A The Collect. SAINT MATTHIAS' DAY. Eripe me. The Collect. LMIGHTY God, which in the place of the traitor Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias to be of the number of thy twelve Apostles: Grant that thy Church, being alway preserved from false Apostles, may be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors; through Jesus Christ our Lord. IN The Epistle. Acts 1. N those days Peter stood by, &c. ......... was counted with the eleven Apostles. The Gospel. Matt. 11. N that time Jesus answered, &c. IN ......... and my burden is light. THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE VIRGIN MARY. WE The Collect. VIRGIN MARY. At the Communion. Domine, non est exal. Ps. cxxxi. E beseech thee, Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts; that as we have known Christ thy Son's incarnation, by the message of an Angel: so by his cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory of his resurrection; through the same Christ our Lord. G The Epistle. Isai. 7. OD spake once again, &c. ......... and choose the good. 3 thy twelve [1604] * Amen omitted [1604] 1 ALMIGHTY God, who hast instructed thy holy Church with the heavenly doctrine of thy Evangelist Saint Mark; give us grace that, being not like children carried away with every blast of vain doctrine, we may be established in the truth of thy Holy Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Ephes. iv. 7. that we be not like children, carried away with every blast of vain doctrine; but firmly to be established in the truth of thy Holy Gospel, through Jesus Christ our Lord. U The Epistle. Ephes. 4. 7. ......... of itself through love. 4 Ὁ ALMIGHTY God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth and the life, that, following truth and the life, as thou hast the steps of thy holy Apostles, taught S. Philip and other the Saint Philip and Saint James, we Apostles, through Jesus Christ our may stedfastly walk in the way that Lord.3 leadeth to eternal life; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. S. James i. 1. The Epistle. James 1. 1. JAMES, a servant of God, &c. JAMES the servant of God, &c. to that 1 Almighty God, which hast [1604] [S. L.] 2 but that we may be firmly established, &c. [S. L.] 3 Amen. [S. L.] A SAINT MARK'S DAY. The Collect. SAINT MARK'S DAY. Domine, clamavi. Ps. cxli. The Collect. LMIGHTY God, which hast instructed thy holy Church with the heavenly doctrine of thy Evangelist Saint Mark; give us grace so to be established by thy holy Gospel, that we be not, like children, carried away with every blast of vain doctrine; through Jesus Christ our Lord. A The Collect. SAINT PHILIP AND JAMES. At Matins. The Second Lesson, Acts viii. unto When the Apostles. At the Communion. Ecce, quam bonum! Ps. cxxxiii. LMIGHTY God, whom truly to know is everlasting life; grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life; as thou hast taught Saint Philip, and other the Apostles; through Jesus Christ our Lord. A The Collect. The Collect. LMIGHTY God, by whose providence thy servant John Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of thy Son our Saviour, by preaching of repentance; Make us so to follow his doctrine 1 Saint Barnabas [S. L.] * Amen. [S. L.] L The Collect. SAINT BARNABE APOSTLE. At Matins. The Second Lesson, Acts xiv. unto the end. At the Communion. The Collect. ORD Almighty, which hast endued thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of thy holy Ghost: let us not be destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace, to use them alway to thy honour and glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. A SAINT JOHN BAPTIST. The Collect. ......... he may give it you. At Evensong. The Second Lesson, Acts xv. unto After certain days. SAINT JOHN BAPTIST. Proper Lessons at Matins. The First Lesson, Malach. iij. unto the end. The Second Lesson, Mat. iij. unto the end. At the Communion. Domine exaudi. Ps. cxliij. The Collect. LMIGHTY God, by whose providence thy servant John Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of thy Son our Saviour, by preaching of penance; Make us so to follow his doctrine * Saint John Baptist [S. L.] 4 penance [1604] [S. L.] |