Yet, O Lord God moft holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and moft merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death, Thou knowett, Lord, the fecrets of our hearts; fhut not thy merciful ears to our prayers; but fpare us, Lord moft, holy, O God moft mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, fuffer us not at our laft hour for any pains of death to fall from thee. Then while the earth fhall be cast upon the Body by fome ftanding by, the Fo Orafmuch as it hath pleafed Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the foul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit bis body to the ground; earth to earth, afhes to ashes, duft to duft, in fure and certain hope of the refurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jefus Chrift, who fhall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working, whereby he is able to fubdue all things to himself, Then fhall be faid or Jung, Heard a voice from heaven, faying unto me, Write; From henceforth bleffed are the dead which die in the Lord: even fo faith the Spirit; for they reft from their labours. Rev. 14. 13. Ο Then the Priest hall say, Lord, have mercy upon us. 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 trefpaffes, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil. Amen. A Prieft. Lmighty God, with whom do live the spirits of them fouts 14 fouls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity; We give the hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miferies of this finful world; befeeching thee that it may please thee of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to haften thy kingdom; that we with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have our perfect confummation and blefs, both in body and foul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. O The Collect. Merciful God, the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, who is the refurrection and the life; in whom whofoever believeth, fhall live, though he die; and whofoever liveth and believeth in him, fhall not die eternally; who alfo hath taught us (by his holy Apoftle Saint Paul) not to be forry as men without hope, for them that fleep in him; We meekly befeech thee, O Father, to raise us from the death of fin unto the life of righteoufnefs; that when we fhall depart this life, we may reft in him, as our hope is this our brother doth, and that at the general refurrection in the last day we may be found acceptable in thy fight, and receive that bleffing which thy well-beloved Son fhall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee, faying, Come, ye bleffed children of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, through Jefus Chrift our Mediator and redeemer. Amen. HE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of T God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore.'. Amen. The The Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth, commonly called, The Churching of Women. The Women at the ufual time after her Delivery, shall come into the Church decently apparelled, and there all kneel down in jome convenient place, as bath been accustomed, or as the Ordinary fhall direct : And then the Priest fhall fay unto her, F Orafmuch as it hath pleafed Almighty God of his goodnefs to give you fafe deliverance, and hath preferved you in the great danger of Child-birth, you shall therefore give hearty thanks unto God, and fay, I (Then fhall the Prieft fay the 116 Pfal.) Dilexi, quoniam. Am well pleafed that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer. That he hath inclined his ear unto me: therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. The fnares of death compaffed me round about: and the pains of hell gat hold upon me. I found trouble and heavinefs, and I called upon the Name of the Lord: O Lord, I befeech thee, deliver my foul. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous: yea, our God is merciful. The Lord preferveth the fimple: I was in mifery, and he helped me. Turn again then unto thy reft, O my foul: for the Lord hath rewarded thee. And why? thou haft delivered my foul from death: mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before the Lord: in the land of the living. I believed, and therefore will I fpeak, but I was fore troubled: Í faid in my hafte, All men are liars. What reward fhall I give unto the Lord: for all the benefits that he hath done unto me? I will receive the cup of falvation: and call upon the Nane of the Lord. I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people : in the courts of the Lord's houfe, even in the midst of thee, O Jerufalem. Praise the Lord. Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the, &c. Or Pfal. 127. Nifi Dominus. Xcept the Lord build the houfe: their labour is but loft Except the Lord keep the city: the watchmen waketh but in vain. It is but loft labour that ye hafte to rife up early, and fo late take reft, and eat the bread of carefulness: for fo he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children and the fruit of the womb are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord. Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant: even fo are the young children. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they fhall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the, OUR &c. 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 trefpaffes, as we forgive them that trefpafs against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. Minifter. O Lord, fave this woman thy fervant? Anfw. Who putteth her truft in thee. Minifter. Be thou to her a strong tower, Answ Anfv. From the face of her enemy. Minifter. Lord, hear our prayer. Anfw. And let our cry come unto thee. O Minifter. Let us pray. Almighty God, we give thee humble thanks for that thou haft vouchfa:ed to deliver this woman thy fervant from the great pain and peril of Child-birth; Grant, we befeech thee, moft merciful Father that fhe through thy help may both faithfully live, and walk according to thy will in this life prefent, and alio may be partaker of everlafting glory in the life to come, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. The woman that cometh to give her Thanks, must offer accuftomed Offerings; and if there be a Communion, it is convenient that he receive the holy Communion. A COMMINATION, or denouncing of God's Anger and Judgments against Sinners, with certain Prayers to be used on the First day of Lent, and at other times as the Ordinary fhall appoint. After Morning Prayer, the Litany ended according to the accustomed manner, the Prieft fhall in the Reading-pew or Pulpit, Jay, B Rethren, in thee primitive Church there was a godly difcipline, that at the beginning of Lent, fuch perfons as flood convicted of notorious fin, were put to open penance, and punished in this world, that their fouls might be faved in the day of the Lord; and that others, admonish ed by their example, might be the more afraid to offend. Inftead whereof (until the faid difcipline may be reftored again, which is much to be wifhed) it is thought good, that at this time (in the prefence of you all) fhould be read the general fentences of Gods curfing against impenitent finners, gathered out of the feven and twentieth Chapter of Deuteronomy, and other places of Scripture; and that ye fhould anfwer to every sentence, Amen: To the intent that being 3 C admo |