stewardship I cannot dig; to beg I But the manifestation of the SPIRIT am ashamed. I am resolved what to is given to every man to profit with l do, that when I am put out of the For to one is given by the SPIRIT stewardship, they may receive me the word of wisdom; to another, the into their houses. So he called every word of knowledge by the same SPI. one of his lord's debtors unto him, and RIT; to another, faith by the same said unto the first, How much owest SPIRIT; to another, the gifts of heal. thou unto my lord? And he said, A ing by the same SPIRIT; to another, hundred measures of oil. And he the working of miracles; to another, said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit prophecy; to another, discerning of down quickly, and write fifty. Then spirits; to another, divers kinds of aaid he to another, And how much tongues; to another, the interpretaowest thou? And he said, A hundred tion of tongues. But all these workmeasures of wheat. And he said eth that one and the self-same SPIRIT, unto him, Take thy bill, and write dividing to every man severally as fourscore. And the lord coinmended he will. the unjust steward, because he had done wisely for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. And I say unto you, make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

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The Epistle. 1 Cor. xii. 1. CONCERNING spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you igYe know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols even as ye were led. Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man, speaking by the SPIRIT OF GOD, calleth JESUS accursed; and that no man can say that JESUS is the LORD, but by the HOLY GHOST. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same SPIRIT. And there are differences of administrations, but the same LORD. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same GOD who worketh all in all.

The Gospel. St. Luke xix. 41.

AND when he was come near, lie beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee: and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought, saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of of thieves. And he taught daily in prayer: but ye have made it a den the temple.

THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER

TRINITY.

The Collect.

O GOD, who declarest thy almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity; mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure, through JE. suS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

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went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself, shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself, shali be exalted.

THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER

TRINITY.

The Collect.

The Epistle. 1 Cor. xv. 1. BRETHREN, I declare unto the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all, that which I also received, how that ALMIGHTY and everlasting CHRIST died for our sins, according GOD, who art always more ready to to the Scriptures; and that he was hear than we to pray, and art wont buried; and that he rose again the to give more that either we desire or third day, according to the Scrip- deserve; pour down upon us the tures; and that he was seen of Ce-abundance of thy mercy, forgiving us phas; then of the twelve: after that, those things whereof our conscience he was seen of above five hundred is afraid, and giving us those good brethren at once; of whom the greater things which we are not worthy to part remain unto this present; but ask, but through the merits and mesome are fallen asleep. After that he diation of JESUS CHRIST thy Son our was seen of James; then of all the Lord. Amen. apostles and last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of the SUCH trust have we through apostles, that am not meet to be called CHRIST to GOD-ward: not that we an apostle, because I perseruted the are sufficient of ourselves to think Church of GOD. But, by the grace any thing as of ourselves; but our of GOD, I am what I am; and his sufficiency is of Gon. Who also grace, which was bestowed upon me, hath made us able ministers of the was not in vain; but I labored more New Testament; not of the letter, but abundantly than they all; yet not I, of the Spirit: for the letter killeth, but the grace of GoD which was with but the Spirit giveth life. But if the me. Therefore, whether it were I, ministration of death, written and en. or they, so we preach, and so ye be-graven in stones, was glorious, so that lieved. the children of Israel could not stead. fastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done away; how shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

The Gospel. St. Luke xviii. 9. JESUS spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself: GOD, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publican: I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I posBess. And the Publican standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, GOD be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man

The Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4.

The Gospel. St. Mark vii. 31.

JESUS, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis, and they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fin.

gers into his ears, and he spit, and have been by the law.

But the touched his tongue; and looking up Scripture hath concluded all under to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto sin, that the promise, by faith of him, Ephphatha, that is, be opened. JESUS CHRIST, might be given to And straightway his ears were open- them that believe.

ed, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man. but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; and were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

The Gospel. St. Luke x. 23.

BLESSED are the eyes which see the things that ye see: for I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. And behold a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do

THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER to inherit eternal life? He said unto

TRINITY.

The Collect.

