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− | == | + | ==Introduction== |
+ | The Ministers and Clerks, meeting the body at the entrance of the churchyard, and going before it | ||
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+ | either into the church or towards the grave, shall say or sing one or more of the following | ||
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+ | Sentences; together with one or more of the Penitential Psalms (6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143) if | ||
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+ | need so require. | ||
− | + | I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, | |
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− | + | yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. | |
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− | John 11.25, 26 | + | ===John 11.25, 26=== |
− | + | I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand up at the last upon the earth:whom I | |
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+ | shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. | ||
− | Job 19.25-7 | + | ===Job 19.25-7=== |
− | + | We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, | |
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+ | and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. | ||
− | 1 Timothy 6.7; Job 1.21 | + | ===1 Timothy 6.7; Job 1.21=== |
− | + | Remember not the sins and offences of my youth:but according to thy mercy think thou upon me, O | |
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+ | Lord, for thy goodness. | ||
− | Psalm 25.6 | + | ===Psalm 25.6=== |
− | + | The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. | |
− | Deuteronomy 33.27 | + | ===Deuteronomy 33.27=== |
− | + | Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor | |
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+ | things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from | ||
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+ | the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. | ||
− | Romans 8.38,39 | + | ===Romans 8.38,39=== |
− | + | Whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live | |
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+ | therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, | ||
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+ | that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. | ||
− | Romans 14.8, 9 | + | ===Romans 14.8, 9=== |
− | + | Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. | |
− | Matthew 5.4 | + | ===Matthew 5.4=== |
− | + | Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are | |
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+ | many mansions. | ||
John 14.1 | John 14.1 | ||
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+ | ==The Service in Church== | ||
+ | After they are come into the church, shall be read one or more of these Psalms following. | ||
− | + | At the end of all the Psalms appointed for the Burial of the Dead the Gloria Patri may be left | |
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+ | unsaid, and instead thereof may be sung or said | ||
− | + | ::::Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord: | |
+ | ::::and let light perpetual shine upon them. | ||
− | + | Before and after any Psalm or group of Psalms may be said or sung the Anthem following | |
− | + | ::::O Saviour of the world, | |
− | + | ::::who by thy Cross and precious Blood hast redeemed us: | |
+ | ::::Save us and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord. | ||
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− | + | ===Psalm 39: Dixi, custodiam=== | |
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+ | 1. I said, I will take heed to my ways : | ||
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+ | that I offend not in my tongue. | ||
− | + | 2. I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle : | |
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+ | while the ungodly is in my sight. | ||
− | + | 3. I held my tongue, and spake nothing : | |
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− | + | I kept silence, yea, even from good words; | |
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+ | but it was pain and grief to me. | ||
− | + | 4. My heart was hot within me, | |
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− | + | and while I was thus musing the fire kindled : | |
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+ | and at the last I spake with my tongue; | ||
− | + | 5. Lord, let me know mine end, and the number of my days : | |
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− | + | that I may be certified how long I have to live. | |
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− | + | 6. Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long : | |
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− | + | and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; | |
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+ | and verily every man living is altogether vanity. | ||
− | + | 7. For man walketh in a vain shadow, | |
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− | + | and disquieteth himself in vain : | |
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+ | he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. | ||
− | + | 8. And now, Lord, what is my hope : | |
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− | + | truly my hope is even in thee. | |
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− | + | 9. Deliver me from all mine offences : | |
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− | + | and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish. | |
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− | + | 10. I became dumb, and opened not my mouth : | |
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− | + | for it was thy doing. | |
− | + | 11. Take thy plague away from me : | |
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− | + | I am even consumed by means of thy heavy hand. | |
− | + | 12. When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, | |
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− | + | thou makest his beauty to consume away, | |
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+ | like as it were a moth fretting a garment : | ||
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+ | every man therefore is but vanity. | ||
− | + | 13. Hear my prayer, O Lord, | |
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− | + | and with thine ears consider my calling : | |
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+ | hold not thy peace at my tears. | ||
− | + | 14. For I am a stranger with thee : | |
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− | + | and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. | |
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− | + | 15. O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength : | |
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− | + | before I go hence, and be no more seen. | |
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+ | ::::Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : | ||
+ | ::::and to the Holy Ghost; | ||
+ | ::::as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : | ||
+ | ::::world without end. Amen. | ||
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− | + | ===Psalm 90:Domine, refugium=== | |
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− | + | 1. Lord, thou hast been our refuge : | |
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− | + | from one generation to another. | |
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+ | 2. Before the mountains were brought forth, | ||
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+ | or ever the earth and the world were made : | ||
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+ | thou art God from everlasting, and world without end. | ||
− | + | 3. Thou turnest man to destruction : | |
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+ | again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men. | ||
− | + | 4. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday : | |
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− | + | seeing that is past as a watch in the night. | |
− | + | 5. As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as a sleep : | |
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− | + | and fade away suddenly like the grass. | |
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− | + | 6. In the morning it is green, and groweth up : | |
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− | + | but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered. | |
