who flee to thee for succour; accept we beseech thee, our humble supplications for this thy servant labouring under the dreadful apprehensions of thy wrath. O Lord, enter not into judgment with him; but make him sensible that though the wages of sin are death, the gift of God is eternal life; that thou wouldst not the death of a sinner, and art not willing that any should perish; that thou dost always punish less than we deserve, and in the midst of judgment dost remember mercy. Revive his soul with a sense of thy love, and the hopes of obtaining thy pardon, and the joy of thy salvation; that he may be raised from this dejection, and show with gladness what thou hast done for his soul; and this we humbly ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. God, who bringest down to the grave and bringest up again; we bless thy wonderful goodness, for having turned our heaviness into joy and our mourning into gladness, by restoring this our brother to some degree of his former health. Blessed be thy name, that thou didst not forsake him in his sickness; but didst visit him with comforts from above; didst support him in patience and submission to thy will, and at last didst send him relief. Perfect, we beseech 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 offer thee a spiritual oblation with great gladness, and bless thy holy name for all thy goodness towards him, through Jesus Christ our Saviour, through whom we ascribe unto thee all honour and glory, world GREAT and mighty without end. Amen. THANKSGIVING FOR THE END OF THE VISITATION OF THE SICK. And the number of my days. That I may know how long I have to live ! 5. Behold, theu hast made my days as a hand bread ts life is as nothing before thee, And You, every man, in his Jumest state is but arepor= Sundly carry man walk eth as a shadow; 5. Surely be desquicteth himself in vain, 6. He hoapeth up, and knowith not who shall gather. 7. What then, O Lord, is my hope? my hope is in thee ! 3. beliver me porn all my transgressions ; For Thou hast done it! ty But remove from me thine reflection, Hear my prayer, O Lord); Give ear to my crys Deny not an answer to my tears! For I am but a stranger with theez A sojourner, like all my fathers. 3. I Spare me, me, that I may recover string th Before I go away and be no more 40 1 1 1 t Ses. to be read at the funeral of an aged person. Ps. XC. omil 7,8, and part of "," the 11, and all after the 18 ! 0 Math. V. 3,4,5,8,9. Rev. XIV. 13. John XIV. 1, 2, 3, Joh11, #. 25, 26. I Cor. XV. 35, omit from 45th to 50. Rev. VII. Heb. XIII, 20.21. 9-17. At the funeral of a middle aged pussons Mati. V. 3,4,5,8,9. BURIAL OF THE DEAD. When the Procession is entering the Church, the Minister shall utter these Sentences. I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord; he who believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. John, xi. 25, 26. I 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. Job, xix. 25, 26. 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. Then shall be said the following Passages from the 39th and 90th Psalms. PSALM 39. LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, that I may know how frail I am. 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. I became dumb, and opened not my mouth; for it was thy doing. Take thy plague away from me; am consumed by the blow of thy heavy hand. 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; surely every man is 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 all my fathers were. O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength, before I go hence, and be no more seen. PSALM 90. LORD, thou hast been our refuge from one generation to another. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or a watch in the night. As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as a sleep, and fade away suddenly like the grass; In the morning it is green, and groweth up; but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered. The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong, that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Then shall follow these Selections from 1 Cor. xv. NOW is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of those who slept. For |