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be now and evermore thy Defence; and make thee know and feel that there is none other Name under Heaven given to Man, in whom, and through whom, thou mayeft receive Health and Salvation, but only the Name of our Lord Jefus Chrift. Amen.

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Nto God's gracious Mercy and Protection we com mit thee. The Lord Bless thee, and Keep thee. The Lord make his Face to fhine upon thee, and be Gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his Countenance upon thee, and give thee Peace, both now and evermore. Amen.

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When the Company doth obferve the Dying Man to be at the very point of Death; let them then devoutly fay the following Prayer.

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Vifit him, O Lord, with thy Salvation. Deliver him, in thy good appointed time, from his Bodily Pain. And fave his Soul, for tby Mercies fake.

That if it fhall be thy pleasure to prolong his Days here on Earth, he may live to thee, and be an Inftrument of thy Glory, by Serving thee faithfully, and doing Good in his Generation.

Or elfe, receive him into thofe Heavenly Habitations, where the Souls of them that sleep in the Lord Jefus, enjoy perpetual Reft and Felicity.

Grant this, O Lord, for thy Mercies fake; in the fame thy Son our Lord Jefus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, World · without end. Amen.

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A Prayer for a Sick Child, in
Danger of Death.

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Father of Mercies, and God of all Comfort, our only Help in time of Need: We fly unto thee for Succour, in behalf of this Child, here lying under thy hand in great Weaknefs of Body.

Look graciously upon it, O Lord. Pity the Troubles and Weakness it groans under. under.

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pity our Sorrows, who are afflicted with it and for it.

Eafe it of its Pains; and ftrengthen it in its Extremity. We know, O Lord, that if thou wilt, thou canst raise it up, and grant it a longer Continuance amongst us.

O raise it up again, if it may please thee; to grow in Years, and Stature, in Wisdom and thy Fear ;

Fear; and thereby to Comfort its Parents, and Glorify Thee. We believe, O God, that thou knoweft beft, what is fit both for it and us; and wilt do what is beft for both.

And therefore we leave it to thee, to Difpofe of as thou pleafeft.

But whether it be to Life or Death, let it be thine in Both. And either Preferve it, to be thy true and faithful Servant here on Earth, or take it to the Bleffednefs of thy Children in the Kingdom of Heaven. Through the Merits of our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift. Amen.

When the Sick Man doth Recover, (for all Sickness is not unto Death) he must not only return Thanks in the Publick Congregation, but alfo in his own Private Devotions.

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A Prayer for a Sick Child, in
Danger of Death.

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Father of Mercies, and God of all Comfort, our only Help in time of Need: We fly unto thee for Succour, in behalf of this Child, here lying under thy hand in great Weaknefs of Body.

Look graciously upon it, O Lord. Pity the Troubles and Weakness it groans under. And pity our Sorrows, who are afflicted with it and for it.

Ease it of its Pains; and ftrengthen it in its Extremity. We know, O Lord, that if thou wilt, thou canst raise it up, and grant it a longer Continuance amongst us.

O raise it up again, if it may please thee, to grow in Years, and Stature, in Wisdom and thy

Fear;

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