taining; as youth, strength, health, age, weakness, and sickness Wherefore, what so ever your sickness be, know you certainly that it is God's visitation And for what cause soever this sickness be sent unto you; whether it be to try your patience for the example of others, and that your faith may beund, in the day of the Lord, laudable, glorious, and honourable, to the increase of glory and endless felicity; or else it be sent unto you to correct and amend in you whatsoever doth offend the yes of your heavenly Father know you certainly, that if you truly repent you of your sins. and bear your sickness patiently, trusting in God's mercy, for his dear Son Jesus Christ's sake, and render unto him humble thanks for his Fatherly visitation, sub mitting yourself wholly unto his will, it shall turn to your profit, and help you forward in the right way that leadeth unto everlasting life. If the Person visited be very sick, then the Minister may end his Exhortation in this Place, or else proceed: ТАК AKE therefore in good part the chastisement of the Lord: For, as Saint Paul saith in the twelfth chapter to the Hebrews, Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons For what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh, which corrected us, and we gave them reverence. Shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. These words, good brother, are written in holy Scripture, for our comfort and instruction that we should patiently, and with thanksgiving, bear our heavenly Father's correction, whensoever, by any manner of adversity, it shall please his gracious goodness to visit ns. And nere should be no greater comfort to Christian persons, than to be made like unto Christ. by suffering patiently ad versities, troubles, and sickness For he himself went not up to joy, but first he suffered pain He entered not into his glory, before he was crucified So truly our way to eternal joy, is to suffer here with Christ; and our door to enter into eternal life, is gladly to die with Christ; that we may rise again from death, and dwell with him in everlasting life Now, therefore, taking your sickness, which is thus profitable for you, patiently, I exhort you in the name of God, to remember the profession which you made unto God in your Baptism. And forasmuch as after this life there is an account to be given unto the righteous Judge, by whom all must be judged, without respect of persons: I require you to examine yourself, and your estate, both toward God and man so that, accusing and condemning yourself for your own faults, you may find mercy at our heavenly Father's hand for Christ's sake, and not be accused and condemned in that fearful judgment Therefore I shall rehearse to you the Articles of our Faith; that you may know whether you do believe as a Christian man should, or no Here the Minister shall rehearse the Articles of the Faith, saying thus. DOST thou believe in God the Father Almighty. Maker of heaven and earth? And in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son our Lord? And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary that ne suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried that he went down into hell, and also did rise again the third day; that he ascended into heaven. and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; and from thence shall come again at the end of the worldi, to judge the quick and the dead? And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost. The holy Catholic Church The Communion of Saints; The Remission of sins: The Resurrection of the flesh; and everlasting life after death? The suck Person shall answer, All this I steadfastly believe Then shall the Minister examine, whether he repeat him tru'y of his sins, and be in charity with all the world: exhurting him to forgive, from the bottom of his heart, all persons that have offend ed him; and if he hath offended any other. to ask them forgiveness: and where he hath done injury or wrong to any man, that he make amends to the uttermost of his power. And if he hath not before disposed of his goods, let him then be admonished to make his Bill, and to declare his debts, what he oweth, and what is owing unto him, for the better discharging of his conscience, and the quietness of his Executors. But men should often he put in remembrance to take order for the settling of their temporal estates, whilst they are in health. The Exhortation before rehearsed may be said before the Minister begin las Prayer, as he shall see cause. The Minister shall not omit earnestly to more such sick persons as are of ability, to be liberal to the pour And then the Minister shall say the Let us pray. MOST merciful God, who, accord ing to the multitude of thy mer eles, dost so put away the sins of those who truly repent, that thou rememberest them no more; open thine eye of mercy upon this thy servant, who most earnestly desireth pardon and forgiveness. Renew in him. mos loving Father, whatsoever hath been decayed by the fraud and malice of the devil, or by his own carnal will and frailness; preserve and continue this sick member n the unity of the Church; consider his contrition, accept his tears, assuage his pain, as shall seem to thee most expedient for kim. And forasmuch as he putteth his full trust only in thy mercy, impute not unto him his former sins, but strengthen him with thy blessed Spirit; and when thou art pleased to take him hence, take kim unto thy favour, through the merits of the most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Minister say this Psalm: Psalm 130. De Profundis. UT of the deep have 1 called unto Otoford, hear my O let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint. If thou. Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss; O Lord, who may abide it? For there is mercy with thee; therefore shalt thou be feared I look for the Lord, my soul doth wait for him in his word is my trust. My soul fleeth unto the Lord, before the morning watch; I say. before the morning watch. O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy; and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins ། 1ading this ; 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. THE Then shal the Minister say. HE Almighty Lord, who is a most strong tower to all those who put their trust in him, to whom all things in heaven, in earth, and under the earth, do bow and obey, be now and evermore thy defence and make the know and feel, that there is none 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 Here the Minister may use any part of the service of this Book, which, in his discretion, he shall think convenient to the occasion, and after that shall say, TNTO God's gracious mercy and INTO protection we commit thee The Lord bless thee, and keep ther The Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thes peace both now and evermore. Amen. Prayers which may he said with the foregoing service, or any part thereof, at the discretion of the Minister A Prayer for a sick Child 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 pon this Child, now lying upon the bed of sickness: Visit him, O Lord, with thy salvation; deliver him in thy good appointed time froin 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 hea venly habitations, where the souls of those who 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 with out end. Amen A Prayer for a sick Person, when there appeareth but small hope of recovery. FATHER of mercies, and God of of need; We fly unto thee for succour A Commendatory Prayer for a sick ALMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of just men made perfect, after they are delivered from their earthly prisons; we humbly commena 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 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 lust 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. A Prayer for Persons troubled in Mind or in Conscience. BLESSED Lord, the Father of mercies, and the God of an 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 leth nard 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 bis 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 A Prayer which may be said by the Visitation. holiness and righteousness, all the days of our lives: That, when we shall have served thee in our generation, we may be gathered unto our fathers, having the testimony of a good