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sur learning; that we, through pa-1 ience, and comfort of the Scriptures,

The third Sunday in Advent.
The Collect.

might have hope. Now the God of O Lord Jesus Christ, who at thy patience and consolation grant you to first coming didst send thy mes be like minded one towards another, senger to prepare thy way before according to Christ Jesus: That ye thee; grant that the Ministers and may with one mind and one mouth Stewards of thy mysteries may likeglorify God, even the Father of our wise so prepare and make ready thy Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore receive way, by turning the hearts of the disye one another, as Christ also received obedient to the wisdom of the just, us, to the glory of God. Now I say, that, at thy second coming to judge that Jesus Christ was a minister of the the world, we may be found an accep circumcision, for the truth of God, table people in thy sight, who livest to confirm the promises made unto and reignest with the Father and the the fathers: And that the Gentiles Holy Spirit, ever one God, world night glorify God for his mercy; as it without end. Amen. s written, For this cause I will con- The Epistle. 1 Cor. iv. 1. fess to thee among the Gentiles, and ET a inan so account of us, as sing unto thy name: And again he of the Ministers of Christ, and saith, Rejoice ye Gentiles, with his Stewards of the mysteries of God. people And again, Praise the Lord, Moreover, it is required in stewards, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye that a man be found faithful. But people. And again Esaias saith, with me it is a very small thing, that There shall be a root of Jesse, and he I should be judged of you, or of man's that shall rise to reign over the Gen-judgment: yea, I judge not mine own tiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust. self. For I know nothing by myself, Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

yet am I not hereby justified; but he that judgeth me is the Lord. There fore judge nothing before the time. until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shal! every man have praise of God.

The Gospel. st. Matt. xi. 2. NOW when John had heard in the

The Gospel. St. Luke xxi. 25. AND there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after prison the works of Christ, he those things which are coming on the sent two of his disciples, and said unto earth; for the powers of heaven shall him, Art thou he that should come, or be shaken. And then shall they see do we look for another? Jesus the Son of man coming in a cloud answered and said unto them, Go, with power and great glory. And and show John again those things when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. And he sake to them a parable, Behad the fig-tree, and all the trees when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves, that summer is now righ at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall Mot pass away.

which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleanserl. and the deat hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospe! preached to them. And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me. And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. But what went

ye out for to see? A prophet? vea, I am not worthy to unloose. The I say unto you, and more than a pro- things were done in Bethabara, be phet. For this is he of whom it is yond Jordan, where John was bapti written, Behold, I send my messenger zing. before thy face, which shall prepare! thy way before thee.

The fourth Sunday in Advent.
The Collect.

The Nativity of our Lord, or the Birth-day of Christ, commonly called Christmas-day.

The Collect.

Lord, raise up, we pray thee, thy ALMIGHTY God, who hast given power, and come among us, and us thy only begotten Son to take with great might succour us; that our nature upon him, and as at this whereas, through our sins and wicked-time to be born of a pure Virgin; ness, we are sore let and hindered in grant that we, being regenerate and running the race that is set before us, inade thy children by adoption and thy bountiful grace and mercy may apeedily help and deliver us, through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be honour and glory, work without end. Amen.

The Epistle. Phil. iv. 4. REJOICE in the Lord alway; and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

grace, inay daily be renewed by thy holy Spirit, through the same our Lond Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

