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thorns, or figs of thiftles? Even fo 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 caft into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye fhall know them. Not every one that faith unto me, Lord, Lord, fhall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

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The ninth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

RANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the Spirit to think and do always fuch things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Rethren, I would not that ye fhould be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all paffed through the fea; and were all baptized unto Mofes in the cloud, and in the fea; and did all eat the fame spiritual meat, and did all drink the fame fpiritual drink: (for they drank of that fpiritual Rock that followed them; and that Rock was Chrift.) But with many of them God was not well pleafed; for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now thefe things were our examples, to the intent we should not

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On the COLLECT for the ninth Sunday after Trinity.

O Lord we beseech thee fo to endue us with thy holy spirit, that we may regulate all our thoughts and actions in fuch a manner as may prove agreeable to thee; and as thy grace is the fource from which all our good actions take their rife, we befcech thee to give us fuch a fufficient measure thereof, that we may be thereby enabled to acquit ourselves of those duties which it has been thy good pleafure to enjoin us; and this we I pray for the fake of Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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luft after evil things, as they also lufted. Neither be ye idolaters, as were fome of them; as it is written, The people fat down to eat and drink, and rofe up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as fome of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thoufand. Neither let us tempt Chrift, as fome of them alfo tempted, and were deftroyed of ferpents. Neither murmur ye, as fome of them alfo murmured, and were deftroyed of the deftroyer. Now all these things happened unto them 'for enfamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he ftandeth, take heed left he fall. There hath no temptation taken you, but fuch as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not fuffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation alfo make a way to efcape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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The Gofpel. St Luke xvi. 1.

ESUS faid unto his difciples, There was a certain rich man who had a fteward, and the fame was accufed unto him, that he had wafted his goods. And he called him, and faid unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? Give an account of thy ftewardship; for thou mayeft be no longer fteward. Then the fteward faid within himfelf, What fhall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the ftewardship: I cannot dig, to beg I am afhamed. I am refolved what to do, that when I am put out of the ftewardship, they may receive me into their houses. So he called every one of his lords debtors unto him, and faid unto the firft, How much oweft thou unto my lord? And he said, An hundred meafures of oil. And he faid unto him, Take thy bill, and fit down quickly, and write fifty. Then faid he to another, And how much oweft thou? And he faid, An hundred meafures of wheat. And he faid unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourfcore. And the lord commended the unjust fteward, because he had done wifely for the children of this world are in their generation wifer than the children of light. And I fay unto you, Make to yourfelves friends of the mammon of unrighteoufnefs; that when ye fail, they The may receive you into everlafting habitations.

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The tenth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

ET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble fervants; and that they may obtain their petitions, make them to ask fuch things as fhall please thee. through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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The Epistle.

I Cor. xii. 1.

Oncerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles carried away unto thefe dumb idols, even as ye were led. Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God, calleth Jefus accursed; and that no man can fay that Jefus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghoft. Now there are diverfities of gifts, but the fame Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the fame Lord. And there are diverfities of operations, but it is the fame God, who worketh all in all. But the manifeftation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wifdom; to another the word of knowledge by the fame Spirit, to another faith by the fame Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the fame Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another difcerning of fpirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues. But all thefe worketh that one and the felf-fame Spirit, dividing to every man feverally as he will.

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The Gofpel. St Luke xix. 41.

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On the COLLECT for the tenth Sunday after Trinity.

O Lord, we beseech thee that thou wouldst let the cars of thy mercy te opened unto the prayers of thy fervants, (Pfal. xxxiv. 15.) and to the end that their prayers may prove acceptable in thy fight, affill their devotions by the operation of thy holy fpirit, that the things they pray for may be confiftent with their duty, and fitting for them to afk; and this we beg for the fake of Jefus Chrift cur Lord. Amen.

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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 fhall come upon thee, that thine enemies fhall caft a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every fide, and fhall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee: and they fhall not leave in thee one stone upon another, because thou knewest not the time of thy vifitation. And he went into the temple, and began to caft out them that fold therein, and them that bought, faying unto them, It is written, My houfe is the houle 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.

God, who declareft thy Almighty power most chiefly in thewing mercy and pity; Mercifully grant unto us fuch 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 treafure, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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The Epiftle. 1 Cor. xv. 1.

Rethren, I declare unto you the Gofpel which I preached unto you, which alfo ye have received, and wherein ye ftand. By which alfo ye are faved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain, For I delivered unto you first of all, that which I also re

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On the COLLECT for the eleventh Sunday after Trini'y.

O God, whofe omnipotence is made manifeft, not by uncontroulable actions governed by an arbitrary will, but by benign and merciful difpenfations to thy creatures, we beseech thee, out of thy great mercy and good nefs, to afford us fuch a portion of thy grace, that we may fo run in our chriftian course, that we may obtain, (1 Cor. ix. 24.) and participate in those promifes of a life to come, which thou haft made to us, and thofe treasures in heaven, (Matt. vi. 20.] which thou haft laid up for us; and this we pray for Jefus Chrift's fake. Amen.

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ceived, how that Chrift died for our fins according to the Scriptures; and that he was buried; and that he rofe again the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was feen of Cephas, then of the twelve. After that he was feen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this prefent; but fome are fallen afleep. After that he was feen of James; then of all the apoftles; and last of all he was feen of me alfo, as of one born out of due time: For I am the leaft of the apofles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, becaufe I perfecuted 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 1, or they, fo we preach, and fo ye believed.

The Gospel. St Luke xviii. 9.

ESUS fpake this parable unto certain which trufted in themselves, that they were righteous, and defpifed others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharifee, and the other a Publican. The Pharifee 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 faft twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I poffefs. And the Publican standing afar off, would not lift up fo much as his eyes unto heaven, but fimote upon his breaft, faying, God be merciful to me a finner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himfelf, shall be abafed; and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

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The twelfth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

Lmighty and everlafting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we defire or deferve; Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy, forgiving us thofe things where

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