− | + | 7. For we consume away in thy displeasure : | |
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− | + | and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. | |
− | + | 8. Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee : | |
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− | + | and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. | |
− | + | 9. For when thou art angry all our days are gone : | |
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− | + | we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. | |
− | + | 10. The days of our age are threescore years and ten; | |
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− | + | and though men be so strong, | |
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+ | that they come to fourscore years : | ||
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+ | yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; | ||
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+ | so soon passeth it away, and we are gone. | ||
− | + | 11. But who regardeth the power of thy wrath : | |
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− | + | for even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure. | |
− | + | 12. So teach us to number our days : | |
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− | + | that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. | |
− | + | 13. Turn thee again, O Lord, at the last : | |
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− | + | and be gracious unto thy servants. | |
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− | + | 14. O satisfy us with thy mercy, and that soon : | |
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− | + | so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. | |
− | + | 15. Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us : | |
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− | + | and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity. | |
− | + | 16. Shew thy servants thy work : | |
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− | + | and their children thy glory. | |
− | + | 17. And the glorious Majesty of the Lord our God be upon us : | |
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− | + | prosper thou the work of our hands upon us, | |
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+ | O prosper thou our handy-work. | ||
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+ | ::::Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : | ||
+ | ::::and to the Holy Ghost; | ||
+ | ::::as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : | ||
+ | ::::world without end. Amen. | ||
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− | + | ===Psalm 23: Dominus regit me=== | |
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− | + | 1. The Lord is my shepherd : | |
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− | + | therefore can I lack nothing. | |
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− | + | 2. He shall feed me in a green pasture : | |
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− | + | and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. | |
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+ | 3. He shall convert my soul : | ||
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+ | and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, | ||
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+ | for his name's sake. | ||
− | + | 4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, | |
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+ | I will fear no evil : | ||
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+ | for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me. | ||
− | + | 5. Thou shalt prepare a table before me | |
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− | + | against them that trouble me : | |
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+ | thou hast anointed my head with oil, | ||
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+ | and my cup shall be full. | ||
− | + | 6. But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me | |
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− | + | all the days of my life : | |
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+ | and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. | ||
− | + | ::::Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : | |
− | + | ::::and to the Holy Ghost; | |
− | + | ::::as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : | |
− | + | ::::world without end. Amen. | |
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− | + | ===Psalm 130: De profundis=== | |
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− | + | 1. Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord : | |
− | + | ::::Lord, hear my voice. | |
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− | + | 2. O let thine ears consider well : | |
− | + | ::::the voice of my complaint. | |
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+ | 3. If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : | ||
+ | ::::O Lord, who may abide it? | ||
− | + | 4. For there is mercy with thee : | |
+ | ::::therefore shalt thou be feared. | ||
− | + | 5. I look for the Lord; my soul doth wait for him : | |
− | + | ::::in his word is my trust. | |
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− | + | 6. My soul fleeth unto the Lord : | |
− | + | ::::before the morning watch, I say, before the morning watch. | |
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− | + | 7. O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy : | |
− | + | ::::and with him is plenteous redemption. | |
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− | + | 8. And he shall redeem Israel : | |
− | + | ::::from all his sins. | |
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− | + | ::::Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : | |
− | + | ::::and to the Holy Ghost; | |
− | + | ::::as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : | |
+ | ::::world without end. Amen. | ||
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− | + | ==Then shall be read the Lesson following== | |
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− | 1 Corinthians 15.20-6, 35-8, 42-4, 53-8 | + | ===1 Corinthians 15.20-6, 35-8, 42-4, 53-8=== |
− | + | Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept. For since by | |
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− | + | man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in | |
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− | + | Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the first-fruits; | |
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+ | afterward they that are Christ's, at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have | ||
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+ | delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all | ||
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+ | authority, and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last | ||
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+ | enemy that shall be destroyed is death. | ||
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+ | But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, | ||
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+ | that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest | ||
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+ | not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:But | ||
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+ | God giveth it a body, as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. So also is the | ||
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+ | resurrection of the dead:It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:It is sown in | ||
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+ | dishonour; it is raised in glory:It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:It is sown a | ||
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+ | natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and | ||
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+ | this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and | ||
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+ | this mortal shall have put on immortality; then shall be brought to pass the saying that is | ||
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+ | written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy | ||
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+ | victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, | ||
