we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that thofe things which we afk faithfully, we may obtain effectually, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The Epiffle. Phil. 3. 17. Rethren, be followers toge

who walk fo as ye have us for an enfam p'e. For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the Crofs of Chrift, whofe end is deftruction, whofe God is their belly, and whofe glory is in their thame, who mind earthly things. For our converfation is in hea. ven; from whence alfo we look for the Saviour the Lord Jefus Chrift, who fhall change our vile body, that it may be fafhioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to fubdue all things unto himself.

The Gospel. S. Matth. 22. 15. T HEN went the Pharifees, and took counsel how they might entanele him in his talk. And they fent out unto him their difciples, with the Herodians, faying, Mafter, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, nei ther careft thou for any man: for thou regardeft not the perfon of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkeft thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cefar, or not? But Jelus perceived their wickedness, and faid, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a peny. And he faith unto them, Whofe is this image and fuperfcription They fay unto him, Cefar's, Then faith he unto them, Rende therefore unto Cefar the

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things which are Cefar's; and unto God, the things that are God's. When they had heard thefe words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their

way.

The four and twentieth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect.

Lord, we beseech thee abfolve thy people from their offences; that through thy bountitul goodnefs we may all be delivered from the bands of thofe fins, which by our frailty we have committed. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jefus Chrift's fake, our bleffed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

The Epifle. Col. 1. 3.

E give thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord

Jefus Chrift, praying always for you; fince we heard of your faith in Chrift Jefus, and of the love which ye have to all the faints; for the hope which is Jaid up for you in heaven,whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gofpel, which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth alfo in you, fince the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: As ye alfo learned of Epaphras our dear fellow-fervant, who is for you a faithful minifter of Chrift; who alfo declared unto us your love in the Spirit. For this caufe we alfo, fince the day we heard it, do not ceafe to pray for you, and to defire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and fpiritual understanding; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleafing; being fruitful in every good work, and increafing in the knowledge of God; ftrengthened with all might according to his glorious power,

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unto-all patience and long-fuffering, with joyfulness; giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the faints in light.

The Gospel. S Matth. 9. 18.

WHILE Jefus fpake these things unto John's difciples, 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 the fhalliive. And Jefus arofe, and followed him, and fo did his difciples. And behold a woman which was difeafed with an iffue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment. For fhe faid within her felf, If I may but touch his garment, I fhall be whole. But Jefus turned him about, and when he faw her, he faid, Daughter, be of good comfort, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. And when Jefus came into the ruler's houfe, and faw the minstrels and the people making a noife, he faid unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but fleepeth. And they laughed him to fcorn. But when the people were put forth, he went in and took her by the hand, and the maid arofe. And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.

The twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people, that they plenteoufly bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

For the Epiftle. Jer. 23. 5. the Lord, that I will raife Ehold, the days come, faith

unto David a righteous Branch, and a King fhall reign and profper, and fhall execute judgement and juftice in the earth. In his

days Judah fhall be faved, and Ifrael fhall dwell fafely; and this is his Name whereby he fhall be called, THE LORD OUR

RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore

behold, the days come, faith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth who brought up the children of Ifrael out of the land of Egypt; but, The Lord liveth, who brought up and who led the feed of the house of Ifrael out of the north country, and from all countries, whither I had driven them; and they fhall dwell in their own land.

The Gofpel. S. John 6. 5.

W his eyes, and faw a great

HEN Jefus then lift up

company come unto him, he faith unto Philip, Whence fhall we buy bread that thefe may eat? And this he faid to prove him: for he himfeif knew what he would do. Philip answered him, Two-hundred peny-worth of bread is not fufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his dif ciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, faith unto him, There is a lad here which hath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes, but what are they among fo many? And Jefus faid, make the men fit down. Now there was much grafs in the place. So the men fat down, in number about five thousand. And Jefus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distribut ed to the difciples, and the difci ples to them that were fet down; and likewife of the fifhes, as

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much as they would. When they were filled, he faid unto his difciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be loft. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley-loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then thofe men, when they had feen the miracle that Jefus did, faid, This is of a truth that prophet that fhould come into the world.

If there be any more Sundays before Advent Sunday, the Service of fome of thofe Sundays that were omitted after the Epiphany, shall be taken in, to supply so many as are bere wanting. And if there be fewer, the overplus may be omitted: Provided, that this laft Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, fhall always be used upon the Sunday next before Advent.

the Jew and the Greek: for the fame Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whofoever fhall call upon the Name of the Lord fhall be faved. How then all they call on him in whom they have not believed ? And how fhall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how fhall they hear without a preacher? And how fhall they preach except they be fent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that

and bring glad tidings of good preach the Gospel of peace, things! But they have not all obeyed the Gofpel. For Efaias faith, Lord, who hath believed our report? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. But I fay, Have they not heard? Yes ve. rily, their found went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. But I fay, Did not Ifrael know? First

faith,

to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. But Efaias is very bold, and faith, I was found of them that fought me not; I was made manifeft unto them that afked not after me. But to Ifrael he faith, All day long have I ftretched forth my hands unto a difobedient and gain-faying people.

The Gofpel S. Matth. 4. 18.

ESUS walking by the fea of

Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, cafting a net into the fea; for they were fishers. And he faith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fifhers of men. And they ftraightway left their nets, and followed him. And going on from thence he faw other two

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brethren, James the Son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a fhip with Zebedee their father mending their nets: and he called them. And they immediately left their fhip and their father, and followed him.

Saint Thomas the Apofle.
The Collect.

everliving

ALmighty and God, who for the more confirmation of the Faith, didit fuffer thy holy Apoftle Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son's refurrection: Grant us fo perfectly, and without all doubt to believe in thy Son Jefus Chrift, that our faith in thy fight may never be reproved. Hear us, O Lord, through the fame Jefus Chrift; to whom with thee and the Holy Ghoft, be all honour and glory, now and for evermore. Amen.

The Epiftle. Ephef. 2. 19. Now therefore ye are no more ftrangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with

the faints, and of the hole. hold of God; and are but upon the foundation of the Apoftles and Prophets, Jefus Chrift himfelf being the chief corner ftone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord in whom ye alfo are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

The Goffel. S. John 20. 24. Tailed' Didymus, was not Homas, one of the twelve, with them when Jefus came. The other difciples therefore faid unto him, We have seen the Lord, But he faid unto them, Except I fhall fee in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thruft my hand into his fide, I will not believe. And

after eight days again his difciples were within, and Thomas with them. Then came Jefus, the doors being fhut, and ftood in the midft, and faid, Peace be unto you. Then faith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands: and reach hither thy hand, and thruft it into my fide; and be not faithlefs, but believing. And Th. mas anfwered and faid unto him, My Lord and my God. Jefus faith unto him, Thomas, becaufe thou haft feen me, thou haft believ ed: bleffed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. And many other figns truly did Jefus in the prefence of his difciples, which are not written in this book. But thefe are written, that ye might believe that Jefus is the Chrift, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life through his Name.

The Converfion of Saint Paul.

The Colle&t.

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