men.

_And after that shall say_,

Unto God's gracious mercy and protection we commit thee. The Lord
bless thee, and keep thee. The Lord make his face to shine upon
thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his countenance
upon thee, and give thee peace, both now and evermore. _Amen_.

_A Prayer for a sick Child_.

O almighty God, and merciful Father, to whom alone belong the
issues of life and death: Look down from heaven, we humbly beseech
thee, with the eyes of mercy upon this child now lying upon the
bed of sickness. Visit _him_, O Lord, with thy salvation; deliver
_him_ in thy good appointed time from _his_ bodily pain, and save
_his_ soul for thy mercies sake: that, if it shall be thy pleasure
to prolong _his_ days here on earth, _he_ may live to thee, and be
an instrument of thy glory, by serving thee faithfully, and doing
good in _his_ generation; or else receive _him_ into those heavenly
habitations, where the souls of them that sleep in the Lord Jesus
enjoy perpetual rest and felicity. Grant this, O Lord, for thy
mercies' sake, in the same thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, who
liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God,
world without end. _Amen_.

_A Prayer for a sick person, when there appeareth small hope of
recovery_.

O Father of mercies, and God of all comfort, our only help in time
of need: We fly unto thee for succour in behalf of this thy
servant, here lying under thy hand in great weakness of body. Look
graciously upon _him_, O Lord; and the more the outward man
decayeth, strengthen _him_, we beseech thee, so much the more
continually with thy grace and Holy Spirit in the inner man. Give
_him_ unfeigned repentance for all the errors of _his_ life past,
and stedfast faith in thy Son Jesus; that _his_ sins may be done
away by thy mercy, and _his_ pardon sealed in heaven, before _he_
go hence, and be no more seen. We know, O Lord, that there is no
word impossible with thee; and that, if thou wilt, thou canst even
yet raise _him_ up, and grant _him_ a longer continuance amongst us:
Yet, forasmuch as in all appearance the time of _his_ dissolution
draweth near, so fit and prepare _him_, we beseech thee, against
the hour of death, that after _his_ departure hence in peace, and
in thy favour, _his_ soul may be received into thine everlasting
kingdom, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, thine
only Son, our Lord and Saviour. _Amen_.

_A commendatory Prayer for