A27107:914
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author
London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1695
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
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.
As thou drinkest the Wine and pourest it out of the Cup into thy Stomach, meditate and believe, that by the merits of that Blood, which Christ shed upon the Cross, all thy sins are as verily forgiven, as thou hast now drunk this Sacramental Wine, and hast it in thy stomach. And in the instant of drinking, settle thy meditation upon Christ, as he hanged upon the Cross; as if like Mary and John, thou didst see him nailed, and his Blood running down his blessed side, out of that ghastly wound, which the Spear made in his innocent heart: wishing thy mouth closed to his side, that thou mightest receive that precious Blood before it fell to the dusty Earth. And yet the actual drinking of that real Blood with thy mouth, would be nothing so† effectual, as this Sacramental drinking of that blood spiritually by Faith.
As thou drinkest the Wine and pourest it out of the Cup into thy Stomach, meditate and believe, that by the merits of that Blood, which Christ shed upon the Cross, all thy sins are as verily forgiven, as thou hast now drunk this Sacramental Wine, and hast it in thy stomach. And in the instant of drinking, settle thy meditation upon Christ, as he hanged upon the Cross; as if like Mary and John, thou didst see him nailed, and his Blood running down his blessed side, out of that gastly wound, which the Spear made in his innocent heart: wishing thy mouth closed to his side, that thou mightest receive that precious Blood before it fell to the dusty Earth. And yet the actual drinking of that real Blood with thy mouth, would be nothing so† effectual, as this Sacramental drinking of that blood spiritually by Faith.
- †If remission of sins and eternal life had been appropriated to the drinking of the real Blood, doubtless John & Mary would have made means to have drunk it: But John ascribes the virtue to believing that it was s•ed.If remission of sins and eternal life had been appropriated to the drinking of the real Blood, doubtless John & Mary would have made means to have drunk it: But J•hn ascri•es the vertue to believing that it was sed.