departed, N. And his body we commit to the earth; beseeching thine infinite goodness, to give us grace to live in thy fear and love, and to die in thy favour; that when the judgment shall come, which thou hast committed to thy wellbeloved Son, both this our brother, and we, may be found acceptable in thy sight, and receive that blessing which thy well-beloved Son shall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee, saying: Come, ye blessed Children of my Father; Receive the Kingdom prepared for you before the beginning of the world. Grant this, merciful Father, for the honor of Jesu Christ, our only Saviour, Mediator and AdvoAmen.

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LMIGHTY God, we give thee hearty thanks for this thy servant, whom thou hast delivered from the miseries of this wretched world, from the body of death, and all temptation: And, as we trust, hast brought his soul, which he committed into thy holy hands, into sure consolation and rest. Grant, we beseech thee, that at the day of judgment his soul and all the souls of thy elect, departed out of this life, may with us and we with them, fully receive thy promises, and be made perfect altogether; through the glorious resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

These Psalms with other suffrages following, are to be said in the church, either before or after the burial of the corpse.

Dilexi, quoniam. Psalm cxvj.

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AM well pleased, &c.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

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But deliver us from evil. Amen.

Priest. Enter not (O Lord) into judgment with thy servant.

Answer. For in thy sight no living creature shall be justified. Priest. From the gates of hell. Answer. Deliver their souls, O Lord.

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LMIGHTY God, with whom LMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of them do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord, and that depart hence in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, in whom the souls of them that be after they are delivered from the elected, after they be delivered from burden of the flesh, are in joy and the burden of the flesh, be in joy felicity; We give thee hearty thanks, and felicity; We give thee hearty for that it hath pleased thee to de- thanks, for that it hath pleased thee liver this our brother out of the to deliver this N. our brother out miseries of this sinful world; be- of the miseries of this sinful world, seeching thee, that it may please beseeching thee, that it may please thee of thy gracious goodness shortly thee of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom; elect, and to hasten thy kingdom, that we, with all those that are de- that we with this our brother, and parted in the true faith of thy holy all other departed in the true faith Name, may have our perfect con- of thy holy Name, may have our summation and bliss, both in body perfect consummation and bliss, both and soul, in thy eternal and ever-in body and soul, in thy eternal and lasting glory; through Jesus Christ everlasting glory. Amen. our Lord. Amen.

The Collect.

The Collect.

MERCIFUL God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the resurrection and the life; in whom whosoever believeth shall live, though he die; and whosoever liveth, and believeth in him, shall not die eternally; who also hath taught us, (by his holy Apostle Saint Paul,) not to be sorry, as men without hope, for them that sleep in him; We meekly beseech thee, O Father, to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness; that, when we shall depart this life, we may rest in him, as our hope is this our brother doth; and that, at the general resurrection in the last day, we may be found acceptable in thy sight, and receive that blessing, which thy well-beloved Son shall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee, saying, Come, ye blessed children of my

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