to the remembrance of his duty to God, new.fangleness, which (as much as may be by some notable aad special signification, with true setting forth of Christ's religion) whereby he might be edified. Furthermore, is always to be eschewed. Furthermore, the most weiglty cause of the abolishment such shall have no just cause with the of certain Ceremonies was, that they were Ceremonies reserved to be offended. For as so far abused, partly by the superstitious those be taken away which were most blindness of the rude and unlearned, and abused, and did burden men's consciences partly by the unsatiable avarice of such as witliout any cause; so the other that resought more their own lucre, than the glory main, are retained for a discipline and order, of God, that the abuces could not well be which (upon just causes) inay be altered taken away, the thing remnining still,

and changed, and therefore are not to be

esteemed equal with God's law. And moreBut now as concerning those persons, over, they be neither dark nor dumb Cere. which peradventure will be offended, for monies, but are so set forth, that every man that some of the old Ceremonies are retain may understand what they do mean, and ed still: If they consider that without sowie to what use they do serve. So that it is Ceremonies it is not possible to keep any not like that they in time to come should order, or quiet discipline in the Church, be abused as other have been. And in these they shall easily perceive just cause to re our doings we condemn no other nations, form their judgements. And if they think nor prescribe any thing but to our own much, that any of the old do remain, and people only : for we think it convenient would rather have all devised anew: then that every country should use such Ceresuch men granting some Ceremonios con manies as they shall think best to the setvenient to be had, surely where the old may ! ting forth of God's honour and glory, and be well used, there they cannot reasonably to the reducing of the people to a most reprove the old only for their age, without perfect and godly living, without error or bewraying of their own folly. For in such superstition; and that they should put away a case they ought ratlier to have reverence other things, which froin time to time they unto them for their antiquity, if they will perceive to be most abused, as in men's or

declare themselves to be more studious of ainances it often chanceth diversly in divere | upity and concord, than of innovations and countries

1 THE ORDER HOW THE PSALTER IS APPOINTED

TO BE READ. M AB Psalter shall be read throngh once to be read at one time; It is so ordered,

1 every Month, as it is there appointed, that at one time shall not be read above both for Morning and Evening Prayer. But four or five of the said portions. in February it shall be read only to the And at the end of every Psalm, and of twenty-eighth, or twenty-pinth day of the every such part of the 11tb Psalm, shall month.

be repeated this Hymn, And, whereas January, March, May,

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : July, August, October, and December have and to the Holy Ghost; one-and-thirty days apiece ; It is ordered,

As it was in the beginning, is not, and that the same Psalms shall be read the last

ever shall be : world without end. Amen. day of the said manths, which were read the day before : so that the Psalter may Note, that the Psalter followeth the divi. begin again the first day of the text month sion of the Hebrews, and the translation of ensuing.

the great English Bible, set forth and used And, whereas the 19th Psalm is divided in the time of King Ilenry the Eightl, and into twenty-two portions, and is over-long Edward the Sixt).

THE ORDER HOW THE REST OF HOLY SCRIPTURE

IS APPOINTED TO BE READ.

THE OH Testament is appointed for the Lessons both at Mormug and Evening

I first Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer; except only the Moveable Feasts, Prayer; so as the most part thereof will be which are not in the Calendar, and tlie im. read every year once, as in the Calendar is moveable, where there is a blank left in the appointed.

column of lessons, the Proper Lessons for The New Testament is appointed for the all wlich days are to be found in the Table second Lessons et Morning and Evening of Proper Lessons Prayer, and shall be read over orderly every And note, that whensoover Proper Psalms year thrice, hosides the Epistles and Gos or Lessons are appointed; then the Psalms pels; except the Apocalypse, out of which And Lessons of ordinary course appointed in there are only certain Proper Lessons ap- the Psalter and Calendar (if they be differpointed upon divers Feasts.

ent) shall be omitted for that time. And to know what Lessons shall be read! Note also, that the Collect, Epistle, and I every day, look for the day of the month in Gospel, appointed for the Sunday shall serve | the Calendar following, and there ye shall all the week after, where it is not in this

ind the chapters that shall be read for the Book otherwise ordered

TO BE READ AT MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER, ON THE SUNDAYA,

AND OTHER HOLY-DAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

LESSONS PROPER FOR SUNDAYS.

T PROPER PSALMS ON CERTAIN DAYS.

Epiphany....
Å Lucian, P. &M

b
с
d
e

19 14 16 18 20 92

Hilary, Bp. & C.

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 20 31

Prisca, V. & M...

10 11 19 13 14 15

16 1 Cor. 1

2

26 28 30 82 34 37 39 41 43 45 47

Fabian, Bp. & M.
Agnes, V. & M...
Vincent, Mart....

40 42 44 46

Conv. of St. Paul..

7 8 9 10 11 19

FEBRUARY

MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PRAYER. HATH XXVIII. DAYS, And in every Leap-Year 29 Days. | 1. Lesson. II. Lesson. 1. Lesson. II. Lesson. 1 d

Fast. Exod. 10 Mark 1 Exod. 11 1 Cor. 13 2 Purific. of V. M...

2

14 3 Blasius, Bp. & M.

19
3
13

15 4

14

15

16 5 A Agatha, V. & M..

16

17 2 Cor. 1 6 b

18

19 20

21 8 d

22

23 9 e

24

32 10

33
10

34 11

Levit. 18

11 Levit. 19 12

20
12

26 13

Num. 11

13 Num. 12 14 Valentine, Bishop.

13
14
14

10 15

16
15
17

11 16 е

20
16
21

12 17

22 L. 1. to 39

23

13 18

24 - 1. v. 39

25 Galat. 19

27
2

30 20 b

31
3
32

3 21

35

36

4 22 d

Deuter. 1
5 Deuter. 2

6 23 e

Fast.
3

4 24 f St. Matthias, Ap...

Ephes. 1 25

5

6 26

8

3 27 b

10 28 с

18