[It is perhaps scarcely necessary to observe, that the complaints and supplications contained in the Psalms and Lessons selected, are introduced in memory of those temporal miseries, especially in sickness and dying, from which death opens an escape. On the subject of the state of the Dead, vide No. 5 of Mr. Dodsworth’s recent Sermons.]
First Vespers
Antiphon
Behold, O Lord, how that I am Thy servant.
Psalm116. (l)
(Instead of
Glory be, &c.)
I am well pleased, &c.
With thee is the well of life.
*And in Thy light they shall see light*.
Antiphon
Behold, O Lord, how that I am Thy servant; Thou hast
broken my bonds in sunder.
Antiphon
My soul hath long dwelt among.
Psalm120. (2)
When I was in trouble, &c.
With Thee, &c.
*And in Thy, &c*.
Antiphon
My soul hath long dwelt among them that are enemies
unto peace.
Antiphon
The Lord shall preserve Thee from all evil.
Psalm121. (3)
I will lift up mine eyes, &c.
With Thee, &c.
Antiphon
The Lord shall preserve Thee from all evil; yea, it is even
He that shall keep Thy soul.
Antiphon
I look for the Lord.
Psalm130. (4)
Out of the deep, &c.
With Thee, &c.
Antiphon
I look for the Lord, my soul doth wait for Him.
Antiphon
Though I walk in the midst of trouble.
Psalm 138. (5)
I will give thanks unto Thee, &c.
With Thee, &c.
Antiphon
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, yet shalt Thou
refresh me.
(fff) Verse and
Response
I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me,
*Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord*.
(ggg) Ant.
All that the Father giveth Me.
Magnificat
My soul doth magnify, &c. Glory be, &c.
Ant.
All that the Father giveth Me, shall come to Me; and him
that cometh to Me, I will in no wise cast out.
The Lord’s Prayer(privately.)
Our Father, &c.
And lead us not into temptation,
*But deliver us from evil*.
Psalm146.
Praise the Lord, O my soul, &c.
With Thee is the well of life.
*And in Thy light shall they see light*.
In the valley of the shadow of death.
*They shall fear no evil*.
Into Thy hands we commend their spirit.
*For Thou hast redeemed them, O Lord, Thou God of truth*. Lord hear our prayer.
*And let our cry come unto Thee*.
The Lord be with you.
*And with thy spirit*.
Let us pray.
O God, the Maker and Redeemer of all believers, grant to
all Thy servants a merciful judgment at the last day, that they,
in the face of all creatures, may then be acknowledged as Thy
true children, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
O Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one
communion and fellowship in the mystical body of Thy Son
Christ our Lord, grant us grace to follow Thy blessed Saints
in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those
unspeakable joys which Thou hast prepared for them that
unfeignedly love Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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 pleased Thee, as on this day, to deliver our dear 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 ever-
lasting glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
O God, merciful and faithful, the aid of all that trust in
Thee, keep safely under the shadow of thy wings our-
selves, our relations, and friends, and all believers, even
Thy whole Church, that we may enjoy Thy presence alway,
and increase in Thy Holy Spirit more and more, till we
come to Thine everlasting kingdom, through our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
With Thee is the well of life.
And in Thy light shall they see light.
May their souls rest in peace. Amen.
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