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rend your heart, and not your through nor steal: For where garments, and turn unto the Lord your treasure is, there will your your God: for he is gracious and heart be also. merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth

The first Sunday in Lent.
The Collect.

if he will return, and repent, and Lord, who for our sake didst leave a blessing behind him, even fast forty days and forty a meat-offering and a drink-of-nights; give us grace to use such fering unto the Lord your God? abstinence, that our flesh being Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanc-subdued to the Spirit, we may tify a fast, call a solemn assem-lever obey thy godly motions in bly, gather the people, sanctify righteousness and true holiness, the congregation, assemble the to thy honour and glory, who elders, gather the children and livest and reignest with the Fa those that suck the breasts; let ther and the Holy Ghost, one the bridegroom go forth of his God, world without end. Amen chamber, and the bride of The Epistle. 2 Cor. vi. 1. her closet; let the priests, the WE then; as workers together ministers of the Lord, weep be- with him, beseech you also tween the porch and the altar, that ye receive not the grace and let them say, Spare thy peo- God in vain: (For he saith, I have ple, O Lord, and give not thine heard thee in a time accepted, heritage to reproach, that the and in the day of salvation have heathen should rule over them: I succoured thee: behold, now is wherefore should they say among the accepted time; behold, now the people, Where is their God?is the day of salvation) giving no The Gospel. St. Matt. vi. 16. offence in any thing, that the miWHEN ye fast, be not as the nistry be not blamed; but in all

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hypocrites, of a sad counte- things approving ourselves as the nance: for they disfigure their ministers of God, in much pafaces, that they may appear unto tience, in afflictions, in neces men to fast. Verily I say unto sities, in distresses, in stripes, in you, they have their reward. But imprisonments, in tumults, in lathou, when thou fastest, anoint bours, in watchings, in fastings; thine head, and wash thy face. by pureness, by knowledge, by that thou appear not unto men long-suffering, by kindness, by to fast, but unto thy Father which the Holy Ghost, by love unfeignis in secret; and thy Father which ed. by the word of truth, by the seeth in secret, shall reward thee power of God, by the armour of openly. Lay not up for yourselves righteousness on the right hand treasures upon earth, where moth and on the left, by honour and and rust doth corrupt, and where dishonour, by evil report and thieves break through and steal: good report; as deceivers, and But lay up for yourselves trea- yet true; as unknown, and yet sures in heaven, where neither well known; as dying, and be. moth nor rust doth corrupt, and hold we live; as chastened, and where thieves do not break not killed; as sorrowful, yet ab

way rejoicing; as poor, yet mak- ourselves to help ourselves; keep ing many rich; as having nothing, us both outwardly in our bodies, and yet possessing all things. and inwardly in our souls; that

The Gospel. St. Matt. iv. 1. we may be defended from all THEN was Jesus led up of the adversities which may happen

spirit into the wilderness, to to the body, and from all evil be tempted of the devil: And thoughts which may assault and when he had fasted forty days hurt the soul, through Jesus Christ and forty nights, he was after-our Lord. Amen. ward an hungered. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If

The Epistle. 1 Thess. iv. 1.

thou be the Son of God, command WE beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord that these stones be made bread. Jesus, that as ye have received of But he answered and said, It is us how ye ought to walk, and to written, Man shall not live by please God, so ye would abound bread alone, but by every word more and more. For ye know that proceedeth out of the mouth what commandments we gave of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and is the will of God, even your you by the Lord Jesus. For this setteth him on a pinnacle of the sanctification, that ye should abtemple, and saith unto him, If stain from fornication; that every thou be the Son of God, cast thy-one of you should know how to self down; for it is written, He possess his vessel in sanctification shall give his angels charge con- and honour; not in the lust of cerning thee; and in their hands concupiscence, even as the Genthey shall bear thee up, lest at tiles which know not God: that any time thou dash thy foot no man go beyond and defraud against a stone. Jesus said unto his brother in any matter; behim, it is written again, Thou cause that the Lord is the avengshalt not tempt the Lord thy God. er of all such, as we also have Again the devil taketh him up forewarned you and testified. For into an exceeding high moun- God hath not called us unto untain, and showeth him all the cleanness, but unto holiness. He kingdoms of the world, and the therefore that despiseth, despiseth glory of them; and saith unto not man, but God, who hath also him, All these things will I give given unto us his Holy Spirit. thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus The Gospel. St. Matt. xv. 21. unto him, Get thee hence, Satan ; JESUS went thence, and defor it is written, Thou shalt wor- parted into the coasts of Tyre ship the Lord thy God, and him and Sidon. And behold, a woman only shalt thou serve. Then the de- of Canaan came out of the same vil leaveth him, and behold, angels coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David: my daughter The second Sunday in Lent. is grievously vexed with a devil. The Collect. But he answered her not a word. LMIGHTY God, who seest And his disciples came and bethat we have no power of sought him, saying, Send her