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+ | which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye | ||
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+ | steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your | ||
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+ | labour is not in vain in the Lord. | ||
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+ | ==Or one of the following Lessons== | ||
− | + | ===2 Corinthians 4.16 - 5.10=== | |
− | + | For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed | |
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+ | day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more | ||
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+ | exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the | ||
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+ | things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are | ||
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+ | not seen are eternal. For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we | ||
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+ | have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we | ||
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+ | groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: if so be that | ||
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+ | being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being | ||
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+ | burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed | ||
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+ | up of life. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto | ||
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+ | us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at | ||
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+ | home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) we are | ||
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+ | confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. | ||
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+ | Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all | ||
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+ | appear before the judgement seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his | ||
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+ | body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. | ||
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+ | ===Revelation 7.9-17=== | ||
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+ | After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and | ||
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+ | kindreds, and peoples, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with | ||
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+ | white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God | ||
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+ | which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the | ||
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+ | throne, and about the elders, and the four living creatures, and fell before the throne on their | ||
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+ | faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen; Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and | ||
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+ | honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders | ||
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+ | answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? | ||
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+ | And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great | ||
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+ | tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore | ||
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+ | are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth | ||
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+ | on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither | ||
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+ | shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall | ||
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+ | feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears | ||
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+ | from their eyes. | ||
− | Revelation 21.1-7 | + | ===Revelation 21.1-7=== |
− | + | I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; | |
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− | + | and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out | |
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− | + | of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven | |
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+ | saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be | ||
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+ | his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all | ||
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+ | tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither | ||
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+ | shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the | ||
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+ | throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true | ||
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+ | and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I | ||
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+ | will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that | ||
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+ | overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. | ||
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+ | ==The Prayers== | ||
Minister | Minister | ||
− | + | ::::Let us pray. | |
− | + | ::::::::Lord, have mercy upon us. | |
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All | All | ||
− | + | ::::Christ, have mercy upon us. | |
− | + | ::::::::Lord, have mercy upon us. | |
− | + | ::::::::Our Father, which art in heaven, | |
− | hallowed be thy name; | + | ::::::::hallowed be thy name; |
− | thy kingdom come; | + | ::::::::thy kingdom come; |
− | thy will be done, | + | ::::::::thy will be done, |
− | in earth as it is in heaven. | + | ::::::::in earth as it is in heaven. |
− | Give us this day our daily bread. | + | ::::::::Give us this day our daily bread. |
− | And forgive us our trespasses, | + | ::::::::And forgive us our trespasses, |
− | as we forgive them that trespass against us. | + | ::::::::as we forgive them that trespass against us. |
− | And lead us not into temptation; | + | ::::::::And lead us not into temptation; |
− | but deliver us from evil. Amen. | + | ::::::::but deliver us from evil. Amen. |
− | + | ===The following versicles and responses may then be said by the Minister and People=== | |
Minister | Minister | ||
− | + | ::::Enter not into judgement with thy servant, O Lord; | |
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All | All | ||
− | + | ::::For in thy sight shall no man living be justified. | |
Minister | Minister | ||
− | + | ::::Grant unto him eternal rest; | |
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All | All | ||
− | + | ::::And let perpetual light shine upon him. | |
Minister | Minister | ||
− | + | ::::We believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord; | |
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All | All | ||
− | + | ::::In the land of the living. | |
Minister | Minister | ||
− | + | ::::O Lord, hear our prayer; | |
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All | All | ||
− | + | ::::And let our cry come unto thee. | |
− | + | ===Then shall be said one or more of the following Prayers=== | |
− | + | Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord, and with whom | |
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+ | the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and | ||
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+ | felicity: We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother | ||
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+ | out of the miseries of this sinful world; beseeching thee, that it may please thee, of thy | ||
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+ | gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom; | ||
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+ | that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy name, may have our | ||
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+ | perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; | ||
