R EMEMBER not, Lord, forefathers, neither tale thou vπαρσάτσε σε us, good Lord, spare thy people, winstit thy most precious blood, and be not Ans. Spare us, gond Lord. Lord, have ajercy upon us. UR Father, who art in život Min. O Lord, show the mercy wpbe as Ans. And grant us thy snivaiciu Min. Send us hehs from thy holy place; Ans. For thine indignation lieth hard upor B Min. O Lord, hear our prayer; Ans. And let the sighing of the Prisoners one beiber zipes The Collect, GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty Gud, the ot evil deeds do wutthily deserve to be punished so in particular for this victory and deliverance, be all glory and honour world without end. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. 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. At the Burial of the dead at Sea, the Office in the Common Prayer Book may be used; only instead of these words, We therefore commit his Body to the ground, earth to earth, &c. say, We therefore commit his Body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the Resurrection of the Body when the Sea shull give up her dead, and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ; who at his coming shall change our vile Body, that it may be like his glorious Body, according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself. 1 A FORM OF PRAYER FOR THE VISITATION OF PRISONERS. When Morning or Evening Prayer shall be read in any Prison, instead of the Psalm, O come let us sing, &c. shall be read the 130th Psalm; and the Minister shall insert, after the Collect for the Day, the Collect in the following service, O God, who sparest, &c. and at such times us the Litany is not read, he shall add the Prayer, O God, merciful Father, who despisest not, &c. And when Notice is given to the Minister, that a Prisoner is con fined for some great or capital crime, he shall visit him; and when he cometh into the place where the Prisoner is, he shall say, kneeling down, R EMEMBER not, Lord, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: Spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Ans. Spare us, good Lord. UR Father, who art in Heaven, &c. Ans. And grant us thy salvation. Min. Turn thy face from our sins; Ans. And blot out all our iniquities. Min. Send us help from thy holy place; us; Ans. For thine indignation lieth hard upon us. Min. O Lord, hear our prayer; Ans. And let the sighing of the Prisoners come before thee. The Collect. RANT, we G beseech thee, Almighty God, that we, who for our Fevil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. GOD, who sparest when we deserve punishment, tand in the wrath rememberest mercy; we humbly beseech thee, of thy goodness, to comfort and succour all those who are under reproach and misery in the house of bondage; correct them not in thine anger, neither chasten them in thy sore displeasure. Give them a right understanding of themselves, and of thy threats and promises: that they may neither cast away their confidence in thee, nor place it any where but in thee. Relieve the distressed, protect the innocent, and awaken the guilty: and forasmuch as thou alone bringest light out of darkness, and good out of evil, grant that the pains and punishments which these thy servants endure, through their bodily confinement, may tend to setting free their souls from the chains of sin; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. yer Here the Minister, as he shall see convenient, may read the Prayer for All conditions of Men, the Collect for Ash-Wednesday, and the Collect beginning, Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, &c. or any other Prayer of the Liturgy, which he shall judge proper. Then shall the Minister exhort the Prisoner or Prisoners after this Form, or other like: D EARLY beloved, know this, that Almighty God, whose neverfailing providence governeth all things both in heaven and earth, hath so wisely and mercifully ordered the course of this world, that his judgments are often sent as fatherly corrections to us; and if with due submission and resignation to his holy will we receive the same, they will work together for our good. It is your part and duty, therefore, to humble yourself under the mighty hand of God, to acknowledge the righteousness of his judgments, and to endeavour, that, by his grace, this present visitation may lead you to a sincere and hearty repentance. The way and means thereto is, to examine your life and conversation by the rule of God's commandments; and whereinsoever you shall perceive yourself to have offended either by will, word, or deed, there to bewail your own sinfulness, and to confess yourself to Almighty God, with full purpose of amendment of life. And if you shall perceive your offences to be such as are not only against God, but also against your neighbours; then to reconcile yourself to them, being ready to make restitution and satisfaction, according to the uttermost of your power, for all injuries and wrongs done by you to any other: and being likewise ready to forgive others who have offended you, as you would have forgiveness of your offences at God's hand. And to this true repentance and change of mind you must add a lively and steadfast faith, and dependance upon the merits of the death of Christ, with an entire resignation of yourself to the will of God. Except you repent, and believe, we can give you no hope of salvation. But if you do sincerely repent and believe, God hath declared, though your sins be as red as scarlet, they shall be made white as snow; though your wickednesses have gone over your head, yet shall they not be your destruction. We exhort you therefore in the name of God, and of his dear Son Jesus Christ our Saviour, and as you tender your own salvation, to take good heed of these things in time, while the day of salva |