being in an agony, he prayed while another saw him, and said, more earnestly; and his sweat Thou art also of them. And Pewas as it were great drops of ter said, Man, I am not. And ablood falling down to the ground. bout the space of one hour after, And when he rose up from prayer, another confidently affirmed, sayand was come to his disciples, ing, Of a truth, this fellow also he found them sleeping for sor- was with him; for he is a Garow; and said unto them, Why lilean. And Peter said, Man, I sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye know not what thou sayest. And enter into temptation. And while immediately, while he yet spake, he yet spake, behold, a multitude, the cock crew. And the Lord and he that was called Judas, one turned, and looked upon Peter; of the twelve, went before them, and Peter remembered the word and drew near unto Jesus to kiss of the Lord, how he had said unto him. But Jesus said unto him, him, Before the cock crow, thou Judas, betrayest thou the Son of shalt deny me thrice. And Peter man with a kiss? When they went out and wept bitterly. And which were about him saw what the men that held Jesus, mocked would follow, they said unto him, him, and smote him. And when Lord, shall we smite with the they had blindfolded him, they sword? And one of them smote struck him on the face, and asked the servant of the high priest, and him, saying, Prophesy, who is cut off his right ear. And Jesus it that smote thee? And many answered and said, Suffer ye thus other things blasphemously spake far. And he touched his ear, and they against him. And, as soon healed him. Then Jesus said un-as it was day, the elders of the to the chief priests and captains people, and the chief priests, and of the temple, and the elders the scribes came together, and which were come to him, Be yelled him into their council, saying, come out as against a thief, with Art thou the Christ? Tell us. swords and staves? When I was And he said unto them, If I tell daily with you in the temple, ye you, ye will not believe: And if I stretched forth no hands against also ask you, ye will not answer me: but this is your hour, and me, nor let me go. Hereafter the power of darkness. Then shall the Son of man sit on the took they him, and led him, and right hand of the power of God. brought him into the high priest's Then said they all, Art thou then house. And Peter followed afar the Son of God? And he said off. And when they had kindled unto them. Ye say that I am. And a fire in the midst of the hall, and they said. What need we any were set down together, Peter further witness? for we ourselves sat down among them. But a have heard of his own mouth. certain maid beheld him, as he Thursday before Easter. sat by the fire, and earnestly The Epistle. 1 Cor. xi. 17. looked upon him, and said, This TN this that I declare unto you, man was also with him. And he I praise you not; that you denied him, saying, Woman, I come together not for the better, know him not. And after a little but for the worse. For first of all when ye come together in the sleep. For if we would judge ourChurch, I hear that there be di-selves, we should not be judged. visions among you; and I partly But when we are judged, we are believe it. For there must be also chastened of the Lord, that we beresies among you, that they should not be condemned with which are approved may be made the world. Wherefore, my brethmanifest among you. When ye ren, when ye come together to come together therefore into one eat, tarry one for another. And place, this is not to eat the Lord's if any man hunger, let him eat at Supper. For, in eating, every home; that ye come not together one taketh before other his own unto condemnation. And the rest supper and one is hungry, and will I set in order when I come. another is drunken. What, have The Gospel. St. Luke, xxiii. 1. ye not houses to eat and to drink THE whole multitude of them in? or despise ye the Church of arose, and led him unto Pilate. God, and shame them that have And they began to accuse him, not? What shall I say to you?saying, We found this fellow pershall I praise you in this? I praise verting the nation, and forbidding you not. For I have received of to give tribute to Cæsar, saying, the Lord that which also I deli-that he himself is Christ a king. vered unto you, That the Lord And Pilate asked him, saying, Jesus, the same night in which Art thou the king of the Jews? he was betrayed, took bread; and And he answered him, and said, when he had given thanks, he Thou sayest it. Then said Pilate brake it, and said, Take, eat ;to the chief priests and to the this is my body, which is broken people, I find no fault in this man. for you: this do in remembrance And they were the more fierce, of me. After the same manner saying, He stirreth up the people, also he took the cup, when he had teaching throughout all Jewry, supped, saying, This cup is the beginning from Galilee to this new testament in my blood: this place. When Pilate heard of do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in re- Galilee, he