He hath promised me if I come worthily, that I shall receive his most precious body and blood, with ALL the benefits of his passion. If I can receive it and retain it, (Lord make me able, make me worthy,) I know I can no more die eternally, that that body and that blood can die and be shed again. My Saviour is willing in this tender, of them, both to me: Lord, so wash and cleanse my Soul, that I may now and at all times else come prepared by hearty prayers and devotion, and be made worthy by thy grace of this infinite blessing, the pledge and earnest of eternal life, in the merits of the same Jesus Christ, who gave his body and blood for me.

Amen.

Here follows the first Collect in the COMMUNION SERVICE, (almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, &c.) and which the Archbishop entitles (for purity of heart), and then,

A brief Litany.

O God the Father of Heaven, who hast delivered thy only begotten (Son) to death for us.

O God the Son, redeemer of the world, who by thy precious blood, hast cleansed us from our Sins. O God, the Holy Ghost the comforter, who by thy grace dost visit and establish the hearts of thy Saints. O (most) holy, high, eternal, happy, (ever) blessed Trinity; (0) good Father, holy Son, loving Spirit, by whose operation we receive our being, by whose love we obtain grace, and in contemplation of whom we hope for glory; whose majesty is unspeakable, (whose) power is incomparable: (whose) goodness is inestimable: (O) thou that art the Lord both of quick and dead: I adore thee, I call upon thee, and with the utmost affection of my heart I bless. thee, now and for evermore. An en.

O Lord Jesus, grant us while we live, mercy and grace: guide us thy servants by thy perpetual light; grant to thy church truth and peace: grant me, a most wretched sinner, repentance and forgiveness. Amen.

place themselves, and their pretended infallible church, in this dilemma either to have been without the means of Salvation before this doctrine was broached, or it, must have been needless since. Indeed, if we believe Transubstantiation to be true, we necessarily must disbelieve ALL the miracles of Christ as false, since we can only judge of them by our senses, (as he commanded us to do) every one of which THIS contradicts. Excellent specimen of Romish infallibility !

O Lord,

O Lord, I pray thee, correct those that are in error, convert the unbeliever, increase the faith of thy church, root out (of it) all heresies, discover (and confound) her secret and designing enemies, and break in pieces those, that are openly fierce, violent, and impenitent, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O merciful Father, let my benefaetors obtain eternal, rewards in Heaven, for the benefits (which) they have bestowed upon me on earth. I pray thee also, that thou wouldest (vouchsafe to) bring me, together with those whom I have prayed for and together with all the people of God, into thy kingdom, that there we may appear in righteousness, and be fully satisfied with (thy) glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Lord, consider my complaint, for I am brought very low. O Lord, how long wilt thou be angry with thy servant that prayeth? O Lord, give me grace and repentance, and thou canst not be angry with my prayer. O Lord, I am thine, save me, and deliver me not into the will of mine enemies, especially my ghostly enemies. O Lord, I am thy servant, thy unprofitable wasteful servant, yet THY servant. O Lord, set my accounts right before thee, and pardon all my mis-spendings and mis-reckonings. O Lord, I am thy son, thy most unkind, prodigal, runaway son, yet THY son. Ở Lord, though I have not retained the love and duty of a son, yet do not thou cast off (I humbly beg it) the kindness and compassion of a father. O Lord, in thy grace I return to thee; and though I have eaten draught with all the unclean swine in the world, in my hungry absence from thee, yet now, Lord, upon my humble return to thee, give me, I beseech thee, the bread of life, the body and blood of my Saviour into my soul, that I may be satisfied in thee, and never more run away from thee, even so for Jesus Christ his sake, that gave himself for me. Amen,

Then follows the Collect for Good Friday, and afterwards,

Whilst standing at the altar (it may be :) if not in the Morning.

As I must (one day) appear and answer at thy dreadful Tribunal, where there shall be no respect of persons, so at this time, ere the day of judgment overtakes me, I prostrate myself before thy holy altar, and being bur

dened

dened by my own conscience, I lay open my evil thoughts, and ungodly deeds, before thee, and thy glorious angels. I beseech thee, O Lord, regard my lowliness, and forgive me ALL my sins, which are more in number than the hairs of my head. For what evil have I not designed in my heart? but many and most abominable things have I committed in very deed; for I am guilty, O Lord, of envy, gluttony, &c.* all my senses (and all my members) have I polluted. But incomparable is the multitude of thy bowels, and unspeakable (is) the mercy of thy goodness, through which thou bearest with my sins. Wherefore, O King, whom we can never praise enough, O thou long-suffering Lord, magnify the wonders of thy mercy upon me a sinner, discover (in me) the power of thy kindness, shew forth the goodness of thy most merciful favour, and receive me, a prodigal returning (unto thee) through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Immediately before the sight of the bread.

O Lord God, how I receive the body and blood of my most blessed Saviour Jesus Christ, the price of my redemption, is the very wonder of my soul, yet my most firm and constant belief is upon the words of my Saviour. At this time, they are graciously tendered to me and my faith: Lord, make me a worthy receiver, and be it unto me as he hath said. Amen.

