that they may see thee, and in thy glorious light eternally rejoice, through Jesus Christ, &c.

ETERNAL God, who, besides the general precept of charity, hast commanded a particular respect to parents, kindred, and benefactors; grant, we beseech thee, that as they were the instruments by which thy providence bestowed on us our birth, education, and innumerable other blessings, so our prayers may be the means to obtain for them a speedy release from their excessive sufferings, and free admittance to thine infinite joys. Through Jesus, &c.

See Prayers for the Dead, &c. p. 332.

MOST wise and merciful Lord, who hast ordained this life as a passage to the future, confining our repentance to the time of our pilgrimage here, and reserving for hereafter the state of pun. ishment and reward: vouchsafe us thy grace, who are yet alive, and still have opportunity of reconciliation with thee, so to watch over all our actions, and correct every least deviation from the

true way to heaven, that we be neither surprised with our sins uncancelled, nor with our duties imperfect; but when our bodies go down into the grave, our souls may ascend to thee, and dwell for ever in the mansions of eternal felicity. Through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour. Amen.

Prayers for the Bead.

Psalm cxxix. De profundis.

OUT of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities; Lord, who shall stand it?

For with thee there is merciful forgiveness and by reason of thy law I have waited for thee, O Lord.

My soul hath relied on his word; my soul hath hoped in the Lord.

From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

Because with the Lord there is mercy,. and with him plentiful redemption.

And he shall redeem Israel from all

his iniquities.

Eternal rest give to them, O Lord: and let perpetual light shine upon

them.

A Prayer for all the Faithful departed.

GOD, the Creator and Redeemer of

all the faithful, give to the souls of thy servants departed the remission of all their sins; that, through pious supplications, they may obtain the pardon which they have always desired: who livest and reignest world without end. Amen. May they rest in peace. Amen.

A Prayer upon the day of a Person's Decease or Burial.

O GOD, whose property is always to have mercy and to spare, we humbly beseech thee for the soul of thy servant N. which thou hast this day called out of the world, that thou wouldst not deliver it up into the hands of the enemy, nor forget it unto the end; but command it to be received by thy holy angels, and to be carried to

Paradise, its true country; that as in thee it had faith and hope, it may not suffer the pains of hell, but may take possession of everlasting joys: through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Another.

WE beseech thee, O Lord, admit the soul of thy servant N. which this

day hath departed out of this world, into the fellowship of thy saints, and pour forth upon it the dew of thy eternal mercy: through our Lord Jesus Christ.

On the Anniversary-day.

LORD, the God of mercy and pardon, grant to the soul of thy servant N. whose anniversary we commemorate, the seat of refreshment, the happiness of rest, and the brightness of light: through our Lord, &c.

A Prayer for one lately deceased.

ABSOLVE, we beseech thee, O Lord, the soul of thy servant N. that,

being dead to the world, he may live to thee: and whatever he hath committed in this life through human frailty, do thou of thy most merciful goodness for give: through our Lord, &c.

A Prayer for a Bishop or a Priest. GOD, who amongst thy apostolic priests hast raised up thy servant N. to the dignity of a bishop (or a priest) grant, we beseech thee, that he may also be admitted in heaven to their everlasting fellowship: through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For Father and Mother.

GOD, who hast commanded us to honour our father and mother, have mercy on the souls of my father and mother; and grant that I may see them in the glory of eternity: through our Lord, &c.

For Brethren, Relations, and Benefactors.

GOD, the giver of pardon, and lover of the salvation of mankind, we