w s%£ FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D. BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 'S? J «SL SUNDAY SERVICE O F T H £ METHODISTS 1 1* NORTH AMERICA. With other Occasional Services. LONDON: Printed in the Year MDCCLXXXIV. r BRISTOL, Sept. io, 1784. To Dr. COKE, Mr. AS BURY, and our Brethren in NORTH- AMERICA. 1. T3 Y a vei 7 unC( ^ mmon tra i n of provi- jf3 dences, many of the provinces of North- America are totally disjoined from their mother-country, and ereded into Indepen- dent States. The Englifh government has no authority over them either civil or eccle- fiaftical, any more than over the States of Holland. A civil authority is exercifed over them, partly by the Congrefs, partly by the provincial Aflemblies. But no one either exercifes or claims any ecclefiaftical authority at all. In this peculiar fituation fcme thou- fands of the inhabitants of thefe States defire my advice ; and in compliance with their defire, I have drawn ud a little fketch, 2. Lord King's account of the primitive church convinced me many years- ago, that Bifhops and Prefbyters are the fame order, and confequentiy have the fame right to or- dain. For many years I have been impor- tuned from time to time, to exercife this right, by ordaining part of cur 'travelling preachers. But I have fall refufed, not only for peace' fake : but became I was determined, as little as poffible to violate the eftablifhed order of the national church to which I be- longed. % •• »• \: But ( ii ) 3. But the cafe is widely different between England and North- America. Here there are Bifhops who have a legal jurifdi&ion. In America there are none, neither any parifh minifters. So that for fome hundred miles together there is none either to baptize or to adminifter the Lord's fupper. Here there- fore my fcruples are at an end : and I conceive myfelf at full liberty, as I violate no order and invade no man's right, by appointing and fending labourers into the harveft. 4. I have accordingly appointed Dr. Coke; and Mr. Francis Asbury, to be joint Su- perintendents over our brethren in North- America : As alfo Richard Whatcoat and Thomas Vasey, to aft as Elders among them, by baptizing and adminiftering the Lord's fupper. And I have prepared a liturgy little differing from that of the church of England (I think,' the befl conftituted nation- al church in the world) which I advife all the travelling-preachers to ufe, on the Lord's day, in all their congregations, reading the litany only on Wednefdays and Fridays, and praying extempore on all other days. I alfo advife the elders to adminifter the fupper of the Lord on every Lord's day. 5. If anv one will point out a more ration- al ?ind fcriptural way, of feeding and guiding thofe poor Iheep in the wildernefs, I will <* gladly ( "i ) gladly embrace it. At prefent I cannot fee any better method than that I have taken. 6. It has indeed been propofed, to defire the Englifh Bifhops, to ordain part of our preachers for America. But to this I objedt, i. I defired the Bilhop of LWb/z, to ordain only one; but could not prevail: 2. If they confented, we know the flownefs of their proceedings ; but the matter admits of no delay. 3. If they would ordain them now, they would like wife expeft to govern them. And how grievoufly would this intangle us ? 4. As our American brethren are now totally di fen tangled both from the State, and from the Englifh Hierarchy, we dare not intangle them again, either with the one or the other. They are now at full liberty, fimply to fol- low the fcriptures and the primitive church. And we judge it bell that they fhould ftand faft in that liberty, wherewith God .has fb ftrangely made them free. JOHN WESLEY, . *i. I ■ Proper LESSONS to be read at Morning and Evening Prayer, on the SUNDAYS throughout the Tear. Sundays of Advent, The firft. Morning. Ifaiah — 1 Evening. Ifaiah — 2 5 24 26 4. ... -i Sundays after Chrifmas* The firft rL "^ 30 — 37 . 38 "■"■ ■ 4^ 43 3 44 40 — — 53 51 5 6 55 5° §7 ii 7 8 59 — » 4 66 Geneiis 1 " ~ - DO Generis 2 9 10 12 1 " -.— — 3 „_ T 7 19 to ver. 30 22 l o ^4 37 14 15 Sunday before Eafer. 1 Lei 2 LcfTon. Safer -day. 1 Leflbn. 2 Lefibn. Sundays after Eajhr. The firft 3 L > • 43 Exo 9 Matth. 26 Exodus 12 Rom. 6 - Numb. 36 — 23 & 24 Deuter. 4 42 — - 44 & 4S Exodus 10 . 5 to v.i 1 Exodus 14 • Acta 2 v. 22 Numb* 22 "'" ■ ■ ■■ -* -C 4 Sunday aftir Af- cinffon-day* Whitfunday. 1 Lefibn. 2 Lefton. — -16 to ver. 18 - A&s lover. 34 — »— • 7 9 Deuter* 1 3 Ifaiah u , -* &s 1 to ver, 2 * j A 2 •»*•• - Proper LeJJbns for Sundays* Trinity - Sunday 1 Ltflbn. 2 Lefibn. Sundays after Trinity Sunday, The firft. 2 3 4' 5 — 'Morning, Geneiis Matth. Jofhua Judges I Sam. 2 Sam. King 2 Kin £3 Jerem. Ezekiel Daniel Joel Habak. Prov. 10 4 2 12 »5 12 21 *3 18 21 5 IO *9 5 35 2 H 20 3 2 2 I I J 3 *5 17 Evening . Genefis 18 I John 5 Jofhua Judges i Sam. 2 Kings Jerem. Ezekiel Daniel Micah Prov. 2 3 5 3 17 *9 -4 *7 19 22 9 18 2 3 22 36 *3 18 24 6 6 1 3 12 16 19 Xj? Let the Second Leflbn in the ^Morning be a Chapter out of the Four Gofpels, and the Arts of the Apofties; and the Second Lefibn in'the Evening be a Chapter out of the Epiilles, in regular Rotation ; excepting where it is othervvife provided. Proper LESSONS for particular Days. Nativity of Chriji. 1 LeiTon. 2 LefTon. Good Ft i day. i LefTon. 2 LefTon. Afcenjionday. 1 Lefibn. 2 LefTon. Morning. Ifaiah 9 to v. 8 Luke 2 to v. 15 Gen, 22 tov. 20 J-hn 28 Deuter. 10 Luke 24. v, 44. Evening. Ifaiah 7 v. 10. to (v. 17 Tit. 3 v.4 to v. 9 Ifaiah 53 1 Peter 2 2 Kings 2 Eph. 4 to v. 17. Proper PSALMS on certain Days. Cbriftmas-day. Good Friday* Eafter-day, Afcenfion-day* Whit-funday* Mbrxing. Pfalm 19 45 85 Pfalm 22 Evening. Pfalm Sg Pfalm 69 Pfalm r 13 ■ 40 Pfalm 2 ■ 57 — 111 Pfalm 8 15 Pfalm 48 68 - 1 14. «-. ■ ■ T I 8 Pfalm 24 ' 4/ Pfalm 104 • ■ • 14^ Days of F aft in g or Abftinence. All the Fridays in the Year, except Chriftmas-day. A3 The ORDER for MORNING PRAYER, Every Lord's Day. At the Beginning of Morning Prayer, the Minijler /hall read with a loud Vcice fome one or more cf thefe Sentences of ihe Scriptures that follow : And then he jhall fay that which is written after the f aid Sentences. WHEN the wicked man turneth away from his wictetdncfs that he hath com- mitted, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he (hall fave his foul alive* Ezek. xviii. 27. The facrifices of God are a broken fpirit : a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not def^ife. PfaL !i. 17. To the Lord our God belong mercies and for- g'vcnc-fTes, thougn we have rebelled acrainit him : neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he fet before us. Dan. ix. 9, ro. I will arife, and go to my father, and will fay unto him, Father, 1 have finned againfl Heaven and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy fon. Luke, xv. 18, rp. Enter not into judgment ^ith thy fervant, O Lord ; for in thy fight (hall no man living be juftified. Pfal. cxliii. 2. T~xEarly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth -*-^ us, in fundry places, to acknowledge and confefs our manifold fins and w ; . and that we fhould not diifemble or cloLe them befoi the face of Almighty God, our heaveniy Father ; but A 4 confefs 8 MORNING PRAYER. cOnfefs them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgivenefs of the fame, by his infinite goodnefo and mercy. Wherefore I pray and befeech you, as many as are here prefent, to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice, unco the throne of the heavenly grace, faying after me. A general Confffion^ to be [aid by the whole Congre- gation^ after the Minijler^ all kneeling. A Lrnjghty and mod merciful Father, We have -^ erred and ftrayed from thy ways like loft fheep. We have followed too much the devices and defires of our own hearts. We have offended againft thy holy laws. We foave left undone thofe things which we ought to have done ; And we have done thofe things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miferable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which con- fefs their faults. Reftore thou them that are pe- nitent ; According to thy promifea dctlared unto mankind in Chrift Jefus our Lord. And grant, O mod merciful Father, for his fake, That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and fober life \ To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. Then the Minifter Jhallfay t f*\ Lord, we befeech thee, abfolve thy people ^-^ from their offences ; that, through thy boun- tiful goodnefs, we may be delivered from the bands of thofe fins, which by our frailty we have committed. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jefus ChrifVs fake, our bleffed Lord and Sa- viour. The People Jhall anfwer here, and at the End of all other Prayers. Amen. Then MORNING PRAYER. 9 Then the MiniJler Jlmll fay the Lord's Prayer ; the People alfo repeating it with him, both here, and wherefoevtr elfe it is ufed in Divine Service. i°sUR Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed ^^ be thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy Will be done on Earth, As it is in Heaven : Give us this day our daily bread ; And forgive us our trefpafies, As we forgive them that trefpafs againft us ; And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil : For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, For ever and ever. Amen. Then likewife he Jhall fy, O Lord, open thou our lips. Anfw. And our mouth (hall (hew forth thy praife, Minifl. O God, make fpeed to fave us ; Anfw* O Lord, make hafte to help us. Here alljianding up, the MiniJler fh all fay, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghoft; Anfw. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever fhall be, world without end. "Amen. Minijl. Praife ye the Lord. Anfw. The Lord's Name be praifed. Then Jhall follow the PJalms, in order as they are ap- pointed. And at the End of every Pfalm, Jliall be repeated, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghoft ; As it was in the beginnings is now, and ever ftall be, world without end. "Amen. Then Jhall be read diflin&ly, the Firfi Leffon taken out of the OldTe;l;';;: C ht, as is appointed in the 7 A 5 tf io MORNING PRAYER. of proper Leffom : He that readeth, fo Jlandingi and turning himfelf as he may be bejl beard of alh And after that, Jhall be f aid the following Hymn : XXT E praife thee, O God : we acknowledge ** thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worfhip thee, the Father everlafting. To thee all Angels cry aloud : the Heavens, and all the powers therein. To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth ; Heaven and Earth are full of the Majefty of thy Glory. The glorious company of the Apoflles praife thee. The goodly fellowfhip of the Prophets praife thee. The noble army of Martyrs praife thee. The Holy Church throughout all the world *Joth acknowledge thee ; The Father of an infinite Majefty; Thine honourable, true, and only Son ; Alfo the Holy Ghoft, the Comforter. Thou art the King of glory, O Chrift ; Thou art the everlafting Son of the Father. When thou tookeft upon thee to deliver man, thou diclft not abhor the Virgin's womb. When thou hadft overcome the fliarpnefs of death, thou didft open the kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Thou fitteft at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father. We believe that thou (halt come to be our Judge. Wc MORNING PRAYER. rt We therefore pray thee, help thy fervants, whom thou haft redeemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy Saints ia glory everlafting. O Lord, fave thy people, and hlefs thine heri- tage. Govern them, and lift them up for ever. Day by day we magnify thee ; And we worfhip thy name ever, world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day with- out fin. O Lord, have mercy upon us : have mercy upon us. O Lord; let thy mercy lighten upon us, as our trull is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trufted : let me never be confounded. Then Jhall he read in like manner the S:coni LrfJo>? 7 taken out of the New Tefiament : a;;d after that, the followi -g Pfalm : f~\ Be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands : ferve the J Loid with gtednefs, and come before his pre- sence with a fons:. Be ye fure that the Lord he is God ; it is he that hath made us, and not we ourfelves : we are his peop^, and the (beep of his pafiure. O go your way into h~pHE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love * of God, and the fellowfhip of the Holy Ghoft, be with you all evermore. Amen. Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer. The ORDER for EVENING PRAYER, Every Lord's Day. At the Beginning of Evening Prayer^ the Minifier Jhall read with a loud Voice fome oneor more of thefe Sentences of the Scriptures that foil gw : And then he Jhall fay that which is written after the faid Sentences. WHEN the wicked man turneth away from his wickednefs that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he (hall fave his foul alive. E%$k. xviii. 27. The facrifices of God are a broken fptrit : a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not defpife. PfaL li. 17. To the Lcrd our God belong mercies and for- giveneffes, though we have rebelled againft him : neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he fee before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. I wiil arife, and go to my father, and will fay. unto him, Father, I have finned againft heaven and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy fon. Luk-e 9 xvi 18, 19. Enter not into judgment with thy fervaht, O Lord; for in thy fight fhall no man living be jufti- fied. PfaL. cxliii. 2. D Early beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us, in Sundry places, to acknowledge and confefs our manifold fins and wickednefs 5 and that 4 we EVENING PRAYER. j 5 we {hould not diflemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God, our heavenly Father; but confefs them with an humble, lowly, peni- tent, and obedient heart ; to the end that we may obtain forgivenefs of the fame by his infinite goodnefs and mercy. Wherefore I pray and be- feech you, as many as are here prefent, to ac- company me with a pure heart and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, faying after me. J general Confjfion to be faid of the whole Congrega- tion, after the Minfer ; all kneeling. ALmighty and moft merciful Father, We have erred and ftrayed from thy ways like loft fheep. We have followed too much the devices and defires of our own hearts. We have offended againft thy holy laws. We have left undone thofe things which we ought to have done ; And we have done thofe things which we ought not to have done ; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upcn us, miferable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confefs their faults. Reftore thou them that are penitent; Ac- cording to thy promifes declared unto mankind in Chrift Jefus our Lord. And grant, O moft mer- ciful Father, for his fake ; .That we may here- after live a godly, righteous, and fober life ; To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. Then the Minjfter jhail fey, r\ Lord, we befeech thee, abfolve thy people ^^ from their offences ; that, through thy boun- tiful goodnefs, we may be delivered fram the bands of thofe fins, which by our frailty we have com- mitted. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jefus Chrift's fake, our bleffed Lord and Saviour. Amen. Then iS EVENING PRAYER. J hen the Minifter Jhall fay the Lord's Prayer y the People alfo repeating it with him, fVUR Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be ^-^ thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven : Give us this day our daily bread ; And Forgive us our trefpafTes, as we forgive them that trefpafs againft us : And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil : For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, For ever and ever. Amen. Then likewife he Jhall fay 9 O Lo:d, open thou our lips, Anfw. And our mouth fhall fhew forth thy praife. Minijler. O God make fpeed to fave us. - Anfw. O Lord make hafte to help us. Here all ft an ding up the Minifter Jhall fay > Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghoft ; Anfw. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever {hall be : world without end. Amen. Minijler. Praife ye the Lord. Anfw . The Lord's Name be praifed. Then Jhall be /aid the Pfahns in order af they are ap- pointed* Then a Lejfon of the Old Tejiament, as is appointed : And after that the following Pfalm : f\ Sing unto the Lord a new fong : for he hath ^-^ done marvellous things. With his own right hand, and with his holy arm ; hath he gotten himfelf the viclory. The Lord declared his falvation : his righteouf- jiefs hath he openly fhewed in the fight of tnc heathen. He EVENING PRAYER. 17 He hath remembered his mercy and truth to- wards the houfe of Ifrae! ; and all the ends of the world have feen the falvation of our God. Shew yourfdves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands : fing, rejoice, and give thanks. Let the fea make a noife, and all that therein is; the round world and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the Lard : for he cometh to judge the earth. With righteoufnefs (hall he judge the worlds and the people with equity. Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, £sV. Then a Lejfon of the New Tejiament^ as it is ap~ pointed: And after that the following Pfalm : OD be merciful unto us, and blefs us 5 and (hew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us. That thy way may be known upon earth ; thy faving health among all nations. Let the people praife thee, O God : yea, let all the people praife thee. O let the nations rejoice and be glad ; for thou (halt judge the folk righteoufly, and govern the nations upon earth. Let the people praife thee, O God : yea, let all the people praife thee. Then fhall the earth bring forth her increafe ; and God, even our own God, (hall give us his bleffing. God (hall blefs us : and all the ends of the world (hall fear him. Glory be to the Father, &V. As ic was in the beginning, &V. Then G< r8 EVENING PRAYER/ Then Jhall be faid the Jpo/iles Creed by the Minijier and the People ; fianding. T Believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of •i .Heaven and Earth : And in Jefus Chrift his only Son our Lord ; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghoft; Born of the Vir- gin Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate; Was cru- cified, dead, and buried, He defcended into hell : The third day he rofe again from the dead; He afcended into heaven, and fitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty ; From thence he (hall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghoft ; the Holy Catholic Church; the Communion of Saints; The for- givenefs. of fins ; The refurre&ion of the body \ And the life everlafting. Amen. Then Jhall the Minifler pronounce with a loud Voice y The Lord be with you. Anfw. And with thy fpirit. Minift. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. ■ Anjw. Chrift^ have mercy upon us. MinijL Lord, have mercy upon us. Then /ball follow three CoJlecls ; the fir Jl of the Day ; the fecond for Peace, the third for aid againjl all Penh. The fecond Collect at Evening-Prayer. 4f\ God, from whom all holy defires, all good ^ counfels, and all juft works da proceed ; Give unto thy fervants that peace which the world can- not give ; that both our hearts may be fet to obey thy commandments, and alfo that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pafs our time in -reft and quietnefs, through the merits of Jefus Chrift our Saviour. Amw. The EVENING PRAYER. 19 The third Colletl, for Aid againfi all Perils. T Ighten our darknefs, we befeech thee, O Lord 5 -*-' and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night, for the love of thy only Son our Saviour Jefus Chrift. Amen. A Prayer for the Supreme Rulers. /^v Lord our heavenly Father, high and mighty, ^ King of Icings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who doft from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; Moft heartily we befeech thee, with thy favour to behold the Supreme Rulers of tbefe United States ; and (o replenish them with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that they may incline to thy will, and walk in thy way ; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen, A Lmighty God, who haft given us grace, at ** this time, with one accord to make our com- mon fupplications unto thee; and doft promife, that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt grant their requefts-5 Fulfil flow, O Lord, the defires and petitions of thy Servants, as may be moft expedient for them ; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlafting, Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. ^pHE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the A love of God, and the fellowfhip of the Holy Ghoft, be with you all evermore. Amm. Here endeth the Order of Evening Prayer* Here 20 The LIT A NT. Here follow eth the LIT A NT, or General Supplica- tion^ to be /aid upon Wednefdays and Fri* days. OGod the Father of heaven ; have mercy upor* us miferable finners. O God the Father of heaven ; have mercy upon us miferable finners. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world 5 have mercy upon us miferable finners. O God the Son, Redeemer of the wzrld , have mercy upon us miferable finners, O God the Holy Ghoft, proceeding from the Father and the Son ; have mercy upon us mife- rable finners. O God the Holy Gbo/l, proceeding from the Father and the Son ; have mercy upon us miferable finners. O holy, bleffed, and glorious Trinity, three per- fons, and one God; have mercy upon us mife- rable finners. O holy, bleffed, and glorious Trinity ', three per- fons j and one God\ have ?nercy upon us miferable finners. Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou ven- geance of our fins : fpare us, good Lord, fparc thy people, whom thou haft redeemed with thy moft precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Spare us, good Lord, From all evil and mifchief ; from fin, from the crafts and afTaults of th£ devil, from thy wrath, and from everlafting damnation, Good Lord, deliver us. From all blindnefs of heart; from pride, vain- glory, and hypocrify ; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitablenefs, Good Lord % deliver us* From Tee LITANY. 21 From fornication, and all other deadly fin; and from all the deceits of the world, the flefh, and the devil, Good Lord, deliver us. From lightning and temped ; from plague, peflilence, and famine ; from battle and murder, and from fudden death, Go r d Lordy deliver us. From all fedition, privy confpiracy, and re- bellion ; from all falfe do&rine, herefy and fchifm ; from nardnefs of heart, and contempt of thy word and commandment, Good Lord, deliver us. By the myftery of thy holy Incarnation ; by thy holy Nativity and Circumcifion ; by thy Baptifm, FafUng, and Temptation, Good Lordy deliver us. By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Crofs and Paflion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Refurre&ion and Afcen- fion s and by the coming of the Holy Ghoft, Good Lord, deliver us. In all time of our tribulation ; in all time of our wealth ; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment, Good L:rdy deliver us* We finners do befeech thee to hear us, O Lord God, and that it may pleafe thee to rule and go- vern thy holy Church univerfal in the right way ; We befeech thee to bear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to keep and ftrengthen in the true worfliipping of thee, in righteoufnefs and holinefs of life, thy fervants the Supreme Rulers of thefe United States; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to rule their hearts in thy faith, fear, and love, that they may evermore have £2 Toe LITANY. have affiance in* thee, and ever feek thy honour and glory ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to illuminate all the Minifters of thy Gofpel, with true knowledge and underftanding of thy Word: that both by their preaching and living they may fet it forth, and (hew it accordingly; , We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to blefs and keep the Magiflrates, giving them*grace to execute juflice, and to maintain truth; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to blefs and keep all thy people ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to give to all nations unity, peace and concord ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to give to all thy people increafe of grace, to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affe&ion, and to bring forth the fruits cf the Spirit ; We befech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to bring into the way of truth all fuch as have erred, znd are deceived ; We befeech thee to hear us, gefrd Lord. That it may pleafe thee to itrengthen fuch as do ftand, and to comfort and help the weak-hearted, and to raife up them that fall, and finally to beat down Satan under our feet; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to fuccour, help, and comfort The LIT A NT. 23 comfort all that are in danger, neceffity, and tri- bulation ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to prderve all that travel by land or by water, all women labouring with child, all fick perfons and young children, and to fhew thy pity upon all prifoners and captives ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to defend, and provide for, the fatherlefs children, and widows, and all that are defolate and oppgeffed - 9 We befeech thee to hear us^ good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to have mercy upon all men ; We befeech thee to hear f/;, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to forgive our enemies., perfecutors, and ilanderers, and to turn their hearts ; We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to give and preferve to our ufethe kindly fruits of the earth, fo as in due time we may enjoy them ; We befeech thee to hear us^ good Lord, That it may pleafe thee to give us true re- pentance, to forgive us all our fins, negligences^, and ignorances, and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy holy Word ; We befeech thee to bear us^ good Lord. Son of God : we befeech thee to hear us. Son of God : we befeech thee to hear us. O Lamb of God, that takeft away tUe fins of the world ; Grant us thy peace* O Lamb of God, that takeft away the fins of the world ; Have mercy upon us, O Chrift* 24 The LIT A NT. O Chrift, hear us. O Cbrifi) hear us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord) have mercy upon us. Chrift, have mercy upon us. Chrift, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Thenjhall the Minijler and the People with him, fay the Lord's Prayer. /^vUR Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed ^^ be thy Name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven ; Give us this day our daily bread ; And forgive us our trefpafles, as we forgive them that trefpafs againft us ; And lead us not into Temptation, but deli- ver us from evil. Amen. Minljhr. O Lord, deal not with us after cur fins : Anfwer. Neiiher reward us after our iniquities. Let us pray. (f\ God, merciful Father, that defpifeft not the ^^ fighing of a contrite heart, nor the defire of fuch as be forrowful ; Mercifully affiftour prayers that we make before thee, in all our troubles and adverfities whenfoever they opprefs us ; and gra- cioufly hear us, that thofe evils, which the craft and fubtilty of the devil or man worketh againft us, be brought to nought, and by the pro- vidence of thy goodnefs be difperfed ; that we thy fervants, being hurt by no perfecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. O Lord, arife, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's fake. O God, o The LIT A NT. 25 God, we have heard with our Ears, and our fathers have declared unto us the noble wo; ks that thou didft in their dajs, and ia the old tinie before them. O Lord, arife, help us, and deliver us for thine bsnour. Glory be to the Father, and to the S m, and to the Holy Ghoft. Anjw. As it was in the beginning i now, and ever (hall be, world without end. Amen. From our enemies defend us, O Chiilh Gracioufl) look upon our afflictions. Pitifully behold the forrows of our hearts. Mercifully forgive the fins of thy peep 'e* Favourably with mercy he^r our prayers* O Son of Dav d, have n.er.y u) on us. Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Chntl. ■ Gracioufly bear us y O Ch-ifi \ gracioufy bear us 9 O Urd Ub>i/t. O Lord let thy mercy b° (hewed upon us $ As lie do put our truji in thee. Let us pray. r E humbly befeech thee, O Father* merci'u ! Iy to look upon our infirmities ; and, for the glory of rhy Name, turn from us all tho r e evils that we mod righteoufly have deferved ; and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole truft and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore ferve thes in holinefs and pureneis of living, to thy honour and glory, through our only Mediator and Advo- cate, Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. A Lmighty God, who haft given us grace at this •**■ time with one accord to make our common fupplications unto thee, and doft promife that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt grant their requefts \ fulfil now 5 O Lord, B the w 1 26 A Prayer and Thank/giving, the defires and petitions of thy fervants, as may be mod expedient for them : granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlafting. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. >HpHE grace of our Lord Jefus (Thrift, and the ■*■ love of God, and the fellowfhip of the Holy Ghoft, be with you all evermore. Amen. Here endeth the L IT A NT. A PRAYER WTHANKSGkVING, to be ufed every Lord's Day. OGod, the Creator and Preferver of all man- kind, we humbly befeech thee for all forts and conditions of men, that thou wouldeft be pleafed to make thy ways known unto them, thy faving health unto all nations. More efpecially we pray for the good eflate of the Catholic ^Church ; that it may be fo guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profefs and call themfelves Chriftians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of fpirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteoufnefs of life. Fi- nally, we commend to thy fatherly goodnefs, all thofe who are any ways afflsited ordif- treffed in mind, body, or eflate [* efpe- * nhto befaid dally thofe for whom our prayers are de- ^ £n "Wj^i Jired] ; that it may pleafe thee to J e c7ngrsga- comfort and relieve them according to tion. their feveral neceffities ; giving them patience under their fufferings, and a happy ifllie out of all their afflictions: and this we beg for Jefus (Chrift's fake* Amen. Almighty A A General Thankfg mng. ' iy Lmighty God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy fervants do give thee moft humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodnefs and lov- ing-kindnefs to us and to all men; [* particularly to thofe who defire novj * This to be Jald to offer up their praifes and thank [giving* ™ hm , an y tha * ,> r i • > r r 7 j i have been prayed for thy late merctes vouch) aj ed unto tvetn.] f or ^ re t0 rtm We blefs thee for our creation, pre- tumpraife. fervation, and all the bleflings of this life; but above all, for thine ineftimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jefu9 Chrift; for the means of grace, and for the rwpe of glory. And we befeech thee, give r.' that due fenfe of all thy mercies, that our hearts «nay be unfeignedly thankful, and that we may ihew forth thy praife not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourfelves to thy fervice, and by walking before thee in holinefs and righteoufnefs all our days, through Jefus Chrift our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghoft, be all ho- nour and glory, 'world without: end. Amen. THE COLLECTS, EPISTLES, and GOSPELS, To be ufed throughout the Year. The Fir/} Sunday in Advent. The Collefi. Lmighty God, give us grace that we may caft away the works cf darknefs, and put upon us the armour of light, now "in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jefus Chrift came to vifit us in great humility ; that in the laft day, when he (hall come again in his glorious Majefty, to judge both the quick and dead, we may rife to the life immortal, through him who B 2 liveth 28 The Fir ft S mi clay in Advent. liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft, now and ever. Amen. The EpiflU. Rem. xiii. 8. AWE no man any thin?;, but to love one an- ^ other ; for he that loveth another hath ful- filled the law. For this, Thou (hah not commit adultery; Th u {halt not kill 5 Thou (halt not ileal i Thou (halt not bear iaJfe witneG ; Thou (halt not covet : and if there be any other com- mandment, it is briefly comprehended in this fay- ing, namely, Thou fhak love thy neighbour as ihyfelf. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour ; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. And that k#OA'ing the time, that now ic is hi^h time to awake out of fleep ; for now is our falvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far ipent, the day is at hand ; let us therefore call off the works of darknefs, and let us pur on the ar- mour of light. Let us walk honeftly as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkennefs, not in chambering and wantonnefs, not in ftrife and envying ; but put ye on the Lord Jefus Chrift, and make not proviiion for the flefti, to fulfil the lulls thereof. The Go/pel. Matth. xxi. I. ITjrHEN they drew nigh unto JVrufalem, and * * were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then fent Jefus two difciples, faying unto them, Go into the village over againft you, and ilraightway ye fhall find an a r s trd, and a colt with her ; loofe them, and bring them unto me. And if any man fay ought unto you, ye fhall fay, The Lord hath need of them; -and ftraightway he will fend them All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was fpoken by the prophet, faying, Tell ye the daughter of Sipn, 2 Behold, The Second Sunday in Advent. 29 Beh Id, th King comerh unto thee, meek, and fitting upon an afs, and colt the foal of an afs.- Ana the difup'es went and c id as Jefua com- manded them, and brdi 2 afs, and the colt, and put on them their d< the?, and they ftt bid) thereon. And a very great multitude fpread garments in the vvav -, ethers cut down branches from the trees, and fere wed ihem in the way. And the multitudes that went before, 2nd that followed, eiied, faying, H of anna to the Son of David i bleffi d is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Honmna in the higheft. And when he was come into Jerufalem, all the city was moved, faying, Who is this? And the multi- tude faid, I his is Jefus the Prophet of Naz rah, of Galilee. And jefus went into the temple of God, and caft out all them that fold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the feats of them that (old doves; and faid unto them, It is written, My houfe (hall be called the houfe of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of thieves. B The Secmd Sunday in Advent. The C:!iefi. LefTed Lord, who haft caufed all holy Scrip- tures to be wrkten for our learning ; Grant th.t we may in fuch wife he.ir them, read, mark, Jearn, and inwardly digeft them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy word, w r e m3y embrace and ever hold faft the bleff d hope of everlaiting life, which thou haft given us i? our Saviour Jefus Chrift. Amen. The Epijih. Rom. xv. 4. Kat r oever things were written aforetime, were written for our earning, that u*e, through pat ence and comfo\ of the Scripture*, B 3 mjoht w 30 The Second Sunday in Advent* might have hope. Now the God of patience and confolation grant you to be like-minded one to- wards another, according to Chrift Jefus ; that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God,, even the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift. Where- fore receive you one another, as Chrift alfo re- ceived us, to the glory of God. Now, I fay, that Jefus Chiift was a minifter of the circumcifion for the truth of God, to confirm the promifes made unto the Fathers ; and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy ; as it is written, For this caufe I will confefs to thee among the Gen- tiles, and fing unto thy Name. And again he faith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praife the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and laud him, all ye people. And again, Efaias faith, There fhall be a root of Jefie; and he that (hall rife to reign over the Gentiles, in him fhall the Gentiles truft. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghoft. The GofpeL Luke, xxi. 25. AND there (hall be figns in the fun, and in the •*"^ moon, and in the ftars \ and upon the earth, diftrefs of nations, with perplexity ; the fea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for locking after thofe things which are coming on the earth \ for the powers of heaven fhall be fhaken. And then fhall they fee the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory. And when thefe things begin to come to pafs, then look up, and lift up your heads ; for your redemption draweth nigh And he fpake to them a parable : Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees ; when they npw fnoot forth, ye fee and know of your own felves that fummer is now nigh at hand. So likewife ye, when ye fee thefe things come The Third Sunday in Advent. 31 eoffifi to pafs, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily, I fay unto you, This generation fhall not pafs away till ail be fulfilled ; heaven and earth {hall pafs away, but my words ihall not pafs away. ■■■■■■iwi 1 The Third Sunday in Advent. The Colled. n {rewards, that a man be f und faithful. But with me it is a very (mail thing ihat I fhould be judged of you. or of man's judgment. Yea 1 judge not mine own felf ; for I know nothing b) myfelf, yet am I not hereby juft'fied j but he that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden thing of darknefs, and will make ma- fiifeft the counfels of the hearts, and then fhall every man have praife of God. The Go! pel. Matth. xi. 2. VrOW when John had heard in the prifon the -^ vorks of Chrift, he fent two of his difciples, and faid unto him, Art thou he that fhould come, B 4 ©r 32 The Fourth Sunday in Advent. or do we look for another ? Jefus anfwered, and faid unto them, Go, and fhew John again thofe things which you do hear and fee : The blind receive their light, and the lame walk ; the lepers are cleanfed, and the deaf hear ; the dead are raifed up, and the poor have the gofpel preached unto them. And bleiTed is he whofoever (hall not be offended in me. And as they departed, Jefus be- gan to {by unto the multitudes co cerning John, What went ye out into the wildernefs to fee? A reed fhaken with the wind ? But what went ye oat for to fce ? A man clothed in foft raiment? Behold, they that wear foft clothing are in kings houfes. But what went ye out for to fee? A prophet? yea, 1 fay unto you, and more than a prophet. For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I fend my meiTenger before thy face, who fball prepare thy way before thee. The Fourth Sunday in Advent, The Colkft. /'A Lord, raife up, we pray thee, thy power, and ^-^ come among us, and with great might fuc- co*jr us ; that whereas, through our fins and wickednefs, we are fore let and hindered in run- ning the race that is fet before us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may fpeedily help and deliver us, through the fatisfadtion of thy Son our Lord ; to whom with thee and the Holy Ghoft be honour and glory, world without end. Amen. The Epiftle. Phil, iv. 4. Tl Ejoice in the Lord alway ; and again I fay, *" Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto ail men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing ; but in every thing by prayer and Amplication with thankfgiving, Ktyour requefts be made Ch if mas- day. 33 made known unto Gcd. And the peace of God, which paffeth all underftanding, fhall keep your hearts and minds, through Chrift Jefus. The Go/pel. John, i. iq. >"pHIS is the record of John, when the Jews fent ■* prkfts and Levites from Jerufalem to afk him, Who art thou ? And he confefTed, and denied not 5 but confeffed, 1 arr> not the Chrift. And they afked him, What then ? Art thou Elias ? And he faith, I am not. Art thou that prophet ? And he anfwered, No. Then faid they unto him, Who art thou, that we may give an anfwer to them that fent us? What fayed thou cf thyfelf? He faid, I am the voice of one crying in the wilder- nefs, Make ftraight the way of the Lord ; as faid the prophet Efaias. And they who w T eie fent were of the Pharifees. And they afked him, and faid unto him, Why baptized: thou then, if thou be not that Chrift, nor tlias, n -ithcr that prophet ? John anfwered them, faying, I baptize with water; but there ftandeth one among you whom ye know not. He it is, who crming after me, is preferred before me ; whofe (hoes latchet I am not worthy to unloofe. Thefe things were done in Bethabara, beyond Jordan, where John was bapti- zing. ——■——— ■ The Nativity cf our Lcrd, or the Birth -day of C HR 1 S T y commonly called Chriftmas-day. The Ccllecl. A Lmighty God, who haft given us thy only be- ■* * gotten Son to take cur nature upon him, and as at this Time 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 fame our Lord Jefus B 5 Chrift, 34 Chrifimas-day. Chrift, who Iiveth and reigneth with thee and the fame Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. The EpiflU. Heb. i. i. £"^OD, who at fundry times, and in divers man- V - J ners, fpake in time paft unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in thefe laft days fpoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom aifo he made the worlds. Who being the brightnefs of his glory, and the exprefs image of his perfon, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himfelf purged our fins, fat down on the right hand of the Ma- jefty on high ; being made fo much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels faid he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee ? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he, (hall be to me a Bon. And again, when he bringeth in the firft- begotten into the world, he faith, And let all the angels of God worfhip him. And of the angels he faith, Who maketh his angels fpirits, and his minifters a flame of fire. But unto the Son he faith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever : a fceptre of righteoufnefs is the fceptre of thy kingdom. Thou haft loved righteoufnefs, and hated iniquity ; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladnefs above thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in 'the beginning haft laid the foundation of the earth ; and the heavens are the works of thine hands. They fhall perifh, but thou remaineft j and they all (hall wax old as doth a garment ; and as a vefture (halt thou fold them up, and they fhall be changed ; but thou art the fime, and thy years fhall not fail; I The Fnjl Sunday after Chrtftmas, 3$ The Go/pel. John, 1. 1. N the beginning was the Word, and the Word ■ was with God, and the Word was God. The fame was in the beginning with Gjd. All things were made by him; and without him was not' any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light fhineth in darknefs, and the darknefs compre- hended it not. There was a man lent from God, whofe name was John. The fame came for a witnefs to bear witnefs of the light, that all men through him might believe. He was r.ot that light, but was fent to bear witnefs of that light* That was the true light which enKghttneth every man that cometh into the world. He W2S in the world, 2nd the world was made by him, and the world knew him nor. He came unto his own, and his own received him not ; but as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the fons of Go.', even to them that believe on his Name : who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the fle(h, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flefh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld r.is glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father); full of grace and truth. The F.rjl Sunday after CLriflmas. TbeColLtf. A Lmighty God, who haft given'us thy only be- ■ *** gotten Son to take our nature upon him, and ' as at tYiU time to be born of a pure Virgin ; ^rant that we, being regenerate and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit, through the fame our Lord Jefus B 6 Chrift, 36 The Firji Sunday after Ghriftmas. Chrift, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the fame Spirit, ever one God, world without end. J men. The Epiftle. Gal. iv. 1. V[OW I fay, that the heir as long as he is a -*^ child, differeth nothing from a fervant, though he be lord of all \ but is under tutors and governors, until the time appointed of the father. Even fo we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world : But when the fulnefs of the time was come, God fern forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of fons. And becaufe ye are fons, God haih fent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a fervant, but a fon ; and if a fon, then an heir of God through Chrift. The Go/pel. Matth. i. 18. >TpHE birth of Jefus Chrift was on this wife: -** When as his mother Mary was efpoufed to Jofeph (before they came tog- ;iier), fhe was found with child of the Holy Gholi. Then Jofeph, her hufband, being a juft man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on thefe things, behold, the angel of the Lord N appeared umo him in a dream, faying, Jofeph, thou fon of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife ; for that which is conceived in her* is of the Holy GhofL And ihe fiiall bring forth a Son, and thou ill alt call his name Jefus ; for he (hall fave his people from their fins. (Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was fpoken of the Lord by the prophet, faying, Behold, a Virgin fliali be with child, and (hall bring forth a Son, and The Second Sunday after Chriftmas* 37 and they (hall call his name Emmanuel, which, being interpreted, is, God with us.j Then Jofeph being railed from deep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him. his wife; and knew her not till (he had brought forth her firft-born Son. And he called his name JESUS', The Second Sunday after Cbrijimas. The Collet! . r\ Lord, we befeech thee, mercifully to receive ^-^ the prayers of thy people who call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and alio may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the fame 3 through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The EptJUe. Rom. xii. 1. T Befeech you therefore, brethren, by the mer- A cies of God, that ye prefent your bodies a living facrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reafonable fervice. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. For I fay through the grace given unto me to every man that is among you, not to think of himfelf more highly than he ought to think; but to think fo- berly, according as God hath dealt to every man the meafure of faith. For as we have many mem- bers in one body, and all members have not the fame office : fo we, being many, are one body in Chrift, and every one members one of another. The Gofpel. Luke, ii.41. >vjOW bis parents went to Jerufalem every year -*-^ at the feaft of the pafiover, And when he was twelve yeais o!d ; they went up to Jerusalem, after 3# The Third Sunday after Chriflmus.- after the cuftom of the feaft. And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jefus tarried behind in Jerufalem ; and Jofeph ami his mother knew not of it. But they fuppofing him to have been in the company, went a day's jour- ney ; and they fought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerufalem, feeking him. And it came to pafs, that after three days they found him in the temple fitting in the midft of the dcclors, both hearing them, and afking them quellions. And all that heard him were aftonifhed at his underftanding and anfwers. And when they faw him, they were amazed: and his mother laid unto him. Son, why haft thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have fought thee forrow- ing. And he faid unto them, How is it that ye fought me? vvift ye not that I muff, be about my Father's bufinefs ? And they underftood not the faying which he fpake unto them. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was fubjecl unto them : but bis mother kept all thefe faymgs in her heart. And Jefus increafed in wif- dom and flature, and in favour with God and man. The Third Sunday after Cbrifimas. The Colletf. ALmighty and everlalting God, who doff, govern all things in heaven and earth ; Mercifully hear the fupp ications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life, through Jefus Cr.rift our Lord. Ameru~ Tb$ The Third Sunday after Chriftmm. 39* The Epiftle. Rom. xii. 6. TjAving then gifts differing according to the -"• grace that is given to us, whether prophecy,, let us prophefy according to the proportion of faith ; or miniftry, let us wait on our miniftring $ or he that teacheth on teaching ; or he that ex- horteth on exhortation; he that giveth, let him do it with fimplicity ; he that ruleth, with dili- gence ; he that fheweth mercy, with chearfulnefs. Let love be without diffimulation. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affc&ioned one to another with brotherly love ; in honour preferring one another ; not flothful in bufinefs ; fervent in fpirit ; ferving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation 5 continuing inftant in prayer; difbibuting to the neceffity of faints ; given to hofpitaliry. Blefsthem who perfecute you ; blefs, and curfe not. Re- joice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Be of the fame mind one to- wards another. Mind not high things, but con- defcend to men of low eftate. The G of pel. John, ii, 1. A ND the third day there was a marriage in Cana -** of Galilee; and the mother of Jefus was there: and both Jefus was called, and his difciples to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jefus faith unto him, They have no wine. Jefus faith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee ? mine hour is not yet come. His mother faith unto the fervants, What- foever he faith unto you, do it. And there were fet there fix water-pots of ftone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. Jefus faith unto them, Fill the water* pou with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And he faith unto them, Draw out 4-0 The Fourth Sunday after Chrlflmas. out now, and bear unto the governor of the feafh And they bare it. When the ruler of the feaft had ' tafted the water that was made wine* and knew not whence it was (but the fervants who drew the water knew), the governor of the ieaft called the bridegroom, and faith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth fet fortn good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is worfe : but thou haft kept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Jefus in Cana of Galilee, and manifefted forth his glory 5 and his difciples believed on him. A' The Fourth Sunday after Chrijlmas* The CollcSi. Lmighty and everlaftmg God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dangers and neceffities ftretch forth thy right band to help and defend us, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The Eplftle* Rom. xii. 1 6. T>E not wife in your own conceits. Recompenfe -" to no man evil for evil. Provide things honeft in the fight of all men. If it be poflible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dear- ly beloved, avenge not your (elves, but rather give place unto wrath ; for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, faith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he third, give him drink ; for in fo doing thou (halt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. The Gcfpe!. Matth. viii. i. WHEN he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And be- hold, there came a leper, and worfhipped him, faying, The Fifth Sunday after Chrijlmai. 41 faying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canft make me clean. And J-fus put forth his hand, and touched him, faying, I will ; Be thou clean. And imme- diately his leprofy was cleanfed. And Jefus faith unto him, See thou tell no man ; but go thv way, fhew thyfelf to the prieft, and offer the gift that Mofes commanded, for a teftimony unto them. And when Jefus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, btfe ching him, and faying, Lord, my fervant lieth at home fick of the palfy, grievoully tormented. And Jefus f.itn unto him, 1 will come and heai him. The centurion anfwered and faid, Lord, I am not worthy that thou fnouldeft come under my roof; but fpeak the word only, and my fervant fhall be healed. For I am a man under authority, having fcluiers under me ; and I fay unto this man, Go, and he goeth j and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my fervant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jefus heard it, he marvelled, and faid to them that followed, Verily I fay unto you, I have not found fo great faith, no not in Ifrael. And I fay unto you, that many {hall come from the eaft and weft, and fhall fit down with Abraham, and Ifaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom (hall be caft out into outer dark- nefs : there (hall be weeping and gnafhing of teeth. And Jefus faid unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou haft believed, fo be it done unto thee. And his fervant was healed in the felf-fatne hour. The Fifth Sunday after Chrijlmas. The Cclletf. God, who knoweft us to be fet in the midft of fo many and great dangers, that by reafQn of the frailty of our nature we cannot always ftand upright, O 42 The Fifth Sunday after Chrijmas. upright, grant to us fuch ftrength and prote£Horr as may fupport us in all dangers, and carry U9 through all temptations, through Jefus Chrift our Lord, Amen, The Epijile. Rom. xiii. ft T ET every foul be fubjecT: unto the higher ■~ powers \ for there is no power but of God 5 the powers that are are ordained of God. Who- mever therefore refifteth the power, refifteth the ordinance of God ; and they that refift ihall re- ceive to themfelves 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 h good, and thou fhalt have praife of the fame 5 for he is the mini ft vr of God- to thee for good. But if thou do that which \? evil, he afraid; for he beareth not the fword in vain; for he is the minifter of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye mult needs be fubje£t, not only for wrath, but a fo for conscience fake For, for t hi ^ cavife pay ye tri- bute alio; for they are God's m n h s tie. ding continually upon this very thing Render there- fore to ail their dues ; tribute t.> vvnom tribute is due, rufiom to v/hom cuftom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom Hon ur TbeGofpel. Matth. viii; 23. AND when he was entered into a (hip, his dif- ■^* ' iples followed him. And beh ld r there arofe a great tempeft in the fea, infomuch that the {hip was covered with the waves ; but he was afleep. And his difciples tv.me to him, and awoke him, faying* Lord, fave us : we perifh. And he faith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Tii?n he arofe and rebuked the winds and the lea, and there was a great caim. But the men marvelled, faying, What. manner of man is this, that The Sixth Sunday after Chrifimau 4^ that even the winds and the fea obey him : And when he was come to the other fide into the coun- try of the Gergefenes, there met him two pofleiTed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, fo 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 hhher 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 faid 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 lteep place into the fea, and perifned in the waters, j^.nd they that kept therrv fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the pofiefled of the devils. Ann 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 bixth Sunday after Ghrlftmas. The Co UcU r\ Lord, we bef'ech thee to keep thy church 2nd *~^ h' ufhold continually in thy true reiigion ; that they, who do lean only upon the hope of thy hea- venly grace, may evermore be defended by thy mighty power, through Jefus Chnft our Lord*. J men. The E piffle. Col.iii. 12. BUT on therefore (as the ele& of God, holy and A beloved) bowels of mercies, kindnefs, humble- nefs of mind, meeknefs, long- fuffering ; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel againft any $ even as Chrifr. for- gave 44 *the Seventh Sunday after Chri/fmas. gave you; fo alfo do ye. And above all theft things put on charity, which is th ond or per- fe&nefs. And let the peace of God ru!e in your hearts, to the which alfo ye are called in one body ; and be ye thankful. Let the wordofChrift dwell in you richly in all wifdotn ; teaching and ad.no- njfliing one another in pfalms, and hymns, and fpiritual fongs, finging with gr^ce 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 Go/pel. Matth. xiii. 24, 'T^HE kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man A who fowed good ft*ed in his field : But while men ilept, his enemy came and fowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was fprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares alio. 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 har- veft, I will lay to the reapers, Gather ye together firft the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them : but gather the wheat into my barn. The Seventh Sunday after Chrijlmas* The cdua. God, whofe blefled Son was manifefled, that he might, deftroy the works of the devil, and make us the fons of God, and heirs of eternal life j Grant us, we befeech thee, that having this hope, O The Ssventh Sunday after Chriftmas. 45 hope, we may purify ourfelves even as he is pure ; th t when he (hall aj i^ear ag in w.-th power and great glo y, we na- be made like unto him m his eternal nd glorious kingdom ; where with thee, () F ither, 1 d thee, O Holy Ghoft, he liveth and reigneth, ever ne God, world without end. Amen* Tie Epi/lle. 1 John, iii. 1. BEhold, what manner of love the F attter hath He it wed up n us. that we fhould bec^ll^d the fo?s o f God : the ero e the world knowtth us not, becaufe it knev him m t. Beloved, now are we the fpns of God, and r doth nor vet appear what we fhall be : but *e know, that when he (hall appear, we (hall be ike him ; for we (hall fee him as he is A d ever, man that ha h this hop in him, puriheth himfelf, even as * e is pure. Who- mever committeth fin, tranigrefleth alfo the law : for fin is the tr nlgreffion of the law. And ye know that he was manifefted to rake away our fins : and in him is no fin. Who'oever abideth in hi 11, finneth not : whofoever finneth, hath not feen him, neither known h m s Little ch Idrc i, let no (nan deceive you : he that doth righteoufnefs, is righte- ous^ 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 mi^ht deilroy the works of the devil. The GofpeL Matth. xxiv. 2?. >~pHEN if any man fliall fay unto you, Lo, here **- is Chrift, or there ; believe it not. For there fhall arife falfe Chrilts and falfe prophets, and they fhal! fhew great figns and wonder ; 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 chamber ; believe 46 *Fhe Eighth Sunday after Cbrijimas. believe it not, For as the lightning cometh out of the eaft, and ftiineth even unto the weft ; fo (hall alfo the coming of the Son of man be. Forwhere- foever the carcafe is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Immediately after the tribula- tion ofthofedays fhall the fun be darkened, and the moon (hali not give her light, and the ftars fhall fall from heaven ; and the powers of the heavens ihall be fhaken. And then (hall appear thc^ fign of the Son of man in heaven : and then (hall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they (lull fee the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven* 1 with power and great glory. And he (hall fend his angels with a great found of a trumpet, and they fhall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaver to the other. The Eighth Sunday after Chrijlmas* The Collet?. *d~\ Lord, we befeech thee, favourably to hear the ^-^ pravers of thy people; that we who arejuftly puni&ed for our offences, may be mercifully de- livered by thy goodnefs, for the glory of thy Name, through Jefus Chrift our Saviour, who liveth and jeigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft, ever one God, world without end. Amen* The EpijUe. I Cor. ix. 24. KNOW ye not, that they who run in a race, run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain. And every man that ftriveth for the maftery is temperate in all things: now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I therefore fo run 5 not as uncer- tainly: fo fight I, not as one that beateth the air: but I keep Under my body, and bring it into fub- jection, left that by any means when I have preached toothers, I myfclf fhould be a caft-away. The J he Eighth Sunday after Chrljtmas. 47 The Go/pel. Matth. xx, 1. '^pHE kingdom of heaven is like unto a man *• that is an hou (holder, who went out earl/. in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he b,d agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he fent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and faw others (landing id!e. in the market-place, and (aid unto thern, Go ye alfo into the vineyard, and whatso- ever is right I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went out about the fixthand ninth hour, and v id likewife. And about the eleventh hour \ he went out and found others (landing idle, and faith unto them, Why (land ye here all the day idle ? They fay unto him, Becaufe no man hath hired us. He faith unto them, Go ye alfo into the vineyard, and whaifoever is right that (hall ye receive. So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard faith unto his (reward, Call the la- bourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the laft unto the firft. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. But when the firft came, they fuppofed that they (hould have received more^ and they likewife received every man a penny. And when 1 hey had received it, they murmured a^ainfl the good-man of the houfe, faying, Thefe laft have wrought but one hour, and thou haft made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day, But he anfvvered one of them, and faid, Friend, I do thee no wrong : didft not thou agree with me for a penny : Take that thine i«, and go thy way ; I will give unto this laft even as unto thee. Is It not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own ? Is thine eye evil, becaufe I am good r So the laft (hall be firft, and the firft laft ; for many are called^ but few chofen. Th$ 48 The Ninth Sunday after Chriflmas. The Ninth Sun lay after Chrifimas* The Cdlecl. f~\ Lord God who feeft that we put not our truft ^-^ in any thing that we do ; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended aaainft all adverfity, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The Epifile. 2 Cor xi. 19. "XT E fufJer fools gladly, Teeing ye yourfelves are , ■*■ wife. For ye fuffer if a man bring you into b ni J cige, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a nun exalt himfelf, if a man fame you on the face. I fp ale as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak: howbeit, whereinso- ever any is bold, ( fpeak foolifhly,) I am bold aKo Are they Hebrews? fo am I : are they If- raelites? fo atn I : are they the feed of Abraham ? fo am I : are they minifters of Chrift ? (I fpeak as a foo!,) I an) mofe : in labours more abundant ; in ftripes ^.bove meafure \ in prifons more frequent; in dea'hs oft. Of the Jews five times receive, I forty ftripes fave one ; thrive was I beaten with rods ; once was J ftoned ; thrice I fuffered fhrp- wreck ; a ni^ht and a day I have been in the deep: in journeyings o'ten ; in perils of wafers; in perils of rpbBers ; in perils b) mine own countrymen ; in peri's by the heathen ; in perils in the city ; in pe- rils in the wildernefs ; in perils in the lea ; in pe- rils among falfe brethren ; in weariness and pain- fulnefs ; in watchings often ; in hunger and thirft ; in fi.ft ngs ( fren ; in cold and nakednefs ; befides thofe things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, tlecareofali the churches. Who is weak, 2nd 1 am not ? who is offended, and I burn not ? if I muft needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. The God The Ninth Sunday after Chrijlmas. 49 God and Father of our Lord Jefus Chrifr, who is blefled for evermore, knoweth that I lye not. The GofpeL Luke, viii. 4. '\X THEN much people were gathered together, * ^ and were come to him out of every city, he fpalce by a parable : A fower went out to fo*v his feed : and as he fowed, fome fell by the way-fide; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And fome fell upon a rock; and as foon as it was fprung up, it withered away, becaufe it lacked moifture. And fome fell among thorns; and the thorns fprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and fprang up, and bare fruit an hundred-fold. And when he had faid thefe things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And his difciples afked him, faying. What might this parable be ? And he faid, Unto you it is given to know the myfteries of the king- dom of God : but to others in parables ; that fee- ing they might not fee, and hearing they might not underftand. Now the parable is this : Tne feed is the word of God: 1 hofe by the way-fide are they that hear ; then cometh the devil, and taketii away the word out of their hearts, left they fliould believe and be faved. They on the rock are they, who when they hear, receive the word with joy: and ihefe have no root; who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns, are they, who when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, and riches, and oleafures of this lifa, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good ground, are they, who in an hon^d and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. C The I 50 ] The Tenth Sunday after Cbrijlmcts. The Collefi. ijT\ Lord, who haft taught us, that all our doings ^ without love are nothing worth ; fend thy Holy Spirit, and pour into our hearts that moft excellent gift of love, the very bond of peace, and of all virtues ; without which whofoever liveth is counted dead before thee. Grant this for thine only Son Jefus Chrift s fake. Amen* The Epijlle. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. / ""p Hough I fpeak with the tongues of men and of -*• angels, and have not love, I am become as founding brafs, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and underftand all myfteries, and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, fo that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. And though I be- llow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I gtve my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing. Love fuffereth long, and is kind ; love envieth not ; love vaunteth nut itfelf, is not puffed up, doth not behave itfelf unfeemly, feeketh not her ovvii, is not provoked, thinketfi no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth ; covereth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Love never faileth : but whether there be prophecies, they fhall fail ; whether there be tongues, they fhall ceafe ; whe- ther there be knowledge, it {hall vanifh away. For we know in part, and we prophefy in part. But when that which is perfect is come., then that which is in part -fhall be done away. When I was a child, I fpake as a child, I underftood as a child, I thought as a child ; but when I became a man*, I put away childifh things. For now we fee through a glafs darkly 3 but then face to face ; now I know in parts T The Tenth Sunday after Cbrijlmas. 5 1 part; but then fhall I know even as alfo I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, love, thefe' three 3 but the greateft of thefe is love. The Go/pel. Luke, xviii. 31. HEN Jefus took unto him the twelve, and faid unto them, Behold, we go up to Je- rufalem, and ail things that are written by the pro- phets concerning the Son of man fhall be accom- plifhed. For he fhall be delivered unto the Gen- tiles, and fhall be mocked, and fpitefu'ly entreated, and fpitted on. And they fhall fcourge him, and put him to death : and the third day he fhall rife again. And they underftood none of thefe things: and this faying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were fpoken. And it came to pafs, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man fat by the way- fide begging : and hearing the multitude pafs by, he aficed what it meant. And they told him that Jefus of Nazareth palled by. And he cried, faying, Jefus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And they who went before rebuked him, that he (hould hold his peace : but he cried fo much the more, Thou Soa of David, have mercy on me. And JeiV?s flood and commanded him to be brought unco him: and when he was come near, he afked him, faying, What'wik thou that I ihould do unto thee ? And he faid, Lord, that I may receive my light. And Jefus faid unto him, Receive thy fight; thy faffli hath faved thee. And immediately he received his fight, and followed him glorifying God : and all the people when they faw it, gave praife uiuo God. Cz h- teoufnefs and true hoiinefs, to thy honour and glory, who lived: and reii/ned: with the Father and the Holy Ghoit, one G,d, world without end. Anttn. The EpiJ1!e* 2 Cor. vi. 1. 7E t! en as workers together with him, be- feech you alfo, that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he faith, I have heard thee In a time accepted, and m the dav of falvation have I fucceured thee : behold, now is the accepted tine; behold, now is the day of falvation.) Giv- ing no offence in any thing, that the miniftry be not blamed ; but in all things approving ourfelves as -he minsfters of God, in much patience, in af- flictions, in nccefiities, in diilrefles, in ftripts, in imprifonments, in tumults, in labours, in watch- ings, in faftings ; by purenefs, by knowledge, by long-fuffering, by kindnefs, by the Holy Ghoft, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteoufnefs on the right hand and on the left, by honour and dif- henour, by evil report and good report ; as de- ceiver?, and yet true ; as unknown, and yet well known j as dying, ar d behold, we live ; as chaf- tened, and not killed ; as forrowrul, yet alway re- joicing ; as poor, yet making many rich ; as hav- ing nothing, and yet poflefling all things. The Go/pel. Matth. iv. 1. THEN was Jeius led up of the fpirit into the wildernefs to be tempted of the devil. And when he had faded forty days and forty nights, he was Toe Twelfth Sunday after Chriflmar* 55 teas afterward an-huhgred. And hen itife tempter came to him, be (aid, If thou be the Son of God., command tl C thefc ftones be made brea .!. But he anfwercd and faid, It is written, Man (hall i\ot live by jread alone, but by every ord that pro- ceeded out of the mouth of God. 1 hen the devil taketb him up into the hoiy city, and fetter him on a pinnacle of the temple, and fakh unto him* If thou be the Son of God, caft thyftlf down ; for it is written, He (hall give Ins angels charge con- cerning thee, and in their hands (hall they bear thee up, left at any time thou dafh thy foot againffc a ftone. Jefus faid unto him, It is written again, Thou {halt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and (herein him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them ; and faith unto him, All thefe things will I give thee, if thou w ? iit fall down and worfhip me. Then faith Jefus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan ; for it is written, Thou (halt worfllip the Lord thy God, and him only (halt thou ferve. Then the devil leaveth him* and behold, angels came and miniftered unto him# The Tiveljtb Sunday after Cbrljlmau The Colled. • A Lmighty God, who feeft that we have no power "** of ourfelves to help ourfelves ; Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our fouls, that we may be defended from all adverfines which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may affault and hurt the foul, through jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The Epiftle. 1 Theff. iv. 1. II^E befeech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jefus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to wa^k, and to pleafe God, fo C 3 ye 54- The Twelfth Sunday after Chrifimau ye would abound more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jefus. For this is the will of God, even your iTcation, that ye fhould abflain from fornica- tion; that every one of you fhould know how to pofFefs his vefiel in fanclification and honour; not in the luft of concupifcence, even as the Gentiles, who know not God : that no man go beyond, and defraud his brother in any matter, becaufe that the Lord is the avenger of all fuch, as we aifo have forewarned you, and teftified. For God hath not called us unto uncieannefs, but unto holinefs. He therefore that defpifeth, defpifeth not man, but God, who hath alio given unto us his Holy Spirit. The Gofpel. Matth. xv. 21. JESUS went thence, and departed into the coafts of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the fame coafts, and cried unto him, faying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David ; my daughter is grievoufly vexed with a devil. But he anfwered her not a word. And his difciples came and befought him, faying, Send her away, for fhe crieth afcer us. But he anfwered and faid, I am not fent but unto the loft fheep of the houfe of Ifrael. Then came fhe and worshipped him, faying, Lord, help me. But he anfwered and faid, It is not meet to take the chil- dren's bread, and to caft it to dogs. And (lie faid, Truth, Lord ; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their mailer's table. Then Jefus an* fwered and faid unto her, O woman, great is thy faith : be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was. made whole from that very hour.. The I 55 J The Thirteenth Sunday after Chrtjimas. The ColleZ. Tl^E befeech thee, Almighty God, look. upon ** the hearty defires of thy humble fervants, and ftretch forth the right hand of thy Majeiiy to be our defence againit ail cur enemies, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The Epijlle. Ephef. v. i. T)E ye therefore followers of God,- as dear chil- *-* dren : and walk in love, as Chrift alfo hath loved us, and hath given himfelf for us, an offer- ing and a facrifice to God for a fv/eet-fmelling fa- vour. But fornication and ail unc!eanntf<, or co- vetoufnefs, let it not be once named amongft you, as becometh faints ; neither fiithinefs, nor foolifh- talking, nor jefting, which are not convenient > but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean perfon, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inhe- ritance in the kingdom of Chrift, and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words : for be- caufe of thefe things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of difobedience. Be not ye there- fore partakers with them ; for ye were fometimes darknefs, but now are ye light in the Lord : walk as children of light •, (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodnefs, and righteoufnefs. and truth,) prov- ing what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowfhip with the unfruitful works of dark- nefs, but rather reprove them - y for it is a ihame even to fpeak. of thofe things which are done of them in fecret* But all things that are reproved*. are made manifeft by the light : for whaifoever doth make manifeft, is light. Wherefore he faith, Awake thou that fleepeft, and arife from the dead*, and Chrift, (hall -give thee light. C 4* The. 56 The Thirteenth Sunday after ChriJImas. The GofpeL Luke, xi. 14. JESUS was carting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pafs when the devil was gone out, the dumb fpake ; and the people wondered. But fome of them faid, He cafteth out devils through Beelzebub, the chief of the dtvils. And others tempting him, fought of him a fign from heaven. But he knowing their thoughts, faid unto them, Every 'kingdom divided againft itfelf, is brought to dcfolation : and a houfe divided againft a houfe, falieth. If Satan alfo be divided againft himfelf, how (hall his kingdom (land ? becaufe ye fay that I caft out devils throush Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub caft out devils, by whom do your fons caft them out ? therefore fliall they be your judges. But if I with the finger of God caft out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. When a ftrong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace : but when a ftronger than he {hail come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trufled, znd divideth his fpoils. He that is not with me, is againft me : and he that gathereth not with me, fcattereth. When the unclean fpirit is gone cut of a man, he walkeib through dry places, feeking reft ; and finding none, he faith, I will return unto my houfe whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it fwept and garnifhed. Then goeth he and taketh to him kvQn other fpirits more wicked than himfelf, and they enter in, and dwell there: and the iaft ftate of that man is worfe than the firft. And it came to pafs as he fpake thefe things, a cer- tain woman of the company lift up her voice, and faid unto him, Biefll-d is the womb that bare thee, and the paps whioh thou haft fucked. But he faid, Yea, rather blefled are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. The G' [ 57 J The Fourteenth Sunday after Chrijlmas. The Q*jk#. i Rant, we befeech thee, Almighty God, that we who, for our evil deeds do worthily deferve to be punifhed, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved, through our Lord and Sa- viour Jefus Chi id. Amen* The Epijile. Gal. IV. 21. npELL me, ye that defire to be under the law, do * ye not hear the law ? For it is written, that Abraham had two fens, the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-w man. Hut he who was of the bond wom^n, was born after the fiefii : but he of the free-woman, was by promife. Which things are an allegory : for thefe are the two co- venants ; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and anfvvereth to Jefufalem which now is, arid is in bondage with her children. But Jerufalem which is above is free; which is the mother of us all. For it io written, Rejoice, thou barren, that beared: not ; break forth and cry, thou that travailed not: for the defolate hath many more children than fhe who hath an hufband. Now we, brethren, as Ifaac was, are the children of promife. But as then, he that was born after the flefh, perfecuted him that wis born after the Spirit; even fo it is now. Never- thelefs, what faith the Scripture? Caft out the bond- woman and her fon : for the fonof the bond- woman ihall not be heir whh the fon of the free- woman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free. C 5 The 5 8 The Fourteenth Sunday after Cbrtjlmas:. Tie Go/pel. John, vi. i. JESUS went over the fea of Galilee, which i3 the fea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, becaufe they faw his miracles which* he did on them that were difeafed. And Jefus went up into a mountain, and there he fat with his difciples. And the paflbver, a fea ft of the Jews, was nigh. When Jefus then lift up his- eyes, and faw a great company come unto him, he faith unto Philip, Whence fhall we buy bread, that thefe may eat? (And this he faid to prove him; for he himfelf knew what he would do.) Philip anfwered him y Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not fufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his difciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, faith unto him, There is a lad here, who hath five barley-loaves, and two fmall fifties : but what are they among fo many ? And Jefus faid, Make the men fit down. Now there was much grafs in the place. So the men fat down in number about five thoufand. And Jefus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he diftributed to the difciples, and the difciples to them that were kt down, and likewife of the fifties,, as much as they would. When they were filled, he faid unto his difcip'es, Gather ur>* the fragments that remain, that nothing be loft. Therefore they gathered them together, and filed' twelve bafkets with the fragments of the five bar- ley-loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then thofe men, when they had feen the miracle that Jefus did, faid, This is of a truth that Prophet that fhould come into the world. m r 59- r The FifUmih Sunday after Chrljlmau The Collecl. - "tX7E befeech thee, Almighty God, mercifully * ^ to look upon thy people; that by thy great goodnefs they may be governed and preferved ever- more, both in body and foul, through J.efus Chrifb our Lord. Amtm The Epiftle. Heb. ix. ir. /^HRIST, being come an high prieft of good ^ things to come, by a greater and more perfett* tabernacle, not made with hands: that is to fay,, not of this building ; neither by the blood of goats, and calves; but by his own blood he entered in- once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the afhes of an heifer fprinkling the unclean, fanftifieth to the purifying of the flefh ; how much more fhall the blood of Chrift, who through the eternal Spirit offered himfelf without fpot to God, purge your conference from dead- wotks to ferve the living God ? And for this caufe he is the mediator of the new teftament, that by means of dc^h for the redemption of the tranf- greflions that were under the firft teftament, they who are called might receive the prcmife of eter- nal inheritance. w The Gofpei, John, viii, 46. JESUS faid, Which of you convinceth me of fin? and if I fay the truth, why do ye not believe me ? He that is of God, heareth God's words ; ye therefore hear them not,becaufe ye are not of God. Then anfwered the Jews,- and faid unto him, Say we not well, that thou art a Sa- maritan, and haft a devil? Jefus anfwered, I have cot- a devil ; but I honour my Father, and ye do C 6 • difhvnu'j: 60 The Sunday next htfsu Eafter. difhonour me. And I feek not mine own glory % there is one that fedceth and judgeth. Verily, verily, I fay unto you, If a man keep my faying, he (hall never fee death. Then faid the Jews un- to him, Now we know that thou haft a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets ; and thou fayeft, If a man keep my faying, he fhall never tafte of death. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead ? and the prophets are dead: whom makeft thou thyfelf \ Jefus anfwered, If I honour rnyfdf, my honour is nothing; it is my Father that^onoureth me, of whom ye fay, that he is' your God ; yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I ftould fay, I know him not, I fhould be a liar like unto you ; but I know him, and keep his faying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to fee my day, and he law it and was glad. Then faid the Jews unto bim, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and halt thou feen Abraham ? Jefus faid unto them, Verily, verily, 1 fa ? unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Then took they up ftones to caft at him : but Jefus hid himfelf, and went out of the temple* The Sunday next before E after* The Goitefi. ALmighty and everlafting God, who of thy tender love towards mankind, haft fent thy Son our Saviour Jefus Chrift, to take upon him our flefti, and to Puffer death upon the crofs, that all mankind fliould follow the example of his great humility ; Mercifully grant, that we may both follow the example of his patience, and alfo be made partakers of his refurreftion, through the feme Jefub Chrift our Lord. Amen. The "The Sunday next before E after* 6t The Epjflle. Phil. ii. 5. LET this mind be in you, which was alfo in Chrift Jefus; who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God; but made himfelf of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a fervant, and was made in the likenefs of men : and being found in fafhion as a man, he humbled himfelf, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the crofs. Where- fore God alfo hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name : that at the Name of Jefus every knee fhould Jpow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, .and things under the earth; and that every tongue fhould confefs that Jefus Chrift is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The Go/pel. Matth. xxvii. 1. TI 7HEN the morning was come, all the chief ^ * priefls and elders of the people took counfel againft Jefus to put him to death* And when they had bound him, they led him away, and de- livered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas who had betrayed him, when he faw that he was condemned, repented himfelf ar;d brought a^ain the thirty pieces of filver to the chief priefts and elders, frying, I have finned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they faid, What is that to us ? fee thou to that. And he caft down the pieces of filver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himfelf. And the chief priefts took the filver pieces, and faid, It is not lawful for to put them into the treafury, becaufe it is the pnee of blood. And they took counfel, and bought with them the potters field to bury ftrangers in. Wherefore that fielu vva: called, The field of blood, unto this day. (Then was ful- filled 6'z TJje Sunday next before EoJIer. filled that which was fpoken by Jeremy the pro- phet, faying, And they took the thirty pieces of filver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Ifrael did value, and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.) And Jefus ftood before the governor; and the governor afked him, faying, Art ihou the King of the Jews ? And Jefus faid unto him, Thou fayeit. And when he was accufed of the chief priefts and elders, he anfwered nothing. Then faid Pilate unto him, Heareft thou not how many things they witnefs againft thee? And he anfwered him to never a word, infomueh that the governor marvelled greatly. Now at that feaft the governor was wont to releafe unto the people a prifoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable prifoner, called Barabbas. Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate faid unto them, Whom will ye that I reltafe unto you ? Barabbas, or Jefus who is called Chrifi ? For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. When he was iet down on the judgment-feat, his wife fent unto him* faying, Have thou nothing to do with that juft man : for I have fuffered many things this day in a dream, becaufe -of him. But the chief priefts and elders perfuaded the multitude that they fhould afk Barabbas, and deftroy Jefus. The governor anfwered and faid unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I releafe unto you ? They faid, Barabbas. 'Pilate faith unto them, What (hall I do then with Jefus who is called Chrift ? They all fay unto him, Let him be crucified. And the governor faid, Why v what evil hath he done ? but they cried out ihe more, faying, Let him be cru- cified. When Pilate faw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water and waihed his hands before the multi- tude, faying, I am innocent of the blood of this 6 juft- The Sunday r,ext before E after. fear God $ honour the king. The Go/pel. John, xvi. 16. JESUS faid to his difciples, A little while and ye fhall not fee me ; and again, a little while and yc (hall fee tnc ; becaufe I go to the Father, Then faid forne of his difciples ajnong ihemfelve?, What is this that he faith unto us : A little while and ye fhall not fee me ; and again, a little while and ye fhall fee me ; and becaufe I go to the Father ? They faid therefore, What is this that he faith : A little while? We cannct tell what he faith. Now ]:fu3 knew that they were defirous to afk him, and laid unto them, Do ye enquire among yourfelves of that i faid, A little while and ye (hall not fee me; and again, a little while and ye fhall fee me ? Ve- xiJy, verily, I fay unto you, That ye (hall weep and £) 2 lament* 76 72>* Fourth Sunday after Eafer. lament, but the world (hall rejoice; and ye thai] be forrowful, but your forrow (hall be turned into joy. A woman when (he is in travail hath forrow, be- caufe her hour is come ; but as foon as fhe is deli- vered of the child, (he remembereth no more the ahguifn, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have forrow ; but I will fee you again, and your heart (hall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. The Fourth Sunday after Eafler. The Colh ft. 4T\ Almighty God, who alone canft order the un- ^^ ruly wills and affections of finful men, grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandeft, and defire that which thou doft promife ; that fo among the fundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may iurely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen* The Epijlle. James, i. 17. T^ VERY good gift, and every perfedt gift, is from **-' above, and cometh down from the Father of lights; with whom is no variablenefs, neither fha- dow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the Word of. truth, that we fhould be a kind of nrfr-fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be fwift to hear, flow to ipeak, flow to wrath ; for the wrath of man worketh jiot the righteoufnefs of God. Wherefore, lay apart all filthinefs and fuperfluity of naughti- nefs, and receive with meeknefs the ingrafted word, which is able to fave your fouls. ttt The Fifth Sunday after Softer. 77 The Gofpel. John, xvi. 5. JUS faid unto his difciples, Now I go my way to him thatfentme, and none of you afksth me, Whither goeft thou ? But becaufe I have faid thefe things ttP.to \ou, forrow hath filled your heart. Neverti'ielefs, I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I go away ; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you ; but if I de- part, I will fend him unto you : And when he is come, he will convince the world of fin, and of righteoufnefs, and of judgment ; of fin, becaufe they believe not on me •> of righteoufnefs, becaufe I go to my Father, and ye fee me no more ; of judgment, becaufe the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to fay unto you, but ye cannot bear tVm now. Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide job into all truth ; for he (hall not fpeak of himfelf; but whatfoever he fhall hear, that (hall he fpeak : and he will fhew you things to come. He fhall glorify me ; for he fhall receive of mine, and fhall fhew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine ; therefore faid ], that he (hall take of mine, and fhall fhew it unto you. O The Fifth Sunday after Eafer. The Colleti. Lord, from whom ali good things do come, grant to us thy humble fervants, that, by thy holy infpiration, we may thiok thofe things that are good, and, by thy merciful guiding, may per- form the fame, through our Lord jefus Chrift. Amen* D 3 The 7 8 Tbi Fifth Sunday after Eaftr. The EpiJIU. James, i. 22. T>E ye doers of the word, and not hearers onry 7 deceiving your own felves. For if any be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glafs. For he beholdcth himfelf and goeth his way, and ftraightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whofo looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a for- getful hearer, but a doer of the word, this maa fhall be blefied in his deed. If any man among you teem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's jeligion is vain. Pure religion, and undefiled be- fore God and the Father, is this, To vifit the fa- therlefs and widows in their affliction, and' to keep himfelf unfpotted from the world. The GofpeL John, xvi. 23. TTErily, verily, I fay unto you, Whatfoever ye * fhall afk the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye afked nothing in my name. Afk and ye (hall receive, that your joy may be full. Thefe things have I fpoken unto you in proverbs: the time cometh when I fhall no more fpeak unto you in proverbs, but I fhall fhew you plainly of the Father. At that day ye fhall afk in my name ; and I fay not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you ; for the Father himfeif Joveth you, becaufe ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. His difciples faid unto him,Lo, now fpeakeft thou plainly, and fpeakeft no proverb. Now are we hire that thou knoweft all things, and needed not that any man fhould afk thea. By this we believe that The Afanfivn-da}. 79 that thou earned: forth from God. Jefus anfwered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye fhall be fcattered every man to his own, and (hail leave me alone ; and yet I am not alone, becaufe the Father is with me. Thefe things I have fpoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the worid ye fhall have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. The Afcenjion-day. The Collet*. GRANT, we befeech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only-begotten Son our Lord Jefus Chrift to have afcended into the heavens, (o we may alfo in heart and mind thither afcend, and with him continually dwell, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft, one God, world without end. Amin. For the Epijlle. A els, i. 1. ^pHE former treatife have I made, O Theophi- *» lus, of all that Jefus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he, through the Holy Ghoft, had given commandments unto the apofties whom he had chofen ; to whom alfo he fhewed himfeif alive after his paiTion by many infallible proofs ; being fcen of them forty days, and fpeaking of the things per- taining to the kingdom of God \ and being aflem- bled together with them, commanded them that they (hould not depart from Jerufalem, but wait for the promife of the Father, which, faith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water j but ye {ball be baptized with the Holy Ghoft not many days hence. When they there- D 4 fore So The rffcenfion-day* fore were come together, they afked of him, faying, Lord, wilt thou at this time reftore again the kingdom to Ifrael ? And he faid unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the feafons, which the Father hath put in his own power; but ye (hall receive power after that the Holy Ghoft is come upon you ; and ye fhall be witneffes unto m°, both in Jerufalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermoft part of the earth. And when he had fpoken thefe things, while they beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out cf their fight. And while they looked fted- faftly toward heaven, as he went up, behold, two men flood by them in white apparel, who alfo faid, Ye men of Galilee, why ftand ye gazing up into heaven? This fame Jefus who is taken up from you into heaven, fhall focome in like manner as ye have feen him go into heaven. The Go/pel. Mark, xvi. 14. JESUS appeared unto the eleven as they fat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardnefs of heart, becaufe they believed not them who had feen him after he was rifen. And he faid unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gofpel to every creature. He that be- lieveth and is baptized fhall be faved ; but he that believeth not, fhall be damned. And thefe figns fhall follow them that believe : Tn my name fhall they cad out devils ; they fhall fpeak with new tongues ; they fhall take up ferpents ; and if they drink any deadly thing, it fhall not hurt them ; they fhall lay hands on the fick, and thev fhall re- cover. So then, after the Lord had fpoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and fat on the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached Sunday after Afcenfion-day. 8 1 preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with figns fol- lowing o Sunday after Afcenfton-day* The ColUa. God, the King of glory, who haft exalted thine only Son Jefus Chrift: with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven, we beleech thee leave us not comfortlefs, but fend to us thine Holy Ghoft to comfort us, and exalt us unto the fame place whither our Saviour Chrift is gone before ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft, one God, world without end. Amen. The Epijlle. I Pet. iv. 7. 'TpHE end of all things is at hand ; be ye there- ■** fore fober, and watch unto prayer : and above all things have fervent charity among yourfelves 5 for charity (hall cover a multitude of fins. Ufe hofpitality one to another, without grudging. As c\t\y man hath received the gift, even fo minifies; the fame one to another, as good ftewards of the manifold ?race of God. If any man fpeak, fet him fpeak as the oracles of God : if any man minifler, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth ; that God in all things may be glorified through Jefus Chriit; to whom be praife and dominion foe ever and ever. Amen. The Go/pel John, xv. 26. and part of the itib Chapter. XX 7HEN the Comforter is come, whom I will ^ * fend unto you from the Father, even tha Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father^ he foal] tcftify of me. And ye alfo fliall bear wit- D 5 ncft, 82 WHIT-SUNDAY. jnefs, becaufe ye have been with me from the be- ginning. Thefe things have I fpoken unto you, that ye fhould not be offended. They fhall put you out of the fynagogues : yea, the time cometh, that whofoever killeth you will think that he doeth God fervice. And thefe things will they do unto you, becaufe they have not known the Father, nor me: but thefe things have I told you, that when the time fhall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. o WHIT-SUNDAY. The Collefi. God, who as at this time didft teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by the fending to them the light of thy holy Spirit; Grant us by the fame Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort, through the merits of Chrift Jefus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the fame Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. For the Epijlle. A As, ii. I* r HEN the day of Pentecoft was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place : And fuddenly there came a found from heaven, as of arufhing mighty wind, and it filled all the houfe where they were fitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues, like as of fire, and it fat upon each of them : And they were all filled with the Holy Ghoft, and began to fpeak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerufalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven* Now when this was noifed abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, becaufe that every man heard 6 them w WHIT-SUNDAY. 8 3 them fpeak in his own language. And they were all amazed, and marvelled, faying one to another, Behold, are not all thefe who fpeak Galileans f And how hear we every man in our own tongue wherein we were born ? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mefopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Ada, Pbrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Lybia about Cyrene, and ftrangers of Rome, Jews, and Profelytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them fpeak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. Th Go/pel. John, xtv. 15. JESUS faid unto his difciples, If ye love me, keep my commandments: And I will pray the Father, and he (hall give you another Comforter,., that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive-; becaufe it feeth him nor, neither knoweth him;, but ye know him : for he dwel!e;h wilh you, and fhall be in you. I will not leave you comfortlefs ; I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world feeth me no more; but ye fee me: becaufe I.live, ye (hall live alfo. At that day ye {hill know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. He that hath my commandments, and keepeih them, he it is that loveth me : and he that loveth me (hall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifeft myfelf to him, Judas faith unto him, (not Ifcariot) Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifeit thyfelf unto us, and not unto the* world ? Jefus anfwered and faid unto him, If a man love me, he will keep mv words : and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, .and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not, keepeth not my fayings: and the word which ye hear, is not mine, but the Father's who fent me. D 6 TBefc 84 TRINITY-SUNDAY. Thefe things have I fpoken unto you, being yet prefent with you. But the Comforter, who is the Holy Ghoft, whom the Fa;her will fend in my Name, he fhall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatfoever I have faid unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you : not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I faid unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, becaufe I faid I go unto the Fa- ther : for my Father is greater than 1. And now I have told you before it come to pafs, that when it is come to pafs, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you : for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father : and as the Father eave me commandment, even fo I do. —an ii TRINITY-SUNDAY. The CoUeff. A Lroighty and everJafting God, who hafi given -^ unto us thy fervants grace, by the confefiion of a true Faith,' to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majefty to worfhip the Unity; We befeech thee, that thou wouldit keep us fledfaft in this faith, and evermore defend us from all adverfities, who liveft znd reigneft, one God, world without end. Amen. For the Epijlle. Rev. iv. i. A FTER-this I looked, and behold a door was •** opened in heaven : and the firft voice which 1 heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with me j which faid, Come up hither, and! will fhew thtc TR IN I T Y- S UND A Y. S 5 thee things which mud be hereafter, And imme- diately I was in the Spirit; and behold a throne was Jet in heaven, and one fat on the throne ; and he that fat was to look upon like a jafper and a fardine-ftone ; and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in fight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were four and twenty feats i and upon the feats I faw four and twenty elders fitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings, and thundering?, and voices. And there were feven lamps of firs burning before the throne, which are the fevtn fpirits of God, And before the throne there was a fea of glafs, like untocryftal. And in the midft of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beafts full of eyes before and behind : and the firft beaft was like a lion, and the fecond beaft like a calf, and the third beaft had a face as a man, and the fourth beaft was like a flying eagle. And the four beafts had each of them fix wings about him ; and they w ; ere full of eyes within ; and they reft not day and night, faying, Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come. And when thofe beafts give glory and ho- nour and thanks to him that fat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, the four and twenty elders Jail down before him that fat on the throne, and wcrftiip him that liveth for ever and ever ; and caft their crowns before the throne, faying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power ; for thou haft created all things, and for thy pleafure they are, and were created. The Go/pel. John, iii. i. >npHERE was a man of the Pharifees named Nico- * demu«, a ruler of the Jews : the fame came to Jefus by nighty and laid unto him, Rabbi, we know 86 The Ftrjl Sunday after Trinity* know that thou art a teacher come from God : for no man can do thefe miracles that thou do{t, ex- cept God be with him, Jefus anfwered and faid unto him, Verily, verily Lfay unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot fee the kingdom of God. Nicodemus faith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old ? can he enter the fecond time into his mother's womb, and be born ? Jefus anfwered, Verily, verily I fay unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the ffefli, is flefh ; and that which is born of the Spirit, is fpirit. Marvel not that I faid unto thee, Ye muft be born again : the wind bloweth where it lifteth, and thou heareft the found thereof ; but canft not tell whence it coroetb, and whither it goeth ; fd is every one that is born of the Spirit, NJcodemus anfwered and faid unto him, How can thefe things be ? Jefus anfwered and faid unto him, Art thou a mailer of Ifrael, and knoweft not thefe things? Verily, verily I fay unto thee, We fpeak that we do know, and teftify that we have feen ; and ye receive notour witnefs. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how fh ^11 ye believe if I tell you of heavenly things ? And no man hath afcended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven. And as Mofes- lifted up the ferpent in the wildernefs, even fo muft the Son of man be lifted up : that whofoever be- lieveth in him, fhould net perifh, but have eternal life. The Firjl Sunday after Trinity. . The Cotkfi. OGod, the firength of all them that put their truft in thee, mercifully accept our prayers ; and becaufe through the weaknek of our mortal nature The Flrjl Sunday after Trinity,. £7 nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping thy com- mandments, we may ple^fe thee both in will and deed, through Jefus Chrift our Lord, Amen. The Epijlle. 1 John, iv. 7. T)E!oved, let us love one another : for love is of •*-* God ; and every one that loveth, is born of God, and kneweth God. He that loveth nor,. knoweth not God : for God is love. In this was manifefted the love of God towards us, becaufe that God fent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and fent his Son to be the propitiation for our fins. Beloved, if God fo loved us, we ought alfb to love one another. No man hath feen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, becaufe he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have feen and do teftify, that the Father fent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whofoever fhall con- fefs that Jefus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love ; and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldnefs in the day of judgment ; becaufe as he is, fo are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love cafteth out fear ; becaufe fear hath torment : he that feareth is not made perfe& in love. We love bim, becaufe he firft loved us. If a man fay, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a lyar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath feen, how can he love God whom he hath not feen? And this commandment have we from him. 88 The Flrjl Sunday after Trinity. him, That he who loveth God, love his brother alio. . The GofpeL Luke, xvi. 19, >~pHERE was a certain rich man, who was cloth* •*- ed in purple and fine linen, and fared fumptu- oufly everyday. And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate full of fores, and dcfiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table : moreover, the dogs came and licked his fores. And it came to pafs that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bofom : the rich man alfo died, and was buried : and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and feeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bofom: and he cried and faid, Fa- ther Abraham, have mercy on me, and fend La- zarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham faid, Son, remember that thou in thy life-time receivedrl thy good things, and likewife Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And befides ali this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed : fo that they who would pafs fronx hence to you cannot; neither can they pafs to us that would come from thence. Then he faid, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldeft fend him to rny father's houfe: for I have five brethren; that he may tefiify unto tbem, left they alfo come into this place of torment. Abraham faith unto him, They have Mofes and the prophets, let them hear them. And he faid, Nay, father Abraham ; but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he faid unto him, If they h?ar not Mofes and the prophets, neither will they be per- fuaded, though one rofe from the dead, Th$ r. 89 I The Second Sunday afUr Trinity* The aileQ. £\ LORD, who never fai'eft to help, and govern ^^ them whom thou doll: bring up in thy ftedfaft fear and love; Keep us, we befecch thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The Epijile. I John, iii. 13. A/f Arvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you, AVX y x / e ] cnow t h at we have parted from death unto life, becaufe we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death. W-Hofo- ever hateth his brother, is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love of God, be- caufe he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whofo hath this world's good, and feeth his brother have need, and (hutteth up his bowels of compaflion from him ; how dwelleth the love of God in him ? My little children; let us not love in word, nei- ther in tongue, but in deed, and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and (hall affure our hearts before him : for if our heart con- demn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart con- demn us not, then have we confidence towards God : and whatfeever we afk, we receive of him, becaufe we keep his commandment?, and do thofc things that^are pleating in his fight. And this is his commandment, That we fhould believe on the Name of his Son Jefus Chrift, and love one ano- ther, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and A §0 The Third Sunday after Trinity. he in him : and hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. The GofpeL Luke, xiv. 16. Certain man made a great (upper, and bade many; and fent his fervant at (upper- time to fay to them that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ready. And they all with one confent began to make excufe : The firft faid unto him* I have bought a piece of ground, and I muft needs go and fee it; I pray thee have me excufed : and another faid, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them ; I pray thee have me excufed ; and another faid, I have marriqd a wife, and there- fore I cannot come. So that fervant came and {hewed his Lord thefe things. Then the matter of the houfe, being angry, faid to his fervant, Go out quickly into the ftreets and lanes of the city* and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the fervant faid, Lord, it is done as thou haft commanded, and yet there is room. And the Lord faid unto the Ser- vant, Go out into the high-ways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my houfe may be filled : for I fay unto you, that none of thofe meo; who were bidden (hall tafte of my fupper. The third Sunday after Trinity^ The Colled. £\ LORD, we befeech thee mercifully to hear ^^ us ; and grant that we, to whom thou haft given an hearty dtfireto pray, may by thy mighty aid be defended and comforted in all dangers and adverfuies, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The The Third Sunday after Trinity, g x The Epiftle. i Pet. v. 5. A LL of you be fubje& one to another, and be *t* clothed with humility ; for God refifteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourfelves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; cafting all your care upon him ; for he careth for you. Be fober, be vigilant: becaufe your adverfary the de- vil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, feeking whom he may devour : whom refift ftedfaft in the faith, knowing that the fame afflictions are accom- plished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Chrift Jefus, after that ye have fuffered a while, make you perfect, ftablifh* ftrengthen, fettle you : To him be glory and do- minion for ever and ever. Amen. The Go/pel. Luke, xv. 1. ^pHEN drew near unto him all the publicans and ** finners for to hear him. And the Pharifees and fcribes murmured, faying, This man receivetfr finners, and eateth with them. And hefpake this parable unto them, faying, What man of you hav- ing an hundred (beep, if he lofe one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wildernefs, and go after that which is loft, until he find it? and when he hath found it, he layeth it on his fhoulders rejoicing : and when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, faying unto them, Rejoice with me, for 1 have found my fheep which was loft. I fay unto you,. that likewife joy fhall be in heaven over one finner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine juft perfons who need no repentance. Either what woman having ten pieces of filver, if fhe lofe one piece, doth not light a candle, and fvveep the houfe, $2 The Fourth Sunday after Trinity. houfe, and feek diligently till (he find it? And when (be hath found it, fhe calleth her friends and her neighbours together, faying, Rejoice with me; fori have found the piece which I had loft, Like- wife I fay unto you, There is joy in the prefence of the angels of God over one finner that repenteth. o The Fourth Sunday after Trinity. The CoUecf. God, the protector of all that truft in thee, without whom nothing is ftrong, nothing is holy; Increafe and multiply upon us thy mercy, that thou being our ruler and guide, we may fo pafs through things temporal, that we finally lofe not ihe things eternal : Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jefus Chrift's fake our Lord. Amen* The Epi/ile. Rom, viii. 18. T Reckon that the fufferings of this prefent time ■* are not worthy to be compared with the glory which (hall be revealed in us. For the earneft ex- pectation of the creature waiteth for the manifesta- tion or the foils of God. For the creature was made fubje£i to vanity^ not willingly, but by rea- son of him who hath fubjccled the fame in hope ; becaufe the creature itfelf alio {hall be delivered from tne bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groancth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but our- felves alio, who have the firft-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourfelves gro^n within ourfelves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. tfc Tin Fifth Sunday after Trinity. 93 The Gofpel. Luke, vi. 36. T)E ye therefore merciful, as your Father alfo is *-* merciful. Judge nor, and ye {hall not be judged : condemn not, and ye fhall not be con- demned : forgive, and ye fhall be forgiven : give, aiid it fhall be given unto you : good meafure, prefled down, and fhaken together, and running , fh3JI men give into your bofom. For with the fame meafure that ye mete withal, it fiiall be meafured to vou again. And he fpake a parable unto thcr*, Can the blind lead the blind? {hall thev not both fall into the ditch? The difciple is not above his mafter : but every one that is perfect fhall be as his mafter. And why beholdeft: thou the mote that is in th y brother's eve, but perceiv- eft not the beam that is in thine own eye ? Either how canft thou fay to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyielf beholdeft not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, caft out firft the beam out of thine own eye, and then (halt thou fee clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. The Fifth Sunday after Trinity. The Collett. /^RANT, O Lord, we befeech thee, that (he ^-* courfe of this world may be fo peaceably or- dered by thy governance, that thy Chufch may joyfully ferve thee in all godly quietnefs, through. Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The Epiflle. 1 Pet. iii. 8. T)E ye all of one mind, having companion one •*-* of another ; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous : not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing j but contrariwife, blefling 3 know;ng that 34 Tfoe Fifth Sunday after Trinity. that ye are thereunto called, that yefhould inherit a blefiing. For he that will love life, and fee good days, Jet him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they fpeak no guile : let him efchew evil, and do good.; let him feek peace, and enfue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers : but the face of the Lord is againft them that do evil. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good ? But, and if ye fuffer for Hght- coufhefs fake, happy are ye : and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled : but fanflify the Lord God in your hearts. The GofpeL Luke, v. i. T T came to pafs, that as the people prefled -* upon him to hear the word of God, he flood by the lake of Gennefareth, and faw two (hips (landing by the lake : but the fifhermen were gone out of them, and were wafhing their nets. And he entered into one of the (hips, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thruft out a little from the land-: and he fat down, and taught the people out of the fhip, Now when he had left fpeaking, he (aid unto Simon, Launch out into the ' deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon anfwering, faid unto him, Mailer, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing : ne- verthelefs, at thy word I will let down the' net. And when they had this done, they inclofed a great multitude of fifhes, and their net brake. And they beckoned unto their partners who were in the other (hip, that they fhould come and help them. And they came 2nd filled both the fhips, io that they began to fink. When Simon Peter faw it, he fell down at Jefus' knees, faying, Depart from trie, for I am a linful man, O Lord : For he was aftonifhed, and all that were with him, at the draught The Sixth Sunday after Trinity. 95 draught of the fifties, which they had taken : and fo was alio James and John the fons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jefus faid unto Simon, Fear not 5 from henceforth thou fhalt catch men. And when they had brought their dips to land, they forfoolc ajl, and followed him. O Tht Sixth Sunday cfttr Trinity. The Collect. God, who haft prepared for them that love thee, fuch good things as pafs man's under- ftanding; pour into our hearts fuch love toward thee, that we loving thee above all things, may obtain thy promifes, which exceed all that we can defire, through Jefus Cbrift our Lord. Amen* The Epijile. Rom. vi. 3. KNOW ye not, that fo many of us as were bap- tized into Jefus Chrift, were baptized into his death ? Therefore we are buiied with him by bap- tifrn into death ; that like as Chrift was railed up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even fo we alfo fliould walk in newnefs of life. Yox if we have been planted together in the likenefs of his death, we {hall be alfo in the likenefs of his re- furre&ion; knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of fin might be deftroyed, that henceforth we mould not ferve fin. For he that is dead is freed from fin. Now if we be dead with Chrift, we believe that we fhall alfo live with him ; knowing that Chrift being raifed from the dead, dieth no mere ; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto fin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth un- to God. Likewife reckon ye alfo yourfelves to be dead indeed unto fin, but alive unto God, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. The g6 The Seventh Sunday after Trinity. The Go/pel. Matth. v. 20. JESUSfaid unto his difciples, Except your right- eoufnefs fliall exceed the righteoufnefs of the Scribes and Pharifees, ye (hall in no cafe enter into the kingdom of heaven. Ye have heard that it was faid by them of old time, Thou fhalt not kill : and whofoever fhall kill, fhall be in danger of the judg- ment. But 1 fay unto you, that whofoever is angry v/ith his brother without a caufe (hall be in danger of the judgment : and whofoever (hall fay to his brother, Raca, fhall be in danger of the council: but whofoever fhall fay, Thou fool, fhall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remembereft that thy brother hath ought againft thee; leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way, firft be re- conciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adverfary quickly, whilfl thou art in the way with him ; left at any time the adverfary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be call into prifon. Verily I fay unto thee, Thou fhalt by no means come out thence, till thou haft paid the uttermoft farthing. The Seventh Sunday after Trinity: The Colleft. LORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things ; graft in our hearts the love of thy name, increafe in us true religion, nourifh us with all goodnefs, and of thy great mercy keep us in the fame, through Jefus Chrift our Lord, Amen. The The Seventh Sunday after Trinity. cjy The EpiJIIe. Rom. vi. 19, I Speak after the manner of men ; becaufe of the infirmity of your flefh : for as ye have yielded your members fervants to uncleannefs, and to ini- quity, 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 thofe 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 everlafting life. For the wages of fin is death : but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. The Go/pel. Mark, viii. 1. TN thofe 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, Kcaufe they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat : and if 1 fend them away rafting to their own houfes, they will faint by the way ; for divers of them came from far. And his difciples anfwered him, From whence can a man fatisfy thefe men with bread here in the wildernefs ? And he afked them, How many loaves have ye ? and they faid, Seven. And he commanded the people to fit down on the ground : and he took the kven loaves, and gave thanks, apd brake ; and gave to his difciples to fet before them; and they did fet them before the people. And they had a few fmall fifties : and he bit iTed, and com- manded to fet them a!fo before them. So they did eat, and were filled : and they took up of the bro- ken meat that was left feven bafkets. And they that had eaten were about four thoufand. And he fent them away. [ 98 ] The Eighth Sunday after Trinity. The Colleti. /^\ God, whofe never- failing providence ordereth ^ all things both in heaven and earth ; we hum- bly befeech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us thofe chings which are pro- fitable for us, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The Epiftle. Rom. viii. 12. TVRethren, we are debtors, not to the flefh, to -*-* live after the flefh. For if ye live after the flefh, ye fhall die ; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the bo.y, ye fhall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the fons of God For ye have not received the fpirit of bondage again to fear : but ye have received the fpirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Fa- ther. The Spirit itfelf beareth witnefs with our fpirit that we are the children of God. And if children, then heirs - y heirs of God, and joint- heirs with Chrift : if fo be that we fuffer with him, that we may be alfo glorified together. The Go/pel. Matth. vii. 15. "DEware of falfe prophets, who come to you in -*-* fheep's cloathing, but inwardly they are ra- vening wolves. Ye ftull know them by their fruits ; do men gather grapes of thorns, or fTgs of thiftles ? Even fo every gocd 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 who is in heaven. The [ 99 3 The Ninth Sunday after Trinity* The Collet?. /^iRANT to us, Lord, we befeech thee, the ^-* fpirit 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 Chrift our Lord. Amen. The Epijlle. I Cor. x. i. T>Rethren, I would not that ye fliould be ignorant -*-* how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all palled 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 fpiritual Rock that followed them ; and that Rock was Chrift. But with many of them God was not well pleaftd : for they were overthrown in the wil- demefs. Now thefe things were our examples, to the intent we fhould not luft after evil things, as they alio lulled. Neither be ye idolaters, as were fome of them : as it is written, The people fat down to cat 2nd drink, and rofe up to play. Nei- ther let us commit fornication, 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 mur- mured, and were deftroyed of the deftroyer. Now all thefe things happened unto them for enfamples ; and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Where- fore let him that thinketh he ftandeth take heed Jcft he fail. There hath no temptation taken you but fuch as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not fuffer you to be tempted above that ye E 2 are I©0 The Tenth Sunday after Trinity. are able ; but will with the temptation alfo make a way to efcape, that ye may be able to bear it. The Go/pel. Luke, xvi. i. JESUS faid unto his difciples, There was a cer- tain rich man who had a fteward ; and the fame was accufed 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 ac- count of thy ftewardfhip : for thou mayeft be no longer fteward, I Then the fteward faid within himfelf, What fhall I do ? for my lord taketh away from me the ftewardfhip : I cannot dig, to beg I am afhamed. I am refolved what to do, that when I am put out of the ftewardfhip, they may receive me into their houfes. So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and faid unto the firft, How much owe?: thou unto my lord? And he faid. An hundred meafures 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 oweft thou? And lie faid, An hundred meafures of wheat. And he faid unto him, Take thy bill, and write fcurfcore. And the lord coma.ended the unjuft fteward, becaufe he had done wifely ; for the children of this world are in thur generation wifer than the children of light. And I fay unto you* Make to yourfelves friends of the mammon of unrighteoufnefs ; that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlafling habi- tations. The Tenth Sunday after Trinity. The dilfjit. T ETthy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the •*"* pra)ers of thy humble fervants ; and that *iuy may obtain their petitions* make them to afk The Tenth Sunday after Trinity. t&x afk fuch things as dial] pleafe thee, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. c The Epijile. i Cor. xii. I. ^Oncerning fpiritual gifts, brethren, I wcu T a 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 underftand that no man fpeaking by the Spit it of God calleth Jefus accurfed : and that no man can fay that Jefus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghotl. Now there are diverfuies of gifts, but the fame Spirit. And there are differences of adminiftra- tions, but the fame Lord. And there are diver- fuies of operations, but it is the fame God who woiketh all in all. But the manifeftation of ths Spirit is given to every man iz profit withal. P\or to«one is given by the Spirit the word of wifdorn ; to another, the word of knowledge by the farre 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 prophecy; to another, difcerning of fpir;:s ; to another, divers kinds of tongues ; to another, the interpretation of tongues. But all thefe worketft that one and the felf-iame Spirit, dividing to every man feverally as he will. The Go/pel. Luke, xix. 41. ND when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it ; faying, If thou hadft known, even thou, at leaft in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ; buc no\* they are hid from thme eyes. For the days ft all come upon thee that thine enemies fhall caft a trench about thee, and compafs thee round, and keep thee in on every fide, and (hall lay thee even wiih the ground, and thy children within thee 1 E 3 and A' X©2 The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. and they fhall not leave in thee one ftone upon an- other : becaufe thou kneweft not the time of thy vifitation. And he went into the temple, and be- gan to caft out them that fold therein, and them that bought ; faying unto them, It is written, My houfe is the houfe of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of thieves. And he taught daily in the temple. The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity, The Collett. r\ God, who declareft thy almighty power mod ^^ chiefly in (hewing mercy and pity ; mercifully grant unto us fuch a meafure of thy grace, that we running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promifes, and be made par- takers of thy heavenly treafure, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The Epijile. I Cor. xv. r. T)Rethren, I declare unto you the Gofpel which •*-* I preached unto you, which alfo ye have re- ceived, and wherein ye ftand ; by which alfo ye are faved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, uniefs ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you firft of all that which I alfo re- ceived, how that Chnft died for our fins, accord- ing to the Scriptures; and that he was buried ; and that he rofe again the third day, according to the Scriptures; and that he was feen of Cephas ; then of the twelve ; after that he was feen of above five hundred brethren at once ; of whom the greater part remain unto this prefent, but fome are fallen afleep. After that he was feen of James; then of all the Apoftles: and laft of all he was ken of me alfo, as of one born out of due time. For I am the leaft of the Apoftles, that am not meet to be called The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. 103 called an Apoftle, becaufe I perfected the Church of God. But by the grace of God i am what I am : and his grace which was beftovved 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, fo we preach, and fo ye believed* The Go/pel. Luke, xviii. 9. JESUS fpake this parable unto certain who trufted in themfelves that they were righteous, and defpifed others : Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharifee, and the other a Publican, The Pharifee flood and prayed thus with himfelf ; God, I thank thee, that 1 am not as other men are, extortioners, unjuft, adulterers, or even as this Pu lican : I faft twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I poflefs. And the Publican flandintr afar off, would not lift up fo much as his eyes unto heaven, but fmote upon his breaft, fay- ing, God be merciful to me a finner. I tell you, thU man went down to his houfe juftified rather than the other -> for every one that exalteth himfelf (hall be abafed - 9 and he that humbleth himfelf (hall be exalted. The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. The CoiLft. A Lmighty and everlafting God, who art always ** more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we defire or deferve, pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy, forgiving us thofe things whereof our confcience is afraid, and giving us thofe good things which we are not worthy to afk, but through the merits and mediation of Jefus Chrift thy Son, our Lord. Amen. E 4 The 104 The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. The Epif/e. 2 Cor. iii. 4. # OUCH truft have we through Chrift to God- ^ ward ; not that we are fufficient of ourfelves to think any thing as of ourfelves, but our fufficiency is of God, who alfo hath made us able minifters of the New Teftament, not of the letter, but of the {pint; for the letter killetb, but the fpirit giveth Jife. But if the mini lira tion of death, written and engraven in (tones, was glorious, fo that the chil- dren of Ifrael could not ftedfaftly behold the face of Mofes for the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done away, how fhall not the mi- mftration of the fpirit be rather glorious? For if the miniftration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the miniftration of righteoufnefs exceed in glory. The Gofpel. Mark, vii. 31. JESUS departing from the coafls of Tyre and Sidon, came unto the fea of Galilee, through the midft of the coaits of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an im~ pediment in his fpeech ; and they befeech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him afide from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears; and he Cpit, and touched his tongue : And looking up to heaven, he fighed, and faith unto him, Ephphatha; that is, Be opened. And ftraight- way his ears were opened, and the firing of his tongue was loofed, and be fpake plain. And he charged them that they fhould tell no man : But the more he charged them, fo much the more a great deal they publilhed it, and were beyond mea- sure afronifhed, faying, He hath done all things well : he maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to fpeak. The [ io5 ] The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. The ColleSt. ALmighty and merciful God, of whofe only- gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable fcrvice, grant, we befeecrr thee, that we may fo faithfully ferve thee in this life, that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly promifes, through the merits of Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amm. The Epljlle. Gal. iii. 16. / ~pO Abraham and his feed were the promifes * made. He faith not, And to feeds, as of many; but as of one. And to thy feed, which is Chrift. And this I fay, that the covenant that was confirmed before of God in Chrift, the lav/, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot difannul, that it fhould make the promife of none effecT:, For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promife ; but God gave it to Abrahanv by promife. Wherefore then ferveth the law ? Ic was added becaufe of tranigreffions, till the feed fhould come to whom the promife was made ; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a Medi- ator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one ; but God is one. Is the law then againft the pro* mifes of God ? God forbid ; for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteouinefs fhould have been by the law. Buc the Scripture hath concluded all under fm, that the promife by faith of Jefus Chrift might be given. to them that believe. The Go/pel. Luke, x. 23. T>LefTed are the eyes which fee the things that ye -*-* fee ; for I tell you, that many prophets and kings have defired to fee thofe things which ye fee,, E 5 and Io6 The Thirteenth Simda'y after Trinity. and have not feen them ; and to hear tKofe things -which ye hear, and have not heard them. And behold, a certain lawyer flood up, and tempted him, faying, Mafter, what fhall I do to inherit eternal life ? He faid unto him, What is written in the law ? How readeft thou ? And he anfwer- ing, faid, Thou fhalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy flrength, and with all thy mind ; and thy neigh- bour as thyfelf. And he faid unto him, Thou haft anfwered right ; this do, and thou fhalt live. But he, willing to juftify himfelf, faid unto Jefus, And who is my neighbour? And Jefus anfwering, faid, A certain man went down from Jerufalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who flripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and de- parted, leaving him half-dead. And by chance there came down a certain prieft that way ; and when he faw him, he pa fled by on the other fide. And likewife a Levite., when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and p^fied by on the other fide. But a certain Samaritan, as he jour- neyed, came where he was ; and when he faw him, he had ccmpaffion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and fet him on his own beaft, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the rrorrow, when he departed, he took out two-pence, and gave them to the hoil, and faid unto him, Take care of him ; and whatfoever thou fp- ndeft more, when I come again I will repay thee. Which now of thefe three tbinkeft thou was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves ? And he faid, He that {hewed mercy on him. Then faid Jefus unto him, Go, and do thou likewife* The [ 107 3 The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity* The Colletf. ALmighty and everlafting God, give unto us the ' increafe of faith, hope, and love ; and that we may obtain that which thou doft promife, make us to love that which thou doft command, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Jlrrwu The Epijlle. Gal. v. 1 6. ISay then, walk in the Spirit, and ye fhall not fulfil the luft of the flefh. For the flefh lufteth againft the Spirit, and the Spirit againft the flefh ; and thefe are contrary the one to the other; fo that ye may not do the things that ye would. But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not undeY the law. Now the works of the flefh are manifeft, which are thefe, Adultery, fornication, unclean- nefs, lafcivioufnefs, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, ftrife, (editions, here- iies, envyings, murders, drunkennefs, revellings, and fuch like ; of the which I tell you before, as 1 have alio told you in time paft, that they who do fuch things (hall not inherit the kingdom of God, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- fuffering, gentlenefs, goodntfs, faith, meeknefs, temperance : againft fuch there is no law. And they that are Chris's have crucified the flefh with the affe&ions and lufts. The Gofpel. Luke, xvH. u. AND it came to pafs, as Jefus went to Jerufa- ■£* Jem, that he pafied through the midft of Sa- maria and Galilee. And as he entered into a cer- tain village, there rret him ten men that were lepers, who flood tfar off. And they lifted up their voices, and faid, Jefus, Mafter, have mercy on us. And when he fayy them, he faid unto t 6 them^ 108 The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. them, Go fhew yourfelves unto the priefts. And it came to pafs, that as they went, they were cleanfed. And one of them, when he faw that he was healed, turned back., and, with a loud voice, glorified God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks : and he was a Samaritan. And Jefus anfwering, faid, Were there not tea cleanfed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God,*fave this ftranger. And he faid unto him, Arife, go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole* The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity* The Collet?. TT^EEP, we befeech thee, O Lord, thy church -"* with thy perpetual mercy ; and, becaufe the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our falvation,, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Ameru - The Epifite. Gal. vi. n. X7"E fee how large a letter I have written unto •* you with mine own hand. As many as defire to make a fair fliew in the fie fh, they conftrain you to be circumcifed, only left they (hould fufler per- fection for the crofs of Chrift. For neither they themfelves who are circumcifed keep the law; but defire. to have you crrcurncifed, that they may glory in your fleih. But God forbid that I ihould glory faye in the crofs of our Lord Jefus Chrift, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Chrift Jefus neither cir- cumcifion availeth any thing, nor unclrcumcifion, but a new creature. And as many as walk ac- co.d^ng to tfrs rule, peace be on. them, and mercy, c and N ( The Ftfhenlh Sunday after Trinity. 109 and upon the Ifrael of God. From henceforth let no man trouble me ; for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jefus. Biethren, the grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift be with your fpirit. Amen. The Go/pel. Matth. vi. 24.. r O man can ferve two matters ; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or elfe he wiH hold to the one and defpife the other : ye cannot ferve God and Mammon. Therefore I fay unto you. Take no thought for your life, what ye fhall eat, or what ye fhall drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye fba!l put on. Is not the life more than meat, end the body than raiment ? Re- hold the fowls of the air; for they fow not, neither &o they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they ? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his ftature ? And why take ye thought for raiment? Confider the lilies, of the field how they grow ; they toil not, neither do they fpin ; and yet I fay unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not ar- rayed like one of thefe. Wherefore, if God fo clothe the grafs of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is caft into the oven, (hall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith ? Therefore take no thought, faying, What (hall we eat? or, What fhall we drink ? or, Wherewithal fhall we be clothed ? (for after all thefe things do the Gen- tiles feek) for vour heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of al! thefe things. But feek ye firft the kingdom of God and his righteoufnefs, and all thefe things fhall be added unto you. Take there- fore no thought for the morrow ; for the morrow fhall take thought for the things of itfelf : fufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. The [ no 3 The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. The Colleft. |^\ Lord, we befeech thee, let thy continual pity Sr> cleanfe and defend thy Church ; and becaufe it cannot continue in fafety without thy fuccour, preferve it evermore by thy help and goodnefs, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. TheEpiJile. Ephef. iii. 13. T Defire that ye faint not at my tribulations for -■* you, which is your glory. For this caufe I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, of whom the whole Family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, accord- ing to the riches of his glory, to be ftrengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man ; that Chrift may dwell in your hearts by faith : that ye being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all faints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Chrift, which pafleth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulnefs of God. Now u to him that is able to do exceeding abun- dantly above all that we afk or think, according to the power that wosketh in us, unto him be glory in the Church by Chrift Jefus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. The Go/pel. Luke, vii. 11. AND it came to pafs the day after, that Jefus ■** went into a city called Nain : and many of his difciples went with him, and much people. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only fon of his mother, and (he was a widow; and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord faw her, he had coinpaffion on her, and fa id The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. I r r (aid unto her, Weep not. And he came and touched the bier, and they that bare him flood ftill. And he faid, Young man, I fay unto thee, Arife. And he that was dead fat up, and began to fpeak : and he delivered him to his mother. And there came a fear on all : and they glorified God, fay- ing, That a great prophet is rifen up among us ; and, That God hath viiited his people. And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judea* and throughout all the region round about. i The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. The Colleft. r ORD, we pray thee, that thy grace may al* -*"* ways prevent and follow us; and make us continually to be given to all good works, through Jefus Chriftour Lord. Amen. The Epijile. Ephef. iv. i. Therefore, the prifoner of the Lord, befeech you, that ye walk worthy of" the vocation whee- with ye are called, with all lowlinefs and meek- nefs, with long-fuffcring, forbearing one another in love : endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one Faith, one Bap- tifm, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through ail, and in you all. Tbt Go/pel. Luke, xiv. i. |T came to pafs, as Jefus went* into the houfe of ** one cf the chief r^harifees to eat bread on the fabbat that they watched him. And behoM, there was a certain man before him who had the <3rop!\. And Jefus anfwering, fpake unto the Jawyers and Pharifees, faying, Is it lawful to heal on t \t The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity* on the fabbath day? And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go ; and anfwered them, faying, Which of you fhall have an afs, or an ox fJlen into a pit, and will not firaightvs ay pull him out on the fabbath- day ? And they could not anfwer him again to thefe things. And he put forth a parable to thofe who were bidden, when he marked how they chofe out the chief rooms, faying unto them, When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, fit not down in the higbeft room ; left a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him : And he that bade thee and him, come and fay to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with fhame to take the lowed room. But when thou art bidden, go and fit down in the lowed room ; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may fay unto thee, Friend, go up higher. Then (halt thou have honour in the prelence of them that fit at meat with thee. For whofoever exalteth himfelf fhall be abafed j and he that h limbic th himfelf fhall bs exalted. The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity* The Colled. LOrd, we befeech thee, grant thy people grace to withftand the temptations of the world, the fiefli, and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee, the only God, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The Epifie. 1 Cor. i. 4. I Thank my God always on your behalf, for th3 grace of God which is given you by Jefus Chrift; that in every thing ye are enriched by him in all utterance, and in ail knowledge; even as the teftimony of Chrift was confirmed in you : So that ye come behind in no gift \ waiting for the coming The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. 113 •oming of our Lord Jefus Chrift ; who fhall alfo confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blame- lefs in the day of our Lord Jefus Chrift, The Go/pel Matth. xxii. 34. TTTHEN the Pharifees had heard that Jefus had ** put the Sadducees to filence, they were gathered together. Then one of thern who was a lawyer, afked him a queftion, tempting him, and faying, JVLfter, which is the great command- ment in the law ? Jefus ("aid unto him, Thou (halt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy mind : This is the firit and great commandment. And the fecond is like unto it, Thou (halt love thy neighbour as thyfelf. On thefe. two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. While the Pharifees were gathered together, Jefus afked them, faying, What think ye of Chrift ? whofe fon is he ? They fay unto him, The fon of David. He faith unto them, How then doth David in fpirit call him Lord, faying, The Lord faid unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footflool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he his fon? And no man was able to anfwsr him a ward, neither durft any man, from that day forth, afk him any more queftions. The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. The Coiiefi. God, forafmuch as without thee we are not able to pleafe thee ; Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our heaus, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The o 1 14 The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. The Epiftle. Ephef. iv. 17.' 'TpHIS I fay therefore, and teftify in the Lord* -*- that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind; having the un- derstanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is in them, becaufe of the blindnefs of their heart: who being paft feelings have given themfelves over unto lafci- vioufnefs, to work all uncleannefs with greedi- nefs. But ye have not fo learned Chrift ; if Cq be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jefus : that ye put off, con- cerning the former converfaticn, the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lufts ; and be renewed in the fpirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteoufnefs and true holineis. Where- fore putting away lying, fpeak every man truth with his neighbour; for we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and fin not : let not the fun go down upon your wrath ; neither give place to the devil. Let him that ftole, fteal no more ; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Let no corrapt communication pro- ceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the ufe of edifying, that it may minifter grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are fealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitternefs, and wrath, and anger, and cla- mour, and evil fpeaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another ; even as God for Chrift's fake hath forgiven you. The The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity •; 1 1£ 7£* G^/. Matth. ix. i. JESUS entered into a fhip, and pafTed over, and came into his own city. And behold, they brought to him a man fick of the palfy, lying on a bed : and Jefus feeing their faith, faid unto the fick of the palfy, Son, be of good cheer ; thy fins are forgiven thee. And behold, certain of the Scribes faid within themfelvcs, This man blaf- phemeth. And Jefus knowing their thoughts, faid, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts ? For whether is eaficr ? to fay, Thy fins are forgiven thee ; or to fay, Arife, and walk ? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive fins, (then faith he to the fick of the palfy,) Arife, take up thy bed, and go unto thine houfe. And he arofe, and departed to his houfe. But when the multitude faw it, they mar- velled, and glorified God who had given fuchv power unto men. The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity: The Collect. f\ Almighty and mod merciful God, of thy ^^ bountiful goodnefs keep us, we befeech thee, from all things that may hurt us 5 that we being ready both in body and foul, may chearfully ac- complifh thofe things that thou wouldeft have done, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The Epijlle. Ephef. v. 15. oEE then that ye walk circumfpe£tly, not as *^ fools, but as wife, redeeming the Time, be- caufe the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not un- wife, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk wich wine, wherein is ex- cefs ; but be filled with the Spirit ; fpeaking to yourfelves in pfalms, and hymns, and fpiritual fongsj 1 1 6 Tin Twentieth Sunday after Trinity, fongs; finging and making melody in your heart to the Lord j giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father, jn the Name of our Lord Jefus Chrift; ftibmitfing yourfelves one to another in the fear of God. The GofpcL Matth. xxii. i. JESUS faid, The kingdom of heaven is like un- to a certain king, who made a marriage for his ion ; and fent forth his fervants to call them that were bidden to the wedding ; and they would not cogie. Again, he fent forth other fervants, faying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fat- lings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to 4 his farm, another to his merchandife ; and the remnant took his fervants, and entreated them fpitefully, and flew them. But when the king heard thereof he was wroth : and he fent forth his armies, and deflroyed thofe mur- derers, and burnt up their city. Then faith he to his fervants, The wedding is ready, but they who were bidden were not worthy : Go ye there- fore into the high-ways, and as many as ye fhall find, bid to the marriage. So thofe fervants went out into the high- ways, and gathered together all, as many as they found, both bad and good : and the wedding was furnilhed with guefts. And when the king came in to fee the guefts, he faw there a man who had not on a wedding garment: And he faith unto him, Friend, how cameft thou in hither, not having a wedding-garment? And he was fpeechlefs. Then faid the king to the fervants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and caft him into outer darknefs : there (hall be weep- ing and gnafoing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chofen. Th [ "7 J *Tht Twenty-firji Sunday after Trinity. The Colleff. /^iRANT, we befeech thee, merciful Lord, to ^-^ thy faiihful people pardon and peace -, that they may be cleanfed from all their fins, and ferve theQ witn a quiet mind, through Jefus Chrifl our Lord. Amen. HheEpiflle. Eph. vi. 10, TV/TY brethren, be ftrong in the Lord, and in th© -*-*** power of his might. Put on the whole ar- mour of God, that ye may be able to ftand againft the wiles of the devil. For we wreftle not againft flefh and bloo !, but againft principalities, againft powers, againft the rulers of the darknefs of this world, againft fpiritual wickednefs in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withftand in the evil day, and having done all, to ftand. Stand there- fore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breaii- plate of rigtyteoufnefe, and your feet (hod with the preparation of the Gofpel of peace; above all, taking the fhi Id of faith, wherewith you (hall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of fal- vation, and the fword of the Spirit, which is the word cf God : praying always with all prayer and fupplication in the (pint, and watching thereunto with all perfeverance, and fupplication for all fain's; and for me, that utterance m.iy be given unto me that I may open my mouth bold y, to make known the myftery of the Gofpel ; for which I am an ambafiador in bonds: that therein I may fpeak boldly, as I ought to fpeak. Thi JlS The "Twenty- fecond Sunday after Trinity. The Go/pel. John, iv. 46. *npHERE was a certain nobleman, whofe fon -*- was fick at Capernaum, When he heard that Jelus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and befought him that he would come down, and heal his fon ; for he was at the point of death. Then faid Jefus unto him, Ex- cept ye fee figns and wonders, ye will not believe. The nobleman faith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die, Jefus faith unto him, Go thy way, thy fon liveth. And the man believed the word that Jefus had fpoken unto him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his fervants met him, and told him, faying, Thy fon liveth. Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they faid unto him, Yeflerday at the feventh hour the fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the fame hour in the which Jefus faid unto him, Thy fori liveth: and himfelf believed, and his whole houfe. This is again the fecond miracle that Jefus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee, The Twenty -fecond Sunday after Trinity* The ColleSf. LORD, we befeech thee to keep thy houfhold th e Church in continual godlinefs ; that through thy protedtion it may be free from all adverfities, and devoutly given to ferve thee in good works, . to the glory of thy name, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amm. The Epiftk. Phil. i. 3. I Thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer pf mine for you all, making requefl with joy, for your fellowship 4 in The Twenty- fecond Sunday after Trinity, i zg in the Gofpel from the firft day until now : being confident of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in you, will peiform it until the day of Jefus Chrift: even as it is meet for m$ to think this of you all, becaufe I have you in my heart, inafmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the Gofpel, ye are all partakers of my grace. For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jefus Chrift. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge, and in all judgment: That ye m.d in truth : As ye alfo learned of Epaphras, our dear fellow- fervanr, who is for you a faithful minifter of Chrifr ; who alfo declared unto us your love in the Spirit. For this caufe we alfo, fince the day we heard it, do not ceafe to pray for you, and to defire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all Aifdom and fpiritual underftanding \ that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleafing ; being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God ; fliengihened with all might according to his glorious power, unto ail patience and long-fuffering, with joyful nefs ; giving thanks URto the Father, who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the faints in light. The Gcfpel. Matth. ix. 18. WHILE Jefus fpake thefe things unto John's difciples, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worfhipped him, faying, My daughter is even jnow dead : but come and lay thy hand upon her, and {he (hall live. And Jefu> arefe, and ol'owed him, and fo did his difciples. And behold a wo- man who was difeafed with an ifiue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment : for (he faid within herfclf, If i may but touch his garment, I {hall be whole. But The Twenty -fifth Sunday after Trinity. 123 I Bat Jefus turned him about, and when he faw her, he faid, Daughter, be of good comfort, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. And when Jefus came into the ruler's houfe, and faw the minftrels and the people making a noife, he faid unto them, Give place ; for the maid is not dead, but fleepeth. And they laughed him to fcorn. But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arofe. And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. The Twenty fifth Sunday after Trinity. The Colletf. STIR up, we befeech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people ; that they plenteoufly bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteoufly rewarded, through Jefus Chriffc our Lord. Amen. For the Epifil. Jer. xxiii. 5. TvEbold, the days come, faith the Lord, that I ^ will raife unto David a righteous Branch 1 and a King (hall reign and profper, and ftiall exe- cute judgment and juftice on the earth. In his days Judah (hall be faved, and Ifrael {hall dwell fafelv : and this is his Name whereby he {hall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUS- NESS. Therefore behold, the days come, faith the Lord, that they (hall no more fay, The Lord liveth who brought up ihe children of Ifrael, out of the land of Egypt ; but, The Lord liveth who brought up, and who led the feed of the houfe of Ifrael out of the north-country, and from all coun- tries, whither I had driven them 3 and they {hall dwell in their own land. F a The. T24 The Twenty -fifth Sunday after Trinity. The GofpeL John, vi. 5. "I X7HEN Jefus then lift up his eyes, and faw a ** great corr>pany come unto him, he faith unto Philip, Whence (hall we buy bread, that thefe may eat ? And this he faid to prove him : for he himfelf knew what he would do. Philip anfwered him, Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not fufficient for them, that every one of them nay take a little. One of his difciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, faith unto him, There is a lad here who hath five barley-loaves, and two fmall fifhes : but what are they among fo many ? And Jefus faid, Make the men fit down. Now there was much grafs in the place. So the men fat down, in number about five thoufand. And Jefus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he diftiibuted to the difciples, and the dif- ciples to them that were fet down ; and likewife of the fiflies, as much as they would. When they were filled, he faid unto his di'ciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be loft. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve balkets with the fragments of the five barley-loaves which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then thofe men, when they had ktn the miracle that Jefus did, faid, This is of a truth that Prophet that fhould come into the world, The [ 125 ] The Order for the Adminiftration of the Lord's Supper. The Table at the Communion-time, having a fair white Linen Cloth upon it, fhill Jland zuhere JUlcrning and Evening Prayers are appointed to be /.id. And the Elder, /landing at the Table \ /hall fay the Lord's Prayer , with the Colleft following^ the People kneeling. /~\UR Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed ^^ be thy Name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven ; Give us this day our daily bread ; And forgive us our trefpafTes, as we forgive them that trefpafs again ft us ; And lead us not into Temptation, but deli- ver us from evil. Amen. The CAlecl. A Lmighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, "*•* all de fires known, uid from whom no fecrers are hid; cleanfe the thoughts of our hear s by the infpiration of thy Hoiy Sp-rir, that we may per- fectly love thee, a d worthily magnify thy holy Name, th ough Chnft our Lord. Amen. Thn /ha! I t e Elder, turning to the People, rehear (i dijttnaiy alt the TEN CO I MAN DM EN I "8: and the Peopl Hid kneeling Jh ///, i fter eve 1 y I H mandment, afk >,od Me cy for their Tranfgn thereof fr the Time pajU and G> ace to keep the fime for the lime to eome 9 as fellow, tb : Minijler. r^ O D fpake thefe words, and fatd, f am the " Lord thy God : Thou {halt have none other gods but me. F 3 Piople. 326 The Communion. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minijl. Thou (halt not make to thyfelf any graven image, nor the likenefs of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou (halt not bow down to them, nor worfhip them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and vifit the fins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and (hew mercy unto thoufands in them that love me, and keep my commandments. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Mini/}. Thou fhalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltlefs that taketh his Name in vain. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minijl. Femember that thou keep holy the Sab- bath-day. Six days (halt thou labour, and do all that thou haft to do ; but the feventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou (halt do no manner of work, thou, and thy fon, and thy daughter, thy man-fervant, and thy maid-fervant, thy cattle, and the ftranger that is within thy gates. For in &x days the Lord made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that in them is, and refted the feventh day ; wherefore the Lord blefled the feventh day, and hallowed it. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Mini/1. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minijl. The Communion, • 127 Afinift. Thou fha't do no murder. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline Our hearts to keep this law. Minift. Thou (halt not commit adultery. Pe-file. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Miniji. Thou flvdt not fteal. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Mlnijl. Thou (halt not bear falfc witnefs againft thy neighbour. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law* Mini/}* Thou (halt not covet thy neighbours houfe, thou {halt not covet thy neighbour*! wife, nor hia fervam, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his aft, nor any thin • that is his. People Lord, have mercy upon us^ and write all thefe thy laws In but hearts, we befeech thee. Then Jhall follow this Colleft. Let us pray. n A Lmighty and everlafting God, we are taught -*^ by thy holy word, that the hearts of the Princes of the earth are in thy rule* and govern- ance, and that thou do ft difpofe and turn the it feemetn beft to thy godly wifdom ; we humbly befeech thee fo to difpofe and govern the hearts o¥ the Supreme Rulers of thefe United Stares, tftfr Governors, that in all their thoughts, words, and works, they may ever feek thy honour and glory, and ftudy to preferve thy people committed to their charge, in wealth, peace, and godlinefs. Grant this, O merciful Father, for thy dear Son's fake, Jefus Chrift our Lord, Amen. F 4 Thh 128 The Communion. Then /hall be pad the Col left of the day. And imme- diately after the Collet!, the Elder J jail read the Efijile, faying, The Epiftle [or 9 The Portion of Scripture appointed for the Epiftle] is written in the Chapter of beginning at the Verfe. And the Epiflle ended, he Jhall fay % Here encleth the Epiftle. Then Jhall he read the GofpeU (the People all flanding up) faying, The holy Gofpel is written in the Chapter of " beginning at the Verfe* Then Jhall follow the Sertnw. Then Jhall the Eldtr fay one or ?nore of thefe Sentences. \ ET your light fo fhine before men, that they *- J may fee your good woiks, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. Matth. v. 16. Lay not up for yourfelves treafures upon earth, where moth and ruft do corrupt, and where thieves break through and ileal : but lay up for yourfelves treafures in heaven, where neither moth nor ruft doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor fteal. Matth. vi. 19, 20. Whatfoever ye would that men fhould do unto you, even fo do unto them *, for this is the law and the prophets. Matth. vii. 12. 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 who is in heaven, Matth. vii. 21. Zaccheus flood forth, and faid unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have done any wrong to any man, I rcftore him four-fold. Luke, xix. 8. Who goeth a warfare at any time of his own coft ? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock ? r Cor. ix. 7. If The Communion. 1 29 If we have fown unto you fpiritual things, is it a great matter if we fhall reap your worldly things ? 1 Cor. ix. II. Do ye not know, that they who minifter about holy things, live of the facrifice ? and they who wait at the altar, are partakers with the altar ? Even fo ha:h the Lord alio ordained, that they who preach the Gofpel* fhould live of the Gofpd. I Ccr. ix J 3, 14. He that foweth little, fhall reap little : and he that Lweth plenteoufly, (hall reap plenteoufly. Let every man do according as he is difpofed in his heart ; not grudgingly, or of aeceflity : for God loveth a chearfui giver. 2 Cor. ix. 6, 7. Let him that is taught in the Word, minifter untoh ; m that teacheth in all good things. Be not deceived, God is not mocked : for whatfoever a man foweth, that fhall he reap. Gal. vi. 6, 7. While we have time, let us do good unto alt men, and efpecially unto them that are of the houfhold of faith. Gal. vi. 10. Godlinefs with contentment is great gain : for we brought nothing into the world, and it is cer- tain we can carry nothing out. I Tim. vi. 6, 7.. Charge them who are rich in this world, that they be ready togive, and glad to diftribute, lay- ing up in ftore for themfelves a good foundation againft the time to come, that they may attain eternal life. 1 Tim. vi. 17, 18, 19. God is not unrighteous, that he will forget your works and labour that proceedeth of love ; which love ye havefliewed for his Name's fake, who have miniftered unto the faints, and yet do miniiterv Heb. vi. 10. To do good, and to diftiibute, forget not; for with fuch facrifices God is well pleafed. Hebr. xiii. 16. F 5 Whofo *30 ¥h* ComtnunUn.- Whofo hath this world's good, and feeth his brother have need, and fhutteth up his compaflion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him ? I John, iii. 17. Be merciful after thy power: If thou haft much, give plenteoufly: If thou haft little, do thy dili- gence gladly to give of that little : for fo gathered thou thyfelf a good reward in the day of neceilhy. *Tob. iv. 8, 9. He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the Lord ; and look what he layeth out, it fhall be paid him again. Prov, xix. 17. Bleffed is the man that provideth for the fick and needy : the Lord fhall deliver him in the time of trouble. Pfal. xli. 1. , While thefe Sentences are in reading, fame jit per/on appointed for that purpofe, fhall receive the alms for the poor, and other devotions of the people , in a de- cent Bafon, to be provided for that purpoje ; an I then bring it to the Elder, who /hall place it upon the Table* Jlfter which done, the Elder /hall fay, Let us pray for the whole ftate of Chrift's Church militant here on earth. ALmighty and everlivingGod, who, by thy holy Apoftle, haft taught us to make prayers and fupplications, and to give thanks for all men ; We humbly befeech thee moft mercifully T* to accept our alms and oblations, and] * 1/ there be no • 1 r i • ) alms or oblati- to receive thefe our prayers, _ which we ^ tben fiM offer unto thy Divine Majefty \ be- the words [of feeching thee to infpire continually accepting our the univerfal Church with the fpirit of ti^sfV Ufi truth, unity* and concord : and grant unjaid. that all they that dp confefs thy holy Name, may agree in the truth of thy holy word, and live in unity and godly love. We befeech j thee The Communion. 131 thee alfo to fave and defend all Chriftian Kingfg Princes, and Governors ; and efpecially thy Ser- vants the Supreme Rulers of thefe United States ; that under them we may be godly and quietly go- verned : and grant unto all that are put in au- thority under them, that they may truly and in- differently adminifter juitice, to the puniihment of wickedriefs and vice, and to the maintenance of thy true religion and virtue. Give grace, O heavenly Father, to all the Minifters of thy Gofpel, that they may both by their life and doctrine fet forth thy true and lively word, and rightly and du ! y ad- minifter thy holy Sacraments. And to all thy people give thy heavenly grace; and efpecia U) to this Congregation here prefent ; that with meek heart and due reverence they may hear and receive thy holy word, truly ferving thee in holinefs and righteouhVfs all the days of their life. And we rnoft humbly befeech thee of thy goodnes, O Lord, to comfort and fuccour all them, who in this tranfitory life are in trouble, forrow, need, ficknefs, or any other adverfity. And we alfo blefs thy holy Name, for all thy fervants departed this life in thy faith and fear i befeeching thee to give us grace fo to follow truir good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom. Grant this, C) Father, for Jeius Chrift's fake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. Then Jhall the Elder fay to tle?n that come to receive the Holy Communion'. X/E that do truly and earneftly repent of your fins, -* and are in love and charity with your neigh- bours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from hence- forth in his holy ways ; Draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort ; and make your humble confeffion ta Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees, F 6 Then *%Z The Communion, Then Jhall this general Covfeffion be made by the Mi- nifter in the Name of all thofe that are minded to receive the Holy Communion, both he and all the people kneeling humbly upon their inees 9 and faying* A Lmighty God, Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, ■** Maker of all things, Judge of all men; We acknowledge and bewail our manifold fins and wickednefs, Which we from time to time moft grievoufly have committed, By thought, word, and deed, againft thy Divine Majefty, provoking mod: juftiy thy wrath and indignation againft us. We do earneftly repent, and are heartily forry for thefe our mildoings ; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us. Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, moft merciful Father; For thy Son our Lord Jefus Chrilt's fake, forgive us all that is part ; And grant, that we may ever hereafter ferve and pleafe thee in newnefs of life, To the honour and glory of thy Name, Through Jefus Chrilt our Lord. Amen. Then jhall the Elder fay* £\ Ahnighty God, our heavenly Father, who of ^^ thy great mercy haft promifed forgivenefs of fins to all them that with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto thee; Have mercy upon us ; pardon and deliver us from all our fins, confirm and ftrengthen us in all goodnefs, and bring us to everiafting life, through Jefus Chrift our Lord* Amen. Then alljlanding* the Elder pall fay. Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Chrift faith unto all that truly turn to him : nOME unto me, all ye that are burdened and ^ heavy- laden, and I will refrefh you* Matth. xi. 28. So The Communion* 1 33 So God loved the world, that he gave his only- begotten Son, to the end that all that believe in him, fnould not perifh, but have everlafting life. John iii. 16. Hear alfo what St. Paul faith : This is a true faying, and worthy of all men to be received, That Chrift Jefus came into the world to fave finners. 1 Tim. i 15. Hear alfo what St. John faith : If any man fin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jefus Chrift the righteous : and he is the propitiation for our fins. I John y ii. 1, 2. After wh ch the Elder Jhall proceed y Jaying^ Lift up your hearts. Anfw. We lift them up unto the Lord. E/de> . Let us give thanks unto our LordGod # Anfw. It is meet and right fo to do. Thenfljall the Elder fay, T is very meet, right, and our bounden dirty, that we fhould at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father \ > Al- mighty, Everlafting God. Here Jhall follow the proper Preface, according to the Time y if there be any ejpecially appointed \ or efe immediately. jhall follow \ 'HpHerefore with Angels and Archangels and with -■* all the company of heaven, we laud and mag- nify thy glorious Name, evermore praifing thee, and faying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hofts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord moft high. Amen. \ TbefeWcrds [Hoi) Father} muft hi omitted on Trinity Sunday. Proper 1 - ^ ; - :: r: :: " ls £t t: : thnr for us, - r. by : .:." ::~ i . :. - ~;~. ;~: A'je.5. Lf .. BUT ami to pnsfe Ar - * 7 ~ t ~ . : r _ r - - z ^ • - r . r r f _ l j w r V ;: ::;:: . -.: -: - . : - : : - :: :": z~ :: : :-. :. n T H 1 i : perfoo, bat thiee perJbas La ooc For thai which we believe of the giorj c Father, the knie we believe of the Son, aaiof the Hoi r Ghct, without aar Aiffereace or ineqaaStj. T:;:; ; ::t v, ..:. .A.-.** ;. Lr':. ^far «ci /b~u& PT£f*u$f*B hmmvBtdf b* fad. TH;:: ; ::t vr.-j:. 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': :: ti: ::.z ::.: :■•:-;. :ti : : - _\ '_ : I - • - . i : : : : • - c * i blood, that ow skiiai bodies naj be maoe ckao by ~. i Z'Z'i "t . i~_ r _ * . . _ -•»"-_" t z !"_^~ r : r* i .1 p ' tz : . : :•:•:. l - ; - _ .;, t ~ ; i t • : - r . : t ; - t '. _ J - :-, * * ' " ;• - - - : ' " r : : - : J^ — i v::.;: .: .'.£-:: :; :i _;. w - :;; ::: .- :_; *3 fr The Communion. redemption; who made there (by his oblation of himlelf once offered) a full, perfect, and fufficient facrifice, oblation, and fatisfadrion for the fins of the whole world ; and did inftitute, and in his holy Gofpel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death until his corn- ing again ; hear us, O merciful Father, we rnoft humbly befeech thee, and grant that we, receiving, thefe thy creatures of bread and wine, according to thy Son our Saviour Jefus Chrift's holy inftitution* in remembrance of his death and pafiion, may be partakers of his rnoft blefled Body and Blood : who, in the fame night that he was betrayed * took bread ; and when he had given thanks, he brake it f ; and gave it to his difciples, faying, Take, eat; % this is my Body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me. Likewife after Supper § he too{c the Cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, fay- ing, Drink ye all of this; for this j| is my Blood of the New Teftament, which is fhed for you, and for many, for the remifEon of fins ; Do this as oft as ye (hall drink it, in remem- brance of me. Amen. Thenjhall the Mini ft er firjl receive the Communion in both kinds him/elf, and then proceed to deliver the fame to the other Mini/1 ers in like ??ianner, (if any be prefent) and after that to the People alfo, in order, into their Hands. And when he delivereth the Bread to any one > he Jh all fay, THE Body of our Lord Jefus Chrift, which was given for ihee, preferve thy body and foul unto everiafiing life. Take and eat this in remem- brance * Here the Elder is to take the Patten into his Hands: •J* And here to break the Bread : ^ And here to lay his H'tid upon all ths Bread. § Here he is to take the Cup into his Hand : || And here to /ay b'ts Hand upon emery Vejj'el (be it Chalice or F/aggon) in which there is any Wine /a be conjecreted. The Communion. 137 brance that Chrift died for thee, and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thankfgiving. And the Mini/it r that deliver etb the Cup to any one jhall fay, >~pHE Blood of our Lord Jefus Chrift, which was -* (hed for thee, preferve thy body and foul unto everlafting life. Drink this in remembrance that Chi id's Blood was {hed for thee, and be thankful. If the conjecrated Bread or Wine be all '/pent before all have communicated, the Elder may conjecrate more 9 by repeating the Prayer cf Confecration. When all have communicated, the Minifler Jh nil return to the Lord's Table, and place upon it what remain- eth of the conjecrated Elements, covering the J a me with a fair Linen Cloth. Then Jhall the Elder fay the Lord's Prayer, the People repeating after him every Petition, AUR Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed ^^ be thy Name; Thy kingdom come ; Thy Will be done on Eanh, As it is in Heaven : Give us this day our daily bread ; And forgive us our trefpafles, As we forgive them that trefpafs againfl us ; And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil : For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, For ever and ever. Amen* After which Jh 1 11 be f aid as follow eth : Lord and heavenly Father, we thy humble kr~ vants delire thy Fatherly goodnefs mercifully to accept this our facrifice of praife and thankfgiv- ing; moft humbly befeeching thee to grant that, by the merits and death of thy Son Jefus Chrift, and through faith in his blood, we and all thy whole Church may* obtain remiflion of our fins, and all other benefits of his paflion. And here we offer and o 13$ The Communion. and prefent unto thee, O Lord, ourfelves, cur fouls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and lively fa- criiice unto thee; humbly befeeching thee that all we who are partakers of this hc!y Communion, may be filled w;th thy grace and heavenly bene- diction. And although we be unworthy, through our manifold fins, to offer unto ihee any facnfice^ yet we befeech thee to accept this our bounden duty and fervice; nor weighing our merits, but pardon- ing our offences, through Jefus Chrift our Lord 5 by whom, and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghoft, all honour and glory b* unto thee*, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen. Then ft) all be /aid, S~> Lory be to God on high, and on earth peace, y good will towards men. We praife th coming to thy holy Baptifm, may receive remiffion of his fins by fpiritual regenera- tion. Receive him, O Lord, as thou haft promifed by thy well-beloved Son, faying, Afk, and ye fhall have; feek, and ye fhall find ; knock, and it fhall be opened unto you : So give now unto us that afk ; let us that fetk find ; open the gate unto us that knock; that this Infant may enjoy the everlaft- ing benedi&ion of thy heavenly wafhing, and may come to the eternal kingdom which thou haft pro» ttiifed by Chrift our Lord. Amen* Then Jhall the People Jland up \ and the Minifler Jlmll Hear the words of the Gofpel' written by Saint Mark, in the Tenth Chapter, at the Thirteenth Verfe. THEY brought young children to Chrift, that he (hould«touch then. And his difciples re- buked thofe that brought them ; bur when Jefus faw it he was much difpleafed, and faid unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and for- bid them not, for of fuch is the kingdom of God. Verily, I fay unto you, Whofoever (hall not re- ceiye the kingdom of God as a little (Jhild, he fhall* not Public Baptifm of Infants. 141 not enter therein. And he took the 01 up in his arms, puihis hands upon them, and bleffed them. Then /hall the Mini/1 er fay> A Lmighty and everlafting God, heavenly Fa- ■** ther, we give thee humble thanks, that thou haft vouchfafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace, and faith in thee : Increafe this knowledge, and confirm this faith in us evermore. Give thy Holy Spirit to this Infant^ that he may be born again, and be made an heir of everlafting falvation, through our Lord Jefus Chrift, who liveth and reigne f h with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen. r~\ Merciful God, grant that the old Adam. in ^-^ this Child may be fo buried, that the new man may be railed up in him. Amen. Grant that all carnal affections may die in him 9 and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in him. Amen. Grant that he may have power and ftrength to have vidtory, and to triumph againft the devil, the world, and the flefli. Arntn. Grant that whofoever is dedicated to thee by our office and miniftry, may alio be endued with hea- venly virtues, and everlaflingly rewarded, through thy mercy, O bleffed Lord God, who doft live and govern all things, world without end. Amen. A Lmighty everliving God, whofe moft dearly beloved Son Jefus Chrift, for* the forgivenefs of our fins, did (lied out of his moft precious fide both water and blood ; and gave commandment to his difciples, that they (hould go teach all nations, and baptize them, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft : Regard, we befeech thee, the (applications of thy congregation ; fan&ify this water to the myftical vvaftiin^ away of F a fin 3 N. W 142 Public Baptifm of I if ants*. fin ; and grant that this Child, now to be bap- tized, may receive the fulnefs of thy grace, and ever remain in the number of thy faithful and elecT: children, through Jefus Chiift our Lord, Amen. Then the Minijler Jhall take the Child into his Hands, and fay to the Friends of the Childy Name this Child. And the*) naming it after them, he Jhall dip it in the Water, or fprinkle it therewith, faying, I baptize thee, In the Name of the Father, • and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft« Amen. Then the Minijler Jhall fay ', r E receive this Child into the Congregation of ChriiVs flock, and * fign him with the fign of the Crofs ; in token Minifier* jhall that hereafter he (hall not be afhamed make a Crofs to confefs the faith of Chrift crucified, u ^^ eC d biUCg and manfully to fight under his ban- ner again ft fin, the world and the devil ; and to continue. Chi iiYs faithful foldier and fervant unto his life's end. 1 Amen. Then ft. a II the Minifier fay, CEeing now, dearly beloved brethren, that this ^ Child is grafted into the body of Chrifi's Church, let us give thanks unto Almighty God for thefe be- nefits, and with one accord make our prayers unto him, that this Child may lead the reft of his lift according to this beginning. Then Jhall he fatd, all kneeling , ^UR Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy Name; Thy kingdom come; I hy Will be done on earth, as it is in heaven : Give us this day cur daily bre*d; and forgive us our tref- paii^s, o 1 Baptlfm tffuch as are of Riper Tears. 143 pafies, as we forgive them that trefpafs againft us; And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us w 1 from evil. Amen. Then /ball the Minijler fay, r E yield thee hearty thanks, moft mercifuj Father, that it hath pleafed thee to receive this Infant for thine own Child by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy holy Church. And hum- bly we befeech thee to grant, that he, being dead unto fin, and living unto righteoufnefs, and being buried with Chrift in his death, may crucify the old man, and utterly abolifn the whole body of fin; and that, as he is made partaker of the death of thy Son, he may alfo be partaker of his refurre&ion ; fo that finally, with the refidue of thy holy Church, he may be an inheritor of thine everlafting king- dom, through Chrift our Lord. Amen. The Miniftration of Baptism tafuch as arc of Riper Years. The Minifler jhall fay r T\Early beloved, forafmuch as all men are con- -"-^ ceived and born in fin (and that which is bora of the flefh is flefh, and they that are in the flefh cannot pleafe God, but live in fin, committing many actual tranfgreiTions) j ami that our Saviour Chrift faith, None can en er into the kingdom of God, except he be regenerate and born anew of water and of the Holy Ghoft - y I befeech you to call upon God the Father, through our Lord Je- fus Cl rift, that of his bounteous gecdneii he will grant to theft Pejcns, thac which by nature they cannot have ; that they may be baptized with Water 2nd the Holy Ghoft, and received into Chrift" s holy Churchy and be made lively members of the fame, F iz Then 14+ Baptifm offuch as are of Riper Years. Then jball the Minijler fay y Let us pray, (And here all the Congregation Jball kneel.) A Lmighty and everlafting God, who of thy *** great mercy didft fave Noah and his family ia the ark from perifhing by water] and alfo didft fafely lead the children of Ifrael thy people through the Red Sea, figuring thereby thy holy Baptifm; and by the Baptifm of thy well-beloved Son Jefus Chrift in the river Jordan, d.dft fanftify the ele- ment of water to the myftical wafiiing away of fin; We befeech thee, for thine infinite mercies, that thou wilt merciiully look upontbefe thy Ser- vants f wafh them and fanihfy them with the Holy Ghoft ; that they being delivered from thy wrath, .may be received into the ark of Chrift's Church $ and being ftedfaft in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity, may fo pafs the waves of this troublefome world, that finally they may come to the land of everlafting life; there to reign with thee, world without end, through Jefus Chrift oar Lord. Amen. A Lmighty and immortal God, the aid of all that neeH, the helper of all that flee to thee for fuccour, the life of them that believe, and the re- furrection of the dead \ We call upon thee for thefe Perfons ; that tbey 9 coming to thy holy Baptifm, may receive remiffion of their fins by fpiritual rege- neration. Receive them, O Lord, as thou haft pro- mifed by thy well beloved Son, faying, Afk, and ye (hall receive ; feek, and ye fhall find ; knock, and it (hall be opened unto you : So give now unto us that afk; let us that feek find ; open the gate unto us that knock ; that thefe Perfons may enjoy the everlafting benediction of thy heavenly wafhing, and n ay corre to the eternal kingdom which thou haft promifed by Chrift our Loid, Jmen. 2 Then Baptifm of fucb as are of Riper Yean, 145 'Then Jhall the People Jiand up, and the Mintficr Jhall Hear the words of the Gofpel written by Saint Jobn 9 in the third Chapter, beginning at the fir it Verfe. >~pHERE was a man of the Pharifees, named Ni- -■* codemu?, a ruler of the Jews: The fame came to Jefus by night, and laid unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God ; for no man can do thefe miracles that thou d eft, except God be with him. Jefus anfwered and laid unto him, Verily, verily, I fay unto thee, Ex- cept a man be born again, he cannot fee the kingdom of God. Nicoderrus faith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old ? Can he enter the fecond time into his mo- ther's womb, and be born ? Jefus anfwered, Ve- rily, verily, I fay unto thee, Except a man be bom of water, and of the Spfrit, he cannot enter into the k'ngdom of GoJ. That which is borit of the flefh, is flefh ; and that which is born of the Spirit, is fpirit. Marvel not that I faid unto thee, Ye muft be born again. The wind bloweth where it lifteth, and thou heareft the found there- of; but canft not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : fo is every one that is born of the Spirit* After which he Jhall fay, A Lmighty and everlafting God, heavenly Fa- -** ther, we give thee humble thanks, for that thou haft vouchfafed to call us to the know- ledge of thy grace, and faith in thee : In- creafe this knowledge, and confirm this faith in us evermore. Give thy Holy Spirit to thefe Perfons % that they may be born again, and be made heirs of everlafling falvation, through our Lord Jefus G Cbrift, 146 Bapttfm offuch as are of Riper Tears. Chrift, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen. Then the Minijier Jhall /peak to the Perfons to be bap* fixed) on this wife : TrrELL beloved, who are come hither, defirlng * ^ to receive holy Baptifm, ye have heard how the Congregation hath prayed, that our Lord Je- fus Chrift would vouchfafe to receive you, and blefs you, to releafe you of your fins, to give you the kingdom of heaven, and everlafting life. And our Lord Jefus Chrift hath promifed in his holy Word, to grant all thofe things that we have prayed for; which promife he for his part will moft furely keep and perform. Wherefore, after this promife made by Chrift, you muft alfo faithfully fox your part promife, in the prefence of this whole Congregation, that you will renounce the devil and all his works, and con- ftantly believe God's holy Word, and obediently keep his Commandments. Then Jhall the Minijier demand of each of the Perfons to be baptized^ fiver ally y S0>uejl. T^kOST thou renounce the devil and all his -*^ works, the vain pomp and gl«ry of the world, with all covetous deiires of the fame, and the carnal defires of the flefh, fo that thou wilt not fellow, or be led by them ? Anfiv. I renounce them all. Queji. T^OST thou believe in God the Father *~* Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jefus Chrift his only begotten Son our Lord ? And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghoft ; born of the Virgin Mary ; that he fuffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried ; Baptlfm offuch as art of Riper Tears. 147 Juried ; that he went down into hell, and aYo did rife again the third day; that he afcrnded into heaven, and fitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty ; and from thence (hall come again, at the end of the world, to judge the quick and the dead ? And doft thou believe in the Holy Ghoft ; the Holy Catholic Church ; the Communion of Saints ; the Remiffion of Sins ; the Refurrc£tion of the Body ; and everlafting Life after Death ? Anjw. AH this I ftedfaftly believe. i^/?.XX7 r ILT thou be baptized in this faith ? ^ * Anfw. This is my define. £>uefl.\\f\'LT thou then obediently keep God's * * holy will and commandments, and walk in the fame all the days of thy life ? Anfw. I will endeavour fo to do, God being my helper. Then jhall the Minijler fay, O Merciful God, grant that the old Adam in thefe Perfons may be fo buried, that the new man may be raifed up in them. Amen^ Grant that all carnal affeiSrions may die in them % and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in them. Amen. Grant that they may have power and ftrength to have viflory, and to triumph againft the deviJ, the world, and the flefh. Amen. Grant that they being here dedicated to thee by our Office and Miniftry, may alfo be endued with heavenly virtues, and everlaftingly rewarded, through thy mercy, O blefied Lord God, who doft live and govern all things, world without end. Amen. G % Almighty J 48 Baptlfm offuch as are of Riper Years* j\ Lmighty everliving God, vvhofe moft dearly /"■* beloved Son Jefus Chriih for the forgiveness of our fins, did (lied out of his m >ft precious fide both water and blood ; and gave commandment to his difcij les, th^t they fhould go each all nations, and baptize them, in the Name of the Father, and of the S0/1, and of the Holy Ghoft: Regard, we befeech thee, the fupplications of this congregation ; fanclify this waier to the myftical warning away of fin y and grant that the Perfons now to be bap- tized, may receive the fulnefs of thy gra the Banns cf all that are to be married together y mufl be publijbed in the Congregation, three fever al Sunday s> in the Time of Divine Service ; the Mini* Jler faying after the accujlomed Mantier, r Publim the Banns of Marriage between M. of A and N, of -. If any of you know caufe or juft impediment, why thefe two perfons fhould riot be joined together in holy Matrimony, ye are to declare it: This is the firft [fecond, or third] time of afking. At the Day and Time appointed for Solemnization of ' Matrimony^ the Perjons to be married^ ftanaing together^ the Man on the Right Hand, and the U r oman on the Left, the Minijiet ' Jhall fay , T~\Early beloved, we are gathered together here *-^ in the fight of God, and in the face of this Congregation, to join together this Man 2nd this G 3 Wornaj* 150 Matrimony* Woman in holy Matrimony ; which is an honour- able eftate, inftituted of God in the time of man's innocency, fignifying unto us the myftical union that is betwixt Chrift and his Church : which holy eftate Chrift adorned and beautified with his pre- sence, and firft miracle that he wrought in Cana of Galilee* and is commended of St. Paul to be ho- nourable among all men ; and therefore is not by any to be enterpiizea, or taken in hand unadvifed- ly, lightly or wantonly, to fatisfy men's carnal lulls and appetites, like brute beafts, that have no underftanding \ but reverently, difcreetly, advifed- Jy, foberly, and in the fear of God ; duly con- fidering the caufes for which Matrimony was or- dained. Firft, It v/as ordained for the procreation of chil- dren, to be brought up in the fear and nurture of the Lord, and to the praife of his holy Name. Secondly, It was ordained for a remedy againft fin, and to avoid fornication ; that fuch perfons as have not the gift of continency, might marry, and keep themfelves undefiled members of Chrift's body. Thirdly, It was ordained for the mutual fociety, help, and comfort, that the one ought to have of the other, both in profperity and adverfity. Into which holy eftate thefe two perfons prefent come now to be joined. Therefore if any man can (hew any juft caufe why they may not lawfully. be joined together, let him now fpeak, or elfe hereafter for ever hold his peace. And alfo fyeaking unto the Perfons that are to bs. married \ he Jballfay, T Require and charge you both (as you will an- -*• fwer at the dreadful day of judgment, when the fecrets of all hearts fhall be difclofed) that if either of you know any impediment why you may not be lawfully Matrimony. 151 lawfully joined together in Matrimony, you do now confefs it. For be ye well affured, that fa many as are coupled together otherwife than God's Word doth allow, are not joined together by God, neither is their Matrimony lawful. If no Impediment be alledged, then Jhall the Minijler fay unto the Man, M. \KT I L T thou have this woman to thy W wedded wife, to live together after God'a ordinance, in the holy eftate of Matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour, and keep her, in ficknefs, and in health ; and forfaking all other, keep thee only unto her, fo long as you both (hall live ? The Man Jhall anfwer, I will. Then Jhall the Minijler fay unto the Woman* N. W/ I L T thou have this Man to thy wedded ** Hufband, to live toge her after Gods ordinance, in (he holy eftate of Matrimony ? Wilt thou obey him, ferve him, love, honour, and keep him, in ficknefs and in health; and forfaking all other, keep thee only unto hrm, fo long as you both fhall live ? The Woman Jhall anfwer r I will. Then the Minijler Jhall caufe the Man with his Right Hand to take the wsman by her Right Handy and ta fay after him as follow eth : r M. take thee A r . to be my wedded wife, to A have and to hold, from this day forward, for better for worfe, for richer for poorer, in ficknefs* and in health, to love and to cheriib, till death us do part, according to Gnd's holy ordinance j and thereto I plight thee my FaithV G 4 Then 1 5^ Matrimony* Then fc all they hofe their Hands * and the Woman with her Right Hand taking the Men by his Right Hand) Jhall like wife fay after the Minijhr : T A 7 , take thee M. to be my wedded Hufband, to -* have and to hold, from this day forward, for better for worfe, for richer for poonr, in ficknefs and in health, to love, cherifh, and to obey, till death us do parr, according to God's holy ordi- nance f and thereto I give thee my Faith. Then the Minifter Jhall Jay ', Let us pray. C\ Eternal God, Creator and Preferver of all ^-^ mankind, Giver of all fpiritual grace, the Au- thor of everlafting life; Send thy bleffing upon thefe thy fervants, this Man and this Woman, whom we blefs in thy Name ; that as Ifaac and Rebecca lived faithfully together, fo thefe perfons may furely perform and keep the vow and cove* nant betwixt them made, and may ever remain in perfect love and peace together, and live accord- ing to thy laws, through Jcfus Chrift our Lord. J men. Then JJjall the Minijlerjoin their Right Hands together + and fay \ Thofe whom God hath joined together, let no man put afunder. Then /hall the Min'fler [peak unto the People : fc*Orafmucri as M. and N. have confented toge- * ther in holy wedlock, and have witneffed the fame before God and this company, and thereto have pledged their faith either to other, and have declared the fame by joining of hands; I pronounce that they are Man and Wife together, In ths Name of the Father, a<\d of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft, Amm. And Mainmort}. 15 £ And the Mini/lev /ball add this bleffing : f>OD the Father, God the Son, God the Holy ^-^ Ghoft, blefs, preferve, and keep you; the Lord mercifully wih his favour look upon you, and fo fill you with all fpi ritual benediction and grace, that ye may fo live together in this life, that in 'he world to come ye may have life everlafting* Am en. Then the Minifi.r /hall jay, Lord, hive mercy upon us. Anfw. Chrift, have mercy upon us. 'Riiriiftcr. Lord, have mercy upon us. /"vUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be ^^ thy Name; thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven : Give us this day our daily bread ; And forgive us our trefpalTes, as we forgive them that trefpafi again'! us: And lead us not into temptation 3 but deliver us from evil. Amen. Mini/hr. O Lord, fave thy fervant and thy handmaid. Anjwer. And let them put their truft in thee. Minijter. O Lard, fend them help from thy holy place j Anjzver. And evermore defend them, Mimfiir. Be unto them a tower of ilrength,, An/wer. Frcm the face of their enemy. Mini ft er. O Lord, hear our prayer ; An/wet;. And let cur cry come unto thee. Mini/hr. r\ God ©f Abraham, God of Ifaac, God of Ja- *^ cob, blefs thefe thy fervants, and low the feed of eternal life in their hearts, that whatfoever in thy holy Wo d they (hall profitably learn, they may in deeu fulfil the fame. Look, O Lord, mercifully upon them from heaven, and blefs them. G 5 And T54 Matrimony 4 And as thou didft fend thy bleffing upon Abraham and Sarah, to their great comfort ; fo vouchfafe to fend thy bleffing upon thefe thy fervants ; that they obeying thy will, and always being \n fafety under thy prote&ion, may abide in thy love unto their lives end, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. This Prayer next following J}) all be omitted, tuber e the Woman is pajl child-bearing. C\ Merciful Lard and heavenly Father, bv whofer ^^ gracious gift mankind is increafed ; We be- feech thee, aifift with thy bleffing thefe two per- ions, that they may both be fruitful in the pro- creation of children, and alfo live together fo long in godly love and honefty, that they may fee their children chriftianly and virtuoufly brought up, to thy praife and honour, through Jefus Chrift oar Lord, Am.n. jT\ God, who by thy mighty power haft made all ^-^ things of n thing, who alfo (after other things fet in order) didft appoint that out of man (created after thine own image and fimilitude) woman' fhould take her beginning : and knitting them to>- gether, didft teacn that it (hould never be lawful to put afunder thofc whom thou by Matrimony had ft made one ; OGod, who haft confecrated the ftate of Matrimony to fuch an excellent myftery, that in it is fUnfied add reprefented the fpiritual mar- jiage and unity betwixt Chrift and his Church ; Look mercifully upon thefe thy fervants, that both this man may love his wife, according to thy Word (as Chrift did love his fpoufe the Church, who gave himfelf for it, loving and cherilhing it," even as his own fled*), and alo that this woman may be loving and amiable, faithful- and obedient to her hufbmd: and in all quietnefs, fobrieiy, 2nd p?ace, be a follower of holy and godly ma.- trons. O Lord , blefs them both, and grant thera to Communion of the Sich 1>5£ to Inherit thy everlafting kingdom, through Jsfus Chrift our Lord. Amen* Then jball the Minifltr fay, A Lmighty God y who at the beginning did create ■** our firft parents, Adam and Eve, and did fan&ify and join them together in marriage - 9 Pour upon you the riches of his grace, fan£tify and blefs you, that ye may pleafe him both in body and- foul, and live together in holy love unto your lives ; end. Amen* The Communion of the Sick. The Colhrr.. A Lmighty, everliving God, maker of mankind,, ■** who doft correct thofe whom thou doft love, and chaftife every one whom thou doft receive ; we befeech thee to have mercy upon this thy fervant vifited with thine hand ; and to grant that he may take his ficknefs patiently, and recover his bodily health, if it be thy gracious will ; and vvhenfoever his foal (hall depart from the body, it may be with- out fpot prefented unto thee, through Jefus Chrift our Lord, Amem Ihe. Epiftte. Heb. xii. 5, 6. VfY fon, defpife not thou the ch aliening of the "* * Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of h'rm : for whom the Lord loveth hechafteneth, and fcourgeth every fon whom he receiveth. The Go/pel. John, v. 24.- \7Erily, verily, L fay unto you^ He that hearetb v my word, and bclieveth on him that fent me, hath everlafting life, and (hail not come into con- demnation j but is puffed from death unto life. G 6 After 1$6 The Burial of the Dead. After which the Elder /hall proceed according to the" form before prefer ibed for the Holy Communion, be* ginning at thefe w^rds [Ye that do truly, &c] At the time of the diflribution of the Holy Sacra went, the Elder Jhall fir ft receive the Communion bim- felf and after minijier unto them thai are appointed to communicate with the Jick, and lafl of all to the ftck perj'on. The Order for the Burial of the Dead. The Minifier meeting the Corpf, and going before it 9 frail fay , T Am the rcfurreflion and thelfe, faith the Lord: •* he that believetn in me, though he were dead, yet fhall hz live : and whofoever liveth and btliev- eth in me, (hall never die. John, xi. 25, 26. , T Know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he * fhall Hand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my fkin, worms deftroy this body, yet in my fiefh {ball I fee God : whom I fnall fee for rnyfelf, and mine eyes fliall behold, and not ano- ther. Job) xix. 25, 26, 27. W/E brought nothing into this world, and it is ** certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord h • t h taken away; blefled be the Name of the Lord. 1 Tint, vi. 7. Job, i. 21; Then frail be read^ Pfal. xc. r ORD, thou haft been our refuge from one ge- •^ neration to another , Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world w re made, thou art God from everlafting, and world without end Thou turned man to- deduction : again thou fayeftj Come again, ye children of men. Fcr The Burial cf the Dead. 157 For a thoufand years in thy fight are but as yefterday \ feeing that is pad, as a watch in the night. As foon as thou fcattereft them, they 2re even as a fleep, and fadeaway fuddenly like the grafs. In the morning it is green, and groweth up : but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered. For we confume away in thy difpleafure ; and are afraid at thy wrath ul indignation. Thou haft fet our nnfdeeds before the?, and our fecret fins in the light of thy countenance. For when thou art angry, all our days are gone: we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that, is told. The days of our age are threefcore years and ten ; and though men be fo ftrong, that rhey come to fourfcore years, ve' is their ftrength then but la- bour and lorrow : fo foon pafieth it away, and we ne. But who ie?ardeth the power of thv wrath : for even accord. ng to thy fear, fo is thy difpieafure. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wifJom. Turn thee again, O Lord, at the laft, and be gracious unto thv fervants, O fatisfy us with rhy mercy, and that fo n ; fo fhall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. Comfort us again now af'te r the time that thou lagued us, and for the years wherein we have futfered adveriity. Shew thy fervants thy work, and their chi! en thy glory And the glorious majc-fty of the Lord out God be ipoii u<: pfofper thou the work of our hands upon us, O pr fper thou our haady- work. Glor) be vo the Father, anc to the Son, and to iheHolyGhofti 15 8 the Burial of the Dea£ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever fhall be, world without end. Amtrt. Then Jhall fallow the Lejfon taken out of the fifteenth chapter ef the fir Jl Epiflle of Saint Paul to the Co- rinthians. I Cor. xv. 20. VOW is Chrift rifen from the dead, and be- -**^ come the firft- fruits of them that flept For fmce by man came death, by man came al'fo the refurreflion of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even fo in Chrift fhall all be made alive. But every man in his own order; Chrift the firft-fruits ; af- terward they that are Chrift's, at his coming. Then cometh the end when he fhall have delivered up the kingdom to God even the Father 5 when he fhall have put down all rule and all authority and power: for he muft regn till he hath put all ene- mies under his feet. The laft enemy that fhall be deftroyed is death : for he hath put all things under bis feet. But when he faith all things are put un- der him, it is manifeft that he is excepted who did put all things under him. And when all things fhall be fubdued unto him, then fhall the Son alfo himfelf be fubje<5t unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. Elfe what (ball they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rife not at all ? Why are they then baptized for the dead ? and why ftand we in jeopardy every hour ? I proteft by your re- joicing;, which I have in Chrift Jefus our Lord, I die dally. If after the manner of men I have fought with beafts at Ephefus, what advantageth it me,, if the dead rife not ? Let us eat and drink for to- morrow we die. Be not deceived : evil commu- nications corrupt good manners. Awake to righ- teoufnefs, and fin not 1 for fome have not the knowledge of God. I fpeak this to your fhame. But fome man will fry, How are the dead raifed up ? The Burial of the Dead. 159 up ? and with what body do they come ? Thou fool, that which thou foweft is not quickened, ex- cept it die. And that which thou foweft, thou foweft not that body that (hall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of fome other grain : But God giveth it a body as it hath pleafed him, and to every feed his own body. All flefh is not the fame flefli : but there is one kind of flefli of men, another flefli of beafts, another of fifties, and another of birds. There are alio celeftial bodies, and bodies terreftrial : but the glory of the celeftial is one, and the glory of the tei retinal is another. There is one glory of the fun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the ftars : for one ftar differeth from another ftar in glory. So alfo is the refurre£tion of the dead. It is fown in corruption ; it is raifed in incorruption : it is (own in difhonour, it is raifed in glory: it is fown in weaknefs y it is raifed in power : it is fown a na- tural body, it is raifed a fpiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a fpirirual body. And fo it is written, The firft man Adam was made a living foul ; the laft Adam was made a quicken- ing fpirit. Howbeit that was not firft which is fpiritual, but that which is natural y and afterward that which is fpiritual. The firft man is of the earth, earthy \ the iecond man is the Lord from heaven. As is the eaithy, fuch are they that are earthy : and as is the heavenly, fuch are they alfo that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the eaithy, we fliall alfo bear the image of the heavenly. Now vhis I fay, brethren, that flefli and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Be- hold, 1 (hew you a myftery ; We fhall not all fleep, but we fhall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the laft trump : For the trumpet (hall found, and the dead {hall be raifed 1 incorruptible, M l6o The Burial of the Dead. incorruptible, and we ftnll be changed. For this corruptible muft put on incorrupti ufnefs, and minifter trae judgment unto the people. 9 The Lord v ill alfo b* a defence for the op- prefied, even a refuge in due time of troubles 10 And they that know thy Name will put their truft in thee ; for thou, Lord, haft never failed them that feek thee. 11 O praife the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion ; (hew the people of his doings. 12 For when he maketh inquifition for b'ood, he remembereth them, and forgeiteth no: the com- plaint of the humble. 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; confider ! ;e trouble which I fuffer cf them that hate me; thou that lifted me up from the gates of death ; 14 That I may (hew ail thy praifes within the ports of the daughter of Sion :. I will rejoice in : y falvation. 15 The heathen ?.re funk down in t^e pit that they made: in the fame net which thy hid pri- vily is their foot taken. 16 The Lord is known to execute judgment : the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own har^s e 17 The wicked (hall be turned into hell, and al! the people that forget God. 38 For the poor {hall not alway be for otten ; the patient abiding of the meek (hall nut perifh for ever. 19 Up, Lord, and let not man have the upper hand ; let the heather be judged in thv fight. 20 Put rhem in fear. O Lord, that the heathen may know themfelves to be but men. H MORNING 1J0 PSALMS. The ^d Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm X. Vy HY ftandeft thou fo far off, O Lord, and ^* hided thy face in the needful time of trouble ? 2 The ungodly for his own luft doth perfecufe the poor; they fhall be taken in the crafty wilinefe that they have imagined, 3 For the ungodly hath made boaft of his own heart's defire, and fpeaketh good of the covetous, whom God abhorreth. 4 The ungodly is fo proud, that he careth not for God ; neither is God in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are alway grievous: thy judgments are far above out of his fight, and therefore defieth he all his enemies. 6 Arife, O Lord God, and lift up thine hand; forget not the poor. 7 Wherefore (hould the wicked blafpheme God, while he doth fay in his heart, Tufh, thou, God, cared not for it ? 8 Surely thou haft feen it ; for thou beholdeft ungodlinefs and wrong. 9 That thou mayeft take the matter into thy hand, the poor committeth himfelf unto thee ; for thou art the helper of the friendlefs. 10 Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious; take away his ungodlinefs, and thou {halt find none. ii The Lord is King for ever and ever ; and the heathen are perifhed out of the land. i 2 Lord, thou haft heard the deGre of the poor ; thou prepareft their heart, and thine ear hearken- eth thereto; 13 To help the fatherlefs and poor unto their right, that the man of the earth be no more exalted againft them. Psalm The %d Day. PSALMS. rji Psalm XI. I N the Lord put I my truft ; how fay ye then to my foul, that (he fhould flee as a bird unto the bill ? 2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver, that they may privily (hoot at them who.are true of heart, 3 If the foundations be deftroyed, what can the righteous do ? 4 The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord's feat is in heaven* 5 His eyes confider the poor, and his eye-lids try the children of men. 6 The Lord trieth the righteous ; but the un- godly, and him thai delighteth in wickednefs, dotli his foul abhor. 7 Upon the ungodly he (hall rain fnares, fire and brimftone, florin and tempeft : this Ihall be their portion to drink. 8 For the righteous Lord loveth righteoufnefs $ his countenance will behold the thing that is juft. Psalm XIL TjELP me, Lord, for the faithful are minifhed ■**-* from among the children of men. 2 They talk of vanity every one with his neigh- bour ; they do but fleeter with their lips, and dif- femble in iheir double heart. 3 The Lord fhall root out all deceitful lips, and the tongue that fpeaketh proud things ; 4 Which have faid, With our tongue will we prevail 5 we are they that ought to fpeak ; who is lord over us ? 5 Now for the comfortlefs troubles fake of the reedy, and becaufe of the deep-fighing of the poor$ H 2 6 1 will *J2 PSALMS. The 3,/ Day. 6 I will up, faith the Lord, and will help every one from him that fweileih againii him, and will let him at reft. 7 The words of the Lord are pure words, even as the filver which from the earth is tried, and pu- rified feven times in the fire. 8 Thou fhalt keep them, O Lord ; thou fhalt preferve them from this generation for ever. 9 The ungodly walk on every fide ; when they are exaked, the children of men are put to re- buke. EVENING PRAYER. Psalm XIII. TjOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for -*-■* ever r how long wilt thou hide thy face from me ? 2 How long fhall I feek counfel in my foul, and be fo vexed in my heart ? how long (hall mine enemies triumph over me ? 3 Confides, and hear me, O Lord my God ; lighten mine eyes, that I fleep not in death, 4 Left mine enemy fay, I have prevailed 'gainft him, for if I be caft down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it. 5 But my truft is in thy mercy ; and my heart is joyful in thy falvation. 6 I will fing of the Lord, becaufe he hath dealt fo lovingly with me ; yea, I will praife the Name of the Lord moft Higheft. Psalm XV. T ORD, who (hall dwell in thy tabernacle; or -"*-* who (hall reft upon thy holy hill ? 2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and 2 doeth the ^ Day. PSALMS. T73 doeth the thing which is right, and fp aketh the truth from his heart ; 3 He that hath ufed no deceit in bis tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, and hath not flan- dered his neighbour. 4 He thai fetteth not by himfe';f, but is lowly in his own eyes, and maketh much of thern that fear the Lord. 5 He that fweareth unto his neighbour, and dlfappointeth him not, though it were to his own hindrance, 6 He that hath not given b he is the defender of all them that put their truft in him. 3 For who is God but the Lord ; or who hath any ftrength except our God ? 4 It is God that girdeth me with ftrength of war, and maketh my way perfect. 5 He maketh my feet like harts feet, and fetteth me up on high. 6 He teacheth mine hands to fight, and mine arms fhall break even a bow of fteel. 7 Thou haft given me the defence of thy falva- tionj thy right hand alfo fhall hold me up, and thy loving correction fhall make me great. 8 Thou fhalt make room enough under me for to go, that my-footfleps fhall not Aide. 9 The Lord liveth ; and bleffcd be my ftrong Helper; and praifed be the God of my falvation. 10 It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and fetceth me up above mine adverfa- ries : thou fhalt deliver me from the wicked man, 11 For this caufe will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and fing praifts unto thy Name. Psalm XIX. ^pHE heavens declare the glory of God, and the * firmament fheweth his handy-work. 2 One day telleth another, and one night certi- fieth another, H 5 3 There 178 PSALM S. 7%*4tbDay. 3 There is neither fpeech nor language, but their voices are heard among them. 4 Their found is gone out into all lands, and their words into the ends of the world. 5 In them hath he fet a tabernacle for the fun, which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his courfe. 6 It goeth forth from the uttermoft part of the heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it again : and there is nothing hid fiom the heat thereof. 7 The law of the Lord is an undefined law, con- verting the foul : the teftimony of die Lord is fure, and giveth wifdom unto the fimple. 8 The ftatutes of the Lord are right, and rejoice the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and enduretb for tver : the judgments of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. 10 More to be defired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold : fweeter alfo than honey, and the honey-comb. ii Moreover Yy them is thy fervant taught, and in keeping oftiiem there is great reward. 12 Who c;-in tell how oft he offendeth : O clean fe thou me from my fecret faults. 13 Kctp thy fervant alfo from prefumptuous fins, led they get the dominion over me: fo fhall I be undefiled, and innocent from the great of* fence. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the medi- tation of ny heart, be alway acceptable in thy fight, j 5 O Lord, my Strength, and my Redeemer. MORNING The $U Day. P S A L M S. 1 79 MORNING PRAYER. Psalm XX. THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble: the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee : 2 Send thee he]p from the fan&uary, and ftrengthen th:e out of Sion. 3 We will rejoice in thy fal'vation, and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God : the Lord per- form all thy petitions. 4 Now know I, that the Lord helpeth hia Anointed, and will hear him from his holy heaven 5 even with the wholefome ftrengih of his right hand. 5 Some put their truft in chariots, and forre in horfes ; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. 6 They are brought down, and fallen ; but we are rifen, and ftand upright. 7 Save, Lord, and hear us, O King of heaven* when we call upon thee. Psalm XXII. Parti. "\yT Y God, my God, look upon me; why haft -***-■• thou forfaken me ; anil art fo far from my health, and from the words of my compfaint? 2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou heareft not: and in the nigfat-feafon alfo I take no reft. 3 Aod thou continceft holy, O thou Worfhip of Ifrael. 4 Our fathers hoped in thee, they trufled in thee, and thou didft deliver them. 5 They called upon thee, and were holpen s they put their truit in thee, and were not con- founded. H 6 6 But 180 PSALMS. The 5//; Day. 6 But as for me, I am a worm, and no man ; a very (corn of men, and the outcaftof the people. 7 All they that fee me, laugh me to fcorn : they fhoot out their lips, and ihake their heads, faying, 8 He trufted in God, that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, if he will have him. 9 But thou art he tnit took me out of my mo- ther's womb : thou waft my hope when 1 hanged yet upon my mother's hrealts. 10 I have been left unto thee ever fince I was born : thou art my God, even from my mother's womb. 11 O go not from me, for trouble is hard at hand, and there is none to help me* 12 1 am poured out like water, and all my bones are ou: of joint ; my heart alfo in the midft of my bodv is even like melting wax. 13 My ftrength is dried up like a potfherd, and my tongue Cleaveth to my gums ; and thou (halt bring me into the duft of deatn. ?4 They pierced my hands and my feet; I may tell all my bones \ they ftand ftaring and looking upon me. 15 They part my garments among them, and caft lots upon my vefture. 16 But be not thou far from me, O Lord : thou art my fuccour; hafte thee to help me. 17 Deliver my foul from the fword : my darling from the power of the dog. 18 Save me from the lion's mouth: thou baft heard me alfo from among the howis of the uni- cerns. EVENING The s ih D *y- P S A L M S. i8x EVENING PRAYER. Psalm XXII. Part II. I Will dec! re thy Name unto my brethren : in the midtl of r he congregation will [ praife thee. 2 O praife the Lord, ye that fear him: magnify him, all ye ol the feed of Jacob ; and fear him, all ye (ced of ifrael 3 For he hath notdefpifed, or abhorred the low eftare of the poor : he hath not hid his face from him ' y but when he called unto him, he heard him. 4 My praife is of thee in the great congrega- tion : my vows will I perform in the fight of them that fear him. 5 The poor (hall eat, and be fatisfied : they that feek after the Lord, fhall praife him \ your heart (hall live for ever. 6 All the ends of the world fhall remember themfelves, and be turned unto the Lord ; and all the kindreds of the nations fhall woiihip before him. 7 For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he is the Governor among the people. 8 All they that go down into the dull, fhall kneel before him : and no man hath quickened his own foul. 9 A feed fhall ferve him : they fhall be counted unto the Lo J for a generation. io They fhall come, and the heavens fhr.'I de- clare his righteoufnefs, unto a people that fhall be born, whom the Lord hath made. Psalm XXIII. >"TpHE Lord is my fhepherd; therefore can I *- lack nothing. 2 He fhall feed me in a green pafture, and lead me forth befide the waters of comfort. 3 He l%2 PSALMS, TkesthDcy. 3 He fliall convert my foul, and bring me forth in the paths of righteoufnefs for his Name's fake, 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the fhadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou arc with me ; thy rod and thy itaff comfort me. 5 Thou (halt prepare a table before me againft *hem that trouble me i thou haft anointed my head: with oil, and my cup {hall be full. 6 Surely thy loving- kindnefs and mercy (hall follow me all the days of my life ; and I will dwell in the houfe of the Lord for ever. Psalm XXIV. *TpHE earth is the Lord's, and all that therein -*• is : the com pais of the world, and they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath founded it upon the feas, and pre- pared it upon ihe floods. 3 Who (hall a'tend into the hill of the Lord > Or who fhall ri r e up in his holy place? 4 Even he that hath clean ha»ds, and a pure heart ; and that hath not lift up his mind unto va- nity, nor iwoai to deceive his neighbour. 5 He fhall receive the bleffing from the Lord y and ri ,hteoufnefs from the God of his falvation. 6 This is the generation of them that feek him j even of them that feek thy face, O Jacob. 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlafting doors y and the King of glory ihall come in. 8 Who is the King of glory ? it is the Lord flrong and nvghty, even the Lord mighty ir* battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye^ lift up, ye eve; lafting doors; and the King of glory ihall c. me in. 10 Who is the King of glory ? even the Lord of hofls, he is the King of glory, MORNING ne 6th Day. PSALMS. *%$ MORNING PRAYER, Psalm XXV. T jNTO thee, O Lord, will I life up my foul';. ^ my God, I have put my truft in thee : O let ftie not be confounded,, neither let mine enemies triumph over me. 2 For all they that hope in thee fhall not be afhamed; but fuch as tranfgrefs without a caufe fhall be put to confufion. 3 Shew me thy ways, O Lord ; and teach mer thy paths. 4 Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me r for thou art the God of my falvation ; in thee hath been my hope all the day long. 5 Cali to remembrance, O Lord, thy tender mercies, and thy loving-kindnefles, which have been ever of old. 6 O remember not the fins and offences of my youth; but according to thy mercy think thou wpen me, O Lord, for thy goodnefs. 7 Gracious and righteous is the Lord : therefore will he teach finners in the way. 8 Them that are meek (hall he guide in judg- ment ; and fuch as are gentle, them fhall he learn -his way. 9 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, unto fuch as keep his covenant, and his tefii. monies. io For thy Name's fake, O Lord, be merciful unto my fin, for it is great. 1 1 What man is he that feareth the Lord ? Him fhall he teach in the way that he fhall cnoofe. 12 His foul fhall dwell at eaie \ and his feed fhali inherit the land. 13 The fecnt of the Lord is among them that fear him; and he will fhew them his covenant. 1 14 Mine 184* PSALMS. The 6th Day. 14 Mine eyes a^e ever looking unto the Lord, for be fha ! i pluck my feet out of the net. 15 ? urn the unco me, and have mercy upon me i Tor i am defolate, gyp.d in inifery. 16 The forrows or my heart are enlarged : O bring thou me out of my troubles. 1 y Look upon my adverficy and mifery ; and forgive me all my fin. 18 O keep my foul, and deliver me : let me not be confounded, for I have put my truft in thee. 19 Let perfaSnefs and righteous dealing wait upon me ; for my hope hath been in thee. 20 Deliver Ifrael, O God, out of all his troubles. Psalm XXVI. T) E thou my Judge, O Lord, for I have walked -" innocently: my truft hath been aifo in the Lord, therefore (lull I not fall. 1 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me : try out my reins, and my heart 3 For thy loving-kindnefs is ever before mine eyes, and I will walk in toy truth. 4 I have not dealt with vain perfons ; neither will i have feliowfhlp with the deceitful. 5 I have hated th congregation of the wicked, and will not fit am ng the ungodly. 6 1 will wafh my hands in innocency, O Lord, and fo will I go to thine altar ; 7 That I may (hew the voice of thankfgiving, and te'l of all thy Wondrous works. 8 Lord, I have .loved the habitation of thy houfe, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 O Abut not up my foul with the finners, nor my life with the blood-thirfty. 10 As for me, i will wak innocently : O deliver me, and be merciful unto me, ■ . 11 My TkebthDay. PSALMS. 185 1 1 My foot ftandeth right : I will praife the Lord in the congregations* EVENING PRAYER. Psalm XXVII. THE Lord is my light and my falvation, whom then (hall I fear : the Lord is the ftrength of my life, of whom then (hall I be afraid ? 2 When the wickea even mine enemies, and my foes came upon me to eat up my flefh, they {tumbled and fell. 3 Though an hoft of men were laid a2ainft me, yet (hall not my heart be afraid : and though there rofe up war againft me, yet will I put my truft in him. 4 One thing have I defired of the Lord, which I will require : even that I may dwell in the houfe of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to vifit his temple. 5 For in the time of trouble he (hail hide me in his tabernacle: yea, in the fecret place of his dwelling (hall he hide me, and fet me up upon a rock of ftone. 6 And now (hall he lift up mine head above mine enemies round about me. 7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an ob- lation with great gladnefs : I will fing, and fpeak praifes unto the Lord. 8 Hearken unto my voice, O Lord, when I cry unto thee: have mercy upon me, and hear me. 9 My heart hath talked of thee, Seek ye my face: thy face, Lord, will I fe-k. 10 O hide not thou thy r ace from me, nor caff thy fervant away in difpleafure. 1 1 Thou hafl: been my fuccour : leave me not, neither forlake me, O God of my falvation. 12 When XS6 P S A L M S. The &b D;y. 12 When my father and my mother forfake me, the Lord taketh me up. 13 Teach me thy way, O Lord; and lead me in the right way, becaufe of mine enemies. 14 Deliver me not o^er into the will of mine adverfaries; for there are falfe witneflcs rifen up againft me, and fuch as fpeak wrong. 15 I feould utterly have fainted, but that I be* lieve verily to fee the goodnefs of the Lord in the land of the living. 16 O tarry thou the Lord's leifure : be ftrong, and he (hall comfort thine heart j and put thovt thy truft in the Lord. P S A L M xxvin. T jNTO thee, will I cry, O Lord, my ftrength : ^ think no fcorn of me ; left if thou make as- though thou heareft not y I become like them that go down irto the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my humble petitions, wkei> I cry unto thee : when I hold up my hands to- wards the mercy-feat of thy holy temple. 3 O pluck me not away, neither deftroy me with the ungodly and wicked doers, who fpeak friendly to their neighbours, but imagine mifchief in their hearts. 4. Praifcd be 'he Lord, for .he hath heard the voice of my humble petitions. 5 ^ he Lord is my ftrength, and mvfhield ; my fieart rmh trufted in h m, and I am helped : there- fore my heart dancetn for joy, and in my fong will I praife him. 6 The Lo d is my ftrength, and he is the wholefome defence of his Anointed. 7 O fave thy people, and give thy blefling unta thine inheritance : feed them, and fet them up far ever. MORNING The jth Day. PSALMS. i£ 7 MORNING PRAYER. Psalm XXIX. T>RING unto the Lord, O ye mighfy, bring •*~* young rams unto the Lord: afcribe unto the Lord glory and ftreng'h, 2 Give the Lord the honour due unto his Name: Worfbip the Lord with holy worfhip, 3 It is the Lord that commanded the waters; it is the gloriouc God that maketh the thunder. 4 It is the Lord that ruleth the Tea ; the voice of the Lord is mighty in operation ; the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice. 5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedar- trees : yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Li- banus. 6 He maketh them alfo to fkip like a calf : LU banus alfo, and Sirion like a young unicorn. 7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire ; the voice of the Lord fhaketh the wildernefs : yea, the Lord fhaketh the wildernefs of Kadcfh. 8 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds tcx bring forth young, and difcovereth the thick buihes : in his temple dcth every man fpeak of his honour. 9 The Lord fitteth above the water-flood : and the Lord remaineth a King for ever. 10 The Lord {hall give ftrength unto his people: the Lo;d fhall give his people the blefling; of peace. Psalm XXX. | Will magnify thee, O Lord, for thou haft fet * me up, and not made my foes to triumph oyer me. % O Lord, my God, I cried unto thee, and thou haft healed me. 3 Thou, iS8 PSALMS. The -jthDay 3 Thou, Lord, haft brought my foul out of heli : :: kept my life from them that go down to the p t. 4 Sing pr i.cs unto the Lord, O s of hU, and give thanks unto him for a remembrance : ». 5 For hs vrratfa endureth but the twinkling of an eye; and in his pleafu/e is life: heavinefs may endure tor a night, but joy Cometh in the mcning 6 And in my profperity I faid, I (hall never be removed : thou, Lord, of thy goodaefs hadft o my h;il fo fire 7 Thou oidit turn thy face from me, and I was troubled. 8 T .en cried I unto thee, O Lord, and gat me to my Lord right humbly. 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit J io Shall tne dtft give thanks unto thee: or £ball it declare thy tru: ii Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: -, be thoj my hvlper. 12 Thou haft turned my heavinefs into joy: thou haft pu: f fackclotn, and girded me fiefs. 13 Therefore (hal! every good man fing of thy fe without ceafing : O my God, I w»H give thanks unto thee for e EVENING PRAYER. Psalm XXXI. JX thee, O Lord, have I put my truft : let me .erbc put to c^; deliver me in righteoufnefs. 2 E/,v fk -h Da>j. PSALMS. i$ ? 2 B.w due ear tc in ; mak&liafte to deliver m . 3 And be thou m\ ftrong r :1 fe of de- fence, that thou mayeft fave me. 4 r x rock ana raflie: be thou alio rov auidr, and ;ca: i Verne's fake. 5 Draw me cat of the net that they have laid , for thou ar my fl 6 Into , for thou h::t redeemed me, O Lord, .h u G »d of truth. 7 I a ii! be g'ad, an: for thou halt confidered my c oubje, ar. own 8 T fliut me u od of the enem t in a larg 9 My hope hath L e- in tr.ee, O Lord : I b . Thou art my >od. o Mv time is in i me from the bund of mine enemies, and heaa t; : per ecuie me. ii Shew thy fervaat the light o*~ :e- nance. and fave me - thy m rcici fake« 12 O now pie i ful is thy good haft Utd up ;or them that feat "he-; and haft prepared (or th I [ ut :nc,r trull in I e\en efore the fona of men ! 13 Thou dial: hide them privily by thine c presence from the provok... Quit keep them iecretly tn thy tabernacle frc ftrife of tongues 14 O love the Lord, all v Lord prefcrveth them that are faithful, ana [ teoufly rewardeth the proud doer. 15 Be ftrong. a e ut, all ye that put youi umft in the Lord Psalm jgo PSALMS. tttjthDw Psalm XXXIL BLefTed is he whofe unrighteoufnefs h forgiven s and whofe fin is covered. 2 Blefled is the man unto whom the Lord im- puteth no fm; and in whofe fpirit there is no guile. 3 For while I held my tongue, my bones con- fumed away through my daily complaining. 4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night, and my moiftureis like the drought in fummer. 5 I will acknowledge my fin unto thee, and mine unrighteoufnefs have I not hid. 6 I faid, I will confefs my fins unto the Lord ; and fo thou forgaveft the wickednefs of my fin. j Fcr this fliall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayeft be found: but in the great water-floods they (hall not come nigh him. 8 Thou art a place to hide me in ; thou (halt preferve me from trouble: thou (hat compafs me about with fongs of deliverance. 9 I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou ihalt go ; and I will guide thee with mine eye. io Be ye not like to horfe and mule, which have no underftanding: whofe mouths muft be held with bit and bridle, left they fall upon thee. 11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly ; but whofo putteth his truft in the Lord, mercy em* braceth him on every fide. 12 Be glad, O ye righteou?, and rejoice in the Lord ; and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart. MORNING The 8th Day. PSALMS. igf MORNING PRAYER, Psalm XXXIII. Ty Ejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous ; for it be* -*^ cometh well the juft to be thankful, 2 Sing unto the Lord a new fong: fing praifes kiftily unto him with a good courage. 3 For the word of the Lord is true ; and all his Works are faithful. 4 He loveth righteoufnefs and judgment : the earth is full of the goodnefs of the Lord. 5 By the word of the Lord were the heavens' made; and all the holts of them by the breath of his m^uth. 6 He gathereth the waters of the fea together, as it were upon an heap; and layeth up the deep, as in a treif> his Name together. 4 i fought the Lord and he heard me : yea, he delivered me out of all my fear. 5 They had an eye unto him, and were lighten- ed ; and th< ir faces w^ re not afhamed. 6 Lo, the p<>or crieth, and the Lord heareth him: yea, and faveth him ou of all his troubles. 7 The Angel of the Lo ^ tarrieth round about them that fear him, and dehveretb them. 8 O tafte, and i^e, r w gracious the Lord is r blefled is the man that uulteth in him. 9 o Tb$ lib Day. PSALMS, i 9 j 9 O fear the Lord, ye that are his faints ; for they that fear him lack nothing. 10 The lions do lack and fuffer hunger : but they who feek the Lord, (hall want no manner of thing that is good. ii Come, ye children, and hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12 Whatman is he that defireth to live, and Would fain fee good days ? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips, that they fpeak no guile. 14 Efchew evil, and do good; feek peace, and enfue it. 15 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers. 16 The countenance of the Lord is againft them that do evil, to root out the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth them, and delivereth them out of all their trou- bles. 1 8 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart, and wili fave fuch as are of an hum- ble fpirit. 19 Great are the troubles of the righteous; but the Lord delivereth hirn out of all. 20 He keepeth all his bones, fo that not one of them is broken. 21 But misfortune (hall flay the ungodly; and they that hate the righteous fhall be defolate. 22 The Lord delivereth the fouls of his fervants; and all they that put their truft in him fhall not be deftitute. Psalm XXXV. T>LEAD thou my caufe, O Lord, with them -*■ that drive with ine; and fight thou againft them that fight againfr me. I % Lay X94 PSALMS. The gth Day. 2 Lay hand upon the fhield and buckler, and ftand up to help me. 3 Bring forth the fpear, and flop the way againft them that perfecute me : fay unto my foul, I am thy faivation. 4 My foul, be joyful in the Lord : it fhall re* joice in his faivation. 5 All my bones (hall fay, Lord, who is like unto thee; who delivered the poor from him that is too ftrong for him ; yea, the poor, and him that is in mifcry, from him that fpoileth him. 6 I will give thee thanks in the great congre- gation : I wiil praife thee among much people. 7 Let them be glad and rejoice that favour my righteous dealing : yea, let them fay alway, BleiT- ed be the Lord, who hath pleafure in the profpe- rity of his fervant. 8 And as for my tongue, it fhall be talking of thy righteoufnefs, and of thy praife, all the day long;. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm XXXVI. THY mercy, O Lord, reacheth unto the hea- vens ; and thy faithfulnefs unto the clouds. 2 Thy righteoufnefs ftandeth like the ftrong mountains: thy judgments are like the great deep. 3 Thou, Lord, (halt fave both man and beaft. How excellent is thy mercy, O God ! and the children of men fhall put their iruft under the fha- dovy of thy wings ! 4 They (hall be fatisfied with the plenteoufnefs of thy houfe; and thou (halt give them drink of thy pleafures, as out of the river. 5 For with thee is the well of life ; and in thy light {hall we fee light. 6 O The qtb Day. PSALMS. 195 6 O continue forth thy loving kindnefs unfo tkem thai know thee, afrtl thy fighteoufnei's unto Ififfh thai are tru . or heart. 7 O let not the toot of pride come aginft m? ; and let not the hand of the ungodly calt me dawn. 8 There are they fallen, all that work wick- ed nefs : they are caft down, and fhall not be able to ftand. Psalm XXXVIT. Part I. T^RET not thyfelf becaufe of the ungodly ; nei- * ther be thou envious againit the evil doers. 2 For they fhall foon be cut down like the grafs ; and be withered even as the green herb. 3 Put thou thy trufl in the Lord, and be doing good : dwell in the land, and verily thou fhak be fed. 4 Delight thou in the Lord ; and he (hall give thee thy heart's defire. 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy trultin him, and he fhuil bring it to pafs. 6 He (hall make thy righteoufnefs as clear as the light 5 and thy juft dealing as the noon-day., 7 Hold thee ft ill in the Lord, and abide pa- tiently upon him; but grieve not thyfelf at him whofe way doth profper, at the man that doeth after evil counfels. 8 Leave off from wrath, and let go difpleafure: fret not thyfelf, clfe (halt thou be moved to do evil. 9 Wicked doers ftiall be rooted out; and they that patiently abide the Lord, thofe fhall inherit the Lnd. 10 Yet a little while, and the ungodly fhall be clean go^e ; thou {halt look after his place, and he fhnll be away. 1 1 But the meek-fpirited fhall poffefs the earth, find fhall be refrefhed in the multitude cf peace. I 2 12 The !9& PSALMS. The yh Day. 12 The ungodly feeketh counfel againft the juft, and gnafheth up^n him with his teeth 13 The Lord (hall laugh him to (coin c } for hs hath feen that his day is coming. 14 A (mail thing that the righteous hath^ i* better than great riches of the ungodly. 15 For the arms of the ungodly (ball be broken; and the Lord upholdeth the righteous. 16 The Lord knoweih the days of the godly; and their inheritance fhall endure for ever. 17 They (hall not be confounded in the perilous time ; and in the days of dearth they ihall have enough. 18 As for the ungodly they (hall perifh, and the enemies of the Lord (hall confume as the fat of Iambs j yea, even as the fmoke (hall they confume away. 19 The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again ; but the righteous is merciful and liberal. 20 Such as are blefled of God (hall poflefs the land; and they that are curfed of him fhall be rooted out. EVENING PRAYER. Psalm XXXVII. Part II. THE Lord ordereth a good man's going, and maketh his way acceptable to himfelf. 2 Though he fall, he (hall not be caft away ; for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 3 I have been young, and now am old ; and yet faw I never the righteous forfaken, nor his feed begging their bread. 4 The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth ; and his feed is blefled. 5 Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good, and dwell for evermore* 6 For The gth Day. PSALMS. 197 6 For the Lord loveth the thing that is right : he forfaketh not his faints ; but they are prefervcd for ever. 7 The unrighteous (hall be pumfhed : as for the feed of the ungodly, it fhall be rooted out. 8 The righteous (ball inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. 9 The mouth of the righteous is exercifed in wifdom 5 and his tongue will be talking of judg- ment. 10 The law of his God is in his heart ; and his goings (hall not Aide. 1 1 The ungodly feeth the righteous, and feeketh occafion to flay him. 12 The Lord will not leave him in his hand; nor condemn him when he is judged. 13 Hope thou in the Lord, and keep his way> and he fhall promote thee, that thou (halt pofleft the land : when the ungodly fhall pcfift), thou (halt fee it. 14 I myfelf have feen the ungodly in great power, and flourifhing like a green bay-tree. 15 I went by, and lo, he was gone: I fought him, but his place could no where be found. 16 Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right; for that (hall bring a man peace at the laft. 17 As for the tranfgreflbrs, they fhall perifh together : and the end of the ungodly is, they lhall be rooted out at the laft* 18 But the falvation of the righteous cometh of the Lord ; who is alfo their ftrength in the time of trouble. 19 And the Lord fhall ftand by them, and fave them: he (hall deliver them from the ungodly, and fhall fave them, becaufe they put their truft in him. I 3; Psalm 198 PSALMS. The yb Day. Psalm XXXVIII. BUT me not to rebuke, O Lord, in thine anger; ** neither chaften me in thy heavy difpleafure. 2 For thine arrows ilick fail in me, and thy hand preffeth me fore, 3 There is no health in my fltffr, becaufe of thy difpleafure; neither is there any reft in my bones, by reafon of my fin. 4 For my wicked neffes are gone over my head, and are like a fore burden, too heavy for me to bear. 5 My wounds (link, and are corrupt, through tny foolifhnefs. 6 I am brought intofo great trouble and miftry, that I go mourning ail the day long. 7 I am feeble and fore fan teen : I have roared for the very difquietnefs of my heart, 8 Lord, thou knoweft ail my defire; and my groaning is not hid from thee. 9 My heart panteth, my ftrength hath failed me, and the fight of mine eyes is gone from me, 10 My lovers and my neighbours did Hand looking upon my trouble; and my kinfmen flood afar oft. 1 1 In thee, O Lord, have I put my truft : thou {halt anfwer for me, O Lord my God. 12 T will confefs my .wickednefs, and be forry for my fin. 13 Forfake me not, O Lord my God : be not thou far from me. 14 Hafte thee to help me, O Lord God of my falvation. MORNING The ic. 7 £%. PS A h IT* 199 MO & NINO PRAYER. Psalm XXXIX. T ^aid, I will take h cd to my ways, that I pfftnd * hoc in my tongue, 2 I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle, while the ungodly is in my fight. 3 I he]*' my tongue and fpake nothing: I kept filence, yea, even from good words ; but it was pain and grief to me, 4 My heart was hot within me; and while I was thus mufing, the fire kindled ; and at the laft I fpake with my tongue ; 5 Lord, let me know my end, and the number of my days, that I may be certified how long I have to live. 6 Behold, thou haft made my days as it were a fpan long ; and mine age is even as nothing in re- fpecl of thee ; and verily, every man living is alto- gether vanity. 7 For man walketh in a vain ftiadow, and dif- quieteth himfelf in vain : he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who fhall gather them, 8 And now, Lord, what is my hope ? truly my hope is even in thee. 9 Deliver me from all mine offences ; and make me not a rebuke unto the foolifh. 10 I became dumb, and opened, not my mouth; for it was thy doing. 11 Take thy plagne away from me ; I am even confumed by the means of thy heavy hand. 12 When thou with rebukes doft chaiten man for fin, thou makeft: his beauty to confume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment: every man therefore is but vanity. 13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine I 4 ears 200 PSALMS* The itth Da^ ears confider my calling : hold not thy peace at my tears ; 14 For I am a ftranger with thee, and a fojour- ner, as all my fathers were. 15 O fpare me a little, that I may recover my ftrength $ before I go hence, and be no more feen. Psalm XL. T Waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined •*? unto me, and heard my calling. 2 He brought me alfo out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay $ and fet my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings. 3 And he hath put a new fong in my mouth, even a thankfgiving unto our God. 4 Many {hall fee it, and fear, and {hall put their truft in the Lord. 5 Blefled is the man that hath fet his hope in the Lord, and turned not unto the proud, and to fuch as go about with lies. 6 O Lord my God, great are the wonderous works which thou haft done, like as are alfo thy thoughts, which are to us-ward ; and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. 7 If I fhould declare them, and fpeak of them, they would be more than I am able to exprefs* 8 Sacrifice and meat-offering thou wouldeft not; but mine ears haft thou opened. 9 Burnt-offerings and facrifice for fin haft thou not required : then faid I, Lo, I come. 10 In the volume of the book it is written of me, that I fhould fulfil thy will, O my God : I am content to do it j yea, thy law is within my heart. 1 1 I have declared thy righteoufnefs in the great congregation : lo, 1 will not refrain my lips, O Lord, and that thou knoweft. 12 I haye not hid thy righteoufnefs within my heart: The I Oth Day. P* S A " L M : S . 201 heart : my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy falvation. 13 I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth from the great congregation. 14 Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me, O Lord : let thy loving kindnefs and thy truth alway preferve me. 15 For innumerable troubles are come about me, my fins have taken fuch hold upon me, that I am not able to look up : yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath fared me. 16 O Lord, let it be thy pleafure to deliver me: make hafte, O Lord, to help me. 17 Let all thofe that feek thee, be joyful and glad in thee; and let fuch as love thy falvation, fay alway, The Lord be praifed. 18 As for me, I am poor and needy; but the Lord careth for me. 19 Thou art my Helper and Redeemer: make no long tarrying, O my God, EVENING PRAYER. P S A L "M XLI. T>Lefled is he that confidereth the poor and needy: ** the Lord fhall deliver him in the time of trouble. 2 The Lord preferve him, and keep him alive, that he may beblefTed upon earth; and deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The Lord comfort him, when he lieth fick upon his bed i make thou all his bed in his fick- neft* 4 I faid, Lord, be merciful unto me : heal my foul, for I have finned againft thee, I 5, 5 By 404 PSALMS. The loth Day. 5 By this I know thou favoureft me ; that mine enemy doth not triumph againft me. 6 And when I am in my health, thou up- holdeft me, and (lialt fet me before thy face for ever. 7 BleiFed be the Lord God of Ifrael; world without end. Amen. Psal M XLIL A S the hart panteth after the water- brooks, fo ** panteth my foul a r ter thee, O God. 2 My foul is athirft for God, yea, even for the living God : When fhall I come to appear before the prefence of God ? 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily fay unto me, Where is now thy God? 4 Now when I think thereupon, I pour out jmy heart by myfelf: for I went with the multi- tude, and brought them forth into the houfe of God, 5 In the voice of praife and thankfgiving 5 among fuch as keep holy-day. 6 Why art thou fo full of heavinefs, O my foul ? And why art thou fo difquieted within me ? 7 Put thy truft in God : for 1 fhaH yet give him thanks for the help of his count > ce. 8 The Lord hath granted his loving kinrlnefs in the day-time*, and in the nrght-feafaii did I fing of him, and made my prayer into the God of my life. 9 I will fay unto the God of my ftrength, Why haft thou forgotten me : why: go i thus heavily, while the enemy opprefTeth me'? io Why art thou fo vexed, O my foul ? and why art thou fo difquietel withiri me? ii O rut thy truit in God : for I fhall yet thank him, TbeiuhDay. PSALMS. 20j him, who is the help of my countenance, and my God, Psalm XLIII. GIVE fentence with me, O God, and defend my caufe againft the ungodly people : O de- liver me from t deceitful and wicked man. 2 For thou arc the God of my ftrength, why haft thou put me from thee ? and why go I fo heavily, \vh il the enemy oppreileth me? 3 O fend out thy Ijght and thy truih, that they may lead me: and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling. 4 Th n will I go unto the altar of God, even unto God my exceeding joy. 5 Why art thou fo heavy, O my foul ? and why art thou fodifquieted within me ? 6 O put thy truft in God : for I fhall yet gJve him thanks, who is the help of my countenance, and my God. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm XLIV. \X7"E nave heard with our ears, O God, our fa- * * thers have told us what thou haft done in their time of old ; 2 How thou hafl driven ojt the heathen with thy hand, and planted them in : how thou hafl deftroyed the nations, and caft them out. 3 For they gat not the land m pofTeflion through their own fword ; neither was it their own arm that helped them ; 4 But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance : becaufe thou hadft a fa- vour unto them. 15 5 Thou JLO+ P houfe is increafed ; 15 For when h? dieth he fhali carry nothing away : his glory (hall not defcend after him. 16 Though while he lived he bieffed his foul : and men will praife thee, when thou doeft well to thyfdf. 17 He {hall go to the generation of his fathers 5 they (hall never fee light. j 8 Man that is in honour, and underftandeth not, is like the beafts that perifli. T MORNING PRAYER, Psalm L. HE Lord, even the moft mighty God hath fpolcen, and called the world, from the rifing up of the fun unto the going down thereof. 2 Out of Sion hath God appeared in perfect beauty, 3 Our God fhall come, and {hall not keep {Hence : there {hall go before him a confuming fire, and a mighty tempeft {hall be ftirrcd up round about him. 4 He {hall call the heaven from above, and the earth, that he may judge his people. 5 Gather my faints together unto me, thofe that have made a covenant with me with facrifice. 6 And the heavens (hall declare- his righteouf- nefs 1 for God is Judge himfelf. 7 Hear, O my people, and I will fpeak: I my- felf will teflify againft thee, O Ifrael 5 for I am God, even thy God. 8 I will not reprove thee, becaufe of thy facri- fices, or for thy burnt-offering?, becaufe they were not always before me* 9.1 The xtth Day. P S A L M S. 2oq g I wrll take no bullock out of thine houfe ; not he-goat out of thy folds. 10 For all the beafts of the foreft are mine ; and fo are the cattle upon a thcufand hills. li I know all the fowls upon the mountains; and the wild beafts of the field are in my fight. 12 If I were hungry I would not tell thee : for the whole world is mine, and all that is therein. 13 Thinkeft thou that I will eat bulls flefh, and drink the blood of goats ? % 14 Offer unto God thankfgiving, and pay thy vows unto the Moft High; 15 And call upon me in the time of trouble: fa will I hear thee, and thou (halt praife me. 16 But unto the ungodly faid God, Why doft thou preach my laws, and takeft my covenant in thy mouth ? 17 Whereas thou hateft to be reformed, and ■ haft caft my words behind thee. 18 O conf;der this, ye that forget God : left I pluck you away, and there be none to deliver you.. 19 Whofo oflfereth me thanks and praife, he honoureth me : and to him that ordereth his con- versation right, will I (hew the falvation of God. Psalm LI. YTAVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy greaft -*•-* goodnefs : according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. 2 Wafh me thoroughly from my wickednefs*. and cleanfe me from my fin. 3 For I acknowledge my faults, 2nd my fin is ever before me. 4 Againft thee only have I finned, and done this evil in thy fight; that thou mighteft be jufti- fied in thy faying, and clear when thou art judged. 5 Behold, I was fhapen in wickednefs, and in fin hath my mother conceived me* 6 But a ro PSALMS. The nth Day. 6 But Jo, thou required truE merciful unto me, O God, for man goeth -*-* about to devour me : he is daily fighting and troubling me. 2 Neverthelefs, though I am fometimes afraid, yet put I my truft in thee. 3 I will praife God, becaufe of his word : I have put my truft in God, and will not fear what flefh can do unto me. 4 Whenfoever I call upon thee, then (hall mine enemies be put to flight : this I know ; for God is on my fide. 5 In God's word will I rejoice : in the Lord's word will I comfort me. 6 Yea, in God have I put my truft : I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. 7 Unto thee, O God, will I pay my vows ; unto thee will I give thanks. 8 For thou haft delivered my foul from death, and my feet from falling ; that I may walk before God in the light of the living. B MORNING PRAYER. Psalm LVH. E merciful unto me, O God, be merciful un- to me, for my foul trufteth in thee ; and un- der the fhadow of thy wings (hall be my refuge, until this tyranny be over-paft. 2 I will call unto the m oft high God; even unto the God that (hall perform the caufe which 1 have in hand. 3 Set up thyfelf, O Go^, above the heavens ; and thy glory above all the earth. 4 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fix- ed : I will fing and give feraife^ 5.I will Tbtiph Day. PSALMS. 21$ 5 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the people ; and I will fing unto thee among the nations. 6 For the greatnefs of thy mercy reacheth unto the heavens, apd thy truth unto the clouds. 7 Set up thyfelf, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth. Psalm LIX* TpvEliver me from mine enemies, O God : de« *-^ fend me from them that rife up againft me. 2 O deliver me from the wicked doers, and favc me from the blood thirfty men. 3 My ftrength will I afcribe unto theej for thou art the God of my refuge. 4 God fheweth me his goodnefs plenteoufly ; and God fhall let me fee my defire upon mine enemies. 5 As for me, I will fing of thy power, and wil! praife thy mercy betimes in the morning > for thow haft been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. 6 Unto thee, O my ftrength, wil! I fing; for thou, O God, art my refuge, and my meicifui God. Psalm LXI. TtEAR my crying, O God ; give ear unto my A ■* prayer. 2 From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee, when my hea/t is inheavinefs. 3 O fet me up Upforj ihe rock that is higher than I ; for thou haft bff^my hepe, and a ftroog tower for me agar, ft the enemy. 