for thy mercies sake, in the same made perfect, after they are delithy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, vered from their earthly prisons; who liveth and reigneth with we humbly commend the soul of thee and the Holy Ghost, ever this thy servant, our dear brother, one God, world withpat end. into thy hands, as into the hands Amen. of a faithful Creator, and most

A Prayer for a sick Person, when there merciful Saviour; most humbly appeareth but small hope of recovery. beseeching thee, that it may be Father of mercies, and God precious in thy sight: Wash it, of all comfort, our only help we pray thee, in the blood of that in time of need; We fly unto thee immaculate Lamb, that was slain for succour in behalf of this thy to take away the sins of the servant, here lying under thy world; that whatsoever defilehand in great weakness of body:ments it may have contracted in Look graciously upon him, O the midst of this miserable, and Lord; and the more the outward uaughty world, through the lust man decayeth, strengthen him, of the flesh, or the wiles of Satan, we beseech thee, so much the being purged and done away, it more continually with thy grace may be presented pure and withand Holy Spirit, in the inner out spot before thee. And teach man: Give him unfeigned repen- us who survive, in this, and other tance for all the errors of his life like daily spectacles of mortality, past, and steadfast faith in thy to see how frail and uncertain Son Jesus, that his sins may be our own condition is; and so to done away by thy mercy, and his number our days, that we may pardon sealed in Heaven, before seriously apply our hearts to that he go hence, and be no more seen. holy and heavenly wisdom, whilst We know, O Lord, that there is we live here, which may in the no word impossible with thee; end bring us to life everlasting, and that, if thou wilt, thou canst through the merits of Jesus Christ even yet raise him up, and grant thine only Son our Lord. Amen. him a longer continuance amongst A Prayer for Persons troubled in Mind us: Yet, forasmuch as in all ap

or Conscience.

pearance the time of his disso- Blessed Lord, the Father of lution draweth near, so fit and mercies, and the God of all prepare him, we beseech thee, comforts, we beseech thee, look against the hour of death, that down in pity and compassion upafter his departure bence in peace, on this thy afflicted servant. Thou and in thy favour, his soul may writest bitter things against him, be received into thine everlasting and makest him to possess his kingdom; through the merits and former iniquities: Thy wrath lieth mediation of Jesus Christ thine bard upon him, and his soul is full only Son, our Lord and Saviour. of trouble: But, O merciful God, Amen. who hast written thy holy word A Commendatory Prayer for a sick for our learning, that we, through Person at the point of departure. patience and comfort of thy holy Almighty God, with whom do Scriptures, might have hope, live the spirits of just men give him a right understanding

of himself, and of thy threats and thine hand. If it be thy will. prepromises; that he may neither serve his life, that there may be cast away his confidence in thee. place for repentance: But, if thou nor place it any where but in hast otherwise appointed, let thy thee. Give him strength against mercy supply to him the want of all his temptations, and heal all his the usual opportunity for the trimdistempers: Break not the bruised ming of his lamp. Stir up in him reed, nor quench the smoking flax: such sorrow for sin and suc. ferShut not up thy tender mercies in vent love to thee, as may in a displeasure; but make him to hear short time do the work of many of joy and gladness, that the bones days: That among the praises which thou hast broken may re-which thy Saints and holy Angels joice: Deliver him from fear of shall sing to the honour of thy the enemy, and lift up the light mercy through eternal ages, it of thy countenance upon him; may be to thy unspeakable glory, and give him peace, through the that thou hast redeemed the soul merits and mediation of Jesus of this thy servant from eternal Christ our Lord. Amen. death, and made him partaker A Prayer which may be said by the Mi-of the everlasting life, which is nister, in behalf of all present at the through Jesus Christ our Lord. God, whose days are without end, and whose mercies cannot be numbered; make us, we

Visitation.

Amen.

¶ 4Thanksgiving for the beginning of a

recovery.

