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purged and done away, it place it any where but in thee. may be presented pure and Give bim strength against all without spot before thee. bis temptations, and heal all And teach us who survive, bis distempers: Break not the in this, and other like daily bruised reed, nor quench the spectacles of mortality, to see smoking flax: Shut not up how frail and uncertain our thy tender mercies in difpleaown condition is; and so to fure; but make him to hear number our days, that we of joy and gladness, that the may seriously apply our hearts bones which thou hast broken to that holy and heavenly may rejoice: Deliver him wisdom, whilst we live here, from fear of the enemy, and which may in the end bring lift up the light of thy counus to life everlasting, through tenance upon him; and give the merits of Jesus Chrift him peace, through the merits thine only Son our Lord. Amen.

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Blessed Lord, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comforts, we beseech thee, look down in mercies cannot be numbered; pity and compassion upon this make us, we beseech ther, thy afflicted servant. Thou deeply sensible of the shortwriteft bitter things againft ness and uncertainty of huhim, and makest him to possess man life; and let thy Holy his former iniquities: Thy Spirit lead us through this wrath lieth hard upon him, vale of misery, in holiness and and bis foul is full of trouble: righteousness, all the days of But, O merciful God, who our lives: That, when we haft written thy holy Word shall have served thee in our for our learning, that we, generation, we may be gathrough patience and comfort thered unto our fathers, havof thy holy Scriptures, might ing the testimony of a good have hope; give him a right confcience; in the commuunderstanding of himself, and nion of the Catholic Church; of thy threats and promises; in the confidence of a certain that he may neither cast away faith; in the comfort of a his confidence in thee, nor reasonable, religious, and holy hope;

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Thanksgiving for viving for the begin ning of a Recovery. REAT and mighty God,

G who bringeft down to the grave, and bringest up again; we bless thy wonderful goodness, for having turned our heaviness into joy and Pour mourning into gladness, by reftoring this our brother to fome degree of his former health. Blessed be thy Name, that thou didst not forsake

Molt gracious Father, we fly unto thee for mercy in behalf of this thy servant, here lying under the fudden visitation of thine him in his fickness; but didit hand. If it be thy will, pre- visit him with comforts from serve bis life, that there may above; didst fupport him in be place for repentance: But, patience and fubmiffion to if thou hast otherwise ap- thy will; and, at last, didst pointed, 1, let thy mercy supply send him seasonable relief. to him the want of the usual Perfect, we beseech thee,

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opportunity for the trimming this thy mercy towards him ; of bis lamp. Stir up in him and profper the means which Tady forfow for fin and fuch shall be made use of for his fervent love to thee, as may cure: That being reftored in a short time, do the work to health of body, vigour of of many days! That among mind, and cheerfulness of The praites which thy Saints spirit, he may be able to go and Holy Angels shall sing to to thine House, to offer thee the Honour of thy mercy an oblation with great gladthrough eternal ages, it may nefs; and to bless thy holy be to thy unspeakable glory, Name for all thy goodness that thou haft redeemed the towards him, through Jesus foul of this thy servant from Chrift our Saviour: To eternal death, and made him whom with thee and the partaker of the everlasting Holy Spirit, be all honour blife, which is through Jefus and glory, world without

Chrift our Lord. Amen.

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COMMUNION OF THE SICK.

Forasmuch as all mortal men are subject to many fudden perils, diseases, and ficknesses, and ever uncertain what time they shall depart out of this life; therefore, to the intent they may be always in readiness to die, whensoever it shall please Almighty God to call them, the Ministers shall diligently from time to time (but especially in the time of pestilence, or other infectious fickness) exhort their Parishioners to the often receiving of the Holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Chrift, when it shall be publickly administered in the Church; that fo doing, they may, in case of sudden visitation, have the less cause to be disquieted for lack of the same. But if the fick Perfon be not able to come to the Church, and yet is defirous to receive the Communion in his house; then he must give timely notice to the Minister, fignifying also how many there are to communicate with him (which shall be two at the leaft ;) and all things necessary being prepared, the Minister shall there celebrate the Holy Communion, beginning with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, here following:

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kind, who doft correct those Lord, nor faint when thou whom thou dost love, and art rebuked of him. For chastise every one whom thou whom the Lord loveth, he doft receive; we beseech thee chafteneth; and scourgeth to have inercy upon this thy every fon whom he receiveth. servant visited with thine

hand; and to grant that be may take bis sickness patiently, and recover his bodily health, if it be thy gracious will; and that whensoever bis foul shall depart from the body, it may be without spot presented unto thee, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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ERILY, verily, I fay unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that fent me, hath everlafting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

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After which the Minister shall proceed according to the Form before prescribed for the Holy Communion, beginning at these words, Ye who do truly, &c. CAMCO

At the time of the distribution of the Holy Sacrament, the Minister shall first receive the Communion himself, and after minister unto those who are appointed to communicate with the fick, and last of all to the fick Person.

But if a man, either by reason of extremity of fickness, or for want of warning in due time to the Minister, or for lack of company to receive with him, or by any other just impediment, do not receive the Sacrament of Christ's Body and Blood, the Minister shall instruct him, that if be do truly repent him of his

• fins, and stedfastly believe that Jesus Christ hath suffered death upon the Cross for him, and shed his Blood for his redemption, earnestly remembering the benefits be hath thereby, and giving bim hearty thanks therefor, he doth eat and drink the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ profitably to his foul's health, although he do not receive the Sacrament with his mouth.

When the fick person is visited and receiveth the Holy Commu nion all at one time, then the Minister, for more expedition, shall cut off the Form of the Visitation at the Pfalm, and go Araight to the Communion.

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In the times of contagious fickness or diseases, when none of the Parish or Neighbours can be gotten to communicate with the fick in their houses, for fear of the infection; upon special request of the diseased, the Minister alone may communicate with him.

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When thou with rebukes dost chaften man for fin, thou makest his beauty to confume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment: Every man therefore is but vanity. Hear my prayer, O Lord; and with thine ears confider my callingoft Hold not thy peace armyteaish Two Ils For I anfà franger with thee, and a fojourner, as all my fathers were.

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