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brethren that are in the world. But this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus the God of all grace, who hath Christ's sake our Lord. Amen. called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you to To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

The Epistle. Rom. viii. 18. RECKON that the sufferings of this present time are not, worthy be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the crea ture waiteth for the manifestation

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The Gospel. St. Luke xv. 1. of the sons of God. For the crea THEN drew near unto him all ture was made subject to vanity, the publicans and sinners for to not willingly, but by reason of hin hear him. And the Pharisees and who hath subjected the same in Scribes murmured, saying, This hope: because the creature itself man receiveth sinners, and eatet also shall be delivered from the with them. And he spake this bondage of corruption, into the parable unto them, saying, What glorious liberty of the children of inan of you having an hundred God. For we know that the whol sheep, if he lose one of them, doth creation groaneth, and travaileth ir not leave the ninety and nine in the pain together until now: And not wilderness, and go after that which only they, but ourselves also, which is lost, until he find it? And when have the first fruits of the Spirit, he hath found it, he layeth it on his even we ourselves groan within shoulders, rejoicing. And when ourselves, waiting for the adoption, he cometh home, he calleth together to wit, the redemption of our body. his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I The Gospel. St. Luke vi. 36. have found my sheep, which was Eye therefore merciful, as your lost. I say unto you, that likewise Father also is merciful. Judge joy shall be in heaven over one sin- not, and ye shall not be judged: ner that repenteth, more than over condemn not, and ye shall not be ninety and nine just persons, which condemned; forgive and ye shall need no repentance. Either what be forgiven: give, and it shall be woman having ten pieces of silver, given unto you; good measure, if she lose one piece, doth not light pressed down, and shaken together, a candle, and sweep the house, and and running over, shall men give seek diligently till she find it? And into your bosom. For with the when she hath found it, she calleth same measure that ye mete withal her friends and her neighbours it shall be measured to you again. together, saying, Rejoice with me, And he spake a parable unto them: for I have found the piece which I Can the blind lead the blind? shall had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, they not both fall into the ditch! there is joy in the presence of the The disciple is not above his mas angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

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ter; but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in

The fourth Sunday after Trinity. thy hrother's eye, but perceives not the beam that is in thine own GOD, the protector of all that eve? Either how canst thou say to trust in thee, without whom thy brother, Brother, let me pull nothing is strong, nothing is holy out the mote that is in thine eye increase and multiply upon us thy when thou thyself beholdest not the mercy; that thou being our ruler beam that is in thine own eye? and guide, we may so pass through Thou hypocrite, cast out first the things temporal, that we finally beam out of thine own eye, and lose not the things eternal: Grant then shalt thou see clearly to pull

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The fifth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.

out the mote that is in thy brother's we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing; nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, GRANT, O Lord, we beseech and their net brake. And they thee, that the course of is beckoned unto their partners which world may be so peaceably ordered were in the other ship, that they by thy governance, that thy Church should come and help them. And may joyfully serve thee in all godly they came, and filled both the ships; quietness, through Jesus Christ our so that they began to sink. When Lord. Amen. Simon Peter saw it, he fell down The Epistle. I St. Peter iii. S. at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart BE ye all of one mind, having from me, for I am a sinful man, O compassion one of another; Lord. For he was astonished, and love as brethren, be pitiful, be cour- all that were with him, at the teous; not rendering evil for evil, draught of the fishes which they or railing for railing; but contrari-had taken; and so was also James wise, blessing; knowing that ye are and John the sons of Zebedee, thereunto called, that ye should which were partners with Simon. inherit a blessing. For he that will And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear love life, and see good days, let not; from henceforth thou shalt him refrain his tongue from evil, catch men. And when they had and his lips that they speak no brought their ships to land, they guile: Let him eschew evil, and forsook all, and followed him. do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it: For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but GOD, who hast prepared for the face of the Lord is against them those who love thee, such good that do evil. And who is he that things as pass man's understandwill harm you, if ye be followers of ing; pour into our hearts such love that which is good? But and if ye towards thee, that we, loving thee suffer for righteousness' sake, hap- above all things, may obtain thy py are ye and be not afraid of promises, which exceed all that we their terror, neither be troubled; can desire, through Jesus Christ but sanctify the Lord God in your our Lord. Amen.

