THE TWENTIETH OF JUNE.
Church and Nation; Give her, we beseech thee, all those heavenly graces that are requisite for so high a trust; Let the work of thee her God prosper in her hands; Let her eyes behold the success of her designs for the service of thy true Religion established amongst us; And make her a blessed instrument of protecting and advancing thy Truth, wherever it is persecuted and oppressed; Let Hypocrisy and Profaneness, Superstition and Idolatry, fly before her face; Let not Heresies and false Doctrines disturb the peace of the Church, nor Schisms and causeless Divisions weaken it; But grant us to be of one heart and one mind in serving thee our God, and obeying her according to thy will: And that these blessings may be continued to after- ages, let there never be one wanting in her house to succeed her in the government
of this United Kingdom, that our posterity may see her children's children, and peace upon Israel. So we that are thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, shall give thee thanks for ever, and will always be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation. Amen.
THE EPISTLE. 1 St. Pet. ii. 11.
D EARLY beloved, I beseech you
as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evil- doers, they may, by your good works which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake; whether it be to the King, as supreme; or unto governours, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil- doers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well- doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness,
but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the King.
THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. xxii. 16. ND they sent out unto him their
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ing, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in
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truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? shew me the tribute- money. And they brought unto him a peny. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Cæsar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar's; and unto God the things that are God's. When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
TAfter the Nicene Creed shall follow the
Sermon.
TIn the Offertory shall this Sentence be read:
ET so shine before men,
that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. St. Matth. v. 16.
TAfter the Prayer[ For the whole State of Christ's Church& c.] these Collects following shall be used.
A Prayer for Unity.
GOD the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, the Prince of Peace; Give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions. Take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatsoeve else may hinder us from godly Union and Concord: that, as there is but one Body, and one Spirit, and one Hope of our Calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of us all, so we may henceforth be all of one heart, and of one soul, united in one holy bond of Truth and Peace, of Faith and Charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
that the course of this world may Lord, we thee, be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
YRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the words, which we have heard this day with our outward
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