The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels

The Collects, Epistles, and
Gospels
To be used throughout the Year.
¶ The Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, appointed for the Sunday, shall serve
all the Week after, where it is not in this Book otherwise ordered.
¶ The Collect appointed for any Sunday or other Feast may be used at
the Evening Service of the day before.
ADVENT SEASON
The First Sunday in Advent.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast
away the works of darkness, and put upon us the
armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life,
in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us
in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come
again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and
the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now
and ever. Amen.
¶ This Collect is to be repeated every day, after the other Collects in
Advent, until Christmas Day.
The Epistle. Romans xiii. 8.
OWE no man any thing, but to love one another: for
he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this,
Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou
shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it
is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his
neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. And
that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake

out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we
believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us
therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on
the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day;
not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and
wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to
fulfil the lusts thereof.
The Gospel. St. Matthew xxi. 1.
WHEN they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were
come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then
sent Jesus two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the vil-
lage over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass
tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto
me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The
Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Be-
hold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an
ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. And the disciples went, and
did as Jesus commanded them, and brought the ass, and
the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him
thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments
in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and
strawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went be-
fore, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of
David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord;
Hosanna in the highest. And when he was come into
Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? And
the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of
Galilee. And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out
all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew
the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them

that sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, My house
shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a
den of thieves.
The Second Sunday in Advent.
The Collect.
BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to
be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such
wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them,
that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may
embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting
life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.
The Epistle. Romans xv. 4.
WHATSOEVER things were written aforetime were
written for our learning, that we through patience
and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Now
the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-
minded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: that
ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore receive
ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of
God. Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the cir-
cumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises
made unto the fathers: and that the Gentiles might glorify
God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will con-
fess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him,
all ye people. And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root
of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in
him shall the Gentiles trust. Now the God of hope fill you

with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in
hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
The Gospel. St. Luke xxi. 25.
AND there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon,
and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of na-
tions, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men’s
hearts fail-ing them for fear, and for looking after those
things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of
heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of
man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And
when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and
lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. And
he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the
trees; when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your
own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise
ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that
the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you,
This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not
pass away.
The Third Sunday in Advent.
The Collect.
O LORD Jesus Christ, who at thy first coming didst send
thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee; Grant
that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may like-
wise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the
hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at
thy second coming to judge the world we may be found
an acceptable people in thy sight, who livest and reignest
with the Father and the Holy Spirit ever, one God, world
without end. Amen.

The Epistle. 1 Corinthians iv. 1.
LET a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ,
and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is
required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. But with
me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you,
or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. For I
know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified:
but he that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge noth-
ing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will
bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make
manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every
man have praise of God.
The Gospel. St. Matthew xi. 2.
NOW when John had heard in the prison the works of
Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto him,
Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John
again those things which ye do hear and see: the blind
receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and
the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is
he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. And as they de-
parted, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning
John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed
shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? A
man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft
clothing are in kings’ houses. But what went ye out for
to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a
prophet. For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send
my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way
before thee.

The Fourth Sunday in Advent.
The Collect.
O LORD, raise up, we pray thee, thy power, and come
among us, and with great might succour us; that
whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let
and hindered in running the race that is set before us, thy
bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver
us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and
the Holy Ghost, be honour and glory, world without end.
Amen.
The Epistle. Philippians iv. 4.
REJOICE in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The
Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing
by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your re-
quests be made known unto God. And the peace of God,
which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus,
The Gospel. St. John i. 19.
THIS is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests
and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not
the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias?
And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he
answered, No. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that
we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest
thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in
the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said
the prophet Esaias. And they which were sent were of the
Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why
baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias,

neither that prophet? John answered them, saying, I baptize
with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye
know not; he it is, who coming after me is preferred be-
fore me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where
John was baptizing.
CHRISTMASTIDE.
The Nativity of our Lord, or the Birthday of Christ,
commonly called Christmas Day.
[December 25.]
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only-begotten
Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time
to be born of a pure virgin; Grant that we being regener-
ate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily
be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord
Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the
same Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.
¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout the Octave.
The Epistle. Hebrews i. 1.
GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake
in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in
these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath
appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the
worlds; who being the brightness of his glory, and the ex-
press image of his person, and upholding all things by the
word of his power, when he had by himself purged our
sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by
inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For

unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my
Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be
to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? And again,
when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he
saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. And of
the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his
ministers a flame of fire. But unto the Son he saith, Thy
throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of right-
eousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved
right-eousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy
God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the
foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of
thine hands: they shall perish; but thou remainest; and
they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture
shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but
thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
The Gospel. St. John i. 1.
IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. The same was in the be-
ginning with God. All things were made by him; and with-
out him was not any thing made that was made. In him
was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light
shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light,
that all men through him might believe. He was not that
Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was
the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into
the world. He was in the world, and the world was made
by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his
own, and his own received him not. But as many as received
him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God,

even to them that believe on his name: which were born,
not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of
man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
¶ If in any Church the Holy Communion be twice celebrated on Christ-
mas Day, the following Collect, Epistle, and Gospel may be used at
the first Communion.
The Collect.
O GOD, who makest us glad with the yearly remem-
brance of the birth of thine only Son Jesus Christ;
Grant that as we joyfully receive him for our Redeemer,
so we may with sure confidence behold him when he shall
come to be our Judge, who liveth and reigneth with thee
and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle. Titus ii. 11.
THE grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared
to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly,
in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the
glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus
Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us
from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people,
zealous of good works. These things speak, and exhort, and
rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 1.
AND it came to pass in those days, that there went out
a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world
should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when
Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed,
every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from

Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the
city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was
of the house and lineage of David:) to be taxed with Mary
his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was,
that, while they were there, the days were accomplished
that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her
firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and
laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them
in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds
abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the
glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were
sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, be-
hold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be
to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of
David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be
a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling
clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the
angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and
saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace,
good will toward men.
Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr.
[December 26.]
The Collect.
GRANT, O Lord, that, in all our sufferings here upon
earth for the testimony of thy truth, we may sted-
fastly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory that
shall be revealed; and, being filled with the Holy Ghost,
may learn to love and bless our persecutors by the example
of thy first Martyr Saint Stephen, who prayed for his mur-
derers to thee, O blessed Jesus, who standest at the right

hand of God to succour all those who suffer for thee. our
only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.
For the Epistle. Acts vii. 55.
STEPHEN, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up sted-
fastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus
standing on the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the
heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right
hand of God. Then they cried out with a loud voice, and
stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, and
cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses
laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name
was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and
saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down,
and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their
charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
The Gospel. St. Matthew xxiii. 34.
BEHOLD, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and
scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and
some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and per-
secute them from city to city: that upon you may come all
the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood
of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Ba-
rachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon
this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest
the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee,
how often would I have gathered thy children together,
even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and
ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye
shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the
Lord.

Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist.
[December 27.]
The Collect.
MERCIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright
beams of light upon thy Church, that it, being illu-
mined by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangel-
ist Saint John, may so walk in the light of thy truth, that
it may at length attain to life everlasting; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 St. John i. 1.
THAT which was from the beginning, which we have
heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we
have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word
of life; (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it,
and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which
was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) that
which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that
ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellow-
ship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be
full. This then is the message which we have heard of him,
and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no
dark-ness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him,
and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but if
we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellow-
ship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his
Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no
sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say
that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word
is not in us.

The Gospel. St. John xxi. 19.
JESUS saith unto Peter, Follow me. Then Peter, turning
about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following;
which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord,
which is he that betrayeth thee? Peter seeing him saith to
Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto
him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
Follow thou me. Then went this saying abroad among the
brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not
unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I
come, what is that to thee? This is the disciple which testi-
fieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know
that his testimony is true. And there are also many other
things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written
every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not
contain the books that should be written.
The Holy Innocents.
[December 28.]
The Collect.
O ALMIGHTY God, who out of the mouths of babes
and sucklings hast ordained strength, and madest in-
fants to glorify thee by their deaths; Mortify and kill all
vices in us, and so strengthen us by thy grace, that by the
innocency of our lives, and constancy of our faith even
unto death, we may glorify thy holy Name; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Revelation xiv. 1.
I LOOKED, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and
with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having
his Father’s name written in their foreheads. And I heard a

voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the
voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers
harping with their harps: and they sung as it were a new
song before the throne, and before the four living crea-
tures, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but
the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were re-
deemed from the earth. These are they which were not
defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they
which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These
were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto
God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no
guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
The Gospel. St. Matthew ii. 13.
THE angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream,
saying, Arise, and take the young child and his
mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring
thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to de-
stroy him. When he arose, he took the young child and his
mother by night, and departed into Egypt: and was there
until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which
was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of
Egypt have I called my son. Then Herod, when he saw
that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth,
and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in
Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old
and under, according to the time which he had diligently
enquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which
was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was
there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great
mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not
be comfor-ted, because they are not.
¶ If there be any more days before the Sunday following Christmas

Day. the first Epistle and Gospel for Christmas Day shall serve for
them.
The First Sunday after Christmas Day.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only-begotten
Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time
to be born of a pure virgin; Grant that we being regener-
ate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may
daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same our
Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and
the same Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle. Galatians iv. 1.
NOW I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, dif-
fereth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of
all; but is under tutors and governors until the time ap-
pointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children,
were in bondage under the elements of the world: but when
the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son,
made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them
that were under the law, that we might receive the adop-
tion of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth
the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son,
then an heir of God through Christ.
The Gospel. St. Matthew i. 18.
THE birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as
his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they
came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not will-
ing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her

away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, say-
ing, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee
Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the
Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt
call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from
their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Be-
hold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a
son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, God with us. Then Joseph being raised from
sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took
unto him his wife: and knew her not till she had brought
forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
The Circumcision of Christ.
[January 1.]
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who madest thy blessed Son to be
circumcised, and obedient to the law for man; Grant
us the true circumcision of the Spirit; that, our hearts, and
all our members, being mortified from all worldly and car-
nal lusts, we may in all things obey thy blessed will; through
the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Philippians ii. 9.
GOD also hath highly exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every name: that at the name
of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and
things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory
of God the Father. Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have al-

ways obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much
more in my absence, work out your own salvation with
fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you
both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 15.
AND it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from
them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another,
Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing
which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known
unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and
Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they
had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was
told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it
wondered at those things which were told them by the
shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered
them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying
and praising God for all the things that they had heard and
seen, as it was told unto them. And when eight days were
accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name
was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before
he was conceived in the womb.
The Second Sunday after Christmas Day.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who hast poured upon us the new
light of thine incarnate Word; Grant that the same
light enkindled in our hearts may shine forth in our lives;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Isaiah lxi. 1.
THE Spirit of the Lord G OD is upon me; because the
LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto

the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the
prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable
year of the LORD , and the day of vengeance of our God; to
comfort all that mourn; to appoint unto them that mourn
in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy
for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heavi-
ness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the
plant-ing of the LORD , that he might be glorified.
The Gospel. St. Matthew ii. 19.
WHEN Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord
appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into
the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young
child’s life. And he arose, and took the young child and
his mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he
heard that Archelaus did reign in Judæa in the room of his
father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding,
being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the
parts of Galilee: and he came and dwelt in a city called
Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by
the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
EPIPHANY SEASON.
The Epiphany, or the Manifestation of
Christ to the Gentiles.
[January 6.]
The Collect.
O GOD, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy
only-begotten Son to the Gentiles; Mercifully grant
that we, who know thee now by faith, may after this life

have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead; through the
same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout the Octave
The Epistle. Ephesians iii. 1.
FOR this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for
you Gentiles, if ye have heard of the dispensation
of the grace of God, which is given me to you-ward: how
that by revela-tion he made known unto me the mystery;
(as I wrote afore in few words, whereby, when ye read, ye
may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of
men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and pro-
phets by the Spirit; that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs,
and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ
by the gospel: whereof I was made a minister, according to
the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual
working of his power. Unto me, who am less than the least
of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among
the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; and to make
all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which
from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who
created all things by Jesus Christ: to the intent that now
unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might
be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, ac-
cording to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ
Jesus our Lord: in whom we have boldness and access with
confidence by the faith of him.
The Gospel. St. Matthew ii. 1.
WHEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa, in the
days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise
men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is
born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east,

and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had
heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with
him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and
scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where
Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethle-
hem of Judæa: for thus it is written by the prophet, And
thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among
the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor,
that shall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had
privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently
what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethle-
hem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child;
and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that
I may come and worship him also. When they had heard
the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw
in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over
where the young child was. When they saw the star, they
rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were
come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary
his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when
they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him
gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned
of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod,
they depart-ed into their own country another way.
¶ The same Epistle and Gospel shall serve unto the next Sunday.
The First Sunday after the Epiphany.
The Collect.
O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the
prayers of thy people who call upon thee; and grant
that they may both perceive and know what things they
ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully
to fulfil the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Romans xii. 1.
I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And
be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that
good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. For I say,
through the grace given unto me, to every man that is
among you, not to think of himself more highly than he
ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath
dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have
many members in one body, and all members have not the
same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and
every one members one of another.
The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 41.
NOW his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the
feast of the passover. And when he was twelve years
old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned,
the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph
and his mother knew not of it. But they, supposing him to
have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they
sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And
when they found him not, they turned back again to Jeru-
salem, seeking him. And it came to pass, that after three
days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of
the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
And all that heard him were astonished at his understand-
ing and answers. And when they saw him, they were
amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou
thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought
thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, How is it that ye

sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s
business? And they understood not the saying which he
spake unto them. And he went down with them, and came
to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother
kept all these sayings in her heart. And Jesus increased in
wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
The Second Sunday after the Epiphany.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost govern all
things in heaven and earth; Mercifully hear the sup-
plications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the
days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Romans xii. 6.
HAVING then gifts differing according to the grace that
is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy ac-
cording to the proportion of faith; or ministry, let us wait
on our ministering; or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he
that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it
with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that shew-
eth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without dissimu-
lation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is
good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly
love; in honour preferring one another; not slothful in busi-
ness; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope;
patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; distrib-
uting to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. Bless
them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. Rejoice
with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high
things, but condescend to men of low estate.