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The sixth Sunday after Trinity.
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The Epistle. Rom. vi. 3. The Gospel. St. Luke v. 1. NOW ye not that so many of I came to pass, that as the people us as were baptized into Jepressed upon him to hear the sus Christ, were baptized into his word of God, he stood by the lake death? Therefore we are buried of Gennesaret, and saw two ships with him by baptism into death; standing by the lake; but the fisher- that like as Christ was raised up men were gone out of them, and from the dead by the glory of the Fawere washing their nets. And he ther, even so we also should walk entered into one of the ships, which in newness of life. For if we have was Simon's, and prayed him that been planted together in the likehe would thrust out a little from ness of his death, we shall be also the land: and he sat down, and in the likeness of his resurrection: taught the people out of the ship. Knowing this, that our old man is Now, when he had left speaking, crucified with him, that the body of he said unto Simon, Launch out sin might be destroyed, that hence into the deep, and let down your forth we should not serve sin. For rets for a draught. And Simon he that is dead, is freed from sin. Answering, said unto him, Master. Now, if we be dead with Christ,

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we believe that we shall also live through Jesus Christ our Lord with him, knowing that Christ be- Amen. ing raised from the dead, dieth no more; death hath no more domiThe Epistle. Rom. vi. 19. nion over him. For in that he SPEAK after the manner of died, he died unto sin once; but in men, because of the infirmity of that he liveth, he liveth unto God. your flesh: for as ye have yielded Likewise reckon ye also yourselves your members servants to unclean to be dead indeed unto sin; but ness, and to iniquity, unto iniquity alive unto God, through Jesus even so now yield your members Christ our Lord. servants to righteousness, unto ho liness. For when ye were the ser The Gospel. St. Matt. v. 20. vants of sin, ye were free from JESUS said unto his disciples, righteousness. What fruit had y Except your righteousness shall then in those things, whereof y exceed the righteousness of the are now ashamed? for the end o Scribes and Pharisees, ve shall in those is death. But now bein no case enter into the kingdom of made free from sin, and becom heaven. Ye have heard that it was servants to God, ye have your frui said by them of old time, Thou unto holiness, and the end ever shalt not kill, and whosoever shall lasting life. For the wages of si kill, shall be in danger of the judg-is death: but the gift of God i ment. But I say unto you, that eternal life, through Jesus Chris whosoever is angry with his brother our Lord. without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall those days the multitude be be in danger of the council: but thing to eat, Jesus called his disci ing very great, and having no whosoever shall say, Thou fool, ples unto him, and saith unto them shall be in danger of hell fire. I have compassion on the multitude Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to because they have now been wit the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against eat: and if I send them away fast me three days, and have nothing t thee, leave there thy gift before the ing to their own houses, they wi altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then faint by the way: for divers of the come and offer thy gift. Agree with came from far. And his disciple answered him, From whence can thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at here in the wilderness? And h man satisfy these men with brea any time the adversary deliver thee asked them, How many loave to the judge, and the judge deliver have ye? And they said sever thee to the officer, and thou be cast And he commanded the people into prison. Verily I say unto thee, sit down on the ground: and h thou shalt by no means come out ook the seven loaves, and ga thence, till thou hast paid the utter- thanks, and brake, and gave to h most farthing.

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The Gospel. St. Mark viii. 1.

disciples to set before them; an they did set them before the peopl The seventh Sunday after Trinity. And they had a few small fishes and he blessed, and commanded t LORD of all power and might, set them also before them. So the who art the author and giver did eat, and were filled; and the of all good things; graft in our took up of the broken meat the hearts the love of thy name, in-was left, seven baskets. And the Brease in us true religion, nourish that had eaten were about fo us with all goodness, and of thy thousand. And he sent the great mercv keep us in the same, away.

The eighth Sunday after Trinity. always such things as are right; The Collect. that we who cannot do any thing GOD, whose never failing pro- that is good without thee, may by vidence ordereth all things thee be enabled to live according to both in heaven and earth; we thy will, through Jesus Christ our humbly beseech thee to put away Lord. Amen.

