For a Recovery from Sickness.

GOD, who art the giver of life, of health, and of safety; We bless thy Name, that thou hast been pleased to deliver from his bodily sickness this thy servant, who now desireth to return thanks unto thee, in the presence of all thy people. Gracious art thou, O Lord, and full of compassion to the children of men. May his heart be duly impressed with a sense of thy merciful goodness, and may he devote the residue of his days to an humble, holy, and obedient walking before thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for a Sick Person, when there appeareth but small hope of recovery.

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 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 life past, 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.

A Commendatory Prayer for a Sick Person at the point of departure.

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; through the merits of Jesus Christ thine only Son our Lord.

For the Dying.

Amen.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, in whose hands are the issues of life, and whose infinite wisdom ordereth all things for the best to them that love thee; Look down with Fatherly eye on thy child whom thou hast touched with thine hand. Support him by thy grace, confirm his faith, increase his hope, and perfect his love. Strengthen him with thy spirit in the inner man that Christ may dwell in his heart through faith. Make him to know the love of Christ that

passeth knowledge. And when it shall please thee to call him to thyself, carry him safely through the valley of the shadow of death through which our loving Saviour hath passed before us. And finally receive him into those heavenly mansions which the same Lord has gone to prepare; where no fear shall trouble him,

no pain distress him, no anxiety disturb him, no infirmity afflict him; where perfect security, pure delight, and unceasing joy await all who truly love thee, in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

AVE mercy on thy servant, O Lord.

HAV

Into

thy hands we commend his spirit, for thou hast redeemed it, O Lord, thou God of truth. O be with him in this hour of need. Leave him not, neither forsake him. Support him in thine everlasting arms. Guide him through the valley of the shadow of death. Bring his soul out of prison, that it may praise thee. Say unto his soul, "I am thy salvation." Say unto him, “Today thou shalt be with me in Paradise." Let him know the salvation of Jesus. Let him see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. O Lord, bid him come to thee. Lord Jesus receive his spirit, and open to him the gates of everlasting glory. Let thy loving spirit lead him forth into the land of righteousness. Send thine angel to carry him to the abode of peace. In the hour of death, and in the day of judgment, Good Lord, deliver him. Amen.

GOD, our heavenly Father, we remember before thee tonight, those thy children who are journeying in great bodily weakness, and drawing near unto the gates of death. We pray thee that thou wilt send thy dear Son to meet with them in the way, and to abide with them, for the day is far spent; that he may break with them the bread of eternal life; that he may look upon them with the eyes of thy mercy, and comfort them with a sense of thy goodness. fill the hearts of all of us, we pray thee, with such trust in thee, that by night and by day, at all times and in all seasons, we may without fear commit those who are dear to us to thy never-failing love, for this life and the life to come. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord. Amen.

And

INTO

ITO thy merciful hands, O heavenly Father, we commend the soul of thy servant now departing from the body. Acknowledge, we meekly beseech thee, a sheep of thine own fold, a lamb of thine own flock, a sinner of thine own redeeming. Receive him into the arms of thy mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, into the glorious estate of thy chosen saints in heaven. O most merciful Father, that cannot perish which is committed to thy charge. Receive, we beseech thee, his spirit in peace.

Amen.

O

ETERNAL pity, receive the soul of this thy child unto thyself, that where thy mercy reigneth he may dwell. May he pass from this restlessness and strife into thy rest; and when he is called to give an account of himself and of his works, do thou, we pray thee, remember that which men owe him with that which he doth owe, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For a Dying Child.

LORD Jesus Christ, who didst take little children in thine arms and bless them; Bless, we beseech thee, this child; take him into the arms of thine everlasting mercy. Keep him from all evil, and bring him into the company of those who ever behold the face of thy Father which is in heaven, with whom, and the Holy Spirit thou livest and reignest ever, one God, world without end. Amen.

PRAYERS FOR THOSE IN

AFFLICTION.

MOST Fatself the soul of this thy

OST merciful Father, who hast been pleased

servant [or this child]; Grant to us who are still in our pilgrimage, and who walk as yet by faith, that having served thee with constancy on earth, we may be joined hereafter with thy blessed saints in glory everlasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

LORD Jesus Christ, who by thy death didst take away the sting of death; Grant unto us thy servants so to follow in faith where thou hast led the way, that we may at length fall asleep peacefully in thee, and awake up after thy likeness; through thy mercy, who livest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

ALMIGHTY and everliving God, we yield

unto thee most high praise and hearty thanks, for the wonderful grace and virtue declared in all thy saints, who have been the choice vessels of thy grace, and the lights of the world in their several generations; most humbly beseeching thee to give us grace so to follow the example of their stedfastness in thy faith, and obedience to thy holy commandments, that at the day of the general Resurrection, we, with all those who are of the mystical body of thy Son, may be set on his right hand, and hear that his most joyful voice: Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.