We thank you, Almighty God, for the gift of water. Over it the Holy Spirit moved in the beginning of creation. Through it you led the children of Israel out of their bondage in Egypt into the land of promise. In it your Son Jesus received the baptism of John and we are buried with Christ in his death. By it we share in his resurrection. Through it we are reborn by the Holy Spirit.
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Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He comet up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
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Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.
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There was never anything by the wit of man so well devised, or so sure established, which in continuance of time hath not been corrupted.
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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.
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If any man can shew any just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace...
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Those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder.
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