A26957:178
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
The Presence-Chamber.
Fear not, O my soul, I charge thee do ⟨p. 119⟩not faint. Let not thy weakness, and the poverty of thy grace, discourage thee: •ee how thy Lord draws nigh. Fear not, I say, he will not ask thee, Friend, how camest thou hither not having on thy Wedding garment? He sees thy heart, and sees thou hast it on. Oh he comes! and it is out to whisper thee a welcome in thine ear; it is but to fall about thy neck and kiss thy be-teared cheeks, and bid thee a kind welcome to thy bleeding Lord.
Fear not, O my soul, I charge thee do ⟨p. 119⟩not faint. Let not thy weakness, and the poverty of thy grace, discourage thee: •ee how thy Lord draws nigh. Fear not, I say, he will not ask thee, Friend, how camest thou hither not having on thy Wedding garment? He sees thy heart, and sees thou hast it on. Oh he comes! and it is out to whisper thee a welcome in thine ear; it is but to fall about thy neck and kiss thy be-tear'd cheeks, and bid thee a kind welcome to thy bleeding Lord.
Soul. Oh did I think to be thus much made of! I thought he would not have minded me; but I did no sooner appear and set my feet within the doors, but he ran to meet me; he took me in his arms, he brought me hither, and set me here. Is this a house, or is it a Palace? Is this a Court for Princes, or for Angels? Never did place more ravish me into amazement than this place! Beautiful are thy gates, O Zion! O how pleasant is the habitation of the most high! Is it the place or the company that strikes me into astonishment! Now I can say, most feelingly say with David, My delights are with