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Thou knowest, Lord, the se

crets of our hearts: shut not thy AMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of those merciful ears to our prayers; but who depart hence in the Lord; spare us, Lord most holy, O God and with whom the souls of the most mighty, O holy and merci- faithful, after they are delivered ful Saviour, thou most worthy from the burden of the flesh, are Judge eternal, suffer us not, at in joy and felicity; we give thee our last hour, for any pains of hearty thanks for the good exam. death to fall from thee. ples of all those thy servants, who, having finished their course in faith, do now rest from their la bours. And we beseech thee, that we, with al: those who are departed in the true faith of thy holy name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ Then, while the earth shall be cast upon the body by some standing by, the Minister shall say,

MERCIFUL God, the Fa

ORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God, in his wise Providence, to take out of this world the Soul of our deceased Brother, we therefore commit his Body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust: looking for the general resurrection in the last Day, and the life ther of our Lord Jesus of the World to come, through Christ, who is the resurrection our Lord Jesus Christ; at whose and the life; in whom whososecond coming in lorious Ma-ever believeth, shall live, though jesty to judge the World, the he die; and whosoever liveth Earth and the Sea shall give up and believeth in him, shall not their Dead; and the corruptible die eternally; who also hath Bodies of those who sleep in taught us, by his holy Apostle St. him shall be changed, and made Paul, not to be sorry, as men like unto his own glorious Body; without hope, for those who sleep according to the mighty working in him; we humbly beseech thee, whereby he is able to subdue all O Father,to raise us from the death things unto himself. of sin unto the life of righteousThen shall be said, or sung, ness; that when we shall depart HEARD a voice from heaven, this life, we may rest in him; and saying unto me, Write, from that at the general resurrection henceforth blessed are the dead in the last day, we may be found who die in the Lord; even so acceptable in thy sight; and resaith the Spirit; for they rest ceive that blessing, which thy from their labours. Rev. xiv. 13. well-beloved Son shall then proT Then the Minister shall say the Lord's nounce to all who love and fear

Prayer.

OUR Father, who art in Hea- thee, saying, Come, ye blessed ven, Hallowed be thy Name; children of my Father, receive Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will the kingdom prepared for you be done on Earth, as it is in Hea- from the beginning of the world: ven; Give us this day our daily Grant this, we beseech thee, O bread; And forgive us our tres-merciful Father, through Jesus passes, as we forgive those who Christ our Mediator and Re trespass against us; And lead us deemer. Amen. not into temptation; But deliver

us from evil. Amen.
Then the Minister shall say one or both
of the following Prayers, at his discre-

tion.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus

Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore Amen.

161

The Thanksgiving of Women after Child-Birth,

COMMONLY CALLED

THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN.

This Service, or the concluding Prayer alone, as it stands among the Occasional Prayers and Thanksgivings, may be used at the discretion of the Minister. The Woman, at the usual Time after her Delivery, shall come into the Church decently apparelled, and there shall kneel down in some convenient place, as fath been accustomed, or as the Ordinary shall direct: And then the Priest shall say unto her,

ORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his goodness, to give you safe deliverance, and to preserve you in

the great danger of child-birth; you shall therefore give hearty thanks unto God, and say,

Lord's Prayer may be omitted, if this be used with the Morning or Evening Prayer.

UR Father, who art in Hea

Oven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be done on Earth, as it is in HeaThen shall the Minister say the follow-bread; And forgive us our tresven; Give us this day our daily ing Hymn, taken from the 116th Psalm.

Dileri, quoniam. AM well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer;

That he hath inclined his ear unto me: Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

I found trouble and heaviness, and I called upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. What reward shall I give unto the Lord, for all the benefits that he hath done unto me?

I will receive the cup of salvation; and call upon the name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people; in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Then shall the Minister say the Lord's
Prayer, with what follows: But the

passes, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

Min. O Lord, save this woman

thy servant:

Ans. Who putteth her trust in

thee.

Min. Be thou to her a strong

tower,

Ans. From the face of her en

em.

Min. Lord, hear our prayer: Ans. And let our cry come unto thee.

Min. Let us pray.

ALMIGHTY God, we give thee humble thanks, for that thou hast been graciously pleased to preserve, through the great pain and peril of Child-birth, this woman thy servant, who desires now to offer her praises and thanksgivings unto thee. Grant, we beseech thee, most merciful Father, that she, through thy help, may both faithfully live, and walk according to thy will in this life present, and also may be partaker of everlasting glory in the life to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Woman that cometh to give her thanks, must offer accustomed offerings, which shall be applied by the Minister and the Church-Wardens to the relief of distressed Women in Child-bed: And if there be a Communion, it is convenient that she receive the Holy Communion.

