THE (A) INTROITS, COLLECTS, EPISTLES, AND GOSPELS, TO BE USED AT THE COMMON PRAYER. THE COLLECTS, (B) EPISTLES AND GOSPELS TO BE USED AT The celebra- (C) The first Sunday in Ad- through Him who libeth and CHAP. vent. reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, now and eber. 1 B. of Edw. VI. Blessed is Amen. The Collect. Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life (in the which Thy Son Jesus Christ came to bisit us in great humility) that in the last day, when He shall come again in His glo. rious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, The Epistle. we nothing to any man, Rom. xiii. verse 8. unto the end. [Scotch Liturgy, "When the presbyter or minister readeth the gospel the people shall stand up; and the presbyter, before he beginneth to read the gospel, shall say thus: "The gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, written in such a chapter of such an evangelist, beginning at such a verse.' And the people shall answer, 'Glory be to God.""] V. And when they drew nigh, Matt. xxi. verse 1 to the end. [Scotch Lit. "When the gospel is ended the presbyter or minister shall say, ' Here endeth the gospel;' and the people shall answer, "Thanks be to Thee, O Lord.' And thus at the beginning and ending of the gospel every Sunday and holy day in the year; or when else soever the gospel is read."] The Epistle. Whatsoever things are written, Róm. xv. verse 4 to verse 14. The Gospel. There shall be signs in the sun, Luke xxi. verse 25 unto verse 34. The third Sunday in Advent. 1 B. of Edw. VI. Hear me when I call, Psalm iv. Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c. The Collect. Lord, we beseech Thee gibe ear to our prayers, and by Thy gracious bisi.ation lighten the darkness of our heart, by our Lord Jesus Christ. The Epistle. Let a man this wise esteem us, 1 Cor. iv. verse 1 unto verse 6. The Gospel. When John being in prison, Mat. xi. verse 2 unto verse 11. The fourth Sunday in Advent. 1 B. of Edw. VI. Ponder my words, O Lord, &c. Psalm v. Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c. 108 109 The Collect. Lord raise up, we pray The Epistle. God which makest us glad The Epistle. The Gospel. And it chanced in those days, O Lord our governor, &c. The Collect. Almighty God, which hast given us Thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon Him, and this day to be born of a pure virgin: grant that we being regenerate and made Thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by Thy holy Spirit, through the same our Lord Jesus V. CHAP. Christ, who libeth and reign= example of Thy martyr St. V. eth with Thee, &c. The Epistle. God in times past diversly, Heb. i. verse 1 unto verse 13. The Gospel. In the beginning was the Word, John i. verse 1 unto verse 15. 1 B. of Edw. VI. Proper psalms and lessons at even song. lxxxix. Ps. cx. cxxxii. spake once again, &c. to the end. The second lesson, Tit. iii. The kindness and love, &c. unto foolish questions. (F) St. Stephen's day, at Matins. 1 B. of Edw. VI. The second lesson. Acts vi. 7. Stephen full of faith, &c. unto and when forty years. At the Communion. Why boastest thou, thou tyrant, Psalm lii. Glory be to the Father, &c. Stephen, who prayed for his persecutors, to Thee which livest, &c. Then shall follow the Collect of the Nativity, which shall be said continually unto New Year's day. [Scotch Lit. "But instead of these words 'and this day to be born,' the presbyter shall say, 'as this time to be born.""] The Epistle. And Stephen being full of the Holy Ghost, Acts vii. verse 55 unto the end. The Gospel. Behold, I send unto you prophets, Matt. xxiii. verse 34 unto the end. 1 B. of Edw. VI. The second lesson at evensong. Acts vii. And when forty years were expired unto Stephen full of the Holy Ghost. St. John Evangelist's day. 1 B. of Edw. VI. at Matins. The second lesson, Apoc. i. unto the end. At the Communion. As it was in the beginning, In the Lord put I my trust, &c. Psalm xi. &c. The Collect. Grant us, O Lord, to learn Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, to lobe our enemies, by the &c. 10 The Collect. and shewed forth, not in speak- CHAP. Thee to cast Thy bright beams of light upon Thy Church, that it being lightened by the doctrine of Thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist John, may attain to Thy everlasting gifts, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. The Epistle. That which was from the beginning, 1 John i. verse 1 unto the end. The Gospel. kill all bices in us, that in our conversation, our life may express the faith which with our tongues we do confess, through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle. E looked, and lo a lamb, Apoc. xiv. verse 1 unto verse 6. The Gospel. The angel of the Lord appeared, Matt. ii. verse 13 unto verse 19. Jesus said unto Peter, John The Sunday after Christmas xxi. verse 19 unto the end. 1 B. of Edw. VI. at evensong, the second lesson, Apoc. xxii. unto the end. The Innocents' day. 1 B. of Edw. VI. at Matins. The first lesson. Jer. xxxi. unto Moreover I heard Ephraim. At the Communion. O God, the heathen are come, &c. Psalm xxix. &c. day. Glory be to the Father, &c. And I say, that the heir, Gal. As it was in the beginning, The Collect. Almighty God, whose praise this day the young Innocents Thy witnesses have confessed iv. verse 1 unto verse 8. The Gospel. This is the book of the generatíon, Matt. i. verse 1 unto the end. V. |