asked whether the membrance of me. For as often man were a Galilean. And as soon as ye eat this bread, and drink this as he knew that he belonged unto cup, ye do show the Lord's death Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him till he come. Wherefore, whoso-to Herod, who himself was also ever shall eat this bread, and drink at Jerusalem at that time. And this cup of the Lord unworthily, when Herod saw Jesus, he was shall be guilty of the body and exceeding glad; for he was deblood of the Lord. But let a man sirous to see him of a long seaexamine himself, and so let him son, because he had heard many eat of that bread, and drink of things of him; and he hoped to that cup. For he that eateth and have seen some miracle done by drinketh unworthily, eateth and him. Then he questioned with drinketh damnation to himself, him in many words; but he annot discerning the Lord's body. swered him nothing. And the For this cause many are weak chief priests and scribes stood and and sickly among you, and many vehemently accused him, And 8* Herod with his men of war set will. And as they led him away, him at nought, and mocked him, they laid hold upon one Simon, and arrayed him in a gorgeous a Cyrenian, coming out of the robe, and sent him again to Pilate. country, and on him they laid And the same day Pilate and He-the cross, that he might bear it rod were made friends together; after Jesus. And there followed for before, they were at enmity him a great company of people, between themselves. And Pilate, and of women, who also bewailed when he had called together the and lamented him. But Jesus chief priests, and the rulers, and turning unto them, said, Daughthe people, said unto them, Yelters of Jerusalem, weep not for have brought this man unto me me, but weep for yourselves, and as one that perverteth the people for your children. For behold, and behold, I, having examined the days are coming, in the which him before you, have found no they shall say, Blessed are the fault in this man, touching those barren, and the wombs that never things whereof ye accuse him bare, and the paps which never No, nor yet Herod: for I sent gave suck. Then shall they beyou to him; and lo, nothing wor-gin to say to the mountains, Fall thy of death is done unto him. on us; and the hills, Cover us. I will therefore chastise him, and For if they do these things in a release him. (For of necessity green tree, what shall be done in he must release one unto them the dry? And there were also at the feast.) And they cried two others, malefactors, led with out all at once, saying. Away him to be put to death. And Iwith this man, and release unto when they were come to the us Barabbas: (who for a certain place which is called Calvary sedition made in the city, and for there they crucified him, and murder, was cast into prison.) the malefactors; one on the right Pilate, therefore, willing to re-hand, and the other on the left. lease Jesus, spake again to them. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive But they cried saying, Crucify them, for they know not what him, crucify him. And he said they do. And they parted his unto them the third time, Why, raiment, and cast lots. And the what evil hath he done? I have people stood beholding: and the found no cause of death in him:rulers also with them derided I will therefore chastise him, and him, saying, he saved others; let let him go. And they were in-him save himself, if he be Christ stant with loud voices, requiring the chosen of God. And the solthat he might be crucified and diers also mocked him, coming the voices of them and of the to him, and offering him vinegar, chief priests prevailed. And Pi- and saying, If thou be the king late gave sentence that it should of the Jews, save thyself. And be as they required. And he re-a superscription also was written leased unto them him that for over him in letters of Greek, and sedition and murder was cast into Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS prison, whom they had desired: THE KING OF THE JEWS. but he delivered Jesus to their And one of the malefactors, which : were hanged, railed on him, say-(and the Holy Ghost, ever one ing, If thou be Christ, save thy- God, world without end. Amen. self and us. But the other an- ALMIGHTY and everlasting swering, rebuked him, saying, God, by whose Spirit the Dost not thou fear God, seeing whole body of the Church is gothou art in the same condemna-verned and sanctified; receive tion? And we indeed justly; for our supplications and prayers, we receive the due reward of which we offer before thee for our deeds: but this man hath all estates of men in thy holy done nothing amiss. And he said Church, that every member ofunto Jesus, Lord, remember me the same, in his vocation and miwhen thou comest into thy king-nistry, may truly and godly serve dom. And Jesus said unto him, thee, through our Lord and SaVerily I say unto thee, To-day viour Jesus Christ. Amen. shalt thou be with me in Para- Merciful God, who hast made dise. And it was about the sixth all men, and hatest