee thofe things which ye fee, and have not feen them; and to hear thofe things which ye hear, and have not heard them. And behold, a certain lawyer flood up, and tempted him, faying, Mafter, what mail I do to inherit eternal life ? He faid unto him, What is written in the law? How readeft thou? And he anfwer- ing, faid, Thou (halt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, and w r ith all thy ftrength, and with all thy mind ; and thy neighbour as thyfelf. And he faid unto him, Thou haft anfwered right; this do, and thou malt live. But he willing to juftify himfelf, faid unto Jefus, And who is my neighbour? And Jefus anfwering, faid, A certain man went down from Jerufalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which ftripped him of his raiment, and wounded him; and departed, leaving him half dead. And 200 THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. by chance there came down a certain prieft that way, and when he faw him, he paffed by on the other fide. And likewife a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and paffed by on the other fide. But a certain Samaritan,* as he journeyed, came where he was; and when he faw him, he had compaffion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and fet him on his own beaft, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the hoft, and faid unto him, Take care of him; and whatfoever thou fpendeft more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of thefe three, thinkeft thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he faid, He that fhewed mercy on him. Then faid Jefus unto him, Go, and do thou likewife. The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, give unto us the increafe of faith, hope, and charity; and that we may obtain that which thou doft promife, make us to love that which thou doft command, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Gal. v. 16. I SAY then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye ftiall not fulfil the luft of the flefli. For the flefh lufteth * The Jews abhorred the Samaritans. See Dr. Willan, p. 26, 83, HI. THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 2O1 againft the Spirit, and the Spirit againft the flefh ; and thefe are contrary the one to the other; fo that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flefh are manrfeft, which are thefe, Adultery, fornication, unclean- nefs, lafcivioufnefs, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, ftrife, feditions, he- refies, envyings, murders, drunkennefs, revellings, and fuch like : of the which I tell you before, as I have alfo told you in time paft, that they who do fuch things mall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-fuffering, gentlenefs, goodnefs, faith, meeknefs, temperance : againft fuch there is no law. And they that are Chrift's have crucified the flefh, with the affeftions and lulls. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xvii. 11. AND it came to pafs, as Jefus went to Jerufalem, that he paffed through the midft of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain vil^ lage, there met him ten men that were lepers, who ftood afar off. And they lifted, up their voices, and faid, Jefus, Mafter, have mercy on us. And when he faw them, he faid unto them, Go, fhew yourfelves unto the priefts. And it came to pafs, that as they went, they were cleanfed. And one of them, when he faw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and P 2O2 THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks ;. and he was a Samaritan. And Jefus an- fwering, faid, Were there not ten cleanfed? but where are the nine ? There are not found that re- turned to give glory to God, fave this ftranger. And he faid unto him, Arife, go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole. The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. KEEP, we befeech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy : And becaufe the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our falvation, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Gal. vi. 11. YE fee how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. As many as defire to make a fair fhew in the flefh, they conftrain you to be circumcifed; only left they fhould fuffcr perfecution for the crofs of Chrift. For neither they themfelves who are circumcifed keep the law ; but defire to have you circumcifed, that they may glory in your flefh. But God forbid that I fhould glory, fave in the crofs of our Lord Jefus Chrift, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Chrift Jefus neither circumcifion availeth any thing, nor uncircum- cifion, but a new creature. And as many as walk THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 203 according to this rule, peace be on them and mercy, and upon the Ifrael of God. From hence- forth let no man trouble me; for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jefus. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift be with your fpirit. Amen. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. vi. 24. NO man can ferve two matters : for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or elfe he will hold to the one, and defpife the other. Ye cannot ferve God and Mammon. Therefore I fay unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye mall eat, or what ye mall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye mall put on : Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment ? Behold the fowls of the air ; for they fow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them: Are ye not much better than they ? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his fta- ture? And why take ye thought for raiment? Confider the lilies of the field how they grow: they toil not, neither do they fpin ; and yet I fay unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of thefe. Wherefore, if God fo clothe the grafs of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is caft into the oven ; mall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith ? Therefore take no thought, faying, What mall Pa 204 THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. we cat? or what fhall we drink? or wherewithal fhall we be clothed ? (for after all thefe things do the Gentiles feek:) for your heavenly Father know- eth that ye have need of all thefe things. But feek ye firft the kingdom of God, and his righ- teoufnefs, and all thefe things fhall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow ; for the morrow fhall take thought for the things of itfelf : fufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. LORD, we befeech thee, let thy continual pity cleanfe and defend thy Church ; and becaufe it cannot continue in fafety without thy fuccour, preferve it evermore by thy help and goodnefs, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Ephef. iii. 13. 