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Book of Common Prayer
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A Table of proper Lessons, and Psalms
Proper Lessons to be read at Morning and Evening Prayer on the Sundayes, & other Holy-daies throughout the year.
| ¶ Lessons | proper for | Sundaies |
|---|---|---|
| Mattens | Evensong. | |
| Sundaies of Advent | ||
| The first | Isai. i. | Isai. ii. |
| ii | v. | xxiv. |
| iii | xxv. | xxvi. |
| iv | xxx. | xxxii. |
| Sundaise after Christmas | ||
| The First | xxxvii | xxxviii |
| ii | xli | xliii |
| sundaise after the Epiphanie | ||
| The First | xliv | xlvi |
| ii | li | liii |
| iii | iv | lvi |
| iv | lvii | lviii |
| v | lix | lxiv |
| vi | lxv | lxvi |
| Septuagesima | Gen. i. | Gen. ii. |
| Sexagesima | iii | vi |
| Quinquag | ix to vr. xx | xii |
| Lent. | ||
| First Sunday | xix to vr. 30 | xxii |
| ii | xxvii | xxxiv |
| iii | xxxix | xiii |
| iv | xliii | xlv |
| v | Exod. iii | Exod. v |
| vi | ||
| 1. Lesson | ix | x |
| 2. Lesson | Matth. xxvi | Hebr.5.to.vr.xi |
| Easter, day | ||
| 1. Lesson | Exod. xii. | Exod. xiv |
| 2. Lesson. | Rom. vi | Acts.2. vr.22. |
| Sundaise after Easter | ||
| The first | Num. xvi | Num. xxii. |
| ii | xxiii. xxiv. | xxv. |
| iii | Deut. iv. | Deut. v. |
| iv | vi | vii. |
| v | viii | ix. |
| Sunday after Ascension day. | xii | xiii |
| Whitsunday | ||
| 1. Lesson | Deut.16. to vr.18. | Isai. xi |
| 2. Lesson. | Acts. 10. vr. 34 | Acts.19. to vr.21. |
| Trinitie Sunday. | ||
| 1. Lesson | Gon. i. | Gen. xviii. |
| 2. Lesson. | Matth. iii | 1. Ioh. v |
| Sundaise after Trinitie | ||
| The first | Jos. x | Jos. xxiii |
| ii | Judg. iv. | Judg. v. |
| iii | 1. Sam. ii | 1. Sam. iii |
| iv | xii | xiii |
| v | xv | xvii |
| vi | 2. Sam. xii | 2. Sam. xix |
| vii | xxi | xxiv |
| viii | 1. King. xiii | 1. King. xvii |
| ix | xviii | xix |
| x | xxi | xxii |
| xi | 2. King. v | 2. King. ix. |
| xii | x | xviii |
| xiii | xix | xxiii |
| xiv | Ierem. v. | Jerem. xxii. |
| xv | xxxv | xxxvi. |
| xvi | Esek. ii | Esek. xiii |
| xvii | xiv | xviii |
| xvii | xx | xxiv. |
| xix | Dan. iii | Dan. vi. |
| xx | Joel. ii | Mic. vi |
| xxi | Habak. ii | Prov. i. |
| xxii | Prov. ii | iii. |
| xxiii | xi | xii |
| xxiv | xiii | xiv |
| xxv | xv | xvi. |
| xxvi | xvii | xix |
| Lessons | proper for | Holydaies. |
| Mattens | Evensong. | |
| S. Andrew. | Prov. xx | Prov. xxi |
| S. Thomas ths Apostls | Prov. xx | Prov. xxi |
| Nativitie of Christ. | ||
| 1. Lesson. | Isai. 9. to vr. 8. | Isai. 7. vr. 10. to vr. 17. |
| 2. Lesson. | Luke. 2. to vr. 15. | Titus. 3. vr. 4. to vr. 9. |
| S. Stsphsn. | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Prov. xxviii | Ecctss. iv. |
| 2. Lssson. | Acts. 6. vr. 8. & c.7. to vr. 30. | Acts. 7. vr. 30. to vr. 55. |
| S. John. | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Ecctss. v. | Ecctss.vi. |
| 2. Lssson. | Apoc. i. | Apoc. xxii. |
| Innocsnts day. | Jsr. xxxi. to vr. 18. | Wisd. i. |
| Curcnmcision. | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Gsn. xvii. | Dsnt. x. vr. 12. |
| 2. Lssson. | Rom. ii. | Coloss. ii |
| Epiphanie. | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Isai. lx. | Isai. xlix. |
| 2. Lesson. | Luks. 3. to vr. 23 | Ioh. 2. to vr. 12. |
