Hier. III] PLATE IV] [To face page 143 here leth burned my acn of Ibus chrifte Ritual Prayer for the Faithful Departed A.D. 1547 pray Thirdly, you shall for all them that be departed Prayer for the out of this world in the faith of Christ, that they with us, Departed. and we with them at the day of judgment, may rest both body and soul, with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.' (Injunctions of Edw. VI.)— Cardwell, Doc. Ann., i. 21, 22. 'Item. Whether they bid not the beads according to the order appointed by the king's majesty.' (Archbp. Cranmer's Visitation Articles.)-Ibid. p. 54. 1549 'And here we do give unto thee most high praise, and hearty thanks, for the wonderful grace and virtue declared in all thy saints, from the beginning of the world; and chiefly in the glorious and most blessed Virgin Mary, mother of thy Son Jesu Christ our Lord and God; and in the holy patriarchs, prophets, apostles, and martyrs, whose examples (O Lord) and stedfastness in thy faith, and keeping thy holy commandments, grant us to follow. We commend unto thy mercy (O Lord) all other thy servants, which are departed hence from us with the sign of faith, and now do rest in the sleep of peace: grant unto them, we beseech thee, thy mercy, and everlasting peace; and that, at the day of the general resurrection, we and all Departed. Prayer for the they which be of the mystical body of thy Son, may altogether be set on his right hand, and hear that his most joyful voice, Come unto me, O ye that be blessed of my Father, and possess the kingdom, which is prepared for you from the beginning of the world. Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only Mediator and Advocate.' (The Supper of the Lord, and the Holy Communion, commonly called the Mass.) 'O Lord grant unto this thy servant, that the sins which he committed in this world be not imputed unto him; but that he, escaping the gates of hell, and pains of eternal darkness, may ever dwell in the region of light, with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the place where is no weeping, sorrow, nor heaviness; and when that dreadful day of the general resurrection shall come, make him to rise also with the just and righteous, and receive this body again to glory, then made pure and incorruptible. Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, through Jesus Christ our Mediator and Redeemer. Amen.' (The Order for the Burial of the Dead.)-First Prayer Book of Edw. VI. 1559 *Lord, give thy people eternal rest. And light perpetual shine on them. 'O God, which by the mouth of St. Paul thine apostle hast taught us not to wail for them that sleep in Christ, grant, we beseech thee, that in the coming of thy Son our Lord Jesu Christ both we, and all other faithful people being departed, may be graciously brought unto joys everlasting, which shalt come to judge the quick and dead, and the world by fire. Amen. Almighty, eternal God, to whom there is never any prayer made without hope of mercy, be merciful to the souls of thy servants, being departed from this world in the confession of thy name, that they may be associate to the company of thy saints. Through Christ our Lord. Prayer for the Amen. 'Lord, bow thine ears unto our prayers, wherein we devoutly call upon thy name mercy, that thou wilt bestow the souls of thy servants, which thou hast commanded to depart from this world, in the country of peace and rest, and cause them to be made partners with thy holy servants. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.'1 Private Prayers put forth by authority during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.-The Primer set forth at large, Anno. 1559. The Dirige, p. 67. Parker Soc. 1560 'Misericors Deus . . . humiliter petimus, ut nos a morte peccati resuscites ad vitam justitiæ, ut cum ex hac vita emigramus, dormiamus cum Christo, quemadmodum speramus hunc fratrem nostrum, et in generali resurrectione, extremo die, nos una cum hoc fratre nostro resuscitari, et receptis corporibus, regnemus una tecum in vita æterna; per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum. Amen.' (Celebratio Cœnæ Domini in Funebribus, si amici et vicini defuncti communicare velint.)—Q. Elizabeth's Liber Precum. Departed. 1592 * Charles Moberly, Vicar of St. Oswald's, in Durham, being a grave and discreet man, was buried the x day of February [1592 Old Style], being of the age of lx years, to whom the Eternal God send a joyful resurrection, and to bee of His elect children in Christ Jesus his Saviour.' (Register of St. Oswald's, Durham.)-Ecclesiastical Proceedings of Bp. Barnes, p. 72 n. Surtees Soc. 1 It is very remarkable that the Puritans did not appear to have been aware of the Primer of Queen Elizabeth containing these prayers for the dead.-Ed. 19042 See later.-ED. 1904. K |