Visitation of the Sick. 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 fo to number our Days, that we may feriously 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. A men. A Prayer for a Sick Child. Almighty God and Merciful , to whom alone be long the Issues of Life and Death; Look down from Heaven, we humbly beseech thee, with the Eyes of Mercy, upon this Child now lying upon the Bed of Sickness. Visit 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 fake. 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 them that fleep in the Lord Jefus, enjoy perpetual Rest and Felicity. Grant this, O Lord, for thy Mercies fake; in the fame thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, World without end. Amen. A Pray A Prayer for a Sick Child, in Father of Mercies, and God of all Comfort, our only Help in time of Need: We fly unto thee for Succour, in behalf of this Child, here lying under thy hand in great Weakness of Body. Look gracioufly upon it, O Lord. Pity the Troubles and Weakness it groans under. And pity our Sorrows, who are afflicted with it and for it. Ease it of its Pains; and strengthen it in its Extremity. We know, O Lord, that if thou wilt, thou canst raise it up, and grant it a longer Continuance amongst us. O raise it up again, if it may please thee; to grow in Years, and Stature, in Wisdom and thy Fear; : Fear; and thereby to Comfort its Parents, and Glorify Thee. We believe, O God, that thou knowest best, what is fit both for it and us; and wilt do what is best for both.. And therefore we leave it to thee, to Dispose of as thou pleasest. But whether it be to Life or Death, let it be thine in Both. And either Preserve it, to be thy true and faithful Servant here on Earth, or take it to the Blessedness of thy Children in the Kingdom of Heaven. Through the Merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Chrift. Amen. When the Sick Man doth Recover, (for all Sickness is not unto Death) he must not only return Thanks in the Publick Congregation, but also in his own Private Devotions. An An OFFICE OF Thanksgiving FOR RECOVERY. D A HYMN. and all that is within me Praise his holy Name. Praise the Lord, O my Soul, and forget not all his Benefits. Who forgiveth all thy Sins, and bealeth all thy Diseases. Who Redeemed thy Life from Death, and crowneth thee with loving Kindness, and tender Mer cies.. There |