The Man shall answer,

I WILL.

Then shall the Minister say unto the Woman,

In the presence of God, and of these witnesses, you solemnly declare that you take this man to be your lawful and wedded husband, to live together, after God's ordinance, in the holy estate of Matrimony. And you promise, as you hope for the mercy of God, that you will love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, in sickness and health, in prosperity and adversity; that, forsaking all others, you will be faithful to him, and conduct yourself towards him in all respects as a dutiful and Christian wife, until God shall separate you by death. This will you faithfully do?

The Woman shall answer,

I WILL.

[If a ring is used, the Man shall here give it to the Woman, putting it upon the fourth finger of the left hand. And the Man, holding the ring there, and taught by the Minister, shall say, With this ring I thee wed, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow; in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.]

The Minister shall then say,

I THEREFORE, as the minister of Jesus Christ, having witnessed your mutual vows here made before

God and this company, do pronounce you to be, by the laws of God and man, husband and wife; and those whom God hath joined together let not man put asunder.

Then shall be offered this Prayer:

O ETERNAL GOD, giver of all spiritual grace, send thy blessings upon thy servants, whom we bless in thy name. Enable them to perform the covenant which they have now made in thy presence. May they dwell together in peace and love, in holiness and comfort; in the Christian faith, and in the practice of all Christian virtues. Bless, preserve, and keep them; fill them with all spiritual benediction and grace; that they may so live together in this life, that in the world to come they may enter into the life everlasting. We ask this in the name and as the disciples of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK.

PRAYER FOR A SICK PERSON.

OUR Father in heaven, look down with mercy and pity upon thy servant, and lay not thy chastening hand upon him more heavily than he can bear. Let him acknowledge, with submission and humility, that even in judgment thou art merciful, and that of very faithfulness thou hast caused him to be troubled. Thou dost afflict him with a parent's wisdom; O sustain him with a parent's love. Let thy grace be sufficient for him in all his need, and let the holy influences of thy Spirit hold him up in his weakness, and inspire his heart with strength, and hope, and confidence. Let not any pain or suffering, however acute, discompose the order of his thoughts, his submission, his gratitude, or his duty. Together with his trials, wilt thou provide a way for his escape, even by the mercies of a longer and holier life, or by the mercies of a peaceful and blessed deatheven as it pleaseth thee, O Lord.

Thou knowest all the necessities and all the in

firmities of thy servant; fortify his soul, we beseech thee, with spiritual joys and perfect resignation, and fill him with desires of holiness and of thy heavenly kingdom. Make his repentance entire, and his faith strong, and his hope steadfast, so that if thou dost please to continue him yet longer in life, he may serve thee with a devoted heart, and whenever thou shalt call his spirit away from earth, it may enter into the rest of the sons of God, and be with thee, and the holy Jesus, and the spirits of the just made perfect, forever and ever.

O Lord, hear; O Lord, be merciful; O Lord, heal, and pity, and save. Accept the prayer now offered in behalf of thine afflicted servant. Bless all his friends, and reward all the kindness which is shown him. Forgive him his trespasses, as he forgives those who trespass against him. Be with him every moment; be with him in the hour of death; and O, in the day of judgment deliver him, through thine infinite mercy in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.

PRAYERS FOR A SICK PERSON WHEN THERE IS SMALL HOPE OF RECOVERY.

O FATHER of mercies, God of all comfort, our only help in time of need, we fly unto thee for succor 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 the errors of his life past, and steadfast 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 favor, he may in thy appointed time be received into thine everlasting kingdom, which thou hast promised by Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.

O LORD GOD Almighty, most holy and gracious Father, we humbly commend the soul of thy servant into thy hands, thy most merciful hands. Impute not unto him the follies of his youth, nor any of the errors of his life; but strengthen him in his agony, and carry him safely through his last distress. Let not his faith waver, nor his hope fail; may he die in peace, and rest in hope, and rise in glory, for thine infinite mercy's sake in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PRAYER FOR A SICK CHILD.

O ALMIGHTY GOD and merciful Father, to whom alone belong the issues of life and death, look down