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Monthly preparations for the Holy Communion by R.B
Monthly preparations for the Holy Communion by R.B. ; to which is added suitable meditations before, in, and after receiving ; with divine hymns in common tunes, fitted for public congregations or private families.Monthly preparations for the Holy Communion by R.B. ; to which is added suitable meditations before, in, and after receiving ; with divine hymns in common tunes, fitted for publick congregations or private families.
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1696
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
4. When the words of the Institution are read, and the Bread and Wine are solemnly consecrated, by separating them to that sacred use, and the acceptance and blessing of God is desired, admire the mercy that prepared us a Redeemer, and say, O God how wonderful is thy wisdom and thy love? How strangely dost thou glorify thy mercy over sin that gave advantage to glorify thy justice? Even thou our God whom we have offended, hast out of thy own Treasury satisfied thy own justice, and given us a Saviour by such a Miracle of Wisdom, Love, and Condescension, as men or Angels shall never be able fully to comprehend: so didst thou love the sinful world, as to give thy Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life. O thou that hast prepared us so full a remedy, and so precious a gift, sanctify these Creatures to be the Representative Body and Blood of Christ, and prepare my heart for so great a gift, and so high and holy and honourable a work.
4. When the words of the Institution are read, and the Bread and Wine are solemnly consecrated, by separating them to that sacred use, and the acceptance and blessing of God is desired, admire the mercy that prepared us a Redeemer, and say, O God how wonderful is thy wisdom and thy love? How strangely dost thou glorifie thy mercy over sin that gave advantage to glorifie thy justice? Even thou our God whom we have offended, hast out of thy own Treasury satisfied thy own justice, and given us a Saviour by such a Miracle of Wisdom, Love, and Condescention, as men or Angels shall never be able fully to comprehend: so didst thou love the sinful world, as to give thy Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life. O thou that hast prepared us so full a remedy, and so pretious a gift, sanctifie these Creatures to be the Representative Body and Blood of Christ, and prepare my heart for so great a gift, and so high and holy and honourable a work.
5. When you behold the Consecrated Bread and Wine, discern the Lords Body, and reverence it as the Representative Body ⟨p. 46⟩