perfecting of the faints, for the work of the miniftry, for the edifying of the body of Chrift: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledgeof the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the meafure of the ftature of the fulness of Chrift: that we henceforth be no more love. Thefe things have Ifpoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. Saint Philip and Saint James's The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, whom children, toffed to and fro, truly to know is everlasting and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the fleight of men, and cunning craftinefs, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but, fpeaking the truth, in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Chrift: from whom the whole body fitly joined together, and compacted by that which every joint fupplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itfelf in love. The Gofpel. John xv. 1. AM the true vine, and my Father is the hufbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you, As the branch cannot bear fruit of itfelf, except it abide in the vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the fame bringeth forth much fruit for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is caft forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and caft them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye thall afk what ye will, and it thall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; fo thall ye be my difciples. As the Father hath foved me, fo have I loved you continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye ihall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his lite; Grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jefus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life; that following the fteps of thy holy Apoftles, Saint Philip and Saint James, we may fedfafily walk in the way that leadeth to eternal life, through the fame thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. J The Epiftle. James i. 1. AMES, a fervant of God and of the Lord Jefus Chrift, to the twelve tribes which are fcattered abroad, greeting. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 'knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any of you lack wifdom, let him afk of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it thall be given him. But let him afk in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth, is like a wave of the fea driven with the wind and toffed. For let not that man think that he thall receive any thing of the Lord. A double-minded man is unfiable in all his ways. Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: but the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grafs he thall pafs away. For the fun is no fooner riten with a burning heat, but it withereth the gra's, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fathion of it perithe h: to alfo thall the rich man fade away in his ways. .Bieffed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he fhall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promifed to them that love him, The Gospel. John xiv. 1. not your be troubled: ye believe in God, believe alfo in me. In my Father's house are many manfions: if it were not fo, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be alfo. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas. faith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goeft; and how can we know the way? Jefus faith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me. If ye had known me, ye fhould have known my Father alfo: and from henceforth ye know him, and have feen him. Philip faith unto him, Lord, thew us the Father, and it fufe ficeth us. Jefus faith unto him, Have I been fo long time with you, and yet haft thou not known me, Philip? He that hath feen me hath feen the Father; and how fayeft thou then, Shew us the Father? Believeft thou not that I am in the Father, and the that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that Ifpeak unto you 1 fpeak not of myself: but the Father, that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or elfe believe me for the very works' fake. Verily, verily, Ifay unto you, He that believeth on mc, the works that I do fhall he do alfo; and greater works than thefe thall he do; becaufe I go unto my Father. And whatfoever ye thall afk in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son, If ye fhall atk any thing in name, I will do it. Saint Barnabas the Apostle. The Collect. my LORD God Almighty, who didit endue thy holy Apofile Barnabas with fingular gifts of the floly Ghoft; Leave us not, we beseech thee, deftitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace way and glory, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. For the Epiftle. Acts xi. 22. came unto the ears of the IDINGS of these things T Church which was in Jerufalem: and they fent forth Barnabas, that he fhould go as far as Antioch. Who when he came, and had feen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpofe of heart they he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghoft and of faith: and much people was added unto the to Tarfus, for to feek Saul: and Lord. Then departed Barnabas when he had found him, he it came to pafs, that a whole brought him unto Antioch. And year they affembled themfelves with the Church, and taught much people. And the difciples were called Chriftians firft in Antioch. And in thefe days came Antioch. And there ftood up prophets from Jerufalem unto fignified by the Spirit that there one of them, named Agabus, and thould be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius out all the world: which came Cefar. Then the difciples, every determined to fend relief unto man according to his ability, the brethren which dwelt in Judea: which alfo they did, and fent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. would cleave untothe Lord. For The Gofpel. John xv. 12. That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, HIS is my commandment, if ye do whatfoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not fervants; for the fervant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chofen me, but I have chofen you, and ordained you, that ye fhould go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit fhould remain; that whatfoever ye thall afk of the Father in my name, he may give it you. Saint John Baptift's Day. The Collect. LMIGHTY God, by whofe A providence thy fervant John Baptift was wonderfully born, and fent to prepare the way of thy Son our Saviour, by preachSon our by ing of repentance; Make us fo to follow his doctrine and holy life, that we may truly repent according to his preaching; and after his example conftantly fpeak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently fuffer for the truth's fake, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. iaiah xl. 1. OMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, faith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerufalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for the hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her fins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the defert a highway for our God. Every valley thall be exalted, and every mountain and hill thall be made low and the crooked thall be made ftraight, and the rough places plain: