d reigneth with thee and the
Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. _Amen_.

THE EPISTLE. Coloss. iii. 1.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection
on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and
your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Mortify
therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication,
uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and
covetousness, which is idolatry: for which things' sake the wrath
of God cometh on the children of disobedience: in the which ye also
walked some time, when ye lived in them.

THE GOSPEL. St John xx. 1.

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it
was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away
from the sepulchre. Then she runneth and cometh to Simon Peter,
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them,
They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know
not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went forth, and that
other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. So they ran both
together; and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came
first to the sepulchre; and he, stooping down and looking in,
saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh
Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth
the linen clothes lie; and the napkin that was about his head, not
lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by
itself. Then went in also that other disciple which came first to
the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not
the Scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. Then the
disciples went away again unto their own home.

| _If there be two or more celebrations of the Holy Communion_
| _in any church on Easter-day, the following Epistle and Gospel_
| _may be used at one of them_.
|
| THE EPISTLE. Hebr. xiii. 20.
|
| Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord
| Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the
| everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do
| his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight,
| through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. _Amen_.
|
| THE GOSPEL. St Mark xvi. 1.
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| When the sabbath was past, Mary Magdal