Immediately after receiving both kinds.

Lord, I have received this Sacrament of the body and blood of my dear Saviour. His mercy hath given it, and my faith received it into my soul. I humbly beseech thee speak mercy and peace unto my conscience, and enrich me with all those graces which come from that precious body and blood, even till I be possessed of eternal life in Christ. Ameu.

O thou that sittest on high with the Father, and art here invisibly present with us, come and sanctify these (thy) gifts (here present), and those also by (whom) and (those) for whom, and the end for which they are offered up. Amen.

See Archbishop Laud's Daily Office for a Christian, from page 77 to 103.

These prayers (for daily use,) are divided into short

*If so good and zealous a prelate could thus accuse himself, how máy each of us improve the example in the acknowlegment of our offences, and repentance for them.

forms,

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forms, for various hours of the day, according to the nanner of antient offices; as they prevailed in the primitive Church, both JEWISH and CHRISTIAN. A form highly advantageous for the opportunity it gives of being frequent in the exercise of DAILY devotions, and therefore followed with equal pleasure and advantage by the devout of all ages. The pious Archbishop LAUD hath adopted this form, in that part of his daily office which constitutes his weekly service. A service thus easily performed by allotting each of the parts to their several hours of the day: whereby in the inost emphatical sense, we obey the apostolic precept to pray without ceasing, a form which also embraces the additional advantage of preventing that listlessness and languor of spirit, which will sometimes unavoidably prevail, and when, as an excellent person has observed, "we should observe what we can do with ease and pleasantnesss of spirit,"-for then "we may be longer and more enlarged in our devotions: but when we are heavy and streightened, it is not fit to tire our spirits, and drag them where they have no strength to follow us, or disposition to comply with our desires*;" provided, however, that this is really the case, and not a wilful indulgence of sinful habit, or neglect of duty before him with whom we have to do.

The dedication and religious observance of Sunday has ever been accounted of the greatest importance,-in every point of view; as it respects our duty to God, thankfuless and obedience to his laws, due regard to our own temporal and eternal interests, a blessing on our ́own concerns, and a due attention to the influence of our example upon others: the general cause by which so many are led to sin: a deviation from this first law, (a due regard to the Sabbath,) being usually regarded and acknowledged as the first step to sin. The pious and admirable dispositions expressed in the first prayer or eja culation ("for the first hour,") at awaking, are what all of us should most thankfully employ, and apply to our

* See Dorrington's Reformed Devotions, Pref. p. xviii, an excellent work reformed from the Devotions of an eminent writer in the Romish Church, divided in the way of Antient Offices: where those who are fond of this method will be highly gratified by the great beauty and piety of the Compositions, or perhaps still more so, with respect to the division, in Dr. IIICKES's publication of the same work, under the title of DEVOTIONS, in the Antient Way of Offices, reformed by a person of quality, and published by the Rev. George Hickes, D. D. 1730.

selves:

selves as are the sentiments in the following ones, deduced from those obvious images of illustration so aptly drawn from the consideration of the day, whereon Christ arose from the dead-our Sun of righteousness with healing in his wings-and hath made his angels ministers to the heirs of salvation.

The prayer to the holy, adorable, and long suffering Trinity, is more especially necessary at a time, when this foundation of our hopes is " divided" in so many ways, by all those who deny the Lord that bought them, and even glory in their shame; but all of whom will know that this "holy Trinity," every man MUST one day acknowledge," either by illumination or by punishment. The charity of the Archbishop is here sufficiently conspicuous, where he prays to this holy Trinity, for THOSE to be adorers, who now blaspheme it, that not even one may perish. "And this," says he, "though on condition that I myself lose some part of thy favour." "For though, he adds, "I dare not say what the apostle does," yet he is evidently actuated by the same spirit, and the same charity of his divine Master, when in the exuberance of ecstatic love, he could wish himself accursed for their sake. At the 9th hour, his prayer that "he may not grieve at the man whose way doth prosper," is highly necessary to guard against that spirit of ENVY which doth eat as a canker in the very vitals of most men. That for himself, as having "more need than other men to call upon God," evinces a degree of humility highly worthy of our imitation; since we may all add-" our charge is great and our strength little" and therefore should we ask " grace to come often before God, and ask that help which he is readier to give than we to ask."-And as all of us "suffer troubles of them that hate us," though in a less degree than this great and good man, whose arduous station in such perilous times particularly exposed him to their assaults, we may properly adopt his words, and thence imbibe the spirit of forgiveness and amendment," and all the graces" necesssary in a christian life: "faith and devotion, godly zeal in prayer, true humility in prosperity, perfect patience in adversity, and continual joy in the Holy Ghost." And so many and great are the perils of darkness, that we have abundant need to pray that when "asleep, we should not be made afraid," by any terrors of the night, and "that we sleep not in death."

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