anfwered them, Do ye now alfo he fhowed himself alive believe? Behold, the hour after his paffion, by many cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered every man to his own, and fhall leave me alone and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye fhall have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. The Afcenfion-day. The Collect. infallible proofs, being feen of them forty days, and fpeaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: And being affembled together with them, commanded them that they fhould not depart from Jerufalem, but wait for the promife of the Father, which, faith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye fhall be baptized with the Holy Ghoft, not many days hence. When they therefore were come together, they afked of him, faying, Lord, wilt thou at this time reftore again the kingdom to Ifrael? And he faid unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the feafons, which the Father hath put in his own RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only begotten Son our Lord Jefus Chrift to have afcended into the heavens; fo we may alfo in heart and mind thither power. But ye fhall receive afcend, and with him continú- power, after that the Holy ally dwell, who liveth and Ghoft is come upon you: and reigneth with thee and the ye fhall be witneffes unto me Holy Ghoft, one God, world both in Jerufalem, and in all without end. Amen. Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermoft part of the earth. And when he had fpoken thefe things, while they beheld, he was taken up, and of all that Jefus began both to a cloud received him out of do and teach, until the day in their fight. And while they which he was taken up, after looked ftedfaftly toward heathat he, through the Holy ven, as he went up, behold, Ghoft, had given command- two men ftood by them in ments unto the apoftles whom white apparel; which alfo faid, he had chofen: To whom Ye men of Galilee, why ftand For the Epifile. Acts i. 1. Ι ус The Collect. ye gazing up into heaven? Sunday after Afcenfion-Day." This fame Jefus, which is taken up from you into heaven, fhall fo come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. The Gofpel. St. Mark xvi. 14. ESUS appeared unto the God, the king of glory, who haft exalted thine only Son Jefus Chrift with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven; we beseech thee leave us not comfortless; but fend to us thine Holy alt us unto the fame place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft, one God, world without end. Amen. T 7. and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had feen him after he was rifen. And he faid unto them, Goye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth, The Epiftle. 1 St. Peter iv. and is baptized, fhall be faved; HE end of all things is but he that believeth not, at hand; be ye therefhall be damned. And thefe fore. fober, and watch unto figns fhall follow them that prayer. And above all things believe: In my name fhall they have fervent charity among cast out devils; they fhall Ipeak with new tongues; they fhall take up ferpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they fhall lay hands on the fick, and they fhall recover. So then, after the Lord had fpoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and fat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with figns following. yourfelves for charity fhall cover the multitude of fins. Ufe hofpitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even fo minifter the fame one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man fpeak, let him fpeak as the oracles of God: If any man minifter, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jefus Chrift: whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. to The The Gospel. St. John xv. 26. eth with thee, in the unity of the fame Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. and part of the 16th chapter. HEN the Comforter Wiscome, whom I will fend unto you from the Fa ther, even the Spirit of truth, For the Epißile. Acts ii. 1. W tecoft was fully come, HEN the day of Pen which proceedeth from the Father, he fhall teftify of me. And ye alfo fhall bear witness; because ye have been with me from the beginning. Thefe things have I fpoken unto things have I fpoken unto you, that ye fhould not be offended. They shall put you them cloven tongues, like as out of the fynagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whofoever killeth you, will think of fire, and it fat upon each of them: And they were all filled with the Holy Ghoft; and began to speak with other tongues, as the spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerufalem that he doeth God fervice. And thefe things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, for me but these things have I told you, that when Jews, devout men, out of the time fhall come, ye may. Now when this was noised every nation under heaven. remember that I told you of them. Whitfunday. God, who as at this time, dide asach the hearts of thy faithful people, by fending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; grant us by the fame Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort, through the merits of Chrift Jefus our Saviour, who liveth and reign I abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed, and marvelled, fay ing, one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans? and how hear we every man in our own tongue wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mefopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Afia, Phrygia, and Pam phylia, phylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Lybia about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and Profelytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. The Gospel. St. John xiv. 15. ESUS faid unto his difci faid unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words; and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.. He that loveth me not, keepeth not my fayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which fent, me. These things have Jples, if ye love me, keep I spoken unto you, being my commandments. And I yet prefent with you. But will pray the Father, and he the Comforter, which is the fhall give you anotherComfort- Holy Ghoft, whom the Faer, that he may abide with you ther will fend in my name, he for ever; even the Spirit of fhall teach you all things, and truth, whom the world can- bring all things to your renot receive, because it feeth membrance, whatfoever I have him not, neither knoweth faid unto you. Peace I leave him but ye know him; for with you, my peace I give he dwelleth with you, and unto you: not as the world fhall be in you. I will not giveth, give I unto you. Let leave you comfortless; I will not your heart be troubled, come to you. Yet a little neither let it be afraid. Ye while and the world feeth me have heard how I faid unto no more; but ye fee me: be- you, I go away, and come cause I live, ye fhall live alfo. again unto you. If ye loved At that day ye fhall know me, ye would rejoice, becaufe that I am in my Father, and I faid, I go unto the Father: ye in me, and I in you. He for my Father is greater than I. that hath my commandments, And now I have told you beand keepeth them, he it is fore it come to país, that that loveth me; and he that when it is come to pass, ye loveth me, fhall be loved of might believe. Hereafter I my Father; and I will love will not talk much with you: him, and will manifest myself for the prince of this world to him. Judas faith unto him, cometh, and hath nothing in (not Iscariot) Lord, how is me. But that the world may it that thou wilt manifeft thy- know that I love the Father; felf unto us, and not unto the and as the Father gave me world? Jefus anfwered and commandment, even fo I do. Monday Monday in Whitfun-Week. The Collect. And we are witneffes of all things which he did, both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerufalem; whom they flew, and hanged on a tree: Him God raised up the third day, God, who as at this time did teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by fending to them the light of thy Holy and fhowed him openly; not Spirit; grant us by the fame to all the people, but unto Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort, through the merits of Chrift Jefus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the fame Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. For the Epifle. Acts x. 34. witneffes cholen before of God; even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rofe from the dead. And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to teftify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the judge of quick and dead. To him give all the prophets witnefs, that through his Name, whofoever believeth in him, truth I perceive that God is While Peter yet fpake thefe no refpecter of perfons; but words, the Holy Ghoft fell on in every nation, he that fear- all them that heard the word. eth him, and worketh righte- And they of the circumcifion oufnefs, is accepted with him. who believed, were astonished, The word which God fent un- as many as came with Peter, to the children of Ifrael, because that on the Gentiles preaching peace by Jefus alfo was poured out the gift of Chrift, (he is Lord of all ;) the Holy Ghoft. For they that word, I fay, ye know, heard them fpeak with tongues, which was published through- and magnify God. Then anout all Judea, and began from fwered Peter, Can any man Galilee, after the Baptifm forbid water, that these should which John preached: How not be baptized, who have God anointed Jefus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghoft, and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppreffed of the devil; for God was with him. I 2 received the Holy Ghost as well as we? And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. The |