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children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting

habitations.

CONCERNING

all in all. But the manifestation 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 same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerndivers kinds of tongues; to Oing of spirits; to another another the interpretation of tongues. But all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. The Gospel. St. Luke xix. 41. ND when he was come

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The tenth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. Lord be open to the ET thy merciful ears, prayers of thy humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 Cor. xii. 1. ONCERNING spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed; and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diver-upon another; because thou sities of operations, but it is knewest not the time of thy the same God, who worketh visitation. And he went into

near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, 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 shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone

the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought, saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house 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 declarest thy almighty power most chiefly in shewing mercy and pity; Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ Christ our Lord. Amen.

was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present; but some are fallen asleep after that, he was seen of James; then of all the Apostles: and last of all, he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not meet to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and 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, so we preach, and so believed.

The Epistle. 1 Cor. xv. 1.
RETHREN, I declare un-ye
to you the Gospel which
I preached unto you, which

also ye have received, and
wherein ye stand: by which
also ye are saved, if ye keep
in memory what I preached
unto you, unless ye have be-
lieved in vain. For I de-
livered unto you first of all,
that which I also received,
how that Christ died for our
sins, according to the Scrip-
tures; and that he was bu-
ried; and that he rose again
the third day, according to
the Scriptures; and that he

The Gospel. St. Luke xviii. 9.
Junto certain which trust-
ESUS spake this parable

ed in themselves that they
were righteous, and despised
others: Two men went up
into the temple to pray; the
one a Pharisee, and the other
a Publican. The Pharisee
stood and prayed thus with
himself, God, I thank thee,
that I am not as other men
are, extortioners, unjust, adul-
terers, or even as this Publi-
can: I fast twice in the
week, I give tithes of all that

1 possess. And the Publican, | rit: for the letter killeth, but standing afar off, would not the Spirit giveth life. But lift up so much as his eyes if the ministration of death unto heaven, but smote upon written and engraven in his breast, saying, God be stones was glorious, so that merciful to me a sinner. I the children of Israel could tell you, this man went down not stedfastly behold the face to his house justified rather of Moses for the glory of his than the other: for every one countenance, which glory was that exalteth himself shall be to be done away; how shall abased; and he that hum- not the ministration of the bleth himself shall be ex- Spirit be rather glorious? For alted. if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

The twelfth Sunday after

Trinity.
The Collect.

ALMIGHTY and ever. lasting God, who always more ready to art hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire, or deserve; Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy; forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask, but through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord. Amen.

The Gospel. St. Mark vim the
JESUS, departing from the

coasts of Tyre and Sidon, came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the mul titude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; and The Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4. looking up to heaven, he UCH trust have we thro' sighed, and saith unto him, Christ to God-ward: not Ephphatha, that is, Be openthat we are sufficient of our-ed. And straightway his ears selves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God. Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the Spi

SUCH

were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the

more a great deal they published it; and were beyond measure astonished, saying, 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. 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

seed should come, to whom the promise 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 promises of God? God forbid for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the Law. But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

The Gospel. St. Luke x. 23. LESSED are the eyes

BLESSED

not finally to attain thy hea-Bhich see the things venly promises; through the merits of Jesus Christ our that ye see. Lord. Amen.

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The Epistle. Gal. iii. 16. Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one; And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, That the covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the Law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the Law, it is no more of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then serveth the Law? It was added because of transgressions, till the

For I tell you, That many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. And behold, a certain Lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the Law? How readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right; this do,

But he, The fourteenth Sunday after

and thou shalt live.
willing to justify himself, said
unto Jesus, And who is my
neighbour? And Jesus an-
swering said, A certain man
went down from Jerusalem
to Jericho, and fell among
thieves, which stripped him
of his raiment, and wounded
him, and departed, leaving
him half dead. And by chance
there came down a certain
Priest that way, and, when
he saw him, he passed by on

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Trinity.
The Collect.
LMIGHTY and ever-

lasting 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; thro' Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Gal. v. 16.

the other side. And likewise Say then, Walk in the Spi

rit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,

a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was; and, when he saw him, he had compassion 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 host, and said un-heresies, envyings, murders, to him, Take care of him; and drunkenness, revellings, and whatsoever thou spendest such like: of the which I tell more, when I come again, I you before, as I have also told will repay thee. Which now you in time past, That they of these three, thinkest thou, who do such things shall not was neighbour unto him that inherit the kingdom of God. fell among the thieves? And But the fruit of the Spirit is he said, He that shewed mercy love, joy, peace, long-sufon him. Then said Jesus unto fering, gentleness, goodness, him, Go, and do thou like-faith, meekness, temperance; wise. against such there is no law,

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