unto thee for succour in behalf of this 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 much the more continually with thy grace and Holy Spirit in the inner man. Give him unfeigned repentance for all the errors of his past life, and stedfast faith in thy Son 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 impossible with thee; and that, if thou wilt, thou canst even yet raise him up, and grant him a longer continuance amongst us yet, forasmuch as in all appearance the time of his dissolution draweth near, so fit and prepare him, we beseech thee, against the hour 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 only Son, our Lord and Saviour. Amen. IV. LITURGY. [A commendatory prayer for a sick person at the point of departure.] O ALMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of just men 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 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. Amen. Another. LITURGY. WE brought nothing into this world, neither may we carry any thing out of this world. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away. Even as the Lord pleaseth, so cometh every thing to pass. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Into thy merciful hands, O Lord, we com- | mend the soul of this thy servant, now departing from the body; acknowledge, we │! meekly beseech thee, a work of thine own hands, a sheep of thine own fold, a lamb of thine own flock, a sinner of thine own redeeming. Receive him into the blessed arms of thy unspeakable mercy, into the sacred rest of everlasting peace, and into the glo rious estate of thy chosen saints in heaven. God the Father, who hath created thee; God the Son, who hath redeemed thee; God the Holy Ghost, who hath infused his grace into thee,-be now evermore thy defence, assist thee in this thy last trial, and bring thee into the way of everlasting life. Amen. Christ, that redeemed thee with his agony and bloody death, have mercy upon thee, and strengthen thee in this agony of death. Amen. Christ Jesus, that rose the third day from death, raise up thy body again in the resurrection of the just. Amen. Christ, that ascended into heaven, and now sitteth at the right hand of God, bring thee into the place of eternal happiness and joy. Amen. God the Father preserve and keep thee; God the Son assist and strengthen thee; God the Holy Ghost defend and aid thee; God the Holy Trinity be ever with thee; that thy death may be precious in the sight of the Lord, with whom thou shalt live for evermore. Amen. BISHOP COSINS. V. [Thanksgiving for recovery from sickness.] O LORD God, who hast wounded me for my sins, and consumed me for my transgressions, by thy late heavy visitation; and now, in the midst of judgment remembering mercy, hast redeemed my soul from the jaws of death; I offer unto thy fatherly goodness myself, my soul and body, which thou hast delivered, to be a living sacrifice unto thee, always praising and magnifying thy mercies in the midst of thy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Another. LITURGY. Most gracious and merciful God, to whom alone belong the issues of life and death, I thy unworthy servant, who have been under thine afflicting hand, and am raised again from the bed of sickness, do here present nyself before thee, in a thankful sense of thy great mercy and goodness towards me. Blessed be thy holy name, for supporting me under the pain and anguish of my sick bed, for the seasonable supplies of patience and comfort which thou didst graciously afford me, and for restoring me in thy good time to the blessings of health and strength. I adore the richness of thy goodness, in giving me a right knowledge of thee and thy ways in these thy dispensations to me, and in making them the happy means to bring me to a sense of the evil of my doings, and to a serious consideration of my future state. Before I was afflicted, I went astray; I forgot my duty to thee, and followed the imaginations of my own heart; my thoughts were taken up with the business and enter. tainments of this world, and the care of my soul was neglected and forgotten. But thy chastisements have brought me back into the right way; and now, to my unspeakable comfort and happiness, my affections are placed upon the things above, and the things that concern my everlasting salvation. To thee, therefore, O my God, who hast not cut me off in the midst of my sins, but hast in great mercy given me space for repentance and amendment; to thee will I live in holiness and righteousness all my days; forsaking every evil way, and studying above all things to do that which is well-pleasing in thy sight. And in a sense of my own weakness and frailty, I earnestly implore the assistance of thy Holy Spirit, to subdue my inordinate desires, to break the power of all |