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his blood, you shall not have life in you. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life and I will raise him up at the laft day.

SECRET S.

For Bifhops or Priefts.

Accept, O Lord, we beseech thee, the facri

fice we offer for the fouls of thy fervants Bishops for Priefts]; that thofe, whom in this life thou didst honour with the Epifcopal [or Priestly] dignity, thou may'ft join to the fellowship of thy faints in the kingdom of heaven. Thro'.

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For Brethren, Friends, and Benefactors.

God, whofe mercy is infinite, graciously hear the prayers which we thy humble fervants offer thee; and grant to the fouls of our Brethren, Friends and Benefactors, on whom thou didst bestow the grace to confefs thy name, the pardon of all their fins by thefe mysteries of of our falvation. Thro.'

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For All the Faithful departed.

OOK down favourably, we beseech thee, O Lord, on the facrifice we offer for the fouls of thy fervants; that as thou waft pleased to beftow on them the merit of Chriftian faith, thou wouldft alfo grant them the reward thereof. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION. Profit.
For Bifhops or Priests.

GRant, we beseech thee, O Lord, by thy merci

ful clemency, which we have implored on behalf of the fouls of thy fervants Bishops [or Priests]: that by thy mercy they may eternally enjoy his prefence, in whom they hoped and believed. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION. Prafta.

For Brethren, Friends, and Benefactors.

GRant, we beseech thee, O almighty and merci. ful God, that the fouls of our Brethren, Friends, and Benefactors, for whom we have offered this facrifice to thy majefty; being, by virtue of thele myfterjes, purified from all fin, may, thro' thy mercy, receive the bleffing of perpetual light. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION.

Animabus.

For All the Faithful departed.

Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that our humble prayers in behalf of the fouls of thy fervants, both men and women, may be profitable to them; fo that thou may'ft deliver them from all their fins, and make them partakers of the redemption thou haft purchased for them, Who liveft.

DIVERS PRAYERS for the DEAD.
For a Pope.

COLLECT. Deus, qui inter fummos. God, who waft pleafed in thy providence to have thy fervant N. reckoned among the chief Paftors of thy Church; grant, we beseech thee, that he who represented the perfon of thy only Son on earth, may be added to the company of thy holy Prelates in heaven. Thro' the fame.

SECRET.

ACcept, O Lord, we beseech thee, the facrifice we offer for the foul of thy fervant N. thy chief Prieft that as thou didst honour him in this life with the Pontifical dignity, thou wouldst add him to the company of thy Saints in thy heavenly kingdom. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION. Profit.

MAY thy mercy, O Lord, which we have implored, affift the foul of thy fervant N. our chief Bishop; that by thy clemency he may enjoy his prefence, in whom he hoped and believed. Thro'.

For a Bishop or Prieft, as above, p. clxxxiv. only in the fingular number.

For a Man deceased.

COLLECT. Inclina.

HEar, we beseech thee, O Lord, the prayers we

address to thy mercy; that the foul of thy feryant, which thou haft called out of this world, may be received into the kingdom of light and peace, and be numbered among the bleffed. Thro'.

SECRE T.

GRant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that this facrifice may avail the foul of thy fervant, by offering of which thou waft pleased to have the fins of the world cancelled. Thro.'

POSTCOMMUNION. Abfolve.

R Eleafe, O Lord, the foul of thy fervant from

every chain of fin; that in the glory of the refurrection he may enjoy reft among thy faints and elect. Thro'.

For a Woman deceafed.
COLLECT. Quæfumus.

SHew mercy, O Lord, we beseech thee, according to thy great goodness, to the foul of thy handmaid; and being now delivered from the corruption of this mortal life, give it part in thy eternal inheritance of blifs. Thro'.

SECRET.

MA AY the foul of thy handmaid, O Lord, we befeech thee, be purified from all her fins by

virtue of this facrifice, without which no one was

ever delivered from fin; that, by these propitiatory myfteries, the may obtain thy mercy for ever.

Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION.

Inveniat.

WAY the foul of thy handmaid, O Lord, enter into the participation of eternal light: of which eternal mercy fhe received the pledge in this facrament. Thro'.

For a Father or Mother.

COLLECT. Deus, qui nos. God, who haft commanded us to honour our Father and Mother: mercifully fhew pity to the fouls [or foul] of my Father and [or of] my Mother, and forgive him [or her] their [or his or her] fins; and grant I may fee them [or him or her] in the joys of eternal life. Thro'.

SECRET.

REceive, O Lord, the facrifice I offer for the fouls [or for the foul] of my Father and [or of my Mother; and grant them [or him or her] eternal joys in the land of the living: and affociate me with them [him or her] in the blifs of thy faints. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION. Cæleftis.

MAY

AY the participation of these heavenly myfteries, O Lord, I beseech thee, obtain reft and light for the fouls [or foul] of my Father and [or of] my Mother; and may thy grace crown me with them [or him or her] for ever. Thro'.

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