O Lord and Maker of all things, and specially of this our frame!  O God and Father and Pilot of men who are Thine!  O Lord of life and death!  O Judge and Benefactor of our souls!  O Maker and Transformer in due time of all things68    Amos v. 8 (LXX.). by Thy designing Word,69    Ps. xxxiii. 6. according to the knowledge of the depth of Thy wisdom and providence! do Thou now receive Cæsarius, the firstfruits of our pilgrimage; and if he who was last is first, we bow before Thy Word, by which the universe is ruled; yet do Thou receive us also afterwards, in a time when Thou mayest be found,70    Ib. xxxii. 6. having ordered us in the flesh as long as is for our profit; yea, receive us, prepared and not troubled71    Ib. cxix. 60 (LXX.). by Thy fear, not departing from Thee in our last day, nor violently borne away from things here, like souls fond of the world and the flesh, but filled with eagerness for that blessed and enduring life which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord, to whom be glory, world without end.  Amen.

Ὦ δέσποτα πάντων καὶ ποιητὰ καὶ διαφερόντως τοῦδε τοῦ πλάσματος, ὦ Θεὲ τῶν σῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ πάτερ καὶ κυβερνῆτα, ὦ ζωῆς καὶ θανάτου κύριε, ὦ ψυχῶν ἡμετέρων ταμία καὶ εὐεργέτα, ὦ ποιῶν τὰ πάντα καὶ μετασκευάζων τῷ τεχνίτῃ Λόγῳ κατὰ καιρὸν καὶ ὡς αὐτὸς ἐπίστασαι τῷ βάθει τῆς σῆς σοφίας καὶ διοικήσεως, νῦν μὲν δέχοιο Καισάριον ἀπαρχὴν τῆς ἡμετέρας ἀποδημίας: εἰ δὲ τὸν τελευταῖον πρῶτον, συγχωροῦμεν τοῖς σοῖς λόγοις, οἷς τὸ πᾶν φέρεται: δέχοιο δὲ καὶ ἡμᾶς ὕστερον ἐν καιρῷ εὐθέτῳ, οἰκονομήσας ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ ἐφ' ὅσον ἂν ᾖ συμφέρον: καὶ δέχοιό γε διὰ τὸν σὸν φόβον ἑτοιμασθέντας, καὶ οὐ ταρασσομένους, οὐδὲ ὑποχωροῦντας ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τελευταίᾳ, καὶ βίᾳ τῶν ἐντεῦθεν ἀποσπωμένους, ὃ τῶν φιλοκόσμων ψυχῶν πάθος καὶ φιλοσάρκων, ἀλλὰ προθύμως πρὸς τὴν αὐτόθεν ζωὴν τὴν μακραίωνά τε καὶ μακαρίαν, τὴν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν, ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.