termost of his power. And if he hath not before disposed of his goods, let him then be admonished to make his Will, 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 aften be put in remembrance to take order for the settling of their tem poral estates, whilst they are in health.

The Exhortation before rehearsed, may be said before the Minister de gin his Prayer, as he shall see cause.

The Minister shall not omit earnestly to move such sick persons as art of ability, to be liberal to the poor.

And then the Minister shall say the Collect following.

Let us pray.

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O mercies, dost so put away the sins of those who truly repent,

MOST merciful God, who, according to the multitude of thy

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, most 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 in the unity of the Church; consider his contrition, accept his tears, assuage his pain, as shall seem to thee most expedient for him. And förasmuch as he putteth his full trust only in thy mercy, impute not unto him his former sins, but strengthen him with thy blessed Spir. it; and, when thou art pleased to take him hence, take him unto thy favour; through the merits of thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord,Amen. et be

Then shall the Minister say this Psalm, ED $136, je s Psalm cxxx. De profundis. ada wapy with OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O LORD; Lord, hear my

voice.

O let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint.

If thou, LORD, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss: Lord, who may abide it ?

For there is merey with thee; therefore shalt thou be feared.

1 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.

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SAVIOUR of the world, who by the Cross and precious Bleed hast redeemed us; Save us, and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord.

Then shall the Minister say,

THE Almighty Lord, who is a most strong tower to all those whe 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 thee know and feel, that there is none other

Name

thou mayes even given to salvation, but only the Name of our

man, in whom, and through whom, receive health a

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 protection we commit thee. The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. The Lord make his face to shine apon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace, both now and evermore. Amen.

Prayers which may be said wi

with the foregoing acrvice, or any part thereof, at the discretion of the Minister.

Prayer for a sick Child.

from heaven, we hum ALMIGHTY God, and merciful Father, to whom alone belong

ALMIGHTY

bly 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 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 without end. Amen.

A Prayer for a sick Person, when there appeareth but small hope of recovery. Notuell ei O FATHER of mercies, and God of ali comfort, our only help in 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 inch the more cove tinually with thy grace and Holy Spirit in the inner Give him unfeigned repentance for all the errors of his life past, and steadfast faith in i 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 impo sible with thee; and that, if thou wilt, thou canst even yet raise him up, and grant him a longer continuance amongst us: Yet, fornsmuch as in all appeurance the time of his dissolution draweth near, so fit and prepare him, we beseech thee, against the bour 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 ouly Son, our Lord and Sa. vlour. Amen.

A commendatory Prayer for a sick Person at the point of departure.

ALMIGHTY God, with who

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 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 beav. enly 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.

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A Prayer for Persons troubled in mind or in conscience.

BLESSED Lord, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort, 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, aud 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."

A Prayer which may be said by the Minister in behalf of all present at the visitation.

GCD, whose days are without end, and whose mercies cannot shortness and uncertainty of human life: and let thy Holy Spirit lead us through this vale of misery, in 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 testi. mony 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 10 el band immediate danger.

Mos gracious, ather, we ny unto 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 opportunity 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.

A Thanksgiving for the beginning of a recovery.

REAT and mighty God, who bringest down to the grave, and

Gr bringest, up

goodness,

ing 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 sick. ness; but didst visit him with comforts from above; didst support him in patience and submission to thy will; and, at last, didst send Aim seasonable 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 be able to go to thine house, to offer thee an oblation 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.

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THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK.

Forasmuch as all mortal men are subject to many sudden perils, diaeases, and sicknesses, and ever uncertain what time they shall depart out of this life; therefore, to the intent they may be always in readiness to die, whensoever it shall please Almighty God to call them, the Ministers 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 Bur 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 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, deginning with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, here following.

The Collect.

ALMIGHTY, dost love, and chastise every one whom LMIGHTY, everliving God, Maker of mankind, who dost cor. 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 gra clous 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.

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Y son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint

chasteneth; and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

The Gospel. St. John v. 24.

VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on Him that sent ine, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; 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 Sacrament, the Minister shall first receive the Communion himself, and after minister unte 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 and Blood, the Minister shall instruct kim, 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 fear of the infection, upon special' request of the discased, the Minister alone may communicate with him.