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Incline thine  ear,  O  Lord,  to  our  prayers,  wherewith we humbly  beseech  thy  mercy,  that  thou  wouldst  grant to the  soul  of  thy  servant  N.,  which  thou  hast  commanded to  depart  out  of  this  world,  a  place  in  the  region of  light  and  peace,  and  wouldst  make  it  the  associate of  thy  Saints. Through Christ  our  Lord. Amen.

Have mercy,  we  beseech  thee,  O  Lord,  according  to thy  goodness,  on  the  soul  of  thy  servant  N.,  that,  being delivered  from  the  corruptions  of  mortality,  it  may be restored  to  the  inheritance  of  everlasting  salvation., Through our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  &amp;c

We offer  to  thee,  O  Lord,  our  most  humble  supplications in  behalf  of  the  souls  of  thy  servants;  beseeching thee, that  whatever  defilements  they  have  contracted in this  mortal  life,  thou  wouldst  mercifully  pardon,  and wouldst set  them  in  the  abode  of  thy  redeemed  and blessed ones. Through our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who  liveth and reigneth  with  thee  in  the  unity  of  the  Holy  Ghost, God, for  ever  and  ever. Amen.

O God  of  all  goodness,  father  of  mercies;  who,  at  the prayers and  fastings  of  thy  faithful  people,  didst  vouchsafe to  send  thy  Angels  to  break  asunder  the  fetters  of thy  holy  apostle  Peter,  and  to  open  the  doors  of  his  prison; hear  even  also  on  this  day  the  prayers  and  supplications of  thy  Church,  and  send  thy  Angel  to  the  souls for whom  we  pray,  that,  the  doors  of  their  prison  being