they disfigure their faces, that they | GOD, by the armor of righteousness may appear unto men to fast. Verily on the right hand and on the left, by I say unto you, they have their re- honor and dishonor, by evil report ward. But thou, when thou fastest, and good report; as deceivers, and anoint thine head, and wash thy face, yet true; as unknown, and yet well that thou appear not unto men to fast, known; as dying, and behold we but unto thy Father which is in se- live; as chastened, and not killed; eret; and thy Father which seeth in as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as secret, shall reward thee openly. poor, yet making many rich; as havLay not up for yourselves treasures ing nothing, and yet possessing all upon earth, where moth and rust doth things. corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where The Gospel. St. Matt. iv. 1. THEN was JESUS led up of the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil: and when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward a hungered. And your treasure is, there will your when the tempter came to him, he heart be also. THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. The Collect. Ó LORD, who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights; give us grace to use such abstinence, that our flesh being subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness, to thy honor and glory, who livest and reignest with the FATHER and the HOLY GHOST, one GOD, world without end. Amen. said, If thou be the Son of GOD, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is writ ten, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of GOD. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of GOD, cast thyself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee; and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone JESUS said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt the devil taketh him up into an exnot tempt the LORD thy GOD. Again ceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship Get thee hence, Satan; for it is writme. Then saith JESUS unto him, ten, Thou shalt worship the LORD thy GOD, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came and ministered unto him. The Epistle. 2 Cor. vi. 1. WE then, as workers together with him, beseech you also, that ye receive not the grace of GOD in vain: (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation) giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of GOD, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in dis tresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the HOLY GHOST, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of we have no power of ourselves to help THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT. ALMIGHTY GOD, who seest that ourselves; keep us both outwardly in | Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; crumbs which fall from their master's that we may be defended from all table. Then JESUS answered and adversities which may happen to the said unto her, O woman, great is thy body, and from all evil thoughts faith: be it unto thee even as thou which may assault and hurt the soul, wilt. And her daughter was made through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. whole from that very hour Amen. The Epistle. 1 Thess. iv. 1. THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. WE beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord JESUS, that WE beseech thee, ALMIGHTY as ye have received of us how ye GOD, look upon the hearty desires of ought to walk, and to please GOD, so thy humble servants, and stretch ye would abound more and more. forth the right hand of thy majesty, For ye know what commandments to be our defence against all our we gave you by the Lord JESUS. enemies, through JESUS CHRIST Our For this is the will of GOD, even Lord. Amen. your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication; that every one of you should know how to pos The Epistle. Ephes. v. 1. BE ye therefore followers of GOD, sess his vessel in sanctification and as dear children; and walk in love, honor; not in the lust of concupis-as CHRIST also hath loved us, and cence, even as the Gentiles which hath given himself for us, an offering know not GOD: that no man go be- and a sacrifice to GOD, for a sweetyond and defraud his brother in any smelling savor. But fornication and matter; because that the LORD is the all uncleanness, or covetousness, let avenger of all such, as we also have it not be once named amongst you, as forewarned you and testified. For becometh saints; neither filthiness, GOD hath not called us unto unclean- nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which ness, but unto holiness. He therefore are not convenient;. but rather giving that despiseth, despiseth not man, but of thanks. For this ye know, that GOD, who hath also given unto us no whoremonger, nor unclean person, his holy Spirit. nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom The Gospel. St. Matt. xv. 21. of CHRIST, and of GOD. Let no JESUS went thence, and departed man deceive you with vain words: into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. for because of these things cometh And behold, a woman of Canaan the wrath of GOD upon the children came out of the same coasts, and of disobedience. Be not ye therefore cried unto him, saying, Have mercy partakers with them; for ye were on me, O Lord, thou Son of David: sometimes darkness, but now are ye my daughter is grievously vexed with light in the LORD: walk as children a devil. But he answered her not a of light; (for the fruit of the Spirit is word. And his disciples came and in all goodness, and righteousness, besought him, saying, Send her and truth) proving what is acceptable away; for she crieth after us. But unto the LORD. And have no fellow. he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered, and said, It is not in secret. meet to take the children's bread, and reproved, to cast it to dogs. And she said, light; for ship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them But all things that are are made manifest by the whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Wherefore he blessed are they that hear the word saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and of GOD, and keep it. arise from the dead, and CHRIST shall give thee light. THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. The Collect. GRANT, we beseech thee, ALevil deeds do worthily deserve to be MIGHTY GOD, that we, who for our punished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved, through our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST. Amen. The Gospel. St. Luke xi. 14. JESUS was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub, the chief of the devils. And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. But he, knowing their The Epistle. Gal. iv. 21. thoughts, said unto them, Every king. TELL me, ye that desire to be dom divided against itself, is brought under the law, do ye not hear the to desolation; and a house divided law? For it is written, that Abra..am against a house, falleth. If Satan had two sons, the one by a bond-maid, also be divided against himself, how the other by a free-woman. But he shall his kingdom stand? because ye who was of the bond-woman was say that I cast out devils through born after the flesh; but he of the Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub free-woman was by promise. Which cast out devils, by whom do your things are an allegory: for these are sons cast them out? therefore shall the two covenants; the one from they be your judges. But if I with Mount Sinai, which gendereth to the finger of GOD cast out devils, no bondage, which is Agar. For this doubt the kingdom of GOD is come Agar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and upon you. When a strong man answereth to Jerusalem which now armed keepeth his palace, his goods is, and is in bondage with her childare in peace; but when a stronger ren. But Jerusalem which is above, than he shall come upon