Jesus Christ; who shall change our The Gospel. St. Matt. xviii. 21. [ly, through Jesus Christ our Lord. PETER said unto Jesus, Lord, how Amen. oft shall my brother sin against The Epistle. Phil. iii. 17. me, and I forgive him? till seven BRETHREN, be followers together times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not of me, and mark them who walk unto thee, until seven times: but un- so, as ye have us for an ensample. til seventy times seven. Therefore is (For many walk, of whom I have told the kingdom of heaven likened unto a you often, and now tell you even certain king, who would take account weeping, that they are the enemies of of his servants. And when he had the cross of Christ; whose end is debegun to reckon, one was brought un-struction, whose god is their belly, to him, who owed him ten thousand and whose glory is in their shame, who talents. But forasmuch as he had mind earthly things.) For our connot to pay, his lord commanded him versation is in heaven, from whence to be sold, and his wife and children, also we look for the Saviour, the Lord and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and will pay thee all. Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. But the same servant went took counsel how they might en out, and found one of his fellow-ser- tangle him in his talk. And they sent vants, who owed him an hundred out unto him their disciples, with the pence; and he laid hands on him, and Herodians, saying, Master, we know ook him by the throat, saying, Pay that thou art true, and teachest the rae that thou owest. And his fellow-way of God in truth, neither carest tervant fell down at his feet, and be-thou for any man: for thou regardest rought him, saying, Have patience not the person of men. Tell us, therewith me, and I will pay thee all. And fore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawfu Le would not; but went and cast him to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not? i to prison, till he should pay the debt. But Jesus perceived their wickedness, So when his fellow-servants saw what and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hyas done, they were very sorry, and pocrites? Show me the tributecame and told unto their lord all that money. And they brought unto him was done. Then his lord, after that a penny. And he saith unto them, he had called him, said unto him, O Whose is this image and superscrip thou wicked servant, I forgave thee tion? They say unto him, Caesar's. all that debt, because thou desiredst Then saith he unto them, Render me shouldest not thou also have had therefore unto Cæsar the things which compassion on thy fellow-servant, even are Caesar's; and unto God the as I had pity on thee? And his lord things that are God's. When they was wroth, and delivered him to the had heard these words, they marveltormentors, till he should pay all that led, and left him, and went their was due unto him. So likewise shall way. my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye, from your hearts, forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. The twenty-third Sunday after The Collect. O God, our refuge and strength, who The twenty-fourth Sunday after O Lord, we beseech thee, absolve art the author of all godliness; hands of those sins which by our frail. I ready, we beseech thee, to hear the ty we have committed: Grant this, devout prayers of thy Church; and heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's rant that those things which we ask sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour, ithfully, we may obtain effectual- Amen. Iwhen the people were put forth, be went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. The twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by thee be plenteously rewarded, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epiatle. Colos. i. 3. WE give thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints; for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel; which is come unto you, as it is in all the world, and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth. As ye also learned of Epaphras, our For the Epistle. Jer. xxiii. 5. dear fellow-servant, who is for you a BEHOLD, the days come, saith faithful minister of Christ; who also the Lord, that I will raise unte declared unto us your love in the spi- David a righteous branch; and a rit. For this cause we also, since the king shall reign and prosper, and day we heard it, do not cease to pray shall execute judgment and justice for you, and to desire that ye might in the earth. In his days, Judah shall be filled with the knowledge of his be saved, and Israel shall dwell safewill in all wisdom and spiritual un-ly: and this is his name whereby he derstanding; that ye might walk shall be called, THE LORD OUR worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, RIGHTEOUSNESS. being fruitful in every good work, and behold, the days come, saith the increasing in the knowledge of God; Lord, that they shall no more say, strengthened with all might, accord-The Lord liveth, who brought up the ing to his glorious power, unto all children of Israel out of the land of patience and long-suffering, with joy-Egypt; but, The Lord liveth, who fulness; giving thanks unto the Fa-brought up, and who led the reed of ther, who hath made us meet to be the house of Israel out of the north partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. Therefore country, and from all countries whi ther I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. The Gospel. St. John vi. 5. WHEN Jesus then lift up his eyes, The Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 19. WHILE Jesus spake these things unto John's disciples, behold, there came a certain ruler, and wor- and saw a great company come shipped him, saying, My daughter is unto him, he saith unto Philip, even now dead; but come and lay Whence shall we buy bread, that thy hand upon her, and she shall live. these may eat? (and this he said to And Jesus arose and followed him, prove him; for he himself knew what and so did