From all undue dejection and misery; from all darkness of spirit through remembrance of sin; from all distrust of Thine infinite mercy; and from all terrors of judgment; Good Lord, deliver him. From all want of submission to Thy holy will; from all murmuring at the cross Thou layest upon him; from all fretfulness, and impatience; Good Lord, deliver him. From all clinging to this world, and worldly cares and anxieties; from all restlessness and disturbance of mind; and from all temptations of the enemy; Good Lord, deliver him. From all great pain and suffering; from all weakness and delusion; and from all loss of mind and memory; Good Lord, deliver him. From all dread of death; from all that may disturb his last hours; above all, from the dreadful sentence of those on the left hand in the Judgment; and from the bitter pains of eternal death; Good Lord, deliver him. By Thine Agony and Bloody Sweat in the Garden of Gethsemane; by Thy strong crying and tears; by Thy drinking of the cup of suffering; Good Lord, deliver him. By Thy crowning with sharp thorns; by Thy mockery and insults; by Thy smiting and spitting and by the tortures of Thy cruel scourging; Good Lord, deliver him. on; By Thy carrying of Thy Cross; by Thy faint ing under its weight; by the nailing of Thy sacred Hands and Feet; and by Thy prayer for Thy murderers; Good Lord, deliver him. By the awful hours of Thy Cross and Passion; by the precious drops of Thy Blood which fell from the Cross; by the hiding of Thy FATHER'S Face; and by Thy dying thirst; Good Lord, deliver him. By Thy mercy to the dying thief; by Thy remembrance in Thine agony of Thy mother's desolation; by Thy commending of Thy Spirit into Thy heavenly FATHER'S Hands; and by the bowing of Thy Head, and the giving up the Ghost; Good Lord, deliver him. SON of GOD, we beseech Thee to hear us. O LAMB of GOD, that takest away the sins of the world; Grant us Thy peace. O LAMB of GOD, that takest away the sins of the world; mercy upon us. LORD, have mercy upon us. OUR FATHER, &c. . . . from evil. Amen. Let us pray. WE humbly beseech Thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and for the glory of Thy Name turn from us all those evils that we most justly have deserved; and grant, that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in Thy mercy, and evermore serve Thee in holiness and pureness of living, to Thy honour and glory; through our only Mediator and Advocate, JESUS CHRIST Our LORD. Amen. ALMIGHTY GOD, the Fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking; We beseech Thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the worthiness of Thy SON JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. Amen. The Grace, &c. LITANY II. FOR ONE IN GREAT DANGER. O GOD the FATHER, of heaven ; Have mercy on the soul of Thy servant. O GOD the SON, Redeemer of the world; Have mercy on the soul of Thy servant. O GOD the HOLY GHOST, the Comforter ; Have mercy on the soul of Thy servant. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, One God; Have mercy on his soul. Be merciful; blot out all his iniquities, O LORD. Be merciful; defend and deliver his soul, O LORD. From all dark and disbelieving thoughts; from all snares and temptations of the devil; and from all distrust of Thine infinite love and mercy; Defend and deliver his soul, O Lord. From all agony and distress of body or mind; from all clinging to this vain world; and from all excessive fears of dying; Defend and deliver his soul, O Lord. By the infinite merits of Thy sacred Passion; by the pangs of Thy Crucifixion; by Thine unknown weight of agony; and by Thy giving up of Thy Spirit into Thy FATHER'S Hands; Defend and deliver his soul, O Lord. By the Burial of Thy sacred Body in the Tomb; by the passing of Thy blessed Spirit into the abode of the dead; and by Thy preaching to the spirits in prison; Defend and deliver his soul, O Lord. By Thy glorious Resurrection on the third day; by the rolling away of the stone from the grave; by Thy victory over death; and by Thy leading captivity captive; Defend and deliver his soul, O Lord. By Thy glorious Ascension to the Right Hand of GOD; by Thy parting blessing to Thine Apostles; and by the promise of Thy perpetual presence; Defend and deliver his soul, O Lord. By Thy sending of the HOLY GHOST the Comforter; by Thine all-prevailing Intercession; by Thy preparing the heavenly mansions for Thy redeemed; and by Thy coming to receive them unto Thyself; Defend and deliver his soul, O Lord. In all time of agony and distress; in all time of faintness and dimness of faith; in all hours of fear and darkness; in all moments of weakness and helplessness of mind and body; Defend and deliver his soul, O Lord. In the last moments of this painful life below; in the awful parting of soul and body; in the hour of death; and in the day of judgment; Defend and deliver his soul, O Lord. SON of GOD, we beseech Thee to hear us. O LAMB of GOD, that takest away the sins of the world; Grant him Thy peace. O LAMB of GOD, that takest away the sins of the world; Have mercy upon him. O CHRIST, hear us. LORD, have mercy upon him. Commendation and Blessing to be said by the Priest standing. THE ALMIGHTY LORD, who is a most strong tower to all them that put their trust in Him, to whom all things in heaven, in earth, and under the earth, do bow and obey, be now and evermore thy defence; and make thee know and feel, that there is none other Name under heaven given to man, in whom, and through whom, thou mayest receive health and salvation, but only the Name of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. Amen. And after that shall say, Unto God's gracious mercy and protection we commit thee. The LORD bless thee, and keep thee. The LORD make His face Thee, and be gracious unto Thee. up His countenance upon thee, peace, both now and evermore. to shine upon The LORD lift and give thee Amen. |