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and with all thy mind: This is in Jesus: That ye put off, conthe first and great command-cerning the former conversament. And the second is like tion, the old man, which is corunto it, Thou shalt love thy rupt according to the deceitful neighbour as thyself. On these lusts; and be renewed in the two commandments hang all spirit of your mind: and that ye the law and the prophets. put on the new man, which af While the Pharisees were ga-ter God is created in righteousthered together, Jesus askedness and true holiness. Wherethem, saying, What think ye fore putting away lying, speak of Christ? whose son is he? every man truth with his neighThey say unto him, The Son of bour: for we are members one David. He saith unto them, of another. Be ye angry, and How then doth David in spirit sin not: let not the sun go call him Lord, saying, The down upon your wrath: neiLord said unto my Lord, Sit ther give place to the devil. Let thou on my right hand, till I him that stole, steal no more; make thine enemies thy foot- but rather lot him labour, workstool? If David then call him ing with his hands the thing Lord, how is he his son ? And which is good, that he may no man was able to answer him have to give to him that needa word, neither durst any man, eth. Let no corrupt communifrom that day forth, ask him cation proceed out of your any more questions. mouth,but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may SUN-minister grace unto the hearers.

THE NINETEENTH
DAY AFTER TRINITY.

The Collect.
GOD, forasmuch as with-
out thee we are not able to
please thee; mercifully grant
that thy Holy Spirit may in all
things direct and rule our
hearts, through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Ephes. iv. 17. THIS I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity er

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake

hath forgiven you.

The Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 1. JESUS entered into a ship,

and passed over, and came their mind; having the under- into his own city. And beholl, standing darkened, being alien- they brought to him a man sick ated from the life of God, of the palsy, lying on a bed. through the ignorance that is in And Jesus, seeing their faith, them, because of the blindness said unto the sick of the palsy, of their heart: who, being past Son, be of good cheer, thy sins feeling, have given themselves be forgiven thee. And behold, over unto lasciviousness, to certain of the scribes said withwork all uncleanness with gree-in themselves, This man blasdiness. But ye have not so learned Christ; if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is

phemeth. And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? For whether is easier to say,

Thy sins be forgiven thee? or bidden to the wedding and

to say, Arise, and walk? But they would not come. Again, that ye may know that the Son he sent forth other servants, of man hath power on earth to saying, Tell them who are bidforgive sins, (then saith he to den, Behold, 1 have prepared the sick of the palsy,) Arise, my dinner: my oxen and my fattake up thy bed, and go unto lings are killed, and all things thine house. And he arose, and are ready: come unto the mardeparted to his house. But riage. But they made light of when the multitude saw it, they it, and went their ways, one to marvelled, and glorified God, his farm, another to his merwho had given such power un-chandise: and the remnant to men.

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tiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us; that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things which thou commandest, through Jesus Christ Your Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Ephes. v. 15.
EE then that ye walk cir-

Scumspectly, not as fools, but nished with guests. And when

has wise, redeeming the time,
because the days are evil.
Wherefore be ye not unwise,
but understanding what the will
of the Lord is. And be not
drunk with wine, wherein is
excess; but be filled with the
Spirit: speaking to yourselves
in psalms and hymns and spi-
ritual songs,singing and making
melody in your heart to the
Lord; giving thanks always for
all things unto God and the Fa-
ther, in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ; submitting your-
selves one to another in the fear
of God.

The Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 1.
ESUS said, The kingdom

of heaven is like unto a certain king, who made a marriage

the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment. And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen.eu

for his son; and sent forth his ful people, pardon and peace; "wervants to call them that werel that they may be cleansed from

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ORD, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in continual godliness; that, through thy protection, it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Phil. i. 3.1 every remembrance of you THANK my God upon (always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy) for your fellowship in the Gospel from the first day until now; being confident of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the

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