A Companion for the Altar: Consisting of a Short Explanation of the Lord's Supper, and Meditations and Prayers, Proper to be Used Before, and During, the Receiving of the Holy Communion, According to the Form Presrcibed by the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States of America |
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... glory of the Primitive Church - that Church which was watered by the tears and blood of Confessors and Martyrs . These are the princi- ples which , tho ' in the present age unhappily disregarded and contemned , will again be che- rished ...
... glory of the Primitive Church - that Church which was watered by the tears and blood of Confessors and Martyrs . These are the princi- ples which , tho ' in the present age unhappily disregarded and contemned , will again be che- rished ...
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... which made them burning and shining lights in the Church on earth ; and has prepared them for the highest seats of Glory in the Church tri- umphant . For the errors and imperfections which he fears will be PREFACE . vit.
... which made them burning and shining lights in the Church on earth ; and has prepared them for the highest seats of Glory in the Church tri- umphant . For the errors and imperfections which he fears will be PREFACE . vit.
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... glory , humbled himself even to the death upon the cross for us , mise- rable sinners , who lay in darkness and the shadow of death . " He instituted and ordained holy mysteries , as pledges of this his infinite love , and for a ...
... glory , humbled himself even to the death upon the cross for us , mise- rable sinners , who lay in darkness and the shadow of death . " He instituted and ordained holy mysteries , as pledges of this his infinite love , and for a ...
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... glory . Shall not then , the powerful considerations of interest urge us worthily to partake of an ordinance which rescues us from the guilt of sin , from the curse of God , from everlasting woe ? Shall we deliberately contemn the ...
... glory . Shall not then , the powerful considerations of interest urge us worthily to partake of an ordinance which rescues us from the guilt of sin , from the curse of God , from everlasting woe ? Shall we deliberately contemn the ...
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... glory . Vain and idle therefore , are all the pre- tences which keep us from the table of our Lord . By this neglect and contempt of his sacred injunction , we forfeit the most inesti- mable blessings , we incur the heaviest guilt .. No ...
... glory . Vain and idle therefore , are all the pre- tences which keep us from the table of our Lord . By this neglect and contempt of his sacred injunction , we forfeit the most inesti- mable blessings , we incur the heaviest guilt .. No ...
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Page 187 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 223 - For as the benefit is great, if with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy Sacrament (for then we spiritually eat the Flesh of CHRIST, and drink His Blood; then we dwell in CHRIST, and CHRIST in us; we are one with CHRIST, and CHRIST with us) ; so is the danger great, if we receive the same unworthily.
Page 218 - Let him that is taught in the Word minister unto him that teacheth, in all good things. Be not deceived, God is not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he reap.
Page 244 - God, we most heartily thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favour and goodness towards us ; and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people...
Page 245 - We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory, O LORD GOD, heavenly KING, GOD the FATHER Almighty.
Page 244 - ... by the merits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear Son. And we most humbly beseech thee, 0 heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in...
Page 229 - We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy : grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us.
Page 255 - He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Page 237 - THE blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life!
Page 33 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying. Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.