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the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourith us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy, keep us in the fame, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Rom. vi. 19.

I Speak after the manner of men, because of the infir

mities of your fefh: for as ye have yielded your members fervants to uncleannefs and to iniquity, unto iniquity; even fo now yield your members fervants to righteoufnefs, unto holinefs. For when ye were the fervants of fin, ye were free from righteoufnefs., What fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are now afhamed? for the end of thofe things is death. But now being made free from fin, and become fervants to God, ye have your fruit unto holinefs, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of fin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jefus Christ our Lord."

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The Gospel. St. Mark viii. 1.

those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jefus called his difciples unto him, and faith unto them, I have compaffion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat And if I fend them away fafting to their own houses, they will faint by the way for divers of them came from far. And his difciples anfwered him, From whence can a man fatisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. And he commanded the people to fit down on the ground: and he took the feven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his difciples to fet before them; and they did fet them before the people. And they had a few fmall fishes: and he bleffed, and commanded to fet them alfo before them. So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left feven baskets. And they that had eaten were about four thoufand; and he fent them away.

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The eighth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

God, whofe never-failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth; We humbly befeech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us thofe things which be profitable for us, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epiftle. Rom. viii. 12.

RETHREN, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye fhall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the fons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear: but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witnefs with our fpirit, that we are the children of God: And if chil dren, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Chrift; if fo be that we fuffer with him, that we may be alfo glorified together.

BEWA

The Gofpel. St. Matt. vii. 15.

EWARE of falfe prophets, which come to you in fheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye fhall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 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 doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

The Collect] This prayer for Divine defence and affiftance was adopted in 1549, from Greg. Sac. The introitus was pfalm viii

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.

The Epistle. Cor. x. 1.

RETHREN, I would not that ye fhould be igno rant, 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 fpiritual meat, and did all drink the fame fpiritual drink; (for they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them: and that Rock was Chrift:) But with many of them God was not well pleased; for they were over. thrown in the wilderness. Now these things were out examples, to the intent we should not luft after evil things, as they alfo lufted. Neither be ye idolaters, as were fome of them; as it is written, The people fat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us commit for nication, 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

The Collect This prayer for heavenly illumination, or a right judg ment in all things, was adopted 1549, from Greg. Sac. The introitus was pfalm ix.

Spiritual meat Manna, which fell from heaven, forefhadowing the doctrine of Chrift; (John vi. 45, 48;) and therefore called fpiritual; and the water which iffued from the rock and followed them, prefigured the effufion of the fpirit.

Was Chrift Was an emblem or reprefentation of Chrift.

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 escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

JES

The Gospel. St. Luke xvi. 1.

ESUS faid unto his difciples, There was a certain rich man who had a fteward; and the fame was accused 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 mayft be no longer fteward. Then the steward faid within himself, What shall 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 stewardship, they may receive me into their houfes. So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and faid unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? And he said, An hundred measures 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 owest thou? And he faid, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourfcore. And the lord commended the unjust steward because he had done wifely for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. And I fay unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the Mammon of unrighteoufnefs, that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

Rich man] One leffon taught in this parable is, Be as wife in matters of a Spiritual nature, as worldly men are in matters of a temporal nature.

Commended] He commended the prudence of the expedient, though he could not but condemn the dishonesty of the action.

Friends] As the unjust steward made to himself friends of his mafter's fubftance, fo do you, my difciples, in all ages, make to yourselves friends of fuch wealth as you have, by ufing it faithfully and beneficiently.

Unrighteoufnefs] Or rather, unjuft wealth. Mammon is the Syriac word for riches; which may be called unjust, because they are too often obtained by injuftice, and minifter to oppreflion and iniquity.

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.

The Epiftle. 1 Cor. xii. 1.

Concerning fpiritual 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 fpeaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jefus accurfed; and that no man can fay that Jefus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there are diverfities of gifts, but the fame Spirit. And there are differences of adminiftrations, 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 wisdom; 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 these worketh that one and the felf-fame Spirit, dividing to every man feverally as he will.

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The Gospel. St. Luke xix, 41.

ND when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, faying, If thou hadst known, even 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 compafs thee round, and keep thee in on every fide, and fhall lay thee even with the

The Collect This prayer for the acceptance of our petitions was adopted 1549, from Greg. Sac. The introitus was pfalm x.

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