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Book of Common Prayer · 1662

Table of Proper Lessons and Psalms (Sundays).

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Proper Lessons.

To be Read at Morning and Evening Prayer, on the Sundays,
And Other Holy-days Throughout the Year.

Lessons Proper for Sundays.

MattinsEvensong
Sundays of Advent.
    The First Isaiah 1 Isaiah 2   or   Isaiah 4:2.
    Second 5 11:1-11 ” 24
    Third 25 26 ” 28:5-19
    Fourth 30:1-27 32 ” 33:2-23
Sundays after Christmas.
    The First 35 38 ” 40
    Second 42 43 ” 44
Sundays after the Epiphany.
    The First 51 52:13 & 53 ” 54
    Second 55 57 ” 61
    Third 62 65 ” 66
    Fourth Job 27 Job 28 ” Job 29
    Fifth Proverbs 1 Proverbs 3 ” Proverbs 8
    Sixth 9 11 ” 15
Septuagesima.
    First Lesson Genesis 1:1-2:4 Genesis 2:4 ” Job 38
    Second Lesson Rev. 21:1-9 Rev. 21:9-22:6
Sexagesima. Genesis 3 Genesis 6 ” Genesis 8
Quinquagesima 9:1-20 12 ” 13
LENT.
    First Sunday 19:12-30 22:1-20 ” 23
    Second 27:1-41 28 ” 32
    Third 37 39 ” 40
    Fourth 42 43 ” 45
    Fifth Exodus 3 Exodus 5 ” Exodus 6:1-14
    Sixth 9 10 ” 11
        Second Lesson Matt. 26 Luke 19:28 ” Luke 20:9-21
Easter-Day.
    First Lesson Exodus 12:1-29 Exodus 12:29 ” Exodus 14
    Second Lesson Rev. 1:10-19 John 20:11-19 ” Rev. 5
Sundays after Easter.
    The First Num. 16:1-36 Num. 16:36 ” Num. 17:1-12
        Second Lesson 1 Cor. 15:1-29 John 20:24-30
    Second Num. 20:1-14 Nm. 20:14-21:10 ” 21:10
    Third 22 23 ” 24
    Fourth Deut. 4:1-23 Deut. 4:23-41 ” Deut. 5
    Fifth 6 9 ” 10
Sunday after Ascension-Day. 30 34 ” Joshua 1
Whit-Sunday.
    First Lesson 16-18 Isaiah 11 ” Ezekiel 36:25
    Second Lesson Rom. 8:1-18 Gal. 5:16 ” Acts 18:24-19:21
Trinity-Sunday.
    First Lesson Isaiah 6:1-11 Genesis 18 ” Genesis 1:1-2:4
    Second Lesson Rev. 1-9 Eph. 4-17 ” Matt. 3
Sundays after Trinity.
    First Josh. 3:7-4:15 Josh. 5:13-6:21 ” Joshua 24
    Second Judges 4 Judges 5 ” Judges 6:11
    Third 1 Sam. 2:1-27 1 Samuel 3 ” 1 Sam. 4:1-19
    Fourth 12 13 ” Ruth 1
    Fifth 15:1-24 16 ” 1 Sam. 17
    Sixth 2 Samuel 1 2 Samuel 12:1-24 ” 2 Samuel 18
    Seventh 1 Chron. 21 1 Chron. 22 ” 1 Chron. 28:1-21
    Eighth 29:9-29 2 Chron. 1 ” 1 Kings 3
    Ninth 1 Kings 10:1-25 1 Kings 11:1-15 ” 11:26
    Tenth 12 13 ” 17
    Eleventh 18 19 ” 21
    Twelfth 22-41 2 Kings 2:1-16 ” 2 Kings 4:8-38
    Thirteenth 2 Kings 5 6:1-24 ” 7
    Fourteenth 9 10:1-32 ” 13
    Fifteenth 18 19 ” 23:1-31
    Sixteenth 2 Chron. 36 Nehem. 1:1-2:9 ” Nehem 8
    Seventeenth Jerem. 5 Jerem. 22 ” Jerem 35
    Eighteenth 36 Ezekiel 2 ” Ezekiel 13:1-17
    Nineteenth Ezekiel 14 18 ” 24:15
    Twentieth 34 37 ” Daniel 1
    Twenty-first Daniel 3 Daniel 4 ” 5
    Twenty-second 6 7:9 ” 12
    Twenty-third Hosea 14 Joel 2:1-21 ” Joel 3:9
    Twenty-fourth Amos 3 Amos 5 ” Amos 9
    Twenty-fifth Micah 4:1-5:8 Micah 6 ” Micah 7
    Twenty-sixth Habakkuk 2 Habakkuk 3 ” Zephaniah 3
    Twenty-seventh Eccles. 11 & 12 Haggai 2:1-10 ” Malachi 3 & 4

NOTE. -- That the Lessons appointed in the above Table for the Twenty-seventh Sunday after Trinity shall always be read on the Sunday next before Advent.

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