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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
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.
II. Let judgment weigh the argument, Let fancy it adorn, Let memory bring forth its store, Thoughts, offer your first-born. God did assume the shape of Man, With flesh his glory veiled, ⟨p. 150⟩Himself he humbled unto death. He to the Cross was nailed.
II. Let judgment weigh the argument, Let fancy it adorn, Let memory bring forth its store, Thoughts, offer your first-born. God did assume the shape of Man, With flesh his glory vail'd, ⟨p. 150⟩Himself he humbled unto death. He to the Cross was nail'd.
III. Made sin, us to acquit from sin; Accursed, us to bless, Of Righteousness he wrought a Robe To hide our nakedness. Darling of Heaven he was and is, The Father's chief delight: Angels wonder, the Saints above Are ravished at his sight.
III. Made sin, us to acquit from sin; Accursed, us to bless, Of Righteousness he wrought a Robe To hide our nakedness. Darling of Heaven he was and is, The Father's chief delight: Angels wonder, the Saints above Are ravish'd at his sight.
IV. Arrayed he is with Majesty, Angels do him attend; All power is his in Heaven and Earth, All to his Sceptre bend. A glorious Crown is on his head Most lovely is his face, Treasures of wisdom are with him, For us he's stored with grace.
IV. Array'd he is with Majesty, Angels do him attend; All pow'r is his in Heaven and Earth, All to his Scepter bend. A glorious Crown is on his head Most lovely is his face, Treasures of wisdom are with him, For us he's stor'd with grace.