home, O Loving Shepherd, to that fold whence they can never more stray, but shall find with Thee green pastures beside the waters of comfort, and drink of the River of Life, which maketh glad the city of GOD. Amen. V. The LORD be with you. W. Bless we the LORD. B. Thanks be to GOD. W. May the souls of the Faithful, through the mercy of GOD, rest in peace. R. Amen. LITANY FOR A HAPPY DEATH. LORD, have mercy upon us. CHRIST, have mercy upon us. LORD, have mercy upon us. CHRIST, hear us. CHRIST, graciously hear us. GOD the FATHER, of Heaven, have mercy upon us. GOD the SON, Redeemer of the world, have mercy upon us. GOD the HOLY GHOST, have mercy upon us. HOLY TRINITY, one GOD; have mercy upon us. Who hast made man in Thine' own image, after Thy likeness, (Gen. i.) Who hast breathed into man's nostrils, the breath of life, (Gen. ii.) Have mercy upon us, O Lord. 12 His soul shall dwell at ease : and his seed shall inherit the land. 13 The secret of the LORD is among them that fear Him and He will show them His covenant. 14 Mine eyes are ever looking unto the LORD: for He shall pluck my feet out of the net. 15 Turn Thee unto me, and have mercy upon me : for I am desolate, and in misery. 16 The sorrows of my heart are enlarged: O bring Thou me out of my troubles. 17 Look upon my adversity and misery and forgive me all my sin. 18 Consider mine enemies, how many they are: and they bear a tyrannous hate against me. 19 O keep my soul, and deliver me : let me not be confounded, for I have put my trust in Thee. 20 Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon me for my hope hath been in Thee. 21 Deliver Israel, O GOD: out of all his troubles. Glory be to the FATHER, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c. Who broughtest forth in the midst\ of Paradise the tree of life which overcometh the death of the body, (Gen. ii.) Who when our first parents had become guilty of death, didst set up the Seed of the woman to bruise the serpent's head, (Gen. iii.) Who when all the first-born of Egypt were destroyed in one night, didst preserve the Israelites unhurt, (Exod. xii.) Who, for the sin of unbelief, didst cause Moses and Aaron to die out of the Promised Land, (Num. xx.) Who, by the sight of the brazen serpent, didst deliver the people that were bitten by the fiery serpents, (Num. xxi.) Who for their too curiously looking into the ark, didst destroy with death more than fifty thousand of the Bethshemites, (1 Sam. vi.) Who for the numbering of the people by David didst carry off by a three days' pestilence seventy thousand of the men of Israel, (2 Sam. xxiv.) Who at the prayers of the Prophet! Have mercy upon us, O Lord. |