come the very Food, the Life, the Strength, the Support of my Soul; to become one with me; to become the very Soul of my Soul. O Lord God, this is fo inconceivable a Bleffing, that is, fo Divine an Union, that the very Angels, who fo much defire to look into the great Mystery of our Redemption, who learn thy manifold Wifdom from thy Church, and frequent the Places of thy publick Worfhip, do crowd about our Altar, and with awful Admiration contemplate the Holy Sacrament. 1 Pet. i. 12. Eph. 11. 10. I Cor. X. What Thanks then, gracious Lord, can I return to thee for thofe Wonders of Love thou haft fhewed to me, wretched Sinner; which the very Angels, who never finned, fo much admire. O deareft Lord, raise thou my Devotion to the higheft Pitch it can poffibly reach, to praife thee; enlarge my Soul to its utmoft Extent, to love thee.. How can I ever more offend fuch Riches of Mercy as are in thee, O crucified Saviour! And yet whilft I carry this Body of Sin about me, I fear I fhall: But, Lord, I do from my Heart renounce and abhor all Things that difpleafe thee; I refolve to the utmost of my Power to refift all Temptations, and to become as totally thine, as my frail Nature will permit me. O gracious Lord, who haft fo infinitely loved us, and given us everlafting Confolation, and good Hope through Grace, comfort my Heart, and for ever eftablifh it in every good Word and Work. Bleffing, and Honour, and Glory, and Power, be unto him that fitteth on the Throne, and unto the Lamb for ever. Rejoyce in the Lord Jefus, O my Soul, for of him cometh my Salvation. I will love thee, O Lord, my King, and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever. Glory be to thee, O Lord God, for giving me this bleffed Opportunity of of coming to thy Altar. O grant I may never more pollute my Soul which thou haft now made thy Temple to refide in, who art the God of Purity. Praise the Lord, O my Soul, while I live, will I praife the Lord: As long as I have any Being I will fing Praifes unto thee, O bleffed Saviour, my King and my God.. O gracious Lord, pardon all my Failings, accept all my Prayers and Praifes, and fupply all my Wants, which I fum up in thy own bleffed Words, Our Father, &c. Remember, good Philotheus, that when you have received the Holy Sacrament, your greatest Work is then but beginning, which is, to obferve all the Promifes you have made to God of future Obedience; and therefore 'tis good for you to read over now and then, and to renew your Refolutions, and to examine your felf how you have kept them, that you may preferve in your Soul a ferious Senfe of your Duty, E 4 and and a confcientious Care to perform it. A Form of general Thanksgiving. W Orthy art thou, O Lord of Heaven and Earth, to receive Glory, and Honour, and Power; for thou haft created all Things, and for thy Pleasure they are, and were created. Rev. iv. 11. 1 Thou haft made Heaven, the Heaven of Heavens, with all their Hoft, the Earth, and all Things that are therein: Thou preferveft them all, and the Hoft of Heaven praiseth thee, Nehem. ix. 6. Glory be to thee, O Lord God Almighty, for creating Man after thine own Image, and making fo great Variety of Creatures to minifter to his Ufe. Glory be to thee, who giveft us Life, and Breath, and all Things; who giveft us fruitful Seafons, and filleft our Hearts with Food and Gladness. Acts 14. 17. Glory be to thee, O Lord God, for all thy many Bleffings and Deliverances liverances, for all thy Forbearance and Long-fuffering to this finful Nation Glory be to thee, O Lord, who haft made me alfo fhare in thofe publick Mercies, and for that Light of the Gospel thou vouchfafeft us, of which the greateft Part of the World is totally ig norant. Glory be to thee, O Heavenly Father, for my Being and Prefervation, Strength and Health, Underftanding and Memory, Friends and Benefactors, and for all my Abilities of Mind and Body. Glory be to thee, O Heavenly Father, for my competent Livelihood, for my Education in this College, for all my known or unknown Deliverances, and for the Guard thy holy Angels keep over me. But above all, Glory be to thee, for giving thy only Son to die for my Sins, and for all the fpiritual Bleffings he has purchas'd for me ; for my Baptifin, and all the Oppor tunities thou giveft me of ferving. thee, or of receiving the Holy Eu ES charift 3: |