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and slew all the children that were inciple at Damascus, named Ananias, Bethlehem, and in all the coasts there-and to him said the Lord in a vision, of from two years old and under, ac-Ananias: And he said, Behold, I am cording to the time which he had dili-here, Lord. And the Lord said unto gently inquired of the wise men. him, Arise, and go into the street Then was fulfilled that which was which is called Straight, and inquire spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, in the house of Judas for one called In Rama was there a voice heard, la- Saul, of Tarsus: for behold, he praymentation, and weeping, and great eth, and hath seen in a vision a man mourning, Rachel weeping for her named Ananias, coming in, and put children, and would not be comforted, ting his hand on him, that he might because they are not. receive his sight. Then Ananias an swered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: and O GOD, who, through the preach- here he hath authority from the chief ing of the blessed Apostle Saint priests to bind all that call on thy Paul, hast caused the light of the Gos- name. But the Lord said unto him, pel to shine throughout the world; Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel grant, we beseech thee, that we, hav- unto me, to bear my name before the ing his wonderful conversion in re- Gentiles, and kings, and the children membrance, may show forth our of Israel: For I will show him how thankfulness unto thee for the same, great things he must suffer for my by following the holy doctrine which name's sake. And Ananias went his he taught, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Conversion of St. Paul.
The Collect.

way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him, said, BroFor the Epistle. Acts ix. 1. ther Saul, the Lord (even Jesus, that AND Saul, yet breathing out threat- appeared unto thee in the way as enings and slaughter against the thou camest) hath sent me, that thou disciples of the Lord, went unto the mightest receive thy sight, and be fillHigh Priest, and desired of him let-ed with the Holy Ghost. And imme ters to Damascus to the synagogues, diately there fell from his eyes as it that if he found any of this way, had been scales; and he received whether they were men or women, sight forthwith, and arose, and was he might bring them bound unto Je- baptized. And when he had received rusalem. And as he journeyed, he meat, he was strengthened. Then came near Damascus and suddenly was Saul certain days with the disthere shined round about him a light ciples which were at Damascus. And from heaven. And he fell to the straightway he preached Christ in the earth, and heard a voice saying unto synagogues, that he is the Son of God. him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou But all that heard him were amazed, me? And he said, Whoart thou, Lord? and said, Is not this he that destroyed And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom them which called on this name in thou persecutest: It is hard for thee Jerusalem, and came hither for that to kick against the pricks. And he, trembling and astonished, said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. And the men which journeyed with him stood The Gospel. St. Matt. xix. 27. speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing PETER answered, and said unto no man. And Saul arose from the Jesus, Behold, we have forsaken earth; and when his eyes were open-all, and followed thee; what shail ed, he saw no man: but they led him we have therefore And Jesus said by the hand, and brought him into unto them, Verily I say unto you, that Damascus. And he was three days ye which have followed me, in the without sight, and neither did eat nor regeneration, when the Son of man urink. And there was a certain dis-Ishall sit in the throne of his glory, yo

intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.

also shall sit upon twelve thrones, him to the Lord, (as it is written in judging the twelve tribes of Israel. the law of the Lord, Every male And every one that hath forsaken that openeth the womb shall be called houses, or brethren, or sisters, or fa- holy to the Lord,) and to offer a sacrither, or mother, or wife, or children, fice, according to that which is said in or lands, for my name's sake, shall the law of the Lord, A pair of turtlereceive an hundred fold, and shall inherit everlasting life. But many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.

The Collect.

doves, or two young pigeons. And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: The Presentation of Christ in the and the Holy Ghost was upon him. Temple, commonly called The Puri-And it was revealed unto him by the fication of Saint Mary the Virgin. Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's ALMIGHTY and everliving God, Christ. And he came by the Spirit we humbly beseech thy Majesty, into the temple; and when the pathat as thy only begotten Son was rents brought in the child Jesus, to do this day presented in the Temple in for him after the custom of the law, substance of our flesh; so we may then took he him up in his arms, and be presented unto thee with pure and blessed God, and said, Lord, now clean hearts, by the same thy Son lettest thou thy servant depart_in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. peace, according to thy word: For For the Epistle. Mal. iii. 1. mine eyes have seen thy salvation; BEHOLD, I will send my messen- which thou hast prepared before ger, and he shall prepare the way the face of all people; a light to before me and the Lord, whom ye lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of seek, shall suddenly come to his tem- thy people Israel. And Joseph and ple; even the messenger of the cove his mother marvelled at those things nant, whom ye delight in: behold, he which were spoken of him. And Sishall come, saith the Lord of hosts. meon blessed them, and said unto But who may abide the day of his Mary his mother, Behold, this child is coming? and who shall stand when set for the fall and rising again of he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's many in Israel; and for a sign which fire, and like fuller's soap. And he shall be spoken against, (yea, a shall sit as a refiner and purifier of sword shall pierce through thy own silver: and he shall purify the sons of soul also,) that the thoughts of Levi, and purge them as gold and many hearts may be revealed. And silver, that they may offer into the there was one Anna, a prophetess, Lord an offering in righteousness, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe Then shall the offerings of Judah and of Aser; she was of a great age, and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, had lived with an husband seven as in the days of old, and as in for-years from her virginity; and she mer years. And I will come near to was a widow of about fourscore and you to judgment; and I will be a four years, which departed not from awift witness against the sorcerers, the temple, but served God with and against the adulterers, and fastings and prayers night and day. against false swearers, and against And she coming in that instant, those that oppress the hireling in his gave thanks likewise unto the Lord' wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and spake of him to all them tha and tha: turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

