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lamps: behold the bride- veftras: ecce fponfus vegroom comes: go forth nit, exite obviam ei. to meet him.

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All as in the Common of One Virgin and Martyr, p. cxxvii. except what follows.

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Rant, we beseech thee, O Lord our God, that with a constant devotion we may celebrate the victories of thy holy Virgins and Martyrs N. and N. that, tho' we cannot folemnize them as we ought, we may feek their prayers with all due humility. Thro'.

EPISTLE. 1. Cor. vii.

Rethren: Concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful. I think therefore that this is good, for the prefent neceffity, that it is good for a man so to bea. Art thou bound to a wife? Seek not to be loofed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife. But if thou take a wife, thou haft not finned thereby. And if a virgn marry, fhe hath not finned thereby: neverthelefs fuch fhall have tribulation of the flesh. But I fpare you. This therefore I fay, brethren; the time is fhort: it remaineth, that they also who have wives, be as though they had none; and they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they poffeffed not; and they that ufe this world, as though they used it not; for the fashion of this world paffeth away. But I would

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a Expl. To remain as he is.

b Expl. Wordly cares and follicitude for their children and family. c Expl. I would fave you thefe cares and anxieties, by wifking you to remain fingle.

d Expl. Every thing that bath only an outward appearance is tran fitory and of a foort duration.

have you be without follicitude. He that is without a wife, is follicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God. But he that is with a wife, is follicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife; and he is divided. But the. unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that the may be holy both in body and fpirit, in Chrift Jefus our Lord.

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OOK down, we beseech thee, O Lord, on the offerings laid on thy altar, on this feast of thy holy Virgins and Martyrs N. and N. that as thou haft bestowed glory on them by thefe facred myfteries, fo thou mayft likewife grant us pardon. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION. Præfta nobis.

Rant us, we beseech thee, O Lord, by the in

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ceive with a pure mind, what we receive with our mouths. Thro'.

The COMMON of a VIRGIN, not a MARTYR.

VESPER S.

All as in the Common of a Virgin and Martyr,

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p. cxxv.

MASS. INTROIT. Pf. xliv.

Hou loved ft righte teoufnefs, and hatedft iniquity; therefore God, thy God hath anointed thee with an oil of gladness in a more ex

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Ilexifti juftitiam, & odifti iniquitatem; proptereà unxit te Deus, Deus tuus oleo lætitiæ præ confortibus tuis. V. PJ. Eructavit cor meum

cellent manner than thy companions. V. P. My heart hath uttered good tidings: my works I refer to the king.

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verbum bonum: dico ego opera mea regi.

COLLECT. Exaudi nos.

IVE ear to us, O God our Saviour, that as we celebrate with joy the folemnity of bletted N. thy Virgin, fo we may improve in the affection of piety. Thro'.

EPISTLE. 2 Cor. x. 15: xi. 1, 2. BRethren: Rethren: Let him that glorieth, glory in the Lord for not he, that commendeth himself, is approved but he whom God commendeth. Chap. 11. Would to God you could bear with fome little of my folly: but do, bear with me. For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God. For I have efpoufed you all to one husband, that I may prefent you as a chafte virgin to Chrift.

GRADUAL. P. xliv.

In thy comeliness and beauty go on, proceed profperously and reign. V. For thy truth, meeknefs, and righteoufnefs fhall thy right hand alfo lead thee on wonderfully.

TRACT.

Hear, O daughter, and fee, and be attentive for the king is taken with thy beauty. V. All the rich among the people fhall come with entreaties before thee:

Specie tuâ & pulchritudine tuâ intende, profpere procede, & regna. V. Propter veritatem & manfuetudinem, & juftitiam, & deducet te mirabiliter dextera tua.

Pf. xliv.

Audi filia, & vide, & inclina aurem tuam: quia concupivit rex fpeciem tuam. V. Vultum tuum deprecabuntur omnes divites plebis: filiæ regum in honore

a Exol. So be calls commending himself, tho' forced to it for the good of bis flock.

the daughters of kings fhall honour thee. V. Virgins fhall be brought in her retinue to the king: her relations fhall be prefented to thee. V. They fhall be introduced with joy and gladness; they fhall be introduced into the temple of the king.

tuo. V. Adducentur regi virgines pofteam: proximæ ejus afferentur tibi. V. Afferentur in lætitiâ & exultatione: adducentur in templum regis.

GOSPEL. Matt. xxv. as above, p. cxxix.

OFFERTORY. P. xliv.

The daughters of kings Filiæ regum in honore honour thee: the queen was on thy right hand in a robe of gold, with a variety of other orna

ments.

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tuo: aftitit regina à dextris tuis in veftitu deaurato, circumdata

varietate.

SECRET.

AY the offerings, O Lord, of thy devout people be acceptable to thee in honour of thy faints; by whofe merits they have experienced help in their afflictions. Thro'.

COMMUNION. Matt. xxv.

The five wife virgins took oil in their veflels with their lamps: and at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom comes; go out and meet Christ the Lord.

Quinque prudentes virgines acceperunt oleum in vafis fuis cum lampadibus; media autem nocte clamor fa&us eft: Ecce fponfus venit, exite obviam Chrifto Domino.

POSTCOMMUNION. Satiafii.

HOU haft fed, O Lord, thy family, with thefe facred oblations: ever therefore comfort us

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INTROIT. Pf. xliv.

LL the rich among the people fhall come with entreaties before thee: Virgins fhall be brought in her retinue to the king: her relations fhall be prefented to thee with joy and gladnefs. Pf. My heart hath uttered good tidings: my works I refer to the king. V. Glory.

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Ultum tuum deprecabuntur omnes divites plebis: adducentur regi virgines poft eam: proximæ ejus afferentur tibi in lætitia & exultatione. P. Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum: dico ego opera mea regi. V. Gloria.

COLLECT. Exaudi, as p. cxxxvi.-EPISTLE. 1 Cor. vii. p. cxxxiv.

GRADUA L. P. xliv.

The king is taken with thy beauty, for he is the Lord thy God. V. Hear, O daughter and fee, and be attentive.

Concupivit rex decorem tuum quoniam ipfe eft Dominus Deus tuus. V. Audi filia & vide, & inclina aurem tuam.

TRACT. Hear, O daughter, p. cxxxvi. GOSPEL. Matt. xiii. p. cxxxii.—OFFERTORY. Virgins fhall be brought, p. cxxx.-SECRET. May the offerings p. cxxxvii.

COMMUNION. Matt. xiii. The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant feeking good pearls: and having found one of a

Simile eft regnum cœlorum homini negotiatori quærenti bonas margaritas: inventâ unâ pre

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