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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 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 house is the houfe of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves. And he taught daily in the temple.

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The eleventh Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

God, who declareft thy Almighty power moft chiefly in fhewing mercy and pity; Mercifully grant unto us fuch a meafure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promifes, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epiftle. 1 Cor. xv. 1.

Brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel 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 alfo received, how that Chrift died for our fins according to the fcriptures; and that he was bu ried, and that he rofe again the third day according to the fcriptures; 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 asleep. After that, be was feen of James; then of all the Apostles. And last of all he was feen of me alfo, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not meet to be called an Apoftle, because I perfecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and

The Collect This prayer for fruitfulness in good works was compofed anew at the reformation, and improved at the laft review 1662. Before that time it ran thus: "That we running to thy promifes may be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure." The introitus was pfalm xi.

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, fo we preach, and so ye believed.

JES

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 fmote upon his breaft, faying, God be merciful to me a finner. I tell you, this man went down to his houfe juftified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself, fhall be abafed; and he that humbleth himself, fhall 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 defire, or deferve; pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy, forgiving us those things whereof our confcience is afraid, and giving us thofe good things which we are not worthy to afk, but through the merits and mediation of Jefus Chrift thy Son our Lord. Amen.

Juftified] Confidered by God as righteous.

Exalted] A ftrong perfuafive to humility, and a folemn admonition against spiritual pride, manifefted in an arrogant confidence of the exclufive truth of our own scheme of faith; and in an over-weening conceit of our own religious attainments.

The Collect This prayer for pardon of fin was adopted 1549, from Greg. Sac. The introitus was pfalm xii.

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SUCH

The Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4.

UCH trust have we through Chrift to God-ward: Not that we are fufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our fufficiency is of God; who alfo bath made us able minifters of the New Teftament; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life. But if the miniftration of death, written and engraven in ftones, was glorious, fo that the children of Ifrael could not ftedfaftly behold the face of Mofes for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: how fhall not the miniftration of the Spirit be rather glorious? For if the miniftration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the miniftration of righteoufnefs exceed in glory.

The Gospel. St. Mark vii. 31.

ESUS departing from the coafts of Tyre and Sidon

came unto the fea of Galilee, through the midst of the coaft of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his fpeech; and they befeech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him afide from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he fpit, and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, he fighed, and faith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And ftraightway his ears were opened, and the ftring of his tongue was loofed, and he fpake plain. And he charged them that they fhould tell no man: but the more he charged them, fo much the more a great deal they published it; and were beyond measure aftonished, faying, 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 whofe only gift it

cometh, that thy faithful people do unto thee true

and laudable fervice; Grant, we beseech thee, that we

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This prayer for grace to be obedient was adopted 1549,
The introitus was pfalm xiii,

may fo faithfully ferve thee in this life, that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly promifes, through the merits of Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The Epiftle. Gal. iii. 16.

O Abraham and his feed were the promises made. He faith not, and to feeds, as of many; but as of one, and to thy feed, which is Chrift. And this I fay, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot difannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promife: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then ferveth the law? It was added because of tranfgreffions, till the feed fhould come, to whom the promife was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. Is the law then against the promifes of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily, righteousnefs fhould have been by the law. But the fcripture hath concluded all under fin, that the promife by faith of Jefus Chrift might be given to them that believe.

The Gospel. St. Luke x. 23.

BLESSED are the eyes which fee the things that ye

fee: For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have defired to fee thofe things which ye fee, and have not feen them; and to hear thofe things which ye hear, and have not heard them. And, behold, a certain lawyer stood P, and tempted him, faying, Mafter, what fhall I do to inherit eternal life? He faid unto him, What is written in the law? How readeft thou? And he anfwering faid, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy ftrength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyfelf. And he faid unto him, Thou haft anfwered right: this do, and thou shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, faid unto Jefus, And who is my neighbour? And Jefus answering, faid, A cer

tain man went down from Jerufalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which ftripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain prieft that way: and when he faw him, he paffed by on the other fide. And likewife a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and paffed by on the other fide. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he faw him, he had compaffion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring 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 departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the hoft, and faid unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou fpendest more, when I come again I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkeft thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he faid, He that fhewed mercy on him. Then faid Jefus unto him, Go, and do thou likewife.

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 doft command, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Gal. v. 16.

I Say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye fhall not fulfil the luft of the flesh. For the flesh lufteth against the

Jericho The fcene of this parable is laid with great propriety in the road from Jerufalem to Jericho, which was mountainous, and very conve nient for robbers. One pass is still called the Mountain of Blood, or the bloody way, a name probably acquired from the murders of paffengers.Shaw's Travels.

Samaritan] The Jews and Samaritans bore a religious hatred to each other. John iv. 9; viii. 48.

Two-pence] Two denarii; about fourteen pence.

The Collect This prayer for the graces of faith, hope, and charity, wa adopted 1549, from Greg. Sac. The introitus was pfalm xiv.

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