For Christ's gospel is not a ceremonial law, as much of Moses' law was; but it is a religion to serve God, not in bondage of the figure or shadow, but in the freedom of the Spirit; being content only with those ordinances which do serve to a decent order and godly discipline, and such as be apt to stir up the dull mind of man, to the remembrance of his duty to God, by some notable and special signification, whereby he might be edified. Furthermore, none shall have just cause with the Order reserved to be offended, such parts being revised, as were most complained of, and did burden mens' minds without any just cause ;* for we think it convenient that every Christian Church should use such ordinances as they shall think best to the setting forth of God's honour and glory, and to the directing of the people to the most perfect and godly living, without error and superstition, and that they should put away those things, which from time to time they perceive to be most abused, as in mens' ordinances it often chanceth diversely in divers countries. Now if any man, who shall desire a more particular account of the several alterations in any part of the Liturgy, shall take the pains to compare the present book with the former, we doubt not but the reason of the change may easily appear. And having thus endeavoured to discharge our duties in this weighty affair, as in the sight of God, and to approve our sincerity therein, so far as lay in us, to the consciences of all men; we have good hope that what is here humbly presented will be well and charitably accepted by all sober, peaceable, and truly conscientious sons of the Church of England. * Rom. xiv. 1. i REVISED. PROPER LESSONS FOR SUNDAYS. Out of the Chapters appointed to each Sunday the Minister shall choose the Lessons for Morning and Evening Prayer. FIRST LESSONS. SECOND LE SSONS. 10 : Sundays of 1 Isaiah 52 Isaiah 60 Isaiah 40 Job 19 Lu.1 to v, 26 John 1 Rom. 3 Heb. 1 4 2 43 3 5 3 to v. 20) Heb. 9 6 Sundays aft. Christmas. 1 Isaiah 42 Isaiah 44 Isaiah 61 Isaiah 62||Lk. 2 v.21 Heb. 10 | Rom. 9 Heb. 5 9 4 12 John 2 1 Isaiah 60 Micah 6 Lev. 10 Daniel 2 Luke 5 Matt. 2 Rom. 12 John 4 3 6 3 2 5 Mk. 1 v.91 7 4 4 8 8 9 9 12 4 10 Septuagesima. Job 28 16 Lev. 23 Job 35 Luke 11 Matt. 13 Mark 5 John 11 Sexagesima. Job 29 26 Lev. 25 Job 36 Luke 12 Matt. 14) Mark 6 | John 12 1 Lev. 26 Lam. 1 Jer. 17 Nahum 1 ||Luke 14* Matt. 18 Mark 8 John 14 20 9 15 16 16 4 11 18 18 6 Isaiah 53 Ezek. 37 Neh. 5 Neh. 9 19 26 Luke 22 Easter Day. Isaiah 60 Isaiah 61 Isaiah 51 Isaiah 35 Luke 24 I Cor. 15 Mark 16 John 19 Sundays aft. Easter. 1 Prov. 1 Prov, 11 Prov. 21 Prov. 261 John 1 1 Peter 1 Col. 1 John 20 2 21 8 3 3 Luke 20 4 4 4 Eph. 3 21 5 5 23 and 12 ch. Sunday after Ascension Isaiah 63 Isaiah 64 Isaiah 65 Micah 4 1 Cor. 15 to 1 Thess. 4. 2 Peter 2 Tim. 2 Trinity Hab. 2 17 14 v. 20 V. 28 * The Five Chapters of the Epistle of St. James, may be also used for the Second Lessons of the first five Sundays in Lent. FIRST LESSONS. SECOND LESSONS. 12 Sundays aft. Rom. 1 to v. 26 1 Cor. 1 2 2 3 4 6 3 24 17 5 4 4 4 5 7 Josh. 1 28 6 and 7 5 5 5 6 6 7 9 to v. 20 7 1 Chro.21| 9 Acts 22 Acts 26 Philip. 3 8 11 to v. 10 8 6 10 Heb. 7 Rom. 7 1 Cor. 7 9 8 8 10 19 to v.30 10 Judges 4 2 12 9 11 22 to v.200 5 10 11 13 28 15 7 7 15 12 12 12 18 13 Gal. 1 14 14 2 15 2 Cor. 1 21 2 S 5 4 2 5 6 6 8 23 Ruth 2 Numb. 16 5 7 3 Rev. 1 11 24 4 7 12 25 Dan. 2 Dan. 3 Dan. 5 Dan. 6 28 Rev. 21 3 Rev. 22 Sunday bef. Advent. Isaiah 55 Dan. 7 Dan. 9 Dan. 12 | Heb. 12 |1 Peter 42 Peter 3 Jude 17 17 Eph. 1 18 V. 28 and PROPER LESSONS FOR HOLY-DAYS. v. 20 FIRST LESSONS. SECOND LESSONS. Nativity of Luke 2 ton Titus Christ. Isaiah 35 Isaiah 52 Isaiah 60 Isaiah 62 Matt. 2 | Heb. 23 to v. 9 Epiphany. Isaiah 42 Isaiah 49 Isaiah 52 Isaiah 61 Rom. 10 John 1 Lk. 3 to v 20 Rom. 11 Ash Wedn. Ezek. 8 Hosea 4 Hosea 6 Hosea 11|| James 2 James 3 James 4 James 5 Wed. before John 11 v. John 13 45 John 18 1 Peter 2 Lk. 23 to Easter Eve. Dan. 12 Zech. 9 Heb. 4 Ascension 1 Cor. 15 Luke 24 Day. Isaiah 63 Isaiah 49 to v. 28 V, 50 V, 44 To be used at the discretion of the Minister instead of the daily Table of Psalms. THE DAILY TABLE OF PSALMS. Day of the 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 9. 10. 11. 15. 16. 17. 19. 20. 21. 24. 25. 26. 30. 31. 35. 36. 38. 39. 40. 44. 45. 46. 50. 51. 52. 56. 57. 58. 62. 63. 64. 68. 71. 72. 75. 76. 77. 79. 80. 81. 86. 87. 88. 90. 91. 92. 95. 96. 97. 102, 103, 105. 107. 110. 111. 112. 113. 116, 117. 118. 119. 33 to v. 73. 119, 105 to 145. 120, 121. 122. 123. 124. 125, 132. 133. 134. 135. 139. 140. 141. 144. 145. 146. 23 EVENING PRAYER. 12. 13. 14. 142. 143. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 N.B. That version of the Psalter shall be used, which is contained in the authorized translation of the Bible, set forth in the reign of King James the First. .. |