Adding this Anthem.

Adding this.

O SAVIOUR of the world save us, which by thy cross and precious blood hast redeemed us, help us, we beseech thee, O God. Then shall the Minister say,

THE Almighty Lord, which is a most strong tower to all them that put their trust in him, to whom all things in heaven, in earth, and under earth, do bow and obey, be now and evermore thy defence; and make thee know and feel, that there is no 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.

¶ If the sick person desire to be anoint

ed, then shall the Priest anoint him upon the forehead or breast only, making the sign of the cross, saying thus,

As with this visible oil thy body outwardly is anointed, so our heavenly Father, Almighty God, grant of his infinite goodness that thy soul inwardly may be anointed with the Holy Ghost, who is the spirit of all strength, comfort, relief, and gladness. And vouchsafe for his great mercy (if it be his blessed will) to restore unto thee thy bodily health and strength, to serve him; and send thee release of all thy pains, troubles, and diseases, both in body and mind. And howsoever his goodness (by his divine and unsearchable providence) shall dispose of thee; we, his unworthy ministers and servants, humbly beseech the eternal Majesty to do with thee according to the multitude of his innumerable mercies, and to pardon thee all thy sins and

offences committed by all thy bodily senses, passions, and carnal affections; who also vouchsafe mercifully to grant unto thee ghostly strength, by his Holy Spirit, to withstand and overcome all temptations and assaults of thine adversary, that in no wise he prevail against thee; but that thou mayest have perfect victory and triumph against the devil, sin, and death; through Christ our Lord who by his death hath overcomed the prince of death; and with the Father and the Holy Ghost evermore liveth and reigneth, God, world without end. Amen.

Usque quo, Domine? Psalm xiii.

How long wilt thou forget me, (O Lord,) for ever: how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in mine heart: how long shall mine enemy triumph over me?

Consider, and hear me, (0 Lord my God): lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death.

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him : for if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it.

But my trust is in thy mercy and my heart is joyful in thy salvation.

:

I will sing of the Lord, be

with me yea, I will praise the
name of the Lord the most
Highest.

Glory be to the Father, &c.
As it was in the beginning, &c.

The Coumunion of the Sick.

FORASMUCH as all mortal men be subject to many sudden perils, diseases, and sicknesses, and ever uncertain what time they shall depart out of this life; therefore, to the intent they may be always in a readiness to die, whensoever it shall please Almighty God to call them, the Curates shall diligently from time to time, but specially in the plague time, exhort their parishioners to the oft receiving (in the church) of the holy communion of the body and blood of our Saviour Christ; which (if they do) they shall have no cause, in their sudden visitation, to be unquieted for lack of the same. But if the sick person be not able to come to the church, and yet is desirous to receive the communion in his house, then he must give knowledge over night, or else early in the morning, to the Curate, signifying also how many be appointed to communicate with him. And if the same day there be a celebra

tion of the holy communion in the church, then shall the Priest reserve (at the open communion) so much of the sacrament of the body and blood as shall serve the sick person, and so many as shall communicate with him, (if there be any.) And so soon as he conveniently may, after the open communion ended in the church, shall go and minister the same, first to those that are appointed to communicate with the sick, (if there be any,) and last of all to the sick person himself. But before the Curate distribute the holy communion, the appointed General Confession must be made in the name of the communicants, the Curate adding the Absolution, with the comfortable sentences of scripture following in the open communion. And after the communion ended, the Collect.

ALMIGHTY and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee, &c.

And having a convenient place in the

sick man's house, where the Curate may reverently minister, and a good number to receive the communion with the sick person, with all things necessary for the same, he shall there minister the holy communion.

ALMIGHTY everliving God, Maker of mankind, which dost correct those whom thou dost love, and chastisest every one whom thou dost receive; We beseech thee to have mercy upon this thy servant visited with thy hand, and to grant that he may take his sickness patiently, and recover his bodily health, (if it be thy gracious will ;) and whensoever his soul shall depart from the body, it may without spot be presented unto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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The Epistle. Heb. xii.

My son, despise not the correction of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuked of him. For whom the Lord loveth, him he correcteth; yea, and he scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

The Gospel. John v.

VERILY, verily I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come unto damnation; but he passeth from death unto life.

At the time of the distribution of the holy sacrament, the Priest shall first receive the communion himself, and after minister to them that be appointed to communicate with the sick, (if there be any,) and then to the sick person. And the sick person shall always desire some, either of his own house or else of his neighbours, to receive the holy communion with him, for that shall be to him a singular great comfort, and of their part a great token of charity.

And if there be more sick persons to be visited the same day that the Curate doth celebrate in any sick man's house, then shall the Curate (there) reserve so much of the sacrament of the body and blood as shall serve the other sick persons, and such as be appointed to communicate with them, (if there be any ;) and shall immediately carry it, and minister it unto them.

¶ At the time of the distribution of the holy sacrament, the Priest shall first receive the communion himself, and after minister unto them that be appointed to communicate with the sick.

¶ But if any man, either by reason of extremity of sickness, or for lack of warning given in due time to the Curate, or by any other just impediment, do not receive the sacrament of Christ's body and blood; then the Curate shall instruct him, that if he do truly repent him of his sins, and steadfastly believe that Jesus Christ hath suffered death upon the cross for him, and shed his blood for his redemption, earnestly remembering the benefits he hath thereby, and giving him

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