Study to be quiet. I Thessalonians iv. 11. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. I Thess. v. 21. The law is good, if a man use it lawfully. Not greedy of filthy lucre. Busy-bodies, speaking things not. I Timothy i. 8. 1 Tim. iii. 3. which they ought I Tim. V. 13. Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake. I Tim. V. 23. The love of money is the root of all evil. Fight the good fight. I Tim. vi. 10. 1 Tim. vi. 12. 1 Tim. vi. 18. Rich in good works. Science falsely so called. I have fought a good fight, I my course, I have kept the faith. 1 Tim. vi. 20. have finished 2 Tim. iv. 7. Unto the pure all things are pure. Titus i. 15. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Hebrews xiii. 2. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life. How great a matter a little fire kindleth! James i. 12. James iii. 5. The tongue can no man tame; it is an un ruly evil.1 James iii. S. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. I Peter v. 8. The dog is turned to his own vomit again. Bowels of compassion. 2 Peter ii. 22. 1 John iii. 17. 1 Usually quoted, “The tongue is an unruly member." There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear. Be thou faithful unto death. I John iv. 18. Revelation ii. 10. He shall rule them with a rod of iron. I am Alpha and Omega, the the end, the first and the last. Rev. ii. 27. beginning and Rev. xxii. 13. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done. The noble army of martyrs. Morning Prayer. Ibid. Afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or es tate. Prayer for all Conditions of Men. Have mercy upon us miserable sinners. The Litany. From envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness. Ibid. The world, the flesh, and the devil. Ibid. The kindly fruits of the earth. Ibid. Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest. Collect for the Second Sunday in Advent. Renounce the devil and all his works. Baptism of Infants. The pomps and vanity of this wicked world. Catechism. To keep my hands from picking and stealing. Ibid. To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me. Ibid. An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace. Ibid. Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace. Solemnization of Matrimony. To have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part. To love, cherish, and to obey. Ibid. Ibid. With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow. In the midst of life we are in death.1 Ibid. The Burial Service. Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection. Ibid. This is derived from a Latin antiphon, said to have been composed by Notker, a monk of St. Gall, in 911, while watching some workmen building a bridge at Martinsbrücke, in peril of their lives. It forms the groundwork of Luther's antiphon De Morte. Tate & Brady. -Sternhold & Hopkins. 647 But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, and mine own familiar friend. The Psalter. Ps. lv. 14. Men to be of one mind in an house. Ibid. Ps. lxviii. 6. The iron entered into his soul. Ps. cv. 18. TATE AND BRADY.1 And though he promise to his loss, Ps. xv. 5. The sweet remembrance of the just Ps. cxii. 6. STERNHOLD AND HOPKINS. The Lord descended from above And underneath his feet he cast On cherubs and on cherubims Full royally he rode; And on the wings of all the winds Came flying all abroad.2 1 Nahum Tate, 1652-1715; Nicholas Brady, 1659, 1726. 2 By Thomas Sternhold, - 1549. |