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unto him, Receive thy sight; thy knowledge our vileness, and truly faith hath saved thee. And imme- repent us of our faults; and so make diately he received his sight, and haste to help us in this world, that followed him, glorifying God: and we may ever live with thee in the all the people, when they saw it, world to come, through Jesus Christ gave praise unto God. our Lord. Amen.

The first Day of Lent, commonly called Ash-Wednesday.

Then shall the people say this that followeth, af ter the Minister.

URN thou us, O good Lord,

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The Collect. LMIGHTY and everlasting favourable, O Lord, be favourable A God, who hatest nothing that to thy people, who turn to thee in thou hast made, and dost forgive weeping, fasting and praying. For the sins of all those who are peni- thou art a merciful God, full of tent; create and make in us new compassion, long suffering, and of and contrite hearts, that we, wor-great pity. Thou sparest when thily lamenting our sins and ac- we deserve punishment, and in thy knowledging our wretchedness, wrath thinkest upon mercy. Spare may obtain of thee, the God of all thy people, good Lord, spare them; mercy, perfect remission and for- and let not thine heritage be brought giveness, through Jesus Christ our to confusion. Hear us, O Lord, for Lord. Amen. thy mercy is great; and after the ¶ This Collect is to be read every day in Lent, af- multitude of thy mercies look upon ter the Collect appointed for the day..

At Morning Prayer, the Litany being ended, us, through the merits and mediashall be said the following Prayers, immediately tion of thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ LORD, we beseech thee, mer- our Lord.

before the general Thanksgiving.

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cifully hear our prayers, and For the Epistle. Joel ii. 12. spare all those who confess their URN ye even to me, saith the all confess sins unto thee; that they, whose Lord, with all your heart, and consciences by sin are accused, by with fasting, and with weeping, and thy merciful pardon may be ab-with mourning. And rend your solved, through Christ our Lord. heart, and not your garments, and Amen. turn unto the Lord your God: for MOST mighty God, and mer- he is gracious and merciful, slow to ciful Father, who hast com- anger, and of great kindness, and passion upon all men, and hatest repenteth him of the evil. Who nothing that thou hast made; who knoweth if he will return, and rewouldest not the death of a sinner, pent, and leave a blessing behind but rather that he should turn from him, even a meat-offering and a his sin, and be saved; mercifully drink-offering unto the Lord your forgive us our trespasses; receive God? Blow the trumpet in Zion, and comfort us, who are grieved sanctify a fast, call a solemn assemand wearied with the burden of our bly, gather the people, sanctify the sins. Thy property is always to congregation, assemble the elders, have mercy; to thee only it apper-gather the children and those that taineth to forgive sins: spare us suck the breasts; let the bridetherefore, good Lord, spare thy groom go forth of his chamber, and people, whom thou hast redeemed: the bride out of her closet; let the enter not into judgment with thy priests, the ministers of the Lord, servants, who are vile earth, and weep between the porch and the miserable sinners; but so turn thine altar, and let them say, Spare thy anger from us, who meekly ac-people, O Lord, and give not thine

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heritage to reproach, that the hea- in much patience, in afflictions, in then should rule over them: where- necessities, in distresses, in stripes, fore should they say among the in imprisonments, in tumults, in people, Where is their God? labours, in watchings, in fastings; The Gospel. St. Matt. vi. 16. by pureness, by knowledge, by longWHEN ye fast, be not as the suffering, by kindness, by the Holy hypocrites, of a sad counte- Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the nance: for they disfigure their faces, word of truth, by the power of God, that they may appear unto men to by the armour of righteousness on fast. Verily I say unto you, they the right hand and on the left, by have their reward. But thou, when honour and dishonour, by evil rethou fastest, anoint thine head, and port and good report; as deceivers, wash thy face, that thou appear not and yet true; as unknown, and yet unto men to fast, but unto thy Fa- well known; as dying, and behold ther which is in secret; and thy we live; as chastened, and not Father which seeth in secret, shall killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rereward thee openly. Lay not up joicing; as poor, yet making many for yourselves treasures upon earth, rich; as having nothing, and yet where moth and rust doth corrupt, possessing all things.

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and where thieves break through The Gospel. St. Matt. iv. 1. and steal: But lay up for yourselves HEN was Jesus led up of the treasures in heaven, where neither spirit into the wilderness, to moth nor rust doth corrupt, and be tempted of the devil: And when where thieves do not break through he had fasted forty days and forty nor steal: For where your treasure nights, he was afterward an hunis, there will your heart be also.

The first Sunday in Lent.

