The adoration of the Be wise now therefore, O ye kings be learned, Magi;Kings shall see and arise, ye that are judges of the princes also shall worship.earth. Isaiah xlix. 7. they return home by another way : How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.-Isaiah i. 21. Serve the Lord in fear: and rejoice unto Him with reverence. : Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and so ye perish from the right way if His wrath be kindled, (yea, but a little,) blessed are all they that put their trust in Him. Lead me, O Lord, in Thy righteousness, because of mine enemies : make Thy way plain before my face. For there is no faithfulness in his mouth : their inward parts are very wicked ness. Their throat is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue. Destroy Thou them, O God; let them perish through their own imaginations: cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness; for they have rebelled against Thee. And let all them that put their trust in Thee rejoice: they shall ever be giving of thanks, because Thou defendest them; they that love the rage and discom fiture of Herod.Woe to him that coveteth Thy Name shall be joyful in For Thou, Lord, wilt give Thy blessing unto the righteous and with Thy favourable kindness wilt Thou defend him as with a shield. The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together against an evil covetousness to his the Lord, and against His house, that he may set his Anointed. nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! The palsied man.— Behold, men brought in a Let us break their bonds asunder and cast away their cords from us. He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath: and vex them in His sore displeasure. Yet have I set My King: upon My holy hill of Sion. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord I will abhor both the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.— O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine indignation: nei bed a man which was taken | ther chasten me in Thy diswith a palsy.-St. Luke v. pleasure. 18. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak: O St. Mary Magdalene.Out of whom He had cast seven devils.-St. Mark xvi. 9. A Woman, a sinner.— Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much.-St. Luke vii. 47. The little Child set in the midst.Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of Heaven.— St. Matthew xviii. 4. Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed. My soul also is sore troubled: but, Lord, how long wilt Thou punish me? O Lord my God, in Thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me; Lest he devour my soul, like a lion, and tear it in pieces: while there is none to help.— Away from me, all ye that work vanity for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord hath heard my' petition the Lord will receive my prayer. All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed: they shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly. O Lord our Governour, how excellent is Thy Name in all the world: Thou that hast set Thy glory above the heavens! Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast Thou ordained strength, because of Thine enemies : that Thou mightest still the enemy, and the avenger. For I will consider Thy heavens, even the works of The Syrophenician Mo ther. She said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.-S. Matthew xv. 27, 28. Thy fingers the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained. What is man, that Thou art mindful of him and the son of man, that Thou visitest him? Thou madest him lower than the angels to crown him with glory and worship. Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of Thy hands and Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet; All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas. O Lord our Governour: how excellent is Thy Name in all the world! Lord, how are they increased that trouble me : many are they that rise against me. Many one there be that say of my soul: There is no help for him in his God. But Thou, O Lord, art my defender: Thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head. I did call upon the Lord The Man born blind cast out of the Synagogue. They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.-St. John ix. 34. The Lord Jesus hangs between two thieves : One of the malefactors which were hanged railed on Him.-St. Luke xxiii. 39. with my voice and He heard me out of His holy hill. O Lord my God, if I have done any such thing: or if there be any wickedness in my hands; If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me: yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy; Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me : yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient and God is provoked every day. If a man will not turn, He will whet His sword: He hath bent His bow, and made it ready. He hath prepared for him the instruments of death: He ordaineth His arrows against the persecutors. Behold, he travaileth with mischief: he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness. He hath graven and digged up a pit and is fallen |