bands of those sins, which by | to his glorious power, unto our frailty we have commit- all patience and long-sufferted: Grant this, O heavenly ing with joyfulness; giving Father, for Jesus Christ's thanks unto the Father, sake, our blessed Lord and which hath made us meet to Saviour. Amen. be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. WE The Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 18. HILE Jesus spake Lord Jesus Christ, praying these things unto John The Epistle. Col. i. 3. always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints; for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel; which is come unto you, as it is in all the world, and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth. As ye also learned of Epaphras, our dear fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding: that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according W disciples, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. (And behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment; for she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment,, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and, when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort, thy faith hath made thee whole, And the woman was made whole from that hour.) And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, he said unto them, Give place; for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. The Gospel. St. John vi. 5. The five and twentieth Sunday WHEN Jesus then lift after Trinity. The Collect. STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Jer. xxiii. 5. BEHOLD, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign, and prosper, and shall execute judgement and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his Name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but, The Lord liveth, which brought up, and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north-country, and from all countries whither I had up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? (And this he said to prove him; for he himself knew what he would do.) Philip answered him, Two hundred penyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's bro ther, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes; but what are they among so many? And Jesus said, Make the men sit down, Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, and, when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down, and likewise of the fishes, as much as they would, When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them. together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley-loaves, which | Scripture saith, Whosoever remained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that that Prophet that should come into the world. If there be any more Sundays before Advent Sunday, the Service of some of those Sundays, that were omitted after the Epiphany, shall be taken in to supply so many as are here wanting. And if there be fewer, the overplus may be omitted: Provided that this last Collect, Epistle, and Gospel_shall always be used upon the Sunday next before Advent. believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent. As it is white ten, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! But they have not all obeyed the Gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. But Esaias is" very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. But to Israel he | Jesus Christ, to whom, with saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. JES of men. thee and the Holy Ghost, be OW therefore ye are N no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the houshold of God; and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone; in whom all the building, fitly Spirit. T also are The Gospel. St. Matth. iv. 18. ESUS, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, (for they were fishers;) and he saith unto them, Follow me ; and I will make you fishers And they straightway left their nets, and fol-framed together, groweth unlowed him. And going on to an holy temple in the ye from thence he saw other Lord; in whom two brethren, James the son builded together for an habiof Zebedee, and John his bro-tation of God, through the ther, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their The Gospel. St. John xx. 24. nets; and he called them. HOMAS, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But Saint Thomas the Apostle. he said unto them, Except I The Collect. shall see in his hands the LMIGHTY and ever-print of the nails, and put living God, who for the my finger into the print of more confirmation of the the nails, and thrust my hand faith didst suffer thy holy into his side, I will not beApostle Thomas to be doubt- lieve. And after eight days ful in thy Son's resurrection; again his disciples were withGrant us so perfectly, and in, and Themas with them: without all doubt, to believe then came Jesus, the doors in thy Son Jesus Christ, that being shut, and stood in the our faith in thy sight may midst, and said, Peace be unnever be reproved. Hear us, to you. to you. Then saith he to O Lord, through the same Thomas, Reach hither thy And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord, and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed; blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his Name. O God, who, through the preaching of the blessed Apostle Saint Paul, hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world; Grant, we beseech thee, that we, having his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may shew forth our thankfulness unto thee for the same, by following the holy doctrine which he taught, thro' Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle.' Acts ix. 1. ΑΝ ND Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disci ples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that, if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. And, as he journeyed, he came near Damascus, and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he, trembling and astonished, said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. And Saul arose from the earth, and when his eyes were opened he saw no man; but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. And he was three days without sight, and nei ther did eat nor drink. And there was a certain disciple. at Damascus, named Ananias, and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, |