Prayer for Success and Support] Lord, if it be thy heavenly will, (for without thy concurrence, vain is the skill of the most judicious physician) give success to the means employed for my recovery, and restore me to health, comfort, and usefulness again: nevertheless, if thou seest fit, in thine unerring wisdom, to deny my request, Thy will be done." "Sup

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port me under the most incurable evils, "and grant that I may not think it long to wait thy leisure, who hast conde"scended so long to wait for the return of

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a sinner.-Let me see love in thy rod, "as well as justice in all thy dealings; "and while my outward man decayeth, may the inner man be renewed day by day." Amen..

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For an easy and happy Death.] O Lord, if thou art pleased that this visitation shall be a sickness unto "death," and that now I must die, prepare me for that important hour; give me an easy and comfortable passage out of this life, and take me into thy heavenly presence, where sin and sorrow shall be no more. This, and whatever else thou seest necessary or expedient for me, I beseech thee to grant, for the sake of Jesus Christ my Lord; into whose hands I desire daily to commit my spirit; and to whom, with

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thyself and the Holy Ghost, I would ascribe everlasting praises. Amen.

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A Prayer to be used by one who is dangerously ill, if he be able; if not, with him, by some one who attends him.

From "The Cler- O Almighty God, gra gyman's Compa- cious and merciful, and nion." Page 101. long-suffering, whose compassions fail not; Look down, I beseech thee, upon the low and distressed state of me thy servant, now lying in the extre mity of sickness. The harder my illness presses upon me, the louder does it call upon thee for help. O be merciful therefore unto me according to the necessity of my case, and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies in Jesus Christ. Rebuke the distemper, that it prevail not over me unto death, but turn its malevolent aspect into a joyous expectation of life. In as great danger as I am, yet ᎥᏝ thou wilt, O Lord, thou canst make me whole; if thou speakest the word, it shall be done. In submission therefore to thy most wise and good disposal of all things, I beg this mercy at thy hands, that thou wouldst let this bitter cup pass away from

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thy servant, and cause a way for me to escape out of this dangerous condition. O spare me a little, and my soul shall live. Hear me, O merciful Father, for the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

A Prayer to be used by a Sick Person near death for divine support, if he is able; if not, with him, by some one who attends him.

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O Father of mercies, sitation Office" and God of all comfort, And from Dr.Ston- my only help in time of house. P. 221. need, I thine afflicted servant, now lying under thy hand in great weakness of body, fly unto thee for succour. Look graciously upon me, O Lord, and the more the outward man decayeth, strengthen me, I beseech thee, so much the more continually with thy grace and holy spirit in the inner man. Give me unfeigned repentance for all the eriors of my past life, and stedfast faith in thy son Jesus, that my sins may be done. away by thy mercy, and my pardon sealed in heaven, before I go hence, and be no more seen. I know O Lord, that there is no work impossible with thec, and that, if thou wilt, thou canst even yet raise me up,

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up, and grant me a longer continuance in this world. But forasmuch as in all appearance the time of my dissolution draweth near, so fit and prepare me, I beseech thee, against the hour of death, that after my departure hence in peace and in thy favour, my soul may be received into thine everlasting kingdom, through the merits and mediation of thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

¶ A Prayer for assistance at the hour of

From Nelson's

the Festivals and

Easter Eve.

death.

Strengthen me, O God, "Companion for in my last agonies, and as Fasts :" under my strength decayeth, let my pains wear off. But when my strength faileth, let not my faith fail; even in death enable me to trust in thee. Deliver me from all violent disorders of a troubled fancy, or painful delusions of my ghostly enemy. Oh! let him not be able to disturb or terrify me, or any way prevail against me. Have me in thy custody, O holy Father! for nothing can take me out of thy hands: give thy holy angels charge to stand about me, to guard and receive my poor soul at my departure, and to conduct and carry it to

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the blessed receptacles of rest and peace. If it be thy gracious will, O Lord, make my pains short, and my death easy; at least not extremely tedious or grievous to me. But if thou hast otherwise ordered, thy blessed will be done: only give me patience to bear them, and at thine own time make my death my passage to a joyful resurrection to a blessed and eternal life, through Jesus Christ our our Lord. Amen.

TA Prayer for a Sick Child.

sitation Office.

From the Vi- O Almighty God and merciful Father, to whom alone belong 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 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 them

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