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there is no peace; for therejto the just judgment of God, is no peace, says my God, which your own crimes have to the wicked. God is not brought upon you, and be in mocked; he is of purer eyes charity with all men; being than to behold iniquity; and ready sincerely to forgive all without holiness no man shall such as have offended you, not see the Lord. On the other excepting those who have prohand, despair not of God's secuted you even unto death: mercy, though trouble is on And, though this may seem a every side; for God shutteth hard saying, yet know assurnot up his mercies for ever in edly, that without it your chardispleasure: But if we confess ity is not yet perfect. And our sins, he is faithful and just fail not earnestly to endeavour to forgive us our sins, and to and pray for this blessed temcleanse us from all unrighte- per and composure of mind: ousness. Do not either way So may you cast yourself with abuse the goodness of God, an entire dependence upon the who calleth us mercifully to mercies of God, through the amendment, and of his endless merits of our Saviour and Repity promiseth us forgiveness deemer Jesus Christ. of that which is past, if with a perfect and true heart we return unto him.

Here the Minister shall examine him concerning his Faith, and rehearse the Articles of the Creed, Dost thou believe in God, &c. And the Criminal shall answer,

Since therefore you are soon to pass into an endless and unchangeable state, and your future happiness or misery depends upon the few moments which are left you; I require All this I steadfastly believe.

you strictly to examine your-¶
self, and your estate both to-
wards God and towards man;
and let no worldly considera-
tion hinder you from making
a true and full confession of
your sins, and giving all the
satisfaction which is in your
power to every one whom you
have wronged or injured; that
you may find mercy at your
heavenly Father's hand, for
Christ's sake, and not be con-
demned in the dreadful day
of judgment.

Lastly,beloved,submit your self with Christian resignation

Then shall the Minister examine whether he repent him truly of his sins, exhorting him to a particular Confession of the sin for which he is condemned; and upon Confession, he shall instruct him what satisfaction ought to be made to those whom he has offended thereby; and if he knoweth any combinations in wickedness, or any evil practices designed against others, let him be admonished to the utmost of his power to discover and fire

vent them.

After his Confession, the complaint; give him, we beMinister shall declare to him seech thee, patience in this his the pardoning mercy of God, time of adversity, and support in the Form which is used under the terrors which enin the Communion Service. compass him; set before his • After which shall be said in the body, which have justly eyes the things he hath done the Collect following. provoked thee to anger; and OHOLY Jesus, who of thine forasmuch as his continuance infinite goodness, didst ac-appeareth to be short amongst cept the conversion of a sinner us, quicken him so much the on the cross; open thine eye more by thy grace and holy of mercy upon this thy servant, Spirit; that he, being convertwho desireth pardon and for-ed and reconciled unto thee, giveness, though in his latest before thy judgments have cut hour he turneth unto thee. him off from the earth, may Renew in bim whatsoeverhath at the hour of his death debeen decayed by the fraud and part in peace, and be receivmalice of the devil, or by his ed into thine everlasting kingown carnal will and frailness. dom, through Jesus Christ Consider his contrition; ac-our Lord. Amen. cept his repentance; and forasmuch as he putteth his full trust only in thy mercy,impute not unto him his former sins,

Adding this:

SAVIOUR of the world, who by thy cross and pre

but strengthen him with thy cious blood hast redeemed us, blessed Spirit; and when thou save us and help us, we humart pleased to take him hence, bly beseech thee, O Lord. take him unto thy favour: This we beg through thy merits, O Lord, our Saviour and our Redeemer. Amen.

Then the Minister shall say,

Then the Minister, standing, shall say,

N the midst of life we are

I'm death. Of whom may

we seek for succour, but of FATHER of mercies and thee, O Lord, who for our God of all comfort; we sins art justly displeased. fly unto thee for succour in be- Yet, O Lord God most holy, half of this thy servant, who O Lord most mighty, O holy is now under the sentence of and most merciful Saviour, condemnation. The day of deliver us not into the bitter his calamity is at hand, and he pains of eternal death. is accounted as one of those Thou knowest, Lord, the who go down into the pit. secrets of our hearts: Shut Blessed Lord, remember thy not thy merciful ears to our mercies; look upon his infir- prayers: but spare us, Lord mities; hear the voice of his most holy,OGodmost mighty,

O holy and merciful Saviour, beseech thee to have mercy thou most worthy Judge eter-upon this thy servant, who for nal, suffer us not, at our last his transgressions is appointhour, for any pains of death ed to die. Grant that he may to fall from thee. take thy judgments patiently,

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¶ Then the Minister shall say, and repent him truly of his HE Almighty God, who sins; that he recovering thy is a most strong favour, the fearful reward of to all those who put their trust his actions may end with this in him; to whom all things in life; and whensoever his soul heaven, in earth, and under shall depart from the body, it the earth, do bow and obey; may be without spot presented be now and evermore thy de- unto thee,through JesusChrist

fence; and make thee know

our Lord. Amen.

and feel that there is none oth- The Epistle. Heb. xii. 11. ername under heaven given to man, in whom and through NO chastening for the pre

whom thou mayest receive salvation, but only the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

sent seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless afterwards it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness, unto them which are exer

And after that shall say, UNTO God's gracious cised thereby. mercy and protection we commit thee: The Lord bless

The Gospel.