FORMS OF PRAYER

TO BE USED AT SEA.

↑ The Morning und Evening Service to be used daily at Sea, shall be the same which is appointed in the Book of Common Prayer.

Help, Lord, and save us for thy inercies sake, in Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lort. Amen.

¶ Or this.

MOST glorious and gracious Lord
God, who dwellest in heaven, but

These two following Prayers may be also used in Ships of War. ETERNAL Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea; who hast compassed the waters with bounds, until day and night come to an end; be pleased to re-beholdest all things below; look down, ceive into thy Almighty and most gra- we beseech thee, and hear us, calling out cious protection, the persons of us thy ser- of the depth of misery, and out of the vants, and the fleet (or ship] in which we jaws of this death, which is now ready to serve. Preserve us from the dangers of swallow us up: Save, Lord, or else we the sea, and from the violence of the ene-perish. The living, the living shall praise my; that we may be a safeguard unto thee. O send thy word of command to the United States of America, and a secu- rebuke the raging Winds, and the roarrity for such as pass on the seas upon their ing Sea; that we, being delivered from lawful occasions; that the inhabitants of this distress, may live to serve thee, and our land may in peace and quietness to glorify thy name all the days of our serve thee our God; and that we may re-life. Hear, Lord, and save us, for the inturn in safety to enjoy the blessings of the finite merits of our blessed Saviour, thy land, with the fruits of our labour; and, Son our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. with a thankful remembrance of thy mercies, to praise and glorify thy holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Collect.

D
IRECT us, O Lord, in all our doings,
with thy most gracious favour, and
further us with thy continual help; that
in all our works begun, continued, and
ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy
name; and finally by thy mercy obtain
everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our

Lord. Amen.

Prayers to be used in Storms at Sea. MOST powerful and glorious Lord God, at whose command the winds klow, and lift up the waves of the sea, and who stillest the rage thereof; we, thy creatures, but miserable sinners, do in this our great distress cry unto thee for help: Save, Lord, or else we perish. We confess when we have been safe, and seen all things quiet about us, we have forgotten thee, our God, and refused to hearken to the still voice of thy word, and to obey thy commandments: But now we see how terrible thou art in all thy works of wonder; the great God to be therefore

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The Prayer to be said before a Fight at

Sea against any Enemy.

MOST powerful and glorious Lord

God, the Lord of hosts, that rulest and commandest all things; thou sittest in the throne judging right: And there fore we make our address to thy Divine Majesty, in this our necessity, that thou Wouldest take the cause into thine own hand, and judge between us and our enemies. Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come and help us; for thou givest not alway the battle to the strong, but canst save by many or by few. Olet not our sins now cry against us for ven geance; but hear us hy poor servants begging mercy, and imploring thy help and that thou wouldest be a defence unto us against the face of the enemy: Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Short Prayers for single Persons, toho cannot meet to join in Prayer with others, by reason of the Fight or Storm. General Prayers.

ORD be merciful to us sinners, and

adore thy Divine Majesty, acknowledging Live us for thy mercies sake.

thy power, and imploring thy goodness.

Thou art the great God, who hast made

and rulest all things: O deliver us for thy name's sake.

Thou art the great God to be feared above all: O save us, that we may praise thee.

Special Prayers with respect to the Enemy. THOU, O Lord, art just and powerful: O defend our cause against the face.

of the enemy.

Father: For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, forgive us all that is past; and grant, that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life, to the honour and glory of thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Then shall the Minister, if there be any in the ship, say,

O God, thou art a strong tower of depromised forgiveness of sins to all those fence to all who fly unto thee: O save us from the violence of the enemy. O Lord of Hosts, fight for us; that we may glorify thee.

O suffer us not to sink under the weight our sins, or the violence of the enemy. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us, for thy name's sake.

Short Prayers in respect of a Storm. THOU, O Lord, who stillest the raging of the sea, hear, hear us, and save us, that we perish not.

O blessed Saviour, who didst save thy disciples ready to perish in a storm; hear us, and save us, we beseech thee.

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
O Lord, hear us.

O Christ, hear us.

God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, have mercy upon us, save us now and evermore. Amen.

UR Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deHver us from evil Amen.

