I will remember Thy Name from one generation to another : therefore shall the people give thanks unto Thee, world without end.

LESSON I.

St. Matt. xix. 3—9.

The Pharisees also came unto Him, tempting Him, and saying unto Him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And He answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. They say unto Him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away ? He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. And I say unto

you, Whosoever shall put

away his wife, ex

cept it be for fornication, and shall marry

another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

PSALM XVI.

Preserve me, O God: for in Thee have I put my trust.

O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord: Thou art my God, my goods are nothing unto Thee.

All my delight is upon the Saints, that are in the earth and upon such as excel in virtue.

But they that run after another god : shall have great trouble.

Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer neither make mention of their names within my lips.

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The Lord Himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup: Thou shalt maintain my lot.

The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground: yea, I have a goodly heritage.

I will thank the Lord for giving me warning my reins also chasten me in the night-season.

I have set God always before me for He is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall.

Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory rejoiced: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

For why? Thou shalt not leave my soul in hell neither shalt Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption.

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Thou shalt shew me the path of life; in Thy presence is the fulness of joy : and at Thy right hand there is pleasure for ever

more.

LESSON II.

1 Cor. vii. 29-31.

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that 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 possessed not; and they that use this world, as not abusing it for the fashion of this world passeth away.

would give me leave. Sins known, that I cannot conceal; and sins secret, such as I have taken so much care to hide from others, that they are now become hidden from myself. But whatsoever they are, or wheresoever they are registered; whether in my own conscience, or in any other record that may be proved against me in the Day of Judgment; I call the whole court of Heaven to witness,

That I do sadly repent myself of them all: That I do abhor myself for them all : That I resolve stedfastly to renounce them all:

Lord, be Thou merciful to me a sinner. Amen, Amen ".

ACT OF CONTRITION.

For I am grieved, O my God, I am grieved, passionately, heartily grieved, that ever I offended Thee;

That I, the work of Thy hands, have sinned against Thee, my Maker;

That I, the price of Thy Blood, have sinned against Thee, my Jesus; Who hadst so much love for me, as to be content to die for me; That I, the chosen temple of Thy Holy 6 Bp. Jeremy Taylor.

Spirit, have sinned against Him Who sanctified me.

For this I grieve and mourn, and my

heart is wounded within me.

And having done all this, yet I have not done; for still I am grieved: grieved that I can grieve no more, that my head is not a continual spring, and mine eyes fountains of tears.

Woe is me, wretch that I am, that I, who have been so easy, so forward, so eager to sin, should be so untoward, so heavy, so unable to repent.

Woe is me, that I should be still so drowsy, so dead asleep in sin, that I should not be yet awake, and sensible of the condition I am in.

O that I had died before my unworthy soul had given way to those first sins, which have drawn so foul a train after them.

But, O my God, though I cannot wait on Thee among the innocent, yet deny me not a room among the penitent".

That it may please Thee, O Lord, by the influences of Thy Divine grace upon my stony heart, to dissolve the same into a flood of tears; and that I may perform all the sacred acts and offices of true repentance, unto the 7 Bp. Jeremy Taylor.