...the second SUNDAY in ADVENT,) which he again and again transcribes thus : " Blessed Lord, who hath caused all holy scriptures to be written for our learning; grant that we may, in such wise, read, mark, learn," &c. Now, Reader! turn to the Collect itself, and the very first words you will...

...Sunday in Advent. The Collect. BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written forour learning; grant that we may in such wise hear them,...hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which tbou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amm. The Epistle. Rom. xv. 4. WHATSOEVER things were...

...Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the B The second Sunday in Advent. The Collect. LESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written...everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. xv. 4. •HATSOEVER things were written aforetime, were written...

...citizens. The second Collect presents asingular contrast in Christian prayers and manners: it is thus: " Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures...them, read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them, &c." Now this is not bad language if rightly acted upon. Holy Scriptures must be those which approach...

...who hast caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our instruction, grant that we may in such wise read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that...may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of ever^ lasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ/' A SERMON, • ; -\ PREACHED...

...thoughts.v-24. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me: and lead me in the way everlasting. BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning, grant that I .may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them ; > D that by patience and...

...the Church doth read for example of life, and instruction of manners ; but yet doth it not apply c Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures...everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Cull, for the second Sunday in Advent. pervert the Gospel of Christ. But we said...

...the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves. The second Sunday in Advent. The Colled. BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures...may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and mwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast...

...in it. And grant that •we may in such wise hear it, read it, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it, that by patience and comfort of thy holy word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the *1 blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given, •\ wa i» our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen....

...salvation, in «"«< such form as hciejultmctth : A Prayer for the Right Use of the Holy Scriptures BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy scriptures to be written for our learning ; grant that / may, in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them ; that by patience, and...