the firft came, they fuppofed that they should have received more and they likewife received every man a penny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, faying, Thefe laft have wrought but one hour, and thou haft made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. But he answered one of them, and faid, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didft not thou agree with me for a penny? Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this laft even as unto this: Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? So the laft thall be firft, and the firit last for many be called, but few chofen. Lord. Amen. YE The Epifle. 2.Cor. 11. 19. E fuffer fools gladly, feeing ye yourselves are wife. For yé fuffer if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himfelf, if a man fmite you on the face. I fpeak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak: howbeit whereinfoever any is hold, (I fpeak foolishly) I am bold alfo. Are they Hebrews? fo am I: are they líraelites? fo am 1: are they the feed of Abraham? fo am I are they minifters of Chrift? (1 fpeak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in firipes above measure, in prifons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty ftripes fave one; thrice was I beaten with rods, once was 1 ftoned, thrice I fuffered fhip wreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeyings often. in perils of water, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the fea, in perils among falfe brethren; in wearinefs and painfulness, in watching often, in hunger and thirft, in faftings o'ten, in cold and nakedness: belide those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? If I muit needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. The God and Father of our Lord Jefus Christ, which is bleffed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. The Gospel. S. Luke 8. 4. WHEN much people were were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: A fower went out to fow his feed and as he fowed. fome fell by the way fide, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And fome fell upon a rock; and as foon as it was fprung up, it withered away. becaufe it lacked moilure. And fome fell among thorns; and the thorns fprang up with it, and. choked it. And other fell on good ground, and fprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfol. And when he had faid thefe things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And his difciples afked him, faving, What might this parabe be? And he faid, Unto you it is given to know the myfteric of the kingdom of God: hut to others in parables; that feeing they might not fee, and hearing they might not underhand. Now the parable is this: The feed is the word of God; thofe by the way fide are they that hear: then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, left they thould believe and be faved. They on the rock, are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy and thefe have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, and riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good ground are they which in an honeft and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. The Sunday called Quinquagefima, or the next Sunday before Lent. The Colled. LORD, who haft taught us, that all cur doings without charity are nothing worth; Send thy Holy Ghoft, and pour into our hearts that most excel lent gift of charity, the very bond of peace, and of all virtues, without which wh focver liveth is counted dead before ce. Grant this for thine only n Jefus Chrift's lake. Amen. The Etitle. 1 Cor. 13. 1. Tots of pear wind of HOUGH I fpeak with the tongues of inen and of angeis, and have not charity, I am become as founding brafs, or a tinkling cymbal. And though i have the gift of proph.cy, and understand all myteries, and ali knowledge, and though 1 have all faith, to that I could remove mountains, and have not charty, I am nothing. And though beltow all my goods to feed the poor, and though ive my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profit. eth me nothing, Charity fufer et long, and is ind; carity er vieth not charity vaunted nerf is not outfed up, deth bolove itlf unieemly, jeeseth rot her own, is not airy provoked, thinketh no evi, reliceth not in iniquity, husrozoiceth in the truth; bear eth all things, believeth all things hope h all things, enCureth all things. Chari y never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they fhall fail; whether there be tongues, they thall ceafe; whether there be knowladge, it thall vanith away. For we know in part, and we prophefy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part thall be done away. When I was a child, I fpake as a child, i understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childith things. For now we fee through a glafs darkly but then face to face: now I know in part; but then fhall I know even as alfo I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three, but the greateft of thefe is charity. The Gospel. S. Luke 18. 31. the twelve, and laid unto them, Behold, we go up to jerufalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man fhall be accomplished. For he thall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and thall be mocked, and fpi:efully en reated, and fpitted on. And to and they fhall icourge him, and put him to death; and the third day he thali rife again. And they underito d none of these things: and this faying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. And it came to pafs, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man fa by the way fide begging and hearing the ultitude pass by, he asked what it meant And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth raßeth by. And he cried faying, Jefus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And they which went be fore rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried to much the more, Thou fou of David, have mercy on me. And Jeius ftood and commanded him to be brought unto him; And when he was come near, he asked him, faying, What wilt thou that i thould do unto thee? And he faid, Lord, that may receive receive my fight. And Jefus faid unto him, Receive thy fight thy faith hath faved thee. And immediately he received his fight, and followed him, glorify. ing God and all the people, when they faw it, gave praife unto God. The first day of Lent commonly LMIGHTY and everlafting A God, who hateft nothing that thou haft made, and doft forgive the tins of all them that are penitent; Create and make ia us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our fins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remiffion and forgivenefs, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. This Colle is to be read every day in Lent, after the Called appointed for the day. For the Epifle. Joel 2. 