O Lord, my God, & my Father, even from the bottom of my heart, and with all my soul, I yield thee praise and thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to enlarge so great a benefit to me miserable sinner, as to have drawn, ⟨image 84⟩and received me into the sacred Communion of thy son Jesus Christ my saviour. The heaven of heavens are not able to comprehend him, yet doth he so far honour us, as to vouchsafe to communicate with us, yea even to enter into us (poor worms of the earth.) For such was thy good pleasure, (O Lord) to deliver him once to the death, for the redemption of thy elect; and as to every one of them, so doest thou this ⟨image 84⟩day give him to me, to be my food and spiritual sustenance, that I may live of him, and in him, blessed both in body & soul eternally. I beseech thee therefore, O merciful Father, so to bless in me, this holy and mystical action, that my unworthiness make it not unprofitable unto me, & that the precious blood of thy son, be not in vain shed for me, and offered me to drink: but that washed in the same, and cleansed from ⟨image 85⟩my sins, I may obtain that justification, and holiness, that beseemeth thy children, who have this most holy one to be their host, and head, & thy spirit for their light. Let me not be so wretched, as to abuse these sacred meats, which thou dost communicate to thy household of faith only, the provision whereof cost thy well beloved son Jesus so deer. Rather (my God) grant that in true efficacy I may participate in this ⟨image 85⟩sacrament of his body to increase in faith & love, and all other thy gifts, that I may never abandon thy holy covenant. Alas! whither should I go but to thee, the fountain of eternal life, by Christ, who is the fullness thereof, and by whom it runneth into us? Cast from me all carnal cogitations and delights, and all these earthly baits, which turn to gall and corruption, because I have in my bowels an incorruptible food, more ⟨image 86⟩sweeter then honey, the bread of Angels, the bread of heaven, the bread of life, which with out any sacrament we shall feed on above, without end; where Christ, according to his promise, shall, with us, drink the fruit of the new vine, yielding up unto thee, the kingdom, O eternal God, that thou mayest be all in all.
O Lorde, my God, & my Father, euen from the bottome of my heart, and with all my soule, I yeelde thee praise and thankes, for that it hath pleased thee to enlarge so great a benefite to mee miserable sinner, as to haue drawn, ⟨image 84⟩and receiued mee into the sacred Communion of thy son Iesus Christ my sauiour. The heauen of heauens are not able to comprehend him, yet doth he so farre honour vs, as to vouchsafe to communicate with vs, yea euen to enter into vs (poore wormes of the earth.) For such was thy good pleasure, (O Lord) to deliuer him once to the death, for the redemption of thy elect; and as to euery one of them, so doest thou this ⟨image 84⟩day giue him to mee, to be my foode and spirituall sustenance, that I may liue of him, and in him, blessed both in body & soule eternally. I beseech thee therefore, O mercifull Father, so to blesse in me, this holy and mysticall action, that my vnworthinesse make it not vnprofitable vnto me, & that the pretious bloud of thy sonne, bee not in vaine shed for mee, and offered me to drinke: but that washed in the same, and cleansed from ⟨image 85⟩my sinnes, I may obtain that iustification, and holines, that beseemeth thy children, who haue this most holy one to be their hoste, and head, & thy spirit for their light. Let me not be so wretched, as to abuse these sacred meates, which thou dost communicate to thy houshold of faith onely, the prouision whereof cost thy welbeloued son Iesus so deere. Rather (my God) grant that in true efficacie I may participate in this ⟨image 85⟩sacrament of his body to encrease in faith & loue, and all other thy gifts, that I may neuer abandon thy holy couenant. Alas! whither should I go but to thee, the fountaine of eternall life, by Christ, who is the fulnes thereof, and by whom it runneth into vs? Cast from me all carnall cogitations and delights, and all these earthly baites, which turne to gall and corruption, because I haue in my bowels an incorruptible foode, more ⟨image 86⟩sweeter then honny, the bread of Angels, the bread of heauen, the bread of life, which with out any sacrament wee shall feede on aboue, without ende; where Christ, according to his promise, shall, with vs, drinke the fruite of the new vine, yeelding vppe vnto thee, the kingdome, O eternal God, that thou maist be all in all.
