Immediately after the Morning, and before the commencement of the Post-Communion Service, let this Psalm, and these Prayers be used.

Psalm.

PRAISE the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits;

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities;

Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with mercy and lovingkindness.

What reward, then, 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.

I will wash my hands in innocency, and so will I go to his altar;

That I

may shew the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all his wondrous works.

I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people, in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.

For Divine Assistance during the Celebration.

O eternal and almighty God, by whose bounty and goodness I have now an opportunity afforded me of approaching thy Table, and of pleading before Thee the allsufficient merits of the death and passion of thy Son, Jesus Christ; assist me with thy Holy Spirit in the due discharge of this bounden duty and service. that nothing, during this solemn action, may make me unmindful of that respect and reverence, which I owe to thy divine Majesty, or of that seriousness and atten. tion, which becometh the celebration of these holy mysteries. Fill my heart with

Grant,

such an awe of thy presence, as may enable me to fix my wandering thoughts, compose my disorderly affections, and stir up my faint and languid desires. And grant, O Lord, that I may have such a sense of my Savior's sufferings, that my soul may be filled with love and gratitude towards him for the inestimable benefits which He has purchased for me; that I may have such a knowledge of my sins, which occasioned all his sorrows, as heartily to bewail and detest them; such a faith in that full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation and satisfaction, made upon the cross for the sins of the world, as to render Thee gracious and propitious to me; such a conviction of mine own weakness and insufficiency, as may procure thy gracious assistance; and such an earnest desire of being made conformable to thy holy will, as may transform me into thy divine image, and make me to continue thy faithful servant, during the remainder of my life. Grant this, I be

seech Thee, through the merits and mediation of thy Son, Jesus Christ.

For a worthy Participation.

O Lord Jesu Christ, who hast of thine infinite mercy vouchsafed to ordain and institute this Sacrament, for a perpetual memorial of that blessed sacrifice, which Thou once madest for us on the cross, I give Thee most hearty and unfeigned thanks for such great and exceeding love, in having thus purchased for me the blessings of eternal life. Enable me, I beseech Thee, to participate in these holy mysteries with such a lively remembrance of thy death, as may make me reflect on the nature of that sin which occasioned it, and the benefits resulting from it, if I be not wanting to myself; and with such a due reverence, as to be made worthy, by thy grace, to obtain that degree of holi

ness, without which no man shall see the Lord; which I entreat for thy merits, who art mine only Savior, God from everlasting, and world without end.

Before the Minister begins the Offertory.

For Charity.

O Lord, who hast taught us that all our doings without Charity are nothing worth; Send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee. Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake.