saith Pilate unto him, Speakest Greek, and Latin. Then said the thou not unto me? Knowest thou chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, not that I have power to crucify Write not, The King of the Jews; thee, and have power to release but that he said, I am King of the thee? Jesus answered, Thou Jews. Pilate answered. What I Couldest have no power at all have written, I have written. against me, except it were given Then the soldiers, when they had thee from above; therefore he crucified Jesus, took his garments, that delivered me unto thee hath (and made four parts, to every the greatersin. And from thence-soldier a part) and also his coat: forth Pilate sought to release now the coat was without seam, him; but the Jews cried out, say-woven from the top throughout. ing. If thou let this man go, thou They said therefore among themart not Cæsar's friend: Whoso-selves, Let us not rend it, but cast ever maketh himself a king, lots for it, whose it shall be: that speaketh against Cæsar. When the Scripture might be fulfilled, Pilate therefore heard that say- which saith, They parted my rai ing, he brought Jesus forth, and ment among them, and for my sat down in the judgment-seat, vesture they did cast lots. These in a place that is called the Pave-things therefore the soldiers did. ment, but in the Hebrew, Gab-Now there stood by the cross of batha. And it was the prepara-Jesus, his mother, and his motion of the passover, and about ther's sister, Mary, the wife of the sixth hour: and he saith unto Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. the Jews, Behold your King. But When Jesus therefore saw his they cried out, Away with him, mother, and the disciple standing away with him, crucify him. Pi-by, whom he loved, he saith unto late saith unto them, Shall I cru- his mother, Woman, behold thy cify your King? The chief priests son. Then saith he to the disciple, answered, We have no king but Behold thy mother. And from Cæsar. Then delivered he him that hour that disciple took her therefore unto them to be cruci- unto his own home. After this, fied: and they took Jesus, and led Jesus knowing that all things him away. And he, bearing his were now accomplished, that the Cross, went forth into a place Scripture might be fulfilled, saith, called the place of a skull, which I thirst. Now there was set a vesis called in the Hebrew Golgotha; sel full of vinegar: and they filled where they crucified him, and a spunge with vinegar, and put two others with him, on either it upon hyssop, and put it to his side one, and Jesus in the midst. mouth. When Jesus therefore And Pilate wrote a title, and put had received the vinegar, he said, it on the cross; and the writing It is finished and he bowed his was, JESUS OF NAZARETH, head, and gave up the ghost. The THE KING OF THE JEWS. Jews therefore, because it was This title then read many of the the preparation, that the bodies Jews; for the place where Jesus should not remain upon the cross was crucified was nigh to the city; on the sabbath-day, (for that saband it was written in Hebrew, and bath-day was an high day) be sought Pilate that their legs might the long-suffering of God waited be broken, and that they might in the days of Noah, while the be taken away. Then came the ark was a preparing; wherein soldiers and brake the legs of the few, that is, eight souls, were saved first, and of the other which was by water. The like figure wherecrucified with him. But when unto, even Baptism, doth also they came to Jesus, and saw that now save us (not the putting he was dead already, they brake away the filth of the flesh, but the not his legs. But one of the sol-answer of a good conscience todiers with a spear pierced his wards God) by the resurrection side, and forthwith came thereout of Jesus Christ: Who is gone blood and water. And he that into heaven, and is on the right saw it bare record, and his record hand of God; angels, and authois true and he knoweth that he rities, and powers, being made saith true, that ye might believe. subject unto him. : For these things were done, that The Gospel St. Matt. xxvii. 57. the Scripture should be fulfilled, WHEN the even was come A bone of him shall not be bro- there came a rich man of ken. And again another scrip- Arimathea, named Joseph, who ture saith. They shall look on him also himself was Jesus' disciple: whom they pierced. Easter-Even. He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had GRANT O Lord, that as we taken the body, he wrapped it in are baptized into the death a clean linen cloth, and laid it in of thy blessed Son our Saviour his own new tomb, which he had Jesus Christ, so by continual hewn out in the rock; and he mortifying our corrupt affections, rolled a great stone to the door of we may be buried with him the sepulchre, and departed. And and that through the grave and there was Mary Magdalene, and gate of death we may pass to the other Mary, sitting over aour joyful resurrection, for his gainst the sepulchre. Now the merits, who died, and was bu-next day that followed the day of ried, and rose again for us, thy Son the preparation, the chief priests Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. and Pharisees came together unto The Epistle. 