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The Epistle. 1 St. Peter ii. 11. sorrow, because her hour is come: EARLY beloved, I beseech but as soon as she is delivered of the you, as strangers and pil-child, she remembereth no more grims, abstain from fleshly lusts, the anguish, for joy that a man is which war against the soul; having born into the world. And ye now your conversation honest among therefore have sorrow: but I will the Gentiles; that whereas they see you again, and your heart shall speak against you as evil-doers, rejoice, and your joy no man taketh they may by your good works, from you. which they shall behold, glorify

God in the day of visitation. Sub-The fourth Sunday after Easter. mit yourselves to every ordinance The Collect. of man for the Lord's sake; whe-lone canst order the unruly ALMIGHTY God, who ather it be to the king, as supreme;

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or unto governors, as unto them wills and affections of sinful men, that are sent by him, for the pun-grant unto thy people, that they may ishment of evil-doers, and for the love the thing which thou compraise of them that do well. For mandest, and desire that which so is the will of God, that with thou dost promise; that so, among well-doing ye may put to silence the sundry and manifold changes the ignorance of foolish men: as of the world, our hearts may surefree, and not using your liberty for ly there be fixed, where true joys a cloak of maliciousness; but as are to be found, through Jesus the servants of God. Honour all Christ our Lord. Amen. men: Love the brotherhood: Fear The Epistle. St. James i. 17. God: Honour the king. VERY good gift, and every The Gospel. St. John xvi. 16. perfect gift is from above, ESUS said to his disciples, A and cometh down from the Father little while, and ye shall not see of lights, with whom is no variame; and again, a little while, and bleness, neither shadow of turning: ye shall see me; because I go to Of his own will begat he us with the Father. Then said some of his the word of truth, that we should disciples among themselves, What be a kind of first fruits of his creais this that he saith unto us, A little tures. Wherefore, my beloved while, and ye shall not see me; brethren, let every man be swift to and again, a little while, and ye hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; shall see me; and, Because I go to for the wrath of man worketh not the Father? They said therefore, the righteousness of God. WhereWhat is this that he saith, A little fore lay apart all filthiness and while? we cannot tell what he superfluity of naughtiness, and resaith. Now Jesus knew that they ceive with meekness the engrafted were desirous to ask him, and said word, which is able to save your unto them, Do ye inquire among souls. yourselves of that I said, A little The Gospel. St. John xvi. 5. ESUS said unto his disciples,

while, and ye shall not see me; and Now I go my way to him that

again, a little while, and ye shall

see me? Verily, verily, I say unto sent me, and none of you asketh you, that ye shall weep and lament, me, Whither goest thou? But bebut the world shall rejoice: and ye cause I have said these things unto shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow you, sorrow hath filled your heart. shall be turned into joy. A wo- Nevertheless I tell you the truth; inan when she is in travail hath it is expedient for you that I go

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away; for if I go not away, the bridleth not his tongue, but deceivComforter will not come unto you; eth his own heart, this man's religion but if I depart, I will send him un-is vain. Pure religion and undefiled to you. And when he is come, he before God and the Father, is this, will reprove the world of sin, and To visit the fatherless and widows of righteousness, and of judgment: in their affliction, and to keep himOf sin, because they believe not on self unspotted from the world. me: Of righteousness, because I go The Gospel. St. John xvi. 23. to my Father, and ye see me no VERILY, verily, I say unto you, more: Of judgment, because the Whatsoever ye shall ask the prince of this world is judged. Father in my name, he will give have yet many things to say unto it you. Hitherto have ye asked you, but ye cannot bear them now. nothing in my name : Ask, and ye Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of shall receive, that your joy may be truth, is come, he will guide you full. These things have I spoken into all truth for he shall not unto you in proverbs: the time speak of himself; but whatsoever cometh, when I shall no more speak he shall hear, that shall he speak unto yon in proverbs; but I shall and he will show you things to show you plainly of the Father. At come. He shall glorify me for that day ye shall ask in my name: he shall receive of mine, and shall and I say not unto you, that I will show it unto you. All things that pray the Father for you; for the the Father hath, are mine; there- Father himself loveth you, because fore said I, that he shall take of ye have loved me, and have believed mine, and shall show it unto you. that I came out from God. I came forth from the Father, and am The fifth Sunday after Easter. come into the world: Again, I The Collect. leave the world, and go to the LORD, from whom all good Father. His disciples said unto things do come; grant to us him, Lo, now speakest thou plainthy humble servants, that by thy ly, and speakest no proverb. Now holy inspiration we may think those are we sure that thou knowest all things that are good, and by thy things, and needest not that any merciful guiding may perform the man should ask thee: by this we same, through our Lord Jesus believe that thou camest forth from Christ. Amen. God. Jesus answered them, Do The Epistle. St. James i. 22. ye now believe? Behold, the hour BE Eye doers of the word, and not cometh, yea, is now come, that ye hearers only, deceiving your shall be scattered every man to his own selves. For if any be a hearer own, and shall leave me alone: and of the word, and not a doer, he is yet I am not alone, because the like unto a man beholding his natu- Father is with me. These things ral face in a glass. For he behold-I have spoken unto you, that in me eth himself, and goeth his way, and ye might have peace. In the world straightway forgetteth what man-ye shall have tribulation: but be ner of man he was. But whoso of good cheer; I have overcome looketh into the perfect law of the world.

