A petition for peace with the reformation of the liturgy, as it was presented…

A Prayer for the Sick, that is in hopes of Recovery.

Most merciful Father, Though our Sin doth find us out, ¹and we are justly afflicted for our Transgressions, yet are we not consumed in thy wrath, but thou punishest us less than our Iniquities do deserve, though thou causest Grief, yet wilt thou have compassion according to the multitude of thy mercies, ²for thou dost not willingly afflict and grieve the children of men; Thou revivest the spirit of the humble, and the heart of ³the Contrite ones, for thou wilt not contend for ever, neither wilt thou be always wroth, for the spirit would fail before thee, and the soul which thou hast made. Look down in tender mercy on the affliction of this thy Servant; O Lord rebuke him not in thy ⁴wrath, neither chasten him in thy hot displeasure. All his desire is before thee, and his groaning is not hid from thee; Have mercy upon him O Lord for he is weak. O Lord heal him, whose ⁵boves and soul is vexed. In death there is no remembrance of thee, In the grave who shall give thee thanks. Remember that ⟨p. 75⟩⁶we are but flesh, a Wind that passeth away and cometh not ⁷again, wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro, and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? Remember not the Iniquities of his youth, or his transgressions: look upon his Affliction, and his pain, and forgive all his sins. Though the sorrows of death do compass him about, yet if it be for thy glory and his good recover him, and let him live and praise thy name. Rebuke his sickness, direct unto such means as thou wilt bless. In the time of his trouble we call upon thee, do thou deliver him, and let him glorify thee, however show him the sin that doth offend thee, let him search and try his ways, and confess and turn from his Iniquity, and let it be good for him that he was afflicted. Let this be the fruit of it to