fixed fo that they who would pafs from hence to you, cannot ; neither can they pals to us, that would come from thence. Then he faid, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldeft fend him to my father's houfe: for I have five brethren; that he may teftify unto them, left they alfo come into this place of torment. Abraham faith unto him, They have Mofes and the prophets; let them hear them. And he faid, Nay, father Abraham; but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Mofes and the prophets, neither will they be perfuaded, though one rofe from the dead.

The fecond Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

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them thou doft bring up in thy ftedfaft fear and love; Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name, through Jefus Chrift our Lord, Amen.

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The Epiftle. 1 St. John iii. 13.

ARVEL not, my brethren, if the world hate you. We know that we have paffed from death unto life, because we love the brethren: He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death. Whofoever hateth his brother, is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whofo hath this world's

PARAPHRASE.

On the COLLECT for the fecond Sunday after Trinity.

O God, who art ever ready to affift by thy good providence fuch 21 being educated in thy true religion, do fear and love thee, as in duty bound; we beseech thee to preferve us thy fervants by the fame gracious providence, and give us grace to keep thy fear always before our eyes, and thy love in our hearts; and this we pray for the fake of Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

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good, and feeth his brother have need, and fhutteth up his bowels of compaffion from him; how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed, and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and fhall affure our hearts before him. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence towards. God. And whatsoever we afk, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do thofe things that are pleafing in his fight. And this is his commandment, that we should believe on the Name of his Son Jefus Chrift, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him and hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

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The Gospel. St Luke xiv. 16.

Certain man made a great fupper, and bade many and sent his fervant at fupper-time to fay unto them that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ready. And they all with one confent began to make excufe. The first faid unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and fee it: I pray thee have me excufed. And another faid, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excufed. And another faid, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that fervant came and fhewed his Lord these things. Then the mafter of the houfe being angry, faid to his fervant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the fervant faid, Lord, it is done as thou haft commanded, and yet there is room. And the Lord faid unto the fervant, Go out into the highways, and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I fay unto you, that none of thofe men which were bidden, fhall tafte of my fupper.

The third Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; and grant that we, to whom thou haft given an hearty defire to pray, may by thy mighty aid be defended and comforted in all dangers and adverfities, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

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LL of you be fubject one to another, and be clothed with humility for God refifteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourfelves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time, cafting all your care upon him, for he careth for you. Be fober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, feeking whom he may devour. Whom refift stedfaft in the faith, knowing that the fame afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us into his eternal glory by Chrift Jefus, after that ye have fuffered a while, make you perfect, ftablish, strengthen, fettle you. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

The Gospel. St Luke xv. 1.

HEN drew near unto him all the publicans and finners

for to hear him. And the Pharifees and fcribes murmured, faying, This man receiveth finners, and eateth with

PARAPHRASE.

On the COLLECT for the third Sunday after Trinity.

O God, who workeft great things for them that truft in thee, (Pfal. xxxi. 19.) whofe hand is ftrong, (Pfal. cxix. 13.) for the protection of thy fervants, and without whofe aid no good and holy action can be performed, we beseech thee to add to thy paft benefits and favours, the continuance of thy providential guidance and protection of us, that we may fo regulate our conduct in paffing through this prefent world, that we may not mifs of the happiness of that which is to come; and this we beg for the fake of Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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them. And he spake this parable unto them, faying, What man of you having an hundred fheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is loft, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his fhoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, faying, unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my fheep which was loft. I fay unto you, that likewife joy fhall be in heaven over one finner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine juft perfons, which need no repentance. Either that woman, having ten pieces of filver, if she lofe one piece, doth not light a candle, and fweep the house, and feek diligently till the find it? And when the hath found it, fhe calleth her friends and her neighbours together, faying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had loft. Likewise I say unto you, There is joy in the prefence of the angels of God, over one finner that repenteth.

The fourth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

God, the protector of all that truft in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy; Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy, that thou being our ruler and guide, we may fo pafs through things temporal, that we finally lofe not the things eternal: Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jefus Chrift's fake our Lord. Amen.

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The Epiftle. Rom. viii. 18:

Reckon that the fufferings of this prefent time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be

PARAPHRASE.

On the COLLECT for the fourth Sunday after Trinity.

O Lord, we beseech thee to direct, by the conduct of thy heavenly providence, the courfe of human affairs, that thy church being preferved from all dangers and perfecutions, we and all chriftian people may enjoy peace and tranquility, that undisturbed we may pay our devotions to thee; which we defire for the fake of Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifeftation of the fons of God. For the creature was made fubject to vanity, not willingly, but by reafon of him who hath fubjected the fame in hope: becaufe the creature itfelf alfo fhall be delivered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth, and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourfelves alfo, which have the firft-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourfelves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body,

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The Gospel. St Luke vi. 36.

E ye therefore merciful, as your Father alfo is merciful. Judge not, and ye fhall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye fhall be forgiven give, and it fhall be given unto you: good meafure, preffed down, and fhaken together, and running over, fhall men give into your bofom. For with the fame measure that ye mete withal, it fhall be measured to you again. And he fpake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? fhali they not both fall into the ditch? The disciple is not above his master; but every one that is perfect shall be as his mafter. And why beholdeft thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceiveft not the beam that is in thine own eye? Either how canst thou fay to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdeft not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, caft out firft the beam out of thine own eye, and then fhalt thou fee clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

The fifth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

RANT, O Lord, we befeech thee, that the course of this world may be fo peaceably ordered by thy govern

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ance,