Prayer, the Day on which you are to receive.

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Directions in Time of Receiving.

N Time of receiving, good Philotheus, labour all you can to keep your Heart affected with the publick Prayers, and to fill up all the vacant Minutes with holy Ejaculations, fuch as these which follow:

At going to the Altar.

N the Multitude of thy Mercies,

I Lord God, do I now approach

thy Altar: O pardon my Sins, and receive me graciously. Amen, Amen.

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At the Offertory.

Leffed be thou, O Lord God; for all Things come of Thee, and of thy own do I now give thee, 1 Chron. xxix. 14.

O let this Alms be an Odour of a fweet Smell, a Sacrifice acceptable and well-pleafing to thee, Phil. iv. 18.

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At Confecration.

Bleffed Jefu, in the Bread broken, I call to Mind thy Body torn with Whips, and Thorns, and Nails; and in the Wine poured out, I call to Mind thy precious Blood, fhed for my Sins.

Glory be to thee, O Lamb of God, that didft offer thyfelf a Sacrifice to take away the Sins of the whole World: Lord, have Mercy on me, and take away mine alfo.

Whilst others are Communicating.
My God, whom have I in Hea-

ven but thee? And there is none on Earth I defire in Comparison of thee, Pfal. Ixxiii. 25.

As the Hart panteth after the WaterBrooks, fo panteth my Soul after thee, O God, Pfal. xlii. 1.

My Soul is athirst for thee, O God,

my God.

Bleffed Saviour, I am thine, I am wholly thine; for thou hast bought. me with a Price, with the ineftimable Price of thy own Blood, 1 Cor. vi.

Lord, fuffer not the Price of thy own Blood to perifh, and I will always glorify thee in my Body, and in my Spirit, which are thine.

If there be many Communicants, and thou haft much vacant Time, Philotheus, and doft want devout Matter to employ thy Thoughts till all have communicated, thou mayft then repeat the Thanksgiving for Christ's Suffering, p. 89. either in Whole, or in Part, as thou feeft it needful.

When the Priest cometh towards you. Lord God, I now defire to renew my Covenant with thee, and to feal it in this Sacrament.

Lord, put thy Laws into my Mind, and write them in my Heart: And for the Paffion of thy Son, which I now commemorate, be merciful to my Unrighteoufnefs; my Sins and my Iniquities remember no more; and be thou my God, and I will be thy Servant. Amen, Amen. Heb. viii. 10.

O my Soul, tafte now, and fee how gracious the Lord is, Pfal. xxxiv. 8.

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Life.

After Receiving the Bread.

Lory be to thee, O Lord, 'who feedeft me with the Bread of

O Lord God, who didft fanctify us by the Offering of the Body of Jefus once for all, fanctify me, even me, O Heavenly Father, Heb. x. 10.

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After Receiving the Cup.

Lory be to thee, O Lord Jefus, who permitteft me to drink of the Fountain of Life freely.

My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Bleffed Saviour, thou haft loved us, and washed us from our Sins in thy own Blood; and therefore to thee be Glory and Dominion, for ever and ever. Amen, Amen, Rev. i. 6.

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Glory be thee, O Jefus, my Lord and my God, for thus feeding my Soul with thy most bleffed Body and Blood : O let thy heavenly Food transfuse new Life, and new Vigour into my Soul, and into the Souls of all that communicate with me, that we may all grow more humble and contrite for E 5

our Sins, that we may all love thee, and ferve thee, and delight in thee, and praise thee more frequently, more inceffantly, than ever we have done heretofore. Amen, Amen.

After the Congregation is difmiffed, Philotheus, if you cannot get Privacy in your own Chamber, I advise you at the first Opportunity to go into the Chapel, and there to give God Thanks for that great Bleffing, of which he has now made you a Partaker.

A Thanksgiving after Receiving. How plentiful is thy Goodness, my Lord, and my God, which thou haft laid up for thofe that fear thee, which thou haft laid up for those that put their Truft in thy Mercy! Pfal. xxxi. 19.

Was it not Love infinite enough, deareft Lord, to give thyfelf for me on the Cross? Was not that Sacrifice of thyself fufficient to expiate the Sins of the whole World? What, Lord, could thou then do more for me?

All the mighty Hoft of Heaven ftood amazed to fee the Blood of God

fhed,