Priest is not to be had, the Deacon may carry the holy Eucharist to him, and communicate him according to the Form before prescribed in the holy Liturgy.

THE

ORDER FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

Here is to be noted, that the Office ensuing is not to be used for any

that die ercommunicate, or out of the communion of the Church, or unbaptized, (except the Person unbaptized be a Catechumen, who hath not voluntarily neglected to receive Baptism,) or for any that have laid violent hands upon themselves, or were publicly executed for crimes, (unless they were admitted to the Eucharist before their death,) or for any who die in the actual

commission of any sin. The Priest and Deacon, meeting the Corpse at the entrance of the

Church-yard, and going before it into the Church, shall say or

sing : I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord : he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die. S. John xi. 25, 26.

I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself,

:

and mine

eyes

shall behold, and not another. Job xix. 25, 26, 27.

We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord. 2 Tim. vi. 7. Job i. 21. After they are come into the Church, shall be said or sung these

two Psalms following.

Dixi, Custodiam. Psal. xxxix.
I SAD, I will take heed to my ways, &c.

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

Domine, Refugium. Psal. xc.
LORD, thou hast been our refuge, &c.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c. (Amen.) Then shall the Deacon read the Lesson, taken out of the fifteenth

chapter of the first Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians. Now is Christ risen, &c. (from c. 20 to the end.)

Then shall they go to the grave, the Priest and Deacon walking

before the Corpse ; who, as they go along, shall say or sing : I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it,

:

from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God : and the books were opened ; and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead which were in them : and they were judged, every man according to their works. Rev. xx. 11, 12, 13. When they are come to the grave, while the Corpse is made

ready to be laid into the earth, the Priest shall say: 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, O Lord, who for our sins are justly displeased ?

Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, and thou O 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 prayers : but

:

spare us, O Lord most holy, O God most mighty ; and thou, O holy and merciful Saviour, the most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not at our last hour for any pains of death to fall from our hope in thee.

Then the Priest, casting earth upon the Corpse, shall say : I COMMEND thy soul to God the Father Almighty, and thy 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 the Priest and Deacon say or sing : I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write: From henceforth, blessed are the dead who die in the Lord: even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours. Rev. xiv. 13.

Then shall the Deacon say,

Let us pray.
Pr. 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 and People say the Lord's Prayer. Our Father, who art in heaven, &c. For thine, &c. Amen.

Pr. Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord ;

Answ. For in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

Pr. Deliver his soul, O Lord,
Answ. From the gates of hell.
Fr. I believe to see the goodness of the Lord,
Answ. In the land of the living.
Pr. O Lord, hear our prayers ;
Answ. And let our cry come unto thee.

Then shall the Deacon say:

Let us pray for this our brother departed in the faith of Christ; that God, the lover of mankind, who hath taken his soul out of this world,

* This is not [*would forgive him all his sins, volunto be used for such children as tary and involuntary, and] of his great the Priest in his mercy would graciously place him in

the region of the just, who rest in the capable of com- bosom of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, mitting actual

with all those who have pleased him

discretion shall think were not