day shall ye ask in my name and I say not unto you that I will speak unto my Father for you; for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. I went out from the Father, and came into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

His disciples said unto him, Lo, Pnow talkest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee any question therefore believe we that thou camest from God. Jesus answered them, Now ye do believe. Behold, the hour draweth nigh, and is already come, that ye shall be scattered every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet am I not alone, for the Father is with me. These words have I spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace, for in the world shall ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

The Ascension Day.

Proper Psalms and Lessons.

At Matins.

Psalms viii. xv. xxi.

The Second Lesson, John xiv. unto the end.

At the Communion.

Omnes gentes, plaudite. Psalm xlvii.

O CLAP your hands together (all ye people) : O sing unto God with the voice of melody.

For the Lord is high, and to be feared: he is the great King upon all the earth.

He shall subdue the people under us and the nations under our feet.

He shall choose out an heritage for us even the worship of Jacob whom he loved.

God is gone up with a merry noise and the Lord with the sound of the trump.

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GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only-begotten Son our Lord to have ascended into the heavens; so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with him continually dwell.

The Epistle. Acts i.

In the former treatise (dear Theophilus) we have spoken of all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion, (and that by many tokens,) appearing unto them forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God; and gathered them together, and commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, whereof (saith he) ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost after these few days. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the

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seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you; and ye shall be witnesses unto me, not only in Jerusalem, but also in all Jewry, and in Samaria, and even unto the world's end. And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up on high, and a cloud received him up out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly up toward heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come, even as ye have seen him go into heaven.

The Gospel. Mark xvi.

JESUS appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and cast in their teeth their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen that he was risen again from the dead. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to all creatures. He that believeth, and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these tokens shall follow them that believe in my name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues: they shall drive away serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay their hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So then when the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received into heaven, and is on the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with miracles following.

¶ Proper Psalms and Lessons at

Evensong.

Psalms xxiv. lxviii. cxlviii.

The Second Lesson, Ephes iv. unto the

end.

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sion Day.

The Collect.

O God, the King of glory, which hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven; We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before; who liveth and reigneth &c.

The Epistle. 1 Peter iv.

THE end of all things is at hand; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. But above all things have fervent love among yourselves for love shall cover the multitude of sins. Be ye

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herberous one to another without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good ministers of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him talk as the words of God: if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God ministereth bunto him; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

The Gospel. John xv. xvi.

WHEN the Comforter is come, whom will I send unto you from the Father, (even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth of the Father,) he shall testify of me. And ye shall bear witness also, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

These things have I said unto you, because ye should not be offended. They shall excommunicate you: yea, the time shall come, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And such things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, neither yet me. But these things chave I told you, that, when the time is come, ye may remember then that I told you.