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art Chrift, the Son of the living God. And Jefus answered and faid unto him, Bleffed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I fay alfo unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church; and the gates of hell fhall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatsoever thou fhalt bind on earth, fhall be bound in hea-. ven; and whatsoever thou fhalt loofe on earth, fhall be loofed in heaven.

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Saint James the Apoftle.

The Collect.

RANT, O merciful God, that as thine holy Apoftle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jefus Chrift, and followed him; fo we forfaking all worldly and carnal affections, may be evermore ready to follow thy holy commandments, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For the Epiftle. Acts xi. 27. and part of Chap. xii. N thofe days came prophets from Jerufalem unto Antioch. And there ftood up one of them, named Agabus, and fignified by the Spirit, that there fhould be great dearth throughout all the world; which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cefar. Then the difciples, every man according to his ability, determined to fend relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea. Which alfo they did, and fent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. Now about

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On the COLLECT for St James' Day.

O merciful God, we beseech thee to grant to us thy humble fervants, that as St James left his fhip and his father to follow our blefied Saviour, (Matt. iv. 21.) when he was called to the apoftlefhip; fo we being freed from all our carnal and corrupt affections, may with equal readiness follow the rale prescribed us by thy holy gofpel: and this we beg for the fake of our bleffed Saviour Jefus Chrift. Amen.

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that time, Herod the king ftretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James the brother of John with the fword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter alfo.

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The Gospel. St Matth. xx. 20.

HEN came to him the mother of Zebedee's children, with her fons, worshipping him, and defiring a certain thing of him. And he faid unto her, What wilt thou? She faith unto him, Grant that thefe my two fons may fit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. But Jefus anfwered and faid, Ye know not what ye afk. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I fhall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptifm that I am baptized with? They fay unto him, We are able. And he faith unto them, Ye fhall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptifm that I am baptized with: but to fit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. But Jefus called them unto him, and faid, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercife dominion over them, and they that are great, exer cife authority upon them. But it fhall not be fo among you : but whofoever will be great among you, let him be your minifter; and whofoever will be chief among you, let him be your fervant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minifter, and to give his life a ranfom for many.

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Saint Bartholomew the Apoftle.

The Collect.

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Almighty and everlasting God, who didft give to thine Apoftle Bartholomew grace truly to believe, and to preach thy word; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church

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to love that word which he believed, and both to preach and receive the fame, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

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For the Epistle. As v. 13.

Y the hands of the Apostles were many figns and wonders wrought among the people, (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. And of the reft durft no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes. both of men and women) Infomuch that they brought forth the fick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the leaft the fhadow of Peter paffing by might overfhadow fome of them. There came alfo a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerufalem, bringing fick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean fpirits, and they were healed every one.

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The Gospel. St Luke xxii. 24.

ND there was also a ftrife among them, which of them fhould be accounted the greateft. And he faid unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercife lordship over them; and they that exercife authority upon them, are called benefactors. But ye fhall not be fo: but he that is greatef among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth ferve. For whether is greater, he that fitteth at meat, or he that ferveth? is not he that fitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that ferveth. Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I

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On the COLLECT for Saint Bartholomew the Apostle.

Almighty and everlafting God, who didit impart fuch grace to the apoftle St Bartholomew, as to make him become a faithful believer of the word which our bleffed Lord revealed to mankind, and afterwards a zealous preacher of the fame; grant we beseech thee, thy grace to us, and all the members of the church, that we may ardently love that divine doctrine which he fo readily embraced, that our clergy may faithfully preach the fame, and our people readily adopt it; and this we beg for the fake of Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

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Saint Matthew the Apoftle.

The Collect.

Almighty God, who by thy bleffed Son didit call Matthew from the receipt of cuftom, to be an Apoftle and Evangeliit; Grant us grace to forfake all covetous defires, and inordinate love of riches, and to follow the fame thy fon Jefus Chrift, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft, one God, world without end. Amen.

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The Epiftle. 2 Cor. iv. 1.

Herefore feeing we have this miniftry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; but have renounced the hidden things of difhonefty, not walking in craftinefs, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifeftation of the truth, commending ourfelves to every man's confcience in the fight of God. But if our gofpel be hid, it is hid to them that are loft: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, left the light of the glorious gofpel of Chrift, who is the image of God, fhould fhine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jefus the Lord; and ourselves your fervants for Jefus

PARAPHRASE.

On the COLLECT for Saint Matthew the Apofile.

O Almighty God, who by the mouth of thy bleffed Son, when he dwelt upon earth, didft call St Matthew from his office of gathering the cuftoms, for which he had a confiderable income, unto the apostlethip whereby he was expofed to poverty and to many great diftreffes; grant that we may learn by his example, to forfake all covetous deftres, and inordinate attachment to the riches and pleafures of this world, and to part with every thing that is unlawful or hurtful to our fouls, in order to follow our bleffed Saviour now he his afcended into heaven, where he liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft in unity of effence, to all eternity. Amen.

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fake. For God, who commanded the light to fhine out of darkness, hath fhined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jefus Chrift.

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The Gospel. St Matth. ix. 9.

ND as Jefus paffed forth from thence, he faw a man named Matthew, fitting at the receipt of cuftom: and he faith unto him, Follow me. And he arofe, and followed him. And it came to pafs, as Jefus fat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and inners came, and fat down with him and his difciples. And when the Pharifees faw it, they faid unto his difciples, Why eateth your master with publicans and finners? But when Jefus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a phyfician, but they that are fick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not facrifice; for I am not come to call the righteous, but finners to repentance.

Saint Michael and all Angels.
The Collect.

Everlasting God, who haft ordained and constituted the fervices of angels and men in a wonderful order; Mercifully grant, that as thy holy Angels alway do thee fervice in heaven; fo by thy appointment they may fuccour and defend us on earth, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. For the Epiftle. Rev. xii. 7.

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HERE was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought and

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On the COLLECT for St Michael and all Angels.

O eternal God, who haft conftituted the various orders of created beings, in a wonderful fubordination to each other, which in their respective turns, do pay thee the service which thou doft require from each of them; we beseech thee of thy great mercy to grant, that as the holy angels fland always before thy throne in readiness to execute thy commands, fo thou wouldest be pleased to charge them to defend and protect us thy poor fervants here upon earth. Amen,

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