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called Ash-Wednesday.

Charity never faileth: but whether, The first Day of Lent, commonly there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall The Collect. cease; whether there be knowledge, ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, it shall vanish away. For we know who hatest nothing that tho in part, and we prophesy in part. hast made, and dost forgive the sins But when that which is perfect is of all those who are penitent; create ome, then that which is in part shall and make in us new and contrite be done away. When I was a child, hearts, that we, worthily lamenting spake as a child, I understood as a our sins and acknowledging our hild, I thought as a child; but when wretchedness, may obtain of thee, became a man, I put away childish the God of all mercy, perfect remis things. For now we see through a sion and forgiveness, through Jesus glass darkly; but then face to face: Christ our Lord. Amen. now I know in part; but then shall I¶ This Collect is to be read every day know even as also I am known. And in Lent, after the Collect appointed now abideth faith, hope, charity, for the day. these three; but the greatest of these Is charity.

At Morning Prayer, the Litany being ended, shall be said the fol lowing Prayers, immediately before the general Thanksgiving.

The Gospel. St. Luke xviii. 31. THEN Jesus took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Be-O Lord, we beseech thee, mercifully bold, we go up to Jerusalein, and all hear our prayers, and spare ab things that are written by the prophets those who confess their sins untc concerning the Son of man shall be thee; that they, whose consciences accomplished. For he shall be deli- by sin are accused, by thy merciful vered unto the Gentiles, and shall be pardon may be absolved, through mocked, and spitefully entreated, and Christ our Lord. Amen. spitted on: And they shall scourge Most mighty God, and merciful O him, and put him to death; and the Father, who hast compassion third day he shall rise again. And upon all men, and hatest nothing that they understood none of these things: thou hast made; who woullest not the and this saying was hid from them, death of a sinner, but rather that neither knew they the things which he should turn from his sin, and be were spoken. And it came to pass, saved; mercifully forgive us our treethat as he was come nigh unto Jericho, passes; receive and comfort us, who a certain blind man sat by the way-are grieved and wearied with the burside begging; and hearing the multi-den of our sins. Thy property ia tude pass by, he asked what it meant. always to have mercy; to thee only And they told him, that Jesus of Na- it appertaineth to forgive sins: spare zareth passeth by. And he cried, say- us therefore, good Lord, spare thy ang, Jesus, thou Son of David, have people, whom thou hast redeemed: mercy on me. And they which went enter not into judgment with thy serbefore rebuked him, that he should vants, who are vile earth, and miseFold his peace; but he cried so much rable sinners; but so turn thine anthe more, Thou Son of David, have ger from us, who meekly acknowledge mercy on me. And Jesus stood, and our vileness, and truly repent us of commanded inm to be brought unto our faults; and so make haste to help him and when he was come near, us in this world, that we may ever he asked him, saying, What wilt live with thee in the world to come, thou that I should do unto thee?through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sigla. And Jesus said unto tim, Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee. And immediately he received his sight, and followed sim, glorifying God and all the people, when they saw it. gave praise unto God.

Then shall the People say this that followeth, after the Minister. TURN thou us, O good Lord, and

so shall we be turned. Be favourable, O Lord, be favourable to thy people, who turn to thee in weeping, fasting and praying. For thou art a merciful God, full of compas.

son, long suffering, and of great corrupt, and where thieves do not pity. Thou sparest when we de-break through nor steal: For where serve punishment, and in thy wrath your treasure is, there will your heart thinkest upon mercy. Spare thy be also. people, good Lord, spare them; and let not thine heritage be brought to confusion. Hear us, O Lord, for thy

The first Sunday in Lent.

The Collect.

mercy is great; and after the multi-Lord, who for our sake didst fast tude of thy mercies look upon us, forty days and forty nights; give through the merits and mediation of thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Am n.

us grace to use such abstinence, that our fiesh being subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness, to thy honour and glory, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end Amen.

