The safegard of the soule Declaring sundry soueraigne salues tending to the comfort and saluation of the same: very necessarie to bee learned and obserued of all men, and at all times, but chiefely in the extremitie of sicknes, and grieuous pangs of death. Composed by Lawrence Bankes, preacher of the word of God: and parson of Staunton, in the county of Glocester.

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The safegard of the soule Declaring sundry soueraigne salues tending to the comfort and saluation of the same: very necessarie to bee learned and obserued of all men, and at all times, but chiefely in the extremitie of sicknes, and grieuous pangs of death. Composed by Lawrence Bankes, preacher of the word of God: and parson of Staunton, in the county of Glocester.
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Bankes, Lawrence.
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London :: Printed by G. P[urslowe] for Iohn Clarke, and are to bee sold vnder S. Peters Church in Cornhill,
1619.
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"The safegard of the soule Declaring sundry soueraigne salues tending to the comfort and saluation of the same: very necessarie to bee learned and obserued of all men, and at all times, but chiefely in the extremitie of sicknes, and grieuous pangs of death. Composed by Lawrence Bankes, preacher of the word of God: and parson of Staunton, in the county of Glocester." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03507.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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A Prayer to be said in the pangs of Death.

O Infinite Deitie and vnmeasurable good∣nes! O blessed and glori∣ous Trinitie! O perfect loue and charitie, haue mercy on mee, and open the bowels of compassion vpon mee a wretched sin∣ner, wrapped in woe, and ouerwhelmed with an∣guish of soule, and vexati∣on of spirit. Into thy hands (O Lord) I wholly commit and resigne my selfe: make haste (O Lord) to deliuer mee, for it is

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high time. My flesh trem∣bleth, my bones are bru∣sed, mine eyes wax dimme, my strength faileth, my heart panteth, and my sor∣row and paine euery way increaseth. O mercifull Creator, shew mercy to thy creature. In thee (O Lord) alone is all my trust. In my misery and smart I haue no other to make my mone vnto, but onely to thee, O thou preseruer of men. Therefore forsake me not vtterly, but stand by me, and with comfort relieue me in this my ex∣tremitie and last combate. Stretch out thine arme (O

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Lord) and hold thy hands of pitie ouer me that lyeth here in woe and misery. O Iesu, O sweet Iesu, mer∣cie. O Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie vpon me: O Father of Heauen, help me: O holy Spirit of God, confirme & comfort me. O God the Father, God the Sonne, and God the Holy Ghost, three persons and one God, haue mer∣cie vpon me.

O Iesus, my sweet Saui∣our, receiue my silly soule into thy holy hands. Place it (O LORD) for thy mercie sake, with thine owne selfe in thy heauenly

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Kingdome, among thine holy Angels and Saints. O my good God, and my heauenly Father, pitie my case, ease my paine, com∣fort my soule, and be mer∣cifull vnto me. Lord shew the light of thy louing countenance vpon mee: And in the houre of my death strengthen my faith; So that my body retur∣ning to the earth from whence it came, my soule may ascend to thee which gaue it: and at the day of doome, & generall iudge∣ment, when they shall both meete againe, they may rise to life euerlasting, tho∣row

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our Lord and Saui∣our Iesus Christ.

Amen.
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