came and ministered unto him.

away; for she crieth after us. cometh the wrath of God upon But he answered and said, I am the children of disobedience. Be not sent but unto the lost sheep not ye therefore partakers with of the house of Israel Then them; for ye were sometimes came she and worshipped him, darkness, but now are ye light in saying, Lord, help me. But he the Lord: walk as children of answered, and said, It is not meet light; (For the fruit of the spirit to take the children's bread, and is in all goodness, and righteousto cast it to dogs. And she said, ness, and truth) proving what is Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of acceptable unto the Lord. And the crumbs which fall from their have no fellowship with the unmaster's table. Then Jesus an- fruitful works of darkness, but swered and said unto her, O wo-rather reprove them. For it is man, great is thy faith: be it unto a shame even to speak of those thee even as thou wilt. And her things which are done of them in daughter was made whole from secret. But all things that are that very hour.

The third Sunday in Lent.
The Collect.

reproved, are made manifest by the light; for whatsoever doth make manifest, is light. Where-fore he saith, Awake, thou th

sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. The Gospel. St. Luke, xi. 14. JESUS was casting out a devil,

WE beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty, to be our defence and it was dumb. And it came against all our enemies, through to pass, when the devil was gone Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. out, the dumb spake; and the

The Epistle. Ephes. v. 1. people wondered. But some of BE ye therefore followers of them said. He casteth out devils

God, as dear children; and through Beelzebub, the chief of walk in love, as Christ also hath the devils. And others tempting loved us, and hath given himself him, sought of him a sign from for us, an offering and a sacrifice heaven. But he, knowing their to God, for a sweet smelling sa-thoughts, said unto them, Every vour. But fornication and all un-kingdom divided against itself, is cleanness, or covetousness, let it brought to desolation; and a not be once named amongst you, house divided against a house, fallas becometh saints; neither filthi-jeth. If Satan also be divided ness, nor foolish talking, nor jest-lagainst himself, how shall his ing, which are not convenient;kingdom stand? because ye say but rather giving of thanks. For that I cast out devils through Beelthis ye know, that no whore-zebub. And if I by Beelzebub monger, nor unclean person, nor cast out devils, by whom do your covetous man, who is an idolater, sons cast them out? therefore hath any inheritance in the king-shall they be your judges. But dom of Christ, and of God. Let if I with the finger of God cast no man deceive you with vain out devils, no doubt the kingdom words: for because of these things of God is come upon you. When

a strong man armed keepeth his of the bond-woman was born afpalace, his goods are in peace; ter the flesh; but he of the freebut when a stronger than he shall woman was by promise. Which come upon him and overcome things are an allegory: for these him, he taketh from him all his are the two covenants; the one armour wherein he trusted, and from Mount Sinai which gendivideth his spoils. He that is dereth to bondage, which is Agar. not with me, is against me; and For this Agar is Mount Sinai in he that gathereth not with me, Arabia, and answereth to Jerusascattereth. When the unclean lem which now is, and is in bondspirit is gone out of a man, he age with her children. But Jewalketh through dry places, seek-rusalem which is above, is free; ing rest; and finding none, he which is the mother of us all. For saith. I will return unto my house it is written, Rejoice, thou barren whence I came out. And when that barest not; break 'forth and he cometh, he findeth it swept cry, thou that travailest not; for and garnished. Then goeth be, the desolate hath many more chiland taketh to him seven other dren than she which hath an husspirits more wicked than himself, band. Now we, brethren, as Isaac and they enter in, and dwell was, are the children of promise. there; and the last state of that But as then, he that was born man is worse than the first And after the flesh persecuted him it came to pass, as he spake these that was born after the spirit; things, a certain woman of the even so it is now. Nevertheless, company lift up her voice, and what saith the Scripture Cast aid unto him. Blessed is the out the bond-woman and her son; womb that bare thee, and the for the son of the bond-woman paps which thou hast sucked. shall not be heir with the son of Babe said. Yea, rather blessed the free-woman. So then, brethare they that hear the word of ren, we are not children of the God and keep it. bond-woman, but of the free. The Gospel. St. John, vi. 1. JESUS went over the sea of