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from us all hurtful things, and to The Epistle. 1 Cor. x. 1. give us those things which are pro- BRETHREN, I would not the fitable for us, through Jesus Christ ye should be ignorant, how tha all our fathers were under the The Epistle. Rom. viii. 12. cloud, and all passed through the BRETHREN, we are debtors sea; and were all baptized unto not to the flesh, to live after the Moses in the cloud, and in the sea; flesh: For if ye live after the flesh, and did all eat the same spiritual ye shall die; but if ye through the meat, and did all drink the same Spirit do mortify the deeds of the spiritual drink; (for they drank of body, ye shall live. For as many that, spiritual Rock that followed as are led by the Spirit of God, them; and that Rock was Christ.) they are the sons of God. For ye But with many of them God was have not received the spirit of bon-not well pleased; for they were dage again to fear; but ye have re- overthrown in the wilderness. Now ceived the spirit of adoption, where- these things were our examples, to by we cry, Abba, Father. The the intent we should not lust after Spirit itself beareth witness with evil things, as they also lusted. our spirit, that we are the children Neither be ye idolaters, as were of God. And if children, then some of them as it is written, heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs The people sat down to eat and with Christ: if so be that we suf- drink, and rose up to play. Neifer with him, that we may be also ther let us commit fornication, as glorified together. some of them committed, and fell The Gospel. St. Matt. vii. 15. in one day three and twenty thou BEWARE of false prophets, sand. Neither let us tempt Christ which come to you in sheep's as some of them also tempted, and clothing, but inwardly they are were destroyed of serpents. Neiravening wolves. Ye shall know ther murmur ye, as some of them them by their fruits: Do men ga- also murmured, and were destroyed ther grapes of thorns, or figs of of the destroyer. Now all these thistles? Even so every good tree things happened unto them for enbringeth forth good fruit; but a samples: and they are written for corrupt tree bringeth forth evil our admonition, upon whom the fruit. A good tree cannot bring ends of the world are come. Whereforth evil fruit; neither can a cor-fore let him that thinketh he standrupt tree bring forth good fruit. eth, take heed lest he fall. There Every tree that bringeth not forth hath no temptation taken you, but good fruit, is hewn down, and cast such as is common to man: but nto the fire. Wherefore by their God is faithful, who will not suffer fruits ye shall know them. Not you to be tempted above that ye Every one that saith unto me, Lord, are able; but will with the temptaLord, shall eater into the kingdom tion also make a way to escape, that of heaven; but he that doeth the ye may be able to bear it. will of my Father, who is in heaven. The Gospel. St. Luke xvi. 1. JESUS said unto his disciples

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The ninth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.

There was a certain rich man who had a steward; and the same CRANT to us, Lord, we beseech was accused unto him, that he had thee, the spirit to think and do wasted his goods. And he called

him, and said unto him, How is it there are differences of adminis that I hear this of thee? Give an trations, but the same Lord. And account of thy stewardship; for there are diversities of operations, thou mayest be no longer steward. but it is the same God who workThen the steward said within him-eth all in all, But the manifestaself, What shall I do? for my lord tion of the Spirit is given to every taketh away from me the steward- man to profit withal. For to one ship: I cannot dig; to beg I am is given by the Spirit the word of ashamed. I am resolvea what to wisdom; to another, the word of do, that when I am put out of the knowledge by the same Spirit; to stewardship, they may receive me another, faith by the same Spirit; into their houses. So he called to another, the gifts of healing by every one of his lord's debtors unto the same Spirit; to another, the him, and said unto the first, How working of miracles; to another, much owest thou unto my lord? prophecy; to another, discerning And he said, An hundred measures of spirits; to another, divers kinds of oil. And he said unto him, of tongues; to another, the interTake thy bill, and sit down quickly, pretation of tongues. But all these and write fifty. Then said he to worketh that one and the self-same another, And how much owest Spirit, dividing to every man sévethou? And he said, An hundred rally as he will.

measures of wheat. And he said The Gospel. St. Luke xix. 41. unto him, Take thy bill, and write AND when he was come near, fourscore. And the lord commend- he beheld the city, and wept ed the unjust steward, because he over it, saying, If thou hadst had done wisely: for the children known, even thou, at least in this of this world are in their genera-thy day, the things which belong tion wiser than the children of light. unto thy peace! but now they are And I say unto you, make to your-hid from thine eyes. For the days selves friends of the mammon of shall come upon thee, that thine unrighteousness; that when yelenemies shali cast a trench about fail, they may receive you into ever- thee, and compass thee round, and lasting habitations.

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The Epistle. 1 Cor. xii. 1. ye have made it a den of thieves CONCERNING spiritual gifts, And he taught daily in the temple brethren, I would not have you

ignorant. Ye know that ye were The eleventh Sunday after Trinity Gentiles, carried away unto these The Collect. dumb idols even as ye were led GOD, who declarest thy Al Wherefore I give you to under- mighty power chiefly in show stand, that no man, speaking by the ing mercy and pity; mercifull Spirit of God, calleth Jesus accurs-grant unto us such a measure ed; and that no man can say that thy grace, that we, running Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy way of thy commandments, ma Ghost. Now there are diversities obtain thy gracious promises, an of gifts, but the same Spirit. And be made partakers of thy heavenl

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