and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do, in word or deed, do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. The Gospel. St. Matth. xiii. 24. THE kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field. But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung np, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the housholder came, and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest; and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. The sixth Sunday after the The Collect. like unto him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where with thee, O Father, and thee, O Holy Ghost, he liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. 1 St. John iii. 1. BEH EHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know, that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hatlı this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. Who soever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin Is the transgression of the law. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. The Gospel. St. Matth. xxiv. 23. Christ, or there; believe IS not. O God, whose blessed Son was manifested that he might destroy the works of the to you, Lo, here THEN if any man shall say devil, and make us the sons of God, and heirs of eternal life; Grant us, we beseech thee, that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves, even as he is pure; that, when he shall appear again with power and great glory, we may be made shall arise falst Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that (if it were possible) they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. The Sunday called Septuagesima, or the third Sunday before Lent. for the mastery is temperate in all things: now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away. The Gospel. St. Matth. xx. 1. THE kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an housholder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, be sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and said unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye Lord, we beseech thee fa- here all the day idle? They say vourably to hear the prayers unto him, Because no man hath He saith unto them, of thy people; that we, who hired us. are justly punished for our of Go ye also into the vineyard, fences, may be mercifully de- and whatsoever is right, that livered by thy goodness, for the shall ye receive. So when even glory of thy Name; through Je- was come, the lord of the vinesus Christ our Saviour, who liv-yard saith unto his steward, Call eth and reigneth with thee and the labourers, and give them the Holy Ghost, ever one God, their hire, beginning from the world without end. Amen. last unto the first. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man me, a peny. supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man The Collect. The Epistle. 1 Cor. ix. 24. all, but one receiveth the prize? a peny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong; didst not thou agree with me for a peny? Take that thine is, and go thy way, I will give unto this last even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. The Sunday called Sexagesima, or the second Sunday before Lent. The Collect. Lord God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 2 Cor. xi. 19. YE suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. For ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak: howbeit, whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool,) I am more: in labours more abundant; in stripes above measure; in prisons more frequent; in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one; thrice was I beaten with rods; once was I stoned; thrice I suffered shipwreck; a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeying often; in perils of waters; in perils of robbers; in perils by mine own countrymen; in perils by the heathen; in perils in the city; in perils in the wilderness; in perils in the sea; in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness; in watchings often; in hunger and thirst; in fastings often; in cold and nakedness; besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. The Gospel. St. Luke viii. 4, WHEN much people were gathered together, and W were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock, and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundred-fold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And his disciples asked | gels, and have not charity, I am him, saying, What might this become as sounding brass, or a parable be? And he said, Unto tinkling cymbal. And though yon it is given to know the I have the gift of prophecy, mysteries of the kingdom of and understand all mysteries, God: but to others in para- and all knowledge; and though bles; that seeing they might I have all faith, so that I could not see, and hearing they might remove mountains, and have not understand. Now the pa- no charity, I am nothing. And rable is this: The seed is the though I bestow all my goods Word of God. Those by the to feed the poor, and though I way-side are they that hear; give my body to be burned, then cometh the devil, and and have not charity, it profittaketh away the word out of eth me nothing. Charity suffertheir hearts, lest they should eth long, and is kind; charity believe, and be saved. They envieth not; charity vaunteth on the rock are they, which, not itself, is not puffed up, doth when they hear, receive the not behave itself unseemly, word with joy; and these have seeketh not her own, is not no root, which for a while be- easily provoked, thinketh no lieve, and in time of tempt- evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, ation fall away. And that which but rejoiceth in the truth; bearfell among thorns, are they, eth all things, believeth all which, when they have heard, things, hopeth all things, engo forth, and are choked with dureth all things. Charity never cares, and riches, and pleasures faileth: but whether there be of this life, and bring no fruit prophecies, they shall fail; wheto perfection. But that on the ther there be tongues, they shall good ground, are they, which in cease; whether there be know an honest and good heart, hav-ledge, it shall vanish away. For ing heard the word, keep it, and we know in part, and we probring forth fruit with patience.phesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be Quinquage-done away. When I was a child, sima, or the next Sunday be- I spake as a child, I understood The Sunday called fore Lent. The Collect. Lord, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth; Send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee: Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. The Epistle. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of an as a child, I thought as a child; know in part; but then shall I the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets con cerning the Son of Man shall be accomplished. For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: and they shall scourge him, and put him to death; and the third day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way-side begging: and hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, saying, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee. And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. The first Day of Lent, commonly called Ash-Wednesday. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent; Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. This Collect is to be read every day in Lent after the Collect appointed for the Day. 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, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return, and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meat-offering and a drink-offering unto the Lord your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet; let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar. and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? The Gospel. St. Matth. vi. 16. WHEN ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sal countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may ap pear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and |
