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ever: and yet, O Lord, smite me friendly; for thou knowest my infirmities. Into thy hands I commend my spirit, for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth. Come, holy Spirit, help me in this conflict. Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly.

Let the Sick man often meditate upon these following Promises and gracious Words of God.

"My help cometh of the Lord, who preserveth them that are true of heart." Psalm 7. 11.

"And all they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast never failed them that seek thee." Psalm 9. 10.

"O how plentiful is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, even before the sons of men!" Psalm 31. 21.

"Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, and upon them that put their trust in his mercy, to deliver their souls from death." Psalm 33. 21.

"The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart, and will save such as are of an humble spirit." Psalm 34. 17.

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'Thou, Lord, shalt save both man and beast: how excellent is thy mercy, O God! and the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings." Psalm 36. 7.

"They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy house and thou shalt give them to drink of thy pleasures as out of the rivers."

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v. 8.

"For with thee is the well of life and in thy light we shall see light."

v. 9.

"Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy trust in him, and he shall bring it to pass."

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"So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: doubtless there is a God that judgeth the earth." Psalm 58. 10.

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and receivest unto thee, he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple." Psalm 65. 4.

"They that sow in tears shall reap in joy." Psalm

126. 6.

"It is written, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.' Heb. 13. 5.

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"The prayer of faith shall save the sick; and the Lord shall raise him up and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him." James 5. 15.

"Come and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up." Hos. 6. 1.

"If we sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins." 1 John 2. 1, 2.

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'If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1. 9.

"He that forgives shall be forgiven." Luke 6. 37. "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us." 1 John 5. 14.

"And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins." 1 John 3. 5.

"If ye, being evil, know how to give good things to your children, how much more shall your Father, which is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?" Matt. 7. 11.

"This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners." 1 Tim. 1. 15.

"He that hath given us his Son, how shall not he with him give us all things else?" Rom. 8. 32.

Acts of Hope to be used by Sick Persons after
a pious Life.

1. "I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Rom. 8. 38, 39.

2. "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." 2 Tim. 4. 7, 8.

3. "Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comforts, who comforts us in all our tribulation." Cor. 1. 3, 4.

A Prayer to be said in behalf of a Sick or Dying

Person.

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O LORD God, there is no number of thy days nor of thy mercies, and the sins and sorrows of thy servant also are multiplied. Lord, look upon him with much mercy and pity, forgive him all his sins, comfort his sorrows, ease his pain, satisfy his doubts, relieve his fears, instruct his ignorances, strengthen his understanding, take from him all disorders of spirit, weakness and abuse of fancy. Restrain the malice and power of the spirits of darkness; and suffer him to be injured neither by his ghostly enemies, nor his own infirmities; and let a holy and a just peace, the peace of God, be within his conscience.

Lord, preserve his senses till the last of his time, strengthen his faith, confirm his hope, and give him a never-ceasing charity to thee our God, and to all the world: stir up in him a great and proportionable con

trition for all the evils he hath done, and give him a just measure of patience for all he suffers, give him prudence, memory, and consideration, rightly to state the accounts of his soul; and do thou remind him of all his duty; that when it shall please thee that his soul goes out from the prison of his body, it may be received by angels, and preserved from the surprise of evil spirits, and from the horrors and amazements of new and strange regions, and be laid up in the bosom of our Lord, till at the day of thy second coming it shall be re-united to the body, which is now to be laid down in weakness and dishonour, but, we humbly beg, may then be raised up with glory and power for ever to live, and to behold the face of God in the glories of the Lord Jesus, who is our hope, our resurrection, and our life, the light of our eyes and the joy of our souls, our blessed and ever-glorious Redeemer. Amen.

Hither the sick Person may draw in, and use the acts of several virtues respersed in the several parts of this book, the several Litanies, viz. of Repentance, of the Passion, and the single Prayers, according to his present needs.

A Prayer to be said in a Storm at Sea.

O MY God, thou didst create the earth and the sea for thy glory and the use of man, and dost daily shew wonders in the deep: look upon the danger and fear of thy servant. My sins have taken hold upon me, and without the supporting arm of thy mercy I cannot look up; but my trust is in thee. Do thou, O Lord, rebuke the sea, and make it calm; for to thee the winds and the sea obey: let not the waters swallow me up, but let thy Spirit, the Spirit of gentleness and mercy, move upon the waters. Be thou reconciled unto thy servants, and then the face of the waters will be smooth. I fear that my sins make me, like Jonas, the cause of the tempest. Cast out all my

sins, and throw not thy servants away from thy presence, and from the land of the living, into the depths where all things are forgotten. But if it be thy will that we shall go down into the waters, Lord, receive my soul into thy holy hands, and preserve it in mercy and safety till the day of restitution of all things: and be pleased to unite my death to the death of thy Son, and to accept of it so united, as a punishment for all my sins, that thou mayest forget all thine anger, and blot my sins out of thy book, and write my soul there, for Jesus Christ his sake our dearest Lord and most mighty Redeemer. Amen.

Then make an Act of Resignation thus.

To God pertain the issues of life and death. It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth good in his own eyes. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Recite Psalm 107 and 130.

A Form of a Vow to be made in this or the like

danger.

If the Lord will be gracious and hear the prayer of his servant, and bring me safe to shore, then I will praise him secretly and publicly, and pay unto the uses of charity [or religion] [then name the sum you design for holy uses.] O my God, my goods are nothing unto thee: I will also be thy servant all the days of my life, and remember this mercy and my present purposes, and live more to God's glory, and with a stricter duty. And do thou please to accept this vow as an instance of my importunity, and the greatness of my needs: and be thou graciously moved to pity and deliver me. Amen.

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