liberty, and continueth therein; he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man

The Ascension-Day.

The Collect.

among you seem to be religious, and GRANT, we beseech thee, Al

mighty God, that like as we

do believe thy only begotten Son stand ye gazing up into heaven? our Lord Jesus Christ to have as- This same Jesus, which is taken cended into the heavens; so we up from you into heaven, shall so may also in heart and mind thither come in like manner as ye have ascend, and with him continually seen him go into heaven. dwell, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God,

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The Gospel. St. Mark xvi. 14. JESUS appeared unto the eleven,

as they sat at meat, and upbraidFor the Epistle. Acts i. 1. Jed them with their unbelief and HE former treatise have I hardness of heart, because they be

THE made, O Theophilus, of all lieved not them which had seen

that Jesus began both to do and him after he was risen. And he teach, until the day in which he was said unto them, Go ye into all the taken up, after that he, through world, and preach the Gospel to the Holy Ghost, had given com- every creature. He that believeth, mandments unto the apostles whom and is baptized, shall be saved; he had chosen: To whom also he but he that believeth not, shall be showed himself alive after his pas- damned. And these signs shall folsion, by many infallible proofs, be-low them that believe: In my name ing seen of them forty days, and shall they cast out devils; they shall speaking of the things pertaining speak with new tongues; they shall to the kingdom of God: and being take up serpents; and if they drink assembled together with them, any deadly thing, it shall not hurt commanded them that they should them; they shall lay hands on the not depart from Jerusalem, but sick, and they shall recover. So wait for the promise of the Father, then, after the Lord had spoken which, saith he, ye have heard of unto them, he was received up into me. For John truly baptized with heaven, and sat on the right hand water; but ye shall be baptized of God. And they went forth, and with the Holy Ghost, not many preached every where, the Lord days hence. When they therefore working with them, and confirmwere come together, they asked of ing the word with signs following. 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 GOD, the King of glory, who the seasons, which the Father hath hast exalted thine only Son put in his own power. But ye shall Jesus Christ with great triumph receive power, after that the Holy unto thy kingdom in heaven; we Ghost is come upon you: and beseech thee leave us not comfortshall be witnesses unto me both in less; but send to us thine Holy Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us Samaria, and unto the uttermost unto the same place whither our part of the earth. And when he Saviour Christ is gone before; who had spoken these things, while they liveth and reigneth with thee and beheld, he was taken up, and a the Holy Ghost, one God, world cloud received him out of their without end. Amen. sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven, as he

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Sunday after Ascension-Day.
The Collect.

The Epistle. 1 St. Peter iv. 7.

HE end of all things is at hand; be ye therefore sober, and

by them in white apparel; which watch unto prayer. And above all also said, Ye men of Galilee, why things have fervent charity among

