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Blood of Christ our Saviour; we eat and drink our own damnation, not considering the Lord's Body; we kindle God's wrath against us; we provoke him to plague us with divers diseases, and sundry kinds of death. Judge therefore yourselves, brethren, that ye be not judged of the Lord: repent ye truly for your sins past; have a lively and stedfast faith in Christ our Saviour; amend your lives, and be in perfect charity with all men; so shall ye be meet partakers of those holy mysteries. And above all things, ye must give most humble and hearty thanks to God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for the redemption of the world by the death and passion of our Saviour Christ, both God and man; who did humble himself, even to the death upon the cross, for us miserable sinners, who lay in darkness, and the shadow of death; that he might make us the children of God, and exalt us to everlasting life. And to the end that we should alway remember the exceeding great love of our Master and only Saviour Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and the innumerable benefits which by his precious blood-shedding he hath obtained to us, he hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries, as pledges of his love, and for a continual remembrance of his death, to our great and endless comfort. To

celebration of the Lord's supper. Though they met in the same place, they did not communicate together as one body or company, but divided themselves into parties; each party kept its own provisions to itself, and ate at its own time without allowing others to partake with them, and without regarding whether others were ready or not, and they ate

him therefore, with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, let us give, as we are most bounden, continual thanks; submitting ourselves wholly to his holy will and pleasure, and studying to serve him in true holiness and righteousness all the days of our life. Amen.

YE that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways; Draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees.

General Confession.

ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men; We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we from time to time most griev ously have committed, by thought, word, and deed, against thy Di vine Majesty, provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us.

We do earnestly re

pent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; the remembrance of them is grievous unto us; the burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, most mer

and drank to the same extent as at ordinary meals, and sometimes to excess; and it is this irreverent conduct which St. Paul calls" eating and drinking unworthily, "and eating and drinking damnation, "not discerning the Lord's body:" and "for this cause," he says, "many were "weak and sickly among them, and many 'slept," i. e. died." See ante, 123.

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Hear also what St. Paul saith. BECAUSE thou didst give Jesus Christ thine only Son to be born This is a true saying, and worthy as at this time for us; who, by the of all men to be received, That operation of the Holy Ghost, was Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15.

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made very Man of the substance of the Virgin Mary his mother; and that without spot of sin, to make us clean from all sin. Therefore with Angels, &c.

Upon Easter-Day, and seven Days after. BUT chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious Re.

surrection of thy Son Jesus Christ
our Lord: for he is the very
Paschal Lamb, which was offered
for us, and hath taken away the
sin of the world; who by his
death hath destroyed death, and
by his rising to life again hath
restored to us everlasting life.
Therefore with Angels, &c.

Upon Ascension-Day, and seven Days after.
THROUGH thy most dearly be-

loved Son Jesus Christ our Lord;
who after his most glorious Re-
surrection manifestly appeared to
all his Apostles, and in their sight
ascended up into heaven, to pre-
pare a place for us; that where he
is, thither we might also ascend,
and reign with him in glory.
Therefore with Angels, &c.

Upon Whit-Sunday, and six Days after. THROUGH Jesus Christ our Lord; according to whose most true promise, the Holy Ghost came down as at this time from heaven with a sudden great sound, as it had been a mighty wind, in the likeness of fiery tongues, lighting upon the Apostles, to teach them, and to lead them to all truth; giving them both the gift of divers languages, and also boldness with fervent zeal constantly to preach the Gospel unto all nations; whereby we have been brought out of darkness and error, into the clear light and true knowledge of thee, and of thy Son Jesus Christ. Therefore with Angels, &c.

Upon the Feast of Trinity only.

WHO art one God, one Lord; not only one Person, but three Persons in one substance. For that which we believe of the glory

of the Father, the same we be lieve of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, without any difference or inequality. Therefore with Angels, &c.

We do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy. Grant us the Flesh of thy dear Son Jesus therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat

Christ, and to drink his Blood, that our sinful bodies may be

made clean by his Body, and our souls washed through his most precious Blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in Amen.

us.

The Prayer of Consecration. ALMIGHTY God our heavenly Father, who of thy tender mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption; who of himself once offered) a full, permade there (by his one oblation fect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death, until his coming again; Hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech thee; and grant, that we receiving these thy creatures of Bread and Wine,

according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ's holy institution, in remembrance of his death and passion, may be partakers of his

most blessed Body and Blood; who in the same night that he was betrayed, took bread (q): and when he had given thanks he brake it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take, eat, this is my Body which is given for you: Do this in remembrance of me. Likewise after Supper, he took the Cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this; for this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you, and for many, for the remission of sins: Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.

Amen.

At delivery of the Bread.

THE Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life. Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee, and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving.

At delivery of the Cup.

THE Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life. Drink this in remembrance that Christ's Blood was shed for thee, and be thankful.

OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven: Give us this day our daily bread; And

(q) "Took bread, &c." The whole of this account to the end is from 1 Cor. xi. 23., &c. ante, 123. and almost verbatim.

(r) This language is, perhaps, borrowed from Rom. xii. 1. ante, 59. where St. Paul

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O LORD and Heavenly Father, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness, mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; most humbly beseeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his Blood, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a (r) reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee, that all we, who are partakers of this holy Communion, may be full-filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice; yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen.

beseeches the converts to "present their "bodies, a living sacrifice, holy, accept"able unto God," which he calls "their "reasonable service."

Or this:

ALMIGHTY and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favour and goodness towards us; and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical Body of thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs through hope of thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear Son. And we most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in, through Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

GLORY be to God on high, and in earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.

O Lord, the only-begotten Son Jesu Christ;

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O ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments;

O Lord, the Lord God, that through thy most mighty

Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us: Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us: Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer:

protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the words which

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