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equal with God's Law. And more-
over, they be neither dark nor dumb
Ceremonies, but are so set forth, that
every man may understand what they
do mean, and to what use they do
serve. So that it is not like that they
in time to come should be abused as
other have been. And in these our
doings we condemn no other Nations,
nor prescribe any thing but to our
own people only: For we think it | diversly in divers countries.

convenient that every Country should
use such Ceremonies as they shall
think best to the setting forth of God's
honour and glory, and to the re-
ducing of the people to a most per-
fect and godly living, without error or
superstition; and that they should put
away other things, which from time to
time they perceive to be most abused,
as in men's ordinances it often chanceth

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The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be read.

HE Psalter shall be read through once every Month, as it is there appointed, both for Morning and Evening Prayer. But in February it shall be read only to the twentyeighth or twenty-ninth day of the Month.

And, whereas January, March, May, July, August, October, and December have One-and-thirty days apiece; It is ordered, that the same Psalms shall be read the last day of the said months, which were read the day before: So that the Psalter may begin agam the first day of the next month ensuing.

And, whereas the 119th Psalm is divided into twenty-two portions, and

The Order how the rest of holy appointed

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HE Old Testament is

is over-long to be read at one time; It is so ordered, that at one time shall not be read above four or five of the said portions.

And at the end of every Psalm, and of every such part of the 119th Psalm, shall be repeated this Hymn,

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;

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

Note, that the Psalter followeth the Division of the Hebrews, and the Translation of the great English Bible, set forth and used in the time of King Henry the Eighth, and Edward the Sixth.

Scripture is appointed to be read. both at Morning and Evening Prayer; except only the Moveable Feasts, which are not in the Calendar, and the Immoveable, where there is a blank left in the Column of Lessons, the Proper Lessons for all which days are to be found in the Table of Proper Lessons.

for the first Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer; so as the most part thereof will be read every year once, as in the Calendar is appointed. The New Testament is appointed for the second Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer, and shall be read over orderly every year thrice, besides the Epistles and Gospels; except the Apocalypse, out of which there are only certain Proper Lessons appointed upon divers Feasts.

And to know what Lessons shall be read every day, look for the day of the Month in the Calendar following, and there ye shall find the Chapters that shall be read for the Lessons

And note, that whensoever Proper Psalms or Lessons are appointed; then the Psalms and Lessons of ordinary course appointed in the Psalter and Calendar (if they be different) shall be omitted for that time.

Note also, that the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, appointed for the Sunday shall serve all the week after, where it is not in this Book otherwise ordered.

To be read at Morning and Evening Prayer, on the Sundays, and

other Holy-days throughout the Year.

Lessons proper for Sundays.

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(to ver. 9 Easter-Even.

Mattins. Evensong.

Daniel-9 Jerem.-31 John-13

(to v. 20

Genesis 22 Isaiah -53 John-18 1 Peter-2

Zech.-9 Exodus 13 Luke -23. Heb.-4 (ver. 50

Exodus 16 Exodus 17 Matth.-28 Acts-3

Exodus 20 Exodus 32

Luke 24. to 1 Cor. -15

(ver. 13

Ecclus. -4 Ecclus. -5

-7

-9

(ver. 15

S. Stephen.

1 Lesson

Prov.- 28 Eccles.-4

2 Lesson

S. John, Evang.

Acts 6. v.8. Acts 7 v.30

and ch.7.
to ver. 30

(to v. 55

1 Lesson- Eccles.-5 Eccles.-6 2 Lesson Rev. - 1 Rev.-22

Innocents Day. Jerem.-31 Wisd.-1

1 Lesson
2 Lesson

Monday in
Easter-Week.

1 Lesson
2 Lesson-

Tuesday in
Easter-Week.

1 Lesson

(to v. 18

2 Lesson

Circumcision.

(ver. 12

1 Lesson

Genesis 17 Deut. -10.

S. Mark.

2 Lesson

Rom.-2 Coloss. -2

Epiphany.

S. Philip and
S. James.

1 Lesson

Isaiah-60 Isaiah -49

1 Lesson

2 Lesson

Luke 3. to John 2. to

2 Lesson

(ver. 23

(ver. 12

John 1. v.
(43

Conversion of
S. Paul.

Ascension-Day.

1 Lesson

Wisd.-5 Wisd.-6

1 Lesson
2 Lesson

Deut.-102 Kings-2
Luke -24. Ephes. -4

2 Lesson

Acts 22. to Acts-26

(ver. 44 (to v. 17

(ver. 22

Purification of
the Virgin
Mary.

Monday in
Whitsun-Week.

(ver. 10 (16. to v.30

1 Lesson

Gen. 11. to Num.11.v.

Wisd. -9 Wisd.-12

2 Lesson

1 Cor. -12 1 Cor.-14.

S. Matthias.

19 Ecclus. -1

Annunciation of

Tuesday in
Whitsun-Week.

(to v. 26

(ver. 18

our Lady. Ecclus. -2 3

1 Lesson

1 Sam.-19 Deut.-30

2 Lesson

Wednesday before Easter.

S. Barnabas.

1 Lesson

2 Lesson

Hosea -13 Hosea -14

1 Lesson

John-11.

• 2 Lesson

(ver. 45

1 Thess.-5 1 John -4
v.12tov.24 (to v. 14

Ecelus. 10 Ecclus. 12
Acts-14 Acts 15. to

(ver. 36

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Ash-Wednesday. 6, 32, 38 102,130,143 Ascension-Day. 8, 15, 21 24, 47, 108

Good-Friday. 22, 40, 54 69, 88 Whit-Sunday.

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Note, that † Exodus 6. is to be read only to ver. 14.

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