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yourselves for charity shall cover For the Epistle. Acts ii. 1. the multitude of sins. Use hospitality one to another without grudgWHEN the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were ing. As every man hath received all with one accord in one place : the gift, even so minister the same And suddenly there came a sound one to another, as good stewards of from heaven, as of a rushing mighthe manifold grace of God. If any ty wind, and it filled all the house man speak, let him speak as the where they were sitting. And oracles of God: If any man minis-there appeared unto them cloven ter, let him do it as of the ability tongues, like as of fire, and it sat which God giveth: that God in all upon each of them: And they were things may be glorified through Je- all filled with the Holy Ghost; and sus Christ: to whom be praise and began to speak with other tongues, dominion for ever and ever. Amen. as the Spirit gave them utterance. The Gospel. St. John xv. 26, and And there were dwelling at Jeru part of the 16th Chapter. salem Jews, devout men, out of WHEN the Comforter is come, every nation under heaven. Now whom I will send unto when this was noised abroad, the from the Father, even the Spirit multitude came together, and were of truth, which proceedeth from confounded, because that every the Father, he shall testify of me. man heard them speak in his own And ye also shall bear witness: language. And they were all amabecause ye have been with me from zed, and marvelled, saying one to the beginning. These things have another, Behold, are not all these I spoken unto you, that ye should which speak Galileans? and how not be offended. They shall put hear we every man in our own you out of the synagogues: yea, tongue wherein we were born? the time cometh, that whosoever Parthians, and Medes, and Elamkilleth you, will think that he doethites, and the dwellers in MesopoGod service. And these things tamia, and in Judea, and Cappawill they do unto you, because they docia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phryhave not known the Father, nor gia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and me: but these things have I told in the parts of Lybia about Cyrene, you, that when the time shall come, and strangers of Rome, Jews and ye may remember that I told you Proselytes, Cretes and Arabians,

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The Gospel. St. John xiv. 15.

GOD, who as at this time JESUS said unto his disciples, If ye love me, keep my comfaithful people, by sending to them mandments. And I will pray the the light of thy Holy Spirit; grant Father, and he shall give you anus by the same Spirit to have a other Comforter, that he may right judgment in all things, and abide with you for ever; even the evermore to rejoice in his holy Spirit of truth, whom the world comfort, through the merits of cannot receive, because it seeth Christ Jesus our Saviour, who him not, neither knoweth him: liveth and reigneth with thee, in but ye know him; for he dwellthe unity of the same Spirit, one eth with you, and shall be in you. God, world without end. Amen. I will not leave you comfortless;

I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ve see me: because I live, ye shall live also. A that

Monday in Whitsun-Week.
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GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy day ye shall know that I am in faithful people, by sending to them my Father, and ye in me, and I the light of thy Holy Spirit; grant in you. He that hath my com- us by the same Spirit to have a mandments, and keepeth them, right judgment in all things, and he it is that loveth me; and he evermore to rejoice in his holy that loveth me, shall be loved of comfort, through the merits of my Father; and I will love him, Christ Jesus our Saviour, who and will manifest myself to him. liveth and reigneth with thee, in Judas saith unto him, (not Iscari- the unity of the same Spirit, one ot) Lord, how is it that thou wilt God, world without end. Amen. manifest thyself unto us, and not For the Epistle. Acts x. 34. unto the world? Jesus answered✔HEN HEN Peter opened his mouth, and said unto him, If a man love and said Of a truth I perme, he will keep my words; and ceive that God is no respecter of my Father will love him, and we persons; but in every nation, he will come unto him, and make our that feareth him, and worketh abode with him. He that loveth righteousness, is accepted with me not, keepath not my sayings: him. The word which God sent and the word which ye hear is not unto the children of Israel, preachmine, but the Father's which sent ing peace by Jesus Christ, (he is me. These things have I spoken Lord of all;) that word, I say, unto you, being yet present with ye know, which was published you. But the Comforter, which throughout all Judea, and began is the Holy Ghost, whom the Fa- from Galilee, after the baptism ther will send in my name, he shall which John preached: How God teach you all things, and bring all anointed Jesus of Nazareth with things to your remembrance, what-the Holy Ghost, and with power; soever I have said unto you. Peace who went about doing good, and I leave with you, my peace I give healing all that were oppressed of unto you: not as the world giveth, the devil; for God was with him. give I unto you. Let not your And we are witnesses of all things heart be troubled, neither let it be which he did, both in the land of afraid. Ye have heard how I said the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom unto you, I go away, and come they slew, and hanged on a tree. again unto you. If ye loved me, Him God raised up the third day, ye would rejoice, because I said, I and showed him openly; not to go unto the Father: for my Fa-all the people, but unto witnesses ther is greater than I. And now chosen before of God; even to us, I have told you before it come to who did eat and drink with him pass, that when it is come to pass, after he rose from the dead. And ye might believe. Hereafter I will he commanded us to preach unto not talk much with you: for the people, and to testify that it is the prince of this world cometh, he which was ordained of God to and hath nothing in me. But that be the judge of quick and dead. the world may know that I love To him give all the prophets witthe Father; and as the Father ness, that through his name, whogave me commandment, even so soever believeth in him, shall reI do. ceive remission of sins. While Pe

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