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was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land: and he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. blessing. For he that will And Simon answering said love life, and see good days, unto him, Master, we have let him refrain his tongue toiled all the night, and have from evil, and his lips that taken nothing; nevertheless, they speak no guile: let him at thy word I will let down eschew evil, and do good; the net. And when they had let him seek peace, and enthis done, they inclosed a sue it. For the eyes of the great multitude of fishes, and Lord are over the righteous, their net brake. And they and his ears are open unto beckoned unto their partners their prayers: but the face which were in the other ship, of the Lord is against them that they should come and that do evil. And who is he help them. And they came, that will harm you, if ye be and filled both the ships, so followers of that which is that they began to sink. good? But and if ye suffer When Simon Peter saw it, for righteousness' sake, happy he fell down at Jesus' knees, are ye: and be not afraid of saying, Depart from me, for their terror, neither be trou-I am a sinful man, O Lord. bled; but sanctify the Lord For he was astonished, and hearts. your all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken; and so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not, from henceforth thou shalt catch men. And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

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The Gospel. St. Luke v. 1. T came to pass, that as the people pressed upon him to hear the Word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesareth, and saw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And he entered

The sixth Sunday after Trinity. | died unto sin once; but in

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that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God thro' Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Gospel. St. Matth. v. 20. JESUS said unto his disciples, Except your right

God, who hast prepared for them that love thee such good things as pass man's understanding; Pour into our hearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee above all things, may obtain thy promises, which exceed all that we can de-eousness shall exceed the sire; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. vi. 3. NOW ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him; knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he

righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of heaven. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill: and whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgement. But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgement: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell-fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and

the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means

of sin is death: but the gift
of God is eternal life, through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Gospel. St. Mark viii. 1.
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ing nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat and if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way; for divers of them came from far. And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and

The seventh Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. ORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things; Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. vi. 19. Speak after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your flesh for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness, and to iniquity, unto iniquity; even so now yield your mem-gave to his disciples to set bers servants to righteousness, before them; and they did unto holiness. For when ye set them before the people. were the servants of sin, ye And they had a few small were free from righteousness. fishes; and he blessed, and What fruit had ye then in commanded to set them also those things whereof ye are before them. So they did now ashamed? for the end of eat, and were filled and those things is death. But they took up of the broken now being made free from meat that was left seven sin, and become servants to baskets. And they that had God, ye have your fruit unto fruit unto eaten were about four thouholiness, and the end ever- sand. And he sent them lasting life. For the wages away.

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The Collect. God, whose never-failGod, wider cover feth ing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth; We humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things which be profitable for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. viii. 12. RETHREN, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. The Gospel. St. Matt. vii. 15. EWARE of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them

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by their fruits: do men ga-
ther grapes of thorns, or figs
of thistles? Even so every
good tree bringeth forth
a
good fruit; but a corrupt
tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring
forth evil fruit; neither can
a corrupt tree bring forth
good fruit. Every tree that
bringeth not forth good fruit
is hewn down, and cast into
the fire. Wherefore by their
fruits ye shall know them.
Not every one that saith unto
me, Lord, Lord, shall enter
into the Kingdom of heaven;
but he that doeth the will
of my Father which is in
heaven.

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in the sea; and did all eat
the same spiritual meat, and
did all drink the same spi-ye may be able to bear it.
ritual drink: (for they drank
of that spiritual Rock that
followed them; and that
Rock was Christ.) But with
many of them God was not
well pleased; for they were
overthrown in the wilder-
ness. Now these things were
our examples, to the intent
we should not lust after evil
things, as they also lusted.
Neither be ye idolaters, as
were some of them; as it is
written, The people sat down
to eat and drink, and rose
up to play. Neither let us
commit fornication, as some
of them committed, and fell
in one day three and twenty
thousand. Neither let us
tempt Christ, as some of them
also tempted, and were de-
stroyed of serpents. Neither
murmur ye, as some of them
also murmured, and were de-
stroyed of the destroyer. Now
all these things happened un-
to them for ensamples: and
they are written for our ad-
monition, upon whom the
ends of the world are come.
Wherefore let him that think-
eth he standeth take heed
lest he fall. There hath no
temptation taken you, but
such as is common to man:
but God is faithful, who will
not suffer you to be tempted
above that ye are able; but

will with the temptation also
make a way to escape, that

The Gospel. St. Luke xvi. 1.
JESUS said unto his disci-

ples, There was a certain rich man which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig, to beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely for the

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