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... The Puritans and Their Principles - Page 88by Edwin Hall - 1846 - 440 pagesFull view - About this book
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| 1806 - 504 pages
...office. The particular parts of the burial service to which I allude, are these three: 1. " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, w<* therefore commit, See." 2. " We give thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased... | |
| 1842
...fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. 3. the Priest shall say, Forasmuch as it h God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed Sfc., in sure and certain 1 rection or/ore the Corpse is laid into the earth,^ the Minister... | |
| John Macgowan - 1806 - 286 pages
...false and absurd when used in the interment of a wicked man, who dies impenitent and in his sins. " For as much as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great But, my benevolent friend, may it please you to inform me, whether any reason may be assigned, why... | |
| David Bogue, James Bennett - Dissenters - 1808 - 492 pages
...dead, while the mourners surround the grave, the clergyman is enjoined solemnly to declare, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy,...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... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1808 - 690 pages
...I ought not to insult my Maker in the most solemn of all kervice.s, by reading " For? asmuch as rt hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed." And again, " We give thee hearty 'thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver... | |
| Church of England - Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 450 pages
...earth shall be cast upon ths Body by some standing hil, the Priest shatl >ay, j^ORASMUCH as it hath JL 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... | |
| Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...Thin while lit earth shall be cast upon the Body by some standing by, tie 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... | |
| William Eames - 1817 - 330 pages
...sentences selected from the Burial Service are equallyinapplicable. The first of them, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear Brother here departed," seems to have been adopted from Ecclesiastes, xii. 7, and expresses, like the passage... | |
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