Oh, Let thy Blood flow upon my wounded Soul, that I may become a found Member of thy Mystical • Body!

At the Minifter's laying his Hand on the Bread.

: O Bleffed Saviour! Lay thy Hand upon my Soul, that all my Distempers may depart from me! Or,

C Oh, lay hold on my Soul, as the Angel did on Lot! "Save me from the Flames, and let me escape into the Mount of God, that I perish not!

At the Minister's breaking the Bread.

O Lord Jefu! In fuffering thy Body to be broken for my Sins, I fee the Vehemence, the Strength, and Fervour of thy Love: Oh, make me all Love, all Fervour, all Charity! Or,

C Oh, break the united Forces of my Sins; scatter them by thy mighty Arm. Gather the broken Planks of Vertue in my Soul; unite them, make them whole, and strong, and fecure against the Fury of Winds and Tempefts.

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At the Minister's pronouncing the Words,

This is my Body.

Lord! Let me look off from these material Things; and fhew me Things invifible and Heavenly! Or,

O Lord! The Benefits of thy wounded Body, my Soul longs for. Oh, fay, they fhall be thy Portion!

At the Minister's touching the Cup.

Lord! Touch my Soul, that it may feel the Power of thy fuper-abundant Charity! Or,

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Oh! Touch me, as thou didst the Blind of old, that I may fee the Bowels of thy Compaffion, and rejoyce in the glorious Sight!

At the Minister's pronouncing the Words,
This is my Blood.

Lord! My Sou! wants Wine of another Nature, than is in this Cup: Oh, wafh it and cleanfe it, and < purifie it in thy Blood! Or,

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Lord! Speak thou to my Soul, and fay,I will, be theh • clean!

At the Receiving of the Bread.

'Lord! Let thy Death be my Life! And the Bread reprefented by this Bread, fend me into Everlasting • Life! Or,

Lord! as thou haft provided Food for my Soul, fo give me a Taste and Relish alfo of this Food, and a Tongue to praise thy Name for ever. Or,

Lord! As thou haft given thy Body for me, fo I freely offer my Soul and Body, as Living Sacrifices, to thy Majesty!

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At the Receiving of the Cup.

Lord! Nothing is more precious than thy Blood! Oh! Let it warm my Heart, that it may comply with thy Will, without wavering! Or,

Lord! Bid me look upon thy Blood; and in thy Blood, upon the Reconciliation wrought by it, to the Comfort and Edification of my Soul! Or,

C O Lord! I am heavy laden, and my Pollutions are great! And as thy Blood alone can remove that Burthen, fo free me from thofe Spots and Wrinkles which make me look deformed in thy fight !

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CHA P. XXVIII.

Of the proper Acts of Devotion, after we have Received.

The CONTENTS.

The Time that is left after our Perfonal Receiving, before all have communicated,is not to be spent inGazing or Looking about. Acts of Devotion to be used after Receiving, and relating to the Wifdom, Mercy, Liberality, Love, Goodnefs, Greatness, and Majesty of God, to our own Vileness and Unworthiness, &c.

T falls out fo often, that when we have communicated, and our Souls have been fed at this Table, a confiderable space of Time remains, before the united Praifes and Thanksgivings of the Congregation begin again. This Time, be it more or lefs, muft not be spent in looking about, or in fitting ftill, or in thinking of what Objects our Fancy is pleased to offer and present to us; but in holy Afpirations. And that the Communicant may know how to employ himfelf in that Interval, it may not be amifs to fet down fome pious-and proper Ejaculations, whereby he may exercife his Mind according as Time will permit.

I.

O God! Thy Love in Christ Jefus deferves to be praised, admired, and magnified! There is all that in it, which can engage a Soul to break forth into Praises, and Hallelujahs! There is Beauty, Wisdom, Condefention, Mercy, Liberality, Sweetness, Power, Great

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nefs, Majefty in it, and all these in the highest Degree; 'which would force even a dumb Man to fpeak of thy Glory!

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II.

"I adore thee, O Holy, Blessed, and Glorious Trini for that infinite Care of my immortal Soul, which I fee in all thy Proceedings, and Tranfactions; and particularly, in the Cross of my dearest Redeemer ! Here thou feemeft to empty all thy Stores, and pourest out thy Graces abundantly upon the Heads and Hearts of thy Servants. Behold! Blefs ye the Lord, all ye Servants of the Lord, which by Night stand in the "House of the Lord! Lift up your Hands in the San&tuary, and blefs the Lord. The Lord that made Heaven and Earth, hath blessed us out of Zion!

'O Charming Son of God! I alone am not able fuf'ficiently to praise thee; and therefore I wish that every Drop of the Ocean, every Grain of Sand, every Leaf of the Trees of the Field, and every Sprig of · Herbs, and all the Creatures that ever were, or are, or fhall be, might be turn'd into Seraphick Tongues, to praise thee!

IV.

Ofefu! When I behold thy wonderful Love, how it hath bowed, how it hath fooped to fo mean a "Creature as I am, the Thoughts of it force my Soul into the humbleft and deepest Proftrations. Thou art Beauty, I am Deformity; Thou art Wisdom, I am Ignorance; Thou art Light, I am Darkness ; Thou art Omnipotence, I am feeble; Thou art Purity, I am Filth and Dung; Thou art rich, Iam Poverty it felf; Thou art happy, I am Mifery it felf; Thou art Perfection, I am Weakness; Thou art All in All, I am nothing!

V.

'O Bleffed Saviour! When I fee how Men fall in 'love with a mortal and fading Beauty, which to Day fhines bright as the Sun, to Morrow, by Sickness or

'Death,

'Death is all tarnish'd and decay'd, how do I blame my felf, that I do not love thee better, whofe Beauty, like thy Crown, is immarceffible; Ages cannot change it, neither Heat nor Cold can alter it. Thou art beautiful in thy Body, beautiful in thy Soul, but infinitely beautiful in thy Divinity. Nothing deferves to be loved, or praised, if thou dost not.

VI.

¿ Oh, how blind are poor Mortals, who are fo very fond of Honours, Riches, curious Palaces, Gardens, Pleasures, Mulick, Rarities, Colours, Herbs, Flowers, Stones and Minerals! Great Conqueror of my Soul! 'Thou art more honourable, more amiable,more sweet, more pleasant, more agreeable, more Delicious, more harmonious to my Soul than all thefe! Thy Excellency cannot, by fearching, be found out!

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i O Lamb of God! With the Four and Twenty Elders, I fall down before thy Throne, and cry Blessing, and Praife, and Honour, and Wifdem be unto the Lamb for ever and ever; for thou waft flain, and haft redeemed us to God, by thy Blood, out of every Kindred, and Tongue, and People and Nation!

VIII.

O God of Glory! I beseech thee remove from me all those things which would hinder me from glorifying thee! remove from me an unfteady mind, that I may glorify thee in Poverty, as well as in Plenty; in Adverfity, as well as Profperity; in Defertions, as well as in Confolations; in Difgrace, as well as in Honour, Let me look upon both Conditions,as coming from the fame good Hand of Providence, and let that be an everlafting Motive to me to fhew forth thy Glory.

IX.

O God and Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift! I de fire to glorifie thee in this World, and in that to come, with Men here, and with Angels hereafter. Give me the Grace of Continuance in Magnifying thy Name, thy Goodness,and thy Charity, while I am in this bar

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