broken, and blood shed for us, where thou, dearest Jesus, dost freely give thyself to the meanest guest; a feast of peace and love, and incomparable sweetness, to which thou hast thus kindly invited us.

· III. Come to me, ye that labour for holiness, and are oppressed under the weight of your sins; ye that hunger after Heaven, and thirst to drink of the fountain of bliss, come to me, and I will refresh you with the wine of gladness and the bread of life.

IV. But stay, am I arrayed like a friend of the Bridegroom, that I may safely come to this marriage-supper?-have I considered how chaste those eyes should be, which go to behold the God of purity?-have I considered how clean that mouth should be, which presumes to eat the bread of Heaven?-but most of all, have I considered how all-celestial that Soul should be, which aspires to a union with the body of Christ,

V. Look, my heart, look well into thyself, and strictly search every corner of thy breast :— alas! how poor, and dull, and empty are we; how infinitely unworthy of so divine a Sacrament!-yet are we called by him that can command, by him that sees and pities our infirmities: he bids us come, he surely will receive us, and with his bounteous fulness supply our defects.

VI. Go then, my Soul, to that sacred table, and take thy part of that delicious banquet; go full of that divine love, that joy, that hope, and drink of that spring of eternal life :and when thou hast tasted the everlasting sweetness of that holy Sacrament, thou shalt feel the heavenly streams flowing into thy truly repenting heart.

VII. There let them even sink to the root, and turn thy barren soil into a fruitful land, fruitful in holy thoughts, and pious words, fruitful in good and just, and charitable deeds, fruitful to thyself in thy own improvement, fruitful to others in thy good example. Praise the Lord, O my Soul, and all that is within me praise his holy name, whọ saveth thy life from destruction, and feedeth thee with the bread of Heaven, which is administered to the worthy Receiver in the Holy Sacrament.

A Prayer

A Prayer on SATURDAY Morning, for pardon and grace to resist temptations, that our receiving the holy Sacrament may be found acceptable in the sight of God.

Pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. Exod. xxxiv. 9.

ALMIGHTY GOD, who art of purer eyes than to behold iniquity, who canst not look favourably upon sinners, neither shall any evil dwell with thee: how shall I, a guilty depraved creature, dare to approach thy -presence! I blush, O Lord, to lift up my eyes towards Heaven; to me belongs nothing but shame and confusion of face, under which I ought to lie down before thee, if I reflect ed only upon the baseness of my descent, being the offspring of disloyal parents, who were rebels and traitors against thy divine majesty with what dejection of spirit then ought I to think of and mention all those offences where by I have justified that first rebellion, and still taken part with the Devil and his Angels, against thee and the motions of thy Holy Spi rit in my heart!

Wretched man that I am, who shali deliver me from this bond of death, from this bondage of corruption? thy grace, I know, O Lord, is sufficient for me, and thy Son

mighty to save me; his office is to save his people from their sins; for this end he gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people, zealous of good works. O let the blood of Christ, who through the Eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge my Conscience from dead works to serve thee, the living God, Assist me by thy grace, that I may not only abominate all vices, but also hate the garments infected with sin, and abstain from all appearance of evil. And do thou, O God of Peace, sanctify me wholly, that my Spirit, Soul, and Body, may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Here observe the Directions given in page 8.

THE MEDITATION for SATURDAY EVENING. On my unworthiness to come to the Holy Sa

crament.

Whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord. 1 Cor. xi. 27. That is of irre

verence towards it.

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I. MY Soul, thou perceivest that my transgressions are innumerable, and the weight of them is intolerable:that my

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imperfections are shameful, my nature corrupted, cross and perverse, and almost every temptation draws me from my God: that my sins both of omission and commission cry aloud against me, and are a burden too heavy for me to bear: what, therefore, can I do, what can I say unto thee? let me fly unto the preserver of men, and confess that I am so vile, I cannot express it; so loathsome and detestable, that I even abhor myself for my iniquities.

II. O my soul, make no long tarrying, for we can't expect that his purer eyes should condescend to look upon me, or that he should extend his saviour to so impure a wretch, as I find myself to be. And should he leave me to myself, I were utterly undone beyond all hope, or so much as possibility of recovery But,

III. Blessed, for ever blessed be thy name, O God! who hast opened a fountain for sin., and uncleanness, and encouraged the very worst of men to hope for mercy upon their sincere conversion and amendment; hast sent thy dearly beloved Son to take upon him our nature, and to call, not the righteous, but sinners, to repentance; and hast bid all those come unto thee that are weary and heavy laden. Conscious therefore of my own unworthiness and guilt, I come trembling unto thee;

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