Whose eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the fast day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth and I in him, John vi. 54, 55, 56.7 in me, When thou hast received both kinds, say, Have done, O Lord, as thou haft commanded me, and let thy name be for ever bleffed; O let me find the great benefits of this thy divine inftitution; pour down thy graces upon me, direct my goings in thy ways, and enable me, by the power and ftrength of this divine food, to perfevere in the practice of a holy and religious life, even to the laft moment of my days; be thou my peace and refuge, and let my pleafure and fafety depend on thee; be thou my portion and greatest treasure, and let my eternal happiness be fixed in the enjoyment of thee, who didft vouchfafe not only to take our nature upon thee, that thou inighteft die for our fins, but haft left us a perpetual memorial thereof in this holy facrament. Amen. A prayer of thanksgiving as soon as we are retired from the Lord's table. I will sing of the Lord, because he hath dealt so lovingly with me yea, I will praise the name of the Lord most highest, Psalm xiii. 5, 6 LL honour, glory, and power, might, Amajeity, and dominion, be unto him that fitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb that was flain, for ever and ever. I give thee most humble and hearty thanks, O Lord, that thou haft been pleafed to admit me to renew iny baptifmal covenant with thee in this holy facrament. That thou haft vouchfafed to feed me with this fpiritual nourishment of the body and blood of thy Son Jefus Chrift; and this not for any merits of my own, but for the fake of thy infinite goodness and mercy. Unworthy though I am, yet thy bounty, O Lord, never fails; the love of my Saviour is not diminished; and the virtue of his propitiation is never exhaufted. Grant, therefore, I befeech thee, that this holy facrament may never turn to my judgment and condemnation; But that it may be health and recovery under all my weaknesses and infirmities Safety and defence against all the attacks of my fpiritual enemies; Vigour and ftrength to all my holy purposes and refolutions; Comfort and fupport under all the afflictions and calamities of life; Affiftance and direction under all difficulties and doubts; Courage and conftancy under all dangers and perfecutions, efpecially in all times of ficknefs, and at the hour of death. Finally, let it procure for me pardon and forgivenefs in this life, mercy and faM 2 Your your at the day of judgment, and a neverfading crown of glory in thy heavenly kingdom; where with thy Son Jefus Christ, and the bleffed Spirit, thou liveft and reigneft one God, world without end. Rubrick. If the consecrated bread or wine be all spent before all have communicated, the priest is to consecrate more according to the form before prescribed, beginning at [our Saviour Christ in the same night, &c] for the blessing of the bread; and at [likewise after Supper, &c.] for the blessing of the cup, as you will find it on pages 114, 115.1 Directions. When all have communicated, and the minister returns to the remaining part of the communion office, (by some called the post communion,) be sure you be not unready to join with him, nay, tho' you should not have ended your private devotions, yet break them off, tho' in the middle, and join with the public ones, for that is better, and your duty; and go on with him in heart, till he has made an end. Rubrick. When all have communicated, the minister shall return to the Lord's Table, and reverently place upon it what remaineth of the consecrated elements, covering the same with a fair linen cloth. Then shall the priest say the Lord's prayer, the people repeating after him every petition. The Minister and People. Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom conie, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trefpaffes, as we forgive them that trefpafs against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. After After this shall be said as followeth : O Lord and heavenly Father, we thy humble fervants entirely defire thy fatherly goodnefs mercifully to accept this our facrifice of praife and thanksgiving: moft humbly befeeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jefus Chrift,and through faith in his blood, we and all thy whole church may obtain remiffion of our fins, and all other benefits of his paffion. And here we offer and prefent unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our fouls and bodies, to be a reafonable, holy, and lively facrifice unto thee, humbly befeeching thee, that all we who are partakers of this holy communion, may be filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy, through our manifold fins, to offer unto thee any facrifice, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and fervice; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jefus Chrift our Lord; by whom, and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghoft, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen. Or this. Almighty and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee, for that thou doft vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received thefe holy myfteries with the fpiritual food of the most precious body and blood of thy Son our Saviour Jefus Christ; and doft affure us thereby of thy favour and goodness towards us, and that we are very members incorporate in the myftical body of thy Son, which is the bleffed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs thro' hope of thy everlafting kingdom, by the merits of the moft gracious death and paflion of thy dear Son. And we most humbly befeech thee, O heavenly Father, fo to aflift us with thy grace, that we may continue in thy holy fellowship, and do all fuch good works as thou haft prepared for us to walk in, through Jefus Chrift our Lord; to whom with thee, and the Holy Ghoft, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. Then shall be said or sung, Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we blefs thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks unto thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly king, God the Father Almighty. O Lord, the only-begotten Son Jefus Chrift: 0 Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takeft away the fins of the world, have mercy upon us; thou that takeft away the fins of the world, receive our prayers; thou that fitteft at the righthand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. ; For thou only art holy, thou only art the Lord thou only, O Chrift, with the holy Ghoft, art moft high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Rubrick. ¶Then the priest, (or, bishop if he be present,) shall let them depart with this BLESSING. The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God Almighty the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. Then say, Let this day, O my God, be noted in the book of life.-Forget not my prayers, O Lord, nor let my coldness and wanderings, and infinite unworthinefs, turn them into fin. Lord, hear my prayers, and let my cry come unto thee. Ejaculations |