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For Deliverance from great Sickness 10 Lord, and full of compassion and Mortality. to the children of men. May his LORD God, who hast wound-heart be duly impressed with a ed us for our sins, and con-eurse of thy merciful goodness, sumed us for our transgressions, and may he devote the residue of by thy late heavy and dreadful his days to an humble, holy, and visitation; and now, in the midst of obedient walking before thee, Judgment remembering mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord hast redeemed our souls from the Amen. jaws of death; we offer unto thy fatherly goodness ourselves, our souls and bodies, which thou hast delivered, to be a living sacrifice unto thee; always praising and magnifying thy mercies in the midst of thy Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord.. Amen.

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For a safe Return from Sea.

MOST gracious Lord, whose

mercy is over all thy works; we praise thy holy name, that thou hast been pleased to conduct in safety, through the perils of the great deep, this thy servant, who now desireth to return his thanks unto thee, in thy holy

we bless thy name, that thou hast of thy merciful providence tobeen pleased to deliver from his wards him, and ever express his bodily sickness this thy servant, thankfulness by a holy trust in who now desireth to return thanks thee, and obedience to thy laws, unto thee, in the presence of all through Jesus Christ our Lord. thy people. Gracious art thou,Amen.

THE

COLLECTS, EPISTLES, AND GOSPELS,

To be used throughout the Year.

The first Sunday in Advent,

The Collect.

This Collect is to be repeated every Day, with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas-day.

The Epistle. Rom. xiii. 8.

ALMIGHTY God, git away that cast away WE no man thing, but to the works of darkness, and put love one another; for he that upon us the armour of light, now loveth another hath fulfilled the in the time of this mortal life, in law. For this, Thou shalt not which thy Son Jesus Christ came commit adultery, Thou shalt not to visit us in great humility; that kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou in the last day, when he shall shalt not bear false witness, Thou come again in his glorious Ma- shalt not covet; and if there be jesty to judge both the quick and any other commandment, it is dead, we may rise to the life im- briefly comprehended in this saymortal, through him who livething, namely, Thou shalt love thy and reigneth with thee and the neighbour as thyself. Love workHoly Ghost, now and ever. eth no ill to his neighbour; thereAmen. fore love is the fulfilling of the

law. And that, knowing the time, | This is Jesus the Prophet of Nathat now it is high time to awake zareth of Galilee. And Jesus out of sleep; for now is our sal- went into the temple of God, and vation nearer than when we be- cast out all them that sold and lieved. The night is far spent, bought in the temple, and overthe day is at hand; let us there- threw the tables of the moneyfore cast off the works of dark-changers, and the seats of them ness, and let us put on the armour that sold doves, and said unto of light. Let us walk honestly, them, It is written, My house shall as in the day; not in rioting and be called the house of prayer; but drunkenness, not in chambering ye have made it a den of thieves. and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not pro

vision for the flesh, to fulfil the

lusts thereof.

The Gospel St. Mått. xxi. 1.

WHEN they drew nigh unto

The second Sunday in Advent.

The Collect.

Bcaused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; grant

LESSED Lord, who hast

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. Rom. xv. 4. WHATSOEVER things were

written aforetime, were

Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village 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 written for our learning; that we, done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an 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 sat 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 before, 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,

ass.

through patience, and comfort of the Scriptures, might have hope. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like minded one towards 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 circumcision, 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 confess 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 Jeople. And

ther and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen The Epistle. 1 Cor. iv. 1.

ET 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

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels

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 thing, that I should be judged of sun, and in the moon, and in you, or of man's judgment: yea, the stars; and upon the earth dis- I judge not mine own self, for tress of nations, with perplexity; I know nothing by myself, yet the sea and the waves roaring; am I not hereby justified; but he men's hearts failing them for fear, that judgeth me is the Lord. 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 of the hearts: and then shall 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 figtree, and all the trees; when they now shootforth, 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.

every man have praise of God. The Gospel. St. Matt. xi. 2.

