To him be Glory in the Church throughout all Ages, World without End. Amen.

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Third Leffon. 1 Cor. 11.23.

OR I have received of the Lord that which alfo I have deliver'd unto you, That the Lord Jefus the fame Night in which he was betray'd, took Bread;

And when he had given Thanks, he brake it, and faid, Take, eat, this is my Body which is broken for you; This do in Remembrance of me.

After the fame manner alfo he took the Cup when he had fupped, faying, This Cup is the New Teftament in my Blood; this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in Remembrance of me;

For as often as ye eat of this Bread, and drink of this Cup, ye do fhew the Lord's Death till he come.

Wherefore whofoever fhall eat this Bread, and drink this Cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, fhall be guilty of the Body and Blood ofthe Lord,

But let a Man examine himself; and fo let him eat of that Bread, and drink of that Cup.

For he that eateth and drinketh in an unworthy manner, eateth and drinketh Damnation to himself, no t difcerning the Lord's Body.

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R. I am the Living Bread, which came -down from Heaven; if any Man eat of this Bread he fhall live for ever: And the Bread that I will give is my Flesh, which I will give for the Life of the World. These, O my dearest Saviour, are thy very Words, O evermore give us this Bread! As the living Father hath fent me, and I live by the Father: So, he that eateth me, even he fhall live by me, and I will raise him up at the last Day: For my Flesh is Meat indeed, and my Blood is Drink indeed. Thefe* Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the Beginning, &c.

Refp.] Bleffed be thy holy Name, O Lord, who hait provided the Scriptures for a Rule of our Faith, and a Comfort of the Faithful; and blessed be thy gracious Wisdom, who haft not left thy Church without a Rule to interpret them, left the Unwary and Unftable fhould pervert them to their own Destruction. Renew, O merciful Lord, a right Spirit in the World, a Spirit of Humility, and Obedience,that in reading those Sacred Books, none may prefer their pri vate Fancies before the confentient Testimony and Belief of the Church Univerfal in the pureft ancient Times; nor be obstinately perverse against their faithful Pastors, who watch for their Souls; but that all may readily fubmit to them, whom he that hears, hears Thee, and he that defpifes, defpifes Thee.

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Refp.] Fo. 6. 48. I am the Bread of Life. And (Jo. 6. 31.) Our Fathers did eat Manna. in the Wilderness, as it is written, He gave them Bread from Heaven to eat, Ver. 33. For the Bread of God is he which cometh down from Heaven, and giveth Life to the World. Then faid they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this Bread.

V. 51. I am the Living Bread which came Ꮴ down from Heaven; if any Man eat of this Bread he shall live forever; and the Bread that I will give is my Flesh, which I will give for the Life of the World: For my Flesh is Meat indeed, and my Blood is Drink indeed. These, O my dearest Saviour, are thy very Words, O evermore give us this Bread.

Thursday Lauds.

V. O God, make speed, &c. as at Sunday Lands.

Antiphon.

How great is the Multitude of thy Loving-kindnesses, which thou haft laid them that fear thee?

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PSALM LVII.

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Here, O thou boundless Ocean of
Charity! where will thy overflow-

ing Streams stay their Course ?

We,

We, and our Ingratitude, ftrive to oppofe thee; but nothing can refift thine Almighty Goodness:

When the Impiety of Man was at the Height, and their treacherous Heads plotting to betray thee:

Then did thy Wisdom mercifully confult to overcome our Malice with thy Bounty.

Immediately thou contrivedft an admirable Way, to invite all the World to a Feaft of Miracles.

A Feaft where thy Sacred Body fhould be our Food, and thy precious Blood our Drink.

A Feaft in which are continually wrought new Miracles of Love for us.

And, as if it had not been Love enough, to have given thy felf on the Cross for us; Thou haft found out a Way to give thy felf to us in the Holy Sacrament:

To unite us to thy Self with the most intimate Union that it's poffible to conceive; and which we can better feel, than exprefs.

For what greater Mercy and Bounty can be extended to us, poor Mortals, than for our Redeemer to become the very Food of our Souls?

To become the Life, the Strength, the Support and Comfort of our Souls: Nay, to become even one with me, and be unto me the very Soul of my Soul?

O Lord my God, this fo is unconceivable a Bleffing, this is fo Divine a Union;

That the very Angels, who so much defire to look into the great Mystery of our Redemption,

Do crowd about our Altars, and with awful Admiration contemplate thy wonderful Condefcention in it.

[1 Pet. 1. 12. 1 Cor. 10.]

What Thanks then, gracious Lord, can 1 return thee for thofe Wonders of Love thou haft fhewed to me a wretched Sinner; which those bleffed Angels above, who never finned, fo diligently attend, so much admire?

A Feast, where thy whole All-glorious Self is freely given to the meaneft, if truly prepar'd, Guest.

A Feast of Peace, and Love, and incomparable Sweetnefs, to which thine own blest Mouth thus calleth us;

Come to me you that labour for Holinefs, and are opprefs'd under the Weight of your Sins.

Come to me you that hunger after Heaven, and thirst to drink at the Fountain of Blifs.

Come to me, and I will refresh you with the Wine of Gladness,and the Bread of Life. Come you that are weak, that you may grow ftrong; and you that are ftrong, left you become weak.

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