4 I will dwell \n thy tabernacle for ever, and my truft fliall be under the covering of thy win^s. 5 For thou, O Lord, haft heard my defires, a7id haft given an heritage unto thefe that fear thy Name, * 6 I will 2H PSALM S. The i yh Day. 6 I will always fing praife unto thy Name, that I may daily perform my vows. Psalm LXIL TV/CY foul truly w*itech ftill upon God ; for of ■*** hin) comeih my falvatu n. 2 He verilv is my ftfength and my falvarion : he is my defence, (o that I fhall not greatly fall. 3 ;v'iy fjul, wait ihou ftilJ upon God ; for my hope is in him 4 He truly is mv ftre gth and my falvation : he is gay defence, fo that I fhall tot tall, 5 In God is my health ana my ^lory, the rock of my mighr, and i') Qod is my trufh 6 O put your truft in h m alway, ye people : pour out your hearts before him ; for God is our hope, 7 As for tire children of men, they are but va- nity : the chiidreo of men are deceitful upon the weights, they are altogether lighter thai vanity it- felf. 8 Give not yourfe-ves unto v?nity : if riches in- creafe, fet not your heart upon them. 9 God fpalce once, and twice I have alfo heard the fame, That power belongs th unto G ;d ; 10 And that thou, Lord, art meYciful - y for thou rewardeft every man according to his work. EVENING PRAYER. Psalm LXIIF. OGod, thou art my God : early will I feck thee. 2 My foul thhfteth for thee, my flefh alfo long- eth after tnee, in a barren and dry land, where no water is. 3 Thus have I looked for thee in holinefs, that J might behold thy power and glory. 2 4 F ^ Tbexyh Day. PSALMS. 21$ 4 For thy loving-kindnefs is better than the life itfcif: my lips iha i praife thee 5 As long as 1 live will I magnify thee on this manner, and lift u;» n.y hancK iri thy Name 6 My fou* (hall be fatisfied even as it were with marrow an- fatntrfs, wh n my mouth praifeth thee with joyful lips, 7 Have I nor remembered thee in my bed, and though upon thee when 1 was waking? 8 Beca ife thou haft been my helper, therefore under the fhadow of thy wings will 1 rejoice. 9 My foul hangeth upon thee: thy right hand hath upholden me. Psalm LXV. THOU, O God. art praifed in Sion ; and unto thee (hall the vow be performed in Jerufalem. 2 I hou that heareft the prayer, unto thee fhall all fiefh come. 3 My mifdeeds prevail againft me : O be thou merciful unto our fins. 4 BlefTed is the man whom thou chufeft, and received unto thee : he fhall dwell i:i thy court, and (hall be fatisfied with the pleafures of thy houfe, even of thy holv temple. 5 Thou fhah (hew us wonderful things in thy righteoufnefs, O G A of our fjlvation, thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad fea. 6 Who in his ftreng h fetteth faft the mountains, and is girded about with power. 7 Who ftilleth the raging of the fea, and the noife of his waves, and the madnefs of the people. 8 They alfo that d^ell in the uttermoft parts of the earth fhall be afraid at thy tokens; thou that nukeft the out-goings of the morning and evening to praife thee t 9 Thou * SlS PSALMS. The i#b Day. 9 Thou vifiteft the earth, and blefleft it : thou makeftitvery plenteous* io The river of God is full of water : thou prepareft their corn, for fo thou provided for the «arth. 11 Thou watered her furrows, thou fendeft rain into the little vallies thereof: thou makeftit foft with the drops of rain, and blefleft the increafc of it. 12 Thou crowneft the year with thy goodnefs* £nd thy clouds drop fatnefs. 13 They (hall drop upon the dwellings of the wildernefs, and the little hills ihall rejoice on every iide. 14 The folds (hall be full of flieep: the vallies alfo (hall ftand fo thick with corn, that they fhall laugh and fing. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm LXVI. O Be joyful in God, all ye lands: fing praifes unto the honour of his Name, make his praife to be glorious. 2 Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works : through the greatnefs of thy power ihall thine enemies be found liars unto thee. 3 For all the world fhall worfhip thee, fing of thee, and praife thy Name. 4 O come hither, and behold the works of God, how wonderful he is in his doing toward the chil- dren of men. 5 He turned the fea into dry land, fo that they went through the water on foot; there did we re- joice thereof. 6 He ruleth with his power for ever; his eyes behold the people : and fuch as will not believe, fhall not be able to exalt themfelves. 7 o The 14/A Day. ? S A L M S. 217 7 O praife our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praife to be heard ; 8 Who holdeth our foul in life; and fuffereth not our feet to flip. 9 For thou, O God, haft proved us : thou alfo haft tried us like as filver is tried. 10 Thou broughteft us into the fnare, and laidft trouble upon our loins, 11 We went through fire and water, and thou broughteft us out into a wealthy place. 12 I will pay thee my vows, which I promifed with my lips, and fpake with my mouth when I was in trouble. 13 O come hither and hearken, all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what he hath done for * my foul. 14 I called unto him with my mouth, and gave him praifes with my tongue. 15 If I incline unto wickednefs with mine heart, the Lord will not hear me. 16 But God hath heard me, aod confidered the voice of my prayer. 17 Praiied be God, who hath not can: out my prayer, nor turned his mercy from me. Psalm LXVII. /^ODbe merciful unto us, and blefs us \ and ^-^ fhew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us* 2 That thy way may be known upon earth ; thy faving health among all nations. 3 Let the people praife thee, O God : yea, let all the people praife thee. 4 O let the nations rejoice and be glad ; for thou flialt judge the folk righteoufly, and govern the nations upon earth, 5 Let the people praife thee, O God : yea, let all the people praife thee, K 6 Then 2i8 PSALMS. the 14th Day. 6 Then fhall the earth bring forth her increafe ; and God, even our own God, fhall give us his blefling. 7 God fhall blefs us : and all the ends of the world fhall tear him* EVENING PRAYER. Psalm LXVIIL T ET God arife, and let his enemies be fcattered : •*-* let them alfo that hate him flee before him. 2 Like as the fmoke vanifheth, fo fhalt thou drive them away: and like as wax melteth at the fire, fo let the ungodly perifh at the prefence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad, and rejoice be- fore God : let them alfo be merry and joyful. 4 O fing unto God, and fing praifes unto his Name : magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon an horfe - K praife him in his Name J AH, and rejoice before him. 5 He is a father of the fatherlefs* and defendeth the caufe of the widows ; even Gcd in his holy habitation. 6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an houfe, and bringeth the prifoners out of cap ivity 5 but letteth the runagates continue in fcarccnefs. 7 O God, when thou wenteft forth before the people, when thou wenteft through the wilder- neft ; 8 The earth fhook, and the heavens dropped at the prefence of God ; even as Sinai al o was moved at the prefence of God, who is the God of Ifrael. 9 Thou, O God, fenteft a gracious rain upon thine inheritance, and refrefliedll it when it was weary, 10 Thy The i4*A Day. PSALMS. 2 i<^ io Thy congregation {hall dwell therein; for thou, O God, haft of thy goodnefs prepared for the poor. 11 Thou art gone up on high, thou haft led captivity captive, and received gifrs for men ; yea, even for thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them. 12 Praifed be the Lord daily, even the God who helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. 13 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh falvation : God is the Lord, by whom we efcape death. 14 Thy God hath fent forth ftrength for thee : ftablifli the thing, O God, that thou haft wrought in us. 15 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth : O fing praifes unto the Lord, 16 Who fnteth in the heavens over all, from the beginning : lo, he doth fend out his voice, yea, and that a mighty voice. 17 Afcribe ye the power to God over Ifrael : his excellency and ftrength is in the clouds. 18 O God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places, even the God of Ifrael ; he will give -ftrength and power unto his people; bleffed be God. Psalm LXIX. CAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in ^ even unto my foul. 2 I ftick faft in the deep mire, where no ground is : I am come into deep waters, fo that the floods run over me. 3 lam weary of crying, my throat is dry : my fight faileth me for waiting fo long upon mv God. 4 Let not them that truft in thee, O Lord God of hofts, be afhamed for my.caufe: let not thofe K 2 that «o PSALM S. The i ¥ b Day. that feek thee be confounded through me, O Lord 'God of Ifrael. 5 And why? for thy fake have I fuffered re- proof: fhame hath covered my face, 6 1 am become a ftranger unto my brethren; even an alien unto my mother's children 7 For the zeal of thine houA hath even eaten me ; and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen upon me. 8 I wept and challened myfelf with falling ; and that was turned to my reproof. 9 But, Lord, I make my prayer unto thee in an acceptable time. 10 Hear me, O God, in the multitude of thy mercy; even in the truth of thy falvation 11 Take me out of the mire, that I fink not: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters, 12 Let not the water flood drown me, neither let the deep fvvallow me up; and let not the pit (hut her mouth upon me. 13 Hear me, O Lord,, for thy loving kindnefs is comfortable : turn th e unto me, according to the mulitude of ihy mercies ; 14 And hide not thy face from thy fervant, for 1 am ;n trouble : O haHe thee, and hear me. 15 Draw nigh unto mv foul, and fave it : O de- liver me becaufe of mine enemies. 16 Thou halt known my reproof, my fhame, and my dilhonour: mine adversaries are all in thy fight. 17 Reproach hath broken my heart, I am full of heavinefs: 1 looked for fome to have pity on me, but the;e was no man, neither found I any to com- fort me. 18 They gave me gall to eat ; and when I was ihirfly, they gave me vinegar to drink, 19 But The 15/A Day. PSALMS. 221 19 But as for me, when I am poor and in h$a- v'mefs, thy help, O God, (hall lift me up. 20 i will praife the Name of God with a fong, and magnify it with thankfgiving. 21 The humble fnall confider this, and be glad : feek )e after God, and your foul fhail live. 22 For the Lord heareth the poor ; and de- fpifeth not his prifoners. 23 Let heaven and earth praife him -, the fea, and all that moveth theiein. H' MORNING PRAYER. Psalm LXX. ASTE thee, O God, to deliver me ; make hafte to help me> O Lord. 2 Let all thofe that feek thee be joyful and glad in thee; and let all fuch as delight in thy falvation fay alway, The Lord be praifed. 3 As for me, I am poor and in mifery : hafte thou unto me, O God. 4 Thou art my Helper and my Redeemer : O Lord, make no long tarrying. Psalm LXXI. N thee, O Lord, have I put my truft ; let me never be put to confufion ; but rid me and de- liver me in thy righteoufnefs : incline thine ear unto me, and {avQ me. l Be thou my ftrong-hold, whereunto I may alway refort : thou haft promifed to help me j for thou art my houfe of defence, and my caftle. 3 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 4 For thou, O Lord God, art the thing that I long for J thou art my hope, even from my youth, K 3. 5 Through, 1 222 PSALMS. TheisthDay. 5 Through thee have I been holJen up ever fince I was born : thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb $ my praife fhall be always of thee. * 6 I am become, as it were, a monfter unto many ; but my fure truft is in thee, 7 O let my mouth be filled with thy praife, that I may fing of thy glory and honour all the day Jong. 8 Caft me not away in the time of age ; for- fake me not when my ftrength faileth me, 9 Go not far from me, O God ; my God, hafte thee to help me. io As forme, I will patiently abide alway ; and will praife thee more and more. 11 My mouth (hall daily fpeak of thy righte- oufnefs and falvation ; for I know no end thereof. 12 I will go forth in the ftrength of the Lord God, and will make mention of thy righteoufnefs only. 13 Thou, O God, haft taught me from my youth up until now \ therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works. 14 Forfake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am grey-headed, until 1 have fhewed thy ftrength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come. 15 Thy righteoufnefs, O God, is very high, and great things are they that thou haft done : O God, who is like unto thee ! 16 O what great troubles and adverfities haft thou fhewed me ! and yet didft thou turn and refrefti me ; yea, and broughteft me from the deep of the earth again. 17 Thou haft brought me to great honour, and comforted me on every fide. 18 My lips will be glad when I fing unto thee ; and fo will my foul whom thou haft delivered. 19 My Th*i$thDay. PSALMS. 223 19 My tongue alio (hall talk of thy righteouf- nefs all the day long. EVENING PRAYER. Psalm LXXIIL >TpRULY God is loving unto Ifrael, even unto -*- fuch as are of a clean heart. 2 Neverthelefs, my feet were almoft gone ; my treadings had well nigh flipped. 3 And why ? I was grieved at the wicked ; I do alfo fee the ungodly in fuch profperity. 4 Then thought I to underftand this, but it was too hard for me, 5 Until I went into the fancluary of God ; then underftood I the end of thefe men ; 6 Namely, how thou doft fet them in fltpperV ; places, and cafttft them down, and deftroyeft them. 7 O how fuddenly do they confume, peri/h, and f come to a fearful end ! 8 Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh, " fo (halt thou make their image to vanifh out of the city. '9 Thus my heart was grieved, and it went evefi • through my reins. 10 So foollfh was I and ignorant, even as it were a beaft before thee. 1 1 Neverthelefs, I am alway by thee \ for thou haft holden me by my right hand. 12 Thou {halt guide me with thy counfel, and after that receive me with glory. 13 Whom have I in heaven but thee ; and there is none upon earth that 1 defire in comparison of thee. 14 My fL-fh and my heart faileth ; but God is the itrength of my heart, and my portion for ever. K 4 Psalm 224 PSALMS. The ibih Day. U" Psalm LXXV. rNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks ; yea, unto thee do we give thanks. 2 Thy name alfo is fo near j and that do thy wondrous works declare. 3 When I receive the congregation, I fliall judge according unto right. 4 I faid unto the fools?, Deal not (o madly ; and to the ungodly, Set not up your horn. 5 Set not up your horn on high, and fpeak not wuli 2 ftiffneck. 6 For promotion cometh neither from the eaft, nor from the weft, nor yet from the fouth. 7 And why? God is the Judge $ he putteth down one, and fetteth up another. 8 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red ; it is full mixed, and he pour- eth out of the fame. 9 As for the dregs thereof, all the ungodly of ihe earth fliall drink them, and fuck them out. 10 But I will talk of the God of Jacob, and praife him for ever. 11 All the horns of the ungodly alfo will— I break ; and the horns of the righteous fhall be ex- alted. MORNING PR AYE R. Psalm LXXVI. rpHOU, even thou, O God, art to be feared; ■* and who may ftand in thy fight when thou art angry ? 2 Thou diclfc caufe thy judgment to be heard from heaven : the earth trembled, and was (till, 3 When God arofe to judgment, an;' to help all the meek upon earth. 4 The TheibthDay. PSALMS. 225 4 The ficrcenefs of man (hall turn to thy praife* and the remainder of wrath flialt thou reftrain. 5 Promife unto the Lord your God, and keep it, all ye that are round about him : bring prefects unto him that ought to be feared. 6 He (hall cut off the fpirit of princes, and i$ Wonderful among the kings of the earth* Psalm LXXVII. I Will cry unto God with my voice; even unto God will I cry with my voice, and he (hall hearken unto me. 2 In the time of my trouble I fought the Lord j my fore ran, and ceafed not in the night-feafon ; my foul refufed comfort. 3 When I am in beavinefs I will think upon God ; when my heart is vexed I will complain. 4 Thou holdeft mine eyes waking : I am fa feeble that I cannot fpeak. 5 I have confidered the days of old, and the years that are paft. 6 1 call to remembrance my fong ; and in the night I commune with mine own heart, and fearch out my fpirits. 7 Will the Lord abfent himfelf for ever ? And will he be no more intreated ? 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? And is his promife come utterly to an end for evermore? 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? And will he (hut up his loving-kindnefs in difpleafure ? 10 And I faid, It is mine own infirmity; but I will remember the years of the right hand of the moft Higheft. ill will remember the works of the Lord, and call to mind thy wonders of old time. 12 I will think alfo of ail thy works, and my talking fhall be of thy doings. K 5 13 Thy 226 PSALM S. The l6tb Day. 13 Thy way, O God, is holy : who is (o great a God as our God ? 14 Thou art the God that doeft wonders, and haft declared thy power among the people. 15 Thou haft mightily delivered thy people, even the fons of Jacob and Jofeph. 16 The waters faw thee, O God, the waters faw thee, and were afraid ; the depths alfo were troubled. 17 The clouds poured out water, the air thun- dered, anJ thine arrows went abroad. 18 The voice of thy thunder was heard round about; the lightnings (hone upon the ground; the earth was moved, and (hook withal. 19 Thy way is in the fea, and thy paths in the great waters; and thy footfteps are not known. 20 Thou leddeft thy people like fheep, by the hand of Mofes and Aaron. o EVENING PRAYER. Psalm LXXXiV. How amuble are thy dwellings, thou Lord of hofts! 2 My foul hath a defire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord ; my heart and my flefh rejoice in the living God. 3 Yea, the fparrow hath found her an houfe, and the fwallow a neft, where (he may lay her young ; even thy altars, O Lord of hofts, my King and my God. 4 B'efied are they that dwell in thy houfe; they will be always praifing thee. 5 Blefled is the man whofe flrcngth is in thee ; in whofe heart are thy ways. 6 Who, TheibthDay. PSALMS. 227 6 Who, going through the vale of mifery, ufe it for a well ; and the pools are filled with water. 7 They will go from ftrength to ftrength; and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 8 O Lord God of hofts, hear my prayer ; hearken, O God of Jacob. 9 Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of thine anointed. 10 For one day in thy courts is better than a thoufand. ill had rather be a door-keeper in the houfeof my God, than to dwell in the tents of ungod- linefs. 12 For the Lord God is a light and defence: the Lord will give grace and glory ; and no good thing fliall he withhold from them that live a godly life. 13 O Lord God of hods, blefTed is the man that putteth his truft in thee. Psalm LXXXV. T ORD, thou art become gracious unto thy land ; " thou haft turned away the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou haft forgiven the offence of thy people, and covered all their fins, 3 Thou haft taken away all thy difpleafure, and turned thyfelf from thy wrathful indignation. 4 Turn us then, O God our Saviour, and let thine anger ceafe from us. 5 Wilt thou be difpleafed at us for ever ? And wilt thou ftretch out thy wrath from one genera- tion to another ? 6 Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us, that thy people may rejoice in thee? 7 Shew us thy mercy, G Lord, and grant us thy ftlyation. K 6 8 1 will 228 PSALMS. The nib Day. 8 I will hearken what the Lord God will fay concerning me; for he (hall fpeak peace unto his people, and to his faints, that they turn not again. 9 For his falvation is nigh them that fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. io Mercy and truth are met together ; righte- oufnefs and peace have kilTed each orher. ii Truth (hall flourim out of the earth, and righteoufnefs hath looked down from heaven. 12 Yea, the Lord (hall (hew loving kindnefs, and our land (hall give her incteafe. 13 Righteoufnefs (hall go before him, and (hall direct us in the way of his (teps. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm LXXXVI. ftOW down thine* ear, O Lord, and hear me ; -*-' for I am poor and in mifery. 2 Preferve thou my foul, for I am holy : my God, fave thy fervant that putteth his truft in thee. 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord 5 for I will call daily upon thee. 4 Comfort the foul of thy fervant 5 for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my foul. 5 For thou, Lord, art good and gracious ; and of great mercy unto them that call upon thee. 6 Give ear, Lord, unto my prayer, and ponder ihe voice of my humble defires. 7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee, for thou heareft me. 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord : there is none that can do as thou doeft. 9 All nations whom thou haft made, (hall come and tteijtbDay. PSALMS. 229 and worfhip thee, O Lord j and (hall glorify thy Name. 10 For thou art great, and doeft wondrous things : thou art God alone. 1 1 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk in thy truth: O knit m > heart unto thee, that I may fear thy Name. 12 I will thank, thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart; and will praife thy Name for ever- more. 13 For great is thy mercy toward me; and thou haft delivered my foul from the nethermoft hell. 14 Thou^ O Lord God, art full of compaflion and mercy, long-fuffering, plenteous in goodnefs and truth. 15 O turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me : give thy ftrength unto thy fervant, and help the fon of thine handmaid. 16 Shew fome token upon me for good, that they who hate me may fee it, and be afhamed 5 becaufe thou, Lord, haft holpen me, and com- forted me. Psalm LXXXIX. TV/fY f° n g fhall be alway of the loving kindnefs •*• A of the Lord : with my mouth will I ever be (hewing thy truth from one generation to an- other. 2 For I have faid, xVIercy fhall be fet up for ever ; thy truth (halt thou ftabliih in the heavens. 3 I have made a covenant with my chofen : I have fworn unto David my fervant. 4 Thy feed will I ftablifh for ever, and fet up thy throne from one generation to another. 5 O Lord, the very heavens faall praife thy wondrous works, and thy truth, in the congre- gation of thy faints. 6 For 230 PSALM S. TbeiJthDay. 6 For who is he among the clouds that (hall be compared unto the Lord ? 7 And what is he arrtong the gods that (hall be like unto the Lord ? 8 God is very greatly to be feared in the council of the faints and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him, 9 O Lord God of hofts who is like unto thee ? Thy truth, mod mighty Lord, is on every fide. io Thou ruleft the raging of the fea : thou ftilleft the waves thereof when they arife. ii The heavens are thine, the earth is thine: thou haft laid the foundation of the round world, and all that therein is. 12 Thou haft a mighty arm : ftrong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 13 Righteoufnefs and equity are the habitation of thy feat : mercy fhall go before thy face. 14 BlefTed is the people, O Lord, that can re- juice in thee : they fhall walk in the light of thy countenance. 15 l^heir delight (hall be daily in thy Name; and in thy righteoufnefs fhall they make their boaft. 16 For thou art the glory of their ftrength ; and in thy loving kindnefs thou {hale lift up our horns. 17 For the Lord is our defence : the Ho>y One of Ifrael is our King. EVENING PRAYER. Psalm XC. t ORD, thou haft been our refuge from one ge- ■*— ' iteration to another. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, thou art God from everlafling, and world without end. 3 Thou ThipbDay. PSALMS. 231 3 Thou turned: man to deftru&ion : again thou fayeft, Come again, ye children of men. 4 For a thoufand years in thy fight are but as yefterday ; feeing that is pafl as a watch in the night. 5 As foon as thou fcattereft them, they are even as a fleep, and fade away fuddenly like the grafs. 6 In the morning it is green, and groweth up ; but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered. 7 For weconfume away in thy difpleafure ; and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. 8 Thou haft fet cur mifdeeds before thee, and our fecret fins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For when thou art angry, all our days are gone: we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. 10 The days of our age are threefcore years and ten ; and though men be (o ftrong, that they come to fourfcore years, yet is their (trength then but la- bour and forrow : fo foon paiTeth it away, and we are gone. 11 But who regardeth the power of thy wrath : for even according to thy fear, fo is thy difpleafure. 1 2 So teach us to number our days, that w r e may apply our hearts unto wifdom. 13 Turn thee again, O Lord, at the laft, and be gracious unto thy fervants. 1 4 O fatisfy us with thy mercy, and that foon ; fo fhall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. 15 Comfort us again now after the time that thou bafl plagued us, and for the years wherein we have fuffered adveriity. j 6 Shew thy fervants thy work, and their children thy glory. 1 7 And the glorious majefty of the Lord our God be upon us : profper thou the work of our hands upon us, O profper thou our handy- work. Psalm 23* PSALMS. TbeijtbDap Psalm XCL ■txrHOSO dwelleth un ier the defence of the * * moft High, (hail abide under the fhadow of the Almighty. 2 I wih fay unto the Lord, Thou art my hope y and my ftrong-hoid, my God, in him will I truft. 3 Surely he (hall deliver thee from the fnare of the hunter, and from the noifome peftiience. 4 He (hall defend thee under his wings, and thou (halt be fafe under his feathers : his faithful- nefs and truth (hall be thy fhield and buckler. 5 Thou (halt not be afraid for any terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day. 6 For the peftiience that walketh in darknefs, or for the ficknefs that deftroyeth in the noon-day, j A thoufand fhall fall befide thee, and ten thoufand at thy right hand, but it (hall not come nigh thee. 8 Yea, with thine eyes (halt thou behold, and fee the reward of the ungodly. 9 Becaufe thou haft made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the moft High, thy habitation, 10 There fhall no evil happen unto thee, nei- ther (hall any plague come nigh thy dwelling, 1 1 For he (hall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They (hall bear thee in their hands, that thou hurt not thy foot 2gainft a ftone. i 3 Thou (halt go upon the lion and adder : the young lion and the dragon (halt thou tread under thy feet. 14 Becaufe he hath fet his love upon me, there- fore will I deliver him: I will fet him up, becaufe he hath known my Name. 15 He (hah call upon me, and I will hear him : yea, I am with him i trouble > I will deliver him, and bring him to honour* 16 With The iMDay. PSALMS. 233 16 With long life will 1 fatisfy him, and fhew him my falvation. 1 MORNING PRAYER. Psalm XCII. T is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to fing praifes unto thy Name, O moft Higheft. 2 To tell of thy loving-kindnefs early in the morning, and of thy truth in the night-feafon. 3 For thou, Lord, haft made me glad through thy works ; and I will rejoice in giving praife for the operations of thy hands. 4 O Lord, how glorious are thy works! thy thoughts are very deep. 5 An unwife man doth not well confider this, and a fool doth not underftand it. 6 When the ungodly are green as thegrafs, and when all the workers of wickednefs do flourifh, then they fhall be deftroyed for ever ; but thou, Lord, art the moft Higheft for evermore, 7 For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, lo, thine enemies (hall perifh, and all the workers of wick- ednefs (hall be deftroyed, 8 The righteous (hall flourifh like a palm-tree, {and {hall fpread abroad like a cedar in Libanus. 9 Such as are planted in the houfe of the Lord, {hall flourifh in the courts of the houfe of our God. I o They alfo (hall bring forth mo< e fruit in their old age; and (hall be fat and flour tfhfng; I I That they may fhew how true the Lord my ftrength is ; and that there is no unrighteoufnefs in him. Psalm %14 PSALM S. The iM Day. Psalm XCIII. ^jpHE Lord is King, and hath put on glorious •** apparel : the Lord hath put on his apparel, and girded himfelf with ftrength. 2 He hath made the round world fo fure, that it cannot be moved. 3 Thy throne hath been eftablifhed of old : thou art from everlafting. 4 The floods are rifen, O Lord, the floods have lift up their voice : the floods lift up their waves. 5 The waves of the fea are mighty, and rage horribly; but yet the Lord, who dwelleth on high, is mightier. 6 Thy teftimonies, O Lord, are very fure: ho- linefs becometh thine houfe for ever. EVENING PRAYER. Psalm XCV. OCome, let us fing unto the Lord, let us heartily rejoice in tiie ftrength of our falva- tion. 2 Let us come before his prefence with thanks- giving, and (hew ourfelves glad in him with pfalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are all the corners of the earth ; and the ftrength of the hills is his alfo. 5 The fea is his, and he made it j and his hands prepared the dry land. 6 O come, let us worfhip, and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker ; 7 For he is the Lord our God ; and we are the people of his pafture, and the (beep of his hand. 8 To- The\%thDay. PSALMS. 235 8 To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wildernefs ; 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and faw my works. 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this ge- neration, and faic^ It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways. ri Unto whom I fware in my wrath, that they fhould not enter into my reft. Psalm XCVI. r\ Sing unto the Lord a new fong : fing unto ^^ the Lord, all the whole earth. 2 bing unto the Lord, and praife his Name: be telling of his falvation from day to day. 3 Declare his honour unto the heathen, and his wonders unto all people j 4 For the Lord is great, and cannot worthily be praifed : he is more to be feared than all gods. 5 As for all the gods of the heathen, they are but idols : but it is the Lord that made the heavens. 6 Glory and majefty are before him: ftrength and beauty are in his fan£tuary. 7 Afcribe unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, afcribe unto the Lord glory and power. 8 Afcribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his Name: bring prelems, and come into his courts. 9 O worfhip the Lord in the beauty of holinefs: let the whole earth ftand in awe of him. 10 Tell it out among the heathen, that the Lord is King ; and that it is he who hath made the round world fo faft that it cannot be moved ; and that he {hall judge the people righteoufly. 11 Let the heavens rejoice^ a«d let the earth be glad \ let the fea make a noife, and all that therein is, 12 Let 236 PSALMS. The j 9 tb Day. 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it: then (hall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord ; 13 For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth ; and with righteoufnefs to judge the world, and the people with his truth. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm XCVII. *"pHE Lord is King, the earth may be glad •* thereof > yea, the multitude of the ifles may be glad thereof. 2 Clouds and darknefs are round about him : righteoufnefs and judgment are the habitation of his throne. 3 There (hall go a fire before him, and burn up his enemies on every fide. 4 His lightnings enlightened the world; the earth faw it, and was afraid. 5 The hills melted like wax at the prefence of the Lord, at the prefence of the Lord of the whole €arth. 6 The heavens have declared his righteoufnefs, and all the people have feen his glory. 7 Thou, Lord, art higher than all that are in the earth : thou art exalted far above all gods. 8 O ve that love the Lr>rd, fee that ye hate the thing which is evil: the Lord preferveth the fouls of his faints ; he fhall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly. 9 There is fprung up a light for the righteous, and joyful gladnefs for fuch as are true hearted, ro Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous, and give thanks for a remembrance of his holinefs. Psalm ThigthDay. PSALMS. 237 o Psalm XCVIII. Sing unto the Lord a new fong : for he hath done marvellous things. 2 V\ ith his own right hand, and with his holy arm, hath he gotten himfelf the victory. 3 The Lord declared his falvation : his righte- cufnefs hath he openly (hewed in the fight of tne heathen. 4 He hath remembered his mercy and truth to- ward the home of Ifrael ; and all the ends of the world have feen the falvat on of our G< d. 5 Shew yourfelves joykil unto the Lord, all ye lands : ilng rejoice, and give thanks 6 Let the fed make a noife, and all that therein is; the r und world, and tney that 'iwell therein. 7 Let the floods Jap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord : for he cometh to judge the earth. 8 V/ith righteoufnefs (hall he judge the world; and the people with equity. Psalm XCIX. HE Lord is King, br the people never fo im- patient : he fitterh between the cherubims, be the earth never fo u. quier 2 The Lord is great in Sion, and high above all people. 3 They (hall give thanks unto thy Name, which is great, wonderful, and holy 4 O magnify the Lord our God, and fall down before his footftool, for he is holy. 5 O magnify the Lord our God, and worfliip him upon his holy hill j for the Lord our God is holy. EVENING T 238 PSALM S. TheiyhDay EVENING PRAYER. Psalm C. f\ Be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands : ferve th< ^^ Lord with gladnefs, and come before hi prefence with a fong. 2 Be ye fure that the Lord he is God : it is hi that hath made us, and not we ourfelves : we an his people, and (he (heep of his pafture. 3 O go your way into his gates with thankf giving, and into his courts with praife ; be thank- ful unto him, and fpeak good of his Name. 4 For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is ever lading; and his truth endureth from generation t< generation. Psalm CII. IT EAR my prayer, O Lord, and Jet my crj *"' come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of mj trouble : incline thine ear unto me when I call j O hear me, and that fpeedily. 3 For my days are confumed away like fmoke, and my bones are burnt up as it were a fire-brand. 4 My heait is fmitten down, and withered like grafs, fo that I forget to eat my bread. 5 For the voice of my groaning my bones will fcarce cleave to my flefh. 6 I am become like a pelican in the wildernefs, and like an owl that is in the defert. 7 I have watched, and am even as it were a fparrow that fittesh alone upon the houie-top. 8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long ; and they that are mad upon me are {'worn together againft me. 9 For I have eaten aflies as it were bread, and .mingled my drink with weeping; 5 10 And TbnyhDay. PSALMS. 239 10 And that becaufe of thine indignation and wrath : for thou haft taken me up, and caft me down. 1 1 My days are gone like a (hadow, and I am withered like grafs. 12 But thou, O Lord, (halt endure for ever, and thy remembrance throughout all generations. 13 Thou fhalt arife, and have mercy upon Sionj for it is time that thou have mercy upon her, yea, the time is come. 14 And why ? thy fervants think upon her ftones ; and it pitieth them to fee her in the duft. 15 The heathen fhall fear thy Name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy majefiy ; 16 When the Lord (hall build up Sion, and when his glory (hall appear ; 17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor deftitute, and defpifeth not their defire. 18 This (hall be written for thofe that come after ; and the people that (hall be born (hall praife the Lord. 19 For he hath looked down from his fanclu- ary : out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth ; 20 That he might hear the mournings of fuch as are in captivity, and deliver thofe that are ap- pointed unto death : 21 That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Sion, and h\§ praife in Jerufalem ; 22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms alfo to ferve the Lord. 23 He brought down my ftrength in my jour- ney, and fhortened my days. 24. Bur I faid, O my God, take me not away in the midft of mine age: as for thy years, they endure throughout all generations. 25 Thou, Lord, in the beginning haft laid the foundation 240 P S A L M S. T!:e2°tbDay foundation of the earth, and the heavens are th< Work of thy hands, 26 They {hall perifli, but thou (halt endure ; they all (hall wax old as doth a garment; 27 And as a vefture (halt th >u change them, anc they {hall be changed : but thou art th« fame, and thy years (hall not fail. 28 The children of thv fervants (hall continue^ and their feed (hull (land fait in thy fight. MORN 1NG PRAYER. Psalm CHI. T>RAISE the Lord, O my foul, and all that Is ■* within me, praife his holy Name. 2 Praife the Lord, O my foul, and forget not all his benefirs ; 3 Who forgiveth all thy fins; and healeth all thine infirmities ; 4 Who faveth thy life from deftruclion, and crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindnefs; 5 Who fatisfieth thy mouth with good things, making thee young and lufty as an eagle. 6 The Lord executeth righteoufnefs and judg- ment for all them that are opprefled, 7 He (hewed his ways unto Mofes, his works unto the children of Ifrael, 8 The Lord is full of compaflion and mercy, long fuffering, and of great goodnefs. 9 He will not alway be chiding: neither keepeth he his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our fins, nor rewarded us according to our wickednefles. 11 For look how high the heaven is in compa- rifon of the earth, fo great is his mercy alfo toward them that fear him ! 2 12 Look TheiVhDay. P S A L M S. 241 1 2 Look how wide aHb the eaff is frcrn the fo far harh he fet our fins from us, 13 Yea, lik" a> a father pit eth his own cHfidrpn, even .0 is the L rci merciful unto thern that fear him. 14 For he knoweth whereof we are made : ha remembereth that we are but duft. 15 The days of man are but as grafs ; for he flourifheth as a flower of the field. 16 For as foon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone : and the place tnereof (hall know it no more. \j But the merciful goodnefs of the Lord en- dure, h for ever arid ever up ;n tr.em that fear him ; and his righteoufnels upon cnildrcn's children -> ]$ Even upon fu h as keep his covenant, and think upon his commandments to do them. 19 The Lord hath prepaid his feat in heaven 5 and his kingdom ru!e:h over all. 20 O praife the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that excel in ftiength, ye that fulfil his command- ment, and hearken unto the voice of his words, 21 O praife the Lord, all ye his hofis, ye fer- vants of his that do his plea fu re. 22 O fpeak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places of his dominions : praife thou the Lord, O my foul. EVENING PRAYER. Psalm CIV. pRAISE the Lord, O my. foul : O Lord my -*■ God, thou art become exceeding glorious; thou art clothed with majefty and honour. 2 Thou decked th) felf with light as it were with L a'£ar- 242 PSALMS. Tit 20th Day. a garment, and fpreadeft out the heavens like a curtain. 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind. 4 He maketh his angels fpirits, and his mini- flers a flaming fire. 5 He laid the foundations of the earth, that it aiever fhould move at any time. 6 Thou coveredft it with the deep like as with a garment: the waters flood above the mountains. 7 At thy rebuke they fled : at the voice of thy thunder they hafted away. 8 They go up as high as the bills, and down to the vallies beneath, even unto the place which thou haft appointed for them. 9 Thou haft fet them their bounds which they ihall not pafs, neither turn again to cover the earth. io He fendeth the fprings into the valleys which I un among the hi!ls. 11 All beads of the field drink thereof, and the wild afTes quench their thirft. 12 Befide them {hall the fowls of the air have their habitation, and fing among the branches, 13 He watereth the hills from above : the earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.^ 14 He bringeth forth grafs for the cattle, and green herb for the fervice of men, 15 That he may bring food out of the earth, and wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make him a chearful countenance, and bread to ftrengthen man's heart. 16 The trees of the Lord alfo are full of fap, even the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted; 17 Wherein the birds make their nefts; and the fir-trees are a dwelling for the ftork, 18 The Ths loth Day. PSALMS. 243 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats, and fo are the ftony rocks for the conies. 19 He appointed the moon for certain feafons; and the fun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou makeft darknefs, and it is night, wherein all the beafts of the foreft do move. 21 The lions roaring after their prey, do feek their meat from God. 22 The fun arifeth, and they get them away together, and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth to his work, and to his la- bour, until the evening. 24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works : in wifdom haft thou made them all j the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is the great and wide fea alfo : wherein are things creeping innumerable, both fmall and great beafts, 26 There go the fhips, and there is that Levia- than, whom thou haft made to take his paftime therein. 27 Thefe wait all upon thee, that thcu mayeft give them meat in due feafon. 28 When thou giveft it them, they gather it; and when thou opened thy hand, they are filled with good. 29 When thou hideft thy face they are trou- bled : when thou takeft away their breath, they die, and are turned again to their duft. 30 Thou fendeft forth thy Spirit, they are created ; and thou renewed the face of the earth. 31 The gloiious Majefty of the Lord (hail en- dure for ever : the Lord (hall rejoice in his works. 32 The earth fhall tremble at the look of him : if he do but touch trie hills, they fhall fmoke. 33 I will fing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will praife my God while I have my being. L 2 34 And 2 44 P S A L M S. Thenjl Day. 34 And (o {hall my words pleafe him : my joy (hall be in the Lord. 35 As for finncrs, they fliall be confumed out of the earth, and the ungodly (hall come to an end : praife thcu the Lord^O my foul, p.aife the l he is their fuccour and defence. L 5 5 Ye 250 PSALMS. The i$d Day. 5 Ye houfe of Aaron, put your truft in the Lord ; he is their Helper and Defender. 6 Ye that fear the Lord, put your truft in the Lord ; he is their Helper and Defender. 7 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and he {hall blefs us ; even he (hall blefs the houfe of Ifrael j he (hall blefs the houfe of Aa^on. 8 He {hall blefs them that fear the Lord, both fmall and great. 9 The Lord (hall increafe you more and more, you and your children. io Ye are the blefled of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. u All the whole heavens are the Lord's; the earth hath he given to the children of men. 12 The dead praife not thee, O Lord, neither any that go down into filence. 13 But we will praife the Lord from this time forth for evermore. Praife the Lord. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm CXVI. I Am well p!eafed that the Lord hath heard the * voice of my prayer. 2 That he hath inclined his ear unto me ; there- fore will I call upon him as long as I live. 3 The fnares of death cempaffed me round about, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me. 4 I found trouble and heavinefs, and I called upon the Name of the Lord; O Lord, I befeech thee, deliver my foul. 5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous: yea, our God is merciful. 6 The Lord preferveth the fimple : I was in mifery, and he helped me. 5 7 Turn fit ildDty. PSALM S. 251 7 Turn again then unto thy reft, O my foul ; for the Lord hath rewarded thee. 8 And why ? thou- haft delivered my foul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. 10 I believed, and therefore have I fpoken : but I was fore troubled j I faid in my hafte, All men are liars. 11 What reward fhall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits which he hath done unto me ? 12 I will receive the cup of falvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord. 13 I will pay my vows now in the prefence of all his people : right dear in the fight of the Lord- is the death of his faints. 14 Behold, O Lord, how that I am thy fer- vant : I am thy fervant, and the fon of thine hand* maid : thou haft broken my bonds in funder. 1 5 I will offer to thee the facrifice of thankfgiving, and will call upon the Name of the Lord. x6 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the fight of all his people, in the courts of the Lord's houfe, even in the midft of thee, O Jerufaknv Praife the Lord. Psalm CXVIL /^\ Praife the Lord, all ye heathen : praife him* ^* all ye nations. 2 For his merciful kindnefs is ever more and more towards us ; and the truth of the Lord en* dureth for ever, Praife the Lord. L 6 *\3T' 252 P S A L M S, The2$d.Day* EVENING PRAYER. Psal M CXVIIL f\ Give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious, ^-^.becaufe his mercy endurcth forever, 2 Let iirael now confefs that he is gracious, and that his mercy endurcth for ever. 3 Let the houfe of Aaron now confefs, that his mercy enduretb for ever. " 4 Yea, let them now that fear the Lord confefs, that his mercy end ureih for ever. 5 I called upon the Lord in trouble, and the Lord heard me at large. 6 The Lord is on my fide ; I will net fear what man doeth unto me. 7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help me, . therefore (hall I fee my defire upon mine enemies. 8 It is belter to truft in the Lord, than to put any confidence in man. g It is better to truft in the Lord, than to put any confidence in prince?. iO Ail nations con? pa fled me round about; but in the Name of the Loru will I deftroy them. 11 They ke*pt me In on ever) fide, they kept me in, 1. fay, on every fide ; but in the Name of the Lord will I deftroy them. 12 They came about me like bees, and are trxtincl: even as the fire among the thorns : for in the name of the Lord I will deftroy them. 1 3 Thou haft thruft fore at me> that I might fall ; but the Lord was my help. 14 The Lord is my ftrength and my fong, and is become my falvation. 15 The voice of joy ai;d health is in the dwell- ings of the righteous ; the right hand of the Lord Toiihgeth mighty things to pais. j 6 The Tie^tbDay. PSALMS. 253 16 The right hand of the Lord hath the pre- eminence: the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pais. 17 i (hall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. 18 The Lord hath chauened and corrected me; bat he hath not given me over unto death. 19 Open me the gates of righteoufnefs, that I may go into them, and give thanks unto the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the Lord : the righteous {hall enter into it. 21 I will thank thee, for thou haft heard me, and art become my falvation. 22 The fame ftone which the builders refufed, is become the hea?d-ftone in the corner. 23 Th.s is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the Lord hath made j we will rejoice and be glad in.it. - 25 Help me now, O Lord : O Lord, fend us now profperity. 26 Bleilcd be he that come .■ in the Name of the Lord : we have wiflied you good luck, ye that are cf the home of the Lord. 27 God is the Lord, v h6 hath (hewed us light : bind the facrihce with -ids, yea, even unto the horns of the altar. 28 Thou art my Gcd, and I will thank thee: thou art my God, and I will praifc thee. 29 O giye thanks unto the Lord, for he is gra- cious, and his mercy endureth for ever. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm CXIX. T>Lefied are thofe that are undefiled in the w T ay > **-* and walk in the lav/ of the Lord. 2 Bieffed 254 PSALMS. TljtivhDay. 2 Blefll-d are they that keep his testimonies, and feek him with their whole heart. 3 For they who do no wickednefs walk in his ways. 4 Thou haft charged that we fhall diligently keep thy commandments. 5 O that my ways were made fo direct that I might keep thy ftatutes ! 6 So (hall 1 not be confounded while I have re- fpe£i unto all thy commandments. 7 I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart, when I fhall have learned the judgments of thy righteoufnefs. 8 I will keep thy ceremonies : O fotfake me not utterly, "tX rHcrewitha! {hall a young man cleanfe his *^ way? Even by ruling himfelf after thy word. 2 With my whole heart have I fought thee : let me not go wrong out of thy command- ments. * 3 Thy words have I hid within my heart, that 1 fhould not fin againft thee. 4 Blefled art thou, O Lord \ O teach me thy ftatutes. 5 With my lips have I been telling of the judg- ments of thy mouth. 6 I have had as great delight in the way of thy teftimonies as in all manner of riches. 7 1 will talk of thy commandments, and have refpeft unto thy ways. 8 My delight (hall be in thy ftatutes, and I will not forget thy word. f\ Do well unto thy fervant that I may live and ^ keep thy word. 2 Open The nth Day. PSALMS. 255 2 Open thou mine eyes that I may fee the wondrous things of thy law. 3 lam a ftranger upon earth : O hide not thy commandments from me. 4 My foul breaketh out for the very fervent de- fire that it hath ahvay unto thy judgments. 5 Thou haft rebuked the proud ; and curfed are rhey that do err from thy commandments. 6 O turn from me fharne and rebuke, for I have kept thy teftimonies. 7 Princes alfo did fit and fpeak again ft me; but thy fervant is occupied in thy fhtutes. 8 For thy teftimonies are my delight and my counsellors. M [Y foul cleavethto the duft ; O quicken thou me according to thy word, 2 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardeft me : O teach me thy ftatutes. 3 Make me to underftand the way of thy com- mandments, and fo (hall I talk of thy wondrous works. 4 My foul melteth away for very heavinefs; comfort thou me according unto thy word. 5 Take from me the way of lying, and cau r c thou- me to make much of thy law. 6 I have chofen the way of truth ; and thy judg- ments have I laid* before rrre. 7 I have (luck unto thy teftimonies: O Lord, confound me not. 8 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou haft fet my heart at liberty. EVENING PRAYER, *T*EACH me, O Lord,, the way of thy ftatoites, * and I ftiall keep it unto the end, 2 Give 256 PSALM S. The^yhDny. 2 Give me unclerfLndin;!, and I (hall keep thy law : vca, 1 fhall keep it with my whole heart, 3 Make me to go in the path of thy command- merits, for therein is my defire. 4 inchne my heart unto thy teftirnonies, and not tO CO'vCiOl'GiciS. 