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Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…
Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in the churches of New-England. : With interspersed and instructive reflections on the discipline of the primitive churches. : [Seven lines from Ezekiel]
Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726
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With a short Passage equivalent unto the Sursum Corda of the Ancients, [which, by the Way, confutes Transubstantiation] he bespeaks their Attention. But then, either he reads the whole Paragraph, Luk. XXII. 19, 20. Or, 1 Cor. XI. 23, 24, 25, 26. Or else, Makes the Recitation by Parcels. First, he says, Our Lord JESUS CHRIST in the Night wherein he was betrayed, took BREAD. Upon so saying he touches with his Hand the Loaves of Bread in the Dishes, (or takes the Dishes towards him) now before him, uncovered, where they were aforehand fitted, easily to be broken in Pieces.
He adds; And HE BLESSED it;—whereupon the Communicants now standing up, he now poureth out a Prayer before the Lord, filled with ⟨p. 98⟩the Acknowledgements of the Evangelical Truths, which this Institution invites us to think upon; and Supplications for the Divine Blessing, upon that Part of the Sacrament, now before them, and upon themselves in the Receiving of it. I may describe the Prayer in the Words of Justin Martyr; The Minister gives Praise and Glory to the Lord of all, through' the Son and the Holy Spirit; and in a large Manner renders particular Thanks for the present Mercies; who when he has ended his Prayers and Praises, the People say, Amen.
He adds; And HE BLESSED it;—whereupon the Communicants now standing up, he now poureth out a Prayer before the Lord, filled with ⟨p. 98⟩the Acknowledgements of the Evangelical Truths, which this Institution invites us to think upon; and Supplications for the Divine Blessing, upon that Part of the Sacrament, now before them, and upon themselves in the Receiving of it. I may describe the Prayer in the Words of Justin Martyr; The Minister gives Praise and Glory to the Lord of all, thro' the Son and the Holy Spirit; and in a large Manner renders particular Thanks for the present Mercies; who when he has ended his Prayers and Praises, the People say, Amen.