A26957:9
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.
I. The Memorable Person is the Lord Jesus, in his perfections, relations, and designs. Here therefore let him be considered,
1. As Man, to render him capable of sufferings, service, and contending ⟨image 3⟩with that Enemy of God and Man, who once deceived and enslaved us.
2. As the Son of Man, the chief of Humane Race, for Trials, Faithfulness and Advancement.
2. As the Son of Man, the chief of Humane Race, for Tryals, Faithfulness and Advancement.
3. As the Son of God, as essentially and most intimately one with God; as Lord of the Universe, Head over all things to his Church, and of the Church it self. The brightness of his Fathers Glory, the one Mediator; and so God's way to Man, and Man's way to God; and one deputed to undertake and perfect our Conduct, Government, and Salvation.