A26957:223
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.
VI. Open thine Eye, here Jesus stands, He looks, he breathes, he moves: By Faith thou mayest discern him plain, In this sweet Feast of Loves. And art thou here indeed, my Lord! Draw nearer yet to me, And nearer, nearer, my dear Lord; Too near thou canst not be.
VI. Open thine Eye, here Jesus stands, He looks, he breathes, he moves: By Faith thou may'st discern him plain, In this sweet Feast of Loves. And art thou here indeed, my Lord! Draw nearer yet to me, And nearer, nearer, my dear Lord; Too near thou canst not be.
VII. Come my Beloved, let me view Thy beauteous lovely face; Thee I would fold in arms of love, Fain I would thee embrace. I feel, I feel a flame within, Dear Lord, I thee admire; Thy sparkling beauty which I see, Hath set me all on fire.
VIII. Thy kind looks have me overcome, The glances of thine Eye, Sweetly my Soul transported have, I feel an ecstasy. Unutterable Joys I feel, How sweet! how sweet! how sweet […] ⟨p. 150⟩[…]⟨p. 251⟩ ⟨p. 152⟩Is this taste of thy Love, whilst I And my Beloved meet!
VIII. Thy kind looks have me overcome, The glances of thine Eye, Sweetly my Soul transported have, I feel an extasie. Unutterable Joys I feel, How sweet! how sweet! how sweet 〈…〉