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holy Wedlock, and have witnessed ¶ And the Minister shall add this Blessing: the same before God and this com- OD the Father, God the Son, G pany, and thereto have given and God the Holy Ghost, bless, pledged their Troth, each to the preserve, and keep you: The Lord other, and have declared the same mercifully with his favour look upby giving and receiving a Ring, and on you, and fill you with all spiritby joining hands; I pronounce, ual benediction and grace; that ye that they are Man and Wife; in may so live together in this life, the name of the Father, and of the that in the world to come ye may Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. [have life everlasting. Amen.

THE ORDER FOR

THE VISITATION OF THE SICK.

When any Person is sick, notice shall be given thereof to the Minister of the Parish; who,

coming into the sick Person's House, shall say,' DEACE be to this House, and all that dwell in it.

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Min. Let the enemy have no advantage of him;

Ans. Nor the wicked approach to hurt him.

Min. Be unto him, O Lord, a strong tower,

Ans. From the face of his enemy.
Min. O Lord, hear our prayer;
Ans. And let our cry come unto

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When he cometh into the sick Man's presence,
he shall say, kneeling down,
EMEMBER not, Lord, our
iniquities, nor the iniquities
of our forefathers; Spare us, good
Lord, spare thy people, whom thee.
thou hast redeemed with thy most
precious blood; and be not angry
with us for ever.

Ans. Spare us, good Lord.
Then the Minister shall say,
Let us pray.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Minister.

LORD, look down from Hea

ven, behold, visit, and relieve this thy servant. Look upon him with the eyes of thy mercy; give him comfort and sure confidence in thee; defend him from the danger of the enemy; and keep him

in perpetual peace and safety, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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OUR Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven; TEAR us, Almighty and most Give us this day our daily bread; merciful God and Saviour: And forgive us our trespasses, as we Extend thy accustomed goodness forgive those who trespass against to this thy servant, who is grieved us; And lead us not into tempta- with sickness. Sanctify, we beseech tion; But deliver us from evil. thee, this thy Fatherly correction Amen. to him; that the sense of his weakMin. O Lord, save thy servant; ness may add strength to his faith, Ans. Who putteth his trust in and seriousness to his repentance: thee. That if it shall be thy good pleasure Min. Send him help from thy to restore him to his former health holy place; he may lead the residue of his life Ans. And evermore mightily de-in thy fear, and to thy glory: Or fend him. else give him grace so to take thy

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visitation, that after this painful life which corrected us, and we gave ended, he may dwell with thee them reverence: Shall we not much in life everlasting, through Jesus rather be in subjection unto the FaChrist our Lord. Amen. ther of spirits, and live? For they

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¶ Then shall the Minister exhort the sick Person verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for Dthat Almighty God is the Lord her his holiness. These words, EARLY beloved, know this, our profit, that we might be partaof life and death, and of all things good brother, are written in holy to them pertaining; as youth, Scripture, for our comfort and instrength, health, age, weakness, struction; that we should patientand sickness. Wherefore, what-ly, and with thanksgiving, bear soever your sickness be, know you our heavenly Father's correction, certainly that it is God's visitation. whensoever, by any manner of adAnd for what cause soever this sick-versity, it shall please his gracious ness be sent unto you; whether it goodness to visit us. And there be to try your patience for the ex- should be no greater comfort to ample of others, and that your Christian persons, than to be made faith may be found, in the day of like unto Christ, by suffering pa the Lord, laudable, glorious, and tiently adversities, troubles, and honourable, to the increase of glory sickness. For he himself went and endless felicity; or else it be not up to joy, but first he suffered sent unto you to correct and amend pain: He entered not into his gloyou whatsoever doth offend the ry, before he was crucified. So eyes of your heavenly Father; know truly our way to eternal joy, is to you certainly, that if you truly suffer here with Christ; and our repent you of your sins, and beardoor to enter into eternal life, is your sickness patiently, trusting in gladly to die with Christ; that we God's mercy, for his dear Son Jemay rise again from death, and sus Christ's sake, and render unto dwell with him in everlasting life. him humble thanks for his Father-Now, therefore, taking your sickly visitation, submitting yourselfness, which is thus profitable for wholly unto his will, it shall turn to you, patiently, I exhort you in the your profit, and help you forward name of God, to remember the proin the right way that leadeth unto fession which you made unto God everlasting life. in your Baptism. And forasmuch nister may end his Exhortation in this Place, or as after this life there is an account else proceed: to be given unto the righteous AKE therefore in good part Judge, by whom all must be judg the chastisement of the Lord: ed, without respect of persons; I For, as Saint Paul saith in the require you to examine yourself, twelfth chapter to the Hebrews, and your estate, both toward God Whom the Lord loveth he chasten- and man; so that, accusing and eth, and scourgeth every son whom condemning yourself for your own he receiveth. If ye endure chas- faults, you may find mercy at our tening, God dealeth with you as heavenly Father's hand for Christ's with sons: For what son is he whom sake, and not be accused and conthe Father chasteneth not? But if demned in that fearful judgment. ye be without chastisement, where- Therefore I shall rehearse to you of all are partakers, then are ye bas- the Articles of our Faith; that you tards, and not sons. Furthermore, may know whether you do believe we have had fathers of our flesh, as a Christian man should, or no.