The Epistle. Heb. i. 1. GOD, who, at sundry tires, and in

divers manners, spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appoint. ed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; who, being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of The Gospel. St. John i. 19. the Majesty on high; being made wo THIS is the record of John when the much better than the angels, as he Jews sent Priests and Levites from hath by inheritance obtained a more Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? excellent name than they. For unto And he confessed, and denied not; but which of the angels said he at any confessed, I am not the Christ. And time, Thou art my Son, this day they asked him, What then? Art have I begotten thee? And again, I thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. will be to him a Father, and he shall Art thou that Prophet? And he an-be to me a Son? And again, when he swered, No. Then said they unto bringeth in the first-begotten into the him, Who art thou? that we may world, he saith, And let all the angels give an answer to them that sent us of God worship him. And of the What sayest thou of thyself? He said, angels he saith, Who maketh his I am the voice of one crying in the angels spirits, and his ministers a wilderness, Make straight the way of flame of fire. But unto the Son he the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever And they which were sent were of and ever; a sceptre of righteousness he Pharisees. And they asked him, is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou and said unto him, Why baptizest thout then, if thou be not that Christ, uor Elias, neither that Prophet? John answered them. saying, I baptize with water; but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; he it is, who, coming after me, is preferrel before me, whose shoe's latchet

hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. And, nou, Lord, in the beginning hasi laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the worka of thine hands: they shall perish, but thou re

mainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture salt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world; but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And, because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, cry. ing, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, bat a son; and if a son, then an hear of God, through Christ.

The Gospel. St. Matt. i. 18. THE birth of Jesus Christ was on

The Gospel. St John i. 1. IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made, that was In him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose this wise When as his mother name was John: The same came for Mary was espoused to Joseph, bea witness, to bear witness of the light, fore they came together, she was that all men through him might be found with child of the Holy Ghost. lieve. He was not that light, but was Then Joseph her husband, being a sent to bear witness of that light. just man, and not willing to make That was the true light, which light-her a public example, was minded to eth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that beieve on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the lesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we neheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth.

The Sunday after Christmas-day.
The Collect.

put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost: And she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a Virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a Son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted, is, God with us Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: and knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born Son; and he called his name Jesus.

The Circumcision of Christ.

The Collect.

ALMIGHTY God, who madest

ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take ur nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin; grant that we, being regenerate and inade thy children by adoption and gace, may daily be renewed by thy holy Spirit, through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth thy blessed Son to be circumwith thee and the same Spirit, ever cised, and obedient to the law for one God, world without end. Amen. man; grant us the true circumcision The Epistle. Gal. iv. 1. of the Spirit, that, our hearts and all NOW I say, that the heir, as long our members being mortified from as he is a child, differeth nothing all worldly and carnal lusts, we from a servant, though he be lord of may in all things obey thy blessed but is under tutors and governors, will, through the same thy Son Jesus until the time appointed of the father. Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Rom. iv. 8.

Gospel shall serve for every day after, unto the Epiphany.

The Epiphany, or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles. The Collect.

BLESSED is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say, that faith was reckoned to Abraham O God, who by the leading of a for righteousness. How was it then Star didst manifest thy only bereckoned? when he was in circum-gotten Son to the Gentiles; mercicision or in uncircumcision? Not in fully grant that we, who know thes circumcision, but in uncircumcision. now by faith, may after this life have And he received the sign of circum-the fruition of thy glorious Godhead, cision, a seal of the righteousness of through Jesus Christ our Lord. the faith which he had, yet being un- Amen. circumcised; that he might be the The Epistle. Ephes. iii. 1. father of all them that believe, though OR this cause, I Paul, the prisoner they be not circumcised; that righte of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles. ousness might be imputed unto them if ye have heard of the dispensation also: And the father of circumcision of the grace of God, which is given to them who are not of the circum- me to you-ward: How that by recision only, but also walk in the steps velation he made known unto me the of that faith of our father Abraham, mystery (as I wrote afore in few which he had, being vet uncircumci-! words, whereby, when ye read, ye sed. For ne promise, that ne snould may understand my knowledge in be the heir of the world, was not to the mystery of Christ) which in other Abraham, or to hrs seed, through the ages was not made known unto the law, but through the righteousness of sous of men, as it is now revealed faith. For if they which are of the unto his holy Apostles and Prophets law be heirs, faith is made void, and by the Spirit; that the Gentilet the promise made of none effect. should be fellow-heirs, and of the The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 15. same body, and partakers of his AND it came to pass, as the angels promise in Christ, by the Gospel: were gone away from them into whereof I was made a minister, acheaven, the shepherds said one to cording to the gift of the grace of another, Let us now go even unto God, given unto me by the effectual Bethlehem, and see this thing which working of his power. Unto me, is come to pass, which the Lord hath who am less than the least of all made known unto us. And they saints, is this grace given, that I came with haste, and found Mary should preach among the Gentiles and Joseph, and the babe lying in a the unsearchable riches of Christ; manger. And when they had seen and to make all men see what is the it, they made known abroad the say-fellowship of the mystery, which ing which told them concerning from the beginning of the world hath this child. And all they that heard been hid in God, who created all it wondered at those things which things by Jesus Christ: to the inwere told them by the shepherds. tent that now unto the principalities But Mary kept all these things, and and powers in heavenly places might pondered then in her heart. And be known, by the Church, the mani the shepherds returned, glorifying fold wisdom of God, according to the and praising God for all the things eternal purpose which he purposed that they had heard and seen, as it in Christ Jesus our Lord; in whom was told unto them. And when eight we have boldness and access with days were accomplished for the cir- confidence by the faith of him. cumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the ange, before he was conceived in the womb.

