_Let her dwell before thee for ever: O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve her._ Psalm lxi. 7. In her time let the righteous flourish: and let peace be in all our borders. _Psalm Ixxii. 7_. and cxlii. 14. _As for her enemies, clothe them with shame: but upon herself let her crown flourish._ Psalm cxxxii. 19. _Also this._ Thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wicked- ness: neither shall any evil dwell with thee. _Psalm v. 4._ _Thou wilt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord abhors both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man._ ver: 6. O how suddenly do they consume: perish, and come to a fearful end! _Psalm_ lxxiii. 18. _Yea, even like as a dream, when one awaketh: so didst thou make their image to vanish out of the city._ ver. 19. _This Sentence may be read at the Offertory._ {061} Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the Prophets. _St. Matt._ vii. 12. _Also may be profitably read these Sentences._ There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. _Prov._ xxx. 12. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! _Isaiah_, v. 20. ' Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter. _Matt_, xxiii. 25. But your inside is full of ravening and wickedness. _Luke_, xi. 39. Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. _Luke,_ xi. 44. His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. _Prov._ v. 22. He shall die without instruction; and in the great- ness of his folly he shall go astray. _Prov_. v. 23. The congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. _Job_, xv. 34. _After the Prayer_ [For the whole State of Christ's Church, &c.] _this Collect following may be used._ {062}