John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688

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Exciting Holiness
Exodus 3.7-12
Psalm 122
Hebrews 12.1, 2
Luke 21.21, 34-36

Holy Communion
1 Thessalonians 4.9-12
Psalm 98.1-2, 8-end
Matthew 25.14-30

Morning Prayer
Psalms 76, 79
Proverbs 6.1-19
Mark 4.35-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 81, 84
2 Samuel 2.1-11
Acts 5.27-end

Collect

God of peace,
who called your servant John Bunyan
to be valiant for truth:
grant that as strangers and pilgrims
we may at the last rejoice with all Christian people
in your heavenly city;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of truth,
whose Wisdom set her table
and invited us to eat the bread and drink the wine
of the kingdom:
help us to lay aside all foolishness
and to live and walk in the way of insight,
that we may come with John Bunyan to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Collect on the Eve of Trinity 11

O God, you declare your almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
mercifully grant to us such a measure of your grace,
that we, running the way of your commandments,
may receive your gracious promises,
and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.