his disciples. (And behold, he would do.) Philip answered him, a woman, which was diseased with Two hundred penny-worth of bread an issue of blood twelve years, came is not sufficient for them, that every behind him, and touched the hem of one of them may take a little. One his garment: For she said within of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Pe herself, If I may but touch his gar-ter's brother, saith unto him, There ment, 1 shall be whole. But Jesus is a lad here, who hath five barleyturned him about and when he saw loaves, and two small fishes; but her, he said, Daughter, be of good com- what are they among so many? And fort, thy faith hath made thee whole. Jesus said, Make the men sit down. And the woman was made whole from Now there was much grass in the that hour.) And when Jesus came place. So the men sat down, in numinto the ruler's house, and saw the ber about five thousand. And Jesus minstrels and the people making a took the loaves, and when he had noise, he said unto them, Give place: given thanks, he distributed to the for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. disciples, and the disciples to them And they laughed him to scorn. But that were set down, and likewise of the fishes, as much as they would. I shall they preach, except they be When they were filled, he said unto sent? As it is written, How beautiful his disciples, Gather up the frag- are the feet of them that preach the ments that remain, that nothing be Gospel of peace, and bring glad tilost. Therefore they gathered them dings of good things! But they have together, and filled twelve baskets not all obeyed the Gospel. For Esaiwith the fragments of the five bar-as saith, Lord, who hath believed ley-loaves, which remained over and our report? So then, faith cometh by above unto them that had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that Prophet that should come into the world." hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. But I say, Did no If there be any more Sundays be- Israel know? First, Moses saith, 1 Core Advent-Sunday, the Service of will provoke you to jealousy by them some of those Sundays that were that are no people, and by a foolish omitted after the Epiphany, shall be nation I will anger you. But Esaias taken in to supply so many as are is very bold, and saith, I was found here wanting. And if there be few-of them that sought me not; I was er, the overplus may be omitted: made manifest unto them that asked Provided that this last Collect, Epis- not after me. But to Israel he saith, tle, and Gospel, shall always be used All day long have I stretched forth upon the Sunday next before Ad- my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. vent. Saint Andrew's Day. The Gospel. St. Matt. iv. 12. JESUS, walking by the sea of Gali The Collect. lee, saw two brethren, Simon, LMIGHTY God, who didst give called Peter, and Andrew his brother such grace unto thy holy Apostle casting a net into the sea: (for they Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed were fishers.) And he saith unto them, the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, Follow me, and I will make you fishand followed him without delayers of men. And they straightway grant unto us all, that we, being left their nets, and followed him. called by thy holy word, may forth- And going on from thence, he saw with give up ourselves obediently other two brethren, James the son of to fall thy holy commandments, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him." Saint Thomas the Apoetle. The Collect. The Epistle. Rom. x. 9. IF thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man be. ALMIGHTY and everilving God, lieveth unto righteousness, and with who, for the greater confirmation the mouth confession is made unto of the faith, aidst suffer thy holy salvation. For the Scripture saith, apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy Whosoever believeth on him shall not Son's resurrection; grant us so perbe ashamed. For there is no differ-fectly, and without all doubt, to beence between the Jew and the Greek: lieve in thy Son Jesus Christ, that our for the same Lord over all, is rich faith in thy sight may never be reunto all that call upon him. For proved. Hear us, O Lord, through whosoever shall call upon the name of the same Jesus Christ; to whom, the Lord, shall be saved. How then with thee and the Hclv Jhost, be all shall they call on him in whom they honour and glory, now and for ever have not believed? and how shall more. Amen. they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how The Epistle. Ephes. ii. 19. NOW therefore ye are no more strangers oud foreigners, but fel low-citizens with the saints, and of, the household of Go; and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone; in whoin all the building, fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God, through the Spirit. Then shall follow the Collect of the Nativity, which shall be said continually until New-Year's Eve. For the Epistle. Acts vii. 55. STEPHEN, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God; and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man The Gospel. St. John xx. 24. standing on the right hand of God. THOMAS, one of the twelve, called Then they cried out with a loud voice, Didymus, was not with them and stopped their ears, and ran upon when Jesus came. The other dis him with one accord, and cast him ciples therefore said unto him, We out of the city, and stoned him: have seen the Lord. But he said unto and the witnesses laid down their them, Except I shall see in his hands clothes at a young man's feet, whose the print of the nails, and put my name was Saul. And they stone finger into the print of the nails, and Stephen, calling upon God, and say thrust my hands into his side, I will ing, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. not believe. And after eight days, And he kneeled down, and cried with again his disciples were within, and a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to Thomas with them: Then came their charge. And when he had said Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood this, he fell asleep. in the midst, and said, Peace be unto The Gospel. St. Matt. xxiii. 