twain, from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of faints which flept, arofe, and came out of the graves after his refurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the Centurion, and they that were with him watching Jefus, faw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, faying, Truly this was the Son of God.

the right hand, and another a loud voice, yielded up the on the left. And they that paf- ghoft. And behold, the vail fed by reviled him, wagging of the temple was rent in their heads, and faying, Thou that destroyeft the temple, and buildeft it in three days, fave thyfelf: If thou be the Son of God, come down from the crofs. Likewife alfo the chief priests, mocking him, with the fcribes and elders, faid, He faved others, himfelf he cannot fave: if he be the King of Ifrael, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he faid, I am the Son of God. The thieves alfo which were crucified with him, caft the fame in his teeth.

Monday before Eafter.
For the Epiftle. Ifai. Ixiii. 1.

Now from the fixth hour there WHO is this that com

was darkness over all the land, unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour, Jefus cried with a loud voice, faying, Eli, Eli, lama fabachthani? that is to fay, My God, my God, why haft thou forfaken me? Some of them that flood there, when they heard that, faid, This man calleth for Eli as. And ftraightway one of them ran, and took a fpunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The reft faid, Let be, let us fee whether Elias will come to fave him. Jefus, when he had cried again with

eth from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah ? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatnefs of his ftrength? I that fpeak in righteousness, mighty to fave. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine-fat? I have trodden the wine-prefs alone, and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will ftain all my raiment. For the G

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day of vengeance is in mine brought them up out of the heart, and the year of my re- fea, with the fhepherd of his

deemed is come. And I look- flock? Where is he that put ed, and there was none to his Holy Spirit within him? help; and I wondered that that led them by the rightthere was none to uphold hand of Mofes, with his gloritherefore mine own arm ous arm dividing the water bebrought falvation unto me; fore them, to make himself an and my fury it upheld me. everlasting Name? That led And I will tread down the them through the deep as an people in mine anger, and horse in the wilderness, that make them drunk in my fury, they should not stumble? As and I will bring down their a beast goeth down into the ftrength to the earth. I will valley, the fpirit of the Lord mention the loving kindneffes caused him to reft: so didft of the Lord, and the praises thou lead thy people, to make of the Lord, according to all thyfelf a glorious Name. Look that the Lord hath beftowed down from heaven, and beon us, and the great goodnefs hold from the habitation of towards the houfe of Ifrael, thy holinefs, and of thy glory: which he hath bestowed on Where is thy zeal, and thy them, according to his mer- ftrength, the founding of thy cies, and according to the bowels, and of thy mercies multitude of his loving-kind- towards me? are they reneffes. For he faid, Surely ftrained? Doubtless thou art they are my people, children our Father, though Abraham that will not lie: So he was be ignorant of us, and Ifrael their Saviour. In all their af- acknowledge us not thou fliction he was afflicted, and O Lord, art our Father, our the angel of his prefence faved Redeemer, thy Name is from them in his love and in his everlasting. O Lord, why haft pity he redeemed them, and thou made us to err from thy he bare them, and carried ways? and hardened our them all the days of old. But heart from thy fear? Return, they rebelled, and vexed his for thy fervants fake, the holy Spirit: therefore he was tribes of thine inheritance. turned to be their enemy, and The people of thy holiness he fought against them. Then have poffeffed it but a little he remembered the days of while our adverfaries have old, Mofes and his people, trodden down thy fanctuary. faying, Where is he that We are thine, thou never bareft

barest rule over them; they this Gofpel fhall be preached were not called by thy Name. throughout the whole world,

The Gospel. St. Mark xiv. 1.
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A feaft of the paffover,
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fhall be spoken of, for a memorial of her. And Judas

Ifcariot, one of the twelve,

went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. And when they heard it, they were

betray him. And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the paffover,

and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the fcribes fought how they might take him by craft, and put glad, and promifed to give him to death. But they faid, him money. And he fought Not on the feaft day, left how he might conveniently there be an uproar of the people. And being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he fat at meat, there his difciples faid unto him, came a woman having an ala- Where wilt thou that we go bafter box of ointment of and prepare, that thou mayeft fpikenard, very precious: and eat the paffover? And he the brake the box, and pour- fendeth forth two of his 'difed it on his head. And there ciples, and faith unto them, were fome that had indignati- Go ye into the city; and no within themselves, and there fhall meet you a man faid, Why was this wafte of bearing a pitcher of water: the ointment made; for it follow him. And wherefoever might have been fold for more he fhall go in, fay ye to the than three hundred pence, good-man of the house, The and have been given to the Mafter faith, Where is the poor? and they murmured gueft-chamber, where I shall against her. And Jefus faid, eat the paffover with my disciLet her alone; why trouble ples? And he will fhow you ye her? the hath wrought a a large upper room furnished good work on me: For ye and prepared: there make reahave the poor with you always, dy for us. And his difciples and whenfoever ye will, ye went forth, and came into the may do them good; but me city, and found as he had faid ye have not always. She hath unto them: and they made done what she could; fhe is ready the paffover. And in the come aforehand to anoint my evening he cometh with the body to the burying. Verily twelve. And as they fat, and I fay unto you, Wherefoever did eat, Jefus faid, Verily I

