Here observe the Directions given on Page 10, and more particularly endeavour to improve your soul by reading a lesson out of the NEW WHOLE DUTY OF MAN, Sunday 6. The Prayer on Tuesday Evening for a worthy Receiving of the most Holy Sacrament.

What reward shall I give unto the Lord, for all the benefits that he hath done unto me? I will receive the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. Psalm cxvi. 11, 12.

BLESSED be thou, O my Lord, for ever blessed, for this instance of thy love to fallen mankind, in sending thine only begotten Son for our redemption, who are not worthy of the great and many mercies which thou hast shewed unto us. Grant, O Lord, that this thy inexpressible love may not be lost upon me: but, that, being sensible of my sad condition by nature, and my worse condition by my own wilful sins, I may be thoroughly convinced of the necessity and blessing of a Redeemer; and that I may, with an heart full of gratitude, join with thy faithful church in giving our devoutest thanks to thee, and in keeping up the remembrance of what thy blessed Son has done and suffered for us.

Grant, O my God, that I may always receive that pledge of thy love, and the offers of pardon and grace, tendered to me in this holy ordinance, with a truly thankful heart, and in remembrance of thee, my great and best benefactor; in remembrance of my Saviour's holy example: of his bitter death and passion; of his glorious resurrection and ascension into heaven; and of his coming again to judge the world.

Give me, O my God, a stedfast faith in thy word and promises, and a firm trust in thy almighty power: and let the fear of thy justice and omniscience keep me from presumptuous sins, and a sense of thy goodness and mercy preserve me from despair. Defend me from all those snares which destroy my love for thee; from worldly cares; from all sensual and sinful pleasures; from evil company; from foolish diversions; and from every thing that may make me forget, that thou alone art worthy to be feared and loved: grant me these mercies for thy son Jesus Christ his sake, whose love and death I am now about commemorating. For,

O my God, I shall [on Sunday next] presume to come to thy holy table, not trusting in my own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. I am sensible that I am not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs which fall from thy table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy: grant me, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that my sinful body may be made clean by his body, and my soul washed through his most precious blood, and that I may evermore dwell in him, and he in me.

These, and whatever other mercies thou seest necessary for me, I entreat thou wilt grant for the sake of the same thy dearly beloved son Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour. Amen.

See the concluding Prayer and Blessing on Page 33 and 34.

Meditation for Wednesday Morning.

On the Resurrection, as a Means to excite a due Veneration for the Holy Sacrament.

Therefore, let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Cor. v. S.

1. O COME now, my soul, and let us sing to our Lord a psalm of joy; sing praises to the God of our salvation; sing with a loud and cheerful voice; sing with a glad and thankful heart; say to the weak of spirit, be strong; say to the sorrowful, be of good comfort: tell all the world this soul-reviving truth, and may their hearts within them leap with joy to hear it. For

2. The Lord of life is risen again, and hath clothed himself with immortal glory. He made the angels messengers of his victory, and vouchsafed even himself to bring us the joyful news. O my soul, adorn thyself with the garment of gladness; prepare thy most triumphant hymns to go forth to meet this great returning conqueror.

3. His warfare is now accomplished, and he hath passed through the scorn and cruelty of men; the malice and rage of devils; the just, but severe anger of God; yea, the shadow of death, and the regions of eternal horror: and after all this thy surety is set at liberty; for he hath paid thy debts, and cancelled all those dismal bonds by which thou wert forfeited to eternal ruin.-Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

* Here you may observe the Directions given on Page 3.

4. We receive thee, dearest Saviour, as born to us a second time, and this shall be thy birthday also, the nativity of thy empire, thy restoration to a state of immortality. Thy former birth did shew thee to be the son of man; but this declares thee to be the son of God: and now we know that thou our Redeemer livest, for thou hast told us, I am he that liveth, and was dead: and behold I am alive for evermore.

5. The ways of thy mercy are unsearchable, O thou wise contriver of all our happiness! and thy wisdom is infinite who didst invent them to convince thy followers into this blest belief, and settle in their hearts a firm ground of hope: for, thou didst not only appear to the holy women in their return from the sepulchre, and openedst their eyes to know and adore thee; but thou didst purposely overtake, in their journey two of thy disciples, that were discoursing of thee, and madest their hearts burn within them to hear thee. Thou didst condescend to eat before them, and invite them to touch thy sacred body. How didst thou sweetly invite the incredulous Thomas to thrust his hand into thy side, and hast thence taken occasion, from his hardness to believe, to facilitate the faith of thy church in these afterages.

6. Therefore, O my soul, being thus pre-instructed in this great mystery of our faith, by the revelation of Jesus Christ, make it the principal subject of thy studies, and the daily entertainment of thy most serious thoughts. Draw me, O dearest Lord, from the world and myself, that 1

be not entangled with any earthly desires. Draw me after thee, with a sure hope of eternal bliss, that I may run with delight in the way of thy commands, and especially to thy holy table.-Draw me up finally to thee and thy throne of glory, that I may see thy face, and rejoice with thee for ever in thy kingdom. Amen.

A Confession of Sins on Wednesday Morning, preparatory to receiving the Holy Sacrament.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John i. 8, 9.

O MOST mighty God! how shall I, a poor miserable sinner, who am all over sin and pollution, dare to speak unto thee? O Lord, when I look back on my past life, I am astonished at thy mercy and long-suffering towards me; and am sensible, if I had been rewarded according to my misdeeds, that I had long before this been condemned to endless misery and torments. And lest I drop this opportunity of repentance, I flee unto thee and cry, Lord be merciful unto me a sinner!

I have been a rebellious and disobedient sinner, a contemner of thy laws, and one of those wretched fools that have made a mock at sin, and would not hearken to reproof; my mind has been overspread with blindness, ignorance, and folly, and almost every power and faculty of my soul has been corrupted and defaced. But now, as thou hast vouchsafed me this light of thy spirit to