The Practice of Piety

Secondly, as Abraham, when he went •p to thy Mount, ¹to sacrifice Isaac his Son, left his Servants beneath in the Valley: so when thou comest to the Spiritual Sacrifice of the Lords Supper, lay aside all earthly thoughts and cogitations: that thou mayest ⟨p. 742⟩wholly contemplate of Christ, and offer up thy Soul unto him, who sacrificed both his Soul and Body for thee.

Secondly, as Abraham, vvhen hee vvent •p to thy Mount, ¹to sacrifice Isaak his Sonne, left his Seruants beneath in the Valley: so vvhen thou commest to the Spirituall Sacrifice of the Lords Supper, lay aside all earthly thoughts and cogitations: that thou maist ⟨p. 742⟩wholy contemplate of Christ, and offer vp thy Soule vnto him, vvho sacrificed both his Soule and Body for thee.

1. 1Gen. 22.5.

Thirdly, meditate with thy self, how precious and venerable is the Body and Blood of the Son of God, who is the Ruler of Heaven and Earth, the Lord, at whose beck the Angels tremble: and by whom both the quick and dead shall be judged at the last day, and thou among the rest. And how that it is he, who having been crucified for thy sins, offereth now to be received by faith into thy soul. On the other side consider how sinful a Creature thou art: how altogether unworthy of so holy a Guest: how ⟨p. 743⟩