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¶ Here the Minister shall rehearse the Articles of Renew in him, most loving Father, the Faith, saying thus: in God of the fraud, and malice of the devil, OST thou believe in God the whatsoever hath been decayed by or by his own carnal will and frailAnd in Jesus Christ his only be-ness; preserve and continue this gotten Son our Lord? And that he sick member in the unity of the was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Church; consider his contrition, born of the Virgin Mary; that he accept his tears, assuage his pain, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was dient for him. And forasmuch as as shall seem to thee most expecrucified, dead, and buried; that he went down into hell, and also he putteth his full trust only in thy did rise again the third day; that mercy, impute not unto him his he ascended into heaven, and sit-former sins, but strengthen him with teth on the right hand of God, the thy blessed Spirit; and when thou Father Almighty; and from thence art pleased to take him hence, take shall come again at the end of the him unto thy favour, through the world, to judge the quick and the merits of thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ¶ Then shall the Minister say this Psalm:

dead?

And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic

Psalm 130. De Profundis.

unto thee, O Lord; Lord,

Church; The Communion of OUT of the deep have I called
Saints; The Remission of sins; hear my voice.
The Resurrection of the flesh;
and everlasting life after death?

The sick Person shall answer,
All this I steadfastly believe.

Then shall the Minister examine, whether he re

pent him truly of his sins, and be in charity with all the world; exhorting him to forgive, from the bottom of his heart, all persons that have offended 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 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 often be 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 his Prayer, as he shall

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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.

¶ Adding this: SAVIOUR of the world, who by thy Cross and precious Blood hast redeemed us; beseech thee, O Lord. save us, and help us, we humbly

Then shall the Minister say,

HE Almighty Lord, who is a those

sins of those who truly repent, that thou rememberest them no more; who put their trust in him, to whom open thine eye of mercy upon this all things in heaven, in earth, and thy servant, who most earnestly under the earth, do bow and obey, desireth pardon and forgiveness. be now and evermore thy defence;

vice of this Book, which, in his discretion, he

that shall say,

and make thee know and feel, that thee for succour in behalf of this there is none other name under thy servant, here lying under thy heaven given to man, in whom, and hand in great weakness of body:" through whom, thou mayest re- Look graciously, upon him, O ceive health and salvation, but on- Lord; and the more the outward ly the name of our Lord Jesus man decayeth, strengthen him, we Christ. Amen. beseech thee, so much the more Here the Minister may use any part of the ser- continually with thy grace and Hoshall think convenient to the occasion; and after ly Spirit, in the inner man: Give him unfeigned repentance for all NTO God's gracious mercy the errors of his life past, and and protection we commit steadfast faith in thy Son Jesus, thee: The Lord bless thee, and that his sins may be done away by keep thee: The Lord make his thy mercy, and his pardon sealed face to shine upon thee, and be gra- in Heaven, before he go hence, and cious unto thee: The Lord lift up be no more seen. We know, O his countenance upon thee, and Lord, that there is no word imposgive thee peace both now and ever-sible with thee; and that, if thou wilt, thou canst even yet raise him

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more. Amen.

¶ Prayers which may be said with the foregoing

the Minister.

service, or any part thereof, at the discretion of up, and grant him a longer continuance amongst us: Yet, forasmuch as in all appearance the time of his

TA Prayer for a sick Child.

ciful Father, to whom alone

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point of departure.

OAT MIGHTY God and mer-dissolution draweth near, so fit belong the issues of life and death; and prepare him, we beseech thee, look down from heaven, we hum-against the hour of death, that afbly beseech thee, with the eyes ofter his departure hence in peace, mercy upon this Child, now lying received into thine everlasting kingand in thy favour, his soul may be upon the bed of sickness: Visit him, O Lord, with thy salvation; deli dom; through the merits and mever him in thy good appointed time Son, our Lord and Saviour. Amen. diation of Jesus Christ thine only from his bodily pain, and save his soul for thy mercies' sake; that if it A Commendatory Prayer for a sick Person at the shall be thy pleasure to prolong his ALMIGHTY" God, with days here on earth, he may live to whom do live the spirits of thee, and be an instrument of thy just men made perfect, after they glory, by serving thee faithfully, are delivered from their earthly and doing good in his generation: prisons; we humbly commend the Or else receive him into those hea-soul of this thy servant, our dear venly habitations, where the souls brother, into thy hands, as into the of those who sleep in the Lord Je-hands of a faithful Creator, and sus enjoy perpetual rest and felici- most merciful Saviour; most humty: Grant this, O Lord, for thy bly beseeching thee, that it may mercies' sake, in the same thy Son be precious in thy sight: Wash it, our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the we pray thee, in the blood of that immaculate Lamb, that was slain Holy Ghost, ever one God, world to take away the sins of the world;

without end. Amen.

eth but small hope of recovery.

that whatsoever defilements it may ¶ A Prayer for a sick Person, when there appear- have contracted in the midst of FATHER of mercies, and this miserable and naughty world, God of all comfort, our only through the lust of the flesh, or the help in time of need; We fly unto wiles of Satan, being purged and

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done away, it may be presented we beseech thee, deeply sensible pure and without spot before thee. of the shortness and uncertainty And teach us who survive, in this, of human life; and let thy Holy and other like daily spectacles of Spirit lead us through this vale of mortality, to see how frail and un- misery, in holiness and righteouscertain our own condition is; and so ness, all the days of our lives: That, to number our days, that we may when we shall have served thee in seriously apply our hearts to that our generation, we may be gatherholy and heavenly wisdom, whilst ed unto our fathers, having the we live here, which may in the end testimony of a good conscience; bring us to life everlasting, through in the communion of the Catholic the merits of Jesus Christ thine on- Church; in the confidence of a ly Son our Lord. Amen. certain faith; in the comfort of a

Conscience.

TA Prayer for Persons troubled in Mind or in reasonable, religious, and holy hope; in favour with thee our BLESSED Lord, the Fa-God, and in perfect charity with 0 ther of mercies, and the God of all comforts, we beseech thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. look down in pity and compassion Amen.

the world: All which we ask

upon this thy afflicted servant. A Prayer which may be said in case of sudden Thou writest bitter things against surprise and immediate danger. him, and makest him to possess y unto thee for mercy in beMOST gracious Father, we his former iniquities: thy wrath

lieth hard upon him, and his soul half of this thy servant, here lying is full of trouble: But, O merciful under the sudden visitation of God, who hast written thy holy thine hand. If it be thy will, preword for our learning, that we, serve his life, that there may be through patience and comfort of place for repentance: But, if thou thy holy Scriptures, might have hast otherwise appointed, let thy hope; give him a right understand- mercy supply to him the want of ing of himself, and of thy threats the usual opportunity for the trimand promises; that he may nei-ming of his lamp. Stir up in him ther cast away his confidence in such sorrow for sin, and such ferthee, nor place it any where but vent love to thee, as may in a short in thee. Give him strength against time do the work of many days: all his temptations, and heal all his That among the praises which thy distempers: Break not the bruis-Saints and holy Angels shall sing ed reed, nor quench the smoking to the honour of thy mercy through flax: Shut not up thy tender mer- eternal ages, it may be to thy uncies in displeasure; but make him speakable glory, that thou hast reto hear of joy and gladness, that deemed the soul of this thy servant the bones which thou hast broken from eternal death, and made him may rejoice: Deliver him from partaker of the everlasting life, fear of the enemy, and lift up the which is through Jesus Christ our light of thy countenance upon him; Lord. Amen. and give him peace, through the merits and mediation of Jesus

Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for the beginning of a recovery. Gr bringest down to the grave, REAT and mighty God, who and bringest up again; we bless thy wonderful goodness, for having GOD, whose days are with- turned our heaviness into joy and out end, and whose mercies our mourning into gladness, by cannot be numbered; make us, restoring this our brother to some

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

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