¶ When the Gospel is ended, the Presbyter or Minister shall say, Here endeth the Gospel. And the People shall answer, Thanks be to thee, O Lord. ¶ And thus at the beginning and ending of the Gospel every Sunday and Holy-Day in the Year: or when else soever the Gospel is read. The second Sunday in Advent. The Collect. BLESSED Lord, which hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy holy word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. The Epistle. Whatsoever things were written, &c. Romans xv. 4-13. The Gospel. And there shall be signs in the sun, &c. Luke xxi. 25-33. The third Sunday in Advent. The Collect. LORD, we beseech thee, give ear to our prayers, and by thy gracious visitation lighten the darkness of our hearts, by our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. E The Epistle. Let a man so account of us, &c. The Gospel. I Cor. iv. 1-5. Now when John had heard in the prison, &c. Matth. xi. 2-10. The fourth Sunday in Advent. The Collect. LORD, raise up (we pray thee) thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us; that whereas through our sins and wickedness we be sore let and hindered, thy bountiful grace and mercy (through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord) may speedily deliver us to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be honour and glory, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. Rejoice in the Lord alway, &c. Philip. iv. 4-7. This is the record of John, &c. John i. 19-28. Christmas-Day. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, which hast given us thy onlybegotten Son to take our nature upon him, and this day to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant that we, being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit, through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee, &c. (Amen.) The Epistle. God, who at sundry times, &c. Heb. i. 1-12. The Gospel. In the beginning was the Word, &c. John i. 1-14. ¶ Saint Steven's Day. The Collect. GRANT us, O Lord, to learn to love our enemies, by the example of thy Martyr Saint Steven, who prayed for his persecutors to thee, which livest and reignest, &c. (Amen.) Then shall follow the Collect of the Nativity, which shall be said every day in the week unto New-Years Day: but in stead of the words [and this day to be born] the Presbyter shall say [at this time to be born.] The Epistle. But Steven, being full of the Holy Ghost, &c. Acts vii. 55-60. The Gospel. Behold, I send unto you, &c. Matth. xxiii. 34-39. TS. John Evangelist's Day. The Collect. MERCIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, that it, being light ened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John, may attain to thy everlasting gifts, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. That which was from the beginning, &c. 1 John i. 1-8. The Gospel. Jesus saith unto Peter, &c. John xxi. 19-25. Innocents' Day. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, whose praise this day the young Innocents thy witnesses have confessed and shewed forth, not in speaking, but in dying: Mortify and kill all vices in us, that in our conversation our life may express thy faith, which with our tongues we do confess, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. I looked, and lo, a Lamb, &c. The Gospel. Rev. xiv. 1-5. The angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph, &c. Matth. ii. 13-18. T The Sunday after Christmas-Day. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, which hast given, &c. As upon Christmas-Day. The Epistle. Now I say, that the heir, &c. Gal. iv. 1-7. The Gospel. The Book of the generation, &c. Matth. i. 1-25. T The Circumcision of Christ. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, which madest thy blessed Son to be circumcised and obedient to the law for man: Grant us the true circumcision of the spirit, that our hearts and all our members, being mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts, may in all things obey thy blessed will, through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Blessed is the man, &c. Rom. iv. 8-14. The Gospel. And it came to pass, as the angels, &c. Luke ii. 15-21. ¶ If there be any Sunday between the Epiphany and the Circumcision, then shall be used the same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel at the Communion, which was used upon the day of the Circumcision; and so likewise upon every other day from the time of the Circumcision to the Epiphany. T The Epiphany. The Collect. O GOD, which by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles: Mercifully |