5 O turn away mine eyes, left they behold varnty ; and quicken thou are in thy way. 6 O ilabiifh thy word in thy fei vant that I may fear thee. 7 Take away the rebuke'that I am afraid of ; for thy judgments are good. 8 Behold, my del*gb| is in thy commandments; O quicken me in thy righteoufnefs. T ET thy loving mercy come alfo unto me, O -*~ / Lord j even thy falvation, according unto thy word , z So {hall I make anfwer unto my blafphemers; for my (raft is in thy word. fO take not the word of thy truth utterly out y mouth ; for my hope is in thy judgments. , ..#4 So (hall 1 always keep thy law ; yea, for ever and ever. 5 And I will walk at liberty; fori feek thy commandment. 6 I will fpeak of thy tefiirnonies alfo, even be- fore kings, and will not be aGiamed. 7 And my delighr fhall be in thy command- ments which I have loved. 8 My hands alfo will I lift up unto thy com- mandments, which I have loved; and my ftudy fhall be in thy ftatutes. f~\ Think upon thy fervant, as concerning thy V word, wherein thou haft caufed me to put my truft. 2 The TbeiyhDay. PSALMS. 257 2 The fame is my comfort in my trouble \ for thy word hath quickened me. 3 The proud have had me exceedingly in deri- fion ; yet ruve I not lhrinked from thy law. 4 For I remembered thine everlafting judgments, O Lord ; and received comfort, 5 [ am horribly afraid for the ungodly that for- fake thy law. 6 Thy ftatutes have been rny fongs in the houfe of my pilgrimage. 7 I have thought upon thy Name, O Lord, in the night-fealon ; and have kept thy law. 8 This 1 had, becaufe I keyt thy command- ments. '"T^HOU art my portion, O Lord : I have pro- -* mifed to keep thy law. 2 I made my humble petition in thy prefence with my whole heart : O be merciful unto me according to thy word. 3 I called mine own ways to remembrance, and turned my feet unto thy teftimonies. 4 I made hafte, and prolonged not the time to keep thy commandments. 5 The congregations of the ungodly have rob- bed me j but I have not forgotten thy law. 6 At midnight I will rife to give thanks unto thee ; becaufe of thy righteous judgments, 7 I am a companion of all them that fear thee and keep thy commandments. 8 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: O teach me thy ftatutes. MORNING PRAYER. /~vLord, thou haft dealt gracioufly with thy fcr- ^^ vant according unto thy word, 2 O 258 P S A L M S. The lybDaj. 2 O learn me true underftanding and knowledge; fori have believed thy commandments. 3 Before I was troubled, I went wrong ; but now have Ikept thy word. 4 Thou art good and gracious j O teach me thy ftatutes. 5 The proud have imagined a lie againft me ; but I will keep thy commandments with my whole heart. 6 Their heart is as fat as brawn ; but my de- light hath been in thy law. 7 It is good for me that I- have been in trouble, that I may learn thy ftatutes. 8 The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me than thoufands of gold and filver. '"TpHY hands have made me and fafhioned me : O •* give me underftanding, that I may learn thy commandments. 2 They that fear thee will be glad when they fee me ; becaufe I have^ut my truft in thy word. 3 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right ; and that thou, of very faithfulnefs, haft caufed me to be troubled. 4 O let thy merciful kindnefs be my comfort according to thy word unto thy fervant. 5 O let thy loving mercies come unto me, that I may live 5 for thy law is my delight. 6 Let the proud be afhamed, for they go wicked- ly about to deftroy me 5 ,but 1 will be occupied in thy commandments. 7 Let fuch as fear thee, and have known thy teftimonies, be turned "unto me. 8 O Jet my heart be found in thy ftatutes, that I be not afhamed. \ZlY foul hath longed for thy filvation ; and I •*** have a good hope becaufe of thy word. 2 Mine TfoiybDay. PSALM S. 259 2 Mine eyes long for thy word, faying, O when wilt thou comfort me ! 3 For I am become like a bottle in the fmoke - y yet do I not forget thy ftatutes. 4 How many are the days of thy fervant : when wilt thou be avenged of them that perfecute me. 5 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. 6 All thy commandments are true: they perfe- cute me falfely ; O be thou my help. 7 They had almoft made an end of me upon earth ; but I forfook not thy commandments, 8 O quicken me after thy loving kindnefs \ and fo (hall 1 keep the teftimonies of thy mouth. O Lord, thy word endureth for ever in hea- ven, 2 Thy truth alfo remaineth from one generation to another : thou haft laid the foundation of the earth, and it abideth. 3 They continue this day according to thine ordinance ; for all things ferve thee. 4 If my delight had not been in thy law, I fhould have perifhed in my trouble. 5 I will never forget thy commandments ; for with them thou haft quickened me, 6 I am thine ; O fave me, for I have fought thy commandments. 7 The ungodly laid wait forme, to deftroy me; but I will confider thy teftimonies. 8 I fee that all things come to an end; but thy commandment is exceeding broad. EVENING 2bo PSALMS. TleistbD^y. EVENING PRAYER. T ORD, what love have I unto thy law : all the ■** J day long is my ftudy in it. 2 Thou through thy commandments haft made me wifer than mine enemies; for they are ever with me. 3 I have more underftanding than my teachers; for thy teftimonie: are my ftudy. 4 I am wifer than the aged ; becaufe I keep thy commandments. 5 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep thy word. 6 I have not fhrunk from thy judgments; for thou teacheft me. 7 O how fweet are thy words unto my tafte ; yea, tweeter than honey unto my mouth ! 8 Through thy commandments I get under- ftancing ; therefore I hate all evil ways. '"pHV word is a lantern unto my feet, and alight *** unto my paths. 2 I have fworn, and am ftedfaftly purpofed, to keep thy righteous judgments. 3 I am troubled above meafure; quicken me, O Lord, according to thy word. 4 Let the free will -offerings of my mouth pleafe thee, O Lord -, and teach me thy judgments. 5 My foul is alway in my hand ; yet do I not forget thy law*. 6 The ungodly have laid a fnare for m% ', but yet I fwerved not from thy commandments. 7 Thy teliimonies have I claimed as mine heri- tage for ever: and why ? they are the very joy ol my hi art. 8 I have applied my heart to fulfil thy ftatutc< always even unto the end. I hat< I Tkei^hDay. PSALMS. 261 Hate them th, t imagine ev:I things ; but thy law do I l>ve. 2 Thou art my defence and Ibield ; and my truft is in thy word, 3 Away from me, ye wicked : I will keep the commandments of my God 4 O ftjbl'fti me according to thy word, that I may live j and let me not be u ^appointed of my hope. 5 Hold th >u me up, and I (hall be fafe : yea, my delight (hall be ever in thy ft* cures. 6 Thou halt trodden down al. .htm that depart fr\.m thy fta utes ; for they imagine uc deceit, 7 Thou p tuft awav all the ungoriij of the earth like d.»o's ; therefore i love thy tefti oonies. 8 Vly tiefh tfcmbkth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. 1 Dal with the thin^; that is lawful and riaht : O give me not over unto mine oppreflo s. 2 Make rhou thy fervar t to delight in that which is good, that the proud do me no wrong; 3 Mine e es are waiKd away wth L ok'n^r for thy health, and for the word of thy righteoufn^fs. 4 O deal with thv f rvnnt accord. ng un-.o thy loving mercy ; and teach me thy ftatutes. 5 I am thy fervant; (> grant me underftanding, that I may know thy teftimonies, 6 it is time for thee, L.rd, to lay to thine hand ; for they have deft rayed thy law. 7 For I love thy commandments above gold and precious ftones. 8 Therefore I efteem all thy precepts concern- ing all things to be right 3 and all falfe ways I ut- terly abhor. MORNING 262 PSALMS. TbezbtbDay. MORNING PRAYER. / T A HY teftimonies are wonderful, therefore doth *- my foul keep them. 2 When thy word goeth forth, it giveth light and underllanding unto the firnple. 3 I opened my mouth, and drew in my breath, for my delight was in thy commandments. 4 O look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou ufeft to do unto thofe that love thy Name. 5 Order my fteps in thy word, and fo {hall no wickednefs have dominion over me. 6 O deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men, and fo {hall I keep thy commandments. 7 Shew the light of thy countenance upon thy fervant, and teach me thy ftatutes. 8 Mine eyes gufti out with water, becaufe men keep not thy law. "O Tghteous art thou, O Lord, and true is thy *^ judgment. 2 The teftimonies that thou haft commanded, are exceeding righteous and true. 3 My zeal hath even confumed me, becaufe mine enemies have forgotten thy words. 4 Thy word is tried to the uttermoft, and thy fervant loveth it. 5 I am fmall and of no reputation, yet do I not forget thy commandments. 6 Thy righteoufnefs is an everlafting righteouf- nefs, and thy law is the truth. 7 Trouble and heavinefs have taken hold upon me, yet is my delight in thy commandments. 8 The righteoufnefs of thy teftimonies is ever- hfling : O grant me understanding, and J fhall live. ICalJ The iGth Day. P S A L M S. 263 I Call with my whole heart : hear me, O Lord, I will keep thy ftatutes. 2 Yea, even unto thee do I call : help me, and I (hall keep thy teftimonies. 3 Early in the morning do I cry unto thee, for in thy word is my truft, 4 Mine eyes prevent the night-watches, that I may be occupied in thy words. 5 Hear my voice, O Lord, according unto thy loving-kindnefs : quicken me according as thou art wont. 6 They draw nigh that of malice perfecute me, and are far from thy law. 7 Be thou nigh at hand, O Lord } for all thy commandments are true. 8 As concerning thy teflimonies, 1 have known long fince, that thou haft founded them for ever. /~\ Confider mine adverfity and deliver me, for I ^•^ do not forget thy law. 2 Avenge thou my caufe, and deliver me : quicken me according to thy word. 3 Health is far from the ungodly, for they re- gard not thy ftatutes. 4 Great is thy mercy, O Lord : quicken me as thou art wont. 5 Many there are that trouble me, and per- fecute me > yet do I not fwerve from thy teili- monies. 6 It grieveth me when I fee the tranfgreflbrs, becaufe they keep not thy law. 7 Confider, O Lord, how I love thy command- ments ; O quicken me according to thy loving- kindnefs. 8 Thy word is true from everlafting : all the judgments of thy righteoufnei's endure for ever- more. EVENING 264 PSALMS, 7'be 26th Day. EVENING PRAYER. "pRinces hsve perfected me without a caufe, but * my heart ftandevh in tfvv'e of thy word 2 ! am ab glad of thy word, as one that findtth great fi oils. 3 As for lyes, I hate and abhor them, but thy law uo I love. 4 Seven times a day do I praife thee, becaufe of thy righteous judpm n*s. 5 Great is the peace that they have who love thy iiw, and rhey are not offended at i . 6 Lord I h ed to. thy laving health, and do e fl e mmanuments. 7 f lath kept thy teftimonies, and loved them ex- thy commandments and tefti- nriOi.. all my ways are before thee. L} i i complaint come refore thee, O Lord: gi taught me thy ftattttes. 4 Yea, my t< ngue (hall fing of thy word, for all ch v commandments are righteous. 5 Let thine hand help me, ior I have chofen thy corumandments 6 I have lunged for thy faving health, O Lord; and in ;hy- law is my delight 7 O let my foul live and ir fhall praife thee; and thv judgments (hall help me. 8 I have gone aftray like a flieep that is toft : O feck *by fervant, for I do not forget thy command- ments. Psalm Tin 27th Day. PSALM S„ 2% I Psalm CXXI. Will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, frcra whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh even from the Lord, who hath made heaven and earth. 3 He will not fufFer thy foot to be moved ; and he that keepeth thee will not fleep. 4 Behold he that keepeth Ifrael, fhall neither Cumber nor fleep. 5 The Lord himfelf is thy keeper : the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand ; 6 So that the fun fhall not fmite thee by day, neither the moon by night. 7 The Lord (hall preferve thee frcm all evil : yea, it is even he that {hall keep thy foul. 8 The Lord fhall preferve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth for evermore. MORNING PRAYER, Psalm CXXIII. I jNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that ^ dwelled in the heavens. 2 Behold, even as the eyes of feryants look unto the hand of their mailers, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her miftrefs, even fo our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we are utterly defpifed. 4 Our foul is filled with the fcornful reproof of the wealthy, and with the defpitefulneiV of the proud. M Psalm ^66 PSALM S. The ijtb Day. Psalm CXXIV. ^T F the Lord himfelf had not been on our fide, * now may Ifrael fay ; if the Lord himfelf had not been on our fide, when men rofe up againft: us; 2 They had fwallowed us up quick, when they were fo wrathfully difpleaied at us: 3 Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the ftream had gone over our foul. 4 The deep waters of the proud had gone even over our foul. 5 But praifed be the Lord, who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth. 6 Our foul is efcaped, even as a bird out of the fnare of the fowler: the fnare is broken, and we are delivered. 7 Our help flandeth in the Name of the Lord who hath made heaven and earth. Psalm CXXV. fpHEY that put their truft in the Lord, (hall be •* even as the mount Sion which cannot be re- moved, but ftandeth (aft for ever. 2 The hills ftand about Jerufalem ; even fo flandeth the Lord round about his people, from this time forth for evermore. 3 For the rod of the ungodly fliall not reft upon the lot of the righteous, left the righteous put their hand unto wickednefs. 4 Dp well, O Lord, unto thofe that are good and true of heart. 5 As for fuch as turn back unto their own wick- ednefs, the Lord (hall lead them forth with the evil-doers $ but peace Ciall be upon Ifrael. Psalm The 2-jth Day. P S A L M S. S67 W Psalm CXXVI. r HEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion, then were we like unto them that dre2m. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with joy. 3 Then faid they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. 4 Yea, the Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we rejoice. 5 Turn our captivity, O Lord, as the rivers in the fouth. 6 They that fow in tears, fhall reap in joy. 7 Ke that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareih forth good feed, fhall doubtlefs come again with joy, and bring his (heaves v/ith him. EVENING PRAYER. Psalm CXXVII. Tj^Xcept the Lord build the houfe, their labour is ^ but loft that build it. 2 Except the Lard keep the city, the watch- man waketh but in vain. 3 It is but loft labour that ye hafte to rife up early, and fo late take reit, and eat the bread of carefulnefs : for fo.he giveth his beloved Ceep. 4 Lo, children and the fruit of the womb arc an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord, 5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, even fo are the young children. 6 Happy is the man that*hath ffis quiver full of them ; they fhall not be afhamed when they fpeaic with their enemies in the gate. M 2 Psalm I 2 68 PSALM S. The 2jtb Day. Psalm CXXVIII. BLefled are all they that fear the Lord, and walk in his way?. 2 Fcr thou {halt eat the labours of thine hands : O well fhall it be with thee, and happy (halt thou be. 3 Thy wife fhall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thine houfe ; 4 Thy children like olive-branches round about thy table. 5 Lo, thus fhall the man be bleffed that feareth the Lord, 6 The Lord from out of Sion fhall fo blefs thee, , that thou fhalt fee Jerufalem in profperity all thy life long ; 7 Yea, that thou fhalt fee thy children's chil- dren, and peace upon Ifrael. Psalm CXXX. aUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O ^-^ Lord ; Lord, hear my voice. 2 O let thine ears confider well the voice of my complaint. 3 If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amifs, O Lord, who fhall abide it ? 4 But there is mercy with thee, therefore fhalt thou be feared. 5 I look for the Lord, my foul doth wait for him : in his word is my truft. 6 My foul fieeth unto the Lord before the morning watch, I. fay, before the morning watch. 7 O Ifrael, truft in the Lord, for with the Lojd there is mercy, and with him is plenteous re- demption. S And he fhall redeem Ifrael from all his fins. a* Psalm The 7%tbDay. PSALM S. 269 Psalm CXXXF, LORD, I am not high-minded : I have no proud ' looks. 2 I do not exercife myfelf in great matters which arc too high for me ; 3 But I refrain my foul, 2nd keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother : yea, my foul is even as a weaned child. 4 O Ifrael, truft in the Lord from this time forth for evermore. P-salm CXXXIII. T)Ehold, how good 2nd joyful a thing it is, bre- "-* thren, to dwell together in uni.y ! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard, even unto Aaron's beard, and we it down to the fkirts of his clothing, 3 Like as the dew of Hermon which fell upon the hill of Sion. 4 For there the Lord promifed his blefling, and life for evermore. o MORNING PRAYER. Psalm CXXXV. Praife the Lord : laud ye the Name of the Lord, O ye fervants of the Lord : 2 Ye that ftand in the houfe of the Lord, in the courts of the houfe of our God; 3 O praife the Lord, for the Lord is gracious . O fing praifes unto his Name, for it is lovely. 4 For why ? the Lord hath chofen Jacob unt Q himfelf, and Ifrael for his own pofleffion. 5 For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. M 3, 6- What- 270 P .S ALMS. The z%tb Day. 6 Whatfcever the Lord pleafed, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the fea, and in all deep places. 7 He bringeth forth the clouds from the ends of the world, and fendeth forth lightnings with the rain, bringing the winds cut of his treafures. 8 Thy Name, O Lord, endureth for ever : fo doth thy memorial, O Lord, from one generation fo another, 9 For the Lord will avenge his people, and be gracious unto his fervants. jo Praife the Lord, ye houfe of Ifrael : praife the Lord, ye houfe of Aaron. ii Praife the Lord, ye houfe of Levi : ye that fear the Lord, praife the Lord. 12 Praifed be the Lord out of Sion, who dwel* leth at Jerufalem. Psalm CXXXVIII. T Will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my -* whole heart : even before the gods will I fing praife unto thee. 2 I will werfhip toward thy holy temple, and praife thy Name, becaufe of thy loving kindnefs and truth ; for thou haft magnified thy Name, and thy w 7 ord above all things. 3 When I called upon thee, thou heardeft me, and enduedft my foul with much ftrength. 4 All the kings of the earth fhall praife thee, O Lord ; for they have heard the words of thy mouth. 5 Yea, they fhall fing in the ways of the Lord, that great is the glory of the Lord. 6 For though the Lord be high, yet hath ye refpeel unto the lowly : as for the proud, he be- holdeth them afar off. 7 Though I walk in the mid ft of trouble, yet flialt thou refrefh me : thou fhak ftretch forth thy hand The rtih Day. PSALMS 1 . a^i hand upon the furioufnefs of mine enemies, and thy fight hand (hall fave me. • 8 The Lord (hall make good his loving kind- nefs toward me: yea, thy mercy, O Lord, en- dureth for ever : forfake not then the woiks of. thine own hands. o EVENING PRAYER. Psalm CXXXiX. LORD, thou haft fearehed me out, antf known me ; thou knoweft my do wn-iittfruj; and mine up-rifing; thouunderftandefl: my thoughts long before. 2 Thou art about my path, and about my bed, and fpieft out all. my ways. 3 For lo, there is not a word in my tongue but. thou, O Lord, knoweft it altogether. 4 Thou haft fafhioned me behind and before* and laid thine hand upon me. 5 Such knowledge is too wonderful and excel • lent for me ; I cannot attain unto it. 6 Whither fhall I go then from thy Spirit ; Or whither (hall I go then from thy prefence ? 7 If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there a!fo. 8 If I take the wings of the morning, and re- main in the uttermofl parts of the fea, g Even there alfo fhall thy hand lead me, an J thy right hand fhall held me. 10 If I fay, Peradvemure the darknefs fhall cover me; then fhall my night be turned to day. 11 Yea, the darknefs is no darknefs with thee, but the night is as clear as the day; the darknefs and light to thee are both alike. 12 For my reins are thine; thou haft covered me in my mother's womb. M 4 13 r 272 PSALM S. TbeiybDaf* 13 I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fear- fully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my foul knoweth right well, 14 My fubftance was not hid from thee when I was made in fecref, and curioufly wrought in the loweft parts of the earth. 15 Thine eyes did fee my fubftance yet being imperfedt; and in thy book were all my members written ; 26 Which day by day were fafhioned, when as yet there was none of them. 17 How dear ate thy counfels unto me, O God ! O how great is the fum of them I 18 If I tell them, they are more in number than the fand : when I wake up, I am prefent with thee. 19 Try me, O God, and feek the ground of my heart; prove me, and examine my thoughts* 20 Look well if there be any way of wicked* nefe in me, and lead me in the way everlafting. MORNING PRAYER* • Psalm CXLL T ORD, I call upon thee ; hafte thee unto me, **^ and confider my voice when I cry unto thee. 2 Let my prayer be fet forth in thy fight as the incenfe, and the lifting up of my hands as the even- ing facrifice. 3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips. 4 O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing; let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickednefs ; and let me not eat of their dainties. 5 Let the righteous rather finite me friendly, and reprove me. 6 Mine The 29th Day. P SAL M S. 273 6 Mine eyes look unto thee, O Lord God ; in thee is my truft; O caft not out my foul. 7 Keep me from the fnare that they have laid! for me, and from the traps of the wicked doers. P S A L M CXLII. T Cried unto the Lord with my voice; yea, evert -* unto the Lord did I make my fupplication. 2 I poured out my complaints before him, and^ (hewed him of my trouble. 3 When my fpirit was in heavinefs thou knewefc" my path : in the way wherein I walked have they ■ privily laid a fnare for me. 4 i looked alfo upon my right hand, and fa^f there was no man that would know me. 5 I had no place to flee unto, and no man cared* for my foul. 6 I cried unto thee, O Lord, and faid, Thou art: nny hope and my portion in the land of the living. 7 Confider my complaint, for I am brought very low. 8 O deliver me from my perfecutors, for they are too ftrong for me. 9 Bring my foul out of prifon, that I may give thanks unto thy Name ; which tiling if thou wilt grant me, then (hall the righteous refort unto my company. EVENING PRAYER.. Ps al m CXLIII. TJEAR my prayer, O Lord, and confider my* ■*-*■ defire ; hearken unto me for thy truth and righteoufnefs fake. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy fer-- vant -> for in thy fight (hall no man living be jjlfti- fted. M 5 3 My 274 PSALM S. The 2gtb Dvyi 3 My fpirit is vexed within me, and my heart within me is defoiate. 4 Yet do I remember the time paft ; I mufe upon all thy works; yea, I exercife myfelf in the works of thy hands. 5 I ftretch forth my hands unto thee ; my foul gafpeth unto thee as a thirfty land. 6 Hear me, O Lord, and that foon, for my fpi- rit waxeth faint; hide not thy face from me, left I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 7 O let me hear thy loving kindnefs betimes in the morning; for in thee is my truft : fhew thou me the way that I ftiould walk in ; for I lift up my foul unto thee. ■ 8 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies; for I flee unto thee to hide me. 9 Teach me to do the thing that pleafeth thee ; for thou art my God : let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of rightcoufnefs. jo Quicken me, O Lord., for thy Name's fake ; and, for thy righteoufnefs fake, bring my foul out of trouble* Psalm CXLIV. T>LESSED be the Lord my ftrength, who teach- •*-* eth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight ; 2 My hope and my fortrefs ; my caftle and de- liverer ; my defender in whom I truft, who fub- dueth my people that is under me. 3 Lord, what is man that thou haft fuch TefpecT: unto him ; or the fon of man, that thou fo regard- eft him ! 4 Man is like a thing of nought; his time paff- eth away like a fhadow. 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down ; touch the mountains, and they (hall fmoke. 6 Caft forth thy lightning and tear them 5 fhoot out thine arrows and confume them, 6 7 Send 7be ^oth Day. P S A L M S. 23^. 7 Send down thine band from above ; deliver me, and take me out of the great waters, from .the haiid of ft range children, 8 Whofe mouth talketh of vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of wickednefs. 9 I will fing a new fong unto thee, O God:. thou dott give victory unto kings, and haft delivered David thy fervant from the peril of the fword. 10 Save me and deliver me from the hand of ftrange children, whofe mouth talketh of vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity ; 11 That our fons may grow up as the young, plants, and that our daughters may be as the po- lilhed corners of the temple ; 12 That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of ftore ; that our fheep may bring forth thoufands and ten thoufands in our ftreets ; 13 That our oxen maybe ftrong to labour, that there be no decay, no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our ftreets. 14 Happy are the people that are in fuch a cafe ; yea, blefled are the people wha have the Lord for their God. I MORNING PRAYER. Psalm CXLV. Will magnify thee, O God, my King, and I wifl praife thy Name for ever and ever. % Everyday will I give thanks unto. thee, and praife thy Name for ever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord and marvellous, worthy to be praifed ; there is no end of his greatnefs. 4 One generation fhall praife thy works unto another, and declare thy power. 5 As forme, I'will be talking of thy v/orftip, thy, glory, rhy praife, and thy wondrous works- M 6„ 6 S«* 2]6 PSALMS. tte&tbDay. 6 So that men (hall fpeak of the might of thy marvellous a£ts; and I will alfo tell of thy great- nefs. 7 The memorial of thine abundant kindnefs ft all be (hewed, and men (hall fing of thy righte- oufnefs. 8 The Lord is gracious and merciful, long-fuf- fering, and of great goodnefs. 9 The Lord is loving unto every man, and his mercy is over all his works. io All thy works praife thee, O Lord, and thy faints give thanks unto thee, ii They (hew the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; 12 That thy power, thy glory, and mightinefs of thy kingdom, might be known unto men. 13 Thy kingdom is an everlafting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages. 14 The Lord upholdeth all fuch as fall, and lifteth up all thofe that are down. 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord ; and thou giveft them their meat in due feafon. 16 Thou openeft thine hand, and filled all things living with plenteoufnefs. 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him \ yea, all fuch as call upon him faith- fully. 19 He will fulfil the defire of them that fear him; he alfo will hear their cry, and will help them. 20 The Lord preferveth all them that love him, but fcattereth abroad ail the ungodly. 21 My mouth (hall fpeak the praife of the Lord ; and let all flefh give thanks unto his holy Name for ever and ever. PSALW TkezctbDay. PSALMS, tjf Psalm CXLVL pRAISE the Lord, O my foul ; while I live wilt -*- 1 praife the Lord ; yea, as long as I have any being, I will fing praifes unto my God. 2 O put not your truft in princes, nor in any child of man, for there is no help in them. 3 For when the breath of man goeth forth, he fhail turn again to his earth, and then all his thoughts perifh. 4 Bleffed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, and whofe hope is in the Lord his God ; 5 Who made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that therein is ; who keepeth his promife for ever. 6 Who helpeth them to right that fuffer wrong $ who feedeth the hungry. 7 The Lord loofeth men out of prifon ; the Lord giveth fight to the blind. 8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen 5 the Lord careth for the righteous. 9 The Lord careth for the Grangers ; he de- fendeth the fatherlefs and widow : as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upfide down. 10 The Lord thy God, O Sion, (ball be King; for evermore* and throughout all generations. o EVENING PRAYER. Psalm CXLVII. Praife the Lord ; for it is a good thing to fing praifes unto our God \ yea, a joyful and plea- fant thing it is to be thankful. 2 The Lord doth build up Jerufalem, and ga- ther together the outcafts of Ifrael. 3 He healeth thofe that are broken in heart, and giveth medicine to heal their ficknefs. 4 He telleth the number of the ftars, and calleth them all by their names. 5 Gieat a; S PS A L M S. TbeyxbD^ 5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power ; yea, and his wifdcm is infinite. 6 The Lord fetteth up the meek, and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. 7 Ofing unto the Lord with thankfgiving ; fing praifes upon the harp unto our God ; 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth, and rnaketh the grafs to grow upon the mountain?, and herb for the ufe of men. 9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattle, and feed- eth the young ravens that call upon him. 10 He hath no pleafure in the ftrength of an horfe, neither delighteth he in any man's legs. 11 But the Lord's delight is in them that fear him, and put tkeir truft in his mercy. 12 Praife the Lord, O Jerufalern ; praife thy God, O Sion. i 3 For he hath made fall: the bars of thy gates* and hath blefled thy children within thee. 14 He rnaketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the flour of wheat. 15 He fendeth forth his commandment upon earthy and his word runneth very fvviftly. 16 He giveth fnow like wool, and fcattereth the hoar-froft like c.fhes. 17 Hecafteth forth his ice like morfds.: who is able to abide his froft? 18 He fendeth out his word and melteth them $ he bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow. 19 Hefheweth his word unto Jacob, his ftatutes and ordinances unto Ifrael. 20 He hath not dealt fo with any nation ; nei- ther have the heathen knowledge of his laws. P a a l M CXLVIII. Praife the Lord of heaven 3 praife him in. the height. 2 Praife o tfie ^oth Day. PSALMS. 279 2 Praife him al! ye angels Gf his \ praife him ail his hoft. 3 Praife him fun and moon ; praife him all ye flars and light;. 4 Praife him all ye heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens. 5 Let them praife the Name of the Lord ;. for he fpake the word, and they were made ; he com* roanded, and they were created. 6 He hath made them faft for ever and ever ; he hath given them a law which fhaii not be broken. 7 Praife the Lord upon earth ye dragons, and all deeps; 8 Fire and hail, fnow and vapours, wind and l ftorm, fulfilling his word ; 9 Mountains and ail hill?, fruitful trees and all cedars ; 10 Beafts and Sill cattle; worms and feathered fowls ; 11 Kings of the earth and all people; princes and all judges o: the world ; 12 Young men and maidens, old men and chil- dren, praife the Name of the Lord : for his Name only is excellent, and his praife above heaven and earth. 13 He (hall exalt the horn of his people : all his faints fhall praife him ; even the child. en of IfraeJ, even the people that ferveth him. Psalm CL. r\ Praife God in his holinefs : praife him in the ^^ firmament if his power. 2 Praife him in his noble a<3s : praife him ac-* cording to his excellent greatnefs. 3 Let every thing that hath breath praife the Lord, The End of the Fsalms* f 280 J The Form and Manner of Making and Ordaining of Superintendants 3 Elders, and Deacons, The Form and Manner of making oB Deacons. When the Day appointed by the Super intendant is come, after Morning Prayer is ended, there jkall be a Sermon, or Exhortation, declaring the Duty and Office of fuck as com: to be admitted Deacons. After which one of the Eldirs jhall prefent unto the Superintendent the Perform to be ordained Deacons ; and their Names btivg read aloud, the Super in* tendant Jhall fay unto the People : BRethren, if there be any of you, whoknoweih any impediment or crime in any of thefe per- fons prefented to be ordained deacons, for the which he ought not to be admitted to that office, let him come forth in the Name of God, and (hew what the crime or impediment is. And if any Crime or Impediment be objecled, the Su* perintendant (l)all fur ceafe from ordaining that Per- fon, until Juch Time as the Party accnfd JI?all be found clear of that Crime. Then the Superintendant (commending fuch as Jhall b& found meet to be ordained, to the Prayers of the Congregation) Jhall, with the Minijlers and People prefent, fay the Litany \ Then The Ordaining of Deacons. t$k Thm.Jhdll he [aid the Service for the Communion 9 with the Colletf, Epijile> and Gofpel 7 as fdl&wtth^ The Colktt. A Lmighty God, who by thy Divine Providence ■*** haft appointed divers orders of minifters in thy church, and didfc infpire thine apoftles to choofe into the order of deacons the firft martyr Saint Stephen, with others ; Mercifully behold thefe thy fervants now called to the like ofiice and admini- ilration ; replenifh them fo with the truth of thy do&rine, and adorn them with innocency of life, that both by word and good example they may faithfully krve thee in this office, to the glory of thy Name, and the edification of thy church, through the merits of our Saviour Jefus Chrift, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft* now and for ever. Amen. The Epiftle. I Tim. iii. 8. T Ike wife muft the Deacons be grave, not double-^ **-"' tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre ; holding the myftery of the faith in a pure confcience. And let thefe alio firft be proved ; then let them ufe the office of a deacon, being found bhmelefs. Even fo muft their wives be grave, not flanderers, fober, faithful in all things. Let the deacons be the hufbands of one wife, ruling their, children and their own houles well. For they that have ufed the office of a deacon well, purchafe to thernfelves a good degree, and great boldnefs in the faith which is in Chrift Jefus, Thm 1%Z. The Ordaining of Deacon*. Then Jball the Superintendent examine every one of them that are to be ordained, in the Prefence of the People^ after this manner following : TT\0 you truft that you are inwardly moved by . 6 The Ordaining of Elders. Then their Na?nes being read aloud, the Super in* tendon t /ball fay unto the People ; /^OOD People, thefe are they whom we pur* ^-^ pofe, God willing, this day to ordain Elders, for after due examination, we find not to the con- trary, but that they are lawfully called to this function and miniftry, and that they are perfons meet for the fame. But if there be any of you, u?ho knoweth any impediment or crime in any of them, for the which he ought not to be received into this holy miniftry, let him come forth in the name of God, and fhew what the crime or impe- diment is. And if any Crime or Impediment beobjefled, the Super- intendant Jhall fur ceafe from ordaining thai Perfon, until fuch Time as the Party accufed Jhall be found clear of that Crime. Then the Super intendant (commending fuch as fja/l be found meet to be ordained^ to the Prayers of the Congregation) Jhall \ with the Miniflers and People prefent, fay the Litany, as is before appointed in the Form of Ordaining -Deacons, omitting the lafi Pr-ayer^ and the Blejfing. Then Jhall be faid the Service for the Communion ; with the Co/lefl, Epifle, and Gcfpel> as followtth. The ColleB. ALmighty God, giver of all good things, who by thy holy Spirit haft appointed divers orders of minifters in thy church ; mercifully behold thefe thy fervants now called to the office of Elders;., and replenifh them fo with the truth of thy doc- trine, and adorn them with innocency of life, that both by word and good example they may faith- fully ferve thee in this office, to the glory of thy name, and the edification of thy church, through the The Ordaining of Elder u 2$ 7 the merits of our Saviour Jefus Chrift, who livcth and reigneth, with thee and the Holy Ghoft, world without end. Amen. U' Tlie EpiJIle. Ephef. \y. 7. [Nto every one of us is given grace according to the meafure of the gift of Chrift. Where- fore he faith, When he afcended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he afcended, what is it but that he alfo ^efcended firft into the lower parts of the earth ? He that descended, is the fame alfo that afcended up far above all things.) And he gave fome Apo- ftles, and fome prophets, and fome evangelifts, and fome paftors and teachers, for the perfecting of the faints, for the work of the miniftry, for the edifying of the body of Chrift 5 till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfe£t man, unto the jneafure of the ftature of the fulnefs of Chrift. After this /hall be read for the Go/pel^ part of ths Tenth Chapter of Saint John. S. John,- x. I. "T7Erily verily I fay unto you, He that entereth * not by the door into the (heep-fold, but climbeth up fome other way, the fame is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door, is the (hepherd of the (heep. To him the porter -openeth, and the fheep hear his voice ; and he calleth his own fheep by name, and leadeth the;ii out. And when he putteth forth his own fheep, he goeth before them, and the fheep follow him j for they know his voice. And a ftranger will they not follow, but flee from him; for they know not the voice of ftrangers. This parable fpake Jefus -unto them, but they underftood not what things they 1&8 8 The Ordaining of Elders. they were which he fpake unto them. Then faid Jefus unto them again, Verily verily I fay unto you, I am the door of the fheep. All that ever* came before me are thieves and robbers ; but the fheep did not hear them. I am the door; by me if any ma:n enter in, he (hall be faved, and (hall go in and out, and find pafiure. The thief ccmeth not but for to fteal, and to kill, and to xleftroy : I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good Shepherd : the good Shepherd giveth his 'life for the fheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the Shepherd, whofe own the fheep are not, feeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the fheep, and fleeth ; and the wolf catcheth them, and fcattereth the iheep. The hireling fleeth becaufe he is an hireling, and careth not for the fheep. I am the good Shepherd, and know my fheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even fo know I the Father : and T lay down my life for the fheep. And other fheep I have, which are not of this fold : them a|fo I muft bring, and they fhall hear my voice ; and there fhall be one fold, and one Shepherd. And that done, the Superintend ant /hall fay unto them as hereafter fllotueth, X70U have heard, brethren, as well in your pri- ■* vate examination, as in the exhortation which was now made to you, and in the holy lefibns taken cut of the Gofpel, and the writings of the Apoftles, of what dignity, and of" how great importance this office is, whereunto ye are called. And now again we exhort you in the name of cur Lord Jefus Chrift, that you have in remembrance, into how high a dignity, and to how weighty an office and charge ye are called : That is to fay, to be MefTen- gersj watchmen, and flewards of the Lord ; to teach The Ordaining of Elders. 289 teach, and to premonifh, to feed an! provide *or the Lord's family ; to feek for ChfiiFs fheep that aredifp erftd abroad, and for hi^ children who are in the mdit of this naughty world, that they may be fa ed through Chrift for ever. Have always therefore p anted in your remem- brance, how great a treafure is committed to your charge. For they are the fheep of Chriit, which he bought with his death, and for wi-\om he filed his b!o d. The church and congregation whom you mud ferve, is his Spoufe,, and his body. And if it (hall happen, the fame church, or any mem- ber thereof do take any hurt or hindrance by reafcm of your negligence, ye know the greatnels of the fault, and alfo the horrible punifhment that will enfue. Wherefore confider with yourfeives the end of the miniftry towards the children of God, towards the fpoufe and body of Chrifr. ; ani fee that you never ceafe your labour, your care and diligence, until you have done" all that lieth in you, according to your beunden duty, to bring all Cach as are or fhall be committed to your charge, unto that agreement in the faith and knowledge of God, and to thatj-ipenefs and perfeftnefs of age in Chrifl, that there be no place left among you, either for error in religion, or for vicioufnefs in life, Forafmuch then as your office is both of fo great excellency, and of (o great difficulty, ye fee with how great care and ftudy ye ought to apply your- felves, as well that ye may fhew yourfelves dutiful and thankful unto that Lord, who hath placed you in (o high a dignity; as alfo to beware that neither you yourfelves offend, nor be occalion that others offend. Howbeit ye cannot have a mind and wdi thereto of yourfelves ; for that will and ability is given of God -lone: hsrefore ye ought, and have need to pray earneftly for his holy Spirit, And feeing that you cannot by any other means N compafs 2<)0 Tlx Ordaining of Elders. compafs the doing of fo weighty a work, pertain- ing to the falvation of man, but with do&rine and exhortation taken out of the Holy Scriptures, and with a life agreeable to the fame: confider how fludicus ye ought to be in reading and learning the Scriptures, and in framing the manners both of yourfelves, and of them that fpecially pertain unto you, according to the rule of the fame Scriptures: and for*this feif-fame caufe, how ye ought to for- fake and fet afide (as much as you may) all worldly cares and frudies. We have good hope that you have all weighed and pondered thefe things with yourfelves long before this time ; and that you have clearly deter- mined, by God's grace, to give yourfelves wholly to this office, whereunto it hath pleafed God to call you: fo that, as much as lieth in you, you will apply yourfelves wholly to this one thing, and draw all your cares and ftudies this way, and that you will continually pray to God the Father, by the mediation of our only Saviour Jefus ChrifT, for the heavenly affiftance of the Holy Ghoft ; that by daily reading and weighing of the Scriptures, ye may wax riper and ftronger in your miniftry ; and that ye may fo endeavour yourfelves from time to time to fandlify the lives o r you and your's, and to fafliion them after the rule and dudtrine of Chriif, that ye may be wholeforne and godly examples and patterns for the people to follow. And now that {his preient congregation of Chrift, here afiembled, may alfo . underfiand your minds and wills in thefe things, and that this your pro- mife may the more move you to do your duties ; ye fhall anfwer plainly to thefe things, which we, in the Name of God, and of his Church, fhall de- mand of you touching the fame. Do The Ordaining of Elders* 29 1 T\0 you think in your heart, that you are truly *-* called, according to the will of our Lord Jcfus Chrift, to the order of Elders. Jnfwer* I think fo. The Superintendent. ARE you perfuaded that the Holy Scriptures ^* contain Sufficiently all doctrine required of neceffity for eternal falvation through faith in Jefus Chrift? And are you determined, out of the faid Scriptures to inftru£t the people committed to your charge, and to teach nothing, as required of necef- fity to eternal falvation, but that which you {hall be perfuaded, may be concluded and proved by the Scripture I Anfuuer. I am fo perfuaded, and have fo deter- mined, by God's grace. The Superintendent* X "£. TILL you then give your faithful diligence, * * always fo to minifter the do&rine and facra- ments, and the djfcipline of Chrift, as the Lord hath commanded. d/sfiver. I will fo do, by the help of the Lord. The Superintendent. TlTlLL you be ready with all faithful diligence * * to banifb and drive away ail erroneous and ftrange dodtrines contrary to God's word; and to ufe both public and private monitions and exhorta- tions, as well to the fick as to the whole within your diftricl, as need (hail require, and occafion fliall be given ? Jnjwer. I will, the Lord being my helper. N 2 The 2g2 *£k* Ordaining of Elders. The ~§uper intend ant. 'TWILL you be diligent in prayer?, and in read- * ^ ingof the holv Scriptures, and in fuch ftudses as help to the knowledge of the fame, laving aflde the ftudy of the world and the rlefh. Anfwer. I will endeavour fo to do, the Lord being my helper. The Superintend ant. II 7ILL you be diligent to fr.ime and fafhion your . * own (elves, and your families, according to the doclrine of Chrift; and to make both >our- (elves and them, as much as in you lieth, whole- forne examples and patterns to the flock of Chnft ? Jnfwe' . 1 (hall apply myfelf thereto, the Lord being my helper, s The Superintendent. *\ JLJYIAj you maintain a;d let forwards, as much ** as lie h in you, quietness, peace and love among all Chriftian people, and especially among them that are or (hall be committed to your charge ? Jt2jwer. I will do fo, the Lord being my helper* The Supirintendant* "I7C TILL you reverently obey your chief mini- ^ * flers, unto whom is committed the charge and government over you ; following with a I mmJ and will their godly admonitions, and fub- mitting yourfelves to their godly judgments ? Anjzver. 1 will fo do, the Lord being my helper, Then /hall the Super intend ant Ji an ding up^ fay, ALmighty Goci, who hath given you this will to do all thefe things ; grant alfo unto you ftrerigth and power to perform the fame 5 that he may The Ordaining of Elders. 20 3 may accomplifh his work which he hath begun in you, through Jefus Chriftour Lord. Amen. After this the Congregation Jh all be defred, fec-etly in their Prayers, to make their humble Sup! ! God for ail thrfe Things : for the ivbicb Frajers there /halt be Silence kept for a Space* After which /hall be [aid by the Superintendent (the Per fans to be or d: lined Elders^ all km eh g) Veni, Great r, Spirit us ; the Su crimen dant begin* and he Eiders and others that are prefent anjwer~ ing by Vtrfes, as followeth. pOme, Holy Ghoft, our fouls infpire, ^ And lighten ivith cele/lial fre t Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dojl thy fevnfold gifs impart : Thy bleiTed Undfron tron above, Is comfort, life^ an f i f re of love. Enable with perpetual light, The du } nefs of our blinded fight : Anoint and cheer c ur faired face With the abundance of thy grace ; Keep far our foe?, gfhre peace at home \ Where thou art Gwd no ill can come. Teach us to know the Father, Son, jind 1 bee of b;th, to be but one : That through the ages all along, This may be our enilef S ng ; Praife to thy eternal merit, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. That done, the Superint ndant /hall pray in this wife, and jay, Let us pray. A Lmighty God, and heavenly Father, who of J ^ thine infinite love and goodnefs towards u?, haft given to us thy only and moil dearly beloved N 3 Son- 2 9+ The Ordaining of Elders. Son Jefus Chrift to be our Redeemer, and the Author of everlafting life ; who after he had made perfect our redemption by his death, and was af- cended into heaven, fent abroad into the world his Apoftles, Prophets, Evangelifts, Doctors, and Paftors ; by whofe labour and miniftry he gathered together a great flock in all the parts of the world, to fet forth the eternal praife of thy holy Name : for thefe fo great benefits of thy eternal goodnefs, and for that thou haft vouchfafed to call thefe thy iervants hereprefent to the fame Office and Mini- ftry appointed for the falvation of mankind, we render unto thee moil: hearty thanks, we praife and worfhip thee ; and we humbly befeech thee by the fame thy blefied Son, to grant unto all, who either here or elfewhere call upon thy holy Name, that we may continue to (hew ourfelves thankful unto thee for thefe and all other thy benefits ; and that we may daily increafe and go forwards in the know- ledge and faith of thee and thy Son by the Holy Spirit. So that as well by thefe thy Minifters, as by them over whom they {hall be appointed thy Minifters, thy "holy Name may be for ever glorified, and thy bleiTed kingdom enlarged, through the fame thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord; who Jiveth and leigneth with thee in the unity of the fame Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen. When this Prayer is done, the Superintendant, with the Elders prejent y /hall lay their hands federally upon the Head of every one thai receiveih the order cf Elders : the Receivers humbly kneeling upon their knees , and the Super intendant faying* Eceive the Holy Ghoft for the Office and Work of an Elder in the Church of God, now com- mitted unto thee by the impofition of our hands. And be thou a faithful Difpenfer of the Word of God, and of his holy Sacraments -, in the Name of R The Ordaining of Eiders. 295 of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft. Amen. T M' Then the Superintendent Jlmll deliver to every cne of them, kneeling, the Bible into his hand, frying, AKE thou authority to preach the Word of God, and to adminiikr the holy Sacraments in the Congregation. When this is djne, the Superintendent j?ja!I go on in the Service of the Communion, which all they that re- ceive Orders jhall take together. The Communion being dene, after the lafi CcVefi, and immediately before the Benediction, JhaU l be fa id fheji ColUcls. OST merciful Father, we befeech thee to fend upon thefe thy fervams thy heavenly bleffing; that they may be clothed with righteouf- nefs, and thy Word fpob n by thei mouths, may have fuch fuccefs, that it may never be fpoken in vain. Grant alfo, that we may have grace to hear and receive what they fl all delivt r out of thy moil holy Word, or agreeable to the fame, as the means of our fafvation ; th t in all our words and deeds we may feek thy giory, and the increa'e of thy kingdom, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. T)Revent us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy *■ moft gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all ' ur works begun, con- tinued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain ever- lafting life, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. *TpHE Peace of Gnd. which paffeth all under- -* (landing, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jefus Chrift our Lord : and the bleffing of God Almighty N 4 the 2q6 f^iher, the S the Ho! , be 2nd remain with Aimnl ■ Order cf Deac: :e*s ; the fcTited, anu th.n the EL id for b$ib. 7 be u . \ for Dc:. Urs. The Epiftle ~ ^13. os before in this :e. Immediately aft(r which, they that are to rdained Dea.c examined, and or do in- ed, ai it above prescribed. Then one of them bav- be St, J >hn, x. 1. ■ ls *^ffi C€ > tbey that are to be ordained wife be examined and ordained, Gi is in this OJJfet before appointed. The Form of Ordaining of a Superin- TENDANT. After Morning Prayer is ended, the Superirtendant faaU b*gin the Communion Service j in which this U be The C*1U8. ty God, who by thy Son Jefus Chrifl -^ e to thy holy A nany exec : gifts, and dicft charge thern to feed thv fl fpal of the grace of . And no ye all, of God, (kail fee my face n refore I take you For I I : Take heed I ej, ana to >dk, over the which the He. hath - you Overfeers, to feed the Church of ( which he I :d. For 1 know thi -. pervert things, to N 5 ?