The Epistle. 2 Cor. vi. 1. WE then, as workers together with

For the Epistle. Joel ii. 12. TURN ye even to me, saith the Lord, with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, him, beseech you also, that ye and of great kindness, and repenteth receive not the grace of God in vain : him of the evil. Who knoweth if he (For he saith, I have heard thee in a will return, and repent, and leave a time accepted, and in the day of sal blessing behind him, even a meat-vation have I succoured thee: be offering and a drink-offering unto hold, now is the accepted time; bethe Lord your God? Blow the trum-hold, now is the day of salvation) pet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a giving no offence in any thing, that solemn assembly, gather the people, the ministry be not blamed; but in sanctify the congregation, assemble all things approving ourselves as the the elders, gather the children and ministers of God, in much patience, those that suck the breasts; let the in afflictions, in necessities, In disbridegroom go forth of his chamber, tresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, and the bride out of her closet; let in tumults, in labours, in watchings, the priests, the ministers of the Lord, in fastings; by pureness, by knowweep between the porch and the edge, by long-suffering, by kindness, altar, and let them say, Spare thy by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, people, O Lord, and give not thine by the word of truth, by the power of heritage to reproach, that the heathen God, by the armour of righteousness should rule over them: wherefore on the right hand and on the left, by should they say among the people, honour and dishonour, by evil report Where is their God? and good report; as deceivers, and The Gospel. St. Matt. vi. 16. yet true; as unknown, and yet well HEN ye fast, be not as the hypp-known; as dying, and belold wa crites, of a sad countenance: live; as chastened, and not killed, for they disfigure their faces, that they as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing may appear unto men to fast. Verily as poor, yet making many rich; as I say unto you, they have their re- having nothing, and yet possessing all ward. But thou, when thou fastest, things. anoint thine head, and wash thy face, that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in tempted of the devil: And when he secret, shall reward thee openly. Lay had fasted forty days and forty nights, not up for yourselves treasures upon he was afterward an hungered. And earth, where moth and rust doth when the tempter came to him, he corrupt, and where thieves break i said, If thou be the Son of God, com through and steal: But lay up for mand that these stones be made yourselves treasures in heaven, bread. But he answered said, where ueither noth nor rust dot! It is written, Man shall at ive by

The Gospel. St. Matt. iv. 1. THEN was Jesus led up of the

The Gospel. St. Matt. xv. 21. JESUS went thence, and departed

brea alone, out by every word that led us unto uncleanness, but unto hollproceedeth out of the mouth of God. neas. He therefore that despiseth, Then the devil taketh him up into the despiseth not man, but God, whe holy city, and setteth him on a pin-hath also given unto us his Holy nacle of the temple, and saith unto Spirit. hin, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concern- into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. ing thee; and in their hands they And behold, a woman of Canaan shall bear thee up, lest at any time came out of the same coasts, and thou dash thy foot against a stone. cried unto him, saying, Have mercy Jesus said unto him, It is written on me, O Lord, thou Son of David. again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord my daughter is grievously vexed with thy God. Again the devil taketh him a devil. But he answered her not at up into an exceeding high mountain, word. And his disciples came and and showeth him all the kingdoms of besought him, saying, Send her away, the world, and the glory of them; for she crieth after us.

and saith unto him, All these things swered and said, I am not sent but will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down unto the lost sheep of the house of and worship me. Then saith Jesus Israel. Then came she and worshipunto him, Get thee hence, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

The second Sunday in Lent.

The Collect.

ALMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves; keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered, and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And

her daughter was made whole from
that very hour.

The third Sunday in Lent.
The Collect,

WE beseech thee, Almighty God,

look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of thy majesty, to be our defence against all our ene mies, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Ephes. v. 1. BE ye therefore followers of God,

The Epistle. 1 Thess. iv. 1. WE beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that es ye have received of us how ye ought to walk, and to please God, so as dear children; and walk in ye would abound more and more. love, as Christ also hath loved us, For ye know what commandments and hath given himself for us, an of we gave you by the Lord Jesus. For fering and a sacrifice to God, for a this is the will of God, even your sweet-smelling savour. But fornicasanctification, that ye should abstain tion and all uncleanness, or covetous. from fornication; that every one of ness, let it not be once named amongst you should know how to possess his you, as becometh saints; neither filth. vessel in sanctification and honour;iness, nor foolish talking, nor jestnot in the lust of concupiscence, evening, which are not convenient; but as the Gentiles which know not God: rather giving of thanks. For this ye that no man go beyond and defraud know, that no whoremonger, nor unhis brother in any matter; because clean person, nor covetous man, who that the Lord is the avenger of ali is an idolater, hath any inheritance in ch, as we also have forewarned you the kingdom of Christ, and of God. and testified. For God hath not call-Let no man deceive you with van

words: for because of these things swept and garnished. Then goeth he, cometh the wrath of God upon the and taketh to him seven other spirits children of disobedience. Be not ye more wicked than himself, and they therefore partakers with them; for enter in, and dwell there; and the ye were sometimes darkness, but now last state of that man is worse than are ye light in the Lord: walk as chil- the first. And it came to pass, as he dren of light; (For the fruit of the spake these things, a certain woman Spirit is in all goodness, and righteous- of the company lift up her voice, and ness, and truth) proving what is ac-said unto him, Blessed is the womb ceptable unto the Lord. And have no that bare thee, and the paps which Fellowship with the unfruitful works thou hast sucked. But he said, Yea, cf darkness, but rather reprove them. rather blessed are they that hear the For it is a shame even to speak of word of God, and keep it. those things which are done of them in secret. But all things that are reproved, are made manifest by the

light; for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

The fourth Sunday in Lent.
The Collect.