34. you. Then said he to Thomas, Reach BEHOLD, I send unto you pro hither thy finger, and behold my phets, and wise men, and scribes hands; and reach hither thy hand, and some of them ye shall kill and and thrust it into my side; and be crucify; and some of them shall ye not faithless, but believing., And Tho-scourge in your synagogues, and permas answered and said unto him, My secute them from city to city; that Lord, and my God. Jesus saith unto upon you may come all the righteous him, Thornas, because thou hast seen blood shed upon the earth, from the me, thou hast believed; blessed are blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood they that have not seen, and yet have of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom believed. And many other signs truly ye slew between the temple and the did Jesus in the presence of his dis-altar. Verily I say unto you, All ciples, which are not written in this these things shall come upon this book. But these are written, that ye generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, might believe that Jesus is the Christ, thou that killest the prophets, and the Son of God; and that believing, ye might have life through his name. Saint Stephen's Day. stonest them which are sent unto thee; how often would I have ga thered thy children together, even as Ja hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, GRANT, O Lord, that in all our your house is left unto you desolate. sufferings here upon earth, for For I say unto you, Ye shall not see the testimony of thy truth, we may me henceforth, till ye shall say, Bless steadfastly look up to heaven, and by ed is he that cometh in the name of faith behold the glory that shall be re- the Lord. vealed; and being filled with the Holy Ghost, may learn to love and bless our persecutors, oy the example of thy first martyr Saint Stephen, who prayed for his murderers to thee, O blessed Jesus, who standest at the right hand of God, to succour all those who suffer for thee, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen Saint John the Evangelist's Day. The Collect. MERCIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, that it being instructed by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Sain John, may so walk in the light of the truth, that it may at length attain to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 Johni. 1. THAT which was from the begin did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. The Innocents' Day. The Collect. Almighty God, who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength, and madest infants to glorify thee by their deaths: mortify and kill all vices in us, and so strengthen us by thy grace, that by the innocency of our lives, and constancy of our faith even unto death, we may glorify thy holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Rev. xiv. 1. ning, which, we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the word of life; (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) that which we have seen and heard, declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. This then the mount Sion, and with him an is the message which we have heard of hundred forty and four thousand, havhim, and declare unto you, that God ing his Father's name written in their is light, and in him is no darkness at foreheads. And I heard a voice from all. If we say that we have fellow- heaven, as the voice of many waters, ship with him, and walk in darkness, and as the voice of a great thunder: we lie, and do not the truth: But if and I heard the voice of harpers harpwe walk in the light, as he is in the liug with their harps: and they sung light, we have fellowship one with as it were a new song before the another, and the blood of Jesus Christ throne, and before the four beasts, his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If and the elders and no man could we say that we have no sin, we de- learn that song, but the hundred and ceive ourselves, and the truth is not in forty and four thousand, which were us. If we confess our sins, he is faith- redeemed from the earth. These are ful and just to forgive us our sins, and they which were not defiled with wo to cleanse us from all unrighteous-men, for they are virgins: these are If we say that we have not sin-they which follow the Lamb whither ned, we make him a liar, and his soever he goeth: these were redeemword is not in us. ed from among men, being the firstThe Gospel. St. John xxi. 19. fruits unto God, and to the Lamb. JESUS said unto Peter, Follow me. And in their mouth was found no Then Peter turning about, seeth guile; for they are without fault be the disciple whom Jesus loved, follow-fore the throne of God. ing, (which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee ?) Peter seeing to Joseph in a dream, saying, him, saith to Jesus, Lord, and what Arise, and take the young child and shall this man do? Jesus saith unto his mother, and flee into Egypt, and him, If I will that he tarry till I come, be thou there until I bring thee word; what is that to thee? Follow thou for Herod will seek the young child to me. Then went this saying abroad destroy him. When he arose, he took among the brethren, that that disciple the young child and his mother by should not die yet Jesus said not night, and departed into Egypt; and unto him, He shall not die: but, If I was there until the death of Herod : will that he tarry till I come, what is that it might be fulfilled which was that to thee? This is the disciple spoken of the Lord by the prophet, which testifieth of these things, and saying, Out of Egypt have called wrote these things, and we know that my Son. Then Herod, when he saw his testimony is true. And there are that he was mocked of the wise men, also many other things which Jesus was exceeding wroth, and sent forth. The Gospel. St. Matt. ii. 13. THE angel of the Lord appeareth |