Pestilentia.
A Plea for Deliverance
A humble petition for the removal of divine judgment and protection from disease.
Deliver me, O Lord, from all my offenses, and don't let me be a rebuke to the foolish. I humbly beseech you, take your plague away from your people, for we are beginning to be consumed by your heavy hand. And for the sake of Jesus Christ, don't let me or mine be laid low by this uncomfortable disease. Amen.
Refuge Under the Shadow of the Almighty
A prayer for safety and angelic protection based on the promises of Psalm 91.
O Lord, deliver me from the hunter's snare and from the deadly pestilence. Defend me under your wings and keep me safe under your feathers, so that I won’t be afraid of any terror by night, the arrow that flies by day, the pestilence that walks in darkness, or the sickness that destroys at noon. Though thousands may fall beside me and ten thousand at my right hand, let it not come near me, even for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen. O Lord, you are my hope; I ask that you don't let any evil come upon me, nor let any plague approach my home. Please command your angels to watch over me and keep me safe in all my ways, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. Amen.
Mercy for the Afflicted
An intercession for those suffering and a request for the preservation of the household.
O let the sorrowful sighing of those whom you have visited come before you; and according to the greatness of both your power and mercy, preserve those who are appointed to die, even for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen. Lord, I ask that you kindly hear the prayers of your humble servant. May my family and I, who are justly punished for our offenses, be mercifully delivered by your goodness from this and all other infections of both soul and body, so that we may live to serve and praise you, to the glory of your great Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Savior. Amen.
The Pattern of Divine Compassion
A prayer recalling God's mercy in the time of David as a model for current relief.
O Almighty God, who in your wrath during the time of King David struck down seventy thousand with the plague of pestilence, yet remembering your mercy saved the rest: Have pity on us miserable sinners, who are now afflicted with great sickness and mortality; and just as you commanded your angel to cease from punishing then, please withdraw from us this plague and grievous sickness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
A Sacrifice of Thanksgiving
A concluding act of praise and self-dedication following deliverance from judgment.
O Lord God, you have wounded us for our sins and consumed us for our transgressions through your recent heavy and prolonged visitation, and in the midst of that judgment, remembering your mercy, you have redeemed us from death: We offer ourselves, our souls, and our bodies (which you have now delivered) to be a living sacrifice to you. And here I offer up to you, most merciful Father, in the name of all your people, all possible praise and thanks, and I will ever magnify you, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Read the original Latin
DEliver me, O Lord, from all my offences, and make me not a rebuke to the foolish. Take, I humbly beseech thee, thy plague away from thy people, for we begin to be consumed by means of thy heavy hand. And for Iesus Christ his sake lay neither me nor mine under this uncomfortable disease. Amen.
O Lord, deliver me from the …nare of the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence: O defend me under thy wings, and keep me safe under thy feathers, that I may not be afraid for any terror by night, nor for the arrow that flyeth by day; for the pestilence that walketh in the darkness, nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. Though thousands fall beside me, and ten thousands at my right hand, yet let it not come near me, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.
O Lord, thou art my hope, I beseech thee let no evil happen unto me, neither let any plague come nigh my dwelling; but give thine Angels charge over me to keep me in all my wayes, O Lord my strength and my Redeemer. Amen.
O let the sorrowful sighing of them whom thou hast visited come before thee; and according to the greatness both of thy power and mercy preserve thou them that are appointed to die, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.
O Lord, I beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy humble servant; that I & my Family, which are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness from this and all other infection both of soul and body: that so we may live both to serve and to praise thee, to the glory of thy great Name, through Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour. Amen.
O Almighty God, which in thy wrath in the time of King David didst slay with the plague of Pestilence threescore and ten thousand, and yet remembring thy mercy didst save the rest: Have pity upon us miserable sinners, that now are visited with great sickness and mortality; and like as thou didst then command thine Angel to cease from punishing, so it may now please thee to withdraw from us this plague and grievous sickness, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
O Lord God, who hast wounded us for our sins, and consumed us for our transgressions by thy late heavy and long-continued Visitation, and in the midst of that Judgment remembring mercy, hast redeemed us from death: We offer up unto thee our selves, our souls and bodies (which thou hast now delivered) to be a living sacrifice unto thee. And here I offer up unto thee, most merciful Father, in the name of all thy people, all possible praise and thanks, and shall ever magnifie thee, through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen.
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