Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil. As for me, I will patiently abide alway and will praise thee more and more. My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation: for I know no end thereof. I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God: and will make mention of thy righteousness only. Thou (O God) hast taught me from my youth up until now : therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works. Forsake me not (O God) in mine old age, when I am grayheaded, until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come. Thy righteousness (O God) is very high and great things are they that thou hast done; O God, who is like unto thee? Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. For thou art my hope, O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. By thee have I been holden up from the womb thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels, my praise shall be continually of thee. I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. Cast me not off in the time of old age, forsake me not when my strength faileth. For mine enemies speak against me and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together. Saying, God hath forsaken him : persecute him, and take him, for there is none to deliver him. O God, be not far from me : O my God, make haste for my help. Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. O what great troubles and adversities hast thou shewed me! and yet didst thou turn and refresh me yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again. Thou hast brought me to great honour and comforted me on every side. Therefore will I praise thee and thy faithfulness (O God) playing upon an instrument of musick, unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou holy one of Israel. My lips will be fain when I sing unto thee: and so will my soul whom thou hast delivered. My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long, for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evil. § 312. Adding this Anthem. O SAVIOUR of the world, save us, which by thy cross and precious blood hast redeemed us, help us we beseech thee, O God. § 313. Then shall the minister say, THE Almighty Lord, which is a most strong tower to all them that put their trust in him, to whom all things in heaven, in earth, and under earth, do bow and obey: be now and evermore thy defence, and make thee know and feel, that there is no other name under heaven given to man, in whom and through whom thou mayest receive health and salvation, but only the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. t § 312. Adding this. O SAVIOUR of the world, &c. [Same as 1549.] § 313. Then shall the Presbyter or Minister say, THE Almighty Lord, &c. [Same as 1549, to] ... our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. [In the Scotch ed., 1637, the ORDER ends here.] Charles II. 1662. [Verses 18-22 omitted.] Glory be to the Father, &c. [Same as 1637.] 8312. Adding this. O SAVIOUR of the world, who by thy Cross and precious Blood hast redeemed us, Save us and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord. $313. Then shall the Minister say, THE Almighty Lord, who is, &c. our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. In one ed. 1549, and 1552, and 1559, and afterwards, "under the earth." Lord bless thee and keep thee. The Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace, both now and evermore. Amen. § 315. A Prayer for a sick Child. O ALMIGHTY God and merciful Father, to whom alone belong the issues of life and death; Look down from heaven, we humbly beseech thee, with the eyes of mercy upon this child now lying upon the bed of sickness: Visit him, O Lord, with thy salvation; deliver him in thy good appointed time from his bodily pain, and save his soul for thy mercies' sake. That if it shall be thy pleasure to prolong his days here on earth, he may live to thee, and be an instrument of thy glory, by serving thee faithfully, and doing good in his generation; or else receive him into those heavenly habi. tations, where the souls of them that sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy perpetual rest and felicity. Grant this, O Lord, for thy mercies' sake, in the same thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. : § 319. If the sick person desire to be anointed, then shall the Priest anoint him upon the forehead or breast only, making the sign of the cross, saying thus, As with this visible oil thy body outwardly is anointed: so our heavenly Father, Almighty God, grant of his infinite goodness, that thy soul inwardly may be anointed with the Holy Ghost, who is the Spirit of all strength, comfort, relief, and gladness and vouchsafe for his great mercy (if it be his blessed will) to restore unto thee thy bodily health, and strength, to serve him; and send thee release of all thy pains, troubles, and diseases, both in body and mind. And howsoever his goodness (by his divine and unsearchable providence) shall dispose of thee: we, his unworthy ministers and servants, humbly beseech the eternal majesty to do with thee according to the multitude of his innumerable mercies, and to pardon thee all thy sins and offences, committed by all thy bodily senses, passions, and carnal affections: who also vouchsafe mercifully to grant unto thee ghostly strength, by his Holy Spirit, to withstand and overcome all temptations and assaults of thine adversary, that in no wise he prevail Second Edw. VI. 1552, and in Charles II. 1662. § 316. A Prayer for a sick Person, when there appeareth small hope of recovery. O FATHER of mercies, and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need; We fly unto thee for succour in behalf of this thy servant, here lying under thy hand in great weakness of body. Look graciously upon him, O Lord; and the more the outward man decayeth, strengthen him, we beseech thee, so much the more continually with thy grace and Holy Spirit in the inner man. Give him unfeigned repentance for all the errors of his life past, and stedfast faith in thy Son Jesus, that his sins may be done away by thy mercy, and his pardon sealed in heaven, before he go hence, and be no more seen. We know, O Lord, that there is no word impossible with thee; and that if thou wilt, thou canst even yet raise him up, and grant him a longer continuance amongst us. Yet, forasmuch as in all appearance the time of his dissolution draweth near, so fit and prepare him, we beseech thee, against the hour of death, that after his departure hence in peace and in thy favour, his soul may be received into thine everlasting kingdom, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ thine only Son, our Lord and Saviour. Amen. $317. A commendatory Prayer for a sick person at the point of departure. O ALMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of just men made perfect, after they are delivered from their earthly prisons; We humbly commend the soul of this thy servant, our dear brother, into thy hands, as into the hands of a faithful Creator, and most merciful Saviour; most humbly beseeching thee that it may be precious in thy sight. Wash it, we pray thee, in the blood of that immaculate Lamb that was against thee, but that thou mayest have perfect victory and triumph against the devil, sin, and death, through Christ our Lord Who by his death hath overcomed" the prince of death, and with the Father and the Holy Ghost evermore liveth and reigneth God, world without end. Amen. Usque quo, Domine? Psalm xiii. How long wilt thou forget me, (O Lord,) for ever: how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in mine heart how long shall mine enemy triumph over me? Consider, and hear me, (O lord my God): lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death. Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him : for if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it. But my trust is in thy mercy : and my heart is joyful in thy salvation. I will sing of the lord, because he hath dealt so lovingly with me : yea, I will praise the Name of the Lord the most Highest. Glory be to the, &c. As it was in the, &c. [Here follows immediately THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK.] slain to take away the sins of the world; that whatsoever defilements it may have contracted in the midst of this miserable and naughty world, through the lusts of the flesh, or the wiles of Satan, being purged and done away, it may be presented pure and without spot before thee. And teach us who survive, in this and other like daily spectacles of mortality, to see how frail and uncertain our own condition is, and so to number our days, that we may seriously apply our hearts to that holy and heavenly wisdom, whilst we live here, which may in the end bring us to life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ thine only Son our Lord. Amen. §318. A Prayer for persons troubled in mind or in conscience. O BLESSED Lord, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comforts, we beseech thee look down in pity and compassion upon this thy afflicted servant. Thou writest bitter things against him, and makest him to possess his former iniquities; thy wrath lieth hard upon him, and his soul is full of trouble: But, O merciful God, who hast written thy holy Word for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of thy holy Scriptures might have hope; give him a right understanding of himself, and of thy threats and promises, that he may neither cast away his confidence in thee, nor place it any where but in thee. Give him strength against all his temptations, and heal all his distempers. Break not the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax. Shut not up thy tender mercies in displeasure; but make him to hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Deliver him from fear of the enemy, and lift up the light of thy countenance upon him, and give him peace, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. In one ed., 1549, [Here follows immediately THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK.] |