OW 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 show 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 of fended in me. And as they de The third Sunday in Advent. parted, Jesus began to say unto The Collect. the multitudes concerning John, LORD Jesus Christ, who at What went ye out into the wilthy first coming didst send derness to see? A reed shaken thy messenger to prepare thy way with the wind? But what went before thee; grant that the Mi-ye out for to see? A man clothed nisters and Stewards of thy mys-in soft raiment? Behold, they that teries may likewise so prepare and wear soft clothing are in kings' make ready thy way, by turning houses. But what went ye out the hearts of the disobedient to for to see? A prophet? yea, I say the wisdom of the just, that, at unto you, and more than a prothy second coming to judge the phet. For this is he of whom it world, we may be found an ac-is written, Behold, I send my mesceptable people in thy sight, who senger before thy face, which shall divest and reignest with the Fa-prepare thy way before thee.

The fourth Sunday in Advent.

The Collect:

with water; but there standeth one among you, whom ye know LORD, raise up, we pray not; he it is, who, coming after thee, thy power, and come me, is preferred before me, among us, and with great might whose shoes' latchet I am not succourus; that whereas, through worthy to unloose. These things our sins and wickedness, we are were done in Bethabara, beyond sore let and hindered in running Jordan, where John was bapthe race that is set before us, thy tizing. bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us, through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord: to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be honour

and glory, world without end.

Amen.

The Epistle. Phil. iv. 4.

REJOICE in the Lord alway;

The Nativity of our Lord, or the Birth-day of Christ, commonly called 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

and again I say, Rejoice. Let a pure Virgin; grant that we, be your moderation be known unto ing regenerate and made thy all men. The Lord is at hand. children by adoption and grace, Be careful for nothing; but in may daily be renewed by thy Ho every thing by prayer and sup-ly Spirit, through the same our plication, with thanksgiving, let Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and your requests be made known reigneth with thee and the same unto God. And the peace of Spirit, ever one God, world with God, which passeth all under-out end. Amen. standing, shall keep your hearts stad minds through Christ Jesus Gowdivers manners, spake The Epistle. Heb. i. 1. OD, who, at sundry times, The Gospel. St. John i. 19. andi THIS is the record of John in time past unto the fathers, by when the Jews sent Priests the prophets, hath in these last and Levites from Jerusalem to days spoken unto us by his Son, ask him, Who art thou? And whom he hath appointed heir of he confessed, and denied not; all things, by whom also he made but confessed, I am not the Christ. the worlds; who being the bright And they asked him, What then? ness of his glory, and the express Art thou Elias? And he saith, I image of his person, and uphold. am not. Art thou that Prophet? ing all things by the word of his And he answered, No. Then said power, when he had by himself they unto him, Who art thou? purged our sins, sat down on the that we may give an answer to right hand of the Majesty on high; them that sent us: What sayest being made so much better than thou of thyself? He said, I am the the angels, as he hath by inheritvoice of one crying in the wil-ance obtained a more excellent derness, Make straight the way name than they. For unto which of the Lord, as said the prophet of the angels said he at any time, Esaias. And they which were Thou art my Son, this day have sent were of the Pharisees. And I begotten thee? And again, I they asked him, and said unto will be to him a Father, and he him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that Prophet? John answered them, saying, I baptize

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

The Sunday after Christmas-day.
The Collect.

worship him. And of the angels God. And the Word was made he saith, Who maketh his angels flesh, and dwelt among us, (and spirits, and his ministers a flame we beheld his glory, the glory as of fire. But unto the Son he of the only begotten of the Fasaith, Thy throne, O God, is for ther) full of grace and truth. ever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, 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.

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 regenerate 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. Gal. iv. 1.

long as he is a child, differ

In the beginning was the God; eth nothing from a servant, N the beginning was the Word, NOW I say, that the heir, as

and the Word was God. The though he be lord of all; but is same was in the beginning with under tutors and governors, unGod. All things were made by til the time appointed of the fahim; and without him was not ther. Even so we, when we were any thing made, that was made, children, were in bondage under In him was life, and the life was the elements of the world; but the light of men. And the light when the fulness of the time was shineth in darkness, and the dark-come, God sent forth his Son, ness comprehended it not. There made of a woman, made under was a man sent from God, whose the law, to redeem them that name was John: The same came were under the law, that we for a witness, to bear witness of might receive the adoption of the light, that all men through sons. And, because ye are sons, 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, Bor of the will of man, but of

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. Matt. 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 willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her a

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