The Gospel. St. Mark i. 1.
THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of
God; as it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send
my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way
before thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Pre-
pare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. John
did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of re-
pentance for the remission of sins. And there went out
unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and
were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing
their sins. And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with
a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and
wild honey; and preached, saying, There cometh one might-
ier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not
worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed have baptized
you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy
Ghost. And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came
from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jor-
dan. And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw
the heavens opened, and the Spirit, like a dove, descending
upon him: and there came a voice from heaven, saying,
Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
The Third Sunday after the Epiphany.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, mercifully look upon
our infirmities, and in all our dangers and necessities
stretch forth thy right hand to help and defend us; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Romans xii. 16.
BE not wise in your own conceits. Recompense to no
man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of

all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peace-
ably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves,
but rather give place unto wrath: for it is writ-ten, Venge-
ance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if
thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink:
for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be
not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
The Gospel. St. John ii. 1.
AND the third day there was a marriage in Cana of
Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and both
Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. And
when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto
him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman,
what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith
unto you, do it. And there were set there six water-pots of
stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, con-
taining two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them,
Fill the water-pots with water. And they filled them up to
the brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear
unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. When the
ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine,
and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew
the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bride-
groom, and saith unto him, Every man at the beginning
doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk,
then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine
until now. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of
Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples
believed on him.

The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany.
The Collect.
O GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so
many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty
of our nature we cannot always stand upright; Grant to us
such strength and protection, as may support us in all dan-
gers, and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Romans xiii. 1.
LET every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For
there is no power but of God: the powers that be are
ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power,
resisteth the ordinance of God; and they that resist shall re-
ceive to themselves condemnation. For rulers are not a
terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be
afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt
have praise of the same: for he is the minister of God to
thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid;
for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister
of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth
evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for
wrath, but also for conscience sake. For for this cause pay
ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending con-
tinually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all their
dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom cus-
tom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
The Gospel. St. Matthew viii. 1.
WHEN he was come down from the mountain, great
multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a
leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou
canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and

touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immedi-
ately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus saith unto him,
See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the
priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testi-
mony unto them. And when Jesus was entered into Caper-
naum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,
grievously tormented. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come
and heal him. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am
not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but
speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I
am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I
say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come,
and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth
it. When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that
followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great
faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, that many shall
come from the east and west, and shall sit down with
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer
darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And
Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou
hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was
healed in the selfsame hour.
The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany.
The Collect.
O LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy Church and
household continually in thy true religion; that they
who do lean only upon the hope of thy heavenly grace
may evermore be defended by thy mighty power; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Colossians iii. 12.
PUT on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and be-
loved, a heart of compassion, kindness, humbleness of
mind, meekness, long-suffering; forbearing one another,
and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against
any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above
all these things put on charity, which is the bond of per-
fectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to
the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thank-
ful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wis-
dom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and
hymns 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. Matthew 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 up, and brought
forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of
the householder 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 Epiphany
The Collect.
O GOD, whose blessed Son was manifested that he
might destroy the works of the 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 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.
BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath be-
stowed 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 hath this hope in him purifi-
eth himself, even as he is pure. Whosoever committeth sin
trans-gresseth 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 sin-
neth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither
known him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that
doeth right-eousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sin-
neth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God
was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the
devil.

The Gospel. St. Matthew xxiv. 23.
THEN if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ,
or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false
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 af-
ter 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.
PRE-LENTEN SEASON.
The Sunday called Septuagesima, or the
third Sunday before Lent.
The Collect.
O LORD, we beseech thee favourably to hear the
prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly pun-
ished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy
goodness, for the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ

our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the
Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 Corinthians ix. 24.
KNOW ye not that they which run in a race run all, but
one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
And every man that striveth 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 uncer-
tainly; 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 castaway.
The Gospel. St. Matthew xx. 1.
THE kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an
householder, which went out early in the morning to
hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed
with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his
vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw
others standing idle in the market-place, 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 here all the day
idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us.
He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and
whatso-ever is right, that shall ye receive. So when even
was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward,
Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from
the last unto the first. And when they came that were hired
about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
But when the first came, they supposed that they should

have received more; and they likewise received every man
a penny. 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 penny? 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 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.
O 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 Corinthians 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 him-
self, if a man smite you on the face. I speak as concerning
reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit wherein-
soever 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 abun-
dant, 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 journeyings 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 wilder-
ness, 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. Beside 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 infir-
mities. 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 were
come to him out of every city, he spake by a para-
ble: 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 hundredfold.
And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath
ears to hear, let him hear. And his disciples asked him, say-
ing, What might this parable be? And he said, Unto you it
is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God:
but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see,
and hearing they might not understand. Now the parable is
this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the way-side
are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away
the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and

be saved. They on the rock are they, which, when they
hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root,
which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall
away. And that which fell among thorns are they, which,
when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares
and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to
perfection. But that on the good ground are they, which in
an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it,
and bring forth fruit with patience.
The Sunday called Quinquagesima, or the
Sunday next before Lent.
The Collect.
O LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings with-
out 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
whoso-ever liveth is counted dead before thee. Grant this
for thine only Son Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 Corinthians xiii. 1.
THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of an-
gels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding
brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of
prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge;
and though I have all faith, so that I could remove moun-
tains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I be-
stow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my
body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me
nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth
not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not
behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily
provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but

rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things,
hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth:
but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether
there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be know-
ledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we
prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come,
then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was
a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought
as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish
things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face
to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as
also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these
three; but the greatest of these is charity.
The Gospel. St. Luke xviii. 31.
THEN Jesus took unto him the twelve, and said unto
them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things
that are written by the prophets concerning 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 under-
stood 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 hear-
ing 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 shall 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.
LENTEN SEASON
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
those who are penitent; Create and make in us new and
contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and
acknow-ledging 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 said every day in Lent, after the Collect ap-
pointed for the day, until Palm Sunday.
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 repent-
eth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return and
repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat-offer-
ing 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: where-
fore should they say among the people, Where is their
God?
The Gospel. St. Matthew vi. 16.
WHEN ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad
countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they
may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They
have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine
head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to
fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father,
which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Lay not up
for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do
not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.
¶ The same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall serve for every day after,
unto the next Sunday, except upon the Feast of St. Matthias.
The First Sunday in Lent.
The Collect.
O LORD, who for our sake didst fast forty days and
forty nights; Give us grace to use such abstinence,
that, our flesh being subdued to the Spirit we may ever
obey thy godly motions in righteousness, and true holiness,
to thy honour and glory, who livest and reignest with the
Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Amen.

The Epistle. 2 Corinthians vi. 1.
WE then, as workers together with him, beseech you
also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain;
(for he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in
the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now
is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation;)
giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not
blamed: but in all things approving ourselves as the minis-
ters of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities,
in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in
labours, in watch-ings, in fastings; by pureness, by know-
ledge, by long-suffer-ing, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost,
by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of
God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand
and on the left, by honour and dishonour, by evil report
and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown,
and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as
chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing;
as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet
possessing all things.
The Gospel. St. Matthew iv. 1.
THEN was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilder-
ness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had
fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hun-
gred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou
be the Son of God, command that these stones be made
bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not
live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth
out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up
into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the
temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God,
cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels
charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear

thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy God. Again, the devil taketh him up
into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the
kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith
unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall
down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get
thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the
Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the
devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered
unto him.
The Second Sunday in Lent.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no power of
ourselves to help ourselves; Keep us both outwardly
in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be
defended from all adversities which may happen to the
body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and
hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 Thessalonians iv. 1.
WE beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the
Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye
ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more
and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you
by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, even your
sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: that
every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in
sanctification and honour; not in the lust of concupiscence,
even as the Gentiles which know not God: that no man
go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because
that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have

fore-warned you and testified. For God hath not called us
unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. He therefore that de-
spiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given
unto us his holy Spirit.
The Gospel. St. Matthew xv. 21.
JESUS went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre
and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of
the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on
me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously
vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And
his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away;
for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not
sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then
came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But
he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s
bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet
the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’
table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman,
great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And
her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
The Third Sunday in Lent.
The Collect.
WE beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty
desires of thy humble servants, and stretch forth the
right hand of thy Majesty, to be our defence against all our
enemies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Ephesians v. 1.
BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and
walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath
given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a

sweet-smelling savour. But fornication, and all uncleanness,
or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as
becometh saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor
jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of
thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean
person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any in-
heritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no
man deceive you with vain words: for because of these
things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of dis-
obedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye
were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord:
walk as children of light: (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all
goodness and righteousness and truth;) proving what is
acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For
it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done
of them in secret. But all things that are reproved are
made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make
manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that
sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee
light.
The Gospel. St. Luke xi. 14.
JESUS was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it
came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb
spake; and the people wondered. But some of them said,
He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the
devils. And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from
heaven. But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them,
Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desola-
tion; and a house divided against a house falleth. If Satan
also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom
stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beel-
zebub. And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do

your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your
judges. But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no
doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. When a
strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in
peace: but when a stronger than he shall come upon him,
and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour
wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. He that is not
with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man,
he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding
none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came
out. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and gar-
nished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spir-
its more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell
there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain
woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto
him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps
which thou hast sucked. But he said, Yea rather, blessed
are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
The Fourth Sunday in Lent.
The Collect.
GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we, who
for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be pun-
ished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be re-
lieved; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Epistle. Galatians iv. 21.
TELL me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not
hear the law? For it is written, that Abraham had two
sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the

flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which
things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the
one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage,
which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and
answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage
with her chil-dren. But Jerusalem which is above is free,
which is the mother of us all. For it is written, Rejoice,
thou barren that bearest not: break forth and cry, thou that
travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children
than she which hath an husband. Now we, brethren, as Isaac
was, are the chil-dren of promise. But as then he that was
born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the
Spirit, even so it is now. Nevertheless what saith the scrip-
ture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of
the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the free-
woman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond-
woman, but of the free.
The Gospel. St. John vi. 1.
JESUS went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of
Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because
they saw his miracles which he did on them that were dis-
eased. And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat
with his disciples. And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was
nigh. When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great
company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence
shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to
prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. Philip
answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not
sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith
unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves,
and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was

much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number
about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves; and when
he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the
disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the
fishes as much as they would. When they were filled, he
said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain,
that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them to-
gether, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the
five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto
them that had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen
the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that
prophet that should come into the world.
PASSIONTIDE
The Fifth Sunday in Lent, commonly called
Passion Sunday.
The Collect.
WE beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look
upon thy people; that by thy great goodness they
may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body
and soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Hebrews ix. 11.
CHRIST being come an high priest of good things to
come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not
made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; neither
by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he
entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eter-
nal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats,
and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth
to the purifying of the flesh: how much more shall the
blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered

himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from
dead works to serve the living God? And for this cause he
is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of
death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were
under the first testament, they which are called might re-
ceive the promise of eternal inheritance.
The Gospel. St. John viii. 46.
JESUS said, Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if
I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is
of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not,
because ye are not of God. Then answered the Jews, and
said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan,
and hast a devil? Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but
I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. And I seek
not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he
shall never see death. Then said the Jews unto him, Now
we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the
prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he
shall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our father
Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom
makest thou thyself? Jesus answered, If I honour myself,
my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me;
of whom ye say, that he is your God: yet ye have not
known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know
him not, I shall be a liar like unto you; but I know him,
and keep his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see
my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews
unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou
seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Then took they up
stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of
the temple.

The Sunday next before Easter, commonly called
Palm Sunday.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender
love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son, our Saviour
Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death
upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example
of his great humility; Mercifully grant, that we may both
follow the example of his patience, and also be made par-
takers of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
¶ This Collect is to be said every day, after the Collect appointed for
the day, until Good Friday.
The Epistle. Philippians ii. 5.
LET this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made
in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a
man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath
highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above
every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things
under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
The Gospel. St. Matthew xxvii. 1.
WHEN the morning was come, all the chief priests
and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus
to put him to death: and when they had bound him, they
led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the gov-

ernor. Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw
that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought
again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and
elders, saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the
innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou
to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the tem-
ple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. And the
chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful
for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price
of blood. And they took counsel, and bought with them
the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field
was called, The field of blood, unto this day. Then was ful-
filled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him
that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did
value; and gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord
appointed me. And Jesus stood before the governor: and
the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the
Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. And when he
was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered
nothing. Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how
many things they witness against thee? And he answered
him to never a word; insomuch that the governor mar-
velled greatly. Now at that feast the governor was wont to
release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And
they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. Therefore
when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them,
Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus
which is called Christ? For he knew that for envy they had
delivered him. When he was set down on the judgment-seat,
his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do
with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day
in a dream because of him. But the chief priests and elders
persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and

destroy Jesus. The governor answered and said unto them,
Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you?
They said, Barabbas. Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do
then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto
him, Let him be crucified. And the governor said, Why,
what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, say-
ing, Let him be crucified. When Pilate saw that he could
prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took
water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I
am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on
us, and on our children. Then released he Barabbas unto
them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him
to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor took
Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the
whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on
him a scarlet robe. And when they had platted a crown of
thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right
hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked
him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! And they spit upon
him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. And
after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off
from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him
away to crucify him. And as they came out, they found a
man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to
bear his cross. And when they were come unto a place
called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave
him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had
tasted thereof, he would not drink. And they crucified him,
and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be ful-
filled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my
garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast
lots. And sitting down they watched him there; and set

up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS
THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then were there two
thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and
another on the left. And they that passed by reviled him,
wagging their heads, and saying, Thou that destroyest the
temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be
the Son of God, come down from the cross. Likewise also
the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders,
said, He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the
King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and
we will believe him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him
now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the
same in his teeth. Now from the sixth hour there was
darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about
the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli,
Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there,
when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. And
straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled
it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to
drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will
come to save him. Jesus, when he had cried again with a
loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of
the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom;
and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves
were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept
arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection,
and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now
when the centurion, and they that were with him, watch-
ing Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were
done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of
God.

Monday before Easter.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, whose most dear Son went not up
to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into
glory before he was crucified; Mercifully grant that we,
walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other
than the way of life and peace; through the same thy Son
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Isaiah lxiii. 1.
WHO is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed gar-
ments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his ap-
parel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak
in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red
in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth
in the winefat? I have trodden the winepress alone; and of
the people there was none with me: for I will tread them
in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their
blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain
all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart,
and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and
there was none to help; and I wondered that there was
none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation
unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. And I will tread down
the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my
fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. I
will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD , and the
praises of the LORD , according to all that the LORD hath
bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house
of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to
his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving-
kindnesses. For he said, Surely they are my people, chil-
dren that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. In all their

affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence
saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit; therefore he
was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his peo-
ple, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the
sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put
his holy Spirit within him? that led them by the right hand
of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before
them, to make himself an ever-lasting name? that led them
through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they
should not stumble? As a beast goeth down into the valley,
the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead
thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. Look down
from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holi-
ness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength,
the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me?
are they restrained? Doubtless thou art our father, though
Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel ac-knowledge us not:
thou, O LORD , art our father, our re-deemer; thy name is
from everlasting. O LORD , why hast thou made us to err
from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Re-
turn for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little
while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they
were not called by thy name.
The Gospel. St. Mark xiv. 1.
AFTER two days was the feast of the passover, and of
unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes
sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to
death. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an

uproar of the people. And being in Bethany in the house
of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman
having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very pre-
cious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
And there were some that had indignation within them-
selves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
for it might have been sold for more than three hundred
pence, and have been given to the poor. And they mur-
mured against her. And Jesus said, Let her alone; why
trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. For
ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will
ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. She
hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint
my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, Whereso-
ever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole
world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for
a memorial of her. And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve,
went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. And
when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give
him money. And he sought how he might conveniently
betray him. And the first day of unleavened bread, when
they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where
wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the
passover? And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and
saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet
you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. And
wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the
house, The Master saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where
I shall eat the passover with my disciples? And he will shew
you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make
ready for us. And his disciples went forth, and came into
the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made
ready the passover. And in the evening he cometh with the
twelve. And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say

unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray
me. And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him
one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I? And he an-
swered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dip-
peth with me in the dish. The Son of man indeed goeth,
as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the
Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had
never been born. And as they did eat, Jesus took bread,
and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take,
eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and when he
had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of
it. And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new
testament, which is shed for many. Verily I say unto you,
I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day
that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. And when they
had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because
of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd,
and the sheep shall be scattered. But after that I am risen,
I will go before you into Galilee. But Peter said unto him,
Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. And Jesus
saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even
in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny
me thrice. But he spake the more vehemently, If I should
die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise
also said they all. And they came to a place which was
named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye
here, while I shall pray. And he taketh with him Peter and
James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be
very heavy; and saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sor-
rowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. And he went
forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if
it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he
said. Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take

away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but
what thou wilt. And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping,
and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not
thou watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into
temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same
words. And when he returned, he found them asleep again,
(for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to an-
swer him. And he cometh the third time, and saith unto
them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the
hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the
hands of sinners. Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth
me is at hand. And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh
Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude
with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the
scribes and the elders. And he that betrayed him had given
them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is
he; take him, and lead him away safely. And as soon as he
was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master,
master; and kissed him. And they laid their hands on him,
and took him. And one of them that stood by drew a sword,
and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out,
as against a thief, with swords and with staves, to take me?
I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took
me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. And they all
forsook him, and fled. And there followed him a certain
young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body;
and the young men laid hold on him: and he left the linen
cloth, and fled from them naked. And they led Jesus away
to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the
chief priests and the elders and the scribes. And Peter fol-
lowed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest:
and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.

And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness
against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. For
many bare false witness against him, but their witness
agreed not together. And there arose certain, and bare false
witness against him, saying, We heard him say, I will de-
stroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three
days I will build another made without hands. But neither
so did their witness agree together. And the high priest
stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest
thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the
high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the
Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am: and
ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of
power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high
priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further
witnesses? ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye?
And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. And
some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to
buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants
did strike him with the palms of their hands. And as Peter
was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids
of the high priest: and when she saw Peter warming him-
self, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with
Jesus of Nazareth. But he denied, saying, I know not, neither
understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the
porch; and the cock crew. And a maid saw him again, and
began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by
said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou
art a Galilæan, and thy speech agreeth thereto. But he be-
gan to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of
whom ye speak. And the second time the cock crew. And
Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Be-

fore the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And
when he thought thereon, he wept.
Tuesday before Easter.
The Collect.
O LORD God, whose blessed Son, our Saviour, gave his
back to the smiters and hid not his face from shame;
Grant us grace to take joyfully the sufferings of the present
time, in full assurance of the glory that shall be revealed;
through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Isaiah 1. 5.
THE Lord G OD hath opened mine ear, and I was not
rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back
to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the
hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. For the
Lord G OD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded:
therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I
shall not be ashamed. He is near that justifieth me; who
will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine
adversary? let him come near to me. Behold, the Lord G OD
will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they
all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the
voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no
light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon
his God. Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass your-
selves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and
in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of
mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

The Gospel. St. Mark xv. 1.
AND straightway in the morning the chief priests held
a consultation with the elders and scribes and the
whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and
delivered him to Pilate. And Pilate asked him, Art thou
the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him,
Thou sayest it. And the chief priests accused him of many
things: but he answered nothing. And Pilate asked him
again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many
things they witness against thee. But Jesus yet answered
nothing; so that Pilate marvelled. Now at that feast he re-
leased unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with
them that had made insurrection with him, who had com-
mitted murder in the insurrection. And the multitude cry-
ing aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done
unto them. But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that
I release unto you the King of the Jews? For he knew
that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. But the
chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release
Barabbas unto them. And Pilate answered and said again
unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him
whom ye call the King of the Jews? And they cried out
again, Crucify him. Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what
evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceed-
ingly, Crucify him. And so Pilate, willing to content the
people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus,
when he had scourged him, to be crucified. And the sol-
diers led him away into the hall, called Prætorium; and they
call together the whole band. And they clothed him with
purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his
head, and began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! And
they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon

him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. And when
they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him,
and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify
him. And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed
by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander
and Rufus, to bear his cross. And they bring him unto the
place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of
a skull. And they gave him to drink wine mingled with
myrrh: but he received it not. And when they had crucified
him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what
every man should take. And it was the third hour, and they
crucified him. And the superscription of his accusation was
written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. And with him
they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and
the other on his left. And the scripture was fulfilled, which
saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors. And
they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and
saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it
in three days, save thyself, and come down from the cross.
Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among them-
selves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot
save. Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the
cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were
crucified with him reviled him. And when the sixth hour
was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the
ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being
interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said,
Behold, he calleth Elias. And one ran and filled a spunge
full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink,
saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to
take him down. And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and
gave up the ghost. And the veil of the temple was rent in

twain from the top to the bottom. And when the centu-
rion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried
out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the
Son of God.
Wednesday before Easter.
The Collect.
ASSIST us mercifully with thy help, O Lord God of our
salvation; that we may enter with joy upon the med-
itation of those mighty acts, whereby thou hast given unto
us life and immortality; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Epistle. Hebrews ix. 16.
WHERE a testament is, there must also of necessity
be the death of the testator. For a testament is of
force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at
all while the testator liveth. Whereupon neither the first
testament was dedicated without blood. For when Moses
had spoken every precept to all the people according to
the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with
water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the
book and all the people, saying, This is the blood of the
testament which God hath enjoined unto you. Moreover, he
sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the ves-
sels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the law
purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no
remission. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of
things in the heavens should be purified with these; but
the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than
these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made
with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into
heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for

us: nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high
priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood
of others; for then must he often have suffered since the
foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the
world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of
himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but
after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear
the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he
appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
The Gospel. St. Luke xxii. 1.
NOW the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which
is called the Passover. And the chief priests and scribes
sought how they might kill him; for they feared the peo-
ple. Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, be-
ing of the number of the twelve. And he went his way,
and com-muned with the chief priests and captains, how he
might betray him unto them. And they were glad, and cov-
enanted to give him money. And he promised, and sought
opportu-nity to betray him unto them in the absence of
the multi-tude. Then came the day of unleavened bread,
when the passover must be killed. And he sent Peter and
John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may
eat. And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we pre-
pare? And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered
into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher
of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.
And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The
Master saith unto thee, Where is the guest-chamber, where
I shall eat the passover with my disciples? And he shall
shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and
they made ready the passover. And when the hour was
come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And

he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this
passover with you before I suffer: for I say unto you,
I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the
kingdom of God. And he took the cup, and gave thanks,
and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: for I
say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until
the kingdom of God shall come. And he took bread, and
gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying,
This is my body which is given for you: this do in remem-
brance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying,
This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed
for you. But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is
with me on the table. And truly the Son of man goeth, as
it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is
betrayed! And they began to enquire among themselves,
which of them it was that should do this thing. And there
was also a strife among them, which of them should be ac-
counted the greatest. And he said unto them, The kings of
the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that
exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But
ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let
him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that
doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat,
or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am
among you as he that serveth. Ye are they which have
continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto
you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that
ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit
on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And the
Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have
you, that he may sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for
thee, that thy faith fail not; and when thou art converted,
strengthen thy brethren. And he said unto him, Lord, I am
ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. And

he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day,
before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse,
and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said,
Nothing. Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath
a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that
hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. For
I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be ac-
complished in me, And he was reckoned among the trans-
gressors: for the things concerning me have an end. And
they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said
unto them, It is enough. And he came out, and went, as he
was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also
followed him. And when he was at the place, he said un-
to them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. And he
was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled
down, and prayed, saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove
this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be
done. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven,
strengthening him. And being in an agony he prayed more
earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood
falling down to the ground. And when he rose up from
prayer, and was come to his disci-ples, he found them sleep-
ing for sorrow, and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and
pray, lest ye enter into temptation. And while he yet spake,
behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of
the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus
to kiss him. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou
the Son of man with a kiss? When they which were about
him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord,
shall we smite with the sword? And one of them smote the
servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And
Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched
his ear, and healed him. Then Jesus said unto the chief

priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which
were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with
swords and staves? When I was daily with you in the tem-
ple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is
your hour, and the power of darkness. Then took they
him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s
house. And Peter followed afar off. And when they had
kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down
together, Peter sat down among them. But a certain maid
beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon
him, and said, This man was also with him. And he denied
him, saying, Woman, I know him not. And after a little
while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them.
And Peter said, Man, I am not. And about the space of one
hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth
this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilæan. And
Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And imme-
diately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. And the Lord
turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the
word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the
cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out,
and wept bitterly. And the men that held Jesus mocked
him, and smote him. And when they had blindfolded him,
they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Pro-
phesy, who is it that smote thee? And many other things
blasphemously spake they against him. And as soon as it
was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and
the scribes came together, and led him into their council,
saying, Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them,
If I tell you, ye will not believe: and if I also ask you, ye
will not answer me, nor let me go. Hereafter shall the Son
of man sit on the right hand of the power of God. Then
said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said
unto them, Ye say that I am. And they said, What need

we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his
own mouth.
Thursday before Easter, commonly called
Maundy Thursday.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY Father, whose dear Son, on the night be-
fore he suffered, did institute the Sacrament of his
Body and Blood; Mercifully grant that we may thankfully
receive the same in remembrance of him, who in these holy
mysteries giveth us a pledge of life eternal; the same thy
Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who now liveth and reigneth
with thee and the Holy Spirit ever, one God, world with-
out end. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 Corinthians xi. 23.
I HAVE received of the Lord that which also I delivered
unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which
he was betrayed took bread: and when he had given thanks,
he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is
broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the
same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped,
saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this
do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as
often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew
the Lord’s death till he come.
The Gospel. St. Luke xxiii. 1.
THE whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto
Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, We
found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to
give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the

Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. Then
said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no
fault in this man. And they were the more fierce, saying,
He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry,
beginning from Galilee to this place. When Pilate heard
of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilæan. And
as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod’s juris-
diction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Je-
rusalem at that time. And when Herod saw Jesus, he was
exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long
season, be-cause he had heard many things of him; and he
hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. Then he
questioned with him in many words; but he answered him
nothing. And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehe-
mently accused him. And Herod with his men of war set
him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gor-
geous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. And the same day
Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before
they were at enmity between themselves. And Pilate, when
he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and
the people, said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto
me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, hav-
ing examined him before you, have found no fault in this
man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: no, nor
yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy
of death is done unto him. I will therefore chastise him,
and release him. (For of necessity he must release one unto
them at the feast.) And they cried out all at once, saying,
Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: (who
for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was
cast into prison.) Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus,
spake again to them. But they cried, saying, Crucify him,
crucify him. And he said unto them the third time, Why,
what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in

him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. And they
were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be
cruci-fied. And the voices of them and of the chief priests
pre-vailed. And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as
they required. And he released unto them him that for
sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had
desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. And as they
led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian,
coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross,
that he might bear it after Jesus. And there followed him
a great company of people, and of women, which also be-
wailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said,
Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for
yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are
coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren,
and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never
gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains,
Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these
things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? And
there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to
be put to death. And when they were come to the place
which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the
malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the
left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know
not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast
lots. And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also
with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him
save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. And the
soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him
vinegar, and saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save
thyself. And a superscription also was written over him, in
letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE
KING OF THE JEWS. And one of the malefactors which
were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save

thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, say-
ing, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same
condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the
due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing
amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when
thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him,
Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in
paradise. And it was about the sixth hour, and there was
a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the
sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in
the midst. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he
said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having
said thus, he gave up the ghost. Now when the centurion
saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this
was a righteous man. And all the people that came together
to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote
their breasts, and returned. And all his acquaintance, and
the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off,
beholding these things.
¶ Or else this that followeth.
The Gospel. St. John xiii. 1.
NOW before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew
that his hour was come that he should depart out of
this world unto the Father, having loved his own which
were in the world, he loved them unto the end. And supper
being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of
Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him; Jesus knowing
that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that
he was come from God, and went to God; he riseth from
supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and
girded himself. After that he poureth water into a bason,
and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them
with the towel wherewith he was girded. Then cometh he

to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou
wash my feet? Jesus answered and said unto him, What I
do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus
answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with
me. Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only,
but also my hands and my head. Jesus saith to him, He
that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is
clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. For he
knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not
all clean. So after he had washed their feet, and had taken
his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them,
Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and
Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and
Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one
another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that ye
should do as I have done to you.
Good Friday.
The Collects.
ALMIGHTY God, we beseech thee graciously to behold
this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was
contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of
wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now
liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever,
one God, world without end. Amen.
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the
whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified;
Receive our supplications and prayers, which we offer be-
fore thee for all estates of men in thy holy Church, that
every member of the same, in his vocation and ministry,