looked for redemption in Jerusalem. And when they had performed al things according to the law of the The Gospel. St. Luke i. 22. Lord, they returned into Galilee, to AND when the days of her purifi. their own city Nazareth. And the cation, according to the law of child grew, and waxed strong in spiMoses, were accomplished, they rit, filled with wisdom; and the grace Drought him to Jerusalem to present of God was upon him.

Saint Matthias' Day.

The Collect.

O Almighty God, who into the place of the traitor Judas, didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias, to be of the number of the twelve Apostles; grant that thy Church, being always preserved from false Apostles, may be ordered and guided by faithful and true Pastors, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered unto me of my Father; and no man knoweth the Son but the Father, neither know eth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Sor will reveal him. Come unto me, al For the Epistle. Acts i. 15. ye that labour and are heavy laden. IN those days Peter stood up in the and I will give you rest. Take my midst of the disciples, and said, yoke upon you, and learn of me; for (the number of the names together I am meek and lowly in heart and ye were about an hundred and twenty ;) shall find rest unto your souls. For Men and brethren, this Scripture my yoke is easy, and my burthen must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David

light.

Virgin Mary.

spake before concerning Judas, who The Annunciation of the blessed was guide to them that took Jesus. For he was numbered with us, and

The Collect.

grace into our hearts; that as we have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel; so by his cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory of his resurrection, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For the Epistle. Isa. vii. 10. MOREOVER, the Lord spake

had obtained part of this ministry.WE beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. And it was known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be deagain unto Ahaz, saying, Ask solate, and let no man dwell therein thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask and his bishoprick let another take. it either in the depth, or in the height Wherefore of these men, which have above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, companied with us all the time that neither will I tempt the Lord. And the Lord Jesus went in and out among he said, Hear ye now, O house cf us, beginning from the baptism of David; Is it a small thing for you to John, unto that same day that he was weary men, but will ye weary my God taken up from us, must one be ordain- also? Therefore the Lord himself ed to be a witness with us of his resur-shall give you a sign: Behold, a virgin rection. And they appointed two, shall conceive, and bear a son, and Joseph called Barsabas, who was sur-shall call his name Immanuel. But named Justus, and Matthias. And ter and honey shall he eat, that he they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, may know to refuse the evil, and which knowest the hearts of all men, choose the good. show whether of these two thou hast

The Gospel. St. Luke i. 26. AND in the sixth month, the Angel

chosen; that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from Gabriel was sent from God unto which Judas by transgression fell, a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to that he might go to his own place. a Vírgin espoused to a man whose And they gave forth their lots; and name was Joseph, of the house of the lot fell upon Matthias. And David; and the Virgin's name was ne was numbered with the eleven Mary. And the angel came in unto Apostles.

The Gospel. St. Matt. xi. 25. AT that time Jesus answered, and said, I thank thee, O Father,

her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women. And when she saw him, she was

troubled at his anying, and cast in some pastors and teachers; for the 1er mind what manner of salutation perfecting of the saints, for the work his should be. And the angel said of the ministry, for the edifying of the into her, Fear not, Mary; for thou body of Christ; till we all come in ast founil favour with God. And be the unity of the faith, and of the hold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, knowledge of the Son of God, unto a and bring forth a son, and shalt call his perfect man, unto the measure of the name Jesus. He shall be great, and stature of the fuliess of Christ; that shall be called the Son of the Highest, we henceforth be no more children. and the Lord God shall give unto him tossed to and fro, and carried about the throne of his father David. And with every wind of doctrine, by the ne shall reign over the house of Jacob sleight of men, and cunning crafti or ever; and of his kingdom there ness, whereby they lie in wait to de shall be no end. Then said Mary unto ceive; but speaking the truth in love, the angel, How shall this be, seeing I may grow up into him in all things, know not a man? And the angel an- which is the head,even Christ: Frem swered and said unto her, The Holy whom the whole body fitly joined to Ghost shall come upon thee, and the gether, and compacted by that which power of the Highest shall oversha- every joint supplieth, according to the dow thee therefore also that holy effectual working in the measure of thing which shall be born of thee, every part, maketh increase of the shall be called the Son of God. And body, unto the edifying of itself in behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath love." also conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. For with I Am the true vine, and my Father is God nothing shall be impossible. And the husbandman. Every branch Mary said, Behold the hand-maid of in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh the Lord; be it unto me according to away, and every branch that bearthy word. And the angel departed eth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may

