ever one God, world without

end. Amen.

Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of the church is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers, which we offer before thee for all estates of men in thy holy church, that every member of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may truly and godly serve thee; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

O merciful God, who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made, nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live: Have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Heretics, and take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word; and so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to thy flock, that they may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites, and be made one fold under one Shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit,

g Miss. Sar. in die Parasceves, fol. lxiv. Gelasii Sacr. Muratori Liturg. Rom. tom. i. p. 560. Gregorii Sacr. Menard. p. 62. MS. Leofr. fol. 108. Miss. Vet. Gall. Mabillon Liturg. Gall. p. 351.

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui salvas omnes homines, et neminem vis perire; respice ad animas diabolica fraude deceptas, ut omni hæretica pravitate deposita, errantium corda resipiscant, et ad veritatis tuæ redeant unitatem. Per".

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui etiam Judaicam perfidiam a tua misericordia non repellis; exaudi preces nostras quas pro illius populi obcæcatione deferimus; ut agnita veritatis tuæ luce quæ Christus est, a suis tenebris eruatur. Per eumdem Dominum'.

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui non vis mortem pecca

h Miss. Sar. fol. lxiv. Sacr. Gregorii Menard. p. 62. MS. Leofr. 109. Sacr. Gelasii Murat. Lit. Rom. tom. i. p. 562. Miss. Gall. Vet. Mabill. Liturg. Gall. p. 352.

i Miss. Sar. fol. lxv. Sacr.

one God, world without end. Amen.

torum, sed vitam semper inquiris; suscipe propitius orationem nostram ; et libera eos (paganos) ab idolorum cultura; et aggrega ecclesiæ tuæ sanctæ ad laudem et gloriam nominis tui. Per Dominum J.

THE COLLECT. Grant, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, so by continually mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him; and that through the grave, and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection; for his merits who died and was buried, and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Christe, fave desideriis et precibus nostris, et præsta prosperam hanc supervenientem sanctæ paschæ noctem, in qua tecum resurgentes de morte, transire mereamur ad vitam; Salvator mundi qui vivis &c. 1.

MS.

Gregorii Menard. p. 63.
Leofr. 110. Sacr. Gelasii Mu-
rat. Lit. Rom. tom. i. p. 562.
Miss. Gall. Vet. Mabill. Liturg.
Gall. p. 352.

j Miss. Sar. fol. lxv. Sacr. Gregorii Menard. p. 63. MS. Leofr. 110. Sacri Gelasii Murat. Lit. Rom. tom. i. p. 562. Miss. Gall. Vet. Mabill. Liturg. Gall. p. 352.

k Miss. Sar. in die Para

sceve, fol. lxiii. Comes Pamel. tom. ii. p. 23.

1 Miss. Gall. Vet. in Sabbato Sancto. Mabill. Liturg. Gallican. p. 356.

m Miss. Sar. in Vigil. Paschæ, fol. lxx. MS. Leofr. fol. 114. Comes Pamel. tom. ii. p. 25. This Gospel was read on Easter eve in the time of St. Augustine, who says (in Serm. cxl. In die Pascha),

ANTHEMS AT MATINS. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us therefore let us keep the feast;

Not with the old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness: but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more: death hath no more dominion over him.

THE COLLECT. Almighty God, who through thine onlybegotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech thee, that as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

"Hesterno die, id est nocte, lecta est ex evangelio resurrectio Salvatoris. Lecta est autem ex evangelio secundum Matthæum."

n One of the proper anthems for Easter in Antiphonar. Gregorii Pamel. tom. ii. p. 112.

• Anthem ad communionem Antiphonar. Gregorii feria 4. post Pascha. Pamel. tom. ii.

Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus: itaque epulemur;

In azymis sinceritatis et veritatis".

Christus resurgens ex mortuis, jam non moritur; Alleluia mors illi ultra non dominabitur °.

Deus, qui hodierna die per Unigenitum tuum æternitatis nobis aditum, devicta morte, reserasti; vota nostra, quæ præveniendo aspiras, etiam adjuvando prosequere. Per eumdem Dominum nostrum P.

p. 113.

P Miss. Sar. in die Paschæ, fol. lxxxv. Miss. Ambros. Pamel. Liturg. tom. i. p. 354. Sacramentar. Gelasii, Muratori Lit. Rom. tom. i. p. 574. Gregorii Sacr. Menard. p. 75. Muratori Liturg. Rom. tom. ii. p. 67. Miss. Gall. Vet. Mabillon Lit. Gall. p. 366. MS. Leofr. fol. 115.