thee in this life, that we fail not have not seen them; and to finally to attain thy heavenly hear those things which ye promises, through the merits hear, and have not heard them. of JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Gal. iii. 16. And behold a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said TO Abraham and his seed unto him, What is written in were the promises made. He the law? How readest thou? saith not, And to seeds, as of And he answering said, Thou many; but as of one, And to shalt love the LORD thy GOD thy seed, which is CHRIST. And with all thy heart, and with all this I say, that the covenant thy soul, and with all thy that was confirmed before of strength, and with all thy GOD in CHRIST, the law, which mind: and thy neighbour as was four hundred and thirty thyself. And he said unto him, years after, cannot disannul, Thou hast answered right: this that it should make the promise do, and thou shalt live. But of none effect, For if the he, willing to justify himself, inheritance be of the law, it is said unto JESUS, And who is no more of promise; but GOD my neighbour ? And JESUS gave it to Abraham by promise. answering said, A certain man Wherefore then serveth the went down from Jerusalem to law? It was added because of Jericho, and fell among thieves, transgressions, till the seed which stript him of his raiment, should come to whom the and wounded him, and departed, promise was made; and it was leaving him half dead. ordained by angels in the hand by chance there came down a of a mediator. Now a mediator certain Priest that way; and is not a mediator of one; but when he saw him, he passed by GOD is one. Is the law then on the other side. And likewise against the promises of GOD? | a Levite, when he was at the GOD forbid; for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise, by faith of JESUS CHRIST, might be given to them that believe. 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 And place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up h wounds, pouring in oil an wine; and set him on his own beast, and brought him into an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I love, joy, peace, long-suffering, come again, I will repay thee. gentleness, goodness, faith, Which now of these three, meekness, temperance: against thinkest thou, was neighbour such there is no law. And unto him that fell among the they that are CHRIST's have thieves? And he said, He that crucified the flesh, with the showed mercy on him. Then affections and lusts. 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. 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 off. And they lifted up their voices, and said, JESUS, Master, have mercy 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, I SAY then, Walk in the when he saw that he was Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the healed, turned back, and with lust of the flesh. For the flesh a loud voice glorified God, and lusteth against the Spirit, and fell down on his face at his feet, the Spirit against the flesh; and giving him thanks: and he was these are contrary the one to a Samaritan. And JESUS anthe other; so that ye cannot do swering said, Were there not the things that ye would. But ten cleansed? but where are if ye be led by the Spirit, ye the nine? There are not found are not under the law. Now that returned to give glory to the works of the flesh are GOD, save this stranger. And manifest, which are these, he said unto him, Arise, go thy Adultery, fornication, unclean-way: thy faith hath made thee ness, lasciviousness, idolatry, whole. witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they who do such things, shall not inherit the kingdom of GOD. But the fruit of the Spirit is 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 Is thy help from all things hurtful, what ye shall put on. and lead us to all things profit- not the life more than meat, able to our salvation, through and the body than raiment? JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen. Behold the fowls of the air : for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father Are ye not The Epistle. Gal. vi. 11. YE see how large a letter I have written unto you with As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of CHRIST. For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law but desire to have you cised, 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 mine own hand. ; feedeth them. much better than they? Which of you, by taking thought, can add one cubit unto his stature ? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore if GOD so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; shall he not much more clothe you, O and yet I circum JESUS neither circumcision ye of little faith? Therefore 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 the Israel upon of GOD. From henceforth let no man trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord JESUS. Brethren, the of our Lord JESUS CHRIST be with your spirit. grace Amen. The Gospel. St. Matt. vi. 24. NO man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or Ye 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 that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of GoD, and his righteousness, and all these Take therefore no thought for things shall be added unto you. the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself: sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. TRINITY. The Collect. else he will hold to the one, THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER and despise the other. cannot serve GoD and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall let drink; nor yet for your body, O LORD, we beseech thee, thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church; and came and touched the bier, (and they that bare him stood still,) and he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. ye faint not And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak: and he delivered him because it cannot continue in when the LORD saw her, he had safety without thy succour, compassion on her, and said preserve it evermore by thy unto her, Weep not. And he help and goodness, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Ephes. iii. 13. I DESIRE that at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of people. And this rumour of his glory, to be strengthened Judea, and throughout all the him went forth throughout all with might by his SPIRIT in to his mother. And there came a fear on all : and they glorified GOD, saying, that a great Prophet is risen up among us; and, that God hath visited his THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY The Collect. the inner man; that CHRIST region round about. him be glory in the Church, by LORD, we pray thee, that thy grace may always prevent and follow us; and make us continually to be given to all good works, through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Ephes. iv. 1 I THEREFORE, the prithat ye walk worthy of the soner of the LORD, beseech you vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one LORD, one faith, one baptism, one GoD and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you The Gospel. St. Luke vii. 11. : The Gospel. St. Luke xiv. 1. THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. The Collect. IT came to pass, as Jesus went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread, LORD, we beseech thee, on the Sabbath-day, that they grant thy people grace to withwatched him. And behold, stand the temptations of the there was a certain man before world, the flesh, and the devil; him, who had the dropsy. And and with pure hearts and minds JESUS answering spake unto to follow thee, the only GOD, the Lawyers and Pharisees, through JESUS CHRIST Lord. Amen. grace our of The Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 34. saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath-day? And they The Epistle. 1 Cor. i. 4. held their peace. And he took I THANK my GoD always him, and healed him, and let on your behalf, for the and answered them, GOD which is given you by him go; saying, Which of you shall JESUS CHRIST; that in every have an ass or an ox fallen into thing ye are enriched by him, a pit, and will not straightway in all utterance, and in all pull him out on the Sabbath- knowledge; even as the testiday? And they could not mony of CHRIST was confirmed answer him again to these in you. So that ye come behind things. And he put forth a in no gift; waiting for the parable to those who were coming of our Lord JESUS bidden, when he marked how CHRIST, who shall also confirm they chose out the chief rooms; you unto the end, that ye may saying unto them, When thou be blameless in the day of our art bidden of any man to a Lord JESUS CHRIST. wedding, sit not down in the highest room, lest a honourable man than thou be WHEN the Pharisees had bidden of him; and he that heard that JESUS had put the bade thee and him come and Sadducees to silence, they were say to thee, Give this man place; gathered together. Then one and thou begin with shame to of them, who was a lawyer, take the lowest room. But asked him a question, tempting when thou art bidden, go and him, and saying, Master, which sit down in the lowest room; is the great commandment in that when he that bade thee the law? JESUS said unto him, cometh, he may say unto thee, Thou shalt love the LORD thy Friend, go up higher then GoD with all thy heart, and shalt thou have worship in with all thy soul, and with all the presence of them that thy mind: This is the first and sit at meat with thee. For great commandment. And the whosoever exalteth himself, second is like unto it, Thou shall be abased: and he that shalt love thy neighbour as humbleth himself, shall be thyself. On these two comexalted. mandments hang all the law . more |