الله ed Almighty God, in his jusThou shalt open my lips, Otice, to bring you under the senLord; and my mouth shall show tence and condemnation of the 5thy praise. law: You are shortly to suffer For thou desirest no sacrifice, death in such a manner, that else would I give it thee; but thou others, warned by your example, delightest not in burnt-offerings. may be the more afraid to offend; The sacrifice of God is a trou-and we pray God, that you may bled Spirit; a broken and con-make such use of your punishtrite heart, O God, shalt thou not ments in this world, that your despise. soul may be saved in the world eth unto thee. Renew in him hast redeemed us, save us and help whatsoever hath been decayed by us, we humbly beseech thee, O the fraud and malice of the devil, Lord. orby his own carnal will and frail-T Then the Minister, standing, shall say, ness. Consider his contrition; ac- IN the midst of life we are in cept his repentance; and foras- death Of whom may we seek much as he putteth his full trust for succour, but of thee, O Lord, only in thy mercy, impute not who for our sins art justly disPunto him his former sins, but pleased? strengthen him with thy blessed Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Spirit; and when thou art pleased Lord most mighty, O holy and To take him hence, take him unto most merciful Saviour, deliver us hy favour: This we beg through not into the bitter pains of etcrhy merits, O Lord, our Saviournal death. Thou knowest, Lord, the seThen the Minister shall say, crets of our hearts: Shut not thy Father of mercies and God of merciful ears to our prayers; but all comfort; we fly unto thee spare us, Lord, most holy, O God for succour in behalf of this thy most mighty, O holy and merciservant, who is now under the ful Saviour, thou most worthy sentence of condemnation. The Judge eternal, suffer us not, at lay of his calamity is at hand, and our last hour, for any pains of he is accounted as one of those death to fall from thee. who go down into the pit. Blessed Lord, remember thy mercies;THE Almighty God, who is a look upon his infirmities; hear the most strong tower to all those voice of his complaint; give him, who put their trust in him; to we beseech thee, patience in this whom all things in heaven, in |