The Collect.

gered. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered LORD, who for our sake didst and said, It is written, Man shall fast forty days and forty nights; not live by bread alone, but by give us grace to use such abstinence, every word that proceedeth out of that our flesh being subdued to the the mouth of God. Then the devil Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly taketh him up into the holy city, motions in righteousness and true and setteth him on a pinnacle of holiness, to thy honour and glory, the temple, and saith unto him, If who livest and reignest with the thou be the Son of God, cast thyFather and the Holy Ghost, one self down; for it is written, He God, world without end. Amen. shall give his angels charge con

The Epistle. 2 Cor. vi. 1. cerning thee; and in their hands VE then, as workers together they shall bear thee up, lest at any

When, as borech you also, time thou dash thy foot against a

that ye receive not the grace of God stone. Jesus said unto him, It is in vain: (For he saith, I have heard written again, Thou shalt not thee in a time accepted, and in the tempt the Lord thy God. Again day of salvation have I succoured the devil taketh him up into an thee: behold, now is the accepted exceeding high mountain, and time; behold, now is the day of showeth him all the kingdoms of salvation) giving no offence in any the world, and the glory of them; thing, that the ministry be not and saith unto him, All these things blamed ; but in all things approving will I give thee, if thou wilt fall qurselves as the ministers of God, down and worship me. Then saith

Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, of Canaan came out of the same Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt coasts, and cried unto him, saying, worship the Lord thy God, and Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou him only shalt thou serve. Then Son of David: my daughter is the devil leaveth him, and behold, grievously vexed with a devil. But angels came and ministered unto he answered her not a word. And

him.

The second Sunday in Lent.

his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he anThe Collect. swered and said, I am not sent but LMIGHTY God, who seest unto the lost sheep of the house of A that we have no power of Israel. Then came she and worourselves to help ourselves; keep shipped him, saying, Lord, help us both outwardly in our bodies, me. But he answered, and said, and inwardly in our souls; that It is not meet to take the chilwe may be defended from all ad-dren's bread, and to cast it to dogs. versities which may happen to the And she said, Truth, Lord; yet body, and from all evil thoughts the dogs eat of the crumbs which which may assault and hurt the fall from their master's table. Then soul, through Jesus Christ our Jesus answered and said unto her, Lord. Amen. O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.

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The Epistle. 1 Thess. iv. 1. VE beseech you, brethren, and her daughter was made whole from exhort you by the Lord Je-that very hour.

sus, that as ye have received of us

The third Sunday in Lent.

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The Collect.

how ye ought to walk, and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. For ye know E beseech thee, Almighty what commandments we gave you God, look upon the hearty by the Lord Jesus. For this is the desires of thy humble servants, and will of God, even your sanctifi- stretch forth the right hand of thy cation, that ye should abstain Majesty, to be our defence against from fornication; that every one of all our enemies, through Jesus you should know how to possess Christ our Lord. Amen. his vessel in sanctification and The Epistle. Ephes. v. 1. honour; not in the lust of concupi. Be therefore followers of

E scence, even as the Gentiles which God, as dear children; and know not God: that no man go walk in love, as Christ also hath beyond and defraud his brother in loved us, and hath given himself any matter; because that the Lord for us, an offering and a sacrifice is the avenger of all such, as we to God, for a sweet-smelling saalso have forewarned you and tes-vour. But fornication and all untified. For God hath not called us cleanness, or covetousness, let it unto uncleanness, but unto holi- not be once named amongst you, ness. He therefore that despiseth, as becometh saints; neither filthidespiseth not man, but God, who ness, nor foolish talking, nor jesthath also given unto us his Holy ing, which are not convenient; but Spirit. rather giving of thanks. For this The Gospel. St. Matt. xv. 21. ye know, that no whoremonger, ESUS went thence, and de- nor unclean person, nor covetous parted into the of man, is an idolater, any and Sidon. And behold, a woman inheritance in the kingdom of

Christ, and of God. Let no man overcome him, he taketh from him deceive you with vain words: for all his armour wherein he trusted, because of these things cometh the and divideth his spoils. He that is wrath of God upon the children of not with me, is against me; and he disobedience. Be not ye there- that gathereth not with me, scatfore partakers with them; for ye tereth. When the unclean spirit were sometimes darkness, but now is gone out of a man, he walketh are ye light in the Lord: walk as through dry places, seeking rest; children of light; (For the fruit of and finding none, he saith, I will the spirit is in all goodness, and return unto my house whence I righteousness, and truth) proving came out. And when he cometh, what is acceptable unto the Lord. he findeth it swept and garnished. And have no fellowship with the Then goeth he, and taketh to him unfruitful works of darkness, but seven other spirits more wicked rather reprove them. For it is a than himself, and they enter in, and shame even to speak of those things dwell there; and the last state of which are done of them in secret. that man is worse than the first. But all things that are reproved, are And it came to pass, as he spake made manifest by the light; for these things, a certain woman of whatsoever doth make manifest is the company lift up her voice, and light. Wherefore he saith, Awake, said unto him, Blessed is the womb thou that sleepest, and arise from that bare thee, and the paps which the dead, and Christ shall give thou hast sucked. But he said, thee light. Yea, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