Deseech thee, deeply sensible of GREAT and mighty God, whọ the shortness and uncertainty of bringest down to the grave,

human life; and let thy Holy Spi- and bringest up again; we bless rit lead us through this vale of thy wonderful goodness, for havmisery, in holiness and righteous-ing turned our heaviness into joy and our mourning into gladness, ness, all the days of our lives: That, when we shall have served by restoring this our brother to thee in our generation, we may Blessed be thy name, that thou some degree of his former health. be gathered unto our fathers, havdidst not forsake him in his sicking the testimony of a good conscience; in the Communion of the ness; but didst visit him with comCatholic Church; in the confi-forts from above; didst support dence of a certain faith; in the him in patience and submission to comfort of a reasonable, religious, thy will; and, at last, didst send and holy hope; in favour with him seasonable relief. Perfect, we thee our God, and in perfect cha-wards him; and prosper the means beseech thee, this thy mercy to rity with the world: All which which shall be made use of for his we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. cure: That being restored to A Prayer which may be said in case of health of body, vigour of mind, dden surprise and immediate danger. and cheerfulness of spirit, he may Most gracious Father, we fly be able to go to thine house, to unto thee for mercy in behalf offer thee an oblation with great of this thy servant, here lying gladness; and to bless thy holy under the sudden visitation of name for all thy goodness towards

him, through Jesus Christ our Sa-the Holy Spirit, be all honour and viour: To whom with thee and glory, world without end. Amen.

THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK.

1 Forasmuch as all mortal men are subj ct to many sudden perils, diseases, and sicknesses, and ever uncertain what time they shall depart out of this life; there fore, to the intent they may be always in readiness to die, whensoever it shall please Almighty God to call them, the Minister shall diligently from time to time (but especially in the time of pestilence, or other infectious sickness) exhort their Parishioners to the often receiving of the Holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ, when it shall be publicly administered in the Church; that so doing, they may, in case of sudden visitation, have the least cause to be disquieted for lack of the same. But if the sick Person be not able to come to the Church, and yet is desirous to receive the Communion in his house; then he must give timely notice to the Minister, signifying also how many there are to communicate with him; (which shall be two at the least ;) and all things necessary. being prepared, the Minister shall there celebrate the Holy Communion, beginning with the Collect, Epistle,and Gospel, here following :

The Collect.

The Epistle. Heb. xii. 5.

ALMIGHTY everliving God, Maker of mankind, who dost MY son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor correct those whom thou dost love, and chastise every one whom faint when thou art rebuked of thou dost receive; we beseech him. For whom the Lord lovthee to have mercy upon this thy eth, he chasteneth; and scourgservant visited with thine hand eth every son whom he receivand to grant that he may take his eth. sickness patiently, and recover his The Gospel. St. John. v. 24. bodily health, if it be thy gracious VERILY, verily, I say unto you, will; and that whensoever his He that heareth my word, and soul shall depart from the body, believeth on him that sent me, it may be without spot presented, hath everlasting life, and shall not unto thee, through Jesus Christ come into condemnation; but is our Lord. Amen. passed from death unto life.

After which the Minister shall proceed according to the Form before prescribed for the Holy Communion, beginning at these words, Ye who do truly, &c.

At the time of the distribution of the Holy Sacrament, the Minister shall first receive the Communion himself, and after minister unto those who are appointed to communicate with the sick, and last of all to the sick person.

But if a man, either by reason of extremity of sickness, or for want of warning in due time to the Minister, or for lack of company to receive with iim, or by any other just impediment, do not receive the Sacrament of Christ's Body and Blood the Minister shall instruct him, that if he do truly repent him of his sins, and steadfastly believe that Jesus Christ hath suffered death upon the Cross for him, and shed his blood for his redemption, earnestly remembering the benefits he hath. thereby, and giving him hearty thanks therefor, he doth eat and drink the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ profitably to his soul's health, although he do not receive the Sacrament with his mouth.

When the sick Person is visited and receiveth the Holy Communion all at one time, then the Minister, for more expedition, shall cut off the Form of the Visitation at the Psalm, and go straight to the Communion.

In the times of contagious sickness or disease, when none of the Parish or Neighbours can be gotten to communicate with the sick in their houses, for feat of the infection; upon special request of the diseased, the Minister alone may communicate with him.

THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

Here is to be noted, that the Office ensuing is not to be used for any unbaptized Adults, any who die excommunicate, or who have laid violent hands upon themselves.