may truly and godly serve thee; through our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
O MERCIFUL God, who hast made all men, and hatest
nothing that thou hast made, nor desirest the death of
a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live;
Have mercy upon all who know thee not as thou art re-
vealed in the Gospel of thy Son. Take from them all ig-
norance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word; and
so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to thy fold, that they
may be made one flock under one shepherd, Jesus Christ
our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy
Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle. Hebrews x. 1.
THE law having a shadow of good things to come, and
not the very image of the things, can never with
those sacrifices, which they offered year by year continu-
ally, make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would
they not have ceased to be offered? because that the wor-
shippers once purged should have had no more conscience
of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again
made of sins every year. For it is not possible that the
blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Where-
fore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and
offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared
me: in burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had
no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the
book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. Above
when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt-offerings and
offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure
therein; which are offered by the law; then said he, Lo, I
come to do thy will, O God: he taketh away the first, that
he may establish the second. By the which will we are

sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ
once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering
and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can
never take away sins: but this man, after he had offered
one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand
of God; from hence-forth expecting till his enemies be
made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected
for ever them that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost
also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
This is the covenant that I will make with them after those
days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts,
and in their minds will I write them; then saith he, And
their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now
where remission of these is, there is no more offering for
sin. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the
holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way,
which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is
to say, his flesh; and having an high priest over the house
of God; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance
of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil con-
science, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us
hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for
he is faithful that promised;) and let us consider one an-
other to provoke unto love and to good works: not forsak-
ing the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner
of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the
more, as ye see the day approaching.
The Gospel. St. John xix. 1.
PILATE therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And
the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his
head, and they put on him a purple robe, and said, Hail,
King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Be-

hold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find
no fault in him. Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown
of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them,
Behold the man! When the chief priests therefore and of-
ficers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify
him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him:
for I find no fault in him. The Jews answered him, We
have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he
made himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard
that saying, he was the more afraid; and went again into
the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou?
But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him,
Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have
power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against
me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he
that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. And from
thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried
out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cæsar’s
friend: whosoever maketh himself a king, speaketh against
Cæsar. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought
Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment-seat in a place
that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the
sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify
him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The
chief priests answered, We have no king but Cæsar. Then
delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And
they took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross
went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is
called in the Hebrew Golgotha: where they crucified him,
and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in
the midst. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross.

And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE
KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the
Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to
the city; and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and
Latin. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate,
Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am
King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written I
have written. Then the soldiers, when they had crucified
Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every
sol-dier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without
seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore
among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it,
whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled,
which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and
for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore
the soldiers did. Now there stood by the cross of Jesus
his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleo-
phas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his
mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he
saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith
he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour
that disciple took her unto his own home. After this, Jesus
knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the
scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was
set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with
vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It
is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that
the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sab-
bath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought
Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might
be taken away. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs
of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.

But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead
already, they brake not his legs: but one of the soldiers
with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there
out blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and
his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that
ye might believe. For these things were done, that the
scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be
broken. And again another scripture saith, They shall look
on him whom they pierced.
Easter Even.
The Collect.
GRANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death
of thy blessed Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, so by con-
tinual mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried
with him; and that through the grave, and gate of death,
we may pass to our joyful resurrection; for his merits, who
died, and was buried, and rose again for us, the same thy
Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 St. Peter iii. 17.
IT is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for
well doing, than for evil doing. For Christ also hath once
suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring
us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened
by the Spirit: by which also he went and preached unto
the spirits in prison; which sometime were disobedient,
when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days
of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that
is, eight souls were saved by water. The like figure where-
unto, even baptism, doth also now save us (not the putting
away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good
conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus

Christ: who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand
of God; angels and authorities and powers being made sub-
ject unto him.
The Gospel. St. Matthew xxvii. 57.
WHEN the even was come, there came a rich man of
Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was
Jesus’ disciple: he went to Pilate, and begged the body of
Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a
clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which
he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone
to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. And there was
Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against
the sepulchre. Now the next day, that followed the day of
the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came to-
gether unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that that de-
ceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will
rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made
sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night,
and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen
from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the
first. Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way,
make it as sure as ye can. So they went, and made the
sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
EASTERTIDE.
Easter Day.
¶ At Morning Prayer, instead of the Venite, the following shall be said,
and may be said throughout the Octave.
CHRIST our Passover is sacrificed for us: * therefore let
us keep the feast,
Not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice

and wickedness; * but with the unleavened bread of sincer-
ity and truth. 1 Cor. v. 7.
CHRIST being raised from the dead dieth no more; *
death hath no more dominion over him.
For in that he died, he died unto sin once: * but in that he
liveth, he liveth unto God.
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed
unto sin, * but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Rom. vi. 9.
CHRIST is risen from the dead, * and become the first-
fruits of them that slept.
For since by man came death, * by man came also the
resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, * even so in Christ shall all be
made alive. 1 Cor. xv. 20
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the
Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, *
world without end. Amen.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only-begotten
Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened
unto us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech
thee that, as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost
put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help
we may bring the same to good effect; through the same
Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and
the Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. Amen.
¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout Easter Week.

The Epistle. Colossians iii. 1.
IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which
are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the
earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in
God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall
ye also appear with him in glory.
The Gospel. St. John xx. 1.
THE first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene
early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and
seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she
runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other dis-
ciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have
taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know
not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went forth,
and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. So they
ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter,
and came first to the sepulchre. And he stooping down, and
looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into
the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, and the nap-
kin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes,
but wrapped together in a place by itself. Then went in
also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre,
and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the
scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. Then
the disciples went away again unto their own home.
¶ If in any Church the Holy Communion be twice celebrated on Easter
Day, the following Collect, Epistle, and Gospel may be used at the
first Communion.

The Collect.
O GOD, who for our redemption didst give thine only-
begotten Son to the death of the Cross, and by his
glorious resurrection hast delivered us from the power
of our enemy; Grant us so to die daily from sin, that we
may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection;
through the same thy Son Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 Corinthians v. 6.
KNOW ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole
lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may
be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our
passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast,
not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and
wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and
truth.
The Gospel. St. Mark xvi. 1.
WHEN the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and
Mary the Mother of James, and Salome, had bought
sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And
very early in the morning the first day of the week, they
came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. And they
said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone
from the door of the sepulchre? And when they looked,
they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very
great. And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young
man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white gar-
ment; and they were affrighted. And he saith unto them,
Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was
cruci-fied: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where
they laid him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter
that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see
him, as he said unto you. And they went out quickly, and

fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed:
neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.
Monday in Easter Week.
The Collect.
O GOD, whose blessed Son did manifest himself to his
disciples in the breaking of bread; Open, we pray
thee, the eyes of our faith, that we may behold thee in all
thy works; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
For the Epistle. Acts x. 34.
PETER opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive
that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation
he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted
with him. The word which God sent unto the children of
Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
that word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout
all Judæa, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which
John preached; how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with
the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing
good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for
God was with him. And we are witnesses of all things
which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusa-
lem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: him God
raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; not to all
the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even
to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from
the dead. And he commanded us to preach unto the peo-
ple, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God
to be the Judge of quick and dead. To him give all the
prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believ-
eth in him shall receive remission of sins.

The Gospel. St. Luke xxiv. 13.
BEHOLD, two of his disciples went that same day to
a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem
about threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all
these things which had happened. And it came to pass, that,
while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus him-
self drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were
holden that they should not know him. And he said unto
them, What manner of communications are these that ye
have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? And the one
of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto
him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not
known the things which are come to pass there in these
days? And he said unto them, What things? And they said
unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a
prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the
people: and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered
him to be con-demned to death, and have crucified him.
But we trusted that it had been he which should have re-
deemed Israel: and beside all this, to-day is the third day
since these things were done. Yea, and certain women also
of our company made us astonished, which were early at
the sepulchre; and when they found not his body, they
came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels,
which said that he was alive. And certain of them which
were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so
as the women had said: but him they saw not. Then he
said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all
that the prophets have spoken: ought not Christ to have
suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And
beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded
unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning him-
self. And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they

went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is
toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in
to tarry with them. And it came to pass, as he sat at meat
with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and
gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew
him; and he vanished out of their sight. And they said one
to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he
talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the
scriptures? And they rose up the same hour, and returned
to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and
them that were with them, saying, The Lord is risen
indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. And they told what
things were done in the way, and how he was known of
them in breaking of bread.
Tuesday in Easter Week.
The Collect.
GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we who
celebrate with reverence the Paschal feast, may be
found worthy to attain to everlasting joys; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Acts xiii. 26.
MEN and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham,
and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is
the word of this salvation sent. For they that dwell at Jeru-
salem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor
yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sab-
bath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. And
though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired
they Pilate that he should be slain. And when they had
fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down

from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. But God raised
him from the dead: and he was seen many days of them
which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who
are his witnesses unto the people. And we declare unto
you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made
unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their
children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also
written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day
have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he raised
him up from the dead, now no more to return to corrup-
tion, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies
of David. Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou
shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. For
David, after he had served his own generation by the will
of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw
corruption: but he, whom God raised again, saw no cor-
ruption. Be it known unto you therefore, men and breth-
ren, that through this man is preached unto you the for-
giveness of sins: and by him all that believe are justified
from all things, from which ye could not be justified by
the law of Moses. Beware there-fore, lest that come upon
you, which is spoken of in the prophets; Behold, ye de-
spisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your
days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a
man declare it unto you.
The Gospel. St. Luke xxiv. 36.
JESUS himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto
them, Peace be unto you. But they were terrified and
affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And
he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do
thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my
feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit
hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he

had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.
And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered,
he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? And they
gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
And he took it, and did eat before them. And he said unto
them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while
I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which
were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and
in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their un-
derstanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved
Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and
that repentance and remission of sins should be preached
in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And
ye are witnesses of these things.
The First Sunday after Easter.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY Father, who hast given thine only Son to
die for our sins, and to rise again for our justification;
Grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wicked-
ness, that we may always serve thee in pureness of living and
truth; through the merits of the same thy Son Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 St. John v. 4.
WHATSOEVER is born of God overcometh the
world: and this is the victory that overcometh
the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the
world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus
Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And
it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is

truth. For there are three that bear witness, the Spirit, and
the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is
greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testi-
fied of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath
the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath
made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that
God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath
given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that
hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of
God hath not life.
The Gospel. St. John xx. 19.
THE same day at evening, being the first day of the
week, when the doors were shut where the disciples
were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood
in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And
when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and
his side. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the
Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you:
as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when
he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them,
Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whosesoever sins ye remit,
they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye re-
tain, they are retained.
The Second Sunday after Easter.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who hast given thine only Son to be
unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an ensample
of godly life; Give us grace that we may always most
thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit, and also
daily endeavour ourselves to follow the blessed steps of

his most holy life; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 St. Peter ii. 19.
THIS is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward
God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory
is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it
patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take
it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto
were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving
us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no
sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he
was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threat-
ened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth right-
eously: who his own self bare our sins in his own body
on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto
right-eousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye
were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the
Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
The Gospel. St. John x. 11.
JESUS said, I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd
giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling,
and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth
the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and
the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hire-
ling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the
sheep. I am the good shepherd; and know my sheep, and
am known of mine, even as the Father knoweth me, and
I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them
also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there
shall be one flock, and one shepherd.

The Third Sunday after Easter.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who showest to them that are in
error the light of thy truth, to the intent that they
may return into the way of righteousness; Grant unto all
those who are admitted into the fellowship of Christ’s Re-
ligion, that they may avoid those things that are contrary
to their profession, and follow all such things as are agree-
able to the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 St. Peter ii. 11.
DEARLY beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pil-
grims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against
the soul; having your conversation honest among the Gen-
tiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they
may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify
God in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves to every
ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the
king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are
sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the
praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that
with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of
foolish men: as free, and not using your liberty for a cloke
of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honour all
men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
The Gospel. St. John xvi. 16.
JESUS said to his disciples, A little while, and ye shall
not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see
me, because I go to the Father. Then said some of his dis-
ciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto
us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a lit-
tle while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the

Father? They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A
little while? we cannot tell what he saith. Now Jesus knew
that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them,
Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little
while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while,
and ye shall see me? Verily, verily, I say unto you, That
ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and
ye shall be sorrow-ful, but your sorrow shall be turned into
joy. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because
her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the
child, she re-membereth no more the anguish, for joy that
a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have
sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall re-
joice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
The Fourth Sunday after Easter.
The Collect.
O ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly
wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto thy
people, that they may love the thing which thou com-
mandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so,
among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our
hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to
be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. St. James i. 17.
EVERY good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
and cometh down from the Father of lights, with
whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his
own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should
be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my
beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to
speak, slow to wrath: for the wrath of man worketh not

the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness
and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness
the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
The Gospel. St. John xvi. 5.
JESUS said unto his disciples, Now I go my way to him
that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither go-
est thou? But because I have said these things unto you,
sorrow hath filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the
truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go
not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I
depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come,
he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and
of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on me; of
righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me
no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is
judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye
cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall
not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that
shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He
shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall
shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine:
therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it
unto you.
The Fifth Sunday after Easter, commonly called
Rogation Sunday.
The Collect.
O LORD, from whom all good things do come; Grant
to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspira-
tion we may think those things that are good, and by thy

merciful guiding may perform the same; through our Lord
Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Epistle. St. James i. 22.
BE ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiv-
ing your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the
word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his
natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth
his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man
he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty,
and contin-ueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer,
but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his
deed. If any man among you seem to be religious, and
bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this
man’s religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before
God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and wid-
ows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from
the world.
The Gospel. St. John xvi. 23.
VERILY, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall
ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye
shall receive, that your joy may be full. These things have
I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when
I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew
you plainly of the Father. At that day ye shall ask in my
name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father
for you: for the Father himself loveth you, because ye
have loved me, and have believed that I came out from
God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the
world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. His
disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and
speakest no proverb. Now are we sure that thou knowest

all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee:
by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. Jesus
answered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour
cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every
man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not
alone, because the Father is with me. These things I have
spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the
world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have
overcome the world.
ASCENSIONTIDE
The Ascension Day.
The Collect.
GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as
we do believe thy only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus
Christ to have ascended into the heavens; so we may also
in heart and mind thither ascend, and with him continually
dwell, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy
Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout the Octave.
For the Epistle. Acts i. 1.
THE former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all
that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day
in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy
Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom
he had chosen: to whom also he shewed himself alive after
his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them
forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the
kingdom of God: and, being assembled together with them,
commanded them that they should not depart from Jeru-
salem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith

he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with
water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not
many days hence. When they therefore were come to-
gether, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this
time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto
them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons,
which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall
receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost
part of the earth. And when he had spoken these things,
while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received
him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly
toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by
them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Gali-
lee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus,
which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in
like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
The Gospel. St. Luke xxiv. 49.
JESUS said, Behold, I send the promise of my Father
upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye
be endued with power from on high. And he led them out
as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed
them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was
parted from them, and carried up into heaven. And they
worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing
God.
¶ The same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall serve for every day after,
unto the next Sunday, except upon the Feast of St. Philip and St.
James.

The Sunday after Ascension Day.
The Collect.
O GOD, the King of glory, who hast exalted thine only
Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy king-
dom in heaven; We beseech thee, leave us not comfort-
less; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and
exalt us un-to the same place whither our Saviour Christ
is gone before, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the
same Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 St. Peter iv. 7.
THE end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober,
and watch unto prayer. And above all things have fer-
vent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the
multitude of sins. Use hospitality one to another without
grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even so
minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the
manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as
the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of
the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may
be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
The Gospel. St. John xv. 26, and part of Chap. xvi.
WHEN the Comforter is come, whom I will send
unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth,
which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with
me from the beginning. These things have I spoken unto
you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you
out of the syna-gogues: yea, the time cometh, that whoso-
ever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And
these things will they do unto you, because they have not

known the Father, nor me. But these things have I told
you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember
that I told you of them.
WHITSUNTIDE.
Pentecost, commonly called Whitsunday.
The Collect.
O GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of
thy faithful people, by sending to them the light
of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us by the same Spirit to have
a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in
his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our
Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of
the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout Whitsun Week.
For the Epistle. Acts ii. 1.
WHEN the day of Pentecost was fully come, they
were all with one accord in one place. And sud-
denly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing
mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were
sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like
as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all
filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were
dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every na-
tion under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the
multitude came together, and were confounded, because
that every man heard them speak in his own language. And
they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another,
Behold, are not all these which speak Galilæans? And how
hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were
born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers

in Mesopotamia, and in Judæa, and Cappadocia, in Pontus,
and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts
of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and
proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in
our tongues the wonderful works of God.
The Gospel. St. John xiv. 15.
JESUS said unto his disciples, If ye love me, keep my
commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall
give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you
for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot
receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him:
but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be
in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to
you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more;
but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day
ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and
I in you. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth
them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall
be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will mani-
fest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord,
how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not
unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a
man love me, he will keep my words; and my Father will
love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode
with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings:
and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s
which sent me. These things have I spoken unto you,
being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is
the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name,
he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I
leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world
giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled,

neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you,
I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye
would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my
Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before
it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might
believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the
prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But
that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the
Father gave me commandment, even so I do.
¶ If in any Church the Holy Communion be twice celebrated on Whit-
sunday, the following Collect, Epistle, and Gospel may be used at the
first Communion.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, grant, we beseech
thee, that by the indwelling of thy Holy Spirit, we
may be enlightened and strengthened for thy service;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth
with thee in the unity of the same Spirit ever, one God,
world without end. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 Corinthians xii. 4.
NOW there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
And there are differences of administrations, but the
same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is
the same God which worketh all in all. But the manifesta-
tion of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to
another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to
another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of
healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of
miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of
spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the
interpretation of tongues: but all these worketh that one
and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as

he will. For as the body is one, and hath many members,
and all the members of that one body, being many, are one
body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all bap-
tized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles,
whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to
drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but
many.
The Gospel. St. Luke xi. 9.
JESUS said to his disciples, Ask, and it shall be given you;
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened
unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that
seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will
he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish
give him a serpent? or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer
him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give
good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Monday in Whitsun Week.
The Collect.
SEND, we beseech thee, Almighty God, thy Holy Spirit
into our hearts, that he may direct and rule us accord-
ing to thy will, comfort us in all our afflictions, defend
us from all error, and lead us into all truth; through Jesus
Christ our Lord, who with thee and the same Holy Spirit
liveth and reigneth, one God, world without end. Amen.
For the Epistle. Acts x. 34.
THEN Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I
perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in
every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness,

is accepted with him. The word which God sent unto the
children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is
Lord of all:) that word, I say, ye know, which was pub-
lished throughout all Judæa, and began from Galilee, after
the baptism which John preached; how God anointed Jesus
of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who
went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed
of the devil; for God was with him. And we are witnesses
of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews,
and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of
God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he
rose from the dead. And he commanded us to preach unto
the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained
of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. To him give
all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever
believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. While
Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all
them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision
which believed were astonished, as many as came with
Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the
gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with
tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, Can any
man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which
have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? And he com-
manded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then
prayed they him to tarry certain days.
The Gospel. St. John iii. 16.
GOD so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
per-ish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son
into the world to condemn the world; but that the world

through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is
not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name of the
only-begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation,
that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness
rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every
one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the
light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth
truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made
manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Tuesday in Whitsun Week.
The Collect.
GRANT, we beseech thee, merciful God, that thy
Church, being gathered together in unity by thy
Holy Spirit, may manifest thy power among all peoples,
to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, one
God, world without end. Amen.
For the Epistle. Acts viii. 14.
WHEN the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard
that Samaria had received the word of God, they
sent unto them Peter and John: who, when they were
come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the
Holy Ghost: for as yet he was fallen upon none of them:
only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received
the Holy Ghost.
The Gospel. St. John x. 1.
VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not
by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up

some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he
that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice;
and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them
out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth
before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his
voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee
from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. This
parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not
what things they were which he spake unto them. Then
said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me
are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be
saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief
cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I
am come that they might have life, and that they might
have it more abundantly.
TRINITY SEASON.
Trinity Sunday.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given unto
us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true
faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and
in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity;
We beseech thee that thou wouldest keep us stedfast in
this faith, and evermore defend us from all adversities, who
livest and reignest, one God, world without end. Amen.
For the Epistle. Revelation iv. 1.
AFTER this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in
heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it

were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up
hither, and I will shew thee things which must be here-
after. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a
throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he
that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone:
and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight
like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were
four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and
twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they
had on their heads crowns of gold. And out of the throne
proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there
were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which
are the seven Spirits of God. And before the throne there
was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the
throne, and round about the throne, were four living crea-
tures full of eyes before and behind. And the first was like
a lion, and the second like a calf, and the third had a face
as a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle. And the
four living creatures had each of them six wings about
him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not
day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty,
which was, and is, and is to come. And when those living
creatures give glory and honour and thanks to him that
sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, the four
and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the
throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and
cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art wor-
thy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for
thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are,
and were created.
The Gospel. St. John iii. 1.
THERE was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus,
a ruler of the Jews: the same came to Jesus by night,

and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher
come from God: for no man can do these miracles that
thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and
said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man
be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicode-
mus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is
old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb,
and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he can-
not enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born
of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is
spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born
again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest
the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh,
and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the
Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can
these things be? Jesus an-swered and said unto him, Art
thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know,
and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our wit-
ness. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not,
how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? And
no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came
down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in
heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilder-
ness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that who-
soever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal
life.
The First Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
O GOD, the strength of all those who put their trust
in thee; Mercifully accept our prayers; and because,

through the weakness of our mortal nature, we can do no
good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace,
that in keeping thy commandments we may please thee,
both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 St. John iv. 7.
BELOVED, let us love one another: for love is of God;
and every one that loveth is born of God, and know-
eth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is
love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us,
because that God sent his only-begotten Son into the
world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not
that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son
to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so
loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath
seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwell-
eth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we
that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given
us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the
Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Who-
soever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God
dwelleth in him, and he in God. And we have known and
believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he
that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have bold-
ness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in
this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love cast-
eth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth
is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first
loved us. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother,
he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he
hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
And this commandment have we from him, That he who
loveth God love his brother also.

The Gospel. St. Luke xvi. 19.
THERE was a certain rich man, which was clothed in
purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every
day: and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus,
which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be
fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table:
moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came
to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels
into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was
buried; and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments,
and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And
he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and
send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in
water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this
flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy
lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus
evil things: but now he is com-forted, and thou art tor-
mented. And beside all this, between us and you there
is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from
hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that
would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee there-
fore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s
house: for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto
them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abra-
ham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets;
let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham:
but if one went unto them from the dead, they will re-
pent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and
the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one
rose from the dead.

The Second Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
O LORD, who never failest to help and govern those
whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast 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 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 St. John iii. 13.
MARVEL not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
We know that we have passed from death unto
life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his
brother abideth in death. Whosoever 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 whoso hath this
world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth
up his bowels of com-passion 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 shall assure
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 to-
ward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, be-
cause we keep his commandments, and do those things
that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his command-
ment, That we should believe on the name of his Son
Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us com-
mandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwell-
eth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he
abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

The Gospel. St. Luke xiv. 16.
ACERTAIN man made a great supper, and bade many:
and sent his servant at supper time to say to them
that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And
they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first
said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must
needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. And an-
other said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to
prove them: I pray thee have me excused. And another
said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things.
Then the master of the house being angry said to his ser-
vant, 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 servant said, Lord, it is done as thou
hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said
unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and
compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For
I say unto you, that none of those men which were bidden
shall taste of my supper.
The Third Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; and
grant that we, to whom thou hast given an hearty de-
sire to pray, may, by thy mighty aid, be defended and com-
forted in all dangers and adversities; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 St. Peter v. 5.
ALL of you be subject one to another, and be clothed
with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and
giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore

under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in
due time: casting all your care upon him; for he careth for
you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the
devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he
may devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that
the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that
are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called
us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have
suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle
you. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.
Amen.
The Gospel. St. Luke xv. 1.
THEN drew near unto him all the publicans and sin-
ners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes
mur-mured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth
with them. And he spake this parable unto them saying,
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one
of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilder-
ness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And
when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, re-
joicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his
friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with
me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto
you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner
that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just per-
sons, which need no repentance. Either what woman hav-
ing ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light
a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she
find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends
and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for
I have found the piece which I had lost. Likewise, I say
unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of
God over one sinner that repenteth.

The Fourth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
O GOD, the protector of all that trust 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 so pass through things temporal, that we
finally lose not the things eternal. Grant this, O heavenly
Father, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Romans viii. 18.
I RECKON that the sufferings of this present time are
not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall
be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the crea-
ture waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For
the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but
by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the
bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the chil-
dren of God. For we know that the whole creation groan-
eth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only
they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting
for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
The Gospel. St. Luke vi. 36.
BE ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merci-
ful. Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn
not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall
be forgiven: give, and it shall be given unto you; good
measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running
over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same
measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you

again. And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind
lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? The
disciple is not above his master: but every one that is per-
fect shall be as his master. And why beholdest thou the
mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the
beam that is in thine own eye? Either how canst thou say
to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is
in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam
that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the
beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly
to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.
The Fifth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
GRANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of
this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy gov-
ernance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all
godly quietness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 St. Peter iii. 8.
BE ye all of one mind, having compassion one of an-
other, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: not
rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrari-
wise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that
ye should inherit a blessing. For he that will love life, and
see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and
his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and
do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. For the eyes of
the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto
their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them
that do evil. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be
followers of that which is good? But and if ye suffer for

righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their
terror, neither be troubled; but sanctify the Lord God in
your hearts.
The Gospel. St. Luke v. 1.
IT came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to
hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gen-
nesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake: but the
fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their
nets. And he entered into one of the ships, which was
Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little
from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people
out of the ship. Now when he had left speaking, he said
unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your
nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him,
Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing:
never-theless at thy word I will let down the net. And when
they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of
fishes: and their net brake. And they beckoned unto their
partners, which were in the other ship, that they should
come and help them. And they came, and filled both the
ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw
it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me;
for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he was astonished, and
all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which
they had taken: and so was also James, and John, the sons
of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus
said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt
catch men. And when they had brought their ships to land,
they forsook all, and followed him.

