right hand to help and defend us; | beseeching him, and faying, Lord, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. BE The Epifle. Rom. xii. 16. The Gospel. St. Matth. viii. 1. WHEN he from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And behold, there came a leper and worfhipped him, faying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canft make me clean. And Jefus put forth his hand, and touched him, faying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprofy was cleanfed. And Jefus faith unto him, See thou tell no man, but go thy way, fhew thyfelf to the priest, and offer the gift that Mofes commanded, for a teftimony unto them. And when my fervant lieth at home fick of the The fourth Sunday after the Jefus was entered into Capernaum, O God, who knoweft us to be there came unto him a centurion fet in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we can not always ftand upright; Grant to us such strength and protection, as may fupport us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The Epifle. Rom. xiii. 1. LET every : foul be fubject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whofoever therefore refifteth the power refifteth the ordinance of God and they that refift fhall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the fame: for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the fword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye muft needs be fubject, not only for wrath, but alfo for confcience fake. For for this caufe pay ye tribute alfo; for they are God's minifters, attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due, cuftom to whom cuftom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour. The Gospel. St. Matth. viii. 23. AND when he was entered into a fhip, his difciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great tempeft in the fea, infomuch that the fhip was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. And his difciples came to him, and awoke him, faying, Lord, fave us, we perish. And he faith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O of little faith? Then he arofe, and rebuked the winds and the fea, and there was a great calm. But the men marvelled, faying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the fea obey him! And when he was come to the other fide into the country of the Gergefenes, there met him two poffeffed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pafs by that way. And behold, they cried out, faying, What have we to do with thee, Jefus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? And there was a good way off from them an herd of many fwine, feeding. So the devils befought him, faying, If thou caft us out, fuffer us to go away into the herd of fwine. And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of fwine: and behold, the whole herd of fwine ran violently down a fteep place into the fea, and pe The fifth and fixth Sundays after the Epiphany. rifhed in the waters. And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the poffeffed of the devils. And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jefus and when they faw him, they befought him, that he would depart out of their coafts. The fifth Sunday after the Epiphany. The Collect. Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy Church and houfhold continually in thy true religion; that they who do lean only upon the hope of thy heavenly grace may evermore be defended by thy mighty power; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. PUT and hymns, and fpiritual fongs, finging with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do, in word or deed, do all in the Name of the Lord Jefus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. The Gospel. St. Matth. xiii. 24. THE kingdom of heaven is likgood feed in his field. But while men flept, his enemy came and fowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. ened unto a man which fowed blade was fprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares alfo. So the fervants of the houfholder came, and faid unto him, Sir, didft not thou fow good feed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He faid unto them, An enemy hath done this. The fervants faid unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he faid, Nay; left while ye gather up the tares, ye root up alfo the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harveft; and in the time of harvest I will fay to the reapers, Gather together firft the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. The Epiftle. Col. iii. 12. UT on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meeknefs, longfuffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any; even as Chrift forgave you, fo alfo do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectnefs. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which alfo ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Chrift dwell in you richly in all wifdom, teaching and manifefted that he might de admonishing one another in pfalms, ye The fixth Sunday after the Epiphany. ftroy the works of the devil, and make us the fons of God, and heirs of eternal life; Grant us, we befeech thee, that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves, even as he is pure; that, when he shall appear again with power and great glory, we may be made like unto him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where with thee, O Father, and thee, O Holy Ghost, he liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen. The Epiftle. 1 St. John iii. 1. EHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the fons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the fons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know, that, when he fhall appear, we shall be like him; for we Thall fee him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. Whofoever committeth fin tranfgreffeth also the law: for fin is the tranfgreffion of the law. And ye know that he was manifefted to take away our fins; and in him is no fin. Whofoever abideth in him finneth not: whofoever finneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committeth fin is of the devil: for the devil finneth from the beginning. For this purpofe the Son of God was manifefted, that he might deftroy the works of the devil. The Gospel. St. Matth. xxiv. 23. HEN if any man shall fay unto you, Lo, here is Chrift, or there; believe it not. For there fhall arife falfe Chrifts, and falfe prophets, and shall shew great figns and wonders; infomuch that (if it were poffible) they fhall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore, if they fhall fay unto you, Behold, he is in the defert; go not forth: behold, he is in the fecret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the eaft, and fhineth even unto the weft; fo fhall alfo the coming of the Son of Man be. For wherefoever the carcafe is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of thofe days fhall the fun be darkened, and the moon fhall not give her light, and the ftars fhall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens fhall be fhaken. And then shall appear the fign of the Son of Man in heaven : and then fhall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they fhall fee the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And he shall fend his an gels with a great found of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. The Sunday called Septuagefima, or the third Sunday before Lent. The Collect. in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and faw others standing idle in the marketplace, and faid unto them, Go ye alfo into the vineyard, and whatfoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went out about the fixth and Lord, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy good-ninth hour, and did likewife. And nefs, for the glory of thy Name; through Jefus Chrift our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. ΚΑ The Epiftle. 1 Cor. ix. 24. NOW ye not, that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things: now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I therefore fo run, not as uncertainly; fo fight I, not as one that beateth the air but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, left that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a caft-away. The Gospel. St. Matth. xx. 1. TH HE kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an housholder, which went out early about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and faith unto them, Why ftand ye here all the day idle? They fay unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He faith unto them, Go ye alfo into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that shall is right, that shall ye receive. So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard faith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the laft unto the first. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a peny. But when the first came, they fuppofed that they should have received more; and they likewife received every man a peny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, faying, Thefe laft have wrought but one hour, and thou haft made them equal unto us, which have borne the |