main in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, every one that is written in life in Jerusalem. If the Lord shall wash away the filth of the daughters of Sion, and shall wash away the blood of Jerusalem out of the midst thereof, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. And the Lord will create upon every place of mount Sion, and where he is called upon, a cloud by day, and a smoke and the brightness of a flaming fire in the night: for over all the glory shall be a protection. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shade in the day time from the heat, and for a security, and covert from the whirlwind, and from rain.

TRACT. Is. v.-My beloved had a vineyard son a hill in a fruitful place. V. He fenced it in, and digged it about, and planted it with the choicest vines, and built a tower in the midst thereof 7. And set up a wine press therein, for the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel.

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PRAYER. Deus, qui.-O God, who by the mouths of the holy prophets hast declared, that through the whole extent of thy empire it is thou that sowest the good seed, and improvest the choicest branches that are found in all the children of thy church: grant to thy people, who are called by the names of vites yards and corn, that they may root out all thorns and briers, and bring forth good fruit in plenty. Thro'. R. Amen. ta from you IX. PROPHECY. Exod. xi.-In those days & The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, &c. as in the H. Lesson of the Mass of the Presanctified, p. 281. Pr. Let us pray. Deac. Let us kneel down. Let Subd. Stand up again. PRAYER. Omnipotens. O Almighty and Eter nal God, who art wonderful in the performance of

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all thy works; let thy servants whom thou hast redeemed, understand, that the creation of the world in the beginning was not a more excellent work, than the sacrificing of Christ our passover at the end of the world. Who with thee, &c. R. Amen.

X. PROPHECY. Jonas iii.-In those days: The word of the Lord came to Jonas, &c. as in the Lesson on Monday in Passion Week. p. 212.

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PRAYER. Deus, qui.-O God, who has united the several nations of the Gentiles in the profession of thy name: give us both a will and a power to obey thy commands: that all thy people, who are called to eternity, may have the same faith in their minds, and piety in their actions. Thro'. R. Amen.

XI. PROPHECY. Deut. xxxi. 22.-In those days: Moses wrote a canticle, and taught it the children of Israel. And the Lord commanded Josue, the son of Nun, and said: Take courage, and be valiant: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land, which I have promised, and I will be with thee. Therefore after Moses had wrote the words of this law in a volume, and finished it: he com manded the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying: Take this book and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God: that it may be there for a testimony against thee. For I know thy obstinacy, and thy most stiff neck. While I am yet living, and going in with you, you have always been rebellious against the Lord: how much more when I shall be dead? Gather unto me all the ancients of your tribes, and your doctors, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and will call heaven and earth to witness against them. For I know that, after my death, you will do wickedly, and will

quickly turn aside from the way that I have commanded you and evils shall come upon you in the latter times, when you shall do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him by the works of your hands. Moses therefore spoke, in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel, the words of this canticle, and finished it even to the end.

TRACT. Deut. xxxii.-Hear, O ye heavens, and I will speak: let the earth_give ear to the words of my mouth. V. Let what I say be looked for like rain: and let my words drop down like dew. V. Like the shower upon the grass, and the snow upon the dry herb: for I will call upon the name of the Lord. V. Publish the greatness of our God: he is God; his works are perfect, and all his ways are justice. V. God is faithful, in whom there is no iniquity: the Lord is just and holy.

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PRAYER. Deus, celsitudo.-O God, who raisest the humble, and givest strength to the righteous! and who by thy holy servant Moses, wast pleased so to instruct thy people by the singing of the sacred canticle, that the repetition of the law might be also our direction: shew thy power to all the multitude of Gentiles justified by thee, and, by mitigating thy terrors, grant them joy: that all their sins being pardoned by thee, the threatened vengeance may contribute to their salvation. Thro'. R. Amen.

XII. PROPHECY. Dan. iii.-In those days King Nabuchodonosor made a statue of gold, of sixty cubits high, and six cubits broad, and he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. Then Nabuchodonosor the king sent to call toge ther the nobles, the magistrates, and the judges, the captains, the rulers, and governors, and all the chief men of the provinces, to come to the dedica

tion of the statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up. Then the nobles, the magistrates, and the judges, the captains, and rulers, and the great men that were placed in authority, and all the princes of the provinces, were gathered together to come to the dedication of the statue which king Nebuchodonosor had set up. And they stood before the statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up.--Then a herald cried with a strong voice: To you it is commanded, 0 nations, tribes, and languages: that in the hour that you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and of the flute, and of the harp, of the sackbut, and of the psaltery, and of the symphony, and of all kind of music; 7e fall down and adore the golden statue which king Nabuchodonosor hath set up. But if any man should not fall down and adore, he shall the same hour be cast into a furnace of

burning fire. Upon this, therefore, at the time when all the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the flute and the harp, of the sackbut, and the psaltery, of the symphony, and of all kind of music; all the nations, tribes and languages, fell down and adored the golden statue, which king Nabuchodonosor had set up. And presently, at that very time some Chaldeans came and accused the Jews: and said to king Nabuchodonoser: O king, live for ever: Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the trumpet, the flute, and the harp, of the sackbut, and the psaltery, of the symphony, and of all kind of music, shall prostrate himself, and adore the golden statue: and that if any man shall not fall down and adore, he should be cast into a furnace of burning fire. Now there are certain Jews, whom thou hast set over the works of the province of Babylon, Sidrach, Misach, and Abednago: these men, O king, have slighted thy decree: they worship not thy gods nor do they adore the golden statue which thou hast set up.~

Then Nabuchodonosor, in fury, and in wrath, com manded that Sidrach, Misach, and Abednago, should be brought; who immediately were brought before the king. And Nabuchodonosor the king spoke to them, and said: Is it true, O Sidrach, Misach, and Abednago, that you do not worship my gods, nor adore the golden statue that I have set up? Now therefore if you be ready, at what hour soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, flute, harp, sackbut, and psaltery, and symphony, and of all kind of music, prostrate yourselves, and adore the statue which I have made: but if you do not adore, you shall be cast in the same hour into the furnace of burning fire: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hand? Sidrach, Misach, and Abednago answered and said to king Nabuchodonosor: We have no occasion to answer thee concerning this matter. For behold our God, whom we worship, is able to save us from the furnace of burning fire, and to deliver us out of thy hands, O king. But if he will not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not worship thy gods, nor adore the golden statue which thou hast set up. Then was Nabuchodonosor filled with fury: and the countenance of his face was changed against Sidrach, Misach, and Abednago, and he commanded that the furnace should be heated seven times more than it had been accustomed to be heated. And he commanded the strongest men that were in his army, to bind the feet of Sidrach, Misach, and Abednago, and to cast them into the furnace of burning fire. And immediately these men were bound and were cast into the furnace of burning fire, with their coats and their caps, and their shoes, and their garments. For the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace was heated exceedingly. And the flame of the fire slew those men that had cast in Sidrach, Misach, and Abednago. But these three men, that is, Sidrach,