from her.

Saint Mark's Day.

The Collect.

The Gospel. St. John xv. 1.

bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the Almighty God, who hast instruct-vine; no more can ye, except ye abide ed thy holy Church with the hea-in me. I am the vine, ye are the venly doctrine of thy Evangelist Saint branches. He that abideth in me, Mark; give us grace, that being not and I in him, the same bringeth forth ake children carried away with every much fruit: for without me ye can blast of vain doctrine, we may be ablished in the truth of thy holy Gospel, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and The Epistle. Ephes. iv. 7. my words abide in you, ye shall ask UNTO every one of us is given what ye will, and it shall be done unto grace, according to the measure you. Herein is my Father glorified, of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye aith, When he ascended up on high, be my disciples. As the Father hath leled captivity captive, and gave gilts loved me, so have I loved you: conanto men. (Now that he ascended, tinue ye in my love. If ye keep my what is it but that he also descended commandments, ye shall abide in my first into the lower parts of the earth? love; even as I have kept my Fa He that descended is the same also ther's commandments, and abide in hat ascended up for above all hea- his love. These things have I spoken vens, that he might fill all things.) unto you, that iny joy might remain And he gave some apostles, and some in you, and that your joy migh re rophets, and one evangis, and 'full.

Saint Philip and Saint James'
Day.
The Collect.

[whither I go, ye know, and the way ye kow. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou O Almighty God, whom truly to goest, and how can we know the way? know is everlasting life; grant Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus the truth, and the life: no man cometh Christ to be the way, the truth, and unto the 1'ather but by me. If ye had the life; that following the steps of known me, ye should have known my ty holy Apostles, Saint Philip and Father also: and from henceforth ye Saint James, we may steadfastly know him, and have seen him. Philip walk in the way that leadeth to eter-saith unto him, Lord, show us the nal life, through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long The Epistle. St. James i. 1. time with you, and yet hast thou not JAMES, a servant of God, and of known me, Philip? He that hath seen the Lord Jesus Christ, to the me, hath seen the Father; and how twelve tribes which are scattered sayest thou then, Show ns the Father? abroad, greeting. My brethren, count Believest thou not that I am in the it all joy when ye fall into divers Father, and the Father in me? The temptations; knowing this, that the words that I speak unto you, I speak trying of your faith worketh patience. not of myself; but the Father that But let patience have her perfect work, dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. that ye may be perfect and entire, Believe me, that I am in the Father, wanting nothing. If any of you lack and the Father in me; or else believe wisdom, let him ask of God, that me for the very works' sake. Verily, giveth to all men liberally, and up- verily, I say unto you, He that bebraideth not; and it shall be given lieveth on me, the works that I do him. But let him ask in faith, no-shall he do also; and greater works thing wavering: for he that wavereth than these shall he do; because I go is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind, and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A doubleminded man is unstable in all his ways. Let the brother of ow degree rejoice in that he is exalted, but the rich in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he shall pass O Lord God Almighty, who didst away. For the sun is no sooner risen endue thy holy Apostle Barnabas with a burning heat, but it withereth with singular gifts of the Holy Ghost; the grass, and the flower thereof fall-leave us not, we beseech thee, destieth, and the grace of the fashion of it tute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of perisheth: so also shall the rich man grace to use them alway to thy ho fade away in his ways. Blessed is nour and glory, through Jesus Christ the man that endureth temptation; our Lord. Amen. for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

The Gospel. St. John xiv. 1. AN ND Jesus said unto his disciples, Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where Em, there ye may be also. And

unto my Father. And whatsoever
ye shall ask in my name, that will I
do, that the Father may be glorified in
the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in
my name, I will do it.

Saint Barnabas the Apostle.
The Collect.

For the Epistle. Acts xi. 22. TIDINGS of these things came unte

the ears of the Church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch: who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghoat, and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord. Then departed Bar instas to Tarsus for to seek bra.

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