When there shall be imminent danger, as many as can be spared from necessary service in the ship shall be called together, and make an humble Confes sion of their sins to God: in which every one ought seriously to reflect upon those particular sins, of which his conscience shall accuse him; saying as followeth: The Confession. ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men; we acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we from time to time most grievously have committed, by thought, word, and deed, against thy Divine Majesty, provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; the remembrance of them is grievous unto us; the burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon as, most merciful

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Fa ther, who, of his great mercy, hath who with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him; have mercy upon you; pardon and deliver you from all in all goodness, and bring you to everyour sins; confirm and strengthen you lasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Thanksgiving after a Storm.

Psalm 66. Jubilate Deo.

praises unto the honour of his name, BE joyful in God, all ye lands; sing make his praise to be glorious.

Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works; through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies 'e found liars unto thee.

For all the world shall worship thee, sing of thee, and praise thy name.

O come hither, and behold the works of God; how wonderful he is in his doings towards the children of men!

He ruleth with his power for ever; his eyes behold the people; and such as will not believe, shall not be able to exalt themselves.

O praise our God, ye people; and make the voice of his praise to be heard;

Who holdeth our soul in life; and suffereth not our feet to slip.

For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou also hast tried us, like as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the snare; and laidest trouble upon our loins.

I will go into thine house with burnt-` offerings; and will pay thee my vows which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble.

O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God; and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul

I called unto him with my mouth; and gave him praises with my tongue.

If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart, the Lord will not hear me.

But God hath heard me; and considered the voice of my prayer.

Praised be God, who hath not cast out my prayer, nor turned his mercy from me.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalm 107. Confitemini Domino.

THAT men would praise the Lord! for his goodness; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!

That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and tell out his works with gladness!

They that go down to the sea in ships; and occupy their business in great waters; These men see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

wonders in the deep, that we might see how powerful and gracious a God thou art, how able and ready to help those who trust in thee. Thou hast showed us how both winds and seas obey thy command; that we may learn even from them hereafter to obey thy voice, and to do thy will. We therefore bless and glorify thy name, for this thy mercy, in saving us when we were ready to perish. And we beseech thee, make us as truly sensible now of thy mercy, as we were then of the danger; and give us hearts always ready to express our thankfulness not only by words, but also by our

For at his word, the stormy wind ariseth; which lifteth up the waves thereof. They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep; their soul melt-lives, in being more obedient to thy holy eth away because of the trouble,

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man; and are at their wit's end. So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, he delivereth them out of their distress.

commandments. Continue, we beseech thee, this thy goodness to us; that we, whom thou hast saved, may serve thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of our life, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

For he maketh the storm to cease, so¶A Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving

that the waves thereof are still.

Then are they glad, because they are at rest; and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.

O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!

That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people; and praise bim in the seat of the elders!

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

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after a dangerous Tempest.

COME, let us give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious; and his mercy endureth for ever.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath delivered from the merciless rage of the sea.

The Lord is gracious, and full of com passion; slow to anger, and of great mer. cy.

He hath not dealt with us according to our sins; neither rewarded us according to our iniquities.

But as the heaven is high above the earth; so great hath been his mercy towards us.

We found trouble and heaviness; we were even at death's door.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Collects of Thanksgiving. MOST blessed and glorious Lord God, who art of infinite goodness and mercy; we, thy poor creatures, whom thou hast made and preserved, holding our souls in life, and now rescuing us out The waters of the sea had well nigh of the jaws of death, humbly present covered us; the proud waters had well ourselves again before thy Divine Ma-nigh gone over our soul. jesty, to offer a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, for that thou heardest us when we called in our trouble, and didst not cast out our prayer, which we made before thee in our great distress; even when we gave all for lost, our Ship, our Goods, our Lives, then didst thou mercifully look upon us, and wonderfully command a deliverance, for which we now, being in safety, do give all praise and glory to thy holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ Or this.

MOST mighty and gracious Food God, thy mercy is over all thy works, but in special manner hath been extended towards us, whom thou hast so powerfully and wonderfully defended. Thou hast showed us terrible things, and

The sea roared; and the stormy wind lifted up the waves thereof.

We were carried up as it were to heaven, and then down again into the deep; our soul melted within us, because of trouble.

Then cried we unto thee, O Lord, and thou didst deliver us out of our distress.

Blessed be thy name, who didst not despise the prayer of thy servants; but didst hear our cry, and hast saved us.

Thou didst send forth thy command ment; and the windy storm ceased, and was turned into a calm.

Olet us therefore praise the Lord for his goodness; and declare the wonders that he hath done, and still doeth, for the children of men!

Praised be the Lord_daily; even the

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