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 peny? Take that thine is, and go thy way; I will give unto this laft even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the first last for many be called, but few chofen. The Sunday called Sexagefima, or the fecond Sunday before Lent. The Collect. Lord God, who feeft that we put not our trust in any thing that we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adverfity; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The Epifle. 2 Cor. xi. 19. YE E fuffer fools gladly, feeing ye yourselves are wife. For ye fuffer if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man fmite you on the face. I fpeak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak: howbeit, whereinfoever any is bold, (I fpeak foolishly,) I am bold alfo. Are they Hebrews? fo am I. Are they Ifraelites? fo am I. Are they the feed of Abraham? fo am I. Are they minifters of Chrift? (I fpeak as a fool,) I am : more in labours more abundant; in ftripes 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 I ftoned; thrice I fuffered fhipwreck; a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeying often; in perils of waters; 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 watchings often; in hunger and thirst; in fastings often; in cold and nakedness; befides thofe 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 must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. The God and Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, which is bleffed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. The Gospel. St. Luke viii. 4. WH HEN much people were WHEN gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he fpake 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 soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 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 hundred-fold. And when he had faid these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And his disciples asked him, faying, What might this parable be? And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that feeing they might not fee, and hearing they might not understand. Now the parable is this: The feed is the Word of God. Those by the way-fide are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, left they should believe, and be faved. They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these 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 choaked with cares, and riches, and pleafures 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 Collect. Lord, who haft taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth; Send thy Holy Ghoft, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whofoever liveth is counted dead before thee: Grant this for thine only Son Jefus Chrift's fake. Amen. THOU The Epiftle. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. HOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as founding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and underftand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, fo that I could remove mountains, and have no charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity fuffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unfeemly, feeketh not her own, is not eafily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. D Charity never faileth: but whether | Jericho, a certain blind man fat there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanifh 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 fhall 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 childish 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 greatest of thefe is charity. TH The Gospel. St. Luke xviii. 31. HEN Jefus took unto him the twelve, and faid 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 shall be delivered unto the Gen tiles, and shall be mocked, and fpitefully entreated, and spitted on: and they fhall fcourge him, and put him to death; and the third day he fhall rife again. And they understood none of these things: and this faying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto by the way-fide begging: and hearing the multitude pass by, he afked what it meant. And they told him, that Jefus of Nazareth paffeth by. And he cried, faying, Jefus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And they which went before rebuked him, that he fhould hold his peace: but he cried fo much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And Jefus ftood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, faying, What wilt thou that I fhould do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may 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, glorifying God: and all the people, when they faw it, gave praise unto God. The first Day of Lent, commonly called Afh-Wednesday. The Collect. A God, who hateft nothing that thou haft made, and doft forgive givenefs; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. This Collect is to be read every day in Lent after the Collect appointed for the Day. For the Epiftle. Joel ii. 12. TURN ye even to me, faith the Lord, with all your heart, and with fafting, and with weeping, and with mourning. And rend your heart, and not your garments, 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 bleffing behind him, even a meat-offering and a drink-offering unto the Lord your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion, fanctify a faft, call a folemn affembly, gather the people, fanctify the congregation, affemble the elders, gather the children, and nance for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to faft. Verily I fay unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fafteft, anoint thine head, and wash thy face, that thou appear not unto men to faft, but unto thy Father which is in fecret; and thy Father, which feeth in fecret, fhall reward thee openly. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and ruft doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor fteal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The firft Sunday in Lent. The Collect. thofe that fuck the breafts; let the faft forty days and forty nights; bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her clofet; let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them fay, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen fhould rule over them: wherefore fhould they fay among the people, Where is their God? The Gospel. St. Matth. vi. 16. faft, be not as the hypocrites, of a fad counte WHEN ye Give us grace to ufe fuch abstinence, that, our flesh being fubdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness, and true holinefs, to thy honour and glory, who liveft and reigneft with the Father and the Holy Ghoft, one God, world without end. Amen. The Epiftle. 2 Cor. vi. 1. WE then, as workers together with him, beseech you also, 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 accepted time; behold, now is the day of falvation;) giving no offence in any thing, that the miniftry be not blamed; but in all things approving ourselves as the minifters of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in neceffities, in diftreffes, in ftripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in faftings; by purenefs, by knowledge, by long-fuffering, by kindnefs, by the holy Ghoft, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chaftened, and not killed; as forrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet poffeffing all things. The Gospel. St. Matth. iv. 1. THE 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 nights, he was afterward anhungred. And when the tempter came to him, he faid, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones 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 shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they fhall bear thee up, left at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jefus faid unto him, It is written again, Thou fhalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and fheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and faith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then faith Jefus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou ferve. Then the devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came and miniftered unto him. The Second Sunday in Lent. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who feeft that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves; Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our fouls; that |