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nant. Heb. xii. 22, 23, 24. Keep yourselves in the
love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord
Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Jude 21. The grace
of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and
the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.
Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. 14.-See also, James i. 12.
ii. 5.—Eph. vi. 24.-1 Cor. xvi. 22.

For the Epistle, Rev. vii. 2 to 13.
The Gospel, Matt. v. 1 to 13.

THE COMMUNION.

CXXII. The Collect before the Commandments.

1. I am the Almighty God, walk before me, ty God, unto and be thou perfect. Gen. xvii. 1. I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought sires known, can be withholden from thee. Job xlii. 2. Thou, and from even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the chilcrets are hid; dren of men. 1 Kings viii. 39. Lord, all my desire

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is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee. Psal. xxxviii. 9. I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. Ezek. xi. 5. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. 1 Cor. iii. 20. The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 1 Sam. ii. 3. I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. Jer. xvii. 10. And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Psal. xliv. 21. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight, but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Heb. iv. 13. Jesus knew their thoughts. Matt. xii. 25. Jesus needed not that any should testify of man; for he knew what was in man. John ii. 24, 25. O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me; thou knowest my down-sitting and

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ration of thy

mine up-rising, thou understandest my thought afar off thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways: for there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Psal. cxxxix. 1 to 4.-See also, Job xxxiv. 32.

2. There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of our hearts of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Job by the inspi- xxxii. 8. Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts. Holy Spirit, Matt. xv. 19. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. James iv. 8. Who can say, I have made my heart clean? Prov. xx. 9. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me: restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free Spirit. Psal. li. 2. 10, 11, 12. Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psal. cxxxix. 23, 24.—See also, Heb. x. 22.—1 Cor. iii. 3.

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love thee,

magnify thy holy Name;

Christ our

3. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the may perfectly Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy and worthily soul, and with all thy mind. Matt. xxii. 37. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he through is a liar; for he that loveth not his brother whom Lord. Amen. he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen. 1 John iv. 20. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. 1 John v. 3. He that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him, herein is our love made perfect. I John iv. 16, 17. Take good heed unto yourselves, that you love the Lord your God. Joshua xxiii. 11. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. Psal. lxvi. 18. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments; my lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. Psal. cxix. 7. 171. And Mary said, My soul doth

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Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in jour. Luke i. 46, 47.-See also, Deut. six. 17.

ion after each, and after the last,
Commandment.

mercy, O Lord, be upon us. Psal. God be merciful to me a sinner. Luke be Lord our God be with us, as he athers; let him not leave us, nor forhe may incline our hearts unto him, his ways, and to keep his commands viii. 57, 58. Incline my heart unto 3. Psal. cxix. 36. After those days,

I will put my law in their inward te it in their hearts. Jer. xxxi. 33. I Spirit within you, and cause you to atutes, and ye shall keep my judgelo them. Ezek. xxxvi. 27. O that ch an heart in them, that they would keep all my commandments always, be well with them, and with their ver! Deut. v. 29.

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A Collect for the Queen. No. 1.

rone, O God, is for ever and ever; the y kingdom is a right sceptre. Psal. y kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, minion endureth throughout all gene1. cxlv. 13. With God all things are att. xix. 26. I blessed the Most High, sed and honoured him that liveth for dominion is an everlasting dominion, gdom is from generation to generation; inhabitants of the earth are reputed as and he doeth according to his will in the eaven, and among the inhabitants of the d none can stay his hand, or say unto t doest thou? Dan. iv. 34, 35.-See also, vii. 5.-Matt. xxviii. 18.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall

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of our hearts

ration of thy

Holy Spirit,

mine up-rising, thou understandest my thought afar off thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways: for there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Psal. cxxxix. 1 to 4.-See also, Job xxxiv. 32.

2. There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration the thoughts of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Job by the inspi- xxxii. 8. Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts. Matt. xv. 19. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. James iv. 8. Who can say, I have made my heart clean? Prov. xx. 9. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me: restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free Spirit. Psal. li. 2. 10, 11, 12. Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psal. cxxxix. 23, 24.-See also, Heb. x. 22.—1 Cor. iii. 3.

3. that we

love thee,

magnify thy

3. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the may perfectly Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy and worthily soul, and with all thy mind. Matt. xxii. 37. If holy Name; a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he through is a liar; for he that loveth not his brother whom Lord. Amen. he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen. 1 John iv. 20. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. 1 John v. 3.

Christ our

He that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him, herein is our love made perfect. 1 John iv. 16, 17. Take good heed unto yourselves, that you love the Lord your God. Joshua xxiii. 11. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. Psal. lxvi. 18. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments; my lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. Psal.

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magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. Luke i. 46, 47.-See also, Deut. vi. 5-Acts xix. 17.

The Petition after each, and after the last,
Commandment.

1. Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us. Psal. xxxiii. 22. God be merciful to me a sinner. Luke xviii. 13. The Lord our God be with us, as he Pearts to keep was with our fathers; let him not leave us, nor forsake us; that he may incline our hearts unto him, , and write to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandthese thy ments. 1 Kings vii. 57, 58. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies. Psal. cxix. 36. After those days, beseech thee. saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts. Jer. xxxi. 33. I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgements, and do them. Ezek. xxxvi. 27. O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! Deut. v. 29.

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CXXIII. A Collect for the Queen. No. 1.

1. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; the ty God, whose sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Psal. everlasting, xlv. 6. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and power and thy dominion endureth throughout all geneinfinite; rations. Psal. cxlv. 13. With God all things are possible. Matt. xix. 26. I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation; and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? Dan. iv. 34, 35.-See also, Psal. cxlvii. 5.-Matt. xxviii. 18.

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2. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall

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