...their course in faith, do now rest from their labours. And we beseech thee, that we, with all those who are departed in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; through...

...thanks that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our sister out of the miseries of this sinful world; beseeching thee, that it may please thee of thy gracious...number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom.' * * In what world was I living when a man (calling himself a man of God) could stand up publicly and...

...same idea finds its echo in the burial prayer in the Book of Common Prayer that 'it may please thee shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect and to hasten thy kingdom'. It is a curious idea, but behind it is the belief that all history is in the hand of God, and that,...

...for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our sister out of the miseries of this sinful world; beseeching thee, that it may please thee, of thy gracious...eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For whatever reason, few mourners came; AN Wilson says (without citing a source) that...

...for that it had 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...body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory . . .' 211 ie the Rev. Thomas Robert Hamilton. See The Hamilton Family in the Biographical Appendix...

...for that it had 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...number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom: thai we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have our perfect...