Then shail follow the Collect of the Nati- Then shall follow a Collect of the Nati vity, which shall be said continually vity. EHOLD, I send, &c. ......... in the Name of the Lord. BEH ERCIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of Might in the Church; that it being lightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist John, may attain to thy everlasting gifts; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 6 JES The Gospel. John xxi. ESUS said, &c. ......... books that should be written. Saint John [S. L.] At Evensong. The Second Lesson, Apoc. xxii. unto the end. 3 Amen. [S. L.] LMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a The Collect. A LMIGHTY God, &c. As upon Christmas-Day. [1604] pure Virgin; Grant that we being ALMIGHTY God, which hast given, &c. As Christupon regenerate, and made thy children mus-Day. [S. L.] by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Amen. [S. L.] Revelat. 14. i. [S. L.] LMIGHTY God, whose praise this day the young Innocents, thy witnesses, have confessed and shewed forth, not in speaking, but in dying; Mortify and kill all vices in us, that in our conversation, our life may express thy faith, which with our tongues we do confess : through Jesus Christ our Lord. > The Gospel. Matt. ii. THE angel of the Lord, &c. ........ because they were not. THE SUNDAY AFTER CHRIST- THE SUNDAY AFTER CHRIST MAS-DAY. The Collect. LMIGHTY God, which hast A Agiven us thy only begotten MAS-DAY. Levavi oculos. Ps. cxxi. The Collect. LMIGHTY God, which hast given us, &c. Son, to take our nature upon him, | Christmas-Day. As upon A The Collect. The Collect. LMIGHTY God, 'who madest thy blessed Son to be circumcised, and obedient to the law for man; Grant us the true circumcision of the spirit; that our hearts and all our members being mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts, we may in all things obey thy blessed will; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. 4. 8. LESSED is the man to whom, &c. none effect. the promise of The Gospel. Luke 2. 15. A ΤΗ The Gospel. Matth. 1. HIS is the book of the generation of Jesus Christ, &c. ...... called his name Jesus. THE CIRCUMCISION OF The Collect. A to THE CIRCUMCISION OF At Matins. The First Lesson, Gen. xvii. unto the end. The Second Lesson, Rom. ii. unto the end. At the Communion. Lætatus sum. Ps. cxxii. The Collect. and obedient to the law for man; Grant us the true circumcision of the spirit; that our hearts and all our members, being mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts, may in all things obey thy blessed will; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Upon the day of Circumcision; and so likewise upon every other day from the time of the Circumcision to the Epiphany. [S. L.] |