That it may please thee to grant his Body Rest and Peace, and a Part in the Blessed Refurrection of Life and Glory; We beseech thee to hear us, good Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. O Lamb of God, that takest away the Sins of the World; Grant him thy Peace. O Lamb of God, that takest away the Sins of the World; Have Mercy upon him.. UR Father which art in Heaven; Hallowed be thy Name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be done, in Earth, as it is in Heaven: Give us this day our daily Bread; and forgive us our Trefpasses, as we forgive them that Trespass against us; and lead us not into Temptation; but deliver us from Evil; for thine is the Kingdom, the the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever. Amen. When the Sick Man is in the last Extremity, and as we commonly say, is Departing; he must not even then be neglected; but should Charitably be Assisted, by his Friends and Attendants, as far, and in such manner as his present Circumstances will admit. When his Speech is taken from him, let them then observe, (which they may, by the Motion of his Hand) whether he hath still the Ufe of his Reason; and doth still Know and Observe, what is done or faid to him? If so; let them then Direct him, by their Mouth, to say thus. And let them repeat it to him, as his own Words. Am now Dying, and the time I Am The Snares of Death compass me round about, and its Pains get hold upon me. Fearfulness and Frembling are come upon me, and a. Dread hath overwhelmed me. But But when my flesh and my heart faileth, God is the strength of my heart and my Portion for ever. Haste thee, O God, to deliver me; make haste, O Lord, to help me. O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal; fuffer me not at my last hour, for any Pains of Death to fall from thee. I Believe, O Blessed Jesus, that thou shalt come to be my Fudge. I therefore pray thee, help thy Servant, whom thou hast Redeemed with thy precious Blood. O make me now to be numbred with thy Saints, in Glory Everlasting. Thou that takest away the Sins of the World, have Mercy upon me. Thou that takest away the Sins of the World, receive my Prayer. Thou that fittest at the right hand of God, have Mercy upon me. , I am now Dying, and leaving this World: But through the Mercy of God, and the Merits of Jesus Christ, I am going into a better. My Blessed Saviour hath told me, That in his and my Father's House are many Mansions. And that he is gone before to prepare a Place for me. And will come again, and take me unto himself; that where he is, there I may be also. Come Lord Jesus, come quickly. mend my Spirit. When the Dying Man is not capable to take notice of what is faid or read to him; then let some of the Company (in the Absence of the Minister) thus Recommend his Departing Soul to God. Forms From BP. Andrews. Forms of Recommending the L Ord, now lettest thou thy Servant depart in Peace. Into thy hands, O Lord, we commend his Spirit: for thou hast redeemed it, O Lord, thou God of Truth. Bring his Soul out of Prison, that it may praise thee. O Deliver him from this Body of Death. Guide thou him through the Val ley of the shadow of Death. Say unto his Soul, I am thy Salvation. Say unto him, To day shalt thou be with me in Paradise. Lord Jesus, receive his Spirit. Send thine Angels to meet him, and to bring him into Abrahain's Bofom. Place him in the Habitation of Light and Peace, of Joy and Gladness. Re |