A Prayer the Morning you intend to Moft gracious and eternal Lord God, who haft called all fuch as are weary and heavy laden to come unto thee by Faith and Repentance, and thou wilt refresh them: In Affiance of this thy gracious Invitation, I will come to thy heavenly Table, not trufting in my own Righteousness, but in thy manifold and great Mercies; and although I am not worthy fo much as to gather up the Crumbs that fall from thy Table, yet fince it is thy Property always to have Mercy, I will not defpair of a kind Reception: Forgive my want of a due Preparation, and accept of my fincere Defire to perform an acceptable Service unto thee: Clothe me with the Wedding-Garment, even the Graces of the Gofpel, and then I am fure I fhall be a welcome Gueft at thy Table, when I fhall come thither in the Likeness of thy Son Jefus Chrift, in whom thou art well pleafed. Poffefs my Soul with a lively Faith, profound Humility, filial Obedience, inflamed Affection, and univerfal Charity, that fo I may become a worthy Partaker of these holy Myfteries, to my great and endless Comfort. Grant this, O heavenly Father, if it be thy bleffed Will, through Jefus Chrift. Amen. Our Father, &c. See Pfal. xxiii. xxv. xxvi, Short Short Prayers and Meditations before the Minifter at Church begins the Communion-Service. At going up to the Altar. N the Multitude of thy tender Mercies, O Lord God, do I now approach thine Altar O pardon my Sins, and look not upon my Unworthinefs, (for I am a finful Creature, O Lord) but upon thofe Motives which drew me hither, even my own Miferies, and thy tender Mercies; therefore help me to fupply in Humility what I want in Worthinefs, and let my bended Knees and contrite Heart fhew that I durft not have adventured hither, had not thy Mercy held out the golden Scepter, and faid, Come unto me, all ye that labour, and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. At giving your Alms. Lord, who didit not defpife the Widow's Mite, accept of this little which I freely offer towards the Relief of any of thy poor Members. Mark xii. 42. When the Prieft is fetting in Order the Elements to be confecrated. LOOK down, O Lord God, from thy holy Habitation, and from the glorious Throne of thy Kingdom, and fanctify us. C When you receive the Bread. LORD, I am not worthy of the Crumbs which fall from thy Table, and yet thou giveft unto me the Bread of Life. Evermore give me this Bread, that I may eat thereof, and not die eternally. John vi. 34, 50. After receiving the Bread. OT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name give the Praife, for thy loving Mercy, and for thy Truth's fake. Before receiving the Cup. WHAT Reward fhall I give unto the Lord for all the Benefits that he hath done unto me? I will receive the Cup of Salvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord. BLe After Drinking Leffed be God the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, for his unfpeakable Gift, in whom we have Redemption through his Blood, even the Forgiveness of our Sins. BL When you retire from the Altar. Lefs the Lord, O my Soul, and all that is within me blefs his holy Name; bless the Lord, O my Soul, and forget not all his • Benefits; The Chriftian Monitor; containing an earnest Exhortation to an Holy Life: With fome Directions in order thereto, Written in a plain and eafy Stile, for all Sorts of People. Price 6d. or gs. per Dozen. The above is to be had stitch'd, Price 3d. or 205, pir fred, Benefits; who forgiveth all thine Iniquities, ⚫ and healeth all thy Difeafes; who redeemeth thy Life from Destruction, and crowneth thee with Loving-kindness and tender Mercies.' O let that heavenly Food, which thou haft fo lately fed me with, transfufe new Life and new Vigour into my Soul, and into the Souls of all those who have been Partakers with me of this holy Communion, that our Faith, Hope and Charity, may daily increase, and that we may all grow in Grace, and in the Knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift. Amen and Amen. See Pfalm viii. xxiii. lxvi, ciii. ************************ Prayers and Meditations which may be joined to the former, where the Communions are large. Afpirations for a devout Communicant, FNlighten, O Lord, the Eyes of my Understanding with the Light of Faith and Wisdom, that I may ever look on thee my Redeemer as the Way, the Truth, and the Life, which leadeth unto eternal Life.-What am I, Lord, and what is my Father's Houfe, that thou fhouldft thus follow me with thy Bleffings? I was created by thee and for thee, and mayft thou ever be the Comfort of my Soul.-Good Jefus, my Hope and only Refuge, I here render thee hearty Thanks for all thy Sufferings, and I beg that I may find Shelter in thy Wounds against all Enemies, Ghoftly and Bodily: Imprint the Memory of them faft in my Heart, that I may love thee, and in all my Sufferings never want thy divine Affsistance, or forget what thou haft fuffered for me. Take from me all Self-Love, and give me perfect Love for thee, that I may now be more faithful in my Duty; and let nothing for the future put me out of my Way: O that I could ever remember thee, think of thee, and delight in thee alone, and love thee only, who haft loved us, and washed us with thy most precious Blood from the Guilt of our Sins. O that my Senfes may ever be shut against all Vanity and Sin, that my Mind being free from all fruitless Solicitude and Fear, I may fix my Heart there where true Joys are only to be found. From henceforth I will feek unto thee my only Good; my Affections and Defires fhall be fixed on thee, in whofe Prefence there is Fulness of Joy, and at whofe right Hand there are Pleasures for evermore. My Will I now refign into thy Hands, defiring that thy Will may be mine, both now and for ever. Be thou my Instructor and Director in all Things, that I may never do or speak, defire or think, any thing but what is according to thy good Will. 2.1A AM thy Servant, O Lord, O give me Understanding according to thy Word, that I may learn thy Commandments, and lay afide all Intereft, befide that of Heaven. O fweet |