The fourth Sunday in Lent.
The Collect.

Galilee, which is the sea of

GRANT, we beseech thee, Al-Tiberias. And a great multitude mighty God, that we, who followed him, because they saw for our evil deeds do worthily de- his miracles which he did on them serve to be punished, by the com- that were diseased. And Jesus fort of thy grace may mercifully went up into a mountain, and be relieved, through our Lord there he sat with his disciples. and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. And the passover, a feast of the

The Epistle. Gal. iv. 21. Jews, was nigh. When Jesus TELL me, ye that desire to be then lift up his eyes, and saw a

under the law, do ye not great company coming unto him, hear the law? For it is written, he saith unto Philip, Whence that Abraham had two sons, the shall we buy bread that these one by a bond-maid. the other by may eat? (And this he said to a free-woman. But he who was prove him; for he himself knew

what he would do.) Philip an-bernacle, not made with hands s swered him.Two hundred penny-that is to say, not of this building; worth of bread is not sufficient neither by the blood of goats and for them, that every one of them calves; but by his own blood he may take a little. One of his dis-entered in once into the holy ciples. Andrew, Simon Peter's place, having obtained eternal rebrother, saith unto him, There is demption for us. For if the blood a lad here which hath five barley of bulls and of goats, and the loaves, and two small fishes; but ashes of an heifer sprinkling the what are they among so many? unclean, sa tifieth to the purify. And Jesus said, Make the men sit ing of the flesh; how much more down. Now there was much shall the blood of Christ, who, grass in the place. So the men through the eternal Spirit, offersat down, in number about five led himself without spot to God, thousand. And Jesus took the purge your conscience from dead loaves, and when he had given works to serve the living God? thanks, he distributed to the dis- And for this cause he is the Meciples, and the disciples to them diator of the new Testament, that that were set down, and likewise by means of death, for the reof the fishes as much as they demption of the transgressions would. When they were filled, that were under the first Testahe said unto his disciples, Gather ment, they which are called up the fragments that remain, might receive the promise of eterthat nothing be lost. Therefore nal inheritance.

they gathered them together, and The Gospel. St. John, viii. 46. filled twelve baskets with the JESUS said, Which of you confragments of the five barley vinceth me of sin? And if I loaves, which remained over and say the truth, why do ye not beabove unto them that had eaten.lieve me? He that is of God, Then those men, when they had heareth God's words; ye thereseen the miracle which Jesus did, fore hear them not, because ye said, This is of a truth that pro-are not of God. Then answered phet that should come into the the Jews, and said unto him, Say world.

we not well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? Jesus answered, I have not a devil: but I honour my Father, and ye do WE beseech thee, Almighty dishonour me. And I seek not

The fifth Sunday in Lent.
The Collect.

God. mercifully to look upon mine own glory: there is one that thy people; that by thy great good-seeketh and judgeth. Verily, ness they may be governed and verily, I say unto you, If a man preserved evermore, both in body keep my saying, he shall never and soul, through Jesus Christ see death. Then said the Jews our Lord. Amen. unto him, Now we know that The Epistle. Heb. ix. 11. thou hast a devil: Abraham is CHRIST being come an high dead, and the prophets; and thou priest of good things to come. sayest, If a man keep my saying, by a greater and more perfect ta- he shall never taste of death. Art

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