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yet will not I. And Jefus faith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, that this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou fhalt deny me thrice. But he fpake the more vehemently, If I fhould die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wife. Likewife also faid they all. And they came to a place which was named Gethfemane: and he faith to his difciples, Sit ye here, while I fhall pray. And he

fay unto you, one of you But Peter faid unto him, Alwhich eateth with me fhall though all fhall be offended, betray me. And they began to be forrowful, and to fay unto him one by one, Is it I? And another faid, Is it I? And he answered and faid unto them, It is one of the twelve that dippeth with me in the dish. The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed good were it for that man, if he had never been born. And as they did eat, Jefus took bread, and taketh with him Peter, and bleffed, and brake it, and James, and John, and began gave to them, and faid, Take, to be fore amazed, and to be eat: This is my body. And very heavy; and faith unto he took the cup, and when them, My foul is exceeding he had given thanks, he gave forrowful unto death: tarry it to them and they all ye here and watch. And he drank of it. And he faid went forward a little, and 'fell unto them, This is my blood on the ground, and prayed, of the new Testament, which that, if it were poffible, the is fhed for many. Verily I hour might pafs from him. fay unto you, I will drink no And he faid, Abba, Father, more of the fruit of the vine all things are poffible unto until that day that I drink it thee: take away this cup from new in the kingdom of God. me: nevertheless, not what I And when they had fung an will, but what thou wilt. hymn, they went out into the And he cometh, and findeth mount of Olives. And Jefus them fleeping, and faith unto faith unto them, All ye fhall Peter, Simon, fleepest thou? be offended because of me this couldeft not thou watch one night for it is written, I will hour? watch ye, and pray, finite the fhepherd, and the left ye enter into temptation; fheep shall be scattered. But the fpirit truly is ready, but after that I am rifen, I will the flesh is weak. And again go before you into Galilee. he went away, and prayed,

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and fpake the fame words. Scriptures must be fulfilled. And when he returned he And they all forfook him, and found them afleep again (for fied. And there followed him their eyes were heavy) neither a certain young man, having wift they what to answer him. a linen cloth caft about his And he cometh the third time, naked body; and the young and faith unto them, Sleep on men laid hold on him. And now, and take your reft: it he left the linen cloth, and is enough, the hour is come; fled from them naked. And hehold the Son of man is be- they led Jefus away to the trayed into the hands of fin- high priest and with him ners. Rife up, let us go; were affembled all the chief lo, he that betrayeth me is priefts, and the elders, and at hand. And immediately, the fcribes. And Peter folwhile he yet fpake, cometh lowed him afar off; even into Judas, one of the twelve, and the palace of the high priest: with him a great multitude, and he fat with the fervants, with fwords and ftaves, from and warmed himself at the the chief priests, and the fire. And the chief priests, fcribes, and the elders. And and all the council, fought he that betrayed him had for witness against Jefus to given them a token, faying, put him to death; and found Whomfoever I fhall kifs, that none. (For many bare false fame is he; take him and witness against him, but their lead him away fafely. And witnefs agreed not together.) as foon as he was come, he And there arofe certain and goeth ftraightway to him, and bare falfe witness against him, faith, Mafter, Mafter; and faying, We heard him fay, I kiffed him. And they laid will deftroy this temple that their hands on him, and took is made with hands, and with.him. And one of them that in three days I will build anoftood by drew a fword, and ther made without hands. fmote a fervant of the high But neither fo did their witpriest, and cut off his ear. nefs agree together. And the And Jefus anfwered and faid high prieft ftood up in the unto them, Are ye come midft, and asked Jefus, fayout as against a thief, with ing, Answereft thou nothing? swords and with ftaves, to take what is it which these witness me? I was daily with you against thee? But he held his in the temple, teaching, and peace, and anfwered nothing. ye took me not; but the Again the high priest afked