The same Collect, Epistle, and

The Gospel. St. Matt. ii. 1. WHEN Jesus was born in Beth

lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men frora the east to Jerusalem,

caying, Where is he that is born king; sent your bodies a living sacrifice, of the Jews? for we have seen his holy, acceptable unto God, which is star in the east, and are come to wor-your reasonable service. And be not hip him. When Herod the king had conformed to this world; but be ye heard these things, he was troubled, transformed by the renewing of your and all Jerusalem with him. And mind, that ye inay prove what is that when he had gathered all the chief good, and acceptable, and perfect priests and scribes of the people to- will of God. For I say, through the gether, he demanded of them where grace given unto me, to every man Christ should be born. And they hat is among you, not to think of said unto him, In Bethlehem of himself more highly than he ought to Judea For thus it is written by the think, but to think soberly, according prophet, And thou Bethlehem in the as God hath dealt to every man the land of Juda, art not the least among measure of faith. For as we have the princes of Juda; for out of thee many members in one body, and al shall come a Governor that shall members have not the same office; rule my people larael. Then Herod, so we, being many, are one body in when he had privily called the wise Christ, and every one members one men, inquired of them diligently what of another. tine the star appeared. And he sent The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 41. them to Bethlehem, and said, Go, NOW his parents went to Jeruand search diligently for the young salem every year at the feast of child, and when ye have found him, the passover. And when he was twelve bring me word again, that I may years old, they went up to Jerusalem, come and worship him alsc. When after the custom of the feast. And they had heard the king, they depar-when they had fulfilled the days, as ed; and lo, the star which they saw they returned, the child Jesus tarried in the east went before them, till it behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and came and stood over where the young his mother knew not of it. But they, child was. When they saw the star, supposing him to have been in the they rejoiced with exceeding great company, went a day's journey, and joy. And when they were come into they sought him among their kinsfolk the house, they saw the young child and acquaintance. And when they with Mary his mother, and fell down found him not, they turned back again and worshipped him: And when they to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it had opened their treasures, they pre-came to pass, that after three days sented unto him gifts; gold, and they found him in the temple, sitting frankincense, and myrrh. And being in the midst of the doctors, both hearwarned of God in a dream, that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

The first Sunday after the
Epiphany.

The Collect.

ing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astcnished at his understanding and answers. And when they saw him they were amazed and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy fa ther and I have sought thee sorrowO Lord, we beseech thee mercifullying. And he said unto them, How it to receive the prayers of thy it that ye sought me? wist ye not people who call upon thee; and grant that I must be about my father's that they may both perceive and know business? And they understood not what things they ought to do, and the saying which he spake unto them. also may have grace and power faithJully to fulfil the same, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Rom. xii. 1. I Beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye pre

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept al these sayings in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom, and stature, and in favour with God and rasa.

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