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thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the fecond is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyfelf. On these two com"mandments hang all the law and the prophets. While the Pharifees were gathered together, Jefus afked them, faying, What think ye of Christ? whose fon is he? They fay unto him, The fon of David. He faith unto them, How then doth David in fpirit call him Lord, faying, The Lord faid unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footftool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his Son? And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durft any man (from that day forth) ask him any more questions.

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The nineteenth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect

GOD, forafmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct, and rule our hearts, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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The Epistle. Ephef. 4. 17.

THIS I fay therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind; having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who being paft feeling, have given themselves over unto lasciviousnefs, to work all uncleannefs with greedinefs. But ye have not fo learned Chrift: if fo be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jefus: that ye put off, concerning the former converfation, *the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lufts; and be re

Paraphrafe on the Colled for the nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. O God, fince without thy affiftance, we are not able to ferve thee acceptably; grant we beseech thee, of thy Mercy, that thy Holy Spirit may continually pu

rify and govern our Tempers and Difpofitions, through Jefus Chrift our Lord.

• The old Man. Signines thofe evil Habits which the Ephefians had fojong practifed in the ftate of Hea

newed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man; which after God is created in righteoufnefs and true holiness. Wherefore putting away lying, fpeak every man truth with his neighbour; for we are members one of another. + Be ye angry, and fin not. Let not the fun go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil. Let him that ftole, fteal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are fealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-fpeaking be put away from you, with all: malice. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgive ing one another, even as God for Chrifts fake hath forgiven you.. The Gospel. S. Matth. 9. 1.

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ESUS entered into a fhip, and paffed over, and came into his own city. And behold, they brought to him a man fick of the pally, lying on a bed. And Jefus feeing their faith, faid unto the fick of the palfy, Son, be of good cheer, thy fins be forgiven thee. And behold, certain of the scribes faid within themfelves,. This man blafphemeth. And Jefus, knowing their thoughts, faid, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts ? For whether is easier to fay, §Thy fins be forgiven thee? or to fay, Arife, and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive fins, (then faith he to the fick of the palfy) Arife,

thenifm; the New Man, that divine Life; that Life of
Righteoufnefs and Holinefs which Christianity requires.
·Beye Angry and Sin not. That is, beware of finful
Anger.

Let not the Sun go down, &c. This precept,, fays Pitarch, the Scholars of Pythagoras obferved, who when they had been angry, and reproached one another," before the Sun went down, they fhook Hands, "and embraced one another." Thus must the Chrif. Tan do,, Lefore he offers up to God his Evening Sa

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take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. And he arose, ́ and departed to his house. But when the multitude faw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, who had given fuch power unto men. The twentieth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect.

Almighty and moft merciful God, of thy bountiful goodnefs keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us; that we being ready both in body and foul, may cheerfully accomplish thofe things that thou wouldeft have done, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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The Epifle. Ephef. 5. 15

EE then that ye walk circumfpectly, not as fools, but as wife, *redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Where fore be ye not unwife, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excefs; but be filled with the Spirit; fpeaking to yourselves in pfalms, and hymns, and fpiritual fongs; finging and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God, and the Father, in the Name of our Lord Jefus Chrift; fubmitting yourfelves one to another in the fear of God.

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The Gospel. S. Matth. 22. 1.

ESUS faid, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, who made a marriage for his fon; and fent forth his fervants to call them that were bidden to the wedding; and they would not come. Again he fent forth other fervants, faying, Tell them who are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready, come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways,

Paraphrafe on the Collect for the twentieth Sunday after Trinity.

O most mighty and merciful God, graciously pre ferve us, we intreat thee, from whatever may be injurious to our welfare; that being in fatety, both as

* Redeeming the time, &c. That is, by all honeft ways and prudent methods to endeavour to avoid the

to our temporal and fpiritual concern, we may readily perform thy Commands, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

dangers and perfecutions to which in thofe times they were expofed.

one to his farm, another to his merchandize: And the remnant took his fervants, and intreated them fpitefully, and flew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth; and he fent forth his armies, and destroyed thofe murderers, and burnt up their city. Then faith he to his fervants, The wedding is ready, but they who were bidden, were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye fhall find, bid to the marriage. So thofe fervants went out into the high-ways, and gathered together all, as many as they found both bad and good; and the wedding was furnished with guests. And when the king came in to fee the guests, he faw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment. And he faith unto him, Friend, how cameft thou in hither, not having a wedding garment? And he was fpeechlefs. Then said the king to the fervants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and caft him into outer darkness: There fhall be weeping and gnafhing of teeth. For many are called but few are chofen.

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Rant, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful people pardon and peace, that they may be cleanfed from all their fins, and ferve thee with a quiet mind, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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The Epiftle. Ephef. 6. 10.

Y brethren, be ftrong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may

Paraphrafe on the Colle for the O God, we beseech thee, of thy great Mercy, to forgive us our Tranfgreffions, and to grant us that Peace which exceedeth all Understanding; that we may be

He Jaw there a Man who had not on, &c. As to the meaning of the Wedding Garment "It is needle's "(lays a great Author) to dispute, whether it be Faith, or a pious holy Life. For neither can Faith be feparated from good Works, nor can good Works "proceed except from Faith. Chrift's meaning is on

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taventy firft Sunday after Trinity.
freed from the dominion and punishment of Sin, and
perform our Duty in all godly quietness, through
Jefus Chrift our Lord.

"ly that we are called in order that we may be re
"newed in our Minds after his Image. And there-

fo e, that we may remain always in his House, the "old Man with his filthinefs must be put off, and a new Life defigned, that our Attire may be fuch 66 as is fuitable to fo honourable an invitation."

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be able to ftand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against fpiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you *the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to ftand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breaft-plate of righ teoufnefs; and your feet fhod with the preparation of the gospel of peace: above all, taking the fhield of faith, wherewith ye fhall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of falvation, and the fword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and fupplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perfeverance, and fupplication for all faints; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the Gofpel; for which I am an ambaffador in bonds: that therein I may fpeak boldly, as I ought to speak.

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The Gofpel. S. John 4. 46.

HERE was a certain nobleman, whofe fon was fick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jefus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and befought him, that he would come down and heal his fon; for he was at the point of death. Then faid Jefus unto him, Except ye fee figns and wonders, ye will not believe. The nobleman faith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. Jefus faith unto him, Go thy way, thy fon liveth. And the man believed the word that Jefus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his fervants met him, and told him, faying, Thy fon liveth. Then

The whole Armour of God. It is fo ftyled,. not only on account of the fervice it does in promoting godlinefs, but because it is entirely form'd and furnished by God. The Truth and the Righteousness, the Peace and the Faith, the Saluation and the Word are his Gifts. And thus the moral of the Heathen Poets' Fictions of old is unquestionably juft; that no Armour, except that of divine Original, is fo tempered as to render us.

invulnerable in the Day of Battel.

+ Except ye fee Signs and Wonders, Ex. It feems. the Nobleman thought it neceffary that Jefus fhould be perfonally prefent, if he had a mind to perform the Cure-Therefore to reprove the weakness of his Faith. Jefus faid to him, Except ye fee the Signs and Wonder's will ye not believe? fo the fentence may be tranflated.

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