Burial Prayer from 1636 Scottish The Book of Common Prayer

First edition. Loose-leaf PORTION of a page from a damaged 1636 edition of the Scottish Prayer Book. With archival quality mat, the item measures 9.25" x 9.5". Please view photograph to see two windows of text that displays the beginning of the prayer as it appeared at the bottom of one page and the remainder of the text from the beginning of the subsequent page. The prayer begins with an elaborately decorated capital A. The prayer shows a distinct Calvinist tendency, and though intended for the Burial service, is suitable for every day.

The complete text is as follows:
"Almighty God, with whom do the spirits of them that depart hence in the LORD, and in whom the souls of them that be elected, after they be delivered from the burden of the flesh, be in joy and felicity: We give thee hearty thanks for that it hath"
[beginning of the next page, which has this large headline: "At the buriall of the dead."]
"hath pleased thee to deliver this (N.) our brother out of the miseries of this sinfull world, beseeching thee, that it may please thee of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy Kingdome: that wee with this our brother, andall other departed in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have our perfect consummation and blisse, both in body and soul, in thy eternall and everlasting glory. Amen."

Very Good +. Archivally matted from the scarce first printing of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer which was influential on the American Book of Common Prayer. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Makes an excellent gift. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young, 1636.