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HRIST is rifen from the dead and become the first. fruits of them that flept. For fince by man came death: by man came alfo the refurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die: even fo in Chrift fhall all be made alive.

I Cor. xv. 20.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghoft;

Anfw. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

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The Collect.

Lmighty God, who through thine only begotten Son Jefus Chrift haft overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlafting life; We humbly befeech thee, that as by thy special grace preventing us, thou doft put into our minds good defires; fo by thy continual help we may bring the fame to good effect, through Jefus Chrift our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft, ever one God world without end. Amen.

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ception and relish of its pleasures; and, by leading a divine and spiritual life, live unto God, and partake of the heavenly pleasures, even in this world, as far as it is poffible.

Paraphrafe on the third ANTHEM for Eafter-day.

Chrift is rifen from the dead, and as, whilft the Levitical law prevailed, the crop was fanctifed by the first fruits being offered to God, fo is Christ, as it were, the first fruits of all thofe who, having been dead, rife up to everlafting life; for fince, by the man Adam, all men became fubject to death, fo by Chrift made man, all men are destined to rife again with their bodies.

Paraphrafe on the COLLECT for Eafter-Day.

O omnipotent God, who by the refurrection of Jefus Chrift from the dead, haft begotten us to a lively hope of our own immortality; (1 Pet. i. 3.) and haft by that opened the door, (John x. 3.) to eternal life; we humbly befeech thee that as by the operation of thy powerful grace, thou dot infpire us with good refolutions, fo by thy afifting grace, thou wouldft enable us to bring the fame to perfection; which we pray thee to do for the fake of Jefus Chrift oar Lord. Amen.

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The Epiftle. Col. iii. 1.

ye then be rifen with Chrift, feek thofe things which are above, where Chrift fitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth: For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Chrift in God. When Chrift who is our life, fhall appear, then shall ye alfo appear with him in glory. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupifcence, and covetoufnefs, which is idolatry: For which things fake the wrath of God cometh on the children of difobedience. In the which ye alfo walked fometime, when ye lived in them.

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The Gospel. St John xx. 1.

HE first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the fepulchre, and feeth the ftone taken away from the fepulchre. Then the runneth and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other dif ciple whom Jefus loved, and faith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the fepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went forth, and that other difciple, and came to the fepulchre. So they ran both together, and the other difciple did out run Peter, and came first to the fepulchre; and he ftooping down, and looking in, faw the linen clothes lying, yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the fepulchre, and feeth the linen clothes lie; and the napkin that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. Then went in alfo that other difciple which came firft to the fepulchre, and he faw and believed. For as yet they knew not the fcripture, that he muft rife again from the dead. Then the difciples went away again unto their own home.

Monday in Eafter-Week.

The Collect.

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us the gate of everlafting life; We humbly befeech thee, that as by thy, fpecial grace preventing us, thou doft put into our minds good defires, fo by thy continual help we may bring the fame to good effect, through Jefus Chrift our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. ~

See the Paraphrafe on the Collect for Eafter-Day, p. 151.

PETER

For the Epiftle. Acts x. 34.

ETER opened his mouth, and faid, Of a truth I perceive that God is no refpecter of perfons; but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteoufnefs, is accepted with him. The word which God fent unto the children of Ifrael, preaching peace by Jefus Chrift, (he is Lord of all) That word (I fay) you know, which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptifm which John preached: How 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. 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, and fhewed him openly; not to all the people, but unto witneffes chofen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him. after he rose from the dead. And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to teftify, that it is he who 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, fhall receive remiffion of fins.

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The Gospel. St Luke xxiv. 13. .

EHOLD, two of his difciples went that fame day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerufalem about threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all thefe things which had happened. And it came to pals that, while they communed together and reafoned, Jefus himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden, that they fhould not know him. And he

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faid unto them, What manner of communications are thefe ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are fad? And the one of them, whofe name was Cleophas, answering, faid unto him, Art thou only a ftranger in Jerufalem, and haft not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? And he faid unto them, What things? And they faid unto him, Concerning Jefus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word, before God, and all the people And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. But we trufted that it had been he who fhould have redeemed Ifrael. And befide all this, to-day is the third day fince these things were done. Yea, and certain women alfo of our company made us aftonifhed, who were early at the fepulchre; and when they found not his body, they came, faying, that they had alfo feen a vifion of angels, which faid that he was alive. And certain of them who were with us, went to the fepulchre, and found it even fo as the women had faid; but him they faw not. Then he faid unto

them, O fools, and flow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! ought not Chrift to have fuffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Mofes, and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself, And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone farther. But they conftrained him, faying, Abide with us, for it is towards evening, and the day is far fpent: and he went in to tarry with them. And it came to pafs, as he fat at meat with them, he took bread, and bleffed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their fight. And they faid one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures? And they rofe up the fame hour, and returned to Jerufalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, faying, The Lord is rifen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.

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Tuesday in Eafter-Week.

The Collect.

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Lmighty God, who through thy only begotten Son Jefus Chrift haft overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlafting life; We humbly befcech thee, that as by thy fpecial grace preventing us, thou doft put into our minds good defires, fo by thy continual help we may bring the fame to good effect, through Jefus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

See the Paraphrafe on the Collect for Eafter-Day, p. 151.

MEN

For the Epiftle. Acts xiii. 26.

EN and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whofoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this falvation fent. For they that dwell at Jerufalem, and their rulers, becaufe they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every fabbath-day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. And though they found no cause of death in him, yet defired they Pilate that he should be flain. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a fepulchre. But God raised him from the dead: And he was feen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerufalem, who are his witneffes unto the people. And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promife which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the fame unto us their children, in that he hath railed up Jefus again, as it is alfo written in the fecond Palm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he faid on this wife, I will give you the fure mercies of David. Wherefore he faith alfo in another Pfalm, thou fhalt not fuffer thine holy One to fee corruption. - For David after he had ferved his own generation by the will of God, fell on fleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and faw corruption: But he whom God raised again faw no corruption. Be it known unto you

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