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The Fourteenth Sunday after Whitsunday.

LMIGHTY and merciful God, of whose only gift it cometh, that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service; grant, we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly promises, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gospel, St. Luke x. 23.-Epistle, 1 Thess. v. 14.

The Fifteenth Sunday after Whitsunday. LMIGHTY and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gospel, St. Luke xvii. 11.-Epistle, 1 Cor. iii. 16.

The Sixteenth Sunday after Whitsunday.

KEEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy church

with thy perpetual mercy; and because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gospel, St. Matt. vi. 24.-Epistle, Rev. ii. 1.

The Seventeenth Sunday after Whitsunday. LORD, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy church; and because it

cannot continue in safety without thy succor, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gospel, St. Luke vii. 11.-Epistle, Ephes. iii. 13.

FOURTH SEASON.-AUTUMN.

The Eighteenth Sunday after Whitsunday.

ORD, we pray thee, that thy grace may be always with us, to enlighten and purify, to defend and preserve us; and make us continually to be given to all good works, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gospel, St. Luke xiv. 1.—Epistle, Ephes. iv. 1.

The Nineteenth Sunday after Whitsunday.

LORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace

to withstand the temptations of the world without, and of evil passions within; to make daily advances in wisdom and goodness; and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee, the only God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gospel, St. Matt. xxii. 34.-Epistle, 2 Cor. iv. 13.

The Twentieth Sunday after Whitsunday.

GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee, mercifully grant that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our

hearts; that they may be cleansed from every thing which defileth, and always inclined to keep thy law, through our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

Gospel, St. Matt. ix. 1.-Epistle, Ephes. iv. 17.

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The Twenty-first Sunday after Whitsunday.

LMIGHTY and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness, keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us; that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gospel, St. Matt. xxii. 1.-Epistle, 2 St. Pet. i. 2.

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The Twenty-second Sunday after Whitsunday.

RANT, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful people, pardon and peace; that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve thee with a pure heart and a quiet mind, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Gospel, St. John iv. 46.-Epistle, Ephes. vi. 10.

The Twenty-third Sunday after Whitsunday.

ORD, we beseech thee to keep thy household

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the church in continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gospel, St. Matt. xviii. 21.-Epistle, Phil. i. 8.

The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Whitsunday.

GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the

author of all godliness; be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully, we may obtain effectually, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gospel, St. Matt. xxii. 15.-Epistle, St. Jude 17.

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The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Whitsunday.

LORD, we beseech thee, absolve thy people from their offences; that through thy bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the bands of those sins which by our frailty we have committed, and be brought into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for thine infinite mercy's sake in Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

Gospel, St. Matt. ix. 18.-Epistle, Coloss. i. 3.

The Twenty-sixth Sunday after Whitsunday. LORD, we beseech thee to encourage the hearts of thy faithful people, that they, always relying on thy power, and trusting in thy grace, may bring forth plenteously the fruit of good works, and of thee be plenteously rewarded, both in the world which now is, and that which is to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gospel, St. John x. 22.-Epistle, Jer. xxiii. 5.

THE DIVINE LAW.

TO BE USED IN CHURCH OR SUNDAY-SCHOOL AT DISCRETION, AND TO BE READ IN FULL ON WHITSUNDAY.

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Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,
And that seek him with the whole heart.

Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

For the Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting; And his truth endureth to all generations.

God is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

For to be carnally minded is death: but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

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