1 DESIRE that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. For this caufe I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, accord- ing to the riches of his glory, to be ftrengthened with might by his Spirit iri the inner man; that Chrift may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all faints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height ; and to know the love of Chrift, which paffeth knowledge, that THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 205 ye might be filled with all the fulnefs of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abun- dantly above all that we a{k or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the Church by Chrift Jefus, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke vii. 11. AND it came to pafs the day after, that Jefus went into a city called Nain; and many of his difciples went with him, and much people. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only fon of his mother, and me was a widow; and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord faw her, he had compaffion on her, and faid unto her, Weep not. And he came and touched the bier, (and they that bare him flood ftill;) and he faid, Young man, I fay unto thee, Arife. And he that was dead, fat up, and began to fpeak: and he delivered him to his mother. And there came a fear on all, and they glorified God, faying, That a great prophet is rifen up among us, and that God hath vifited his people. And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about. The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. LORD, we pray thee, that thy grace may always prevent and follow us ; and make us con- 206 THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. tinually to be given to all good works, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Ephef. iv. i. I THEREFORE the prifoner of the Lord be- feech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowlinefs and meeknefs, with long-fuffering, forbearing one ano- ther in love; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one Faith, one Baptifm, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xiv. i. I T came to pafs, as Jefus went into the houfe of one of the chief Pharifees to eat bread on the fabbath-day, that they watched him. And behold, there was a certain man before him, who had the dropfy. And Jefus anfwering, fpake unto the lawyers and Pharifees, faying, Is it lawful to heal on the fabbath-day? And they held ,their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; and anfwered them, faying, Which of you mall have an afs, or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not ftraightway pull him out on the fab- bath-day?* And they could not anfwer him again to thefe .things. And he put forth a parable to thofe who were bidden, when he marked how they chofe out the chief rooms, faying unto them, * Several of th-? Rabbins objected evr n f ~ this labor on the fabbath. Mijhna. THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 207 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, fit not down in the higheft room ; left a more ho- nourable man than thou be bidden of him; and he that bade thee and him, come and fay to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with fhame to take the loweft room. But when thou art bid- den, go, and fit down in the loweft room ; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may fay unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then {halt thou have worfhip in the prefence of them that fit at meat with thee. For whofoever exalteth himfelf, fhall be abafed; and he that humbleth himfelf, fhall be exalted. The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. LORD, we befeech thee, grant thy people grace to withftand the temptations of the world, the fleih, and the devil ; and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee the only God, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE, i Cor. i. 4. I THANK my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jefus Chrift; that in every thing ye are enriched by him in all utterance, and in all knowledge ; even as the teftimony of Chrift was confirmed in you : fo that ye come behind in no gift: waiting for the coming of our Lord Jefus Chrift, who ftiall alfo confirm you unto the end ; that ye may be blamelefs in the day of our Lord Jefus Chrift. 208 THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. xxii. 34. WHEN the Pharifees had heard that Jefus had put the Sadducees to filence, they were gathered together. Then one of them, who was a lawyer, afked him a queftion, tempting him, and faying, Mafter, which is the great commandment in the law? Jefus faid unto him, Thou malt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy mind. This is the firft and great commandment. And the fecond is like unto it, Thou malt love thy neighbour as thyfelf. On thefe two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. While the Pharifees were gathered together, Jefus afked them, faying, What think ye of Chrift? whofe fon is he? They fay unto him, The fon of David. He faith unto them, How then doth David in fpirit call him Lord, faying, The Lord faid unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footftool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his fon? And no man was able to anfwer him a word ; neither durft any man (from that day forth) afk him any more queftions. The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. O GOD, forafmuch as without thee we are not able to pleafe thee; Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things dire6l and rule our hearts, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen, THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 2Og THE EPISTLE. Ephef. iv. 17. THIS I fay therefore, and teftify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind; having the un- derftanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, be- caufe of the blindnefs of their heart : who being paft feeling, have given themfelves over unto lafci- vioufnefs, to work all uncleannefs with greedinefs. But ye have not fo learned Chrift ; if fo be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jefus : That ye put off, con- cerning the former converfation, the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lufts ; and be renewed in the fpirit of your mind ; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteoufnefs and true holinefs. Where- fore putting away lying, fpeak every man truth with his neighbour : for we are members one of another. Be ye angry and fin not: let not the fun go down upon your wrath : neither give place to the devil. Let him that ftole, fteal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Let no corrupt communi- cation proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good, to the ufe of edifying, that it may mi- nifter grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are fealed Q 21O THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. unto the day of redemption. Let all bitternefs, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil- fpeaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Chrift's fake hath forgiven you. