...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...worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, to fall from thee. These words are, of course, from the Order for the Burial of the Dead. In order...

...stay . . . 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...last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee. I mention Purcell because most of all in his music it becomes very clear that this is not simply a...

...translation of it was used in the burial rites in German church orders. The last line of Cranmer's version, "Suffer us not at our last hour for any pains of death to fall from thee," was inspired by Luther's metrical paraphrase or by Coverdale's English translation of it. The anthem...

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...eternal death. Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts: shut not thy merciful ears to our prayers; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O...last hour for any pains of death to fall from thee. Wesley's inclusion of this text kept alive a long-standing tradition of the western church, which was...

...death. " 'Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts: shut not Thy merciful ears to our prayers: but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour — ' " (Prayers, abject prayers for themselves. None for him. Not one word. They were cowards, afraid...

...indefensible. There can be few more moving prayers than that in the burial service of the Church of England: 'Suffer us not at our last hour for any pains of death to fall from Thee'. Yet the thought — if this thought be present — that God would turn away from a dying creature because...

...or desired. You know, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; do not shut your merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Savior, most worthy Judge eternal, keep us, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from...

...and what he would find inside. Bones yes, but no doubt relics as well. His own voice hauled him back: "O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge...hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee." Willington turned the page in his prayer book. "To Almighty God we commend the souls of our brothers...

...not of a sort to stand the last and greatest trial? Is there no danger? Else why that awful prayer. "Suffer us not. at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from Thee?"" Brit. (/nV., 33, 1843 (Apr.), -,4.8 9. See letter to Bowden dated 29 Dec. 1842 plus note. TO MRS JOHN...