away his confidence in thee, nor place it anywhere but in thee. Give him strength against all his temptations, and heal all his distempers. Break not the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax. Shut not up thy tender mercies in displeasure ; but make him to hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Deliver him from fear of the enemy, lift up the light of thy countenance upon him, and give him peace, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then shall the Deacon say to the People,

Let us pray.

Then the People shall kneel down; and the Bishop, turning to the

Altar, and standing before it, shall say the following Prayer. O ALMIGHTY Lord God, who hast taught us by thy holy Apostle Saint James, to anoint the sick with oil, that they may attain their bodily health, and render thanks unto thee for the same: Look down, we beseech thee, and bless and sanc ftify [Here the Bishop is to make the sign of the Cross over the Oil:] this thy creature of Oil, the juice of the olive. Grant that those who shall be anointed therewith, may be delivered from all pains, troubles, and diseases both of body and mind, and from all the snares, temptations, and assaults of the powers of darkness, through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son; who, with thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth ever one God, world without end. Amen.

Then the People shall rise, and the Deacon shall carry the conAnd here it is to be noted, concerning the Oil for Baptism, the

Milk and Honey for the Baptized, the Chrism for Confirmation, and the Oil for the Sick ; that if all, or more than one of them, are to be consecrated on the same day, they may be consecrated the one after the other, in the same order that they follow each other in this Book.

THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK. When a Sick Person, not able to come to the Church, is desirous

to receive the Eucharist in his house, he must give timely notice to the Priest, signifying also how many there are to communicate with him. Upon which the Priest, as soon as he conveniently may, shall carry a proper quantity of the consecrated Eucharistic elements, which were reserved at the Public Communion, to the Sick Person's house ; where a convenient place, and all things necessary, being so prepared that the Priest may reverently minister, he shall there administer the

holy Communion after the form and manner following. The elements being covered with a fair white linen Cloth, the

Priest (or the Deacon, if he be there, as well as the Priest) shall say, The Introit appointed for this occasion is part of the forty-first Psalm.

Then shall be said the Introit. BLESSED is he that considereth, &c. (v. 1–5. and 10-13.)

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

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Then the Priest shall say to the People,
The Lord be with you ;
Answ. And with thy spirit.

Pr. or Deac. Let us pray.

Then the People shall kneel, and the Priest shall say,

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Answ. Christ, have mercy upon us.
Pr. Lord, have mercy upon us.

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Then shall the Priest say the following Prayer. ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid : Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then shall be read the Collect, as followeth. ALMIGHTY ever-living God, Maker of mankind, who correctest 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 thine hand ; and to grant that he may take his sickness patiently, and recover his bodily health, if it be thy gracious will; and that whensoever his soul shall depart from the body, it may be carried by thy holy angels into the region of the blessed, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Immediately after the Collect the People shall rise, and the

Priest or Deacon, being turned to them, shall read the Epistle, saying :

The Epistle is written in the twelfth chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews, beginning at the fifth

verse.

The Epistle.
My son, despise not thou, &c. (v. 5, 6.)

The Epistle ended, he shall say,

Here endeth the Epistle.

Then shall he read the Gospel, saying, The Holy Gospel is written in the fifth chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, beginning at the twenty-fourth verse.

And the People shall answer, Glory be to thee, O Lord.