# There 298 The Ordination of Superintendents. Therefore watch, and remember, that by the fpace of three years, I ceafed not to warn every one night and day with tears. And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to. build you up, and to give you an inheritance among them who are fan&i- iied. I have coveted no man's filver, or gold, or apparel : yea, ye yourfelves know, that thefe hands have miniftered unto my neceflities, and to them that were with me. I have fhewed you all things, how that fo labouring ye ought to fupport the weak ; and to remember the words of the Lord Jefus, how he faid, It is more blefTed to give than to receive. Then another Elder Jhall read, The Go/pel, St. John, xxi. 15. JESUS faith to Simon Peter, Simon, fon of Jonas loveft thou me more than thefe? He faith unto him, Yea, Lord 5 thou knoweft that I love thee. He (aid unto him, Feed my lambs. He faith to him again the fecond time, Simon, fon of Jonas, loveft thou me? He faith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knoweft that I love thee. He faith unto him, Feed my fheep. He faith unto him the third time, Simon, fon of Jonas, loveft thou me? Peter was grieved becaufe he faid unto him the third time, Loveft thou me ? And he faid unto him, Lord, thou knoweft all things : thou knoweft that I love thee. Jefus faith unto him, Feed my fheep. Or this : St. Matth. xxviii. 18. JESUS came and fpake unto them, faying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth* Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them, In the N-ame of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft ; teaching them to obferve ail The Ordination of Superintendanis,- 299- s1l things whatfoever I have commanded you ; and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. After the Gofpel and the Sermon are endul, the elecled Per/on Jhall be prefented by two Elders unto the Superintendant^ faying, XT7E prefent unto you this godly Man to be or- * * dained a Superintendant. Then the Superintendant Jhall move the Congregation prefent to pray 9 faying thus to them : T)Rethren, it is written in the Gofpel of Saintf -" Luke, That our Saviour Chrift continued the* whole night in prayer, before he did choofe and fend forth his twelve Apoftles. It is written alfd in the A6ts of the Apoftles, That the Difciples who were at Antioch, did fa ft and pray,, before they laid hands on Paul and Barnabas, and fen* them forth. Let us therefore, following the ex- ample of our Saviour Chrift, and his Apoftles, firft fall to Prayer before we admit, and fend forth this perfon prefented unto us, to the work, whereunto we truft the Holy Ghoft hath called him. And then Jhall be fat d the Litany s as before^ in the Form of Ordaining Deacons. Then Jhall be faid this Prayer following. A Lmighty God, giver of al! good things, who by" ■** thy Holy Spirit haft appointed divers orders of minifters in ihy church; mercifully behold this thy fervant now called to the work and min ftry of a Superintendant, and replenim him fo wiih the truth of thy doctrine, aifJ adorn him with innocency of life, that, both by word and deed, he may faithfully ferve thee in this office, to the glory of thy Name and the edifying and well-governing of thy church", N 6 300 The Ordination of Superintendents, through the merits of our Saviour Jefus Chrift, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft, world without end. Amen. Then the Superintend ant fnall fay to him that is to be ordained, T)Rother, forafmuch as the holy Scripture com- 4y mands that we fhould not be hafty in laying on hands, and admitting any perfon to government in the church of Chrift, which he hath purchafed with no lefs price than the efFufion of his own blood; before I admit you to this ad minift ration I will examine you on certain articles, to the end that the congregation prefent may have a trial, and biar witnefs how you are minded to behave yourfelf in the church of God. ARE you perfuaded that you are truly called to ■*• it this min'ui ration, according to the will of our Lord Jefus Chrift? fiver. I am fo perfuaded. The Superintend ant* A REyou perfuaded that the holy Scriptures con- + ^ tain fufilciently ali doctrine required cf necef- fity for eternal fal'vation, through faith in Jefus Chi hi? And are you determined out of the lame holy Scriptures (o inftrucl the people committed to your charge, and to teach or maintain nothing as required of neceffity to eternal falvation, but that which you fhall be perfuaded may be concluded and proved by the fame ? Anfwer. I am perfuaded, and determined by God's grace. The Superintendent. "V^n r ILL you then faithfully exercife yourfelf in * * the fame holy Scriptures, and call upon God by prayer for the true uaderftanding of the fame, fo The Ordination of Superintendents. 301 fo as you may be able by them to teach an i exhort with wholeforne do&rine, and co withftaad and convince the gainfayers ? An fiver. I wili fo do, by the help of God. The Superintendent. A RE you ready, and w th faithful diligence, to "** banifh and drive away all erroneous and ff range dodit in s contrary to God's Word, and both privately and openly to call upon and encourage others to the fame ? Jnfiver. I am ready, the Lord being my helper. The Superintendent* *TT7*ILL you deny all ungodlinefs and worldly * * luffs, and live foberly, righteoufly, and godfy in this prefent world, that you may (hew yourfclf in all things an example of good works unto others, that the adverfary may be afhamed, having nothing to fay againft you ? Anfiver. I will fo do, the Lord being my helper. The Superintendent. ^f^ILL you maintain and fet forward, as much * * as fhall lie in you, quietnefs, love, and peace among all men ; and fuch as (hall be unquiet, difobedient, and criminal within your diftricc, cor- rect and pumfii, according to fuch authority as you have by God's Word, and as (hall be committed unto you. \4nfweY. I will fo do, by the help of God, The Superintendent* X "TrlLL you be faithful in ordaining, fending, or ^* laying hands upon others ? Arfwer. I will fo be, by the help of God. 27* 302 The Ordination of Superintendanisv w The Superintendant. r TLL you (hew yourfelf gentle, and be mer^ cifal, for Chrift's fake, to poor and needy people, and to all ftrangers deftitute of help ? Anfwer. I will Co (hew myfelf, by God's help. Then the Superintend ant Jhall fay, A Lmighty God, our heavenly Father, who hath' ■*■*■ given you a good will to do all thefe things, grant alfo unto you ftrength and power to per- form the fame; that, he accomplilhing in you the good work which he hath begun, you may be found perfect and irreprehenfible at the laft day, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Then /hall Veni Creator Spiritus befaid. pOME, Holy Ghoft, our fouls infpire, ^ And lighten with cekfial fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art IP ho dofl thy fev enfold gifts imparl : Thy blefled unction from above Is comfort, life, and fi r e of love. Enable with perpetual light The dulnefs of our blinded fight. Anoint and cheer our foiled face With the abundance of thy grace. Keep far our foes, give peace at home : Where thou art Guide no ill can come. Teach us to know the Father, Son, And thee of both $ to be but cne ; That through the ages all along, This may be cur endlefs fong, Puaife to thy eternal merit, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit* That The Ordination of Superintendents. 303 That ended, the Superintendent Jhall fay, Lord, hear our prayer. Anf And let our cry come unto thee. Superintendent* Let us pray.. A Lmighty God and mod merciful Father, whcr •*** of thine infinite goodnefs haft given thine only and dearly beloved Soa Jefus Chrifl to be our Re- deemer, and the Author of everlafung life, who, after that he had made perfect our redemption by his death, and was afcended into heaven, poured down his gifts abundantly upon men, making forne Apoftles, Tome Prophets, fome Evangelifts, fome Paftors and Doctors, to the edifying and making perfect his church ; grant, we befeech thee, to this thy fervant fuch grace, that he may evermore be ready to fpread abroad thy gofpel, the glad tidings of reconciliation with thee, and ufe the authority given him, not to destruction, but to falvation ; not to hurt, but to help; fo that, as a wife and faithful fervant, giving to thy Family their portion in due feafon, he may at laft be re- ceived into everiafting joy, through Jefus Chriil our Lord, who, with thee and the Holy Ghoft, liveth and reignetb, One God, world without end. Amen. Then the Superintendant and Elders prefmt fhall lay their Hands upon the Head of the defied P erf on kneeling bef:re them upon his Knees-) the Superin- tendent faying, T* Eceive the Holy Ghoft for the office and work -*^» of a Superintendant in the church of God, now committed unto thee by the impofition of our hands, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and $04 The Ordination of * Superintendanfti ,and of the Holy Ghoft. Amen. And remember that thou ftir up the grace of God which is given thee by this impofirion of our hands ; for God hath not given us the fpirit of fear, but of power, and love, and fobernefs. G' Then the Superintendant /ball deliver him the Bible, frying^ i.IVE heed unto reading, exhortation, and doc- trine. Think upon the things contained in this book. Be diligent in them, that the increafe coming thereby may be manifeft unto all men. Take heed unto thyfelf, and to thy doctrine; for by fo doing thou (halt both fave thyfelf and them that hear thee. Be to the flock of Chrift a fhepherd, not a wolf; feed them, devour them not. Hold up the weak, heal the lick, bind up the broken, bring a^aki the outcafts, feek the loft. Be fo merciful, that you be not too remifs; fo minifier difcipline that you forget not mercy; that when the Chief Shepherd (hall appear, yotf may receive the never-fading crown of glory, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Then the Superintendant /hall proceed in the Commu- nion Servi.e ; with whom the neivly-o r dained Super- intendant) and other Per Jons prc/cnt^ foall communi- cate. And for the la/} ColleM 9 immediately before the Bene- ttfflion, /hall be /aid ihcfe Prayers. rOST merciful Father, we befeech thee to ■*- knd down upon this thy fervant thy heavenly Wcfling, and fo endue him with thy Holy Spirit, that he, preaching thy word, may not only be ear- ned: to reprove, befeech, and rebuke with all pa- tience and doctrine, but alfo m3y be to fuch as be- lieve a wholefomc example in word, in converfa- lion, The Ordination pf Super Intend ants. 305 tion, in love, in faith, in chafMty, and in purity ; that faithfully fulfilling his courfe, at the latter day he may receive the crown of righteoxjfnefs laid up by the Lord, the righteous Judge, who liveth and reigneth one God with the Father and the Holy Ghoft, world without end. Amen* pRevent us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy -*- moft gracious favour and further us with thy continual help, that in all our works begun, con- tinued and ended in th e, we mav glorify thy holy Name, and finally, by thy mercy, obtain evd lad- ing life, through Jefus Chnft our Lord. Amen. 'TpHE peace of God, which pafieth all under- -*- {landing, k' ep your hearts and mnds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his So r\ Jc-fus Chrift our Lord ; and the blefling of. God Al- mighty the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghoft, be amongft you, and remain with you always, dmtn* ARTICLES r 306 j ARTICLES of RELIGION. I. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity. THERE is but one living and true God, ever- lafting, without body, parts, or paffions ; of infinite power, wifdom, and goodnefs ; the Maker and 'TeJerverof all things both vifible and invifible. And in unity of this Godhead there are three Per- fons of ore fubftance, power, and eternity j the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghoft. II. OfthelVord, or Son of God> who was made very Man. ^pHE Son, who is the Word of the Father, be- **■ gotten from ev TpHE Old Teftament is not contrary to the New; -* for bo h in the Old and New feftament ever- - lairing life is offered to mankind by Chrift, who is the only Mediator between God and Man, being both God and Man. Wherefore they are not to be heard, who feign that the old Fathers did look only for tranfitory promifes. Although the law given from God by Mofes, as touching Ceremo- nies and Rites, doth not bind Chriftians, nor ought the Civil Precepts thereof of neceffity to be received in any Commonwealth : yet notwith- ftanding, no Chriftian whatfoever is free from the obedience of the commandments which are called Moral. VII. Of o ARTICLES of RELIGION. 309 VII. Of Original or Birth-fm. Rieinal Sin ftandeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians do vainl) talk), but it is the corrup ion of the nature of every man, that natui ally is ingendered of the offspring of Adam, whereby man is very far gone from original righte- oufnefs, and of his own nature inclined to evil, and that continually. Vill. Of Free-will. '""pHE condition of man after ?he fall of Adam is -* fuch, that he cannot turn and prepare himfelf by his own natural ftrength and works to faith, and calling upon < /od : Wherefore we have no power to do good works plea fa nt and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Chrilt preventing us, that we may have a good-. vill, and working with us, when we have that good-will. IX. Of the Ju ificnion of Man. "Xjt 7E are accounred-righteous before God, only * * for the merit of pur Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift, by faith, and not for our own works or de- fervings : wherefore, that we are juftified by faith only, is a rnotl whoieiome doctrine, and very full of comfort. A' X. Of good Works. Lthough good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after J unification, cannot put away our fins, and endure the fevetit) of God's judgment ; yet are thev pleafing and acceptable to God inChrsft, and fpring out of a true and lively Faith, infomuch £hat by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known, as a tree difcerned b) us fruit. XI. Of S ro ARTICLES of RELIGION, XI. Of Works of Supererogation. ^rOluntary Works, befides, over and above ^ God's Commandments, which they call Works of Supererogation, cannot be taught without arrogancy and impiety. For by them men do declare, That they do. not only render unto God as much as they are bound to do, but that they do more for his fake than of bounden duty is required : whereas Chrift faith plainly, When ye have done all that is commanded you, £ay 3 We are unprofitable fervants. XII. Of Sin after purification \ NOT every fin willingly committed after Justi- fication, is the fit) againft the Holy Ghoft, and unpardonable. Wherefore the grant of re- pentance is not to be denied to fuch as fall into fin, , after juftification : after we have received the Holy Ghoft, we may depart from grace given, and fall into fin, and by the gr*ce of God rife again, and amend our lives^ And therefore they are to be condemned who fay they can no more (til as long as they "live here, or deny the place of forgivenefs to fuch as truly repent. XIII. Of the Church. THE vifible Church of Chrift is a Congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments duly ad- niiniftered according to Chrift's Ordinance, in all thofe things that of neceffity are requifite to the fame. XIV. Of Purgatory. ' TH E Romifli DocVine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Worihipping, and Adoration, as Well of Images, as of Rcliques, and a!fo Invoca- 4 tion ARTICLES of RELIGION. 3 u lion of Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no warrant of Scripture, but re- pugnant to the Word of God. XV. Of /peaking in the Congregation in /uch a Tongue as the People underjland. jT is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of -* God, and the Cuftom of the Primitive Church, to have Publick Prayer in the Church, or to mi- ni fter the Sacraments in a Tongue not underilood by the People. XVI. Of the Sacraments. QAcraments ordained of Chrift, are not only ^ badges or tokens of Chriftian Men's Profeflion ; but rather they are certain Signs of Grace, and God's good Will towards us, by the which he doth work invifibly in us, and doth not only quick- en, but alfo ftrengthen and confirm our faith in him. There are two Sacraments ordained of Chrift our Lord in the Gofpel ; that is to fay, Bapiifm, and the Supper of che Lord. Thofe five commonly called Sacraments ; that is to fay, Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matri- mony, and extreme Unflion, are not to be count- ed for Sacraments of the Goipel, being fuch as have grown, partly of the corrupt following of the Apodles, partly are ftates of life allowed in the Scriptures : but yet have noc the like nature of Baptifm and the Lord's Supper, becaufe they have not any viable Sign or Ceremony ordained of God. The facraments were not ordained of Chrift (o be gazed upon, or to be carried about ; but that we Ihould duly ufe them. And in fuch only, as wor- thily receive the fame, they have a wholfbme effeft er operation : but they that receive them unwor- thily 312 ARTICLES of RELIGION. thily, purchafe to themfelves condemnation, as Saint P ul faith. B' XVII. Of Baptifm. > Aptlfm is not only a fign of profeflion, and mark of difference, whereby Chriftians are diftin- guifhed'from others that are not baptized s but it is alfo a fign of regeneration, or the new birth. The baptifm of yx>ung children is to be retained in the church. XVIII. Of the Lord's Supper. ^pHE Supper of the Lord is not only a fign of the -* love that Chriftians ought to have among themfelves one to ano>her, but rather is a facra- mem of our redemption by ChrifPs death : Info- much, that to fuch as rightly, worthily, and with faith receive the fame, the bread which we break is a parraki? g < f the body of Chrift ; and likewife the cup of blcffing is a partaking of the blood of Chrift. Tranfubftantia'.ion, or the change of the fub- ftance of bread and wine in the fupper of the Lord, cannot be proved by holy writ; buc is repugnant to the plain words of bcripture, ovenhr . weth the nature of a facrament, and hath given occafion to many fuperftitions. The body of Chrift is gj^en, taken, and eaten in the fupper, only *fter an heavenly and fpiritual manner. And the mean whereby the body of Chnft is received and eaten in the fupper, is faith. The facrament of the Lord's fupper was not by. Chrift's ordinance referved, carried about, lifted up, or worfliipped. of ARTICLES of RELIGION, 313 XIX. Of both Kinds. *TpHE cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the * lay-people; for both the parts of the Lord's Supper, by Chrift's ordinance and commandment^ ought to be rniniftered to all Chriftians alike* XX. Of the One Oblation of Cbrifl, finifhed upon the Crofs. /"TpHE offering of Chrift once made, is that per* -*• fe£t redemption, propitiation, and fatisfadtion for all the fins of the whole world, both original and actual ; and there is none other fatisfadtion for fin but that alone. Wherefore the facrifice of maffes, in the which it is commonly faid that the prieft doth offer Chrift for the quick and the dead,, to have remiffion of pain or guilt, is a blafphemous fable r and dangerous decti. XXI. Of the Marriage of Mimjlcrs. *"pHE minifters of Chrift are not commanded by ; -*• God's law either to vow the eftate of Tingle life, or to abfrain from marriage; therefore it is lawful for them, as for ail other Chriftians, to marry at their own difcretion, a< they (hall jud^c the fame to ferve beft to godiinefs. XXII. Of the Rites and Cerimon'.es of Churches** TT is not neceffary *that rites and ceremonies -^ fhould in all places be the fame, or exactly alike; for they have been always different, and may be changed according to the diverfity of coun- tries, times, and men's manrers, fo that nothing: be ordained againft God's word. VV hofoever, through his private judgment, willingly and par- pofely doth openly break the ntes and ceremonies O of 3H ARTICLES of RELIGION. of the church to which he belongs, which are not repugnant to the word of God, and are ordained and approved by common authority, ought to be rebuked openly, that others may fear to do the like, as one that offendeth againft the common order of the church, and woundeth the conferences of weak brethren. Every particular church may ordain, change, or abolifh rites and ceremonies, fo that all things may be done to edification. XXIII. Of Chrjjlian Men's Goods. > TpHE riches and goods of Chriftians are not «* common as touching the right, title, and pof- feffion of the fame, as fome do falfely boaft. Not- withftanding, every man ought, of fuch things as he poffeffeth, liberally to give alms to the poor ac* cording to his ability. XXIV. Of a Chrijlian Man's Oath. A S we confefs that vain and rafli fvvearing is *~*- forbidden Chriftian men by our Lord Jefus Chrift, and James his apoftle ; fo we judge that the Chriftian religion doth not prohibit, but that a man may fwear when ihe magiftrate requireth, in a oaufe of faith and charity, fo it be done according to the Prophet's teaching, in juftice, judgment, and truth. FINIS. MINUTES Of SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN The Rev. THOMAS COKE, ll. d, The Rev. FRANCIS ASBURY AND OTHERS, at a CONFERENCE, begum in Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, on Monday, the 2jtb. of December, in the Year 1784. Composing a FORM of DISCIPLINE for the Ministers, Priachers and other Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in AMERICA. •cct co*? cocoecoo mm o*oo mm com mm com. PHILADELPHIA: Printed by CHARLES CIST, in Arch. Street, the Corner of Fourth-Strest. m,»cc,lxxxv, MINUTES, &c. IT is defircd, That all Things be confidcrcd as in the immediate Prefence of God : That every Perfon fpeak freely whatever is in his Heart. Queftion i . How may we beft improve the Time of our Conferences ? Anfwer i . While we are converling, let us have an cfpecial Care, to fet God always before us. 2. In the intermediate Hours, let us redeem all th« Time we can for private Exercifes : 3. Therein let us give ourfelves to Prayer for one another, and for a Blefiing on our Labour. Q^ 2. What can be done in order to the future Union of the Methodifts ? A. During the Life of the Rev. Mr. Wefley, we acknowledge ourfelves his Sons in the Gofpel, ready in Matters belonging to Church-Government, to obey his Commands. And we do engage after his Death, to do every Thing that we judge confident with the Caufe of Religion in America and the political In- terefts of thefe States, to preferve and promote our Union with the Methodifts in Europe. Q^ 3. As the Eccltffiaftical as well as Civil Affair* of thefe United States have pafled through a very con- siderable Change by the Revolution, what Plan of Church-Government mall we hereafter purfue ? A. We will form ourfelves into an Epifcopal Church under the Direction of Superintendents, Elders, Dea- cons and Helpers, according to the Forms of Ordinal tion annexed to our Liturgy, and the Form of Difci- pline fet forth in thefe Minutes* A (^4, [ 4 3 Q^ 4- What may we reafonably believe to be GodY Defign in raifing up the Preachers called Methodijis? A. To reform the Continent, and to fpread fcrip- tural Holinefs over thefe Lands. Q^ 5. What was the Rife of Methodijm, fo called ? A. In 1729, two young Men, reading the Bible, faw they could not be faved without Holinefs, followed after it, and incited others fo to do. In 1737, they faw Holinefs comes by Faith. They faw iikewife, that Men are juftified, before they are fanclified: but flill Holinefs was their Point. God then thruft them out, utterly againft their Will, to raife an holy Peo- ple. When Satan could no otherwife hinder this, he threw Calvinifm in the way ; and then Antinomianijm , which ftrikes directly at the Pvoot of all Holineis. Q. 6. Is it adviiable for us to preach in as many Places as we can, without forming any Societies ? A. By no Means ; we have made the Trial in va- rious Places : and that for a confiderable Time. But all the Seed has fallen as by the Wav-fide. There is fcarce any Fruit remaining. Q^ 7. Where mould we endeavour to preach molt? A. 1. Where there is the greateft Number of quiet and willing Hearers: 2. Where there is moft Fruit. Q^ 8. Is Fieid-preaching unlawful ? A. We conceive not. We do not know that it is contrary to any Law either of God or Man. Q% 9. Have we not uied it too fparingly ? A. It ieems we have: I. Becaufe our Call is to fave that which Is loft. Now we cannot expect them to feek us. Therefoie we mould go and leek them. 2. Becaufe we are particularly called, by going into the Highways and Hedges , to compel them to come in. 3. Becaufe that Reafon againft it is not good, " The Houfe will hold all that come." The Houfe may hold all that come to the Houfe ; but not all that would come to the Field. The greateft Hindrance to this you are to expect from rich, or cowardly, or la?y Methodijis^ But re- gard t&em not, neither Stewards, Leaders, nor Peo- ple, [ 5 1 pie. Whenever the Weather will permit, go out in God's Name into the moil public Places, and call all to repent and believe the Gofpel : Every Sunday, in particular : efpecially where there are old Societies, left they fettle upon their Lees. Q^ 10. Ought we not diligently to obferve, in what Places God is pleafed at any Time to pour out his Spirit more abundantly ? A. We ought, and at that Time to fend more La- bourers than ufual into that Part of the Harveft. Q^ II. How often fhall we permit Strangers to be prefent at the Meeting of the Society ? A. At every other Meeting of the Society in every Place, let no Stranger be admitted. At other Times they may ; but the fame Perfon not above twice or thrice. In order to this, fee that all in every Place fhew their Tickets before they come in. If the Stew- ards and Leaders are not exact herein, employ others that have more Refolution. Q^ 12. How often fhall we permit Strangers to be prefent at our Love-Feafts ? A. Let them be admitted with the utmoft Caution; and the fame Perfon on no account above twice, un- lefs he becomes a Member. Q^ 13. How may the Leaders of ClafTes be made more ufeful ? A. 1. Let each of them be diligently examined concerning his Method of meeting a Clafs. Let this be done with all pofiible Exa&nefs at the Quarterly Vifttation. And in order to this, allow fuificient Time for the Viiiting of each Society. 2. Let each Leader carefully inquire how every Soul in his Clafs profpers. Not only how each Perfon obferves the outward Rules, but how he grows in the Knowledge and Love of God. 3. Let the Leaders converfe with the Affiftant fre- quently and freely. Ql 14. Can any Thing farther be done in order to make the Meetings of the Claifes lively and profit. able ? A. 1. I 6 1 A. U Change improper Leaders. 2. Let the Leaders frequently meet each other's ClafTes. 3. Let us obferve which Leaders are the moil ufe- ful. And let thefe meet the other CiaiTes as often as poiSble. 4. See that all the Leaders be not only Men of found Judgment, but Men truly devoted to God. Q^ 15. How can we farther affiil thole under our Care ? A. 1. By meeting the married Men and Women together, the firft Sunday after the Quarterly Meet- ing ; the fingle Men and Women apart, on the two following; in all the large Societies. 2. By inilructing them at their own Houfes. What tinfpeakable Need is there of this ? The World fay " The Methoditts are no better than other People." This is not true. But it is nearer the Truth than we are willing to believe. For 1. Pergonal Religion either toward God or Man, is amazingly fuperncial among us. We can but juil touch on a few Generals. How little Faith is there among us ? How little Commu- nion with God ? How little living in Heaven, walk- ing in Eternity, Deadnefs to every Creature ? How much Love of the World ? Defire of Pleafure, of Eafe, ofPraiie, of getting Money ? How little brotherly Love ? What continual Judg- ing one another ? What Gofllpping, Evil-fpeaking, Tale-bearing ? What Want of moral Honeity ? To inftance only one or two Particulars : Who does as he would be done by, in buying and felling ? Particularly in felling Hories ? Write him Knave that does not. And the Methodift-Knave is the worft of all Knaves. 2. Family-Religion is ihamcfully wanting, and al- xnoft in every Branch. And the Methodilts in general will be little the better, till we take quite another Courfe with them. For what avails Public Preaching alone, though we could preach like Angels ? Wc [ 7 ] We mull, yea, every Travelling-Preacher miift In- #ruft them from Hou/e to Houfe. Till this is done, and that in good earneft, the Methodiils will be little tetter than other People. Our Religion is not deep, univerfal, uniform ; but fuperficial, partial, uneven. It will be ib, till we fpend half as much Time in this lifting, as we now do in Talking ufelefsly. Can we find a better Method of doing this thaa Mr. Baxter's ? If not, let us adopt it without delay. His whole Tract, intided Gildas Salvianus, is well worth a careful Perufal. Speaking of this Vifiting from Houfe to Houfe, he fays, (p. 351.) u We mall find many Hindrances, both in our- felves and in the People, i. In ourfelves, there is much Dulnefs and Lazi- nefs, fo that there will be much ado to get us to be faithful in the Work. 2. We have a bafe, man-pleafing Temper, fo that we let Men periih, rather than lofe their Love ; we let them go quietly to Hell, left we mould anger them. 3. Some of us have alfo a foolifh Baftifulnefs. We know not how to begin, and bluih to contradict the Devil. 4. But the greateft Hindrance is Weaknefs of Faith. Our whole Motion is weak, becaufe the Spring ©fit is weak. 5. Laftly, We are unfkilful in the Work. Plow few know how to deal with Men, fo as to get within them, and fuit all our Difcourfe to their feveral Con- ditions and Tempers : To chufe the fitteft Subjects, and follow them with a holy Mixture of Serioufnefs, and Terror, and Love, and Meeknefs ? But undoubtedly this private Application is implied in thofe folemn Words of the Apoftle, I charge thee before God and the Lord Jefus Chrijl, who /hall judge the i^uick and Dead at his Appearing, preach the JVotd, be injiiint in Seafon, out of Seajon : reprove, rebuke, ex~ bort, with all L*ong-faffering. O Brethren, if we could but fet this Work en foot t 8 ] in all our Societies, and profecute it zealoufly, what Glory would redound to God ? If the common Luke- warmnefs were bammed, and every Shop and every Houfe buried in fpeaking of the Word and Works of God, furely God would dwell in our Habitations, and make us his Delight. And this is abfolutely neceiTary to the Welfare of our People, many of whom neither believe nor repent to this Day. Look round and fee how many of them are frill in apparent Danger of Damnation. And how can you walk, and talk, and be merry with fuch Peo- ple, when you know their Cafe ? Methinks when you look them in the Face, you mould break forth in- to Tears, as the Prophet did when he looked upon Hazael ; and then fet on them with the mofl vehement and importunate Exhortations. O, for God's fake, and for the fake of poor Souls, beltir yourfelves, and fpare no Pains that may conduce to their Salvation 1 What Caufe have we to bleed before the Lord this Day, that we have fo long neglected this good Work ! If we had but fet upon it fooner, how many more might have been brought to Chriil ? Arid how much holier and happier might we have made our Societies before now ? And why might we not have done it fooner ? There were many Hindrances : And fo there always will be. But the greatefl Hindrance was in ourfelves, in our Littlenefs of Faith and Love. But it is objected, I. This will take up fo much Time, that we fhall not have Leifure to follow our Studies. We anfwer, I. Gaining Knowledge is a good Thing, but faving Souls is a better. 2. By this very Thing you will gain the molt excellent Knowledge, that of God and Eternity. 3. You will have Time for gaining other Knowledge too. Only fleep not more than you need ; and never be idle or tr flingly employed. But 4. If you can do but one, let your Studies alone. I would throw by all the Libraries in the World rather than be guilty of the Lofs of one Soul. It is objected, II. " The People will not fubmit to it." If feme will not, others will. And the Succefs with [ 9 ] with them, will repay all your Labour. O let us herein follow the Example of St. Paul. I. For our general Bufinefs, Serving the Lord, roper Perfons from Preaching among us as Travel- ing-Preachers ? A. Let no Perfon be employed as a Travelling- Preacher, unlefs his Name be printed in the Minutes of the Conference preceding, or a Certificate be given him under the Hand of one'or other of the Superin^ tendents, or, in their Abfencc, of three Afuilants as is hereafter provided. And, for this Purpofe, let the Minutes of the Conference be always printed. Q^ 37. What fhall be the regular annual Salary of the Elders, Deacons and Helpers ? A. Twenty-four Pounds (Pennfylvania-Currency) and no more. CX 38. What fliall be annually allowed the Wives fof the married Preachers ? A. 1 wentv- ' t '5 1 A. Twenty-four Pounds (Pennfylvania-Currency) if they need it, and no more. Q^ 39. How is this to be provided ? A. By the Circuits proportionately. Q, 40. What fhall be allowed the married Preach- ers for the Support of their Children ? A. For each of their Children under the Are of fix Years, let them be allowed fix Pounds (Pennfylvania- Currency) : and for each Child of the Age of fix and under the Age of eleven, eight Pounds. Ch 41. Are there any Directions to be given con- cerning the Negroes ? A. Let every Preacher, as often as pofTible, meet them in Clafs. And let the Affiiiant always ap- point a proper White Per/on as their Leader. Let the AfTiftants alfo make a regular Return to the Con- ference, of the Number of Negroes in Society in their refpeclive Circuits. Qi. 42. What Methods can we take to extirpate Slavery ? A. We are deeply confcious of the Impropriety of making new Terms of Communion for a religious Society already eftablifhed, excepting on the mofr. preffing Occafion : and fuch we efteem the Practice of holding our Fellow-Creatures in Slavery. We view it as contrary to the Golden Law of God on which hang all the Law and the Prophets, and the unalien- able Rights of Mankind, as well as every Principle of the Revolution, to hold in the deepeft Debafement, in a more abject Slavery than is perhaps to be found in any Part of the World except America, fo many Souls that are all capable of the Image of God. We therefore think it our mod bounden Duty, to take immediately fome eiFeclual Method to extirpate this Abomination from among us: And for that Pur- pofe we add the following to the Rules of our Society; viz. 1 . Every Member of our Society who has Slaves ia his Poffeffion, ftiall within twelve Months after Notice given to him by the Afliftant (which Notice the Af- fiilant 5 [ «s J fiftants are required immediately and without any De- lay to give in their refpe&ive Circuits) legally execute and record an Inftrument, whereby he emancipates and fets free every Slave in his PorTefiion who is be- tween the Ages of Forty and Forty-five immediate' « , or at fartheft when they arrive at the Age of Forty- five : . And every Slave who is between the Ages of Twenty-J five and Forty immediately, or at fartheft at the Ex- piration of five Years from the Date of the laid In- ftrument : And every Slave who is between the Ages of Twenty and Twenty-five immediately, or at fartheft when they arrive at the Age of Thirty : And every Slave under the Age of Twenty, as foon as they arrive at the Age of Twenty-five at fartheft. And every Infant born in Slavery after the above- mentioned Rules are complied with, immediately on its Birth. 2. Every Afliftant fhall keep a Journal, in which he fhall regularly minute down the Names and Ages of all the Slaves belonging to all the Mafters in his refpe&ive Circuit, and alfo the Date of every Inftrument exe- cuted and recorded for the ManumifTion of the Slaves, with the Name of the Court, Book and Folio, in which the faid Inftruments refpe&ively fhall have been recorded : Which Journal fhall be handed down in each Circuit to the fucceeding Afliftants. 3. In Confideration . that thefe Rules form a new Term of Communion > every Perfon concerned, who will not comply with them, fhall have Liberty quietly to withdraw himfelf from our Society within the twelve Months fucceeding the Notice given as aforefaid : Otherwife the Afliftant fhall exclude him in the Society. 4. No Perfon fo voluntarily withdrawn, or fo ex- cluded, fhall ever partake of the Supper of the Lord with the Methodifts, till he complies with the above- Requifitions. 5. No Perfon holding Slaves fhall, in future, be admitted into Society or to the Lord's Supper, till he pre- [ si 3 previoufly complies with thefe Rules concerning Slavery. N. B. Thefe Rules are to affect the Members of our Society no farther than as they are confiftent with the Laws of the States in which they refide. And refpecling our Brethren in Virginia that are concerned, and after due Confideration of their pecu- liar Circumftances, we allow them two Tears from the Notice given, to confider theExpedience of Compliance or Non-Compliance with thefe Rules. Q^ 43. What fhall be done with thofe who buy or fell Slaves, or give them away ? A. They are immediately to be expelled : unlefs they buy them on purpofe to free them. Q^ 44. Are there any Directions to be given con- cerning the Adminiftration of the Lord's Supper ? A. 1. Let it be recommended to the People to re- ceive it kneeling : but let them at the fame time be in- formed that they may receive it either Jlanding or fitting. z. Let no Perfon who is not a Member of the So- ciety, be admitted to the Communion without a Sacra- ment Ticket, which Ticket muft be changed every Quarter. And we empower the Elder or AfTirtant, and no others, to deliver thefe Tickets. Q^ 45. Is there any Direction to be given concern- ing the Adminiftration ofBaptifm ? A. Let every adult Perfon, and the Parents of every Child, to be baptized, have their Choice either of//»- merfion or Sprinkling, and let the Elder or Deacon con- duct himfelf accordingly. Q^ 46. What fhall be done with thofe who were baptized in their Infancy, but have now Scruples con-* cerning the Validity of Infant-Baptifm ? A. Remove their Scruples, by Argument , if you can; if not, the Office may be performed by Immerfion or Sprinkling, as the Perfon defires. CL 47. Shall Perfons who continue to attend Divine Service and partake of the Lord's Supper with other Churches, have Liberty at the fame time to be Mem- bers of our Society ? C A. They [ *» J A. They fhall have full Liberty, if they comply with our Rules. Q^ 48. Are there any Direclions to be given con- cerning the Fees of Office ? A. We will on no account whatfoever fuffer any El- der or Deacon among us to receive a Fee or Prejent for adminiftering the Ordinance of Marriage, Baptifm, or the Burial of the Dead. Freely we have received,, and freely we will give. Q. 49. What general Method of employing our Time would you advife us to ? A. We advife you, 1. As often as poffible to rife at four. 2. From four to five in the Morning, and from five to fix in the Evening, to meditate, pray, and read, partly the Scripture with Mr. Wejley's Notes, partly the clofely-pra&ical Parts of what he has publifhed. 3. From fix in the Morning till twelve (allowing an Hour for Breakfaft) to read in Order, with muck Prayer, the Chrifian Library y and other pious Books. Q^ 50. Why is it that the People under our Care are not better ? A. Other Reafons may concur ; but the chief is, becaufe nve are not more knowing and more holy. Qj_ 51* But why are not we more knowing ? A. Becaufe we are idle. We forget our very firft Rule, "Be diligent. Never be unemployed. Never be triflingly employed. Never while away Time ; neither fpend any more Time at any Place than is ftri&ly ne- cefTary." I fear there is altogether a Fault in this Matter, and that few of us are clear : Which of you fpends as many Hours a-day in God 7 s Work y as you did formerly in Man's Work ? We talk, talk, — or read Hiftory, or what comes next to hand. We muft, abfolutely muft, cure this Evil, or betray the Caufe of God. But how ? 1. Read the mofi ufeful Books, and that regularly and conftantly. Steadily fpend all the Morn- ing in this Employ, or at lead five Hours in four and twenty. "But I have no Tafe for Reading." Contract a Tafte I '9 ] Tafte for it by Ufe, or return to your Trade. "But I have no Books." We defire the Afliftants will take Care that all the large Societies provide Mr. Wejlrfs Works for the Ufe of the Preachers. 2. In the Afternoon follow Mr. Baxters Plan. Then you will have no Time to fpare : you will have Work enough for all your Time. Then likewife no Preacher will itay with us who is as Salt that has loft its Savour. For to fuch this Employment would be mereDrudgeiy. And in order to it, you will have need of all the Know- ledge you can procure. The Sum is, Go into every Honfe in courfe, and teach every one therein, young and old, if they belong to us, to be Chriftians inwardly and outwardly. Make every Particular plain to their Underlianding; fix it in their Memory ; write it on their Heart. In or- der to this, there mull be Line upon Line, Precept upon Precept. What Patience, what Love, what Knowledge is requifite for this ! We muft needs do this, were it only to avoid Idle- nefs. Do we not loiter away many Hours in every Week? Each try himfelf : No Idlenefs is con/iftent with Growth in Grace. Nay, without Exaclnefs in redeeming Time, you cannot retain the Grace you re- ceived in Juftification. But what mall we do for the Rijing Generation ? Who will labour for them ? Let him who is zealous for God and the Souls of Men begin noiv. 1. Where there are ten Children whole Parents are iit Society, meet them at lealt an Hour every Week: 2. Talk with them every time you fee any at home; 3. Pray in Earneil for them ; 4. Diligently inllrud and vehemently exhort all Pa- rents at their own Houfes : 5. Preach exprefsly on Education. "But I have no Gift for this." Gift or no Gift, you are to do it; elfe you are not called to be a Methodift Preacher : Do it as you can, till you can do it as you would. Pray ear- neftly for the Gift, and ufe the Means for it. Q^ 52, Why are not ive more holy ? Why do not • we [ 20 ] we live in Eternity? Walk with God all the Day long? Why are we not all devoted to God? Breathing the whole Spirit of MiJJionaries f A. Chiefly becaufe we are Enthufiafts ; looking for the End without ufing the Means. To touch only upon two or three Inflances : Who of you rifes at four ? Or even at five, when he does not preach ? Do you recommend to all our Societies the five o' Clock Hour for private Prayer ? Do you obferve it ? Or any other fixt Time : Do not you find by Experience that any ti?ne is no time f Do you know the Obligation and the Benefit of Faft- ing T How often do you practjfe it ? The Neglect of this alone is fufficient to account for our Feeblenefs and Faintnefs of Spirit. We are con- tinually grieving the Holy Spirit of God by the habi- tual Neglect of a plain Duty. Let us amend from this Hour! Q^ 53. But how can I faft fince it hurts my Health ? A. There are feveral Degrees of Fafting, which can not hurt your Health. We will inftance in one. Let us every Friday (beginning on the next) avow this Duty throughout the Continent, by touching no Tea, Coffee or Chocolate in the Morning, but (if we want it) half a Pint of Milk or Water-Gruel. Let us dine on Ve- getables, and (if we need it) eat three or four Ounces of Flefh in the Evening. At other Times let us eat no Flefh-fuppers. Thefe exceedingly tend to breed ner- vous Diforders. Qi. 54. What is the beft general Method of Preaching ? A. 1. To convince: 2. To offer Chrift : 3. To build up : And to do this in fome Meafuve in every Sermon. Q^ 55. Are there any fmaller Advices relative to Preaching, which might be of Ufe to us ? A. Perhaps thefe, 1. Be lure never to difappoint a Congregation, unlefs in cafe of Life or Death: 2. Begin precifely at the Time appointed: 3- Let E 21 ] • 3. Let your whole Deportment before the Congre- gation be ferious, weighty and folemn : 4. Always fuit your Subject to your Audience: 5. Chufe the plaineft Texts you can : 6. Take care not to ramble, but keep to your Text, and make out what you take in Hand : 7. Take care of any Thing aukward or affected either in your Gefture, Phrafe or Pronunciation : 8. Sing no Hymns of your own Composing: 9. Print nothing without the Approbation of one or other of the Superintendents. 10. Do not ufually pray ex tempore above eight or ten Minutes (at moil) without Intermiffion : 11. Frequently read and inlarge upon a Portion of the Notes : And let young Preachers often exhert with- out taking a Text : 12. Aiways kneel during public Prayer : i). Every where avail yourfelf of the great Fefli- vals by Preaching on the Occafion : 14. Beware of Clowniihnefs. Re courteous to all : 15. Be merciful to your Bead. Not only ride mo- derately, but fee with your own Eyes that your Horfe be rubbed and fed. Q. 56. Have not fome of us been led off from Prac- tical Preaching by (what was called) preaching Chrijl ? A. indeed we have. The mod effectual Way of preaching Chrill, is to preach him in- all his Offices, and to declare his Lauo as well as his Go/pel both to Believers and Unbelievers. Let us ftrongly and clofe- ly infill upon inward and outward Holinefs in all its Branches, Q^ 57. How lhall we guard againft Formality it% Singing ? A. 1. By chufing fuch Hymns as are proper for the Congregation : 2. By not Singing too much at once ; feldom more than five or fix Verfes : 3. By fuiting the Tune to the Words : 4. By often flopping ihort and afoing the People, " Now '. Do you know what you faid lail? Did you fpeak no more than you felt?" 5. Do not fuffer the People to fing too flow, This [ ** ] This naturally tends to Formality, and is brought in by them who have either very firong or very weak Voices. 6. In every large Society let them learn to fing : And let them always learn our own Tunes firft. 7. Let the Women conftantly fing their Parts alone. Let no Man fing with them, unlefs he understands the Notes, and fings the Bafe as it is pricked down in the Tune- Book. 8. Introduce no new Tunes till they are perfect in the old. 9. Recommend our Tune- Book every where : and if you cannot fing yourfelf, chufe a Perfon or two in each Place to pitch the Tune for you. 10. Exhort every one in the Congregation to fing, not one in ten only. 11. If a Preacher be prefent, let no Singer give out the Words. 12. When they would teach a Tune to the Congregation, they mult fing only the Tenor. CL 58. Who is the Affiftant ? A. That Preacher in each Circuit, who is appointed from Time to Time to aiFift the Superintendents in the Charge of the Societies and the other Preachers therein. Q. 59- How mould an Affiftant be qualified for his Charge ? A. By walking clofely with God, and having his Work greatly ar Heart : And by underflanding and loving Difcipline, Ours in particular. Q^ 60. What is the Bufinefs of an Affiftant? A. I* To fee that the other Preachers in his Cir- cuit behave well, and want nothing. 2. To renew the Tickets quarterly, and regulate the Bands. 3. To take in, or put out of the Society or the Bands. 4. To appoint all the Stewards and Leaders, and change them when he fees it neceflary. 5. To keep Watch-Nights and Love-Feafts. 6. To hold Quarterly-Meetings, and therein diligently to inquire both into the temporal and fpiritual "State of each Society. 7. To take care that every Society be duly fupplied with Books: Par- ticularly with Kempis, the InfiruSiions for Children, and the Primitive Ph\Jic> which ought to be in every jioufe. 8. To take exact Lifts of his Societies and bring I 23 ] bring them to the Conference, o. To fend an Ac- count of his Circuit every half Year to one of the Su- perintendents, io. To meet the married Men and Women, and the fingle Men and Women in the large Societies once a Quarter, n. To overlook the Ac- counts of all the Stewards. Q^ 61. Are there any other Directions, which you would give the Afiiftants ? A. Several. 1. Take a regular Catalogue of your Societies, as they live in Houfe-ro nor wrought Right eoufnefs. Is this an Exception to the general Rule ? It is a Doubt whether God makes any Exception at all. But how are we fure that the Perfon in queftion never did fear God and work Righteoufnefs ? His own Thinking fo, is not Proof. For we know how all that are convinced of Sin, undervalue themfelves in every Refpecl. 6. Does not Talking without proper Caution of a juftified or JanBified State, tend to mi (lead Men? Almolt naturally leading them to truit in what was done in one Moment 1 Whereas we are every Moment pleafing or difpleafrng God, according to our Works ; Ac- cording to the whole of our prefent inward Tempers and outward Behaviour. COLLECTION O F Pfalms and Hymns FOR THE L O R D's DAY. PUBLISHED BY JOHN W E S L E T, M. A. Late Fellow of Lincoln-College, Oxford ; AND CHARLES WESLEY, M. A. Late Student of Chrijl-Church, Oxford, LONDON: Printed in the Year MDCCLXXXIV, A COLLECTION O F PSALMS and HYMNS. PSALM I. } T"}1.EST is the man, and none but he, jO Who walfcl not with ungodly men, Nor Oands their evil deeds to fee, Nor fits the Innocent t'arraign, The persecutor's guile to (hare, Oppreffive in the fcorner's chair. % Obedience is his pure delight, To do the pieafure of his Lord ; His exercife by day and night To fearch his foul converting word, The lav/ of liberty to prove, The perfect law of life and love. 3 Fan: by the ftreams of paradife He as a pleasant plant fha!l grow; The tree of righteoufnefs fha!l rife, And all his blooming honours (hew, Spread out his boughs, and flourish fair, And fruit unto perfection bear, A a a His [ 4 ] I His verdant leaf fhall never fade, His works of faith fhall never ceafe, His happy toil (hall all fucceed Whom God himfelf delights to blefs : But no fuccefs th' ungodly find, Scattered like chaff before the wind* ; No portion and no place have they With thofe whom God vouchfafes t'approve : Cait in the dreadful judgment-day, Who trample on their Saviour's love, Who here their bleeding Lord deny, Shall periihj and for ever die. PSALM III. 1 OEE, O Lord, my foes increafe, ^ Mark the troublers of my peace, Fiercely 'gainft my foul they rife, " Heaven, they fay, its help denies,