GRANT, we beseech thee, A.

mighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

The Gospel. St. Luke xi. 14. JESUS was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, The Epistle. Gal. iv. 21. when the devil was gone out, the TELL me, ye that desire to be undumb spake; and the people wonder- der the law, do ye not hear the ed. But some of them said, He casteth law? For it is written, that Abraham out devils through Beelzebub,the chief had two sons, the one by a bondof the devils. And others, tempting maid, the other by a free-woman. him, sought of him a sign from heaven. But he who was of the bond-woman But he knowing their thoughts, said was born after the flesh; but he of unto them, Every kingdom divided the free-woman was by promise. against itself, is brought to desola- Which things are an allegory: for tion; and a house divided against a these are the two covenants; the one house, falleth. If Satan also be di- from Mount Sinai, which gendereth vided against himself, how shall his to bondage, which is Agar. For this kingdom stand? because ye say that Agar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and I cast out devils through Beelzebub. answereth to Jerusalem which now is, And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, and is in bondage with her children. by whom do your sons cast them out? But Jerusalem which is above, is free; therefore shall they be your judges. which is the mother of us all. For it But if I with the finger of God cast is written, Rejoice, thou barren that out devils, no doubt the kingdom of bearest not; break forth and cry, God is come upon you. When a thou that travailest not; for the destrong man armed keepeth his pa-solate hath many more children than lace, his goods are in peace; but she which hath an husband. Now when a stronger than he shall come we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the upon him and overcome him, he children of promise. But as then, taketh from him all his armour where- he that was born after the flesh per in he trusted, and divideth his spoils. secuted him that was bort. after the fle that is not with me, is against spirit; even so it is now. Nevertheme; and he that gathereth not with less, what saith the Scripture? Cast me, scattereth. When the unclean out the bond-woman and her son; for spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh the son of the bond-woman shall through dry places, seeking rest; and not be heir with the son of the freefinding none, he saith, I will return woman. So then, brethren, we are unto my house whence I came out. not children of the bond-woman, but And when he cometh, he findeth it of the free.

The Gospel. St. John viii. 46. JESUS said, Which of you convin

The Gospel. St. John vi. 1. and calves; but by his own blood he JESUS went over the sea of Galilee, entered in once into the holy place, which, is the sea of Tiberias. And having obtained eternal redemption great multitude followed him, be- for us. For if the blood of bulls and of cause they saw his miracles which he goats, and the ashes of an heifer lid on them that were diseased. And sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to Jesus went up into a mountain, and the purifying of the flesh; how much there he sat with his disciples. And more shall the blood of Christ, who, the passover, a feast of the Jews, was through the eternal Spirit, offered him high. When Jesus then lift up his self without spot to God, purge you eyes, and saw a great company come conscience from dead works to serve unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence the living God? And for this cause shall we buy bread that these may he is the Mediator of the New Testaeat? (And this he said to prove him; ment, that by means of death, for the for he himself knew what he would redemption of the transgressions that do.) Philip answered him, Two hun- were under the first Testament, they dred penny-worth of bread is not suffi- which are called might receive the cient for them, that every one of them promise of eternal inheritance. may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here which eeth me of sin? And if I say the hath five barley loaves, and two small truth, why do ye not believe me? He fishes; but what are they among so that is of God, heareth God's words; many? And Jesus said, Make the ye therefore hear them not, because ye men sit down. Now there was much are not of God. Then answered the grass in the place. So the men sat Jews, and said unto him, Say we not down, in number about five thousand. well, that thou art a Samaritan, and And Jesus took the loaves, and when hast a devil? Jesus answered, I have he had given thanks, he distributed to not a devil: but I honour my Father, the disciples, and the disciples to them and ye do dishonour me. And I seek hat were set down, and likewise of not mine own glory: there is one that the fishes as much as they would. seeketh and Judgeth. Verily, verily, When they were filled, he said unto I say unto you, If a man keep my say. his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

The Afth Sunday in Lent.

ing, he shall never see death. Ther said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil: Abraham it dead, and the prophets; and thou say est, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which i dead? and the prophets are dead. whom makest thou thyself? Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing; it is my Father that ho noureth me, of whom ye say, that he is your God: yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you; but I know him, and keep his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty year. The Epistle. Heb. ix. 11. oid, and hast thou scen Abraham? CHRIST being come an high priest Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, of good things to come, by a greater say unto you, before Abraham was, And more perfect tabernacle, not made I am. Then took they up stones te with hands; that is to say, not of this cast at him; but Jesus hid himself, building; neither by the blood of goats and went out of the tele.

The Collect.

WE beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon thy people; that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul, through Jesus

Christ our Lord. Amen.

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