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. ix. i. JESUS entered into a fhip, and pafled over, and came into his own city. And behold, they brought to him a man fick of the palfy, lying on a bed. And Jefus feeing their faith, faid unto the fick of the palfy, Son, be of good cheer, thy fins be forgiven thee. And behold, certain of the fcribes faid within themfelves, This man blaf- phemeth. And Jefus, knowing their thoughts, faid, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? For whether is eafier to fay, Thy fins be forgiven thee? or to fay, Arife, and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive fins, (Then faith he to the fick of the palfy) Arife, take up thy bed, and go unto thine houfe. And he arofe, and departed to his houfe. But when the multitude faw it, they mar- velled, and glorified God, who had given fuch power unto men. The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. O ALMIGHTY and moft merciful God, of thy bountiful goodnefs, keep us, we befeech thee, THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 211 from all things that may hurt us; that we being ready both in body arid foul, may cheerfully ac- compliih thofe things that thou wouldeft have done, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Ephef. v. 15. SEE then that ye walk circumfpe&ly, not as fools, but as wife, redeeming the time, becaufe the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwife, but underftanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excefs; but be filled with the Spirit, fpeaking to your- felves in pfalms, and hymns, and fpiritual fongs; ringing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father, in the Name of our Lord Jefus Chrift ; fubmitting yourfelves one to another in the fear of God. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. xxii. i. JESUS faid, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, who made a marriage for his fon; and fent forth his fervants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he fent forth other fervants, fay- ing, Tell them who are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his 212 THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. merchandife : and the remnant took his fervants, and entreated them fpitefully, and flew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth ; and he fent forth his armies, and deftroyed thofe murderers, and burnt up their city. Then faith he to his fervants, The wedding is ready, but they who were bidden were not worthy. Go ye there- fore into the high -ways, and as many as ye fhall find, bid to the marriage. So thofe fervants went out into the high-ways, and gathered together all, as many as they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was furnifhed with guefts. And when the king came in to fee the guefts, he faw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment. And he faith unto him, Friend, how cameft thou in hither, not having a wedding-garment? And he was fpeechlefs. Then faid the king to the fervants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and caft him into outer darknefs : There fhall be weeping and gnafhing of teeth For many are called, but few are chofen. The Twenty -fir/I Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. GRANT, we befeech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful people, pardon and peace ; that they may be cleanfed from all their fins, and ferve thee with a quiet mind, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 213 THE EPISTLE. Ephef. vi. 10. MY brethren, be ftrong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to ftand againft the wiles of the devil. For we wreftle not againft flefh and blood, but againft principalities, againft powers, againft the rulers of the darknefs of this world, againft fpiritual wickednefs in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withftand in the evil day, and having done all, to ftand. Stand there- fore, having your loins girt about with truth; and having on the breaft-plate of righteoufnefs ; and your feet fhod with the preparation of the Gofpel of peace; above all, taking the fhield of faith, wherewith ye mall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked ; and take the helmet of falvation, and the fword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God: praying always with all prayer and fupplication in the Spirit, and watching there- unto with all perfeverance and fupplication for all faints ; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the myftery of the Gofpel ; for which I am an ambaflador in bonds : that therein I may fpeak boldly, as I ought to fpeak. THE GOSPEL. St. John iv. 46. THERE was a certain nobleman, whofe foil was lick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jefus 214 THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and befought him, that he would come down, and heal his fon; for he was at the point of death. Then faid Jefus unto him, Except ye fee figns and wonders, ye will not believe. The nobleman faith unto him, Sir, come down, ere my child die, Jefus faith unto him, Go thy way, thy fon liveth. And the man believed the word that Jefus had fpoken unto him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his fervants met him, and told him, faying, Thy fon liveth. Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend: And they faid unto him, Yefterday at the feventh hour the fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the fame hour, in the which Jefus faid unto him, Thy fon liveth; and himfelf believed, and his whole houfe. This is again the fecond miracle that Jefus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee. The Twenty -fecond Sunday after Trinity. TJHE COLLECT. LORD, we befeech thee to keep thy houfhold the Church in continual godlinefs; that through thy prote6lion it may be free from all adverfities, and devoutly given to ferve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 215 THE EPISTLE. Phil. i. 3. I THANK my God upon every remembrance of you, (always in every prayer of mine for you all making requeft with joy) for your fellowfhip in the Gofpel from the firft day until now; being confident of this very thing, that he who hath be- gun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jefus Chrift ; even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, becaufe I have you in my heart, inafmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the Gofpel, ye all are partakers of my grace. For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jefus Chrift. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge, and in all judgement: that ye may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be fincere, and without offence till the day of Chrift: being filled with the fruits of righteoufnefs, which are by Jefus Chrift, unto the glory and praife of God. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. xviii. 21. PETER faid unto Jefus, Lord, how oft fhall my brother fin againft me, and I forgive him? till feven times? Jefus faith unto him, I fay not unto thee, Until feven times; but until feventy times feven. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven li- kened unto a certain king, who would take ac- count of his fervants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, who owed 2l6 THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. him ten thoufand talents. But forafmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be fold,* and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The fervant there- fore fell down and worfhipped him, faying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Then the Lord of that fervant was moved with compaffion, and loofed him, and forgave him the debt. But the fame fervant went out, and found one of his fellow-fervants, who owed him an hun- dred pence ; and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, faying, Pay me that thou oweft. And his fellow-fervant fell down at his feet, and befought him, faying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. And he would not; but went and caft him into prifon, till he ftiould pay the debt. So when his fellow-fervants faw what was done, they were very forry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. Then his lord, after that he had called him, faid unto him, O thou wicked fervant, I forgave thee all that debt, becaufe thou defiredft me: Shouldeft not thou alfo have had compaffion on thy fellow- fervant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tor- mentors, till he mould pay all that was due unto him. So likewife mall my heavenly Father do alfo unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trefpafies. * In the eaftern nations creditors might fell debtors incapable of payment. THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 21/ THE COLLECT. O GOD, our refuge and ftrength, who art the author of all godlinefs ; Be ready, we befeech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that thofe things which we afk faith- fully, we may obtain effeftually, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Phil. iii. 17. BRETHREN, be followers together of me, and mark them who walk fo, as ye have us for an enfample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the crofs of Chrift; whofe end is deftruftion, whofe god is their belly, and whofe glory is in their mame, who mind earthly things.) For our converfation is in heaven; from whence alfo we look for the Sa- viour, the Lord Jefus Chrift; who mail change our vile body, that it may be fafhioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working where- by he is able even to fubdue all things unto him- felf. THE GOSPEL. St..Matth. xxii. 15. THEN went the Pharifees and took counfel how they might entangle him in his talk. And they fent out unto him their difciples, with the Herodians, faying, Mafter, we know that thou art true, and teacheft the way of God in truth, neither careft thou for any man: for thou regarcl- R 2l8 THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. eft not the perfon of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkeft thou ? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cefar, or not? But Jefus perceived their wickednefs, and faid, Why tempt ye me, ye hy- pocrites ? Shew me the tribute-money. And they brought unto him a penny. And he faith unto them, Whofe is this image and fuperfcrip- tion? They fay unto him, Cefar's. Then faith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cefar, the things which are Cefar's; and unto God, the things that are God's. When they had heard thefe words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. O LORD, we befeech thee, abfolve thy peo- ple from their offences ; that through thy boun- tiful goodnefs we may all be delivered from the bands of thofe fins, which by our frailty we have committed. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jefus Chrift's fake, our bleffed Lord and Sa- viour. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Col. i. 3. WE give thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, praying always for you, fince we heard of your faith in Chrift Jefus, and of the love which ye have to all the faints; for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 2ig of the Gofpel ; which is come unto you, as it is in all the world, and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth alfo in you, fince the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth. As ye alfo learned of Epaphras, our dear fellow-fervant, who is for you a faithful minifter of Chrift; who alfo declared unto us your love in the Spirit. For this caufe we alfo, fince the day we heard it, do not ceafe to pray for you, and to defire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wifdom and fpiritual underftanding: That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleafmg, being fruitful in every good work, and increafing in the knowledge of God; ftrengthened with all might according to his glorious power, unto all patience, and long-fuffering, with joy fulnefs; giv- ing thanks unto the Father, who ( hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the faints in light. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. ix. 18. WHILE Jefus fpake thefe things unto John's difciples, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worfhipped him, faying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and lay thy hand upon her, and me mall live. And Jefus arofe, and followed him, and fo did his difciples. (And behold, a woman, who was difeafed with an ifliie of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment; for ihe faid within herfelf, R 2 220 THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. If I may but touch his garment, I mall be whole. But Jems turned him about, and when he faw her, he faid, Daughter, be of good com- fort, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.) And when Jefus came into the ruler's houfe, and faw the minftrels and the people making a noife, he faid unto them, Give place; for the maid is not dead, but fleepeth. And they laughed him to fcorn. But "when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arofe. And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. STIR up, we befeech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they plenteoufly bring- ing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteoufly rewarded, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. For the EPISTLE. Jer. xxiii. 5. BEHOLD, the days come, faith the Lord, that I will raife unto David a righteous Branch, and a King fhall reign and profper, and fhall exe- cute judgement and juftice in the earth. In his days Judah fhall be faved, and Ifrael fliall dwell fafely : and this is his Name whereby he fhall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore behold, the days come, faith the Lord, THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 221 that they fhall no more fay. The Lord liveth, who brought up the children of Ifrael out of the land of Egypt ; but, The Lord liveth, who brought up, and who led the feed of the houfe of Ifrael out of the north-country, and from all countries whither I had driven them ; and they fhall dwell in their own land. THE GOSPEL. St. John vi. 5. WHEN Jefus then lift up his eyes, and faw a great company come unto him, he faith unto Philip, Whence fhall we buy bread, that thefe may eat ? (And this he faid to prove him ; for he himfelf knew what he would do.) Philip an- fwered him, Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not fufficient for. them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his difciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, faith unto him, There is a lad here, who hath five barley-loaves, and two fmall fifhes; but what are they among fo many?* And Jefus faid, Make the men fit down. Now therl was much grafs in the place. So the men -fat down, in number about five thoufand. And Jefus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he diftributed to the difciples, and the difciples to them that were fet down, and like- wife of the fifhes, as much as they would. When they were filled, he faid unto his difciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be loft. Therefore they gathered them together, and * Vide 2 Kings iv. 42, to the end. 222 ST. ANDREW'S DAY. filled twelve bafkets with the fragments of the five barley-loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then thofe men, when they had feen the miracle that Jefus did, faid, This is of a truth that Prophet that mould come into the world. H If there be any more Sundays before Advent-Sunday, the Service of fome of thofe Sundays that were omit- ted after the Epiphany, Jhall be taken in to fupply Jo many as are here wanting. And if there be fewer, the overplus may be omitted : Provided that this laft Colled, Epiftle, and Gofpel, Jhall always be ufed upon the Sunday next before Advent. St. Andrew's Day. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who didft give fuch grace unto thy holy Apoftle Saint Andrew, that he rea- dily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jefus Chrift, and followed him without delay ; Grant unto us all, that we being called by thy holy Word, may forthwith give up ourfelves obediently to fulfil thy holy commandments, through the fame Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Rom. x. 9. I F thou fhalt confefs with thy mouth the Lord Jefus, and fhalt believe in thine heart, that God hath raifed him from the dead, thou fhalt be faved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteoufnefs, and with the mouth confeffion is ST. ANDREWS DAY. 223 made unto falvation. For the fcripture faith, Whofoever believeth on him mail not be afhamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the fame Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whofoever mall call upon the Name of the Lord fhall be faved. How then fhall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? And how fhall they be* lieve in him, of whom they have not heard? And how fhall they hear without a preacher? And how fhall they preach, except they be fent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gofpel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! But they have not all obeyed the Gofpel: for Efaias faith, Lord, who hath believed our report? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. But I fay, Have they not heard ? Yes verily; their found went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. But I fay, Did not Ifrael know? Firft Mofes faith, I will provoke you to jealoufy by them that are no people, and by a foolifh nation I will anger you. But Efaias is very bold, and faith, I was found of them that fought me not; I was made manifeft unto them that afked not after me. But to Ifrael he faith, All day long I have ftretched forth my hands unto a difobedient and gainfaying people. 224 ST - THOMAS THE APOSTLE. THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. iv. 18. JESUS walking by the fea of Galilee, faw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, cafting a net into the fea (for they were fifhers;) And he faith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fifhers of men. And they ftraightway left their nets, and followed him. And going on from thence he faw other two brethren, James the fon of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a fhip with Zebedee their fa- ther, mending their nets; and he called them: and they immediately left the fhip and their fa- ther, and followed him. St. Thomas the Apqftle. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who for the more confirmation of the Faith didft fuffer thy holy Apoftle Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son's refurreclion ; Grant us fo perfectly, and without all doubt to believe in thy Son Jefus Chrift, that our faith in thy fight may never be reproved. Hear us, X) Lord, through the fame Jefus Chrift, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghoft, be all honour and glory, now and for evermore. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Ephef. ii. 19. NOW therefore ye are no more ftrangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the faints, and of the houfehold of God; and are built IT Y"