conscience; in the communion of the Catholic Church, in the confidence of a certain faith in the comfort of a reasonable, religious, and holy hope; in favour with thee our God and in perfect charity with the world: All which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer which may be said in case of sudden surprise and immediate danger. MOST gracious Father, we fly un 0 to thee for mercy in behalf of this thy servant, here lying under the sudden visitation of thine hand. If it be thy will, preserve his life, that there may be place for repentance: But, if thou hast otherwise appointed, let thy mercy supply to him the want of the usual oppor funity for the trimming of his lamp. Stir up in him such sorrow for sin, and such fervent love to thee. as may in a short time do the work of many days: That among the praises which thy Saints and holy Angels shall sing to the honour of thy mercy through eternal ages, it may be to thy unspeakable glory, that thou hast redeemed the soul of this thy servant from eternal death, and made him partaker of the everlasting life, which is through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Thanksgiving for the beginning of a recovery. down to the grave, and bring REAT and mighty God, who bring est up again; we bless thy wonderful goodness, for having turned our heavi. ness into joy and our mourning into gladness, by restoring this our brother to some degree of his former health. Bless. ed be thy name, that thou didst not forsake him in kis sickness; but didst visit him with comforts from above; didst support hin. in patience and submission to thy will and, at last, didst send kim seasonable relief. Perfect. we bescech thee, this thy mercy towards him; and prosper the means which shall be made use of for his cure That being restored to health of body, vigour of mind, and cheerfulness of spirit, he may be able to go to thine house, to offer thee an obla tion with great gladness; and to bless thy holy name for all thy goodness towards him, through Jesus Christ our Saviour: To whom with thee and the Holy Spirit, be all honour and glory world without end. Amen. THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK. Forasmuch as all mortal men are subject to many sudden perils, diseases, and sicknesses, and ever uncertain what time they sha!! depart out of this life therefore, to the intent they may he always in readiness to die, whensoever it shall please Almigh ty God to call them, the Ministers shall diligently from time to time (but especially in the time of pestilence, or other infertious 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 less cause to be disquieted for luck of the same But if the sick person he 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 al things necessary being prepared, the Minister shall there relebrate the Holy Communion, beginning with the Collect. Epistle, and Gospel, here following: The Collect ALMIGHTY everliving God, Maker of mankind, who dost correct those whom thou dost love, and chastise every one whom thou dost receive; we beseech thee to have mercy upon this thy servant visited with thine hand; and to grant that he may take his sickness patiently. and recover his bodily health, if it be thy gracious will; and that whensoever his soul shall depart from the body, it may be without spot presented unto thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen. The Epistle. Heb. xii. 5. MY son, despise not thou the chasten. ing of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him For whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth; and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth The Gospel St. John v 24 VE ERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word. and believ. eth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemna tion; but is 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 Sarrament, the Minister shall first receire 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 him, or by any other just impediment, do not receive the Sacrament of Christ's Body und Blood, the Minister shall instruct him, that if he do truly repent him of his sins, und 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 Sacra. ment with his mouth When the sick Person is visited and receiveth the Holy Communin all at one time, then the Minister, for more expedition, shall cut off the Form of the 'isitution at the Psalm and go straight to the Communion In the times of contagious sickness or disease, when none of the Purish or neighbour can he gotten to communicate with the sick in their houses, for fear of the infection upon special request of the diseased, the Minister alone may communicate with him. THE ORDER FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. Here is to he noted, that the Office ensuing is not to be used for any unhaptized Adults, any who die ea communicate, or who have aid 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 life, saith the Lord; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall le live And whosoever liveth and be lieveth in me, shall never die. St. John vi. 25, 26. KNOW that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God; whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. Job xix. 25, 26, 27. W 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. After they are come into the Church, shall he said or sung the following An them taken from the 39th and 90th¶Then shall follow the Lesson, taken out Psalms. ORD, let me know my end, and the number of my days; that I may be certified how long I to Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long; and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. And now, Lord, what is my hope? Truly my hope is even in thee. Deliver me from all mine offences; and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish. When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment: Every man therefore is but vanity. Hear my prayer, O Lord; and with thine ears consider my calling: Hold not thy peace at my tears. For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner; as al my fathers were. O spare me a little, that I ray recover my strength; before I go hence, and be 110 more seen. Lord, thou hast been our refuge, from one generation to another. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made thou art God from everlasting, and world without end. Thou turnest man to destruction; again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday; seeing that is past as a watch in the night. As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as asleep; and fade away suddenly like the grass. In the morning it is green, and grow. eth up; but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered. For we consume away in thy displeasure and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee; and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. For when thou art angry, all our days are gone: We bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to feurscore years, yet is of the fifteenth Chapter of the first Episte of St Paul to the Corinthians. 1 Cor. xv 20. Christ from dead, and become the first or the cham that slept For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the first fruits afterwards they that are Christ's, at his coming Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power. For he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death: for he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is man ifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead? And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 1 protest by your rejoicing, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord. I die daily. If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die. Be not deceived: Evil communications corrupt good man. ners. Awake to righteousness, and sin not for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sow. est not that body that shall be, but bare grain; it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain. But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him; and to every seed his own body. All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one kind of flesh of men. another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bo dies terrestrial but the glory of the ce lestial is one, and the glory of the ter restrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the |