of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be
delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a
clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had
hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of
the sepulchre, and departed. And there was Mary Magdalene, and
the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. Now the next
day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests
and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember
that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days
I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made
sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and
steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead:
so the last error shall be worse than the first. Pilate said unto
them, Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as you can. So
they went and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and
setting a watch.

EASTER DAY

_At Morning Prayer, instead of the Psalm_: O come, let us, &c.
_these Anthems shall be sung or said_.

Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep
the feast; Not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice
and wickedness: but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and
truth. 1 _Cor_. v. 7.

Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more: death hath no more
dominion over him.

For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth,
he liveth unto God.

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin: but
alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Rom_. vi. 9.

Christ is risen from the dead: and become the first-fruits of them
that slept.

For since by man came death: by man came also the resurrection of
the dead.

For as in Adam all die: even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 _Cor_. xv. 20.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost;

_Answer_. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be:
world without end. _Amen_.

| _The Easter Anthems may be used for seven days after Easter_.

THE COLLECT.

Almighty God, who through thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ
hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting
life: We humbly beseech thee, that as by thy special grace
preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by
thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through
Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth an