given and received is a token and their troth, each to the other, and pledge) and may ever remain in have declared the same by giving perfect love and peace together, and receiving a Ring, and by joinand live according to thy laws, ing hands; I pronounce, that they through Jesus Christ our Lord. are Man and Wife; in ihe name of Imen.

the Father, and of the Son, and of 9 Then shall the Minister join their Right the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Hands together, and say, 11 And the Minister shall add this Blessing : Those whom God hath joined VOD the Father, God the Son, together, let no man put asunder. U God the Holy Ghost, bless, # Then shall the Minister speak unto the preserve, and keep you : The Lord Company :

mercifully with his favour look upORAS MUCH as M. and Non you, and fill you with all spirit

have consented togetherin holy ual benediction and grace ; that ye Wedlock, and have witnessed the may so live together in this life, same before God and this company, that in the world to come ye may and thereto have given and pledged' have life everlasting. Amen.

FOR

THE ORDER FOR
THE VISITATION OF THE SICK.

I When any Person is sick, notice shall be, give those who trespass against ns ;

given thereof to the Minister of the Pa And lead us not into temptation ; rish; who, coming into the sick Person's But deliver us from evil. Amen. House, shall say,

Min. O Lord, save thy servant; PEACE be to this House, and to all that

Ans. Who putteth his trust in

thee. q When he coueth into the sick Man's pre

Min. Send him help from thy sence, he shall say, kneeling down,

holy place; REMEMBER not; Loriti

, our
iniquities, nor the iniquities fend him.

Ans. And evermore nightily deof our forefathers; Spare us, good

Min. Let the enemy have no Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most pre

advantage of him ;

Ans. Nor the wicked approach cious blood; and be not angry with

to hurt him. us for ever.

Min. Be unto him, O Lord, a Ans. Spare us, good Lord.

strong tower, 1 Then the Minister shall

say, ins. From the face of his enemy.

Min. O Lord, hear our prayer; Lord, have mercy upon us. Ans. And let our cry come unto Christ, have mercy upon us. thee. Lorl, have mercy upon us.

Minister. OU UR. Father, who art in Heaven; O Lord, look down from heaven;

be thy Name; Thy behold, Kingdom come; Thy Will be done thy servant. Look upon him with ou Earth, as it is in Heaven ; Give the eyes of thy mercy; give him P's this day our daily bread; And comfort and gure confidence in wrgive us our trespasses, as we for-'thee; defend him from the dauger

Let us pray:

of the enemy; and keep him in right way that leadeth unto ever. perpetual peace and safety, through lasting life. Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

T If the Person visited be very sick, then

the Minister may end his Exhortation in merciful God and Saviour : this Place, or ebe proceed. Extend thy accustomed goodness TAKE therefore in good part the to this thy servant, who is grieved chastisement of the Lord: For, with sickness. Sanctify, we beseech as Saint Paul saith in the twelfth thee, this thy Fatherly correction chapter to the Hebrews, Whom to him; that the sense of his weak- the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and ness may add strength to his faith, scourgeth every son whom he re. and seriousness to his repentance : ceiveth. If ye endure chastening, That if it shall be thy good pleasure God dealeth with you as with sons : to restore him to his former health, For what son is he whom the 12he may lead the residue of his life ther chasteneth not? But if ye be in thy fear, and to thy glory: Or without chastisement, whereof all else give him grace so to take thy are partakers, then are ye bastards, visitation, that after this painful lite and not sons. Furthermore, we ended, he may dwell with thee in have hal fathers of our fesh, which life everlasting, through Jesus Christ corrected us, and we gave them our Lord. Amen.

reverence: Shall we not much raThen shall the Minister exhort the sick ther be in subjection unto the Fa

Person after this Forin, or other like: ther of spirits, and live? For they DEARLY beloved, know this, verily for a few days chastened his

that Almighty God is the Lord after their own pleasure; but he for of life and death, and of all things our profit, that we might be partato them pertaining; as youth, kers of his holiness. These worls, strength, health, age, weakness, good brother, are written in holy and sickness. Wherefore, what- Scripture, for our comfort and insoever your sickness be, know you suruction ; that we should patiently, certainly that it is God's visitation and with thanksgiving, bear our lica. And for what cause soever this sick- venly Father's correction, whensoness be sent unto you; whether it ever, by any manner of adversity, be to try your patience for the ex-it shall please his gracious goodness ample of others, and that your faith to visit us. And there should be no may be found, in the day of the greater comfort to Christian perLord, laudable, glorious, and ho- sons, tiran to be made like unto nourable, to the increase of glory Christ, by suffering patiently adand endless felicity; or else it be versities, troubles, and sicknesses. sent unto you to correct and amend For he himself went not up to joy, in you whatsoever doth offend the but first he suffered pain : He en. eyes of your heavenly Father; know tered not into his glory, before he you certainly, that if you truly re-was crucified. So truly our way to pent you of your sins, and bear your eternal joy, is to suffer here with sickness patiently, trusting in Gori's Christ; and our door to enter into mercy, for his dear Son Jesus eternal life, is gladly to die with Christ's sake, and render unto him Christ; that we may rise again from humble thanks for his Fatherly vi- catii, and dwell with him iu ever. sitation, submitling you sell wholly lasting life. Now, therefore, taking unto his will, it shall turn to you our sickness, which is thus profit. prolit, and belp you forward in thelable for you, patiently, I exkort you

in the name of God, to remember that he may make amends to the utterthe profession which you marle unto most of his power. And if he bath not God in your Baptism. And foras

before disposed of his goods, let him

then be admonished to make his Will, much as after this life there is an

and to declare his debts, what he oweth, account to be given unto the righ- and what is owing unto him, for the beta teous Judge, by whom all must be ter discharging of his conscience, and judged, without respect of persons;

the quietness of his Exccutors. But wen

should orien be put is remembrance to require you to examine yourself,

take crder for the settling of their temand your estate, both toward Gori

poral estates, whilst they are in healih. and man; so that, accusing anus The Exhortation before rehearsed inay condemning yourself for your own

be said before the Minister begin his

Prayer, as he shall see cause. faults, you may find mercy at our

T The Minister shall not omit earnestly to heavenly Father's hand for Christ's move such sick persons as are of ability, sake, and not be accused and coil- to be liberal to the poor. demned in that fearful judgment. And then the Minister shall say the ColTherefore I shall rehearse to you

lect following: the Articles of our Faith; that you

Let us pray may know whether you do believe O Most merciful God!, who, acas a Christian man should, or no.

cording to the multitude of thy 9 Here the Minister shall rehearse the Ar- mercies, dost so put away the sin's ticles of the Faith, saying thus : of those who truly repent, that thou Father Almighty, Maker of thine eye of mercy upon this thy

in heaven and earth?

servant, who most earnestly desire And in Jesus Christ his only be- eth pardon and forgiveness. Regotten Son our Lord ? And that he new in him, most loving Father, was conceived by the Holy Ghost, whatsoever hath been decayed by born of the Virgin Mary; that he the fraud and malice of the devil, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was or by his own carnal will and frail. crucified, dead, and buried; that he ness; preserve and continue this went down into hell, and also did sick member in the unity of the rise again the third day; that he Church; consider his contrition, ac, ascended into heaven, and sitteth cept his tears, assuage his pain, as on the right hand of God the Father shall seem to thee most expedient Almighty; and from thence shall for him. And forasmuch as he put. come again at the end of the world, teth his full trust only in thy mercy, to judge the quick and the dear! ? impute not unto him his former

And dost thou believe in the Holy sins, but strengthen him with thy Ghost; The holy Catholic Church; blessed Spirit; and when thou art The Communion of Saints; The pleased to take him hence, take Remission of sins; The Resurrec-him unto thy favour, through the tion of the flesh; and everlasting merits of thy most dearly beloved life after death?

Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The sick Person shall answer, Then shall the Minister say this Psalm: All this I steadfastly believe. ç Then shall the Minister examine, whe

Psalm 130. De Profundis. be in charity with all the world; exhorten deep

unto thee, O Lord; Lord, hear ing him to forgive, from the bottom of his heart, all persons that have offended him; and if he hath offended any other,

o let thine ears consider well to ask them forgiveness; and where he the voice of my complaint. bath done injury or wrong to any man,

If thou, Lord, wilt be extrema

my voice.

to mark what is done a niss; 0,9 A Prayer for a sick Child. Lord, who may abide it?

O

Almighty Gol and merciful For there is mercy with thee; Father, to whom alone belong therefore shalt thou be feared. the issues of life and death ; look

I look for the Lord, my soul down from heaven, we humbly be. doth wait for him; in his word is seech thee, with the eyes of inercy my trust.

upon this Child, now lying upon the My soul fleeth unto the Lord, bed of sickness : Visit

him, O Lord, before the morning watch; 1 say, with thy salvation ; deliver ruim in before the morning watch. thy good appointed time from his

O Israel, trust in the Lord, for bodily pain, and save lis soul for with the Lord there is mercy; and thy mercies sake; that if it shall with him is plenteous redemption. be thy pleasure to prolong his days

And he shall redeem Israel from here on earth, he may live to thee, all his sins.

and be an instrument of thy glory, Adding this:

by serving thee faithfully, and doing O

Saviour of the world, who by good in his generation : Or else re

thy Cross and precious Blood ceive him into those heavenly habi. hast redeemed us; save us, and stations, where the souls of those help us, we humbly beseech thee, who sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy O Lord.

perpetual rest and felicity : Grant Then shall the Minister

this, O Lord, for thy mercies sake,

say, TH THE Almighty Lord, who is a

in the same thy Son our Lord Jesus most strong tower to all those Christ, who liveth and reigneth who put their trust in him, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever all things in heaven, in earth, and one God, world without end. Ámen. under the earth, do bow and obey, 1 A Prayer for a sick Person, be now and evermore thy defence;

when there appeareth but smaú and make thee know and feel, that

hope of recovery. there is none other name under O Father of mercies, and God of heaven given to man, in whom, and

all comfort, our only help in through whom, thou mayest receive time of need; We Ay unto thee for health and salvation, but only the succour in behalf of this thy servant, name of our Lord Jesus Christ. here lying under thy hand in great Amen.

weakness of body: Look graciously 1 Here the Minister may, use any part of theoutward mandecayeth,strength

upon him, O Lord; and the more the service of this Book, which, in his discretion, he shall think convenient to en him, we beseech thee, so much the occasion; and after that shall say, the more continually with thy grace

: protection we commit thee: Give him unfeigned repentance for The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: all the errors of his life past, and The Lord make his face to shine steadfast faith in thy Son Jesus, upon thee, and be gracious unto that his sins may be done away by thee: The Lord lift up his coun- thy mercy, and his pardon sealed tenance upon thee, and give thee in Heaven, before he go hence, and peace both now and evermore. be no more seen. We know, o Amen.

Lord, that there is no worri imposPrayers which may be said with the sible with thee; and that, if thou foregoing service, or any part thereof, wilt, thou canst even yet raise him at the discretion of the Minister. lup, and grant him a longer continu.

a

ance amongst us: Yet, forasmuch comforts, we beseech thee, look as in all appearance the time of his down in pity and compassion upon dissolution draweth near, so fit and this thy atflicted servant. Thou prepare him, we beseech thee, a-writest bitter things against him, gainst the hour of death, that after and makest him to possess his forhis departure hence in peace, and mer iniquities: Thy wrath Jieth in thy favour, his soul may be re- hard upon him, and his soul is full ceived into thine everlasting king- uf trouble : But, O merciful God, dom; through the merits and me- who hast written thy holy word for diation of Jesus Christ thine only our learning, that we, through paSon, our Lord and Saviour. Amen. tience and comfort of thy holy

A Commendatory Prayer for a Scriptures, might have hope ; give sick Person at the point of de him a right understanding of himparture.

self, and of thy threats and proO Almighty God, with whom do mises that he may neither cast made perfect, after they are deliv-Give him strength against all luis live the spirits of just men away his confidence in thee, nor

place it any where but in thee. ered from their earthly prisons; we humbly commend the soul of 'this temptations, and heal all his disthy servant, our dear brother, into temper's : Break not the bruised thy hands, as into the hands of alreed, nor quench the smoking flax : faithful Creator, and most mercifui

Shut not up thy tender mercies in Saviour; most humbly beseeching displeasure ; but make him to hear thee, that it may be precious in thy of joy and gladness, that the bones sight: Wash it, we pray thee, in which thou hast broken may rethe blood of that imınaculate Lamb, joice: Deliver him from fear of that was slain to take away the sing the enemy, and lift up the light of of the world; that whatsoever de-thy countenance upon him and filements it may have contracted give him peace, through the merits

and mediation of Jesus Christ our in the midst of this miserable and

Loril. Amen. naughty world, through the lust of the flesh, or the wiles of Satan, be- A Prayer which may be said by ing purged and done away, it may

the Minister, in behalf of aut be presented pure and without spot

present at the Visitation. before thee. And teach us who O God, whose days are without survive, in this, and other like daily not be numbered ; make us, we be

end, and whose mercies can. spectacles of mortality, to see how frail and uncertain our own condi

seech thee, deeply sensible of the tion is ; and so to number our days, life ; and let thy Holy Spirit lead

shortness and uncertainty of human that we may seriously apply our hearts to that holy and heavenly us through this vale of misery, in wisdom, whilst we live here, which holiness and righteousness, all the may in the end bring us to life ever

days of our lives : That, when we

shall have served thee in our gene. lasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ thine only Son our Lord. ration, we may be gathered unto

our Amen,

fathers, having the testimony of a

good conscience; in the comm!lI A Prayer for Persons troubled nion of the Catholic Church ; in the

in Minud or in Conscience. confidence of a certain faith ; in the O

Blessed Lord, the Father of comfort of a reasonable, religious, mercies, and the God of all and hely hope ; in favour with the