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The Sunday called Sexagefima, or the fecond Sunday before Lent,

The Collect.

Lord God, who feeft that we put not our trust in any thing that we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adverfity, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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The Epistle. 2 Cor. xi. 19.

E fuffer fools gladly, feeing ye yourselves are wife. For ye fuffer if a man bring you into bondage, 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, whereinfoever any is bold (I speak foolishly) I am bold also. Are they Hebrews? fo am I are they Ifraelites? fo am I : are they the feed of Abraham? fo am I: are they ministers of Chrift? (I fpeak as a fool) I am more in labours more abundant in ftripes above measure; 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 fhipwreck; A night and a day I have been in the deep in journeying 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; ia perils in the wildernefs; in perils in the fea, in perils among falfe brethren in wearinefs and painfulness; in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in faftings often; in cold and nakednefs; befides thofe things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the

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On the COLLECT for the fecond Sunday before Lent.

O Lord, who doft penetrate the fecrets of all mens hearts, and feeft that we do not rely on any thing that we are able to do of, or for our felves, confidering our frail nature and the weakness of our abilities, mercifully grant that we may be defended by thy Almighty power from adverfities, fpiritual and temporal, which may befall us; and this we beg for the fake of Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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churches. Who is weak and I am not weak? who is offended and I burn not? If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine Infirmities. The God and Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, which is bleffed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

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The Gospel. St Luke viii. 4.

THEN much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: A fower went out to fow his feed and as he fowed, fome fell by the way-fide, and it was troden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And fome fell upon a rock, and as foon as it was fprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And fome fell among thorns, and the thorns fprung up with it and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and fprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had laid 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 understand. Now the parable is this: The feed is the Word of God. Those by the way-fide are they that hear: then cometh the devil, and taketh away the Word qut of their hearts, left they should 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 honest and good heart, having heard the Word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

The Sunday called Quinquagefima, or the next Sunday before Lent.
The Collect.

Lord, who hait taught us, that all our doings without
charity are nothing worth, Send thy Holy Ghoft, and

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pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace, and of all virtues; without which, whofoever liveth is counted dead before thee. Grant this for thine only Son Jefus Chrift's fake. Amen.

The Epifle. 1 Cor. xiii. 1.

HOUGH I fpeak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as founding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand 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 bestow 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 itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itfelf unfeemly, feeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth: beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth ́all things. Charity never faileth but whether there be prophecies, they fhail fail; whether there be tongues, they hall ceafe; whether there be knowledge, it fhall vanish 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 was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish 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.

PARAPHRASE.

On the COLLECT for the Sunday before Lent.

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O Lord, who haft taught us, that our best actions, if we have not charity, profit us nothing, (1 Cor. xiii. 2.) pour into our hearts that excellent gift of thy holy fpirit, which is the bond of peace and of perfeétion, without which, every one is dead whilst he liveth, (1 Tim v. 6. grant this for the fake of thy only begotten Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

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The Gospel. St Luke xviii. 31.

HEN 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, concerning the Son of man, fhall be accomplished. For he fhall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and fhall be mocked, and fpitefully entreated, and fpitted on. And they fhall fcourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he fhall rife again. And they understood none of thefe things; and this faying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. 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 asked what it meant. And they told him, that Jefus of Nazareth paffeth by. And he cried, faying, Jefus, thou fon of David, have mercy on me. And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried fo much the more, Thou fon of David, have mercy on me. And Jefus ftood and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, saying, What wilt thou that I fhould do unto thee? And he faid, Lord, that I may receive my fight. And Jefus faid unto him, Receive 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 praile unto God.

The firft Day of Lent, commonly called Afb-wednesday.

The Collect.

Almighty and everlasting God, who hateft nothing that

thou haft made, and dott forgive the fins of all them that are penitent; create and make in us new and contrite

PARAPHRASE.

On the COLLECT for the first Day of Lent.

Q omnipotent and eternal being, who art fo far from hating thy crea tures, that thou loveit thofe whom thou chaftifeft, (Heb. xii.) and doft always fhew mercy to those who turn unto thee; (Joel iii. 14.) we be

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hearts; that we worthily lamenting our fins, and acknow ledging our wretchednels, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remiffion and forgiveness, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

This Collect is to be read every Day in Lent, after the Collect appointed for the Day.

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For the Epiftle. Joel ii. 12.

URN 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 your God: for he is gracious and merciful, flow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a bleffing behind him, even a meat-offering, and a drink-offering, unto the Lord your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion, fanctify a faft, call a folemn affembly; gather the people, fanctify 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 priests, the minifters of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them fay, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore fhould they fay among the people, Where is their God?

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The Gofpel. St Matth. vi. 16.

HEN ye faft, be not as the hypocrites, of a fad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to falt. Verily, I fay unto you, they have their reward. But thou, when thou fafteft, anoint thine head, and wash thy face, that thou appear not

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feech thee to make us clean hearts, and to renew right fpirits within us, (Pfal. x.) that we, being touched with a godly forrow that worketh repentance, (2 Cor. i. 10.) and acknowledging our own wretchednefs, may obtain from thee, the Father of mercies, fuch an entire remiffion of our fas, that thou mayet retain the memory of them no longer, and this we beg for the fake of Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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