WH Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are re- The second Sunday after Easter. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given The Epistle. 1 John v. 4. JHATSOEVER is born of God, overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of The Epistle. 1 St. Peter ii. 19. God? This is he that came by water THIS is thank-worthy, if a man for and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by conscience toward God endure water only, but by water and blood: grief, suffering wrongfully. For what And it is the Spirit that beareth wit-glory is it, if when ye be buffeted ness, because the Spirit is truth. For for your faults, ye shall take it pathere are three that bear record in tiently? But if, when ye do well, and Heaven, the Father, the Word, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this the Holy Ghost: and these three are is acceptable with God. For even one. And there are three that bear hereunto were ye called; because witness in earth, the spirit, and the Christ also suffered for us, leaving us water, and the blood: and these three an example, that ye should follow his agree in one. If we receive the wit-steps: Who did no sin, neither was ness of men, the witness of God is guile found in his mouth: Who when greater for this is the witness of he was reviled, reviled not again; God, which he hath testified of his when he suffered, he threatened not; Son. He that believeth on the Son of but committed himself to him that God, hath the witness in himself: he judgeth righteously: Who his own that believeth not God, hath made him a liar, because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son hath not life. The Gospel. St. John xx. 19. THE same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord. Then said esus to them again,Peace be unto you: As my Father hath sent me, even so send you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them and saith unto them Receive ye the Holy Ghost: self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sin, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the shepherd and bishop of your souls. The Gospel. St. John x. 11. JESUS said, I am the good shep herd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf catch eth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine As the Father knoweth me, even sc know I the Father: and 1 lay dowr my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd. The third Sunday after Ecater. The Collect. ye shall see me? Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and la ment, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, ALMIGHTY God, who showest to because her hour is come: but as soon them that are in error the light as she is delivered of the child, she reof thy truth, to the intent that they membereth no more the anguish, for may return into the way of righteous- joy that a man is born into the world. ness; grant unto all those who are ad- And ye now therefore have sorrow: mitted into the fellowship of Christ's but I will see you again, and your heart religion, that they may avoid those shall rejoice, and your joy no man things that are contrary to their pro- taketh from you. fession, and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The fourth Sunday after Easter. The Collect. O Almighty God, who alone canst The Epistle. 1 St. Peter ii. 11. DEARLY beloved, I beseech you, order the unruly wills and affecas strangers and pilgrims, ab- tions of sinful men; grant unto thy stain from fleshly lusts, which war people, that they may love the thing against the soul; having your conver- which thou commandest, and desire sation honest among the Gentiles; that which thou dost promise; that that whereas they speak against you so, among the sundry and manifold as evil-doers, they may by your good changes of the world, our hearts maj works, which they shall behold, glori-surely there be fixed, where true joy fy God in the day of visitation. Sub-are to be found, through Jesus Christ mit yourselves to every ordinance of our Lord. Amen. man for the Lord's sake; whether it The Epistle. St. James i. 17. be to the king, as supreme; or unto EVERY good gift, and every per fect gift is from above, and cometi governors, as unto them that are sent by him, for the punishment of evil-down from the Father of lights, with doers, and for the praise of them that whom is no variableness, neither a do well. For so is the will of God, dow of turning: Of his own will that with well-doing ye may put to gat he us with the word of truth, that silence the ignorance of foolish men: we should be a kind of first fruits o as free, and not using your liberty for his creatures. Wherefore, my be a cloak of maliciousness; but as the loved brethren, let every man be swif servants of God. Honour all men. to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; Love the brotherhood. Fear God. for the wrath of man worketh not the Honour the King. righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. The Gospel. St. John xvi. 5. JESUS said unto his disciples, Now The Gospel, St. John xvi. 16. JESUS said to his disciples, A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again, a little while, and ye shall see me; because I go to the Father. Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith I go my way to him that sent unto us, A little while, and ye shall me, and none of you asketh me, not see me; and again, a little while, Whither goest thou? But because I and ye shall see me; and, Because have said these things unto you, sorgo to the Father? They said there- row hath filled your heart. Neverfore, What is this that he saith, A little theless I tell you the truth; i. is ex while? we cannot tell what he saith. pedient for you that I go away; for Now Jesus knew that they were desir-if I go not away, the Comforter will ous to ask him, and said unto them, Do not come unto you; but if I depart, I ye inquire among yourselves of that I will send him unto you. And wher said, A little while, and ye shall not he is come, he will reprove the work! see me; and again, a little while, are of sin, and of righteousness, and of Judgment: Of sin, because they be-things have I spoken unto you in pro lieve not on me: Of righteousness, verbs: the time cometh, when I shall because I go to my Father, and ye see no more speak unto you in proverbs; me no more: Of judgment, because but I shall show you plainly of the the prince of this world is judged. Father. At that day ye shall ask in have yet many things to say unto my name and I say not unto you, you, but ye cannot bear them now. that I will pray the Father for you; Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of truth, for the Father himself loveth you, is come, he will guide you into all because ye have loved me, and have truth: for he shall not speak of him- believed that I came out from God. self; but whatsoever he shall hear, I came forth from the Father, and that shall he speak; and he will am come into the world: Again, I show you things to come. He shall leave the world, and go to the Father. glorify me for he shall receive of His disciples said unto him, Lo, now mine, and shall show it unto you. speakest thou plainly, and speakest All things that the Father hath, are no proverb. Now are we sure that mine; therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you. The fifth Sunday after Easter. thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, O Lord, from whom all good things that ye shall be scattered every man do come; grant to us thy hum-to his own, and shall leave me alone: ble servants, that by thy holy inspi- and yet I am not alone, because the ration we may think those things that Father is with me. These things I are good, and by thy merciful guiding have spoken unto you, that in me yet may perform the same, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The Epistle. St. James i. 22. BE ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. The Ascension-Day. The Collect. GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heavens; so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with him continually dwell, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. a glass. For he beholdeth himself, ad goeth his way, and straightway orgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of 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 among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, For the Epistle. Acts i. 1. but deceiveth his own heart, this THE former treatise have I made, man's religion is vain. Pure religion O Theophilus, of all that Jesus and undefiled before God and the Fa-began both to do and teach, until the ther, is this, To visit the fatherless day in which he was taken up, after and widows in their affliction, and that he, through the Holy Ghost, had to keep himself unspotted from the given commandments unto the apos world." tles whom he had chosen: To whom also he showed kimself alive after his The Gospel. St. John xvi. 23. VERILY, verily, I say unto yon, passion, by many infallible proofs, be Whatsoever ye shall ask the Fa-ing seen of them forty days, and ther in my name, he will give it you. speaking of the things pertaining to Hitherto have ye asked nothing in the kingdom of God; and being as my name: Ask, and ye shall receive, sembled together with them, com that vour joy may be full. These manded them he should no Sunday after Ascension-day. The Epistle. 1 St. Peter iv. 7. THE end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but O God, the king of glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus ye shall be baptized with the Holy Christ with great triumph unto thy Ghost, not many days hence. When kingdom in heaven; we beseech thee they therefore were come together, leave us not comfortless; but send to they asked of him, saying, Lord, us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, wilt thou at this time restore again and exalt us unto the same place the kingdom to Israel? And he said whither cur Saviour Christ is gone beinto them, It is not for you to know fore; who liveth and reigneth with the times or the seasons, which the thee and the Holy Ghost, one Gocl, Father hath put in his own power. world without end. Amen. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the utter-unto prayer. And above all things most part of the earth. And when have fervent charity among your he had spoken these things, while selves: for charity shall cover the mul they beheld, he was taken up, and a titude of sins. Use hospitality one to cloud received him out of their sight. another without grudging. As every And while they looked steadfastly to- man hath received the gift, even sɔ ward heaven, as he went up, behold, minister the same one to another, as two men stood by them in white appa- good stewards of the manifold grace rel; which also said, Ye men of Ga- of God. If any man speak, let him ilee, why stand ye gazing up into speak as the oracles of God: If any heaven? This same Jesus, which is man minister, let him do it as of the taken up from you into heaven, shall ability which God giveth: that God so come in like manner as ye have in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ: to whom be praise and seen him go into heaven. dominion for ever and ever. Amen. The Gospel. St. John xv. 26, and The Gospel. St. Mark xvi. 14. JESUS appeared unto the eleven, part of the 16th Chapter. as they sat at meat, and upbraided HEN the Comforter is come. them with their unbelief and hardness whom I will send unto you from of heart, because they believed not the Father, even the Spirit of truth, them which had seen him after he was which proceedeth from the Father, risen. And he said unto them, Go ye he shali testify of me. And ye also into all the world, and preach the shall bear witness; because ye have Gospel to every creature. He that been with me from the beginning. believeth, and is baptized, shall be These things have I spoken unto you, saved; but he that believeth not, that ye should not be offended. They shall be damned. And these signs shall put you out of the synagogues: shall follow them that believe: In my yea, the time cometh, that whosoever name shall they cast out devils; they killeth you, will think that he doeth shall speak with new tongues; they God service. And these things will shall take up serpents; and if they they do unto you, because they have drink any deadly thing, it shall not not known the Father, nor me: but hurt them; they shall lay hands on these things have I told you, that the sick, and they shall recover. So when the time shall come, ye may re then, after the Lord had spoken unto member that I told you of them." them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Whitsunday. God, who as at this time dias teach the hearts of thy faithful peo Iple, by sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; grant us by the same! and ye in me, and I in you. He that Spirit to have a right judgment in all hath my commandments, and seep things, and evermore to rejoice in his eth them, he it is that loveth me; and holy comfort, through the merits of he that loveth me, shall be loved of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth my Father; and I will love him, and and reigneth with thee, in the unity of will manifest myself to him. Judas the same Spirit, one God, world with-saith unto him, (not Iscariot) Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyout end. Amen. self unto us, and not unto the world? For the Epistle. Acts ii. 1. WHEN the day of Pentecost was Jesus answered and said unto him, a man me, one accord incneplace: And sudden-words; and my Father will love him, ly there came a sound from heaven, and we will come unto him, and make as of a rushing mighty wind, and it our abode with him. He that loveth me filled all the house where they were not, keepeth not my sayings: and the sitting. And there appeared unto word which ye hear is not mine, but them cloven tongues, like as of fire, the Father's which sent me. These and it sat upon each of them: And things have I spoken unto you, being they were all filled with the Holy yet present with you. But the Com Ghost; and began to speak withother forter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom tongues, as the Spirit gave them utter- the Father will send ir, my name, he nce. And there were dwelling at shall teach you all things, and bring Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of all things to your remembrance, whatevery nation under heaven." Now soever I have said unto you. Peace ] when this was noised abroad, the leave with you, my peace I give unto multitude came together, and were you: not as the world giveth, give I confounded, because that every man unto you. Let not your heart be heard them speak in his own lan-troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye guage. And they were all amazed, have heard how I said unto you, I go andmarvelled, saying one toanother, away, and come again unto you. 11 Behold, are not all these which speak ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because Galileans? and how hear we every I said, I go unto the Father: for my man in our own tongue wherein we Father is greater than 1. And now I were born? Parthians, and Medes, have told you before it come to pass, and Elamites, and the dwellers in that when it is come to pass, ye might Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and believe. Hereafter I will not talk Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, anuch with you: for the prince of this Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, world cometh, and hath nothing in and in the parts of Lybia about Cy-me. But that the world may know rene, and strangers of Rome, Jews that I love the Father; and as the and Proselytes, Cretes and Arabi- Father gave me commandment, even ans, we do hear them speak in our so I do. tongues the wonderful works of God. The Gospel. St. John xiv. 15. JESUS said unto his disciples, If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am my Father, Monday in Whitsun-Week. The Collect. God, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithfol people, by sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort, through the merits of Christ Jesus cur Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God world without end. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts x. 34. THEN Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth 1 perceive |