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The Gospel. St. Luke x. 23.

said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

The fourteenth Sunday after
Trinity.

The Collect.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

BLESSED are the eyes which see the things that ye see. For I tell you, That many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. And behold, a certain Lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the Law? How readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all the heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right; this do, and thou shalt live. But he, willing to Justify himself, said unto Jesus, The Epistle. Gal. v. 16. And who is my neighbour Say then, Walk in the Spi. And Jesus answering said, A rit, and ye shall not fulfil certain man went down from the lust of the flesh. For the Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell flesh lusteth against the Spirit, among thieves, which stripped and the Spirit against the flesh; him of his raiment, and wound- and these are contrary the one ed him, and departed, leaving to the other; so that ye cannot him half dead. And by chance do the things that ye would. there came down a certain But if ye be led by the Spirit, Priest that way, and, when he ye are not under the law. Now saw him, he passed by on the the works of the flesh are maniother side. And likewise a Le fest, which are these, adultery, vite, when he was at the place, fornication, uncleanness, lascicame and looked on him, and viousness, idolatry, witchcraft, passed by on the other side. hatred, variance, emulations, But a certain Samaritan, as he wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, journeyed, came where he was; envyings, murders, drunkenand, when he saw him, he had ness, revellings, and such like: compassion on him, and went of the which I tell you before, to him, and bound up his as I have also told you in time wounds, pouring in oil and past, That they who do such wine, and set him on his own things shall not inherit the beast, and brought him to an kingdom of God. But the frut inn, and took care of him. And of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, on the morrow, when he de-long-suffering, gentleness, goodparted, he took out two pence, ness, faith, meekness, temperand gave them to the host, and ance: against such there is no

law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts.

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desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circum cised, that they may glory in your flesh. But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new

The Gospel. St. Luke xvii. 11. AND it came to pass, as Jesus went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria, and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off. And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go, shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan. And Jethren, the grace of our Lord sus answering said, Were there Jesus Christ be with your spinot ten cleansed? but where rit. Amen. are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glo

ry to God, save this stranger.

And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole.

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The Epistle. Gal. vi. 11. YE see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. As many as

creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From hence forth let no man trouble me; for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.

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The Gospel. St. Matth. vi. 2.

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O man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your not the life more than meat, body, what ye shall put on: Is and the body than raiment ? Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow: they toil not,

neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; shall he not much more clothe

you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or wherewithal shall we be clothed? (for after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself: sufficient unto the day

is the evil thereof.

The sixteenth Sunday after
Trinity.

The Collect. Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus

Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Ephes. iii. 13. Desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye; being rooted and grounded in

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love, may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

The Gospel. St. Luke vii. 11.. AND it came to pass the

day after, that Jesus went into a city called Naim; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And he they that bare him stood still,) came and touched the bier, (and and he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak: and he delivered him to

his mother. And there came a fear on all, and they glorified God, saying, That a great Prophet is risen up among us, and that God hath visited his people. And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judæa, and throughout all the region round about.

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The seventeenth and eighteenth Sundays after Trinity.

vent and follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Ephes. iv. 1.

I Therefore the prisoner of

the Lord beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavouring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above

of him; and he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that, when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

The eighteenth Sunday after
Trinity.

The Collect.

all, and through all, and in you LORD, we beseech thee,

all.

The Gospel. St. Luke xiv. 1. IT came to pass, as Jesus went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath-day, that they watched him. And behold, there was a certain man before him which had the drop. sy. And Jesus answering spake unto the Lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-day? And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; and answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass, or an ox, fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath-day? And they could not answer him again to these things. And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they

grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the

devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. 1 Cor. i. 4.

Thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge, even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you; so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Gospel. St. Matth. xxii. 34.
WHEN the Pharisees had

chose out the chief rooms, sayheard that Jesus had put ing unto them, When thou art the Sadducees to silence, they bidden of any man to a wed- were gathered together. Then ding, sit not down in the high- one of them, who was a Lawest room; lest a more honour-yer, asked him a question, able man than thou be bidden | tempting him, and saying, Mas

ter, which is the great commandment in the Law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy foot-stool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his Son? And no man was able to answer him a word; neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more ques

tions.

The nineteenth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

God, forasme ch as without thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Ephes. iv. 17. TH HIS I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind; having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who, being

past feeling, have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But ye have not so fearned Christ; if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: that ye put off, concerning the former conversation, the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore, putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are_members one of another. Be ye angry and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Let no corrupt com. munication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

The Gospel. St. Matth. ix, 1. JESUS entered into a ship,

and passed over, and caine into his own city. And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy,

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