 We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy : grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that...  The whole works of ... John Fletcher - Page 204by John William Fletcher - 1835Full view - About this book
 | James Ussher - 1660 - 628 pages
...an allusion, viz. " Grant us gracious Lord so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood." And in Isaiah, chap. 1 ,1 II. ver. 12. the metaphor holds : " He... | |
 | 1814
...worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under his table, &c. ; we pray that we may eat his flesh and drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood, &c. (See the baptismal and sacramental serrices.) My Fellow-christians,... | |
 | 1851 - 592 pages
...Christian beholding 512 SPECIMEN OF A REVISED COMMUNION SERVICE. thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen. Tí [' Then... | |
 | John Henry Hobart - Lord's Supper - 1804 - 316 pages
...mercy : Grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. — AMEN. [The Prayer... | |
 | Thomas Scott - Religion - 1805 - 566 pages
...the Lord's supper, that outward sign of this inward life of faith in a crucified Saviour, we pray ' that ' we may so eat the flesh of Christ, and drink his * blood ; — that we may dwell in him and he in us.' — • 1 Rom. yiii, 1. xvi. 7. 1 COT. i. 30. 2 Cor xii. 2. 2 Is.... | |
 | Thomas Le Mesurier - Cults - 1808 - 492 pages
...Papists plead for? Our church, as Dr. Milner knows, believes a real, but a sacramental presence. Nay, she prays that " we may so eat the flesh of Christ and...be made clean by his body, " and our souls washed through his most precious blood," and in the very prayer of consicration it is asked of God that we... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1808 - 634 pages
...mercy : Grant us therefore, gracious Ix>rd, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood, and that we may ever ntore dwell in him, and he in den d the Bread... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 982 pages
...pray : " Grant us, therefore, Gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood ; and that we may ever dwell in him, and he in us :" implying, that... | |
 | Week - 1809 - 406 pages
...mercy : grant us therefore, gracious JLord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood, and that >ve may evermore dwell in him, and he in us Amen. KUBRICK.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Bibliography - 1809 - 290 pages
...taught by our church, as is evi'dent from our Homilies and Liturgy. We pray in the Communion Service, " that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed by his most precious blood ;" again, we pray, " that we, and all thy whole church may obtain remission... | |
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