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We beseech thee to hear us, Good Lord.

That it may please thee to make him partaker of all thy mercies and promises in Christ Jesus :

We beseech thee to hear us, Good Lord.

That it may please thee after this life, to bestow upon him the state of joy, bliss, and happiness, with all thy blessed saints in thy heavenly kingdom:

We beseech thee to hear us, Good Lord.

Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world,

Hear our prayers, and have mercy upon

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This is to be used when there appears little hope of recovery.

III. O Lord, raise up thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour thy poor servant, now languishing under very great weakness of body; look with an eye of mercy upon him, who, in appearance, is now drawing near the time of his dissolution; perfect, O Lord, his repentance, and make it effectual through the blood of the ever-blessed Jesus; and for Christ's sake, pardon all the errors of his past life, that he may come to his great change without guilt,

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him, and now he is entering into the valley of the shadow of death, take care of him, and carry him through that dark passage, into the bright regions of eternal bliss; but whether thou seest fit to give him such a foretaste of happiness; yet, O merciful God, take him not out of this world before he is fitted and prepared; that when he goes to meet the bridegroom, he may not find the door to everlasting happiness shut against him.

O Lord, with thee nothing is impossible; if thou wilt, thou canst even yet raise him up, and grant him a longer continuance among us; but nevertheless, not our will, but thine be done; we desire to leave him in thy hands, and commend him to thy mercies, and to the love and compassion of the blessed Jesus. O Lord, hear his prayers, and the prayers of all his friends for him; support him in his dying agonies; strengthen him under all his weaknesses; visit him with the strong consolations of thy Holy Spirit, and receive him into the blessed society of saints and angels; there to love, praise, and adore thee for ever, through the merits of thy beloved Son Jesus Christ the Righteous. Amen.

Ejaculations for Sick and Dying Persons. O BLESSED Lord, who scourgest every son

whom thou receivest, let me not be weary of thy correction.

Give me such a perfect submission to thee, the Father of Spirits, that this chastisement may be for my profit, and that I may thereby be made a partaker of thy holiness.

I confess, O Lord, that I have deserved much greater punishments than I now feel.

O make me cheerfully and thankfully to bear my present pains; chasten me as thou seest fitting; do with me what thou pleasest here, so I may not be condemned in the world hereafter.

O Christ, who first sufferedst many and grievous things, and then enteredst into thy glory, make me so to suffer with thee, that I may also be glorified with thee.

O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver me not, I beseech thee, into the bitter pains of eternal death.

O cast not off the bowels of thy tenderest compassions, but even as a father pitieth his children, so be thou merciful unto me, thy sinful but repenting servant.

O blessed High-Priest, who art able to save to the utmost them who come unto God by thee, save me, I beseech thee, who have no hopes but in thy merits and intercession.

Suffer not O my Redeemer, my soul which

thou hast purchased with the invaluable price of thy own blood, to perish; but say unto me, I am thy salvation.

O dear Jesus, who humblest thyself even to the death of the cross for me, let that precious death of thine sweeten all the bitterness of mind.

I believe that thou shalt come to be my judge.

I pray thee, therefore, help thy servant, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood.

Make me to be numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting.

O receive me into that place of rest, where all tears shall be wiped from my eyes; where there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor pain.

O take me, where I shall for ever behold thy face, and follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.

Into thy hands I commend my spirit, for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth.

O Lord, in thee is my trust; O cast not out

my soul.

O Lord, in thee have I trusted, let me never be confounded.

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A Prayer for a sick Child.

O 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 child here lying under thy hand in great weakness of body.

Look graciously upon it, O Lord; ease it, we beseech thee, of its pains, and pity it in its extremity.

We know, O Lord, that if thou wilt thou canst raise it up, and grant it a longer continuance amongst us.

O raise it up again (if it may please thee) to grow in years and stature, in wisdom, and thy fear, and thereby to comfort its parents, and to glorify thee.

We believe, O God, that thou knowest best what is fit for it and us, and that thou wilt do what is best for both and therefore we humbly resign its life to thee, beseeching thee to have mercy on us.

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But whether it live or die, let it be thine and either preserve it to be thy true and faithful servant here on earth, or take it to the blessedness of thy children in the kingdom of heaven, through the merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.