A26957:81
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.
2. When this is done you are also to ⟨p. 32⟩try the strength and measure of your Grace; that you may perceive your weakness, and know for what help you should seek to Christ. And to find out what inward corruptions and sinful inclinations are yet strongest in you, that you may know what to lament, and to ask forgiveness of, and help against. My Book called Directions for weak Christians, will give you fuller advice in this.
3. You are also to take a strict account of your lives; and to look over your dealings with God and Men, in secret and public, especially of late, since the last renewal of your Covenant with God, and to hear what God and Conscience have to say about your sins and all their aggravations, Psal. 139. 23. 1 Cor. 11. 28.
3. You are also to take a strict account of your lives; and to look over your dealings with God and Men, in secret and publick, especially of late, since the last renewal of your Covenant with God, and to hear what God and Conscience have to say about your sins and all their aggravations, Psal. 139. 23. 1 Cor. 11. 28.
4. And you must labour to get your hearts affected with your condition, as you do discover it. To be humbled for what is sinful, and to be desirous of help against your weakness, and thankful for the Grace which you discern.