1 St. Peter, iii. 17. Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember IT is better, if the will of God that that deceiver said, while he be so, that ye suffer for well-was yet alive, After three days I doing, than for evil-doing. For will rise again. Command thereChrist also hath once suffered for fore that the sepulchre be made sins, the just for the unjust (that sure until the third day, lest his he might bring us to God) being disciples come by night, and steal put to death in the flesh, but him away, and say unto the peoquickened by the spirit: by which ple, He is risen from the dead; also he went and preached unto so the last error shall be worse the spirits in prison; which some- than the first. Pilate said unto time were disobedient, when once them, Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as you can. we may bring the same to good So they went and made the se-effect, through Jesus Christ our pichre sure, sealing the stone, Lord, who liveth and reigneth and setting a watch. Easter-Day. with thee and the Holy Ghost; ever one God, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. Col. iii. 1. 1A Morning Prayer, instead of the Pralm (0 come let us sing, &c.) these IF ye then be risen with Christ, anthems shall be sung or said. seek those things which are CHRIST our passover is sacri- above, where Christ sitteth on ficed for us; therefore let us the right hand of God. Set your keep the feast; affection on things above, not on Not with the old leaven, nei-things on the earth: For ye are ther with the leaven of malice dead, and your life is hid with and wickedness; but with the un-Christ in God. When Christ, leavened bread of sincerity and who is our life, shall appear, then truth. 1 Cor. v. 7. shall ye also appear with him in CHRIST being raised from the glory, Mortify therefore your dead, dieth no more; death members which are upon earth; bath no more dominion over fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupis For in that he died, he died cence, and covetousness, which anto sin once; but in that he liv-is idolatry: for which things sake eth, he liveth unto God. the wrath of God cometh on the Likewise reckon ye also your-children of disobedience. In the selves to be dead indeed unto which ye also walked sometime, sin; but alive unto God through when ye lived in them. Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom. vi. 9. The Gospel. St. John, xx. 1. CHRIST is risen from the dead, THE first day of the week comand become the first fruits when it was yet dark, unto the eth Mary Magdalene early, of them that slept. For since by man came death, sepulchre, and seeth the stone by man came also the resurrec-Then she runneth and cometh to taken away from the sepulchre. tion of the dead. For as in Adam all die; even in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Cor. xv. 20. The Collect. Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where ALMIGHTY God, who through they have laid him. Peter therethine only begotten Son Je-fore went forth, and that other sus Christ hast overcome death, disciple, and came to the sepuland opened unto us the gate of chre. So they ran both together; everlasting life; we humbly be- and the other disciple did outseech thee, that as, by thy spe- run Peter, and came first to the tial grace preventing us, thou sepulchre; and he, stooping down dost put into onr minds good de- and looking in, saw the linen ins; so by thy continual help clothes lying, yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter fol- about doing good and healing all lowing him, and went into the that were oppressed of the devil: sepulchre, and seeth the linen for God was with him. And we cloths lie; and the napkin that are witnesses of all things which was about his head not lying with he did, both in the land of the the linen clothes, but wrapped Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom together in a place by itself. Then they slew, and hanged on a tree. went in also that other disciple Him God raised up the third day, which came first to the sepulchre, and showed him openly; not to and he saw, and believed. For all the people, but unto witnesses as yet they knew not the Scrip- chosen before of God, even to us, ture, that he must rise again from who did eat and drink with him the dead. Then the disciples after he rose from the dead. And went away again unto their own he commanded us to preach unto home. Monday in Easter-Week. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who through the people, and to testify that it is he who was ordained of God to be the judge of quick and dead. To him give all the prophets wit thine only begotten Son Je-ness, that through his name, whosus Christ hast overcome death, soever believeth in him, shall reand opened unto us the gate of ceive remission of sins. everlasting life; we humbly be- The Gospel. St. Luke, xxiv. 13. seech thee, that as, by thy special BEHOLD, two of his disciples grace preventing us, thou dost went that same day to a vilput into our minds good desires; lage called Emmaus, which was so by thy continual help we may from Jerusalem about threescore bring the same to good effect, furlongs. And they talked togethrough Jesus Christ our Lord, ther of all these things which had who liveth and reigneth with thee happened. And it came to pass, and the Holy Ghost, ever one that while they communed togeGod, world without end. Amen. ther, and reasoned, Jesus himself drew For the Epistle. Acts, x. 34. near, and went with them. PETER opened his mouth, and But their eyes were holden, that said, Of a truth I perceive that they should not know him. And God is no respecter of persons: he said unto them, What manner but in every nation he that fear-of communications are these that eth him and worketh righteous- ye have one to another, as ye ness, is accepted with him. The walk, and are sad? And one of word which God sent unto the them, whose name was Cleopas. children of Israel, preaching peace answering, said unto him, Art by Jesus Christ; (he is Lord of thou only a stranger in Jerusa all;) that word, I say, ye know, lem, and hast not known the which was published throughout things which are come to pass all Judea, and began from Galilee, there in these days? And he said after the baptism which John unto them, What things? And preached How God anointed they said unto him, concerning Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Ghost, and with power; who went prophet mighty in deed and word, A Tuesday in Easter-Week. The Collect. before God and all the people rose up the same hour, and reAnd how the chief priests and turned to Jerusalem, and found our rulers delivered him to be the eleven gathered together, and condemned to death, and have them that were with them, saycrucified him. But we trusted ing, The Lord is risen indeed, and that it had been he who should hath appeared unto Simon. And have redeemed Israel: and be-they told what things were done side all this, to-day is the third in the way, and how he was known day since these things were of them in breaking of bread. done. Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, who were early at the sépulchre; and when they found LMIGHTY God, who through not his body, they came, saying, thine only begotten Son Jesus that they had also seen a vision Christ hast overcome death, and of angels, which said that he was opened unto us the gate of everalive. And certain of them who lasting life; we humbly beseech were with us went to the sepul- thee, that as, by thy special grace chire, and found it even so as the preventing us, thou dost put into women had said; but him they our minds good desires; so by thy saw not. Then he said unto them, continual help we may bring the O fools, and slow of heart to be-same to good effect, through Jelieve all that the prophets have sus Christ our Lord, who liveth spoken! ought not Christ to have and reigneth with thee and the suffered these things, and to en- Holy Ghost, ever one God, world ter into his glory? And beginning without end. Amen. at Moses and all the prophets, he For the Epistle. Acts, xiii. 26. expounded unto them in all the MEN and brethren, children Scriptures, the things concerning of the stock of Abraham, himself. And they drew nigh and whosoever among you feareth unto the village whither they God, to you is the word of this went: and he made as though salvation sent. For they that he would have gone further: But dwell at Jerusalem, and their ruthey constrained him, saying, lers, because they knew him not, Abide with us; for it is towards nor yet the voices of the prophets evening, and the day is far spent. which are read every sabbath-day, And he went in to tarry with they have fulfilled them in conthem. And it came to pass, as he demning him And though they sat at meat with them, he took found no cause of death in him, bread, and blessed it, and brake it, yet desired they Pilate that he and gave to them. And their should be slain. And when they eyes were opened, and they knew had fulfilled all that was written him, and he vanished out of their of him, they took him down from sight. And they said one to an- the tree, and laid him in a sepulother Did not our heart burn chre But God raised him from within us, when he talked with us the dead: And he was seen many by the way, and while he opened days of them which came up to us the Scriptures? And they with him from Galilee to Jerusa |