and the glory of the Lord thall be revealed, and all fleth fall fee it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath fpoken ít. The voice faid, Cry. And he faid, What shall I cry? All fleth is grafs, and all the goodlinefs thereof is as the flower of the field: the grafs withereth, the flower fadeth: because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: furely the people is grafs. The grafs withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God thall ftand for ever. O Zion, that bringeft good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerufalem, that bringeft good tidings, lift up thy voice with ftrength: lift it up, be not afraid; fay unto the cities of Judah, Be- The Gofpel. Luke i. 57. that the thould be delivered; and the brought forth a fon. And her neighbours and her coufins heard how the Lord had thewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. And it came to país, that on the eighth day they came to circumcife the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. And his mother anfwered and faid, Not fo; but he fhall be called John. And they faid unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. And they made figns to his father, how he would have him called. And he afked for a writing-table, and wrote, faying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loofed, and he fpake, and prailed God. And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all thefe fayings were noifed abroad throughout all the hillcountry of Judea: and all they that heard them, laid them up in their hearts, faying, What manner of child fhall this be? And the hand of the Lord was with him. And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghoff, and prophefied, faying, Bleffed be the Lord God of Ifrael; for he hath vifited and redeemed his people, and hath raifed up an horn of falvation for us in the houfe of his fervant David; as he fpake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been ince the world began: that we thould be faved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; to perform the mercy promiled to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he fware to our father Abraham, that he would grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might ferve him without fear, in holinefs and righteoufnefs before him, all the days of our life. And thou, Child, thalt be called the Prophet of the Higheft: for thou fhalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; to give knowledge of falvation unto his people, by the remiflion of their fins, through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the Day-fpring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that fit in darkness and in the fhadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. And the child grew, and waxed ftrong in spirit, and was in the deferts till the day of his thewing unto Ifrael. Saint Peter's Day. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Son Jefus Chrift didit give to thy Apoftle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, and commandedft him earnestly to feed thy flock; Make, we beseech thee, ali Bithops and Paftors diligently to preach thy holy Word, and the people obediently to follow the fame; that they may receive the crown of everlafting glory, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. A For the Epistle. Acts xii. 1. BOUT that time, Herod the king firetched forth his hands, to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James the brother of John with the fword. And because he faw it pleated the Jews, he proceeded further to. take Peter alfo.. Then were the days of unleavened bread. And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prifon, and delivered him to four quaternions of foldiers to keep him; intending after Eafter to bring him forth to the people. Peter therefore was kept in prifon; but prayer was made without ceafing of the Church unto God for him. And when Herod would have brought him forth, the fame night Peter was fleeping between two foldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prifon. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light thined in the prifon: and he fmote Peter on the fide, and raised him up, faying, Arife up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. And the angel faid unto him, Gird thyfelf, and bind on thy fandals: and fo he did. And he faith unto him, Cait thy garment about thee, and follow me. And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he faw a vifion. When they were paft the first and the fecond ward, they came unto the iron gale that leadeth unto the city, which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and paffed on through one ftreet; and forthwith the angel departed from him. And when Peter was come to himfelf, he faid, Now I know of a furety that the Lord hath fent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. The Gofpel. Matt. xvi. 13. W! coafts of Cefarea Philippi, he afked his difciples, faying, Whom do men say that 1, the Son of man, am? And they faid, Some fay that thou art John the Baptift; fome, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He faith unto them, But whom fay ye that I am? And Simon Peter aufwered and faid, Thou art the Chrift, the Son of the living God. And Jefus anfwered and faid unto him, Bleffed art thou, Simon Barjona: for fleth 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 thall not prevail against it. And 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 Chrift our Lord. Amen. For the Epiftle. Acts xi. 27. fay unto him, We are able. Andi he faith unto them, Ye thall drink indeed of my cup, and be bap tized with the baptifm that I ain baptized with; but to fit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it fhall 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 exercife authority upon them. But it fhall not be fo among you: but whofoever will be great among you, let him be your minitter; and whofoever will be chief among you, let him be man came not to be ministered your fervant: even as the Son of unto, but to minifter, and to give his life a ranfom for many. Saint Bartholomew the Apostle. ALMIGHTY and ever and part of Chap. xii. I from Jerusalem unto An'N thofe days came prophets tioch. 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 pafs in the days of Claudius Cefar. Then the difciples, every lafting God, who did give 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 that time, Herod the King firetched forth his hands, to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James the brother of John with the word. And because he faw it pleafed the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter alfo. The Gofpel. Matt. xx. 20. Tther of Zebedee's children to thine Apoftle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to love that word which he believed, and both to preach and receive the fame, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. B For the Epistle. Acts v. 12. Y the hands of the Apoftles were many figns and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. And of the reft durit no man join himfelf 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 fireets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the leaft the thadow of Peter paffing by might overthadow fome of them. There came alfo a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerufalem, bringing |