The Sixth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
O GOD, who hast prepared for those who love thee
such good things as pass man’s understanding; Pour
into our hearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee
above all things, may obtain thy promises, which exceed all
that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Romans vi. 3.
KNOW ye not, that so many of us as were baptized
into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? There-
fore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that
like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of
the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of
his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrec-
tion: knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him,
that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth
we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from
sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we
shall also live with him: knowing that Christ being raised
from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more domin-
ion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once:
but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon
ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive
unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Gospel. St. Matthew v. 20.
JESUS said unto his disciples, Except your righteousness
shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Phari-
sees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou

shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger
of the judgment: but I say unto you, that whosoever is
angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger
of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother,
Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall
say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell-fire. Therefore if
thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest
that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy
gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to
thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Agree with
thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with
him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the
judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou
be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by
no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the utter-
most farthing.
The Seventh Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
LORD of all power and might, who art the author and
giver of all good things; Graft in our hearts the love
of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with
all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Romans vi. 19.
I SPEAK after the manner of men because of the infir-
mity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members
servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even
so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto
holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were
free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those
things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those

things is death. But now being made free from sin, and
become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness,
and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ
our Lord.
The Gospel. St. Mark viii. 1.
IN those days the multitude being very great, and having
nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and
saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, be-
cause they have now been with me three days, and have
nothing to eat: and if I send them away fasting to their
own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them
came from far. And his disciples answered him, From
whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in
the wilderness? And he asked them, How many loaves have
ye? And they said, Seven. And he commanded the people
to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves,
and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to
set before them; and they did set them before the people.
And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and com-
manded to set them also before them. So they did eat, and
were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was
left seven baskets. And they that had eaten were about
four thousand: and he sent them away.
The Eighth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
O GOD, whose never-failing providence ordereth all
things both in heaven and earth; We humbly be-
seech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to
give us those things which are profitable for us; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Romans viii. 12.
BRETHREN, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live
after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall
die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of
the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit
of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received
the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received
the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The
Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are
the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of
God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer
with him, that we may be also glorified together.
The Gospel. St. Matthew vii. 15.
BEWARE of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye
shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of
thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth
forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a
corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth
not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every
one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my
Father which is in heaven.
The Ninth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to
think and do always such things as are right; that we,
who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may

by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 Corinthians x. 1.
BRETHREN, I would not that ye should be ignorant,
how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all
passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses
in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spirit-
ual meat; and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they
drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that
Rock was Christ. But with many of them God was not well
pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now
these things were our examples, to the intent we should
not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Neither be
ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The
people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them com-
mitted, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted,
and were destroyed of serpents. Neither murmur ye, as
some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the
destroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for
ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon
whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him
that thinketh he stand-eth take heed lest he fall. There hath
no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:
but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted
above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
The Gospel. St. Luke xv. 11.
JESUS said, A certain man had two sons: and the younger
of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion
of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his

living. And not many days after the younger son gathered
all together, and took his journey into a far country, and
there wasted his substance with riotous living. And when
he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land;
and he began to be in want. And he went and joined him-
self to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his
fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly
with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave
unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How
many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough
and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go
to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy
to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a
great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and
ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said
unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy
sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But
the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe,
and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes
on his feet: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and
let us eat, and be merry: for this my son was dead, and is
alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to
be merry. Now his elder son was in the field: and as he
came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and
dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked what
these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is
come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because
he hath received him safe and sound. And he was angry,
and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and in-
treated him. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these
many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any
time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a

kid, that I might make merry with my friends: but as soon
as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living
with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And he
said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I
have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and
be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again;
and was lost, and is found.
The Tenth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
LET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of
thy humble servants; and, that they may obtain their
petitions, make them to ask such things as shall please thee;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 Corinthians xii. 1.
CONCERNING spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not
have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles,
carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speak-
ing by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that
no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy
Ghost. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same
Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the
same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it
is the same God which worketh all in all. But the mani-
festation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit
withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wis-
dom; to another the word of knowledge by the same
Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the
gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the work-
ing of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discern-
ing of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to an-

other the interpretation of tongues: but all these worketh
that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man
severally as he will.
The Gospel. St. Luke xix. 41.
AND when he was come near, he beheld the city, and
wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even
thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto
thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the
days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a
trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee
in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground,
and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in
thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not
the time of thy visitation. And he went into the temple,
and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them
that bought; saying unto them, It is written, My house is
the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
And he taught daily in the temple.
The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
O GOD, who declarest thy almighty power chiefly in
showing mercy and pity; Mercifully grant unto us
such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of
thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises,
and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 Corinthians xv. 1.
BRETHREN, I declare unto you the gospel which I
preached unto you, which also ye have received, and
wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep

in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have be-
lieved in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that
which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins
according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and
that he rose again the third day according to the scrip-
tures: and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at
once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present,
but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James;
then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me
also, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of
the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, be-
cause I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of
God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed
upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly
than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was
with me. Therefore whether it were I or they, so we
preach, and so ye believed.
The Gospel. St. Luke xviii. 9.
JESUS spake this parable unto certain which trusted
in themselves that they were righteous, and despised
others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the
one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee
stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that
I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers,
or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give
tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar
off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but
smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a
sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justi-
fied rather than the other: for every one that exalteth
himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself
shall be exalted.

The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always more
ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give
more than either we desire or deserve; Pour down upon
us the abundance of thy mercy; forgiving us those things
whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good
things which we are not worthy to ask, but through the
merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord.
Amen.
The Epistle. 2 Corinthians iii. 4.
SUCH trust have we through Christ to God-ward: not
that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing
as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; who also
hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of
the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the
spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of death, written
and en-graven in stones, was glorious, so that the children
of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for
the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done
away: how shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather
glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory,
much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed
in glory.
The Gospel. St. Mark vii. 31.
JESUS, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon,
came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the
coasts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that
was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they
beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him
aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears,
and he spit, and touched his tongue; and looking up to

heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is,
Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the
string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he
charged them that they should tell no man: but the more
he charged them, so much the more a great deal they pub-
lished it; and were beyond measure astonished, saying, He
hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear,
and the dumb to speak.
The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY and merciful God, of whose only gift it
cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true
and laudable service; Grant, we beseech thee, that we may
so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail not finally
to attain thy heavenly promises; through the merits of
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Galatians iii. 16.
TO Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He
saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one,
And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, that the
covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the
law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot
disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of prom-
ise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore
then serveth the law? It was added because of transgres-
sions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was
made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a me-
diator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God
is one. Is the law then against the promises of God? God
forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have

given life, verily righteousness should have been by the
law. But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that
the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them
that believe.
The Gospel. St. Luke x. 23.
BLESSED are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
for I tell you, that many prophets and kings have de-
sired 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 thy 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 an-
swered right: this do, and thou shalt live. But he, willing to
justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from
Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped
him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leav-
ing him half dead. And by chance there came down a
certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed
by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was
at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the
other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came
where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion
on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pour-
ing in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and
brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the
morrow when he depar-ted, he took out two pence, and gave
them to the host, and 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 in-
crease 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.
The Epistle. Galatians v. 16.
I SAY then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the
lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit,
and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary
the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that
ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under
the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which
are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lascivious-
ness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath,
strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness,
revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before,
as I have also told you in time past, that they which do
such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentle-
ness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such
there is no law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified
the flesh with the affections and lusts.
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 your-
selves 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
glo-rified God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving
him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering
said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
There are not found that returned to give glory to God,
save this stranger. And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way:
thy faith hath made thee whole.
The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
KEEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy
perpetual mercy; and, because the frailty of man with-
out thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all
things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our
salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Galatians vi. 11.
YE see how large a letter I have written unto you with
mine own hand. As many as 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. For neither they themselves who are circumcised
keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, 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 cruci-fied unto me, and I unto the world. For in
Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor

uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk
according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and
upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man
trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord
Jesus. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
your spirit. Amen.
The Gospel. St. Matthew vi. 24.
NO 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, Be not anxious for
your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet
for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more
than the food, and the body than the raiment? Behold the
birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they
reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feed-
eth them. Are not ye of much more value than they? And
which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the
measure of his life? And why are ye anxious concerning
raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;
they toil not, neither do they spin: yet I say unto you, that
even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of
these. But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which
today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not
much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Be not there-
fore anxious, 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 his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you. Be not therefore anxious for the
morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Suffi-
cient unto the day is the evil thereof.

The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
O LORD, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse
and defend thy Church; and, because it cannot con-
tinue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore
by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Epistle. Ephesians iii. 13.
I 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 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 abun-
dantly 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 Nain; 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 came and touched the bier: and
they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I
say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and be-
gan 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.
The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
LORD, we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent
and follow us, and make us continually to be given
to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Ephesians 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,
for-bearing 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 all, and through all, and in
you 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 dropsy. 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 an-
swered 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 bid-den, when he marked how they chose out
the chief seats; saying unto them, When thou art bidden
of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest seat;
lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden 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 place. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down
in the lowest place; 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.
LORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to with-
stand 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 Corinthians i. 4.
I 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 con-
firmed 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. Matthew xxii. 34.
WHEN the Pharisees had heard that Jesus had put the
Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a ques-
tion, tempting him, and saying, Master, 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 com-
mandment. 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 ene-
mies thy footstool? 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 questions.
The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
O GOD, forasmuch 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. Ephesians iv. 17.
THIS 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 lasciv-
iousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But
ye have not so learned 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. Matthew ix. 1.
JESUS entered into a ship, and passed over, and came
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; Son, be of good
cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. And, behold, certain of
the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think
ye evil in your hearts? For whether is easier, to say, Thy
sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? But that
ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to
forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise,
take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. And he arose,
and departed to his house. But when the multitudes saw it,
they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such
power unto men.
The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
O ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, of thy bounti-
ful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things
that may hurt us; that we, being ready both in body and
soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things which thou
commandest; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Ephesians v. 15.
SEE then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as
wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the
will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein
is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to your-
selves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and
making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks
always for all things unto God and the Father in the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ; submitting yourselves one to an-
other in the fear of God.

The Gospel. St. Matthew xxii. 1.
JESUS said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain
king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth
his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding:
and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other ser-
vants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have
prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed,
and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they
made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, an-
other to his merchandise: and the remnant took his ser-
vants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But
when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent
forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned
up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding
is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go
ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall
find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the
highways, and gathered together all as many as they found,
both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with
guests. And when the king came in to see the guests, he
saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment: and
he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not
having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless. Then
said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and
take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall
be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but
few are chosen.
The Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
GRANT, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faith-
ful people pardon and peace, that they may be

cleansed from all their sins, and serve thee with a quiet
mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Ephesians vi. 10.
MY brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power
of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that
ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For
we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against princi-
palities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness
of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that
ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having
done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt
about with truth, and having on the breastplate of right-
eousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the
gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, where-
with ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the
wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword
of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying always
with all prayer and supplica-tion in the Spirit, and watch-
ing thereunto with all perse-verance and supplication for
all saints; and for me, that utterance may be given unto
me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known
the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador
in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to
speak.
The Gospel. St. John iv. 46.
THERE was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at
Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out
of Judæa into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him
that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at
the point of death. Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye
see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. The nobleman

saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus
saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man
believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he
went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants
met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. Then en-
quired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And
they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever
left him. So the father knew that it was at the same hour,
in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and him-
self believed, and his whole house. This is again the second
miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judæa
into Galilee.
The Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy household the
Church in continual godliness; that through thy pro-
tection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly
given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy
Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Philippians i. 3.
I THANK my God upon every remembrance of you,
always in every prayer of mine for you all making re-
quest with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the
first day until now; being confident of this very thing, that
he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it
until the day of Jesus Christ: even as it is meet for me to
think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; in-
asmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and con-
firmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in
the tender mercies of Christ Jesus. And this I pray, that

your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge
and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are
excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till
the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteous-
ness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of
God.
The Gospel. St. Matthew xviii. 21.
PETER said unto Jesus, Lord, how oft shall my brother
sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven
times: but, Until seventy times seven. Therefore is the
kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which
would take ac-count of his servants. And when he had be-
gun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him
ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not to pay,
his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and chil-
dren, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The
servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying,
Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Then
the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and
loosed him, and forgave him the debt. But the same ser-
vant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants,
which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on
him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou
owest. And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and
besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will
pay thee all. And he would not: but went and cast him into
prison, till he should pay the debt. So when his fellow-ser-
vants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came
and told unto their lord all that was done. Then his lord,
after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked
servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst
me: shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy

fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was
wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should
pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heav-
enly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts for-
give not every one his brother their trespasses.
The Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
O GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the author of
all godliness; Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the
devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things
which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Philippians iii. 17.
BRETHREN, be followers together of me, and mark
them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now
tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the
cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose god is
their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind
earthly things.) For our citizenship is in heaven; from
whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
who shall change the body of our humiliation that it may
be conformed unto the body of his glory, according to the
working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto
himself.
The Gospel. St. Matthew xxii. 15.
THEN went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they
might entangle him in his talk. And they sent out unto
him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master,
we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God

in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regard-
est not the person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest
thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not? But
Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye
me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the tribute money. And they
brought unto him a penny. And he saith unto them, Whose
is this image and superscription? They say unto him,
Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto
Cæsar the things which are Cæsar’s; and unto God the
things that are God’s. When they had heard these words,
they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.
O LORD, we beseech thee, absolve thy people from
their offences; that through thy bountiful goodness we
may all be delivered from the bands of those sins, which
by our frailty we have committed. Grant this, O heavenly
Father, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our blessed Lord and
Saviour. Amen.
The Epistle. Colossians i. 3.
WE give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard
of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye
have to all the saints, for the hope which is laid up for you
in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the
truth of the gospel; which is come unto you, as it is in all
the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you,
since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God
in truth: as ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow-
servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; who
also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. For this cause
we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for

you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge
of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing,
being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the
knowledge of God; streng-thened with all might, according
to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering
with joyfulness; giving thanks unto the Father, which hath
made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the
saints in light.
The Gospel. St. Matthew ix. 18.
WHILE Jesus spake these things unto John’s disciples,
behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped
him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and
lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. And Jesus arose,
and followed him, and so did his disciples. And, behold, a
woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve
years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his gar-
ment: for she said within herself, If I may but touch his
garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and
when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort;
thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made
whole from that hour. And when Jesus came into the ruler’s
house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
he said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but
sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. But when the
people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the
hand, and the maid arose. And the fame hereof went abroad
into all that land.
¶ If in any year there be twenty-six Sundays after Trinity, the service
for the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany shall be used on the Twenty-
fifth Sunday. If there be twenty-seven, the service for the Sixth Sun-
day after the Epiphany shall be used on the Twenty-sixth, and the ser-
vice for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany on the Twenty-fifth. If
there be fewer than twenty-five Sundays, the overplus shall be omitted.

The Sunday next before Advent.
The Collect.
STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faith-
ful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the
fruit of good works, may by thee be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Jeremiah xxiii. 5.
BEHOLD, the days come, saith the LORD , that I will raise
unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign
and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the
earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell
safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called,
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, be-
hold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no
more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt; but, The LORD liveth, which
brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel
out of the north country, and from all countries whither I
had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
The Gospel. St. John vi. 5.
WHEN Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great
company come unto him, he saith unto Philip,
Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this
he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would
do. Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of
bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them
may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon
Peter’s brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which
hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are
they among so many? And Jesus said, Make the men sit
down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men

sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took
the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed
to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set
down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather
up the frag-ments that remain, that nothing be lost. There-
fore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets
with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which re-
mained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then
those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did,
said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into
the world.
HOLY DAYS.
Saint Andrew the Apostle.
[November 30.]
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who didst give such grace unto thy
holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed
the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him with-
out delay; Grant unto us all, that we, being called by thy
holy Word, may forthwith give up ourselves obediently to
fulfil thy holy commandments; through the same Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Romans x. 9.
IF thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confes-
sion is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Who-
soever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there

is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the
same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For
whoso-ever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall
be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they
have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of
whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear with-
out a preacher? and how shall they preach, except they be
sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them
that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of
good things ! But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For
Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? So then
faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound
went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of
the world. But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith,
I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people,
and by a foolish nation I will anger you. But Esaias is very
bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I
was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. But
to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my
hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
The Gospel. St. Matthew iv. 18.
JESUS, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren,
Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a
net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto
them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And
they straightway left their nets, and followed him. And go-
ing on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James
the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with
Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called
them. And they immediately left the ship and their father.
and followed him.

