day no. 15,254: deathbed side manner

I read the following in Douglas Wilson's Angels in the Architecture...

When a brother seems to be in his death struggle, it is godly and advisable to exercise him through a prelate or other priest with written questions and exhortations. He may be asked in the first place: 

"Brother, are you glad that you will die in the faith?"
Let him answer: "Yes."

"Do you confess that you did not live as well as you should have?"
"I confess."

"Are you sorry for this?"
"Yes." 

Are you willing to better yourself if you should have further time to live?"
"Yes."

"Do you believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, has died for you?"
"Yes."

"Do you believe that you cannot be saved except through His death?"
"Yes."

"Do you heartily thank Him for this?" 
"Yes."

"Therefore always give thanks to Him while your soul is in you, and on this death alone place your whole confidence. Commit yourself wholly to this death, with this death cover yourself wholly, and wrap yourself in it completely. And If the Lord should want to judge you, say: 'Lord, I place the death of our Lord Jesus Christ between me and Thee and Thy judgment; I will not contend with Thee in any other way.'

If He says that you have merited damnation, say: 'I place the death of our Lord Jesus Christ between myself and my evil deserts, and the merits of His most worthy passion I bring in place of the merit which I should have had, and, alas, do not have.''

He shall say further: "The death of our Lord Jesus Christ I set between me and Thy wrath." 

Then he shall say three times: "Into Thy hands, Lord, I commend my spirit."

And the gathering of those standing about him shall respond: "Into Thy hands, Lord, we commend his spirit."

And he shall die safely and shall not see death eternally. - St. Anselm

If I should find myself in such a privileged place as to be dying with the time provided to profess and reiterate my faith before God and man, I pray someone walks me through this liturgy. To have the opportunity to state, emphatically and clearly where my hope lies before God and those gathered by my deathbed side. To affirm my faith and hope in Him alone and to confirm in the minds and hearts of my beloved that this is what it looks like to die well, to finish strong, to fight the good fight to the very last and to hit the finish line with your chest. May God grant me such an honor to testify so boldly to the benefit of my soul and the souls of those gathered around me.