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when thou thyself beholdest not ships standing by the lake; but the beam that is in thine own the fishermen were gone out of eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out them, and were washing their first the beam out of thine own nets. And he entered into one eye, and then shalt thou see of the ships, which was Simon's, clearly to pull out the mote that and prayed him that he would is in thy brother's eye.

The fifth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

thrust out a little from the land: and he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Now when he had left speaking, he said GRANT, O Lord, we beseech unto Simon, Launch out into the thee, that the course of this deep, and let down your nets for world may be so peaceably or-la draught. And Simon answerdered by thy governance, that ing, said unto him, Master, we thy Church may joyfully serve have toiled all the night, and have thee in all godly quietness,through taken nothing; nevertheless, at Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. thy word I will let down the net. The Epistle. 1 St. Peter, iii. 8. And when they had this done, BE ye all of one mind, having they enclosed a great multitude

compassion one of another; of fishes, and their net brake. And love as brethren, be pitiful, be they beckoned unto their partners courteous; not rendering evil for which were in the other ship, that evil, or railing for railing; but they should come and help them. contrariwise, blessing; knowing And they came, and filled both that ye are thereunto called, that the ships: so that they began to ye should inherit a blessing. For sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he that will love life, and see good he fell down at Jesus' knees, saydays, let him refrain his tongue ing, Depart from me, for I am a from evil, and his lips that they sinful man, O Lord. For he was speak no guile: Let him eschew astonished, and all that were with evil, and do good; let him seek him, at the draught of the fishes peace, and ensue it: For the eyes which they had taken; and so of the Lord are over the righte-was also James and John the sons ous, and his ears are open unto of Zebedee, which were partners their prayers: but the face of the with Simon. And Jesus said unto Lord is against them that do evil. Simon, Fear not; from henceAnd who is he that will harm you, forth thou shalt catch men. And if ye be followers of that which when they had brought their is good? But and if ye suffer for ships to land, they forsook all, righteousness sake, happy are ye: and followed him. and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts.

The sixth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

O God, who hast prepared for

The Gospel. St. Luke, v. 1. IT came to pass, that as the peo- those who love thee, such ple pressed upon him to hear good things as pass man's underthe word of God, he stood by the standing; pour into our hearts lake of Gennesaret, and saw two such love towards thee, that we,

loving thee above all things, may cause, shall be in danger of the obtain thy promises, which exceed judgment: and whosoever shall all that we can desire, through say to his brother, Raca, shall be Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. in danger of the council: but

The Epistle. Rom. vi. 3. whosoever shall say, Thou fool, KNOW ye not that so many of shall be in danger of hell fire.

us as were baptized into Jesus Therefore, if thou bring thy gift Christ, were baptized into his to the altar, and there rememberdeath? Therefore we are buriedest that thy brother hath aught with him by baptism into death; against thee, leave there thy gift that like as Christ was raised up before the altar, and go thy way, from the dead by the glory of the first be reconciled to thy brother, Father, even so we also should and then come and offer thy gift. walk in newness of life. For if Agree with thine adversary quick we have been planted together ly, whilst thou art in the way in the likeness of his death, we with him; lest at any time the shall be also in the likeness of his adversary deliver three to the resurrection: Knowing this, that judge, and the judge deliver thee our old man is crucified with him, to the officer, and thou be cast that the body of sin might be de- into prison. Verily I say unto stroyed, that henceforth we should thee, thou shalt by no means not serve sin. For he that is dead, come out thence, until thou hast is freed from sin. Now if we be paid the uttermost farthing. dead with Christ, we believe that

we shall also live with him; know. The seventh Sunday after Trinity. ing that Christ being raised from

The Collect.

the dead, dieth no more; death L ORD of all power and might,

hath no more dominion over him. who art the author and giver For in that he died, he died unto of all good things; graft in our sin once; but in that he liveth, hearts the love of thy name, inhe liveth unto God. Likewise crease in us true religion, nourish reckon ye also yourselves to be us with all goodness, and of thy dead indeed unto sin; but alive great mercy keep us in the same. unto God, through Jesus Christ through Jesus Christ our Lord. our Lord.

The Gospel. St. Matt. v. 20. JESUS said unto his disciples.

Amen.

The Epistle. Rom. vi. 19. Speak after the manner of

Except your righteousness men, because of the infirmity shall exceed the righteousness of of your flesh: for as ye have yield. the Scribes and Pharisees, yeed your members servants to unshall in no case enter into the cleanness, and to iniquity, unto kingdom of heaven. Ye have iniquity; even so now yield your heard that it was said by them of members servants to righteousold time, Thou shalt not kill; and ness, unto holiness. For when whosoever shall kill, shall be in ye were the servants of sin, ye danger of judgment. But I were free from righteousness. that whosoever is What fruit had ye then in those angry with his brother without a things, whereof ye are now asham

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The Collect.

The ninth Sunday after Trinity. There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to GRANT to us, Lord, we be- man: but God is faithful, who will seech thee, the spirit to think not suffer you to be tempted above and do always such things as are that ye are able; but will with I right; that we who cannot do any the temptation also make a way thing that is good without thee, to escape, that ye may be able may by thee be enabled to live to bear it.

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according to thy will, through Je- The Gospel, St. Luke, xvi. 1. sus Christ our Lord. Amen. JESUS said unto his disciples,

There was a certain rich man

The Epistle. 1 Cor. x. 1. BRETHREN, I would not that who had a steward; and the same ye should be ignorant, how was accused unto him, that he that all our fathers were under had wasted his goods And he the cloud, and all passed through called him, and said unto him, the sea; and were all baptized How is it that I hear this of thee? unto Moses in the cloud, and in the Give an account of thy stewardsea; and did all eat the same spi-ship; for thou mayest be no longritual meat, and did all drink the er steward. Then the steward same spiritual drink; (for they said within himself, What shall I drank of that spiritual Rock that do? for my lord taketh away from followed them; and that Rock was me the stewardship: I cannot dig; Christ.) But with many of them to beg I am ashamed. I am reGod was not well pleased; for they solved what to do, that when I am were overthrown in the wilder- put out of the stewardship, they ness. Now these things were our may receive me into their houses. examples, to the intent we should So he called every one of his lord's not lust after evil things, as they debtors unto him, and said unto also lusted. Neither be ye idola- the first, How much owest thou tors, as were some of them: as unto my lord? And he said, An it is written, The people sat down hundred measures of oil. And he to eat and drink, and rose up to said unto him, Take thy bill, and play. Neither let us commit for- sit down quickly, and write fifty. nication, as some of them commit- Then said he to another, And how ted, and fell in one day three much owest thou? And he said, and twenty thousand. Neither let An hundred measures of wheat. us tempt Christ, as some of them And he said unto him, Take thy also tempted, and were destroyed bill, and write fourscore. And of serpents. Neither murmur ye, the lord commended the unjust as some of them also murmured, steward, because he had done. and were destroyed of the de-wisely for the children of this stroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for ensam world are in their generation the children of light. ples and they are written for And I say unto you, Make to our admonition, upon whom the yourselves friends of the mammon ends of the world are come. of unrighteousness; that when Wherefore let him that thinketh ye fail, they may receive you inhe standeth, take heed lest he fall. to everlasting habitations..

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