Saint Thomas the Apostle.
[December 21.]
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who, for the greater
confirmation of the faith, didst suffer thy holy Apostle
Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son’s resurrection; Grant us
so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in thy Son
Jesus Christ, that our faith in thy sight may never be re-
proved. Hear us, O Lord, through the same Jesus Christ,
to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and
glory, now and for evermore. Amen.
The Epistle. Hebrews x. 35, and part of Chap. xi.
CAST not away therefore your confidence, which hath
great recompence of reward. For ye have need of pa-
tience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might
receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall
come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live
by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no
pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back
unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of
the soul. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.
The Gospel. St. John xx. 24.
THOMAS, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not
with them when Jesus came. The other disciples
therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he
said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print
of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails,
and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And
after eight days again his disciples were within, and
Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being

shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and
behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust
it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And
Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my
God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen
me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen,
and yet have believed. And many other signs truly did Jesus
in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in
this book: but these are written, that ye might believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye
might have life through his name.
The Conversion of Saint Paul.
[January 25.]
The Collect.
O GOD, who, through the preaching of the blessed
Apostle Saint Paul, hast caused the light of the Gospel
to shine throughout the world; Grant, we beseech thee,
that we, having his wonderful conversion in remembrance,
may show forth our thankfulness unto thee for the same,
by following the holy doctrine which he taught; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Acts ix. 1.
AND Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter
against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high
priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the syna-
gogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they
were men or women, he might bring them bound unto
Jerusalem. And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus:
and suddenly there shined round about him a light from
heaven: and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying

unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he
said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus
whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against
the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord,
what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto
him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee
what thou must do. And the men which journeyed with
him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were
opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand,
and brought him into Damascus. And he was three days
without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. And there
was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and
to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Be-
hold, I am here, Lord. And the Lord said unto him, Arise,
and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire
in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for,
behold, he prayeth, and hath seen in a vision a man named
Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he
might receive his sight. Then Ananias answered, Lord, I
have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath
done to thy saints at Jeru-salem: and here he hath authority
from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. But
the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen ves-
sel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings,
and the children of Israel: for I will shew him how great
things he must suffer for my name’s sake. And Ananias
went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his
hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that
appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent
me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with
the Holy Ghost. And immediately there fell from his eyes
as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and
arose, and was baptized. And when he had received meat,

he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the
disciples which were at Damascus. And straightway he
preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of
God. But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not
this he that destroyed them which called on this name in
Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might
bring them bound unto the chief priests? But Saul increased
the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which
dwelt at Damas-cus, proving that this is very Christ.
The Gospel. St. Matthew xix. 27.
PETER answered and said unto Jesus, Behold, we have
forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have
therefore? And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto
you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration
when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory,
ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve
tribes of Israel. And every one that hath forsaken houses,
or breth-ren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or chil-
dren, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundred-
fold, and shall inherit everlasting life. But many that are first
shall be last; and the last shall be first.
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple,
commonly called
The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin.
[February 2.]
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY and everliving God, we humbly beseech
thy Majesty, that, as thy only-begotten Son was this
day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so
we may be presented unto thee with pure and clean hearts,
by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For the Epistle. Malachi iii. 1.
BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall pre-
pare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek,
shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of
the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come,
saith the LORD of hosts. But who may abide the day of his
coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he
is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ sope: and he shall sit
as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the
sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they
may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. Then
shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto
the LORD , as in the days of old, and as in former years.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be
a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adul-
terers, and against false swearers, and against those that op-
press the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the father-
less, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and
fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 22.
AND when the days of her purification according to the
law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him
to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; (as it is written
in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb
shall be called holy to the Lord;) and to offer a sacrifice
according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A
pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons. And, behold,
there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon;
and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the con-
solation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And
it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should
not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And

he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the par-
ents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the
custom of the law, then took he him up in his arms, and
blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant de-
part in peace, accord-ing to thy word: for mine eyes have
seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the
face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the
glory of thy people Israel. And Joseph and his mother
marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. And
Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Be-
hold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many
in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (yea,
a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the
thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. And there was
one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the
tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an
husband seven years from her virginity; and she was a widow
of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from
the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night
and day. And she coming in that instant gave thanks like-
wise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked
for redemption in Jerusalem. And when they had per-
formed all things according to the law of the Lord, they
returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. And the
child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom:
and the grace of God was upon him.
Saint Matthias the Apostle.
[February 24.]
The Collect.
O ALMIGHTY God, who into the place of the traitor
Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias to
be of the number of the twelve Apostles; Grant that thy

Church, being alway preserved from false Apostles, may be
ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Acts i. 15.
IN those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples,
and said, (the number of names together were about an
hundred and twenty,) Men and brethren, this scripture must
needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the
mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was
guide to them that took Jesus. For he was numbered with
us, and had obtained part of this ministry. Now this man
purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling
headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels
gushed out. And it was known unto all the dwellers at
Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper
tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. For it
is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be des-
olate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let
another take. Wherefore of these men which have com-
panied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in
and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John,
unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one
be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was
surnamed Justus, and Matthias. And they prayed, and said,
Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew
whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take
part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by
transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. And
they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias;
and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

The Gospel. St. Matthew xi. 25.
AT that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast
hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast re-
vealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for so it seemed
good in thy sight. All things are delivered unto me of my
Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father;
neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he
to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Come unto me, all
ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am
meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your
souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
The Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary.
[March 25.]
The Collect.
WE beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our
hearts; that, as we have known the incarnation of
thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel, so by his
cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory of
his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
For the Epistle. Isaiah vii. 10.
MOREOVER the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either
in the depth, or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will
not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD . And he said, Hear
ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to
weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Therefore the
Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall
conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse
the evil, and choose the good.
The Gospel. St. Luke i. 26.
AND in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent
from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to
a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the
house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And the
angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly
favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among
women. And when she saw him, she was troubled at his
saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this
should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for
thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt
conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call
his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the
Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him
the throne of his father David: and he shall reign over the
house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be
no end. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be,
seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said
unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the
power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also
that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called
the Son of God. And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath
also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth
month with her, who was called barren. For with God noth-
ing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the hand-
maid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.
And the angel departed from her.

Saint Mark the Evangelist.
[April 25.]
The Collect.
O ALMIGHTY God, who hast instructed thy holy
Church with the heavenly doctrine of thy Evangelist
Saint Mark; Give us grace that, being not like children
carried away with every blast of vain doctrine, we may be
established in the truth of thy holy Gospel; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Ephesians iv. 7.
UNTO every one of us is given grace according to the
measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith,
When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive,
and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it
but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the
earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up
far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he
gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evan-
gelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting
of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edify-
ing of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of
the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a
perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness
of Christ: that we henceforth be no more children, tossed
to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine,
by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby
they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love,
may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even
Christ: from whom the whole body fitly joined together
and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, accord-
ing to the effectual working in the measure of every part,

maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in
love.
The Gospel. St. John xv. 1.
I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh
away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth
it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean
through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in
me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye
abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that
abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much
fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide
not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered;
and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and
they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide
in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much
fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved
me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye
keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even
as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in
his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my
joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles.
[May 1.]
The Collect.
O ALMIGHTY God, whom truly to know is everlast-
ing life; Grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus
Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life; that, follow-
ing the steps of thy holy Apostles, Saint Philip and Saint

James, we may stedfastly walk in the way that leadeth to
eternal life; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. St. James i. 1.
JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greet-
ing. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers
temp-tations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith
worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work,
that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any
of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all
men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given
him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that
wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind
and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive
any thing of the Lord. A double-minded man is unstable
in all his ways. Let the brother of low degree rejoice in
that he is exalted: but the rich, in that he is made low:
because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For
the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it with-
ereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the
grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich
man fade away in his ways. Blessed is the man that en-
dureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive
the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them
that love him.
The Gospel. St. John xiv. 1.
AND Jesus said unto his disciples, Let not your heart be
troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In
my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I
would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And
if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and

receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may
be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou
goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto
him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh
unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should
have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know
him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew
us the Father, and it suffice thus. Jesus saith unto him, Have
I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known
me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father;
and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Believest
thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the
words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but
the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Be-
lieve me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me:
or else believe me for the very works’ sake. Verily, verily,
I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I
do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he
do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall
ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be
glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name,
I will do it.
Saint Barnabas the Apostle.
[June 11.]
The Collect.
O LORD God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy
Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Ghost;
Leave us not, we beseech thee, destitute of thy manifold
gifts, nor yet of grace to use them alway to thy honour and
glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For the Epistle. Acts xi. 22.
TIDINGS of these things came unto the ears of the
church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth
Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. Who, when
he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and ex-
horted them all, that with purpose of heart they would
cleave unto the Lord. For he was a good man, and full of
the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added
unto the Lord. Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to
seek Saul: and when he had found him, he brought him
unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they
assembled themselves with the church, and taught much
people. And the disciples were called Christians first in
Antioch. And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem
unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them named
Agabus, and signified by the spirit that there should be
great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass
in the days of Claudius Cæsar. Then the disciples, every
man according to his ability, determined to send relief un-
to the brethren which dwelt in Judæa: which also they
did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and
Saul.
The Gospel. St. John xv. 12.
THIS is my commandment, That ye love one another,
as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my
friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth
I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what
his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things
that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto
you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and
ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and

that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask
of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Saint John Baptist.
[June 24.]
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, by whose providence thy servant
John Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to pre-
pare the way of thy Son our Saviour by preaching repent-
ance; Make us so to follow his doctrine and holy life, that
we may truly repent according to his preaching; and after
his example constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice,
and patiently suffer for the truth’s sake; through the same
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Isaiah xl. 1.
COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her,
that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is par-
doned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for
all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the des-
ert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the
crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh
shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath
spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I
cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as
the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower
fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it:
surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower
fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. O

Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high
mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up
thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto
the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Behold, the Lord
God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for
him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before
him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather
the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and
shall gently lead those that are with young.
The Gospel. St. Luke i. 57.
ELISABETH’S full time came that she should be de-
livered; and she brought forth a son. And her neigh-
bours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed
great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. And it
came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circum-
cise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the
name of his father. And his mother answered and said, Not
so; but he shall be called John. And they said unto her,
There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
And they made signs to his father, how he would have him
called. And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying,
His name is John. And they marvelled all. And his mouth
was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he
spake, and praised God. And fear came on all that dwelt
round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad
throughout all the hill country of Judæa. And all they that
heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What
manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord
was with him. And his father Zacharias was filled with the
Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, Blessed be the Lord
God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
and hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house
of his servant David; as he spake by the mouth of his holy

prophets, which have been since the world began: that we
should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of
all that hate us; to perform the mercy promised to our
fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; the oath which
he sware to our father Abraham, that he would grant unto
us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies
might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness
before him, all the days of our life. And thou, child, shalt
be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go
before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; to give
knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of
their sins, through the tender mercy of our God; whereby
the day-spring from on high hath visited us, to give light
to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to
guide our feet into the way of peace. And the child grew,
and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the
day of his shewing unto Israel.
Saint Peter the Apostle.
[June 29.]
The Collect.
O ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst
give to thy Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts,
and commandedst him earnestly to feed thy flock; Make, we
beseech thee, all Bishops and Pastors diligently to preach
thy holy Word, and the people obediently to follow the
same, that they may receive the crown of everlasting glory;
through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Acts xii. 1.
ABOUT that time Herod the king stretched forth his
hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed
James the brother of John with the sword. And because

he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take
Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison,
and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep
him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the
people. Peter there-fore was kept in prison: but prayer was
made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same
night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound
with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the
prison. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him,
and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on
the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And
his chains fell off from his hands. And the angel said unto
him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did.
And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and
follow me. And he went out, and followed him; and wist
not that it was true which was done by the angel; but
thought he saw a vision. When they were past the first and
the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that lead-
eth unto the city; which opened to them of his own ac-
cord: and they went out, and passed on through one street;
and forthwith the angel departed from him. And when
Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety,
that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me
out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of
the people of the Jews.
The Gospel. St. Matthew xvi. 13.
WHEN Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi,
he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say
that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that
thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jere-
mias or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom

say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said,
Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And
Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon
Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee,
but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto
thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build
my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against
it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of
heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be
bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven.
Saint James the Apostle.
[July 25.]
The Collect.
GRANT, O merciful God, that, as thine holy Apostle
Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had,
without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son
Jesus Christ, and followed him; so we, forsaking all worldly
and carnal affections, may be evermore ready to follow thy
holy commandments; through the same Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Acts xi. 27, and part of Chap. xii.
IN these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto An-
tioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus,
and signified by the spirit that there should be great dearth
throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days
of Claudius Cæsar. Then the disciples, every man according
to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren
which dwelt in Judæa: which also they did, and sent it to
the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. Now about
that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex

certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John
with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he
proceeded further to take Peter also.
The Gospel. St. Matthew xx. 20.
THEN came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children
with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain
thing of him. And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She
saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the
one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy king-
dom. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask.
Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to
be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They
say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall
drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism
that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and
on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them
for whom it is prepared of my Father. And when the ten
heard it, they were moved with indignation against the
two brethren. But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye
know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion
over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon
them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will
be great among you, let him be your minister; and who-
soever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto,
but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
The Transfiguration of Christ.
[August 6.]
The Collect.
O GOD, who on the mount didst reveal to chosen wit-
nesses thine only-begotten Son wonderfully transfig-

ured, in raiment white and glistering; Mercifully grant that
we, being delivered from the disquietude of this world, may
be permitted to behold the King in his beauty, who with
thee, O Father, and thee, O Holy Ghost, liveth and reign-
eth, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle. 2 St. Peter i. 13.
I THINK it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to
stir you up by putting you in remembrance; knowing
that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our
Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. Moreover I will en-
deavour that ye may be able after my decease to have
these things always in remembrance. For we have not fol-
lowed cunning-ly devised fables, when we made known
unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from
God the Father honour and glory, when there came such
a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my be-
loved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice
which came from heaven we heard, when we were with
him in the holy mount.
The Gospel. St. Luke ix. 28.
AND it came to pass about an eight days after these
sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went
up into a mountain to pray. And as he prayed, the fashion
of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white
and glistering. And, behold, there talked with him two
men, which were Moses and Elias: who appeared in glory,
and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at
Jeru-salem. But Peter and they that were with him were
heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his
glory, and the two men that stood with him. And it came
to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus,

Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three
tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for
Elias: not knowing what he said. While he thus spake,
there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they
feared as they entered into the cloud. And there came a
voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son:
hear him. And when the voice was past, Jesus was found
alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those
days any of those things which they had seen.
Saint Bartholomew the Apostle.
[August 24.]
The Collect.
O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who didst give to
thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and
to preach thy Word; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy
Church, to love that Word which he believed, and both
to preach and receive the same; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Acts v. 12.
BY the hands of the apostles were many signs and won-
ders wrought among the people; (and they were all
with one accord in Solomon’s porch. And of the rest durst
no man join himself to them: but the people magnified
them. And believers were the more added to the Lord,
multitudes both of men and women.) Insomuch that they
brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on
beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter pass-
ing by might overshadow some of them. There came also
a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem,
bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with un-
clean spirits: and they were healed every one.

