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First, There is an Historical Remembrance of the Lord Jesus to be had at his Holy Table. The Elements and the Actions in the Sacrament all serve to represent the History of the Lord Jesus Christ unto us, and we should therefore so sit in the Meeting house, as that we may see those Elements and Actions during the whole Administration. Having before-hand read the History of the Lord Jesus in the Scripture; we are now to read it over again in the Supper and accompany him from His Birth to his Grave with our Meditations. Remember now the Incarnation and the following Humiliation of the Lord Jesus Christ, in all the parts of it; and Remember especially the Agonies of his Bloody Passion, When his Soul was made an Offering for Sin. Remember the Shame cast on the Lord Jesus, when He was Accused and Reproached as the greatest Criminal; Hurried from Court to Court with the Clamours of a whole Nation against him; and at last Hanged between a couple of Enormous Malefactors. Remember the Pain felt by the Lord Jesus, when the heavy Fists and lead •n Thongs of the Soldiers tore His flesh from His Bones; and after the cruel jerk of the Cross into the Ground with Him Nailed unto it, the Horrid ⟨p. 153⟩Anguish of divers Hours caused Him to give up the Ghost. Remember the Soul-Torments endured by the Lord Jesus, when the Terrors of His mind fetched from Him a Sweat of Blood, tho' He were then in a cold Night grovelling on the cold Earth; and when His Roarings were My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? O Remember the horrible sufferings of the Lord; Hear the Echo's of His Groans, and look again into every one of His Grievous, Hideous Wounds and Imagine that you have like Joseph of Arimathea, His Dead Body all Ghastly, and Bloody in your Arms.

First, There is an Historical Remembrance of the Lord Jesus to be had at his Holy Table. The Elements and the Actions in the Sacrament all serve to represent the History of the Lord Jesus Christ unto us, and we should therefore so sit in the Meeting house, as that we may see those Elements and Actions during the whole Administration. Having before-hand read the History of the Lord Jesus in the Scripture; we are now to read it over again in the Supper and accompany him from His Birth to his Grave with our Meditations. Remember now the Incarnation and the following Humiliation of the Lord Jesus Christ, in all the parts of it; and Remember especially the Agonies of his Bloody Passion, When his Soul was made an Offering for Sin. Remember the Shame cast on the Lord Jesus, when He was Accused and Reproached as the greatest Criminal; Hurried from Court to Court with the Clamours of a whole Nation against him; and at last Hanged between a couple of Enourmous Malefactors. Remember the Pain felt by the Lord Jesus, when the heavy Fists and lead n Thongs of the Souldiers tore His flesh from His Bones; and after the cruel jerk of the Cross into the Ground with Him Nailed unto it, the Horrid