12. URN ye even to me, faith Tthe Lord, with all your heart, and with fafting, and with weeping, and with mourning. And rend your heart, and not your gar.nens, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, flow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return, and repent, and leave a blefling behind him, even a meat of fering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God? blow the trumpet in Zion, fandify a faft, call à folemn affembly, gather the people, fanétify the congre gation, affemble the elders, ga. ther the children, and thofe that fuck the breafts; let the bride groom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her clofet; let the priefts, the minifters of the Lord, weep between the porch and the alta, and let them fay, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the hethen thould rule over them; wherefore thould they fay among the people, Where is their God? The Gofpel. S. Matth. 6. 16. WHEN ye faft, be not as The first Sunday in Lent." didit fait forty days and forty nights; Give us prace to ufe fuch abftinence, that our fieth being fubdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy go'y motions in righteoufnefs and true holiness, to thy honour and glory, who livet and reigne.t with the Father and the Holy Ghoft, one God, world without end. Amen. LORD, who for our fake The Evile. 2 Cor. 6. 1. ther with him, befee tr you alfo, that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he faith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of falvation have I fuccoured thee: behold, now is the ac cepted time; hehold, now is the day of falva ion.) Giving not offence in any thing, that the miniftry be not blamed: bu in all thugs approving ourselves as the minifters of God, in much patience. in afflictions, in necedities, in diftrefles, in ftripes, WE then as workers toge. in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in warchings, in faftings; by purenefs, by knowledge, by long uffering, by kindnels, by the Holy Ghoft, by love unfeign ed, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteouinefs on the right hand and on the left, by honour and dithonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; asdying, and, behold. we live; as chattened, and not killed; as forrowful, yet alway rejoic ing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet poff fing all things. The Gofpel. S. Matth. 4. I. Τ HEN was Jefus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fafted forty days and forty nichts, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he faid, if thou be the Son of God, command that thefe ftones be made bread. But he anfwered and faid, It is written, Man fhall 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 fetteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and faith unto him, If thou be the son of God, caft thyfelf down; for it is written, He fhall give his angels Charge concerning thee, and their hands they thall bear ce up, left at any time thou Sath thy foot against a flone. Jefus faid unto him, It is written acain, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again the devil taketh him up into an exceed ing high mountain, and thew eth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; ard faith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worthip me. Then faith Jefus unto him, Get thee hence, Sitah; for it is written, Thou fhalt, worthip the Lord thy God, and him only thalt thou ferve. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and miniftered unto him. The fecond Sunday in Lent. The Collect. A that we have no power of ourfelves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodres, and inwardly in our fouls. all adverfities which may hap that we may be defended from pen to the body, and from all and hurt the foul, through Jefus evil thoughts which may affault Chrift our Lord. Amen. LMIGHTY God, who feeft The Epifle. 1 Theff 4. 1. Wand exhort you by the befeech you, brethren, Lord Jefus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to pleafe Ged, fo ye would abound more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jefus. For this is the will of God, even your far&tification, that ye thould abstain from fornication; that every one of you should know how to poffefs his vefiel in fan&ification and honour: not in the luft of concu. pifcence, even as the Gentiles, which know not God; that no man go beyond, and defraud his brother in any matter; becaufe that the Lord is the avenger of all fuch, as we alfo have forewarned you, and teftified. For God hath not called us unto uncleannefs, but unto holiness. He therefore that defpifeth, defpifeth not man, but God, who hath alfo given unto us his Holy Spirit. The Gospel. S. Matth. 15. 11. J ESUS w.nt thence, and departed into the coafts of 'Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the fame coafts, and cried unto him, laying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou fon of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he anfwered her not a word. And his difciples came and be fought hir, faying, Send her away; for the crieth after us. But he antwered and laid, I am not fent, but unto the loft theep of the boufe of ifrael. Then oame the and worthipped him them: for it is a fhame, even to fpeak of thofe things which are done of them in fecret, But all things that are reproved are made manifeft by the light; for whatfoever doth make manifeft is light. Wherefore he faith, Awake thou that sleepeft, and arife from the dead, and Chrift thall give thee light. faying, Lord, help me. But he But he anfwered and faid, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to caft it to digs. And the faid, Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table. Then Jefus anfwered and aid unto her, O woman, great is thy faith; be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. The third Sunday in Lent. WE befeech thee, Almighty Amen. The Epifle. Ephef. 5. 1. E ye therefore followers of The Gofpel. S. Luke 11. 14. ESUS was cafting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pafs, when the devil was gone out, the dumb fpake; and the people wondered. But fome of them fad, He cafteth out devils through Beelzebub, the chief of the devils. And others, tempting him, fought of him a fign from heaven. But he knowing their thoughts, faid unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to defolation; and a houle divided. against a houfe falleth. If Satan alfo be divided againft himself, BGod, as dear children; and how thall his kingdom ftand walk in love, as Chrift alo hath loved us, and hath given himfelf for us, an offering and a facrifice to God for a fweetfmelling favour. But fornication, and all uncleannefs, or coyetoufnefs, let it not be once named among you as becometh faints: neither filthinefs, nor foolith talking, nor jefting, which are not convenient; but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean perfon, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inherit ance in the kingdom of Chrift, and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for becaufe of thefe things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of di obedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them; for ye were fometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth;) prov. ing what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowthip with the unfruitful works of darkrig, but rather reprove because ye fay that cast out |