The Gospel. St. Luke xi. 14.
ESUS was casting out a devil,

The fourth Sunday in Lent.
The Collect.

to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the peo-RANT, we beseech thee, Alple wondered. But some of them mighty God, that we, who for said, He casteth out devils through our evil deeds do worthily deserve Beelzebub, the chief of the devils. to be punished, by the comfort of And others, tempting him, sought thy grace may mercifully be relievof him a sign from heaven. But he, ed, through our Lord and Saviour knowing their thoughts, said un-Jesus Christ. Amen.

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to them, Every kingdom divided The Epistle. Gal. iv. 21. against itself, is brought to desola-NELL me, ye that desire to be tion; and a house divided against a under the law, do ye not hear house, falleth. If Satan also be di- the law? For it is written, that vided against himself, how shall Abraham had two sons, the one by his kingdom stand? because ye say a bond-maid, the other by a freethat I cast out devils through Beel-woman. But he who was of the zebub. And if I by Beelzebub cast bond-woman was born after the out devils, by whom do your sons flesh; but he of the free-woman cast them out? therefore shall they was by promise. Which things are be your judges. But if I with the an allegory: for these are the two finger of God cast out devils, no covenants; the one from Mount doubt the kingdom of God is come Sinai, which gendereth to bondupon you. When a strong man age, which is Agar. For this Agar armed keepeth his palace, his goods is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and anare in peace; but when a stronger swereth to Jerusalem which now than he shall come upon him and is, and is in bondage with her chil

dren. But Jerusalem which is tributed to the disciples, and the above, is free; which is the mo-disciples to them that were set ther of us all. For it is written, down, and likewise of the fishes as Rejoice, thou barren that bearest much as they would. When they not; break forth and cry, thou were filled, he said unto his disthat travailest not; for the desolate ciples, Gather up the fragments hath many more children than she that remain, that nothing be lost. which hath an husband. Now we, Therefore they gathered them tobrethren, as Isaac was, are the gether, and filled twelve baskets children of promise. But as then, with the fragments of the five barhe that was born after the flesh ley loaves, which remained over persecuted him that was born after and above unto them that had eatthe spirit; even so it is now. Ne-en. Then those men, when they vertheless, what saith the Scrip- had seen the miracle that Jesus did, ture? Cast out the bond-woman said, This is of a truth that prophet and her son; for the son of the that should come into the world. bond-woman shall not be heir with the son of the free-woman. So then, brethren, we are not children

The fifth Sunday in Lent.
The Collect.

of the bond-woman, but of the free. God, mercifully to look upon of the WE beseech thee, Almighty The Gospel. St. John vi. 1.

ESUS went over the sea of thy people; that by thy great goodGalilee, which is the sea of ness they may be governed and Tiberias. And a great multitude preserved evermore, both in body followed him, because they saw and soul, through Jesus Christ our his miracles which he did on them Lord. Amen.

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that were diseased. And Jesus The Epistle. Heb. ix. 11. went up into a mountain, and there HRIST being come an high he sat with his disciples. And the priest of good things to come, passover, a feast of the Jews, was by a greater and more perfect tanigh. When Jesus then lift up his bernacle, not made with hands; eyes, and saw a great company that is to say, not of this building; come unto him, he saith unto Phi- neither by the blood of goats and lip, Whence shall we buy bread calves; but by his own blood he that these may eat? (And this he entered in once into the holy place, said to prove him; for he himself having obtained eternal redemption knew what he would do.) Philip for us. For if the blood of bulls and answered him, Two hundred pen-of goats, and the ashes of an heifer ny-worth of bread is not sufficient sprinkling the unclean, sanctififor them, that every one of them eth to the purifying of the flesh; may take a little. One of his how much more shall the blood of disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's Christ, who, through the eternal brother, saith unto him, There is Spirit, offered himself without spot a lad here which hath five barley to God, purge your conscience from loaves, and two small fishes; but dead works to serve the living God? what are they among so many ? And for this cause he is the MediaAnd Jesus said, Make the men sit tor of the new Testament, that by down. Now there was much grass means of death, for the redemption in the place. So the men sat down, of the transgressions that were in number about five thousand. under the first Testament, they And Jesus took the loaves, and which are called might receive the when he had given thanks, he dis-promise of eternal inheritance

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