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	The Book of Common Prayer for Scotland (1637)

The
order for the buriall
of
the dead
¶
The Presbyter meeting the corps at the Church stile, shall say or
else the Presbyter and Clerks shall sing, and so go either into the
church, or towards the grave.
I	John
Am the the resurrection, and the life (saith the Lord) he that beleeveth	11.25.
in me, though he were dead yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth,
and beleeveth in me, shall not die for ever.
I	Job
Know that my Redeemer liveth, and that hee shall stand	19.25.
at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my
skinne, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall
I see God : whom I shall see for my self, and mine eyes shall behold,
and not another.
WE	1
brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry	Tim. 6.7, Job 1.21.
nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taketh away, blessed be
the Name of the Lord.
¶
When they come at the grave, while the corps is made ready to be
laid into the earth, the Presbyter shall say, or the Presbyter and Clerks
shall sing.
MAn	Job
that is born of a woman is of few dayes, an is full of trouble. He cometh	14.1,2.
forth like a flower and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow, and
continueth not. In the mids of life we be in death : of whom may we
seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, which for our sinnes art justly
displeased : Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and
most mercifull saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternall
death. Thou knowest LORD the secrets of our hearts, shut not up thy
mercifull eyes to our prayers : but spare us Lord most holy, O God most
mighty, O holy and mercifull Saviour, thou most worthy judge eternall,
suffer us not at our last houre for any pains of death to fall from
thee.
¶
Then while the earth shall he cast upon the body, by some standing
by, the Presbyter shall say.
FOrasmuch
as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself
the soul of our deare brother here departed : we therefore commit his
body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in
sure and certain hope of resurrection to eternall life, through our
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile body, that it may be like
to his glorious body, according to the mighty working, whereby he is
able to subdue all things to himself.
¶
Then shall be said or sung.
I	Revel.
Heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the	14. 13.
dead which dye in the Lord, from henceforth : yea, saith the Spirit,
that they rest from their labours.
¶
Then shall follow this Lesson, taken out of the xv. chapter
to the Corinthians, the first Epistle.
CHrist	1
is risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that	Cor. 15. 20.
slept. For by man came death, by man came also the resurrection
of the dead. For as by Adam all dye, even so in Christ shall all be
made alive. But every man in his own order, Christ the first-fruits,
afterward they that are Christs, at his coming. Then cometh the
end, when he have delivered up the kingdome to God even the Father;
when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power.
For he must reigne, till he hath put all his enemies under his feet.
The last enemy that shall be destroyed, is death. For
he hath put all things under his feet ; but when hee saith all things
are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put
all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him,
then shall the Son also himselfe be subject unto him that put all things
under him, that God may be all in all. Else what shall they do which
are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they
then baptized for the dead? And why stand we in jeopardy every houre?
I protest by your rejoycing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I
dye daily. If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus,
what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we dye. Be not ye deceived : evil communications corrupt
good manners. Awake to righteousnesse, and sin not : for some have not
the knowledge of God, I speak this to your shame. But some man will
say, how are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou
fool, that which thou sowest, is not quickened except it die. And that
which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare
grain, it may chance of wheat or of some other grain. But God
giveth it a body, as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own
body. All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kinde of
flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, and other of fishes, another
of birds. There are also celestiall bodies, and there are bodies terrestriall
: but the glory of the celestiall is one, and the glory of the terrestriall
is another. There is one manner glory of the sunne, and another glory
of the moon, and another glory of the starres : for one starre
differeth from another starre in glory. So also is the resurrection
of the dead, it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption,
it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory : it is sown in weaknesse,
it is raised in power. It is sown a naturall body, it is raised a spirituall
body. There is a naturall body, and there is a spirituall body. And
so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul, the last
Adam was made a quickning spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is
spirituall : but that which is naturall, and afterward that which
is spirituall. The first man is of the earth, earthy. The
second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are
they that are earthy. And as is the heavenly, such are they also
that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we
shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren,
that flesh and bloud cannot inherit the kingdome of God, neither doth
corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mysterie : wee
shall not all sleep, but wee shall all be changed, in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, (for the trumpet
shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall
be changed) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this
mortall must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have
put on incorruption, and this mortall shall have put on immortality,
then shall be brought to passe the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory. O death where is thy sting? O grave where is
thy victory? The sting of death is sinne, and the strength of sinne
is the law. But thanks be unto God, which giveth us the victory, through
our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast,
unmoveable, alwayes abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as
ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
¶ The
Lesson ended, the priest shall say.
Lord
have mercy upon us.
Christ have mercy upon us.
Lord have mercy upon us.
OUr
Father which art in heaven, &c.
And leade us not into temptation.
Answer.
But deliver us from evil. Amen.
Presbyter.
ALmighty
God, with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the LORD,
and in whom the souls of them that be elected, after they be delivered
from the burden of the flesh, be in joy and felicity : We give thee hearty
thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this (N.) our brother
out of the miseries of this sinfull world; beseeching thee, that it may
please thee of thy gracious goodnesse, shortly to accomplish the number
of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdome : that wee with this our brother,
and all other departed in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have our
perfect consummation and blisse, both in body and soul, in thy eternall
and everlasting glory. Amen.
The
Collect
O
Mercifull God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the
resurrection and the life, in whom whosoever beleeveth, shall live,
though hee dye, and whosoever liveth, and beleeveth in him, shall
not dye eternally; who also taught us (by his holy Apostle S. Paul)
not to bee sorry, as men without hope, for them that sleep in him
: wee meekly beseech thee (O Father) to raise us from the death of
sinne unto the life of righteousnesse, that when wee shall depart
this life, we may rest in him, as our hope is this our brother doth
: and that at the generall Resurrection in the last day we may be
found acceptable in thy sight, and receive that blessing which thy
welbeloved Sonne shall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee,
saying, Come yee blessed children of my Father, receive the kingdome
prepared for you from the beginning of the world. Grant this, we beseech
thee, O mercifull Father, through Jesus Christ our Mediatour and Redeemer.
Amen.

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