Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ... THE COLLECTS, EPISTLES, AND GOSPELS TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I.--The Expectation, the Birth, and early Life of Jesus. THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall appear in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and dead, we may rise to the life immortal, and reign with him in thy presence for ever. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. xiii. 8--14; The Gospel. St. Matth. xxi. 1--13; Or for the Gospel. Deuteronomy xviii. 9--19. THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. The Collect. LESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. xv. 4--13; The Gospel. St. Luke xxi. 25--33; Or, St. Matth. xiii. 47--58. o THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. The Collect. LORD, who at the first coming of our Saviour Jesus, didst send thy messenger to prepare his way before him: Grant that the ministers of his gospel, may likewise so prepare his way by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at his second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in thy sight, and may through thy mercy enter into the joy of our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 Cor. iv. 1--5; Or, Gal. i. 15--24; The Gospel. St. Matth. xi. 2--11. THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. The Collect. OLORD God, who givest..."
