Monthly preparations for the Holy Communion by R.B

5. When you behold the Consecrated Bread and Wine, discern the Lords Body, and reverence it as the Representative Body ⟨p. 46⟩and Blood of Jesus Christ; and take heed of Profaning it, by looking on it as common Bread and Wine; Though it be not Transubstantiate, but still is very Bread and Wine in its Natural being, yet it is Christs Body and Blood in representation and effect. Look on it as the consecrated Bread of life, which with the quickening Spirit must nourish you to life eternal.

5. When you behold the Consecrated Bread and Wine, discern the Lords Body, and reverence it as the Reprsentative Body ⟨p. 46⟩and Blood of Jesus Christ; and take heed of Prophaning it, by looking on it as common Bread and VVine; Though it be not Transubstantiate, but still is very Bread and VVine in its Natural being, yet it is Christs Body and Blood in representation and effect. Look on it as the consecrated Bread of life, which with the quickning Spirit must nourish you to life eternal.

6. When you see the Breaking of the Bread, and the Pouring out of the Wine, let Repentance, and Love, and Desire; and Thankfulness, thus work within you. O wondrous Love! O hateful sin! How merciful, Lord, hast thou been to sinners? & how cruel have we been to our selves & thee? Could Love stoop lower? Could God be merciful at a dearer rate? Could my sin have done a more horrid deed, than put to death the Son of God? How small a matter hath tempted me to that, which must cost so dear before it was forgiven? How dear payed my Saviour for that, which I might have avoided at a very cheap rate? At how low a price have I valued his Blood, when I have sinned and sinned again for ⟨p. 47⟩nothing! This is my doing! My sins were the Thorns, the Nails, the Spear! Can a Murderer of Christ be a small offender? O dreadful justice! It was I and such other sinners that deserved to bear the punishment who were guilty of the sin; and to have been fuel for the unquenchable flames for ever. O precious Sacrifice! O hateful sin! O gracious Saviour! how can mans dull and narrow heart, be duly affected with such transcendent things? or Heaven make its due impression upon an inch of flesh! Shall I ever again have a dull apprehension of such Love? Or ever have a favourable thought of sin? Or ever have a fearless thought of justice? O break or melt this hardened heart, that it may be somewhat conformed to my crucified Lord! The tears of Love and true Repentance are easier than the flames from which I am redeemed. O hide me in these wounds, and wash me in this precious blood! This is the Sacrifice in which I trust: This is the Righteousness by which I must be justified, and saved from the Curse of thy violated Law! As thou hast accepted this, O Father, for the world, upon the Cross, Behold it (till on