An oversight, and deliberation upon the holy prophet JonahAn ouersight, and deliberacion vpon the holy prophete Ionas

The duty of the receiver resteth in three parts. To say: what he should do before the receiving of the Sacrament, what he should do in y• receiving of it, & what after the receiving of it. Before the receiving he should prepare and make ready his mind, as the commandment of S. Paul is, i. Cor. xi. let the man prove and search himself, and so forth. And this may be done two manner of ⟨p. cxlv⟩ways. First towards God, then towards man.

THe dewti of the receauer resteth in thre partes. To saye: what he shuld do before the receauyng of the Sacramente, what he shuld do in y• receauing of it, & what after the receauyng of it. Before the receauing he shuld prepare and make ready hys mynde, as the commaundemēt of S. Paul is, i. Cor. xi. let the man proue and searche hymselfe, and so forthe. And thys maye be doone twoo maner of ⟨p. cxlv⟩wayes. Fyrst towardes God, then towardes man.

Towards God he should from the bottom of his heart, confess his faults and sins, and acknowledge his just con damnation: then should he persuade him self by true and lively faith, that God would be merciful unto him for y• death of his dear beloved son Jesus Christ, done in his body torn, and in his blood shed.

Towardes God he shulde from the botome of hys heart, confesse his faults and sinnes, and acknowledge hys iust cō demnacion: then shuld he perswade him selfe by true and liuely fayth, that God would be mercyful vnto him for y• death of hys dere beloued sōn Iesus Christ, done in his body torne, and in hys blud shedde.