eyes, and all worldly ambition: that by a fober, juft, and pious life, we may arrive at eternal rewards. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION.

Hujus, Domine. AY the receiving of this facrament, O Lord, wah away the ftains of our fins; and by the practice of humility bring us to thy heavenly kingdom. Thro'.

MA

For Patience.

COLLECT. Deus, qui.

God, who didft crufh the pride of our enemy by the patient fufferings of thy only Son: grant, we beseech thee, we may be truly mindful of what he fo charitably endured for us, and by his example bear all adverfities with a patient and undifturbed mind. Thro' the fame.

SECRET.

Mercifully receive, O Lord, the gifts we offer;

which we with devotion prefent to thy majefty, that thou wouldst grant us the gift of patience. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION. Myfteria.

MAY the facred myfteries we have received, O

Lord, reftore us the favour we have loft; and procure for us the gift of patience, and protect us under all misfortunes. Thro'.

For Charity.

COLLECT. Deus, qui.

God, who turneft all things to the advantage of those that love thee; quicken in our hearts a lafting and lively affection of thy love; that fuch defires, as are infpired by thee, may never be defeated by the affaults of any temptation. Thro'. SECRE T.

God, who reneweft us to thy image both by thefe myfteries and thy precepts; perfect our fteps in thy ways, that we may truly obtain, by

this facrifice we have offered, that gift of charity, which thou haft made us hope for. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION.

Sancti.

AY the grace of the Holy Ghoft, O Lord, enlighen our hears: and abundantly refresh them with the fweetnefs of perfect charity. Thro'... in the unity of the fame.

For Devout Friends.

COLLECT.

Deus, qui. O God, who, by thy grace, haft enriched the hearts of all thy faithful with the gifts of the Holy Ghoft: grant to fuch thy fervants, in whofe behalf we addrefs thy mercy, health both of body and foul: that they may love thee with all their strength, and perform thy will with perfect charity. Thro'... in the unity of the fame.

SECRET.

HAVE mercy, O Lord, on fuch of thy fervants, for whom we offer this facrifice of praise to thy majefty: that by these mysteries they may obtain the grace of thy heavenly bleffing, and the glory of eternal happiness. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION. Divina.

HAving offered thefe divine myfteries, we beseech thee, O Lord, that this holy facrament may procure them peace and profperity, for whom we have offered it to thy majefty. Thro'.

For Enemies.

COLLECT. Deus pacis.

God of peace, the lover and preferver of charity; grant to all our enemies peace and true charity: forgive them all their fins, and, by thy power, deliver us from all their wicked defigns. Thro'.

SECRET.

BE appealed, O Lord, with the facrifice we offer, and mercifully deliver us from our enemies, and grant them the pardon of all their fins. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION. Hæc nos.

AY this communion, O Lord, free us from our fins and deliver us from the fnares of our enemies. Thro'.

MAX

For fuch as are in Prifon or in Captivity.

COLLECT. Deus, qui.

God, who didft deliver bleffed Peter the Apoftle from his chains, and fet him at liberty unhurt by his enemies: free thy fervant from his [or her] confinement; and fet him [or her] unhurt at liberty by his interceffion. Thro'.

SECRET.

MA

AY a copious bleffing, O Lord, defcend upon thefe offerings which may free thy fervant from his [or her] confinement, and make us speedily rejoice in his [or her] deliverance. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION,

Preces.

ME

Ercifully, O Lord, hear our prayers: and, by the facrament we have received, free thy fervant from the chains of his [or her] captivity.. Thro'.

For fuch as are at Sea.

COLLECT. Deus, qui.

God, who didft lead our forefathers thro' the red fea, and preferve them amidft many tribulations, finging forth praifes to thy name; we humbly befeech thee to protect thy fervants at fea from all dangers; and, after a happy voyage, bring them. fafe to their defired port. Thro'.

SECRET.

REceive, O Lord, we beseech thee, the prayers of thy fervants, together with thefe offerings:

and defend those from all dangers, for whom we celebrate these thy facred myfteries. Thro'.

San&tificati.

POSTCOMMUNION.

B

Eing fanctified by these holy mysteries, we humbly befeech and entreat thy majesty, O Lord, that by the wood of the cross thou wouldst withdraw from all fin, and mercifully deliver from all dangers, thofe for whom thou permitteft us to celebrate thefe heavenly myfteries. Thro'.

For the Living,

COLLECT. Prætende.

PRotect thy fervants, O Lord, by the power of thy right hand and grant they may feek thee with all their heart, and obtain of thee what they ask as they ought. Thro'.

SECRET.

BE E appeafed, O Lord, by our humble prayers; and mercifully receive thefe offerings of thy faithful, which we offer thee for their fafety and grant that the prayers and vows of none may be in vain; but that what we afk with faith, we may effectually obtain. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION. Da fidelibus.

GRant, O Lord, thy faithful a conftancy in their faith and hope in thee; that, being grounded in thy love, they may, by no temptation, ever be drawn from their integrity. Thro'.

MASSES for the DEA D. On the Day of the Death or Burial. MASS. INTROIT. Pf. lxiv. GRant them, O Lord, REquiem æternam do

eternal reft; and let a perpetual light shine on them. P. A hymn be

na eis, Domine; & lux perpetua luceat eis. Pf. Te decet hymnus,

Deus, in Sion; & tibi reddetur votum in Jerufalem: exaudi orationem meam: ad te omnis caro veniet. Requiem &c. to Pf.

cometh thee, O Lord, in Sion; and a vow shall be paid to thee in Jerufalem: hear my prayer: all flefh fhall come to thee. Grant them &c. to Pf.

COLLECT. Deus, cui.

O

God, whose property it is always to have mercy and to fpare, we humbly prefent our prayers to thee in behalf of the foul of thy fervant N. which thou haft this day called out of this world; befeeching thee not to deliver it into the hands of the enemy, nor forget it for ever; but command it to be received by the holy angels, and to be carried into paradife; that, as it believed and hoped in thee, it may be delivered from the pains of hell, and inherit life everlafting. Thro'.

EPISTL E. 1 Theff. iv. 12. BRethren: We would not have you ignorant concerning those that fleep, that you be not forrowful like others, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jefus died, and rofe again; even fo them, who have flept in Jefus, will God bring with him. For this we declare unto you in the word of the the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain unto the coming of the Lord, fhall not prevent them. who have flept. For the Lord himself fhall come down from heaven at the fignal and voice of an archangel, and at the found of the trumpet of God: and the dead, who are in Chrift, fhall rife firft. Then we, who are alive and remain, fhall be caught up with them in the clouds, to meet Chrift in the air; and fo fhall we for ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

GRADUA L.

Eternal reft give to Requiem æternam do

them, O Lord, and may na eis, Domine, & lux