The Gospel. St. Luke xxii. 24.
AND there was also a strife among them, which of them
should be accounted the greatest. And he said unto
them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over
them; and they that exercise authority upon them are
called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is
greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that
is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he
that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sit-
teth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. Ye
are they which have continued with me in my temptations.
And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath ap-
pointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in
my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes
of Israel.
Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist.
[September 21.]
The Collect.
O ALMIGHTY God, who by thy blessed Son didst call
Matthew from the receipt of custom to be an Apostle
and Evangelist; Grant us grace to forsake all covetous de-
sires, and inordinate love of riches, and to follow the same
thy Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee
and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle. 2 Corinthians iv. 1.
THEREFORE seeing we have this ministry, as we have
received mercy, we faint not; but have renounced the
hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor
handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifesta-
tion of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s
conscience in the sight of God. But if our gospel be hid, it

is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world
hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the
light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of
God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves,
but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for
Jesus’ sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine
out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light
of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus
Christ.
The Gospel. St. Matthew ix. 9.
AND as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man,
named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and
he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed
him. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house,
behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with
him and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they
said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with pub-
licans and sinners? But when Jesus heard that, he said unto
them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they
that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will
have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the
righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Saint Michael and all Angels.
[September 29.]
The Collect.
O EVERLASTING God, who hast ordained and con-
stituted the services of Angels and men in a wonder-
ful order; Mercifully grant that, as thy holy Angels always
do thee service in heaven, so, by thy appointment, they
may succour and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

For the Epistle. Revelation xii. 7.
THERE was war in heaven: Michael and his angels
fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought
and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place
found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast
out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which de-
ceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth,
and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud
voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength,
and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ:
for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused
them before our God day and night. And they overcame
him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their
testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them.
Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the
devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because
he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
The Gospel. St. Matthew xviii. 1.
AT the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying,
Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And
Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the
midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye
be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not
enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore
shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest
in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one
such little child in my name receiveth me. But whoso shall
offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were
better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck,
and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe
unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be

that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the
offence cometh! Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend
thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for
thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having
two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. And
if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee:
it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather
than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire. Take heed
that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto
you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face
of my Father which is in heaven.
Saint Luke the Evangelist.
[October 18.]
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who didst inspire thy servant Saint
Luke the Physician, to set forth in the Gospel the
love and healing power of thy Son; Manifest in thy Church
the like power and love, to the healing of our bodies and
our souls; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Epistle. 2 Timothy iv. 5.
WATCH thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the
work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy min-
istry. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my
de-parture is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have
finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there
is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord,
the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to
me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: for Demas
hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is
departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto

Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring
him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. The cloke that I left
at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee,
and the books, but especially the parchments. Alexander
the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him
according to his works: of whom be thou ware also; for he
hath greatly withstood our words.
The Gospel. St. Luke x. 1.
THE Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them
two and two before his face into every city and place,
whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto
them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few:
pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would
send forth labourers into his harvest. Go your ways: behold,
I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry neither
purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to
this house. And if the son of peace be there, your peace
shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. And in
the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as
they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire.
Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles.
[October 28.]
The Collect.
O ALMIGHTY God, who hast built thy Church upon
the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus
Christ himself being the head corner-stone; Grant us so
to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine,
that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Ephesians ii. 19.
NOW therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners,
but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the house-
hold of God; and are built upon the foundation of the
apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief
corner-stone; in whom all the building fitly framed together
groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: in whom ye
also are builded together for an habitation of God through
the Spirit.
The Gospel. St. John xv. 17.
THESE things I command you, that ye love one another.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me be-
fore it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would
love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I
have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world
hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The
servant is not greater than his lord. If they have perse-
cuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept
my saying, they will keep your’s also. But all these things
will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they
know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken
unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no
cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father
also. If I had not done among them the works which none
other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they
both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this com-
eth to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written
in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the
Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the
Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from
the Father, he shall testify of me: and ye also shall bear
witness, because ye have been with me from the begin-
ning.

All Saints’ Day.
[November 1.]
The Collect.
O ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together thine elect
in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical
body of thy Son Christ our Lord; Grant us grace so to
follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living,
that we may come to those unspeakable joys which thou
hast prepared for those who unfeignedly love thee; through
the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout the Octave.
For the Epistle. Revelation vii. 2.
AND I saw another angel ascending from the east, hav-
ing the seal of the living God: and he cried with
a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given
to hurt the earth and the sea, saying, Hurt not the earth,
neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the ser-
vants of our God in their foreheads. And I heard the num-
ber of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an
hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the
children of Israel.
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no
man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and peoples,
and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb,
clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and
cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the
angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders
and the four living creatures, and fell before the throne on
their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen: Blessing,
and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and

power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever.
Amen.
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What
are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence
came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he
said to me, These are they which came out of great tribu-
lation, and have washed their robes, and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the
throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple:
and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither
shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb
which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall
lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes.
The Gospel. St. Matthew v. 1.
JESUS seeing the multitudes, went up into a mountain:
and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: and
he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed
are the poor in spirit: for their’s is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comfort-
ed. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteous-
ness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for
they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for
they shall see God. Blessed are the peace-makers: for they
shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which
are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for their’s is the
kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile
you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil
against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding
glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted
they the prophets which were before you.

A Saint’s Day
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost enkindle the
flame of thy love in the hearts of the Saints; Grant
to us, thy humble servants, the same faith and power of
love; that, as we rejoice in their triumphs, we may profit
by their examples; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶ Or this.
O ALMIGHTY God, who hast called us to faith in thee,
and hast compassed us about with so great a cloud of
witnesses; Grant that we, encouraged by the good examples
of thy Saints, and especially of thy servant [Saint —— ],
may persevere in running the race that is set before us,
until at length, through thy mercy, we, with them, attain to
thine eternal joy; through him who is the author and fin-
isher of our faith, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Hebrews xii. 1.
SEEING we also are compassed about with so great a
cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and
the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with
patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus
the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that
was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame,
and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
The Gospel. St. Matthew xxv. 31.
WHEN the Son of man shall come in his glory, and
all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon
the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered
all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as
a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: and he shall

set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come,
ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred,
and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed
me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye
came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, say-
ing, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or
thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger,
and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when
saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And
the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto
you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of
these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Feast of the Dedication of a Church.
The Collect.
O GOD, whom year by year we praise for the dedica-
tion of this church; Hear, we beseech thee, the prayers
of thy people, and grant that whosoever shall worship be-
fore thee in this place, may obtain thy merciful aid and
protection; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 St. Peter ii. 1.
LAYING aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and
envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes, desire
the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. To whom
coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men,
but chosen of God, and precious, ye also, as lively stones,
are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up
spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

The Gospel. St. Matthew xxi. 12.
JESUS went into the temple of God, and cast out all them
that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the
tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that
sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, My house
shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a
den of thieves. And the blind and the lame came to him
in the temple; and he healed them. And when the chief
priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did,
and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna
to the son of David; they were sore displeased, and said
unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith
unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of
babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
The Ember Days
At the Four Seasons.
The Collect.
O ALMIGHTY God, who hast committed to the hands
of men the ministry of reconciliation; We humbly
beseech thee, by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, to put
it into the hearts of many to offer themselves for this min-
istry; that thereby mankind may be drawn to thy blessed
kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Acts xiii. 44.
THE next sabbath day came almost the whole city to-
gether to hear the word of God. But when the Jews
saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake
against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradict-
ing and blaspheming. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold,
and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first
have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you,

and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we
turn to the Gentiles. For so hath the Lord com-manded us,
saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gen-tiles, that
thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and
glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained
to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was pub-
lished throughout all the region.
The Gospel. St. Luke iv. 16.
JESUS came to Nazareth, where he had been brought
up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue
on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was
delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And
when he had opened the book, he found the place where
it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because
he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he
hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliver-
ance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the ac-
ceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he
gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes
of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on
him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this
scripture fulfilled in your ears.
The Rogation Days
Being the Three Days before Ascension Day.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, Lord of heaven and earth; We be-
seech thee to pour forth thy blessing upon this land,
and to give us a fruitful season; that we, constantly re-
ceiving thy bounty, may evermore give thanks unto thee

in thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Ezekiel xxxiv. 25.
I WILL make with them a covenant of peace, and will
cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they
shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
And I will make them and the places round about my hill a
blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his
season; there shall be showers of blessing. And the tree of
the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her
increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know
that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their
yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that
served themselves of them. And they shall no more be a
prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land de-
vour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make
them afraid. And I will raise up for them a plant of re-
nown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger
in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any
more. Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am
with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my
people, saith the Lord God. And ye my flock, the flock of
my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord
God.
The Gospel. St. Luke xi. 5.
JESUS said unto them, Which of you shall have a
friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto
him, Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine in
his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set be-
fore him? and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble
me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with
me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you,
Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his

friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give
him as many as he needeth. And I say unto you, Ask, and
it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it
shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh re-
ceiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any
of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he
ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? or if he
shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then,
being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your chil-
dren: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the
Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Independence Day.
[July 4.]
The Collect.
O ETERNAL God, through whose mighty power our
fathers won their liberties of old; Grant, we beseech
thee, that we and all the people of this land may have grace
to maintain these liberties in righteousness and peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Deuteronomy x. 17.
THE LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords,
a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regard-
eth not persons, nor taketh reward: he doth execute the
judg-ment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the
stranger, in giving him food and raiment. Love ye there-
fore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of
Egypt. Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou
serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee
these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.

The Gospel. St. Matthew v. 43.
JESUS said, Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But
I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse
you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them
which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye
may be the children of your Father which is in heaven:
for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good,
and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye
love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not
even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your breth-
ren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the
publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father
which is in heaven is perfect.
Thanksgiving Day
¶ Instead of the Venite, the following shall be said or sung.
O PRAISE the LORD , for it is a good thing to sing praises
unto our God; * yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to
be thankful.
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem, * and gather together
the outcasts of Israel.
He healeth those that are broken in heart, * and giveth
medicine to heal their sickness.
O sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; * sing praises
upon the harp unto our God:
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth
rain for the earth; * and maketh the grass to grow upon the
mountains, and herb for the use of men;
Who giveth fodder unto the cattle, * and feedeth the
young ravens that call upon him.
Praise the LORD , O Jerusalem; * praise thy God, O Sion.

For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates, * and hath
blessed thy children within thee.
He maketh peace in thy borders, * and filleth thee with
the flour of wheat.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the
Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, *
world without end. Amen.
The Collect.
O MOST merciful Father, who hast blessed the labours
of the husbandman in the returns of the fruits of the
earth; We give thee humble and hearty thanks for this thy
bounty; beseeching thee to continue thy loving-kindness
to us, that our land may still yield her increase, to thy glory
and our comfort; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. St. James i. 16.
DO not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and
every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down
from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with
the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of
his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every
man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: for the
wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naught-
iness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which
is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and
not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be
a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man
be-holding his natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth him-
self, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what
manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect

law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a for-
getful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be
blessed in his deed. If any man among you seem to be re-
ligious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own
heart, this man’s religion is vain. Pure religion and un-
defiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the
fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep him-
self unspotted from the world.
The Gospel. St. Matthew vi. 25.
JESUS said, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what
ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, 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 bet-
ter than they? Which of you by being anxious can add one
cubit unto the measure of his life? And why are ye anx-
ious 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 ar-
rayed 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? There-fore be not anxious, 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 heaven-ly 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. Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the
morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof.

At a Marriage.
The Collect.
O ETERNAL God, we humbly beseech thee, favoura-
bly to behold these thy servants now (or about to be)
joined in wedlock according to thy holy ordinance; and
grant that they, seeking first thy kingdom and thy right-
eousness, may obtain the manifold blessings of thy grace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Ephesians v. 20.
GIVE thanks always for all things unto God and the
Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; submit-
ting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives,
submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the
Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as
Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of
the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ,
so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the
church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and
cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he
might present it to himself a glorious church, not having
spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be
holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their
wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth
himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but
nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his
bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,
and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be
one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning
Christ and the church. Nevertheless let every one of you in

particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see
that she reverence her husband.
The Gospel. St. Matthew xix. 4.
JESUS 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 to-
gether, let not man put asunder.
At the Burial of the Dead.
The Collect.
O ETERNAL Lord God, who holdest all souls in life;
Vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to thy whole Church in
paradise and on earth, thy light and thy peace; and grant
that we, following the good examples of those who have
served thee here and are now at rest, may at the last enter
with them into thine unending joy; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
¶ Or this.
O GOD, whose mercies cannot be numbered; Accept
our prayers on behalf of the soul of thy servant de-
parted, and grant him an entrance into the land of light and
joy, in the fellowship of thy saints; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 Thessalonians iv. 13.
I WOULD not have you to be ignorant, brethren, con-
cerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even
as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus

will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the
word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto
the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are
asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the
trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then
we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and
so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one
another with these words.
The Gospel. St. John vi. 37.
JESUS said unto them, All that the Father giveth me shall
come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no
wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do
mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this
is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he
hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up
again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent
me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on
him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at
the last day.