For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. Heb. xii. 6. The spirits of just men made perfect. Heb. xii. 23. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Heb. xiii. 2. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life. James i. 12. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! James iii. 5. The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil.1 James iii. 8. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 1 Usually quoted, "The tongue is an unruly member." 578 Book of Common Prayer. [New Testament continued. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. I Peter v. 8. The dog is turned to his own vomit again. Bowels of compassion. 2 Peter ii. 22. 1 John iii. 17. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear. Be thou faithful unto death. 1 John iv. 18. Revelation ii. 10. He shall rule them with a rod of iron. I am Alpha and Omega, the the end, the first and the last. Rev. ii. 27. beginning and Rev. xxii. 13. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done. Morning Prayer. The noble army of martyrs. Ibid. Afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or es tate. Prayer for all Conditions of Men. Have mercy upon us miserable sinners. The Litany. Book of Common Prayer. 579 From envy, hatred, and malice, and all un Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest. Collect for the Second Sunday in Advent. Renounce the devil and all his works. Baptism of Infants. The pomps and vanity of this wicked world. Catechism. To keep my hands from picking and stealing. Ibid. To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me. Ibid. An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace. Ibid. Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace. Solemnization of Matrimony. To have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part. To love, cherish, and to obey. Ibid. Ibid. With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow. Ibid. [Book of Common Prayer continued. In the midst of life we are in death.1 The Burial Service. Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection. Ibid. But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, and mine own familiar friend. The sweet remembrance of the just Ps. xci. 4. 1 This is derived from a Latin antiphon, said to have been composed by Notker, a monk of St. Gall, in 911, while watching some workmen building a bridge at Martinsbrücke, in peril of their lives. It forms the groundwork of Luther's antiphon De Morte. A Cadmean victory was one in which the victors suffered as much as their enemies. The half is more than the whole. Νήπιοι· οὐδὲ ἴσασιν ὅσῳ πλέον ἥμισυ παντός. To leave no stone unturned. Hlávтa kivĥoai „Éτроν. — Euripides, Heraclid. 1002. This may be traced to a response of the Delphic Oracle, given to Polycrates, as the best means of finding a treasure buried by Xerxes' general, Mardonius, on the field of Platea. The Oracle replied, Πάντα λίθον κίνει, Turn every stone. Corp. Paramiogr. Græc. i. p. 146. The blood of the Martyrs is the seed of the Church. Plures efficimur, quoties metimur a vobis; semen est sanguis Christianorum. Tertullian, Apologet., c. 50. |