| Conversion of S. Paul. | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Wisd. v. | Wisd. vi. |
| 2. Lesson. | Acts. 22. to vr. 22. | Acts. xxvi. |
| Purification of the Virg. Mary | Wisd. ix | Wisd. xii. |
| S. Matthias. | xix | Eccl̃us. 1. |
| Añnnciation of our Ladie | Ecct̃us. ii | iii |
| Wsdesday bsfore Easter. | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Hos. xiii. | Hos. xiv. |
| 2. Lssson. | Ioh. xi. vr. 45. | |
| Thnrsday bsfore Easter. | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Dan. ix | Jerem. xxxi. |
| 2. Lssson. | Joh. xiii | |
| Good-Friday | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Gon. 22. to vr. 20 | Isai. liii. |
| 2. Lssson. | Ioh. xi. vr. 45. | |
| Easter Evon | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Zsch. ix | Exod. xiii. |
| 2. Lssson. | Luks. 23. vr. 50 | Hsbr. iv |
| Mnnday in Easter wssk | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Exod. xvi. | Exod. xvii. |
| 2. Lssson. | Matth. xxviii | Acts. iii. |
| Tuesday in Easter wssk | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Exod. xx. | Exod. xxxii. |
| 2. Lssson. | Luks. 24. to vr. 13 | 1. Cor. xv. |
| S. Mark. | Ecct̃us. iv | Ecct̃us. v |
| S. Philip. and S. Iacob. | ||
| 1. Lssson. | vii | ix |
| 2. Lssson. | Ioh. 1. vr. 43 | |
| Asssnsion day. | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Deut. x. | 2. King. ii. |
| 2. Lssson. | Luks. 24. vr. 44. | Eph: 4. to vr. 17. |
| Mnnday in Whitsnn Wssk | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Gen. xi. to vr. 10. | Num. xi. vr. 16. to vr. 30. |
| 2. Lssson. | 1. Cor. 24. vr. 44. | 1. Cor. 14. to vr. 26 |
| Tuesday in Whitsun Wssk | ||
| 1. Lesson. | i. Sam. 19. vr. 18. | Deut. xxx. |
| 2. Lesson. | i. Thess. v. vr. 12. to vr. 24 | 1. Joh. iv. to vr. 14. |
| S. Barnabas | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Eccl͊us. x. | Ecct͊us. xii. |
| 2. Lssson. | Acts: xiv | Acts. 15. to vr. 36. |
| S. Iohn Baptist | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Malach. iii | Malach. iv |
| 2. Lssson. | Matth. iii | Matth. 14. to vr. 13 |
| S. Pster | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Eccl͊us. xv | Eccl͊us. xix |
| 2. Lssson. | Acts. iii | Acts. iv |
| S. James. | Eccl͊us. xxi | Eccl͊us. xxii |
| S. Bartholomew. | xxiv | xxix |
| S. Matthew. | Ecct͊us. xxxv | Ecct͊us. xxxviii |
| S. Michaet | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Gen. xxxii | Dan. x. vr. 5. |
| 2. Lesson. | Acts. 12. to vr. 20 | Jude. vr. 6. to vr. 16. |
| S. Luks. | Eccl͊us. li. | Job: i. |
| S. Simon and S. Jude | Job. xxiv. xxv. | xlii. |
| All saints | ||
| 1. Lssson. | Wisd. iii to vr. 10. | Wisd. v. to vr. 17. |
| 2. Lesson. | Hebr. xi. vr. 33 & c. 12. to vr. 7. | Apoc. vr. xix. to vr. 17. |
Proper Psalms on certein Daies.
| Mattens | Evensong. | |
|---|---|---|
| ¶ Christmas day. | Psalm. xix | lxxxix |
| xlv | cx. | |
| lxxxv | cxxxii | |
| ¶ Ash-Wedensday | vi | cii. |
| xxxii. | cxxx | |
| xxxviii | cxliii. | |
| ¶ Good Friday | xxii | lxix |
| xl | lxxxviii. | |
| liv. | ||
| ¶ Easter day | ii | cxiii |
| ivii | cxiv | |
| cxi. | cxvii | |
| ¶ Ascension day | viii | xxiv |
| xv | xivii | |
| xxi. | cviii | |
| ¶ Whitsunday | xiviii | civ |
| lxviii | cxlv. |
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