ALMIGHTY and merciful GOD, of whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service; grant, we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail not final ly to attain thy heavenly promises, through the merits of JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Gal. iii. 16.

him, What is written in the law? How readest thou? And he answerthy GOD with all thy heart, and ing said, Thou shalt love the LORD with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind: and said unto him, Thou hast answered thy neighbor as thyself. And he right: this do, and thou shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto JESUS, And who is my neighbor? And JESUS answering said, A certain man went down from TO Abraham and his seed were Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among the promises made. He saith not, thieves, which stript him of his raiAnd to seeds, as of many; but as ment, and wounded him, and departof one, And to thy seed, which is ed, leaving him half dead. And by CHRIST. And this I say, that the chance there came down a certain covenant that was confirmed before Priest that way; and when he saw of GOD in CHRIST, the law, which him, he passed by on the other side. was four hundred and thirty years And likewise a Levite, when he was after, cannot disannul, that it should at the place, came and looked on him, make the promise of none effect. For and passed by on the other side. But if the inheritance be of the law, it is a certain Samaritan, as he journey. no more of promise; but GOD gave ed, came where he was: and when it to Abraham by promise. Where he saw him, he had compassion on fore then serveth the law? It was him, and went to him, and bound up added because of transgressions, till his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; the seed should come to whom the and set him on his own beast, and promise was made; and it was or- brought him into an inn, and took dained by angels in the hand of a care of him. And on the morrow, mediator. Now a mediator is not a when he departed, he took out two mediator of one; but GOD is one. Is pence, and gave them to the host, the law then against the promises of and said unto him, Take care of him; GOD? GOD forbid; for if there had and whatsoever thou spendest more, been a law given which could have when I come again, I will repay given life, verily righteousness should thee. Which now of these three,

thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said JESUS unto him, Go, and do thou likewise."

THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY
AFTER TRINITY.

The Collect.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting GOD, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command, through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle.

Gal. v. 16.

on us. And when he saw them he said unto them, Go show yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw 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 JESUS answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to GOD, save this stranger. And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.

THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER

TRINITY.

The Collect.

KEEP, we beseech thee, O LORD, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy: and because 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 salvation, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord.

Amen.

The Epistle. Gal. vi. 11. YE see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own

I SAY then, Walk in the Spirit, and shall not fulfil the lust of the ye flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciiousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, mur ders, drunkenness, revellings, and As many as desire to make a such like: of the which I tell you be fair show in the flesh, they constrain fore, as I have also told you in time you to be circumcised; only lest they past, that they who do such things, should suffer persecution for the shall not inherit the kingdom of Cross of CHRIST. For neither they GOD. But the fruit of the Spirit themselves who are circumcised keep is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, the law; but desire to have you cir gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are CHRIST's have crucified the flesh, with the af. fections and lusts.

The Gospel. St. Luke xvii. 11. AND it came to pass, as JESUS went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar of And they lifted up their voices, ad said, JESUS, Master, have mercy

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cumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. But GOD forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in CHRIST JESUS neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of GOD. From henceforth let no man trouble me, for 1 bear in my body the marks of the Lord JE sus. Brethren, the grace of our

Lord JESUS CHRIST be with your cor, preserve it evermore by thy spirit. Amen. help and goodness, through JESUS

The Gospel. St. Matt. vi. 24. NO man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve GoD and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet your body, what ye shall put on.

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The Epistle.

Amen.

Ephes. iii. 13.

I DESIRE that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your Knees unto the Father of our Lord glory. For this cause I bow my JESUS CHRIST, of whom the whole that he would grant you, according to family in heaven and earth is named, the riches of his glory, to be strengthIs not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment ? Behold the ened with might by his SPIRIT in the inner man; that CHRIST may fowls of the air: for they sow not, dwell in your hearts by faith; that neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father ye, being rooted and grounded in love, feedeth them. Are ye not much bet- may be able to comprehend, with all saints, what is the breadth, and ter than they? Which of you, by taking thought, can add one cubit unto length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of CHRIST, which his stature ? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the passeth knowledge, that ye might be lilies of the field, how they grow: Now unto him that is able to do ex. filled with all the fulness of GOD. they toil not, neither do they spin; ceeding abundantly above all that we and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not ar- that worketh in us, unto him be gloask or think, according to the power rayed like one of these." Wherefore if GOD so clothe the grass of they in the Church, by CHRIST JESUS, field, which to-day is, and to-morrow throughout all ages, world without

is cast into the oven; shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (for after all these things do the Gentiles seek :) for your heavenly Father knoweth have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of GOD, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself: sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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end. Amen.

The Gospel. St. Luke vii. 11.

AND it came to pass the day after, that JESUS went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples Now, when he came nigh to the gate went with him, and much people. of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and And when the LORD saw her, he had much people of the city was with her. compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And he came and touched the bier, (and they that bare him stood still,) and he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak: and he delivered him to his mother. And there came a fear on all and O LORD, we beseech thee, let they glorified GOD, saying, that a thy continual pity cleanse and defend great prophet is risen up among us; thy Church; and because it cannot and, that God hath visited his people continue in safety without thy suc-And this rumor of him went forth

THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER

TRINITY.
The Collect.