From the Book of Common Praper.

MORNING PRAYER. The Lord's Prayer. Give us this day our daily bread.

Prayer of St. Chrysostom.......Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them ;...... LITANY.......In all time of our wealth Good Lord, deliver us.

COLLECT for the Circumcision of Christ..... Grant us the true circumcision of the Spirit, that our hearts and all our members being mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts, we may in all things obey thy blessed will,......

For Quinguagesima Sunday. O Lord, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth; Send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace, and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee:.....

For the second Sunday in Lent. 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.

For Easter-Day. 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,....

For the fourth Sunday after Easter. 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 that thou commandest, 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.

For the fifth Sunday after Easter. 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 be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

For the fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. Almighty and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity ;......

For the eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. Lord, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil; and with pure hearts and minds to fol

low thee the only God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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For St. Matthew the Apostle. 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 desires, 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.

COMMUNION. Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit; that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy name, through Christ our Lord.

PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS. Then shall the Priest speak unto the Godfathers and Godmothers on this wise......I demand, therefore, Dost thou, in the name of this child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous désires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou will not follow, nor be led by them?

Answer. I renounce them all.

Then shall the Priest say, O merciful God, grant that the old Adam in this child may be so buried that the new man may be raised up in him. Amen.

Grant that all carnal affections may die in him,

and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in him. Amen.

CATECHISM. Question. What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for you?

Answer. They did promise and vow three things in my name: First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh:......

Quest. What is thy duty towards thy neighbour?

Answ. My duty towards my neighbour, is to love him as myself, and to do to all men as I would they should do unto me:...... Not to covet, nor desire other men's goods; but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living, and to do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me.

From the Thirty-nine Articles.

ARTICLE XXXVIII.

Of Christian Men's Goods, which are not

common.

The riches and goods of Christians are not common, as touching the right, title, and posses

sion of the same, as certain Anabaptists do falsely boast. Notwithstanding, every man ought, of such things as he possesseth, liberally to give alms to the poor according to his ability.

CRANMER'S CATECHISM.

The Ninth and Tenth Commandments, good children, be, as it were, brief commentaries and expositions of the other Commandments, that were spoken of before. For they declare unto us, that it is not enough to keep the former Commandments in outward works, and not to hurt our neighbour, neither in his body, wife, goods, fame, name, or estimation; but they declare also, that we ought not to covet or desire any