stition, which any person hath or might have concerning the Bread and Wine, it shall suffice that the Bread be such as is usual to be eaten; but the best and purest Wheat Bread that conveniently may be gotten.

And if any of the Bread and Wine remain unconsecrated, the Curate shall have it to his own use: but if any remain of that which was consecrated, it shall not be carried out of the Church, but the Priest and such other of the Communicants as he shall then call unto him, shall, immediately after the Blessing, reverently eat and drink the same.

The Bread and Wine for the Communion shall be provided by the Curate and the Churchwardens at the charges of the Parish.

¶ And note, that every Parishioner shall communicate at the least three times in the year, of which Easter to be one. And yearly at Easter every Parishioner shall reckon with the Parson, Vicar, or Curate, or his or their Deputy or Deputies; and pay to them or him all Ecclesiastical Duties, accustomably due, then and at that time to be paid.

After the Divine Service ended, the money given at the Offertory shall be disposed of to such pious and charitable uses, as the Minister and Churchwardens shall think fit. Wherein if they disagree, it shall be disposed of as the Ordinary shall appoint.

Prayers and Meditations after
Holy Communion.

I.

THANKSGIVINGS, CONFESSIONS, AND PRAYERS.

"Unto

me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given."-Eph. iii. 8.

I THANK Thee, O heavenly Father, that Thou hast been pleased to keep me to this hour, and to call me to this holy service. Accept, O Lord, my faint and weak devotions, my broken and wandering prayers. Accept my humble submission, and the acknowledgments of my own unworthiness. Accept my lowly adoration of Thy glorious name, my thankful worship of Thy blessed Son, my glad yet solemn commemoration of His death. Take Thou, in the condescension of Thy all-compassing love, this little offering of my most unprofitable self. For I would be wholly Thine. Oh! make me so to be, for Jesus Christ's sake, my Saviour, and my God.

"The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep our hearts and minds through Jesus Christ."Phil. iv. 7.

O Saviour of mankind, who didst still the waves of the troubled sea, and rebuke into calm the winds, that the labouring vessel might bear Thy few disciples to the haven where they would be; help Thou those who are tossed in this world's troubles. We are toiling in the sea of life. Bid Thou the waves and the winds thereof, Be still, that they may bear us onward to our rest in Thee. Many a time do I cry out, Lord, carest Thou not that I perish? Say unto my soul, "Why art thou troubled, O thou of little faith." O Comforter of the mourning penitent, and the broken-hearted, and the vexed in spirit; Thou who hast cried aloud, "Come unto Me all that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you;" we come unto Thee, for we are heavy laden with sin, and travailing with vanity, and seek for rest unto our souls.

O Redeemer of men from the bondage of Satan, Thou who art stronger than the strong, and takest the spoil from the oppressor, strengthen us, for we are weak, and clothe us with the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left; so shall we fight the good fight of faith, and overcome through that victory which is Thine, not ours to boast of; Thine, which Thou didst win for us, Thine which Thou dost freely give us.

O great Physician of dying souls, Thou who didst cleanse the lepers, behold a leprous soul here; Thou that didst heal the sick, arrest my moral maladies; Thou who didst enlighten the blind, give me eyes to see Thee; Thou who didst cure the palsy, help my palsied will; Thou who didst chase the evil one and his wicked crew from Thy presence among men, shelter me from their unclean approach, and tempting wiles; Thou who didst rebuke the fever, stay Thou the heat of an unwise imagination and the fever of worldly ambition; Thou who didst speak peace to the sinner, say unto my bruised and wounded soul, "Thy sins be forgiven thee."

"If God loved us, we ought also to love one another."1 John iv. 11.

I was not alone at that most solemn feast. There were others with me. We testified together common faith in the

before Thee, O God, our same adorable Redeemer; we worshipped together the memory of the same most glorious Saviour. Together we have come before Thee; together we have prayed and praised Thee; together we have eaten and drunk at Thy table, O merciful Lord; and before Thee together in Jesus Christ we are

as one.

For this did He pray, whom we now

adore, that we might all be one, even as Thou and He are one. What? and shall we go from that feast of fellowship, that feast of Christian love, each to his own narrow self? each for his own, and not another's good? each to his brother's harm, injury, or contempt? Forbid it, gracious Lord, forbid it. Teach us what Thy blessed Son has taught us, that we may put on bowels of mercy and compassion, and have that mind which was also in Christ Jesus; that we may live and love together, and deny ourselves where others may be benefited. Alas! how unamiable are our spirits, unloving and unloved, while we bite and devour one another, and compare ourselves invidiously among ourselves, and lay burdens on the weak, and cause the blind to go out of the way, and magnify our neighbours' failings, and keenly observe their errors, and seldom forgive their harms! Alas! for we act, we speak, we think, we wish, one against another! Oh, for that time when we shall all be one in act, in word, in thought, in will, glorifying, praising, and loving God through Jesus Christ.

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."-1 John iii. 16.