St. John v. 24.

thee and keep thee: The Lord VERILY, verily, I say unto make his face to shine upon you, He that heareth my thee, and be gracious unto word, and believeth on him thee: The Lord lift up his that sent me, hath everlasting countenance upon thee, and life, and shall not come into give thee peace, both now and condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

evermore.

A Prayer for imprisoned
Debtors.

At the time of Execution,| besides all, or such parts of the foregoing Office as the Minister shall judge pro-MOST gracious God, look fier, shall be said the Com- down in pity and commendatory Prayer for a Per-passion upon these thine afson at the point of Depar-flicted servants, who are fallen ture, as it is in the Visitation under the misery of a close of the Sick. restraint. Give them always The Collect for the Commu-a deep sense of their sins, and nion Service. of thy fatherly love and corGOD, who declarest thy rection; and the more their Almighty power chiefly in confinement presseth hard showing mercy and pity; we upon them, the more let the

A FORM OF PRAYER,

comforts of thy grace and them up friends to pity and mercy abound towards them.relieve them; give them the Give to their creditors tender-continued comfort ofthy counness and compassion, and totenance here; and so sanctify them a meek and forgiving their afflictions, that they may spirit towards all those who work for them an eternal have confined them, and a full weight of glory, through the purpose to repair all the inju-merits and mediation of Jesus ries and losses which others Christ thy Son our Lord. have sustained by them. Raise Amen.

A FORM OF

PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING To Almighty God, for the Fruits of the Earth, and all the other Blessings of his merciful Providence; to be used yearly on the First Thursday in November, or on such other Day as shall be appointed by the Civil Authority. The Service shall be as usual, except where it is hereby otherwise appointed.

Among the Sentences at the beginning of Morning Prayer shall be the following:

ONOUR the Lord with of corn and of wine, also his

heaven shall

down dew.

the first fruits of all thine in- Deut. xxxiii. 28. crease: So shall thy barns be Happy art thou, O Israel; filled with plenty, and thy who is like unto thee, O peopresses shall burst out with ple saved by the Lord, the new wine. Prov. iii. 9, 10. shield of thy help, and who is The Lord by wisdom hath the sword of thy excellency! founded the earth; by under-Deut. xxxiii. 29. standing hath he established the heavens: By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. Prøv. iii. 19, 20.

Instead of O come let us sing, &c. the following shall be said or sung:

RAISE ye the Lord; for

Pit is good to sing praises

The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are unto our God; for it is pleathe everlasting arms. Deut. sant, and praise is comely. The Lord doth build up Israel then shall dwell in Jerusalem; he gathereth tosafety alone; the fountain of gether the out-casts of Israel. Jacob shall be upon the land He healeth those that are

xxxiii. 27.

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broken in heart, and bindeth give us a just sense of this up their wounds. great mercy; such as may apHe covereth the heaven pear in our lives, by an humble, with clouds, and prepareth holy, and obedient walking berain for the earth; he maketh fore thee all our days, through the grass to grow upon the Jesus Christ our Lord; to mountains. whom, with thee and the Holy He giveth to the beast his Ghost,be all glory and honour, food; and to the young ravens world without end. Amen. which cry.

The Collect to be used instead of that for the day.

MOST merciful Father

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: Praise thy God, O Sion. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within bours of the husbandman in the returns of the fruits of the

thee.

who hast blessed the la

He maketh peace in thy earth; we give thee humble borders, and filleth thee with and hearty thanks for this thy the finest of the wheat. bounty; beseeching thee to continue thy loving kindness

Then shall be said or sung to us; that our land may still one of the Selections, or some other portion of the Psalms, and our comfort, through Jeyield her increase, to thy glory at the discretion of the Minister.

The First Lesson shall be
Deut. viii. and the Second
Lesson shall be 1 Thess. v.
12 to 24.

sus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

The Epistle. St. James i. 16.

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O not err, my beloved brethren: every good gift and every perfect gift is from above; and cometh down ¶ After the General Thanksfrom the Father of Lights, giving, shall be said this with whom is no variableness, which followeth : neither shadow of turning.

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OST gracious God, by Of his own will begat he us of whose knowledge the the word of truth, that we depths are broken up and the should be a kind of first fruits clouds drop down the dew; we of his creatures. Wherefore yield thee unfeigned thanks my beloved brethren,let every and praise, as for all thy mer- man be swift to hear, slow to cies, so especially for the re- speak, slow to wrath: for the turns of Seed-time and Har- wrath of man worketh not the vest, and for crowning the righteousness of God. Whereyear with thy goodness, in the fore lay apart all filthiness and increase of the ground and the superfluity of naughtiness,and gathering in of the fruits there- receive with meekness the enof. And we beseech thee, grafted word, which is able to

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