Saint Bartholomew. Non nobis, Domine. Psalm cxv. Nor unto us, (O Lord,) not unto us, but unto thy name give the praise for thy loving mercy, and for thy truth's sake. Wherefore shall the heathen say: Where is now their God? As for our God, he is in heaven he hath done whatsoever pleased him. Their idols are silver and gold even the work of men's hands. They have mouths, and speak not eyes have they, and see not. They have ears, and hear not: noses have they, and smell not. They have hands, and handle not; feet have they, and walk not: neither speak they through their throat. They that make them are like unto them and so are all such as put their trust in them. But the house of Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their succour and defence. Ye house of Aaron, put your trust in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. Ye that fear the Lord, trust ye in the Lord he is their helper and defender. The Lord hath been mindful of us, and he shall bless us : even he shall bless the house of Israel, he shall bless the house of Aaron. He shall bless them that fear the Lord: both small and great. The Lord shall increase you more and more: you and your children. Ye are the blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth. All the whole heavens are the Lord's: the earth hath he given unto the children of men. The dead praise not thee (0) Lord) neither all they that go down into the silence. But we will praise the Lord: from this time forth for ever more. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c. Amen. The Collect. O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, which hast given grace to thy apostle Bartholomew truly to believe and to preach thy word; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy church, both to love that he believed, and to preach that he taught; through Christ our Lord. The Epistle. Acts v. By the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders shewed among the people. And they were all together with one accord in Solomon's porch and of other durst no man join himself to them: nevertheless the people magnified them: the number of them that believed in the Lord, both of men and women, grew more and more: insomuch that they brought the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least way the shadow of Peter, when he came by, might shadow some of them, (and that they might all be delivered from their infirmities.) There came also a multitude out of the cities round about shadow some of them. There came also a multitude 1552. unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits; and they were healed every one. The Gospel. Luke xxii. AND there was a strife among them, which of them should seem to be the greatest. And he said unto them, The kings of nations reign over them; and they that have authority upon them are called gracious lords. But "ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, shall be as the younger; and he that is chief, shall be as he that doth minister. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? But I am among you as he that ministereth. Ye are they which have bidden with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed to me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Saint Matthew. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes. O PRAISE the Lord, all ye heathen praise him, all ye nations. For his merciful kindness is ever more and more toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. 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. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, which by thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receipt of custom to be an apostle and evangelist; Grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires, and inordinate love of riches, and to follow thy said Son Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth, &c. u ye shall not so be 1552. appointed unto me 1552. The Epistle. 2 Cor. iv. SEEING that we have such an office, even as God hath had mercy on us, we go not out of kind; but have cast from us the clokes of unhonesty, and walk not in craftiness, neither handle we the word of God deceitfully, but open the truth, and report ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. If our gospel be yet hid, it is hid among them that are lost in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ (which is the image of God) should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus to be the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For it is God, that y commanded the light to shine out of darkness, which hath shined in our hearts, for to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ. The Gospel. Matt. ix. AND as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man (named Matthew) sitting at the receipt of custom; and he said unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, behold, many publicans also and sinners that came, sat down with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be strong need not the physician, but they that are sick. Go ye rather and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice; for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. ¶ Saint Michael and All Angels. At the Communion. Laudate, pueri. Psalm cxiii. PRAISE the Lord (ye servants): O praise the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth for : evermore. The Lord's name is praised: from the rising up of the sun y commandeth 1552. unto the going down of the same. The Lord is high above all heathen and his glory above the heavens. Who is like unto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling so high and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth? He taketh up the simple out of the dust and lifteth the poor out of the mire ; That he may set him with the princes: even with the princes of his people. He maketh the barren woman to keep house and to be a joyful mother of children. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, &c. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever &c. The Collect. EVERLASTING God, which hast ordained and constituted the services of all angels and men in a wonderful order; Mercifully grant, that they which alway do thee service in heaven, may by thy appointment succour and defend us in earth: through Jesus Christ our Lord, &c. The Epistle. Apoc. xii. THERE was a great battle in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels; and prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon, that old serpent, called the Devil and Sathanas, was cast out, which deceiveth all the world. And he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out also with him. And I heard a loud voice, saying, In heaven is now made salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ. For the accuser of our brethren is cast fought with his angels 1552. |