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+ | through Jesus Christ our Lord. | ||
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All | All | ||
− | + | ::::Amen. | |
− | The Collect | + | ==The Collect== |
− | + | O merciful God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the resurrection and the life; in | |
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+ | whom whosoever believeth shall live, though he die; and whosoever liveth, and believeth in him, | ||
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+ | shall not die eternally; who also hath taught us, by his holy Apostle Saint Paul, not to be | ||
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+ | sorry, as men without hope, for them that sleep in him: We meekly beseech thee, O Father, to | ||
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+ | raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness; that, when we shall depart this | ||
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+ | life, we may rest in him, as our hope is this our brother doth; and that, at the general | ||
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+ | resurrection in the last day, we may be found acceptable in thy sight; and receive that blessing, | ||
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+ | which thy well-beloved Son shall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee, saying, Come, ye | ||
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+ | blessed children of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the | ||
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+ | world. Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, through Jesus Christ, our Mediator and | ||
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+ | Redeemer. | ||
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All | All | ||
− | + | ::::Amen. | |
− | + | O Father of all, we pray to thee for those whom we love, but see no longer. Grant them thy peace; | |
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+ | let light perpetual shine upon them; and in thy loving wisdom and almighty power work in them the | ||
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+ | good purpose of thy perfect will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. | ||
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− | + | Almighty God, Father of all mercies and giver of all comfort: Deal graciously, we pray thee, with | |
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+ | those who mourn, that casting every care on thee, they may know the consolation of thy love; | ||
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+ | through Jesus Christ our Lord. | ||
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− | + | O heavenly Father, who in thy Son Jesus Christ, hast given us a true faith, and a sure hope: Help | |
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+ | us, we pray thee, to live as those who believe and trust in the Communion of Saints, the | ||
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+ | forgiveness of sins, and the resurrection to life everlasting, and strengthen this faith and hope | ||
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+ | in us all the days of our life: through the love of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Saviour. | ||
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− | + | ===And then shall be said=== | |
− | + | The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, | |
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and the love of God, | and the love of God, | ||
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and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, | and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, | ||
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be with us all evermore. | be with us all evermore. | ||
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− | + | ==The Burial== | |
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− | + | The Burial may precede the Service in Church and the Prayers. | |
− | + | When they come to the grave, while the body is made ready to be laid into the earth, the Minister | |
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+ | shall say, or the Minister and Clerks shall sing these Anthems | ||
− | + | Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, | |
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+ | 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 | |
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+ | 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 | |
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+ | into the bitter pains of eternal death. | ||
− | + | Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer; but | |
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+ | spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge | ||
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+ | eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee. | ||
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+ | ===Psalm 103.13-17=== | ||
− | + | 13. Like as a father pitieth his own children : | |
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+ | even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. | ||
− | + | 14. For he knoweth whereof we are made : | |
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− | + | he remembereth that we are but dust. | |
− | + | 15. The days of man are but as grass : | |
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− | + | for he flourisheth as a flower of the field. | |
− | + | 16. For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone : | |
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− | + | and the place thereof shall know it no more. | |
− | + | 17. But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth | |
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− | + | for ever and ever upon them that fear him : | |
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+ | and his righteousness upon children's children. | ||
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− | + | ===Then, while the earth shall be cast upon the body by some standing by, the Minister shall say=== | |
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− | + | Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our | |
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− | + | dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to | |
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+ | ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our | ||
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+ | Lord Jesus Christ; who shall change the body of our low estate that it may be like unto his | ||
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+ | glorious body, according to the mighty working, whereby he is able to subdue all things to | ||
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+ | himself. | ||
− | + | ===Or this=== | |
− | + | We commend unto thy hands of mercy, most merciful Father, the soul of this our brother departed, | |
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+ | and we commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. And we | ||
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+ | beseech thine infinite goodness to give us grace to live in thy fear and love and to die in thy | ||
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+ | favour, that when the judgement shall come which thou hast committed to thy well-beloved Son, | ||
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+ | both this our brother and we may be found acceptable in thy sight. Grant this, O merciful Father, | ||
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+ | for the sake of Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, Mediator, and Advocate. | ||
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− | + | ===Then shall be said or sung=== | |
− | + | I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead which | |
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+ | die in the Lord: even so saith the Spirit; for they rest from their labours. | ||
− | + | ===Here may be added by the Minister=== | |
− | + | Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever | |
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Courtesy of the official Church of England website. | Courtesy of the official Church of England website. | ||
[http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/1928/series-one-burial-services/an-order-for-the-burial-of-the-dead.aspx] | [http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/1928/series-one-burial-services/an-order-for-the-burial-of-the-dead.aspx] |