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From the Book of common Prayer 1662
When they come to the Grave, while the Corpse is made ready to be laid into
the earth, the Priest shall say, or the Priest and Clerks shall sing:
MAN
that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He
cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and
never continueth in one stay.
In the midst of life we
are in death: of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, 0 Lord, who for our
sins art justly displeased?
Yet, 0 Lord God most holy, 0
Lord most mighty, 0 holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the
bitter pains of eternal death.
Thou knowest, Lord, the
secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us,
Lord most holy, 0 God most mighty, 0 holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy
judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall
from thee.
Then, while the earth shall be cast upon the Body by some
standing by, the Priest shall say,
FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God
of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here
departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to
ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal
life, through our Lord Jesus Christ; who shall change our vile body, that it may
be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working, whereby he is
able to subdue all things to himself.
Then shall be said or sung,
I
HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord: even so saith the Spirit: for they rest from
their labours.
Then the Priest shall say,
Lord,
have mercy upon us.
Christ, have
mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
OUR Father,
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into
temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.
Priest.
ALMIGHTY God,
with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord, and with
whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the
flesh, are in joy and felicity: We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath
pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful
world; beseeching thee, that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness,
shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom; that
we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy Name, may
have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal
and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The
Collect
O MERCIFUL God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the
resurrection and the life; in whom whosoever believeth shall live, though he
die; and whosoever liveth, and believeth in him, shall not die eternally; who
also hath taught us, by his holy Apostle Saint Paul, not to be sorry, as men
without hope, for them that sleep in him: We meekly beseech thee, 0 Father, to
raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness; that, when we
shall depart this life, we may rest in him, as our hope is this our brother
doth; and that, at the general Resurrection in the last day, we may be found
acceptable in thy sight; and receive that blessing, which thy well-beloved Son
shall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee, saying, Come, ye blessed
children of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning
of the world: Grant this, we beseech thee, 0 merciful Father, through Jesus
Christ, our Mediator and Redeemer. Amen.
THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all
evermore. Amen.