When they come to the Grave, while the Corpse is made ready to be laid into
the earth, the Priest shall say, or the Priest and Clerks shall sing:

MAN that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of
misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a
shadow, and never continueth in one stay.

      In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succour,
but of thee, 0 Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased?

      Yet, 0 Lord God most holy, 0 Lord most mighty, 0 holy and most
merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.

      Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful
ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, 0 God most mighty, 0 holy
and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy judge eternal, suffer us not, at our
last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee.

Then, while the earth shall be cast upon the Body by some standing by, the
Priest shall say:

FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto
himself the soul of our dear 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 the Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus
Christ; who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto 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 HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed
are the dead which die in the Lord: even so saith the Spirit: for they rest
from their labours.

Then 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, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

Priest:

ALMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the
Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from
the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity: We give thee hearty
thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the
miseries of this sinful world; beseeching thee, that it may please thee, of
thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and
to hasten thy kingdom; that we, with all those that are departed in the true
faith of thy holy Name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in
body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

The Collect:

MERCIFUL God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the resurrection
and the life; in whom whosoever believeth shall live, though he die; and
whosoever liveth, and believeth in him, shall not die eternally; who also
hath taught us, by his holy Apostle Saint Paul, not to be sorry, as men
without hope, for them that sleep in him: We meekly beseech thee, 0 Father,
to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness; that, when
we shall depart this life, we may rest in him, as our hope is this our
brother doth; and that, at the general Resurrection in the last day, we may
be found acceptable in thy sight; and receive that blessing, which thy
well-beloved Son shall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee,
saying, Come, ye blessed children of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared
for you from the beginning of the world: Grant this, we beseech thee, 0
merciful Father, through Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Redeemer. Amen.
HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God and the fellowship of
the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.