fifth Collect at the_
| _end of the Communion Service of the Book of Common Prayer_,
| "Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, etc."; _the prayer_
| _at the end of the Litany_, "We humbly beseech thee, O Father,
| etc."; _the prayers entitled _Commemoration of the Faithful
| Departed _in the additional Occasional Prayers; and this prayer_
| _following_:
|
| _A Prayer for those in sorrow_.
|
| O heavenly Father, whose Blessed Son Jesus Christ did weep at
| the grave of Lazarus his friend: Look, we beseech thee, with
| compassion upon those who are now in sorrow and affliction;
| comfort them, O Lord, with thy gracious consolations; make them
| to know that all things work together for good to them that
| love thee; and grant them evermore sure trust and confidence in
| thy fatherly care; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_.
|
| [_This prayer may be said also in any time of calamity_.]
|
| _The minister may conclude with_ the Lord's Prayer _and_ The
| grace of, etc. _Or one or more of the foregoing prayers may be_
| _said at the grave, or with the expressed sanction of the Bishop_
| any other prayers from the Book of Common Prayer may be said_
| _whether in the Church or at the grave_.
|
| _If the weather be inclement or the relations of the deceased_
| _desire it, any or all parts of the service may be said in the_
| _Church_ (_or in the_ _house_) _except the Committal to the_
| _ground_.

_When they come to the grave, while the corpse is made ready to
be laid into the earth, the Priest shall say, or the Priest and
Clerks shall sing:_

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 art justly
displeased?

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

_Then, while the earth shall be cast upon the body by some standing
by, the Priest shall say_,

Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almi