nothing hour, and there was darkness that thou hast made, nor desirest over all the earth until the ninth the death of a sinner, but rather hour. And the sun was darken- that he should be converted and ed, and the vail of the temple was live; have mercy upon all Jews, rent in the midst. And when Turks, Infidels, and Heretics; Jesus had cried with a loud and take from them all ignorance, voice, he said, Father, into thy hardness of heart, and contempt hands I commend my spirit: and of thy word; and so fetch them having said thus, he gave up the home. blessed Lord, to thy flock, ghost. Now when the Centurion that they may be saved among saw what was done, he glorified the remnant of the true Israelites, God, saying, Certainly this was a and be made one fold under one righteous man. And all the peo- Shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord, ple that came together to that who liveth and reigneth with thee sight, beholding the things that and the Holy Spirit, one God, were done, smote their breasts world without end. Amen. and returned. And all his ac- The Epistle. Heb. x. 1. quaintance, and the women that THE law having a shadow of followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. Good Friday. The Collects. good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never, with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually, make the comers thereunto perfect. For then, would they ALMIGHTY God, we beseech not have ceased to be offered? thee graciously to behold this because that the worshippers, thy family, for which our Lord once purged, should have had no Jesus Christ was contented to be more conscience of sins. But in betrayed, and given up into the those sacrifices there is a rememhands of wicked men, and to brance again made of sins every suffer death upon the cross, who year. For it is not possible that the now liveth and reigneth with thee, blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore, when that is to say, his flesh; and havhe cometh into the world, he ing an high priest over the house saith, Sacrifice and offering thou of God; let us draw near with a wouldest not, but a body hast true heart, in full assurance of thou prepared me: In burnt-of-faith, having our hearts sprinkled ferings and sacrifices for sin thou from an evil conscience, and our hast had no pleasure: Then said bodies washed with pure water. I, Lo, I come (in the volume of Let us hold fast the profession of the book it is written of me) to our faith, without wavering; (for do thy will, O God. Above, when he is faithful that promised ;) and he said, Sacrifice, and offering, let us consider one another to proaud burnt-offerings, and offering voke unto love,and to good works, for sin, thou wouldest not, neither not forsaking the assembling of hadst pleasure therein, which are ourselves together, as the manoffered by the law; Then said he, ner of some is ; but exhorting one Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. another: and so much the more, He taketh away the first, that as ye see the day approaching. he may establish the second. By The Gospel. St. John, xix. 1. the which will we are sanctified, PILATE therefore took Jesus, through the offering of the body and scourged him. And the of Jesus Christ once for all. And soldiers platted a crown of thorns, every priest standeth daily minis-and put it on his head, and they tering and offering oftentimes the put on him a purple robe, and same sacrifices, which can never said, Hail, king of the Jews! and take away sins. But this man, they smote him with their hands. after he had offered one sacrifice Pilate therefore went forth again, for sins, for ever sat down on the and saith unto them, Behold, I right hand of God; from hence-bring him forth to you, that ye forth expecting till his enemies may know that I find no fault in be made his footstool. For by one him. Then came Jesus forth, offering he hath perfected for wearing the crown of thorns, and ever them that are sanctified the purple robe. And Pilate whereof the Holy Ghost also is a saith unto them, Behold the man. witness to us for after that he When the chief priests therefore had said before, This is the cove- and officers saw him, they cried nant that I will make with them out, saying, Crucify him, crucify after those days, saith the Lord; him. Pilate saith unto them, will put my laws into their hearts, Take ye him, and crucify him; and in their minds will I write for I find no fault in him. The them; and their sins and iniqui-Jews answered him, we have a ties will I remember no more. law, and by our law he ought to Now, where remission of these is, die, because he made himself the there is no more offering for sin. Son of God. When Pilate thereHaving therefore, brethren, bold-fore heard that saying, he was the ness to enter into the holiest by more afraid; and went again into the blood of Jesus, by a new and the judgment-hall, and saith unto living way, which he hath conse-Jesus, Whence art thou? But crated for us through the vail, Jesus gave him no answer. Then : |