him and is free; which is the mother of us all. overcome him, he taketh from him For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren all his armor wherein he trusted, and that bearest not; break forth and cry, divideth his spoils. He that is not thou that travailest not; for the desowith me, is against me; and he that late hath many more children than gathereth not with me, scattereth. she which hath a husband. Now When the unclean spirit is gone out we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the of a man, he walketh through dry children of promise. But as then, he places, seeking rest; and finding that was born after the flesh perse none, he saith, I will return unto cuted him that was born after the my house whence I came out. And spirit; even so it is now. Neverthewhen he cometh, he findeth it swept less, what saith the Scripture? Cast and garnished. Then goeth he, and out the bond-woman and her son; taketh to him seven other spirits more for the son of the bond-woman shall wicked than himself, and they enter not be heir with the son of the freein, and dwell there; and the last state woman. So then, brethren, we are of that man is worse than the first. not children of the bond-woman, but And it came to pass, as he spake these of the free. things, a certain woman of the company lift up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast lee, which is the sea of Tiberias. sucked. But he said, Yea, rather And a great multitude followed him, The Gospel. St. John vi. 1. JESUS went over the sea of Gali for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first Testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. because they saw his miracles which and more perfect tabernacle, not made he did on them that were diseased. with hands; that is to say, not of this And JESUS went up into a mountain, building; neither by the blood of and there he sat with his disciples. goats and calves; but by his own And the passover, a feast of the Jews, blood he entered in once into the holy was nigh. When JESUS then lift place, having obtained eternal redemp up his eyes, and saw a great company tion for us. For if the blood of bulls come unto him, he saith unto Philip, and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer Whence shall we buy bread that these sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to may eat? (And this he said to prove the purifying of the flesh; how much him; for he himself knew what he more shall the blood of CHRIST, who, would do.) Philip answered him, through the eternal SPIRIT, offered Two hundred pennyworth of bread himself without spot to GOD, purge is not sufficient for them, that every your conscience from dead works to one of them may take a little. One serve the living GOD? And for this of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Pe- cause he is the Mediator of the new ter's brother, saith unto him, There Testament, that by means of death, 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 The Gospel. St. John viii. 46. took the loaves, and when he had JESUS said, Which of you con. given thanks, he distributed to the vinceth me of sin? And if I say the disciples, and the disciples to them truth, why do ye not believe me? He that were set down, and likewise of that is of God, heareth GOD's words; the fishes as much as they would. | ye therefore hear them not, because When they were filled, he said unto ye are not of GOD. Then answered his disciples, Gather up the fragments the Jews, and said unto him, Say we that remain, that nothing be lost. not well, that thou art a Samaritan, Therefore they gathered them toge- and hast a devil? JESUS answered, ther, and filled twelve baskets with I have not a devil: but I honor my the fragments of the five barley loaves, Father, and ye do dishonor me. And which remained over and above unto I seek not mine own glory: there is them that had eaten. Then those one that seeketh and judgeth. Verily, men, when they had seen the miracle verily, I say unto you, If a man keep that JESUS did, said, This is of a my saying, he shall never see death. truth that prophet that should come Then said the Jews unto him, Now into the world. we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets. and thou sayest, If a man keep m saying, he shall never taste of death Abraham, which is dead? and the Art thou greater than our father prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? JESUS answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing; it is my Father that honoreth me, of whom ye say, that he is your GOD: yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say I know him not, I shall be a liar liko THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. The Collect. WE beseech thee, ALMIGHTY GOD, mercifully to look upon thy people; that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul, through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Heb. ix. 11. CHRIST being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater unto you; but I know him, and keep people took counsel against. JESUS his saying. Your father Abraham to put him to death. And when they rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? JESUS said unto them, Verily, verily, say unto you, before Abraham was, Then took they up stones to cast at him; but JESUS hid himself, and went out of the temple. I I am. had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas, who had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged him self. And the chief priests took the ALMIGHTY and everlasting silver pieces, and said, It is not lawGOD, who, of thy tender love toward ful for to put them into the treasury, mankind, hast sent thy Son our Sa- because it is the price of blood. viour JESUS CHRIST, to take upon they took counsel, and bought with him our flesh, and to suffer death them the potter's field to bury stran Wherefore that field was upon the cross, that all mankind gers in. THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE The Collect. And should follow the example of his great called, The field of blood, unto this humility; mercifully grant that we day. (Then was fulfilled that which may both follow the example of his was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, patience, and also be made partakers of his resurrection, through the same JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Phil. ii. 5. saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the child ren of Israel did value, and gave them for the potter's field, as the LET this mind be in you, which LORD appointed me.) And JESUS was also in CHRIST JESUS; who stood before the governor; and the being in the form of GOD, thought it governor asked him, saying, Art thou not robbery to be equal with GOD; the king of the Jews? And JESUS but made himself of no reputation, said unto him, Thou sayest. And and took upon him the form of a ser- when he was accused of the chief vant, and was made in the likeness priests and elders, he answered noof men: and being found in fashion thing. Then saith Pilate unto him, as a man, he humbled himself, and Hearest thou not how many things became obedient unto death, even the they witness against thee? And he death of the cross. Wherefore GOD answered him to never a word, insoalso hath highly exalted him, and much that the governor marvelled given him a name which is above greatly. Now at that feast the goevery name; that at the name of vernor was wont to release unto the JESUS every knee should bow, of people a prisoner, whom they would. things in heaven, and things in earth, And they had then a notable prisoner, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that JESUS CHRIST is Lord, to the glory of GOD the Father. The Gospel. St. Matt. xxvii. 1. WHEN the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the called Barabbas. Therefore, when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or JESUS, which is called CHRIST? For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. When he was set down on the judgment-seat, his wife |