thee fast; now will I let thee go no more; now I gladly say farewell to the world, and to all that is of the world; now, O my God, I come to thee rejoicing.
Nothing, O good Jesus, henceforward, nothing shall separate me from thee; for to thee, O Christ, am I joined; in thee will I live, in thee will I die; and in thee, if it be thy will, will I abide for ever! Now it is no longer I that live, but Christ who lives in me.
Now is my soul weary of my life; I desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, for to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Now will I fear no evils, though I walk in the region of the shadow of death; for thou, O Lord, art with me: and as the hart pants after the fountains of waters, so does my soul pant after thee, O God; my soul has thirsted for the strong living God: when shall I come and appear before the Face of my God?
Bless me, most loving Jesus, and dismiss me now in peace, for I am thine; and I will let thee go no more for ever!
Oh, that with happy tie I were now to be united to thee for ever! Oh, that I could merit to be wholly sunk in thee, wholly swallowed up and buried in thee! Oh, that my soul might sweetly repose in thy arms, and be wholly absorbed in the most happy enjoyment of thee, its loving God!
What more have I to do, my most loving Jesus, with the world? Behold, I have desired nothing beside thee, even in Heaven!
Into thy hands, O Lord Jesus, I commend my spirit. Receive me, O sweetness of Love, that in thee it may be well with me for ever, and that in thee I may sweetly sleep and take my rest in peace!
PRAYERS
For a happy death, useful not for the sick only, but for those who are in health.
With a few alterations, they may likewise he said with very great advantage by others when in attendance upon the dying.
Prayer I.
O Lord Jesus Christ, by thy Agony and by the most holy prayer which thou prayedst for us on the Mount of Olives, when thy sweat became like drops of Blood trickling down upon the ground; vouchsafe, I beseech thee, to offer and present to God the Father Almighty the abundance of that Bloody Sweat, which for very anguish and fear thou hast so copiously poured forth for us, against all the abundance of my sins, and deliver me in this hour of my death from all the pain and anguish which I fear that I have merited for my
