teftified of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar, because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son hath not life. THE The Gospel. St. John xx. 19. HE fame day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were fhut, where the difciples were affembled for fear of the Jews, came Jefus and ftood in the midft, and faith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had fo faid, he fhewed unto them his hands and his fide. Then were the difciples glad when they faw the Lord. Then faid Jefus to them again, Peace be unto you: As my Father hath fent me, even fo fend I you. And when he had faid this, he breathed on them, and faith unto them, Receive ye the holy Ghost. Whofefoever fins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whofefoever fins ye retain, they are retained. The Second Sunday after Eafter. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who haft given thine only Son to be unto us both a facrifice for fin, and alfo an enfample of godly life; Give us grace that we may always moft thankfully receive that his ineftimable benefit, and also daily endeavour ourselves to follow the bleffed fteps of his moft holy life; through the fame Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. The Epifle. 1 St. Pet. ii. 19. THIS is thank-worthy, if a man for confcience toward God endure grief, fuffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye fhall take it patiently? But if, when ye do well, and fuffer for it, ye take it patiently; this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye fhould follow his fteps: who did no fin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he fuffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: who his own felf bare our fins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to fins, fhould live unto righteoufnefs by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as fheep going aftray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your fouls. : The Gospel. St. John x. 11. JESUS faid, I am the good shepherd: the good fhepherd giveth his life for the fheep. But he that | verfation honeft among the Genis an hireling, and not the fhep- | tiles ; that, whereas they fpeak aherd, whofe own the fheep are not, gainft you as evil doers, they may, feeth the wolf coming, and leaveth by your good works which they the fheep, and fleeth; and the wolf | fhall behold, glorify God in the day catcheth them, and scattereth the of vifitation. Submit yourselves to sheep. The hireling fleeth, because every ordinance of man for the he is an hireling, and careth not Lord's fake; whether it be to the for the sheep. I am the good fhep-| King, as fupreme; or unto goverherd, and know my fheep, and am nours, as unto them that are fent known of mine. As the Father by him, for the punishment of evil knoweth me, even fo know I the doers, and for the praise of them Father and I lay down my life that do well. For fo is the will of for the fheep. And other fheep I | God, that with well-doing ye may have, which are not of this fold; put to filence the ignorance of them alfo I must bring, and they foolish men: as free, and not ufing fhall hear my voice; and there fhall your liberty for a cloke of malicibe one fold, and one fhepherd... oufnefs; but as the fervants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the King. The third Sunday after Eafter. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who shewest The Epiftle. 1 St. Pet. ii. 11. you as ftrangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lufts, which war againft the foul; having your con The Gospel. St. John xvi. 16. JESUS faid to his disciples, A little while and ye fhall not fee me; and again, a little while and ye fhall fee me; because I go to the Father. Then faid fome of his difciples among themselves, What is this that he faith unto us, A little while and ye fhall not fee me; and again, a little while and ye shall fee me; and, Because I go to the Father? They faid therefore, What is this that he faith, A little while ? we cannot tell what he faith. Now Jefus knew that they were defirous to afk him, and faid unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I faid, A little while and ye | The Collect. Almighty God, who alone canft order the unruly wills and affections of finful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandeft, and defire that which thou doft promife; that fo, among the fundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may furely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epiftle. St. James i. 17. VERY good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variablenefs, neither shadow of turning. Of E EVERY his own will begat he us with the you. : whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak and he will fhew you things to come. He fhall glorify me: for he fhall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore faid I, that he shall take of mine, and fhall fhew it unto you. The fifth Sunday after Eafter. Lord, from whom all good things do come; Grant to us thy humble fervants, that by thy holy infpiration we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the fame; through our Lord Jefus Chrift. Amen. The Epifle. St. James i. 22. man's religion is vain. Pure religion, and undefiled before God and the Father, is this, To vifit the fatherlefs and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. The Gospel. St. John xvi. 23. VERILY, verily I fay unto you, Whatsoever fhall afk the ye Father in my Name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my Name: afk, and ye fhall receive, that your joy may be full. These things have I fpoken unto you in proverbs: the time cometh when I fhall no more fpeak unto you in proverbs, but I fhall fhew you plainly of the Father. At that day ye shall ask in my Name: and I fay not unto you, that I will pray the Father BE ye doers of the Word, and for you; for the Father himself not hearers only, deceiving your own felves. For if any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glafs. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man fhall be bleffed in his deed. If any man among you feem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. His difciples faid unto him, Lo, now fpeakeft thou plainly, and fpeakeft no proverb. Now are we fure that thou knoweft all things, and needeft not that any man fhould afk thee: by this we believe that thou cameft forth from God. Jefus anfwered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye fhall have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. GR The Afcenfion-day. The Collect. RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only-begotten Son our Lord Jefus Chrift to have afcended into the heavens; fo we may also in heart and mind thither afcend, and with him continually dwell, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. TH For the Epifle. Acts i. 1. HE former treatife have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jefus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the Apostles whom he had chofen to whom alfo he fhewed himself alive after his paffion, by many infallible proofs; being feen of them forty days, and peaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God: and, being affembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerufalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, faith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye fhall be baptized with the Holy Ghoft not many days hence. When they therefore were come together, they afked of him, faying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Ifrael? And he faid unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the feasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye fhall receive power after that the Holy Ghoft is come upon you; and ye fhall be witneffes unto me, both in Jerufalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermoft part of the earth. And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their fight. And while they looked ftedfaftly toward heaven, as he went up, behold, two men ftood by them in white apparel ; which also faid, Ye men of Galilee, why ftand ye gazing up into heaven? This fame Jefus, which is taken up from you into heaven, fhall fo come, in like manner as ye have feen him go into heaven. The Gospel. St. Mark xvi. 14. ven as they fat at meat, and JESU ESUS appeared unto the eleupbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they |