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brake down the houses of the Sodom- | Megiddo, and brought him to Jeruites, that were by the house of the salem, and buried him in his own LORD, where the women wove hangings sepulchre. for the grove. And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba AND the people of the land took

to Beer-sheba.

Ry. I took thee. p. xxvii.

WEDNESDAY.

Of the 2nd Book of Kings.
Lesson I. Chap. xxiii.

MOREOVER the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses: neither after him arose there any like him. Notwithstanding the LORD

turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.

Ry. I have sinned. p. xxviii.

Lesson II.

AND the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he

had seen him. And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from

Ry. Thou hast heard. p. xxviii. Lesson III.

Jehoshaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he | began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his

And

mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.” And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim

the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died there.

R. Hearken. p. xxix.

THURSDAY.

Of the 2nd Book of Kings. Lesson L. Chaps. xxiii. and xxiv.

JEHOIAKIM was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

Ry. Prepare. p. xxvi.

Lesson II.

AND the LORD sent against him

bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the

Moabites, and bands of the children
of Ammon, and sent them against
Judah to destroy it, according to the
word of the LORD, which he spake by
his servants the prophets. Surely at
the commandment of the LORD came
this upon Judah, to remove them out
of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh,
according to all that he did; and also
for the innocent blood that he shed:
for he filled Jerusalem with innocent
blood; which the LORD would not
pardon.

Ry. God is the hearer. p. xxvi.
Lesson III.

NOW the rest of the acts of

Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of

the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

Ry. The LORD that. p. xxvii.

FRIDAY.

Of the 2nd Book of Kings.

Lesson I. Chap. xxiv.

and his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

Ry. Ye mountains. p. xxvii.

Lesson III.

AND he carried away Jehoiachin to

Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. And all the men of might, even ten thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Ry. I took thee. p. xxvii.

SATURDAY.

JEHOIACHIN was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. Of the 2nd Book of Kings. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jeru- Lesson I. Chaps. xxiv. and xxv. salem. And he did that which was ZEDEKIAH was twenty and one evil in the sight of the LORD, according years old when he began to reign, to all that his father had done. At and he reigned eleven years in that time the servants of Nebuchad-Jerusalem. And his mother's name nezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. Ry. Saul hath slain. p. xxvii.

Lesson II.

AND Jehoiachin the king of Judah

went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants,

was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah

rebelled against the king of Babylon.

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month,

in the tenth day of the month, that, captain of the guard carry away. But Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

Ry. I have sinned. p. xxviii.

Lesson II.

AND the city was broken up, and

all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his army were scattered from him. So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. Ry. Thou hast heard. p. xxviii.

-Lesson III.

ND in the fifth month, on the A seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: and he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the

the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon."

Ry. Hearken. p. xxix.

SATURDAY

Before the first Sunday in August. That is called the first Sunday in the month, which falls on, or nearest to, the Kalends of that month; thus, if the Kalends fall on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, then the first Sunday of the month is that preceding the Kalends. But if it fall on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, the first Sunday is that which follows.

FIRST SUNDAY IN AUGUST.

The books cf Solomon are read from this day till the first Sunday in. September.

FIRST NOCTURN.

Here begin the Proverbs of Solomon.
Lesson I. Chap. i.

THE proverbs of Solomon the son

to

of David, king of Israel; To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity: to give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: to understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Ry, The LORD possessed Me in the beginning, or ever the earth was; when there were no depths, when there were no fountains, abounding with water, * before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth. . When He prepared

the heavens, I was there, as one brought up with Him. Before.

Lesson II.

THE fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: for they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: cast in thy lot among us: let us all have one

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SECOND NOCTURN.

From the Treatise of S. Ambrose,
Bp., on the 119th Psalm.
Lesson IV.

Serm. 5.

THE prophet saith, that the fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. But what is the beginning of knowledge, save the renouncing of the world? Because to be wise in Fur

secular things is foolishness. ther, the Apostle saith that the with GOD. But even the fear of the LORD, unless it be according to knowledge, is of no advantage, but is the Jews have a zeal for God, but, rather a very great hindrance. Thus, because they have it not according to knowledge, in that very zeal and fear, they become guilty of greater offence to GOD. In that they circumcise their little children, in that they keep the sabbath, they have the fear of GOD; but because they know not that the law is spiritual, they circumcise the body, not the heart.

wisdom of this world is foolishness

Rz. Give me, O LORD, wisdom that sitteth by Thy throne, and reject me not from among Thy children: * for I am Thy servant, and son of Thy handmaid. V. Send her from the throne of Thy glory, that being present she may labour with me. For.

Lesson V.

AND why do I speak of the Jews? There are even, among ourselves, those who have the fear of God, but not according to knowledge; those who lay down harsh laws which human nature cannot sustain. Their fear lies in this, that they seem to take measures for self-discipline, and to require goodness in action; but it is not according to knowledge, because they do not sympathize with human nature, nor take account of possibility. Let us have therefore no irrational fear. For true wisdom begins with the fear of GoD: so that fear ought not to be without wisdom.

Ry. The fear of the LORD is the

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways

beginning of wisdom: A good under- | standing in the sight of God and man. standing have all they that do thereafter the praise of it endureth for ever. y. And love is the keeping of His laws: the fear of the LORD is the first step to be accepted of Him. A good.

Lesson VI.

HOLY fear is a sort of basis for the word. For as an image is set up on a base, and then has more beauty, when the statue is fixed on the base, and has a firm stand, so the word of GOD is best set up on

holy fear, and is more deeply rooted

in the heart of one that fears the

LORD, lest the word should slip away from the hearts of man, lest the birds should come and carry it off from the affections of a careless and deceitful hearer.

Ry. Remove far from me vanity and lies, O LORD: * give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me. y. Two things have I required of Thee: deny me them not before I die. Give. Glory. Give.

THIRD NOCTURN.

Ry. vii. O LORD, Father and God of my life, give me not a proud look, but turn away from Thy servant always a haughty mind: turn away from me vain hopes and concupiscence: * and give not over me Thy servant into an impudent mind. y. Leave me not, O LORD, lest my ignorance increase, and my sins abound. And give.

Ry. viii. Two Seraphim. p. xxviii.
Te Deum, p. 15.

MONDAY.

Of the Proverbs of Solomon.

Lesson I. Chap. iii.

My son, forget not my law; but let

thine heart keep my commandments for length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: so shalt thou find favour and good under

acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Ry. Leave me not, O LORD, Father and Governor of all my life, lest I fall before mine adversaries: * and mine enemy rejoice over me. y. Lay hold upon shield and buckler, and stand up to help me. And.

Lesson II.

BE not wise in thine own eyes: fear

the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy_navel, and marrow to thy bones. Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

Ry. Great are Thy judgments, O LORD, and cannot be expressed: * Thou didst magnify Thy people, and glorify them. y. Thou broughtest them through the Red sea, and carriedst them through much water. Thou.

Lesson III.

MY son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: for whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more, precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

Ry. Thine eyes behold, O LORD,

what is in the heart of man, and in

Thy book all things are written. * Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. V. For the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts. Man. Glory. Man.

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