us and not only fhew this in word, but alfo in very deed towards one another. Hereto affift us, the Almighty God and Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, through his holy Spirit, AMEN. That we may obtain all this, let us humble ourfelves before God, and with true faith implore his grace. Moft merciful God and Father, we beseech thee, that thou wilt be pleafed in this fupper (in which we celebrate the glorious remembrance of the bitter death of thy beloved Son Jefus Chrift) to work in our hearts through thy holy Spirit, that we may daily more and more with true confidence, give ourselves up unto thy Son Jefus Chrift, that our afflicted and contrite hearts, through the power of the Holy Ghoft may be fed and comforted with his true body and blood; yea, with him, true God and man, that only heavenly bread: and that we may no longer live in our fins, but he in us, and we in him, and thus truly be made partakers of the new and everlasting teftament, and of the covenant of grace. That we may not doubt but thou wilt for ever be our gracious Father, never more imputing our fins unto us, and providing us with all things neceffary as well for the body as the foul, as thy belov ed children and heirs; grant us alfo thy grace, that we may take upon us our cross cheerfully, deny our felves, confefs our Saviour, and in all tribulations with uplifted heads expect our Lord Jefus Chrift from heaven, where he will make our mortal bodies like unto his most glorious body, and take us unto him in eternity, Amen. Our Father, &c. Strengthen us alfo by this holy fupper in the Catholic undoubted Chriftian faith, whereof we make confeffion with our mouths and hearts, faying, I : Believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth and in Jefus Chrift his only Son our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Ghoft, born of the Virgin Mary, fuffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried, he defcended into hell: the third day he rose again from the dead, he afcended into heaven, and fitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty: from thence he fhall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghoft: the Holy Catholic church: the communion of faints: the forgiveness of fins; the refurrection of the body; and the life everlafting, Amen. That we may be now fed with the trae heavenly bread Chrift Jefus, let us not cleave with our hearts unto the external bread and wine, but lift them up on high in heaven, where Chrift Jefus is our advocate, at the right hand of his heavenly Father, whither alfo the articles of our faith lead us; not doubting but we shall as certainly be fed and and refreshed in our fouls through the working of the Holy Ghost with his body and blood, as we receive the holy bread and wine in remembrance of him. In breaking and diftributing the bread, the The bread which we break, is the communion of the body of Christ. (And when he giveth the cup ) The cup of bleffing, with which we blefs, is the communion of the blood of Chrift. During the communion, there fhall or may be After the Communion, the Beloved in the Lord, fince the Lord hath now fed our fouls at his table, let us therefore jointly praise his holy name with thanksgiving, and every one fay in his heart, thus, Blefs the Lord, O my foul; and all that is within me, blefs his holy name. Blefs the Lord, O my foul, and forget not all his benefits. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy difeafes. Who redemeth thy life from deftruction, who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender inercies. The Lord is merciful and gracious, flow to anger and plenteous in mercy. He hath not dealt with us after our fins, nor rewardeth us according to our iniquities. Far as the heaven is high above the earth, fo great is his mercy towards them that fear him. As far as the Eaft is from the Weft, fo far hath he removed our tranfgreffions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, fo the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Who hath not spared his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, and given us all things with him. Therefore God commendeth therewith his love towards us, in that while we were yet finners, Christ died for us; much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be faved from wrath through him: for if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son: much more being reconciled, we fhall be faved by his life. Therefore shall my mouth and heart fhew forth the praise of the Lord from this time forth for evermore, Amen. Let every one fay with an attentive heart, ALMIGHTY, merciful God and Father, we render thee most humble and hearty thanks, that thou haft of thy infinite mercy, given us thine only begotten Son, for a Mediator and a fa crifice for our fins, and to be our meat and drink unto life eternal, and that thou giveft us a lively faith, whereby we are made partakers of fuch of thy benenefits-thou haft alfo been pleased, that thy beloved Son Jefus Chrift should institute and ordain his holy fupper for the confirmation of the fame: grant we befeech thee O faithful God and Father, that though the operation of thy Holy Spirit, the commemoration of the death of our Lord Jefus Chrift, may tend to the daily increase of our faith and faving fellowship with him, through Jefus Chrift thy Son, in whofe name we conclude our prayers, faying, Our Father, &c. The end of the Adminiftration of the LORD'S SUPPER. B The FORM of ELOVED in the Lord Jefus Chrift; it is known unto you, that we have feveral times, and by feveral methods declared unto you the great fiu committed, and the heinous offence given by our fellowmember N, to the end that he, by your chriftian admonitions, and prayers to God, might be brought to. repentance, and fo be freed from the bonds of the |