The Fourth Sunday of Easter.
1st
Evensong
The Psalms Appointed
116, 117
The Antiphon for the Magnificat
I
am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the bright and morning Star: * I am
the Key of David, Alleluia!
Matins
The Psalms Appointed
120, 121, &
122
The Readings
II Sam 12:15-23
& John 21:1-19
The Antiphon for the Benedictus
A
little while, and ye shall not see me, saith the Lord: * and again, a little
while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father, Alleluia! Alleluia!
Holy
Communion
The Introit Psalm
75. Confitebimur
tibi.
UNTO thee, O God, do we give
thanks; * yea, unto thee do we give thanks.
2 Thy Name also is so nigh; * and that do thy wondrous works
declare.
3 In the appointed time, saith God, * I
shall judge according unto right.
4 The earth is weak, and all the inhabiters thereof: * I
bear up the pillars of it.
5 I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly; * and to the
ungodly, Set not up your horn.
6 Set not up your horn on high, * and speak not with a stiff
neck.
7 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the
west, * nor yet from the south.
8 And why? God is the Judge; * he putteth down one, and
setteth up another.
9 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine
is red; * it is full mixt, and he poureth out of the same.
10 As for the dregs thereof, * all the ungodly of the earth
shall drink them, and suck them out.
11 But I will talk of the God of Jacob, * and praise him for
ever.
12 All the horns of the ungodly also will I break, * and the
horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who showest to them that are in error the light of
thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousness;
Grant unto all those who are admitted into the fellowship of Christ's Religion,
that they may avoid those things that are contrary to their profession, and
follow all such things as are agreeable to the same; through our Lord Jesus
Christ. Amen.
The Epistle. 1 St. Pet. ii. 11.
DEARLY beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain
from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; having your conversation honest
among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may
by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of
visitation. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake:
whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are
sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do
well. For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the
ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of
maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the
brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
The Gradual Ps. 66:7&8
Alleluia! Alleluia! O praise our God, ye peoples,
* and make the voice of his praise to be heard; Alleluia!
8 Who holdeth our soul in life; * and suffereth not our feet
to slip. Alleluia!
The Gospel. St. John xvi. 16.
JESUS said to his disciples, A little while, and ye shall not see
me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith
unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while,
and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? They said therefore, What
is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. Now Jesus
knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire
among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and
again, a little while, and ye shall see me? Verily, verily, I say unto you,
That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful,
but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail hath
sorrow, because her hour it come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child,
she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart
shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
2nd Evensong
The Psalms Appointed
123, 124, &
125
The Readings
Exo 14:5- 31 &
Rom 6:1-18
The Antiphon for the Magnificat
What
is this that he saith, A little while? Alleluia: * we cannot tell what he
saith, alleluia.
Fourth
Wednesday of Easter
Holy
Communion
The Epistle I John ii. 1-8.
Dearly beloved, these things write I unto you, that ye
sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ
the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only,
but also for the sins of the whole world. And hereby we do know that we know
him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not
his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his
word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in
him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he
walked. Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment
which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have
heard from the beginning. Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which
thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true
light now shineth. Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Gospel John iii. 25-36.
At that time there arose a question between some of
John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying. And they came unto John, and
said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest
witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. John answered and
said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Ye
yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am
sent before him. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of
the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of
the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase,
but I must decrease. He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the
earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is
above all. And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth
his testimony. He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that
God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God
giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath
given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting
life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of
God abideth on him.
Fourth
Friday of Easter
Holy
Communion
The Epistle I Thess. v. 5-11.
Brethren, ye are all the children of light, and the
children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us
not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep
sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let
us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love;
and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to
wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that,
whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Wherefore comfort
yourselves together, and edify one another in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The Gospel John xii. 46-50.
At that time said Jesus unto his disciples, I am come
a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in
darkness. And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I
came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and
receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken,
the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but
the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what
I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever
I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
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