truth. And never let me think it hard to renounce all for thee, who art infinitely better than all else that ever can tempt me.

O help me so sincerely to deny myself, that I may own no guide and ruler but my great Lord and Proprietor; that my eyes may be ever towards thee, and my whole dependence upon thee; and that thou mayest be all in all to me; and thy word my rule, and to promote thy honour and pleasure, my great aim and endeavour, that in all things thou mayest ever be regarded, and preferred, and glorified by me, through Jesus Christ. Amen.

Some devout Ejaculations and Elevations of the Soul, before receiving at the Lord's Table.

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BLESSED be

LESSED be my God, that again is pleased to call me to the reconciliation feast: and after all my breaches with him, and all my offences against him, yet to grant me a new indulgence, and to seal my pardon afresh in the precious blood of his dear Son, that was she'd to take away the sins of the world.

II. At thy gracious invitation, Lord, I am bold to come, looking for that blessed benefit which I know myself so unworthy to receive, that thou mightest justly bar up the doors of mercy against me; but thy mercies, blessed God, are not to the deserving and worthy, but to the miserable and needy. O let me find them, as I need them, according to the riches of thy bounty, and according to the greatness of my necessity.

III. I have no might for this great work;

but I will go in thy strength, O Lord, my God. Give me, I beseech thee, the disposition which thou requirest; and work in me what thou callest for from me. O let me find thy hand upon me, thy help with me, and thy grace sufficient for me!

IV. O that I may see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary! that I may share in the heavenly entertainment of thy children, and eat and drink in thy presence, that bread of life, and that cup of blessing, which may be the life of my soul, and make glad my heart, even with the joy of thy salvation.

V. O what shall I do at thy house, and thy table, Lord, if thou dost not appear, to receive and entertain me! O that thou wouldst, in wonderful condescension, bow the heavens and come down, and make me experience thy, presence with me, and that power of thy Spirit upon me, and that loving-kindness of thine which is better than life !

VI. O let not the great Lord and lover of souls, keep off as a stranger to my soul ! but look forth at the windows, and shew himself through the lattice, and remember me in sav ing mercy, where he feeds, where he makes his flock to rest: and let me now taste, and see, to the satisfaction of my soul, how good the Lord is.

VII. I desire to shelter under the shadow of my Lord Redeemer, and to be found in Christ Jesus, endued with that righteousness of his, which is sufficient both to atone for all my guilt,

and also fill up all my wants; yea, to make me complete and meet for the love of God, and. for the felicity of his chosen. O God of all grace! give me, I beseech, thee, thy Christ to be my Jesus: and grant me a saving inserest in that great redemption, which he brings to the poor sinful lost world: that my soul may magnify the Lord, and my spirit may rejoice in God my Saviour.

VIII. O thou that art able to do it, bring me into the bonds of the covenant; and let me voluntarily and cheerfully enter it; not as compelled to it, or aggravated at it; but willing and glad with all my heart, to be secured in such blessed hands.

IX. O make me willing in the day of thy power: and may I this day experience, Lord, the powerful warnings of thy blessed Spirit; to open and enlarge my heart, and make me ready and joyful to receive him who stands at the door and knocks, even to receive Christ Jesus the Lord into my soul.

X. O how unworthy am I, Lord, that thou shouldst come under my roof; unworthy to eat the crumbs that fall under thy table! but thy infinite merits can cover all my sins and unworthiness, and recommend me to the just and holy Majesty of heaven, even as if I had not sinned. O deal so graciously with me, my. Lord, and my God, I beseech thee, and forgive, and heal, and help me; and exercise thy power and pity, and great salvation upon me, and come into my soul, with all the blessings and consolations of thy coming into the world.

XI. O Lord! my soul is polluted and ununclean! but thy precious blood can cleanse me from all my sins and defilements, and make me fit to receive thee, to my profit and comfort. O speak thou the word, and I shall be clean and whole; and my soul shall live, and for ever bless thy name.

XII. Assist me mercifully, O Lord, in my designs and endeavours to obtain the blessed fruitions, whereof thou hast made me capable. O forgive my unworthiness; cover my deformities; help my infirmities; quicken my dulness; prepare me for thee; draw me unto thee; bring me into the enjoyment of thee: now in part, as far as I can attain; and hereafter in fulness, as much as my heart shall desire, and that for ever.

XIII. O that thy ordinance now may be the means of my establishment; to derive unto my soul, out of the fulness of Christ Jesus, grace sufficient to make me holy and lively, and able to do my duty: faithful in it, and constant to it and what I have not in myself, Lord, do thou give me and what I am not of myself, O do thou make me, for thine own mercy's sake. Amen. Amen.

Thanksgiving and Prayer after the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.

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DESIRE with all my soul to adore and magnify thy blessed name, O Lord God, my heavenly Father, for all the expressions of thy love and bounty to me a poor unworthy sinner. Particularly for thy precious favours,

and the renewed pledges of thy love in Christ Jesus, which I have received from thee this day; that thou hast admitted not only into thy house, but to thy table,, and used me as thy friend, and the child of thy family, who deserve to be cast out as an enemy, and to be trampled under foot, even as the offscouring of all things. O what manner of love is this, that I should fare

so well, who deserve so ill at thy hands! O that it should be so done to wretched sinful men! that the God so greatly offended by us, should not only forgive us, but entertain and feaft us with all the good things which our blessed Saviour has merited and prepared for us! Lord, what is man, that thou art so mindful of him, or the son of man that thou so visitest him and what am I, one of the vilest and sinfullest of men, that the great Lord, so ill used by ine, should deal so very graciously with me! O make me to know the things that are freely given me of God, and how much I do owe unto the Lord, for all thy kindness to my soul, which thou hast redeemed and eternally obliged to thyself. O give me a heart deeply sensible of thy mercy, and steadfastly purposing to live to thy glory; that I may shew my thankfulness for thy benefits, by my obedience to thy precepts. O keep me mindful of the vows of God upon me: and help me to live, as having my holy Redeemer now dwelling in me.

And as I have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so enable me to walk in him, to walk more worthy of the Lord unto all well pleasing; to walk in love, as Christ loved us; and to go on.