From all sin and wickedness; from foolish and naughty thoughts; and from all things that may provoke Thee to anger,

Good LORD, deliver him.

By Thy holy Birth and Childhood; by Thy obedience and subjection to Thine earthly parents; and by Thy performance of Thy FATHER'S will,

Good LORD, deliver him.

By Thy suffering and dying on the Cross; by Thy Burial and Rising again; and by Thine Ascension into Heaven,

Good LORD, deliver him.

In all moments of weakness and pain; in all time of loneliness and fear; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment,

Good LORD, deliver him.

We sinners do beseech Thee to hear us, O LORD GOD; and that it may please Thee mercifully to raise him up from this his bed of sickness;

We beseech Thee to hear us, good LORD.

That it may please Thee to endue him with a meek and holy spirit, to bear patiently whatever Thou layest upon him;

We beseech Thee to hear us, good LORD.

That it may please Thee to assuage his pain; to remove his sickness; to strengthen his weakness; and not to lay upon him more than he can endure; We beseech Thee to hear us, good LORD.

That it may please Thee to send Thy holy Angels to tarry round about him, and to deliver him;

We beseech Thee to hear us, good LORD.

That it may please Thee to remember that he was in his Baptism made Thine own child by adoption and grace;

We beseech Thee to hear us, good LORD.

That it may please Thee to give him grace to remember Thee, to pray to Thee, and to look up to the example of Thy patience;

We beseech Thee to hear us, good LORD.

That it may please thee to pardon his childish faults, forgetfulness of Thee, neglect of his prayers, and trifling or playing when engaged in Thy service; We beseech Thee to hear us, good LORD.

That it may please Thee to forgive him whereinsoever he hath been disobedient to his parents, neglectful of their commands, unruly towards his teachers, idle and wayward;

We beseech Thee to hear us, good LORD.

That it may please Thee to pardon all his illtempers and fretfulness; all his anger and passion; all his hasty and evil words; and all his sullen and naughty thoughts;

We beseech Thee to hear us, good LORD.

That it may please Thee not to be angry with him for these or any other evil things which he may have done; but to forgive him all his sins; and to give him grace to be good and holy for the time to come; We beseech Thee to hear us, good LORD.

SON of GOD, we beseech Thee to hear us.
SON of GOD, we beseech Thee to hear us.

O LORD GOD, Who didst send Thine Angel to save Ishmael when a child from perishing:

So now save this child, raise him up, and preserve him. Amen.

O LORD GOD, Who didst save Isaac when a child, and didst spare him even when Thou hadst commanded his sacrifice:

So now save this child, raise him up, and preserve him. Amen.

O LORD GOD, Who didst save Moses when a little child, and didst raise him up to do Thy will:

So now save this child, raise him up, and preserve

him. Amen.

O LORD GOD, Who didst call Samuel when a child to Thy service, and didst make known to him Thy will and his duty:

So now let this child hear Thy voice, and know

Thy purpose in afflicting him, and his duty in enduring Thy visitation. Amen.

O LORD JESU CHRIST, Who for our salvation didst humble Thyself to come into this world as a little child:

Have mercy upon this child, save and deliver him. Amen.

O LORD JESU CHRIST, Who, as a child, wast obedient to Thine earthly parents:

Make this child obedient and submissive to Thy will. Amen.

O LORD JESU CHRIST, Who, as a child, satest among the doctors in the Temple, both hearing them and asking them questions:

Grant that this child may ever be ready to hear Thy word, and willing to obey it. Amen.

O LORD JESU CHRIST, Who didst say to Thine Apostles, Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not:

Hear us, good LORD, and mercifully look upon this child. Amen.

O LORD JESU CHRIST, Who didst take little children into Thine arms, and lay Thine hands upon them and bless them :

So now embrace this child with the arms of Thy heavenly mercy, and after his departure hence, give him the blessing of eternal life. Amen.

O LORD JESU CHRIST, Who by Thy mighty word and power didst restore to health the nobleman's son: So now, O LORD, graciously look down and mercifully raise and restore this child. Amen.

O LORD JESU CHRIST, Who didst hear the prayer of those who interceded for the ruler of the synagogue, and didst raise his little daughter and restore her to her father:

So now, O LORD, hear our prayers and mercifully raise and restore this child. Amen.

O LORD JESU CHRIST, Who hadst pity on the widow's tears, and didst raise her son even from death and restore him to her:

So now, O LORD, have pity on us, and mercifully raise and restore this child. Amen.

O LORD JESU CHRIST, Who didst heal the son of the believing father, and the daughter of the Syrophenician woman:

So now heal, spare, and save this child. Amen. O CHRIST, hear us.

O CHRIST, hear us.

LORD, have mercy upon us.
CHRIST, have mercy upon us.
LORD, have mercy upon us.
Our FATHER, &c.

But deliver us from evil.

Amen.

Let us pray.

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.

In addressing the child the Priest should use Stearne's Eleventh Exhortation, which see infra.

Short Offices,

for divers occasions.

Note: That these offices may be used when the person visited is very sick, and unable to endure a longer office; or when the Minister visits him often in a long sickness; and at such other times as the Minister shall think fit.

The Priest, when he cometh into the sick person's chamber, shall say,

PEACE be unto you.

Then shall he say the Psalm,

Qui habitat. Ps. xci.

Whoso dwelleth under the defence, &c. (For which see p. 121.)

Then kneeling down, he shall say,

LORD, have mercy upon us.
CHRIST, have mercy upon us.

LORD, have mercy upon us.
Our FATHER, &c.

But deliver us from evil.

Amen.

Minister. O LORD, save Thy servant;

Answer. Which putteth his trust in Thee. Minister. Send him help from Thy holy place; Answer. And evermore mightily defend him. Minister. Let the enemy have no advantage of him; Answer. Nor the wicked approach to hurt him.