| grace of, etc. _Or one or more of the foregoing prayers may be_ | _said at the grave, or with the expressed sanction of the Bishop_ | any other prayers from the Book of Common Prayer may be said_ | _whether in the Church or at the grave_. | | _If the weather be inclement or the relations of the deceased_ | _desire it, any or all parts of the service may be said in the_ | _Church_ (_or in the_ _house_) _except the Committal to the_ | _ground_. _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, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased? Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O 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, O God most mighty, O 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. | _An alternative form of Committal to the ground_. | | Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God in his wise providence | to take unto himself the soul of our _brother_ here departed: we | therefore commit _his_ body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes | to ashes, dust to dust; looking for the general resurrection in | the last day, and the life of the world to come, through our Lord | Jesus Christ, who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation | that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to | the mighty working whereby he is able to subject all things to | himself. | | _At the burial of the dead at sea, the words_ to the deep _shall | be substituted for the words_ to the ground, _and the words_ | earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust _shall be omitted_. 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_.