The Minister, meeting the Corpse at the entrance of the Church-Yard, and going before it either into the Church, or towards the Grave, shall say, or sing,

I Am the resurrection and the hope? Truly my hope is even in

life, saith the Lord; he that thee.

believeth in me, though he were Deliver me from all mine ofdead, yet shall he live: And who-fences; and make me not a resoever liveth and believeth in me, buke unto the foolish.

shall never die. St. John, xi. 25, 26. When thou with rebukes dost Know that my Redeemerliveth, chasten man for sin, thou makest and that he shall stand at the his beauty to consume away, like latter day upon the earth: And as it were a moth fretting a garthough after my skin worms de-ment: Every man therefore is stroy this body, yet in my flesh but vanity.

shall I see God; whom I shali Hear my prayer, O Lord; and see for myself, and mine eyes with thine ears consider my callshall behold, and not another.ing:Hold not thy peace at my tears. Job, xix. 25, 26, 27.

WE brought nothing into this

world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. 1 Tim. vi. 7. Job, i. 21.

For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner; as all my fathers

were.

recover my strength; before I go O spare me a little, that I may bence, and be no more seen.

Lord, thou hast been our refuge, from one generation to another. Before the mountains were

After they are come into the Church, shall be said or sung the following Anthem, taken from the 39th and 90th brought forth, or ever the earth Psalms. and the world were made, thou

LORD, let me know my end, art God from everlasting, and and the number of my days; world without end.

that I may be certified how long Thou turnest man to destrucI have to live. tion; again thou sayest, Come Behold, thou hast made my again, ye children of men. days as it were a span long; and For a thousand years in thy mine age is even as nothing in re-sight are but as yesterday; seeing spect of thee; and verily every that is past as a watch in the night. man living is altogether vanity. As soon as thou scatterest them, For man walketh in a vain sha-they are even as asleep; and fade dow, and disquieteth himself in away suddenly like the grass. vain; he heapeth up riches, and In the morning it is green, and cannot tell who shall gather groweth up; but in the evening them. it is cut down, dried up, and wi

And now, Lord, what is mylthered.

For we consume away in thy for he hath put all things under displeasure; and are afraid at thy his feet. But when he saith all wrathful indignation. things are put under him, it is Thou hast set our misdeeds be-manifest that he is excepted which fore thee; and our secret sins in did put all things under him And the light of thy countenance. when all things shall be subdued For when thou art angry, all unto him, then shall the Son also our days are gone: We bring our himself be subject unto him that years to an end, as it were a tale put all things under him, that God that is told. may be all in all. Else what shall

The days of our age are three-they do which are baptized for score years and ten; and though the dead, if the dead rise not at men be so strong that they come all? Why are they then baptized to fourscore years, yet is their for the dead? And why stand strength then but labour and sor-we in jeopardy every hour? I row; so soon passeth it away, and protest by your rejoicing, which we are gone. I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I So teach us to number our days, die daily. If after the manner of that we may apply our hearts unto men I have fought with beasts at wisdom. Ephesus, what advantageth it me, Glory be to the Father, and to if the dead rise not? let us eat the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; and drink, for to-morrow we die. As it was in the beginning, is Be not deceived: Evil communinow, and ever shall be, world cations corrupt good manners. without end. Amen. Awake to righteousness, and sin Then shall follow the Lesson, taken not: for some have not the knowout of the fifteenth Chapter of the first Epistle of Saint Paul to the Co-ledge of God. I speak this to your shame. But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and

rinthians.

1 Cor. xv. 20.

NOW is Christ risen from the with what body do they come? dead, and become the first Thou fool, that which thou sowest fruits of them that slept. For is not quickened, except it die. since by man came death, by man And that which thou sowest, thou came also the resurrection of the sowest not that body that shall be, dead. For as in Adam all die, but bare grain; it may chance of even so in Christ shall all be made wheat, or of some other grain. alive. But every man in his own But God giveth it a body as it order: Christ the first fruits; af hath pleased him; and to every terwards they that are Christ's, seed his own body. All flesh is at his coming. Then cometh the not the same flesh; but there is end, when he shall have deliver-one kind of flesh of men, another ed up the kingdom to God, even flesh of beasts, another of fishes, the Father; when he shall have and another of birds. There are put down all rule, and all autho-also celestial bodies and bodies rity, and power. For he must terrestrial: But, the glory of the reign till he hath put all enemies celestial is one, and the glory of under his feet. The last enemy the terrestrial is another. There that shall be destroyed is death is one glory of the sun, and an